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Budget problems cause class cuts Economic downturn taking “There is no question that its toll on classes available everybody in the University is Alex Vaughn Staff Writer

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Morris Dees, the chief trial counsel for the Southern Poverty Law Center, signs a copy of his book for Katie Trimble, an employee at Peace College, at the Martin Luther King Jr. Campus Commemoration in Stewart Theatre Wednesday. His speech was both a recognition of King’s legacy and a call to action to finish his work. “I’ve been a supporter of the SPLC for many years,” Trimble said. “I liked his speech. I thought it was terrific very engaging. It encouraged involvement not just appreciation.”

Campus commemorates MLK Civil rights leader Morris Dees discussed advances, setbacks since Martin Luther King Jr. was killed Samuel T.O. Branch Deputy News Editor

Civil rights activist Morris Dees said African-Americans have come a long way, but there is still work that needs to be done to eliminate racism. Students, faculty and alumni came to Stewart Theater in Talley Student Center Wednesday to hear Dees speak at the University’s commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The commemoration came at an important time in the history of the civil rights movement for the University, since the event occurred after racist messages were posted in the Free Expression Tunnel and a week be-

fore the first black president in American history will take office. Dees has given his all in an effort to help minorities, Janet Howard, a lecturer for the Office for Equal Opportunity, said. “He has dedicated his life to helping under-represented groups,” Howard, who also served as the interim director of the Office of Multicultural Affairs during her career at the University, said. “He’s won some major victories against the [KKK] and other racist terrorist groups.” Jose Picart, vice provost for diversity and inclusion, called Dees “a legendary civil rights activist.” Dees used the commemoration as an opportunity to discuss America’s civilrights accomplishments since King was killed, especially in light of the election

of Barack Obama. “Dr. King would be glad so many things he wanted to see have been realized,” Dees said. But the recent racist events on campus showed this nation still has improvements to make. Charles Gatlin, a freshman in agribusiness management, said it was key for such a prominent civil rights activist to be delivering his speech on a campus with recent racist problems. “It’s a big step, a real big step. It’s important for [Dees] to be seen here,” he said. Dees pointed out while Obama was elected, only 10 percent of Caucasians in Alabama, Mississippi and other southern states voted for him. “We need to build bridges across the

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Despite forecasts for sub-freezing temperatures and numerous e-mails from concerned parents about safety concerns, organizers decided Wednesday to keep Campout outside on Lee Field. Morgan Donnelly, chair of the Student Senate Campus Community Committee, said event planners have taken the necessary steps to make sure students camping out are protected from the weather conditions. “Apparently parents had sent a letter to Chancellor Oblinger and Lee Fowler expressing concern about the safety of Campout,” Donnelly said. Tom Stafford, vice chancellor for Student Affairs, said the concerns that parents expressed focused on safety. “We have had some expressions of concern from parents,” Stafford said. “But the response has been that students planning the event are doing a good job to make sure this is safe.” Donnelly said the concern

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prompted planners to consider other options for Campout locations, including Reynolds Coliseum and Carmichael Gymnasium. Once Donnelly determined those two places were not options for Campout, she said she spoke with Stafford again to make arrangements for further precautions for Friday night. “There are a bunch of rules for students who are going to attend Campout,” Donnelly, a junior in political science, said. “Volunteers will be checking campers as they come in to make sure they are properly layered and have all the necessary equipment with them.” Donnelly said students attending Campout must wear three layers of clothing and also bring

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other items, like hats, gloves and scarves, to keep warm. Another addition to the Campout will be 13 heaters spread around Lee Field. Donnelly said students will have to remain at least three feet away from three of the heaters. Sam Lawhorn, a senior in civil engineering and a group leader for Campout, said students just need to be prepared for the cold. “You just have to plan for it,” he said. “I’ve made sure I have real warm sleeping bag so I’m ready for the cold. I’m also a group leader so I made sure everyone in the group has warm sleeping bags.” Stafford said the extra precautions are all aimed at safety. “Safety is the primary concern,” he said. “If students don’t take precautions and dress appropriately and don’t have sleeping bag that is adequate or don’t take advantage of drinks and soup they could get into some trouble.” Donnelly said SG will provide hot chocolate for free until 11:15 p.m. and will be selling hot chocolate and pizza throughout the night. The University may also provide hot soup. If weather conditions make the Campout difficult for students

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to complete, Donnelly said there are plans to shut it down early and send students home. “We have set plans in place if we need to shut Campout down early,” she said. “It will be over at the point things start to go wrong. If we get to two checkpoints that’s where it ends nobody will be penalized.” Stafford said he is confident the plans put into place for Friday will make Campout a success.

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Morgan Donnelly, chair of the Campus Community Committee, strips off layers of clothes while speaking about the dangers of cold weather this year for Campout participants.

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Campout to remain on Lee Field despite cold SG recommends students prepare for sub-freezing temperatures

Budget cuts have caused a reduction in the classes CHASS offers this semester, and further cuts may have an impact campus-wide next year. “We’re already feeling the impact and it’s going to get worse,” Jim Martin, chair of the Faculty Senate, said. Martin said CHASS seat and section cuts were an immediate reaction to budget cuts. “Independent of the budget cuts, CHASS had a large financial deficit, and the budget cuts are coming on top of that,” he said. Louis Hunt, vice provost and university registrar, said CHASS is offering 67 fewer oncampus sections and 2024 fewer seats than at this time last year. But though this might be the most severe set of budget cuts, Martin said that 19 out of the past 22 years there have been budget cuts at the University. “We have had major budget cuts other times, but this is probably the worst economic situation that we’ve faced in the careers of just about everybody that’s here,” Martin said. Martin said that as much as 7 percent, or $28 million, could be cut from the Academic Affairs budget for the next school year. Among faculty, adjunct professors and lecturers are the most vulnerable to being released due to these cuts, he said.

going to be impacted,” he said. “The question is how much and how do we make the decisions.” Ruth Gross, foreign languages and literatures department head, said while increasing class sizes is not ideal, it is one of the ways her department has been able to keep seat reductions to a minimum. “Any cuts that we made were very carefully vetted by the dean’s office and then by provost’s office,” she said. “I do think that the university is trying to protect seats as much as possible,” Gross said that 99.8 percent of the overall CHASS budget is in instructional or personnel budgets, and as a result any cuts will have an effect on sections. Adjustments to the foreign language course schedule managed to keep most of the seats, despite the section cuts, according to Gross. “We really try to protect the classroom as much as possible,” she said. Buddy Bryson, a freshman in CALS attempting to transfer into CHASS, said he is taking whatever CHASS courses he can get into this semester. “It just seems like any class that you try to go and get into is just full or they cut them, especially in the college of CHASS,” he said. Bryson said a philosophy class he had wanted to take had four sections cancelled by the time

The UNC system is exploring the possibility of of a hate crime policy following the racist messages left in the Free Expression Tunnel on University campus. The night after the election of President-elect Barack Obama, four students sprayed threatening and racist opinions onto the tunnel wall. The incident spurred UNC system President Ersk ine Bowles to start this panel. The panel will hold an open forum at 1 p.m. today. It will be held on UNC Chapel Hill campus in the board room of the Spangler Center (910 Raleigh Road). The 11 members of the panel will hear differing opinions on the formation of a hate-crime

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resolution, which could limit what can be written on the Free Expression Tunnel. The board will also consider mandatory diversity training courses for all incoming freshman in the UNC system. On March 31, the panel will give its recommendations to Bowles. The forum is open to the public, but all who wish to speak should register by sending their requests, name, organization, address, telephone number and email address to Commission Chairman Harold Martin at study_commission@northcarolina.edu. For those who cannot attend the forum, opinions can still be heard by emailing the same email address. E-mails will be accepted until March 31.

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Today LITRE EXPO 2009 D.H. Hill Library, second floor, 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

WEATHER WISE

PHILOSOPHY SEMINAR Daniels Hall, 4:30 p.m.

Today:

SAW V Witherspoon Cinema, 7 to 8:40 p.m. COLLECTION 2009: COTTON COUTURE Stewart Theatre, 7:30 p.m.

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Partly cloudy with cold winds at 19 miles per hour.

Friday TICKET CENTRAL (ARTS N.C. STATE) CLOSES AT 5 P.M.

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IN THE KNOW

Class deadlines coming up Two major deadlines regarding class schedules are coming up on Wednesday, Jan. 21. The day marks the last day undergraduates can drop down to below 12 credit hours and is the final day for students to enroll, add classes or change a class to either credit only or audit with a tuition adjustment. After Jan. 21, any of those actions will not result in a change of tuition, which means dropping a class would not decrease the cost of the semester. SOURCE: NCSU

Schulman’s work to come to campus

Starting Thursday, Jan. 22, Norm Schulman’s sculptures will go on display at the Gallery of Art and Design. Schulman’s work with clay sculptures range from functional devices to simply artistic designs. “Norm Schulman: A Life in Clay” will be on display every Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday until March 26.

SAW V Witherspoon Cinema, 9:30 to 11:05 p.m. SAW V Witherspoon Cinema, 11:55 p.m.

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hmed Abdelbaki, a visiting scholar in biological and agricultural engineering, stands out in the Brickyard during a silent protest that the Egyptian Student Association put on. “[We are out in the Brickyard] to show our disagreement with what is going on in Gaza by Israel,” Abdelbaki said.

Saturday SAW V Witherspoon Cinema, 7 to 8:35 p.m. W. Witherspoon Cinema, 9 to 11:10 p.m. Monday MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY: UNIVERSITY CLOSED

The event will showcase Schulman’s work from all throughout his 50 years of working with clay. For more information, visit http://www.ncsu.edu/gregg/. SOURCE: NCSU

CampusRec to hold climbing workshop

A women’s only workshop called “Women on Rocks” will be held at Carmichael Complex Jan. 23. The event will cover all the basics surrounding rock climbing. According to Campus Recreation, the event will “cover equipment, knots, safety commands, and climbing techniques.” There will also be an opportunity to try out the newly gained skills on the imitation rock wall outside the gymnasium. The event will last from 5 to 8 p.m. SOURCE: CAMPUS RECREATION

Final day of LITRE Expo 2009 today The 2009 LITRE Expo will conclude today from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. LITRE, or Learning In Technology-Rich Environments, is a research program designed to enhance “the extensive learning with technology opportunities” for both students and faculty. The Expo, which showcases those types of opportunities, is held on the West Wing of the second floor in D. H. Hill Library. Admission is free. Registration is not required, except for some special workshops that are mingled throughout the day. Find out more at http://litre. ncsu.edu/EXPO.html. SOURCE: NCSU

University to hold Study Abroad Fair The University will hold the N.C. State Summer Programs Study Abroad Fair Jan. 22. The event will showcase all the study abroad opportunities offered during the summer of 2009. This summer, there will be more than 30 programs offered in 22 countries all around the globe. The event will be held in the Talley Student Center ballroom and in Reynolds Coliseum from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Study abroad programs are taught by University faculty and will count for credit towards graduation. For more on the event, go to http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/event. php?eid=42046505795. SOURCE: NCSU

WORLD & NATION

Police locate, charge pilot who tried to fake death

Authorities located Marcus Schrenker Tuesday after the businessman tried to fake his own death in a plane crash on Sunday. Schrenker was on the run after he had been found out to be scamming his business clients. Schrenker then took off in a small plane from Indiana, supposedly to go to Destin, Fla.. While over Fla., Schenker made a distress call saying his windshield had blown out and he was bleeding severely. Police suspect that after the distress call was made, Schrenker put the plane on auto-pilot and parachuted to the ground. Military aircraft, who had been sent to the aircraft after the call was made, reported the door was open and watched the plane go down. Also, no trace of blood was found in the aircraft. When Schrenker was found at a campsite near Quincy, Fla., he was treated for apparently self-inflicted “deep cuts on his wrists.” He is being guarded in a Florida hospital after being charged with unlawful acts by a compensated adviser and unlawful transaction by an investment adviser. SOURCE: CNN.COM

Authorities catch suspect using Facebook

New Zealand police have caught a burglary suspect by using the popular social-networking site, Facebook. The robber allegedly broke into a bar and tried to break into the safe, albeit unsuccessfully. Because the space he was working in was confined and New Zealand is in the peak of summer, the robber became very hot, removing both his gloves and balaclava. After he removed the items, se-

curity cameras were able to get a shot of his face. Authorities posted the pictures on Facebook, and the man was recognized and captured within a day. This is not the first time police have used the site to catch criminals. In November, a restaurant owner used Facebook to find a party who had skipped out on paying a U.S. $323 bill. SOURCE: CNN.COM

Authorities arrest man who sold daughter

A man from California has been arrested on accusations that he sold his 14 year-old daughter into marriage for $16,000, 160 cases of beer, 100 cases of soda, 50 cases of Gatorade, two cases of wine and six cases of meat. Marcelino de Jesus Martinez faces charges of receiving money for causing a person to cohabitate, according to police. These actions are normal in Martinez’s Oaxacan culture, but obviously not legal in California, police said. SOURCE: CNN.COM

Hudson to sing anthem at Super Bowl Jennifer Hudson will sing the national anthem at the Super Bowl. The singer and actor, who got her break on Fox’s “American Idol,” has not made a public appearance since she lost family members in October. Hudson joins Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, both of whom will be performing at halftime. Hudson has also won an Oscar and been nominated for a Grammy four times in her career. SOURCE: CNN.COM

Celebrate Collect the souvenir poster.

It’s time for change. On Jan. 20, the United States will inaugurate a new president. Look for a souvenir poster in Tuesday’s paper. Artwork by NCSU freshman Joseph Lawson.

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POLICE BLOTTER Jan. 13 6:27 A.M. | CHECK PERSON Harrelson Hall Report of suspicious subject in the area. Officers located nonstudent. Subject was trespassed from NCSU property. 11:44 A.M. | ASSISTANCE Public Safety Center Officers arrested student on active RPD warrants for communicating threats. 1:02 P.M. | POLICY VIOLATION Achievement Drive Report of subjects in the woods attempting to set up deer stand. Subjects left prior to officers’ arrival. 2:46 P.M. | CHECK PERSON Price Music Center Officers responded to report of intoxicated student being disruptive in class. Student was referred to University and issued citation for disorderly conduct. 7:32 P.M. | LARCENY Leazar Hall Student reported bicycle stolen. 10:24 P.M. | DRUG VIOLATION Lee Hall Report of possible drug violation. Officers spoke with student. No contraband was found. Jan. 14 2:37 A.M. | VEHICLE STOP Dan Allen Drive Student was issued citation for stop sign violation.

QUOTE OF THE DAY “We need to build bridges across the divides that separate us. The election of Barack Obama was one of those bridges... [but] there’s a lot of work to be done.” Morris Dees, a renowned civil-rights activist, on racism

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Plans for Centennial library finalized James B. Hunt Library to be the focal point of Centennial campus

as well, Axtman said. “Some of the $109 million available will go towards supporting a parking deck,” Axtman Annie Albright said. “Another chunk is to extend Staff Writer the infrastructure to support the Hunt Library.” After the Council of State desThe project is scheduled to beignated $109 million in funds ing early next summer, Axtman toward the construction of the said. James B. Hunt Library, plans for “We are trying to pick up some the new library to be located on time on this project by issuing Centennial Campus have been early packages,” Axtman said. completed. “We will start working on the Larry Nielsen, provost and ex- site early next summer, just cutecutive vice chancellor, said that ting down trees and clearing the library will be a fantastic ad- shrubs.” dition to N.C. State. According to Axtman, actual “It will house lots of electronic site construction will not begin resources, lots of collaborative until early 2010 and building space, those things which are construction won’t begin until really valuable,” Nielsen said. the summer of 2010. “Besides that, it Axtman said will have amazthat the Univering architecture sity opened up and structure.” and advertised Carolyn Axtthis significant man, architect project intera nd projec t nationally and manager, said chose one of the the new buildtop design firms ing will give in the country, Centennial Snohetta. Carolyn Axtman, Campus a focal “We actually architect and pro ject point. had...two days manager “It will proof firms designvide a meeting imaginary ing place and a solutions so we heart for Centennial Campus,” could look at the designs before Axtman said. “It will [also] im- deciding which one fit us best,” prove seating that we desperately Axtman said. need.” The Hunt Library is just one The estimated construction more addition to the fast growcosts are about $78 million, ac- ing Centennial Campus, Axtcording to Axtman, but the es- man said. timates may change. “We are planning on having “We are not building it today, a coffee shop on the oval level we are building it a couple years and there has been discussion from now and prices escalate,” of other food levels,” Axtman Axtman said. said. “There are other buildings The infrastructure and park- being planned on Centennial ing for the building was taken Campus offering food service into consideration for the budget located near the library.”

“It will provide a meeting place and a heart for Centennial Campus.”

Axtman said she expects the library would be put to use by everyone. “I honestly think a lot of students will use this library,” Axtman said. “So many students live south of Western, so it will actually be closer to them than D.H. Hill.” Axtman said another benefit of the Hunt Library will be the elimination of book stacks. “Rather than having stacks like in D.H. Hill, we have researched and implemented an automatic retrieval system,” she said. The library staff has toured a number of libraries that have this system are thrilled to use it, Axtman said. “If you can imagine a space that is 50 feet tall, that has metal racks that goes all the way from the lab up to the ceiling and on those racks are big Tupperware like bins,” Axtman said. “On the racks is a mechanism that runs on a track back and forth that retrieves the bin from the rack and takes it to the service desk where a person can pick up a book.” Caroline Baldwin, a sophomore in parks, recreation and tourism management, said she was excited about the new library. “It sounds like it will be more user friendly,” said Baldwin. “It will be beneficial for future generations. Students would be able to order books from anywhere on campus and pick it up at the service desk, according to Axtman. “The person can ask the machine for the book and all of the books will be scanned so the machine will know which bin to look for the book in,” Axtman said. “Book retrieval time is estimated to 10-15 minutes and you no longer have to walk the stacks looking for something.”

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Luke Autry, a senior in political science, spends time in the Caldwell Lounge between classes. Autry had a class canceled in a previous semester and must take it this semester to graduate on time.

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he registered and was no longer available. Bryson was also not able to register for any literature courses. “I feel like as a North Carolin-

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divides that separate us,” Dees said. “The election of Barack Obama was one of those bridges...[but] there’s a lot of work to be done.” Dees talked about a University of Chicago study conducted in which 5,000 near-identical resumes were sent to companies across the country. The only difference in the applications was that some had Caucasian names, others African-American names and others had Latino names. The results showed there is still work to be done on the issue, according to Dees, who said the “LaKeisha’s” were called 50% fewer times.

ian, that N.C. State is one of the greater institutions in North Carolina, and you get such a deal with the tuition compared with other states, but you really have to work to get your schedule,” he said.

But despite the warnings he issued, Dees remained confident that this country is moving in the right direction. “We are going to solve these problems,” he said. Dees also said he was confident this generation, when looked back on, will be seen as the generation that leads the charge. “Someone will tell the story of this generation and the next generation...[and] it will be a story of the greatest generation,” Dees said. Reginald Parks, a sophomore in sport management, said people like Dees will be key to that effort. “The world will eventually seek out equality in all aspects, but without people like Dees working for it, it won’t happen.”

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Commission must expand territory THE ISSUE:

A UNC System commission created to consider a hate crimes policy is not making a big enough effort to hear student’s opinions and has a lot to consider.

OUR OPINION:

The commission needs to expand its borders outside of Chapel Hill and must be careful not to limit free speech.

THE SOLUTION:

The commission must travel around the state to hear as many opinions from students as possible and change its forum to a more convenient time.

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f you are reading this between the hours of 1 p.m. and at least 2 p.m., a UNC commission is holding a public forum now to enact a hate crimes policy in the UNC system. The threatening and racist messages painted in N.C. State’s Free Expression Tunnel inspired UNC System President Erskine Bowles to create the commission. It would make sense to hold the meeting at N.C. State, considering it was the inspiration for the forum, right? Apparently not, since it’s being held in Chapel Hill. And the last meeting the commission had was Dec. 17, which it also held in Chapel Hill and during N.C. State’s fall 2008 graduation.

The unsigned editorial is the opinion of the members of Technician’s editorial board excluding the news department and is the responsibility of the editor-in-chief.

It would be understandable to have a meeting in Chapel Hill, near UNC Board members’ offices, if it were enacting policy, but this is a public forum. Most people at the meeting that are not part of a university’s task force will probably be from — you guessed it — UNC-Chapel Hill. How is the commission supposed to hear opinions from students around North Carolina when the forums are held in the same place? Even if the meeting took place on NCSU’s campus, many students would not be able to make to a 1 p.m. meeting because of

classes. If it continues to have a series of meetings, they should not only be held at NCSU and UNC, but the commission should convene at universities across the state, from UNC-Asheville to UNCWilmington. The time and place aren’t the only problems with this forum. The commission has not spread word about it. Even Student Body President Jay Dawkins said he only received a preliminary e-mail about the meeting and no subsequent information about the forum. How is the commission going

to collect opinions of students from around the state if it won’t advertise it to student leaders? We also ask the commission to not limit free speech, with an exception for threats. Hate speech may be unpopular, but it is still free speech. Limiting free speech on campus is infringing on unalienable rights and is unconstitutional. We encourage it to go to these meetings with an open mind and do outside research. This forum is not something that should be swept under the rug. A potential hate crimes policy is serious and it must discuss all sides. Whatever your opinion on it is, it is vital that everyone gets his/her voice heard.

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eople should not be able to smoke in the Free Expression Tunnel. Why the Free Expression Tunnel, you ask? Well, the other tunnels are still annoying, but they are shorter, and therefore it is easier to not breathe while walking through them. And just so you know, I Catie Pike don’t care if Staff Columnist you smoke. I really don’t. I’m not going to be that girl that coughs intermittently at the bar hoping you get the hint to put out your cigarette when I could just as easily move. I’m also not going to preach to you about the health hazards of smoking. I used to do it, and I am aware that they are listed on the box. However, the point of this column is to ask your tobaccoloving self for a little lenience regarding my own personal pet peeve. Why does this bother me when the clusters of individuals in the “smoking square” between Harrelson and Dabney do not? It is because I can’t avoid you. The tunnel is already a toxic place for my lungs, being freely filled with paint fumes, probably asbestos and whatever sort of noxious creations that are living behind that little camouflaged door. Most of the time, however, I can’t smell them, so those things and I, we are cool. In any case, the tunnel is an enclosed space and when you are stuck walking behind someone holding a lit Marlboro Light, you

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I found ‘Technician’ while searching “anti-Semitism”

I wanted to say that it’s you, the author of the comments on the Gaza Strip that were completely biased, bigoted and prejudiced. You suggested students consult the United Nations for factual information. The UN is not a friend to Israel. The Arabs rule over the UN by virtue of their numbers, outnumbering Israel. You said to find out how much money the United States gives to Israel. Maybe you should find out why the United States gives $250 million yearly to Israel and nothing to the gunmen in Gaza. Here’s heads up: Gaza will fall... soon. Get on the right side and cheer for the Jews.

quickly begin to regret the decision to forego walking around the tracks in favor of perusing the latest graffiti. Especially since he/she always seems to be walking slowly, whether as a result of reduced cardiovascular capacity or simply because he/she is enjoying his/her cigarette and the art, I can’t be sure. A 2006 Surgeon General’s Report concluded that even short exposures to secondhand smoke can cause blood platelets to become stickier and damage the lining of blood vessels, potentially raising the risk of a heart attack, but I am not interested in that. To be quite honest, it doesn’t have anything to do with getting cancer or heart disease. I really just don’t like the smell. I mean, I don’t like sticky blood, but I really don’t like holding my breath to walk the 30 seconds through the Tunnel. Before you start writing into the Campus Forum shouting about how I am a hypocrite because I myself used to smoke, let me make it clear that I avoided this particular smoking faux pas at all cost. And I smoked clove cigarettes, which you can smell from approximately 1.7 miles away. Let it be known that I am not asking you to quit smoking, and I’m not even asking you to smoke 25 feet from any building, as the University does. I’m only asking that as you descend into State’s haven for the First Amendment, please crush your cigarette whether half-smoked or almost to the filter. Or better yet, just wait until the other side to light up.

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very year the N.C. State College of Engineering has a huge event - an event so large it spans two days. Hundreds of people c ome to this event, including students from other universities in North Carolina. Jay Goel Staff Columnist Scores of companies send representatives. What event could a group of engineers possibly have to generate this much buzz? The semi-annual Engineering Career Fair, of course. Companies come to N.C. State and some pay more than $600 dollars to recruit students for summer internships and full-time jobs. The event is an overwhelming success, and my hope is that even more students - particularly the younger ones - will attend this year’s fair. Maybe more people don’t go to the fair because, well, its kind of intimidating. With so many students competing for a career, how could anyone possibly be competitive enough to find a good internship? I think, however, that students underestimate themselves. “I don’t really have enough

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experience‚“ is a common lament, but employers are well aware that students don’t have work experience. That said, students who have gotten internships earlier will certainly have an edge over seniors going to the fair for the first time. Jessica Graham, senior in computer science, had a positive experience. “I talked to Cisco at the career fair and I had an interview set up for the next day,” Graham said. “I was able to do an internship with them that summer, basically thanks to the career fair.” Her experiences are not uncommon among attendees. Even if you don’t get an internship, the exposure to recruiters, knowing what questions you will be asked, and the exercise of rehearsing your answers is invaluable practical experience - an important part of any engineer’s education. Going to a career fair is actually a really simple thing to do. Prepare your resume and include all of your work experience - even if your only work experience is at the local grocery chain. Get an advisor to edit it. Prepare answers to basic questions like “What is the most challenging project

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you have worked on?” or “Describe a time you worked on a team.” Shave, shower, brush your teeth and wear decent clothes. “Don’t be afraid to introduce yourself to representatives from different companies,” Graham said. “Talk to a lot of places, even if you’re not sure if you’re interested in working with them. It will help to network with many companies.” Finally, keep in mind that one of your main objectives is to gain rapport with different companies and recruiters. The goal is to make them aware of your skills and your interest in working for them. In turn, you should be ready to ask recruite r s a b ou t their companies and determine whether or not they are a good fit for you. This semester’s fair is Feb. 4 and 5, from 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. at the McKimmon Center. I’ll certainly be there, if for no other reason than to collect company-branded pens, Tshirts and koozies for my friends.

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The Department of Horticulture Science’s J.C. Raulston Arboretum, located on Beryl Road, is known for having the most cold hardy temperate zone plants in the southeastern United States. About 1,500 students use the Horticulture Field Laboratory, part of which is pictured, for research and classes each year.

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Horticulture students use the greenhouses at the arboretum to do plant research. The research ranges from plant identification to seeing how long it will last in a normal home. Almost of the all the research is done starting with a seed, with the exception of roses.

n a washed-out green trailer that sits a few acres behind the J.C. Raulston Arboretum, it’s an average evening in an average house. The overhead lights are on. The temperature is set to 70 degrees Fahrenheit. Erin Regan, a 2008 graduate, stands by her desk that she has personalized with a picture of her boyfriend. Red, orange and yellow flowers float in glass mason jars on the tables. But it’s this last feature that immediately separates the trailer’s atmosphere from any other house. Flowers don’t just adorn the tables; they overwhelm the tables. Alicain Carelson, graduate student in horticutural science, pulls The trailer, actually a work- Penstemon plugs from the tray to transplant them into a crate. This is space located in N.C. State’s the first year Carelson has been working on her research project and Horticulture Field Laboratory, is will finish up her research next year. where flowers grown in the HFL come to bloom. Locke said. automatic, man-made shades It’s where Emma Locke, a docShe’s three years into the ex- that loudly and creakily raise torate student in horticulture, periment, in which she has used themselves according to which completes the last leg of her re- the same flowers, and said she parts of the greenhouse need search on this season’s L.A. lilies goes through her results each more sunlight. — a hybrid of Asiatic and Easter year to “tweak the production Sunlight plays a role in deterlilies — and sunflowers. to make it work — to find out mining how many carbohydrates The trailer’s conditions need to what went wrong.” a flower has because photosynmimic those of an average house “Last year I did the experiment thesis causes a plant to accumuso floraculture researchers can on the other side of the green- late carbohydrates. measure their flowers’ vase lives house,” Locke said. High temperatures, however, — or how long “In the winter, increase the rate of respiration a particular cut the sun comes and, at the same time, cause flower can live in through the plants to break down carbohyin a vase unsouth. ... They drates. til the average really needed “The thought behind this is person throws more sun than that photosynthesis and resit out. they were get- piration rates both increase as “You’ll always ting.” temperatures increase,” she said. have the experiSo Locke, So this natural process would ence of getting who spent time be perfect for Locke’s theory (if the rose that Wednesday eve- a f lower has high amounts of tilts over afning maneuver- carbohydrates, its vase life will ter three days. ing a garden improve) if it were simple to amp These flowers,” hose a rou nd up the amount of sunlight but Rega n sa id, long tables to cool down the temperature. motioning to water her lilBut it’s not. And that’s what t he t able of ies, moved the she has to work around, and it’s Red Alert and f lowers to the part of the reason she has been orange lilies, other side of the working on the project for alErin Regan, alumna “will hopefully greenhouse this most three years. help with that.” year. With each tweak in the plant’s Locke is working on a research Lilies grow best in areas of cool production, she can monitor in project that attempts to correlate temperature and high light — a what possible conditions the the relationship between a flow- condition that is hard to come by plants grow with high amounts er’s amount of carbohydrates and in greenhouses. of carbohydrates. its vase life. “To let it cool in the greenOnce the plants she has fin“I’m looking at the effects of house, you have to let it shade,” ished watering for the day bloom, temperature and light and their she said. she will cut and treat them and interaction on the vase life of Shade in greenhouses comes take them to the trailer. cut lilies and cut sunflowers and from both the building’s natural Here, Regan will control the how those affect carbohydrates,” orientation to the sun and from settings — lights are on for 12

“You’ll always have the experience of getting the rose that tilts over after three days. These flowers will hopefully help with that.”

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NANOBYTES + From the deep, a loud purring sound People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has begun a campaign to rename fish “sea kittens.” The organization wrote that it hopes the new name will characterize the vertebrates as more endearing, causing people who would typically eat them to change their minds about eating fish. I mean sea kittens. SOURCE: CANADA.COM

Alicain Carelson, graduate student in horticutural science, plants Penstemon plugs from the tray into a crate. Her research is based upon experimenting planting the plugs after different stages of development to see which one produces a better flower.

hours, the humidity stays between 40 to 60 grams per meter — and wait, essentially, for the plants to wilt. Before she became a research technician, Regan worked with roses that were flown in from outside of the United States. “I did roses, tons of roses,” she

said. “I only got red, only because they’re most popular.” She is one of the students J.C. Raulston, a former professor, envisioned when he started, in 1976, the arboretum that neighbors Regan’s

+ Brightening the line between life and death The President’s Council on Bioethics has issued a new definition of brain death as “the cessation of engagement with the world.” The new definition is intended to clear up ambiguities in the current definition, which states a brain is dead when The new standard classifies a person as dead when their brain is no longer actively “engaged” in maintaining the body.

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Just put in vases today, the Red Alert lillies, sit in a stereotypical home with everything controlled from how much light it gets, to the temperature, and the humidity. These lilies are part of Emma Locke’s research project. The lilies are accompanied but orange lilies that have been there for about a week which will enter the analysis part of her research soon.

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office. “We’re here for the students,” Chris Glenn, programs and education coordinator for the arboretum, said. “This is a living laboratory for students.” Glenn said classes that work mainly in the HFL frequent the arboretum to cut plant stems that they can use to grow clones. Helen Kraus, a lecturer of horticulture science, started using LUIS ZAPATA/TECHNICIAN the HFL seven years ago. Many of her class trips to the Emma Locke, a doctoral student arboretum end, she said, with in horticultural science, waters her lilies as part of her research students choosing plants to clone project. She is looking at the and then raise. effect of light and temperature “Every class starts with some during the growth of the lilies to seeds, every class starts with see how long they last once cut some cuttings,” she said. and in a “typical” home. “At the same time, they’re taking care of mature plants.” hand, then they’re more confiShe said she started taking dent with it,” she said. classes to the “ T he y fe e l HFL and the armore comfortboretum when able in their s h e n ot i c e d abilities to do it her students rather than just “weren’t feelkind of learning ing confident about it.” Chris Glenn, programs and because they education coordinator were learning the textbook side of it but they hadn’t actually done it.” “When they do something by

Going green at University Dining halls doesn’t just mean hitting up the salad bar anymore. Dining services staff are making strides in a sustainability effort that affects the way students eat. “We served 400,000 meals at Fountain this fall,” Director of Dining Services Randy Lait said. Each meal served is part of the dining sustainability plan, which includes removing all trays from dining halls, buying local food when possible and having used cooking oil collected for biofuel. Sustainability is an environmental concept that involves conservation and waste reduction in an effort to reduce or eliminate the depletion of resources. In other words, it’s a management effort that strives to maintain the environment for future use. University Dining’s sustainability initiative is producing a cornucopia of benefits, from reducing waste to saving money. Going trayless is one such initiative. Students li ke Michael Green, junior in parks, recreation and tourism management, said they were surprised at first to see there were no trays to carry food to their tables. “In the beginning, it was a hassle not having the trays,” Green said. “But in the end,

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Will Florence, a freshman in First Year College, makes an additional trip to the silverware station, as the trayless policy on campus makes it difficult to get everything at once. The policy is part of efforts to be “greener” and more sustainable. “At times it’s hard to carry everything and I wasn’t here when they had trays but it usually works out,” Florence said.

I guess you don’t really need them.” Going trayless saves the dining hall 51,000 gallons of water a week, and Lait reports a reduction in food wastes because students are not able to pile their trays high with food they are not going to eat. “We have seen savings in food wastes, and reduction in waste disposal costs overall,” Lait said of the initiative. Another effort in sustainability is the collection of dining hall oil for biofuel. “University Dining’s used cooking oil is picked up twice a month by Piedmont Bio-Fuels, which processes it into biodiesel that the company sells on the

open market,” Lait said. In the first two months of tracking, 5,288 pounds of oil were collected for recycling. Before making this switch, Lait said the University paid a company hundreds of dollars to dispose of the oil. Now, Piedmont Bio-Fuels picks up the waste for free. Buying local produce is another valuable approach to reducing environmental impact, and Lait said University Dining buys regional food whenever possible. “We use North Carolina products wherever we can, and this is normally pretty easy to do,” Lait said. “For example, we use North Carolina strawberries in April and May [when they’re in season] . . . The milk and ice cream

come directly from NCSU farms and the campus dairy plant.” Once a year, Fountain Dining Hall features the “All Carolinas Meal,” which consists entirely of North Carolina products. In addition to conserving resources and reducing waste, Wolfpack dining halls are helping to make the world a cleaner place. “I feel like I’m doing something good for the world just by eating there,” Green said, “and if I’m accomplishing something good just by eating some food, then I’m getting a pretty good deal.”

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Springthorpe: My expectation, first and foremost, is that we’ll play hard. We will do what we can to improve, and we will start to make a turn in our program. I haven’t necessarily set a bunch of goals. I will do that with the team when I arrive in Raleigh and we start training. From a coach’s point of view, I’d like to get here and improve the team the best that I can, positioning us to be the best soccer team in the ACC. Technician: Because of your ties to California, do you think that will improve our recruiting on the national level? Springthorpe: We’ll ultimately look for the best players everywhere. The player pool in California is large and there are fantastic players there. If you look all across the country at all the teams, you are probably going to find a California player on every team that is successful. We’ll look everywhere, and we’ll find the best players all over the country, but, ultimately, the majority of our team will probably come from the east coast. But we want

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Technician: Do you plan to bring your staff with you or hire new assistants? Springthorpe: Right now the assistant coach position is open. A lot of people have applied and have contacted me about the job. It’s something we’ll look at when I get there, but we’re going to hire a good staff, people who complement each other and myself. We will put together the best staff to implement our goals of winning and doing the right thing. Technician: When will you be arriving at N.C. State? Springthorpe: I fly in Sunday night, and I’m very excited about coming in and starting work and meeting with the team. I am extremely thankful for N.C. State and Lee Fowler for hiring me. It was a great, great interview and a great visit. I met a lot of fantastic people. They made my job of accepting very easy. It seems like a great place to work, and there are a lot of people who I have been involved with already. I’m excited to get started.

match started off with a pin by redshirt freshman 125-pounder Mike Moreno, who notched the first ACC victory of his career. His pin was one of four consecutive that started the match, three of which were won by the Pack. Jack Anderson earned the lone pin for the Blue Devils, taking down Dan Brumfield, who was wrestling one weight class up. Junior 149-pounder Darrion Caldwell, who is ranked No. 3 nationally, was responsible for one of those pins, recording his 38th career first period pin and 11th this season. The other pin was accounted for by senior 141-pounder Joe Caramanica, who held his opponent scoreless for the fourth consecutive match. After a 10-1 major decision by redshirt senior 157-pounder Kody Hamrah, the team led Duke by a score of 22-6. Jordan said the team has come to expect that type of performance from veteran leaders Caldwell, Caramanica and Hamrah. “That’s kind of murderer’s row for us. They all wrestled really

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WOLF FACTS Former basketball player Grant charged with felony &ORMER MEN S BASKETBALL PLAYER 'AVIN 'RANT SURRENDERED TO AUTHORITIES ON 4UESDAY AND HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH OBTAINING PROPERTY BY FALSE PRETENSES A FELONY !CCORDING TO AUTHORITIES 'RANT S CHARGE COMES FROM AN INCIDENT INVOLVING CREDIT CARD FRAUD AT A 3AKS /CT 'RANT PLAYED FOR THE 7OLFPACK FROM TO (E NOW PLAYS FOR THE 5TAH &LASH IN THE ."! $EVELOPMENT ,EAGUE WHERE HE AVERAGES POINTS AND REBOUNDS PER GAME SOURCE: WRAL

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Pack looks to come together for Elon Women’s tennis opens its season at home Friday night

said he feels like the preparation will pay off on Friday night. “Elon will challenge us,� Olsen said. “But the girls are very well prepared, very Jen Hankin Staff Writer fit and mentally strong. I think that’s going to add some really great things in the The women’s tennis team begins its sea- next month or so.� son at home Friday against Elon at the In October the team traveled to WinJ.W. Isenhour Tennis Complex at 5 p.m. ston-Salem to compete in the ITA ReThe Wolfpack is ranked No. 36 nation- gional Indoor Tournament. Brock and ally as of Jan. 6, and according to sopho- Hojckova competed as a doubles team and more Lenka Hojckova, the nation’s No. made it to the final round, a first for Wolf87 singles player, the team looks forward pack women’s tennis. Brock and Hojckova to improving this ranking. are ranked No. 2 in the region as a duo. “I want to improve our ranking,� Ho“It was an accomplishment for us,� jckova said of the team and personally. Brock said. “We just started playing to“We will do our best to be the best this gether this fall, and we’re still getting in season.� the groove of things—that’s a pretty good Coach Hans Olsen said he’s really im- start.� pressed with everyThe team is one’s improvement welcoming three this fall and how it freshmen and one will carry over into sophomore for the the spring season. 2009 season. As a “Ever yone ha s whole, everyone is improved at least ver y competitive one or two levels, according to Brock, and that is really a especially the newer highlight for me,� members. Olsen said. “The “All the freshman girls continue to are really competiimprove and learn tive and going to from every match make a difference they play.� on the team,� Brock Having the seasaid. *UNIOR $ARIA 0ETROVIC son opener at home Ju n ior Da r ia helps the Wolfpack Petrovic said she get excited and prepare for Elon, accord- feels that with the additions to the team, ing to Hojckova. and several coming back from injuries, “We have worked hard for the past two the Pack needs to work on coming toweeks,� Hojckova said. “It’s always really gether as a team. good to be at home, the more fans the “We need to work on teamwork and getbetter.� ting back together,� Petrovic said. “With According to junior Berkeley Brock, the new players and a few of us returning ranked No. 27 in the southeast region, from injuries, we need to focus on getting the team has high expectations for this everyone together again.� season. One of these new members is freshman “Our goal is to make the NCAA tour- Diana Mortlock from Dordrecht, South nament this year,� Brock said. “The ACC Africa. Olsen said she is one to watch this is the most competitive conference for season. women’s tennis, so it’s important to keep “She has a lot of talent,� Olsen said. “I our mental status in line.� think she will surprise some people.� Looking back on the fall season, Olsen

“With the new players and a few of us returning from injuries, we need to focus on getting everyone together again.�

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Sophomore Berkeley Brock returns a volley during the Davidson match at J.W. Isenhour Tennis Complex Jan. 27, 2008. Brock won her doubles match with partner Daria Petrovic and the clinching point for the Wolfpack victory in straight sets.

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4ODAY WOMEN’S BASKETBALL VS. FLORIDA STATE Reynolds Coliseum, 7 p.m. &RIDAY WOMEN’S TENNIS VS. ELON Isenhour Tennis Complex, 5 p.m. GYMNASTICS @ MICHIGAN Ann Arbor, Mich., 7:30 p.m. MEN’S AND WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD @ VT HOKIE INVITATIONAL Blacksburg, Va., all day

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Duke

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Boston College

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Florida State

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Virginia

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14-2

Georgia Tech

1-1

13-3

Maryland

1-1

13-3

Clemson

1-2

10-6

N.C. State

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8-8

Wake Forest

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12-3

Virginia Tech

0-2

8-7

Miami

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10-7

SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS

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WRESTLING

Little fails to make weight Q&A with new women’s soccer coach as State falls to Duke 26-22 Steve Springthorpe

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Pack comes up seconds away from victory in heartbreaking loss

fter five successful seasons with the Fresno State women’s soccer team, Steve Springthorpe is moving across the country to take over the Wolfpack’s program.

Tyler Everett Staff Writer

The Wolfpack wrestling team entered Wednesday night’s ACC conference opener against Duke well aware of the type of performance that it would need in order to come away with a victory in a match where they were forfeiting at the 197-pound weight class and using a backup from a lighter weight class to fill in for the usually reliable Darrius Little. Little, a sophomore 133 pounder, failed to make weight and forced State to insert reserve junior 125-pounder Dan Brumfield into his spot. “We knew what we had to do individually, [but] it’s hard on the team, hard on everybody, when one person’s missing weight, especially when it’s a key guy like Darrius,� senior 141-pounder Joe Caramanica said. Despite the loss of little, the Wolfpack came seconds away from victory in a painfully close 26-22 loss. The

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Jack Anderson, a freshman at Duke, pins Dan Brumfield, a junior, in the second match of the night at Reynolds Coliseum Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2008. Brumfield was moved from his 125 pound weight class to the 133 pound class when Darrius Little did not make weight. Duke beat N.C. WRESTLING continued page 7 State 26 to 22.

He compiled a 52-40-12 record with the Bulldogs, leading his team to four straight conference championship games and winning two Western Athletic Conference championships. He also led the Bulldogs to two NCAA tournament appearances in 2005 and 2008. Staff Writer Sean Klemm spoke with Springthorpe on his decision to come to N.C. State and his plans for the Pack. After five successful seasons with the Fresno State women’s soccer team, Steve Springthorpe is moving across the country to take over the Wolfpack’s program. He compiled a 52-40-12 record with the Bulldogs, leading his team to four straight conference championship games and winning two Western Athletic Conference championships. He also led the Bulldogs to two NCAA tournament appearances in 2005 and 2008. Staff Writer Sean Klemm spoke with Springthorpe on his decision to come to N.C. State and his plans for the Pack.

from California to North Carolina to coach for N.C. State? Springthorpe: I lived in the Carolinas for 13 or 14 years, and it’s a great area. N.C. State soccer has always had a great reputation, certainly in the ACC. When I was in college, both the men and women had been doing great things, being in the final four on the women’s side and winning an ACC championship. I remember going to many games and watching some of those matches. It was an opportunity for me to get back to the area where my whole coaching career started. My entire family is from the east coast, and I’ve got ties in North Carolina. From a soccer point of view, coaching, there is not a better conference to be in, on the men’s or women’s side, than the ACC. So it was an opportunity that I am happy to be able to accept and come start working with the N.C. State team. Technician: What are your expectations for next fall?

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