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Arrested soccer players kicked off team Jonathan Stout & Nolan Evans Deputy Sports Editors
Four players from the men’s soccer team were dismissed from the team for violating team rules, according to N.C. State Athletics. Junior forward Nader Jaibat, sophomore forward Monbo Bokar and freshman defender Michael Nelson were arrested outside The Downtown Sports Bar Oct. 6, according Wake County police reports. All three were charged with
two or more misdemeanor charges. A warrant for sophomore midfielder Jonathan Ray was put out after the incident, and was arrested by Campus Police Oct. 7. This marks the second time Ray has been arrested this year. He was previously arrested May 28 for underage drinking. Jaibat was charged with underage drinking and resisting a public officer, Ray was charged with disorderly conduct and resisting a public officer, Nelson was charged with
simple affray and resisting a public officer and Bokar was charged with underage drinking, disorderly conduct and resisting a public officer. The charges stemmed from an altercation that started inside of The Downtown Sports Bar. Lieutenant David Kelly of Campus Police said that officers were called to the scene to issue student conduct referrals. “Honestly, it didn’t have a lot to do with the bar. A couple of my employees got hit in the altercation by
soccer players,” a bar employee said. “We tried to grab them and let the police do their job, but then a police officer got knocked to the ground.” According to the employee, there were about eight student-athletes and possibly more present at the time of the altercation. “We have a very close working relationship with Raleigh PD, There are often times when we are called to off-campus locations in order to issue student conduct referrals,” Kelly said. “Our involvement was
First lady campaigns at UNC Nikki Stoudt Deputy Features Editor
First Lady Michelle Obama urged students to take advantage of early voting during her visit to the UNCChapel Hill campus Tuesday afternoon. The first lady reminded roughly 6,000 students and supporters packed into Carmichael Arena that President Barack Obama won North Carolina by just 14,000 votes, which, when broken down, came out to about five votes per precinct. Voting early, Mrs. Obama said, could be the difference between “waking up the day after election day and wondering, could I have done more — or feeling the promise of four more years.” She cast her own vote for President Obama via absentee ballot Monday. “That means that right now we are one vote closer to re-electing my husband and moving this country forward for four more years,” she said. Obama spoke just hours before the second of three presidential debates and highlighted what weresome of her husband’s key talking points. She also revisited comments from previous speeches in regard to the president’s character. “What truly made me fall in love with Barack Obama was what we see in him every day — his character,” the first lady said. “His heart, his decency and honesty. Truly, it is his compassion and conviction.” According to the first lady, it was those traits that helped the president during his time in the White House. “Barack was so committed to
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Campus has seen an increase in the number of bike thefts per month, and police are asking bike users to take more precautions to prevent theft. In August there were a total of 20 bikes stolen around campus, twice the amount of thefts that occurred in August 2011. During the month of September, approximately 30 bikes were stolen, making the total for the two months about 50 thefts. While no particular type of bike has a greater risk of becoming a target for thieves, all of the bikes have
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Hunt Library on schedule for Jan. opening Elizabeth Moomey Staff Writer
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First Lady Michelle Obama headlines a Democratic rally at UNC in Carmichael Arena Tuesday. The rally was to inspire people to vote, focusing on early voting that begins this week.
serving others that he turned down high-paying jobs, and instead started his career fighting to get folks back to work in struggling communities,” Obama said. In her speech, Obama discussed the importance of family and the sacrifices made in the best interest of loved ones and how these have transferred to the president’s actions while in office. “Like so many families in this country, our families, they just weren’t asking for much,” the first lady said. “They didn’t want much … They didn’t mind if others had much more than they did — in fact, they admired it. And that’s why they pushed us to be the very best that we could be.”
In her speech, Obama spoke about women’s rights and the importance of women having equal opportunities. She also said her husband understands the American dream because he has lived through the struggles average Americans face daily. “Barack Obama knows the American Dream because he’s lived it,” she said. “And he is fighting every day so that every one of us in this country can have that same opportunity, no matter who we are, or where we’re from, or what we look like, or who we love.” The first lady explained that President Obama knows the country has come a long way in the last few years, but that there is still much
work to be done. “While he is very proud of what we have all achieved together — because he knows he hasn’t done it without you — my husband is nowhere near satisfied,” Obama said. “Barack, of all people, knows that there are still too many people hurting. He knows that there’s plenty of work left to be done.” �This year, N.C. State students, faculty and staff will have the opportunity to vote early on campus, as the University is one of 15 Wake County early voting sites. Located on the fourth floor of Talley Student Center, voting booths will be open Oct. 28 to Nov. 3, with most days beginning between 8:30-11 a.m. and closing between 5-7 p.m.
Bike thefts on the rise around campus TeShima Brennen
to assist them with information or to locate students.” “If there is a criminal incident that takes place in Raleigh, it is also possible that N.C. State needs to know about it for administrative purposes,” Jim Sughrue, public information officer for the Raleigh Police Department, said. “They support us, we support them so if we were making arrests on campus, or something like that, we’d certainly
one thing in common – they were all secured with a cable lock. “About 90 percent or more of the bikes on campus use a cable lock,” Sgt. William Davis, head of the Crime Prevention unit of Campus Police, said. Securing a bike with a cable lock isn’t enough. “Students need to start securing their bikes with U locks. In the 14 years I have worked here, I have yet to see a bike secured with a U lock stolen,” Davis said. Although a bike cable is cheaper than a U lock, the cable can be eas-
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To discourage bike theft and promote secure locking procedures of bicycles, Campus Police has instituted a bait bike program. They suggest students use a U lock instead of a cable lock.
James B. Hunt, Jr. Library, located on Centennial Campus, is making sufficient progress for its scheduled grand opening Jan. 2. The construction of the building is complete, so crews are working on the landscaping and moving in furniture and technology. The library recently reached its goal of receiving LEED Silver certification, and may have exceeded that, according to Carolyn Argentati, deputy director of NCSU Libraries. There is a rainwater collection system, two green rooms, solar panels, an environmentally friendly air conditioning system and fin windows that shade the building from heat, which are described as “interesting and extremely practical.” They have also been moving in books, which will eventually total approximately 1.5 million. The new library will be the heart and soul of Centennial Campus, according to David Hiscoe, director of communication strategy for NCSU Libraries “If students like D.H. Hill, they are going to be wowed [by Hunt Library],” Hiscoe said. The library will have a coffee bar and ice cream shop by the entrance managed by University Dining. There will be a graduate student learning commons as well as a soundproof room specifically for playing videogames. A big difference is the “we come to you” idea the library will enforce. If students need help with studying or need a certain material, a student worker will help him or her� out. The workers won’t be fixed around a desk. The idea of the technology sandbox was carried over to Hunt Library. The fish bowl will allow students to work on interactive projects and take a study break. Hiscoe and Argentati hope the new library will reduce the
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Improving visuals to illustrate trends Young Lee
“Sentiment is the emotion that we think is embodied in the body of the tweet,” Healey said. “We use a sentiment dictionary to try to determine, for certain words that we recognize, for example, how pleasing the word is, how active the word is. Psychologists have built what they call ‘dimensions of emotion’— pleasure and activation. You can actually plot a tweet based on its estimated pleasure and estimated activation.” The “tweet visualization” program does just that. It receives a cross-section of recent data received from twitter based on a keyword provided by the user. Using hash-tags, the body of the text and related words, the application then instantly plots the estimated sentiments of each tweet on a plane so that viewers can see each tweet’s sentiment in context of the other tweets. “We provide an application that says, ‘Hey, you can use this. You can use this to search whatever keywords you want to and see what everyone on Twitter is saying about these things and we’ll present it to you in some way that shows the emotion of those tweets. And if you want all the details, we’ll give you those, but you don’t need any of those. You can just look it and draw whatever conclusions you want without any training or any background,’” Healey said. Healey has been using
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Many outside the scientific community struggle with interpreting data from research journals. However, according to Christopher Healey, an associate professor in the Department of Computer Science, visualizations, when used effectively, can help improve understanding for both researchers and nonresearchers. For the past few years, Healey has worked on visualizations that capture information that may be interesting to a wider audience in addition to his work regarding visualization studies —as well as visualizations targeted at researchers themselves. “What I’m trying to do, in some part, is to present something ... to the general public so I can explain to them ...and provide an example that is going to be easy for [them] to use and is going to be something [they] might be interested in,” Healey said. Healey has created visualizations that analyze football games and most recently, a visualization regarding Twitter messages and the emotions associated with them. With his visualization regarding Twitter messages, many casual observers can easily infer why people tend to tweet, the sentiment of the tweeters and what a crosssection of tweeters think about a certain subject.
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this visualization program —which is available on his website—to chart and track tweets made regarding President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney. With his ongoing work in a football visualization, Healey
shows the dynamics of football games. Healey took data from the NFL’s website and created a graph that charts the touchdowns, the type of play and yards gained or lost over time for every game that has occurred since 2008. Healey has provided a tool
from which fans can gain insight into the strategy of NFL teams, and the f low of the games, among other things. “Visualizations aren’t always the solution but I think oftentimes it is,” Healey said. “If you wanted to know if a team’s strategy is to do a lot of
long pass plays or to do short pass plays, I could give you the text for the play-by-play and you could read through it. You might be able to find an answer ... or I could show you the visualization, and you can tell right away.”
When DoomJezter met Angelblossom: Literary trends in MMORPGs Joseph Cabaniss
of communications, tested 1,346 middle school, high school and university students to find patterns in chat logs and usernames that tie them to their socioeconomic status, gender and age. Lawson gave a lecture on his findings Oct. 9 in Caldwell Hall to a number of professors and communi-
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According to a recent study, your online username could give away a lot more information about you than you might think. Aaron Lawson, research linguist at SRI International, and Nick Taylor, professor
cations students. His results firmly associated pre-existing theories about gender and socioeconomic language to the real trends in online culture, specifically centering on online multiplayer games like World of Warcraft, Rift, Guardian Academy, Sherwood and Second Life. It should come as no sur-
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prise that there is a research effort by SRI industries and VERUS to take the first steps to look at people on the Internet and try to divulge who they are. SRI International has researched a number of wellknown technologies, ranging from the “Technicolor” used in old cartoons and the original mouse for computers, to Tide detergent, ink jet printers and the iPhone tool Siri. Lawson also works with Speech Technology and Research (STAR) Labs, the team who created Siri, as well as working on the original versions of Dragon, a speech-totext software. The findings outlined some very common trends in the 1,346 students studied. Men in chat logs were much more likely to be commanding, spea k bluntly, use single words or sentences such as “Hea l me!”, swear strongly and give “weak” apologies like “oops” or “my bad.” Women were more likely to use weak swear words, give stronger apologies like “I am sorry” and use words like “can, could, should, would.” He sorted chat logs and usernames into three different age groups, and observed
trends. Youth (18 and under) and Young Adults (18-24) had a tendency to use the terms “u” instead of “you” and “i” instead of “I.” They also tended to capitalize whole phrases and whole usernames, as well as almost doubling the use of single-word utterances. They also tended to express laughter in different ways: they used “haha” much more than the other age groups. Adults (24 and over) used more traditional emoticons like “:)” twice as often as Youth and Young Adults. Adults also used ellipses 3-4 times more frequently than the other age groups. Surprisingly, all three age groups used the term “lol” equally. The team originally did not plan to include usernames in their study, but af ter some push f rom administrators, the team included them a nd found a nu m b e r of interesting trends. Usernames can be a big pointer toward economic status. Also, names that contained real words (like hunter, or killer) combined with a number (like Slayer117) is more often a user of low economic status. These users also tended to have a high amount of
“Men were much more likely to be commanding, speak bluntly, [and]use single words....”
player-versus-player combat and interactions because these users can usually not afford the time and equipment to form clans to complete quest-based gameplay. Studies also revealed that usernames with more abstract, f ictional natures, or references to literature, tended to belong to users of a higher economic status, as did users who have a lot of experience questing with groups. Usernames also correlated to gender. Studies found vowels that had open tones and high frequencies, like “Sh,” “ee,” or “ah” were more commonly female, while male usernames often had closed tones, consonants and frequently used the letter “x” or “z.” Taylor collected the data from real people face-to-face after obtaining their consent so that there were no assumptions on gender, race or economic status. Many of the people they studied may have acted differently because they were being observed. The discoveries made by Lawson and Taylor are not going to allow entities to identify people through their behavior on the Internet, but it does show that many previously-made foundations of linguistic analysis do apply to the way people present themselves over the Internet.
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fans that believThe unsigned editorial is the opinion of the members of Technician’s would ers. Even editorial board, excluding the news department, and is the go i nto af ter a responsibility of the editor-in-chief. games heartsaying, breaking “Yeah … we’ll probably lose.” By no nament for some, at least for the loss, the team showed it was ready means does that mean they wanted to restore the name of Wolfpack the Pack to lose. Rather, it’s a self-deBasketball and the faith of its fans. fense mechanism. We were insecure Jump forward to the present, and fans. It made heartbreakers -- like that spirit hasn’t diminished one the hard-fought losses to Syracuse bit. In fact, it has spread infectiously and Duke in the regular season, and across Raleigh. And although there the two-point loss to the Tarheels are probably hundreds of infections in the ACC tournament, to name a you were warned about before comfew -- easier to handle. Conversely, it ing to college, Wolfpack fever is not made the wins -- like the win against one of them — it’s something you UVA in the ACC tournament -- surshould be happy to have and generprisingly pleasant. first two games. However, by the ously give to others. That shamefully modest attitude Wolfpack’s last match in the Sweet The attitude toward State basketeven carried into the NCAA tour- Sixteen, all of Wolfpack Nation was ball has shifted from jaded skepti-
his year, Wolfpack basketball has dominated preseason polls (ranked third in the nation by Sports Illustrated) and attracted a promising batch of recruits. Last Friday, fans showed the Pack just how excited they are for basketball season. It’s always important, though, to remember one’s humble beginnings. So we must ask a sobering question: Is all of this hype for nothing? One year ago, the answer would have been yes. Although, we can’t recall much hype around N.C. State basketball — the team and fans were still testing the waters with (then new) coach Gottfried. We hate to say it, but there were quite a few more fair-weather
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Do you think foreign policy will be a deciding factor in the election? BY JOANNAH IRVIN
“I think that it is a major issue because of our actions in the Middle East and American efforts in that region with promoting democracy.” Blaise Bolemon freshmen, graphic design
Rachel Jordan, junior in architecture
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“Yes, the whole oil and gas prices. It’s the pivotal issue.” Keith Neal freshman, psychology
“I think it should be, but it is not as big as issues like the economy or abortion.” Kathryn Sontag junior, elementary education
“I think it might be because not all of our troops are home and most people want that.” Danielle Wright sophomore, biological sciences
illed to the brim with fried candybars, I wanted to leave the state fair — but not before handing off my last two ride tickets to a — quite frankly — ungrateful and undeserving teenager who couldn’t even manage to say “thank you.” Ahmed Amer Once Viewpoint Editor I was home, I reluctantly sat at my desk to start schoolwork I had neglected — I turned on the TV as a distraction. That’s when I heard the news of 14-yearold Malala Yousafzai, a brave Pakistani girl who was shot in the head by the Taliban after fighting for her right to go to school. Here we have two teenagers that couldn’t be more different. The young boy from the fair probably had most things in life handed to him — much the same way as I handed him the ride tickets. The lack of gratitude is evidence of his sense of entitlement. More than 7,000 miles away in Swat, Pakistan, a brave girl stands tall — above the smoke from constant gunf ire and drone strikes — and publicly rejects the most sinister and oppressive force in the region. Malala published a journal in BBC Urdu online, in which she documented her experiences after the Taliban issued a decree banning girls from schools. No matter how sophisticated, Western culture
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has bred a sense of entitlement. Even in a society that romanticizes capitalism and individualism, we still expect some things to be handed to us. I’m not saying we all feel entitled to things as trivial as ride tickets, nor am I trying to say our sense of entitlement to things like education is a bad thing. But we do take education for granted. Malala’s first journal entry on Jan. 3, 2009, titled “I am afraid,” starts with a recollection of a disturbing dream: “I had a terrible dream yesterday with military helicopters and the Taliban. I have had such dreams since the launch of the military operation in Swat.” Malala goes on to say she was afraid to go to school that day because of the edict banning girls from schools — but she went anyway, along with 10 other students out of the regular 27 — knowing their lives were at risk. I can shamefully say that, some days, my journal entry would be titled “I am sleepy,” or “It’s a beautiful day outside.” I would then go on to justify skipping class that day. The stark contrast should serve as a reality check for all of us. According to a report from The New York Times, Malala survived the shooting and is being treated in Britain. Her story not only provides us with a jolting reality check, it serves to expose our nation’s failing foreign policy. As both presidential candidates advocate flexing our (expensive) military muscle in the region, by attacking Malala, the Taliban have proven the weapon they fear most isn’t a predator drone or missile — it’s a brave little girl with a book.
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ast weekend I attended the first wedding experience in my life. I know what you’re thinking, how are you a senior in college and have never once witnessed a wedding? This thought perplexes me too, especially when compared to Lauren the high Noriega number Staff Columnist of funerals that I have solemnly sat through. Nevertheless, last weekend I braved the cold tundra of Buffalo, N.Y. to watch two of my dear friends and adopted family members exchange vows and become a happily married couple. Since the only wedding ceremonies that I had previously viewed were through my silver screen, I was not sure exactly what to expect from the event. All I hoped was that neither one of them would make a Ross Geller kind of mistake. Soon, the ceremony began and the second I saw my two friends, I immediately felt the tears start to collect in my eyes. The couple made their way to the officiant as they were each looking each other deeply in the eyes and smiling ear-to-ear. I don’t think I’ve ever seen either one of them happier than they were at that very moment. After a few speeches about relationships, the couple shared their per-
sonalized vows, which were each full of sarcasm, sentiment and nods to my sister for bringing the two of them together. Next, they exchanged rings, kissed and were promptly declared a married couple. Everyone in the room could not be any more excited for the happy couple. After taking loads of obligatory photos, they cut the delicious cake and shared their first dance. While dancing, they once again look into each other’s eyes and cou ld not look a ny more blissf u l or i n love. All of this made me turn into a blubbering mess yet again. It w a s a beautiful ceremony and it was everything that I could have wanted from my first wedding because I got to see a couple who I’ve known from the beginning of their relationship share their love with all the people who are close to them. Truth be told, there have been times when I’ve doubted relationships and marriage due to the ever-growing divorce rate in the United States. However, in that moment, my skepticism was crushed and my optimism suddenly returned. The fact of the matter is that marriage is just the ceremonial celebration of love. Whether it is located in an elegant cathedral or at local restaurant with exposed
bricks and Christmas lights to set the mood, weddings and the bond of marriage are something that everyone should be allowed to participate in. Love is not prejudiced or judgmental to the two members of the relationship. Love cannot and should not be restricted by narrowminded ideas and beliefs that some people share. As I previously mentioned, this wedding was the first wedding that I had ever attended and, on top of that, it was a gay wedding. It was beautif u l, e mo tional and everything I would expect out of a wedding. It was not different from a ny ot her wedding. It was a couple expressing their love in the most celebratory way possible. I hope that the future of this country is accepting enough to make it so traveling to a different state to be able to watch friends of mine marry the person of their choosing is not my only option. Furthermore, I hope that one day soon people will start to realize that we only have one life to live and therefore everyone should be allowed to get married if they so decide, no matter what gender their partner might be.
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Aumenta la importancia del voto latino América Moreno Corresponsal
De los 50 millones de Latinos en los Estados Unidos, solamente el 52 por ciento de aquellos que son elegibles para votar, están registrados para hacerlo. La comunidad latina se ha incrementado 43 por ciento desde 2000, según el U.S. Census de 2010, y ahora los latinos completan el 16 por ciento de la población entera. Considerando a los inmigrantes indocumentados y a los menores de edad, todavía quedan 48 por ciento de latinos quienes podrían haber votado pero que no se registraron este pasado 12 de octubre. El martes, el 10 de octubre, estudiantes de N.C. State y el público general tuvieron la oportunidad de asistir a la presentación de Isela Gutiérrez-Gunter que discutió la importancia del voto latino. Gutiérrez-Gunter, la coordinadora del proyecto “Nonprofit Voter Engagement” de Democracy NC, platicó sobre el impacto que pudieran tener los Latinos en la elección presidencial. “Porque es un estado pendular,” dijo Gutiérrez-Gunter al ser cuestionada de la influencia que podría tener el voto latino de Carolina del Norte. La coordinadora considera que lo más impactante para la elección será la participación. De acuerdo con las estadísticas del PEW Hispanic Center, menos del 24 por ciento de latinos o hispanos en Carolina del Norte tienen el derecho a votar. Se nota que hay 196,000 hispanos en Carolina del Norte quienes son elegibles para votar, pero de esos solamente 102,000 se han registrado desde el 22 de septiembre. En el 2008 el Presidente Obama tomó el estado con tan solo una mayoría de 14,000 votos, según la Comisión Estatal de Elecciones, y el voto latino pudiera ser el voto definitivo para estas eleccio-
nes. A comparación de votantes blancos o de color, los latinos son los menos esperados para votar. Una razón para esto pudiera ser que “los jóvenes no están tan interesados en la política” según GutiérrezGunter. También, ella mencionó la coordinadora que en Carolina del Norte la edad promedia del votante hispano es de 24 años. Por lo tanto, se espera que aun aumente el número de hispanos elegibles para votar en cuanto estos cumplan la mayoría de edad en los años siguientes. Gutiérrez-Gunter también mencionó que generalmente los Latinos no participan en elecciones locales. El poder político latino tiene mucha potencial de crecimiento en elecciones al nivel local porque, “menos gente [latina] vota en las elecciones municipales” observa la coordinadora de Democracy NC. Muchas veces se olvida que hay elecciones para el alcalde o para formar las comisiones escolares. Realmente estas elecciones afectan las vidas diarias de los constituyentes más que las elecciones nacionales puesto que proponen las leyes locales como los requisitos para las escuelas entre otras cosas. Otra elección para tener en consideración sería la elección del gobernador(a) entre el demócrata Walter Dalton, el republicano Pat McCrory, y la libertaria Barbara Howe. Los requisitos para poder votar en la mayoría de los estados eran: ser mayor de los 18 años de edad para el 6 de noviembre, ser ciudadano(a) americano(a), y tener residencia legal en el estado por 30 días consecutivos sin tener delitos graves. Ojalá que aumenten los números de latinos involucrados en la política, el gobierno� y en las elecciones en los años siguientes, porque sin voto — no hay voz.
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Miembros de la organización El Pueblo, registraron a los votantes hispanos durante La Fiesta del Pueblo en el 9 de Septiembre en Moore Square en el centro de Raleigh.
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE LATINO VOTE INCREASES How is it that of the 50 million Latinos in the United States, only 52 percent of those that are eligible to vote are registered to do so? The Latino community has increased by 43 percent since the year 2000, according to the 2010 U.S. Census, and now the demographic makes up 16 percent of the entire population. Excluding ineligible voters, such as undocumented immigrants and minors, there are still 48 percent of Latinos who were voter-eligible but did not register this past Friday, Oct. 12. Tuesday, Oct. 10, N.C. State students and the general public had the opportunity to attend a presentation by Isela Gutiérrez-Gunter, who discussed the importance of the Latino vote.
Gutiérrez-Gunter, the coordinator of the nonprofit Voter Engagement project by Democracy NC, spoke about the impact that Latinos could have on the Presidential election. “[North Carolina is important] because it is a swing state,” Gutiérrez-Gunter said. The project coordinator believes that the biggest impact on the election will be voter turnout. According to statistics from the PEW Hispanic Center, less than 24 percent of Latinos or Hispanics in North Carolina have the right to vote. It’s noted that roughly 196,000 Hispanics in this state are voter-eligible, but of these only about 102,000 have registered to vote since Sept. 22. In 2008, President Barack Obama took the state with only a 14,000 majority of
votes, according to the State Board of Elections, thus the Latino vote could be the definitive factor for this election. Compared to black or white voters, Latinos are the least likely to vote. A reason for this could be that “the youth is not interested in politics,” Gutierrez-Gunter said. The coordinator also mentioned that the average voting age for Hispanics in North Carolina is 24 years old, causing expectations for an increase of eligible Hispanic voters as minors turn 18 years old in the following years. Gutiérrez-Gunter a lso mentioned that Latinos generally do not participate in local elections. The Latino political power has a lot of potential to increase at the local level because fewer Latinos vote in the municipal elections, according to
Gutierrez-Gunter. Mayoral elections to the school boards often go forgotten, GutierrezGunter said, and in reality these elections affect the daily lives of constituents more so than national elections. Another election for Latinos to consider is the governor’s race between the Democratic candidate Walter Dalton, the Republican candidate Pat McCrory and the Libertarian candidate Barbara Howe. The requirements to register to vote for the majority of states are: to be 18 years of age as of Nov. 6, be an American citizen and have legal residency in that state for at least 30 consecutive days without any felonies.
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La actriz mundialmente conocida—ganadora del premio Golden Globe y del premio Emmy, América Ferrera va a honorar a nuestra universidad con su presencia hoy en el cuarto de baile del Centro de Estudiantes Talley a las 5 p.m. No solamente se conoce por su rol progresivo y ámamecomo-soy de Betty Suarez en la gran telenovela de ABC Familia Betty la Fea, sino también por su rol clásico en la película Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants (2005, y la continuación en 2008) como Carmen Lowell, al igual que su rol de estrella en Real Women Have Curves (2002). En años mas recientes, Ferrera ha expandido los horizontes de su talento extraordinario como la productora ejecutiva de la primera telenovela de MTV, Pedro y Maria. Ferrera es la oradora del Diálogo de Diversidad hoy, y la invitada de honores de la Semana de Diversidad, que empieza el 15 de Octubre y termina el 19 de Octubre. Su discurso, titulado Valuing Diversity: Lessons from Ugly Betty (Valuando la Diversidad: Lesiones de Betty la Fea), se enfocara en la promoción de la individualidad y el auto-
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descubrimiento a través de las decisiones de la vida. Tan emocionante que este evento es para la comunidad Latina, sale la pregunta: ¿Por qué América Ferrera? Aunque ella es una inspiración para todos, la comunidad Latina es apenas 4 por ciento de la populación de la Universidad. ¿Con la selección del grupo country Gloriana y el rapero Wale para nuestra fiesta de Homecoming, porque no invitamos a un artista mas común que atraillaría a mas gente? La Directora de la Junta de
Diversidad, Tracy Ray, explica que ella es audaz y acustumbrada con las cuestiones de la diversidad. “Ella es una embajadora artistica y una humanitariana global,” dijo Ray. “Usa su voz y influencia en maneras positivas para impactar a nuestra nación y comunidades globales.” Harpreet Johal, un estudiante de segundo año de administración de negocio dijo que es una aficionada de la actriz. “Me encanta que [ella] sea una modelo positiva en pú-
blico, por ejemplo, nunca la has visto completamente borracha en la noticia como otra gente exitosa estos días,” Johal dijo. “Está famosa por todas la razones correctas.” A pesar de sus varias presencias en el escenario y la pantalla, parece que en vez de enfocarse en la carpeta roja, América Ferrera captura los corazones de sus fans con su enfoque en lo que necesitan otros; no solamente lo que necesitan sus fans, pero también lo que necesitan los desafortunados a través del mundo.
Ferrera fue la recipiente del premio Inspira de la Fundación dela Herencia Hispana en el año 2010 y la recipiente del premio de Acción Global de Educación y Desarrollo de Juventud en el año 2011 por su trabajo con Save the Children en Mali. En Marzo del 2011, Ferrera fue la receptora del premio del Legado de Cesar E. Chávez por su compromiso en ayudar a familias sin recursos a obtener una educación y una vida mejor.
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El 15 de Septiembre las 11 p.m. hora local, el Presidente de México Felipe Calderón sonó la campana que cuelga sobre el balcón del Palacio Nacional de la Ciudad de México por la sexta y última vez como presidente. Anualmente, cada 15 de Septiembre mexicanos se reúnen delante del famoso Zócalo en la Cuidad de México para recitar “El Grito de Dolores.” El Grito obtuvo su nombre de la ciudad de Dolores, en el estado de Guanajuato donde el sacerdote y revoluncionario Miguel Hidalgo y Castilla sonó la campana de la iglesia, e introdujo la pasión a los ciudadanos para rebelarse contra la opresión española. Esto marcó el comienzo de la rebelión mexicana contra España en 1810, y hasta la fecha es honrada como El Grito en los 31 estados mexicanos. Este año las cosas fueron diferentes. Aunque no fue muy televisado, hubo muchas protestas en varias localidades del país contra la corrupción del gobierno mexicano, así como en lugares de Estados Unidos como en Los Ángeles. Según HolaOaxaca. com, un periódico del estado de Oaxaca, más de 200 bocinas fueron colocadas alrededor del escenario antes del evento de manera de contrarrestar las protestas que pudieran surgir. Con el regreso del Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) las pro-
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Jóvenes mexicanos se unieron en la Ciudad de México para protestar la corrupción del gobierno mexicano.
testas eran garantizadas por un pueblo desilucionado con la corrupción del PRI. Este partido dominó México por un período de 71 años consecutivos desde 1929 hasta el año 2000. Esta era fue marcada por la corrupción, en la cual el presidente saliente escogía su sucesor y los votos eran comprados por el gobierno. Enrique Peña Nieto, miembro de este grupo es actualmente el llamado aser el presidente elegido para gobernar el 1 de Diciembre. Aunque Peña Nieto dice que es diferente, muchos mexicanos tienen sus dudas al
respeto. El día después que Calderón dio El Grito desde el Palacio Nacional, cargó un video a YouTube el usua rio AsambleaYoSoy132 con el título: “Lo que rea lmente sucedió en el Grito de Independencia con los tags #BoicotaCalderon #LuzporlaDemocracia.” En el video, se puede ver en la plaza del Zócalo anuncios y pancartas que decían “2012”. En el video se puede observar
láseres verdes apuntados en el rostro del presidente. A pesar de la fuerte lluvia, los láseres continuaron y se ondeaban banderas en blanco y negro en señal de protesta. Durante El Grito, repetidamente se escuchan gritos de una gran multitud de estudiantes y jóvenes que dijeron cosas como “México,” seguido con cantos de “Sin PRI” y “Fraude.” El video que empieza con #YoSoy132 ha sido
“Este año las cosas fueron diferentes.”
visto por más de 1.4 millones de personas. El tag #YoSoy132 se refiere al movimiento político de jóvenes que empezó en la primavera de 2012 mientras el candidato de PRI, Enrique Peña Nieto, buscaba obtener el apoyo de los votos jóvenes de élite para las elecciones del 1 de Julio en la Universidad Iberoamericana el 11 de Mayo. Esperando ganar votos, Peña Nieto, ex-gobernador del estado de México, fue bombardeado con preguntas dirigidas a sus acciones durante una protesta en 2006 en
la ciudad de Atenco. Durante esa demonstración, Peña Nieto llamó a la policía para su resguardo y para separar a la multitud y como resultado dos civiles murieron. Aunque Peña Nieto aseguró que los responsables de estas muertes fueron apresados, los estudiantes reconocieron que esto era falso. Disgustados por la respuesta que les dio, los estudiantes lo sacaron del campus. Cuando los medios indicaron que los estudiantes eran pagados por otros candidatos y acusados de no ser realmente estudiantes, 131 de ellos hicieron un video demostrando su status como estudiantes, enseñando sus identificaciones. El video fue una sensación seguido de tweets como “Yo soy el estudiante 132”. En unos días el tag #YoSoy132 fue tendencia mundial en Twitter y en varios medios. Desde entonces el movimiento #YoSoy132 ha estado comprometido en promover la igualdad de la democracia y exponiendo el prejuicio existente en los grandes medios de comunicación. Estudiantes del movimiento #YoSoy132 organizaron un Grito simbólico temprano ese mismo 15 de Septiembre en el cual incluyeron frases como “Vivan todos los pueblos de la resistencia” , “Viva los mexicanos que construyeron el país” y “Viva México sin PRI.”�
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¿Terminará el mundo a 21 de diciembre 2012? Según los mayas, no. El próximo jueves y viernes, en UNCChapel Hill, un simposio de estudios latinoamericanos profundizará en la historia maya. Una exposición fotográf ica, titulada 13 Bak’tun: Nuevas Perspectivas Maya en el 2012, comenzó el 18 de septiembre y continuará hasta el 27 de enero 2013. Esta exposición, con veinte fotos desde los años cincuenta del siglo XX y sacadas por fotógrafos de la revista National Geographic, incluye fotos de los pueblos mayas y los sitios arqueológicos. Estas fotos son parte de una colección de George E. Stuart, un ex-arqueólogo de la revista. Los mayas desarrollaron el sistema más perdurable precolombino de escritura de las Américas, y se reconoce a nivel mundial por sus sistemas complejos astronómicos y la arquitectura sofisticada. De relevancia particular es
su sistema del calendario, basado en bak’tuns. Un bak’tun es una ciclo de 400 años, cada uno con 360 días. Después de 13 de estos ciclos, el calendario maya empieza de nuevo. En el 21 de diciembre, 2012, el bak’tun actual terminará, señalando así “el fin del mundo.” Ampliamente entendido mal, el calendario Maya no predice el Apocalipsis, sino el comienzo de una nueva época. Mientras que otras civilizaciones antiguas eran propensas a predecir eventos apocalípticos, Marcello A. Canuto, del Middle American Research Institute de Tulane University, escribe que “los mayas antiguas usaban su calendario para promover la continuidad y estabilidad más que predecir la Apocalipsis.” El orador principal del evento simposio es Víctor Montejo, profesor emérito de estudios americanos indígenas en la Universidad de California, Davis. Es de Guatemala y es novelista, poeta, erudito y activista de derechos humanos. Ha servido como miembro del Congreso
de Guatemala y Ministro de la Paz, que se encarga de la promoción de los acuerdos de paz que pusieron terminar a la guerra civil de 36 años en Guatemala. Montejo hablará de “Perspectivas Nuevas del Maya” a 5:30 p.m. en 25 de octubre, en el Pleasants Family Assembly Room, Wilsons Library, de UNC-Chapel Hill. Todos los eventos y exposiciones son gratis y abiertos al público, y están orientados a los individuos que tienen interés en los estudios maya y latinoamericano. Se recomienda que registre antes de asistir. U NC - C h ap e l H i l l e s reconocido por su colección de recursos y textos latinoamericanos. La colección de libros raros se exhibirá en una exposición durante el simposio. Según el sitio web del Instituto para el Estudio de las Américas, el simposio invita a escritores y activistas notados de México, Guatemala, y Belice para atestiguar del actual renacimiento cultural de los mayas.
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involve N.C. State police.” Bona Jones, director of operations for women’s cross country and track and field, issued an email to all student-athletes stating, “It is now an athletic department policy that the Downtown Sports Bar is off-limits to all student-athletes. This is a memorandum from the administration, so please make sure that you are not found anywhere on those premises.” Chris Kingston, execu-
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ily broken, allowing the thief to walk off with the bike in seconds. However, breaking a U lock is a real hassle. “If students want to make sure their bike is secure, he or she should use a U lock and a cable lock or at least two cable locks,” Davis said. The U lock should be used to secure the bike to the bike rack and the cable lock should be used if the bike contains quick release tires. The cable lock should secure the quick release tire to the frame of the bike. “We are doing our best to
fering views of Lake Raleigh and downtown Raleigh. Tours will be available once the library opens, and a mobile version will also be offered. There will be an official
grand opening ceremony, though the date has not been set. It will feature speakers like former North Carolina Gov. James Hunt, who the library is named after.
find bikes and return them to their proper owners. However, we are running into some problems that the students can help us fix,” Davis said. The police department has found people in possession of a bike they believe was stolen, but there is no way to identify the real owner of the bike. “Many of the bikes we find have no permit nor any info engraved on the bike, so we have no owner information. Even if the police do hold the bike, no one comes to get it,” Davis said. All students who own a bike should have it registered with University Transportation and engraved by Campus Police. Both the registration
and the engraving are free. Once registered, students will receive a decal to put on their bike. Registering your bike has several advantages — the police can contact students when their bike is stolen or recovered, the permit deters theft and the permit is valid for the lifetime of the bike. Campus Police will engrave the student’s driver’s license number on the bike. This allows the police to identify who the bike belongs to and it gives the police access to the owner’s contact information. According to Davis, 90 percent of the bikes reported have no ID. If students would register their bikes and take
them to be engraved, it would be easier for the police to work with them to get their bikes returned. As bike thefts increase on campus, Campus Police are employing two new aids to help them better identify and catch thieves. Campus Police has started using the aid of the Center for Problem-Oriented Policing, or the CPOP. CPOP is a non-profit organization that publishes guides on an array of crimes. The guides may contain research on statistics, the types of people who commit the crime, how they commit the crime and more. “After doing some research and looking at what CPOP il-
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tive senior associate direc- letes — football, basketball, tor of athletics, said, “We and honestly, this is the first believe it is instance in the best we’ve had i nterest of with the our studentsoccer team athletes.” — we’ve had When to break up asked for instances further comw it h t hem ment regardin the past,” ing the disa bar emmissals, Caployee said. Downtown Sports van Fosnes, “But most of bar employee a spokesperthe studentson for the N.C. State Ath- athletes as well as students letics department said, “The frequent the bar with no isonly comment we’ll have is sue whatsoever.” that they will no longer be a part of the team, due to a violation of team rules.” “A lot of the student-ath-
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lustrated on bike theft, Campus Police have come to the conclusion that most of the people who steal bikes are joy riders,” Davis said. According to CPOP, joy riders steal bikes for the ride or entertainment purposes. The offenders are usually young and will most likely abandon the bike after a few days. “Many times when a bike theft is reported, an unlocked bike can be found nearby — this is most likely the bike the joy rider was using before he or she took their next joy ride,” Davis said. Another aid Campus Police is using involves baiting and surveillance. Police have placed well
monitored, decoy bi kes around campus, called bait bikes. “We hope that we can catch the joy riders as well as create a fear for bike stealing around campus so that the number of thefts decreases,” Davis said. Campus Police has also selected certain areas on campus to be surveyed for bike thefts. “There has been some success with the surveillance; however, police have had a challenge of blending in. And when they do catch thieves they can’t prove who the real owner of the bike is,”� Davis said.
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Purvis relishes the moment Women’s basketball picked to finish eighth The Wolfpack has been picked to finish eighth in the Atlantic Coast Conference’s 2012-13 preseason poll. Duke received 29 first place votes. Senior guard Marissa Kastanek was the only member of team to be named to the preseason All-ACC team. Kastanek ranks 20th in career scoring and 4th in made three-pointers at N.C. State. The Pack will open its schedule against Wofford Nov. 9 in the Sheraton Raleigh Wolfpack Invitational. SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS
Wolfpack adds walk-on to roster The women’s basketball team added freshman guard Kaley Moser to its 201213 roster. Moser played four seasons at Williams High School in Burlington, N.C. She was named first team All-Region by the Burlington Times News and an All-State honoree by NC Preps. She led her team to the 3A state championship game in 2012. Moser also raised almost $12,000 for the Kay Yow Cancer Fund in her senior season. SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS
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After six weeks of speculation and anticipation, freshman guard Rodney Purvis received the news that lifted the burden of uncertainty off his shoulders via what initially seemed to be a suspicious phone call on Sept. 17. Purvis was leaving a tutoring session when he got the call. “[Head] Coach [Mark] Gottfried called me from a private number,” Purvis said. “So I was like ‘I don’t think I want to answer this.’ So I picked it up and it was breaking up. I was just about to hang it up and he was like, ‘Hey, it’s coach Gottfried.’ And I was like ‘Hey, what’s up?’ and he was like ‘Hey, you’ve been cleared.’ I said ‘stop playing.’” The phone call marked an emotionally charged moment RYAN PARRY/TECHNICIAN from whom Purvis describes as First year guard Rodney Purvis is interviewed at the N.C. State men’s basketball team media day Monday, Oct. 8, 2012 at Dail Basketball Center. Purvis missed the team’s trip to Spain for exhibition games due to speculations an intense coach. “He’s always on you,” Purvis from the NCAA on whether or not the high school he attended had the correct correlated core classes, but has since been cleared to play come November. said. The McDonald’s All-American was cleared to play for the The investigation also kept him of the team. According to Purvis, Brown has Wolfpack after a six-week in- from traveling with the Pack to “We had conditioning outside been guiding him in his first year vestigation Spain, where it the day I got the news,” Purvis playing on the collegiate level. conducted by played a five- said. “I told [junior guard] Lorenzo On Oct. 8, Purvis was able to put t he NCA A, game schedule [Brown] and [senior forward Rich- on his uniform for the first time at beginning a g a i n s t pro - ard Howell] because they were the Media Day, marking the culminaAug. 4, of his fessiona l a nd closest ones to me. They were just tion of an offseason full of uncerhigh school amateur teams. as excited as I was.” tainty. alma mater, It finished the “We had to run right after that. It “It feels good,” Purvis said. “There Upper Room exhibition slate kind of spoiled it.” isn’t any better feeling in the world.” Christian with an untaintWith his return to the Pack, PurIn the teams inter-squad scrimAcademy in ed 5-0 record. vis said that he along with other mage held during Primetime With Raleigh, N.C. P u r v i s w a s All-American freshmen, forward the Pack Oct. 12, Purvis finished the The News & cleared to attend T.J. Warren and guard Tyler Lewis, game with 7 points and 2 assists. Rodney Purvis, Observer reclass and live on will provide critical depth for the State will open its regular season freshman guard p or t e d h i s campus Aug. 21. team. schedule against Miami (OH) Nov. former school Following the “With the team being pretty good, 9 in Raleigh, N.C. is eliminating its high school call from Gottfried, Purvis shared I feel like we can still make an imand middle school grades Oct. 9. his excitement with other members pact,” Purvis said.
“I was just about to hang it up and he was like, ‘Hey, it’s coach Gottfried.’ And I was like ‘Hey, what’s up?”
Friday VOLLEYBALL V. BOSTON COLLEGE Reynolds Coliseum, 7 p.m. MEN’S SOCCER V. WAKE FOREST Winston-Salem, 7 p.m. SWIMMING AND DIVING V. USC Los Angeles, Calif., TBA MEN’S GOLF AT WOLFPACK INTERCOLLEGIATE Lonnie Poole Golf Course, All Day MEN’S TENNIS AT REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS Cary, N.C., All Day WOMEN’S TENNIS AT ITA REGIONAL INDOORS Winston-Salem, N.C., All Day Saturday FOOTBALL V. MARYLAND College Park, Md., 3:30 p.m. VOLLEYBALL V. MARYLAND Reynolds Coliseum, 5 p.m.
QUOTE OF THE DAY “With the team being pretty good, I feel like we can still make an impact.” Rodney Purvis, freshman forward
COMMENTARY
NCSU’s time is finally here Y esterday, the ACC released the results of a ballot given to all 12 of the ACC’s head coaches in which they picked the Wolfpack to finish first in the ACC, junior forward Calvin Leslie as Preseason Player of the Year and All-ACC along w it h junior guard Lorenzo Nolan Evans Brown. It also Deputy Sports awarded PreEditor season Rookie of the Year to freshman guard Rodney Purvis. The question now for N.C. State fans is whether they have a right to be braggarts or if they should accept, for now, that this attention is simply what it is — hype. The biggest worry many have for State is its supposed lack of depth in the post. Until Friday evening at Primetime with the Pack, this was my main concern as well. Senior forward Richard Howell will join Leslie as the most reliable big men for the Pack.
Both averaged double digits in scoring last season, and Howell nearly averaged a double-double. Unfortunately, Howell seemed to foul early and often and had streaks of frustration that led to him sitting on the bench for too many minutes. It’s difficult to say if Howell has improved this area of the game based on Friday night’s scrimmage at PNC Arena. For the sake of argument, let’s say nothing has changed. Due to sixth-man center DeShawn Painter’s transfer, who does the Wolfpack rely on now to fill in underneath the basket? My first thought goes to sophomore forward Thomas De Thaey. A year ago, De Thaey was nowhere on the radar. When, and if, he saw playing time, he seemed weak, timid and utterly unconfident in his abilities. Fast-forward to Primetime with the Pack and the 6-foot-8-inch Belgian seems to have found his rhythm. Friday night, De Thaey went 4-of10 from the field, knocking down a pair of three-pointers as well as completing a couple of strong drives to the basket. Participating in 18 minutes of the 20-minute scrimmage, he led the White team in scoring with 10 points along with
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freshman forward T.J. Warren. His 244-pound body looked strong underneath on both ends of the court, pulling down five rebounds, including three offensive boards, and once again leading the White team. From what I could tell, redshirt junior center Jordan Vandenberg performed just as you wou ld exp e c t , a nd just as he should be, at this point in time — acting as a big body underneath the basket whose main purpose is to be a nuisance to smaller players. In 19 minutes, he posted four points, four rebounds and two blocks. He also held Howell to 1-of-7 shooting on the night. Vandenberg may not put up the numbers every State fan wants to see, but his length is going to cause plenty of problems for players under the 7-foot range. Warren is the biggest question
mark for the State big men at this time. But, there is one thing that stands out about his performance in the Red-White game. Warren was 4-of-5 from the floor, nailing his only three-pointer, and had 10 points. Through the first three games of State’s trip to Spain, Warren averaged 18.7 points per contest. Wit hout a doubt, Warren is going to score and score often this season. As it stands, I t h i n k R aleigh has reason to be optimistic about its team. The talent is there and it would seem that the depth in the frontcourt will not be as much of a factor as previously expected. Even if this season doesn’t go as planned, the Pack has a bright future to look forward to under Gottfried.
“Warren is the biggest question mark for the State big men at this time. But, there is one thing that stands out about his performance in the Red-White game.”
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