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Architects showcase designs for the new Talley Student Center Architects behind the design of the new Talley Student Center host open house to display the state of the art project concept.

Sagar Sane Staff Writer

Architects from the Duda/Paine firm located hosted the Talley Open house at their office in Durham Tuesday. This event was organized mainly to showcase the concept and new design model of the Talley Student Center which is all set to undergo renovation in coming four years.

Turan Duda, design partner and the lead design principal for this project, expressed his excitement on working on this project.

“Being an alumnus of N.C. State myself, I feel greatly honored. I was a freshman when the current Talley Student Center was completed. I thus have a different insight towards this building. Over the years, many students told me that this building needs restructuring and improvements,” Duda said.

Jay Smith, program manager for this project said it all started in a closed room and in one day.

“Around August - September last year, the project team underwent a formal interview process from the University Architect’s Board. We were given a weekend to come up with some sample ideas for the project. It was in these two days that we came up with a bunch of schemes or options for the project model. Each scheme focused on some specific key areas we needed to address. From June until now, we have been working on a schematic design that tries to incorporate most of

the features of our schemes that we had presented. In this process, we also interviewed some students to get their opinions on how they would like their new Student Center to be,” Smith said.

Smith said the new Talley Student Center will have more entrances and green, open space.

“We wish to create a safer and enjoyable environment for the students. It will be a lot greener, lot more open space. The NCSU Bookstores will be incorporated in the new Center’s design. There will be an improved food court, it would be surrounded with a lawn. There will be more entrances to the food court and less funneling, which is a major complaint students have while entering the food court.

And these are just some of the major changes we have proposed. There are many more,” Smith said.

The next steps would involve submitting the model drawings and then start off with the initial phase of the project in the summer of 2011.

“We are planning to start construction on the NCSU Bookstores side of the Student Center. The bookstore will temporarily shift to Harrelson Hall, so will be the other student activity offices in the Talley in later months,” Smith said.

Jennifer Gilmore, public communications specialist at Campus Enterprises, said she is very excited about the project.

“When I was a grad student, I never felt like campus life was what it ought to be. The new generation of students wants to see more and more technology everywhere. This concept of the new Student center is just amazing and I hope it kicks off as soon as possible. Once it is completed in late 2014, I believe it will be one of the landmark

buildings of our University along with D.H. Hill Library,” Gilmore said.

The project is fun to work on because it’s local, Smith said.

Smith said, “Duda/Paine Architects have worked on various projects both nationally and internationally in the past. Personally, it is a great feeling to work on a local project and that too such an exciting one.”

According to Duda, the project would be successful only if students feel proud of the new Center.

“Until now, the project was just a concept, but today, we have presented these visual designs which will definitely help students imagine themselves in the new building. I will feel proud the day I see students wanting to go to the Student Center to hang out again and again. True success lies in its acceptance amongst the students,” Duda said.

Maegan Rizer, a freshman in First Year College, said she liked the design a lot.

“I liked the design. It is significantly different from what it is now. There would probably be a more practical use of the existing design. I would love to experience it once it is complete,”, Rizer said.

Daniel Cunningham, a junior in biomedical engineering, said he is excited with the increase in space in the new design.

“The new design has a lot more space and is lot more open. Thus it will have a lot more light, which is good,” Cunningham said.

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Dylan Thomson, a freshman in architecture, takes notes during the Duda/Paine Architects reception showing the new Talley Student Center design on Tuesday. This event on Liggett Street in Durham, NC, gave students an opportunity to view the future Talley plans, give feedback and gain knowledge about the design process.

"Coming to an architecture open house gave me incite to how architects think and apply their thoughts into physical products. The function of the new center will be a whole lot better. I think more people will attend because its more contemporary and it has an inviting feel to it,” Thomson said.

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Taking measurements across the pasture, Paul Siliciliano, associate professor in animal science, and Ali ThomasHollands, senior in animal science, work on a research project at the Reedy Creek horse facility June 11. Both researchers said their favorite part of their job was "getting paid to stand right here," Siliciliano said while out working by the main barn. "We do fun projects like this one that when done will transfer directly to horse owners and work with students and give them the opportunity to learn as well."

‘Change Your State’ to decrease energy consumption The Sustainability Office has implemented the “Change Your State” campaign to increase campus awareness about energy consumption.

Allison Saito Staff Writer

An important, often underappreciated tool, fume hoods make labs safer to work in; they also lead to over a quarter of N.C. State’s electricity use.

Raising awareness of facts like these is one of the goals of Change Your State.

Change Your State is the most recent effort of the Sustainability Office to make N.C. State’s community aware of its environmental impact.

David Dean, outreach coordinator for the Sustainability Office, explained why the University is moving away from its “Just Switch It” campaign.

“We want to do away with “Just

Switch It” and do something more holistic,” Dean said.

Initially developed by an MBA creativity class in the College of Management, Change Your State will be the vehicle through which the Sustainability Office distributes information to students.

Campaigns include “Hit the Switch” and “Pull the Plug”, which encourage people to turn off unneeded lights and to unplug chargers and appliances when not in use. In coming years, Change Your State may promote other environmentally friendly practices.

“We are focusing on energy now, but in the future we might switch to buy local or try transit,” Dean said Dean explained the current focus on electricity consumption.

“The reason we are targeting electricity is because students and staff and faculty have more control over electricity than anything else they do on campus,” Dean said.

Because this is a new program, the Sustainability Office is testing the waters before expanding the program.

Dean said, “The idea was for a soft roll out on campus this year.”

Currently, the Sustainability Office is studying the effectiveness of different methods of distributing information to students. Proposed methods of raising awareness, such as stickers and signs, have been distributed in some buildings. Those methods were not used in comparable buildings.

For example, one awareness method was used in Metcalf but not in the other two tri-towers. By comparing the energy consumption between the treated and control, the Office of Sustainability will draw conclusions about the effectiveness of different methods.

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During the Wear Red, Get Fed event in the Brickyard on Tuesday, Nathan Smith, a junior in economics, loads up with a plate of wings. Chandler Thompson, a junior in economics, was serving the wings as part of being a member of the Alumni Associate Student Ambassador Program. "Wear Red, Get Fed is the best part of homecoming week because of the free food and all of the students show their school spirit by wearing red," Smith said.

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Zombies shamble onto the small screen in ‘The Walking Dead’ Writer Robert Kirkman’s popular comic book series, The Walking Dead, is now a gory and intelligent TV show on AMC. Jordan Alsaqa Senior Staff Writer

As far as the zombie genre goes, every medium seems to have its own masterwork, a series that defines how to tell a zombie story in that particular way. In films, there is George A Romero’s Of the Dead series, while gamers have had the impressive Resident Evil titles.

Among comic fans, Robert Kirkman’s The Walking Dead has been hailed as the best zombie comic on the market since it debut in 2003. The only entertainment medium that has yet to see a great zombie series is television, and it seems that Kirkman’s series is looking to make its mark there as well.

Premiering on AMC this past Halloween night, The Walking Dead has quickly proven itself as both a faithful adaptation of the comic book, as well as a strong new show in its own right.

The first thing to note about The Walking Dead is that it sets out to be far more than just a horror story. The focus of the story isn’t the zombies and the horrors they inflict, though there’s plenty of action to be found. Instead, the story of Rick Grimes, played by Andrew Lincoln, is a character study, looking to illustrate the lengths hu-

Possible provost Robert McGrath visits campus The first of three possible provosts, Robert McGrath, visited campus today.

Chelsey Francis Deputy News Editor

One of the provost candidates pitched his vision to a facultypacked auditorium Tuesday.

The provost is considered to be the chief academic officer of the University. According to the job description, the provost oversees "the policies and priorities that create and sustain educational excellence across the University’s broad spectrum of academic and student affairs."

Robert McGrath touched on the importance of increasing the University's national rating.

While he was at Ohio State, the administration required all freshman to attend a freshman seminar. These seminars could not have more than 20 people in a class. This dramatically decreased the faculty to student ratio, which improved the university's national ratings.

As for the graduation rate, McGrath said he wants 50 percent of students to graduate in 4 years, 75 percent in 5 years and 80 percent in 6 years. As a part of this, McGrath discussed decreasing the minimum number of hours required for graduation.

McGrath said he supports sustainability efforts.

“I just spent the better half of the last few years doing national renewable energy research,” McGrath said.

McGrath said he thinks he could increase national recognition of the University.

“I really enjoy being on campus and the faculty diversity,” McGrath said. “Student involvement certainly keeps us on our toes. I think I can contribute to this University to increase its national recognition.”

Jacob Rutz, a freshman in plant and soil science, was the only student to attend the open forum.

“I wanted to hear what kinds of questions were asked, and to see what kind of new roles he will take on,” McGrath said.

Rutz said he hopes that McGrath, if hired, would stick to the strategic plan, and be committed to students.

“Being committed to students' well-being is important,” Rutz said.

Amanda Wilkins, Editor in Chief, contributed to this report.

manity will go to in order to survive.

This focus is immediately seen throughout the course of the first two episodes, as there are very few encounters with zombies, especially in the pilot. Rick spends the first episode getting his bearings on the world as it is now, trying to piece together what has happened. Eventually, he comes across another survivor and his son, and after a few days with them, sets out to find his wife and son in Atlanta.

The extended pilot runs at just over an hour without commercials, and is a much slower burn than viewers may have expected from the trailers. However, the pace is made tolerable both by the events that occur and the actors portraying them.

The first question fans of the comic may have is how well Rick Grimes is portrayed. As the main character, a lot rides on how easily the audience connects with Rick. Fortunately, Andrew Lincoln not only looks the part, but also encapsulates everything Rick is in a short amount of time.

Despite being an officer of the law and a man looking for his family, there’s still a great deal of fear behind Rick’s actions. Every action Rick takes feels believable, even if they aren’t the best moves to make. This adds just the right amount of fault to Rick to make it easy for viewers to connect with his struggle. Just as impressive is Lennie James as Morgan Jones, the man who helps Rick in his first few days.

Though the television series plans

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“We are going to analyze the different awareness methods across campus, see which were the most effective,” Dean said.

The results of these analyses will be used to determine which methods would be best to apply across campus.

“We didn’t want to spend a lot of money on an aware-

to follow the storyline of the comic closely, producer Frank Darabont has promised some deviations from the source material. The first major deviation is the portrayal of Morgan Jones, who is given a much more expanded back story here. In what could’ve been a throwaway guest part, James is given a fully-realized, emotional story arc, which may even cause a few viewers to tear up.

A far less successful change comes in the second episode, with the addition of an entirely new character.

Portrayed by Michael Rooker, Merle Dixon is perhaps the most stereotypical character in the entire show. An unabashed racist, Merle’s confrontational attitude leads one to wonder why he would even be invited into the group of survivors Rick meets in Atlanta, especially since the majority of the group is non-white.

In truth, Merle seems only to be around as an early example of one of the series’ biggest themes – that although the world is overrun with bloodthirsty zombies, the biggest threat the human survivors face is each other. While the show will obviously have to deal with this idea if it intends to follow the original series, it feels forced here, and was out of place after the emotional impact of the first episode.

Where the show consistently succeeds, however, is in its willingness to push the boundaries of what is permissible on cable television. Outside of

ness tool that is not effective,” Dean said.

The Sustainability Office has high hopes for Change Your State.

“The idea behind that is an awareness campaign: an awareness campaign that will in the first year reduce electricity consumption five percent on campus which would save $1,” Dean said.

Although general conservation is encouraged, Dean identified some specific areas where the University could increase

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The Walking Dead, an adaptation of the popular Robert Kirkman comic book series of the same name, stars Andrew Lincoln as zombie survivor Rick Grimes.

dropping the f-bomb, AMC has let the producers of The Walking Dead run on a very long leash, and it shows. While the horror is not at the forefront, it’s a very gruesome feature when it does show up.

Those who fall prey to the zombies are literally torn to shreds on screen, and before the end of the second hour, a corpse is chopped into pieces to provide camouflage against the undead.

This show, much like the comic it is based on, does not shy away from showing the ugly necessities of survival, and may not be for those viewers with a weak stomach.

But although the first few episodes provide a strong basis for what’s to

its efficiency.

“Fume hoods cost about $6,000 a year to operate, each one. And, we have hundreds on campus,” Dean said.

Fume hoods account for 2540% of N.C. State’s electricity use. Dean explained that the large range of this estimate stems from technical limitations.

“We don’t have the proper meters to get a better grasp,” Dean said.

Gary Clemmons, a junior in

come, there’s still room for improvement. Most importantly, several key characters from the original series have yet to have any significant screen time, though that looks to be changing in next week’s episode. If they are as expertly portrayed as Rick himself, though, it’s safe to say that both old and new fans will continue to tune in.

AMC has already ordered a thirteen episode season for next year, so it’s safe to say this series will be around for a while. Based on the first few impressions, however, it’s certainly a welldeserved renewal. Hopefully the show will continue to impress as the next few weeks go by.

aerospace engineering, said he had not heard of the Change Your State program, but he supports electricity conservation in general.

“Electricity conservation is in everyone’s interest. The less power we use the better for everyone,” Clemmons said.

Sheryl Ray, a junior in textiles technology, also said she supports conserving electricity.

“We should be doing more of it,” Ray said.

Ray said she had also noticed

some of the awareness material posted by the University.

“On the buses they have conserve energy signs about things you can do, unplugging things,” Ray said.

From all of the information available to students, Dean hopes that students will find the core message.

“Small things lead to a big impact,” Dean said. “You can have a positive impact on your University with a little effort.”

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Reinvesting in green projects will benefit T

THE FACTS:

In 2008, North Carolina used 292 million Btu per capita. The Office of Sustainability projects that if students have the potential to save the University $1 million if they cut 5 percent of their energy usage. The University’s goal is to get 15 percent of the energy it uses from renewable resources.

OUR OPINION:

The University should allocate the money saved by students cutting their energy cost to fund green initiatives to offset future energy costs. By doing this, the University will be making investments into its future as a leader in energy and can meet its goals.

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Free Expression Tunnel: Revisited Editor’s note: the word limit for this letter has been waived.

Those of you who attended the emergency AASAC Forum regarding the Free Expression Tunnel on Friday know that the Chancellor spoke about accountability through the Code of Student Conduct.

The chancellor correctly addressed the fact that since the 2008 incident in the tunnel a task force of administrators and students added information to the Code of Student Conduct addressing offensive speech.

The specific Code designations in question — sections 14.1.8 and 15.9.4 — revolve around what constitutes the creation of a ‘hostile environment’ and the potential for ‘aggravating factors of misconduct’ respectively.

Though the Code of Student Conduct acts as a means to address such behavior, it is only one of the many lenses through which the recent activities in the tunnel should be viewed.

In looking toward the future, it is imperative to focus on our response as a student body and a Wolfpack family. It is not enough to say that the students in question will be taken care of through the NCSU Conduct system. In the face of instances such as these, the students, faculty, staff and supporters of NCSU must also respond. And in order to effect real change within the climate of our campus, we must be proactive rather than reactive.

After hearing about the hateful depictions in the tunnel, I will personally admit that I was emotional. My immediate reaction was one of visceral anger and hurt. Over time, however, I came to realize that emotion alone cannot and will not change the situation or the underlying causes that make events like these reoccur on our campus. Education rather than lashing out is paramount in the face of discrimination and hate. At the emergency AASAC forum, Jose Picart, vice provost

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he Office of Sustainability is pushing initiatives to reduce energy usage on campus and students are responding. This response has the potential to start new trends in the way students continue to live. The Office of Sustainability projects if students can cut 5 percent of their usage, they can save the University money. While this is hopeful in light of budget cuts, this also opens up the University to allocate the money to green projects that can provide further cost benefits.

Although another budget cut is coming, the University should look to honoring its mission to fulfill its Performance Contracts with Cox, Poe, Tompkins, College of Textiles, the McKimmon Center, Carmichael Gym, Research I,

for Diversity and Inclusion, spoke about the merits of education in the realm of diversity. Moving forward, education will be essential whether at a personal or University-wide level.

My request is this: don’t let the anger that you feel now dissipate over the coming days, weeks and months. Channel that anger and frustration, but ultimately utilize it to keep the issue of diversity in the open. In the light of controversy, we know that our University can and will come together to respond. Controversy, however, should not be the only catalyst for unity. Let’s encourage that unity to become a part of our lives each and every day here at N.C. State. That is the Wolfpack Way.

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and six other buildings. Some of these buildings account for the largest and most energy costly at N.C. State. By putting this money towards increasing their energy efficiency, by changing their windows, and independence, with solar panels for example, the University can further cut costs over a period of time.

Student Government laid out a plan for themselves, students and the University to follow to improve green initiatives in 2009. It called for education and collaboration between faculty, Waste Management and the Office of Sustainability.

While these programs are well meant, having money to fund some initiatives and projects

escorted that person from the tunnel. According to an involved student quoted by Friday’s Technician, the group intended to detain that person indefinitely as part of their protest.

I would like to understand why the police allowed the students to block the tunnel, and why the protesters have not been charged for their apparent violations. While I am certainly no legal expert, my preliminary understanding of these topics encourages me to pursue this inquiry.

Additionally, is not the obstruction of normal pedestrian activities contrary to University Solicitation, Assemblies, and Public Addresses Regulation, which states that “[a]ssemblies and public addresses must be conducted so that campus pedestrians and automobile traffic are unimpeded and members of the University Community not participating in the event may proceed with their normal activities” (REG 07.25.12 Section 6.5)?

Furthermore, in light of the questionable resolution of the possibly-criminal entrapment conditions discovered at the onset of the obstruction, why were police supportive of this apparent violation of University policy?

Providing a forum for free expression does not detract from the University’s reputation, but failure to enforce established laws and policies will. ¬†Instead of discussing ways to curtail freedom of expression, this should be an opportunity to reaffirm public discourse and uphold the law in a consistent manner that ensures an environment of safety and security. Please review the actions of the protesters and the handling of this situation by the University Police.

Monica Noble senior, English

Oh behalf of the Bangladesh Student Association We believe the Free Expression Tunnel should be kept open. It is in fact for the greater good of students. Some might take advantage of it. However, at the same time, painting racial or sexual images should be considered as crime and should always be protested. We can also try to educate those people. There has been some research going on, although not completely proven, about how the “Human Family Tree” has evolved and how migrations happened. It is the nature/weather that has made human skins of different pigments. Our origin is same.

Even from religious point of view, in the very beginning, there were only Adam and Eve. Therefore we all come from the same family.

We should never look at the mere differences of color. We should only concentrate how we are doing everyday.

Daniel Eckert junior, computer engineering

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To Chancellor Woodson, Provost Arden, Vice Chancellors and University Police Editor’s note: the word limit for this letter has been waived.

EDITOR’S NOTE

As a student at NCSU, I am disconcerted by the handling of the Thursday morning protest at the Free Expression Tunnel.

In protest of comments painted in the Free Expression Tunnel last week, a group of students blocked access to the Tunnel on Thursday morning from midnight until approximately 7 a.m. When the group arrived, it prevented an uninvolved person from leaving the Tunnel until police officers

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Chrisitian O’Neal, sophomore in mechanical engineering

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n 1990, a curious woman named Andrea Paxton wondered where her food came from. As she began to look around and ask Chris Cioffi questions, she realized Guest Columnist that she had uncovered something big and showed how important it is for people to buy local.

According to her research, most food travels more than 1,500 to 2,500 miles to get from the farm to your fork.

Who knew bananas and mangoes were such worldly fruits?

But the real question is why our food travel so far.

While there are many variables, there are a couple major reasons. First, people like going to the store in December and purchasing fresh fruits and vegetables.

However, that means stores have to purchase out-of-season crops from farms that are growing them in-season.

Unfortunately, the store and the farm are usually in opposite hemispheres.

Our food also ends up going for a road trip when

large chains dictate delivery patterns. Corporations try and optimize routes to bring all of their stores their supplies in the most efficient way possible.

That does not always translate into the most direct route. The increase in processed and packaged foods also ups the mileage on food. Processing plants, located in central locations, require ingredients to come from elsewhere to assemble the final product. Think about how many ingredients a can of soup has. Each ingredient comes from somewhere different.

While many people look at this and praise the ingenuity of modern technology, others don’t see it as such a good thing.

It’s undeniably impressive that we have choreographed production and delivery to the point where anyone can be anywhere and get anything at anytime. However, the amount of pollution that is created by all of these planes, trains and trucks that cart the food all over the world is substantial.

For instance, a banana from Costa Rica has to travel over 2,000 miles to get to your local grocer, while an apple from Mt.

“Better food at dining halls.”

“Money should go towards offsetting the costs from renovating Talley and the Atrium.”

“What do you think the University should use the money for that is saved from cutting energy use?”

will help all groups involved benefit and learn about how to further students and the University’s goals.

The reduced cost in powering buildings won’t make as big as difference when the networking technologies are improved.

As students become more and more connected to the Internet, the University must expand its networking and IT capabilities. This will call for more energy-consuming technologies. The University has made stride to suggest joining CANARIE Green-IT project and the Green Grid. Being a part of these groups, the Office of Information Technology can use the tools they offer to assess their energy usage and

work with the College of Engineering to address the problems that come with increasing IT infrastructure.

Students show the University every day they support green initiatives by recycling and being conscious of their energy usage. As students achieve this goal, it will be the University’s turn to take the students’ investment and put it back into programs that will grow in the future. This will show the residents of North Carolina that their investment into N.C. State is supporting green initiatives. The University should continue to think of investments into green technologies as an investment in future allocations.

Rebecca Currin, freshman, mathematics education

Olive, N.C. only has to go 70.

It’s not as hard as it seems to lower the amount of “food miles” an individual accrues.

The thing to do is to buy local.

All it takes to buy local now is to go to a local Farmer’s Market — there’s one on the Brickyard every Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. You can go to locally owned restaurants, such as Laziz Biryani Corner and Sylvia’s Pizza, or eco-friendly places, such as the carbonneutral Player’s Retreat. You can even drink locally roasted coffee from Larry’s Beans or locally brewed beer from Big Boss or Aviator, just to name a few.

Local purchasing is not only good for the environment, but it’s good for the city as well. Buying local products also keeps money in the local economy, because it’s not being taken somewhere else by a corporation. Local businesses hire local employees, and participate in their local communities as well. So next time you are trying to find something to eat, make a choice to buy local, it’s better for everyone.

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Gamers find creative outlet in ‘Minecraft’

Independent computer game Minecraft has become a surprise hit in the gaming world and urges players to use their creativity to explore, build and survive in a randomly generated world.

things that players can build in the game.

“You essentially build whatever you want,” O’Briant said, “It’s kind of like the Sims, but with no bounds. Or at least, simplified, so you’re not given a piece of something, you’re given the ingredients.”

This openness may sound daunting Jared Douglas at first to some gamers used to having Staff Writer goals, and others may ask the point of If you were to wake up on a deserted such a game, but this doesn’t faze most island, what would you do? For many Minecraft players. They feel the game N.C. State students, the answer would has an inexplicable “fun” quality to it. be “punch trees,” at least if they were When asked why he plays, Brian Sykes playing Minecraft. Though it is still in was at a loss for words.

“I really don’t have an answer for the early stages of development, Minecraft is already a wildly popular com- [why I play]; I just do,” Sykes said. puter game that stresses creativity and “It’s just fun.”

For Billy Julliani, the fun is just the exploration over combat. Brian Sykes, sophomore in aerospace engineering accessibility of the game.

“There have always been these explains the basics of the game.

“You’re placed in a randomly gener- sort of open-world creation games, ated world of various types of terrain but they’re not really accessible and and you really do whatever you want,” they’re not really games,” Julliani said.

Sykes said. “You unleash your creativ- “They’re more on the side of simulaity by building anything you can out tions. [Minecraft] actually is a game of wood, stone, or other materials you and it feels like a game. Yeah, it gives you the creativity of a simulation so can find.”

Of course, players have no obliga- people who are more interested in tion to build or mine if they choose simulations can do that, but people who are interested not to. There are no in gaming can play it missions. No chalas a game. It has the lenges. The game is ability to be a lot of completely opendifferent things for ende d, w it h no different people.” definite goals given According to Richto the player from ard O’Briant, the the beginning. Billy creative nature of Julliani, freshman the game makes it in computer science, especially attractive explains. for engineers.

“Unlike a lot of “It has spread like games which are a virus through enlinear or structured, gineering,” O’Briant Minecraft is comsaid. “It’s like Legos, pletely open,” JulBrian Sykes, sophomore in except simulated. liani said. “You’re aerospace engineering Ask any engineering not given an objecstudent, and they’ll tive. It’s inferred you want to mine for resources and tell you ‘Legos are awesome,’ just so then build up your own empire, so to you can show each other ‘hey look what I built.’” speak.”

Though creativity and construcRichard O’Briant, junior in mechanical engineering, described the tion is one of the primary focuses of diversity of options available for the the game, Minecraft is not without a

“You’re placed in a randomly generated world of various types of terrain and you really do whatever you want.”

COURTESY OF MINECRAFT

Minecraft allows gamers to build anything from small cottages to towering castles or sprawling cities. To build them, the player first must seek out and dig up resources from the randomly generated landscape containing diverse geography including huge mountains and caverns deep underground, all while avoiding monsters that attack at night.

combat element.

“Minecraft is unique in the fact that is uses a day and night cycle as part of the gameplay,” Julliani said. “You spend your day outside in the world mining for resources and building up your defenses and spend your nights fighting off the various enemies in the game.”

The game is still in the alpha stage of development, though its Swedish creator Markus “Notch” Persson, who works just outside of Stockholm, claims it is rapidly nearing the beta stage. Because of this, updates are frequent and the game is constantly changing, new features are being implemented, and the ability for gamers to interact with the environment is constantly being improved.

One of the more recent updates created a mineral known as “redstone” which can be used to make circuits

and logic gates that can be used in various ways. For O’Briant, this is one of the game’s best features.

“My freshman year in high school, I took an electronics class and I was able to actually build circuits and that was really fun, and in this you can essentially do that, but you have to think spatially,” O’Briant said. “You can build combination locks. Some people have actually made computers, like 16-bit adding machines, which is ridiculous.”

The most recent of these updates was released on Halloween and added a number of features including new enemies, different climate regions in the game, and even an entirely new hell-like world known as “The Nether” for players to explore. So far, response has been positive from most players, including Brian Sykes.

“Instead of having only one temper-

ate climate across your entire world, you can now have various biomes where you can experience different climates like tundra or desert or rainforest,” Sykes said. “It really enhances gameplay.”

During the game’s development, Minecraft is being offered for 9,95 euros ($13.87 USD), but when finished, the price will be raised to 20 euros ($27.89 USD). By pre-purchasing, players are promised all future updates, including the full version of the game and all updates made to it. More can be found on the game’s website, http:// www.minecraft.net.

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create goal-scoring opportunities and we converted when we needed to.”

Coach George Tarantini said he is excited about the opportunity the Pack earned with its offensive outburst.

“It’s a funny game,” Tarantini said. “We scored goals in the end. Virginia Tech did a really good job for 75 minutes but we just won in the end. It was a

hard win fought by everybody. this game.”

Zuerner knows taking on We’re pretty happy for that. As the Heels on for Carolina, such a large what a great stage w ill opportunity only add to to play one the intensity of the best usually found teams in the in competicountry. This tions between is a great opNC SU a nd portunity for UNC. all of these Midfielder Chris Zuerner “Whenyoung playever you play ers to compete with a team that is more Carolina, it’s going to be a good dominant than anybody else. game,” Zuerner said. “We’ll be It is a dream come true to play ready.”

“Whenever you play Carolina, it’s going to be a good game.”

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years later, the two friends were back playing soccer together once again, playing for the Wolfpack.

“We started playing for different teams when we were 15 but that never impacted our time together,” Albadawi said. “We both came to State right when we found out we could just because it was where we’ve always wanted to go.”

And even after not playing together for four years, the two players have benefitted from being on the field together, as the two seem to know where the other will be without any words.

“We’re brothers so we have an advantage on the field just because we know each other so well that we can realize what we need to do without even saying anything to each other,” Jaibat said. “It’s amazing that we both made it here together.”

Many of the other members of the team see the two freshmen as brothersm abd the similarities include the fact that the two are having to have the same type of surgery on their knee.

“We’re so alike. We both even tore our miniscus’s at the same time,” Albadawi said. “He got surgery Tuesday and I am getting surgery Friday. We’re going to have to do the same rehab together too. Its awesome playing on the same team again and being at the same school because it’s what we’ve done our whole lives, so it would feel weird if we didn’t.”

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a contributor for the team the rest of the season.

“Rich has been great,” Lowe continued from page 8 said. “He came in this summer came down with a team- and really worked hard to get in shape. He is trimmed down, leading ten rebounds.

“It felt good to contribute and got his mindset right for to the team with rebounds,” this season. You can really see that he Howell is crashing said. “At the boards the end of af ter ret h e d a y, bounds and coach he is playing Lowe told well.” me to get The Pack out t here will open the and come regular seadown with son against rebounds, coach Sidney Lowe t h e Te n so I felt like nessee Tech I was just doing what he wanted me to Golden Eagles. The tip-off for do. I just wanted to please the game is set for 7 p.m. on him so that he would keep Friday night at the RBC Center.

“I can’t wait to play at the putting me on the floor.”

Though many fans have RBC Center,” Howell said. not heard as much in the “It’s a lot bigger than Reynolds, offseason about Howell, hopefully we’ll have a sellout to Lowe says that he should be start the season.”

“They are all good basketball players.

There is going to be a learning curve for them.”

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS BASKETBALL VS. PFEIFFER

A full house Reynolds was packed by tipoff with many fans who came out to support the men’s basketball team in its first game of the season against Pfeiffer. It only cost a single can donation to enter.

Pack starts with maturity Even though all of the hype during the offseason was focused on the three freshmen, only one of them, Lorenzo Brown, made it into the starting lineup. Rounding out the lineup along with Brown were Tracy Smith, Richard Howell, Javier Gonzalez and Scott Wood.

And the crowd goes wild The crowd came to life when freshman C.J. Leslie entered the game at the 15:53 mark. Leslie gave his supportive fans something to cheer about by scoring seven points in the first half.

Camera Shy After a play under the basket, Leslie landed on a cameraman who seemed happy to be near the freshman star despite the action almost knocking him to the ground. In Leslie’s first collegiate game he responded with 17 points COMPILED BY CHRISTINA OWENS

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Greenville, N.C. native and former Wolfpack running back Andre Brown, who rushed for more than 2,500 yards during his N.C. State career, was picked up by the Carolina Panthers Tuesday.

Brown began his professional career with the New York Giants, who selected him in the fourth round of the 2009 NFL Draft.

But a ruptured Achilles’ tendon sidelined him for all of his rookie season and the Giants waived him on their final day of roster cuts in August. After leaving New York, Brown spent time with the Broncos and Colts this season, but was waived by Indianapolis Monday. With Carolina’s top two backs in Jonathan Stewart and Deangelo Williams injured, Brown could very well see playing time when the Panthers take on division rival Tampa Bay Sunday.

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DeFreitas named conference player of the week

Senior forward Akil DeFreitas played a huge role in his team’s senior night upset of the No. 15 Cavaliers Saturday, assisting on the Pack’s first goal before burying the insurance tally to seal his team’s 2-0 season-ending victory. After an ankle injury kept him on the sidelines during State’s win over Florida Atlantic, DeFreitas’ play off the bench against the Cavs led the way. For his efforts, he was named the 2010 Atlantic Coast Conference Men’s Soccer Player of the Week.

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O’Brien a semifinalist for new coach of the year award

Football coach Tom O’Brien is one of 15 semifinalists for the inaugural Joseph V. Paterno Coach of the Year Award. The award will be given by the Maxwell Football Club and its three finalists will be announced Dec. 6, with the winner being named on the 18th. In his fourth season in Raleigh, O’Brien is off to easily his best start with the Pack.

State is 6-3 (3-2 ACC) and has been bowl eligible since an Oct. 28 win over Florida State.

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Athletics to distribute 2000 student tickets

Students without tickets to Saturday’s homecoming game against Wake Forest will have a chance to get tickets Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. in front of Reynolds Coliseum. The tickets will not be in the student section and will be available on a limited, first come, first serve basis to those who present a student ID. Student guest tickets will not be made available, and parking passes will not be available either.

Cory Smith Staff Writer

As the athletic department’s catch phrase has read all off-season, “the stage is set for men’s basketball,” and it did not disappoint Tuesday night against Pfeiffer University.

Tuesday night’s exhibition match was a huge win for the men’s basketball team, as it dominated both sides of the court to win 111-73.

The Pack started the first and only exhibition game of the year showing some rust. A few mishaps at the beginning of the game would quickly be overshadowed as the Wolfpack ran away with the game against the Pfeiffer Falcons on Tuesday night.

The game was the first time fans of N.C. State got a glimpse of the new recruiting class, and they did not play like freshman. Freshman guard Lorenzo Brown was the only starter out of the three big name freshman, as he opened the game with two three-pointers and received an alley-oop dunk from sophomore forward Scott Wood.

Freshman guard Ryan Harrow finished the half a perfect 4-4, while freshman forward C.J. Leslie finished the half going 4-5 with a threepointer.

“They each did good,” coach Sidney Lowe said.

“They are all good basketball players. There is going to be a learning curve for them. They can’t get too excited.

Excited is a good thing, don’t get me wrong, but they can’t let all of the expectations can put too much on them.”

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Freshman forwad C.J. Leslie lets loose a yell of joy following a dunk in the second half of N.C. State's rout of Pfeiffer at Reynolds Coliseum Tuesday. Leslie had 17 points and seven rebounds in the 111-73 Wolfpack victory.

the game with 17 points apiece. Brown started the game hot, while Harrow scored most of his points during the middle, and Leslie closed out the game strong for the Pack. This was a feat that did not go unnoticed by Lowe.

“I think its just balance,” Lowe said. “Each one of them can take over games and carry our team, which is definitely different for us.

“I thought we looked We haven’t had that here during my coaching tenure. good tonight as a team,” Its good to have them, they Brown said. “We looked add another dimension to good on offense and on defense. We controlled this team.”

The Pack had the game in both sides of the court hand at halftime as it took and hopefully we’ll have a 52-34 lead into the locker more to come.”

Sophomore forward room, but the packed house stayed to see more domi- Richard Howell was nance. State started the also a star for the Pack second half on a 12-3 run on the boards, as he and never looked back.

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The men’s soccer team set a new ACC tournament record for total goals scored in a game when it defeated Virginia Tech 6-3 in first round action at WakeMed Soccer Park Tuesday. The no. 8 seed Pack will take on the top seeded UNC Tarheels Wednesday at 5:30 p.m.

Sophomore midfielder Michael Smith said he had never seen the Wolfpack score so many goals in a game.

“I can’t remember scoring that many goals,” Smith said. “It was a lot of fun going forward.”

Hokie senior midfielder Evan Slusser drew first blood for VT when he scored in the 22nd minute. Less than two minutes later freshman defender John Lung’ah responded with a header from a long throw-in assist by junior defender Zane Tharakan. In the 29th minute, State took the lead when senior midfielder Akil DeFreitas put away an assist from senior defender Tyler Lassiter.

The Hokies dominated possession in the midfield early in the second half and scored two goals in the 50th and 58th minutes.

But the tide turned when Pack freshman Gbengha Makinde scored an unassisted goal to tie the game at 3-3. The Hokies did not make things any easier for themselves when, in the 71st minute, freshman Jed Prater was ejected from the game for receiving two yellow cards within a minute.

Starting at the 75-minute mark, the Wolfpack scored two goals in 41 seconds. Junior midfielder Watt Williams and sophomore midfielder Michael Smith both found the net on assists from junior forward Craig Sutherland.

Smith received a yellow card following his goal for removing his jersey and displaying his undershirt during his celebration.

“It says RIP Zach Tigner, my best friend who died last month,” Smith said. “It feels good to be able to show it off. He was my good buddy from high school. We played on the same club team for a long time.”

Redshirt sophomore defender Chandler Knox scored the final goal in the 87th minute to give the Wolfpack a three-goal lead. Team captain, senior midfielder Chris Zuerner said he liked his team’s offensive aggression in the second half.

“Definitely the game plan for this game was to go forward,” Zuerner said. “We wanted to put the attack on them and make them defend more than we were defending. We were able to

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MEN’S SOCCER

Men’s soccer players have history far beyond the field Freshmen players share more than a love of soccer.

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Big second half allows team to advance to second round of ACC Tournament.

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Friday MEN’S BASKETBALL VS. TENNESSEE TECH RBC Center, 7 p.m.

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Freshman men’s soccer players midfielder Nazmi A lbadaw i and for ward Nader Jaibat have many things in common. Both play on the N.C. State soccer team, both have recently undergone knee surgeries’, and both speak Arabic and English. But their history goes far past their time on the N.C. State soccer team together.

Even before birth, Albadawi and Jaibat were destined to be a big part of each other lives. With parents living as best friends in Kuwait raising their older siblings, the two teammates were going to be friends from birth.

“I have 2 older sisters who are 23 and 25 and Nadar

has one older sister and one older brother and their 23 and 25 too,” Albadawi said. “So though we are all Palestinian we were all living together in Kuwait.”

Then, when Iraq invaded Kuwait, both their parents flew their families over to the United States. They moved into townhouses that were right beside each other in the ghetto. But soon their situations became too dangerous, so they moved into apartments.

During this time, Jaibat’s family lived right above Albadawi’s and the two became almost inseparable.

“Nader and I were born in the same apartment complex,” Albadawi said. “Both of us we’re actually born in Rex Hospital. We would do everything together since birth and we would literally be together pretty much every second of every day, whether it was watching power rangers or playing tag or just causing trouble in our neighborhood.”

However, tag and watching

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Freshman Nader Jaibat blows by numerous Costal Carolina defenders en route to his first career goal on Oct. 20. Jaibat and fellow freshman Nazmi Albadawi have a friendship that dates back as far as they can remember, as the two have been friends since their childhood days in Kuwait.

TV soon became forgotten games once their older siblings forced them to play soccer.

“We used to never want to play soccer and just play tag,” Albadawi said. “It wasn’t until our older sister and brother

made us play for the first time when we were four, and we loved it.”

The boys soon played on an indoor team and began playing together every day. However, once the families moved,

they were forced to attend different high schools, as Jaibat attended Green Hope in Cary and Albadawi attended Athens Drive in Raleigh. But four

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