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University researchers work toward less-invasive surgery Alden Early Staff Writer
Researchers from two rival Triangle schools have teamed up off the court to develop a resource that may lead to more accurate surgeries and cut down on recovery time for patients. N.C. State University and UNCChapel Hill are partnering to improve the technology available to doctors who specialize in minimally invasive surgeries. And according to a report by the Triangle Business Journal, there is a potentially lucrative market for this kind of technology. The popularity of minimally invasive surgeries has been increasing because surgeons desire to make as few incisions as possible to reduce risks and speed up recovery times for patients. “One goal of the research is to minimize the number of X-ray images taken,” said Edgar Lobaton, lead author of a paper about the research. Lobaton, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, said improving the accuracy of the technology will limit a patient’s exposure to radiation. Radiation has been classified as a carcinogen, or cancer-causing substance, by the U.S. government and the World Health Organization’s In-
ternational Agency for Research on Cancer. The research team has developed an algorithm that will act as a computer program, Lobaton said. An algorithm is an effective, step-by-step method used to reach a final calculation. The program’s goal is to help surgeons become more efficient, from decreasing X-ray images to optimizing the angle from which images are taken. From this data, the resource will ultimately give surgeons a blueprint for where their incisions should be made. “It is very hard to know where the device is going during the surgery,” Lobaton said. Before this invention, surgeons lacked certainty in their incisions as they pushed the boundaries of medical technology. “Some of the devices deform a lot,” Lobaton said. Lobaton said he thinks the program will be a useful resource for a surgeon who desires to know how precise he or she must be for a specific procedure. Minimally invasive surgeries tend to emphasize smaller, strategic cuts rather than single, large openings.
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Scott Saul, an associate professor of English at UC Berkeley speaks on his upcoming biography of Richard Pryor, titled “Becoming Richard Pryor” April 22, 2013 in Tompkins Hall. Saul spoke on Pryor’s past and how it influenced his comedy style.
Archiving the past, online Brittany Bynum Staff Writer
Scott Saul, professor of English at University of California Berkeley, introduced his “digital humanities” project at Tompkins Hall Monday. Digital humanities is the study of human interactions through digital media archives and websites. Saul’s project focuses on one famous person: Richard Pryor. Saul has spent the last decade of
his life archiving the life and career of the comedian, who he said both interests and fascinates him. Saul said he hopes to continue addaing onto a website titled “Richard Pryor’s Peoria” that will go live in a year. Pryor is originally from Peoria, Ill., a city often referred as the “city of sin” within the state because of its open involvements with prostitution, gambling and drinking, according to Saul. The project’s reference point in the
Manic episode turns into outreach Taylor O’Quinn Staff Writer
When Alex McKeithen went to Paris to study abroad, he never thought he’d end up in the middle of the Arc de Triomphe — naked. “Bzzzz! The apocalypse is here! Today!” McKeithen remembers screaming the day of psychological snap. Compiling the events leading up to this moment and his recovery after, McKeithen has found redemption and solace in a memoir about the experience, The Seventh Angel. McKeithen is a graduate from Davidson College, and during his junior year he decided to study abroad in Europe. McKeithen wrote his first novel The Seventh Angel about his experience having a manic episode overseas. He publicized his book during a seminar at the Psychology Department Monday. “With U2’s album Joshua Tree on repeat, I became hypnotized by the music and my surroundings,” McKeithen said. McKeithen said he became overwhelmed with feeling as if he had a special purpose. Every time he would close his eyes to pray, he’d open them to see the f light of a nearby dove. “The sun was on me all the time pushing me higher and higher,” McKeithen said. “I eventually had a naturally high feeling.” After traveling around Europe, McKeithen made his way to Paris — alone, all the while still listening to U2. Everywhere he went he read the Book of Revelation, from the beginning to the end, until he
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was convinced he was the “seventh angel.” “Bzzzz went my alarm, three times to the sound of six — three sixes, the sign of the devil,” McKeithen said. McKeithen said he was convinced that the world was going to end that day and that he was meant to deliver
the message. After tearing up all of his money and waking his roommates, McKeithen embarked on his mission to save the world. He ran to every church nearby, warning all the pastors and passersby, all the while giving his belongings to homeless people he saw
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along the way. McKeithen began undressing on his journey from church to church until he was eventually down to his T-shirt and undies — both white, for purity. “For the first time in my life I was hoping God wasn’t asking for more,” McKeithen said. “I didn’t want to be naked.” McKeithen said since he was wearing a white T-shirt and white underpants, he wouldn’t have to undress to his bear skin, but in that manic moment, he said he wasn’t about to ignore the word of God. “I begged God not to make me get naked,” McKeithen said. “But I realized that humans should no longer be ashamed of their bodies.” Off came his shirt, and then his undies, and before shame set in, he was completely naked in the middle of Paris. McKeithen said he began running up a hill towards the Arc de Triomphe — a military monument located in the world’s largest roundabout with 10 lanes of fastpaced traffic. “People began gawking and laughing at me,” McKeithen said. “It was cold … and yes, I did have some shrinkage.” McKeithen ran straight into traffic in the roundabout, but he had a purpose to deliver the message of the end of the world. The Parisian police caught him by the time he got to the second lane, McKeithen said. “There’s really no place for a naked guy to go in the broad daylight
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digital humanities field came from a web designer, two students from UC Berkeley, another student from Stanford University and inspiration. He did not research other examples of digital humanities as he started, and found it beneficial because he noticed that other archives were too complex and made more for scholars.
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Screenwriters unite, scripts in hand Kevin Schaefer Staff Writer
Four students gathered at Mitch’s Tavern in 1993 to read and critique each other’s work. Since then, members have come and gone, locations have changed, but the group remains in tact. The group, Screenline, still meets monthly, and although its members aren’t comprised of students anymore, screenwriters of all skill-levels and ages are encouraged to contribute to the discussion, according to Mike Everette, supervisor for Screenline. “Screenline invites all persons with an interest in screenwriting,” Everette said. “Regardless of whether you are merely curious, have never written a screenplay but would like to learn about it, or have completed multiple scripts and maybe even had one produced, you’re absolutely welcome.” Everette teaches creative writing courses at Wake Technical Community College. He encourages members of this group to learn as much as they can about their craft.
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Anarchy in the N.C.
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Anarchist thinkers clashed with capitalist thinkers in Williams Hall Wednesday evening during a lecture on capitalism and resistance. The N.C. State chapter of Students for a Democratic Society featured activists Bryan and Nikita of anarchist collective CrimethInc as speakers. The two speakers would not disclose their full names. Members of the crowd interrupted the speakers several times in disagreement and expressed a range of political beliefs in debate afterward. “We wanted to start a conversation about capitalism and anti-capitalist resistance,” Nikita said. The group aimed not to express an objective perspective on the economic crisis, but to address personal experience in anti-capitalist struggles and ideas about how a world under a different paradigm could be created, Nikita said.
The bulk of the lecture was a tag-teamed chronology of capitalist resistance movements in the context of production and consumption. Nikita and Bryan also spoke about precarity — the idea that work in a capitalist system is unpredictable and often insecure. Bryan said unions were an early form of resistance to capitalism, though their later absorption into the capitalistic system lowered their effectiveness. “The shift from production as a basis of resistance into consumption as a basis of resistance influences the demands that these movements articulate,” Nikita said. Counterculture movements tend to be absorbed into capitalistic products of identity, Nikita said. The speakers transitioned into a discussion of precarity as a form of resistance. They acknowledged the necessity of organization in movements like Occupy in
response to the dissolution of unions, domestic jobs and the overall precariousness of jobs in the United States workforce. They also mentioned the unity felt between dissidents of capitalism involved in resistance action worldwide. “The forms of resistance we engage in are not just limited to the people in Chapel Hill or Raleigh,” Bryan said. “These are the things that tie us together all around the world.” The duo also addressed the idea of social media as a proponent of revolutionary movements. Nikita said he believes social media brings people closer together, but often binds people more than it frees them. “We do have a greater capacity to connect to each other, but all of that connection goes into a grid, a map that makes it even more easy to surveil and repress,” Nikita said. The United States penal system also received criticism from the anarchists who paralleled usage of prison workers in labor settings to slavery. An open forum followed the presentation. Debate continued into the brickyard as enthusiastic capitalists and
anarchists battled wits and exchanged dispositions. “You can’t have a conversation like this with republicans and democrats,” Jason Cockrell, a self-defined market anarchist and senior in applied mathematics, said. Cockrell vigorously debated the speakers, whom he said he considers anarchoprimitivists — anarchists who advocate for the regression of modern industrial society into a simpler agrarian society. Cockrell said gatherings like the one last Wednesday are helpful in expanding people’s perspectives because debating with similar minded individuals creates deeper conversation concerning personal issues. Students in attendance were encouraged to take pamphlets on revolution, anarchy and social justice. The majority of information was free, though the anarchists requested a donation for several of the available books. Those interested in getting involved with SDS are invited to attend a May Day march to the N.C. General Assembly starting at the Bell Tower May 1.
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Eight to ten writers regularly attend with scripts ready for collective reading and evaluation. “We’re all friends, which means we are honest with our comments,” Everette said. “We don’t share each other’s work without permission, and we don’t rip each other off.” The first screenwriting classes at N.C. State were offered in 1993, but the four students who met in Mitch’s Tavern in 1994 wanted to take
their experiences beyond the classroom and into the bar, a more comfortable setting. “It was a very basic introduction to the subject, and several students wanted to go further with the subject than these classes had taken us,” Everette said. “The instructor was approached about offering a private ‘master class’ for those so interested.” After going public in 1994, Screenline met on State’s campus in the Caldwell Hall Lounge twice a month. At the time, it wasn’t uncommon for 20-25 students to attend regularly. The group had only one
problem — parking. After well over a decade of meeting on State’s campus, Screenline began to seek out a new location in 2010. Today, it meets monthly at Starbucks Coffee near Lake Boone Trail in Raleigh. Screenline is a lso eager for pa r t icipa nts to bring full length and short scripts for critique. For longer scripts, Everette arranges longer meetings. Everette said the group is principally there for any screenwriter to grow his or her craft. “At Screenline meetings, the principal activity is to
stage dramatic readings of members’ works-in-progress, and then comment upon them,” Everette said. None of the writers have contributed to a major film, but Everette said he has high hopes for the group. “We are still waiting for the big Lightning Strike, when one of our members’ screenplays makes it to the silver screen from a major studio,” Everette said.
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With these operations, surgeons typically begin by making several small cuts in a certain area of the body. These cuts can be as small as a few millimeters in length. An endoscope, a thin tube with a miniature camera on the end, is then passed through one of the incisions. Special instruments are inserted into the other openings to probe, explore, repair and remove
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of Paris,” McKeithen said. McKeithen said he ended up in a cell with a bowl of water, some bread, a mattress, two small windows and a wooden door with stick figures scratched into it. The stick figures on the door depicted a man running into the door and McKeithen said he thought these were instructions God wanted him to see. “I decided to put the water bowl on my head and run full force into the window so I could break out and contin-
ue spreading the message,” McKeithen said. After his experience overbroad, McKeithen was diagnosed with Bipolar disorder. His doctors told him what happened overseas was the most interesting manic episode they’ve ever seen, McKeithen said. McKeithen said he wrote his memoir to reach out to people struggling with Bipolar disorder, and his act of engagement and humility is a powerful way to relay his experiences of finding redemption in the eyes of God and society.
whatever is wrong. The camera gives a magnified view of the surgical area and is usually projected onto monitors in the operating room. Minimally-invasive surgeries are typically much cleaner and pose fewer risks for patients than open surgery. Cancer tumor removals are often best performed through conventional methods such as open surgery, according to Nemours. Minimally-invasive surgeries may be more timeconsuming, but often the benefits far outweigh the consequences.
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“Team effort is the joy of collaboration,” Saul said. Saul said he wants the website to be accessible to a variety of people to spark curiosity of the humanities in a larger audience. Saul’s first step was to trace Peoria’s social history in relation to Pryor by citing urban historians and documents, including divorce papers from Pryor’s parents, report cards, reports of Pryor being kicked out of school and family photos. “It is reconstructing the world of the person you’re interested in,” Saul said. Saul has compiled 220 documents on the website so far. He categorized his documents into four categories: people, places, eras, and themes. Readers will explore Richard Pryor’s Peoria by scrolling the page and clicking pictures to reveal small essays. Each essay is devoted to a person in Pryor’s life. The design, called a carousel, breaks large groups of documents into smaller, graspable forms of data that are easier to read and understand. “I want people to tap into the power of documents,” Saul said. The purpose is for readers to ask questions and become intuitive with the archives. The documents posted on the website are original copies that Saul received through his research. Saul built the website by finding documents that inspired him after spending many years tracking and getting to know people through several interviews. Saul said he expects readers, rather than scholars, to immerse themselves in the readings and stories through digital humanities.
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ne of the major questions in the recent UNC-Chapel Hill athletics scandals is who should get the blame. Should the athletics director be held entirely responsible for maintaining academic integrity within the departments of athletics, or does the buck absolutely stop with Chancellor Holden Thorp? These jurisdictional questions naturally came into the public’s consideration after the scandals, but UNC-CH will soon have a new head honcho, and these questions will need to be answered — not just for UNC-CH’s sake, but for the sake of any university with a large athletics program. Though Thorp was a champion of education, he didn’t realize quickly enough that the responsibility of sportsmanlike conduct in athletics, on the field and in the classroom, ultimately comes down to the chancellor. A university chancellor presides over the entire university, which, distant as it may seem, in-
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“I think they should value academics because that’s what we’re founded on and what we pay tuition for.” Jasmine Bamlet junior, business administration
“I definitely think academics. Like with student athletes, I’ve always been taught that being a student comes first.” Tyler Burton sophomore, sports management
“It’s an academic instituation, so academics should always come first.” Paul Christianson junior, physics
“Academics are definitely more important. You can’t make it very far without a formal education.” Samantha DalliCardillo junior, political science
The unsigned editorial is the opinion of the members of Technician’s editorial board, excluding the news department, and is the responsibility of the editor-in-chief. cludes athletics. Along with the associated prestige, it’s the responsibility of the chancellor to make sure all aspects of the university are top-notch. According to Forbes, only 4 percent of UNC-CH’s student body are athletes. All 100 percent are students. There shouldn’t be much debate that a chancellor should always put academics first. Large amounts of athletics revenue can be dripping with appeal, but as Lance Armstrong will forever illustrate, the truth always comes out. The way to prevent a scandal like this in the first place is to have a strong leader at the helm, thoroughly ensuring athletes are held to the same standards as non-athletes. But we’ll always take an excuse to poke fun at our rivals down the road. When it comes
Immigration reform: Don’t stick to the status quo
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he bombing of the Boston Marat hon has affected the lives of Bostonians, but it may also affect immigration reform. Last week was supposed to be the week of immigration reform, not “t he week from hell,” a s C N N ’s Todd Leopold deemed it. A bipartisan group Megan of senators Ellisor k now n a s Deputy Viewpoint Editor the “Gang of Eight” introduced the Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013 on April 17. If history is an indicator, we are unlikely to pass immigration reform soon after an act of terror has taken place in our country. In early September 2001, President George W. Bush and Mexican President Vicente Fox were planning an immigration reform that would have included a path to citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrants and would match Mexican workers with willing American employers. Of course, this occurred before Sept. 11, and no such immigration reform passed thereafter. It makes sense that in a time of mourning, issues like immigration reform might be placed on the backburner to focus on the tragedy. However, it seems that we aren’t just avoiding immigration reform to deal with issues such as terrorism. Instead, we’re making immigration reform seem like a terrorism issue. We perpetuate anti-immigration sentiments through rhetoric that labels immigrants as “unworthy.” In 2006, Rep. Steve King (RIowa) created a model of a wall that he would like to see built between the United States and Mexico. He suggested that the top of the wall contain an electrified wire “with the kind of current that would not kill somebody, but it would be a discouragement for them to be fooling around with it.” It’s a good idea because, as King said, “We do that with
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to athletic integrity, UNC-CH should take a lesson from, well, us. More than 500 N.C. State student-athletes benefit from academic scholarships funded by the Wolfpack Club alone, illustrating the care given to both athletics and academics. Also, though he may not have been extraordinary when it came to teaching football, former-head football coach Tom O’Brien did run a clean program. Last October, when Mustafa Greene and Tyrrell Burriss obtained drug paraphernalia charges, O’Brien let the athletes go. “They weren’t champions in the classroom or in the community,” O’Brien said in an official statement regarding the October events. We think he’s right: The classroom should be the standard by which all athletes are measured, regardless of how much revenue they
score for the University. Even with O’Brien gone, it still appears we won’t have to worry (fingers crossed) about any athletic integrity problems of our own anytime soon. According to The Wolfpacker, Dave Doeren, our new head football coach, is “unmatched” in his dedication to academic excellence. Northern Illinois is the only school in the U.S. in which an athlete won the National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete Award in both 2011 and 2012. This type of commitment should be imitated both by UNC-CH and coaches across the country. Lastly, our own chancellor, Randy Woodson, deserves praise. We haven’t had a recent athletics scandal, but that’s partly due to his leadership. He’s that “strong leader at the helm” UNC-CH deserves, and we’re lucky to have him.
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livestock all the time.” King, ever the one for analogies, also said immigrants were like stray cats that ended up on people’s porches. Oh so eloquent. Unfortunately, this mindset is not rare and has pushed immigration reform “so far onto the backburner that it eventually fell clear off the stove,” in the words of CNN contributor Ruben Navarrette. Thankfully, immigration reform has earned a spot in the news again. In a committee hearing on the 844-page immigration reform bill, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) said, “Let no one be so cruel as to use these heinous acts of two young men last week to derail the dreams and futures of millions of hardworking people.” Sen. Charles Grassley (RIowa) responded, “When you proposed gun legislation, we did not accuse you of using the Newtown killings as an excuse.” However, the gun legislation made sense because the problem in Newtown was that Adam Lanza got a gun. Contrarily, immigration reform would not have stopped the Boston bombings. The problem in Boston was not that the Tsarnaev brothers immigrated to the U.S. — they could have committed the same crime if they were here illegally or here on vacation. Therefore, immigration reform should not come to a halt because of the Boston bombings. Some Republicans are using the Boston bombing to avoid passing immigration reform, claiming this will prevent more immigrants from attacking us, as the Tsarnaev brothers allegedly did. However, as Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said in a joint statement, “Immigration reform will strengthen our nation’s security by helping us identify exactly who has entered our country and who has left.” The bill presented by the Gang of Eight is not perfect, but it is important that we continue to discuss immigration reform rather than accept the current system as satisfactory.
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here’s not h i ng finer than being praised for your work and having your ego stroked. And since I officially started writing for Technician a l it t le more than a year ago, I’ve been Ahmed Amer stroked Viewpoint Editor plenty by loyal readers. I can’t begin to count all the times one of you has approached me to ask, “Hey, are you that guy who writes for the paper? I really liked your last column about — ummm — that thing.” For the last year I have tremendously enjoyed being the guy who wrote the column about that thing you really liked but can’t remember — and I’m going to miss it. But this will be my last appearance in Technician before I graduate and take my talents to the workforce, degree in hand. By which I mean sit on my parents’ couch in my underwear with one arm around a tub of vanilla bean ice-cream and the other around a bag of Cheetos (nothing absorbs tears better than cheese dust). I’ve never been good at goodbyes, so in order to give you the sincerest,
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Raleigh nonprofit connects travellers to the needy Taylor Quinn
supplies,” Rothney said. “I contacted the safari company because it wasn’t like Many American children the schools have Internet may have a problem reach- and can email me. The safari ing their favorite-colored cal- company found out what we culator on the top shelves at needed.” Wal-Mart, but some children After her second trip to in other countries have noth- Africa, Rothney realized she ing to reach for. They have no wanted to continue to help access vital school supplies. stock African schools with Rebecca Rothney founded supplies. Pack for a Purpose in 2009 to “The next time we went, bring school supplies to im- AIDS had broken out in a big poverished children around way, so there were a lot more the world. orphans. We figured that Rothney said she found an now we needed gently used opportunity to help school children’s clothes,” Rothney kids in impoverished areas said. “So we talked to all of when she and her husband our friends with kids and we travelled to Africa in 2002 ended up bringing around for a safari. Although the sa- 160 pounds of children’s fari limited her to 40 pounds clothes.” of luggage, Rothney found After that trip, others startshe could still transport up ed hearing about what they to 140 pounds of luggage on were doing and three couples her flight. So when she and wanted to come along on her husband started planning their next trip: South Africa. their second safari in Bo“In South Africa they were tswana, they started to look just starting to build schools. for ways to use the extra 200 They had nothing, so we pounds allotted to them. told the couples that if they They found their answer in wanted to come, they had Botswanan to bring 150 schools. pou nd s of After school supcontacting plies,” Rotht he s a f a r i ney said. “So company, we brought t he couple 450 pounds worked to of school use their sasupplies with fari to help us [and the provide safari tour Rebecca Rothney, founder of Botswanan company] Pack for a Purpose schoolchilbrought the dren with supplies. supplies to the area.” “It was my belief as a teachA Kenyan clinic was their er, [because] I had to beg for next stop. Rothney emailed school supplies in North staff members telling them Carolina years ago, that they they could have whatever would certainly need school they wanted, and they replied Staff Writer
“A stethoscope weighs less than 2.5 pounds but can touch 10,000 hearts.”
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Rebecca Rothney is the founder and chairperson of Pack for a Purpose. Pack for a Purpose is a nonprofit group that enables travelers to help bring supplies to their travel destinations and help their communities. Pack for a Purpose has many locations that have their own projects and supplies that are needed. This is her at her workstation on Thursday April 4.
with two needs: a stethoscope and a blood pressure cuff. Rothney was taken aback. “I thought to myself ‘You must be joking — how do you have a clinic and not a stethoscope?’” Rothney said. “So I called my friend who was a nurse with Duke and four days later I had two stethoscopes and a blood pressure cuff. Then I went to my doctor and ended up with a boxful.” Rothney said she thought all people brought something when they traveled, but her travel agent said people just don’t think about it. Rothney said she couldn’t help but think about bringing stuff to give whenever she travelled. “You don’t go anyplace without a hostess gift. You
don’t go to someone’s house for lunch, or dinner or a weekend without bringing something as a thank-you for their hospitality,” Rothney said. With that philosophy in mind, Pack for a Purpose was born, Rothney said. A group of people supporting Pack for a Purpose met in September 2009, and by December the organization was on the Internet. The website features lists of items that can be brought by travelers. “[The lists] are an important part of our website,” Rothney said. “If you bring things to people they haven’t asked for and don’t need, it’s no help. If you want to dump your closet, that’s fine — give it to Goodwill.”
On the Pack for a Purpose website, locations fill out a “needs list” that changes when beneficiaries receive the items they need. Publicity plays a major part in the continuation of Pack for a Purpose, Rothney said. Without travelers, the supplies would not get to their rightful destinations. “The travelers find us,” Rothney said. “We are in every Costco magazine on planet earth, so if you shop at Costco and look at the Costco Connection, there we are.” Aside from the Costco magazines, Pack for a Purpose has been featured in the Boston Globe, The Oprah Magazine, National Geographic Traveler and many more publications. “We don’t find the travelers. We find the community
projects that the travelers can be helpful to.” Rothney said. “We started out with 29 locations and now have [more than] 300.” According to Rothney, a lot of the credit is due to the volunteers who have helped over the years. “Nobody gets paid around here with anything except cookies — they are amazing,” Rothney said. “When you move to this area and have a non-profit that is worthwhile, there is an amazing wealth of incredible university talent.” Rothney said if you ask people to do a little, they will do it. If you ask people to do a lot, they will find a million reasons why they cannot do anything. “I can’t make them do it, darn it, but I can make them think about it,” said Rothney. “And if it’s easy for them to think about and it’s easy for them to do it, then I believe people will do it — and they have.” A f ter helping prov ide 18,000 pounds of supplies for 25 countries within three years, it seems like Rothney’s method has caught on. “A stethoscope weighs less than 2.5 pounds but can touch 10,000 hearts,” Rothney said. “This is not a charity. This is about saying thank you for your hospitality, but doing it in a way that is actually meaningful to the host.” For more information, students can contact Rothney at rifka49@nc.rr.com or visit the Pack for a Purpose website, Facebook, Twitter or Pinterest.
Providing students with a 40-foot high perspective Holden Broyhill Staff Writer
While suspended 40 feet above the Schenck Forest, many N.C. State University campus groups are learning more about their group members, as well as lessons about teamwork. Sitting on 300 acres managed by the Department of
Forestry and Environmental Resources, the University Recreation Challenge Course is a gauntlet for students and organizations to grow and have fun. However, much of this would not have been possible had it not been for N. C. State alumnus Jim Wall. In spring 2009, the construction began for what would become the "Jim Wall Challenge Course" with do-
nations from Wall. Since then, the permanent structures that make up the canopy "challenge experience" have doubled in size, and a new "low course" allows challengers to stay firmly planted on solid ground. In addition to this construction, University Recreation has built three standalone high elements, or individual structures upon which
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challengers can practice teambuilding activities while suspended above ground. Constructing a challenge course can be an expensive project. According to Assistant Director of Outdoor Adventures, Jason Rich, each element costs roughly $1,500 to $1,800 in addition to the cost of the poles, which range from $450 to $650. This figure does not include the cost of labor, meals, travel or housing for those doing the construction. Rich has worked for Wall since 1998, when Wall was Rich’s faculty adviser in graduate school. During that time, Wall also owned a company called Wall’s Outdoor that was later renamed Challenge Design Innovations (CDI). Because Rich does contract work for CDI, he saved the University money by building the low course internally. And as the assistant director
of Outdoor Adventures, he still helps facilitate groups to complete the challenge course. “Every group that comes to the challenge course is unique,” Rich said. “Every group comes to us with a different set of goals, and we custom design every program to meet those goals. One group may come in and want to focus on team building, and it enjoys field activities, while another group comes in for the fun and thrill of the experience and loves the high course.” Groups must have a minimum of 12 members, and the cost is $20 per member to cover the cost of staffing. Groups are billed as a group and can pay with check, card or IDT (inter-department transfer). To schedule a trip to the challenge course, a group needs to email recreationteambuilding@ncsu.edu
or contact Jason Rich at jrrich2@ncsu.edu, explaining that it would like to schedule a time slot throughout the week. Groups can either specify what aspects of the challenge course it would like its program to consist of or speak to Rich about its options. “When a group contacts us, we send them a worksheet to explain who their group is and what they want to accomplish," Rich said. "We use that information to design the program.” Programs last either four hours or eight hours. Rich said he enjoys watching people grow and watching teams come together. “Being able to impart all of the experience that I’ve had over all those years to collegeaged staff and watching them grow to be young professionals in the challenge course world is very rewarding,” Rich said.
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Gamers stream for the win Jordan Alsaqa Associate Features Editor
As video streaming technology has evolved, video game enthusiasts have embraced the chance to create an online presence. For both professional gamers and industrious hobbyists, services such as Ustream and Twitch. tv allow the chance to build an audience and create a social platform while playing games. T.L. Taylor, an associate professor in comparative media studies at MIT, addressed the growing trend on campus earlier this month. In her talk, “Watch Me Play: Livestreaming, Computer Games, and the Future of Spectatorship,” Taylor said spectatorship isn’t new. “Spectatorship has always been an important part of gaming, all the way back to the arcades,” Taylor said. Even before G4, a major network that attempted to bring video game shows to television, programs such as Starcade in the ‘80s and Nick Arcade in the ‘90s gave fans a way to watch others play. However, attempts to bring video games and television together have never managed to catch on. G4 recently
restructured, moving away from video games entirely. Many streamers and fans now believe the future of video game broadcasts exists online. For many fans, the numbers alone are enough to show how popular streaming has become. The League of Legends championship stream in October 2012 topped 1.1 million concurrent viewers, with more than 8 million across the entire weekend. The chance to watch other people play online can offer a lot for fans, Taylor said. Watching pro players can help viewers up their own games, while others just derive entertainment from seeing others play and talk about their experiences. Some just find inspiration in a streamer’s level of talent. “People are just amazed at how good players can be,” Taylor said. A major part of this talent is the fact that one of the major streaming groups is made up of professional video game players. Fans of esports leagues such as Major League Gaming now have the chance to watch their favorite pro players not only at tournaments, but also while they practice. Teams like Evil Geniuses spend several hours a day practicing strategies, interacting with their fans as they do it. “A number of the broadcasters I’ve talked to have
said that broadcasting their practice helps up their game,” Taylor said. This social interaction between streamers and their fans helps create a sense of community, an important aspect for streamers who seek to build an audience. Many streamers believe that to be successful, they must have additional cameras showing their faces. This allows fans to identify and relate to gamers themselves rather than disembodied voices. Whether their goal is to entertain or allow access to their practice, streamers who can successfully build an audience can find some level of financial benefit. This applies to contracted team members for the most part, such as players contracted with Evil Geniuses, though there are some gamers who have managed to make it on their own. “You have a very thin layer of players who have enough viewers following them that they don’t need to be part of a team,” Taylor said. The fact that streamers are able to make money off playing and broadcasting games could also lead to potential problems down the road. The legality of game streaming has constantly been under question, and even the streaming sites have been ambiguous on this point. Some worry that as streaming becomes more popular, game developers may seek
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medium. For more information on Taylor’s research, visit tltaylor.com.
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Sophomore quarterback Manny Stocker takes off with the ball at the Kay Yow Spring Game Saturday, April 20. Stocker had 96 passing yards in the White team’s 20-10 loss to the Red team at Carter-Finley Stadium.
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ol low i ng Sat u rd ay ’s Spring Game, many questions still loom for the N.C. State football team. Head coach Dave Doeren walked into a situation where he has two unproven quarterbacks on his hands and a transfer in junior Jacoby Brissett who will be ineligible this season. The two competing for the starting job, sophomore Manny Stocker and redshirt
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Redshirt junior runningback Milton Hall screams at the end of the game. Hall had 7 rushing yards in the Red team’s 20-10 win over the White team at Carter-Finley Stadium.
junior Pete Thomas were sacked six times combined. Thomas went 15-for-26 for 168 yards. Stocker went 11for-20 with one touchdown and an interception. Brissett went 4-for-10 between his snaps for both the Red and White squads and threw one touchdown. Nevertheless, the Pack won on Saturday, no matter which way you look at it.
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niversity presidents and cha ncel lors are of ten “ill-equipped” to operate large Division I athletic programs, according to departing UNCChapel Hill Chancellor Holden Thorp. At a panel on sports and academics hosted by UNCCH Friday, Thorp also said he didn’t have all the tools to run a program as large as North Carolina’s when he was first hired Jeniece in 2008. But when Jamison the NCAA’s invesSports Editor tigation picked up steam in 2010, matters of athletics began to absorb his day-to-day duties. The chancellor and UNC-CH are still recovering from the fallout of a multifaceted scandal that stretched from academic fraud in the Department of African and Afro American Studies to impermissible benefits for athletes. The scandal cost Thorp his job, which ends July 1. In the wake of UNC’s troubles, N.C. State is tackling the questions raised when it comes to what entity of the University should take responsibility for what occurs within the athletics department aside from the University’s athletic director. N.C. State Chancellor Randy Woodson said his responsibility to the Department of Athletics is similar to that of a chief operating officer running a corporation. All of the tasks within the organization are delegated, but eventually everything will go through the chancellor. “If we truly believe — and we do — that our student-athletes are students first and athletes second, then the chancellor has to be an integral part of athletics,” Woodson said. This is done because the athletics department is what the University is most known for to people outside N.C. State. But is this the best business model for a collegiate athletics program — especially one that competes in the power-six conferences? When a scandal that transcends the athletics department occurs, the public has a tendency to not only point a finger at the athletics director, but other high-ranking university officials as well. The problem is that those in power tend to point a finger right back at the athletics director to wipe their hands of the situation. High-ranking university officials should have more involvement in the day-to-day functions of the athletics department. If a chancellor, university president or any other university official is going to take a position at a power-six conference school, they must be prepared to take on the responsibilities that come with being at the helm of a large athletics department. Yes, the athletics director should be the initial point of contact for any issues in the athletics department, but other university officials should also be well prepared to take on these responsibilities. Whether any chancellor or president likes it or not, the athletics department is the largest projection of a university’s image. The primary responsibility of the Chancellor Woodson and Board of Trustees is to ensure that each student is given a quality education. But they must also be mindful of the branding involved in a power-six conference school. They must ensure that the “student” in “student-athlete” is respected and be willing to accept responsibility for the shortcomings of the athletics department.