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Allies share messages of support Katherine Kehoe Assistant News Editor
More than 200 students, employees and visitors crafted personal messages and posed in front of rainbow-decorated wolf statues to show support for GLBT students at N.C. State’s second Ally Day Wednesday in Wolf Plaza. The event ran from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and received nearly five times the number of participants than last year’s Ally Day, according to Ben Stockdale, president of N.C. State College Democrats and a freshman in political science. Last year, the GLBT Center and the N.C. State College Democrats partnered to start Ally Day as a way for students to show their support for the GLBT community and encourage a welcoming environment on campus, Stockdale said. An ally is any person that does not identify as a member of an oppressed group but speaks to the equality and respect for people who do identify as one of the oppressed, according to Julius Perkins, program assistant for the GLBT Center.
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Nicole Benson, a junior in communication and member of the N.C. State GLBT Center, hands Brenna Garner, a sophomore in environmental technology, a sticker to show support diversity. The event was a part of Ally Day which took place in Wolf Plaza Wednesday.
Participants at the Ally Day tent were given whiteboards and asked to write down why they are allies. They then had pictures taken with their signs in front of the wolf stat-
ues in Wolf Plaza. Event volunteers gathered the email addresses of participants after the photo, and they will be sending each participant the photo of themselves, Stockdale said.
One of the goals of Ally Day is that some people will make the photos their profile pictures on Facebook, according to Stockdale. While the event began at N.C.
State, it has spread to other North Carolina universities. Stockdale said he contacted other campus’ chapters of College Democrats and gave them the idea to put on a similar event for themselves. Other schools that hosted their own Ally Day events this year include East Carolina University, Appalachian State University, Western Carolina University, Wake Forest University and the University of North Carolina at Asheville, according to Stockdale. The other universities had similarly successful experiences with their Ally Days, according to Stockdale. “N.C. State is leading the statewide effort,” Stockdale said. “We designed the concept for everyone’s Ally Day events, and we are the ones that spearheaded the entire process. We’re calling it N.C. Ally Day.” Ally Day and the Student Senate’s recent passing of Resolution 98, the Inclusive Admissions Act, are steps in the right direction toward N.C.
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Experts address sustainability and ethics in the textile industry Grace Callahan Correspondent
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Neil Joeck, visiting scholar from the University of California, Berkeley, speaks about a potential nuclear conflict between India and Pakistan Wednesday in EC Auditorium in D.H. Hill Library.
Nuclear expert speaks about Indo-Pak conflict Ravi Chittilla Assistant News Editor
There is a 1 in 10 chance a conflict will erupt between India and Pakistan during the next 10 years, according to a nuclear-policy expert who studies the region. Neil Joeck, a visiting scholar from the University of CaliforniaBerkeley, discussed the history of
the Indian and Pakistani arms race and the potential for a nuclear war Wednesday in the EC Auditorium in D.H. Hill Library. Joeck said the ongoing elections in India will play a major role in the future of Indo-Pak relations. Currently, Narendra Modi, leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party, is contesting for control of the Indian
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When trying to find ways to live more sustainably, looking to one’s closet isn’t the most obvious choice. However, according to a panel discussion held at Witherspoon Student Center Wednesday night, it should be. The panel consisted of professors, entrepreneurs and area business owners who work in the textile industry, in an event titled “ If clothes could talk.” Chuck Stewart, a panel member and the owner of Tumbling Colors, addressed the potential of labels being misleading to consumers. Lead, mercury and copper are all natural substances, but not all are safe to be included in clothing fabrics, Stewart said. “Just because the label said all natural, doesn’t mean it’s necessarily all safe,” Stewart said. Tom Sineath, CEO of TS Designs located in Burlington, N.C., concentrated on having a business that is accessible and transparent. Labels don’t give much information about
the process, yet consumers are still looking to them for information. “We’re all making choices,” Sineath said. “What do we really know?” Becoming an informed consumer is an important part of understanding the global impact of textiles. “Do you know where everything you are wearing came from? ” Sineath said. The panel discussed the important role education plays in the sustainable textile industry. David Hinks, a professor in College of Textiles, emphasized the need to educate students about sustainable practices and their responsibility to the community. “Who are we educating?” Hinks said, “Beyond scientists and engineers, we need to educate the general public to make decisions.” However, Hinks questioned if it’s even possible to have a sustainable textile industry in the first place. “This is too ambitious,” Hinks said. “Instead, we should focus on an industry that is more sustainable.” The panel emphasized the fact
Earth Fair showcases sustainable practices Jess Thomas Staff Writer
As part of an effort to turn campus green, students representing many organizations from across campus gathered in the Brickyard Wednesday to host the Earth Fair. The fair, which is part of the Earth Month project, is organized by the University Sustainability Office, showcases exhibits to raise environmental awareness and promote sustainable practices. Brian Iezzi, a sophomore in textiles engineering and material science and a member of the N.C. State Stewards, said the main reason the fair is held is to illustrate to students how they can be successfully environmentally conscious. “The sustainability office organizes it to promote individual awareness about environmental sustainability,” Iezzi said. “It’s something that can bring a lot of people together and disperse ideas.” Iezzi said the fair brings in student organizations from across campus
where students can discuss issues in the environmental community. “The fair brings in many organizations since N.C. State is a great place for people to share ideas,” Iezzi said. “For example, this year we had an organization who displayed an electric bike to reduce fossil-fuel emissions.” This year, the Stewards created a figure resembling a tyrannosaurus rex out of plastic bags to demonstrate the prevalent use of single-use plastics at N.C. State, according to Iezzi. “This has been an ongoing project,” Iezzi said. “We had the idea last fall from seeing that the campus has way too many options for using single use plastics. Most of these are plastic bags that end up in a landfill and do not move.” Iezzi said Stewards created the structure during the last three months from 1500 bags that they collected. The Stewards set up plastic bag recycling bins across campus for students to recycle responsibly and
there is more to the textile industry than just the final product of clothes people wear. Textiles often move to wherever they can to pay the lowest labor costs, promoting the malpractices of retailers and massive overproduction, according to the panel. “It doesn’t matter where we do it, we need to do it the right way,” Stewart said. “ Textiles can be done in a safe and sustainable way.” Stewart said 98 percent of clothes worn by Americans today are imported. “People, planet, and profit—profit at the expense of the two is a mistake,” Sineath said. Social justice and environmental stewardship are two factors that companies need to consider beyond just the profit, according to Sineath. “In general, businesses don’t want you to know everything,” Sineath said. “It’s ugly.” We pay more for products produced in the U.S. because of the stricter enforcement of labor and environmental laws as well as higher
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Emily Bruff, a sophomore in biological sciences, talks with Greg Albert, a graduate student in forestry, after receiving a free loblolly sapling at the Tree Improvement Cooperative booth during the Earth Day Fair on Wednesday. The fair brought all kinds of people together in order to raise awareness about sustainability and the N.C. State community.
reduce the use of single-use plastics, according to Iezzi. The Reduce Plastic Use on Campus program reduces plastic use on campus and collects bags weekly
and responsibly. Due to the malfunctions that occur when plastic bags arrive at recycling centers,
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Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist John Mather of NASA will speak at N.C State today about the history of the universe as the Department of Physics 2014 L.H. Thomas Lecturer. The lecture will take place in 2203 SAS Hall Auditorium at 4 p.m. Topics will include the past starting with the Big Bang, present and future of the universe. Mather will also discuss the James Webb Space Telescope, NASA’s plan for the next great space telescope. Mather is the senior project scientist for the telescope. He won the 2006 Nobel Prize for his work on the Cosmic Background Explorer satellite.
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THROUGH MAKENZIE’S LENS
CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS
POLICE BLOTTER April 8 10:23 A.M. |SUSPICIOUS PERSON Patterson Hall Report of subject soliciting people for money. Officer spoke with non-student who was wanted by Orange County for an Order for Arrest. Subject was arrested and trespassed from NCSU property.
In Wednesday’s paper we published an article titled, “Veteran’s Association weighs options for new building,” saying the group meeting on Friday will be led by the Student Veterans Association. Military Affairs Working Group, led by OIED, will be hosting the meeting. Though the SVA is advocating for veteran space, the working group is working to see about identifying the building.
7:59 P.M. | LARCENY Dabney Hall Non-student reported iPhone stolen.
Also, counselors that come to assist veterans are not SVA counselors. They are from the Raleigh Vet Center.
April 7 9:14 A.M. |DAMAGE TO PROPERTY McKimmon Center Staff member reported two benches damaged by skateboarders performing tricks.
Send all clarifications and corrections to Editor-in-Chief Sam DeGrave at technician-editor@ ncsu.edu
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1:26 P.M. |SUSPICIOUS PERSON SAS Hall Report of suspicious subject following students and behaving oddly. Officers were unable to locate subject.
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Today REMNANTS OF THE FLOATING WORLD: JAPANESE ART FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION Chancellor’s Residence All day
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THE TREND OF LIFE IN A FOREIGN LAND The Craft Center 10:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. 2014 GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT EXPOSITION University Club 11:30 A.M. - 1:30 P.M. L.H. THOMAS LECTURE - JOHN MATHER OF NASA SAS Hall 4:00 P.M. - 5:30 P.M. PROTEST RELIGION! ACT UP, AIDS, AND THE POLITICS OF
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM Winston 29 4:30 P.M. - 6:00 P.M.
RELAY FOR LIFE Lee Field All day and night
TEA CEREMONY PERFORMED BY SARAH P. DUKE GARDENS TEA CEREMONY GROUP Chancellor’s Residence 6:00 P.M.
LBC SLIDE JAM Centennial Campus 11:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M.
TAKE BACK THE NIGHT 7:00 P.M. - 9:00 P.M. SEMINAR 7:30 P.M.
EKTAA NIGHT 2014 Witherspoon - Campus Cinema 6:30 P.M. - 9:00 P.M. NCSU CENTER STAGE PRESENTS THE PEDRITO MARTINEZ GROUP 8:00 P.M.
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wages, Sineath said. The panel also addressed the value of sustainability labels on garments and its influence on the customer “If it’s correct and properly managed, it has potential,” said Andre West, a professor in the College of Textiles and a technologist in fashion design. However, West argued that the marketing strategy to “buy U.S.A.” has been around for a while, yet doesn’t seem to have much impact. “It’s up to each individual person…it starts with you being aware,” West said.
they require special recycling efforts. “We mainly did this to show the impact that recycling single-use plastics would have across campus,” Iezzi said. “If we were able to collect that many bags from just a few bins, imagine the impact that would be there if everyone recycled on campus.” Ryan Kilgore, a freshman in chemical engineering and member of N.C. State Stewards, said the T-rex figure demonstrated the impact of single-use plastics and promoted the idea of sustainability. “It was a really fun project to do and a really great way to show how people could be more active in recycling across campus” Kilgore said. The rest of Earth Month features events that students can get involved in to promote sustainability on campus. Competitions include The Tri-Towers Energy and Water Challenge is a competition between Bowen, Caroll, and Metcalf residence halls challenging the halls to reduce their energy consumption.
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Japanese Tea Ceremony
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Traditional tea ceremony performed in the gardens at the historic chancellor’s residence.
Several local acapella groups will perform to raise funds for the VH1 Save the Music Foundation.
NCSU Dance Company Spring Concert
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NC State Chorale Spring Concert
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Guest conductor Dr. Robert Petters will present American and Russian concert and film music. APR. 13 // 4 PM // $5-10 TALLEY STUDENT UNION BALLROOM
April 6 2:43 A.M. | ASSIST OTHER AGENCY Western Blvd RPD requested assistance regarding intoxicated student. Student was referred for underage consumption. 6:31 P.M. | FIELD INTERVIEW Sullivan Lot While on patrol, officers made contact with three skateboarders who were advised of university policy.
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Chuck Stewart, owner and founder of the dye company Tumbling Colors, speaks to students in the Witherspoon Cinema Wednesday, April 9 during Textiles Talk. The sustainability and environmental impact of the textile industry was discussed with a panel of members from the industry.
6:19 P.M. |SUSPICIOUS PERSON Varsity Lot Wolfline bus driver reported two subjects asking about drugs and other uncomfortable topics. Officers search the area but did not locate anyone.
Semester-end concert of professionally choreographed works.
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State becoming a more welcoming university, Stockdale said. Although Ally Day was founded in part by the N.C. State College Democrats, the event was not created as a way
to advocate for policy change, Stockdale said. Stockdale said he supported the people, not the policy. “I think it is particularly important for our specific campus community because it reiterates our statement for diversity and equality for all students here at North Carolina State University,” Perkins
said. Students’ messages ranged anywhere from short, simple statements to long, heartfelt responses, according to Perkins. “My favorite part is seeing students come up with the most witty reasons of why they are an a lly,” Perkins said “It
doesn’t have to be this long philosophical message, it can be as simple as ‘because I like people.’” The second Ally Day differed from the first, not only in amount of student involvement but also in location. Last year, the Ally Day event took place in the Brickyard instead of Wolf Plaza, accord-
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ing to Perkins. “We prefer it here, instead of the Brickyard,” Perkins said. “Out here we get a lot of the traffic to and from Talley, and we don’t have to be competing with other organizations who set up there.” Rachel Banawa, a freshmen in psychology, said she supported the cause because she
wants everyone to feel safe and welcome on campus. “We have a lot of diverse people here, and I think it’s important that they don’t come in and are seen as a minority,” Banawa said. “I do it so they have support and can feel like we are a loving community that wants them here.”
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government against Rahul Gandhi’s Indian National Congress party. Modi, well regarded for the economic success he brought to his home state of Gujurat, appears to hold a significant advantage in race, Joeck said. If Modi is elected, Joeck said he believes the relationship between the two rival nations might evolve based on trade that would significantly benefit the Pakistani economy. With both powers containing a nuclear arsenal, Joeck said he doesn’t think it’s unreasonable that either nation might deploy its weapons in the midst of conflict. In that regard, Joeck said many experts in the field compare the standoff to that of the United States and So-
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Joeck said Kashmir, a region in Southeast Asia between India and Pakistan, continues to be an area of conflict.
viet Union during the Cold War. However, Joeck said he disagrees with this assessment because unlike the Cold War, which was dependent on the alliances of the Warsaw Pact and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, this conf lict is made up only of two na-
tions, founded primarily on religious differences. Americans and Russians didn’t have an innate conflict in the way Muslim and Hindu radicals in the region have developed since the partition, Joeck said.
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North Carolina’s unique unemployment-benefits law
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orth Carolina had one of the highest and most persistent unemployment rates among all 50 states since the Great Recession. From December 2008 to December 2013, the unemployment rate Ziyi Mai in North Carolina Staff Columnist was consistently higher than the national average, according the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics. Theoretically, people who are laid off in a recession have a hard time finding a job again in a short period of time because the shock to the labor market is aggregate, meaning unemployment is widespread across states and industries. When people lose their jobs in such circumstances, they often depend on the unemployment benefits funded by both state and federal unemployment taxes paid only by em-
ployers. When the economic downturn comes in, the stock of state-run employment benefits quickly runs out. States have to borrow money from the federal government to meet the urgent demand of funds. Over time, states’ debt owed to the federal government is mounting to an unimaginable level that state lawmakers are worried about. This has been a problem the North Carolina legislature tried to tackle in the past few years. North Carolina adopted a new system last year of giving out unemployment benefits that link the state’s unemployment rate and the maximum number of weeks that an unemployed person can receive benefit checks, according to David Ranii, a business reporter at The News & Observer. The rates are adjusted twice a year based on the quarterly change of the state’s unemployment rate. If the unemployment rate is on the rise to some thresholds, the maximum weeks will increase au-
tomatically and vice versa. Since this policy became effective, opponents of the law bemoan that the jobless would have no incentive to keep looking for jobs because they have already been desperate, resulting in a drop in labor participation rates. But the data that come after the adoption of the new law suggest some ambiguous effect of the change. Scholars have begun to pay more attention to monitoring macroeconomic data, including output and labor in North Carolina. The current views based on the data are actually conflicting. On one hand, as those opponents point out , the unemployment rate is declining, consistent with the national trend, but more people have dropped out of the labor force, giving up hope to land jobs for themselves. On the other hand, a new study conducted by the University of Pennsylvania’s Department of Economics suggests that overall employment is actually
rising and labor force is growing rather than shrinking. In their 2013 study, Marcus Hagedorn, Faith Karahan, Iourii Manovskii and Kurt Mitman used the Current Population Survey and Current Employment Statistics of the Census Bureau to construct a dataset that contains relevant series consistent with the past research of the labor market in North Carolina to seek evidence of any impact of the new law. Although conventional wisdom says extended unemployment benefits keep the unemployed in the labor force, the study found that North Carolina data does not empirically support this claim. Surprisingly, employment and the labor force have both risen in the state, which is an optimistic sign of the labor market. The logic behind these empirical results is that people adjust their expectations and thus alter their behavior if they know sufficient in-
formation in advance. If unemployment benefits that provide enough for people to sustain their basic needs for living are extended for too long, a fraction of unemployed people, certainly not all, have no incentive to look for jobs, because they suspect their working wages would not exceed the unemployment benefits by much. All the changes in the law are not aimed to start a war against the poor, but rather to give them motivation to put as much effort toward looking for a job as possible. Setting a maximum number of weeks that people can receive unemployment benefits depending on the average jobless rate is reasonable and would potentially minimize the waste of taxpayers’ money. The new adjustment of the law will definitely cause some pain for some unemployed people, but it is more likely to bring fundamental change to the persistent unemployment rate that has been haunting the state for so long.
Letter to the editor regarding the Hofmann Forest sale *Editor’s note: Ron Sutherland sent this letter to the N.C. State Faculty Senate on April Fool’s Day. Dear Members of the NC SU Fac u lt y S enate, I ran across this op-ed in The Daily Tar Heel today and thought it would be extremely relevant to some of your ongoing deliberations: Hospital sale is for the students. We can certainly see the perspective of those who don’t want the leaders of UNC-Chapel Hill to sell our iconic hospital. Yes, it has been a part of the University for six decades, longer than most of us can remember. And yes, the staff and alumni of the Medical School have many fond memories from the years of hard work they’ve spent tending patients there and making important discoveries. But times are tough, and we can’t afford to be sentimental about this sort of thing, especially now that our appropriations keep getting cut by the General Assembly in Raleigh. We’ve done the numbers, and you’ll just have to trust us that if we sell the hospital to a private buyer, and then invest the proceeds into a balanced Wall Street portfolio of stocks and bonds, the annual yield for the Medical School will be three times as high, and much more reliable than what we were getting by owning the healthcare facility ourselves. The Medical School has ambitious plans for becoming a world leader in the burgeoning field of health insurance database ethics management, and we can’t realize those plans (including a brand new building for the HIDEM program) unless we are putting all of the assets we have available to their highest and best use. And before you start waxing romantically about the heyday of medical training, let’s all take a moment to remember the reason why Dean
Walter Berryhill founded the hospital in the first place: to make money for the Medical School. We live in a modern world now, much different from when Berryhill was around, and we think he would fully support our move to liquidate the hospital assets and invest them somewhere where they will safely earn higher returns. It is not like the hospital was getting that much use anyway. Sure, medical students still undergo some training there, but in recent years we’ve strategically moved most of their curriculum to the UNC Urgent Care Center on Farrington Road. We just don’t need a dinosaur facility like the hospital anymore—it’s too big and cumbersome, and it takes too much of our administrative capacity to manage it. The world of healthcare has moved on, and training doctors is only a small part of what UNC’s Medical School does now in 2014. There are some minor concerns about the impact of the sale on public health in North Carolina, but as the Chancellor sagely remarked, “We’re not the Department of Healthcare, we’re a University.” Right now the financial integrity of our school is far too dependent on the whims of healthcare demand. And with the recession still lingering on, demand for the most profitable kinds of healthcare is at a low point we haven’t seen in years. Some have tried to argue that the same lack of demand is going to reduce the amount of money we’ll get for selling the hospital, but they are forgetting one thing: opportunity costs. How long would they have us wait to sell the hospital, and how many years of crucial scholarships for HIDEM students would that cost us? And let’s not forget that Chapel Hill seems to be a magnet for tornadoes, rendering the entire hospital vulnerable to being
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destroyed with barely a moment’s notice. Compare that to Wall Street, which just isn’t subject to those kinds of random fluctuations. You’re r ig ht—we d id promise everyone last year that the facility would remain a working hospital under the new ownership, but it turns out that permanent restrictions of that sort just aren’t typically part of a hospital sale agreement. We take the buyer at his word that the legacy of the hospital will be preserved, perhaps through a nice little stone memorial sheltered from all of the new construction that will soon be underway. Anyway, it goes without saying that when you’re selling the largest asset of a public university to a private buyer, secrecy is an absolute imperative. Otherwise the sensitive negotiations could go sour with little provocation, and then our financial objectives for the sale would not be fully achieved. Though we can’t provide you with every detail about what is going on, rest assured we have only the best interests of the Medical School in mind when we make these tough decisions. Does any of this crazy talk sound familiar? It should; I’ve just described the perfectly preposterous sale of Hofmann Forest by N.C. State, mimicking the administration’s pro-sale arguments almost word for word. All I ask is that you fully consider whether you want this sordid tale to be the legacy of N.C. State in 2014, and if not, that you take action accordingly. Feel free to share this essay with anyone who might find it interesting, amusing, or insulting. Thank you for your strong leadership, Ron Sutherland NCSU Biology ‘99
Davis Leonard, senior in technology, design, engineering education
Letter to the editor regarding climate change This week, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change officially released its latest report about global warming. What this report makes crystal clear is that taking serious action now to limit carbon pollution will dramatically reduce the risk to future generations. When the threats are as intense as storms like Hurricane Sandy, California’s devastating drought and rising seas, we
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owe it to future generations to act. As a student at N.C. State, I am proud to see my peers working to promote and practice sustainability through personal lifestyle changes and campus-wide initiatives such as divesting from fossil fuels. We know what we have to do to reduce carbon pollution, and we already have the tools in place. Furthermore, as part of
the president’s Climate Action Plan, the Environmental Protection Agency has set limits on carbon pollution from power plants—the nation’s largest source of carbon pollution. I look to Gov. Pat McCrory to support the EPA’s crucial action in the fight to protect our communities from global warming. Thank you, Marlaina Maddux senior, sociology
“I feel that Facebook is a big place for bandwagons and things come and since things come and go so fast on there, they aren’t too effective.”
“No not really because people do that all the time and it is halfhearted because people might not really be standing up for that cause.”
Andey Orichi junior, chemical engineering
Caroline Black freshman, First Year College
“I do see it as effective because my friends and I did it and it started the debate about the subject.”
“I don’t feel that they are too effective because there is already so much up on social media but it could start to raise some awareness.”
Laura Shirilla sophomore, engineering
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Wolves in sharp clothing: camo combo Dane Hall Staff Writer
When it comes to functional, purpose-built garments trickling into everyday fashion, nothing is more eyecatching than camouf lage print. Whether it comes in the form of a military print or hunter’s camouf lage, it always seems to be a part of popular masculine style, never becoming overused or worn out. This is for good reason, though. Most men certainly are not wearing camo to hide in their day-to-day environment. Quite the opposite — camouf lage tends to make a statement and make any outfit more visually interesting. Even other patterns, such as stripes or plaid, can be outshone by smart use of camo. This is mainly due to the highly disordered variation in color of the print. Similarly to other patterns, camo comes in a variety of styles. The most popular is woodland camouflage, which features large spots of brown, black and green. Desert cam-
ouf lage, which uses shades of brown and tan, is also relatively popular. There are many others, but not many make it into popular use. The main strength of these camo prints is that they are made up entirely of earth tones. These colors tend to be dark and warm, and they go well with far more things than they clash with. This can also be the largest downfall of camo, though, and is where most guys go wrong. A single piece made up of multiple, randomly arranged, earth-tones splotches will probably garner more attention than anything else worn in a given day. Since it is already going to take center stage, why fight it? Downplay the rest of the outfit and simultaneously accentuate the print by wearing neutral colors and plain textures. Basically, keep it simple. Obviously, camo is a popular pattern in the fall and winter months. The colder weather warrants the thicker material such pieces are usually made out of. Do not dis-
count it for the coming spring and summer season, though. Camouf lage shorts are a solid choice for the warm weather to come, as they bring much needed diversity to the season. The default for many men seems to be bright, saturated colors or pastels, but a subdued pattern can set you apart. Another valid route to take is to wear accent pieces in camouflage. Shoes, hats, belts and the like are all easy places to integrate in a subtle manner. Backpacks and other accessories that are not worn full time are a particularly easy choice. In general, only one piece of camouflage should be worn at a time, or if multiple pieces are worn, they should be of the same pattern. The adventurous can certainly experiment with multiple patterns, but supreme confidence is a must have accessory to such an outfit. Aside from simply making a fashion statement, militaryissue prints have found heavy usage in a number of musical sub-cultures, most notably
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The most common type of camouflage, BDUs, short for Battle Dress Uniform, was adopted in the United States as the premier camouflage in the early 1980s. The United States military phased this uniform out completely in the mid 2000s. Each branch of the military has its own distinct camouflage patterns.
being the heavy metal, punk, hip-hop and reggae scenes. Typically in these cases, wearing military prints was used to send an ironic, antiwar message. Then there is hunter camouf lage, which is perhaps more popular than military prints for casual wear. These
Griffiths fights pairs of parasites Kaitlin Montgomery Assistant Features Editor
Viruses, bacteria, funguses, infections — humans can be infected by more than 1,400 parasites. One parasite can be bad enough, but when someone becomes infected with two simultaneous infections, the game of treating the problem becomes more complicated. Emily Griffiths, a postdoctoral research scholar, is examining the relationship between humans and parasites. Griffiths set out to look at questions such as, what happens when someone has two infections at one time? Can one treatment go after both infections? What happens when the drugs that were supposed to help one infection cause trouble with the other? “What we wanted to do was look at which things were associated with one another and what way they might, inside of our bodies, be able to affect one another,” Griffiths said. According to Griffiths, no one has ever looked at this type of human-parasite relationship before. “We also showed that people of multiple infections do worse. They’re more ill than people with just one,” Griffiths said. “We wanted to explore why that was, and why that might be based on what people know about these infections when they do co-occur.” Building what Griffiths called a “giant, food-web like network,” they sorted out three different layers of parasite-human interaction: The bit of the human body the parasites were feeding on, the bits of the body that were infected and all the bits of the immune system that were reported to be fighting those infections. “We counted all of the different ways, if you just take two parasites out of this web, that they could be connected,” Griffiths said. “We did the analysis loads of different ways and pretty much always found that things had more potential to interact if they were infecting the same parts of the body.”
prints have found their way into a relaxed, Southern style, typically accompanied by other rugged classics such as jeans and boots. What started as a purely utilitarian garment has found its way into the mainstream and does not intend to leave any time soon. All trends have
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Emily Griffiths, post-doctoral research scholar in entomology, stands in Thomas Hall March 27. Griffiths recently published a paper analyzing the effects of multiple parasitic infections on the human body.
Griffiths said most of the time, to date, when people build models of these types of infections sharing an immune response, they think about how one’s immune system is going to start fighting the multiple infections. However, that doesn’t always seem to be the case. “It actually seems that it’s more about how parasites are feeding off of the body,” Griffiths said. “It’s figuring out what energy they’re taking, and how do they do that differently when there’s something else there. At that point they’ve got to compete for resources.” The process for figuring these kinds of things out is a bit vague, according to Griffiths. “People don’t really understand it well at the moment,” Griffiths said. “It’s really something we need to look into a bit more.” This study also suggests antibiotics and drugs that target an individual type of parasite might not efficiently treat both parasites a person is suffering from, Griffiths
said. “Both parasites might not be well targeted by a drug that is meant to go after one,” Griffiths said. “Maybe it’s a completely different kingdom animal. It’s hard to co-administer drugs in that way.” Griffiths said the results of the study have pointed to the theory that, in order to fight multiple parasites, we could begin thinking about the sites of the body that are affected by the parasites and the metabolic-type therapies that go along with it. “We question, ‘How can you just support this organ in a way that doesn’t feed the parasite but maybe helps your body resist the infection in that site?’” Griffiths said. “If both infections are co-occurring in the same site then that would be ideal.” As an exploratory study, Griffiths said, they were looking into what this humanparasite relationship meant for people in the United Kingdom and the United States when they become ill from having multiple infections where there is a problem
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of sharing the same site. “No one had really looked at multiple parasites systems as a whole,” Griffiths said. “They just picked particular pairs. We want to know what happens if you take all the different infections that can co-occur. What does the food web look like? It was a really interesting study. Whatever the outcome we find it’s going to be interesting. It’s going to show us something.”
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Raleigh overtakes Asheville: the competition for the title of ‘beer capital’ of North Carolina Ricky Hopper Staff Writer
For a long time now, Asheville has been lauded as the “beer capital” of North Carolina. Asheville’s strong craft beer industry and distinctive culture definitely make it a hotspot for those looking for exceptional brews. In recent years, however, another North Carolina city has exploded in craft-beer growth and risen to the challenge of overthrowing Asheville for its lofty position. I’ll give you a hint: It’s Raleigh. The Raleigh and Triangle craft-beer scene has been booming in the past few years, and I recently got the opportunity to talk with a few area brewers about their opinions regarding the area’s growth. One of the prevailing opinions is the Raleigh area has a fantastic beer scene, especially considering it wasn’t long ago when the industry didn’t exist here at all. “Nineteen years ago, you literally had to explain what a craft beer was to someone,” said Mark Heath, owner of and brewer at the 19-year-old Carolina Brewing Company. “Over the past three to five years, we’ve seen this explosion of breweries. A lot of it stemmed around North Carolina changing their laws to allow beer over 6 percent [alcohol content]. That’s when you really saw the growth
start.” The growth of both the Raleigh and Asheville regions has exploded during the past few years, and it doesn’t appear to be stopping any time soon. “We have 16 breweries in Wake County,” said Tyler Cox, head brewer at Gizmo. “This is the most highly concentrated brewing area in the entire state. Asheville considers themselves as having 14 or 15, maybe 16, breweries, but it’s Greater Asheville. It’s not just the city limit proper, it’s going all the way out to the outskirts. In terms of concentration of breweries, we are far and away, in this area, the greatest concentration of beer in the state.” The culture of the Raleigh area is also a great differentiator when it comes to comparing the two cities directly. “Raleigh’s like a melting pot for pretty much the entire country,” said Bryan Lordshaw, a brewer from Aviator Brewing Company. “I see a lot of people from all over coming here. They’re bringing their own flavors, and I feel like that’s contributing to the beer culture here as well. Asheville has kind of a subculture in itself.” Another interesting thing to note about the beer culture is that these breweries don’t seem particularly threatened by the growth of the industry. Though many industries would take pause at their
competition tripling during the past five years, the microbrewery scene seems more like a community. “Honestly, if every brewery that opened this year could just stay open and have a good following and remain profitable, that’d be good enough for me,” said Joseph Wheeler, a brewer from Lonerider Brewery. “I think the market’s about where it needs to be with variety and styles, but I definitely don’t want to see any of these breweries go away.” With an industry growing as fast as this, people may begin to wonder if this explosion will burn out and crash before too long. Is the craftbeer movement just a temporary fad, or is it here to stay? “People ask about this bubble. I don’t think there’s anything like that. I think basically, there’s room for more breweries as long as there’s good beer,” Adam Eckhardt, co-founder of Crank Arm Brewing, said. This sentiment extends to Raleigh’s new competition with Asheville. The Raleigh and Triangle-area breweries aren’t looking to replace Asheville, they’re just looking to introduce our city to respectable, well-made craft beers. “I’d prefer for people to look at it less as beer city, but rather as Beer State USA,” Eckhardt said. This Endless Summer Ale is from Boylan Bridge Brewpub.
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State sweeps doubleheader in extra innings Preston Ellis Correspondent
N.C. State swept East Carolina in a doubleheader Wednesday night at Dail Stadium. The Wolfpack took care of business easily in the first game, defeating the Pirates, 7-2, but needed extra innings to take the second game, 5-4. The 11-inning nightcap marked the Pack’s longest contest since 2012. The Wolfpack (25-10 overall 12-4 ACC) came into Wednesday’s contest riding a five-game win streak. State was returning from a road trip to up-state New York, where the team swept Syracuse in a two-game series. That momentum paired with the atmosphere of its home stadium provided the perfect storm for the Pack. “It was just nice to be home again,” junior pitcher Emily Weiman said. “Mid-week games are sometimes tough, but you can back down against any of the competition.” Weiman got the start in the first game against the Pirates, giving up only four hits and not allowing any runs until the sixth inning. The reigning ACC Pitcher of the Year struck out seven batters and only allowed two walks on the game. Weiman was very comfortable on the mound due to the run support the Pack was able to deliver. Sophomore first baseman Hanna Sommer was two-for-two at the plate with a home run and four RBIs on the night. “Run support, you can’t say enough about that,” Weiman said. “It was really nice to have that little cushion behind me.” After taking the first game by a five-point margin, the Pack looked to carry its momentum into the nightcap. Freshman pitcher Courtney Mirabella got the start in the second game of the doubleheader and showed maturity on the mound. Despite giving up a lead-off home run in the first inning and showing control issues early, the talented righty settled down and gave the Pack four strong innings of work, tallying six strikeouts and giving up only one earned run. “[Mirabella] threw pretty good,” head coach Shawn Rychcik said. “She gave up the home run to the first batter and then was pretty good.” Mirabella ran out of gas though towards the halfway mark due to a high pitch count, causing the Pack to bring Weiman back to close the second game. Weiman gave fans déjà vu when her performance mirrored the start of Mirabella. The
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Senior centerfielder Scout Albertson makes contact with a ball that would shortly glide over the left field wall during the first of game of a doubleheader with East Carolina at the Curtis & Jacqueline Dail Softball Stadium Wednesday. The Wolfpack swept the Pirates, bringing its record to 25-10 overall, with just a single loss at home.
Pasadena, Md. native gave up three runs in her first inning on the mound, allowing the Pirates to tie the game at four apiece in the fifth. “Our plan was to get Courtney three or four innings and then have the lead and then have Emily come in and close the door,” Rychcik said. “It didn’t work out that way, she came in and had a tough fifth inning.” However, Weiman proved trustworthy for the remainder of the game, shutting out the Pirates in the final six innings. Run support was not there for State in the nightcap, as the Pack scored four runs in the third inning and then went scoreless until extra innings. “Pitchers will tell you that they just get into that mode,” Rychcik said. “I thought Emily got into that mode where she
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• One day until the Wolfpack baseball team kicks off its three-game series against Duke in Durham Athletic Ballpark
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Pirates shut out Pack in Greenville Jake Lange
State finishes 2014 Redhawk Invitational
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The N.C. State men’s golf team finished its stint at the Chambers Bay Golf Club in University Place, Wash. Tuesday. Sophomore Carter Page finished 29th in the field of 92, shooting under 75 on all three days for a final score of +8. Check out the full recap of the Wolfpack’s performance at the Redhawk Invitational on our website: www.technicianonline.com/ sports.
Women’s basketball finishes season ranked at No. 21 In the final USA Today women’s basketball top-25 poll, which was released Wednesday, State fell to a final resting spot at No. 21. The Pack finished the season with a final record of 25-8, including 14-2 at home. At the beginning of the season, State was unranked and projected to finish 10th in the ACC. SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS
Clark to compete in the 2014 Masters Former Wolfpack golfer Tim Clark will tee off at 7:45 a.m. at the 2014 Masters. Clark, the 1997 ACC Golfer of the Year, will be making his 13th appearance at the tournament. In 2006, the South Africa native recorded his best finish at the annual competition. Currently, Clark is ranked 117th in the world by the PGA. SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS, PGA
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QUOTE OF THE DAY “...winning as a team, that’s probably my favorite performance.” Andrew Colley, senior distance runner
The N.C. State baseball team’s woes continued Wednesday night, as the Wolfpack was shut out by East Carolina at Clark-LeClair Stadium in Greenville. State was without its team captain, junior shortstop Trea Turner, as the AllAmerican was serving a one-game suspension following an ejection against Clemson Monday. The two teams played earlier in the season, as the Pack (19-13 overall, 5-10 ACC) edged the Pirates (20-13 overall, 8-4 C-USA) at Doak Field, 3-2, April 2. However, the Pack’s victory over ECU was not characteristic of the way the State team has played the past month. Since March 14, the Pack has lost 11 of its last 16 contests. Despite its long term struggles, State was coming off two impressive wins over No. 15 Clemson on Sunday and Monday and was looking to build momentum. The Pirates came out swinging in the first inning. With runners on first and third, junior right fielder Ian Townsend hit a sac fly to center field, sending a runner home and giving ECU an early one-run lead. The Pirates positioned themselves to strike again in the bottom of the second, placing runners on first and third. After a wild pitch from junior pitcher Logan Jernigan, freshman second baseman Charlie Yorgen sprinted home to bump the score to 2-0. State failed to come up with an answer for ECU’s dominance in the first two innings, as the Pack remained scoreless after multiple missed opportunities when having runners on third. East Carolina’s offensive drive continued in the bottom of the fourth. Base hits from Yorgen and sophomore center fielder Garrett Brooks put runners on first
and third, yet again. Junior shortstop Hunter Allen brought Yorgen home after executing an RBI safety squeeze bunt. Directly after, senior left-fielder Dylan Brown hit an RBI single to right center, sending Brooks home to bring the score to 4-0. “I think our situational hitting is getting better and better,” ECU head coach Billy Godwin said. “Two strikes, less than two outs with a runner on third. We couldn’t have scripted it any better.” N.C. State’s hitting never clicked, as the batting order failed to gain any rhythm to answer ECU’s aggressive play. From the leadoff spot to the bottom of the order, countless Wolfpack batters continued to fail to make contact at the plate, and the game became characterized by ECU’s one-sided momentum. In the bottom of the seventh, sophomore pitcher Will Gilbert took the mound for the Pack. After allowing a walk and missing an easy out off a misthrow, the Pirates scored again. In the bottom of the seventh, senior designated hitter Drew Reynolds drilled a two RBI triple that further expanded the Pirates’ lead, 6-0. After sophomore pitcher John Olczak was called from the bullpen to try and close the inning, senior third baseman Zach Houchins knocked a single to center field, sending Reynolds home. Notable Wolfpack hitters had weak at bats Wednesday. Junior leftfielder Brett Austin was one-forfive at the plate, junior centerfielder Jake Fincher was zero-for-four, junior outfielder Logan Ratledge was one-for-four and sophomore catcher John Mangum was zero-for-three. Jernigan pitched six innings against the Pirates. The righthander allowed six hits, four runs and threw three strikeouts. With the loss, Jernigan’s record drops to 4-3 on the season. “This was as sluggish as I’ve seen
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Junior pitcher Logan Jernigan throws the ball before the N.C. State 3-2 victory over East Carolina on April 2. The win improved the Wolfpack’s record to 17-11. The team’s next home appearance will occur on April 18 against Boston Collage.
our team ever play,” Wolfpack head coach Elliott Avent said. “Maybe we just needed some rest. Coming back at 4:30 a.m. last night from Clemson may have just turned our clocks around. When we play with energy, we’re good.” The Pack will look to avoid another slump when it travels to Durham Bulls Athletic Park for a three-game stint against Duke. First pitch of Game One will be at 6 p.m. Friday.
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April 11 @ Duke April 12 @ Duke April 13 @ Duke April 15 @ UNC-Chapel Hill April 18 v. Boston College April 19 v. Boston College April 20 v. Boston College April 22 v. Campbell April 23 v. UNC-Wilmington SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS WEB SITE
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Q&A: Andrew Colley an All-American runner Zack Tanner Assistant Sports Editor
In his four-and-a-half years at N.C. State, senior Andrew Colley has been one of the most successful athletes at the University. The Williamsburg, Va. native is a three-time AllAmerican and a two-time ACC Performer of the Year in cross country. In December, Colley finished seventh in the NCAA Cross Country Championships – the best finish ever by a member of the Wolfpack. The Technician got a chance to catch up with Colley to talk about his illustrious career with the Pack. The Technician: You’ve had quite a decorated career here at N.C. State. What accolade would you say that you take the most pride in? Colley: “The one that I take the most pride in is probably when we won the ACC title [in cross country] three years ago. I got second behind [former Wolfpack runner] Ryan [Hill], and finishing alongside him was a pretty cool moment. Just winning as a team, that’s probably my favorite performance.” Q: When you came to State, you only raced cross country. At this point in your career, would you say that you like track or cross country better? A: “At this point, I’d
probably say that I prefer track because I like the fact that the crowd can see you the whole time, and it can get pretty pumped up.” Q: Your times indicate that you seem to be more comfortable outdoors. One would assume that it would be easier to run indoors, but is that not the case for you? A: “I definitely feed off the outdoors. I’m the kind of guy that when it’s cloudy and rainy, my mood reflects that, but when it’s sunny and it’s a great day outside, I feel like I run faster. My dad is a park ranger, so I grew up being outside.” Q: Running all of these races must take a lot out of you. Where do you find your inspiration? A: “I get my inspiration most from my family and my coaches. They seem to always believe in me when the majority wouldn’t believe in me. Having those people believe in me, that usually helps me to do things that people think I’m incapable of doing.” Q: You’ve been with head coach Rollie Geiger for quite some time now. What’s your relationship with him? A: “We’ve had a pretty stressful relationship because I get a lot of injuries [laughs]. He’s been a great coach, and he’s helped me to perform to the best of my abilities. He’s taught me, over these four years, to become a better person,
COURTESY N.C. STATE ATHLETICS
Redshirt senior Andrew Colley competes in the 1,500m race at the 2014 Raleigh Relays. Colley set a personal best time of 3:44.21 to win the event and earn ACC Co-Performer of the Week honors. The time is seventh-best time in the nation in the men’s 1,500 meters this season and the second fastest time in the ACC in the event in 2014.
and that’s probably the most valuable thing. It’s translated into my running too. I’m a Virginia boy, so he’s kind of become a father figure.” Q: You mentioned Ryan Hill earlier. You two were quite a one-two punch when you raced together. Talk about the friendship that you two shared. A: “Right from the start,
when I came to N.C. State, Ryan was getting really good, and he helped me get better. We did all our workouts together back when he was on the team. We were best friends on the course, and we were really good friends outside of practice too. He’s out in Oregon running for a career, so he’s someone I aspire to be like.”
Q: You guys had a really young cross country team this year. As a senior, how did you act as a mentor to those younger guys? A: “I like to lead by example the best I can: do all the little things right, and hopefully they pick up on it. I like to get to know everyone on the team at a personal level, just so it’s easier to relate to them. Then if they’re struggling in a workout or something, I can relate to them personally so they don’t just think that I’m trying to be a leader, but I actually care about how they do and can help them succeed.” Q: What do you think that you’re going to miss most about N.C. State? A: “I’ll probably miss the people here the most. Ever since the first year I came here, everyone has been really nice, and we’ve all really grown together as a team. The teachers in my major and the coaches that I’ve had have become sort of my family here. It’s going to be tough saying goodbye to everybody, but it’s something that everyone has to do.” Q: What are your plans from here? What’s next after the season ends? A: “After that, I’m going to run professionally and pursue a career in running. These next couple months will determine where I go. With NCAAs coming up, you can’t get caught looking too far ahead.”