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Engineering students create collaborative playground Young Lee Associate Features Editor
John Turner had a problem. He had an engineering spirit but no place to exercise it. Turner, a senior in mechanical engineering, wanted to design windup floating ducks for an engineering design course, but some of the tools that the project required were unavailable to students. Unwilling to
sit back and see his design dreams wither away, Turner sought out likeminded students to find a solution. The fruits of Turner’s efforts would become one of the most universally lauded student organizations on campus: Open Hardware Makerspace. Turner didn’t have to look far to find students with similar frustrations — he found plenty of students voicing their frustrations on
Moodle. “Here at State all I’ve found are the design shops in Leazar [that] I’m not allowed to use because I’m not in design school,” one student said. “I can’t use the amazing facilities in the basement of Engineering Building III period until I get to senior design — which seems to be the only time in our degree plan we do any actual hands-on work.” In August 2011, OHM was born
with funding from the Institute of Emerging Issues, help from Open Design Lab and vocal support from many other campus organizations. This support has enabled OHM to purchase additional equipment including the most recent addition: a 3-D printer. “It’s important to learn skills and have fun,” Turner said. “One of the goals we have once we finish our 3-D printer is to try to print with choco-
late. And that’s just cool. You don’t have to be an engineer to appreciate that. Come Valentine’s Day, custom chocolates. C’mon!” It is this combination of engineering prowess and light-hearted fun that has attracted the interest of parties outside of the Wolfpack community and has allowed the club to
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Stressbusters aim to relieve exam woes
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With the thought of finals looming ahead, campus organizations are prepping for this semester’s Stressbusters activities. The Stressbusters program was created more than a decade ago to provide diversions to students studying for finals. According to Deb Luckadoo, former director of Campus Activities, the original concept was to host events in Talley Student Center so Talley could be a “stress-free zone” during exams. The program has evolved over the years to include more locations and a variety of activities. There are several new activities on the docket this year, including the IRC 90’s Throwback Bash Saturday night, Massages and Meditation Tuesday evening and the Survival Pack Giveaway next Wednesday. According to Kaitlyn Moran, program coordinator and adviser for the Union Activities Board, these new events are replacing Exam Jam and Pizza on the Brickyard. “The UAB students thought students would appreciate a giveaway of food and school supplies they could use throughout exams more than pizza,” Moran said of the choice to replace Pizza on the Brickyard with the Survival Pack Giveaway event. Another change to the schedule this year is the date of the Pet-a-
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Pooch event. Pet-a-Pooch is traditionally on Monday night, but the location was not available. UAB moved the event to Sunday night, according to Moran. Stressbusters is a collaboration of many different departments. The bulk of the planning is done by individual departments. This year, Moran said for the UAB-specific events, the UAB staff asked students what events they would like to see
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for Stressbusters and made decisions based on student input, tradition and budget. “In the past, Stressbusters was purely staff-initiated and sponsored by Campus Activities. It had very little student involvement. UAB sometimes would plan individual events, but not with consistency,” Moran said. With the recent re-organization of the former Division of Student Af-
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A student plays with a cat during Pet-a-Pooch, a Stressbusters event occurring at the end of every semester. Stressbuster events are provided to students during exams to lift the burden of exam pressures. This semester’s Pet-a-Pooch event will be held Sunday in 126 Witherspoon Student Center from 5:30-7 p.m.
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fairs, Campus Activities no longer exists. Moran said the UAB chose to take ownership of Stressbusters. However, the UAB students decided they would like to continue to have it be planned by staff, but with increased student input. “At this time of year, students tend to be very busy with their schoolwork, and they didn’t want the pro-
N.C. State is getting ready for one the most unique and entertaining fundraisers around, the ninth annual Krispy Kreme Challenge, on Feb. 9. The challenge involves participants running from the Bell Tower to Krispy Kreme on Peace Street, eating a dozen doughnuts and running back to campus. The event was started in 2004 and has become one of the most popular charity events in Raleigh. Last year the challenge raised $127,000 for the North Carolina Children’s Hospital, with 7,700 runners registered to participate. This year the registration will be capped at 8,000 runners, according to Alyssa D’Addezio, public relations chair for the event and senior in human biology. According to D’Addezio, the main goal for this year is to match or exceed last year’s donation total. “We definitely want to get the word out for the race so we can
Local groups are headed to court, aiming to overturn a rule that was recently passed that allows the nighttime hunting of coyotes. The groups are concerned that the spotlight hunting is having a deleterious effect on the already struggling population of red wolves. Part of the issue is that the red wolf ’s appearance is very similar to the coyote. Recent genetic research suggests that it may even be a hybrid between the gray wolf and the coyote. “It is challenging even for an experienced wolf biologist to identify a red wolf for certain, even with a good look,” Michael Stoskopf, a professor of clinical sciences, said. “It would be difficult for there not to be many mistakes made by people without good experience differentiating between red wolves and other wild canids, particularly with brief observations at night.” Spotlight hunting, combined with animal calls, allow hunters to easily lure curious animals into firing range. The light confuses animals,
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which gives hunters a chance for an easy shot. “It would be great for this night hunting to go away in the five-county area,” said Sherry Samuels, treasurer for the Red Wolf Coalition. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently issued two press releases regarding two red wolves that were shot and killed in the past few months. One wolf was killed just a month after the ruling went into effect, in Tyrrell County. The other wolf was killed in Beaufort County a month later. “Night hunting of coyotes is a very politically-charged issue in North Carolina. The issues surrounding [spotlight hunting] are far more based in politics and human dimensions than they are in wildlife management or conservation biology,” Stoskopf said. Killing a red wolf illegally can result in a year in prison and fines as high as $100,000. Killing coyotes, on the other hand, carries no consequence. “Though the successes of the red wolf recovery efforts over the past AMANDA KARST/TECHNICIAN ARCHIVE PHOTO
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A red wolf trots around its pen at the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge in the August of 2010.
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match the donations from last year in order to reach our long term goal of $500,000 for the North Carolina Children’s Hospital,” D’Addezio said. “This year we were actually named their largest third party donator, so we want to support them and the children they work with by getting the community involved.” The event is not until February, but the safety of thou-
9:03 A.M. | DOMESTIC ASSAULT ES King Village Non-student and juvenile reported being assaulted by student overnight. Both were transported by EMS for treatment. Student was arrested and referred to the university. Student was also conditionally trespassed from all NCSU property other than residence and office. Appropriate notifications made.
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ohn Wolfe, a freshman in communication, freestyles late Monday night in front of a crowd of more than 60 people. The group comes together every Monday night at 11:30 near the Free Expression Tunnel and Wolf Plaza for an event they call The Cypher. The event is for local people of all ages to express themselves through spoken word poetry and freestyle rap. The Cypher started at the beginning this semester with less than 10 people involved. The event has grown larger each week as word gets around. “Cyphers are a great way for kids to come out and show their creativity in an cool environment. I’ve only been involved in rap and hip-hop for about five years, and this has been the most welcoming group of people I’ve met,” junior in business Shep Bryan said.
sands of runners traveling from the Bell Tower to Krispy Kreme and back requires a lot of planning from event organizers and law enforcement. The Raleigh Police Department will be working with students organizing the events to ensure that the safest and most convenient route for runners and drivers will be implemented, according to D’Addezio. Those planning the event will block off streets before the race based on the specific route. They will suggest a race route but must comply with traffic patterns
and what the RPD deems to campus. However, this crebe the safest option. ated a lot of two-way traffic, The route ma k i ng it has changed difficult for since the runners to event’s i nget water. To ception due address this, to logistical last year’s concerns, r ac e took according to a different D’Addezio. returning In the past, route a nd runners went increased to Krispy t he tota l Alyssa D’Addezio, public Kreme, distance relations chair for the Krispy Kreme Challenge and turned f rom four around and miles to took the same path back to five. This year’s event plans to
“We tend to have a really smooth race, but the biggest problem is cleaning up after.”
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gram to suffer because they were focused on academics,” Moran said. “They wanted Stressbusters to have the full attention that a staff member could give it.” Although planning has not yet begun for the spring Stressbusters program, Mo-
implement this route as well. Another issue in past years has been handling the waste left behind by the runners, according to D’Addezio. However, she anticipates a race without many problems. “We tend to have a really smooth race, but the biggest problem is cleaning up after,” A’Dezzio said. “We have a whole group of students who work with the logistics of the race, so after eight years they’ve gotten pretty good at it.” Registration opens Saturday, Dec. 1, and is $25 for
ran said she expects to see most of the traditional events such as UAB movies, Pet-aPooch, Night Owl Meals and karaoke. Program coordinators are also looking into hosting an event on Centennial Campus in the spring. Moran said the UAB welcomes any feedback students wish to give relating to Stressbusters activities.
N.C. State students and $32 for non-students if they sign up before Jan. 1. If people register as challengers, they should plan on consuming all 12 doughnuts and finishing the race in under an hour. It is also possible to register as casual runner. Those who do so are free of the time limit and can choose to eat as many doughnuts out of the dozen as they want. Since there is a registration cap, there will be no race day sign-up, so it is encouraged to register at KrispyKremeChallenge.com beforehand.
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school a show it to kids, that’s pretty cool. It shows what you continued from page 1 can do with education. If you show where education can expand its role and reach out lead, it really motivates.” to the Triangle community However, according to Alto spark children’s interests exandra La Pierre, a freshin science, technology, en- man in engineering, the club gineering, mathematics and also helps to relax and motidesign fields. vate college students. Within the past year, OHM “Most of us that go are busy has grown significantly in most of the time,” La Pierre number. More than 70 stu- said. “We do a lot of homedent s a re work a nd registered studying, on the club’s so it’s nice website. to just take The club a couple has also hours out gained staof the week tus in the and go and Triangle meet people area. Earthat think lier this the way you year, OHM do and to John Turner, senior in was reprehave c re mechanical engineering sented at the ative ideas STEM expo and be able at Southeast Raleigh High to experiment with new School and at Maker Faire technologies while bringNorth Carolina. Representa- ing something unique to the tives from OHM also went to table.” Weatherstone Elementary in Bridging disciplines to spur Cary where the club helped to on the development of stuteach first-graders measure- dents is something that the ment techniques. club is trying to emphasize “If you have a cool project, this year. Turner said there let’s go ahead and show it off are a few business majors who at local schools,” Turner said. expressed interest in the club “I’m working on building a because they needed to conplasma speaker right now nect with engineers to help that uses a spark to produce realize their project goals. sound. You take that into a “Let’s go ahead and develop
“...we want to be a space where you can collaborate, experiment, create with a bunch of other hobbyists...”
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decades have helped establish a good population in North Carolina, increased losses of breeding age animals for any reason is always a serious concern for recovery biologists,” Stoskopf said. In 1980 the red wolf was declared biologically extinct in the wild due to aggressive predator control programs
and habitat destruction. However, in the early 1970s the USFWS captured 14 genetically true red wolves in order to save the wolves from extinction. Through the efforts of various groups, a captive breeding program was started. The red wolf then saw a re-introduction to the wild in North Carolina. Currently there are about 100 wild red wolves roaming a protected area in the eastern part of the state.
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the skills of those business majors to make them more powerful on their own [and] let’s be a place where we can share ideas and work on stuff together,” Turner said. “A lot of new technologies are finally reaching the point where they’re reasonably affordable. We want to be a space where you can collaborate, experiment, and create with a bunch of other hobbyists ... to prepare our students to be leaders in their jobs as these new technologies start entering the workplace and start entering our lives.” According to David Rieder, associate professor of English, bridging these disciplines will be an essential skill if students hope to succeed in a future that emphasizes collaboration. “This group gives an opportunity for students to cross the traditional divide between ‘the two cultures’ of humanities and sciences,” Rieder said. “[These are] cultures that have been described as separate and distinct, but especially on campuses like this one they are increasingly collaborating and connecting.”
“They’re an amazing species that are worthy of our support,” Samuels said. For those interested in catching a glimpse of the endangered wolf, they can be seen at the Museum of Life and Science in Durham. According to Samuels, the museum has had red wolves as part of their exhibits since 1992.
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am writing to express appreciation and respect for my peers (fellow N.C. State students) who are taking a visible stance on the conflict which has recently re-arisen in the Gaza Strip. The violence between Katina Gad Guest Columnist Israeli Defense Forces and Hamas in Gaza has been consistent throughout the history of conflict within the region. Since the 1940’s Palestinians have been made to suffer much greater losses than the people of Israel. Between the initiation of recent hostilities this past November 14, and the ceasefire on November 21, at least 90 Palestinian civilians and 4 Israeli civilians were killed (according to UN numbers). This recent assault forebodes a continuation of Israel’s morally questionable aggression toward the Palestinian people
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Before Thanksgiving break there were two columns written in the Technician presenting a perspective that I believe should be disseminated widely and given greater acknowledgement within our campus community and beyond. The diverse perspectives offered in the columns - connecting the dots to highlight N.C. State’s implicit consent, supporting Israel and the ongoing Palestinian occupation, and putting forward the raw perspective on the conflict through the eyes of a Gazan Palestinian - were all refreshing and awesome to see.
“Today, there was a group of students in the Brickyard holding signs with messages to ‘FREE GAZA’...”
Today, there was a group of students in the Brickyard holding signs with messages to “FREE GAZA” and also drawing attention to the discord in Syria. I am not sure which specific student association was responsible for organizing this demonstration; the Middle Eastern North African Student Association, the Muslim Student Association, Amnesty International, or any of the other globally aware and active organizations on campus; regardless, the show of solidarity was pleasing to see. I am ecstatic with what is happening here, and would like to thank those who are responsible for raising awareness about the events in Gaza. Keep up the good work! Send your thoughts to viewpoint@technicianonline.com
Huawei and the U.S. National Security
uawei, the Chinese telecommunications conglomerate, was on spotlight in October in a scathing congressional report making allegations that Huawei may be spying on Americans and violating immigration laws. Ziyi Mai The report Staff Columnist released by The House Intel ligence Commit tee jumped to the conclusion that Huawei and ZTE, another Chinese telecommunications company, pose a risk to national security. They believe the equipment, once utilized by U.S. companies, could become a vehicle for Chinese spying in the U.S. The report triggered heated debates among media and academia. 60 Minutes of CBS News launched several investigations in Shenzhen, where Huawei’s headquarters is located and interviewed people who hold opposing views on the issue. Bill Plummer, the spokesman of Huawei, told 60 Minutes’ Steve Kroft that Huawei is just another multinational corporation doing business in the United States, no different than Siemens, Samsung or Hyundai. “This outcome is predetermined,” Plummer said of the House Intelligence Committee investigations. “The political agenda was one of poking China in the eye and holding hostage an innocent, independent, employee-owned company.” Yet he had little hard evidence to back up his proposition, and he ignored the environment that Huawei is operating in. Truly, Huawei is a private owned company like Sie-
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and occupation of Palestinian lands. Without adequate media coverage and the awareness raised by activists worldwide in solidarity, will fall in the shadow of Israel’s upcoming elections. When this began, I expected that there would not be much discourse about the topic on our campus, or a generation of awareness. But I have seen a reaction from the student body that I did not expect and am not used to seeing often here (even though it is not an abnormal response elsewhere throughout the world); and for that I am glad.
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technicianonline.com. Tom O’Brien was a decent man, ran a clean program and gave us many wins and memories. He was not, however, Debbie Yow’s hire, so it’s not hard to see what really led to his ouster. A 7-5 season wasn’t the reason, just a pretext. As for coaching in the postseason, who really cares? State’s playing in the usual dogfood bowl it gets. There’s no badge of honor in beating Louisville in some threehour advertisement on ESPN. Give Tom his money, thank him for his service, let him enjoy a holiday month with his family. That’s the decent thing to do, and the athletics department did that. Owen Good In response to your editorial “Farewell, TOB, We’ll miss you” November 26, 2012:
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Get your facts straight before you put your opinion out there. First, Tom O’Brien had 4 of 6 seasons that can be considered winning seasons. This is about a 66% success rate, while “his predecessor,” Chuck Amato’s record was 5 of 7 or about a 71% success rate. Even if we consider the actual win/loss ratio, Tom O’Brien came in at 53% as compared to his predecessor’s 57%. So, I am not sure how you can claim that TOB’s record of mediocrity is “an improvement from his predecessor”. Second, the statement “Before Tom O’Brien took over, the football team had recorded three losing seasons” is patently false. The 2005 season under Chuck Amato had an overall record of 7-5 and included a win in the Meineke Car Care Bowl. Third, TOB did not lead the Pack to five bowl games in his six seasons. Even if you want to give him the credit for this season (even though to my knowledge an official bowl bid has not been issued) that would only total four bowl games during his six seasons as the head football coach. You folks have a right to voice your opinion regarding Tom O’Brien’s dismissal. However, it is disappointing at best that
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of Center for Strategic and International Studies, has followed Huawei’s explosive growth for years. He provided two reasons why Huawei has been growing so fast over the past decade. First, Huawei has received extensive support from the Chinese government financially. The second reason is industrial espionage. Huawei is notorious for stealing other peoples’ technology. The congressional study expresses support of the free market — government should not interfere with industry. That’s true if the market is competitive. However, the telecommunication market is one of least competitive markets. Only five companies, including two European, two Chinese and one American, are making telecommunication equipment. If one of these companies is supported by the government or has murky connection with the government, it simply rules out the possibility of competing fairly in the market. Despite some of the accusations that the report lacked sufficient evidence, Huawei is still not trustworthy when it comes to openness of information. When the committee asked Huawei’s CEO, Charlie Ding about the company’s corporate structure, finance and management, the committee seemed to get nowhere. The last anecdote: when the 60 Minutes’ team visited Huawei’s headquarter in Shenzhen, China, none of the employees were allowed to talk to the team members. Such secrecy and ambiguity hardly remove the suspicions cast by the congressional leaders and other media.
you represent yourself as an N.C. State journalist and fail to fact check the stats you throw out. It makes you look ignorant at best. As an alumnus, I would hope that N.C. State students would hold themselves to a higher standard and would do the proper research BEFORE putting information out there for the community at large to read. Don’t succumb to what appears to be the norm in journalism today and believe that you can spout off whatever pleases you and get away with it. Even in an editorial, information presented as facts should be correct. Denise M. Carlisle CHASS 1989
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mens, Samsung or Hyundai in terms of ownership. But Huawei was born in China, where the system is still unfree and authoritarian. The Chinese Communist Party requires private companies to set up a communist party committee as part of the companies’ leadership, all in the name of regulating business. Given the nature of China’s system, all the companies in China can be chess pieces, doing what the government tells them to do if necessary. If they fail to comply with government’s orders, they may be subject to more regulation, higher taxes or even forcibly shut down. Yahoo! is the best case in point. In April 2002, Beijing’s state-security bureau requested information from Yahoo! about the creator of an online forum, as well as e-mail registrations and messages in a case of what the bureau called “inciting subversion.” Shortly after Yahoo! complied with this notice, the authorities had detained a democracy activist who had anonymously been using the forum and email accounts to press for free elections. He was later sentenced to ten years in jail. Google shut down its Chinese-based search engine three years after launching, for refusing to follow the authorities’ demand of selfcensoring. These cases may imply that Huawei is more likely to cooperate with the Chinese authorities if they demand it to spy in the U.S. Over the past few years, Huawei has been ratcheting up its effort pursuing footholds in Europe and the United States. But the telecommunication giant hasn’t built its integrity while doing business overseas. Jim Lewis, a senior fellow
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Junot, literatura con sazón dominicano María Ramírez Corresponsal
Vulgar. Brillante. Misógino. Hermoso. Rompe-corazones. Todas estas palabras se han utilizado para describir los proyectos literarios de Junot Díaz. Su libro más reciente, una colección de historias cortas sobre amor perdido, titulada This Is How You Lose Her (Esto Es Como La Pierdes) es narrado por Yunior, un intelectual reprimido musculoso con sazón dominicano que no sabe cómo ser fiel. El lenguaje y autenticidad del libro entero es característico de la estética de Díaz y es fácil ofenderse. No le da miedo mencionar sexo o violencia con increíble claridad y descripciones que pueden sacudir al lector a primera vista. “La gente tiene sexo,” dijo Díaz. “Es proceso normativo. Si un escritor no puede hablar sobre el sexo, como va hablar sobre temas aun más difíciles como racismo, violación, y genocida.” La manera de escribir de Díaz es como sus personajes, es salvaje y natural pero por esta razón logra mostrar la vulnerabilidad de los seres humanos. Díaz dice que fue influenciado por su sensación de ser dominicano en Nueva Jersey. “Me sentía de Nueva Jersey cuando estaba en La Republica Dominicana” dijo Díaz. “Mi experiencia siendo el hijo de un muy brutal machista. Mi fascinación con el amor, tal como narrativo como experiencia. Lo que significa el amor y que nos puede costar.” Díaz nació en la Republica Dominicana y fue a vivir en
New Jersey a la edad de seis años y durante su vida paso por el proceso que muchos inmigrantes jóvenes tienen que pasar. Llega la asimilación a cierto punto pero nunca se siente uno como si completamente fuera parte de la comunidad. Esto hasta se ref leja en el formato de sus libros, los cuales nunca muestran itálicos al presentar palabras en español. “No hay itálicos en mi cabeza,” dijo Díaz. “Todas estas palabras me pertenecen; no son extranjeras a mí, entonces ¿por qué debo de poner las en cursiva?” Siguiendo su propia visión es lo que ha resultado en su éxito y Díaz recomienda que otros hagan lo mismo. “Lean mucho. Descansen entre la universidad y posgrado. Y no escriban porque quieren dinero o fama. Ese deseo de aceptación solamente te va arruinar y hará difícil que seas feliz. Pero ¿qué diablos sabré yo?” Sus estudiantes y la comunidad literaria dirían que sabe mucho mas de lo que él se acredita y esta manera de ver literatura ha formado su estilo único. Críticos también han tomado nota de este estilo y por lo tanto Díaz fue galardonado el premio Pulitzer por The Brief & Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao en 2007, premio que fue acompañado por muchos más reconocimientos. This is How You Lose Her actualmente es un finalista para el premio de Libro Nacional (National Book award) para el año 2012. Díaz también fue otorgado el prestigioso MacArthur Fellowship (Genius Grant) que le premia $500,000 este año.
Además de ser escritor, también es profesor literario en MIT, mientras se mantiene activo en la comunidad dominicana y la comunidad inmigrante de Estados Unidos. En este momento, está escribiendo su primer libro de ciencia ficción, lo cual es un cambio de género para él. “Siempre he amado la ciencia ficción y en especial historias apocalípticas. Creo que ser ciado en la sobra de guerra nuclear en los ochentas te haría eso. Como artista necesitas cambiar o estarás estancado, entonces esto es mi intento de hacer algo radicalmente diferente.” Lo que viene seguramente será un cambio para aquellos que están acostumbrados a sus narrativos tan realistas pero a pesar de cualquier género que sea, su manera de escribir tiene un sazón dominicano y universalidad que expone los rasgos feos y admirables de los seres humanos.
JUNOT, LITERATURE WITH DOMINICAN FLAVOR
María Ramírez Corresponsant
Vulgar. Brilliant. Misog ynistic. Beautiful. Heartbreaking. These are all words that people have used to describe Junot Díaz’s writing. Díaz’s most recent book, a collection of short stories about lost love titled This Is How You Lose Her is narrated by Yunior, a muscle bound closet-nerd with Dominican swagger that has an extremely difficult time being faithful. The language and rawness of the book as a whole is characteristic of Díaz’s work and it is easy to become offended. He isn’t afraid to mention sex or violence with jarringly clear descriptions that can shock the reader at first. “People have sex,” Díaz said. “It's a normative process. If a writer can't talk about sex how is she going to talk about more
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CHASS y A Contracorriente nos traen sus nuevas publicaciones Paula Gordon Corresponsal
El 7 de noviembre, dos autores visitaron N.C. State para presentar sus libros en presentaciones en español. Los discursos fueron organizados por el departamento de español. El primer autor, Alejandro Solomianski, es un profesor asociado de estudios latinoamericanos en la California State University-Los Angeles. Él presentó sobre el tema de la narración y la importancia del testimonio y primera persona para relatos históricos. Su libro, Otras voces. Nuevas identidades en la frontera sur de California (Testimonios) se utiliza en clases en universidades como Duke, y es un libro más abierto a un público general. Ana Peluffo, una profesora frontera, y los que los medios asociada en la Universidad de comunicación omnipresde California-Davis, pre- entes difumina y distorsiona." sentó un ensayo de su libro, Peluffo dijo que hay cierPensar el siglo XIX desde el tos métodos que funcionan siglo XXI. Nuevas miradas y para atraer a los estudiantes lecturas, también en español. estadounidenses a la historia El libro de de LatinoaAna Peluffo mérica. es más para “Es difícil gente de que estupostgrado o diantes historiadores busquen indebido a la teresarse en cantidad de la historia, información por lo que Ana Peluffo especializaa veces tenda. emos que De los testimonios pre- utilizar textos cortos o más sentados en su libro, Solo- sencillos de manera de llamianski dijo que, "Para leer mar la atención,” dijo Peluffo. sus relatos es percibir el eco “Esta es una de las mayores de las voces que conforman preocupaciones que tenemos profundamente nuestras los profesores.” identidades sociales y de la A Contracorriente, una
“Es difícil que estudiantes se interesen en la historia.”
editorial con publicaciones sobre historia social y cultural de América Latina, es patrocinada en parte por el Departamento de Lenguas y Literaturas Extranjeras aquí en N.C. State. El hecho que la revista está en E.U. permite colaborar con investigadores de nuestro país y Latinoamérica. Greg Dawes, profesor de literatura latinoamericana en N.C. State, es el editor de la revista, que se publica tres veces al año. “Queríamos que los latinoamericanos desde Latinoamérica hablaran de la historia latina, en vez de que americanos hablen de la historia y hechos de Latinoamérica,” dijo Dawes.
difficult subjects like racism, rape, genocide?” Díaz’s brings his characters to life with vivid imagery, and though it’s rough, Díaz doesn’t hold back. He said his style shows the vulnerability of human beings. Díaz says he was influenced by his “Dominican-ness” while growing up in New Jersey. “My New Jerseyness in the Dominican Republic,” Díaz said. “My experience being the son of a very brutal machista father. My fascination with love, both as a narrative and an experience, what love might mean and what it might cost us.” Díaz was born in the Dominican Republic and came to live in New Jersey at when he was 6 years old and encountered the process that several young immigrants undergo. There is eventually assimilation to some extent, but never a sense of truly belonging. This is even reflected in his novels’ formats, which never show italics when presenting Spanish words. “Because there are no italics in my head,” Díaz said. “These words all belong to me; they are not foreign to me so why should I italicize any of them?” Following his own vision is what has led to his success and he encourages others to do the same. “Read a whole lot. Take time off between college and grad school. And try not to write because you want money or fame. That lust for approval is only going to mess you up and make it hard on you to be happy. But what the hell do I know?”
Díaz’s students and the literary community would answer that he knows much more than he gives himself credit for and that this view of writing has led to his unique writing style. Critics have also begun to take notice of this unique style and Díaz was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for The Brief & Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao in 2007 along with several other literary awards. This is How You Lose Her is currently a National Book award finalist for the year 2012. Díaz was also awarded the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship which awarded him $500,000 this year. Aside from writing, he is also a literature professor at MIT. Díaz is also active in the Dominican community and has actively criticized the United States’ immigration policy. Right now he’s working on his first science fiction novel, which he said is a shift in genre. “I've always loved science fiction and especially apocalyptic stories. I guess growing up in the shadow of nuclear war during the 80s will do that to you. As an artist you have to change up or you'll stagnate so this is my attempt to try something radically different.” What’s to come will certainly be a change in pace to readers that are accustomed to his extremely realistic narratives but regardless of what genre he picks his writing has an undeniable Dominican flavor and a universality that exposes the ugly and admirable traits within human beings.
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Después de un semestre de hiato, un club popular y conocido por sus actos pocos convencionales de bondad está en marcha de nuevo. Este año el Club de Narices de Payasos está respirando vida una vez de nuevo gracias al trabajo duro de Raúl González y María Zermeno, estudiantes de segundo año en la ingeniería mecánica e ingeniería biológica respectivamente. González, presidente, y Zermeno, vicepresidente, son los actuales líderes del club. Los ambos vienen de fondos de equipos de debate y discurso en el colegio, algo que los dos dicen que les aprovecha en un club así como el suyo. Zermeno también le atribuye la mayoría de los juegos y las actividades que se juegan a su experiencia como Consejero Orientación para Padres durante este verano pasado. “Es un hecho poco conocido, pero en realidad tienen un montón de rompehielos en la Orientación para Padres; es un poquito chistoso,” dijo Zermeno. Estos juegos se combinan con unos juegos prestados de Comedyworx y se juegan durante lo que el club llama “reuniones de jugar.” En reuniones de jugar, el grupo se reúne para jugar estos tipos de juegos para que se alivien los estreses de ser estudiante. Hablando del estrés, si no
fuera suficiente ser presidente de un club estudiantil, González también dirige una empresa pequeña al lado de sus estudios. González, un empresario por sus propios esfuerzos, vende y distribuye maquinas de Clarus Vending a varios lugares cerca del campus. Actualmente tiene una en Cameron Village. “Encontré unas pocas industrias, y escogí la de maquinas expendedoras, y de allí, corrí con la idea,” dice González de su decisión de proceder adelante con los negocios de las maquinas expendedoras. “Empecé buscar algo que sería alto rendimiento, pero no caro de mantener — porque quería enfocarme en ser estudiante de ingeniería primero,” dijo González. González asegura que tener y crecer con una mente de negocios le ha ayudado un muchísimo en dirigir el presupuesto del club como el presidente actual. “En básico, desde era niño, siempre le interesaba los bien inmuebles, él es agente inmobiliario, y ha estado haciendo eso por muchos años, y él intentaba llevarme a sus citas de negocio… y ese conocimiento pasó conmigo a mi lado cuando llegué a N.C. State.” González asegura que saber el lado de negocios la ha ayudado con negociones, los presupuestos, el manejar, y también creando maneras para alcanzar dinero para el club. “Poder pensar en un sen-
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tido de negocios me ha enseñado cómo tratar con los rendimientos y las ganancias, y lo que funciona y no funciona,” dijo González. Este modo de pensar es muy importante en la revival de un club que, al principio, contó con más de 100 apoyadores ávidos, y aún sirve un gran listserv. Sin embargo, debido al horario pesado de los líderes fundadores, el club fue limitado a sólo cuatro reuniones durante su primer año, y fue prácticamente no existente durante el semestre de la primavera 2012, ya que ninguna reunión llevó a cabo.
En este momento González y Zermeno se metieron. “No nos consideramos como miembros fundadores, pero más como miembros de recuperar. El club se moriría si no nos metíamos,” dijo González. Gracias a ellos, el club aún está vivo ahora, con un grupo central de 30 miembros que asisten regularmente a las reuniones. González y Zermeno, sin embargo, están tratando de alcanzar más a los estudiantes de posgrado. “Tenemos un asesor de estudiantes posgrados, y estamos hablando con ella para
saber cómo podemos incluir más los posgrados en nuestra organización, si no en las reuniones, entonces al menos en las actividades,” dijo González. Algunas de estas actividades pueden incluir visitar una residencia de ancianos, o un hospital infantil, y pasando por cantar, o hacer juegos malabares, o usar cualquier talento que tenga para poner sonrisa en la cara de alguien, como dice González. “Eso es algo que Penn State enseñó bien: si ves algo, di algo. Menciónalo, e involucra el club,” dijo González.
Este es el primer año en operación para la sección en N.C. State, y planes ya están preparados para el semestre que viene. La sección original de Penn State piensa en visitar acerca del día MLK. El Club de Narices de Payasos se junta cada dos miércoles, a las 5:45 hasta 6:45 p.m., en FYC 106. Más información se encuentra en su página web en www.facebook. com/ncsuclownnoseclub.
Al Vila: De Ferrol al mundo Kenneth Smith Corresponsal
Si algo tiene la música hispana es la cantidad de variaciones debido a la geografía de
sus hablantes, desde Argentina hasta México y pasando por España. El último justamente es el país del artista Al Vila, quien nos concedió una entrevista en exclusiva.
Alberto “Al” Vila es un cantautor proveniente de Ferrol, una pequeña ciudad de menos de 100 mil habitantes, en el norte de España. Recientemente acaba de ganar
una competencia de la mítica revista “Rolling Stones” versión en español como uno de los artistas con mayor proyección a futuro. “Los inicios fueron como
todo el mundo, se empieza de ganador Al Vila. joven por el gusto a la música, “Fue una sorpresa. Lo y se junta el grupo de amigos, primero, el ganar o no ganar uno toca la guitarra, otro el es lo que menos importa, bajo, la batería, y yo que era pero que te escojan entre el que tenía más cara me puse los 5 artistas emergentes es a cantar (risas).” un honor,” nos cuenta Vila. Antes de irse en solitario, “Esta vez gané yo, otro año el cantautor formó parte de será otro y así va. Pero nunca una banda. podré devolverle el apoyo a “Fue un proceso inverso toda la gente que votó por a lo que hace la gente. Tenía mí, siendo este año el record el grupo y llegamos a grabar de votos en el Termómetro un disco, pero notaba que no (la competencia de la Rollera mi sitio ni lugar, y decidí ing Stone)” dijo Vila, quien irme,” nos dijo Vila. “Al año obtuvo casi de 3 mil votos en saqué mi primer disco en sol- el concurso. itario y para empezar es más En estos momentos, Vila sencillo debido a que solo hay se encuentra realizando su que trasladar a una sola per- tercera producción musical. sona y no un grupo entero. “Contamos presentarla a meEmpecé a tocar y tocar y en diados de Diciembre. mi primer año en solitario “Es el proyecto más grande llegué a tener más de 90 con- que haya hecho y cuento con ciertos.” músicos de E n tot a l lo mejor de el cantautor España,” ha realizado dijo Vila. Y más de 400 a pesar de conciertos haber ganapor toda Esdo el concurpaña y busca so y ahora Al Vila expandirse estar en los en otras focos de la fronteras. crítica musical, se mantiene Su gran éxito como ar- humilde. “Espero yo estar a tista solo le ha asegurado el la altura de la gente que está reconocimiento de una de las colaborando con el proyecto. revistas más populares en el Y esperemos que en un mes mundo de música. En el mes pueda estar listo.” de Septiembre la revista RollPara conocer más de Al Vila ing Stones lo seleccionó como pueden seguirlo en Facebook, uno de los 5 artistas emergen- en su Twitter @al_vila y en su tes de la música de cantautor, página web alvila.es, así como y se realizaría una competen- ver la entrevista completa en cia entre los seleccionados technicianonline.com/Bienpara que el público votara por venidos. su favorito, en donde resultó
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compiled a double-double less than midway through the half. A three-pointer from freshman guard Rodney Purvis cut the Michigan lead to 10. The Wolfpack showed signs of life again in the second half with a 6-0 run, spearheaded by the play of Leslie, to cut the deficit to nine with 4:24 left in the game. Michigan went more than four minutes without a field goal with the score at 73-66. The momentum in Chrysler Center quickly shifted when Warren got the close charge/block call to go his way plus the basket, but failed to complete the threepoint-play, to cut its lead to
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record since the 2005-06 season, Lutz made his way to Raleigh, joining his former assistant, Early. He admits that the move wasn’t necessarily one made for professional reasons, but it was a rather personal decision. “Honestly, primarily, family [was the main reason],” Lutz said. “I grew up in this
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five points with more than a minute left. At a critical juncture of the game with 45 seconds remaining on the clock, Leslie had an opportunity to make a play in the post but was hit
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state and it was an opportunity to come back for my family. My daughter is a senior here now.” Assistant coach Rob Moxley, Director of Operations Jeff Dunlap and Director of Player Development Larry Farmer also joined Gottfried’s staff. Moxley is well connected with Lutz and Early. He was hired at Charlotte as an assistant coach, serving for seven years, from 1999 to 2005,
before accepting an assistant position at Maryland for one season. He then returned to UNCC as the associate head coach for five more seasons under Lutz. Dunlap, a former player at UCLA, has had an expansive coaching career, serving as an assistant at schools such as Western Michigan, Loyola-Chicago, Georgia and Alabama. Gottfried was the head coach at Alabama during Dunlap’s stint under the
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on the goal of beating Texas A&M. continued from page 8 “It’s definitely one step at a time and Texas A&M is our first goal,” Cyr said. three sets. If the Pack beat the Aggies, This year, the team is it will face the winner of the led by Cyr and Micek, game between the No.3 Texas the only Longhorns seniors and Colgate. on t he Win or team. It lose in the is the first tournament, NCAA the team exappearceeded this ance for year expecbot h of tations. Megan Cyr these se“This senior setter niors. team has An always been NCAA tournament berth greater than some of its parts was Cyr’s number one which is a testament to how goal. Both of the seniors hard they work,” Bunn said. aren’t sure what to expect “They picked us to finish with it being their first eighth in the conference and time, but they are focused we got fourth.”
“It’s definitely one step at a time and Texas A&M is our first goal.”
same title that he now holds at NCSU. Farmer is the Pack’s most recent coaching hire. Farmer was the head coach at UCLA, his alma mater, from 1981 to 1984, finishing with a .726 winning percentage and winning a Pac-10 title. During this time, he recruited Dunlap to play for the Bruins. He has also served as head coach for Loyola-Chicago, where he teamed up with Dunlap once again.
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I know, so that’s what I want to teach.” Gottfried speaks with pride about his staff and it seems apparent that he is pleased with what he has put together. “I like my staff and I’m confident in my staff,” he said. “I think it’s as good as anybody’s in the country.”
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Gottfried gets an assist
Pack falls in Ann Arbor
Women’s basketball signs two recruits
Staff Report Despite pulling the game within reach several times, the No. 18 Wolfpack was unable to capitalize on its opportunities and it fell to the No. 3 Michigan Wolverines, 79-72, the Big Ten/ ACC Challenge for the Commissioners Cup. With that loss, the Challenge was tied at 1-1 and the Pack stands with a 4-2 record on the season. Freshman forward T.J. Warren led the team in scoring off the bench with 18 points and junior forward Calvin Leslie posted a double-double of 16 points and 10 rebounds. The Pack was able to keep the game within reach early in the half, but the Wolverines jumped ahead, scoring 19 of the 25 total points scored between both teams in a single stretch, with the score at 12-21, Michigan in the first half. Leslie picked up two early fouls in the first half, but senior forward Richard Howell carried the load in the paint in the half. Howell cut Michigan’s lead to seven with six minutes left in the half with a layup. State was able to get within five in the first half, but Michigan stretched its lead with threepointers and strong play on the offensive glass. The Wolverines went into the half with a 43-36 advantage over the Pack. Michigan took a firm grip on the game out of the gate in the second half. Guard Trey Burke scored 10 of Michigan’s first 13 points in the half, extending its lead to 59-46 with more than 13 minutes left in the half. Burke
The Wolfpack signed guard Miah Spencer of Decatur, Ga. and forward Jennifer Mathurin of Montreal, Quebec, Canada in the early signing period. Spencer was a second team all-state 3A performer in her junior year. She led Columbia High School to the state championship in 2012 and made the junior all-star team in the North-South Georgia All-Star game. Mathurin led the Quebec Provincial team to Bronze medal finishes twice. She was the bronze medal game MVP in 2010. SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS
Men’s golf inks McBride Golf head coach Richard Sykes announced that Jacob McBride of Hartville, Ohio signed a national letter of intent to compete for the Wolfpack. McBride is the No. 16 junior player in the country, according to Junior Golf Scoreboard. He is also the top-rated player in the state of Ohio. He finished third at the Ohio state tournament at Ohio State’s Scarlet Course. The Northeast Ohio Golf Coaches Association named McBride to its alldistrict team in October. McBride was also a member of the East squad at the AJGA Wyndham Cup in 2011. He took home four tournament titles in 2010. SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS
Dykes to interview for coaching vacancy
Louisiana Tech football head coach Sonny Dykes wil interview for the same position at N.C. State. The board of trustees will meet today at 4:30 p.m. The agenda will be “negotiating the amount of compensation and other material terms of an employee agreement contract or future employment contract,” according to a notice sent to the trustees. Former head coach Tom O’Brien was fired on Nov. 25 after six seasons. Dykes was at the helm at Louisiana Tech for three years and took it to the Poinsettia Bowl in 2011, his first bowl appearence as a head coach. Louisiana Tech went 9-3 this season. SOURCE: THE NEWS-STAR AND THE NEWS & OBSERVER
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Junior guard Lorenzo Brown expresses his frustration with a referee’s call to head coach Mark Gottfried during the basketball game against Miami (OH) in PNC Arena Friday. The Wolfpack defeated the RedHawks 97-59.
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In April 2011, Athletics Director Debbie Yow hired men’s head basketball coach Mark Gottfried in an attempt to re-vamp a faltering N.C. State men’s basketball program. But Gottfried’s first task wasn’t to recruit players to the Wolfpack, nor was it to immediately begin hosting practice with the current roster. Gottfried’s tasks as head coach began by recruiting a coaching staff with the ability to turn N.C. State into a winning program. Thanks to his efforts, Gottfried has put together a top-tier coaching staff. Each has their own impressive history and, interestingly enough, many of their pasts are intertwined. Assistant coach Orlando Early
was Gottfried’s first hire in Raleigh, but this wasn’t the first time to pair teamed up. Early was also an assistant under Gottfried from 200105 at Alabama and helped lead the Crimson Tide to an 88-41 record during that span, a trip to the Elite Eight and a No. 1 ranking in the nation. Prior to Early arriving at Alabama, he was an assistant coach at UNCCharlotte. He knew little about the UCLA system Gottfried had run, but was attracted to the Tide’s program by Gottfried himself. “It wasn’t so much his system that attracted me to the program,” Early said. “He explained to me the goals of the program and the goals he had set for his staff. And those things fell in line with my personal goals and where I wanted to go with my career. That’s why I took the job at Alabama.”
When Early was at Charlotte, he served under then head coach Bobby Lutz. Shortly after Early was picked up by State, Lutz was also hired as an assistant and was promoted to associate head coach prior to the start of the current season. Lutz, a Catawba native, was the head coach at his alma mater, UNCCharlotte, for 12 seasons, from 1999 to 2010. During that span, he led the 49ers to five 20-win seasons, three Conference USA titles, four top20 national recruiting classes, five wins over top-10 opponents and five NCAA tournament appearances. His 218-158 record is the best in UNCC history. After serving a season as an assistant coach at Iowa State, where he helped the Cyclones to its best
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Thursday VOLLEYBALL V. TEXAS A&M Austin, Tx., 5 p.m. WOMEN’S BASKETBALL V. MICHIGAN STATE Reynolds Coliseum, 7 p.m. SWIMMING AND DIVING AT USA SWIMMING NATIONALS Austin, Tx., All Day Friday SWIMMING AND DIVING AT USA SWIMMING NATIONALS Austin, Tx., All Day
QUOTE OF THE DAY “John Wooden once told me, ‘Know what you teach and teach what you know.’” Mark Gottfried men’s basketball head coach
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• 4th in hitting percentage The volleyball team was select• 10th in assists ed to participate in the NCAA • 9th in hitting percentage volleyball tournament for the • 9th in kills • 5th in blocks second time in school history. Its • 2nd in service aces first test will come today when it • 7th in digs takes on Texas A&M in Austin, SOURCE: THEACC.COM Texas. “It was very exciting,” head coach Bryan Bunn said. “The regular season with a 22-9 overall girls have worked so hard for record and a record-breaking 12-8 so long and that was just a re- in the ACC. ward for all the nice stuff they’ve While the season record is good, done.” it placed the Pack on the bubble for On Sunday night, the team the tournament. was selected to play in the tour“Teams were getting called and nament. It watched the selec- I was getting more and more wortion show, which was aired on ried,” senior setter Megan Cyr said. ESPNU, in a local Raleigh res- “Then we got called I was just ectaurant. static. Words can’t describe how I “W hen ou r really felt.” name f lashed The team will on the screen I have a tough test, as was just in utit is going after an ter shock,” seupset over highernior defensive seeded Texas A&M. specialist Alexa The Aggies finished Micek said. “I the regular season d id n’t k now with a 24-5 record. Alexa Micek how to react.” The Aggies have senior defensive specialist However, the a tall front row, team wasn’t alw h ich i nc lude s ways a lock to play in the tourna- 6-foot-4 senior Alisia Kastmo. Kastment. After losing the final reg- mo has lettered in her three previular-season game to rival UNC- ous seasons and earned All-Big-12 Chapel Hill, the Pack ended the honors last year.
“When our name flashed on the screen I was just in utter shock.”
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Freshman Morgan Cormier spikes the ball against Clemson University Saturday, Sept. 29. The Wolfpack celebrated coach Bryan Bunn’s 400th win with a 3-1 win against the Tigers at Reynolds Coliseum.
This season was the first that A&M played in the Southeastern Conference. It went 16-4 in conference play. The last time the Pack went to the
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