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Sikina Jinnah, assistant professor of international relations in the Global Environmental Politics Program at American University, gives a lecture on climate change bandwagoning Wednesday. “Everyone from the Pope to Sara Lee are creating programs linking to climate change,” Jinnh said.
Climate a hot topic for ‘bandwagoners’ Governments, corporations, implementing climate-related initiatives. Shivalik Daga Staff Writer
Though climate change started off as a scientific phenomenon, today it is discussed in corporate boardrooms and government offices worldwide. As more people have become aware of climate change issues, corporations have found ways to incorporate sustainability as a business strategy via “Climate Bandwagoning” –a phenomenon that has made inroads into international bureaucracy and is now affecting global political discourse. Sikina Jinnah, assistant professor of international relations in the Global Environmental Politics Program at American University, spoke Wednesday about the impact of climate bandwagoning on the global business and political stages. According to Jinna h, climate bandwagoning occurs when non-climate related institutions develop climate-related programs and framings, and an increasingly large number of institutions are engaging in the process simply because it is a popular cause. “If you ask today why there is climate bandwagoning, the first thing that comes to my mind is that simply because it is a hot topic,” Jinnah said, “Institutions will also do it to attract financial and political resources, and to address concerns about the climate’s impact on the organization’s core mission.” Jinnah said that bandwagoning can be beneficial because it can overcome political barriers that result in enhanced effectiveness
and provide increased attention to under-resourced issues, such as deforestation. Another positive outcome of a global climate-change debate is that more voices lend legitimacy to climate governance. On the negative side, Jinnah said climate bandwagoning can result in inefficient management, and could even lead to wasted resources. In addition, too many people at the climate change table may make cooperation difficult. The take home message, Jinnah said, was the increasingly important role of United Nations Secretariat plays in framing climate-related policies and conventions. The U.N. Secretariat is one of the five principal bodies of the U.N.; it is tasked with providing studies, information and facilities needed by U.N. bodies. “International bureaucracy matters and we can’t ignore it. They frame a lot of important stuff and secretariats matter in global governance,” Jinnah said. Jinnah said she believes that protecting biodiversity gives developing countries a guide to use when factoring climate change issues into their policies. “Developing countries are unique in this respect because they are the places most vulnerable to climate change as well as major biodiversity regions remaining in the world,” she said. “In the U.S. we have neglected our biodiversity and Europe has very nearly exhausted all of it. Developing and poor countries are most vulnerable because they do not have resources enough to protect biodiversity that is affected by climate change.” Dan MacDonald, a junior in political science, came to know about this discussion from his global environmental politics teacher, and said the event was very interesting. “It was good to see how our world
bandwagoning What is climate change bandwagoning? Climate-change bandwagoning occurs when non-climate-related institutions develop climaterelated programs and/or framings. These entities could be businesses, governments, schools or any other type of non-climate-related institution. Who bandwagons? N.C. State has engaged in climate change bandwagon initiatives. Other entities that have engaged in bandwagoning include: Google, McDonald’s, Ben & Jerry’s, the Vatican, the National Basketball Association and the American Museum of Natural History. SOURCE: SIKINA JINNAH
is trying to cope with global climate change at different levels and what we are doing in that direction,” MacDonald said. “What I really found most interesting was how the money used for mitigation purposes is controlled and distributed by various organizations. This makes you realize how to cope with this increasingly important issue.” Sarah Royster, a senior environmental engineering, was surprised to find how closely climate change connects to other issues. “It was interesting to see how intertwined politics is with climate change,” Royster said. “One of the most important things I realized was how much inf luence the [organization’s climate] secretary can have on people and organizations.”
Academics tread into time travel debate Princeton astrophysicist to lead forward-thinking discussion. Shivalik Daga Staff Writer
Ever wondered what would happen if H.G. Wells’ time machine could really be built? According to a number of phy sic i st s studying time travel, the idea of Princeton Office might not be Courtesy of communications science fiction. J. Richard Gott Students will Astrophysics have an oppor- professor at Princeton tunity to explore the possibility of time travel Friday in
a lecture organized by John Carroll, professor of philosophy, and presented by renowned astrophysicist J. Richard Gott of Princeton University. The lecture, from 2 to 3.30 p.m. Friday in Withers Hall, is free and open to the public. Attendees do not need to have any specialized knowledge about astrophysics, according to Carroll. “The lecture is a chance to see and hear prominent astrophysicist, Professor J. Richard Gott, present his recent thoughts on time travel,” Carroll said. “The lecture will be aimed at a general university audience and no background is required.” Carroll touted Gott’s book, “Time Travel in Einstein’s Universe,” as a “wonderfully accessible and careful presentation of the physics of time travel. I expect his lecture to be every
bit as good.” A diverse discussion panel that includes members from N.C. State, Duke and UNC-Chapel Hill will support the lecture. “I see this as a great opportunity to bring different parts of our campus and the Triangle together for something that should be fun and educational,” Carroll said. The following individuals are slated to be on the discussion panel: Steve Reynolds, N.C. State physics professor Chris Hazard, N.C. State doctoral student in computer science Sara Bernstein, Duke philosophy professor John Roberts, UNC-Chapel Hill philosophy professor.
Authorities are still searching yar bo for the suspect who attacked a fero ug h “In male student on campus last week. Meanwhile, campus officials said they might reassess the lighting and security in the area where the assault occurred. The investigation into the March 29 assault is ongoing, Campus Police Patrol Division Commander The above graphic highlights the area of campus where a female student Jon Barnwell said. was attacked March 29. “We’re still conducting interviews and collecting information,” Barn- general, N.C. State is an extremely safe well said. “At this time, we haven’t campus. But because [the Thomas had anything substantial come from Hall area] is a low-traffic area and that as far as the potential identifi- because [the incident] was at night… cation of the suspect. But we’re still the risk and lack of security is raised,” Pullum said. working hard.” Barnwell said he does not rememBarnwell said at this point in the investigation, it cannot be deter- ber similar incidents occurring near mined whether or not the assailant Thomas Hall in the past. “I can’t think of any that comes to was a student. “[The suspect is] a younger guy, so mind and I’ve been here for about 15 it’s very feasible that he could be a years. That’s the first [incident] I can college student,” Barnwell said. “But remember happening [at Thomas on that same token, he has the abil- Hall],” Barnwell said. Because the assault occurred at ity to not be a student. [However], we can’t rule him out as not being a night, Barnwell discussed the potential issue of student.” proper lighting Barnwell around the area. praised the vic“What [Camtim’s efforts to pus Police does] get to safety afis we prov ide ter kneeing the recommendaassailant in the tions. From time groin. to time, safety “[Afterward,] money becomes she was just available for retconcentrating rofitting, or comon getting to a Lindsey Pullum, senior ing in and looksafe place and in political science ing at an area like making contact [Thomas Hall] with [Campus Police,]” Barnwell said. “She actu- and adding additional lighting,” Barnally went back to her residence hall well said. It is entirely possible the area where and made contact with a roommate, and her roommate actually initiated the assault occurred could be retrofitted with more lighting, Barnwell said. the call with a cell phone.” “I’m not saying that’s not going to Although the assault victim was not physically injured, Barnwell wants take place based on the nature of this her to utilize campus resources to incident. I can say the area has been combat any adverse emotional ef- looked at for lighting,” Barnwell said. Eric Dean, power systems engineer fects. “My biggest thing is making sure within the Department of Utilities Enshe has the resources to be in a good gineering, said this particular area is place mentally…she was not physi- already well-lighted. “Specifically, [regarding] the lightcally hurt but she was clearly shaken up, as can be expected,” Barnwell ing at Thomas Hall…all the walkways, specifically around the building and said. Thomas Hall and the area sur- more particularly at the site of the inrounding Yarborough Drive and De- cident, was very well-lit,” Dean said. rieux Place, where the student re- “So with the exception of it being ported being attacked, is “somewhat yellow light, [the area] was extremely hidden” from view, according to well-lit. All the lights were functionLindsey Pullum, a senior in politi- ing [and] lighting very nicely.” The Department of Utilities and cal science. “All campuses have those nooks Engineering, Campus Police and and crannies that buildings are concerned students correspond with hidden away at. And although it each other in attending to campus is a well-lit area, [Thomas Hall] is almost a hidden part of campus,” assault continued page 2 Pullum said.
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6:09 P.M. | TRAFFIC ACCIDENT Bragaw Hall Student and non-student were involved in traffic accident. No injuries reported.
11:35 P.M. | INVESTIGATION Officers identified non-student as suspect in theft of laptop. Laptop was recovered and returned to victim who declined to prosecute.
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For most people, time travel belongs only to the realm of science fiction, but the lecture will look at the issue from various angles to explore the possibility of science fiction becoming science reality. “Time travel will be looked at from many perspectives and different disciplines will be represented,” Carroll said. “Some of the issues will be about actual science; for example, specifics about time dilation and how this phenomenon shows that time travel to the future is real or questions about whether time travel to the past will be consistent with the true theory of quantum gravity.” Other questions about time travel will be framed in terms of familiar science fiction sto-
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yeing a golden bee necklace, Allison Stewart, junior in fisheries and wildlife sciences, browses vendors during Accessorize with Pi Phi on Wednesday. The philanthropy event is organized by Pi Beta Phi sorority. Money from the entry tickets goes to support First Book, which is dedicated to combating child illiteracy in low-income families. Reflecting on past Accessorize events, Stewart said “I think it’s been more successful this year, having it on Main Campus instead of on Centennial.”
ries and movies, according to physicists, philosophers, science fiction writers and comCarroll. “Some questions will be clas- puter scientists learning from sic philosophical issues like each other.” “This sort of cross-discipline whether free will is consistent with determinism. Time travel interaction doesn’t happen often enough. is a topic that Basica l ly, I lends itself to am looking fun. It is also to generate a topic that is excitement very demandin our stuing,” Carroll dents about said. learning and Carroll scholarship,” believes stuCarroll said. dents will be Carroll pleased if they John Carroll, believes the at t e nd t he philosophy professor topic is a great meet i ng of discussion leading scholars presenting groundbreaking topic for philosophers as well. “We philosophers like to test research on the subject. “It is just fun to see and hear the boundaries of our logic and world famous scholars present- our concepts,” Carroll said. ing their work in an accessible “We like to test our philoway,” Carroll said. “That’s why sophical theories of free will, I would have gone to the lec- identity, time, modality and ture as a student. It will also be causation against unfamiliar exciting to see and hear astro- situations.”
“Time travel is a topic that lends itself to fun. It is also a topic that is very demanding.”
MEN’S TENNIS VS. VIRGINIA 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. J.W. Isenhour Tennis Facility
6:31 P.M. | FIRE ALARM Williams Hall Units responded to alarm caused by insufficient ventilation for heated soil samples. 8:41 P.M. | MEDICAL ASSIST Daniels Hall Units responded and transported student in need of medical assistance. 8:51 P.M. | SUSPICIOUS PERSON Clark Dining Hall Report of subject asking to be let into buildings. Area was checked but no one matching description was found. 9:39 P.M. | DAMAGE TO PROPERTY Coliseum Deck NCSU DOT reported damage to boot. Investigation ongoing.
5:38 P.M. | SUSPICIOUS PERSON D.H. Hill Library Report of suspicious subject. Officers checked the area but did not locate anyone matching description of subject.
Following the lecture and book signing is a conference aimed at specialists and researchers. During the conference, five philosophers will be presenting some of their current research and it will be very different from the lecture. Reg ist rat ion for t he conference is $10 for students. The topics for the conference range from the philosophy of physics to metaphysics about free will, truth and time. “Some of the conference sessions will be accessible to just about anyone who likes to think,” Carroll said, “While some sessions would challenge even the brightest and most educated academics.”
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safety concerns by completing an annual “night walk,” Barnwell said. “The night walk is when members of Facilities, the police department, Housing, concerned students, faculty and staff get together,” Barnwell said. “[We] split up in groups and then they walk the campus and report areas that have overgrown shrubbery, [and] poor lighting so broken stuff can be fixed and the landscape can be addressed.” Dean said the feedback campus officials receive is invaluable to ensuring student safety. “We work very closely with the results that are gathered from those night walks,” Dean said. “There are times when students point out areas that are more heavily traveled during the evening … and we respond immediately [by installing] new lighting.” Aside from lighting, Barnwell also expressed the desire to place cameras around Thomas Hall. Campus Police is reviewing footage taken from cameras located in the Brickyard, the Free Expression Tunnel and the SAS Hall area, but there is no feed from the immediate assault area. “I think ultimately, from a
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police standpoint, we would like to see cameras in all open areas of campus. And I think that’s the general direction we’re headed [in], but everything is driven by the budget,” Barnwell said. “There are roughly 800 cameras on campus now and we’re continuously adding cameras as money becomes available,” Barnwell said. Pullum said more students who feel unsafe should rely on Campus Police. “Officers, men and women, will bend over backward for students if they need help getting home. It is not discouraged at all to call Campus Police and ask for an escort,” Pullum said. Pullum also praised the assault victim for fighting back. “The young woman…fought back and got away,” Pullum said. “And if anything, having that courage and having that strength to stand up against a predator like that is a great example for young men and women on campus.” Because the investigation is open and ongoing, Barnwell urged anyone with any information to contact Campus Police.
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Organizations’ sustainability initiatives fall flat The Facts:
Scott Hefner, a junior in environmental design in architecture, won second place for the proposed the idea of a garden in the 2010 “Think Outside the Brick” competition last fall. This competetion is held by Student Government to promote sustainabilityon campus.
Our Opinion:
Many projects from the “Think Outside the Brick” have faced problems in the implementation stages. Student Government should rethink hosting this competition because the commitments toward the winners of this competition are not honored appropriately.
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tudent Government and the Office of Sustainability hosted the “Think Outside the Brick” competition to encourage students to think about different ways to make campus sustainable and environmentally friendly. This competition is in its second year and the first place proposal is promised implementation with an initial funding of $1,000. Over the past two years, winning proposals have faced almost debilitating implementation issues. The SOUL Garden was finally about to break ground after a multiple subsequent proposals and a location nowhere near normal student traffic. Despite the work of committed garden managers, the project
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struggles to have the desired impact since it is never seen. The SOUL Garden was completed having survived the initial road blocks; however, the garden Scott Hefner proposed is undergoing a similar process waiting to get approval. Student Government and the Office of Sustainability host this competition every year and evaluate proposals based on feasibility, scalability and campus impact. If all the criteria necessary for an effective implementation are considered during the evaluation process, there should be no reason to delay the projects. David Dean, sustainability
outreach co-coordinator, has other views on the subject. According to Dean, winning proposals for the “Think Outside the Brick” competition are not automatically implemented after being accepted. Students participating in this competition develop their ideas and hard work on their proposals. If they win, they deserve to be rewarded by having their ideas turn into reality like the Office of Sustainability and Student Government promise. However, when Student Government and Sustainability promise the winners implementation of their design and then don’t provide the proper
framework to honor this commitment, it is not only inappropriate but a waste of participants’ time and resources. Student Government and Office of Sustainability should seriously rethink the existence and future of this competition if they cannot guarantee the completion of the winning proposals. The implementation of the winning project is the most important part of this competition and if these organizations are unable to do it, the existence of the competition is unnecessary. While it is a great program encouraging students to think about sustainability initiatives and their impact on campus, if the winning projects are not implemented the purpose of holding this competition is defeated.
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ave you given any thought to the condition of Japan lately? I sure haven’t. What’s left to think about? I’ve watched all the stories on CNN the days following the earthquake. I watched the people lose Josh Lucas their homes, Staff Columnist claim their deceased and have their lives shattered. I watched celebrities go to the airwaves and raise money for Red Cross. I watched it all, but one day it stopped. The world had moved on to the next news story. As quickly as the disaster struck we have moved on and taken our wallets with us. Just like we moved from Howl for Haiti to Origami Wishes, we will soon prematurely transition to something else. This is just the way we operate, moving from disaster to disaster without really relieving anybody from the pain, except ourselves. I’ve noticed a pattern has developed in how we respond to disasters. The typical course of action for us involves witnessing a disaster st r i ke, a nd then feeling a responsibility to react. C N N re por ted t he earthquake in Japan as one of the largest earthquakes in recorded history. According to CNN and The Telegraph, the earthquake left 250,000 without a home and killed more people than the war in Afghanistan, Hurricane Katrina, and September 11 combined. Yet we’re not even a month removed and a quick glance at CNN’s homepage illustrates the news coverage has completely shifted gears to the next big topic. There is not a single mention of Japan. It’d be easy to blame those in the media for this; however, they have a responsibility to cover the world events we care about. But the fact is we don’t care anymore. We see these events happen and we stand by waiting for one of the actors from our favorite television shows to interrupt our regularly scheduled programming to tell us we must take action by donating a small
amount of money. We jump at the opportunity to send in our donations. These small donations add up to go a long way to relieve us from our feelings of responsibility. Afterwards, the coverage of the disaster loses its hold over you. At some point you’ve tuned any and all coverage out, only reminiscing about it when your monthly cell phone bill comes f ive dollars higher than normal. Soon the media catches on, shifts focus and presents you with another disaster and you repeat the process. We’ve finally devised the perfect system for relieving ourselves from the demand of disaster relief. No matter how small, your donation does in fact go a long way. The U.S. Red Cross and USAID reported their combined aid reached $18 million in the immediate aftermath of the earthquake; however, these efforts don’t even break the surface of what’s needed. These disasters do billions of dollars i n d a mage. The LA Times reported Japan’s disaster will likely cost more than $35 billion, reducing our pooled donations to only a drop in the bucket. If we wish to make any type of difference during these disaster relief efforts we must change the way the media controls the efforts we put our donation and aid to.
“We’ve finally devised the perfect system for relieving ourselves from the demand of disaster relief.”
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What do you think N.C. State should do to increase their sustainability? by brett morris
“I think it’s great that we have our own bus system and dairy farm and that we’re working on bicycle and car rentals. I think it would be good if we started growing our own crops.”
We grow irony here.
Christian O’Neal, sophomore in mechanical engineering
Cody Hanna junior, mechanical engineering
How much pocket change to incite change?
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f you have ever walked on Hillsborough Street or Western Boulevard, you have probably experienced at least one homeless person approach you. Every night there are about 1,100 homeless people that roam around Wake County. With such an open campus, right in the middle of the county, it is easy for anyone to Aila walk on to the Goforth Staff Columnist campus. While there have been many efforts to fix the homelessness problem around the Raleigh area, it still seems that every time I walk on Hillsborough Street, I am approached by a homeless person. And every time I am approached I know exactly what to expect. They sometimes give you a sob story about their family and ask you for any kind of help you can give; which is an obvious elicitation for money. Then you’re faced with the decision; if I don’t give them money I’ll feel bad, yet if I do, they’re scamming a few bucks from me. This decision is not a new one to any of us, especially when we are approached so often, right on campus.
Rather than ignore the issue, we need to become aware and help f ix the problem rather than just ignore it. If students educate themselves about homeless people and the different options available to them, they could relay that information to the homeless people, and thus begin to fix the problem. I am sure most of the other students feel the same way I do in that t he y wou ld rather help fix the problem rat her t ha n contribute to it. I don’t know about the rest of you, but as a woman walking by myself, I do not feel comfortable having an adult male approach me asking for money. Not only do they approach me, but they make certain I cannot and do not pass them before they have asked me for money. They not only pose as a threat to nonstudents walking around, but also the students on campus. This is due to the easy access they have to campus. Rather than fuel this attitude towards homelessness, we must take action to prevent it.
Being on N.C. State’s campus, we are in the heart of the problem. We can use this to our advantage to make a difference. If students work together to educate these people about their options rather than ignoring them or giving them pocket change, it might ma ke a difference. Gaining knowledge about the nearby homeless shelters and soup kitchens and relaying t hat knowledge to the homeless people could help them more than giving them the few extra quarters left over from your meal at Bojangles.
“We need to become aware and help fix the problem rather than just ignore it.”
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“I think students should be given an option to buy parking passes in groups. It’s difficult to carpool because we have to buy parking passes individually.” Thomas Ray junior, mechanical engineering
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Pending moble merger raises concerns Pending merger allegedly will improve AT&T cellular service, students skeptical about prices. Fritz Barnewolt
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Following an upcoming quences before approving it. According to economics merger with T-Mobile, AT&T, one of the largest cell phone professor Bobby Puryear, the carriers in the United States, merger is concerning on several is poised to become even larg- fronts. “The U.S. cellular market is er. AT&T is paying Deutsche Telekom, parent company of already quite concentrated,” T-Mobile, $39 billion for the Puryear said. “Government acquisition according to a press regulators will likely focus on release. AT&T claims coverage the degree of competitiveness will be improved in urban ar- in the industry [both] currenteas, but students are concerned ly and what is expected postabout the potential changes in acquisition.” Additionally, Puryear said service and price. After the deal is complete, the merger may affect conthere will only be three major sumers. “AT&T will face significant cell phone carriers in the United States. AT&T’s customer pressure to demonstrate how this move will be base will grow good for the inf rom 86 mi ldustry, but more lion to around importantly how 120 million; Vethe merger can rizon, the next benefit consumlargest provider ers with regard to will have 94 milservice price and lion. Sprint will quality,” Puryear remain a “little” Bobby Puryear, said. major c a r r ier economics professor Macklin Frawith fewer cuszier, a sophotomers than the new AT&T and Verizon - 50 more in arts applications and currently a T-Mobile customer, million. AT&T is promising much is also concerned about the better coverage in all urban merge. He is worried that if areas. In addition, they prom- the merger occurs, “the costs ise 95.5 percent of all customers of [his] phone bill will go up current generation phones and quite a bit and [he] cannot pay data services as a result of the much more than [he] already proposed merger, according to is.” AT&T’s service plans are typically more expensive than a press release. The deal will take 12 months comparable T-Mobile plans. What AT&T will get from the to finalize. The Federal Communications Commission and merger is improved coverage. Department of Justice will review all of the merger’s consemerger continued page 6
“The U.S. cellular market is already quite concentrated.”
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Sage Shayne AT&T networks operation manager, explains the switch from the 3G networks to 4G networks Wednesday. “With 4G, more data is going to be able to be transferred,” Shayne said. The AT&T 4G network is going to be launched sometime in 2011.
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This room in the AT&T Switch Center holds the batteries that run all the processing in the building. There are sixteen rows of thirty batteries each. Each battery has a lifespan of about 30 years.
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These cabinets in AT&T’s Raleigh Switch Center hold the 4G network itself. Tubes running from the cabinets to the ceiling hold fiber optics cables, which are about the size of a piece of hair. Fiber optics are key to transferring data from user to user.
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too accessible,” Gini Gregg, a senior in business administration and international studies, said. Ken Chang For some, the smaller size of Staff Writer a cell phone inhibits the abilOver a century after the first ity to perform tasks that one telephone was invented, com- could do much more easily on munication technology has a laptop. “Certainly in mobile platevolved far beyond anything that Alexander Graham Bell forms, productivity software is something that phones could ever fathom. Today the average student’s lack,” Greg Byrd said. Byrd is cell phone holds more features the director of the Center for than most Swiss Army knives. Efficient, Scalable and ReliPhones no longer merely make able Computing. “Of course calls. Professors can use their the screens and keyboards are phones to schedule meetings too small. Companies would and organize their weekly benefit from improving protasks; students walking to class ductivity software.” Despite the quick and headcan plug in their earphones and listen to music. Thrifty shop- strong progression of cell pers can scan the barcodes of phone technology, there are products to search and com- still many areas that can be improved upon. pare prices. “I wou ld “I can conli ke more nect my standardizacomputer to tion of applithe Internet cations,” Kirk when I plug said. “There my phone into shou ld be it ,” Joh n amore stant hon K i rk , dardized apa f reshma n plications so in computer that any app science, said. can sync with “When you’re Johnathon Kirk, freshman in any phone. on a t ra i n computer science Phones and you don’t should also have Wi-Fi, it comes in handy. It’s definitely be more computer-driven, and [able to] interact with computthe part I use the most.” Of course there are many ers like how the iPhone syncs reasons for someone to want with iTunes.” A number of these setbacks a phone capable of serving so many purposes, but such com- can also be attributed to the munication prowess also has its ambition of cell phone makers to turn the cell phone into a downsides. “I find [my Blackberry] an- modern day computer. “Today’s cell phone platform noying because it makes me
“There should be more standardized applications so that any app can sync with any phone.”
Timeline: 1876: Phone invented by Graham Bell 1993: First text message 1993: IBM launches first touch screen phone; Nokia 9000 is first smartphone launched 2007: Apple iPhone launched 2009: First Andriod phone launched Source: gizmodo.com, pcworld.com
is looking to take the place of the laptop,” Byrd said. “There is more demand for high performance for lower power.” Programming today’s smartphones is not just limited to the hands of corporations. Any users with the proper training and knowledge could create their own program or platform from their bedroom. “Android has changed things a bit,” Byrd said. “The user is more open to control what goes in the phone.” Surprisingly, platforms and programs that were designed for phones are finding uses in other systems as well. The University provides courses that allow students to develop software for tomorrow using the phone platforms of today. “We have 400 and 500 level courses in embedded systems that develop software in things that aren’t computers,” Byrd said. “They are low cost and low constrained by power and energy. They’ve been using the Android platform.”
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Students also have the opportunity to show off their skills and develop the next big software that will perhaps one
day make them the next Mark Zuckerberg. “This month we’re having a contest called the Extreme Computer Design Competition,” Byrd said. “It starts from now and ends on May 3. Today was the last day for entry.” Ultimately, even inhibited
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AT&T will acquire a number of T-Mobile service towers that would’ve taken years for AT&T to build. According to a press release, coverage in densely populated areas will increase by about 30 percent. Mike Holsten, a sophomore in social work, is an AT&T customer who says he is not satisfied with the current state
of his provider. He said he has had numerous dropped calls and unsent text messages, and is looking forward to the acquisition of more cell towers. “I would hope that the merger would bring better service, because right now AT&T coverage is sketchy at best,” Holsten said. In an open letter dated March 21 to the Federal Communications Commission and Department of Justice, Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar urged the regulators to take a
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teresting to try one time.” One of the biggest transitions a player experiences making the transition to college is moving away from home. When Sutton moved to Raleigh, he knew it would be tough to venture away from the place he grew up. But Sutton said he is still close with his family and talks to them almost every day. “It’s very important to keep in contact with my family,” Sutton said. “My parents are always very supportive of me and I try to talk to them almost every day. They try to come down to as many tournaments as they can, and they should be down here next weekend, maybe with my sister, too. Although the team will be
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pate in some kind of national championship? And this one is in their lap, they don’t have to even travel.” The Wolfpack men’s club team is back in action as they compete to defend their championship title from last year’s tournament. John Smetana, president of the men’s club team and junior in sports management, feels the team has a good chance of winning it again. “There are a total of eight returning players from last year’s team,” Smetana said.
traveling to Wallace, N.C. this get back on track,” Sutton weekend, Sutton said he won’t said. “Tiger has always been be far away from a television my favorite golfer. Every set to watch the Masters Tour- aspect of his game is pretty insane, so I try to model nament. “We are absolutely going to be myself off of his golf game.” watching the Sutton Masters this will travel weekend,” w ith the Sutton said. t e a m to “We’re probthe River ably going to Landing watch it on Country Mitchell Sutton, the road, and C lu b t o sophomore golfer we should be compete back in time in the on Sunday to watch the final ECU/UNC-W Invitational holes of the tournament.” this weekend, then come Every player has his or her home next weekend to comideal athlete to look to as a role pete in the Wolfpack Spring model. Although Tiger Woods Open just before the ACC is going through some issues on Championships begin. and off the golf course, Sutton still says he wants to see his idol win this weekend. “I really hope Tiger wins it to
Corley noticed the advantage this gave the Pack for their final match-up. “It gave us a chance to save our legs,” Corley said. “That was twenty minutes less that we had to play and we got to watch ECU finish their game against Auburn, which they won 1-0. It was a pretty hotly contested match.” The fate of the Pack then rested in their own hands as they saw themselves slotted against their most rivaled team. The competitions between the ECU and N.C. State women’s club soccer usually end up being very heated and closely contested ordeals. In this instance,
however, the Wolfpack women made short work of the Pirates. Saylor slotted her second goal of the tournament early in the match. Welsh, who had found her form, put in her third of the day, placing the Pack in a 2-0 lead. Senior goalkeeper Sam Walker described the horrifying events that followed the second goal of the game. “We were up 2-0,” Walker said. “ECU, being our rival, was coming at us hard. They sent in a corner. I was going up sideways for it, as the ball is coming in from the right, and an ECU girl hits me in the eye. I don’t know what it was, either her elbow or her head. From then, I was out.” Walker, who was later taken to a hospital, suffered from three broken bones in her face and a ruptured blood vessel in
her left eye. She fractured her zygomatic arch, orbital bone, and a sinus bone. The zygomatic arch break, which caused the bone to buckle inwards, has left Walker with only partial use of her jaw bone and numbness in the left side of her face. She will have to undergo surgery to fix the issue. After Walker’s exit from the field, Maldonado took her spot in between the posts and kept the Wolfpack’s sheet clean while her teammates finished the job. Midfielders Morgan Smith and Emmi Tyson both slotted a goal apiece, closing the match at 4-0 and setting the bar higher for future fixtures between the two clubs. This is the first time that the N.C. State women’s club team has won the Clemson Club Soccer Tournament since 2008.
in the Carmichael Gym this to Heather Jarrell, the student weekend are the many volun- director of the ACIS National teers and professional staff. Basketball Tournament. “Our students apply to refScorekeepers will be used, as eree a lot, bewell as ofcause it’s kind ficials from of like a clinic t h e Un i for t he m,” versity and Jarrell said. other col“You get to leges. ref the game In order w h i le t he y to become record you, an official t hen a f terfor the tourward you go nament, Mary Yemma, assistant director into a room students for club sports a nd w at c h had to be how you did evaluated and the students with the high- while they tell you what you est scores are able to referee the did wrong and how to fix it.” Championship games will be championship game, according
played in Reynolds Coliseum beginning at 9:30 a.m. and anyone is welcome to watch the excitement. The majority of the games will be played in the Carmichael Gym where spectators are able to watch the action as well. Tip-off is at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, April 8. The courts will be available for recreational use during the day on Friday, but will be closed off until Sunday afternoon for tournament purposes. This year, ACIS was only able to offer a partial sponsorship for the tournament, which included insurance costs and marketing the tournament to other teams. Yemma said she is thankful that many of the
sponsors are from the Triangle and were willing to help out through donations. “We were lucky enough to have a lot of sponsors in the area that wanted to help and wanted to get their name on a national tournament,” Yemma said. “With all the professional staff, players, volunteers and families coming in from different states to enjoy the warm weather, there’s a lot of opportunity for them to go eat at different places and stay in hotels.” “We want to make sure that the officials coming, volunteers, the students that are working and playing—are all having a great experience,” Yemma said.
“Tiger has always been my favorite golfer.”
“And with our new coach Peyton Peterson, I absolutely think we can try and win it again.” Last year there were a total of 53 teams in the tournament. This year, more women’s club teams showed interest in the tournament than before. Mary Yemma, assistant director for club sports, said she is thrilled to see this growth of interest for the women’s teams. “It’s really exciting to see such a strong response from women’s club teams this year,” Yemma said. “Last year we only had one division for women’s club and intramural combined, now we were able to make more divisions.” Included in the 1,000 people
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Navas picks up her 600th career win Head softball coach Lisa Navas picked up her 600th in the second game of a double header Tuesday night against UNC-Charlotte at Curtis and Jacqueline Dail Softball Stadium. State won the game 7-2 after winning 8-0 earlier in the day, helping to break a five game losing streak the team had endured over the past two weeks. Freshman pitcher Kayla Cox picked up the win in the first game, while junior Morgan Peeler, earned the victory in the finale. With the two wins, the Pack moved back to .500, as it sits 17-17 on the season. SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS
Yow takes a jab at Gary Williams It has been speculated that over the course of the three-week search that Maryland basketball coach Gary Williams has been slandering the N.C. State job, hoping to convince coaches not to take the job because of Athletics Director Debbie Yow, Williams’ former boss. And Tuesday night after introducing Mark Gottfried as the next men’s basketball coach, Yow took some time to address these rumors stating: “I don’t have a reputation across all men’s basketball of being difficult to work with,” Yow said. “I have a reputation of not getting along with Gary Williams, who has tried to sabotage the search. Come on. We all know that, Okay? So, whatever. It’s not a reputation. It’s Gary Williams out there doing his thing. Whatever.” After the press conference ended Williams issued a statement in response to Yow’s, though a member of the Maryland athletic department. “I haven’t talked to anyone – coach or athletic director – connected to the N.C. State search,” Williams said. “I don’t have any interest in the N.C. State search, since I’m coaching at Maryland and working hard to run our program. Anyone who says I’ve had contact with a prospective coach or athletic director regarding this search isn’t being truthful.” Take it for what it is worth, but either way, I wouldn’t like to be on Yow’s bad side.
Sophomore golfer becoming a star for the Pack after winning first tournament. Cory Smith
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215.4 total Sophomore golfer Mitchell Sutton was somewhat of a late bloomer. Top-10 finishes Sutton grew up in Ontario, Canada, 3 where the national sport is hockey. SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS He began playing hockey, rather than golf, at a very early age. State traveled down to compete in “I played hockey for about eight or nine years,” Sutton said. “I played the Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate from when I was about six or seven Tournament, where Sutton helped the till when I was in the ninth or tenth team to a sixth overall finish, and tied grade. I was thinking about pursu- for first to participate in a playoff round ing hockey originally, but when golf to win the tournament outright. “I was pretty nervous going into the came into my life I thought about f irst playoff hole,” pursuing that.” Sutton said. “I really “In hockey you’ve didn’t want to mess got to be big, strong up. But I hit the ball and physical, so pretty well and got it golf seemed more on the green and hit fitting for me,” Suta par.” ton said. Sutton sank a par on Since the beginning of his freshthe first hole and his ma n ca mpa ig n, competitor, Andrew Sut ton has not Loupe of LSU, ended missed a single up three-putting, fintourna ment for ishing in second and the Wolfpack. So giving Sutton the infar, golf has fit him dividual win. Mitchell Sutton, like the Footjoy “It was awesome to sophomore golfer glove that he wears get my first win,” Suton his left hand. ton said. “Getting that Sutton has helped the Pack claim first win is a huge relief for me. All of numerous first place wins as a team, the hard work that I’ve been putting in but his shining moment this season feels like it’s finally paying off and that came two weeks ago in Awendaw, feels great.” S.C. Sutton said he was glad that he made Average 54-hole
“I was thinking about pursuing hockey originally, but when golf came into my life I thought about pursuing that.”
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the decision to eventually make the transition to playing golf full time, but he still has the bumps and bruises to prove he was once a hockey player. When asked if he would ever use a hockey stick-style putter, much like the one used in the film Happy Gilm-
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Today SOFTBALL VS. UNC-CHARLOTTE Curtis and Jacqueline Dail softball park, 4 p.m. Friday MEN’S GOLF VS. UNCWILMINGTON Wilmington, N.C., all day TRACK AT DUKE INVITATIONAL Durham, N.C., all day WOMEN’S TENNIS AT VIRGINIA Charlottesville, Va., 12 p.m. MEN’S TENNIS VS. VIRGINIA Pullen Park, 3 p.m.
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Junior Caroline Dickinson dribbles past No. 1 seeded Penn State player Saturday, the Pack upset Penn State 1-0.
SOCCER TEAM DEFEATS ECU IN CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH.
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Sometimes all a team needs is a small amount of luck in order to truly unleash their talent. The women’s club soccer team was given that chance Saturday at the Clemson Club Soccer Tournament. After tying two games and losing one in the group stages, it seemed as though the women were not going to the quarterfinals. The Pack found themselves tied for the eighth seed spot with Clemson. The two were tied in points, goal differential, goals scored, and goals allowed. Freshman Cristina Maldonado described the
detail that put her team into the final eight. “We were tied in every aspect,” Maldonado said. “They had a rule that whoever had traveled the furthest to get to the tournament got to go on if they were tied in every other way. So, we eliminated the host team out of their own tournament based on a technicality.” That stroke of luck is just what the team needed to open the floodgates and let the goals pour. With a critical goal line clearance made by freshman fullback Michelle Casserman and a 25-yard, top-shelf screamer from junior striker Alle Leonard, the Wolfpack sent the No. 1 seeded Penn State team packing with a 1-0 victory.
The next day, the lastseeded Pack went on to play the No. 4 seeded Coastal Carolina in the semifinals. Senior center midfielder Jordan Saylor put the Pack on the board after a penalty was given for a handball. Freshman forward Amanda Welsh and sophomore midfielder Stephanie Summe quick ly fol lowed w it h two goals each, making the game a 5-0 affair. The Coastal Carolina coach, seeing his team as a fish in a barrel, made a gesture to the referee with his hand across his neck, forfeiting the match twenty minutes early. Senior forward Logan
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Club and intramural teams from around the country will compete in Carmichael Gym this weekend.
and Duke will be competing for the national championship title for club and intramural basketball. There will be a total of six teams from N.C. State participating in the tournament; the Rebecca Fiorentino men’s and women’s club teams, Staff Writer two men’s intramural teams More than 1,000 people will and two women’s intramural be walking through the doors teams. Assistant Director for Intraof Carmichael Gym this weekend for what has now become mural Sports Matt Seibring, who has been a n a nnua l work i ng on event for N.C. this tournaState. This m e nt s i n c e is the fourth November, year the Cambelieves this pus Recreation tournament Department is a great opwill host the portunity American Colfor Wolfpack legiate IntraMatt Seibring, Assistant mural Sports Director for Intramural Sports players. “It’s great for Basketball our students Tournament featuring teams from all over and I’m glad we were able to get six teams,” Seibring said. “It’s the country. Seventy-one teams, ranging a real fun activity—how often from as far as Wisconsin to as do our students get to particiclose as UNC-Chapel Hill, East Carolina, Appalachian State ACIS continued page 7
“It’s great for our students and I’m glad we were able to get six teams.”