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Translation and interpretation is currently one of the top 15 fastest growing careers in the nation, and it can be a valuable skill for students in science, technology, engineering or math fields, according to the United States Department of Labor. Department of Labor officials expect 25,000 jobs in written translation and verbal interpretation to open by 2020. According to Ingrid Schmidt, the director of study abroad and associate vice provost for international affairs, N.C. State administrators and faculty are urging students to pursue majors or minors in a foreign language as a result.

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“Employers are increasingly growing in engagement with companies internationally,” Schmidt said. “Students in so many fields are going to be interacting with people from other cultures, so they are encouraged to continue with their language study that began in high school.” The increasing value of translators and interpreters in the workforce is due to the demographics of the U.S. becoming increasingly diverse in both large and small businesses. Schmidt said that some of the highest paying interpretation and translation jobs are in technical fields—a valuable prospect for students majoring in STEM programs at N.C. State.

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Sophomore running back Shadrach Thornton walks off the field with his head down after the end of the Duke game Saturday. Thornton had 103 rushing yards in the Wolfpack’s 38-20 loss to the Blue Devils at Wallace Wade Stadium.

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As technology and education continue to blend, University information technology departments are reacting. According to representatives from N.C. State’s Office of Information Technology, one of the department’s top priorities is helping faculty implement technology in the classroom. Marty Dulberg, senior coordinator of learning technologies for the Distance Education and Learning Technology Applications Office,

said his department offers a variety of different mechanisms of support for faculty, including a help desk, workshops and one-on-one consultations. “Faculty members are embracing technology more to teach in the classroom,” Dulberg said. “New faculty are coming in more fluent in technology and are leading the charge toward many interesting things.” Megan Glancy, a lecturer and advisor in sociology and anthropology, said that she uses several digital tools to support her online and of-

fline classes. “In lessons, I use a variety of resources such as audio clips, interactive web browsers and websites to illustrate the subject matter I teach,” Glancy said. “Technology allows me to do a wider variety of activities with my students and democratize the classroom to accommodate a wider variety of individual learning styles.” Stacy Gant, director of support services for DELTA, said that in the 2012-13 year, her office helped host 130 workshops and seminars, 522 instructional consultations and

answered 5,380 faculty help calls. Although this initiative isn’t brand new at N.C. State, it reflects a broader concern of university IT officers across the United States. Last week, Campus Computing Project released its annual survey of senior technology administrators, which was based on answers from representatives of 451 twoand four-year public and private colleges. The survey found that as technology continues to grow on campuses, nearly 80 percent of university IT departments consider helping faculty members implement

technology into the classroom a top priority. Dulberg said he sees a wide range of technology used at N.C. State. “A lot of it has to do with the faculty member’s area of discipline, how long he or she has been here, or how much money the department is spending on the initiative,” Dulberg said. “But I think more faculty are trying than have given up.” Susan West, director of technology support services for the Office of Information and Technology, said

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Service N.C. State seeks to stop hunger Nobel Prize winner lectures about latest polymer research

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N.C. State’s Center for Student Leadership Ethics and Public Service and Stop Hunger Now held a mealpackaging event Saturday to reach their goal of packaging and shipping more than 100,000 meals. More than 600 people volunteered, through N.C. State student organizations. Other Raleigh-based organizations contributed volunteers and funding to the event. CSLEPS members hit a gong every time 5,000 meals were boxed. According to Amanda Itliong, director of CSLEPS, Service N.C. State is a oneday, large-scale project, and because the event featured more than 100,000 meals, it’s considered one of Stop Hunger Now’s major events. N.C. State is a long-time partner with Stop Hunger Now, according to Dawn Morgan, a coordinator for CSLEPS and Service N.C. State. “[Saturday’s event was] an opportunity to be involved in something that affects people all over the world.” Morgan said. Chris Adkins, an event

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Students and professors gathered in Dabney Hall on Friday to hear Richard Schrock, Nobel Prize recipient and MIT professor, speak about his groundbreaking research in inorganic and polymer chemistry.

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Micaela Hayes, right, a freshman in First Year College, helps scoop cups of rice into bags to be part of packaged meals, which will be sent overseas to victims of hunger Saturday, 9 Nov. 2013. Hayes said her favorite part of volunteering was knowing that she’s helping feed kids that are starving.

facilitator for Stop Hunger Now and N.C. State alumnus, volunteered for Service N.C. State when he was a student, and he said he enjoyed coming back to campus to see that Service N.C. State’s meal packaging event is going strong. “It’s about the impact, not just the ‘Band-Aid’ solution of 105,000 meals.” Adkins said. “We change lives forever and improve developing

countries.” Volunteers who signed up to package meals were asked to donate or raise $25 to participate in the event. Those who showed interest and couldn’t raise $25 were helped by CSLEPS, according to Morgan. One packaged meal contained six servings and cost 25 cents each. The meals are targeted to support transformational development

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programs such as feeding programs for school children, vocational training programs, early childhood development programs, orphanages and medical clinics around the world. According to Morgan, $25 enabled 100 meals to be packaged, and $25,000 was raised in order to hold the event. More donations were

Open access research is becoming the prominent way to publish university research due to government pressure. Open access research, which is a push to make tax-funded research available to the public, is not new idea. However, it has gained attention due to recent federal pushes toward these types of results, said Will Cross, the director of the Copyright and Digital Scholarship Center at N.C. State. In February of this year, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy announced a plan to require federal agencies with more than $100 million in Research and Development expenditures to develop plans to make the published

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Walter Weare, assistant professor in chemistr y, thosted Schrock as a part of the chemistry department’s seminar series in which researchers from across the country are invited to lecture about their cutting edge explorations.

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results of federally funded research freely available to the public within one year of publication. “I hope this means open access research will increase,” Cross said. “But it will vary from discipline to discipline, based on how much research is funded by federal agencies. Health science research is largely funded by the government. English may be different.” Before the recent federal changes, Cross said open access started to gain major traction in the 1990s and early 2000s. In 2008, the National Institute of Health became the first large federal agency to request research it had funded be made open access. “Until 2012, however, there was no enforcement mechanism for the mandate,” Cross said. “Beginning this year, researchers who do not meet their obligations may not be eligible for future funding if they are not in compliance.” Rachel Williams, a junior in electrical engineering, has co-authored two scientific studies, one of which appeared in the Journal of Physical Chemistry C. Williams said that she expected her research would be open access and was disappointed when she found the opposite was true.

Weare said he has hosted many speakers before, but this one in particular holds personal significance. “Dick was my graduate advisor,” Weare said. “I was actually a member of his group when he won the Nobel Prize. That day was a blur, a lot of exciting things happened.” In 2005, Schrock won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for his involvement in the development of catalysts for a reaction known as olefin metathesis. These catalysts are now extensively used in synthetic chemistry to produce pharmaceuticals, fuels, and other materials. However, the variability in the structure of the products

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“Part of enjoying being published is showing off,” Williams said. “I thought it was frustrating to set up a separate registration as a co-author to show my friends.” Aaron Swartz brought open access to the national spotlight. Swartz committed suicide earlier this year after his 2011 arrest on Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s campus. Swartz, one of Reddit’s co-founders, illegally downloaded a great number of MIT journals in protest of closed-access research. Swartz was later charged with wire fraud, computer fraud and other charges, which, if convicted, could have resulted in a maximum penalty of 50 years in prison. Cross declined to comment about how his coworkers responded professionally to Swartz’s death. “It’s not my place – and I think it would be in very bad taste for me to second-guess anyone’s reactions to such a tragic event, particularly since many people spoke out as private citizens but did not feel that it was their role to do so in their official capacity,” Cross said. “I can say that since I have been the director, the CDSC has been very active in supporting the open and public access that Aaron was so committed to.” Cross said there are several main reasons a professor or researcher would want to make his or her work open access, including a boost in readership.

fabricated during a metathesis reaction hinders the capabilities of the discovery. The molecule can hold either a cis or trans configuration but only cis is viable. Because the reaction produces both, this greatly lowers its efficiency. Not satisfied with this inadequacy, Schrock set out to better his already Nobel Prize-winning reaction and has since developed a new catalyst that almost solely yields the viable configuration. The development process was described in great detail at his lecture on Friday. “Broadly speaking, synthetic chemists are interested in making architecturally rich molecules,” said Jonathan Lindsey, Glaxo Distinguished University Professor of chemistry. “He found a really simple and versatile method for doing so, which

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“The coin of the research realm is readership,” Cross said. “Often times, researchers don’t want to make $1 million, but they want one million readers. Some studies suggest open access research is more cited and more read, which is important to researchers.” Williams, who plans to continue as a researcher after graduation, said she prefers open access because it gives people the opportunity to look into different areas of research, perhaps sparking a future interest. “For students who have never done research before, they can read the paper and find out about that area,” Williams said. “Closed access is limiting expanding knowledge.” However, open access research isn’t right for everyone, Williams said. “Research is almost like an industry,” Williams said. “People are always pursuing the next step, and it can be crucial to keep things under wraps.” Williams said she acknowledges that research is very competitive and that researchers are serious about keeping their work protected. Also, because open access is still relatively new in the research world, some scholars are still figuring out the best way to evaluate open access journals. The open access marketplace as a whole is still developing, Cross said.

has enormous scope.” According to the MIT News Office, scientists have found great potential for these catalysts in controlling the structure of natural compounds as well as a use in cancer treatment drugs. Additionally, in his catalyst Schrock utilizes tungsten, a metal that is much more abundant and inexpensive than its popular counterpart, ruthenium. Ian Sullivan, a third year graduate student in chemistry, said he speculates about the significance of using tungsten as a replacement to ruthenium. “That’s a pretty important aspect, because as we go into technology, we need things to be cheaper, more renewable, much easier to recycle,” Sullivan said. Students and professors in attendance were able to see

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Totally Beethoven: Music @ NC State Celebrates 90 Years not only the importance of the reaction, but also the care involved in its development. “You listen to his talk, and you can tell that his love is chemistry,” Lindsay said. “He’s spent his life trying to understand these valuable catalysts. He’s created a whole new area of chemistry.” Schrock’s lecture represents one of the many seminars the chemistry department provides for its students. “Our colloquium series covers all areas of chemistry,” Weare said. “We have additional smaller talks for specific specialties, but in general I think it’s important for people to see a wide variety of all the different possibilities in chemistry in order to inform what they’re doing now, but also what they’re going to do in the future.”

Sunday, November 17 at 4pm • Meymandi Concert Hall The Music Department, in conjunction with the Raleigh Civic Symphony Association, presents an all-Beethoven program, including the Overture to Egmont, the Triple Concerto, and the Choral Fantasy.

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“Students majoring in engineering who also consider studying a language can distinguish themselves above and beyond their peers who just have a technical degree,” Schmidt said. Schmidt also said that business leaders favor applicants who have international experience or foreign language skills. These employees are promoted more quickly and have generally higher salaries. Irwin Stern, a professor of Spanish and Portuguese at N.C. State, said that translation and interpretation skills have become valuable for many job positions. “There are an inf inite number of opportunities in foreign language translation and interpretation careers, not only in government positions, but also in private industry, document analysis, the health industry and in court systems,” Stern said. In a career that is traditionally freelance and unstable, the demanding nature of interpretation and translation also attributes to its increasing demand.

“Interpretation and translation can be very demanding mental processes,” Stern said. “If someone is dedicated enough to learning a language and culture, translation and interpretation are rewarding careers, and the remuneration is worth it.” N.C. State also offers a variety of programs aimed to promote language proficiency. “N.C. State students are fortunate that the University administration and the College of Humanities and Social Sciences are very supportive of foreign language study, which allows students to develop basic skills and move on to advanced or international study,” Stern said. According to Stern, who is certified in Portuguese-English translation by the American Translators Association, ideal translators are those who have official certification, which is an important credential for getting better jobs and better pay. N.C. State offers courses such as Spanish for medical students and Spanish for social workers. The courses prepare professionals for communicating with clients in the client’s native language.

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accepted during the event, and there will be time to donate after the event and on the website. More than 70 people volunteered to set up for Service N.C. State. The

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Entrepreneurship Initiative to host semi-annual lecture series today in Hunt Library at 3 p.m. Staff Report

The Entrepreneurship Initiative at N.C. State will host the Entrepreneurs Lecture Series today from 3 – 4:30 p.m., in the Multipurpose Room of Hunt Library. The event is free and open to the public. Aly Khalifa a ’93 N.C. State alumnus, owner of Gamil Design and co-founder and owner of Designbox LLC, will be the keynote speaker for this semi-annual event. The Entrepreneurship Initiative will host a networking reception imme-

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her department’s top priorities align with those at DELTA. OIT offers open houses for faculty at the beginning of each semester and one-onone training. Employees also inspect the hardware each classroom weekly. There are 159 ClassTech-enabled rooms across campus, along with various other technology-enabled classrooms supported by each one of the colleges, West said. Glancy said she doesn’t use the OIT office nearly as much as she could. “A lot of what I have done

four stations in the meal packaging process consisted of funneling, sealing, boxing and carrying the boxes to the truck. Packaged meals included soy beans, rice, dry vegetables and a vitamin mineral packet with 21 essential nutrients, according to Jan Rivero, university relations officer

diately following the lecture. During the seminar, attendees can expect to hear an announcement about the Entrepreneurs Living Learning Village. Khalifa has traveled extensively for 19 years to design and manufacture sporting goods and technologies. Trained as both an engineer and a designer, Khalifa has garnered more than 16 patents and a Grammy nomination. His work has also appeared in the Louvre. His firm, Gamil Design, specializes in development and has launched products for several sports brands.

is trial and error in terms of learning about new technological resources for the classroom,” Glancy said. Even so, an OIT faculty survey last semester found that 85 percent of faculty members or scheduling officers requested a classroom with instructional technology to teach their course. The two most popular types of hardware were a computer in the lectern and a document camera. “We try to make it so that any professors can use all the tools available in classroom, but the next person can come in behind them and not trip over all the new stuff,” said David Ladrie, assistant director for Learning Space

for Stop Hunger Now. Rivero said she hopes the meals impact malnourished children and incentivize them to go to school. The food should improve the overall health of the children, which should cause them to learn more in class, according to Rivero. “You gain so much happiness

Most recently, Khalifa and his team used Kickstarter, a popular crowd funding platform, to successfully fund a new coffee brewer and technology called the Impress, which he launched to consumer markets in late spring 2013. A grant from Andy and Jane Albright makes the lecture possible. The goal of the Entrepreneurship Initiative is to build a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship for N.C. State Students through programs and opportunities that help prepare them to be North Carolina’s job creators and leaders.

Support at N.C. State. “We try to make the classrooms comfortable for all professors, even if they want to use less technology.” Glancy said she thinks technology can assist professors working to adapt their teaching styles and courses. Still, she said, some lessons are better taught offline. “Depending on the material, using a traditional method to convey your information and engage your students in authentic learning may be the best method,” Glancy said. Glancy also said there can be a downside to technology in the classroom. “As an instructor, having internet access in my classroom can be both a blessing

from helping out,” said Laura Pfaff, junior in architecture and CSLEPS member. “It’s a good event to bring the community together and help countries around the world.” Pfaff said members of CSLEPS thought of different ways to improve the event by giving trivia questions and asking for feedback. Pfaff said

and a curse,” Glancy said. “With internet and Wi-Fi in particular, technology can offer a distraction to students during class time. At times I have found students more engaged with their smartphones than with the class session.” In the end, professors determine how much technology is used in the classroom. Gant said DELTA partners with departments across campus, but that her department is a service organization. “The drive and initiatives [to implement new technology] come from instructors or the departments and colleges,” Gant said.

she created the playlist to keep the environment upbeat and energetic. “I’m very proud of my committee, the N.C. State community, and community partners.” Morgan said. “Without them, this wouldn’t be possible.”

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t would feel like betrayal if I didn’t write about the Philippines. At least 1,200 people were killed by Typhoon Haiyan in my mom’s home country this weekend, according to est i mations by the Philippine Red Cross. But as ofMegan ficials make Ellisor Viewpoint Editor their way to remote regions, Alfred Romualdez, mayor of Tacloban, said it’s “entirely possible” that 10,000 people may have died in the province of Leyte. To put that in perspective, Hurricane Katrina killed 1,833 people. The category 5 typhoon hit Tacloban, the capital of Leyte, the hardest. But the typhoon also affected other central provinces, leaving more than 600,000 people displaced nationally, according to Reuters. Magina Fernandez lost her home and business in the storm which is known as “Yolanda” in the Philippines. Fernandez called the conditions “worse than hell.” “Get international help to come here now — not tomorrow, now,” she said. Despite the total devastation of parts of the Philippines, some people are still finding a way to blame the citizens for the deaths caused by this natural disaster. “They should have evacuated,” some people com-

mented on reports from various news outlets. This is the same excuse people gave for not having sympathy in 2005 when Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans. But just because the citizens in both scenarios were aware that the storm was coming doesn’t mean they deserved to lose their homes, lose loved ones or lose their own lives. Furthermore, evacuation in the Philippines is extremely difficult, pa r t ly because most Filipinos don’t have cars. It’s even difficult for t hose who do have cars, as many roads have only one lane. And because the Philippines is made up of islands, driving can only take residents so far — they would have to hop on a boat to another province to get a safe distance from the storm. Additionally, many of the homes in the Philippines are not built to sustain storms — especially storms with wind speeds at about 195 mph. My mom was born in Iloilo City, Iloilo, which is a little less than 300 miles west of Tacloban. I visited her hometown for the first time in 2007. My mom has about 24 aunts and uncles. A few are wealthy — they live on beach-front properties and keep their furniture covered in plastic. But most are very poor — they

live in huts made of bamboo and earn most of their income operating a small snack shop connected to the hut. Iloilo was not nearly as hurt by Haiyan as was Leyte, and the relatives who we have been able to contact said their families and homes are safe. Their homes looked like they were about to fall apart. Had their homes been in the path of the 75-mph winds and the 40-foot high waves, they would have been destroyed. The lack of prop e r infrastructure combined with the lack of government preparedness made this typhoon much more devastating than it would have been had it hit a well-developed and prepared nation. I normally don’t encourage charity donations, as many charities use donations to provide their CEOs with salaries of hundreds of thousands of dollars. But seeing as we are nearly 9,000 miles away from the Philippines and unable to provide direct aid, I encourage you to make a donation to whichever charity you trust. Even if only a small portion of your donation makes it to the Philippines, it will be appreciated. No one deserves to have his or her home, food, family and life taken.

“No one deserves to have his or her home, food, family and life taken.”

t’s common knowledge that educators are utilizing abstinence-only education at far too high a frequency. Numerous data studies have proven that the states where exclusively Justine abstinenceSchnitzler based educaGuest Columnist tion is taught have the highest rates of teen pregnancy in the nation, including Alabama, Mississippi and New Mexico. However, while I fervently believe that abstinence-only education is wrong and should be taught alongside ma ndator y comprehensive sex education in public schools across the nation, teaching abstinence is one thing. Teaching that sex makes you a less valuable human being is something else entirely. Unfortunately, in some

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parts of the country, this is what sex education has come to. This week it came to light that the Canyon Independent School district in Texas is teaching a curriculum of abstinence-only education that not only capitalizes on refraining from any and all sexual activity before marriage but also utilizes visual props of used toothbrushes and chewed wads of gums. These props, according to ThinkProgress.org, demonstrate to students that premarital sexual activity makes people “used,” or “not new.” In our society, used things are cheaper. Used cars may still be reliable, but they aren’t f lashy. Used means handme-down, tired or worn-out. iPods and coffee tables and Playstations can be used. However, people can never be used in this sense, and

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should never be referred to as such. Used means it can be sold for less than face value, last chance! Best offer! Price reduced by half! When value and self-worth become intertwined with sexuality, and sexuality with marriage, nothing but confusion and shame can come forth. Technician staff columnist Nicky Vaught wrote about the myth of virginity a few weeks ago, and for more information regarding our society’s ideas about purity, see his piece, “The mythology of virginity.” Though teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted infection rates are important to address, it is just as crucial to teach that sexual decisions make us human, not anything close to worthless.

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It’s time for you to get a clock, N.C. State

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MONDAY, NOV. 11, 2013 • PAGE 5

Organization combines student involvement groups Emma Cathell Staff Writer

The N.C. State Student Organizations Resource Center is no more. Starting this year, the center has been renovated into a new umbrella unit called Student Involvement. “We wanted to create a new unit that better supported our student organizations in particular,” Eileen Coombes, director of Student Involvement, said. Student Involvement is the result of a year and a half’s worth of discussions, according to Coombes. In April 2013, the group united Student Government, Union Activities Board and all 600 on-campus organizations. The inception of Student Involvement comes in tandem with the newly renovated Talley Student Union. When the Talley renovations are complete, the Student Involvement center is set to be relocated there. “We still offer the same resources currently [as SORC], but we’re trying to build beyond them,” Coombes said. “The reason we dissolved the name was because we wanted to rebrand how we work with organizations. We wanted organizations to see us beyond just permits and registration. “We just felt like this was a good opportunity to start new, especially with the new Talley holding the Student Involvement center. We really just wanted to capitalize on that opportunity.” Another reason Student Involvement started is that it promotes collaboration and cohesiveness between student organizations at N.C. State – especially between the Union Activities Board and Student Government. “They see these two very large organizations on campus that are doing a lot of good, and why not bring them closer together,” Kelsey Mills, a senior in computer and electrical engineering and the Student Senate President of Student Government, said. “Putting us together made it a lot easier to share our resources and help students more. I think, in the end, it’s just a better way to make

sure we’re serving the students the best by being able to share those resources.” Instead of having separate advisors for each organization, the groups all share the same advisors and resources. Union Activities Board and Student Government are the two biggest organizations on campus, according to Coombes, so Student Involvement is doing its best to make use of their size. “One of the things we’re trying to help them understand this year is that, even though their missions are slightly different in how they reach out to students, both of them have the same goal in impacting the student experience at N.C. State,” Coombes said. “So they can really compliment each other in a lot of ways. They have different ways in outreaching to students, so they can really use each other’s strengths to have a larger impact across all 33,000 students on campus.” Leaders in the two large organizations understand their identities have not changed, but that there is more potential for collaboration between groups, according to Coombes. “Student Government and UAB are still separate entities because Student Government is more of the policies and legislations and not as much of the event planning, which is what UAB does,” Mills said. “We have two very separate things that we do, but now we’re closer together, so we can work closer together on the things that we do that are bigger.” According to David Meyer, senior in psychology and vice president of UAB, Student Government and UAB kicked off their new relationship with a collaboration for Shacka-Thon. According to Meyer, the groups also worked together to plan the campout at the PNC Arena. “Campout is a historic Student Government run event,” Meyer said. “But we started this year having Union Activities Board partner with them. They still run it, do a lot of logistics for it, organize it and get the students there. And then UAB’s

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David Meyer, a senior in psychology and vice president of the Union Activities Board, said that the benefits of merging his organization with the Student Government include a level playing field with regard to access to student resources and advising support.

strengths, which would be programming for students, would be part of the event.” Mills said Student Government and UAB are working together to bring back College Cup this year in the spring as well. “Right now, we’re really trying to figure out what we can do with Student Involvement,” Mills said. “It’s really great because there’s so much potential right now on what we can and can’t do. So, we’re really looking forward to working with them and getting things going.” The new umbrella unit is reaching out to help and advise students who are unsure of how or where to connect on campus. “We really want to make student organizations find value in their work here at the university and find the support they need to be successful,” Coombes said. “It’s a huge challenge, but one we’re excited about and embracing. Hopefully students will feel comfortable reaching out to us too if they’re not sure where to go.”

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“I think our drive is to make sure we’re providing every outlet possible for these organizations to recruit, to host strong events, to be great advocates for the University,” said Director of Student Involvement Eileen Coombes.

Student’s ties to NCSU reach back to first graduating class Sara Awad Staff Writer

Katie Owens, a freshman in Biology, is no stranger to N.C. State. Five generations of her family attended the University reaching back to her great-great-grandfather, Charles Park, the valedictorian of the University’s first graduating class. Owens said she remembers the University being a part of her life since she was about four or five years old. Owens said she could not even count how many members of her family have gone to NCSU, but she said she would estimate the number to be about 26, not including her second cousins. Currently, her brother and cousin also attend N.C. State, and her sister is thinking about swimming for the University next year. Though she still has many memories to make, Owens said her favorite university tradition is going to football games. Her grandparents have gotten season tickets every year since she was two or three. Margie Lucas, Owens’ grandmother and volunteer at the alumni house, said she remembers the whole family piled into one car on the way to a football game and getting backed up in traffic. Lucas’s father, a former

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Katie Owens’ great-great-grandfather graduated with North Carolina State University’s first graduating class.

N.C. State football, basketball and track player, had never missed kickoff at an N.C. State game before, so he got out of the car and walked to the game, according to Lucas. Owens’ mother continued the legacy of sports fanaticism when she slept in a broom closet at Reynolds Coliseum one night to be the first one inside to win tickets for an N.C. State basketball game, according to Owens. Reynolds Coliseum used

to house an ice rink, which attracted many northerners, but dripping pipes, according to Lucas, caused it to close. The Wolfpack spirit extends to Lucas’s house, where red and white paint bedeck the walls and N.C. State lampshades add to the ambiance, according to Owens. A plate collection from 1946 sits in the den, depicting University landmarks such as the Bell Tower, Holladay Hall and “what used to

be D.H. Hill Library,” according to Lucas, along with other iconic photos. Frances Grant, Owens’ aunt, said she remembers the winter of 1986 or 1987. The University cancelled classes for the first time in ages due to inclement weather caused by snow and ice, according to Grant. The area between Lee and Sullivan Halls then erupted into an impromptu snowball fight with hundreds of students

armed with snow, Grant said. “I remember going past Tucker Hall and people would have the door pinned down with snowballs,” Grant said. Both Grant and Lucas said they recall a gender barrier present during their time at N.C. State. “Every time I walked into a lab, I was the only girl there,” Grant said. Grant said she remembered reading the hostile body lan-

guage of the males in the room, none of who wanted to work with her, though she ended up receiving the highest grade in the class. Lucas said gender discrimination kept her from attending NCSU until she got accepted into a graduate program. Grant said she had to sleep in the breezeway of Bragaw Hall, because someone would pull the fire alarm every Thursday night in Sullivan Hall. When choosing to enroll at N.C. State, Owens said her family had “a pretty big influence” on the decision. Owens is from Cary originally, so she said she liked that she would be in proximity to her parents, and they could “help her out” when needed. “They were worried,” Owens said. “I felt like I needed to go to State because everyone else in my family goes to State. My grandparents would always joke about, if I didn’t go to State, it would be a disgrace.” Owens said she admits she applied to UNC-CH, as well, but said she fell in love with the NCSU after taking a tour. “I just liked the student body a lot more, the whole atmosphere. I don’t think I’ve had a bad experience yet,” Owens said.

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5K helps bring war vets and dogs together Holden Broyhill Staff Writer

A charity race helped to foster bonds between dogs and war veterans Sunday. The Student Veterans Association held the Run, Walk and Roll 5K to raise money and awareness for the charity Canine Angels. Jon Charest, the treasurer of the Student Veterans Association, race director responsible for organizing the event, served in the Marine Corps for 10 years before coming to N.C. State. According to Charest, the majority of the students involved with the Student Veterans Association are no longer serving. “We don’t have too many active duty people because they’re still serving,” Charest said. “We have a few people in reserves or the National Guard. Most of us are completely out at this point.” According to Charest, the association wanted to schedule an event for Veterans Day weekend and thought it was

appropriate to partner with Canine Angels. “Canine Angels rescues dogs from kill shelters, then pairs them up with a veteran and trains them to be a service dog,” Charest said. “So it can be any veteran with a disability, including PTSD or a physical disability.” Charest said, depending on the level of severity, a PTSD patient may face difficulties going to class or being in large crowds. “A service dog can work with them and provide them a connection so they’re not alone in a crowd,” Charest said. The Student Veterans Association provided a multitude of ways for students to get involved and donate. It opened a site on gofundme.com for those unable to attend who still wanted to make a donation. Charest said the Student Veterans Association first contacted Canine Angels in the summer knowing only that it wanted to partner with a veteran-specific charity.

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Runners carry military backpacks while participating in the inaugural Run, Walk and Roll with Veterans 5K on Centennial Campus Sunday. The race was an opportunity for participants to show their support for veterans who have served the United States.

“We contacted a couple different groups, but Canine Angles just seemed like the best one just because they have a duel mission,” Charest said. “They rescue dogs, and we have a lot of dog owners

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A veteran smiles with a dog. The two were paired through Canine Angels, an organization that offers companionship to dogs and veterans.

in the group, so it immediately got Student Veterans involved. They also provide service animals to veterans with disabilities.” Lahna Morakis, events director with Canine Angels, worked with the Student Veterans Association for the Run, Walk and Roll 5K. According to Morakis, Rick Kaplan, a retired New York businessperson, founded Canine Angels in 2011. “Kaplan was never in the service but his father was,” Morakis said. “Because of the life his father led, he wanted to pay something back to the community. Since he didn’t do that as a young man, he decided to do it as an older man.” According to Morakis, Kaplan goes to killshelters and selects dogs he thinks would be able to get into the program and make it to the end as a trained service dog. “Kaplan spends many hours training these dogs,” Morakis said. “When the training is complete and the dog is certified, Kaplan matches them up with a disabled veteran and donates the dog to the veteran.” According to Morakis, the veterans apply for a service dog and if the process goes

well they are paired with a dog that can meet their specific needs. Each dog is trained from eight months to a year before they are matched up with a veteran and then they go through another eight months to a year of training with the veteran. “Breed has nothing to do with the selection process at the shelter, nor does the size,” Morakis said. “We have corgis, pitbulls, golden retrievers

and some we don’t even know what they are.” According to Morakis the breed is, however, taken into consideration when selecting a dog for a veteran with physical disabilities. “If the veteran needs help pulling a wheelchair or getting up it’s going to have to be a larger dog,” Morakis said. “If it’s a matter of PTSD, then the breed of the dog doesn’t really matter.”

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Kirsten Ellis, a veteran, holds a puppy.

Latest Assassin’s Creed resolves past franchise problems Bryce Hart Staff Writer

Assassin’s Creed IV Ubisoft

Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag presents players with a fun and open world full of opportunities to explore as pirates. Black Flag has countless events and things to do throughout the game world, fixing the problems leftover from its predecessor. Attacking ships and forts, exploring tropical islands, sailing across the open sea, finding new items and upgrading your ship allow for an incredibly fun experience that can last for 30 or more hours before the player even gets to the main story. After putting in many hours, the player will still find new places to explore and new targets to raid. Black Flag takes place in 1715 and puts the player in the boots of the pirate Edward Kenway. The first great improvement in Black Flag is its disposal of the series’ love for long tutorials, putting the player right into combat at the start. Black Flag’s story is more lighthearted than previous games, adding to the fun. Starting with how Kenway becomes involved in the

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assassin order, the story never takes itself seriously and manages to stay fairly coherent across the missions. Missions don’t drag on for the most part. However, tailing and eavesdropping types of missions are still an obvious low point out of all the story missions and slows down the general progression of missions. The stealth in Black Flag is the strongest it has ever been in

the series and stealth missions are incredibly fun to play. As this generation of game consoles approaches its end, Black Flag looks great as an Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 game. The game featured minimal lagging even in the larger battles. Its lush tropical environment graphics really stand out as the player sails across the sea. Though the cities of Black Flag are

smaller than cities in the previous games, they are designed incredibly well. The free running aspect, which has become a staple of the series, really shines in the major cities such as Havana. In Havana, the player can run across the rooftops, almost seamlessly leaping from house to house. Every city has a plethora of activities to, but these pale in comparison

to what is available to the player on the open sea. After completing a few story missions, the player gets his or her own ship and crew. Completing a few more missions opens up the ability to sail around the open sea and do whatever activities the player would like. Harpooning sharks, raiding islands and forts, stealing from cargo ships, and exploring smugglers’ dens are a few things players can do on the open seas. The sheer variety of things to do on the open sea gives the player hours of fun and freedom. Black Flag affords the player an unprecedented amount of freedom as far as the Assassin’s Creed series is concerned. Though Black Flag attempts to fix the shortcomings the series has experienced before, it is not enough in some areas. The combat is still far too easy and story missions – although more interesting – still drag on at times. The controls are much tighter than before, however, it can still feel as though the player’s inputs are over-exaggerated by Kenway. Overall, Black Flag presents an amazing pirate simulator with the staples of the Assassin’s Creed series throughout

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MONDAY, NOV. 11, 2013 • PAGE 7

Moore era begins as Wolfpack coasts to easy win against Bonnies Daniel Wilson Staff Writer

First-year head coach Wes Moore kicked off his tenure at N.C. State with a 70-47 win over St. Bonaventure Friday night at Reynolds Coliseum. “This reminds me of the old Western, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,” Moore said. “The first 10 minutes were bad. The next 20 minutes were where we did some good things, but the last 10 minutes got pretty ugly.” Sen ior g ua rd My isha Goodwin-Coleman, senior forward Kody Burke and freshman guard Miah Spencer each scored 11 points as the Wolfpack (1-0) defeated the Bonnies (0-1). “Kody Burke gave us a good lift initially to start the game,” Moore said. “Myisha Goodwin-Coleman can obviously shoot the ball, so we try to give her some open looks. Miah Spencer is a freshman we’re really excited about.” Freshman forward Jennifer Mathurin led the team in re-

bounds with seven, also adding five points in 16 minutes off of the bench. The Pack’s defense was suffocating early in the game, holding the Bonnies without a field goal for the first five minutes. St. Bonaventure eventually tied the score at seven apiece, but State hopped on a 25-8 run to separate itself. The Pack held onto its advantage, earning a 37-21 lead at the half. “I said at halftime that we don’t pay attention to the score,” Moore said. “When we come out, it’s 0-0, so I was pleased with our energy. To be honest, until I checked the scoreboard at the second media timeout, I never noticed that they hadn’t scored.” State’s defense held the Bonnies scoreless for the first nine minutes of the second half, enabling the Wolfpack’s offense to increase its lead to 37 points during the same stretch. The Pack led by as many as 40 points before St. Bonaventure turned the tide and ended the game on a 24-7 run.

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Charging forward, freshman guard Miah Spencer runs down the court for a layup against opposing St. Bonaventure sophomore Emily Michael. The women’s basketball team beat the Bonnies 70-47 in Reynolds Coliseum Friday during the season opener.

Although its three-point shooting percentage wasn’t eye-popping, State’s deep shooting helped the Pack ease to victory on Friday night. Goodwin-Coleman and freshman guard Ashley Williams each had three three-pointers as the Pack

combined to go 12-of-38. By comparison, St. Bonaventure made only one basket beyond the arc out of 11 attempts. “We play a lot of inside-out offense,” Goodwin-Coleman said. “We go inside to create the outside shot. Every time we threw the ball inside, they

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nies, including five from redshirt junior guard Len’Nique Brown. The Bonnies took advantage of the fouls, earning 20 of their points from the free throw line. “We were fouling way too much, and that’s not a lot of fun to watch,” Moore said. “We want to be aggressive and dictate what the offense does, but in order to do that, we need to play defense with our feet and not our hands.” State also shot well from the charity stripe, converting 12-14 shots at the line. Burke led N.C. State at the stripe, shooting a perfect 6-6 in her 100th career game. “Coach Moore stresses free-throw shooting in practice,” Burke said. “He says that if we don’t hit at least 80 percent, then we’re running. That’s definitely motivating for us. Translating that mentality into the game has been very helpful.” The Pack returns to action on Monday against Towson in the second of a six-game home stand. Tip off is slated for 7 p.m.

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N.C. State eases past Mountaineers in its season opener Andrew Schuett and Luke Nadkarni Deputy Sports Editor & Staff Writer

Former N.C. State star leads future U.S. Soccer stars The U.S. Soccer Federation has given former Wolfpack defender Tab Ramos a contract extension as the head coach of the U.S. under-20 men’s national team. The contract also promotes Ramos to the position of youth technical director of the USSF, putting him in charge of developing youth talent across the nation. Ramos, a member of the N.C. State Athletics Hall of Fame, was a three-time All-American while at N.C. State and played in the 1990, 1994 and 1998 World Cups for the United States. SOURCE: ESPN

Men’s soccer takes out No. 10 UNCChapel Hill A goal from senior midfielder Nazmi Albadawi in the first overtime period gave N.C. State a 1-0 win over the Tar Heels in Chapel Hill. Senior goalkeeper Fabian Otte held the Tar Heels (8-4-5, 4-2-5) scoreless to record his 13th career clean sheet, including his fifth this season. Despite the win, the Wolfpack (8-5-4, 3-5-3 ACC) narrowly missed out on the ACC Tournament, finishing just one point behind eighth-placed Boston College. The Pack now awaits a possible at-large berth to the NCAA Tournament, which will begin on Nov. 21. SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS

N.C. State used a 29-6 run in the second half to pull away from Appalachian State, beating the Mountaineers 9877 on Friday night at PNC Arena. The Wolfpack’s (1-0) defense created 15 turnovers and rebounded well against the Mountaineers (0-1). Head coach Mark Gottfried said the Pack’s defense gave its offense easy scoring opportunities. “Our defense helped our offense turn it up,” Gottfried said. “We were able to get some easy baskets and get out and run.” The Wolfpack’s offense was extremely efficient, shooting 61.9 percent against App State on Friday. Sophomore forward T.J. Warren led the Wolfpack with 27 points on 65 percent shooting. Warren also corralled eight rebounds and three steals to round off a complete performance from the sophomore. Freshman point guard Anthony “Cat” Barber also had a great game, scoring 13 points and dishing out six assists. After being fouled hard on a layup attempt in the first half, Barber totaled nine points and five assists in the second half. Gottfried said that the foul on Barber sparked the freshman’s performance in the second half. “Cat is a tough, competitive guy,” Gottfried said. “I think

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N.C. State sophomore forward T.J. Warren drives around App State freshman guard Ty Toney during the season opening game between N.C. State and Appalachian State University in PNC Arena Friday. The Wolfpack defeated the Mountaineers 98-77.

it [the foul] kind of got the juices going for everybody. That was a hard foul. That was a really tough play. He bounced back and did really well.” Barber said that he was not happy with the way he was fouled. “I was kind of mad,” Barber said. “But I just wanted to show that I’m tough so I got up and fought through it.” Another N.C. State player making his competitive debut was junior guard Desmond Lee. Lee scored 24 points on 83 percent shooting against the Mountaineers. Lee was also a perfect 3-3 from the free throw line and snatched two steals. Gottfried said Lee’s effort on both ends of the floor gave

the Pack the spark it needed to pull past the pesky Mountaineers. “He had a great start, and it always helps your confidence when you start the game well,” Gottfried said. “I liked his toughness defensively too. Desmond fights through screens, doesn’t mind contact and will stay with the play. He had a great game on both ends of the floor.” Lee also earned praise from his teammates. Sophomore guard Tyler Lewis said that the junior helped fill the void left by junior guard Ralston Turner, who was in foul trouble throughout the game. “Dez stepped up tonight, especially when Ralston [Turner] got in early foul trouble,” Lewis said. “Hav-

ing Dez step up and play really well was helpful for the team.” Lewis was one of four Wolfpack players to score in double figures on Friday night. The Statesville native scored 15 points to go with six assists and a steal. Lewis also provided the highlight of the night, a jaw dropping behind the back, no-look pass to Warren, who finished the play with an easy layup. Barber said that Lewis’ passing abilities are unbelievable. “Tyler is a great passer, one of the greatest passers I’ve ever seen,” Barber said. “He just knows where to find players at.” Lewis, Barber and Lee were

part of a three-guard offensive set that sparked the Wolfpack’s 29-6 run in the second half. Gottfried said that the offense benefits from having three athletic, attackminded guards. “We’re small when we run that lineup,” Gottfried said. “When you have Tyler, Cat and Dez who are three guards who penetrate well, your hope is that someone gains an advantage where we can really attack the basket off the dribble.” “That group might be able to give us some versatility to really attack the basket, spread the floor and take guys off the dribble.”

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Trifecta of interceptions doom Wolfpack in fourth quarter against Duke Andrew Schuett and Zack Tanner Deputy Sports Editor & Correspondent

N.C. State surrendered 21 points and threw three interceptions in the final 3:31 of its game against Duke on Saturday, helping the Blue Devils beat the Wolfpack 38-20 in Durham. “We made a lot of plays tonight against a good football team, but we didn’t finish the game,” head coach Dave Doeren said. “That’s the most disappointing thing.” Graduate student quarterback Brandon Mitchell threw an 80-yard touchdown pass to senior receiver Quintin Payton, which gave State (36, 0-6 ACC) a 20-17 lead with 6:45 remaining. However, the Devils (7-2, 3-2 ACC) scored on its next drive to regain the lead for good. Mitchell and junior quarterback Pete Thomas combined to throw three interceptions in the closing minutes to doom the Wolfpack. Two of the three interceptions were caught by Duke’s freshman safety DeVon Edwards, both of which he returned

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Redshirt junior offensive tackle Andy Jomantas sits with his head down during the game against Duke Saturday. The Wolfpack had three interceptions and two fumbles in its 38-20 loss to the Blue Devils at Wallace Wade Stadium.

for touchdowns. Edwards, who also returned a kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown, finished the day with three scores. “The turnovers for touchdowns were killers,” Doeren said. “There’s 21 points on the board that our defense was not responsible for. Both defenses were back and forth at each other through-

out the game and we forced some critical turnovers [on defense].” State’s offense failed to create momentum throughout the contest. Doeren chose to rotate Mitchell and Thomas at the quarterback position throughout the game. However, Thomas played for the majority of the second half. Doeren said that neither

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signal-caller played well enough to earn consistent reps. “We’re playing the best two guys that we have right now,” Doeren said. The Wolfpack’s defense turned in one of its best performances of the year against the Devils, limiting Duke’s offense to just 17 points. State created four turnovers and

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kept the Pack within striking distance throughout, despite its offensive troubles. Doeren said that State’s offense needs to start capitalizing on opportunities in the red zone. “It’s frustrating when you create field position in general and don’t get touchdowns in the red zone,” Doeren said. “We’re running the football effectively, it’s just the passing game right now that needs a boost, and we’re going to find ways to get one [a touchdown].” Sophomore running back Shadrach Thornton was State’s best offensive player, finishing the game with 110 yards on 26 carries and a reception for 10 yards. Thornton said the Pack’s defense did everything it could to support the offense. “Our defense went out there and played with courage,” Thornton said. “Anytime they created a turnover and we didn’t turn it into points, they never said ‘oh man, the offense isn’t doing anything.’ They patted us on the back and said ‘let’s go.’” Sophomore safety Hakim

Jones, who forced a fumble, a fumble recovery and an interception against the Devils, said the defensive players tried to inspire the offense and give them confidence by supporting them. “The biggest thing during the game is to keep their [offense’s] heads up so they keep their adrenaline going and move on to the next play,” Jones said. “Bad things always happen in a game, but the biggest thing is to keep pushing.” The Wolfpack has now lost to Wake Forest, UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke for the first time in the same season since 1984. Doeren said that losing is inexcusable, but he and his staff will work hard to turn results around. “We are going to continue to work and build this football program the right way,” Doeren said. “There will never be quit. We will not accept losing and will not make excuses.” “We’re sick of it [losing], and we’re going to keep battling until we don’t taste it anymore.”

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