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Carroll charged with 6 counts of second-degree exploitations International Investigation concludes as Carroll charged with 6 counts of child pornography
the State of North Carolina as distributing, transporting, exhibiting, receiving, purchasing, exchanging or soliciting material that contains a visual representation of a minor engaged in sexual activity. It is John Cline a Class E felony and punishable by up to Staff Writer 30 years in prison, a fine, or both, accordAstudent was arrested Thursday on ing to information posted on the Campus charges of child pornography, ending what Police Web site. According to Wulff, the investigation is had become an international investigation. James Phillip Carroll, a sophomore in First still ongoing and it is yet to be seen how exYear College, is being charged with six actly things will progress from here through counts of second-degree sexual exploita- the court system. Paul Cousins, director of the University tion of a minor after videos of young girls engaging in sex acts with a man were found Office of Student Conduct, declined to comment on the case citing federal privacy in his home. “The situation was that a person in laws, but did offer an idea of how the UniEngland reported to her authorities there versity might handle a situation such as this. “We have no t he p ot e nt i a l specific policy that of someone in addresses child North Carolina pornography like possessing child there would for pornography alcohol and the and possibly bel i ke,” C ou si n s ing involved in said. “There are the exploitation elements of the of minors,” MaCode of Conduct jor Dave Wulff t h at c e r t a i n l y of the Cary Police speak of a variety Department said. Lacey Martin, junior in human biology of offenses that “Local authorimight surround ties in England then contacted the U.S. Attorney’s Office or touch on that topic. The University has saying that the person may be located in certainly had instances in the past where Cary. They contacted us, we investigated, students have faced criminal charges for obtained a search warrant and got the ar- child pornography and the University has worked through those through the Office rest.” According to the warrant released Mon- of Student Conduct.” When asked how an offense like Carroll’s day, the tip stemmed from an instant message sent to a friend in the United Kingdom might affect enrollment, Cousins said it is which talked in detail about Carroll’s plans handled on mostly a case by case basis. “There are several areas in the code of to have sex with a 5-year-old girl, a girl he allegedly was set to be babysitting on Sat- conduct where suspension or expulsion would be required, for example drugs or urday for a family friend. Second-degree exploitation is defined by certain violations of academic integrity,”
“...unfortunately this happens all the time around the world and can be just around your corner where you least expect it.”
WHOSE BEEN CHARGED? James Phillip Carroll, sophomore in
WITH WHAT? Second-degree exploitation, a class E felony punishable by up to 30 years in prison, a fine or both
UNIVERSITY POLICY: None for this specific charge, handled on a case by case basis, suspension or expulsion possible
PORNOGRAPHY STATISTICS COURTESY CCBI
James Carroll, who was charged with six counts of second-degree sexual exploitation of a minor, is a sophomore in First Year College.
he said. “Other than that they’re dealt with on a case by case basis. There are a number of cases that can result in suspension, for example the most common right now would be a DUI, where suspension is not required but is our practice.” Attempts to discuss the case with the family of Carroll were declined on the basis of their lawyers advice to remain silent. N.C. State students, many of whom were previously unaware of the case, were shocked and appalled to find out about such a charge to one of their peers. “It’s really weird, I know people have random fantasies sometimes but for a student at State to be participating in something not only illegal but as immoral and degrading as this is appalling,” Mark Baeuerle, a junior in microbiology, said. “Normally when you think of sex offenders, you envision old creepy men, not bright young students and
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In Wake county there are 565 registered sex offenders SOURCE: SEXOFFENDER.NCDOJ.GOV/STATS.ASPX
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332 registered sex offenders in Raleigh as of May 2009
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The ratio of Raleigh residents to sex offenders is 1182:1 SOURCE: CITY-DATA.COM
classmates. It’s disgusting.” Lacey Martin, a junior in human biology, said she was equally disappointed to hear of the arrest but took a more realistic tone in evaluating the situation. “I really hate that it happened to an N.C. State student and for the publicity for the University,” Martin said. “I was certainly surprised as this is not something I expect, but unfortunately this happens all the time around the world and can be just around your corner where you least expect it.”
Gustafson addresses future of world hunger
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Director of Food and Agriculture Organization addresses the challenge the world will face by 2050 Katie Maness Correspondent
The Director of Food and Agriculture Organization for the United Nations spoke Monday on his perspective of the future of world hunger. “It is going to be a serious issue for a long time,” Gustafson said. “We need to look quite critically at it.” The goal Gustafson said he looks forward to is reduce the number of the hungry population to 370 million by 2050, and for hunger to be eliminated one day. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization the hungry, otherwise known as undernourished, are defined as, “the result of prolonged low levels of food intake and/or low absorption of food consumed.” The developing regions are most likely to be affected by hunger, especially in the rural population, according to Gustafson. He said this is due to the lack of employment growth in relation to the growth of the rural population. Gustafson said he believes that hunger and poverty are a two-way relationship. According to Gustafson, from 2007 to 2008 there was an increase in the number of hungry people around the world from 900 million to over 1 billion and 2008 was a record year for agriculture production. Although enough food was produced for everyone in the world, Gustafson said that the increase of the hungry population
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During his lecture, Dr. Daniel Gustafson, director of the Washington Office of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), explains the major questions he will touch on in Withers Hall on Monday. Dr. Gustafson presented Feeding the World in 2050: How to Address the Challenge, where he explained what will need to be done to decrease hunger around the world. His major suggestion to solve the problem was multifaceted, 79 percent was devoted to increasing yields and cropping intensity. The program was organized by International Studies and Interdisciplinary Studies in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences.
was “due to high prices.” Gustafson said there were many necessary tasks at hand but that the three main goals that agriculture will have to meet to eliminate hunger are to meet food and energy needs of 9.1 billion, cop with scarce resources and shift to more sustainable production, and adapt to agro-ecological changes in climate. Erin Miller, freshman in animal sci-
ence, said she thinks positive results are possible as long as everyone works together and acts now. “If we wait more than a year than we are going to be in a lot of trouble by 2050,” Miller said. Gustafson said there is a need for a 70 percent increase in food production, leading to an extra 1 billion tons of cereal, and 200 million tons of meat.
Gustafson said the developing countries do have adequate natural resources, such as land, to grow the necessary amount of food. “To get a 100 percent increase, you don’t have to go tear down the Amazon,” Gustafson said. The common belief among students Miller said was that the
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Craft Center offers year-round classes photo By Marisa Akers
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eredith Caccamo, a senior in english, develops a photo of the Court of Carolinas outdoor classroom in the darkroom of the Crafts Center. “I’ve always been interested in [photography],” Caccamo said as she worked. Classes are offered in the Crafts Center year-round and are listed on the N.C. State website.
Digital Humanities Symposium 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Winston/Tompkins/Caldwell Halls Faces and Mazes Noon to 8 p.m. Gregg Museum of Art & Design With Lathe and Chisel: North Carolina Wood Turners and Carvers Noon to 8 p.m. Gregg Museum of Art & Design
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Quote of the day “We’re very happy they we were able to get involved in this case and put a stop to any further abuse that may have happened to anyone. We’re also glad that the U.S. Attorney’s Office had enough confidence to trust us with this matter.” Major Dave Wulff of the Cary Police Department
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HARMONY: Spring 2010 Chinese Music Concert Tour
On March 2 at 7:30 p.m. the Confucius Institute at Valparaiso University is sponsoring the Spring 2010 Chinese Music Concert Tour featuring four guest soloists from China and the Chamber Concert Band of Valparaiso University conducted by Jeff Doebler. The program for the concert tour includes band arrangements of famous Chinese tunes as well as classics of American band music. The program will take place in Stewart Theatre and doors open at 7 p.m. Tickets for students and seniors are $5 and for the public $8. Jeffrey Scott Doebler serves as director of music education and bands at Valparasio University. The concert will also featuer Shengmin Yan, tenor from Zhejiang Provincial Song and Dance Theater, Lin Ma, erhu soloist from
World & Nation
United States Olympic team pulls away with final medal count With the Vancouver winter Olympics closing on Sunday the United States finished with the highest medal count of any team in a winter games, with 37 medals. Finishing second in the medal count was Germany, who initially led the medal count. The Germans finished with 30 medals, 4 more than the host country of Canada. The Canadians had a strong conclusion to the games with an overtime win over the U.S. in hockey Sunday night. The break-down of the medal count for the U.S. is 9 golds, 15 silver and 13 bronze medals. Source: Vancouver 2010
Zhejiang Provincial Song and Dance Theater, and Jia Wang, pipa soloist from Shanghai Conservatory. For more information contact Guanglin Dai at 919-513-2924.
ment of Economics, James K iwa nu ka-Tondo f rom the Department of Communications and Maxine Thompson from the Department of Sociology & Anthropology.
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Why Can’t We All Be Healthy?: Race, Gender and Age Disparities in the American Health Care System The interdisciplinary panel of scholars discusses disparities (racial, gender, age) in access to health care and in health outcomes in this country. The panelists will identify particular challenges that confront different groups within our current health care system and, when possible, offer practical ways to address these disparities. The panel discussion will be in room 323 in Mann Hall on Wednesday, March 3rd from 3:30 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. The panelists are Jason Allaire from the Department of Psychology, Alvin Headen from the Depart-
Meet the New Wolves on Campus On March 9 at 2 p.m. 3 new wolf sculptures will be unveiled, a brand new campus landmark. The university will officially unveil three new wolf sculptures outside the Free Expression Tunnel. N.C. State commissioned an artist to create these oneof-a-kind sculptures which are part of the overall beautification projects going on around campus. Cupcakes will be distributed outside the south end of the free expression tunnel and get the first look at the majestic wolves that will become part of everyday life on campus. Source: NCSU Campus Calendar
Using ECG to screen young athletes’ hearts could save lives
Getting naked for art at the Sydney Opera House
LOS ANGELES - Screening young athletes for heart abnormalities with an electrocardiogram test may be a cost-effective way to identify at-risk youth and save lives, according to a new study. Researchers from the Stanford University School of Medicine examined sudden cardiac deaths among U.S. high school and college athletes.
SYDNEY- Monday 5,200 Australians posed naked in front of the Sydney Opera House for a photo shoot by New York-based artist Spencer Tunick for another installation of nudes against urban backdrops. The photo shoot was titled, “Mardi Gras: The Base” to celebrate Sydney’s Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras last weekend. The shoot took place on a chilly, autumn day. The type of poses varied from hour to hour, from standing up to lying down, and embracing cheek to cheek. Tunick has produced almost 100 installations around the world, and says his work is not about exhibitionism or eroticism but instead reveals the vulnerability of life in a rough city landscape. But that argument has not impressed authorities at home in the United States, where Tunick has been arrested seven times. His largest installation was in Mexico on May 6, 2007, where he photographed 18,000 people In Mexico City’s Zocalo Square.
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Student apologizes for university noose incident, claims no racist intent LOS ANGELES - The University of California, San Diego student reportedly responsible for last week’s controversial noose episode issued a public, but anonymous, apology Monday and said she had no racist intent when she hung the rope from a bookcase in the campus’s main library. The discovery of the noose set off angry protests at a school already tense from racially charged episodes. Source: MCT Campus
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POLICe BlOTTER Feb. 27 4:20 AM | Check Person Boney Drive Officer spoke with student in vehicle. Everything OK. 1:41 PM | Larceny D.H. Hill Library Student reported unattended wallet stolen. 11:53 PM | Check Person E.S. King Village Report of suspicious subjects in the area. Subjects left prior to officer’s arrival. 4:12 PM | Suspicious Person D.H. Hill Library Staff member reported nonstudent viewing child pornography on guest computers. Suspect was a registered sex offender and was trespassed from NCSU property. Investigation ongoing. 7:15 PM | Suspicious Person Watauga Hall Report of suspicious subject approaching people and asking for money. Officer located nonstudent who had been previously trespassed. Subject was arrested and charged with second degree trespass and possession of drug paraphernalia. 8:48 PM | Suspicious Vehicle Lake Raleigh Officer located vehicle in the area. Owner was located and moved vehicle. Feb. 28 2:47 AM | Medical Assist Delta Gamma Units responded to nonstudent in need of medical assistance. Nonstudent was transported for treatment. 7:17 AM | Check Person Schenck Forest Officers spoke with nonstudent asleep in vehicle. Subject left area voluntarily. 10:32 PM | Violate Policy Off Campus
Student was arrested by RPD for DWI and referred to the University for same. 10:44 PM | Violate Policy Off Campus Student was charged by RPD with DWI. Student was referred to the University for same. 11:03 PM | Violate Police Off Campus Student was charged by RPD with DWI. Student was referred to University for same. 11:26 PM | Violate Policy Off Campus Student was arrested by RPD for Resist/Obstruct/Delay, Second Degree Trespass and Underage Alcohol violations. Student was referred to the University for same. 12:07 PM | Suspicious Incident Gardner Hall Staff member reported hearing running in the building. Officers completed check of building but did not locate anyone. 12:47 PM | Special Event Reynolds Coliseum Officers monitored women’s basketball game. 2:28 PM | Suspicious Person Holladay Hall Report of subjects climbing side of building. Subjects left prior to officers’ arrival. 4:17 PM | Alcohol Violation Carmichael Gym Two students were observed consuming alcohol. Student was referred for possessing an open container and aid & abet minor. Second student was referred for underage possession and open container. 5:56 PM | Larceny Harrelson Hall Student reported bicycle stolen. 9:37 PM | Suspicious Person Wolf Village Lot Report of subject approaching females and acting suspicious. Officers located nonstudent. Plate on vehicle had pick up order and was seized. Subject was trespassed from NCSU property.
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TECHNICIAN WORLD ALT •
2007: 900 million hungry people
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2008 increase to 1 billion
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Leading to 1 billion tons of cereal and 200 million tons of meat
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MAKING THE ART TO WEAR
SOURCE: DANIEL GUSTAFSON
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developing countries do not have the potential to produce enough food. She said she was surprised by the information Gustafson provided. “[Biotechnology] is a bigger concept with a lot of potential,” Gustafson said. “However it hasn’t really had an impact in the crops that poor farmers grow.” Gustafson said if the goal is reached then there will be a “different world than we have been used to.” Claire Lucas, a freshman in engineering, said she was impressed by Gustafson’s outlook. “I think it is a good optimistic approach, but all of our efforts need to be focused on it instead of wars,” Lucas said. Gustafson said there is a chance for the world to be improved by 2050 but not without effort. Gustafson said, “I am cautiously optimistic about 2050, but a lot needs to happen to make it a reality.”
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Katlyn Griffin, a senior in fashion and textile management, works on her line of clothes for Art and Design Fibers Studio. The line of clothes is based on the silent 1920s horror movie “The Cabin of Dr. Caligari.”
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Martin also expressed relief that authorities arrested Carroll before he could carry out any of his plans, as well as a be-
lief that the University should enact appropriate justice in the case. “I’m just so glad that they got him before he could act on any of his plans, but I wonder if he’s hurt others before,” she said. “I’m not an expert on student conduct procedures but I defi-
nitely don’t think this should be taken lightly because it affects the University negatively just by being out there.” According to Wulff and the Cary Police Department, they are just glad to have one more sexual offender off the streets. “We’re very happy they we
were able to get involved in this case and put a stop to any further abuse that may have happened to anyone,” Wulff said. “We’re also glad that the U.S. Attorney’s Office had enough confidence to trust us with this matter.” Martin said she agreed.
“At least there won’t be any more victims...hopefully,” she said. Carroll has posted bail and is on house arrest with electronic monitoring around the clock.
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Erskine Bowles, president of the UNC System, announced his resignation from his post at the last Board of Governors meeting. President Barack Obama recently appointed him as the co-chair of a bipartisan commission reviewing federal deficits.
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Bowles was an adequate caretaker of the UNC System, but not much else. He could have done more to dampen rising tuition and fees.
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FAFSA is broken The article “Students and tuition — banking on the future” in Friday’s Technician caused me to think of something. The University awards all need-based financial aid according to the FAFSA. There are several reasons as to why this is bad practice: The FAFSA is time consuming, yet it asks for pretty much the same information as a 1040 Tax Form. Why not use people’s tax returns instead of the FAFSA to estimate financial need? FAFSA cannot take into account special circumstances, such as a sudden job loss, a sudden death in the family or parents who are unwilling or unable to fund their children’s education. Financial dependency when filing taxes is different from financial dependency when filing the FAFSA. A student may be independent for tax purposes, yet still be forced to provide their parent’s information on his or her FAFSA. This can drastically reduce a student’s eligibility for needbased aid. The University should reconsider using the FAFSA as its sole basis for awarding needbased financial aid. For example, Carolina uses both the FAFSA and the College Board PROFILE as a basis for awarding need-based aid. Maybe the University should take a lesson from its rival school. Adam Philyaw senior, computer engineering
Doucette toots his horn As a freshman, during the past year I have enjoyed picking up a copy of Technician to read. It’s something I enjoy reading every day, because it not only informs me about things going around the University, it provides a necessary relief from all the academic reading I have to do for all of my other classes. Technician, whose job is to educate the student body on all issues going on within the University regardless of whether it makes the University look bad or not, is in my opinion the most important section of Student Media. However, many people take advantage of the paper, and attempt to bash it every chance they get. I constantly see letters to the editor from T. Greg Doucette, an alumnus. It is obvious from his letters, that he does not enjoy Technician, especially when the paper writes something critical of Student Government. Mr. Doucette is obviously an accomplished student, as well as an accomplished politician; he takes the opportunity to “toot
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he president of the UNC System, Erskine Bowles, announced his resignation at the last Board of Governors meeting. Almost immediately following the resignation, he announced plans to return to Washington D.C. as the co-chair of President Barack Obama’s recently announced fiscal commission. Bowles, President Bill Clinton’s chief of staff in the late 1990s, and former Republican Senator Alan Simpson are leading the bipartisan commission, which is expected to have recommendations to the president’s desk Dec. 1. The move is certainly an intelligent one for Obama, seeing that Bowles was chief of staff when Clinton’s administration passed the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, but Bowles de-
parture causes some reflection on his accomplishments — or lack thereof. In his more than four years in office, he has been the front man for funding difficulties at the universities and doubtlessly had an undesirable job, but the question comes back to the issue of system advancement. The campuses have expanded, but in many cases without the state support they’ve needed to effectively keep class sizes down. Tuition has increased substantially. While never more than the BOG’s promised cap of 6.5 percent, a credit to Bowles, tuition and fees at N.C. State increased more than
Elliot Borman, I simply applaud you. One cheer for claiming to be a pornographic connoisseur! I must say, I hear that’s what the girls are after these days. Your parents must be proud. Two cheers for journalistic ability! In your insignificant column related to school topics, you used words such as masturbation, “dick pics” and genitalia, all in reference to sexual texting via cell phone. Now I’m no prude, but I think it’s safe to say you made at least half of your readers uncomfortable with their school newspaper Monday. It’s only my opinion, but I feel that this is what you wanted. I think congratulations are in order from your fellow staff writers. Last but not least, three cheers for downplaying child pornography! Way to go! Just curious, how isn’t a naked photograph of a minor used, (these are your own words) “all the way [until] climax on individual partner’s convenience by mutual masturbation via text,” NOT child pornography? Regardless to how child pornography is or isn’t related to sexting, you showed extreme irresponsibility and disregard for those affected and hurt by child pornography, along with the thousands of other families affected across the country. You did this by how you wrote your article, bringing up child pornography (a very sensitive issue), and then insinuating that since child pornography is hard to find online, it is illegitimate in the topic of sexting, something many people are uncomfortable with. “To each his own?” Are you high? Vincent Taylor junior, environmental engineering
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a ny students around campus seem to relish in complaining about how crappy their roommates are. I hear things rangi ng f rom “she’s way too messy” to “he’s always having s e x wh i le I’m asleep.” Marlena Granted, Wilson these things Staff Writer are relevant annoyances. But we spend so much time blaming others that we fail to see the faults within ourselves. Sometimes, I think we forget that everyone here in the college environment is scared. It doesn’t matter if you are freshman or a senior. It varies from male to female and culture to culture. We all have concerns and worries ranging from next week’s test to an upcoming graduate school interview. Having a shred of compassion for another person can make a big difference in how they react to you. When we enter the college environment I believe we are looking for the ideal situation. We are so excited about the endless possibilities and all the stories we’ve heard, we create our own clouded realities. The problem with
that is that we get hit, hard, by situations we are not prepared for. It’s like getting run into by a freight train. All of a sudden you realize your roommate is totally different from what you thought he or she would be. Maybe they hate country music, have a messy desk, stay out way too late, talk loudly on the phone, have a potty mouth or always eat your food. How do we resolve these situations? First, take a step back and look at yourself. You will begin to realize that you may take some getting used to as well. Maybe you are a neurotic neat freak, you hog the refrigerator with only your things and you always have people over in the wee hours of the morning. Those habits of yours may be driving your roommate crazy! Secondly, have the courage to have a heart-to-heart conversation with your roommate(s). It may be scary at first because I do not think the average person wants to be the one to initiate a confrontation. One thing is for sure; talking about something definitely beats hating each other in a passive-aggressive manner. I believe that people do not even recognize that their habits are irritating. Yes, there
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Has Erskine Bowles, the UNC-System president, been an effective leader? Why or why not?
Josh Privette freshman, political science
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$1,000 while Bowles was president — a loss for students. Last year, Bowles suggested a drop in the maximum tuition increase to 4.5 percent, but the effort certainly hasn’t affected the General Assembly’s decision to raise tuition during the next two years. Since Bowles started his career in corporate finance, he certainly should understand the realities of business. Hence, it isn’t unfair to evaluate him as a sort of CEO of education. Under those criteria, he isn’t a particularly great success. State university systems, especially the UNC System, are dependent on state financing. But in its absence, as for this year, the
system’s leaders must press the universities to maintain their endowments through alternate sources. He stood up to the General Assembly, and fought against funding cuts at times, but it too often appeared that Bowles was playing the role of the consummate politician. He played the hand he was dealt quite deftly, and surely won’t be remembered as a failure, but his successes are hard to view when the tuition increases and funding cuts are starring back at the universities. Bowles may have been a competent caretaker for the system, but he certainly wasn’t the champion it needed in the legislature and across the state during the last four years.
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his horn” every time he writes in. He clearly loves to show off all his past affiliations, including his presidency of the Association of Student Governments and Student Senate. Mr. Doucette, I assure you, the students that you so diligently represent DO NOT CARE. Technician, I’m sure, gets a crack out of everything you send in and immediately prints it just so people can see just how crazy you sound. Technician is attempting to inform the students of what is going on in Student Senate, no matter whether it is good or bad. Unlike SG itself, Technician takes time to reach out to students and actually speak to them and ask their opinions, where SG takes what is best for SG and runs with it. (COUGH TALLEY COUGH) I encourage not only Mr. Doucette, but also other defenders of SG, to take the time to first encourage those who say they represent students, to actually represent students — as opposed to representing themselves. This is a student body of 31,000 students, not 65 student senators. I appreciate Technician and all that they do to inform me. This paper is the most valuable asset to students on this campus.
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is such a thing as a person being evil for no reason, but we should take the high road and give people the benefit of the doubt — at least once. They may surprise you! The world is full of various attitudes and personalities. One of the main goa l s of college is exposure to that. If you c a n deal with an annoying roommate you can get along with anyone. Try being friendly and see where things go. Being a roommate involves compromise. When you bend for someone else, they will most likely bend for you. If you simply cannot come to a consensus then throw in the towel and split. There are relationships that are meant to end, but make sure you do everything to avoid missing out on a potential friendship.
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“I don’t even know who that is, so I’m going to have to say no. I feel an effective leader would be known among the campus [community].” Jeremy Harrell junior, agricultural education
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Mary Pat Bulfin, a freshman in animal science, holds up her bacteria plate as Heather Brown, a freshman in animal science, gives it a second opinion during the Bacteriophage research lab class in Jordan Hall on Monday, Mar. 1, 2010. “Itís an amazing hands-on experience,” Bulfin reflected. “I think it really shows that the university is focused on making researchers for life.” The Phage Hunters class is two semesters long and includes a hands-on research portion, exclusively to freshman, and a gene annotation portion. The program is funded by Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
Phage-hunters class exposes freshmen to real research
Students in MB 210, 211 explore microbiology, bioinformatics Heidi Klumpe Staff Writer
When Eric Miller, professor of microbiology and interim department head, and Sue Carson, biotechnology academic coordinator and assistant professor of plant biology, received funding from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute for an innovative research class for freshmen, they both were extremely excited about the course’s potential. “There aren’t a lot of opportunities for first-year research,” Carson said. “Science education studies have shown that students who get involved in research end up staying in science, doing better in their classes and are more likely to go into research.” Miller also feels the class helps students understand the reality of scientific study. “It’s important for students to have fun in science: to be curious, to structure questions that are really interesting to answer and to start getting the experience in the laboratory as to how you explore those and answer those questions,” Miller said. “If you take that out of the learning educational process, you take out one of the biggest motivators for being a scientist.” Students were equally eager to give the class a try. “To me the course sounded exciting because it’s not the standard type of lecture, where you’re just learning material,” Heather Brown, a freshman in animal science, said. “Without actually doing research, or when you do the very set procedures in a basic lab class where it’s an experiment that’s been repeated, you don’t understand what it’s like to do research that doesn’t have a known end.” The students study bacteriophage, of which there are 10 to the 31st power varieties, according to Miller. “The biodiversity that’s there is huge, and it’s fascinating,” Carson said. “There are so many different genes that do different things that aren’t even discovered.” Bacteriophages are viruses
TEM image of microbacterial phage.
that infect bacteria, meaning each kind of bacteria on the planet has several different phages that infect it. This diversity opens up phages for multiple uses, including, according to Carson, predating antibiotics as a means to kill pathogenic bacteria. “[The study of phage] provides a better insight into evolutionary biology, new genome sequences for the study of evolution of genomes and can provide new biotechnology tools for diagnostics, therapeutic and treatment of microbial diseases,” Miller said. The class focused on one application in particular. “The big idea is that if our phage can kill the bacteria we are working with, that phage will have a 40 percent chance of killing Mycobacterium tuberculosis, an often deadly lung disease with which an estimated one in three people world-wide are infected,” Alan Bohn, a freshman in microbiology, said. “The translation I tell my parents is that we are essentially starting with dirt, finding viruses and learning as much as we can about them.” In the fall, the students started by gathering soil samples and used multiple rounds of plating to isolate a unique phage. “What we do is grow a big sea of bacteria, which is visible, and there’s little holes that occur where the phage is eating it,” Nick Allen, a freshman in zoology, said. “You pick [the phage] up out of that. We kept plating
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them over and over until we were reasonably certain we had a very clear sample of phage.” The students then took their phage, extracted DNA to study the following semester and, via transmission electron microscopy, got an up-close look at the phage. “After a whole semester of just staring at a round Petri dish, now you suddenly could actually see what this thing you’ve been working on for the whole time,” Allen said. At the semester’s conclusion, the class chose one phage to be sequenced at a nearby facility, an expensive process that the HHMI grant covered. As they wait for the sequence to return, the students are examining a draft of the genomes. Unlike traditional laboratory experiences, this process includes quite a bit of guesswork. “We go through the sequence and we figure out where the different genes are and what they do,” Allen said. “And for most of them, we have no idea.” Moreover, fitting a research project within the confines of a semester is very different from the traditional approach to a syllabus. “You can plan for things you hope will be happening in the course, but they don’t always turn out that way,” Miller said. Nonetheless, the benefits of the class have exceeded expectations as students branch out into other laboratories on campus and develop as researchers.
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Heather Brown, a freshman in animal science, micropipettes into a gel palette during the Bacteriophage research lab class in Jordan Hall on Monday, Mar. 1, 2010. “I thought [the class] was a great way to get my foot in the door on research,” Brown explained.
“Many of the students in the class have applied to summer research programs and have pursued undergraduate research experiences in the department of microbiology and other departments on campus,” Miller said. “They take their freshman experience as a foundation of basic skills they can take into a research lab.” “The students have become a lot more independent and a lot more able to figure things out for themselves, simply because we couldn’t answer all the questions for all of the students all at once,” Carson said. “If they get sick enough of waiting, they’ll actually figure it out themselves.” As many other institutions applied for funds to create similar classes, students also found support and collaboration online. “We can get on the wiki and talk with other students in the
program, get their opinions on different things, learn what did and did not work for them and even win prizes for answering weekly questions,” Bohn said. Ultimately, students feel this class taught them more than most of their coursework, giving them a realistic view of laboratory life and making the scientific principles practical. “I feel like this is the best way to learn,” Allen said. “You have to learn it because you’re using it.” Carson is equally impressed with the students’ progress. “The goal is to have them be the experts and be able to do it themselves,” Carson said. “One thing that has really blown my mind is that the students in the class, when they do their presentations, they sound like graduate students. They don’t sound like freshmen.”
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The pursuit of happiness Experts discuss the biological and psychological factors that influence mood Edward Markus Staff Writer
What is happiness, and how do we get it? It’s a question scholars have been asking for millennia. Even today, answers vary greatly across academic fields and from individuals. Robert Grossfeld, a professor of zoology, physiology and behavioral biology at the University, offered insights into the neurophysiology of happiness. “Dopamine is a major neurotransmitter, and dopamine circuits are involved in reward and also anticipation of a reward,” Grossfeld said. However, he said these “rewards” might lead to addiction instead of happiness. Grossfeld also spoke of the effect of endorphins, the chemicals experienced during a runner’s high. “When we run and push it to the wall then endorphins are released, and they activate circuits that, whatever their means, make us feel good,” Grossfeld said. Though they can induce pleasure in the brain, Grossfeld said dopamine and endorphins might not be the cause of true happiness. “From my perspective, it’s about being content with what you’re doing rather than feeling good for the moment,” he said. According to Grossfeld, the cause of true happiness is still largely unknown. “What are the circuits and neurotransmitters involved in feeling contentment? I believe that we aren’t there yet,” Grossfeld said. Rupert Nacoste, professor of psychology, defines happiness as “a level of satisfaction with what is going on right now.” Nacoste is a social psychologist who believes happiness is attained through engagement in positive interpersonal relationships. “We are born into relationships with people, so from the very beginning
Chemical Happiness According to Alan Hirsch, M.D., neurological director of the Smell & Taste Treatment and Research Foundation in Chicago, endorphins are neutrotransmitters produced in the brain that reduce pain. They have also been known to trigger feelings of pleasure and happiness. 10 activities that release endorphins in the brain 1. Eat a chili pepper 2. Think positive thoughts 3. Work out 4. Physical contact 5. Experience something beautiful or inspiring 6. Try Acupuncture 7. Indulge in chocolate 8. Be afraid 9. Catch some sunlight 10. Laugh Source: yourtotalhealth.ivillage.com, article by Melissa Walker
we need each other and that’s where our true source of satisfaction comes from,” Nacoste said. According to Nacoste, there is a relatively new movement within psychology known as positive psychology. Unlike traditional psychology, which tends to focus on negative topics such as mental disease, positive psychology focuses on factors which lead people to be positive and cheerful. Nacoste said positive psychologists “talk about a lot of different stuff, but it seems to all come down to some sort of authentic engagement. Being connected to something is really what matters to us.” Nacoste explained that though the connection can come from an activity, it often depends on interpersonal relationships within that activity. “I have talked to rock climbers. Do you know what they talk a lot about? They talk about the exhilaration of climbing, but they talk about camaraderie, being with people who like doing this too,” Nacoste said. Michael Pendlebury is head of the
department of philosophy and religious studies at the University. “Philosophers tend, in thinking about happiness, to think about a whole life rather than what things are like today or tomorrow or for a short period of time. What makes a life worth living?” Pendlebury said. Pendlebury explained that there are different views within philosophy about what constitutes happiness. “Some philosophers might say that it really is just a mantle of the total balance of pleasure over pain in a life,” Pendlebury said. “If over the course of a life you get maximum pleasure and minimum pain then that’s happiness.” Pendlebury said other philosophers think that focusing on the ratio between pleasure and pain is too narrow. “There might be a sense of reward to a life that can’t be reduced to mere pleasure and pain,” Pendlebury said. “Exercising your capacities to the fullest is a crucial part of well-being and a worthwhile life.” According to Pendlebury, another key factor in happiness is a sense of autonomy. “Human beings have got to have some sort of sense that they are in control of their own lives,” Pendlebury said. So how can we be happier? “Too often I hear students say that basically all they do is go to class and stay in their room. That is a mistake. Get out there and get involved,” Nacoste said. “There are all kinds of things to do with other people.” Nacoste recommends that students join clubs and go to University events, which are often discounted or free for students, while Pendlebury advocates keeping busy with an activity that you find worthwhile. “If you sit back and hope that pleasures and happiness and good things will come to you, then you’re likely going to get quite miserable,” Pendlebury said. “Even when it’s difficult to get yourself moving to do things that you regard as valuable, it’s worth it to keep doing it.” If nothing else, being happy might
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be good for your health. Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center recently published a study which shows a relationship between positive emotions and coronary heart disease. After taking into account age, sex, other cardiovascular risk factors and negative emotions, the researchers found that, over the 10-year period, increased positive emotions such as joy, happiness, excitement, enthusiasm and contentment were associated with a decrease in the risk of heart
disease by 22 percent per point, on a five-point scale measuring levels of positive emotional expression (ranging from “none” to “extreme”). Though we still know very little about the exact mechanisms of happiness, there is clearly good reason to be happy. The advice of Nacoste and Pendlebury offers students practical ways to enjoy their lives to the fullest. As Nacoste said, “Life is short, live well.”
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tled for a fifth-place finish behind Coastal Carolina, UNC-Wilmington, UNCcontinued from page 8 Chapel Hill and Wake. The windy weather and substantial success, finishing fourth in the conference stand- course maintenance made ings. The biggest disappoint- match play increasingly ment of the year was the six difficult, according to team shot total that forced the team members. “It was really windy, with to miss the qualifying cut for 15 to 20 mph winds connationals. “This semester, our team is stantly coming off of the looking strong again and we are lake,” Cox said. “They had ready to step it up and make it just aerated the greens as to nationals,” Cox said. “Our well, so they were bumpy.” Will Vanlandingham, a spring schedule is looking junior in business admintough.” istration, The tea m shot a ficonsists of 14 nal round members, but of 75 and only eight can finished qua l i f y for t ied for each tournaeighth ment. Qualiindividufying rounds ally. are held dur“The ing practice course du r i ng t he was tough week prior to to begin competition. with and This spring, the conthe team will Brian Cox junior in spanish ditions participate in language and literature made tournaments it even against comtougher,” petitive teams such as UNC-Wilmington and Vanlandingham said. “But Coastal Carolina. While some we played hard and got a of last year’s players graduated top five finish.” The team’s next tournaor did not return, the newcomers are already making an im- ment is slated for the weekend of March 27 and 28 at pact on the team. “The new members are step- the South Carolina Open, ping up and making contribu- where as both individuals and a group, it will be tions right away,” Cox said. Most recently, the team com- pushing to improve in the peted in the Pinehurst Classic conference standings. over the past weekend. The event was held at the Legacy Links Golf Course, located in Aberdeen, N.C. After three rounds of play, the team set-
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they are willing to take. “We do run that risk,” Palmieri said. “It is something that we hope doesn’t happen, but it comes down to what problem is worse, a team not having an opportunity to play in the regular season but still playing in the playoffs, or not having a championship game because we run out of time in the semester.” Another change this season is that the number of playing fields is shrinking from four to three. This was in response to the close quarters of fields two and three and because of
hopes to help limit the amount of time a player from another game has to spend running into a different field as he is chasing down a ball. “One thing we have done is that we have cut down the number of fields we play on from four to three,” Palmieri said. “The problem was that fields two and three’s infields were right next to each other and a lot of balls would get thrown into the other fields. By cutting down to three fields we can spread out the fields a lot better and space them out a lot more.” Also for the first time, this year there is an elite league offered for guys who wish to
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ciating softball and have been with us for over a year will be the only ones allowed to work the elite games.” Jeff Gonza, a junior in sport management, said the league will be worth the money strictly for the competition level it will provide. “It definitely will be [worth it]. The competiveness of it is the thing that makes it so enticing for me,” Gonza said. “It is the best of the best playing against each other. And I want to be the best and playing against this level of competition will let me and my team prove it.”
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Nagaraj leads women’s tennis Pack legend to be honored N.C. State basketball legend Rodney Monroe will be honored at the ACC Tournament along with 11 other league “Legends.” He is the Pack’s all time leading scorer with 2,551 points and was named an All-American in 1991.
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Center, defensive end represent Pack at NFL Combine Center Ted Larsen and defensive end Willie Young participated in the NFL Combine over the weekend. Larsen ran a 5.27 40 yard dash and bench pressed 225 pounds 26 times. The highlight of the combine for Larsen was his performance in the 20 yard shuttle, as his time of 4.66 was the seventh fastest among all offensive linemen at the combine. Young’s vertical jump of 38 inches tied for the highest among defensive linemen. Source: nfl.com
Sophomore earns All-ACC Honorable Mention A year after being named the conference’s Sixth Player of the Year, forward Bonae Holston recently earned a spot on the honorable mention team after averaging 11.8 points and 6.2 rebounds per game this season. Holston was one of 10 conference players to finish the regular season in the top-20 in both points and rebounds. Source: N.C. State Athletics
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Sophomore from India filling in No. 1 singles spot on women’s tennis team Fidelis Lusompa Senior Staff Writer
In her first year as a starter, Sandhya Nagaraj is playing at the No. 1 singles spot for the women’s tennis team. The sophomore was recently ranked No. 107 nationally and has posted a 5-2 record seven matches into the spring season. Nagaraj’s journey to the N.C. State tennis courts started back in India at age nine. Nagaraj said she started playing because her parents wanted to keep her occupied. “I just started for fun,” Nagaraj said. “My parents put me in it. They didn’t want me to waste time sitting around after school. It was just a fun thing. I started doing well and made a lot of friends and I wanted to keep going back. For some reason, I just kept going. Every time I wanted to quit, something big happened, so I couldn’t walk away from it.” Nagaraj did so well she was asked to play for the India national team. She said it was an honor to play for her country and in the process she traveled to a number of countries like Spain and Australia. But there were a number of barriers she faced while traveling to tournaments. “Language was one of them,” Nagaraj said. “I was traveling alone. It was hard for me to interact with people. Most of the people traveled with teams. Sometimes I traveled with coaches. It’s too expensive to travel with your coach all the time.” When it came time to decide on her future, Nagaraj looked at colleges in the United States, including the University of Washington and State.
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Sophomore Sandhya Nagaraj hits the ball during her doubles match on Friday, Jan. 29, 2010, against East Carolina at the J.W. Isenhour Tennis Center. The Pack defeated the Pirates 6-1.
Coach Hans Olsen said he heard about Nagaraj after talking to one of his players who was also from India. “I’ve coached a good amount of players from India over the years,” Olsen said. “The last one, Nandita Chandrasekav, and her knew each other. There was a lot of communication between Sandhya and Nandita and between Nandita and me. People that I knew from India that spoke well of Sandhya, I think that’s how it got started.” Once Nagaraj decided on joining the Wolfpack tennis team she learned that she would have to sit out a year because of NCAA rules. Nagaraj said it was hard to sit and watch when she felt she could make a difference. “I knew even before I got here that I had problems with my eligibility,” Nagaraj said. “I was prepared for it and I
handled it all right. That’s one of the reasons why I’m eager to play, because I had to sit out the whole year.” Teammate and fellow sophomore Pender Sessoms said it’s an honor to play with someone as determined and talented as Nagaraj. “She’s really, really good and she’s played on a completely different level than I have. That’s what it’s like playing in the ACC too,” Sessoms said. “When ever you are playing matches, you get to play against these players that are unbelievable and it’s really cool to have her on our team because she’s so good.” Olsen said he believes Nagaraj having to sit out a year benefitted her. “At the time, it was really frustrating for her,” Olsen said. “But I think she appreciates that time. “She has a good, mature approach to her tennis and life.
It’s a game that we play, not to live or die by. But she has a good balance with it and I think that year helped her to understand what’s really important to her.” Nagaraj has already had some influence on her teammates. “The biggest thing that I’ve probably learned is that when she plays, she just keeps it simple and sticks it to them,” Sessoms said. “It’s just really fun to watch her play.” As for what she hopes to achieve while she’s at State, Nagaraj said she just wants to play the best she can. “I don’t want to put a goal next to my name, but having fun is my main thing,” Nagaraj said. “Your playing with a team, you have the team behind you. It was different from what I was use to. This is much more relaxed and fun.”
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Where my pitches at? We got the runs Hackers and Wackers Master Batters The Sons-of-Pitches Avent’s Loss I’d Hit That
Softball, the biggest intraSource: campus rec mural sport in the spring, is starting up and even though the weather is not cooperat- tem helps to make the regular ing, the games are still go- season essentially for seeding ing on. The season began purposes since everyone makes last week and consists of the playoffs.” However, with this change, 144 teams divided into six divisions, including men’s none of the regular season and women’s open, co-rec games outside of this past and fraternity. The biggest week’s games will be made up, difference the players will for any reason, including rain. see this year is the schedul- With these format changes, ing change, as teams now some of the players are unonly play two games in the happy with the new structure, regular season, while every- especially the idea that none of one makes the playoffs. This the canceled games are going to is different from years past, be rescheduled. “I don’t like the new format as teams used to play three they have inregular stalled,” Joseph season Riggsbee, a jugames nior in sport with management, only the s a i d . “ Yo u top two aren’t able to teams get a real feel from as to which each teams are the pool adbest and withvancing out reschedulto the Coordinator for intramural ing it’s hard to playoffs. sports Rick Palmieri on elite really see who Rick league games the best team is Palmbecause if you ieri, colost one game ordinator for intramural sports, and the other gets rained out said the switch was done in you will be a really low seed. response to what happened They should definitely change with intramural soccer the it up.” By not allowing make-ups semester before. “We did this first off be- for canceled games, a chance cause of what happened does arise that some teams may with soccer last semester enter the playoffs without playwhere the playoffs didn’t ing a single game in the regular end until the spring se- season. But Palmieri said this is mester because of so many the lesser of two evils and a risk rainouts and conditions with the field,” Palmieri softball continued page 7 said. “Switching to this sys-
“We will do everything we have to do to get those games played”
Members focus on fundraising and making their way to nationals Lindsey Hall Senior staff writer
The process of becoming an official club sport on campus can mean a long wait for teams wanting to apply, and acceptance as a club sport is not always guaranteed. But after its approval process was completed prior to the 2009 fall season, the club golf team is now reaping the benefits of its second semester with recognition as a club team through Campus Recreation. According to Chris Herndon, a junior in civil engineering and the club president, he and his teammates have had some stress and financial burden taken off their hands this season. “Being officially recognized has been awesome,” Herndon said. “It allows us to receive more funding to pay for tournaments and expenses that come along with playing golf.” In addition to receiving annual club funding, the team is pairing with Cueva De Lobos, a local eatery, to host a fundraiser next week. Because of the positive return from the restaurant in previous fundraisers, the team chose to return to the Avent Ferry hot-spot. Brian Cox, a junior in Spanish language and literature, has been intensely promoting the event through Facebook and info f lyers. He said additional contributions are necessary and help with costs. “From Campus Rec, we only get enough money to pay for one tournament,” Cox said. “Last year, the
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john Sanderson a senior in biomedical engineering tees off at river ridge golf club April 5, 2009
money we made from Lobos paid for nearly an entire additional tournament.” Fundraising is an essential component of many club sports. The golf team has to pay tournament entry fees, cart fees and travel fees up front out and out of pocket. At the end of the season, the group gets reimbursed from Campus Rec and fundraising. “We are going to continue to go out into the community and recruit the help of other businesses,” Cox said. “Lobos has
been great in helping us out so far.” As a member of the National Collegiate Club Golf Association, the team competes within the Southeast Conference in the North and South Carolina West Division. The conference includes local rivals Duke and UNC-Chapel Hill, as well as Wake Forest, Elon and five other teams. In the fall, the team enjoyed
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