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$106,592,000 The amount of federal funding the UNC system collectively will lose due to the squestration. This represents approximately 1/8th of the system’s total federal appropriations. SOURCE: WWW.SCIENCEWORKSFORUS.ORG
FUNDING FOR RESEARCH GRANTS FROM THE TOP FIVE FEDERAL AGENCIES AT EACH SCHOOL This graphic shows each UNC constituent institution’s funding from the top five federal agency contributors at each university in million of dollars (rounded down). This data represents funding during the 2011 fiscal year, the most recent year avaliable. The funding figures were published on the UNC system’s website. The North Carolina School of Science and Mathmatics and the UNC School of the Arts are not included. Total federal funding figures were not avaliable for each institution.
STORY BY JOSUE MOLINA | GRAPHICS BY RUSS SMITH N.C. State researchers and students may see less funds when applying for federal grants or receiving financial aid because of the automatic federal budget cuts known as the sequestration. According to the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, sequestration will affect government spending and research funding throughout the entire UNC system, which is expected to be at least $106 million this year. The APLU is an advocacy organization that represents the views of N.C. State and the other member institutions in Washington and is lobbying on behalf of the Universities’ interests. The sequestration cuts were put into effect on March 1, when lawmakers failed to come to a consensus on spending policy in Washington. These hawkish cuts instituted by lawmakers’ policy may have the potential to harm students and researchers.
Economics professor talks capitalism for the people Tim Gorski Staff Writer
The Poole College of Management hosted Luigi Zingales, professor of entrepreneurship and finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Wednesday night. Zingales gave a lecture on how the innovations produced from the capitalist system benefit society and how perversions of that system led to widespread ramifications. The lecture was funded by the John W. Pope Foundation as part of the John W. Pope Lecture Series. After receiving his doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Zingales became a prolific author in the field of economics and finance, having recently written A Capitalism for the People: Recapturing the Lost Genius of American Prosperity. The subjects of his works range from the minute details of economics to the broad societal implications of government intervention in the free market. In his lecture, Zingles praised American exceptionalism and individual liberty as the driving forces behind raising the standard of liv-
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Terri Lomax, the vice chancellor for Research, Innovation and Economic Development, said the cuts are visible and have impacted areas like N.C. State’s Water Research Institute, which has only received 60 percent of its normal funding this year because of the sequester. Agencies such as the National Institutes of Health have notified the University that there will be 1,000 fewer grants this year. As a result, University officials are starting to search for other sources of funding. “We have a lot of new industry friendly policies that will hopefully increase research funding for our faculty,” Lomax said. The cuts will continue to take effect over a decade if lawmakers in Washington cannot come up with a long-term deficit reduction plan that has bipartisan support. Jeff Lieberson, APLU’s vice president of Public Affairs, said the U.S.
has been a global leader in innova- mendous impact on the nation and tion for decades, but other countries helps sustain and grow its economy. like China are increasing their in“The message that we are trying vestments in research and education to get to Washington is that investwhile U.S. is losing its competitive ments in research and higher eduadvantage, resultcation are critical to ing in a slowing economic growth engine of economic and investing in growth in the Unitthem will actually ed States. create jobs and help The APLU has reduce the deficit, pa r t nered w it h but cutting fundother organizations ing will have the such as the Assoopposite impact,” ciation of AmeriLieberson said. “By can Universities cutting f unding and The Science you’re eliminating Jeff Liedberson Coalition to crethe creation of the APLU’s vice president ate a project called next big thing and of Public Affairs innovating projects. You’re also deScienceWorksForU.S. nying the ability for some students ScienceWorksForU.S. is trying to attend school.” to push a message to Washington The APLU has also collaborated lawmakers that federally funded with the Task Force on American university-based research has a tre- Innovation by addressing a letter to
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UAB to host 43rd Pan-Afrikan week Jessica Hatcher Staff Writer
The 43rd Pan-Afrikan week officially begins Saturday with the Pan-Afrikan Kick-Off event. The week of events, organized by the Union Activities Board, is an annual celebration commemorating African culture and heritage. The idea of hosting Pan-Afrikan pride events was inspired by Kwame Nkrumah, the first president of Ghana, who took initiatives to celebrate the legacy and culture of Africa and its descendants. The celebration began at N.C. State as a “black homecoming for minority students” in 1970 to give “minority students a chance to express themselves through events, showcase their pride and celebrate their identity at a predominately white institution,” according to Lauryn Collier, president of UAB and senior in animal science. Zuqorah Williamson, senior in psychology and chair of UAB’s Black Student’s Board, described Pan-Afrikan Week as unique, saying, “I’ve been at State for four years and I haven’t seen anything quite like this.” Williamson said it was important for students to celebrate Pan African Week by going to the events because it is a “great way to learn about different cultures that they may not
be aware of.” Collier said students should come out if they want to have a good time and attending the events could give students a “different perspective that they may not have been exposed to before.” The theme of this year’s festivities is “The Essence of Our Metamorphosis.” Several cultural and historical events will be held which resonate with this theme, like the African Student Union’s Africa Night and the Society of African American Culture Pan-Afrikan Event. In total, this year’s Pan-Afrikan Week includes 15 sponsored events, most of which are free for students. On Saturday, the Pan-Afrikan Kick-Off will be held on Harris Field at 4 p.m. Food, such as hot dogs and hamburgers, and t-shirts will be given away to students, according to Williamson. Free soul food will be provided to students for Soul Food Sunday on Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Witherspoon Student Center. The African American Textiles Society’s Annual Fashion Expose will be held in the College of Textiles Atrium at 7 p.m. on Monday. On Friday, April 12, the Pan-Afrikan Comedy Show will take place at the Dorton Arena at 7:30 p.m. The show will feature Cory Holcomb, Rob Stapleton and Corwin “C Dawg” Oglesby, who will open the show. Another big event is the National Pan-Hellenic Council Step Show, which will also take place in
the Dorton Arena on Saturday, April 13, at 7 p.m. The week of events will end on an inspirational note with Gospel Explosion at Oberlin Baptist Church. Collier said she was most excited about the Pan-Afrikan Scholarship Pageant because it was an event she brought back last year when she was chair of the Black Students Board. “I’m excited that it’s continuing. I saw a preview of the pageant and it looked great. Everyone is very creative,” Collier said. Williamson said planning everything was exciting, but the event planners encountered a few extra roadblocks along the way. “It was a little bit harder to find venues for everything because we normally have most of our events in Stewart Theater,” Williamson said. “Zuqorah’s done a great job planning everything. It’s superstressful, but she’s handled the stress very well. She also has a really great board of students behind her,” Collier said. Williamson and Collier both encourage everyone to come to as many events as they can. “We know that some of the things can be expensive, especially on a college budget, but it will definitely be worth it,” Collier said.
President Obama and other government officials that stresses the importance of federal research funds. The letter calls for the Federal government to cease the cuts claiming that the cuts would impede important programs the help economic growth and reminds the intended audience of successful government funded projects. The Task Force states in the letter “scientific research drives innovation, productivity, job creation, and growth. Technological advances such as the laser, the Internet and the Web, GPS, and the large-scale integrated circuit had their origins in long-term research.” Sequestration was never intended to go into effect, but it has because of the lack of government compromise, and it is here to stay unless an alternate deficit reduction plan is made that receives the support of Washington officials.
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ing in the United States as what “made the American Dream a reality.” He described how the free market system in the United States led to success unparalleled by the rest of the world following the second World War.
Given these achievements, Zingales was disconcerted by the economic system in the United States becoming more similar to that of his native Italy. According to Zingales, government subsidization and intervention in the private sector has amounted to crony capitalism. The Italian government’s involvement in business caused a fundamental distrust of governmental authority, as well as economic
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stagnation apart from areas where the government became directly involved. The intermingling of government and business caused Italy to be uncompetitive in the global market, and illLuigi equipped to foster Zingales the entrepreneurship that benefits its citizens. Zingales said Americans in recent times have fostered a “dangerous intermingling between government and business” in addressing the problem of economic inequality, akin to what he believes negatively affected economic prosperity in Italy. Zingales said he worries that this sort of intervention in the U.S. could be the “end of entrepreneurship as we know it.” Zingales expressed that he is certainly not in favor of a market entirely lacking government intervention and regulation. On this point he said, “Without rules, the free market system may become who can cheat the best,” as opposed to who can create the best products. According to Zingales, the Tea Party right and progressive far left are attacking two aspects of the same problem. What Zingales finds par-
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ticularly consequential is the extent to which lobbying on the part of powerf u l busi nesses ca n become a more lucrative investment than spending money on improving its products. “It used to be business lobbying to get the government off your back, now it’s lobbying to get the government in your pocket,” Zingales said. Zingales clarified the d i s t i nc t ion b e t we e n the pro-market agenda and the pro-businesses agenda, the first of which is in the best interest of the consumers. The promarket agenda favors few barriers to entry and free markets as the breeding grounds for success and innovation. The probusinesses agenda supports these ideals when businesses are on the rise, but move on to suppress them once they become powerful. The less competition a business has once it has established itself, the higher its profit margins become, as nobody can potentially step in and offer what they offer for a cheaper price. This difference, Zingales argues, is imperative to understand when analyzing government policies concerning lobbying and the economy. Organizers taped the presentation, which is available online at Carolinajournal.tv.
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Cody Melton, a junior in physics and applied mathematics
Eric Whitmire, a junior in biomedical engineering and computer science
Morgan Carter, a junior in biochemistry
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knowledge in research and which infects bananas and to help mankind. plantains.” Melton’s research consisted “Bananas and plantains are of “the production of heavy the fourth most economically nuclei in core-collapse super- important food crop in the novae.” world and are a major food “The research that I do source for subsistence farmhelps mankind in that we ers,” Carter said. “If we can begin to understand our understand how the pathoorigins,” Melton said. “All gens work, we can develop of the heavy methods to elements that keep them permeate our from killeveryday lives ing crops were produced or to make in the energetmore resisic explosions tant crops. of dying stars. This would This research be benefiaids in our cial for big understanding companies, of this process, but also for Morgan Carter, and the more subsistence junior in bichemsitry we learn, the farmers more we know who need about our history and where bananas as a starch source in we came from.” their diet.” Carter worked on “silencWhitmire worked on coning experiments in the fun- trolling the movements of gus Mycosphaerella fijiensis, live cockroaches. His re-
search is based on a small piece of circuitry called a “backpack,” which is placed on the cockroach and sends a small electrical pulse to its antenna. Whitmire has progressed from simply making the cockroach move right and left from a remote control, to automatically tracking the insect and directing it towards a specific target. “We hope to get to the point where these insects would be useful in a search-and-rescue situation,” Whitmire said. “In the event of a building collapse or some other hazardous situation, first responders could use a network of these insects to map out the disaster site and keep humans out of harm’s way.” Melton, Carter and Whitmire all plan to pursue further research in graduate school in their respective fields and are considering teaching at the college level. “Ultimately, I hope that this
Students strike ‘Gold’water award Staff Writer
Three N.C State students have been awarded the prestigious Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. Recipients included Cody Melton, a junior in physics and applied mathematics; Morgan Carter, a junior in biochemistry; and Eric Whitmire, a junior in biomedical engineering and computer science, all of whom are in the University Scholars Program. The Goldwater Scholarship was established in 1986 by Congress to honor Senator Barry M. Goldwater for his 56 years of serving the country. The scholarship is awarded to students pursuing careers in the natural sciences, mathematics and engineering fields. Each year, only 300 sophomores and juniors nationwide are named Goldwater scholars and receive an award of $7500 per year.
The process to become a Goldwater scholar is rigorous. Each university can nominate only four undergraduates who they deem to be a future asset to the science, mathematics and engineering realm. N.C. State had more Goldwater scholars than any other institution in the state this year. “I don’t have words for what receiving the Goldwater Scholarship means to me. I feel like I can do it,” Carter said. “That sounds silly, but academia is a competitive, tough world. I feel more confident about entering that world, knowing that other people have faith in me and think I’ve done well. I also feel like my hard work in college has paid off and been recognized.” Melton, Carter and Whitmire each have unique, extensive research studies that set them apart from the rest as they set out to increase
“I don’t have words for what receiving the Goldwater Scholarship means to me.”
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271 were chosen from 1,107 applicatants $7500 per person per year 43 NCSU students have been awarded the scholarship Of the eight North Carolina winners, NCSU had the most of any school with 3 Each school can nominate 4 students Since its first award in 1989 the foundation has awarded 6,550 scholarships worth $40 million. SOURCE: WWW.ACT.ORG
award will help me pursue my research interests in my graduate career and beyond,” Whitmire said. “Right now, it is an encouragement to continue putting my best work into my research.”
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The Importance of the Feed the Pack Pantry Food insecurity does not discriminate. It affects all types of people: families, the elderly and even college students. Between the rising cost of tuition, working part-time jobs and having to pay several bills, some students carry the burden of worrying from where their next meal will come. The N.C. State community has come together to make sure that our students, our fellow Wolfpackers, don’t have to worry about that. Feed the Pack Food Pantry, located in Harrelson 379, is a communitybased initiative to combat food insecurity experienced by students (and staff) at the University. The food pantry is set up like a miniature grocery store of sorts. Food is sorted by type: fruits, vegetables, drinks, dining ware, snacks, proteins and even personal hygiene items. Meat, vegetarian, gluten-free, snacks and condiments can all be found at the pantry. Those in need can go to the pantry during open hours, grab a bag and essentially grocery shop — for free. They can take what they need and come back every week. The problem is that some students are concerned with their image and are embarrassed at the thought of being seen at the pantry. I have been to the food pantry to receive food. I needed it. I was struggling. I used to be worried that someone would find out and maybe they would make fun of me. It got to a point where I realized that my need for food was bigger than my ego. If I didn’t go to the pantry, I wouldn’t have anything to eat. This source of food has allowed me to focus my energy on classes, finding a summer internship and the ability to help my family when in critical need. When I got there, the volunteers were so eager to help me. I got enough food to get me by and left. No one knew about it. The thing about food insecurity is that you can’t pick it out in a crowd. You can’t look at someone and know whether or not they’ll eat that day. I use the food pantry on campus and you don’t know it. My instructors, my family nor my friends know either. They will never know, nor will they ever need to know. Faculty, staff and students have literally donated tons of food to the food pantry because they know I am hungry, that others are hungry. The people donating are aware of all the sacrifices you and I make to succeed at NCSU and beyond. They want to support you and me as we work to make this a better world. An anonymous person once said: “Be strong enough to stand alone, smart enough to know when you need help, and brave enough to ask for it.” If you or someone you know needs help with combating food insecurity, I strongly urge you to visit Feed the Pack. Anonymous
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o most America ns homeschooling seems to be a granted right of parents who don’t want their kids to go to public/ private school. But in Germany and many European countries, parents are not so fortunate, because gover n ment s out law homeschooling and force parents to send their children to a public school at a certain age. The Romeike family, a Ziyi devout Mai ChrisStaff Columnist tian family who f led to the United States from Germany in 2008, has sought asylum in an effort to freely homeschool their six children. U.S. law states that individuals can qualify for asylum if they can prove they are being persecuted because of their religious beliefs or because they are members of a particular social group. In 2010, the Romeike family was granted political asylum. Judge Lawrence Berman ruled that the family had a reasonable fear of persecution for what they believes if sent back home. In a statement, he called it “utterly repellent.” Sadly, the relief was short-lived. Now the Romeike family is facing another battle that will decide if it is able to stay in the U.S. U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement challenged the decision that has granted the Romeikes asylum, claiming that homeschoolers are not a particular social group because they don’t meet certain legal standards, and the homeschooled population is
too vague and amorphous to constitute a social group. The Romeikes’ case boils down to whether or not parents have the fundamental right to homeschool their children. According to Eric Holder, Attorney General of the Obama administration, there was no violation of anyone’s protected rights in a law that entirely bans homeschooling. There would only be a problem if the German government banned homeschooling for some but permitted it for others. In other words, the position of the U.S. government is that a nation violates no one’s right if it bans homeschooling entirely. Two m ajor por t ions of constitutional rights are fundamental liberty and equal protection. W hat Mr. Holder said was there is no fundamental right to something as long as the government bans it broadly and equally. This is clearly a fallacy. Based on its logic, the government could curtail freedom of speech so broadly that no one dares to speak against it. Without the universal recognition of fundamental rights, government agents are more likely to trespass individual liberty when enforcing laws. The attorney general also contended that the Romeikes’ case failed to show there was any religious discrimination because, among other reasons, the Romeikes didn’t prove that all homeschoolers are religious and that not all Christians believe they had to homeschool. But Mr. Holder doesn’t seem to understand that religious freedom is an individual right. Just because all believers of a particular religion do not abide by a
certain standard doesn’t mean individuals who feel compelled to follow this standard do not have the right to do so. Religious decisions must be made by individuals, not by groups. One need not be affiliated to a church or a religious group to be able to make a religious freedom claim. In particular, one does not have to follow the rules of a church to claim religious freedom — one should be able to follow the rules of God himself. The U.S. Supreme Court has made it ver y clear in a number of cases that religious freedom is an individual right. Yet ou r cu rrent government seems to not understand this. They only think of us as members of groups and factions. It’s an extreme form of identity politics that undermines individual liberty. W h i le R o m e i k e v. Holder is crucially and immediately important to one huddled family struggling for freedom, the implications of the arguments currently being presented by the U.S. government against them are important to all American people. Will our courts uphold the rights of parents to raise their children in the ways that seem best to them, or will a government standard be imposed on the 2 million homeschooling families in the U.S.? The Romeike family will be defending that decision in the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals on April 23. Wish it the best of luck.
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he above is the description of the “NCSU Confessions” Facebook page, the N.C. State version of the recent rage of confessions pages. Confessions pages have gone viral. They serve educational institutions from high schools to universities f rom t he United States, to Naman Singapore, Muley to India and Staff Columnist everywhere between. The confessions pages have risen to resurrect gossip as a ritual. The confessions are anonymous getaways for people with varying degrees of selfconfidence levels. One finds all kinds of confessions including jocular, crush confessions, mildly sexual to love advice. “I fart in elevators when no one is around…” Most are love advice and some are narrations of sexual encounters. “I recently met a guy who I’m really interested in and he is 28 and I’m 20.” There is a link in the ‘about’ section of the about page. The user anonymously puts up the confessions on that shared document. The administrator of the page then updates the confessions, possibly filtering some, as the page’s statuses. There is no uncontested theory as to where the trend first started. Arguably, it started with a popular blog titled “Confessions from Stanford” — a series of blog posts by freshmen at Stanford University, depicting their stories of transforming into freshmen at one of the
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“Mixed economy because I believe in social programs when they’re needed, but I do believe in capitalism. The people who are go-getters should be rewarded more than people who only rely on the system." McKhenzy Welch junior, environmental sciences
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most prestigious schools in the world. These blog posts, rather than being narrations of encounters between opposite sex, were inspirational stories of applications to the prestigious school and experiences of coping with the pressure of it all. Somewhere down the trail of imitations, the word “confessions” was reinterpreted. It is strange how the viral nature of the confessions page is similar to what Harvard University students experienced when Mark Zuckerberg first came out with the FaceMash website, a way for students to rate the most appealing face. FaceMash catapulted quickly into Facebook, which is the parent platform for the confessions pages. FaceMash was also limited to a campus or a university. Such a boundary of social interactions allows for gossip to spread its roots far and deep. It is small enough for people at all levels to be curious about the gossip, yet big enough for anonymity to keep its veil. “Anonymous” is an interesting form of identity. It contradicts the meaning of identity itself to generate newer forms of expression, expressions that find recurrence in folklores like masked vigilantes and Santa Claus. It is interesting to note the interactions of various components of the ecosystem of the confessions pages: the anonymous user, the administrator and the diffused audience may be viewed as the prime components of the ecosystem. The administrator keeps his anonymity for several reasons, totally different from why the user holds his. Administrative authorities of several institutions have expressed concern over the unethical content published on these pages. Yet, these are social crimes that are not held by the law as criminal offenses. Does this expose a chink in the armor of our society?
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‘Corrupting Dr. Nice’ reexamines time travel Emma Cathell Staff Writer
John Kessel, an English professor, has loved science fiction since he was 11 years old. Kessel subscribed to science fiction magazines and would read them cover-tocover in a week. Now he’s an accomplished science fiction writer with three published novels. “When I was young, science fiction was the province of geeks and weirdos, not the widely popular fiction it is now,” Kessel said. “Most people went through a science fiction phase and then got over it, like having the chicken pox when you are a kid. You read it when you are a teenager, and then grow out of it. I never did.” Corrupting Dr. Nice is his third novel, published in 1997. It follows the story of a time-traveling paleontologist who goes back to the dinosaur age to do research, but ends up getting mixed up with temporal con-artists in ancient Jerusalem. One of the most used time travel conventions in science fiction is that if you go back into the past you have to be careful not to alter events that will change the present. A classic term for this is the grandfather paradox – if you go back and shoot your grandfather before he meets
your grandmother in this convention, you will never be born. However, Kessel wanted to try something a little different with time travel in Corrupting Dr. Nice. “I wanted to write a version of time travel where you could go back into the past and do whatever you wanted and alter whatever you wanted and it would have no effect on the present. So I thought out this scheme of moment universes [that are like] parallel branches on the tree of time where you could alter the past, but it ends up not affecting things.” For the characters in Corrupting Dr. Nice, this means it’s possible to exploit the past. Consequently, there are tourist hotels that people from any century can visit throughout all of history. For example, the setting of the novel, Jerusalem in 40 C.E., is complete with a fancy hotel that hosts dozens of tourists from all different eras. Jerusalem now has modern medicine, cars and elevators. The city is even temporarily home to a dinosaur from the late-Cretaceous era. However, Kessel didn’t just stick to science fiction in Corrupting Dr. Nice – he mixed in some comedy as well. “It’s a screwball comedy, which means there is a male hero who is clever, but socially maladroit. He meets this
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stunningly beautiful woman whom he falls in love with, and she’s a lot smarter than he is in the ways of the world.” The male hero Kessel is referring to is the rich paleontologist, Dr. Owen Vannice, and the beautiful woman is Genevieve Faison, who works with her father, August, as an accomplished con artist. This complicates her relationship with Vannice, to say the least. “The storyline of the book really borrows from a number of classic Hollywood comedies from the 1930s and
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40s,” Kessel said. “In the beginning, I dedicate the book to a bunch of different movie directors.” One of the challenges Kessel faced while writing this novel was incorporating both genres of science fiction and comedy. He did this by adding humor and sarcasm, along with social satire. According to Kessel, the novel also takes a satirical look at how people behave in the past and present. “I would not say it was easy, but it was an interesting chal-
lenge to find ways to merge opposites or things that most people consider incompatible. That is one reason to write: to make something you have not seen before.” Kessel also explained that projected himself into the mind and situation of each character while penning his novel. “All of the characters have some element of me in them.” Kessel said. “When young, I was very much as awkward as Owen is. I have an admiration for the con artist and
am sarcastic like Genevieve. I am a father like August and protective of my daughter.” Kessel is now working on his fourth novel, which he plans to finish writing by the fall and get published in over a year. It’s set in the year 2140, in a lunar colony. “I’m excited and eager to finish,” Kessel said. “Also [I’m] a little nervous, but I’m intending to make it entertaining and thoughtprovoking.”
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AATS holds 16th annual Fashion Exposé Nikki Stoudt Life & Style Editor
The African American Textile Society (AATS) will hold it’s 16th annual Fashion Exposé at 7 p.m. this Monday, April 8 in the Atrium at the College of Textiles on Centennial Campus. Part of Pan Afrikan Week, the Fashion Exposé is an annual fashion design competition organized entirely by N.C. State students. According to the fashion show’s website, Fashion Exposé was the first fashion show ever organized on N.C. State’s campus. Molly Renaud, a sophomore in textile engineering and Fashion Exposé’s public relations coordinator, believes the event acts as a tool for success for textile students. “The Fashion Exposé grants emerging student designers tons of opportunities,” Renaud said. “They really get the chance to showcase their designs in a competitive and inspiring environment.” According to Renaud, Fashion Exposé aims to invigorate student designers by holding an event that highlights unique design styles of each designer. “Aside from the obvious, the show gives students the chance to try their talents on the public,” Renaud said. The show benefits more
than just the selected designers as the photographers, videographers, models and production crew are made up of student volunteers as well. Designers are selected based upon an application process in which the applicants submit samples of work. “We get applications from students all over the University,” Renaud said. “Not all our designers are from the College of Textiles and some aren’t even from N.C. State. We’ve got a couple from outside — from Meredith and North Carolina Central University.” The show culminates with a competition for money prizes. Different categories for entry allow for winners at each level. The first level is exhibit, which is aimed at designers who have the basic skills needed to construct a garment but not a full collection. First prize at this level is awarded $100. The second level is novice, which is aimed at designers seeking exposure in showcasing their work. The experience of the typical novice designer will be limited in garment design and creation. Most novice designers have around one to two years of experience. First prize for the novice level is $250. The final level, intermediate, is geared more toward designers who have several
years of experience in creating and designing garments at higher levels and are able to produce a cohesive line. This level is most commonly made up of juniors, seniors and graduate students. Second prize for this level is $300 and first prize is $500. To Renaud, the most important aspect of Fashion Exposé comes directly from the AATS’ mission statement that identifies its core values as innovation and vitality. “We really try to produce a show that brings aesthetic life to the collection of each designer,” Renaud said. “We believe that a designer’s work must be given experiences that allow it to be seen by others.” According to Renaud, the student-run show not only showcases fashion, but also the talents of each student involved in the creative process. “We really want to empower student designers and producers and bring everyone into the forefront,” Renaud said. “Giving students these chances increases the frequency of success in their respective fields.”
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The cassava, a food staple for Tanzanians, has recently been struck by a class of viruses called geminiviruses, causing famine across the country. However, N.C. State has been bringing aid to those suffering by aiding in the research effort. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation sponsored a grant to fund research. It awarded $9.4 million to the Mi kocheni Agricu ltura l Research Institute, which is funding international teams of researchers, including a team at N.C. State. Cassavas are ideal for the Tanzanian ecosystem as they require very little water and can be grown year-round. It is the sole crop grown by the majority of Tanzanian farmers, who practice monoculture. The people of Tanzania depend on it for survival and as a source of income. There have been reports of problems with the cassava crops for at least the past ten years, but recently the threat became much more serious. There has been a recorded movement of the African cassava mosaic virus, one of
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within the next two years — there are people who are in desperate need of results. Once resistance can be understood, the researchers hope to introduce it into cassava crops through breeding or genetic engineering. Because of the fast pace of the research, researchers are in need of participation by N.C. State students, according to Trino AscencioIbanez, an assistant professor in biochemistry who has been working with geminiviruses for many years. “There are a lot of openings for undergrad students in this research. There is a lot of work to do,” AscencioIbanez said. Students can contribute to the effort in other ways as well — Ascencio-Ibanez said they are always prepared to hear ideas concerning other approaches to the famine that would help the people of Tanzania. “This ty pe of problem opens opportunities for everyone. It is important for people to get engaged. If they have good ideas they need to share them, because we need all of the help we can get.”
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the geminiviruses, from East Africa westward. “Geminiviruses are DNA viruses, which are rarer than their counterparts, RNA viruses,” Niki Robertson, a professor of plant biology involved in the research, said. “There are a multitude of new diseases appearing in plants due to geminiviruses.” For several years it was thought there was a line of cassavas resistant to geminiviruses. However, recently that resistance has been broken, which has resulted in count less plants going through root necrosis. The crops are rotting in the ground. Therefore, researchers at N.C. State are looking into what makes certain cassava plants resistant and how the DNA viruses are breaking their resistance. To do this, the researchers are comparing certain genes in different lines of crops and identifying resistant breeding lines to pinpoint the allele responsible. Once researchers know where the crop’s resistance is breaking, they hope to be able to prevent it. Robertson and her colleagues want to have the resistance gene mapped out
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of the loudest moments in the PNC Arena all year. Another highlight play from Purvis was the monster he threw down versus Miami. Purvis’ freshman accomplishments go on, but the point is he does not owe N.C. State fans anything. How many of us have felt
unsettled at a job or a school after one year and wanted to leave? How many of us thought we had fallen in love just to realize it was not going to work? We should not be the ex that hates to see their ex succeed. We should understand things don’t always work out and wish Purvis good luck at his next location. The right thing to do is let him go. An unhappy basketball player is a bad basketball player, and that is the last
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thing N.C. State needs on its roster next year. Besides, Purvis’ departure opens up a ton of potential playing time for a junior college guard named Desmond Lee, who is considering N.C. State. Lee could provide the Pack with a scoring threat who also has lockdown perimeter defense. Keep it real, Wolfpack Nation.
right foot after scoring 27 first-half points, helping the Wolfpack jump out to a 16-point lead. The Cavaliers stormed back and won the game. To make matters worse, it was announced that Whittenburg’s college playing career was over. The Pack went on to lose four of its next six games and quickly dropped from the rankings. The team finished the regular season with an underwhelming 17-10 record, going just 8-6 in the ACC. Luckily, Whittenburg defeated the odds against him and was able to return just in time for the team’s memorable championship run. Jump back to 2013. The N.C. State baseball team is in a similar predicament. Injuries have been a significant problem for the Pack. Sophomore AllAmerican shortstop Trea Turner suffered a high ankle sprain in the conference opener against Clemson and has sat out 11
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unit. Injuries happen. They’re a part of sports that will never go away. But the Cardiac Pack taught a lesson that N.C. State baseball can learn from: you can always bounce back from injury. It took little time for Whittenburg to get right back into the groove he was in to start the season and lead the team to a national title. Turner, although he is still posting stellar numbers, is taking a bit longer to readjust. We all know he has the ability to do it. We saw it last year and we saw it again at the beginning of this season. And when he gets back into the swing of things, you can bet the Wolfpack will be back to its winning ways. Don’t count the Pack out just yet. There is a lot of baseball to play. Only time will tell how the season will end for the team. Keep the faith. Perhaps a match will strike under Turner and he will lead his team to glory, just as another Wolfpack great did three decades ago.
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Madeline Pike: A straight shooter Holloway named ACC Coach of the Year N.C. State’s Braden Holloway has been named the ACC Men’s Swimming & Diving Coach of the Year, the conference announced Thursday. The first N.C. State coach to be named ACC Men’s Coach of the Year since 1992, Holloway oversaw a Wolfpack squad that placed fifth at the ACC Championship before finishing the season as the highest ACC team at the NCAA Championship. N.C. State had two individual swimmers and four relays earn All-America honors as the Wolfpack’s NCAA showing was its best since 1979. SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS, ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE
Wolfpack seniors star in 3-point contest Senior guard Marissa Kastanek and senior forward Scott Wood participated in the College Slam Dunk & 3-Point Championships, each shooting in the 3-point competition. Wood had a stellar first round, earning 21 points to advance to the semifinals where he was eliminated. Kastanek posted 24 points in her first round matchup, the highest of the night. She advanced to the finals and finished in second place behind Indiana’s Aulani Sinclair.
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Junior Madeline Pike and the N.C. State Rifling team shot their way to a 38-7 overall record, going 24-0 in SEARC matches and 1-5 in GARC meets. The team finished up its season ranked 13th in the nation. On March 2nd, Pike became the fourth-straight SEARC individual champion from N.C. State. She led the Wolfpack to back-to-back team titles at the SEARC Championships. This is the Pack’s 7th conference title in program history. “Overall the team is proud that we are able to consistently do well in SEARC,” Pike said. “We are regularly able to place several team members in the finals at SEARC championships, and for the last five years, at least to my knowledge, we have been able claim individual champion.” The team has improved significantly since last year. This is the first year that the team has claimed a victory in the GARC conference and also the first time the team had shooters in the final at the championship. “Although the team as a whole is very proud of how we did in SEARC, I think we are prouder of our improvement in our other conference, GARC,” Pike said. Sophomore Dani Foster went into the GARC conference in 8th place and finished in 7th and Pike went into the GARC conference in 5th place and finished in 3rd. Rifling is not just about shooting and hitting your target. There is a mental toughness to the sport that
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Madeline Pike, junior on the N.C. State rifle team. Pike competes in smallbore and air rifle, and became the fourth Woolfpack shooter to win the SEARC individual title in March, 2013.
many people do not realize. “Being good in rifle is not as easy as it seems,” Pike said. “One of the big aspects that most people look over is the mental game required for this sport. Even for beginners, the mental game is also important because there are so many things to remember.” During each and every shot, the shooter has to make sure that their position is set up the correct way. They have to focus on breathing properly, aiming, squeezing the trigger with just the right amount of pressure and following through after the shot. That can really take a toll on an
athlete, especially when you have to repeat that process 60 times in one match. Each team cannot shoot more than 60 shot totals or shoot another competitor’s target or the team gets a penalty. For each competition, the coaches pick the top 5 shooters and the top 4 scores for that event count towards the team total. “Rifling is one of the few true coed sports, though women’s teams exist, it is the only coed NCAA sport,” Pike said. “So women do indeed compete alongside men in the collegiate arena.” The team looks to keep its streak and national rank alive next season.
Even though the team did outstanding this year, they know they left some things back on the range. “Next year, we are all hoping to continue this streak of totally awesomeness,” Pike said. “Personally, next year I want to continue to put forth consistent good performances and make sure my team gets there too. Even when we did well this year, we would still come off the line knowing we left a few points on the table. “ “I hope that next year we will all be able to come off the line and say that we did totally awesome and that there is nothing more I could have done.”
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the year, Purvis gave Pack Basketball his all. He battled through his slumps to help the team succeed. Even when Purvis saw his minutes decline, he never quit. We can’t forget the great memories Purvis gave us throughout the season. In the Puerto Rico Tip Off final, on a night when most of the veterans went silent, Purvis stepped up and delivered a 16-point, 4-rebound performance. While we lost the game, Purvis showed determination and continued to play despite being down for most of the game. Also, who can forget Purvis’ breakaway one handed slam during the Duke game? The dunk sent the crowd into frenzy and provided one
Just six weeks ago, I sat down to watch the No. 9-ranked N.C. State baseball team start its season against Appalachian State with high hopes for the season. The team had lofty preseason expectations and had its highest preseason ranking in program history and was picked to finish second in the ACC. Today, I see an N.C. State team that has struggled at times with consistency at the plate and control on the mound. Additionally, the team has had to deal with unfortunate injuries. The Wolfpack currently sits on a 21-10 (5-7 ACC) record and is on the verge of dropping out of the rankings, sitting at No. 25 in the Baseball America poll. Now go back 30 years and one day to April 4, 1983. It was on this fateful date in 1983 the N.C. State men’s basketball team took the Houston Cougars down to the wire to steal the national title from Phi Slamma Jama. The 1982-83 Wolfpack started its season with its own high expectations. State was ranked 16th in the AP preseason poll and was picked to finish third in the conference. However, the season took a sour turn for the Pack just six weeks into its season. NCSU, ranked 19th at the time, faced No. 2 Virginia at home. During the second half, star senior guard Dereck Whittenburg broke his
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Freshman guard Rodney Purvis holds his hands above his head after a foul is called against N.C. State Saturday, March 16, 2013. Purvis had 6 points in the Wolfpack’s 81-71 loss to the Miami Hurricanes at Greensboro Coliseum.
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COMMENTARY
#FreePurvis
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Daniel Neal Staff Writer
On April 2nd, it became clear that freshman Rodney Purvis’ decision to transfer was no April Fool’s joke. Many N.C. State fans had to face the harsh reality that the talented guard with the bright smile was breaking up with them. Speculation had surrounded Purvis transferring for a week or so after the team’s season. While his decision to leave was not totally unforeseen, the reasons surrounding his departure have been blurry to many Wolfpack fans. With the departure of four starters, it seemed that Purvis would have his chance to shine next year. Many reports have speculated that Purvis wanted to play in the point
guard position. Others said he was not fitting into the system. People can talk all they want, but the only way we will know why Purvis wanted to break the hearts of Wolfpack Nation is if Purvis comes out and says it. According to N.C. State Athletics, Purvis cited he was ready to step out of his comfort zone and get a fresh start. While his explanation still leaves many unanswered questions, we shouldn’t attack Purvis. After the news broke, many people took to twitter to announce their frustrations. One user tweeted: “I hope @rpurvis_0 gets a Kevin Ware injury.” Another salty fan made a Twitter account, @PurvisSucks, and tweeted “I hope @rpurvis_0 dies in a car wreck on his way to UCon.” He doesn’t deserve any of this. During