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N.C. State unveils new College of Sciences Sara Awad Staff Writer

N.C. State will unveil the College of Sciences on July 1, 2013. The decision to create the new college stemmed from a recommendation by Provost Warwick Arden and Vice Chancellor for Finance

and Business Charles Leffler of the Strategic Realignment Plan, which was established in January 2011. The decision was reached after the Academic Sciences Task Force conducted a series of studies over the course of one year. The task force, which is composed of faculty from all ten colleges, the

Graduate School and the Division of Undergraduate Programs, analyzed the best ways to enhance the natural synergies between the science programs at the University, according to Woodson. Dean Daniel Solomon of the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences will take over as dean of the new college.

According to Chancellor Woodson’s announcement, the goal of the new college is to increase effectiveness and efficiency. The college will dissolve PAMS and include physics, chemistry, mathematics, statistics, and marine, earth and atmospheric sciences. The College of Agriculture and

Life Sciences and the College of Natural Resources will remain as two distinct colleges. However, the undergraduate biology program in CALS will move to the College of Sciences.

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Crime report Staff Report Students received a crime warning via email at 2:38 p.m. Friday detailing the events of a recent break-in and predation on Hillsborough Street. The suspect has yet to be found, according to Campus Police. The crime warning stated the incident occurred early Friday morning in a residence on Chamberlain Street. Campus Police confirmed that the Raleigh Police Department responded to the call, when the suspect allegedly entered an unlocked house that was occupied by two female N.C. State students. The report also states that the suspect “climbed into bed with one or both of the females where he rubbed his hands on the legs and backs of the females before they awoke...” According to the report the suspect left the area on foot, and neither student was injured. Raleigh police said they have investigated several other cases from 2011 involving someone who matches the suspect’s description. “All of the incidents have happened in the neighborhoods north of Hillsborough Street, and all were off-campus,” Campus Police reports said. The suspect in Friday’s case was identified by the victims as “a black male, approximately six feet tall, muscular build, dark complexion with a short afro,” the crime warning said. “In this incident, he was wearing a dark-colored T-shirt and jeans.” Students are advised to travel in groups, be aware of their surroundings and lock all doors and windows, even when at home. Campus police issued a similar but unrelated crime warning Saturday night. At 9:48 p.m. students received a second crime report stating that a female Tucker Hall resident entered her room earlier that morning to find an unknown man in her bed. According to the crime report, the female resident discovered her uninvited guest at approximately 6 a.m. The male suspect reportedly entered the female’s room through an unlocked door and fled the room without touching or harming her. The suspect was described in the report as a white male between 5’7” and 5’10”, weighing 150-160 pounds, with dark-colored “buzz cut” hair. The suspect has not been apprehended and is unrelated to Friday’s report.

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Nic Manning, a Garner resident and prospective N.C. State applicant, displays his wrestling awards he won before a 2010 car accident paralyzed him.

Beyond stubborn PROSPECTIVE N.C. STATE STUDENT STRIVES TO OVERCOME A CAR ACCIDENT THAT PARALYZED HIM AND CHANGED THE COURSE OF HIS LIFE. STORY BY ANDREW BRANCH & MARK HERRING | PHOTOS BY JORDAN MOORE Sitting in his wheelchair admiring his athletic awards with his grandmother, Nic Manning reminisced on his athletic achievements in high school. Nic has relied on that strength after a car wreck left him paralyzed two years ago and will need it as he adjusts to life after the accident. He hasn’t given up, even when doctors’ predictions were grim. Though his peers would call him reserved, Nic has a lot to say about perseverance. When his grandmother did everything she could to accommodate his new disability, a group of women stepped in to rebuild their lives.

WINNING ON THE MAT Wearing a red Wolfpack T-shirt and sipping from his McDonald’s cup in his grandmother’s living room, Nic, 21, still showed his past athletic prowess with his well-built, 6-foot-4 frame. “He was a small thing, but then when he got to about sixth or seventh grade he just shot up and started gaining weight,” his grandmother, Sandra, 56, said. “It was like ‘Oh boy where did he go?’” In middle school and throughout high school, Nic took advantage of his strength, playing football for three years and wrestling all four years at Athens Drive, Holly Springs and Middle Creek high schools.

“I always thought I would wrestle in high school,” Nic said. “So then, once I started and tried out my freshman year, I really got into it. It was pretty fun.” Sports were simply what he did — and he was always on the go. Nic graduated from Middle Creek in 2009. His plan was to attend Wake Technical Community College for two years and transfer to N.C. State for civil engineering. “I did drafting in high school, and the classes were fun and I enjoyed it,” Nic said. “I was thinking I should probably go into something in that field, so that’s when I took engineering so I could do some drafting classes and stuff like that.”

“I really thought he was gone.” Having finished his first year at Wake Tech, Nic got in his car to commute home like on any other day. “I was going down Old Stage [Road] and my car hydroplaned and I hit a tree head-on,” he said. “I broke my neck from the C5 through C7 [vertebrae] and broke my femur in my right leg, too.” The airbag in Nic’s car didn’t deploy, and the dazed teenager could only wait for help to come. “I can still remember it pretty vividly, sliding and hitting the tree,” Nic said. “I was just laying in the

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Researchers create patient-powered devices Jake Moser Staff Writer

Researchers at N.C. State are leading a nanotechnology project on Centennial Campus to create self-powered medical devices. The Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Advanced Self-Powered Systems of Integrated Sensors and Technologies developed the vision and assembled the team of researchers for the project, which includes many different schools doing specific jobs, according to the Veena Misra, director of ASSIST and a professor of computer and electrical engineering at the University. The project is working to create efficient tools like heart rate and respiratory monitors that are powered by the patients themselves. This would eliminate the

need for rechargeable batteries and wires. The devices will also be able to monitor environmental pollutants, like carbon monoxide and ozone, to pinpoint patients’ health problems. The project is being funded by an $18.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation. The University of Virginia will try to make the devices as energy efficient as possible; Pennsylvania State University will create the transistors and other electric material; and Florida International University will create the sensors used to gather data. UNC-Chapel Hill will provide medical guidance, and the University of Michigan will create radios used to send data from the devices to computers or other digital tools for analysis. “NCSU has the biggest number of people involved, but it is important that everyone in the team from other universities are critical partners,” Misra said.

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Veena Misra and John Muth work with the Center for Advanced SelfPowered Systems of Integrated Sensors and Technologies.

The project can be broken down into two categories of devices: those efficiently harnessing patient energy, like body heat and body motion, and those using this harnessed energy to perform the necessary tasks researchers desire, like health and environmental monitoring.

The first category will be handled mostly by PSU researchers and the second category contains a few entities that will be focused on by several partners. The devices performing the medical tasks range

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iffany Henry, a junior in zoology, interacts with “Eric” the Solomon Island Eclectus Parrot at the NCSU Zoology Club meeting on Sept. 26. Jan and Scott Schwabe, the founders and operators of Autumn Feathers Avian Sanctuary, Inc. in Wake Forest, N.C. The Sanctuary is a hospice for abused and neglected companion birds. The Zoology club hosts speakers like the Schwabes at each of its meetings. “I appreciate Zoology Club for giving students the opportunity to see [and interact] with animals outside of class,” Henry said. The next Zoology Club meeting is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 10 in David Clark Labs, Room 101.

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POLICE BLOTTER September 27 10:03 AM | CONCERNING BEHAVIOR Berry Hall Officer responded in reference to dispute between two roommates. Both students were referred to the university. 10:56 AM | LARCENY DH Hill LIbrary Student reported theft of debit card and subsequent unauthorized use. 11:22 AM | SUSPICIOUS PERSON Lee Hall Report of suspicious person in the area. Officer determined subject was contractor for the university. 12:33 AM | MEDICAL ASSIST Wolf Village Units responded and transported student in need of medical assistance.

7:14 AM | MEDICAL ASSIST Cox Hall Units responded and transported student in need of medical assistance. 1:18 PM | POLICY VIOLATION Caldwell Hall Report of two subjects being forceful regarding voter registration. Officer located two non-students distributing political pamphlets without proper permit. Subjects left upon request. 11:45 PM | ALCOHOL VIOLATION University Plaza Student was referred to the university for alcohol violation while participating in Shack-AThon event. 2:51 PM | TRAFFIC VIOLATION Achievement Drive Non-student was cited for driving with revoked driver’s license. 3:06 PM | LARCENY Tucker Hall Student reported bicycle stolen. 3:56 PM | LARCENY Witherspoon Center

Student reported theft of unattended laptop. 3:09 PM | LARCENY Partners I Staff member reported theft of purse. 4:30 PM | MEDICAL ASSIST Bostian Hall Units responded and transported student in need of medical assistance. 4:56 PM | COMMUNICATION THREATS Admin I Staff member reported being threatened via telephone by non-student. Non-student called NCSU PD withing to file harassment report against NCSU DOT. 5:00PM | SUSPICIOUS PERSON Dan Allen Deck Report of subjects tampering with bicycle locks. Subjects matched description of prior calls. Officers located subjects. Subjects fled the scene upon officer arrival. 5:36 PM | LARCENY Nelson Hall Student reported bicycle stolen.

6:18 PM | TRAFFIC ACCIDENT Coliseum Deck Two students were involved in traffic accident. 7:31 PM | LARCENY Harrelson Hall Student reported bicycle stolen. September 28 12:43 AM | FIRE ALARM Carroll Hall Units responded to alarm caused by cooking. 2:17 AM | ASSIST OTHER AGENCY Off Campus NCSU PD responded at request of RPD after student was charged with failing to pay taxi fare and drunk and disruptive. Judicial Referral was issued. 2:53 AM | MEDICAL ASSIST ES King Village Units responded to student in need of medical assistance. Transport was refused.

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University fires up cogeneration plant for increased sustainability Noah Rouse Correspondent

After years of planning, N.C. State has taken noteworthy steps towards sustainable energy with the opening of a cogeneration plant on Cates Avenue that promises to drastically cut the Main Campus heating costs in the near future. Last February, Techni-

cian reported on the progress that was being made on the plant, and the potential benefits such a large facility would bring to campus. Since coming online this summer, details on the inner workings of the turbines have now become available to the public. The turbines themselves are large industrial jet engines that run on natural gas and turn a shaft that drives

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the electrical generators. The two 5.5-megawatt combustion gas-turbine generators provide the electrical power that will be fed back onto the 15 kilovolt electrical grid that serves Main Campus. The waste heat from the turbines is ducted to Heat Recovery Steam Generators (HRSG's) that reclaim the heat to produce steam that is distributed to the campus to heat buildings, make domestic hot water, run steril-

izers and autoclaves and cook food. By recovering the waste heat, the total process thermal efficiency is improved to 75 percent, nearly 38 percent higher than possible with a traditional power plant, thus producing savings in energy costs. The savings will be used to pay for the cost of constructing the plant. Planning for the project started more than 8 years ago as engineers studied options to replace the over 50-year-

old boilers that have served Main Campus heating needs. Co-Generation or Combined Heat and Power as it is known, provided a cleaner and more efficient solution while still improving the reliability of the boilers and providing steam capacity to support growth of the campus. Engineering studies were then completed to establish the project scope and to validate that the financial savings would be sufficient to pay for

the project. The University then negotiated an Energy Performance Contract that allowed the plant to be constructed using debt that would then be re-paid from future savings. Contracts were signed in December 2010, which allowed the start of design, equipment procurement and construction. In the summer of 2012, the plant equipment

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Study ranks NCSU in the top tenure universities Ravi Chittilla Correspondent

Tenure is something that all professors are striving for, and a professor from Harvard University has ranked N.C. State in the top tier of research universities for its strength in providing the resources and mentorship that tenure-track faculty need. In a recently published book, Success on the Tenure Track: Five Keys to Faculty Job Satisfaction, Cathy Trower, the Harvard University Director on the Collaborative Academic Careers in Higher Education, explores what makes professors pleased about the tenured track, and found examples of universities whose policies have earned high ratings from faculty members. N.C. State was among the top seven universities overall, and as Trower specifies, excelled in many areas, including research, teaching and outreach. Jim Martin, professor of inorganic chemistry, has worked at the University since 1994 and received full tenure in 1999. Martin said although he agreed tenure is important, he disagrees with Trower’s findings on N.C. State, and said politics is taken into account over merit at the University. While Martin acknowledged that tenure at the University, as well as other academic institutions, offers fac-

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was started up and tested through a process called commissioning where a third party engineering consultant verifies that the plant is operating according to the design and specifications. In

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onto the grid, for “beneficial use” on Friday, Sept. 14, according to Jack Colby, assistant Vice Chancellor for facilities Operations. Colby has spearheaded N.C. State's Green movement, saying, “Over the next few months, we will continue to refine plant operations to achieve maximum efficiency, energy savings, and environ-

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and Finance team, the Space, Infrastructure and Shared Resources team and the Development and Alumni Relations team. The implementation teams serve to create a smooth transition in what can be a challenging process. Freshman biology student Allyson Wilson agrees with Simpson that the new college will not create too much of a change for students since the curriculum will still remain the same, though she does have other concerns. “My only real problem with it is that, though the majors that will be grouped under the new college are similar, they still have their own unique characteristics, and I think that, with the College of Sciences, we might start to overlook that individuality,” Wilson said. Larick stated that he understands students are worried about the unknown, and promised the change would be a positive one. Students have previously voiced complaints over not having enough available seats in classes required for undergraduate programs like biology, and Larick hopes the College of Sciences can address issues like these. “I think it is important to assure students that we will do everything we can to make this transition seamless,” Larick said. “They will still receive the same outstanding service they always have.”

mental sustainability.” "The cogeneration system is just one tool being implemented to address our carbon footprint," said David Dean, the outreach coordinator of N.C. State's Office of Sustainability. "The Climate Action Plan, endorsed by the Chancellor last year, states that N.C. State will work towards climate neutrality by 2050.

The Combined Heat and Power system is a step we can take now." The electrical and steam production equipment have now been put on line for 24/7 operation by University staff. Over the next 60 days, additional testing and performance measures will be completed as well as minor details. Plant staff will be

monitoring the performance and working to identify any bugs in the system. Now that the plant is on-line, it can begin producing electrical savings and reducing the carbon footprint of the campus by about 8 percent towards the sustainability goal of climate neutrality by 2050.

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from transistors and human physiological and environmental sensors that work at very low power levels to circuits and systems utilizing that power and managing it very efficiently. In addition, the research team will work on packaging these components into wearable, comfortable and hassle-free monitoring systems. In the ASSIST center, the devices harnessing power and the devices using that power are co-designed and co-optimized to produce a very low energy, self-powered system, according to Misra. The reason ASSIST is considered a nanotechnology project instead of strictly a medical one is because of the material that will be used

According to Duane Larick, Senior Vice Provost for Strategic Initiatives, faculty from the toxicology, genetics and microbiology programs are also willing to move to the new college. Larick said he believes the College of Sciences will be more strategic because it will bring together the health-related, math-related and physical sciences. Woodson mentioned this in his April announcement. “Some of the most pressing scientific issues of today lie at the intersection of the mathematical, computational, physical and biological sciences,” Woodson said. By allowing CALS to focus on their strengths in areas like plant pathology and food science, Larick hopes “both will be stronger at the end of the day.” Larick explained how the grand challenges of society are different from what they were when PAMS was first instituted. “The complexit y of problems has changed so much today that it was necessary to change our approach to teaching students,” Larick said. He claims the focus of the University is to improve the quality of education and research. Some of the details of the transition, however, remain unclear.

No appropriation, for example, has been made for physical plans regarding where the college will be located. Larick attributes this to a lack of funding and states the current focus is on the short-term changes, such as how students will be impacted. Jamila Simpson, Assistant Dean of Diversity and Student Services, declared the College of Sciences to be an innovation in communication. “Communication should be easier because [the students] are under the same administration. Now we can just send an email out through the college that will reach all of these students,” Simpson said. According to Simpson, the College of Sciences will allow students to take advantage of opportunities previously unknown to them, especially in relation to research. When Simpson was a meteorology student at the University, she did not have all of these opportunities. “I think the University does a really good job of exposing students early,” Simpson said. The main job of the Student Support and Communications implementation team is to figure out how to best advise students and address their concerns. At this year’s Open House, for example, the College of Sciences will take the place of PAMS. Simpson claims the student ambassadors for the College of Sciences are very excited, and she hopes students won’t feel an acute change. Ot her implementation teams include the Budget

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ulty members many advan- does not believe that faculty tages such as more freedom in should be split 50/50 based research topics, he criticized on gender, he said he would the process of tenure across like to see a closer adherence the board. Martin argued of a percentage of men and that tenure has become po- women that receive their liticized, and that deserving Ph.D.s proportionate to those people who push the envelope who receive tenure. of academia are often unable “[A university] should to achieve it, while those who hire people with tenure,” just focus on getting a large Martin said. “In essence, let number of papers published them know their job is safe, are chosen. and that they will have the In today’s world of instant academic freedoms to push gratification, Martin said the the envelope and stretch the amount limits of of rescientific search inquiry.” receives Betsy more Brown, value vice prothan the vost for novelty Faculty Cathy Trower, Hardard University and enAffairs, professor trepresaid each neurial departnature of a professor’s work. ment sets its own rules for Martin said the stressful and tenure and the University is competitive nature of aca- always looking toward revisdemia has thus evolved into ing the tenure policies every a system that rewards those year. who bring in capital and Though Martin’s comrecognition to a university ments weren’t directed at rather than those who seek Trower’s study, she said she to push the boundaries of didn’t hear bad feedback science to a new frontier. when reviewing the UniverMartin said throughout sity. his 19 years at the Univer“I don’t recall any criticism; sity, he has seen instances there was such so much supof quantity of publications port among faculty memregarded more highly than bers,” Trower said. “N.C. quality. According to Mar- State is a model institution tin, another problem with for the fostering and growth tenure was the wide gender [of] these relationships and gap that has come to exist in certainly stood out in these academia. While he said he aspects.”

parallel with the 20 months of construction and start-up activities, plant operators have been trained to operate the equipment and controls while maintenance staff have learned to perform necessary maintenance and repairs. Following significant commissioning and testing, the University accepted the Cates Plant and started add energy

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An example of a self-powered monitoring device created by ASSIST

to create the devices. Nanomaterials are used for the tools because they are small enough to access the body’s energy through thermoelectric material and they will operate the devices with the smallest amount of energy possible. These new devices have the ability to revolutionize the medial field by providing wireless and energy efficient devices that can allow doctors

to relate patients’ environments with their health. “[The project] is important to address the challenge of global health and to improve quality of life, and to help make links between health and the environment,” Misra said. Misra also said the technology has the ability to stimulate the economy with the help of the project’s industrial partners.

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A closer look at the security report

ampus Police published its annual security report for 2011 last weekend. The full report is available on campuspolice.ehps.ncsu.edu. According to the report, N.C. State’s campus has become more attractive to deviant people. Perhaps it’s the increased number of students on campus since 2009 or desperation caused by the increasingly frustrating economy, but burglary on campus increased 41 percent since 2009. Actually, there has been increased reports for most crimes that can be tied to financial motives. Aggravated assault, motor vehicle theft and robbery reports have also increased in occurrence. The increase in these types of crimes could very well be the result of an increase of potential victims and desperation caused by financial circumstance. In 2009, 2010 and 2011, there were five,

The unsigned editorial is the opinion of the members of Technician’s editorial board, excluding the news department, and is the responsibility of the editor-in-chief. five and seven reports of rape on campus, respectively. Although any incident of rape is heinous and unpardonable, it would seem that the University is well below the national average. A U.S. Department of Justice report on the sexual victimization of college women states that — on average — there are 27.7 victims of rape (a sum of 16.6 completed, and 11.1 attempted) per 1,000 female students on a college campus. In an October 2011 issue of Technician, the editorial board commented on the statistics put forth by the security report and asserted, “These statistics should not be interpreted as the reality of crime at N.C. State. There is

crime that goes unreported, the most notable being cases of rape.” That statement certainly holds true almost one year later. It’s very likely that many cases of rape and sexual assault on campus go unreported. This newspaper doesn’t aim to purport that women should be constantly wary of their surroundings, but now — more than ever — it’s important to be careful. This brings us to the two crime alerts issued by Campus Police last week. Both alerts warned of two incidents of strange males entering a female’s room with the intent of getting into their beds. In both incidents, the

doors to the rooms were unlocked. And although we’d like to live in a perfect world in which no one does wrong, that’s not a realistic outlook. Safety starts with the individual. The security report includes some very important, precautionary safety tips — the very first tip being, “Keep your door locked when your room is unattended or when you are asleep.” However, it is important to commend Campus Police on its efforts to keep crime on campus at a minimum. Since the Cameron Village fiasco and numerous complaints about the ambiguity of its text alerts, Campus Police’s alerts last week were much more detailed and prompt. Send your thoughts to viewpoint@technicianonline.com.

A Swiss cheese policy

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here are a lot of ways I need to not be like Swiss cheese.” A simple, yet profound quote from a preacher who embodies the same characteristics. Indeed, t here a re many traits we’d be better off Ahmed Amer not having Viewpoint Editor i n c o m mon with t he holeriddled dairy product, especially physically. However, logic is one of those things that, unlike Swiss cheese, is better with fewer holes in it. Holes in Swiss cheese develop when propionibacterium consume the lactic acid excreted by other bacteria in the cheese. The bacteria then release propionic acid and carbon dioxide, creating bubbles and holes in the cheese. The longer the fermentation period, the bigger the holes (yes, I did too much cheese research). There are regulations put in place by the USDA on the size of the holes, because if the holes are too big, the cheese will be structurally compromised and cannot be cut by slicing machinery. Holes develop in logic when you contradict a belief you on which you operate, and that hole gets bigger the longer you allow inconsistencies to fester before they eventually corrupt what was once whole. But I’m not here to preach about cheese. In respect to N.C. State’s ongoing mission to become a diverse campus — a safe-space for unique ideas and beliefs — it would seem that the University is hole-ier than thou. A campus preacher — who is to remain nameless, as to not put himself before his faith and God — is being denied a permit to preach at the Bell Tower. Yes, most of the preachers in the Brickyard

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or the relatively tiny college bubble in which we live — those people and ideals will always be a part of our world. We can’t condemn their speech just because it’s convenient or “politically correct.” (I want to really emphasize the air quotes around the phrase politically correct.) As oxymoronic as it may sound, my sense of social activism spurns from apathy. Why should I care what the preachers on campus are saying? As long as they’re not inciting hate with their speech, they should have the right to say what they want, where they want to say it. The preacher says he would like to be given a permit so he can, once again, continue to hold overnight prayers for those who would like to join him; the prayers would likely be held on Fridays. There have been eight prayers at the Bell Tower in the past, the last one being in 2006, according to the preacher. So if N.C. State is really a university that embraces diversity, then the administration should grant permits for prayer at the Bell Tower. A truly diverse university doesn’t preemptively avoid controversy. Rather, it would do everything possible to promote safe and productive discussion around controversial topics. So, I’m not only advocating for a preacher’s Bell Tower prayer, but I think those who would like to protest the prayer have the right to do so — and if an Imam wants to hold a prayer for Muslim students right after the Christian prayer, then that should be allowed, too. There are holes in our logic when our attempts to be more inclusive result in silencing even a handful of people. There are a lot of ways we, as a university, need to be less like Swiss cheese.

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are — for lack of a better word — controversial. According to the preacher I spoke with, the University will not grant him the permit required to hold a prayer at the Bell Tower. When we met for an interview, he handed me a thick stack of papers — emails between him and higher-ups at the University. Rather, emails from him to the higher-ups at the University — the communication appeared to be very one-sided. There were three meetings between the preacher and administration, and he was denied any permit to preach at the Bell Tower. Why the Bell Tower? We always see preachers in the Brickyard — some reading straight from the Book, others occasionally deviating from it to argue with students. But the Bell Tower, according to the preacher, is special because it is the only structure on campus with Biblical text embedded into its door. The full name of the monument is Memorial Bell Tower — it serves to preserve the memory of State alumni who fought and died in World War II. The powerful symbolism of the Bell Tower would make for a much more spiritual experience, during which he could pray over the fallen alumni and their families, those who serve now, graduates and students whose families are dealing with tragic situations. And while students do stop to argue with some of the more controversial preachers, I think their presence adds to campus culture in a positive way — regardless of how they represent their religion. (Provided they’re not threatening anyone.) When we walk through the Brickyard and see arguments between students and preachers, we’re looking at a very small sample of the world we’ll soon be in. The people and ideals don’t only exist in those arguments

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his was the question we posed to t he “Wol f pack Students” Facebook group last week, prompting a positive, inquisitive discussion which inevitably descended into trolling and pictures of My Little Pony, as Internet conversations are wont to do. The constructive part of the discussion raised some really good points, such as what the purpose of feminism is and why we need it in our society, our world and on campus. Before we answer these questions, you might wonder why we started the thread in the first place. Does N.C. State need feminism? Who needs feminism, anyway? The “Who Needs Feminism? ” campaign was started by 16 women from Duke University in an effort to de-stigmatize the feminist movement by showing that it can be for everyone. What started as pictures of people from the Duke community holding signs stating why they need feminism on the social media site Tumblr garnered thousands of submissions from all over the globe. These women wanted to continue that growth and bring the campaign to campuses all over the world to inspire the same conversation their original group of photos did. That’s where we come in. We have volunteered to bring the conversation to N.C. State by starting our own sister campaign

“Who Needs Feminism?” on campus. That’s why we asked our questions in the “Wolfpack Students” group — to spark a larger discussion and start our own photo campaign. What are the answers to some of the questions raised? What exactly is feminism? It’s such a broad movement that it’s hard to define, and many feminists refuse to do so, arguing there is no one conclusive definition. Basically, feminism is the movement seeking to secure equal legal and social rights between genders. In reality, it encompasses so much more than that. Most feminists recognize the intersections of oppression and fight for equal rights between races, sexual orientations and different levels of ability, among other equal rights campaigns. Why do we need feminism? I mean, the movement has already accomplished a lot! Women can now vote, own property and have a little bit of control over their reproductive choices. Women are no longer considered property, and employers are not allowed to discriminate against them on the basis of their sex. However, politicians are trying to take away that little bit of control women have over their bodies, and voter ID laws are threatening the ability of many married women to vote. Employers aren’t supposed to discriminate against women, but they still do. Women only earn 77 cents to a man’s dollar. That’s taking factors like education, job description and hours worked into consideration, and it hasn’t changed in 10 years.

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Our government is supposed to be representative, but only 17 percent of the government represents 51 percent of the population. Cuba, China, Iraq and Afghanistan all have more women in their governments than we do. Worldwide, women make up 40 percent of the workforce but only own 1 percent of the wealth. One in four women in the United States is raped, and rape against women is used as a tool of war worldwide. While N.C. State maintains colleges like Engineering and Education that have despairingly large gender gaps, we need feminism. While sexist, racist and xenophobic graffiti is defended in the Free Expression Tunnel, we need feminism. While the GLBT Center is defaced, WISE remains the butt of students’ jokes and while online students try to silence other students based on their gender, we definitely need feminism. So we think N.C. State needs feminism. Do you? W NF ?@NCSU w ill be in the brickyard Tuesday, October 2 from 11 a.m to 2 p.m. answering questions and taking photos. You can find them on Facebook at facebook.com/NCSUWNF, on twitter @WNF_atNSCSU, or email them at whoneedsfeminismncstate@gmail.com. Jennifer Lee, junior in textile technology, and Alexandra Anastasi, junior in business administration

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Nic Manning and his grandmother at their temporary Garner residence (Left), Manning outside Garner residence (Top right). Lisa Wilson, SWOOP executive director, goes over blue prints to Manning’s future home in Apex, N.C. at a work day on Sept. 8 (Bottom right).

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Rebuilding his life, one step at a time

waiting for somebody because I couldn’t … It didn’t register in my mind that I was paralyzed, but I couldn’t open the door and couldn’t move and all that other stuff.” The accident occurred in a man’s front yard, so the waiting wasn’t as long as it felt. “He’s an older gentleman,” Sandra said. “He said, ‘I had my little ol’ phone right here in my pocket … and then they come — they just needed about one ambulance — and here come ‘bout five!’” Nic was taken to WakeMed where doctors fused his spine in his neck, leaving a long scar. He was in the ICU for days. “When I went to the hospital, I really thought — it took so long — I really thought he was gone. I really did,” Sandra said. When Nic woke up, the doctors told him he would never walk again.

STARTING FROM SCRATCH In the hospital for more than two months, Nic dealt with the emotional challenges of his new life. “When they told me I would be paralyzed for the rest of my life, I kind of blew it off,” Nic said. “I didn’t feel like I would be confined to a chair for the rest of my life. I was going to find a way to get my body to listen to what I tell it to do, really, force my legs if I have to, and all that stuff.” Throughout his hospital stay, Nic said he wouldn’t accept defeat. “When I was in the hospital, I would just lay in the bed, watch TV, and try to move my leg or move something, just, constantly.” “He’s got such a strong will, a strong mind, that he was going to come out of this,” Sandra said. “And he’s stubborn, too.” But the independent athlete had to get used to al-

lowing others to help. As an award-winning wrestler, Nic was used to looking out for himself. “He would break down,” Sandra said, “And I would ask him and he [would] say, ‘I don’t want people to have to wait on me.’ I told him ‘Don’t worry about that. We don’t mind.’” Through the help of family and a voracious will, he kept fighting. “I told him, ‘You stay down for this moment, but you pick yourself back up and brush it off,’” Sandra said. “‘You’re going to have down moments, but don’t stay in it.’” Looking back, Nic said it was his family and friends who were his rock. “They were there for me,” he said. “They were always at the hospital, day or night, helping me with whatever I needed. And I guess I figured that since I didn’t die in the accident it wasn’t time for me to go yet, so I figured I might as well live to the fullest.” Nic then brought what he learned on the wrestling mat to a new mat — the therapy mat. “On the mat, you can’t really give up halfway,” he said. “You gotta force your way through it.” As therapy began, Nic had to relearn even how to sit up. His movement came and went, but slowly returned. Then he was gripping, then he was picking things up — and then he moved his legs. Once Nic was discharged from the hospital, outpatient therapy helped him defy his prognosis — and walk. “I wasn’t even supposed to have movement in my arms and stuff like that,” Nic said. “Through my therapy I started standing some and then I started walking with a walker, so I’m using a walker now to walk around some and get my strength back and all that.”

SWOOPING IN The challenges Nic faced weren’t limited to his physical recovery. Nic’s current residence at a family friend’s house in Garner is unfit for his new condition. He doesn’t have access to a full bathroom, and the corners of the walls are nicked and scratched by his first attempts to adjust to his motorized wheelchair. The inaccessible house prompted his family to consider a more appropriate housing situation. Nic’s Medicaid case manager got him into a Community Alternatives Program for Children, and the Mannings soon partnered with an organization called SWOOP. The organization, which stands for Strong Women Organizing Outrageous Projects, started after Hurricane Fran in 1996 to provide community service relief work in Raleigh, and is now most known for its efforts in building wheelchair ramps for those who can’t afford them. Once SWOOP partnered with the Mannings to renovate Sandra’s house in Apex, Nic said things started falling into place for the project. “I guess it just took a life of its own, really,” Nic said. For SWOOP, that couldn’t be more true. SWOOP started working in May, and by September, the project became the largest project in the organization’s history. “When we came across this project, we had the resources and we wanted to make this happen for them,” said Marilee Starr, director of administration at SWOOP. At SWOOP’s last workday at the Manning’s, volunteers primed the interior with paint and worked on the exterior, fixing the roof and vinyl sides. Nic made a brief appearance to the workday Sept. 8, but left shortly after

visiting to go to the hospital because of pain from blood clots in his chair-ridden legs. Lisa Wilson, director of SWOOP and a University alum, has spearheaded the project with her expertise as a licensed contractor. As of now, SWOOP has installed a temporary ramp in front of the house, rounded corners for his wheelchair and designed an accessible bathroom for Nic. “Where Nic is living now, he has no access to a shower,” Wilson said. “Now that he has the ability of his arms, we’ve been able to secure funding that allowed us to make an accessible bathroom. When we got here, it was a mess and we had a long way to go.” Sandra said she was in disbelief when SWOOP started fixing her house, which was built in 1991. There were so many volunteers for the first workday, Sandra’s neighbors called her to see if she knew what was going on. “People don’t usually call me — they were saying, ‘Your yard is full of cars!’” Sandra said. “By the time I got there it was … it was so overwhelming. I just couldn’t believe it. I had to get back in the car. I was just overcome. … They were just awesome.” Jane Lubischer is a longtime SWOOP volunteer and has been dedicated to the restoration project. Lubischer, a neurobiology professor and undergraduate coordinator for the biology department, said the project goes beyond the superficial, cosmetic work on the house. “It’s not just about doing the bare minimum, but really doing everything we can do to make this feel like home,” Lubischer said. She was late to class the following week after pulling her back that workday. SWOOP redesigned the bathroom and the kitchen and is connecting the family

with resources that SWOOP doesn’t have access to, according to Wilson. She described SWOOP as the orchestrator of the many players helping this project. “It’s still going to take a while,” Wilson said, in the middle of an 89-degree afternoon. “Despite progress, there are some barriers. Getting the grants and collecting the money we need causes some delays. It’s going to be an ongoing process.” But despite the uncertain completion date of the house, Sandra and Nic said they’re excited for a new home and witnessing the construction gives them hope. “You would be amazed at those women, how they are using the jigsaw and cutting the wood precisely,” Sandra said. Sandra sees this project as a long-term investment for Nic, making the house accessible “so he can be to as close to independent as he can.”

STILL N.C. STATE BOUND Before the Mannings move back to Apex, the house will still need more work. It needs a new HVAC system, a new roof and a new, more permanent ramp and door built into Nic’s room, Sandra said. “We are trying to get more help in getting it finished and all,” Sandra said. “I try to pay out of pocket what I can, but my income isn’t that great.” Someday, Nic may not need his wheelchair and will be able conquer the stairs, but with his legs shaking with spasms as he stands, he still has a long road ahead to build up endurance. “[Doctors] don’t really want to say anything, I guess, because I proved them wrong once already,” Nic said. “If your willpower is strong enough, you can defy a lot of things.” But in the meantime, forced to slow down, Nic is

learning a more thoughtful view on life and his future. “We talk more about spiritual things and life,” Sandra said. “I get to really know him and his thoughts about life. It’s just amazing how he has grown, how he has matured, I guess. It made him be still for a while and now he has the time to talk.” While his personal growth has been one of the positives of his ordeal, his education has been one of the victims. Nic’s hospital stay lowered his completion rate at Wake Tech and he lost his financial aid. “I took one [online] class in the summer and I had to pay out of pocket,” Nic said. “With the amount of classes I still have to take, it would be too much to pay out of pocket right now.” Even though his education is on hold, he maintains it is not over, and N.C. State is still in his plans. Through classes or an apprenticeship, he still wants a meaningful career. Through it all, Nic said he realizes someone was watching over him, and he can’t take anything for granted. “The doctor said if [my injury] was like a couple more inches, my spinal cord would have been severed and it would have been death,” he said. From what he’s learned, he can pass it on to those going through the similar hardships. “I’ll tell them not to give up, to keep forcing yourself to do it because you never know what will happen,” he said. “I try not to feel sorry for him because God has saved him for a purpose and I tell him that,” Sandra said. “If he continues and puts his mind to it, he’s going to do a great thing — even if he can inspire someone else in his situation.”

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able.” The 566 yards from Morris — which also represents the best effort in 59 years of Atlantic Coast Conference football — was largely a byproduct of the junior quarterback hitting deep home run balls from outside the pocket. Another large chunk of the yards came from several broken plays where State jumped offsides and the Wolfpack thought the play was over. “Obviously they were doing something up front that was getting us to jump every drive,” Bishop said. “And then guys act like the play’s over. After they do it to us one time, it’s like okay, they tricked us, the play’s not over. But that continually happened throughout the game, and I can’t understand why we didn’t at least adjust.” “They’re still going to throw the ball deep after we do that, and people think the play is over. It’s not over.” O’Brien agreed with his Floridian safety, who grew up an hour north of Miami Gardens and was hoping for a victorious homecoming. “You can make one mistake, but you can’t make five and continually make the same mistake over and over again,” O’Brien said. “It’s discouraging, and once again, that is on me.” Lost amidst the litany of self-inf licted wounds were several positives that State can possibly build off moving forward: senior quarterback

Mike Glennon threw for 440 yards, State rushed for over 200 yards in back-to-back games and, remarkably, was still in a position to win on the road after making too many mistakes to count. Although State was able to gash Miami for 664 yards of total offense, the secondhighest total UM has allowed in school history, Glennon and sophomore running back Tony Creecy took little pleasure in what would normally be an otherworldly display. “This was one where we just stopped ourselves,” Glennon said. “It wasn’t really about them; it was about us. We let the game get out of our hands, and that is just a tough, frustrating way to lose.” “I feel like we lost the game ourselves with all of these fumbles,” Creecy, the game’s leading rusher with 111 yards, said. “Don’t get me wrong, Miami is a good team and they played us well, but we just had too many turnovers. When we got in the locker room, all we could talk about is [the] two games [Tennessee and Miami] that we could have won but lost on our own.” State will now prepare for this Saturday’s primetime game against No. 3 Florida State (5-0, 2-0 ACC) at Carter-Finley. A victory over the Seminoles could derail FSU’s very realistic National Championship aspirations, while a loss will essentially eliminate the Wolfpack from contention in the Atlantic Division.

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final time when redshirt senior forward Tiffany McCarty artfully dodged a Wolfpack defender and slotted home the goal that eliminated any remaining doubt about the outcome. The Pack was clearly outplayed during the match, as it was outshot by the Seminoles 21-3. It could only manage one shot go on goal, which came from freshman forward Caroline Gentry with only four minutes left in the game. State did not earn a corner kick until well into the second

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pack recovery and victory. “We showed the resiliency that we’ve shown all year, and it was a lot of fun to be able to come back and win that match,” said Bunn. Despite the satisfying result of the first match, the Pack knew it would face an equally challenging competitor the next day, as the Clemson Tigers headed up from South Carolina eager for a win to rebound off of a stinging loss at UNC earlier in the week. A s pred ic ted, bot h teams came looking for the win Saturday night.

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half and was never able to muster any kind of sustainable threat at any point during the afternoon. Florida State has not yielded a goal in more than 600 minutes of action and has earned shutout victories in each of its league matches so far. The top-ranked Seminoles have only allowed three goals total this season. The Pack will look to end its losing streak and earn its first conference win of the season when it returns to action Oct. 7 at the Dial Soccer Complex versus Maryland. Gametime is 1 p.m. and it will be televised on Fox Sports Carolinas.

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Redshirt junior forward Meagan Proper blocks a pass during the women’s soccer game against Florida State in Dail Soccer Stadium Sunday. Due largely to an 18-shot deficit to the Seminoles, the Wolfpack fell 2-0.

The Pack found itself down Coincidentally, the Pack was 7-11 in the first set. The mo- up 11-7 in the second set, and mentum swiftly shifted after Reynolds Coliseum was alive sophomore middle blocker with Wolfpack pride. Alesha Wilson achieved a Still, Clemson pressed State powerful crosscourt spike to to work for the win, at one end the Clemson run and put point trailing only 18-20. The State behind Pack ma nonly 14-15. aged to keep Unfortuahead of the nately for Tigers, and t he Pa c k , the set win after seven was finalized tied scores with a skillBryan Bunn, volleyball head and an unfully placed coach profitable touch by juWolfpack nior middle set point, Clemson seized blocker Brie Merriwether. the opportunity to finish the Merriwether had a career neck-and-neck battle once high 26 kills that night. and for all. State then found Admirably modest, Merriitself in a position not unique wether said, “It’s just exciting. to the night before; the Pack I didn’t even know I had that needed its resiliency. many kills. I’m more excited And resiliency it showed. about the win — that means

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Canada finishes seventh at World Amateur Team Championships

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On Sunday, women’s golf sophomore Augusta James and the Canadian national team finished in seventh at the World Amateur Team Championships in Antalya, Turkey, at Gloria Golf Courses. Korea won the team championship at 13-under par, 563. James shot even par, 72. She tied for 12th in the individual standings at 2-under par, 286, which was first on the Canadian team. SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS

Cross country finishes fourth and tenth at Notre Dame The N.C. State men’s cross country team finished in 10th in the five mile run while the women posted a fourth place finish in the 5k race. Sophomore Joanna Thompson had a team-best 16:53 time in the event. Redshirt freshman Cody Pelliccioni led the way for the men’s team, finishing 14th with a 24:04 time. SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS

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the announced attendance at Sun Life Stadium of 38,510 was an accurate number. State turned the ball over six times, racked up 100 yards worth of penalties and repeatedly shot itself in the foot with mental lapses throughout the afternoon. “In more than 38 years of being around football, I haven’t been around a team that has made this many mistakes,” O’Brien said. “And that goes back to me.” Junior All-American cornerback David Amerson had his second high-profile disappointment of the season, repeatedly letting Miami

receivers get behind him in coverage while also committing a critical offsides penalty on a chip shot field goal attempt late in the third quarter. Visibly upset following the loss, Amerson declined comment to the media while Bishop expressed his anger. “We’ve got guys with plenty of ability,” Bishop said. “We’ve got guys that have made plays for years. To have this kind of performance in this type of game ... it’s unbeliev-

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When asked about his newly achieved milestone of 400 career victories, volleyball head coach Bryan Bunn teased, “It means I’ve been coaching too long.” Quite the contrary, however. Bunn’s three-year term with the N.C. State volleyball team is deservedly marked by an exceptional turnaround in athletic success. Despite his jokes, Bunn’s career with the Pack has only just begun. Having been a part of the team as long as Bunn, senior setter Megan Cyr said, “I think he’s done a great job since he got here, turning the program around. I couldn’t ask for a better coach.” Cyr especially shined during the Clemson match this weekend, reaching her career high 55 assists. Bunn and Cyr have watched the seasons and the team make

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“It was embarrassing the way they threw it over our head today,” Bishop said. “Big plays killed us, missed opportunities killed us ... it’s just the poorest performance I’ve ever been a part of [at State]. We just got ran by today. We’ve got guys that are turning around, and you’re supposed to be covering a guy. You can’t just let him run by you and do it over and over and over again. “It’s frustrating, man. It’s really, really frustrating.” Calling out State’s secondary as being the lone culprit in defeat is about as shortsighted as thinking

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Before the season started, senior safety Brandan Bishop dreamed of an under-the-radar team making an unexpected run at the ACC Championship with the Pack’s experienced and lauded defensive backfield being the backbone in that pursuit. Before the calendar could change to October, that dream has already been pushed to the brink. Committing what head coach Tom O’Brien called a comedy of errors, N.C. State (3-2, 0-1 ACC) rewrote school and conference record books in the worst way possible during a 44-37 shootout loss at Miami (4-1, 3-0 ACC). The Hurricanes’ starting quarterback Stephen Morris passed for a jaw-dropping 566 yards, obliterating the school’s singlegame record previously held by Gino Torretta. Miami has two Heisman Trophy-winning quarterbacks and five National Championship teams in its storied history, but has never seen anything close to the amount of yards Morris put up against State. The final dagger came when Morris scrambled to his right and found wide receiver Phillip Dorsett behind the defense for a 62-yard bomb with 19 seconds remaining in regulation. It was a fitting conclusion to a game both teams seemed hellbent on finding a way to lose.

a remarkable progression otherwise evident in the numbers; in his first season, Bunn went 14-18, only to improve to 20-13 in his second and finally a promising 15-1 so far this year. This weekend, Bunn and the ladies led the crowd to believe this season will be the best yet. The team’s first electrified performance of the weekend came with a comeback win against Georgia Tech. The Pack had won the first set without too much trouble from the Yellow Jackets, who at the time were the only other team undefeated in the ACC. But, in spite of State’s early lead, the next two sets belonged to Georgia Tech, largely due to some wicked jump serves that went unanswered by State. State bounced back in the next two sets to win the match, and Tech’s aces faded into the background of an unforgettable Wolf-

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Casey Short that traveled well down the field on the left side. When Hopkins saved the ensuing shot on goal, the sophomore keeper was unable to gain possession, and Seminole sophomore Dagny Brynjarsdottir deposited the ball into the net for the first goal of the match. State was forced to go into a defensive mode for the remainder of the first half and ceded much of the ball possession to the Seminoles. Florida State consistently held the ball in the Wolfpack’s half of the field, and it took a monumental effort from Hopkins and State defense to keep the game within reach during the first 45 minutes of action. At the start of the second half, Florida State maintained the barrage on goal. Less than five minutes after halftime, the Seminoles broke through for the second and

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The N.C. State women’s soccer team fell to the top-ranked Florida State Seminoles, 2-0, Sunday afternoon at Dial Soccer Complex in Raleigh. State lost its sixth match in a row and dropped to 5-8-1 overall, 0-5 in ACC play. The Seminoles improved to 11-0 on the season, 4-0 in league contests. The Wolfpack was on the back foot for most of the contest with Florida State having a clear dominance in possession. The Seminoles peppered the State goalkeeper Victoria Hopkins all day and it did not take long for the persistence to pay off. Florida State opened its account 15 minutes into the match. Hopkins was able to def lect a shot from FSU forward Jamia Fields after she received a deft pinpoint pass from midfielder

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