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Raleigh, North Carolina
Talley may not accomodate music New concert hall in Talley plans slated for removal to cut costs Ashley Peele Staff Writer
Many within the music department are concerned about the direction of the Talley Student Center renovations since rumors have arisen that the proposed concert hall won’t be included in the project. According to a mass e-mail from Director of Music Mark Scearce, the hall will be removed from the Talley plans. “A new 500-seat concert hall specified for music performances as a priority was a part of the plans [Rally 4 Talley]. However, the chancellor has instructed that the cost must be trimmed by $30 million and, inevitably, the concert hall has been slated for removal from these plans as an option to save money,” Scearce said in the e-mail. Music department faculty and students are unhappy with the new change in plans because they say the facilities are in dire need of replacement so the performers have an area to practice and perform. “Athletes have the gym and workout facilities, scientists and researchers have labs and tools, we need a department for our needs. This is not a want, its a necessity,” Keeshan Ganatra, a member of the marching band and wind ensemble, said. Vince Waters, a music minor and member of the marching band and wind ensemble, said the change in plans didn’t make sense as the department was growing.
“Slating the performing arts hall for removal is unacceptable. We have a rapidly expanding music department that doesn’t even have facilities that are suitable for normal, everyday use. Our marching band just does not fit into that building,” Waters said. “Having an outdated building to use is one thing, but not having the proper facilities is another entity. It’s not just a concert hall, it’s a center for the performing arts. There are many music groups that need that building to perform. But that theatre is used more than just by the music building. Where do we expect our theatre department or arts now to go?” Scearce encouraged advocacy for peaceful protests in his e-mail. “Now is not the time to get angry about this, but to respectfully make your voice heard that the Talleyplanned concert hall with priority for music rehearsals and performances is important to you. This is a first important step in helping us with at least a performance facility while we make the further case for a visual and performing arts center, years away though it is, while this Talley project is on our doorstep,” Scearce said. Waters argues that new facilities are a necessity and should be a priority. “The simple solution is that we have a music program, and we need somewhere to perform. Whether we get a concert hall in Talley or they build us a new building is up to them, but we need a space for the performing arts,” Waters said.
Health officials praise effects of mandatory alcohol education program, students unimpressed Nick Tran Staff Writer
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Vincent Waters, a junior in electrical engineering, practices his french horn in one of the student practice rooms in Price Music Center. “It’s completely unfair that Price was left out of the renovation plans,” Waters said.
H1N1 vaccines still unavailable Vaccines scheduled to be available mid-October have not arrived
HOw can I find out more?
Adair-Hayes Crane
Students can refer to the Health Services Web site at ncsu.edu/ student_health for updates on the H1N1 vaccine.
Staff Writer
Student Health Services is still waiting for the H1N1 vaccine to become available. The vaccines, expected to be available in mid-October, are still on hold for both students and the public. According to the North Carolina Center for Disease Control and Prevention Web site, which was last updated Oct. 5, the vaccine will be available in the fall. The Web site said the CDC could not provide more specific dates due to the variability of manufacturing time and clinical trials. Jerry Barker, director of Student Health Services, said that H1N1 nasal spray has been distributed to high priority groups, as identified by the CDC, but that none of the treatments are available to N.C. State yet. “CDC says distribution should begin in a week or two but again may be restricted in numbers and to high priority locations such as hospitals,” Barker said of the vaccine. “We will post H1N1 shots clinics as soon as possible when we receive the vaccine.” The CDC suggests that certain groups of people get the vaccine as
Source: Student Health Services
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Robb Rager, a sophomore in the transfer program, waits at the pharmacy in the Student Health Center. Rager missed classes to see a doctor when he woke up with flu-like symptoms. However, Rager said he is not scared by the recent outbreak of H1N1.
soon as it is available. The department identified those groups as people who live with or care for children younger than six months, pregnant women, healthcare and emergency medical services personnel, persons between the ages of six months and 24 years and people between the ages of 25 and 64 who are at higher risk for H1N1 due
Students, officials disagree on AlcoholEdu effectiveness
to chronic health disorders or compromised immune systems. While some students are anxiously awaiting the arrival of the vaccines, not everybody plans on getting the vaccine. Kelly Price, a junior majoring in biology, does not get the regular flu vaccine and does not plan on getting the H1N1 vaccine either.
“It is important for the vaccine to be available to students especially with the second half of the semester coming up. It is important for students to stay healthy and not have to miss classes,” Price said. “I probably won’t get the shot but I think others should have the opportunity.” When the vaccine does become available, H1N1 shot clinics will be administered by Maxim nurses, an agency with which the University has a contract. “We are working on campus to get the shot administration cost as low as possible and hopefully it will be finalized by the end of the week,” Barker said. Students can refer to the Health Services Web site at ncsu.edu/student_health for updates on the H1N1 vaccine.
Students now have access to round two of AlcoholEdu as part of the University’s effort to ensure that incoming students are well-informed on the consequences of consuming alcohol. AlcoholEdu is a program designed to educate students on smart alcohol consumption and how to recognize the effects of poor alcohol use. It is presented online through a series of reenactments, animations and statistics reflecting aspects of alcohol usage. The program consists of two informative portions as well as utilities to plan better habits and set limits for alcohol consumption and is offered free to all students. Completion of the informative portions is required of all incoming students under the age of 21 to register for spring semester classes. AlcoholEdu, which the University made mandatory three years ago, has been received positively by health faculty who see it as a vital tool to fighting alcohol abuse. Chris Austin, assistant director of health promotion, said the program addresses a major concern at the University. “Alcohol is the number one issue on campus and students need to know more,” he said. “Many issues which students encounter revolve around alcohol use.” Austin said the program has helped in making the student body more aware of the implications of alcohol consumption and making it mandatory ensures all students are at least somewhat informed. “Since the program was made mandatory there has been an increase in reported cases of alcohol poisoning, but this is because more students are able to recognize poisoning and know how to respond properly.” Dr. Ronni Margolin, clinical psychologist at the Counseling Center, said she noticed an increase in awareness with regards to alcohol from the students who come to the Counseling Center since the program was instituted. “Students now tend to have a better understanding when they come in on topics like blood alcohol concentration and habits to moderate alcohol consumption,” Margolin said. “It helps a lot as there is less time needed to educate students and more time for addressing actual problems.” Despite commendation from health
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Library construction will affect Textiles Wolfline riders Wolfline buses will be rerouted, won’t stop at Textiles building Jasmine Willis Staff Writer
Multitudes of textile students received a rude awakening via e-mail Sept. 9 when they were informed Wolfline buses that traveled to the College of Textiles would no longer take them directly to the building.
“It is painful to us what students are experiencing and we understand the inconvenience.” Transportation Communications Specialist Christine Klein
Students must walk from the corner of Main Campus Drive and Research Drive when travelling to and from Textiles. Oct. 1, the Southeast Loop, Village Link, Mid-Day Textiles and the Were-
wolf had to take new routes to prepare for the construction of the James B. Hunt Jr. Library. The groundbreaking for the project is slated for Oct. 23. Information and Communications Specialist of Transportation Christine
Klein is recommending students check the bus online or the printed bus schedule to assist students with bus changes in routes. “We were attempting to expedite a possible shelter for the bus stop, but experts have determined it would not be suitable,” Klein said. “It is painful to us what students are experiencing and we understand the inconvenience.”
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How to Get What You Came For: Working with Your Committee Talley Student Center Walnut Room, noon to 1:30 p.m.
Today:
Orientation Counselor Information Session Talley Student Center Brown Room, 3 to 3:30 p.m.
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Toxicology Seminar Toxicology Building Room 2104, 4 to 5 p.m.
Veterinary students serve the community
Partly sunny and mild. Northwest winds about 5 to 10 mph.
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njecting procaine as a local anesthetic to the hoof of an almost two ton bull, Geof Smith, doctor of veterinary medicine, prepares to work on a growth on the bull’s front left leg at the Large Animal Clinic of the Veterinary School Monday. The bull, M8, is one of two who came the hour and a half from Steve Grady Farms in Mt. Olive, N.C.
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62 51 Mostly cloudy with scattered rain showers throughout the day. Northeast winds about 10 to 15 mph.
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67 56 Partly sunny with a small chance for rain. North winds about 5 to 10 mph. source: cathy evans, NCSU meteorology
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Ticketing system open to opinions
On Thursday, the Athletics Commission of Student Government is hosting a Student Ticketing Open Forum. Students are encouraged to voice questions, concerns, support and ideas for the ticketing process. The thoughts that are expressed by students will help to provide constructive ideas that will be turned into solutions. Jeffrey Johnson, the SG chairman of athletics, and Dick Christy, the associate athletics director, will be speaking at the forum. The event will begin at 7 p.m. in the Carmichael Rec Center Play Zone.
Analyzing today’s food Sarah Ash, an associate professor in the department of food, bioprocessing and nutrition sciences, will give a presentation as part of the Fabulous Faculty Series. The presentation will explain eating today in a social, economic and scientific manner. She will address how eating has changed throughout the century. The presentation will be on Thursday, Oct. 15 at 4 p.m. in the East Wing of D.H. Hill Library and will feature samples of foods from the ‘30s through the ‘80s. source: Joe Sevits
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Attention Seniors! WANTED: Student Speaker for 2009 Fall Graduation Exercises
World & Nation
Swine flu deadliest to young, healthy people Patients with the H1N1 swine flu virus who become severely ill and those who die tend to be relatively young adults without underlying medical conditions, according to a new Canadian study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The average age of 168 patients studied in 38 Canadian adult and pediatric intensive care units was 32.3 years. Thirty-three of the patients died within 90 days of being admitted to the hospital.
source: mctdirect.com
Health care measure may leave 17 million without coverage On the eve of an important Senate committee vote on health legislation, Democrats are confronting the prospect of passing a health overhaul that falls far short of covering all Americans. Many Democrats had hoped that
their health legislation would cover 97 percent or more of all Americans. But forced to keep their bill under $900 billion, and under pressure to minimize burdens on consumers, they may only hit only 94 percent — leaving some 17 million Americans without coverage in 2019.
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Americans win Nobel Prize Two Americans won the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences Monday for their research in the way economic decisions and transactions are made outside of the market. Elinor Ostrom, who teaches at Indiana University in Bloomington, Ind., became the first woman to win the prize for economics since it was established 40 years ago. She shares the $1.4 million award with Oliver E. Williamson, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley. Ostrom and Williamson were cited for their work beginning in the early 1970s that expanded economics beyond the traditional analysis of market prices.
Application Deadline: Thursday, October 22, 2009 Return applications to: 1008 Harris Hall
Wednesday N.C. State Class Ring Collection N.C. State Bookstore, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Orientation Counselor Information Session Talley Student Center Brown Room, 11:15 to 11:45 p.m. You’re Gonna Miss Me: A Film About Roky Erickson Witherspoon Cinema, 7 to 8:45 p.m.
POLICe BlOTTER Oct. 8 9:30 A.M. | Safety Program Sullivan Shops SP conducted shop safety program. 11:52 A.M. | Safety Program Sullivan Hall FP conducted safety program. 1:13 P.M. | Fire Alarm SAS Hall FP responded to alarm caused by contractors working in the area. 2:51 P.M. | Harassing E-mails Alexander Hall Student reported inappropriate communications via Facebook. Investigation ongoing.
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7:47 P.M. | Larceny Sullivan Hall Student reported bicycle stolen.
SEASONAL FLU CLINICS FOR STUDENTS *OCTOBER 13
Applications available at: 1008 Harris Hall or http://www.ncsu.edu/registrar/graduation
Chinese Culture: Experience China, A General Overview and Introduction Engineering Building I Room 2015, 6:45 to 8:45 p.m.
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officials, the program has been poorly received by many students who concede little to its benefits and see it as a waste of time. Students like Audrey Caster, a freshman in nutrition science, are not impressed with the program, going so far as to say AlcoholEdu is not effective at all. “It’s a good gesture to make it mandatory, but it’s really lame, long and pointless,” Caster said. “It’s nothing you didn’t learn from your high school alcohol classes.” Adelyn Lively, a junior in business and public relations, said she recalls having to complete the program in her first year. “I didn’t think it helped at all,” she said. “It takes more than forty minutes and most people just let it auto-play and click random answers.” Lively said while some information provided by the program may be insightful, it is not going to apply to nondrinkers nor change people
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Klein said while the inconvenience is unfortunate, the construction may ultimately benefit commuters. “We anticipate at least 18 months before completion of the parking deck for the Hunt Library,” said Klein. “The end product will be a great amenity. A possible haven for the new bus stop was proposed, in order to shelter students that wait for the bus.” For Iesha Usher, a freshman
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who do drink. “In the end, it’s just another requirement on the list to get into college,” she said.
in fashion and textile management, the Wolfline’s new stop causes a conflict in her schedule. “Even though the walk to the new bus stop is not far, it creates an inconvenience for me,”Usher said. She said she has tutoring on Wednesdays and struggled to catch the bus even before the route was changed. Usually right after class at the College of Textiles, she can hardly catch the bus when it is in front of the building. Catching the bus so far away has caused me to be late for my tutorial session and if I am late three more times, I will not be
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A member of Alpha Phi Alpha accepts a Standards of Excellence award on behalf of his fraternity in the area of Campus Leadership and Involvement at the Greek Life Awards Banquet Monday. Ten chapters exceeded the standards needed for eligibility of the award. Alpha Phi Alpha and Lambda Pi Chi were both chosen by a committee to accept the award.
able to go any more,” Usher said. Shinhae Yoon, a freshman in fashion and textile management, said the extended trip would perturb her as well. The Wolf line was extending the route of the trip. “Initially, I was confused about how long it would take to the College of Textiles, but I knew it is going to waste my time more than before,” Yoon said. “It’s definitely an inconvenience,” Yoon said. “When we miss the bus we have to wait almost 30 minutes, which causes me to be late to other classes.” Yoon said the Wolfline needs
Problems with the bus?: If the bus reroute conflicts with your schedule, call Transit Manager Kim Paylor at 919-513-7400.
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to increase the number of buses that transport students to Textiles. “We need more buses to help better serve the College of Textiles while the construction is in progress,” Yoon said.
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A concert hall in the plans for the new Talley Student Cebter — promised to the music department — has been removed due to budget cuts.
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In addition to an expanded performance space, the music department is in need of a new academic building.
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he plans for the new Talley Student Center call for a 500-seat concert hall for the N. C. State band. It has been eliminated to make the required 30 million dollar cuts to the plans that were mandated by Chancellor Jim Woodward. It is a shame that a performance space for the music department has been deemed one of the nonessential aspects of a building that purports to serve the needs of all students. Even if the concert hall were built, it would hardly cover the needs of the music department whose building, Price Music Hall, desperately needs upgrading. It is common knowledge that
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Price Music Center as it stands has problems. The rooms are not as soundproof as they should be and storage space is extremely limited. The constant construction obstacles, not to mention noise levels, will negatively affect the use of Price over the next few years if the Talley plans go forward. Something will have to be done to house the music department during construction, at the very least. The fact that there have been no plans regarding this situation and the administrative level reflects poorly on the planning of the Talley renovations.
Over the past few years, the music department has been expanding in a number of ways. It added a music minor and has been steadily building up a distinguished faculty to accommodate the needs of a growing student body. By claiming to supports the arts and expanding the music program but not creating better performance and practice spaces has created an unhealthy disconnect between what the administration and Student Government wants and what the University needs. As of now, no money has been allocated for Price up-
grades. While the funding for academic buildings usually come from the University building fund, all of that money is, of course, tied up as well. The music department is justified in its opposition to these half-baked plans. All of those involved should take a closer look at the big picture of the Talley renovation again before they make any more authoritarian decisions. The arts are an integral part of campus life. Would people react the same if the administration treated the sports teams this way? The needs of our academic departments should take precedent over student buildings.
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et me be blunt: the student fee referendum was a bit of a letdown. Wait, I take that back. It was a scathing disappointment for most involved, except for athletics and those who rallied for Talley — they won. The remaini ng c a mpu s entities — that didn’t receive f u nd i ng, or Susannah who only reBrinkley ceived a porAgromeck tion of what Design Editor they asked for — are jealous, and rightly so. How can the Student Senate be a representative of the students if the senators do not listen to what the students say? The senate serves no good or useful purpose if it misrepresents the students. Let’s take Rally 4 Talley, for example. Voters said they saw a need for increased funding to renovate Talley Student Center and the Atrium Food Court (56.6 percent), but 61.6 percent voted against paying the fee. Let me rephrase: only 38.4 percent liked the fee in its current form. And how about athletics? Of voters, 67.1 percent voted against increased funding for intercollegiate athletic programs. And yet, the University fee committee approved the $9 athletics asked for. (Did I mention that students already pay $150 per semester for intercollegiate athletics?) Students were asked to rank which fees they felt were most important to them. They ranked the Talley-Atrium fee first and intercollegiate athletics second. The Student Senate used this particular result as leverage against the students, to get the fee committee’s undivided support and win approval for fees it so desperately wanted. All this despite the student body’s opinion. Students had their say, but it was effectively overlooked; the senate only showed a piece of the puzzle. Unfortunately, pieces don’t make sense without the rest of the picture. As Agromeck design editor, I’d like to bring up the fact that Student Senate didn’t support the student publications fee. If fully passed, the fee would have given students a tangible result — a yearbook. I can’t say the same for the Talley-Atrium renovation or whatever fruits come from athletics’ very fat savings account. The students who will face the full impact of
these votes aren’t current students — they’re future students who didn’t get an opportunity to vote. Students ranked the publications’ fee fourth in terms of importance, though they did not vote for the full increase. Student Media asked for $1.50 — $1 for the Agromeck and $0.50 for the rest of the publications. Instead, Agromeck got $0.50 and the rest of Student Media got nothing. Rally 4 Talley got its full increase — a whopping $833 increase over four years, not to mention $290 per year for the following 26 years — and athletics got their $9. So, yeah, Agromeck got something, but it won’t be enough to keep the yearbook around much longer. It won’t be enough to keep students employed and cover publishing costs, and it won’t be sufficient to keep N.C. State’s historic record alive. Since its first publication in 1903, Agromeck has served as a means to preserve the University and Raleigh’s history. Without the yearbook, we’d be left without the history of this campus. When Peele Hall burned down in 1965, there were only Agromeck pictures left to remember it by; the newly renovated Thompson Hall now stands with Frank Thompson’s yearbook portrait hanging in the foyer; and the Finish the Bell Tower campaign got some of its photos from the yearbook. When Agromeck dies, who will be there to help students remember the Talley-Atrium renovation and grand opening? Who will be there to report on what athletics did with its $270,000? The future alumni who voted in this fee referenda will regret that Agromeck wasn’t there to cover the Wolfpack’s great ACC Championship win or the demolition of Lee and Sullivan Residence Halls, where they spent their college careers. These are tough economic times. No one wants to pay more than they have to. Agromeck is suffering and may die, but Talley will likely stay the same for a few more years — as it has for the last 40 — and athletics will continue as it has. Give it a few more years and we can reassess these fee increases. But it won’t happen for the yearbook — it won’t be here. Send Susannah your thoughts on fees to letters@technicianonline.com.
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Were students misled by the Talley fee referendum? Why or why not? by Kimberly Rochester
“Yes, that’s not fair because it’s going to make us pay for things we’re not going to see the benefits of unless we return as graduate students.”
Freud would be so proud.
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Frustration and wasted money with homework programs This semester I have assignments in Webassign, Mcgraw-Hill Homework Manager, N.C. State Vista and a program called Course Compass. That means I have four homework programs to juggle. I had to pay for three of them. Not only was it expensive, none of them work well! Webassign is the most streamlined of them, but it still has problems. What bothers me the most is trying to keep up with them. It’s easy to be prepared for class and bring in your homework when you know the class meets at the same time and day every week. But having to turn in homework or complete online quizzes in four different programs adds complication. You have to pay and register for accounts at several different sites. Then you have to learn how to use them all, and some of them (Homework Manager) are quite clunky and difficult. Logging in regularly to all of them to check assignments is time consuming. Occasionally, the instructor does not even know how to properly use the program. All of this amounts to frustration, wasted time and money. I never thought I would actually miss working
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a problem out of a textbook on paper, but its simplicity has appeal. Ren Babcock Jr. junior, business administration
Let’s be reasonable The Atrium needs work, but Talley is fine the way it is, at least for now. According to the Rally 4 Talley Web site, we could plan and finish the Atrium renovation by 2010, and it would only be 10 percent of the combined campaign cost. Let’s do that, and then instead of redoing Talley, let’s focus on academics. Maybe in a few years, after the economy has stabilized, we can revisit Talley. Ben Miller senior, computer science
To the Student Senate To the members of the Student Senate who voted in favor of the indebtedness fee for the Talley Student Center expansion and renovation: As student senators, you were elected by your peers to advocate their collective wishes and viewpoints. This week those same peers voted to reject saddling themselves and future students with hundreds of dollars in additional student fees. The Student Senate, in an act amounting to nothing less than dereliction of duty, voted to recommend the adoption of the Talley indebtedness fee. As
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senators you have failed the student body by ignoring its wishes and acting against the collective will of the student body that chose you to represent them. You have demonstrated that you are incapable of doing the job you were chosen to do and the job that you promised to do when you took office. If you have any shred of morals or dignity, you will resign your position and leave it to someone who will conduct themselves as an advocate of the students they represent. I, for one, will not tolerate representatives that disregard the voices of their constituents.
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“Yes, it should have been one direct question stating if you wanted it and if you were willing to pay for it.” Marco Hsu, sophomore, mechanical engineering
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The reason not to vote I had hope when I went to vote Monday. I had the crazy idea that I could make a difference by voting. I now realize that I have no desire, at all, to ever vote again — it is pointless. On the October 5th fee referendum, I, along with 61.6 percent of the students that participated, voted against the Talley Fee. Wednesday, I picked up a copy of Technician to find that the Student Senate recommended the student center fee despite this vote. This is absolutely ridiculous. I pose the question; “What’s the point?” Apathy is the one of the main reasons people don’t vote. Now, thanks to Student Senate, I can see the apathetic point-of-view. I would threaten to vote the senators out of office, but I think we all know how much good that would do. Andrew Hewitt junior, physics
“Yes, I don’t think that’s fair at all, the question about the fee should have been the only important one.” Chelsea Parham junior, public relations
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Ice, ice (cream), baby Sweet treat’s multiple aspects spell success for State Story By sarah ewald | photo illustrations By jonathan stephens graphics By lauren blakely & christin hardy
Is your favorite snack sweet or salty? Five girls and five boys were polled.
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airy Queen and Ben & Jerry’s have nothing on N.C. State. Sure, the former two may have national name-brand recognition, but State earns different points. NCSU is where the ice cream begins and ends from being produced, marketed and enjoyed; which is more than the other two corporate cream businesses can say. they’ve heard them so many times. Ash cited representations in the media and perceived gender roles as helping “hard-wire” people. Ash doesn’t believe that anyone has studied the matter scientifically, but there will always be a spectrum of lovers to loathers. “The only thing ice cream does to us is [provide] calories. So it can contribute to excess weight gain the same way that any other excess calories can,” Ash said. She also mentioned sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia, more commonly known as brain freeze, as an additional side effect to extra pounds. Carl Hollifield, business manager of food, bioprocessing and nutrition sciences, said the ice cream’s formulation has been changed very little from the Creamery’s inception. “We still use top quality ingredients like pure cane sugar instead of corn syrup and farm fresh milk from our NCSU Lake Wheeler Dairy Farm,” Hollifield said. “Basically we take farm fresh milk and cream from our cows at Lake Wheeler dairy unit, mix with sugar and stabilizers, add flavors, freeze, add inclusions, add swirls, then package.” Hollifield said the f lavors are decided different ways. Some originated in his department and some were brought in from outside. “4-H wanted to have an ice cream for their 100-year anniversary. So they petitioned each county to send in a flavor and they were narrowed down and chosen from a group of 10 or so,” Hollifield said. Hollifield said many of N.C. State’s flavors have unique aspects. “As you could imagine, it’s hard to make a flavor that no one has ever thought of,” Hollifield said, citing the University’s own java bean and coconut flavors. Jennifer Gilmore, marketing and communications manager for University Dining, said putting an ice cream parlor in D.H. Hill was the library’s idea. “ T h e y ’r e a l w a y s looking for ways to enhance the student experience,” Gilmore said. The library had first approached Hill of Beans coffee shop and wanted an ice cream parlor. The Creamery is a three-way collaboration between University Dining, D.H. Hill and the food science department. Randy Lait, director of dining services of University Dining, said the idea originated between Food Science and D.H. Hill, with University Dining coming into the discussion before design began. This wasn’t the first time University Dining and Food Science had collaborated. “University Dining is a customer of Food Science, purchasing from them as a vendor, and serving their ice cream and milk products at multiple campus locations. The Creamery is just an extension of that relationship,” Lait said. There are other plans in the works to spread around the ice cream. “We are considering a plan to enhance the ice cream program offered in Talley Student Center during that renovation project. There are also plans to offer limited ice cream in the proposed Hunt Library on Centennial Campus,” Lait said. Gilmore said there were lines out the door when the Creamery opened. So far, the fall has been a little slow because students aren’t spending as much time in the library. “But around midterms and exams, business should pick back up,” Gilmore said.
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Ice cream is a billion-dollar industry, with seemingly everyone enjoying it and according to human biology, justly so. Sarah Ash, food science associate professor, said liking sugar is fundamental to species survival since its chemical constituent, glucose, serves as an important energy source. “The ability to detect the sweetness of foods, and just as important, to enjoy that taste, encourages us to seek it out again and again,” Ash said. “I think it can be hard to separate a true biologically-driven craving from cultural norms that over time implant in our minds the notion that ice cream is something to be desired.” Ash said fat by itself does not have taste, but it can be a carrier of flavors such as those in the ice cream. It also provides a creamy texture that is usually appealing to people. “Thin k about t he dif ference between eating a spoonful of sugar or a spoonful of butter by themselves versus a spoonful of sugar and butter creamed together as when making cookies,” Ash said. Ash said the taste and texture issues are pretty hard-wired, but thinks society creates social norms around “cravings” that many people buy into because
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WHAT YOU’RE GETTING WITH GRASS-FED BEEF
WHAT YOU’RE GETTING WITH CORN-FED BEEF
Grass-fed beef is leaner than corn-fed cattle. • Grass-fed cattle take longer to develop as they naturally graze on grass, the food they were evolved to eat. • Beef that has been cared for by farmers who have a day-to-day relationship with their herds. •
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Corn-fed beef contains more fat because corn compared to grass, is high in energy (calories) so weight gained in the feedlot is usually fat versus muscle. • Cattle raised in feed lots gain weight fast from the corn. They are then sent to slaughter where contamination has to be carefully monitored because of all the fecal waste caked onto the cows from the feedlot’s living conditions.
It’s what’s for dinner, lunch, and breakfast
the overindulgence of meat negatively affects more than just Cardiac Health Story By Corinne Dumonceau | graphics By ana andruzzi
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ccording to the USDA, in 2007 an average American ate 170 pounds of meat (chicken, beef and pork) per year, about 50 pounds more than the average per capita consumption in 1955.
According to a study at Johns Hopkins University, this increase in meat consumption is a result of the cycle between producers providing artificially cheap meat and consumers continually demanding a supply. However, it is uncertain whether meat production in this quantity is healthy for humans or for the environment. Beef production is one of the most controversial production methods because of its high popularity in America and its large carbon footprint. The two processes used in beef production – conventional and grass-fed production – are very different in terms of nutritional value, food safety, and environmental impact. The Processes The conventional process of beef production includes both small farmers and conventional feedlots. Small farmers generally raise cattle from birth until weaning or about age seven to eight months. According to Matt Poore, head of the beef unit at the Center for Environmental Farming Systems and a professor in the animal science department, North Carolina is the home to 17,300 of these farmers who raise approximately 375,000 cattle at any given time. When these cattle are ready for processing, they are shipped to feedlots across the country where for a few weeks they are fed diets rich in corn before being sent to a slaughterhouse to be processed for beef. Anahid Behrouzi, a senior in civil engineering, went on a tour of an “all-natural” dairy farm in Indiana, where the ultimate destination of the cattle was a slaughterhouse. “The cows were kept in a very cramped barn, left to stand in their own fecal matter and weren’t allowed to graze though there were open fields outside,” Behrouzi said. Behrouzi also said that the owners of the farm seemed proud of themselves because they kept the cattle on an all-natural diet consisting of grains mixed with vitamin powder. “If this is good production, what does bad
production look like?” Behrouzi said. At the slaughterhouse, packaged meat is mass produced, so beef from different cows is combined into large grinders and then formed by the many workers into patties and ground beef. In opposition to the conventional method of beef production is the local method, which is heralded as being sustainable and better for both cows and humans. In this method of production, cows are raised from birth through weaning by the same farmer. This allows for more closely watched cattle, possibly meaning a higher quality of care since the farmer has a dayto-day relationship with his or her herd. In addition to better care, these cows are grass fed and free to roam their designated pastures. Generally, this way of raising cattle helps develop them more slowly than the conventional way, which fosters quick growth though a diet rich in corn — corn is more energy (calorie) dense than grass, leading to faster weight gain. Cattle that are grass-fed and raised locally are processed by being sent to a processing unit, cut and ground individually versus mass. This method of processing greatly reduces the risk of contamination. Nutritional Value The main difference between nutritional values of grass-fed beef versus corn-fed beef has to do with the fat concentration. Grassfed cattle, in general, are leaner than cornfed because of the fatty acids found in the corn oil. One major reason that this is important, aside from animal treatment issues that accompany each method, is that since consumers commonly overindulge in beef by eating more than what’s suggested, it is dangerous for cardiac health to eat meat high in fat. According to Poore, beef should be consumed in quantities of about four to six ounces per serving several times per week; however, quite commonly this is surpassed
by way of consumers eating hamburgers, steaks, stews and roasts every day, several times a day. As a result of the high saturated fat content of beef, this type of diet compromises cardiac health and increases obesity; however, when eaten in moderation, the difference between fatty acids and fat content in corn-fed versus grass-fed cattle is trivial. Food Safety According to an article in The New York Times highlighting a case of E. coli that caused the paralysis of Stephanie Smith in 2007, E. coli sickens tens of thousands of people per year. Smith’s strain of O157:H7 E. coli was violent, changing the body and mindset of a healthy, 22-year-old dance teacher into a paralyzed woman who has lost confidence in the American food system. Her store-bought hamburger patty contained traces of meat from four different factories in the U.S. and Uruguay. As a result of this conventional method, it took some time to track down where the E. coli originated, time that the infected beef should not have been sitting on shelves in the supermarket. In terms of food safety, local production is seen as the better option because E. coli can be traced down to the cow it was produced from, allowing for any bacteria to be tracked and recalled more accurately. The conventional method, which uses feedlots, also increases the risk of E. coli infection. A feedlot is a type of animal feeding operation used for finishing cattle before beef production. It can house thousands of densely packed cattle on a small area of land. The high density of fecal waste increases the chances of E. coli contaminating the meat because cows are literally standing in their own waste, which is then transported to the slaughter house via their hides and feet as the waste is caked on. Environmental Impact Both types of cattle production have their arguments in terms of environmental impact, but it is up to the consumer to ultimately choose which production type to demand. A proponent of the conventional system would argue that the feedlot cattle
emit less methane, a greenhouse gas said to contribute to global warming. However, that may be misleading because it isn’t that grass-fed cows produce more methane necessarily, it is that they spend more time alive on the farm as they grow at a slower pace versus the fast growing feedlot cattle. By the numbers grass-fed cows may produce more methane; however, it is based on the fact that they live longer before being slaughtered. Water quality is another issue concerned with beef production and corn-fed cattle contribute heavily because of the high amount of nutrients found in relatively small feedlot areas. This is a problem when storms come through because runoff from these feedlots leach high levels of bacteria and nutrients, such as nitrogen, into the water table, contaminating local drinking water. The customer is always right Corn-fed and grass-fed cattle both affect the environment, nutrition and food safety. These issues are complex and there is not always a right answer. “As with most issues, the real answer is in the middle,” Poore said. Food production cannot be completely turned around and fixed within a day, nor is it sustainable the way it is at present, but consumer demand is a powerful thing. The take-home message is that consumers should know where their food comes from and research the methods used to produce their food. It is not enough to trust that food is produced with the consumer in mind when there are other factors such as profit and efficiency that may play a larger role in decision-making. Nash Yielding, a junior in science, technology and society, focuses on the connections between our thoughts and actions. “Today more than ever, we have the capacity to understand how everything we do is embedded in a larger network of our friends, families and communities, and how our thoughts and actions influence and are shaped by others,” Yielding said. Consumers must educate themselves on important food issues and vote for a change in the food production system by using their dollars to buy responsibly.
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“The team has the opportunity to put a face to the people who are paying for continued from page 8 their scholarships and the facilities,” Choboy said. “It’s conclusion of the alumni event a nice way to thank them for the team and the alumni at- all they have done since they tended the N.C. State football have left here.” Rollinson said he agreed game together Saturday afterwith Choboy and really ennoon. Choboy said he was pleased joyed the event. “Just to be able to play with the diversity in the alumni with [the turnout. alumni] “They were was fun,” well repreRollinsented in sevson said. eral different “Hopedecades,” f u l ly t he Choboy said. alumni “We had the will be 70s, 80s, 90s coming a n d w e ’v e out more had some and cont hat have tinuing to been here support since the beWolfpack ginning [of tennis.” the alumni Coach Jon Choboy One of event].” the current Overall the team and coaching staff were projects that the alumni very pleased with this year’s have helped fundraise is the event. Yet the team is still new outdoor tennis stadilooking to expand, according um. According to Choboy, construction should begin to Choboy. “We want to make it bigger,” in May and be completed in Choboy said. “We are looking December. “We are really looking to expand and hoping to get it to about 30-40 people coming forward to this stadium,” Choboy said. back.” Choboy said the event is not only important to the alumni, but also to his current players.
“The team has the opportunity to put a face to the people who are paying for their scholarships and the facilities.”
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Redshirt senior linebacker Ray Michel tries to tackle Duke running back, Desmond Scott, during the match up Saturday. Michel had a total of six tackles during the game. N.C. State lost to Duke 28 - 49.
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them and Lewis started 42. Our kid has started 16 and he is a pretty good quarterback, so what is he going to be like if he started 42 games? That is what the future does and that is what experience does.” O’Brien said State is “playing [its] best guys” in the secondary and is not planning on putting any of the players currently slated to redshirt the season into the lineup. “We finally have the secondary aligned the way we want to and we will see if we are better, and if they are not, we certainly are going to have
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to recruit guys,” O’Brien said. “We have some guys that are redshirted, I’d rather not take them this year. There are eight freshmen, whether redshirt or true freshman in the secondary on this roster, so I think the future is bright, but the future is in Boston next Saturday. “
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Redshirt senior running back Toney Baker said it is crucial the team not dwell on the past because there remain six games left in the season and a chance to make a mark. “[The most important thing] is for the team to believe we’re a capable team, a good football
team,” Baker said. “We’ve got to keep it together within the players, just trying to stay focused on Boston College and the rest of the season. We can’t look back – that’s our biggest challenge.” Moving forward into the upcoming Boston College game and the remainder of the season, O’Brien said he is looking for his team to improve its tackling and put the time spent on it in practice to use. “It is about time we stood up and became accountable for ourselves and started tackling people,” O’Brien said. “We have worked awfully hard on it. We tackle Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday, you just can’t do it in a drill.”
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Wolfpack fans, players and coaches have teamed up to raise over $7,000 for the Boston College chapter of Uplifting Athletes in honor of Eagles linebacker Mark Herzlich. The 2008 ACC defensive player of the year was diagnosed with Ewing’s sarcoma, a rare form of blood and large tissue cancer, and is sitting this season out while undergoing treatment. According to doctors in a recent report, Herzlich’s treatments have been going well and he is 99 percent cancer free. Source: NCSU Athletics
Three alumni named top pros The Sporting News recently released a list of the top 100 current NFL players and three former Wolfpack standouts were in the top 66. Former no. 1 draft pick Mario Williams of the Houston Texans is ranked 34th, quarterback Phillip Rivers of the San Diego Chargers is ranked 54th and safety Adrian Wilson of the Arizona Cardinals is ranked 66th. Only five other schools — Miami, Florida State, Michigan, Oklahoma and Tennessee — have as many players ranked in the top 66. Source: NCSU Athletics
Illova wins finals match at BJK Invitational The N.C. State women’s tennis team concluded play at the Billie Jean King Women’s College Invitational on Monday, Oct. 12. Two Wolfpack women advanced to the finals. Freshman Tanya Illova won her finals match over Julie Flanzer of Brown and sophomore Sandhya Nagaraj lost to Nicole Bartnik of Columbia. The women’s tennis team will be back in action as it travels to Winston Salem on Oct. 22 to compete at the ITA Regional Indoors. Source: NCSU Athletics
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Head coach Tom O’Brien, redshirt sophomore quarterback Russell Wilson and the rest of the N.C. State football team listen to the marching band play the Alma Mater after the Duke game Saturday, Oct. 10. N.C. State lost to Duke 49 - 28.
Pack looking for answers 0-2 in the ACC, coach Tom O’Brien and staff assessing situation
season playing well. “Nobody’s pointing fingers down there. Everyone’s banding together,” Floyd said. ”We’re bunkered down and we’re ready to play our next six games.” Kate Shefte In addition to taking it one game at a time, O’Brien Sports Editor said controlling outside influences will be crucial After two early ACC losses, both of them involving to playing better throughout the remainder of the collapses in the late stages of the game, doubt has season. “It is always a problem for kids on the outside tellcrept into the minds of Wolfpack fans who thought this was the year State could win a conference title. ing them that they are too good. If you call a kid a dog However, those concerns don’t seem to be shared by long enough, he is going to start barking,” O’Brien the team itself. O’Brien said the team is “certainly” said. “You have to make sure that they understand to focus each and every week and we better than a year ago and he also will add them up at the end.” said he has been pleased with the After the past two games, a reaPack’s effort, but disappointed with son for concern is the secondary, the outcomes. which has surrendered big games “We have had good effort,” through the air to both Riley SkinO’Brien said. “We just haven’t gotner of Wake Forest and Thaddeus ten the job done.” Lewis of Duke. As expected, the With three of five of the Pack’s awards were heaped upon Lewis competitors in the ACC Atlantic Coach Tom O’Brien Monday after his record-breaking Division already having two or performance against the Pack. For more conference losses, the team knows it still has a chance to compete for a first place his 459 yard, 5 touchdown performance against the finish in the division. Keeping this in mind, O’Brien Wolfpack, he was named the ACC Offensive Back of said the Pack is focused on playing one game at a the Week and Quarterback of the Week by the Davey O’Brien Foundation. time. O’Brien said it is important to note that both op“I have a mindset that you don’t get to high or too low, whether you win or lose,” O’Brien said. “Each posing quarterbacks the Pack has faced the last two week is a challenge and when you go through it and weeks have far more experience than Wilson, for all you play 12 weeks in the season, the game you are his impressive statistics. “We ran into two good quarterbacks who played playing now is the most important.” Bobby Floyd said despite the early struggles, the very good games against us,” O’Brien said. “You look team is prepared to come together to improve on at them, Skinner started 44 games when we played the past two games and finish the second half of the
“If you call a kid a dog long enough, he is going to start barking,””
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The third annual men’s tennis alumni event was held October 9-10 to honor those who have dedicated their time and efforts to the team. The event was located at the Wolfpack’s J.W. Isenhour Tennis Center. 12 alumnus and their families came out to the event to support the team. According to coach Jon Choboy, this event is a great way to stay in contact with the team’s alumni. “It’s our third year doing this and we just want to reconnect with our alumni,” Choboy said. “This was our biggest turnout and it’s
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Jaime Pulgar, freshman, returns a serve from Georgia Tech April 16, 2009, helping N.C. State advance the Wolfpack to Friday’s games.
growing each year.” The alumni event kicked off the weekend on Friday at the
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Six tennis alumni participated in the tournament. In past years the alumni tennis event did not coincide with the All-Sport reunion. “This year we meshed the alumni event with the All-Sports reunion so all sports could be represented,” Choboy said. Saturday morning, the alums and current members of the tennis team were paired up for a round robin tournament. Redshirt freshman Will Rollinson said the round robin was his favorite part of the event. “It was really fun to get to play with the guys,” Rollinson said. “I played with two guys, one was the class of ’74 and one was class of ’78, and they were actually still pretty good.” At the end of the round robin the Wolfpack club provided a luncheon social for all who participated. In
fter the performance put forth on the field during N.C. State football’s recent outing against Duke, it is safe to say that the inevitable grumbles that we hear each and every year from Wolfpack fans will start to get louder as the week prog re s se s forward. It is not time to look t ow a r d t h e Chadwick f lashing red O’Connell panic button Staff writer just quite yet. For numbers as to why the panic button should not be applied just yet, first look toward the standings in the Atlantic Division of the ACC, where four of six teams have at least two losses in conference play. The first place team is a Wake Forest team who has tough games coming up against Coastal Division powerhouses, No. 9 Miami and No. 19 Georgia Tech. There are three teams stuck in the middle of the standings and that is where the Pack currently is. Florida State rounds out the bottom of the division, having already suffered three losses in ACC play. Having such a weak division compared to the Coastal Division, which has three ranked teams, only benefits the Pack as they look to make a run at the ACC Championship Game. Before even thinking about winning the division, it should be back to basics for the Wolfpack. A key area that is hindering the Pack’s ability to win is the lack of consistent coverage in the secondary. When examining the statistics from the past two contests, it is very clear the secondary is not getting the job done against opposing offensive units. Once again, it is not time to start grumbling, because State has a very experienced coaching staff that knows what it takes to win and can make the proper adjustments from this point forward. As the Pack goes back to the drawing board in search of some solutions, they will need to find their identity as a football team. Is it a hard, grinding team that fights on both the offensive and defensive sides of the ball, or is it a team that looks to put up basketball-like scores on the scoreboard? Having Russell Wilson and company on offense is a real relief when looking at the upcoming games for the Pack. The next contest for the team will be against a Boston College team that got rattled against a strong Virginia Tech squad, and then the Pack heads to Tallahassee to face a Florida State team in complete turmoil. In order for the Wolfpack to become bowl eligible they must win four of their last six games, but the good news is the only ranked team the Pack will face from here on out is Virginia Tech. Reaching a bowl game is still a plausible objective, so fear not, for there is no need to pull out the “there’s always next year” card. But on a positive note, look for All-ACC quarterback Wilson and the other veterans on the team to get on-field discipline back where it should be. Fans need not grumble about past results, but look forward to an improved team that can produce the results we are all looking for. So put those hands back in your pockets and keep them off the panic button for now.
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