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Professor Helen Dixon, a postdoctoral teaching scholar, explains the different kinds of clothing worn in Ancient Phoenicia at an event in Withers Hall on Wednesday.
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The Phoenician people are best known for accomplishments such as starting the modern alphabet and colonizing the Mediterranean, but they were also responsible for lesser-known innovations, such as the use of orthodontics, according to an N.C. State professor. Helen M. Dixon, a postdoctoral teaching scholar in the history department, taught faculty members and student research about the ancient civilization at “Exploring Private Life in Ancient Phoenicia,”a lecture held in Withers Hall Tuesday evening. According to Dixon, a postdoctoral teaching scholar in the history department, a man’s skeleton was found with wire weaved between his front, bottom teeth to keep them from falling out. Dixon also spoke about the daily lives of ancient Phoenicians who lived in the area that is now coastal Syria, Lebanon and Israel. The Department of History asked Dixon to speak at the lecture this week because related to an exhibit at the North Carolina Museum of History, “Cedars in the Pines,” which will open Feb. 22. The exhibit features research done by the Lebanese-American Studies program at N.C. State and will showcase the history of immigrants from Lebanon that have come to North Carolina since the 1880s. “It’s fun that I study the most ancient subject in the history department,” Dixon said. “It’s great how many people were interested to come and learn more about it.” Dixon said Phoenicians are best known for accomplishments such
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Adjunct faculty members across the country claim they are being underpaid and undervalued by their employers, according to a report released by the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce last month. However, not all N.C. State adjunct faculty members agree with the report’s findings. According to the report, 98 percent of respondents said they were “missing opportunities to better serve their students because of the demands of their schedule” and that their schedules were too loaded and unpredictable. Despite the report’s findings, some adjunct faculty members said they don’t have quarrels with the program. However, these faculty members often have to work another job to compensate financially. Several faculty members, such as Rick Langley, work within in the University without monetary compensation at all. Langley, who has been an adjunct professor at N.C. State for two years, said he became an adjunct professor because he was already heavily involved with the school and wanted to form a stronger relationship. While Langley said he has given guest lectures, he does not teach a regular course. Rather, he works as a liaison between N.C. State and
“I love working with students. I love research, and I don’t need to be rewarded for that.” Susan Schiffman, adjunct professor of electrical and computer engineering
the Division of Public Health where he has worked as a medical consultant for 15 years. According to Susan Miller Cochrane, director of the first-year writing program at N.C. State, the availability of adjunct faculty member positions can be unpredictable. The renewal of an adjunct faculty member’s contract depends on N.C. State’s budget. The Department of English offers a number of writing courses that are taught by adjunct faculty members. The teachers of those courses typically don’t know whether their contracts will be renewed the following year, Cochrane said. “[Contract renewal] can be a very stressful situation,” Cochrane said in a previous interview with the Technician. “It’s much more difficult to cut from tenure lines than from other areas of the budget. We used to offer longer contracts to faculty who had more seniority, five years. Now it’s one year at a time.” Steven Hunter, an N.C. State adjunct professor of computer science
and engineering, said he hasn’t taught a course in recent years due to frequent traveling, which prevents him from having a regular schedule. He said he does, however, mentor students and teach classes if there is a need. Hunter said he serves as a member of a doctoral committee that guides students who are striving to receive a doctoral degree. The committee also provides feedback about their proposals. According to Hunter, after being approached by someone on his Ph.D. committee at Duke University, he decided to become an adjunct professor at N.C. State. In 1997, Hunter taught his first course, a graduate class of about 100 students. While teaching courses, Hunter said he was paid per class and though it was nice to have that extra income, he did not take the job for the money. “I did it more for the enjoyment of teaching and engaging students,” Hunter said. “I like the academia atmosphere more than the money aspect.” Susan Schiffman, a retired Duke University professor and an N.C. State adjunct professor of electrical and computer engineering, said that getting paid for a parttime position is not necessary and having access to labs and scientific articles is enough for her. Schiffman said adjunct faculty
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N.C. State and museum benefit from partnership Jess Thomas Staff Writer
The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences and N.C. State have created a give-and-take relationship where the museum gives University-generated research a public platform for presentation. Lindsay Zanno, who works at N.C. State as an assistant research professor of biology, is also the paleontology lab director for the museum. She said both institutions are able to assist the other
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Diplomat presents solutions for war-torn countries Katherine Kehoe Staff Writer
The 2014 Diplomat in Residence for the School of Public and International Affairs answered difficult questions about how to bring peace to war-stricken countries and addressed the need for justice against tyrannical leaders during a lecture Tuesday in Withers Hall. Henrietta Mensa-Bonsu’s lecture, titled “Confronting the Past to Shape the Future: Transitional Justice Issues and Post-Conflict Recovery,” explored different ways to bring order and justice to countries struggling to transition after years of violence and conflict. Mensa-Bonsu said that transitional justice is a difficult process because it demands accountability, resurfaces troubling memories of conflict and must answer questions about how to bring perpetrators to justice. However, Mensa-Bonsu said
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Ghanian Diplomat Henrietta Mensa-Bonsu discusses problems and solutions for countries ruled by war lords during her public address in Withers Hall on Tuesday. Mensa-Bonsu said she believes the best option is “whatever would let the peace be sustained until the society’s capacity for managing internal differences and fierce controversy can be better handled.”
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the most difficult aspect of transitional justice is deciding whether or not to grant pardons to oppressive leaders who need to be taken out of power. “If a pardon were granted in the name of peace, would it promote peace or would it deepen the culture of impunity which may have provoked the crisis to begin with?” Mensa-Bonsu said. Though pardons may cause some warlords to resist laying down their weapons for fear of harsh trials thereafter,
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in various ways. “N.C. State provides my program with the opportunity to take postdoctoral students, graduate students and undergraduate students as well as to teach classes,” Zanno said. In addition, Zanno said the museum provides the University with an opportunity to conduct a public extension of its research where faculty members can give presentations, develop public programs and create interactive models of their research. “A typical grant involves how the research will be communicated to the public, so the museum provides a vector for university faculty in their grant writing to be able to demonstrate to public agencies that they are doing public extension,” Zanno said. An example of such collaboration would be a $7.3 million grant given to N.C. State last year, where the museum was named a partner, according to Kimberly Kandros, the director of grants at the museum.
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ravis Tennant, extension associate in the Meat Science Department, generates ham trim. “Meat science will touch everyone in some part of their lives whether they realize it or not. Many of the things that go into meat science will save lives, it isn’t just about the food, but every part of the animal can be used. It’s projected that the world population will double by 2050. Meat scientists need to come up with new innovations to expand the current meat supply and feed the world. Basically, meat scientists are saving the world one bite at a time.”
Mensa-Bonsu said that it’s vital to not ignore justice. “You simply cannot act a certain way and get away with it,” Mensa-Bonsu said. “Gross human rights abuses have to be accounted for, but at the same time you are looking at a broken society and need to get it to move again.” Additionally, Mensa-Bonsu said easing the punishments for oppressive leaders risks giving other world leaders the incentive to act in similar ways. “There are no easy answers here,” Mensa-Bonsu said. “Grant amnesty and achieve peace and set a bad example, or get them to account and
risk a return to the conflict” Mensa-Bonsu said the best course for post-conflict countries to take is one that would sustain peace until the society’s capacity for managing internal differences and fierce controversy can be handled better. Qu i l l ia n A nderson, a freshmen in First Year College, said that the questions Mensa-Bonsu discussed concerning justice were thoughtprovoking and important to discuss. “I have never thought about just how connected the ideas of maintaining stability and implementing justice actually were,” Anderson said. “It has
Kandros said the grant involves the two organizations developing projects that are designed to train teachers and students about the scientific research process. According to Zanno, the main benefit of this relationship is providing an innovative component to her graduate program at N.C. State, where students working in the museum will be able to communicate with the public about science. “When I bring my graduate students to get a degree at N.C. State they are provided with professional development about being an effective science communicator by working with the museum and interacting with the public on a daily basis,” Zanno said. Zanno said being hired by the University and museum in tandem has provided her with the opportunity of building a graduate program that not only emphasizes research and teaching, but also building the next generation of science communicators. Kandros said many N.C. State researchers will contact the museum in order to collaborate with them on grant
proposals. “We’ve got several grants at any given time, and N.C. State researchers will contact us to become their broader impact section of the grants as required by the National Science Foundation,” Kandros said. Kandros said in order to meet the requirement set forth by the National Science Foundation, the museum will develop an educational program aimed at the public that highlights the research conducted by the scientists. Kandros also said the lectures given at the museum generally don’t have a large turnout. However, the lectures are recorded and can reach many people, and the research being done in the Triangle is communicated to a wide audience. “We have 1.2 million visitations at the museum, and potentially, the programs that we create can reach that many people,” Kandros said. “Additionally, many of our lectures are recorded and posted online where they can be viewed by potentially thousands of people,” Kandros said.
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made me see conflicts in these countries much differently and more complexly than I did before.” Mensa-Bonsu also discussed the pros and cons of using truth commissions as a means of making leaders responsible for their actions. Truth commissions are inquiries concerning the physical actions, root causes and societal consequences of the human rights violations performed by the leader in question. They are a way to bring justice and reform to a troubled government as well as peace of mind to the victims of atrocities, MensaBonsu said.
Mensa-Bonsu said that truth commissions are a good means of obtaining justice because they are accessible to all citizens and allow a victim to feel a sense of empowerment and psychological restoration once a perpetrator confesses his or her crimes. However, according to Mensa-Bonsu, the truth commissions often have skirting accountability and are sometimes unable to secure the participation and show genuine contriteness of perpetrators. According to Ma l lor y Deeter, a sophomore in history, Mensa-Bonsu discussed issues in her lecture that were
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very important for some western-minded members of the University to think about. “I was really interested when she spoke about the pros and cons of truth commissions,” Deeter said. “She was very honest and addressed both sides of the argument. I appreciated how educated she was and how she shared her personal experiences about a topic that is so relevant in the world today.” Mensa-Bonsu is the Director of the Legon Centre for International Affairs and Diplomacy as well as a professor of law at University of Ghana, Legon.
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as starting the modern alphabet and colonizing the Mediterranean. However, Dixon described what is thought to be a day in the life of a typical Phoenician. “The Phoenicia ns a re known as big time innovators, but that isn’t all there is to the story,” Dixon said. After her lecture, an audience member asked Dixon how many actual Phoenician texts are available that can be used as evidence for or against historians’ findings. Dixon said there aren’t many texts that can be studied, so historians have to speculate about certain time periods by studying ancient objects relative to that part of history. “It’s amazing how detailed of a description they can have of daily life in ancient Phoenicia since there isn’t much physical evidence,” said Matthew Zalesak, a senior in industrial engineering. Most of Dixon’s work em-
which is why N.C. State is so highly regarded.” Similarly, Langley said he enjoys working with colleagues and being able to access research journals that are not available to him through his job at the Division of Public Health. “I’m glad to have this position, I get to meet new scientists and work with them,” Langley said. Langley, Hunter and Schiff-
man all said they did not receive payment for their work with the University, but that other aspects of teaching at N.C. State compensated. Schiffman said she enjoyed working with N.C. State’s hard-working students and honest faculty. “I love working with students,” Schiffman said. “I love research and I don’t need to be rewarded for that. It’s a wonderful feeling to work
phasizes death and burial in Phoenician culture. She talked about a 2,500-yearold skeleton of a man from Tunis that has been used to create a model of what an average Phoenician man looks like. The model depicts a man between the age of 19 to 24 years old and was about 5’10 in height. Lebanese archeologists working in Beruit in 1994 and 1996 excavated a site that showed the layout of Phoenician houses. According to Dixon, the beds in homes were on the roof of the houses or in the most elevated room, especially in the summertime because of the heat. She discussed how Phoenicians would most likely go to a market and visit a shrine during an average day. These observations have also been made from the archaeologists’ excavations. By observing Phoenician art, Dixon said historians have determined that women wore long, layered garments as well as veils or hair coverings.
However, she said there is still speculation as to how accurate the art is, because there’s also Phoenician art of inaccurate depictions of animals such as monkeys. For example, she showed artwork done by Phoenicians where monkeys had been given human hands. Dixon talked about the jewelry the ancient people wore including earrings and jewelry that had Egyptian hieroglyphics written on them, which was a popular trend during that time because many civilizations were interested in that culture. According to Dixon, women used makeup, such as mascara and eyeliner, which was made from sticks of kohl. She said researchers found a skeleton of a woman that had been buried while clutching the kohl eyeliner. Dixon also talked about the discovery of 1,038 dog burials in Phoenicia, saying that historians have concluded Phoenicians had great respect for dogs and gave them a proper burial.
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with students and see them grow and establish themselves professionally.” Hunter said he plans to teach full time at N.C. State once he retires from his job at IBM. Though he said he believes his already established connection with the University would help, he admits that finding a position has a lot to do with timing. “You can be a really good person for a job, but if there’s
not a job, well that’s it,” Hunter said. Adjunct faculty members are typically hired to teach courses for professors on leave for research, or to help handle classes with unexpectedly high enrollments, such as freshman English classes, labs and foreign language courses, according to Betsy Brown, vice provost for faculty affairs in a previous interview with the Technician.
Out of the total 2,068 faculty members employed by N.C. State in 2011, 338 were part time, Brown said. Brown said most adjunct faculty members were hired from two-year colleges. She said research institutions like N.C. State typically had fewer part-time faculty members.
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at iona l Footba l l League Commissioner Roger Goodell opened the extra point discussion to the public after admitting the NFL is considering a proposal to eliminate the extra point. Before disucssing the pros and cons, I think most Tyler Gobin of us need to Staff columnist know where the extra point came from. The extra points place in history always escaped me, so I did some research and found its origin traces back to rugby. In the past players thought of a touchdown as a means to get a free attempt at the goal and earlier scoring systems awarded more points for the kick than the touchdown. Obviously, those roles have been reversed over time, as the extra point might be on its way out. The first thing that comes
to mind for the average football-savvy American is that a touchdown will then be only worth six points, thus making field goals that much more important. Or would teams attempt a two-point conversion on every play? Nope. Instead of the added risk and entertainment from closer margins, the ousting of the extra point wouldn’t do a thing to the scoring system. Goodell proposed a system where a touchdown would award a team seven points and the option to go for an eighth point. If the team’s attempt for an eighth point fails, it loses a point, thus making the touchdown only worth six points. The NFL has good reason to propose the change, after Goodell pointed out that only five out of the 1,200 extra points attempted during the 2013-14 season were missed. With a success rate of more than 99 percent, kickers can practically make these in their sleep. Obviously some of the
only advocates against the elimination of the extra point are the NFL kickers. Steven Hauschka, kicker for the Seattle Seahawks, said, “ We’ve got the most popular game in the country right now and growing worldwide, but we are in danger of being marginalized.” The kickers might be the only ones complaining, but they accidentally dug their own graves. The extra points used to involve more risk because they were attempted by position players, but now kickers are too good. You can put a robot out there and it might miss more. My vote to increase risk and keep the play: Employ a kid who is younger than 15 to kick. Create life-changing opportunities for children and be required to constantly change kickers because they have to be under the age requirement. They are compensated to the same point that college athletes are and parental consent obviously has to be given. All jokes aside, I think the
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NFL’s plan to kill the position of kicker and take the “foot” out of football is noticeable. If it tried to do it slowly enough to escape attention, it failed. After moving the kickoff up, kickers are constantly booting the ball through the end zone and now people are questioning one of the most exciting, but most dangerous plays in the game. My advice to kickers is to stop being so good and scuff a couple kicks to keep your jobs because you seriously don’t have much of an argument. The kickoff will remain one of the most entertaining plays in football, but the NFL has shown it’s willing to sacrifice entertainment for safety. The extra point doesn’t simply have a point anymore, and with the NFL trying to squeeze as much entertainment out of every play, the extra point is as good as gone. Send Tyler your thoughts to technician-viewpoint@ncsu. edu.
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oward the end of 2013, a video called “How t he Media Fai led Women in 2013” went viral. It showcased a few of the year’s proudest moments for women as well as the many ways mainstream media underrepresented women and perpetuated sexist Nicky Vaught attitudes. Staff Columnist Among t h e s e e xamples of harmful representation, American Apparel was featured brief ly. The video calls attention to one of American Apparel’s ads in which a fully dressed man undresses a woman. The video is not the first time the clothing company has received criticism for its sexist and racist practices. Controversy has surrounded who exactly the models are. For some time, the models were rumored to have been Charney’s one-night-stands. When the company claimed its models were “real people,” factory and retail employees
instead of professional models, evidence showed some of the models were, in fact, professional models. Ads feature women in submissive poses and men in dominant ones. Women are rarely fully dressed, if not completely nude—save one article of clothing; men are rarely undressed at all. Some ads play on such themes as child pornography. In 2012, Britain’s Advertising Standards Authority banned the display of American Apparel ads under the grounds that they were, in many cases, pornographic, exploitative or irresponsibly voyeuristic. Clearly, American Apparel doesn’t have the best track record as far as gender representation goes. In fact, many cite American ABut the company isn’t completely harmful. As anyone who has been in an American Apparel store would know, the company boasts itself as “sweatshop-free.” Factory workers manufacture all products in the United States, offering appeal to nationalminded consumers.
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With the new year came new ads. Ads have started featuring fewer naked women and more nearly nude men. More women have been pictured as dominant to men. That doesn’t mean images of women as subservient to men are, in any way, a thing of the past for the clothing line. Really, there’s no need to display any gender as dominant to another, but it isn’t bad to start by evening the ratio. Evidently the mannequins come as a statement meant to reinforce the idea that American Apparel has always supported the natural look. Or could it be an extension of Charney’s fetishization of hairy women? No one can know for sure. Additionally, the clothing line announced Thursday it had hired a new model, Jacky O’Shaughnessy, age 62, who has already been photographed in lingerie as well as casual wear. Whether American Apparel ’s decision to hire O’Shaughnessy came as a response to the criticism of its exploitation of young women
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or the result of “something so compelling about Jacky’s look and energy,” as one representative said, it’s hard to tell. Still, it’s definitely a step in the right direction for the company. Even with all of these changes, from the microdynamics presented in advertisements to the in-your-face publicity stunts in mannequins and models, American Apparel isn’t completely off the hook. Ads still portray women in compromising positions far more than they do men. The company still relies on photos imitating voyeurism to sell clothes. It will be important to keep a close eye on American Apparel in the coming months and years, as it has demonstrated a capacity to move toward less problematic practices. Let’s just hope it stays on track. Send Nicky your thoughts to technician-viewpoint@ ncsu.edu.
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he education system in the United States is broken. Despite spending more money than any other country in the world on education, with the exception o f Sw i tzerland, t h e U. S . is consistently outperformed by its interTim Gorski national Staff Columnist competitors. The latest test results from the Program for International Student Assessment show that the U.S. ranks 26th in math, 17th in reading and 21st in science. According to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, the Slovak Republic spends about $53,000 USD per student each year, whereas the U.S. spends $115,000 per student. Despite this spending disparity, the OECD has shown that students from each country “perform at the same level.” What’s worse about the U.S.’s failure in the education system is the confounding ramifications of this failure. According to the documentary film, Waiting for Superman, a student drops out of high school in the U.S. every 26 seconds. Students who drop out are eight times more likely to go to jail, are not eligible for 90 percent of jobs, get paid 40 cents on the dollar compared to college graduates and are more likely to need public assistance. Given that the future of our country lies in the hands of children, and that a good education is quickly becoming a necessity, one must wonder what it is that the education system is doing so ineffectively. It seems that it would be difficult to spend our dollars efficiently. Although public education is multifaceted and cannot possibly be solved by any singular provision, one of the main criticisms politicians and students alike have concerning public education is the tenure system. Under the tenure system, a teacher who has been working for a school for a specified amount of time is effectively impossible to fire. The policy of tenure was popularized by unions, such as the National Educator’s Association, throughout the U.S. in the late 1890s and early 1900s, when teachers were frequently subjected to flippant job
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termination from administrators and unreasonable demands from parents. Unions argued that teachers, just like all other industries, required some sort of protection. Today, about 2.3 million public school teachers in the U.S. have tenure. Many argue that schools would do better without some of them. Time magazine reported instances including a Florida teacher who remained in classrooms for a year despite the fact that she threw books at students and forced them to refer to her as “Ms. God.” It has been argued on numerous occasions in the political sphere that the inability of administrators to fire bad teachers and replace them with new, better teachers
“A student drops out of high school in the U.S every 26 seconds.” inevitably leads to a subpar education for students. Now a similar argument is being made in the courtroom. The case Vergara v. California was filed last Monday by the nonprofit advocacy group, Students Matter, on behalf of nine students and their families in Los Angeles Superior Court, according to the L.A. Times. Students Matter is reportedly arguing in court that the tenure laws in California are innately in violation of the Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause, because they do not ensure that students have access to satisfactory education. According to The New York Times, the first witness and former superintendent of Los Angeles Unified School District, John Deasy, said, “attempts to dismiss ineffective teachers can cost $250,000 to $450,000 and include years of appeals and legal proceedings.” This, Deasy said, “make[s] it impossible not to place ineffective teachers at schools with high poverty rates.” Only time will tell if the court rules that tenure is fundamentally irreconcilable with equal access to education, but nearly anyone can tell that a teacher who will only answer to “Ms. God” in the classroom should not be hard to fire. Send Tim your thoughts to technician-viewpoint@ncsu. edu.
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“I think they should get rid of it because all the points should come from the touchdown.” Marshall Anthony junior, business administration
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“No, because it allows a chance for a team in a difficult situation to come back more quickly- kind of like the threepoint shot in basketball.” Ryan Rothrock freshman, industrial engineering
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Director y escritor Mexicano, Alonso Alvarez Barreda, visitó NC State el lunes 3 de febrero tras haber sido invitado por Enita Galindo Croasmun, directora en el departamento de Comunicaciones. Nacido en la Ciudad de México, el joven director creció en Tampico en el sur de Tamaulipas, México. Después de haber sido rechazado por las universidades de cinematografía a las cuales aplicó, Alvarez pudo seguir su pasión con la ayuda de su mentor, Alejandro Monteverde, que también es un aclamado director Mexicano, conocido por su película Bella que se tomó el People’s Choice Award en el Toronto International Film Festival en el 2006. Sin antecedentes de estudio oficial en cinematografía, Alvarez al principio se encontró en desventaja al no tener un fondo de información técnica. “Siempre me sentí abatido, me sentía como si no fuera lo suficientemente bueno para la escuela de cine,” añadió Alvarez. A pesar de las dificultades, el joven llegó a las Estados Unidos hace seis años después de recibir reconocimientos por su cortometraje, Historia de un Letrero, y desde entonces ha escrito y ayudado a producir películas con la compañía y soporte de Monteverde. “Hay veces que el talento no es suficiente, necesitas a alguien que crea en ese talento,” dijo Alvarez, con relación a su mentor. Durante el evento del Lunes por la noche, que tomo lugar en Winston Hall, Alvarez presentó cuatro de sus trabajos y hablo acerca de su proyecto, The Wingwalker que está en planes para salir el próximo año. El último cortometraje que presentó, The Catch, escrito en colaboración con David Henrie, no había sido presentado al público anteriormente y fue una clase de preselección para los asistentes. Historia de un Letrero fue nombrada me-
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Mexican director and writer, Alonso Alvarez Barreda, visited NC State on Monday following an invitation from Enita Galindo Croasmun, a lecturer in the Department of Communication. Born in Mexico City, the director spent his childhood in Tampico in southern Tamaulipas, Mexico. After being rejected by the film schools to which he applied, Alvarez was given the opportunity to follow his quest to be a filmmaker with the help of his mentor, Alejandro Monteverde. Monteverde is also an acclaimed Mexican director known for his film Bella which took the People’s Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2006. Without an official background in cinematographic studies, Alvarez was initially at a disadvantage. “I always felt broken, I felt like I was not good enough to go to film school,” Alvarez said. Despite his difficulties, Alvarez came to the United States six years ago after receiving awards for his short film, The Story of a Signboard, and has since written and helped produce films with support from Monteverde. “Sometimes talent is not enough, you need someone who believes in that talent,” Alvarez said. During the event, which took place in Winston Hall Monday night, Alvarez presented four of his works and talked about his upcoming project, The Wingwalker. The last short film he presented, The Catch, which was written in collaboration with Disney Channel actor David Henrie, had not previously been presented to the public and was a part of a prescreening event.
Story of a Signboard was named the best short film at the Cannes Film Festival in 2007. With only a wheelchair, a skateboard and a simple camera, Alvarez created a story in which the power of words and mercy can change the life of a poor man. The film was about a blind man who asked for money to survive with only the aid of a cardboard sign. However, when a wealthy young businessman changes the sign’s message from “have mercy I’m blind,” to “today is a beautiful day and I cannot see it,” the poor beggar begins to receive more donations without knowing why. The Discovery, the short film recipient of Mexico’s Humanitarian Award, was also shown for the N.C. State audience. It was about a boy and his father left alone after the death of the wife and mother respectively. The father turns to alcohol while the child looks for ways to prevent them from losing everything they have. The audience was transported to the 18th century with Crescendo, where the director explores the frightening idea of a world without the composer Ludwig van Beethoven. The dialogue of the film was in German although the leading actress was Colombian. Crescendo was the winner of 16 international awards and was nominated for an Oscar. Moving away from his comfort zone, Alvarez said he knew the film would be a challenge but would have the potential to be very successful. “We were a bunch of Mexicans making a German film,” Alvarez said. “It was very interesting for me.” Alvarez continues to work on his next production which is scheduled to be released in 2015.
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jor cortometraje en el Cannes Film Festival en el 2007. Con solo unas sillas de ruedas, unas patinetas, y una simple cámara, Barrera creo toda una historia en la que el poder de las palabras y la misericordia le cambian la vida a un pobre hombre. Trataba de un hombre ciego que pide plata para subsistir, con solo la ayuda de un letrero de cartón. Cuando llega un joven hombre adinerado que le cambia su mensaje de “Ten compasión estoy siego” a “Hoy es un hermoso día y no puedo verlo,” el pobre limosnero empieza a recibir más donaciones sin saber exactamente por qué. El Descubrimiento, ganadora del Premio Humanitario de México, también fue presentada a la pequeña audiencia. Se trataba de un niño y su padre que quedan solos tras la muerte de la esposa y madre respectivamente. El padre se embriaga en el alcohol mientras el niño busca la manera de hacerlo feliz y de no perder todo lo que tienen. Es una historia conmovedora con más detalle y dialogo que la Historia de un Letrero pero aun así mantiene la simple naturaleza de los tempranos trabajos de Alvarez. Finalmente, la audiencia fue transportada al siglo 18 con Crescendo en la cual el director exploró la temible idea de lo posible que fue no haber tenido el gran compositor Ludwig van Beethoven. El diálogo del cortometraje estaba en alemán aunque su actriz principal era Colombiana, así que el guíon tuvo que ser traducido del español al ingles al alemán. Crescendo fue ganadora de 16 premios internacionales y fue considerado para un Oscar por su excelencia cinematográfica. Al alejarse de su zona de confort Alvarez sabía que sería un reto pero con posibilidades de dar muy buenos resultados. “Éramos un montón de Mexicanos creando una película Alemana… fue interesante,” dijo Alvarez. Alvarez continúa trabajando en su próxima producción, que está programada para salir en el 2015.
Desde México, náufrago dura 13 meses en el pacífico Imforme del personal
Desafiando las probabilidades, el náufrago José Salvador Alvarenga reclama haber sobrevivido más de un año a la deriva en el Pacífico en un barco de fibra de vidrio de 22 pies antes de aparecer en Ebon en las Islas Marshalls la semana pasada. Mientras sus reclamos siguen sin convencer a algunos, las historias desde México sugieren que por lo menos alguna de su historia parece serlo. Alvarenga le ha dicho a diplomáticos y reporteros desde su cama en el hospital en Ebon que él zarpó desde la aldea de pescadores de la Costa Azul en la costa del estado de México de Chiapas en Diciembre del 2012 con un compañero pescador llamado Ezequiel, pero fueron soplados en el océano por el mal tiempo. El otro pescador murió alrededor de un mes en el viaje, según Alvarenga. Según The Guardian, el oficial de servicios de rescate Jaime Marroquín confirmó que un barco tripulado por dos pescadores fue reportado como desaparecido desde Costa Azul dos días después de haber salido el 17 de noviembre del 2012. Marroquín, quien supervisó la operación de búsqueda, dijo que el clima había sido muy malo y que era posible que el barco hubiera sido soplado hacia el océano.
“Los vientos eran altos,” dijo Marroquín. “Hemos llevado a cabo una intensa búsqueda, pero tuvimos que parar los vuelos de búsqueda después de dos días por motivo a la poca visibilidad.” Desde las islas Marshall, Alvarenga ha dicho que mientras él había estado basado en México por unos 15 años, el era originado de una ciudad costera en el Salvador llamada Garita Palmera, cerca de la frontera con Guatemala. El Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de El Salvador emitió un comunicado diciendo que estaban coordinando con las autoridades mexicanas y que el náufrago regresaría primero a México y después al Salvador. Aunque su historia es increíblemente difícil de creer, el misterio permanece ya que de qué otra manera el pudo haber cruzado 6.200 millas de mar abierto para llegar a las Islas Marshall en un barco que es, al menos, muy similar al que se usó cuando salió en el 2012. “Es difícil para mí imaginar a alguien sobrevivir 13 meses en el mar,” le dijo a la Associated Press, Tom Armbruster, embajador de los Estados Unidos en Majuro. “Pero también es difícil imaginar cómo alguien podría llegar a Ébano de la nada.” .
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Junot Díaz ganó el premio Pulitzer para ficción en 2008 para su novela La breve y maravillosa
Ganador del premio Pulitzer vendrá a N.C. Literary Festival Paula Gordon Editor de Bienvenidos
Con sólo tres meses hasta el North Carolina Literary Festival, el serie de autores y oradores fue anunciado la semana pasada. Notablemente a la parte superior de la lista fue el autor Dominicano y ganador del premio Pulitzer Junot Díaz. Nacido en la República Dominicana y crecido en Nueva Jersey, se describe Díaz como intensamente Americano, y se hace conocido por sus disursos animados y charlas francas. Díaz trabaja hoy día como profesór de escritura en el Instituto de Tecnología de Massachusetts.
Su novela, La breve y maravillosa vida de Óscar Wao, ganó el premio de 2008 del National Books Critic Circle y el premio Pulitzer de 2008 para ficción. Su otro trabajo, Así es como la pierdes, fue best seller del New York Times y recibió crítica positiva. Ambas obras han sido traducido en más que 12 idiomas. Según su sitio de web, el N.C. literary Festival mueve entre las bibliotecas de Duke University, UNC Chapel Hill, y N.C. State. El Literary Festival, con el tema “El futuro de leer,” se realizará el 3 hasta el 6 de abril en la biblioteca del James B. Hunt Jr. en el campús de Centennial. Será un evento gratis y abierto al público.
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Kings Barcade offers more than just music Megan Stitt Correspondent
Tucked in downtown Raleigh off of W. Martin Street, the venue Kings Barcade hosts more than just musical acts. Steve Popson, one of the owners, explains just how much more variety it has captured and will continue to capture with the shows they allow on their venue’s stage. Popson and two others, Ben Barwick and Paul Siler, started Kings in 1999 . “We were all in bands and wanted to be involved in hosting local and touring bands that we liked and appreciated,” Popson said. All three founders are still in bands today. Popson said one of his best memories from working at Kings was when Sharon Jones and
the Dap Kings called them “quite unbelievable.” His favorite bands to host are ones that are “creative, exploratory, engaging or entertaining—doesn’t matter the genre.” Its description on its website has a paragraph full of variety in bands and genres that Kings has hosted, listing The Avett Brothers, M83, Warpaint, and OFF! to name a few. Their calendar is packed with shows in the upcoming months. Regarding other types of events, the list seems to go on and on: movie nights, comedy shows, game shows, parties and charity events. Popson mentioned that the comedy shows were his favorite to host, which could be monthly shows or touring comedians -- but then he went on to mention that his “heart is closest to our game shows” because they
“produce some of the funniest and most enjoyable moments because they are unscripted and live.” Its game show nights are “life reproductions of TV game shows”, including Family Feud, Name that Tune, and Gong Show. Additionally, they’ve hosted a 70s theme prom and costume contests. Back in December they hosted the first of a now annual dog show. Popson said that this year he is most excited for their Beard & Mustache Competition. Though the outside of the venue may be a bleak white, on the inside the walls are painted in bright, bold colors. There are murals on the walls, a wooden crown behind the bar that shelves alcohol inside, and Statler and Waldorf -- the two old men from the Muppets -- are
sitting in a booth up high. “The physical space is comfortable, fun, and well-designed,” Popson said. “But the general attitude of Kings is open-minded.” Popson talked about his favorite thing about Kings, and according to him it’s the flexibility. “The ability and willingness to be open to anything folks are willing to do is my favorite thing about Kings,” Popson said. “If your heart and creative juices are in an idea or project, we’re interested.” From bands to beards, Kings Barcade has a plethora of different events they host inside their brightly colored walls. Make sure to keep up with their calendar to see what they will do next—it may surprise you.
NCSU grief- support group reaches out to students dealing with loss Emma Cathell Assistant Features Editor
Some people who go through grief tend to feel alone, lost and confused. A part of their life is gone and they are unsure what to do. Grief is not uncommon, and especially on a college campus. The National Students of Actively Moving Forward (AMF) reported that, “About one in three college students have experienced the death of a family member or close friend within the past year.” According to Kathryn Koster, a senior in Business Administration Marketing and president of the AMF N.C. State Chapter, AMF is a nonprofit organization whose purpose is to support college students going through the process of losing a loved one or who have already lost a loved one. AMF was first founded in 2006 by David Fajgenbaum, a Raleigh native, and is named after the initials of his mother who passed away, Anne Marie Fajgenbaum. It started where Fajgenbaum attended college, Georgetown University, and quickly grew nationally. An AMF chapter for N.C. State was established in 2007, and the national headquarters are located in Raleigh as well. “The main reason that AMF has helped me is just being able to talk to other students who have also been through the grief process,” Will Appleyard, sophomore in Biology and AMF member, said. “It’s different for everyone, but it just helps students feel like they’re not alone on campus, that they’re not alone in their grief, and that’s a really big deal for me.” Roger Callanan, assistant vice provost and co-facilitator of the grief group at the counseling center, has experience with students dealing with grief and can relate to what they go through with the loss of a loved one. “Frequently what will happen with grief, or when someone is hurt or mistreated, is that there is a typical response of isolation,” Callanan said. “Isolation is a normal response, and related to that, is really losing one’s voice. [A support group] is about being among peers
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Members of AMF last April at an auction event at the Contemporary Art Museum in downtown. Back row (left to right): Will Appleyard, Assir Abushouk, David Fajgenbaum (founder), Cody Leach, Caitlin Prazenica, Kathryn Koster; Front row (left to right): Sharon Nye, Kelly Wynne
who have experienced a death even though each is very unique, but knowing that there are others who have had at least a similar experience and having that reassurance that you’re not just the odd person out.” After losing her father during college, Koster also said AMF has helped her with connecting to other students, which Callanan notes is really important for people going through the grief process as well. “It’s nice being able to share exactly what I’m going through with someone that actually understands what I’m going through,” Koster said. “Rather than people feeling sorry for me, people can say, ‘Oh my gosh, yeah me too, I’m going through that same issue.’ It’s just comforting to know people don’t necessarily have to feel sorry for me. I can do this, but it helps to have a community of people who are going through it with me.” Appleyard said that it’s good to talk about grief with others during the support groups, and at times it can be difficult, but rewarding, to experience. “It can be challenging not to know exactly what to say sometimes,” Appleyard said. “But part of the group is working through that and being able to build better communication with people who have been through grief. We’re not professionals or anything, but we have a better understanding of knowing how
to talk about our experience.” Not only do the students in AMF have bimonthly support groups, each semester they participate in a service project as well. Appleyard said the service projects make the group [members] close, but in a different way than the support groups do. “We did Relay for Life last year, and we’re planning to do it again this year,” Appleyard said. “It was really fun because we got to stay up all night at Relay for Life and we made alcohol-free margaritas. It’s a good way to feel like we’re giving back to the community because Relay for Life, for example, is with the American Cancer Society, and that’s what a lot of our parents had to go through. So it’s a good way to raise funds for the American Cancer Society, but also you’re having fun while doing it.” Appleyard and Koster both said AMF does tremendous things. Not only does it bring students together, but it creates tight bonds and close friendships while helping students move forward with the grief process. “My first semester in college was when my mom passed away, so it was really hard both getting used to the college environment and having to go through that,” Appleyard said. “AMF was really important to me for keeping me on track. I didn’t take off any time. It’s really important to me to find a network, even
in the midst of everything, and for me, AMF is just perfect for that.” Koster elaborated further about how AMF has helped her tremendously. “Without AMF, I don’t think I would be where I am right now,” Koster said. “I don’t know if I could say that I was graduating in May. I probably would have had to take a semester off just because [a loss of a loved one] changes everything. Your world is just totally rocked.” Callanan also mentioned how much a college student’s world can be affected by the loss of a loved one. “A university environment is very forward thinking; it’s very positive and success oriented,” Callanan said. “And so when I would come across students who’d experienced loss, it was like that all got unplugged. All of a sudden, especially if it is the first real experience of loss, a college student didn’t know what to do. So it wasn’t just the loss of that individual that they care a great deal about, but it’s, ‘my entire world and the way I’ve come to see it and expect it,’ has changed.” It’s hard losing someone close to you, and the students of AMF are working toward moving forward together. Appleyard and Koster said the group wants to continue being close and also wants their numbers to grow with others in need of community. Koster said she definitely believes AMF is an organization that will continue growing. “I think one of our chapter’s main goals is getting the word out,” Koster said. “I know so many people that could probably benefit from it, if they just knew that we existed.
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NCSU scientists track the movement of animals to learn how they adapt to urban areas Page Harris Correspondent
Animal tracking is a fairly new tactic that scientists are using to learn about animal movement. Roland Kays, a professor in the Conservation Wildlife Program at N.C. State University and a researcher and lab director at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, has been using tracking devices to watch the movement of many different types of animals all across various parts of the world. “The tracking devices get better each year so the results continue to change and strengthen as well,” Kays said. The main animal Kays said he is
tracking here in North Carolina is the great egret. According to Kays, the egret wears a lightweight harness with a GPS tracker on it in order for Kays and other scientists to follow its movement. “So far, the egrets have traveled great distances,” Kays said. “They have traveled to places such as Boston, Florida, Niagara Falls, Cuba and Jamaica. This specific tracking project is partnered with different schools in North Carolina.” According to Kays, the birds are given names corresponding with where the bird was caught. “Each bird that is tracked is given a name based on the principal of the school that is located near where the bird was caught,” said Kays.
According to Kays, they started out with eight birds but now have seven because one recently died. Kays says another has been stationary for quite a while in Cuba, so he hopes to reach some who would be willing to go and find the bird since he knows exactly where it is due to the GPS. In the triangle region specifically, Kays says he is trying to start tracking domestic cats. He and an undergraduate student, Rebecca Montgomery, want to track the cats in residential areas to see where they go when kept outside, according to Kays. Kays said that the harnesses and tracking devices for the cats are very inexpensive compared to the other GPS devices, which are around $2000 for the other animals. The
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devices for the cats are around $50, but are not waterproof and last only about a week before having to change the batteries. Kays said anyone who is interested to buy the tracking devices and participate in the study. He says he hopes that by finding where the cats go, people will have the ability to know whether or not the cats are becoming endangered or if they are preying on any wildlife. In suburban areas there is not as much of risk of extinction for the animals that inhabit it. Kays said he wants to give special attention to cats because most scientists emphasize wildlife more than they do on domestic animals. This will allow for a new perspective on animal movement. “The problem with studying ani-
mals is that they move. Moving is essentially what an animal is,” Kays said. Luckily, with this advanced technology, Kays says he can obtain detailed information about where exactly the animals are going as well as any meanings behind their movement. According to Kays, the ultimate goal of animal tracking is to learn more about the animal. The next hope is to learn more about the meaning of their movements. Kays said he wants to know how the animals are adapting to urban areas, if they even are at all. This is a study that will hopefully allow people to understand more about animals, ask more science and conservation questions and seek ways to preserve their existence.
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Clogging club aspires to reach new heights in 2014 Zack Tanner Staff Writer
In just one year, the N.C. State clogging club has grown from just seven members to 16, allowing the team to expand its image both on campus and throughout the clogging community. Team Director Harriett Myers, a junior in biological sciences, said the great number of new faces on the squad makes being part of the club much more enjoyable. “We are so happy with the growth of the team,” Myers said. “The best part is the variety of dancers we have. We recruited cloggers from many different backgrounds, and they each add something unique to the overall experience.” The clogging club, unlike many other club sports, does not compete solely against other schools. In fact, only two other schools in the nation have competitive clogging teams: Mars Hill College and Brigham Young University. The Mars Hill team, known as the Bailey Mountain Cloggers, is extremely competitive and even awards scholarships for clogging. Instead, the Wolf pack
Cloggers, as State’s club is known in competition, compete in tournaments formed by an organization known as Cadence. While the tournaments themselves are hosted by teams around the South, Cadence forms a single set of rules for the competitions. The skill levels of teams at the Cadence tournaments range from preschoolers to adults. Most of the competition that the Wolfpack faces is from studio teams from Western North Carolina and Eastern Tennessee. The Wolfpack has already competed in three events last the fall, including the Hickory Hoedown, which is the second-largest event of the season after the national tournament. Because of t he club ’s growth, the Wolfpack has been able to pick up new routines to bring to the competitions. “We can compete in more dances at different levels,” Myers said. “Just the amount of people on the team makes performances easier to plan so that enough people can make it.” One of the new routines the Wolfpack performs is a standing line dance. In this
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In addition to competitions, the club also regularly performs exhibitions around campus and at various locations in downtown Raleigh, which Myers said was one of her goals for the club. “The growth of the team has really supported that goal,” Myers said. “[Our performances make] the community see that clogging is a growing sport and not just an old folk dance.”
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Wolfpack women jump five spots in USA Today poll For the fifth straight week, the N.C. State women’s basketball team (193, 6-2 ACC) remains ranked in the USA Today top-25 poll. In the latest edition of the poll released Tuesday, N.C. State was ranked No. 17 in the country with 278 points. This news comes one day after State improved four spots in the Associated Press top-25 poll, coming in at No. 14. SOURCE:: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS
State names Demarest Assistant AD for Communications and Marketing Fred Demarest has been named N.C. State’s Associate Athletics Director for Communications and Marketing. Demarest brings 20 years of professional experience gained at two Southeastern Conference institutions to this newly created position for the Wolfpack. In his new role, Demarest will lead and manage the creative development and delivery for NC State Athletics’ overall communications and marketing efforts, while ensuring alignment and collaboration with the university’s messaging efforts. SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS
Men’s tennis to host Pack Prowl on Wednesday
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Head coach Mark Gottfried, associate head coach Bobby Lutz and assistant coach Orlando Early stand on the sideline calling out plays during the first half of the game against Appalachian State Nov. 8, 2013. The Wolfpack defeated the Mountaineers 98-77 at PNC Arena.
Managers: Basketball’s unsung heroes Zack Ellerby Correspondent
The 35th-ranked NC State men’s tennis team is set to host its fourth annual Pack Prowl on Wednesday, Feb. 5 inside the J.W. Isenhour Tennis Center. The event, which is scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m., is an opportunity for students and fans to get a glimpse inside the Wolfpack program. The event will consist of player introductions, various on-court contests, and singles and doubles exhibition play SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS
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Generally, head coaches and assistant coaches are thought of as the brains of a basketball team. The players are the core of a basketball team while the medical staff keeps the body running. All of these people play a pivotal role in the success of a basketball team, but there is a group of significant people that are seldom recognized, and that is the basketball managers. Behind the scenes, junior manager Kevin Johnson and his fellow mangers perform a variety of tasks for the N.C. State men’s basketball team. “There are three main things that we are expected to do,” Johnson said. “We help during practice by rebounding for the players, we do office work and we make sure our equipment is ready before we travel.” N.C. State men’s basketball managers are required to arrive to practice one hour early to set up the gym before the players arrive. They make
sure the gym is ready and clean so players can practice in a clean environment with the proper equipment. “We are there to help make sure practice goes smoothly for the team,” Johnson said. “Our entire team takes practice very seriously, and guys like [freshman forward] Kyle Washington always bring a ton of energy to practice.” Johnson said the managers also contribute to the team by assisting coaches with paperwork and film. The managers capture and edit the game film of upcoming opponents for the team to watch and study. Detailed film helps dictate head coach Mark Gottfried’s game scheme and the team’s preparation when game day arrives. They also play an important role in the recruiting process, sending letters to potential targets. Managers are also responsible for arriving at PNC Arena three hours early on game day to make sure the home and visiting locker rooms are ready for each team. It is also the staff’s duty to make sure the team’s
“We are there to make sure practice goes smoothly for the team.” Kevin Johnson, men’s basketball manager
shoes, jerseys and other gear are ready to travel with the team when they leave campus to play an away game. Not only are these unsung heroes responsible for helping the team run efficiently, they are also required to maintain a high degree of excellence in the classroom. Though being a manager is a lot of work, the staff gets to have some fun as well. Aside from hours of preparation, film work and assisting in practices, the managers also enjoy participating in competitive basketball games of their own. The night before State traveled to Cameron Indoor Stadium to take on Duke, the Wolfpack managers defeated the Blue Devil staff in a thrilling
game where the Pack won by three points in overtime. The night before State’s last game against rival UNCChapel Hill, the Pack managers fell to the Tar Heel managers in front of a large crowd. Despite the loss, Johnson and the rest of the group are looking forward to the rematch in Raleigh. “There were a lot of UNC students there, and they got pretty loud,” says Johnson. “It would be really cool if we could get a good crowd to come and watch us play.” Johnson and the rest of the Wolfpack staff will tangle with the Tar Heel managers again on Feb. 25 at 8 p.m. in an open scrimmage at Reynolds Coliseum. Overall, Johnson said he loves his job as a N.C. State men’s basketball manager, and he is very happy to be working with the Wolfpack. “The team is fun to be around, and the walk on squad is very entertaining,” Johnson said. “I have always loved N.C. State basketball.”
WOMEN’S TENNIS
Olsen shows no signs of slowing down Luke Nadkarni Assistant Sports Editor
When you spend 13 years coaching at the same school, you must be doing something right. N.C. State’s women’s tennis head coach Hans Olsen and his team are coming off of their second NCAA Tournament appearance in three years and is 3-0 so far this season with wins over North Carolina Central, East Carolina and Missouri. Olsen is a native of Atlanta, but moved to Washington, D.C. as a youth, where he played tennis at Woodrow Wilson High School. From there, he went on to Charleston Southern University, where he played for four years before graduating in 1992 with a degree in political science and a business minor. Olsen said he began his coaching career by serving as an assistant at Coastal Carolina University alongside a well-known former professional player. “I was teaching tennis at Kingston Plantation in Myrtle Beach, and John McEnroe was the head coach at Coastal,” Olsen said. “He asked me to help with the team, and that’s
how I got my start.” Olsen took another assistant position at his alma mater in 1995. One year later, he moved up the ranks and became the head coach for the Buccaneers’ men’s and women’s teams, with his men’s teams making three consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances from 1999 to 2001.
“Sometimes I have to take a step back and see it from a different perspective.” Hans Olsen, women’s tennis head coach
After the 2001 season, Olsen came to Raleigh to coach the Wolfpack and has stayed ever since. During the years, as an avid tennis player and fan, Olsen had the chance to see many legendary players in action. He certainly had his favorites, rooting for Swedish players such as Bjorn Borg, Mats Wilander and Ste-
fan Edberg. While living in the nation’s capital, he said he worked as a ball boy at the Sovran Bank Classic, now known as the Citi Open, which has long attracted some of the best professional players from around the world. “When I was a ball boy in D.C., Ivan Lendl came and played there a lot,” Olsen said. “I started rooting for him at that time.” As far as recruiting goes, college tennis has perhaps one of the most international recruiting bases in all of collegiate sports. Out of nine players on State’s roster, three are from outside of the United States. That means Olsen and his staff log significant travel miles to find the best players for the Wolfpack. “[Assistant coach] Suzanne [Depka] was in Australia a year ago, and we have two players coming from there next year,” Olsen said. “The summer before that I was at the European Championships. But we’ve also been recruiting in the States. All of the big tournaments in America happen in the summertime. We also have done home visits and visited academies.”
Though tennis at its highest level is an individual sport, college competition is team-based, meaning as many as six different matches could be on court at once. Olsen said he sometimes finds it a bit challenging to keep track of so many of his players at once. “Sometimes I have to take a step back and see it from a different perspective,” Olsen said. “I have to realize the most important thing for one player to be doing, and that it’s different from the player on the next court. It’s an interesting team sport.” While coaching, Olsen said he is a proponent of not only having his team learning from him, but also the other way around. “The other day our captains called me for a meeting and they had some things to talk about from a leadership program they’re doing,” Olsen said. “We had a great discussion and I really learned some stuff from my players.” The Wolfpack will look to stay undefeated Saturday as it hosts Missouri. Match time at the J.W. Isenhour Tennis Center is set for noon.