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Financial aid could increase cost of college Sasha Afanasieva Staff Writer
Student debt in the United States is increasing faster than the inflation rate. The Student debt is about $1 trillion this year. Various federal aid programs from the Pell Grant to student loans tried to combat the costs by increasing the amount of aid offered. However, some studies suggest that federal aid may be unintentionally causing tuition to increase.
The Bennett hypothesis, which was first introduced by former Secretary of Education William Bennett 26 years ago, states that if federal aid is higher than tuition, colleges will raise their costs in order to capture that money. A 2004 study by University of Rochester’s Michael Rizzo and Cornell’s Ronald Ehrenberg found that increases of in-state tuition were linked to increases in the amounts awarded by the Pell Grant and federal subsidized and unsubsidized loans.
In July, The U.S. Department of Education reported that tuition at four-year state colleges increased faster for in-state students than for students out-of-state. To deal with rising college costs, students get more loans and grants from the federal government. Michael Walden, an economics professor at N.C. State, explained why that aid may indirectly increase college tuition. “Obviously, more financial aid at any point in time would
help students,” Walden said. “But some economists argue the consistent increase in government aid to students has made students less ‘price sensitive’ and has contributed to greater tuition increases, especially if capacity at colleges doesn’t keep up with the number of students desiring to attend college.” American college graduates are earning more than graduates from other countries, which people find college an attractive option. Walter Wessels, from the
Department of Economics at N.C. State, described how demand for education affects the price. “When you see prices go up, it’s usually due to shifts in demand curve. If cost increased, fewer people would go to school. If demand increased, cost would go up and more people would go to school,” Wessels said. Demand for education, fueled by availability of grants, loans and the value of college education, is one likely contributor to rising college
tuition. The Bennett hypothesis offers another theory explaining why college tuition keeps rising more than double than the inflation rate. A study published in 2012 by Lesley Turner from the economics department at Columbia University found colleges capture about 16 percent of Pell Grant money, meaning Pell Grant recipients are charged more through price discrimination.
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Electric car can charge four times faster than previous models Sasha Afanasieva Staff Writer
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Electronic cigarettes are becoming the new alternative to traditional cigarettes. Users inhale water vapor instead of smoke, which seems healthier. A recent study has found that electronic cigarettes may have more health problems than advertisers say.
E-cigarette use rises among college students, may lead to health problems Travis Toth Correspondent
Electronic, or e-cigarettes, have been gaining popularity among high school and college students as a safer way for smokers to get their nicotine fix. However, recent studies suggest they may be harmful to your health. Ma rket i ng c a mpa ig ns sometimes claim that e-cigarettes are healthier, but studies, like one from the University of Athens, Greece, last year, claim e-cigarettes can damage the lungs. Currently, there is not a consensus on how severe health problems are, but medical professionals and scientists “generally agree” they are safer than traditional cigarettes, according to Medical News Today.
The World Health Organization said, as of July 2013, said there is “insufficient” evidence to assess the harm of e-cigarettes. “We really don’t know a whole lot about [the effects of e-cigarettes], [because] there has not been a whole lot of research that’s been done on them,” said Cameron Austin, assistant director of health promotion and substance abuse and prevention at the N.C. State Student Health Center. According to a recent article in The New York Daily, the use of e-cigarettes among youth, between sixth and 12th grade, has also increased dramatically in the past year. So far, 20 states have passed laws banning e-cigarettes from being sold to minors.
However, the Food and Drug Administration have yet to regulate this potentially harmful product. As for reasons for the increase among college students, a study published in the Journal of American College Health earlier this year suggests that college students are using e-cigarettes more because they are innovative, socially acceptable and acceptable to use in public. The f luid in e-cigarette cartridges that contains the nicotine may also contain toxic chemicals, according to The New York Daily article. Smoke Rings, a shop on Hillsborough Street, recently opened an e-cigarette bar, perhaps to take advantage of
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Electric vehicles can now be charged faster than an iPhone—reducing what previously took four hours down to less than one hour. This new fast-charging technology was developed by ABB, an energy engineering SASHA AFANASIEVA /TECHNICIAN company, at N.C. State. This Nissan leaf was developed by ABB and N.C. State. Ewan Pritchard, a professor from the Department of Electrical and Computer Despite being able to charge Comparatively, the same Engineering at N.C. State, a car in less than an hour, the distance of 88 miles would demonstrated how the fast fast charger has some limita- cost $2.20 to power a Nissan charger worked on a Nissan tions. For example, the Chevy Leaf. Leaf. Volt cannot be charged with While the new fast-charg“When the charger was the fast-charger—the Type-2 ing station is quick, there are originally installed last year, charger must be used. methods being developed it was the first one on the Additionally, the fast char- that will speed up the process east coast,” Pritchard said. ger will be more expensive even further. “What this does is it puts di- than the Type-2 charger. “It’s possible to speed up rect current straight into the The fast charger costs the charging time quite a bit batteries at 500 volts. So, by $30,000, whereas the Type- more,” Pritchard said. “Rathdoing a very 2 c h a r - er than sending a current high current ger cost s to the battery as a constant and high volt$2,000. current, you can send it in age, it allows The Nis- as small rapid pulses. Using the electrons s a n L e a f this method, we can get the to get in very t h a t r e - charging time down to under quickly.” searchers 10 minutes.” T he more put f a s tIn addition to pulse-chargEwan Pritchard, professor conventional charging ing technology, further reof electrical and computer chargers are technolsearch is being conducted at engineering k now n as ogy in has N.C. State to expand the ways Type-2 chara range of vehicles can be charged. gers—these take about four 88 miles before it runs out of Later this year, Pritchard hours to charge a vehicle. energy, making it one of the said he plans to take the elecIn a Type-2 charger, the longer range all-electric ve- tric car technology one more fast-charging station converts hicles available today. step by installing a wireless alternating current to direct According to the EPA, pas- charging system on Centencurrent before the current senger vehicles sold in 2012 nial Campus at N.C. State. reaches the car. The alternat- had an average fuel economy “One thing that we are ing current is then converted of 23.8 miles per gallon. Driv- looking at doing is inductive to direct current inside the ing 88 miles would cost about power transfer,” Pritchard battery, making the Type-2 $13 if the gas price were $3.50 CAR continued page 3 chargers less efficient. a gallon.
“It’s possible to speed up the charging time quite a bit more.”
NCSU researchers use 3-D printer to make pizza Martin DeFrancesco Correspondent
Researchers from the N.C. State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and an engineering company from Texas are trying to use a 3-D printer to make pizza in space. Professor Chris Daubert, head of the N.C. State Department of Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences, said his team is working with Systems and Materials Research Corporation, an Austin-based material and technological development company, to discover a process that will allow astronauts to eat pizza and similar hot foods made by a 3-D food printer. The main advantage of a 3-D food printer in space is
its ability to produce dietsufficient food in very large quantities. The printer also provides an added advantage due to the mostly powderedform of ingredients, optimizing storage and reducing waste. However, other ingredients like cheese, sauce, dough, meat and vegetables pose problems for the machine operating in a chamber without gravity. “Flexibility is the key when cooking in zero gravity,” Daubert said. “Getting food to flow out of a 3-D printer and making it appealing to an astronaut is a big challenge.” This process involves not only finding liquid and solid pizza materials with optimal viscosities and consistencies to pass through a 3-D printer
and onto a pan —a task typically not assigned to printer cartridges —but also finding a multi-use nozzle which can apply the right amount of each different ingredient successfully and consistently. Chris Pernell, the N.C. State Food Rheology Lab manager and lab manager for the project, said the collaboration of Daubert’s team and SMRC is the result of a NASA grant. SMRC developed the original proposal to NASA, who wanted to “develop technologies to enable or improve long term space missions,” according to Pernell. “We were contacted as subcontractors due to our laboratory focus on Food Rheology as it relates to food formulation and process design,” Pernell said.
As far as the general practicality of the 3-D printer, Pernell says this technology is emerging everywhere, and that “a working prototype with very limited capacity” could be upon us in the near future. Overall, Pernell said people are starting to realize 3-D printing’s true potential for the world. “This technology is revolutionary and will be as impactful on society as computing has been. With respect to food, I see it having specialized uses,” Pernell said. Accord i ng to SMRC’s original proposal to NASA, 3D Printe d Food System for Long Duration Space Missions, there are even more
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practical uses for the 3-D printer in the future. In this document SMRC included “Potential Non-NASA Commercial Applications” of 3-D printing for civilians and the U.S. military. The company cites “avoiding food shortage, inf lation, starvation, famine and even food wars.” For the military, SMRC claims “3-D printed food system(s) can reduce military logistics, disposal waste, increase operational efficiency and mission effectiveness especially during wartime,” according to its website. In this year alone, multiple researchers have made gains in the field of 3-D printing. Hod Lipson, associate professor at Cornell University, recently created his own
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Using a 3-D printer, researchers hope to make pizza in zero-gravity situations.
printed cookies with manipulated sugar levels, according to ABC News. Sean Echevarria, a senior in mechanical engineering, and a team of N.C. State engineers worked extensively with a 3-D printer to construct a prototype for their now
patent-pending “Jar-with-aTwist” idea, which uses a jar with a deodorant-like mechanism to reduce food waste. “Without easy access to 3-D printing we would never have been able to make our prototypes, which played a pivotal role in our company’s pub-
licity on shows like Good Morning America,” Echevarria said. “3-D printed prototypes allowed us to make changes easily and quickly so we could receive constant consumer feedback, which eventually led to our best design.”
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About 40 students gathered Wednesday evening in the 1911 Building to analyze “twerking” from a feminist perspective. The discussion was part of an event hosted by Taylor Sociology Club entitled “Just Bein’ Miley? A Feminist Dissection of the Miley Cyrus Controversy.” Mairead Moloney, professor of sociology, facilitated the event. Centered around Miley Cyrus’ performance at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards, a discussion of sexiness and costume choices developed into a conversation about the objectification of women, and black women women in particular, in pop culture. Students criticized Cyrus’ attire, which they considered to be over-sexualized, and her usage of black women as props in her dance routine. Moloney referenced historical figure Sarah Baartman, also known as the “Hottentot Venus,” who, as a slave in 19th century Europe, was sensationalized and degraded for her curvy physique. “Were any of [Cyrus’] bac k up d a nc ers l ig htskinned, white women?” Moloney said. She also said that the costumes of the dancers accentuated their curves and further sexualized their performance. Students mentioned that a disparity exists wherein hiphop artists regularly degrade and objectify women, yet it only becomes controversial when a white pop-star reciprocates their behavior.
Students also talked about the conflict of Miley Cyrus’ current public image and her previous bout of notoriety as Hannah Montana and what effect that has on her younger fans. “It is hard for children to differentiate between a person and a character,” Jill Crumpler, a senior in sociology said. “My 5-year-old daughter really believes that the people on television are not actors.” According to Moloney, a trend exists of former child stars who make reckless decisions to separate themselves from their family friendly personas. The event concluded with discussion about what steps might be taken to change a culture that over-sexualizes and objectifies women. “I challenge you to think about way that you can change the culture we are creating,” said Harry Barbee, president of the Taylor Sociology Club who is a senior double majoring in sociology and political science. Moloney’s solution to the problem involves valuing the accomplishments of women instead of their physical attributes. “I think the only way we offer women power is through their bodies,” Moloney said. “I’d love for us to judge women on their achievements.” Others proposed that fathers need to educate their sons on how to treat women. The Taylor Sociolog y Club’s next meeting will be held on Oct. 2 and will discuss “Dreams Die Hard: Survivors of Slavery in America Tell their Story.”
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On Aug. 29, fast-food workers around the nation protested current minimum wages, demanding a raise to $15 per hour—more than double North Carolina’s current rate of $7.25. Economists, however, argue that such a dramatic increase in minimum wages can have an undesirable effect for these workers. Douglas Pearce, an N.C. State economics professor, pointed out that some people may lose their jobs. “My feeling is that if the minimum wage were to go up a substantial amount, such as doubling it, you would not have trouble finding a large negative effect on employment in that sector,” Pearce said. “People might be willing to have their lawns cut for $10 an hour but may not be willing to pay to have it cut for $15 an hour and may do it themselves instead.” Another economics professor at N.C. State, Walter Wes-
sels, said people may end up worse off if the minimum wage were to be only raised in the fast-food industry. “Let’s suppose only fastfood workers got $15 minimum wage,” Wessels said. “The lower skilled workers will be let go and have to seek jobs elsewhere at a lower wage, since firms will hire higher skilled workers. The effect of this movement would make a good percentage of the workers it’s supposed to help worse off.” According to Wessels, Los Angeles experimented with raising wages to meet economic demands. “LA has a living wage,” Wessels said. “A year or two after they put it in place, LA did a survey. About a third of low skilled workers lost their jobs because the firms went out and hired better quality workers.” Pearce said that many people may find themselves without jobs if the minimum wage were to increase to $15 per hour. “Firms want to hire workers
as long as they produce more than they cost,” Pearce said. “If you raise costs substantially, the majority of economists would say that you are going to have firms reduce the amount of workers they hire.” Wessels brought up one historical example of the effects of an increase in minimum wage. “Back when it was a communist country, East Germany was very poor and workers weren’t highly skilled and factories were unproductive,” Wessels said. “After the fall of the Berlin Wall, West Germany imposed a minimum wage on East Germany and that caused massive unemployment and many people ended up on welfare.” According to a 2011 Bureau of Labor Statistics population survey, about 5.2 percent of Americans were at or below the hourly federal minimum wage—one-fifth of those workers under the age of 25. Since the percentage of Americans at or below the minimum wage is small, not many people would be af-
fected if it were increased by a smaller amount such as $8 per hour instead of $15. Should the minimum wage be increased to $15 per hour? Pearce and Wessels agreed that it would be bad for first time job seekers, such as students. “There is considerable evidence that shows that lowskilled workers have harder times finding jobs when minimum wage is increased,” Wessels said. In addition to some of the workers losing jobs, there is also the possibility that workers may be replaced entirely by machinery if the costs of labor are too high. “In general, the wage rates are tied to productivity and the only way to raise productivity in the short run is to cut labor,” Pearce said. “You are also going to have a possible effect where firms may substitute away from low skilled labor to using more machinery to produce because low skilled labor will be so expensive.”
the rising trend. Seeing an ecigarette on and near campus is still fairly uncommon, however, and on two repeat trips the colorful, retro-style bar was pretty sparse. Kimberly Miller, a senior in psychology and criminology, said that she used to own an e-cigarette to curb her addiction to cigarettes. “I bought an e-cigarette because it doesn’t have all the tar and stuff in it, but it still has the nicotine, so I felt like it would be a good way for me to get rid of my nicotine addiction while weaning myself off of cigarettes,” Miller said. Unfortunately, the e-cigarette did not prove effective in Miller’s case. After a brief period of use, she said she decided to kick the habit, saying that her lungs didn’t feel quite right when she was smoking it. “I’ve heard that e-cigarettes can give you bronchitis because it’s water vapor and so it gets water into your lungs and can cause an infection,” Miller said. Evan Wetherington a junior in computer engineer-
ing, said he started smoking e-cigarettes because it was accessible and tasted good. “[E-cigarettes] are cleaner, cheaper, more healthy and taste better than regular cigarettes, and they’re more convenient,” Wetherington said. “All the studies I’ve seen are still undecided on how bad it is for you, but from what I’ve seen it feels cleaner than a regular cigarette and everything seems better about it.” Because they are a product that is still mainly sold online, an e-cigarette can be purchased by just about anyone with internet access after only a couple of clicks confirming age. Without proper regulation by the FDA, it’s pretty hard to keep these devices out of the hands of minors. Until more information is available on this product, there’s not much that can be done. “There’s so much we don’t know about them: Are they safe? Are they not safe? Are some safer than others? Will it be something for the future that could be of benefit if we know what’s in it and know that perhaps it’s safe?” Austin said.
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Research conducted in 2002 by a Harvard economist Bridget Long found that a scholarship in Georgia increased tuition regardless of school type but private schools increased tuition more than public counterparts. Currently, there aren’t many solutions on how to tackle the problem of student demand, financial aid and increasing college costs. “Some say the ‘wave of the future’ will be more on-line and distance-learning opportunities, that these will moderate college costs because fewer expensive classrooms will need to be built, and possibly fewer faculty
tend to install some of that on Centennial campus. We are working on doing that later this semester.” Notwithstanding the costs, ABB plans to install 201 fastcharging stations in the Netherlands.
will be needed,” Walden said. “Of course, others say on-line and distance-learning are not perfect substitutes for classroom teaching.” However, despite rising tuition costs, college pays off in the end. According to a report by the Wall Street Journal, N.C. State graduates have a median starting salary of $47,200 and a mid-career salary of $83,300 a year. “College still ‘pays off’ for students finishing,” Walden said. “I estimate that last year’s NCSU graduating class will earn almost $2 billion more in lifetime income, [expressed as a single ‘investment value’ in today’s dollars] compared to what they would have earned if they stopped their education at high school.”
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E-c igarettes: A risk worth taking? The Journal of American College Health recently noted electronic cigarette use has increased among American college students. Although medical experts “generally agree” e-cigarettes are safer than their traditional counterpart, some research—of which is sparse—suggests e-cigarettes can actually damage users’ lungs. Regardless of what has been published, there is no consensus on the health effects of e-cigarettes. Thus, students and others should avoid e-cigarettes until more research and regulation is conducted. In the past, Americans have followed some early trends marketed as “safe” that were infact dangerous. Many college students were no-doubt bitter after caffeinated Four Loko was taken off North Carolina shelves in 2010. The beverage, which killed and hospitalized people for inconclusive reasons, was too good to be true. Most research suggests the combination of
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“Love them. I think they are a good substitute because they’re not as bad for you as cigarettes.” Drew Duncan sophomore, human biology
“I think it’s more of an acceptable substitution. I prefer seeing that to cigarettes.” Alexx Pitts junior, elementary education
“I think they’re better than regular cigarettes because of the smoke.” Desiray Simmons freshman, animal science
“I think they’re kinda pointless. They’re supppose to be used to quit smoking but people are abusing it.” Charles Coley freshman, FYC
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. caffeine and alcohol—which also happened to be its main draw—led to deaths. Synthetic marijuana, also known as K2, probably sounded like a good idea at first too. The alternative drug is marketed as a safe, legal subsitute for marijuana even though it continues to put people in the hospital. If you still think drug-sellers have an obligation to the truth, think about how the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration reported that 11,406 Americans went to an emergency room as a result of using K2 in 2010.
Much like K2, e-cigarettes are not FDA approved, leading e-cigarette companies like Blu to emphasize “freedom” and “enhanced technology” rather than safety. Why doesn’t Blu explicitly say e-cigarettes are a safe alternative? They don’t know how safe it is. The FDA reported 5 Hour Energy was linked to five deaths, a spontaneous abortion and several heart attacks. According to the popular drink’s website, 5 Hour Energy helps consumers “recapture the bright, alert feeling you need to power through your day*.” But the star at the end of that quote is
“ ... there isn’t enough research to know how or whom this product might harm.”
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friend of mine recently brought me to a sandwich shop that served what he emphatically insisted was “the best Philly cheese Katie steak in exSanders istence.” It Deputy Features was. HowevEditor er, they will never have my business again. My problem wasn’t with the store’s food; it was with its decorations. In all of their windows they hung signs displaying degrading statements such as, “Why do we have to press one for English?”, “Did America move?” and “Hasta la vista, baby.” All of the slogans, of course, were plastered over pictures of the Star-Spangled Banner and eagles staring dramatically off into the distance. Those slogans are not political statements. They’re harassment. A nd t his isn’t the first t i m e I ’v e seen signs like them. Take a look at some of t he bu mper stickers around town, or some of the graffiti in the Free Expression Tunnel. Why is it culturally acceptable to express racism this way? Publically condemning groups of people based on their first language and culture isn’t a stance on illegal immigration, as defenders of such slogans have tried to explain to me. It’s just bigotry. Not all Spanish-speaking people entered the country illegally. Posting signs only referring to the language is vague and discriminatory. Besides, no one, not even people living in the country without legal permission, deserves to be harassed. I took such personal offense not just because it’s sleazy, but because I’ve been on the other side of the language barrier. My dad serves in the Navy, and so I spent all of high school overseas in Lima, Peru. The official language there is Spanish, and I, unfortunately, started off not
speaking a word of it. Not many people were rude about my lack of talent when it came to Spanish. The majority of people were encouraging. The best kind of people spoke slowly and used small words. But still, no matter how hard you try, or how legal your stay in the country is, some people are going to tell you to go home. One of my least favorite dentist appointments – which, as you know, are normally delightful – was only a few months into my stay in Peru. It consisted of a onesided conversation where the dentist criticized me for my “embarrassing” accent and vocabulary while my gums bled. “Estoy tratando,” I tried to say through the metal instruments in my mouth. “I’m trying.” And I really was trying. Everyone who doesn’t s p e a k t he official language of the country they’re living in is trying to learn it every waking minute of the day. We might speak our native tongues among ourselves, but that’s not shameful. They’re our traditional languages – our culture. It’s difficult to communicate in your second language anyway, and being judged for it just makes you want to give up. It’s disgusting that it’s acceptable to dismiss and dislike groups of people based on their heritage. The different heritages of this country should be celebrated. The United States is supposed to be a melting pot where we mix-and-match cultures and languages. We’re a whole country of immigrants - if we start playing the “we were here first,” game, most of us are going to lose. It’s disgraceful that our flag is being used as a background for slogans that express hate for not only Spanish-speakers, but Americans for whom English is not their first language.
“We’re a whole country of immigrants - if we start playing the ‘we were here first,’ game ... ”
Christian O’Neal, senior, mechanical engineering
All arguments lead back to the Holocaust
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o one could have guessed—back when Adolf Hitler was writing Mein Kampf and establishing a basis, which resulted in the systematic murder and torture of more than six million Nicky Vaught Jews—that Deputy Features the most Editor violent example of anti-Semitism in modern history would eventually provide the backbone of any well-formulated political argument. Just as clicking random links on Wikipedia eventually leads to the website’s Adolf Hitler page, discussion of anything slightly political or controversial is bound, at some point, to result in someone making a harsh analogy to the Holocaust. Bringing up the Holocaust is just one inevitable aspect of the ever-convoluted American debate culture. But comparing the Nazi Germany-sponsored genocide to things such as abortion or the potential strike on Syria can often be met with great and unfair hostility. The problem isn’t that we bring the Holocaust up too much, it’s that we don’t provide enough evidence for why we’re drawing such strong comparisons. They seem self-evident! For instance, take the prolifers who claim, “Abortion is the new Holocaust!” On a superficial level, their argument seems born of ignorance. Such an argument
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can be infuriating because we don’t understand the logic. But when we think about it (don’t think too hard, though), it’s easy to see how women wanting to control their own bodies and lives is a lot like the annihilation of more than six million innocent people. The comparison is simple: Abortion takes the lives of almost-people, as in people not yet born. The Holocaust took the lives of real people, as in Jews, Gypsies, homosexuals, Slavs, the disabled, the elderly, people of color, freemasons and progressives, et cetera. When we compare the impediment of potential births to the extermination of more than 6 million fully realized people, it may come off as though we are downplaying the severity of the Holocaust, as though we are manipulating the unfathomable injustices—the likes of which we will never imagine—to fit our own agendas. But that simply isn’t the case. It isn’t downplaying genocide or perpetuating antiSemitism in any way. I mean, come on, we love those wacky Jews! The two or three we know are just great people. It’s easy, too, to see how President Barack Obama is the new Hitler. For one, they were both born in a country other than the one they would eventually lead into ruins. I’m sure once Hitler got all of the people he disliked out
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of the picture, he would have gone right to work on an efficient health care program, just like Obama. And the comparisons to Syria are obvious. We need to strike them to stop an oppressive leader from getting out of control. Just like we did when we liberated Europe from the injustices of Nazi Germany, after we were done waiting for Japan to give us an excuse to join the war, of course. In addition to elaborating on our arguments and comparisons to the Holocaust, we ought to stop mentioning slavery and our entire historic oppression of any minority. The only reason we bring up the Holocaust more than we do slavery is because we can blame the Germans. We get to say, “Well at least we aren’t as messed up as that country, am I right?” once we inevitably win an argument. But to bring up our own oppressive tendencies would be to launch the discussion into something entirely different, something that might put a smudge on the reasoning behind our unflinching, unrivaled nationalism. In the end, when we find ourselves in an argument where our opinions and surely sound logic fail, we must be quick to provide a little more explanation so the historically illiterate can keep up.
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Book of Bobs bursts into business Kevin Shaefer Staff Writer
For most people, starting a company doesn’t involve doodling stick figures, but for T.J. Roux, a senior in mechanical engineering, it is his trade. Since his sophomore year of high school, Roux has drawn stick characters, and now he is the artist and founder of Book of Bobs, an organization that manufactures and sells stick figures. Roux said he decided to pursue the idea when his high school friends displayed a strong interest in his work. “I drew a new Bob character every day representing every emotion, occupation, personality and hobby you could
think of until I had an agenda full of them,” Roux said. “Classmates began to take interest in my drawings and flipped through the book, and they always had a good laugh.” From there, Roux was inspired to create the first volume, which consisted of 1,001 unique Bobs. As soon as he was done with the first volume, friends started asking him about a second. By the time he arrived at State, Roux was eager to market his work. “Upon arriving at N.C. State, I took an entrepreneurship class taught by Jennifer Capps, where I was inspired to create a business,” Roux said. “I was informed of the eGames here at N.C. State, and without any knowledge of business, I decided to submit my idea.” Book of Bobs made it to the final round of N.C. State’s eGames competition, where judges praised it. It was only a concept at that point, but the ideas for products began f lowing, and Roux decided to pursue a business minor. “A s I bec a me more involved in the Entrepreneurship Initiative, I joined the Garage at N.C. State, where I worked on the Book of Bobs and started talking with other student entrepreneurs,” Roux said. “Everyone was so encouraging and support-
ive, and I returned to the eGames as a sophomore and a junior with more of a business plan in mind.” As a junior, Roux won money at the eGames he used to develop a website, www.bookofbobs.net. He then established a limited liability corporation and started prototyping products. Over the summer, Roux said he’s been working hard to develop novelty products such as posters, magnets, pins, koozies and ceramic coasters. His official launch came at the Matthews Alive Festival in Matthews, N.C. this past weekend. “Currently the business is growing, gaining more fans every day,” he said. Roux is the only one running Book of Bobs but said he looks to expand as soon as the orders increase. Ed Weems, an N.C. State business professor, taught Roux last semester. “When T.J. came to me for guidance with his startup, I was fascinated by the simplicity of Book of Bobs but also by its obvious ability to capture an audience,” Weems said. “I am looking forward to him achieving the success I am sure he will attain.” Roux is optimistic about the future. “What is unique about Bob is that he is the same stick man character but sporting a different look and outfit for every occasion,” Roux said. “There are no limits for Bob and there are so many Bobs that nearly every topic is covered. In addition, I make custom Bobs for people and companies ... the goal is to make people laugh and brighten up someone’s day.”
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Ways to get to know Bob: - Bob has an Android app called “Bob of the Day”. - Bob has a Facebook page called “Book of Bobs, LLC”. - Bob has a Twitter @Book_of_Bobs.
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Al-Iman hosts open house for community Kaitlin Montgomery
organization is the masjid, and Al-Iman falls under the umbrella of the Islamic AsIn a small office tucked sociation of Raleigh, but the away on the third f loor of school is entirely funded by the masjid, or mosque, on the community. Ligon street sits Al-Iman “It’s really interesting to see School principal, Mussarut how people living in the same Jabeen. Covering the bright- city they have heard about the ly decorated walls are photos masjid and the school but of beaming t hey didn’t students. k now what In the halls we are doing, children how we funclaugh as the tion and what f i na l bel l our goal is,” r i ngs a nd Jabeen said. they gather “So once they their things come they are to go home. surprised.” Mussarut Jabeen, EstabTo integrate Al-Iman school principal lished in standard 19 92 , A lcommon Iman school is a private courses with religious teachpre-K through eighth grade ings, Al-Iman School looks Islamic school that works to for topics that can be used balance traditional Islamic universally across its various teachings with the common classes. Teachers work with course standards for reading one another to find common and math. ties within these topics that This year Al-Iman will make the fusion of religious be celebrating its 21st-year and common course subjects anniversary with an open possible. house for the entire com“Topics can be based on a munity. The school’s parent unit they’re teaching and the Staff Writer
“People have certain perspectives because there’s no exposure.”
objectives that they have to meet because, of course, the teachers are trained to use the common course standards goals and objectives,” Jabeen said. “A language arts teacher can see what the Islamic studies teacher is doing and the Islamic studies teacher can see what the language arts teacher is doing.” The children learn Arabic as their foreign language. Although a majority of the students come from an Arabic speaking background, Jabeen said that there is a difference between spoken Arabic and classical Arabic. “Spoken Arabic is different from classical Arabic just like English,” Jabeen said. “The English that Shakespeare used, the language that he used, you know, a common person would not understand the poetry or the literary work that he created. That applies to any other language.” The classical Arabic taught to the students is the language of the Islamic holy book, the Quran, which is best known as Uthmani Script. A l-Iman also partners
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with other schools such as the Quaker school, Carolina Friends School in Durham and the B’nai Shalom Day School in Greensboro. “It’s really nice to have this diversity where people want to come and visit us and we go and visit them,” Jabeen said. “Our students work really well together.” Jabeen said the Al-Iman School puts an emphasis on teaching its students about all kinds of cultures and religions. “It’s so exciting because diversity, that’s what really adds color to the canvas,” Jabeen said. “I love it when you see children from different backgrounds — that’s how they learn to get along with each other. That’s how they learn that people might be different and eventually once they are in the work force they’re
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not going to be just with their group.” Jabeen said that this type of exposure is important because after eighth grade students become assimilated into either public school or other private schools. “People have certain perspectives because there’s no exposure,” Jabeen said. “We wanted our children to learn about other cultures, other religions. It’s not like we want to keep them in a bubble.” According to Jabeen, who has taught at Al-Iman for five years and then worked in the administration for eight, the community has blossomed in ways she never imagined. Jabeen said that while 90 to 95 percent of Al-Iman’s students come from Arab country backgrounds, the demographic is changing with time. There are now students
from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and West Africa. Jabeen said that it’s AlIman’s duty to properly prepare students with the education they need to go out into the world as well as the cultural understanding, all of which they learn in their blended teachings. “These little children they don’t look to see what skin color they are, what language they speak, are they rich are they poor, what language their friend is speaking,” Jabeen said. “I tell them this: when we fall down and cut ourselves what color is our blood? Red. Our blood is not purple, or green or blue, it’s red. No matter what we are on the outside we’re all the same on the inside. That’s what matters.”
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Riddick lacks originality and science-fiction flare Kevin Schaefer Staff Writer
Riddick plays out like a sci-fi Odyssey, but it lacks the essence of a compelling epic. This third installment in the unremarkable franchise is probably the weakest of the three. The film follows the events of The Chronicles of Riddick, which came out a decade ago. Riddick follows the titular character, an intergalactic vigilante, as he subsists while marooned on a desolate planet. Riddick (Vin Diesel), who left the throne of the Necromonger Empire willingly, is struggling to survive as he seeks to return to his home world. The iconic action hero battles herds of alien predators and ruthless bounty hunters, making Riddick both a mindless action flick and a rip-off of other sci-fi movies. The setting alone is strikingly reminiscent of the planet Geonosis in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones. The film’s plot is far too similar to Joss Whedon’s Serenity. Riddick also had obvious similarities to James Cameron’s Aliens. Diesel’s monotonous voice never changes tone, and his character never undergoes any kind of significant development by the film’s conclusion. He uses the same body language and facial expressions over and over again. This isn’t exactly
surprising-- the script doesn’t give him a whole lot to work with. While the supporting cast does a decent job with their characters, the efforts just don’t make the movie any more intriguing. Matt Nable gives a solid performance as the leader of the bounty hunters, Boss Johns, but his work isn’t enough to make up for the movie’s lousy script. The characters from Riddick are identical to characters from other franchises. For example, the crew’s devout Christian is similar to Shepard Book, and the macho gunman is reminiscent of Jayne Cobb, both from Firef ly and Serenity. Katie Sachoff basically reprises her role as the strong female character of Starbuck from Battlestar Galactica. Furthermore, the subplot involving these characters does little to advance the overarching plot. Writer/director David Twohy, who also helmed the previous installments, simply fails to deliver quality storytelling this time around. Twohy just doesn’t do anything to keep the audience engaged in the story. I was ready to check out about 45 minutes into it. The exceedingly sloppy computergenerated imagery sequences will irritate viewers. Many of the extraterrestrial creatures look poorly designed and come across as overtly
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QUOTE OF THE DAY “The team’s leaders have been huge ... They’ve been there. They know what it takes to get an overtime win.” Holden Fender, Sophomore midfielder
For the second consecutive game, N.C. State won in overtime. Sophomore midf ielder Holden Fender’s first goal for the Wolfpack came at an ideal time, giving State (3-0, 1-0 ACC) a 2-1 win at William and Mary (1-2) on Tuesday night. Senior midfielder Alex Martinez also scored for State. His goal came just moments after the Pack got scored on. The Tribe’s only goal of the match came unexpectedly in the 66th minute as State dominated much the game through its defensive pressure and attacking impetus. Martinez, a pre-season second team All-American, was pleased to get his first goal of the season after leading State in goals last year. “I’d definitely say there’s a bit of relief for me,” Martinez said. “But I’m just glad that we’re winning and at the end of the day, that’s all that matters.” State has outshot its opponents by a combined 6128 this season. Almost half of the Pack’s shots of the season came Tuesday night, out-shooting the Tribe 28-10. Fender’s goal came via a free kick from 30 yards out in the 109th minute. The sophomore hammered a low free kick around the wall and past the goalkeeper. “From that angle, usually more times than not I would cross the ball,” Fender said. “But I saw the way the keeper lined up so I figured I’d take a chance and put it on target and see if something good happened. Fortunately enough, it went in.”
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Senior midfielder Alex Martinez moves past a defender during the conference opening soccer match against ACC newcomer Pittsburgh at Dail Soccer Field Sept. 6. The Wolfpack defeated the Panthers 1-0 in overtime.
The win sets up a clash between two undefeated ACC teams. The Wolfpack take on No. 9 Clemson (4-0, 1-0 ACC) on Saturday at 7 p.m. in Raleigh. Last season, the Wolfpack led 1-0 at Clemson until the Tigers tied the game in the last minute of regulation. Clemson went on to win in overtime. “That loss hurt us a lot,” Martinez said. “But I think it motivates us because we want to get the win and we’re trying to go 2-0 in the ACC.” The loss came in the middle of a difficult stretch for the Pack. State lost six games of seven, including the loss to Clemson, after starting the season 6-0. The Wolfpack finished the 2012 campaign with a 10-10 record, barely missing out on
postseason play. Martinez said this year’s Wolfpack, with 10 seniors on the team, has improved since last year’s loss to the Tigers. “We’re a more experienced team,” Martinez said. “We’re all buying into one goal: to get the win at the end of the day. We just grew as a team and we’re playing better as a team than we were last year.” Fender said the experience on the field has translated into wins for the Pack. “The team’s leaders have been huge,” Fender said. “They’ve been there. They know what it takes to get an overtime win … Even though we were dead tired [against William and Mary], we were more vocal and a lot of that was coming from our senior leadership.”
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Sophomore midfielder Holden Fender jumps over an opposing player in pursuit of the ball during the conference opening soccer match against new Pittsburgh.
Q&A Thursday: Meredith Richardson Daniel Wilson Staff Writer
Senior volleyball middle blocker Meredith Richardson has helped N.C. State (6-0) bounce back from the depths of the Division I ranks, bringing the Wolfpack into the upper tier of the Atlantic Coast Conference. State will take its perfect record into this weekend’s Rice Tournament, located in Houston, Texas. The team will take on Missouri on Friday. The Technician had the chance to talk with the Brentwood, Tenn. native to discuss her progress since she joined the Pack. Technician : How has it been since arriving at N.C. State and how has the team progressed up until this point? Richardson: “Freshman year, we were not the best. I came to State knowing that it was last or second-to-last in the conference. Knowing that we were going to build up, I was prepared for that. I was recruited by the other coaches [under former volleyball head coach Charita Stubbs], and then we got a new coach [head coach Bryan Bunn], and it was amazing how quickly we bounced back and got better, so the coaching staff did an amazing job in getting us to the middle of the ACC that year. Then last year, we ended up in the top
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Senior middle blocker Meredith Richardson helped lead the Pack to a perfect 6-0 record this season. State will take on Missouri this Friday in its first game of the Rice Tournament.
four, which was amazing and a lot faster than I expected. I am so excited to see how fast we had gotten and how great we became. Q: Despite knowing that the program was a lower-tier competitor, what led you to your eventual signing with the Wolfpack? A: “I am majoring in civil engineering, so I was looking for a school with engineering and a place where I could play on the volleyball court. I was looking at a lot of schools that were interested in me, but they did not have a good engineering program. It was hard to find somewhere that wanted a middle blocker that
was tall, had an engineering program and was close to home. This is not really close, but it was closer than a lot of schools. [N.C. State] told me that I would play, so that was one of the things that got me. My high school team was a brand new school that started off low in the conference, but then my senior year, we were state runner-ups, so I was used to having a program like that.” Q: How was arriving with the team the same year Coach Bunn began his first season at the helm? A: “Usually, coaches have things established already, but when I got there, he was
still enacting all of his policies, so it was nice though because it was not like I was the sole freshman coming in by myself. I think we had 10 new players my freshman year, so everything was new for everyone except for the few who were still on the team from the last season. Brie and I are still the only ones on the team from that freshman year, so it is really cool thinking back to then when we were not that great as opposed to where we are now.” Q: Now that you are one of the senior leaders, how have you embraced the new leadership role you are in? A: “I have never been the
type of person who was that vocal leader on the court. I was more of the leader by example, and I did everything I was told plus l did a lot of extra stuff just to be faster and quicker, and I was always an example outside of volleyball in the classroom in that kind of respect, but this year is different. I am learning to get the team to respect me in that kind of way as a leader as opposed to just a leader by example, so I need to be more vocal in that respect and showing them what it is like to act like a winner because in the past, it was harder because we were not used to acting like winners in years past.” Q: The team has started off with a 6-0 record and is continuing to get better. How is it seeing the team develop with the hot start? A: “It is really exciting. It is good to know we have a few good matches already under our belt and that we have a good start. This weekend should be a lot harder. The teams should be a lot harder than the teams we played previously. It will be another challenge, but it is good to know we have those wins already as a confidence booster and knowing that, in Buffalo, we could win on the road. We had trouble last season winning on the road, so that is why we took this trip, so that we could win and gain that confidence.”