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Here we go again ... THE UNC SYSTEM WILL RECEIVE A $66 MILLION BUDGET CUT FOR THE 2013-2014 ACADEMIC YEAR
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The N.C. General Assembly approved the state’s $20.6 billion budget Wednesday after months of heated debate. The House voted 65-53 and the Senate voted 32-17 to approve the measure, which now awaits Gov. Pat McCrory’s signature, according to the WRAL. State lawmakers have met considerable backlash in recent months in response to proposed cuts to the state’s public schools—many of which remain in the current budget. McCrory released his budget proposal in March, suggesting a $138.5 million cut to the UNC System. The governor also hinted at closing some UNC System campuses or consolidating programs to save money. The State Senate recommended $50 million in cuts in its proposal released in May. The House’s proposed cuts were similar in scope to McCrory’s, recommending a reduction of more than $120 million. While the current cuts to the system were reduced to $66 million in the final version of the budget, they will be added to the long-term $400 million budget reduction handed
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Fiscal Year down two years ago—something opponents say will have drastic consequences for education. “I worry about the impact additional reductions will have on our ability to provide high-quality educational opportunities to our residents and to assist in North Carolina’s economic recovery,” UNC System President Tom Ross said in a March press release after McCrory announced his budget.
Exactly how much of the $66 million cut each school in the system will have to absorb is up to the UNC Board of Governors. The budget also raises tuition by 12.3 percent for out-of-state students at the UNC School of the Arts, N.C. A&T State, UNC-Chapel Hill and UNC-Wilmington. Other schools, including N.C. State, will institute a 6 percent increase for those students, according to the
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News & Observer. Tuition for community colleges will also be raised. While higher education is clearly being hit hard by a strained budget, the impact to public education in general in North Carolina is more difficult to discern. The budget offers no raises to teachers but will spend $120 million on teacher assistants. Likewise, the budget will stop giv-
ing salary boosts to teachers with advanced degrees but will spend $10 million in grants for low-income students to go to private schools. The budget also changes how the state deals with crime, affecting both law enforcement and the prison system. Lawmakers want to close minimum and medium-security prisons
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Universities across the country, including N.C. State, are attacked constantly by hackers.
Foreign hackers target American universities
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U.S. research universities have recently found themselves the target of millions of hacking attacks every week— many of which appear to have come from China. With systems designed to be open to tens of thousands of different users, universities like N.C. State are especially susceptible to cyberattacks.
“We get 90,000 to 100,000 attempts per day, from China alone, to penetrate our system,” Bill Mellon, the associate dean for research policy for the University of Wisconsin, said in a recent interview with the New York Times. Rumors of the Chinese instigating hacking attacks on the U.S. are not new—and The Times itself has been victimized. According to a New York
Times article published in January, Chinese hackers had broken into their system and stolen the passwords of every single employee of the newspaper. Hackers usually attempt to hide their location, and these hackers were no exception. They attempted to cover up their trail by first hacking into U.S. universities and then sending their signals
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The American Civil Liberties Union has moved to amend a 2012 lawsuit to include a challenge to North Carolina’s ban on same-sex marriage. The ACLU filed the original lawsuit, Fisher-Borne v. Smith, on behalf of six same-sex couples and their children. It challenged the
state’s ban on second-parent adoption, or when one partner adopts the other partner’s biological or adoptive child. Once the lawsuit has been amended, it will challenge both the ban on second-parent adoption and the ban on same-sex marriage. On July 12, North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper announced that he would not oppose the amendment to the lawsuit. Now The U.S.
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Wednesday, Gov. Pat McCrory signed new tax legislation recently approved by the North Carolina General assembly . House Bill 998 aims to lower the state personal and corporate income tax rates, which has long been at the top of the state Republican agenda. Republica ns sa id t his ta x reform, accompanied by about $2 billion in
spending cuts, will help North Carolina stay economically competitive with its neighbors, according to the News & Observer. Most Democrats in the General Assembly voted against the bill because many of them said it unfairly shifts taxes from the upper class to the lower and middle class. Among other measures, House Bill 998 ends the state sales tax holiday, which allowed school supplies purchased in the beginning of August to be exempt from state sales tax.
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District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina must give its approval in order for the amendment to become official, and then the newly modified lawsuit will be able to proceed. Amendment 1, which was passed in May of 2012, forbids the state from recognizing or performing same-sex marriages. The ACLU lawsuit,
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arolyn Baxter, a senior in electrical engineering, warms up at TRX by doing squats Monday, July 22, 2013. TRX is a suspension training group fitness class at N.C. State. In the class, you use body resistance by holding onto bands to do exercises. TRX meets Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 6:45 A.M., 12:00 P.M., and 5:15 P.M., Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5:15 P.M., and Sundays at 5:00 P.M. Group fitness classes are free for students and last 55 minutes. Other classes available include cycling, boot camp, step & sculpt, yoga flow, zumba, power hour, kickboxing, turbo kick, cardio dance, ab solutions, and peak performance. The schedule can be found on the NCSU Recreation website: recreation.ncsu.edu.
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through those computers. The Chinese government denied any connection to the attacks, stating that their laws prohibit any action that would threaten Internet security. Incidents like these have strained Chinese and U.S.
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relations. The Obama administration and Chinese officials have accused each other of illegal Internet practices being used by the opposition. Once a hacker is discovered, it can be very difficult to track his or her point of origin. It is similarly difficult to discover if the hackers are working with governments or they are on their own. Regardless of who the at-
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A national group recently released a report calling most of the nation’s teacher education programs substandard, but many in the field of teacher education – including some at N.C. State – say the report is deeply flawed and misleading Last month the National Council on Teacher Quality, a nonprofit educational research and advocacy group, released its “Teacher Prep Review.” The report rated 1,200 teacher education programs at 608 colleges and universities. The group analyzed each teacher education program’s institutional outcomes, selection criteria and subject area preparations over a twoand-a-half-year period using course syllabi, textbooks and policies but never visited any of the schools. The group assigned star ratings on a scale of zero to four using data collected from their analysis. Programs that earned three or more stars made the report’s exclusive honor roll list. Less than 10 percent of schools made the list, and only four programs in the nation earned the highest ranking of four stars.
Those that earned less than one star were were labeled with a consumer warning alert. The report sparked national attention after receiving backlash from numerous education officials of the colleges and universities in the report, including N.C. State. “The report has very weak methodology—it’s not really a research study that they did,” said Michael Maher, assistant dean for professional education and accreditation at N.C. State. “They never actually went to an institution. I’ve often said that this is a lot like evaluating restaurants based on their menu.” Eighteen programs in North Carolina were named in the report, including three of N.C. State’s teacher education programs. None of the University’s programs made either the “honor roll” or consumer warning alert list. Both the University’s undergraduate elementary and undergraduate secondary education programs earned two stars. The graduate elementary education earned one-and-a-half stars, and the graduate secondary education program earned just one. The report concluded that a majority of teacher education programs produce teachers with inadequate classroom
management skills and content knowledge to effectively perform in classrooms with ever- increasing ethnic and socioeconomic diversity. “New teachers deserve training that will enable them to walk into their own classroom on their first day ready to teach, but our review shows that we have a long way to go,” said Kate Walsh, the president of the NCTQ. “While we know a lot about how to train teachers, those practices are seldom evident in the vast majority of programs.” Maher agrees with other education officials who say the report is mostly flawed because the group made assessments of their schools programs without setting foot on any of the campuses. Paige Nixon, a senior in elementary education, said she already feels prepared to teach because the College of Education has given her opportunities to experience different classroom environments. “I have had the opportunity to work at an extremely diverse school as well as a school with lower socioeconomic levels,” Nixon said. “By having multiple opportunities to witness different
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classrooms I feel prepared to teach wherever I will be needed.” “Maher said the lack of oncampus visits wasn’t the only flaw in the study. “In terms of actual evidence and actual performance in the classroom, we have among the highest- performing teachers. We produce among the highest-performing elementary teachers in math and science,” said Maher.
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it’s more of a financial motive.” James Hitchens, a doublemajor in computer science and computer engineering at N.C. State, agreed that hackers are getting creative and very smart. “Hackers are very good at making their attack look like it came from different places.” Hitchens said. “Maybe the attack originated in China, but the hacker made it bounce through Ireland, to Britain, to Thailand, to all sorts of other places.” Hitchens said he believes that more needs to be done from an education standpoint to help prevent future attacks. “Trying to protect against an attack that you don’t know how works, or only know theoretically, is much more difficult than if you actually know exactly what it is they’re
According to Maher, the University is doing many things that are innovative and exclusive compared to traditional teacher education programs. Meredith Costas, a sophomore in elementary education said the faculty in the College of Education, specifically the elementary education program, makes the University stand out from other schools. “The faculty in the elementary education program realizes that the traditional classroom is being transformed, and strive to foster a learning
environment for their degree seekers that will truly equip and prepare us for our future classrooms” Costas said. The College of Education is moving into new performance-based assessments where future teachers develop rigorous work products that demonstrate that they know how to teach and know how to impact student learning. “This ranking, I think, is arbitrary. I don’t think it reflects what in fact happens here at N.C. State, and I don’t think it necessarily reflects the profession,” Maher said.
trying to exploit to get into your system,” Hitchens said. “In the U.S., however, malicious software is so taboo, many institutions are unwilling to go into much detail about how the attacks actually work. I guess they think that everyone would use their skills with malicious intent, I’m not exactly sure.” Hitchens said he believed more hackers were coming from China and Russia because hacking isn’t as stigmatized in those countries as it is in the U.S. One of the most common types of hacking at N.C. State is what is known as “phishing.” Phishing generally occurs through emails. It involves a hacker pretending to be someone else in order to gain personal information, like usernames or passwords, from a party. “Phishing is a significant problem for us,” said Digou. Mardecia Bell, director of security and compliance for
OIT, said that phishers were some of the most difficult types of hackers to discover. Bell suggested that individuals could actually do quite a bit to help protect themselves. First and foremost, she said, students should be extremely careful when responding to emails. “Be aware of your data, [and] be careful about what you post on social media, websites, and things like that. Make sure you keep your personal information private,” Bell said. A phishing email could appear to come directly from N.C. State itself. This could make it especially dangerous to the untrained eye, but University officials said there was one good way to detect the false email. The University offers a comprehensive list of computer safety guidelines at http://oit.ncsu.edu/safecomputing.
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Johna Edmonds, a graduate student in accounting, and Victoria Vesce, a junior in communication, have a lot in common. They have similar features, share similar goals and even wear similar crowns. Vesce was crowned Miss North Carolina, United States in April, and Edmonds was crowned Miss North Carolina of the Miss America organization in June. The Miss North Carolina America pageant is divided into talent, interview, eveningwear and swimsuit portions. The Miss North Carolina, United States pageant includes similar sections themes, and Both Edmonds and Vesce said these competitions have helped Edmonds and Vesce Left: Johna them further their education and Edmonds, careers. Miss North “When I went through the reCarolina of the Miss America cruiting process within the MAC Organization. program, I wasn’t afraid to go into a boardroom or an interview room Right: Victoria because you have so much experiVesce, Miss ence with that through pageants,” North Carolina, United States. Edmonds said. “It helps build a resume,” Vesce said. “When I’m looking for internships or jobs, they see that I’ve held this title, JOANNAH IRVIN/TECHNICIAN and that I have leadership and teamwork skills.” Vesce competed for Miss United Edmonds has worked towards toward her States in Washington, D.C., early this month, dream since her first pageant at age 12. This finishing as the second runner-up. Edmonds year was her third time entering the Miss will compete for the Miss America title Sept. North Carolina pageant. 10-15. “A lot of people told me ‘You’re starting the While both women represent North Caro- masters program. It’s time to get on with your lina on the national stage—however, each career. You need to focus on school and let pageant has it’s its own history and focus. pageants be behind you,’” Edmonds said. “But “The United States organization is more fo- I knew since I had one more year of eligibilcused on community service and every title ity if I didn’t give it one more chance I would holder having a platform,” Vesce said. always be like ‘What if?’” “Miss America is the longest-running pagGrowing up, Vesce did not show an intereant,” Edmonds said. “They’re the leading est in pageantry. In contrast, Vesce had no provider of scholarships to young women. interest in pageantry as a young girl. With Every individual or titleholder has a platform, two older brothers to look up to, she played and then they also have a national platform.” basketball and described herself as a tomboy. Platforms are causes or organizations that “They dressed me up in camo and ran me the titleholders support throughout the around the farm all the time,” said Vesce. competition. Vesce worked with the Make- “Going into pageants was stepping out of my A-Wish Foundation and held a Triangle Fash- comfort zone into another realm I’ve never ion Trends runway show that supported local been in before.” designers and businesses. Her efforts raised Vesce entered her first pageant two years more than $4,000 for the organization. ago and has quickly worked her way to the Edmonds focused on literacy and is a board national level. member on the HELPS Education fund, an “I never realized I’d get a crown one day, organization started founded by N.C. State and it’s been an amazing experience,” Vesce associate professor of psychology John Begeny said. “Any obstacle that would arise would just in 2010. make me more confident in myself.” Edmonds said she grew up watching Miss Despite the difference in their titles and America pageants and can remember want- backgrounds, Vesce and Edmonds both said ing to be Miss America since she was three they have learned to how to set a positive ex3 years old. ample as representatives of North Carolina. “I would scream at the top of my lungs that “Don’t ever give up no matter what people I was going to be Miss America one day,” said tell you,” said Edmonds. “If it’s truly a dream Edmonds. “It was something I always wanted of yours then go for it.” to do, but I knew that I wanted to for sure be “Don’t ever let your crown down,” Vesce Miss North Carolina.” said.
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once altered, would challenge that amendment. In a statement released on its website, the ACLU said that recognizing same-sex couples’ marriages would help protect those couples’ children. The website cites the examples of providing health insurance to all children in the family if one partner lacks health insurance and allowing either parent to make medical decisions if their child is hospitalized. The move to amend the lawsuit came two weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on Section 3 of the federal Defense of Marriage Act, which ruled that defining marriage as being between one man and one woman was unconstitutional. Justine Hollingshead, director of the GLBT Center at N.C. State, said now that
Section 3 of DOMA has been ruled unconstitutional, GLBT supporters have a precedent they can use to challenge laws like Amendment 1. The North Carolina Values Coalition, one of the groups which backed Amendment 1 last year, issued a statement on its website condemning Cooper’s decision. “Allowing the ACLU to amend [their] lawsuit with an assault on the constitutionality of our Marriage Amendment would be a miscarriage of justice …It is an insult to the voters of North Carolina that the ACLU has sought to overturn their vote to protect marriage as the union of one man and one woman by turning to the federal courts.” Students at N.C. State had varied opinions on the issue of same-sex marriage and adoption. “I don’t think people should be discriminated against because of their sexual orientation,” said Kris Vandenbroek, human biology major. “Peo-
ple should be allowed to have the same legal benefits. If I were lesbian I would expect the law to treat me fairly.” Civil engineering major Jake Currie said, “I believe that the Bible is clear that homosexuality is a sin, and homosexuality is not the way God created the world to be. However, Christianity isn’t about declaring sins to other people, but about developing a relationship with God.” Currie said that for that reason, he would not vote for Amendment 1 if it was being voted on today. Hollingshead said N.C. State has recently shown itself to be largely in favor of samesex marriage. She cited a 2012 Pack Poll survey that showed 87 percent of all students supported same-sex marriage. “It’s one of the telling signs your generation is at a different place than my generation is in their understanding of same-sex marriage and support,” said Hollingshead. “It gives me hope.”
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cause it will expect the government to raise taxes in the future to pay back the debt. What Ricardo found has been dubbed “Ricardian Equivalence.” With regard to the tax plan proposed by the lawmakers, they tend to maintain revenue by broadening the base of sales tax or by other means. Tax cuts on corporation and household income are positive in general, but if people don’t see that a decrease in government spending goes hand in hand with tax cuts, they in fact nullify the effect of tax cuts by not consuming more at all. However, cutting taxes alone is not the panacea to boost economic growth. Republican lawmakers said lower taxes on corporation income will lure more companies to settle in North Carolina and thus bring more job opportunities. How they imagine the economic mechanism of creating jobs is too simple. Two essential factors determine total production in an economy: physical capital and human capital. Economic theory suggests that human capital would be an important determinant for economic growth, and plenty of empirical studies from a broad group of countries
around the world confirm the linkage. One of the most popular measurements of the level of human capital is schooling determined by years of education received. Economist Robert Barro’s empirical work shows that economies starting with a higher level of education grow faster for given values of policy variables than those starting with a lower level of educational attainment. Unfortunately, the public policy that most affects the quality of human capital here in North Carolina has been deteriorated by the state government. The state budget, released on Sunday, shows signs of forsaking public education by eliminating tenure for teachers, including those who already have it. Teacher salaries will remain among the worst in the country. Legislators are hoping this will give enough incentive to differentiate outstanding teachers from the mediocre, eventually luring in the good ones to work for private schools. But private schools are not able to expand their capacity to afford more teachers in a short amount of time. Kids who come from low-income families are forced to stay
in public schools despite the lack of resources. The change in the budget will not attract more high-quality teachers to the state, as lawmakers claimed. In contrast, it’s more likely to kick them out of the game and let other states share our high-quality teachers. Further, a series of conservative social policies in the state shuts the door on immigrants and talented people. As it was mentioned before, human capital is a key part of economic production. Companies will not move to North Carolina if people don’t want to move here, no matter how low the tax rate is. The ban on gay marriage has already said “you’re not welcome” to gay people who may want to settle and work in North Carolina. Lower taxes on income need a broader base of population to support them so the government can maintain its revenue to a certain level. In an extreme case, Detroit has provided a lesson of what not to do. It does not seem that North Carolina will be in that destructive situation, but we must pay attention to the warning signs.
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he acqu it t a l of George Zimmerman in his heated trial has surely made its mark as a contemporary focal point for cultural awareness. It’s been the topic of almost every national headline, politically-oriented Facebook status a nd t weet. Christopher But it’s left Becher those like me, Guest Columnist who don’t aff iliate with the liberal or the conservative mentalities, to question the current condition of our culture here in the United States. At this point, the facts of the case have been washed in an ocean of interpretations and spliced conversations, leaving the subject as a blunt tool in the hands of anyone who wishes to rally for or against its use. For this reason, I’ll avoid the intricate details of the case and push straight to the point. It’s no secret that racial prejudice is still a malignant cancer that festers in all hierarchies of our society, but the issue isn’t contained within the denial of its existence. Instead, the issue lies squarely within its placement of blame and, inversely, its acceptance of responsibility. Recently I was made aware of a case wherein a middle-aged white male, unarmed and unaggressive, was brutally beaten and left for dead by a group of four black males. The case was brought to my attention in an attempt to articulate a rebuttal against the claim that the fault of racism must be borne by whites and whites alone. Leaving aside the nausea I felt after listening to such a seemingly petulant one-sided argument, I must say that the words shared about race within peer-to-peer conversations are drastically reflective of the wider truths in our culture as a whole and for this reason I became exceptionally scared of the increasing trend to pick sides in this very
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important discussion. As a white male born into relative affluence and given every opportunity to succeed, I fully bear the fact of my white privilege, not with honor, but with respect for the undeniable attributes bestowed upon our individual lives, willingly or unwillingly, by American society. This being said, the issue of racism that we are holding in our hands as a generation is far larger and literally encompasses the fact of white privilege. Thus, to get to the root, one shouldn’t scratch at the leaves, but dig by the stump. So let’s start digging. Acknowledging that our hole must remain shallow for the sake of time, let’s analyze what is actually happening within the Zimmerman case and those cases that appear to sha re s ome of its qualit ie s . We have two individua ls, each representing a race. The stage is set for stereotypical activity and the lines are written to be blurred by distance and time, so as to create a certain ambiguity that morphs itself into potent weapons on either side of the battlefield. Ready, aim and fire every accusation and degenerative defense possible in an attempt to batter your enemy into submissive recompense as a result of your boisterous syllogisms. Now, what’s the problem with this picture? Not only does this rhetorical diatribe capture the literal environment of the topic of race, but it also serves as a rally call to all those who’ve suppressed their right to free speech until the moment of anonymous conformity unveils itself before their starv-
ing mouths. All this aside, though not forgotten, I’m not the type of person who condemns or condones another individual’s actions, but I do use logic and analytic thinking on a daily basis, making my normal conversation something of an anomaly amongst those who choose not to partake in such methods of thought. But here we are, so let’s talk about race, but let’s do it in a different way. I encourage those who feel the issue coursing through their veins, regardless of which side you’ve chosen or which weapon you hold, to stand your ground, but to undress yourselves of the armor you wear from your past, from your parents and f rom you r experiences. I encourage all of us to stand facing each other, with our eyes engaged, and our tongues held within our mouths. I encourage us to ask a question before we give an answer, and it doesn’t matter what kind of question it is. We can ask about their childhood, or what their dreams for the future are. We can ask them where it hurts and how we can help. And please don’t misunderstand me by assuming who I mean when I say “we.” I don’t mean whites asking blacks, or blacks asking whites, or majorities asking minorities, or minorities asking majorities, or minorities asking minorities or even majorities asking majorities—I mean everyone. I believe we can have this discussion about race, and I believe we can all solve our issues together.
“I believe we can have this discussion about race, and I believe we can all solve our issues together. ”
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Monthly Markets revitalize Glenwood Lindsey Schaefer Staff Writer
Festivals and open markets can be found scattered from the Brickyard to downtown Ra leigh throughout the year, but Glenwood South has come alive at night this spring and summer. Glenwood South Monthly Markets aims to bring daylight back to the Glenwood South neighborhood. The last Saturday of every month, North Street at Glenwood is lined with tents of regional vendors from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monthly Markets brings together vendors of all kinds, but more importantly it brings neighbors together. “It is kind of a mix ... lots of different people and has a lot of variety to excite the people that come and visit,” said Mor Aframian, an N.C. State alumna and planner for Monthly Markets. The idea of the Monthly Markets sprouted in conversation about five months ago when neighbors in Glenwood South saw their neighborhood as undervalued in comparison to Fayetteville Street, according to Aframian.
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A vendor presents a bowl in his tent at Glenwood Monthly Markets on June 29. The last Monthly Market will take place on Saturday, July 27.
“Not everyone lives in the center of the city, and it would be nice to spread out the events. I lived in Cameron Village, and Glenwood is a lot closer to me than the farmers market on Fayetteville street,” said Aframian. The monthly markets were planned and coordinated by Legacy Event Planners and the Glenwood South Merchant’s Association. Afram-
ian does her part by coordinating the logistics of the events and making sure everything runs smoothly. The objective is to bring a little of something for everyone to the markets by brainstorming different businesses to reach out to. “Glenwood can sometimes be thought about as a nighttime place,” Aframian said. “We wanted to provide the
Competition breaks barriers, improves communication Kevin Schaefer Staff Writer
While many people think writing and science skills are at opposite ends of the academic spectrum, directors of a new competition at N.C. State are seeking to break that mentality and bring the two together. The Briefing Tech Writing Challenge encourages science and engineering students to explore their writing skills via competition. Dr. Sunny Bains, editorial director of The Briefing, a research and development news publication, said writing is an important aspect of communicating scientific ideas. “In many ways, I think scientists and engineers can be very good communicators,” Bains said. “They are able to understand things, break them down and structure an argument.” Bains has a B.S. in physics, a master’s in journalism and a Ph.D. in artificial intel-
ligence. She said her background gives her a unique perspective on science and technology journalism. “Our goal with this competition is to show that journalism can be about evidence, argument and understanding rather than the ‘he said, she said’ they teach you in journalism school.” Science and engineering students who aren’t well versed in technical writing can quickly pick up the necessary skills, according to Bains. “A scientist will do some research, look at the evidence on both sides, and make clear if a fringe view is just that, rather than just quoting a couple of people and leaving the reader to make up their own mind, which I personally think is a cop-out,” Bain said. Participating students will submit a short article that fits into the Research, Trends or People sections of The Briefing. Bains said the piece must explore specific research, a
research trend or an individual’s research career. Bains said the goal is to also encourage people in science fields to consider going into journalism. “Having more people with technical backgrounds in the media would be a really good thing,” she said. The competition will be held worldwide, and thus the nationality or location of each contestant is irrelevant. The only requirement is that writers must be born on or after 1984. “First, journalism isn’t just communicating with the public, it’s about letting other scientists and engineers know about new tools and ideas that might be useful to them,” Bains said. “Second, within science and engineering, communication is extremely important anyway … Technical people are more effective and successful when they can communicate well.”
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opportunity for neighbors in the Glenwood area to walk down the street and get people interested in Glenwood again.” The vendors at the Monthly Markets offer everything from handbags, jewelry, fresh produce, locally made clothing and accessories, chiropractic and health services to home improvement and renovation tools.
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Jewelry is presented at a tent on North Street during Glenwood Monthly Markets on June 29.
The goal of the market is to create an easy and accessible way for the community to support local businesses and shop for the things they need without having to make a long commute into the center of downtown. Aframian said the objective of the markets was “something that would bring people
to the streets during the day ... crafters, farmers, everyone all together.” The markets began in May and the last Monthly Market will be this Saturday, July 27. Legacy Event Planners will then regroup to come up with ideas for fall festivals and holiday events.
The Love Language evolves with ‘Ruby Red’ Will E. Brooks Features Editor
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When Stuart McLamb recorded The Love Language in 2009 the result was an emotional roller coaster brimming with sharp angst and fuzzy pop riffs. Libraries broke away from that lofi sound with dreamy popballads and a rounder, chiller sound. The Love Language, led by McLamb continues its progression toward more ambient, relaxed songs in its third album, Ruby Red. To be sure, the songs are well-composed music pieces but the Raleighbased band doesn’t discover anything groundbreaking. Although its sounds has cleaned up and leveled out, The Love Language lives up to its name with dreamy summer love songs. Ruby Red sounds like what might play at a dramatic high school dance. It rocks often, but slowly moves into more emotional songs. The drums in “Ca lm Down” and “First Shot” ex-
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emplify the larger rock presence on Ruby Red. These classic drum and bass rhythms seem out of place at times, and it does not feel natural. Those stereotypical rock moments seem to be the most forced aspect of the album in contrast to orchestrated horns, whistles and chorus chants that fill the bulk of the album. What the album loses in those strange rock tunes it makes up for in dreamy pop ballads that dominate most of the album. Tracks like “Hi Life” and “Golden Age” are more reminiscent of Libraries. Ambient keys and light glockenspiel are layered with McLamb’s softer vocals to create dreampop songs that present, contemplative intangible emotion. Overall, the album follows closer to Libraries, but it masters the sound it created on that album. It’s unfortunate that the raw emotions present on The Love Language remain untouched, but it seems that McLamb is following what he feels, rather than what fans want him to feel. The lyrics are still consumed in love, but like the music are ethereal and ambiguous. “For Izzy,” which stands out as one of the album’s best tracks, uses openended lines like, “I think I’ll try this one for all of us/poi-
gnant or proud I just can’t tell.” McLamb still sings love songs, but it isn’t melodramatic like some of the songs in The Love Language. The lyrics are carefully constructed and wise, contrasted with the bitter attitude in some of McLamb’s earlier songs. The album took three years to finish, and it isn’t surprising. The details are clear in composition, song arrangement and production, but Ruby Red is almost too careful in its meticulousness. The Love Language’s raw emotion paired with 60s popstyle and choppy recordings are what defined it in the beginning. It isn’t to say their evolution is bad, but it is less emotional. The vocals are muted at points, and stick out less than usual. It is an album more focused on instruments that Libraries or The Love Language which makes for pretty arrangements that are less poppy. The Love Language is decidedly a summer-love band, and just like love it should not remain at rest, but rather change and grow. Ruby Red is a respectable full-grown album, but it is as a reminder that The Love Language will never be the wild emotionridden animal it once was.
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RPA curates art outside the gallery CITY ORGANIZATION BRINGS ART TO THE STREETS STORY BY GRANT GOLDEN | PHOTOS BY ALEX CAO
The Fantastic Sky Race, created by The Balloon Boys (Joe Lawson, Justin T. Philips, and Jordan Deva) in 2011. The Balloon Boys are all students of N.C. State’s College of Design.
For nearly thirty years the Ra- around $80,000 and was funded leigh Arts Commission has been from a pool of various local imresponsible for arts programming provement projects, but it wasn’t a in Raleigh, but in 2009 a formal huge project—it was just .5 percent ordinance was passed in the city of construction funds.” that appropriated .5% of the city’s Curry-Evans said this .5 percent construction funds for capital im- can appear minuscule next to those provement projects to be allocated of larger cities like Sacramento, a specifically for public art projects. city that appropriates 2 percent of Thus Raleigh Public Art was born, their construction funds to public and in the three years since its in- art projects. ception, the pro“You can get a lot gram has already more money with that improved Raleigh’s higher percentage,” public art scene. Curr y-Eva ns sa id. “Our public art “And we’re getting to a project is actually point where we’re geta baby one” Kim ting larger and larger Curry-Evans, the projects.” coordinator of the For example, the Public Art Program program is beginning said. a large-scale project “Up until about at the downtown Re2010 there were mote Operations Fano formal public cility that will cost an art programs per astounding $156,000. se. There were opBut projects like these portunities, but the aren’t just limited to first public art projsculptures according ect went to the Bufto Curry-Evans. The faloe Road Aquatic program is beginCenter.” ning to expand their The Buf fa loe canvases to a much Road Aquatic Cenbroader range. ter is home to a N.C. State students $ 79,0 0 0 projec t are no strangers to the designed by Durrenovations on Hillsham’s Vega Metals Sprial Orb, created by borough Street, but Deborah Marucci in 2009 that depicts water many of them are unis displayed in downtown droplets and re- Raleigh. aware of the work that’s sulting concentric actually taking place on circles. this high-traffic area of “There were over 200 nationally Raleigh. known artists that submitted ap“It’s not a sculpture but it’s where plications for that first project, but artwork may be integrated into a we chose to select a local art team mile or two long streetscape, the for the project” Curry-Evans said. entire project becomes a public art “Depending on the scope of the piece in a way,” Curry-Evans said. project we try to keep it local. With “It’s about creating places with pubsmaller projects like the one going to lic art in such ways that you see it Walder’s Grove Solid Waste Facility in buildings, outside of buildings we have put out calls to artists that as a part of streetscapes, trail ways exclusively live in North Carolina.” and parks. We want it to not just be But with six currently active proj- the traditional notions of what you ects in various stages of completion, think public art is, but so you see it the projects has increased from throughout Raleigh in a lot of dif$35,000-150,000. Naturally, the ferent ways.” scope of the artists involved will Ultimately, the goal of the Raleigh increase as well. Public Art Program is to increase “The Buffaloe Road Project was visibility not only for the artists
The Big Red sits on Fayetteville Street in downtown Raleigh. The artwork was created by Robert Coon in 2004.
Balancing Act, created by Adam Walls in 2008 sits in Raleigh’s Moore Square in downtown.
involved but also for the city as a whole. In major metropolitan areas you see destinations of all shapes and sizes, whether it be a brilliantly designed park or a piece of street art whose visual captivation can’t be denied. “I think we’re at the threshold of seeing how public art can brand Raleigh as a wonderful place for
people to come and see wonderful things. That could happen here,” Curry-Evans said. “We have a very strong art scene. Whether that’s musical, performing arts, literary, or visual arts. I’m looking forward to seeing how this city can be launched as a wonderful place for public art.”
Random snap of some interesting bike racks located in Downtown Raleigh. A cow, a chicken, and a fox, make up this colorful group of bike racks.
Toy Defense, created by Adam Walls sits near N.C. State’s campus.
Balancing Act, created by Adam Walls sits in downtown Raleigh.
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for that claim, but Brissett will be ineligible to play this season. The door is wide open for Arkansas transfer Brandon Mitchell, who makes up for the relative lack of mobility in Stocker and Thomas. That’s why many view the big 6-4, 239-pound dual-threat quarterback as the favorite to start Aug. 31 against Louisiana Tech. Mitchell played his final season at Arkansas as a receiver, catching 17 passes for 272 yards, highlighting his athleticism and ability to make plays happen. In 17 career games behind center for the Razorbacks, he completed 25 of 43 for 332 yards, three touchdowns and an interception. Although Mitchell, Thomas and Stocker may be considered the most popular choices, Doeren has not ruled out true freshmen Bryant Shirre-
tic 2013 season, when the Pack reached its first College World Series in 45 years. State finished the campaign with 50 wins and ranked fifth in the nation at season’s end, both school records. For his efforts, N.C. State head coach Elliott Avent was named the American Baseball Coaches Association Atlantic Region Coach of the Year earlier this month. While both Rodon and Turner are set to return in what will likely be their last season in Raleigh, the Wolfpack will lose 11 seniors off of last season’s team in 2014, including first baseman Tarran Senay, and two-thirds of its outfield in Brett Williams and Bryan Adametz. State will be returning four of its regulars from 2013 and 26 of 37 players overall.
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Sophomore quarterback Manny Stocker takes off with the ball at the Kay Yow Spring Game Saturday, April 20, 2013. Stocker had 96 passing yards in the White team’s 20-10 loss to the Red team at Carter-Finley Stadium.
ffs and Josh Taylor. Both quarterbacks led their high school teams to state championships in their senior seasons. At 6-3 and 218 pounds, Shirreffs displayed his ability to run and throw, passing for 2,404 yards and 18 touchdowns. He tacked on another 1,383 yards and 21
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Pack projected to finish third in division Atlantic Division 1.
Clemson
815
2.
Florida State
731
3.
N.C. State
490
4.
Wake Forest
392
5.
Maryland
373
6.
Syracuse
320
7.
Boston College
211
Coastal Division
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N.C. State head football coach Dave Doeren speaks during the signing day press conference on Feb. 6, inside the Murphy Center. New recruits were introduced with a short highlight reel, featuring key plays by the new players.
Jonathan Stout Senior Staff Writer
The 2013 ACC Football Kickoff event was held in Greensboro, N.C., at the Grandover Resort Sunday and Monday. The event featured the conference’s 14 head coaches and 28 studentathletes. Seniors Dantae Johnson and Rashard Smith, and head coach Dave Doeren represented N.C. State. Smith compiled 19 receptions for 315 yards and five touchdowns last season. With the departure of former wide receiver Tobias Palmer, Smith will battle for a return spot on special teams and should fit as the “slot” receiver between redshirt junior wide receiver Bryan Underwood and redshirt senior Quintin Payton. Johnson took over the left cornerback starting posi-
tion last season after former cornerback C.J. Wilson was suspended due to ineligibility. In 13 games, Johnson tallied 70 tackles, one sack, eight pass breakups and one forced fumble. Both Johnson and Smith said they expect to take on more responsibility this upcoming season. “I’m definitely going to step into a leadership role,” Johnson said. “I’ve played, I’ve been through it. I’ve been through the ups and downs.” With many question marks surrounding the upcoming season, Doeren fielded many questions from media—mostly referencing the quarterback situation and expectations in his first year. “The biggest challenge [is] you just don’t know what you have because you haven’t been out there against the competition that you haven’t
played against,” Doeren said. “I could think that we’re the best team in the world, and we’re not, because we haven’t played Clemson or Florida State.” “We’re probably somewhere in between, and I’m not trying to put anything out there about how good we are, because I really don’t know compared to what we’re going to play against.” State was voted to finish third in the Atlantic Division, receiving 490 votes from the media, behind Clemson and Florida State. Clemson received 95 votes, 80 more than the next-closest team, Florida State, to win the ACC Championship. Tigers quarterback Tajh Boyd, the 2012 ACC Player of the Year, was selected to repeat as the conference’s top player. Miami falling to Clemson was the most commonly se-
lected ACC Championship Game prediction, compiling 55 votes. The game will be played at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C. The two other teams in the Triangle, UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke, were tabbed to finish third and seventh, respectively, in the ACC’s Coastal Division. Conference newcomers Pittsburg and Syracuse were picked to finish fifth and sixth, respectively. The Panthers will be led by secondyear head coach Paul Chryst, and the Orange will be led by first-year head coach Scott Shafer. The conference now consists of 15 teams including Notre Dame, though the Irish’s football program will remain independent. The last, and only, time State was predicted to finish atop the ACC was 1979. It
1.
Miami
736
2.
Virginia Tech
654
3.
North Carolina
649
4.
Georgia Tech
522
5.
Pittsburgh
313
6.
Virginia
230
7.
Duke
228
ACC Player of the Year (Votes) 1.
Tajh Boyd, Clemson
105
2.
Duke Johnson, Miami
4
3.
Logan Thomas, Virginia Tech
3
ACC Championship (Votes) 1.
Clemson
95
2.
Florida State
15
3.
Georgia Tech
3 SOURCE: ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE
claimed the conference title that year with a 7-5 record. N.C. State begins its season against Louisiana Tech Aug.
31 at home and opens conference play versus Clemson on Sept. 19 under the lights at Carter-Finley Stadium.
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Sophomore starting pitcher Carlos Rodon throws a pitch during the first round of the Raleigh super regional against Rice on Doak Field Saturday June 8, 2013. The Wolfpack defeated the Owls, 4-3.
Rodon shines again in Durham Rob McLamb Staff Writer
N.C. State pitcher Carlos Rodon took to the mound at Durham Bulls Athletic Park on Tuesday and led the United States Collegiate National Team past Cuba, 5-3, to complete its first-ever sweep against its Caribbean rivals. Rodon went 6.2 innings and faced only one batter over the minimum. The lefthander struck out 11 batters while yielding only two hits and no runs. Rodon, who pitched in N.C State’s epic 18-inning Atlantic Coast Conference
Tournament game versus UNC-Chapel Hill, has now hurled 16.2 innings of shutout ball in his last two outings in the downtown home of the Triple-A Durham Bulls. The Holly Springs native struck out 40 batters in 25.2 innings in the three games he pitched at Durham Bulls Athletic Park in 2013. With the victory, Team USA completed its summer tour with a 20-3 record, 13-0 in exhibitions and 7-3 in international competition. Rodon went 3-0 in his three starts for the national team. The lefty hurled 21 innings in four games for the United
States and fanned 21 batters while walking four and allowing five hits. The opposition did not score against Rodon on the summer tour, and Rodon was the only one of the three pitchers on the national team to be credited with three wins on the trip to have a 0.00 ERA. Also appearing for the United States Collegiate National Team was N.C State shortstop Trea Turner. The speedster started an American rally on Tuesday by reaching in the fifth inning via a walk. Turner summarily stole second base. After
reaching third base on a wild pitch, the rising junior then scored on a sacrifice fly from Alex Bergman of LSU. Turner started in all 20 games he appeared in for the United States and was second among the Americans with nine stolen bases in 10 attempts. The speedster also drew 17 walks to lead the team. The experience Rodon and Turner have gained by playing with, and against, the best amateur competition should help next season’s squad expand on its fantas-
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The end of July is quickly approaching, and the 2013 N.C. State football season is just around the corner. The ACC Football Kickoff, which was held Sunday and Monday, is sure to get Wolfpack fans excited for the upcoming season. The players seemed confident, as did the coaches, and the Pack was picked an optimistic third place in the Atlantic Division. But one question still remains for the Pack that will likely be critical in determining just how good the team will be this year: Who is going to play quarterback? The season is a little over a month away, and not even the Wolfpack’s presumed savior, first-year head coach Dave Doeren, knows who it will be. Recently, Doeren indicated that he may choose to run a two-quarterback system if there is no clear-cut option by the start of the season, although he would not prefer to do that. At this point, there seems to be three frontrunners for the starting job, with as many as five possibilities. Two of the frontrunners are the only two returning scholarship quarterbacks for State, Pete Thomas and Manny Stocker. Thomas is a 6-6, 234-pound
junior who transferred from Colorado State following the firing of former CSU head coach Steve Fairchild who sat out last season due to NCAA transfer regulations. Thomas, a pro-style quarterback, started 21 consecutive games for the Rams as a true freshman and into his sophomore season before he was sidelined with an ankle injury. Clearly, experience in Division I football is a factor that could play into Doeren’s decision. Although Thomas threw for more than 4,000 yards, he also had just 18 touchdown passes to 21 interceptions. Stocker, on the other hand, had just two pass attempts for NCSU as a true freshman last season, both of them for icompletions, and ran for 18 yards. The 6-1, 212-pound sophomore does have athleticism working in his favor. Like Thomas, Stocker is primarily a pro-style quarterback, but his athleticism could allow him to have a natural ability to run a spread-style offense. This could work in his favor, considering Doeren wants to go in that direction with the Wolfpack, just as he did with Chandler Harnish and Jordan Lynch at Northern Illinois. Florida transfer Jacoby Brissett is plenty of evidence
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