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Street Festival planning heats up Hillsborough Street planners work to prepare for day-long street festival
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Engineers Without Borders NCSU Chapter This charity partners students and professionals to benefit communities in need of clean water, renewable energy and basic education. The group also tutors and mentors local students in math and science.
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Organizers for the first annual Hillsborough Street Renaissance, a green arts and music festival designed to bring the community together, have started finalizing plans for the event. Will McGuire, a senior in aerospace engineering and one of the event organizers, said plans for the March 14 event have continued to grow and change during the last month or so. “Plans have been moving along,” he said. “We’re starting to finalize our plans for the festival. Right now we’re focusing on sponsorship.” The street festival, scheduled to begin at noon and last until 10 p.m., will kick off the construction scheduled to take place on Hillsborough Street and the surrounding area during the next two years. The festival, McGuire said, is designed to bring the community of students, residents and local professionals together. The event will also help three local charities—Engineers Without Borders, MorLove and Soles4Souls. Since the planning started in late 2008, McGuire said the event has done nothing but grow. “Initially, it was challenging because we had to meet with so many people and convince them the event was safe,” he said. “After that, more and more people started to get involved.” McGuire said planners are still
MorLove MorLove is a student run nonprofit that recycles textile material to make clothing items. These items include clothes, home goods and accessories. The group raises money to send to an orphanage in Uganda. TIM O’BRIEN/TECHNICIAN
Soles4Souls Soles4Souls is a group dedicated to impact people’s lives with the donation of shoes. Shoe companies, retailers and individuals can donate new and used footwear which will be distributed to areas of need. SOURCE: WWW.HSREN.ORG
expecting up to 20,000 people to attend the event. Attendees will have numerous attractions to choose from throughout the festival on March 14. McGuire said there will be a pig and pie contest, an alternative fuels vehicle showcase, a fashion show, an iron chef contest and more. The pig and pie cook off contest, sponsored by Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. There will also be bands on hand to play throughout the day. Joseph Heil, an event coorFESTIVAL continued page 3
Sydney Parker, a junior in textile engineering, talks with Tony Accettulio, a human resource manager for Altec Industries, at the Engineering Career Fair at the McKimmon Center Wednesday. The event featured about 260 companies from across the United States.
Career Fair draws crowd Biannual event features prospective employers looking for graduating students Sonya Deulina Correspondent
The College of Engineering held the first day of its biannual career fair Wednesday at the Jane S. McKimmon Center. The fair continues today from 9:30 a.m. until 4 p.m. Despite America’s current economic crisis, students packed the McKimmon center eager to get noticed by and impress top potential employers. However, Brian Koehler, director of the engineering career fair, said company registration for this year’s fair is down. “Over the two days we’ll have about
246 [companies] registered,” he said. “That is about 20 percent down from previous semesters.” Despite the slight decrease in numbers, Koehler said the 2009 fair has had one of the largest student turnouts in its history. “It still ranks as the third largest in N.C. State history,” he said. Companies were eager to seek out new employees, some were definitely impacted by the economic crises. Representatives from Duke Energy and Exxon-Mobil both said the economy has hurt their ability to offer graduating students jobs. Representatives from White Oak Technologies and IBM both refused to comment, citing directions from their corporate offices. Some companies, however, were not set back at all by the economy. Students flocked around the National Security Agency information table.
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John Krier, senior in electrical engineering, and Scott Hilgoe, senior in civil engineering, made beaker heads with four friends to wear to last Saturday’s basketball game against UNC-Chapel Hill. “It was John and I’s idea,” Hilgoe said.
stands,” Garcia said. “That was a big concern, providing the players with a home court advantage.” The only issues that have come from the new system is a few errors in the loyalty points scans. “There’s been some cases where students reported their tickets had been scanned and no points were added,” Garcia said. “But its just about notifying us at that point [and we get it fixed.]” Despite the drastic improvements, Garcia said more could
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still be done. “The target is perfection. We are almost there, but not quite,” he said. One thing Student Government explored was the idea of general admission, Garcia said. However, there was no way general admission seating could work in the RBC Center. “When you are in Reynolds that’s one thing, but the RBC is a different animal. At this point, it’s not possible,” Garcia said. Garcia even went as far to say
with the way the stands and aisles are set up, it would pose a safety hazard to have general admission. “It seemed like a good idea, but I think we can get the same benefits in other ways,” Garcia said. One of those ways is a timed-entry system. “[We’re] looking at a timedentry system,” Garcia said. “It gives all the benefits of genTICKET continued page 3
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Pack-a-Thon preparation going into full swing Organizers open registration, gear up for new and improved marathon
Samuel T.O. Branch The men’s basketball ticketing process, which underwent significant changes last semester, is working well so far, according to Matt Garcia, chair of the Student Government Athletics Commission. Before this season, Student Government worked with the Athletics Department to change the ticketing system to a loyalty point system. “The main thing is that [the new system] rewards attendance rather than penalizes absences,” Garcia said. According to the Athletics Department ticket policy, each student started the beginning of this season with an amount of loyalty points that corresponded to their respective class. For every event they attended, a point was added, and for every event a student received a ticket but did not attend, a point will be deducted. All of the changes were based off of research conducted on other universities’ ticketing systems and interviews done with students, Garcia said. One of the primary goals—filling the stands every game—has been realized this season. “If you look at last year, I haven’t been to a game where there has been big gaps in the
Tonya Stankowitz, chief of the office of recruitment for the NSA, said the NSA is looking for skilled graduates. “We are looking for technical students,” she said. “We are primarily interested in electrical engineers, computer engineers, we are hiring some power engineers. We are the largest employer of mathematicians in the United States. We are lucky in that [the economy] isn’t limiting us, we are a federal government so it’s not a profit organization. The NSA is planning to hire 1,500 people this year with one third in the technical skill fields.” Student reactions to the fair were mixed. Daniel Piephoff, a junior in chemical engineering, said he was surprised some companies didn’t show up. “I was disappointed that Exxon-Mobil
This year’s Pack-a-Thon, formerly known as dance-a-thon, will take place March 21 but with some changes, including a shift of focus from dancing to making it more of a game night. The marathon will take place in Carmichael Complex from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. The group had its first informational meeting Tuesday. Proceeds will go to fund the North Carolina Children’s Hospital like last year, but also to the newly-opened special clinic at Rex Hospital. The goal is to raise $35,000. And although the marathon only raised $7,000 last year, there is still some money left over that can be donated this year, according to corporate fundraiser Joseph Davis. Davis, a senior in business administration, said organizers talk to the hospital every year to see exactly where it needs the money most. The money goes into a fund called Dollars for a Difference. Pack-a-Thon organizers save money in the fund so they can donate it to the hospital’s general fund, the North Carolina Children’s Promise, when it is need-
ed. The fund now has $55,000. “This is such a great cause, just from visiting the hospital and seeing the families that came out for the concert, and the families that come every year for the marathon,” he said. The concert Davis was referring to was the Rock for Life benefit concert Pack-a-Thon organizers hosted in November 2008 at Stewart Theatre. Five bands played at the concert, and each band gave one dedication to a child at the hospital and told that child’s story. Jenna Tie, overall committee chair, said this was the first time the group had hosted such a large-scale fundraiser, but she said it was very successful. “Usually, in the past, we would do lots of small fundraisers in the fall and raise very little money for the effort we put in,” Tie, a senior in communication, said. This year’s marathon was cut to eight hours because Davis said it’s been hard for people to commit to such a long period of time, especially on a Saturday, and it would be impossible to hold it on a weekday. Tie agreed. “We want it to be a standing tradition, and we can’t get it to be a standing tradition if people don’t come consistently every year,” Tie said. But Davis said he’s excited DANCE continued page 3
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In the Jan. 31 page-five story “Exploring black holes,” Edwin Taylor’s job description was incorrect. He is a physicist. Also, one part should have read “advancing at the speed of 1g.” In Wednesday’s page-one story “Appropriations to go through Student Affairs,” the time period was incorrect. The appropriations request period ended Jan. 31. In Tuesday’s page-o story “Krispy Kreme Challenge registration up from 2008,” the map of the race was incorrect. Technician regrets these errors.
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Obama says he was wrong with Daschle President Barack Obama has admitted he made a mistake in nominating Tom Daschle as his health and human services secretary. “I think I screwed up, and I take responsibility for it, and we’re going to make sure we fix it so it doesn’t happen again,” Obama said during an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper. Daschle’s nomination had been under fire because of reports that Daschle failed to pay some taxes. Daschle withdrew his name from the nomination, even though he claims the errors were honest mistakes. There has been no word on who will take Daschle’s place.
segment of the Appalachian trail. Also, various forms of wildlife exist in the area, including several herds of wild ponies. Those who wish to go on the trip can register at Outdoor Adventures in the Carmichael Recreation Center building. The cost is $80 per person. The trip begins at noon on Friday when participants meet at the Carmichael Recreation Center to drive up to Mount Rogers. Participants will hike some Friday, all day Saturday, and back to the vehicles on Sunday to drive back to campus. Estimated time of arrival back on campus is 6 p.m. on Sunday. The cost of registration includes equipment and food for the trail, but not meals eaten on the road.
James Bond movie arrives Feb. 19 The new James Bond movie “Quantum of Solace” is coming to the Witherspoon Student Cinema. The first showing of the movie is from 9 p.m. to 10:45 p.m. on Feb. 19. The latest 007 flick made over $160 million in its first 10 weeks in theaters internationally. The movie is rated PG-13 and lasts 106 minutes. Tickets are $1.50 with a valid student ID, and $2.50 for the general public. SOURCE: CAMPUS CINEMA
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The Labor Department reported unemployment has risen in 98 percent of all cities across the nation for December as compared to the December of 2007. 168 areas have unemployment rates that climbed over 7 percent, and 40 cities had jobless rates of more than 10 percent. Just 33 cities had reported being over 7 percent in 2007. Only 22 cities still have a healthy unemployment rate of less than 4 percent, compared to 112 a year earlier. El Centro, Ca. held its infamous title of city with the highest unemployment rate at 22.6 percent. Detroit was the worst major city, with all of the automobile manufacturers layoffs contributing to a jobless rate of more than 10 percent.
President Barack Obama has put a cap of $500,000 on high executive jobs in companies receiving federal bailout money. Obama used the $18 billion payouts executives on Wall Street received last year as an example for what needs to change, even calling the bonuses “shameful.” “For top executives to award themselves these kinds of compensation packages in the midst of this economic crisis isn’t just bad taste — it’s a bad strategy — and I will not tolerate it. We’re going to be demanding some restraint in exchange for federal aid — so that when firms seek new federal dollars, we won’t find them up to the same old tricks,” Obama said.
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didn’t show up. A couple of places I was hoping to apply as a chemical engineer said they weren’t hiring,” he said. But some students were pleased with the turnout. Stephane Henrion, a senior in electrical engineering, said he was happy with the fair. “It was a pretty hectic fair,” he said. “Tennessee Valley Authority was here and they are new to the fair so I’m definiteley excited to talk to them.” Henrion said he is currently doing an internship but is
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about this year’s marathon. “There’s going to be Nickelodeon-style games, and we’re trying to push teams to sign up,” he said. Davis said he hopes that having it be less dance-oriented will attract more males to the event as well. Over the past few years, 150 to 200 people registered to participate, not including orga-
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eral admission without all of the safety hazards.” But for right now, students are
people around to keep them company and help them out is always a good thing. “There’s more in life than what’s going on on a college campus ... seeing those children, when you actually see them in the intensive care unit ... it touches your hear and it makes you want to do something that makes a difference,” she said. Tie said although college students may not necessarily be at the hospital finding cures, contributing time is also important.
happy with the way things have worked so far. “It makes sense. It’s a logical system,” Dillon Howard, a freshman in aerospace engineering, said. “I haven’t had a problem with it. Chris Denton, a freshman in environmental science, also said
the system is great as is. “I think the pregame system works well,” he said. “People who want to go to games can get tickets, and it prevents people from applying and then not going.”
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dinator for the festival, said most of the bands scheduled to play will be from the area. “I think most of them are from either Raleigh or Chapel Hill,” he said. “They are all from North Carolina at least.” To a c c o m o d a t e t h e la rge crowds ex pec ted, Hillsborough Street will be closed the day of the festival from Wachovia to Bruegger’s Bagels. McGuire said the closing of Hillsborough Street will allow the renaissance to have
I think [the economy] limits the ability to get summer internships, full time jobs they don’t seem to be lacking here. [The companies] are more interested in not paying [full-time] people that aren’t going to be actually working for them constantly.” After a long day of interviews and making their best first impressions on future employers, the students made their way out of the center at about 4 p.m. For Koehler, the first day of the career fair went well. “It’s been a huge success,” Koehler said. “We had over 1,450 students come through.”
the feel of a true street festival. Raleigh police officers will assist in closing down the street to make things safe. “It will be mainly Raleigh police,” McGuire said. “They have a special operations division that will be helping us out.” Joseph Heil, a senior in textile engineering, said getting the street closed took some work. “The street closure was definitely a challenge,” Heil said. “We talked to a couple of city council members and wrote a proposal to the Raleigh police department to close the street. That request had to be approved by the City Council.” The section of Hillsborough Street between Pogue Street and Logan Court will close at 7 a.m.
March 14 and remain blocked off until 5 a.m. March 15. McGuire said once plans are finalized, Legacy Event Planners, the nonprofit group responsible for planning events for Hillsborough Street, will begin advertising the event. “Our publicity and marketing will start Feb. 14,” he said. “Most people won’t remember an event if you advertise it more than a month in advance.” McGuire said there will be representatives from a parking company on hand the day of the festival to help with parking and accommodating crowds. “All the University is open on the weekends,” she said. “Also, all the neighborhood parking will be open.”
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nizers and performers. This year, to encourage more participation, if a person signs up with a minimum of a fiveperson team, each person will pay $25 as opposed to $30 for individuals registering alone. Tie said the group used to volunteer at the hospital bi-monthly but now, with the Rex Hospital branch opening, they would volunteer weekly and sometimes, several times a week. Tie said the children’s parents can’t always be there with them and having
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trying to keep good contacts for future employment. Other students were equally excited about the event. Christopher Freeze, a freshman in material science and engineering, said he came to the fair not looking for full-time employment. “I’m looking for a co-op right now and possibly an internship,” he said. Christian Estes, a senior in chemical engineering with a biomolecular interest, said he had a slightly different opinion on the fair. “I had to skip classes to come here,” he said. “Last year there were a lot more openings in summer internships especially.
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Don’t censor free expression in tunnel THE ISSUE:
People have written insensitive comments in the Free Expression Tunnel.
OUR OPINION:
Comments in the tunnel should not be censored with the exception of credible personal threats.
THE SOLUTION:
The Free Expression Tunnel should remain open for all opinions and C-stores and book stores should supply spray paint.
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he statements that were painted in the Free Expression Tunnel Saturday night about the late coach Kay Yow shocked the Wolfpack community. They were disgusting, classless, rude, outrageous, but most of all they were legal. These comments bring up the question of whether the Free Expression Tunnel should be monitored and restricted. Even though the comments were distasteful and uncalled for, the University needs to realize the tunnel is open to all comments, with the exception of personal threats, and should remain this way. Student Body President Jay Dawkins said the University is not considering censoring the tunnel, and we commend them. It is difficult to say these com-
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ments should be allowed, but every village has an idiot. There will always be someone who is going to tempt the University to have restrictions on what goes in the Free Expression Tunnel, but denying the right of free speech is a violation of the First Amendment, even for morons. We said this after the University met with the NAACP to consider a hate speech policy after four students wrote racist and threatening messages in the Free Expression Tunnel in November, and we’ll say it again. The University should not restrict a person’s rights. Also, if you are offended by anything in the Tunnel, paint
over it. The University should not have to cover these types of messages. Facilities should not have to use its money and labor to paint over it. To use money from its budget to do something students should be responsible for is unreasonable, especially with recent budget cuts. The Free Expression Tunnel and Brickyard Subcommittee suggests the C-stores and book stores carry spray paint. This would help students who have no other way of buying paint, so they can express themselves. Some may think that C-stores carrying spray-paint is a recipe for disaster. But there’s also the potential of a student placing a
plastic bag from the C-store over his/her head and suffocating. In other words, the potential for abuse will always be there, but the University should trust its students’ judgement. The tunnel should be monitored by students, and if something illegal is found on the wall, then students should be the ones to report it to the proper authorities. We don’t agree with what people wrote in the tunnel on Saturday, but just because their opinion was unpopular and disrespectful doesn’t mean it should be banned. If the University starts censoring people’s opinions in the Free Expression Tunnel, it may turn into a slippery slope.
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oke verses Pepsi. It is a long-standing, hotlycontested battle which, for North Carolina, hits close to home. As you are most likely well aware, N.C. State has a contract with Coca-Cola giving them exclusive beverage rights to University dining establishments a nd conveCatie Pike Staff Columnist nience stores. Not that you care, but I am a pretty vehement Pepsi fan despite the fact that the corporation recently changed their color motif from a more patriotic theme to a rather ostentatious Duke blue. Due to my Pepsi-Cola prejudices, I am here to lobby against Coke despite the fact its logo is designed with a much better color choice. Pepsi is a North Carolina product, born and bred, being invented in New Bern in the 1890s by a pharmacist na med Caleb Bradham. And while its headquarters are no longer located there, its ties to our state are still substantial. It’s the only soft drink sold i n B oj a ng le s , for good ness sake. And if that doesn’t mea n somet h i ng, I don’t k now what does. From a taste standpoint, Pepsi is far superior to Coca-Cola. It doesn’t taste as sweet as Coke or leave that weird sugary film on your teeth, and it finishes crisp and clean without an aftertaste. This is very important when considering the food options offered on campus, for sugary teeth film and waffle fries are not such a delicious combination. Despite the fact that the University will most likely continue to stock Coca-Cola at least in
the near future, us Pepsi diehards do have one saving grace on campus. And that saving grace can be found in the 1911 building. Inside the main lobby, a snack bar can be found which stocks Coke as well as their arch-rival, Pepsi. Unlike any other area of campus, here competition and Adam Smith’s invisible hand are free to determine the real winner — at least as far as the soda market is concerned. And the reason, you may ask? While the 1911 building was recently under renovations, the snack bar was noticeably absent from North Campus. Without risking death by crossing the treacherous river of cars known as Hillsborough Street, the only place close by for North Campus snacks were the machines in the Caldwell Lounge. No worries, though, as after a seemingly infinite wait, the snack bar has returned and is open for business. This snack bar is funded by a federal program to provide jobs for the visually impaired through the Div ision of Services for the Blind, and not by the University. Thus, it is conveniently exempt from the totalitarian choke, or should I say Coke, hold that the University has placed us under via contract. Oh, and when you tell the cashier, Eva, that you are getting a Pepsi, say it with all the joy your caffeine starved heart can muster, and be sure to mention that you’d stop by even more often if she started stocking Sun Drop.
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[Editor’s note: The 250 word limit has been waived for this forum letter.] Being the bigger person when it comes to little people My friend called me on Sunday morning to tell me what had happened to Kay Yow’s memorial at the Free Expression Tunnel. He was understandably very upset. He did not understand how someone could do
Use Student Health services be given treatment. The nurses at the clinic evaluate patients, and if someone’s illness is severe, they will be given a priority for care. This system makes sense. Someone bleeding profusely would need speedier assistance than a sore throat. Students sitting in the waiting room often don’t see when these kinds of cases come about. In that sense, the clinic has several systems for scheduling patients. Usually, patients are seen when they make appointments, but if there are many people who are ill, they move to a triaging system. As Barker puts it, going out to see a doctor is not like seeing a movie. There is a schedule, but that schedule can vary depending on how ill people are. If you are feeling particularly bad, it is possible that you will be treated sooner than you expected - so it is important to seek treatment. Barker said the best times to come to the clinic are in the morning and right after lunch. Lunchtime and late afternoon are the most congested times to visit. Students should realize the other services that are offered by the Health Center. Prescriptions are usually much less expensive
at the campus pharmacy than they would be elsewhere. The cost of labs and X-Rays is usually marked-up at doctors’ offices, but at N.C. State, the cost is heavily subsidized by student fees. Students can get some medications for free. Not only that, but the Health Center offers counseling services, which are paid for by student fees. The physicians at the Health Center enjoy their work—they get to work with a relatively young and active population, they work regular hours and they are not burdened with the stresses of corporation-driven health care. All of them are board certified. The clinic has done everything it can in order to provide for students, so students should not be shy about making use of those services. It is important to stay healthy, because that is requisite for success in and out of the classroom. By keeping these things in mind, students should make informed decisions about seeking care when they are ill and not hesitate to come to the facilities when they need it.
something so tasteless and hateful. The truth is there is nothing to understand. I remember after the shooting at Virginia Tech some students at Penn State thought it would be “cool” and “funny” to dress up as the shooting victims at Virginia Tech and parade around the street. This is not the same as the defacing of Kay Yow’s memorial, but it is very similar. Both acts were tasteless and cruel. I was upset when that happened and I was upset when I heard
about what happened at the Free Expression Tunnel as well. We cannot let people like this get to us though. They make up such a small minority in this world. Whoever did this immature act does not speak for the UNC community just as those who imitated Virginia Tech did not speak for Penn State. We have to be bigger people who love, cherish and forgive one another. That is truly what life is all about and what makes it beautiful. The most
important advice I can give, and it is advice that I give myself, is this: never take a day off from loving one another and cherishing one another, that is the best way to defeat hatred and remember those who are no longer with us. Those who commit evil and hateful acts don’t take a day off, so never take a day off from loving and cherishing one another. I know I will try my best not to. Drew Wall senior, history education
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To create error-free textbook, physicist seeks student input Edwin Taylor spoke on campus Monday, Tuesday to explain spacetime, to ask for help (Part 2 of 2) Alison Harman Science&Tech Editor
After spending a majority of his years studying and perfecting the theories of general and special relativity and working through calculus problems whose answers only prompt more questions, Edwin Taylor has gone back to the basics. Taylor, a physicist whose work with John Wheeler prompted an undergraduate-level course on spacetime physics at N.C. State, is
relearning equations that, when the right numbers are plugged in, reveal the distance from Point A to Point B in curved space. He’s reviewing, again, how to better define a black hole. And on Monday afternoon in Riddick Hall, he questioned whether he should add or subtract numbers in a calculus equation. “It’s a minus sign, right?” he asked the audience. “Or is it plus?” He erased the minus sign and changed it so that one half the equation was being added to the other half. He looked at it again. “It’s minus,” he said, erasing the plus sign. Taylor is relearning the basic elements of physics, he said, so
that he can better explain them to undergraduate students, including one N.C. State class of about 40. “No one who knows a subject should be able to write a textbook in that subject, and for an elementary reason: they have lost the ability to teach the subject fresh for the first time,” he said. “They have no idea what’s difficult about the subject because they have spent most of their lives getting over it.” He urged those listening to his lecture to read and review the second edition of the undergraduate textbook, Exploring Black Holes . “Who in the world can help you with a fresh view? Well, it is students. And so what you
do is, you pay them in credit,” Taylor said. “It’s like, if you’ll excuse me, Confederate money. You pay them in credit, which costs you nothing, and you pay them to send in their responses and their difficulties with each chapter, each unit, as they need it. You give them no less credit if they’re critical — you want them to be critical.” One person Taylor sought out to help was Chris Gould, associate dean of the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, who said he has also taught the spacetime physics class on and off for about 20 years. Gould has a binder that holds copies of the manuscript, and he said in an interview last Wednesday that he was planning on
passing copies out to his class as how things move in spacetime,” flimsy textbooks this week. Taylor said in the office, moving Taylor said he hopes the stu- his hands outward before him dents will send in reading mem- and seemingly attempting to os, pointing out discrepancies grasp what can only be observed in equations or definitions that through equations. “How things cannot be found in an under- move in spacetime is spelled out graduate’s physics vocabulary. in special relativity. The thing “I get feedback from people that Einstein discovered in spewho have never met this mate- cial relativity, one of the greatest rial before, and that’s absolutely discoveries in science, was that golden,” Taylor said. “And it time depends on the observer.” is embarrassing how terrible In front of the whiteboard, your text is. But if you’re will- Taylor held up a rock with a ing to take the ego hit, then you wristwatch latched around it. change it, and the next time a few “If I throw this stone, it will more get it, and a few others find move in such a way that its things you haven’t even thought wristwatch will read the maxiof before.” mum time between launch and Taylor said when he started impact,” Taylor said. “These working on completing the sec- two things are what you need ond edition of the textbook, it as tools to understand curved became difficult for him — a spacetime.” physicist who has been working According to Einstein’s theory in the subject since college — to of general relativity, clocks move understand how the informa- at different speeds depending tion was supposed to relate to on from what altitudes they are students. hung as well as how quickly they “I’ve written the dang book are moving. Clocks at higher already once and it’s still too altitudes run faster, the theory hard for me. Why is that? And states, and wristwatches on the reason, I’ve finally figured constantly moving people run out, is that we’re reinventing big slower. chunks of general relativity,” he “There’s time such as clocks in said. “No one’s ever thought of it a building, which are all set to this way before.” the same time. The second kind He said he and Wheeler “fi- of time is what’s in your wristnally settled down on two tools,” watch, and if you move around, which include the metric and the your wristwatch does not move principle of maximal aging. at the same rate as the clocks in Metrics are solutions to Ein- the building,” Taylor said. “This stein’s field equations. Tensors, is very hard to understand, it’s Taylor said very weird, in a basebut it’s the ment office basis of speof Riddick cial relativHall before ity.” his lecture, It took a “are a little whi le for advanced both physiwhen it cists and comes to t ho s e not mathematin the field ics, but that’s to accept the way Einthe theory, stein set up Taylor said, h i s e qu ac it i ng t he tions.” first global And that positioning Edwin Taylor, physicist way can be satellite. difficult “When for underthey put the graduate students, Taylor said, first global positioning satellite who have less experience with up, they had a general relativphysics. So Taylor and Wheeler ity on/off switch because they decided to break general relativ- didn’t believe general relativity ity down. worked,” Taylor said. “It went up “Instead of starting with the in the off position and the satoriginal equation that Einstein ellite became totally useless for developed, you start with the so- the purpose of positioning after lution to the equation. Then you a day. We use that all the time, use calculus — that’s what every every day, and it’s something in physics major has to know,” Tay- which general relativity is just lor said. “So by starting with the part of the theory.” solution to Einstein’s equation, Another consequence of genyou can go from having these eral relativity, Taylor said, is the tensors, which are complicated, twin paradox, a theory that has to using calculus, which is the not been tested with humans as standard tool of every physics part of the equation. major.” “One twin goes out to a distant The other factor in under- star, and when he comes back he standing spacetime physics has has aged by 20 years, but everyto do with time, Taylor said, body he knew on Earth is long moving to the right side of the since dead,” Taylor said. whiteboard on which he had “That’s real, and it happens all been writing and erasing and the time in high-speed particles.” writing again various equations. “Metrics tell you what spacetime is like. It doesn’t tell you
“It is embarrassing how terrible your text is. But if you’re willing to take the ego hit, then you change it, and the next time a few more get it.”
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Google, the monolith Internet/ phone/outer space company, launched a software Wednesday called Latitude. The program lets mobile phone users voluntarily share their location with close contacts. Google representatives said they hope it will help people find each other and keep track of family members. “What Google Latitude does is allow you to share that location with friends and family members, and likewise be able to see friends and family members’ locations,” Steve Lee, product manager for Google Latitude, told CNN. For example, a girlfriend could use the program to see if her boyfriend has arrived at a restaurant and, if he hasn’t, how far away he is. To protect privacy, Google requires people to sign up for the service. Once they sign up, people can share either their precise location, the city they’re in or choose to remain off the map. “What we found in testing is that the most common scenario is a symmetrical arrangement, where both people are sharing with each other,” Lee told CNN. The software is another example of Google’s fixation with mapping and location technology. Company representatives have also said they hope its mapping technology will lead to locationbased advertising revenue.
A dozen doughnuts go to the stomach but back up through the esophagus.
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Google Earth, now featuring scuba diving Google has taken the hassle out of exploring worlds previously unknown. For those who have been waiting — and waiting and waiting — to dive into the depths of the ocean without actually having to step foot in water, here’s your chance. Two and a half years ago, software engineers who developed Google Earth — a navigable twodimensional replica of the planet — had envisioned a way to scour, online, the parts of the world that cannot be readily seen. Until Feb. 2, those who used Google Earth to visit the pyramids in Egypt and the Eiffel Tower in France we looking at a world with an elevation of zero up. “We had this arbitrary distinction that if it was below sea level it didn’t count,” John Hanke, who co-created the first edition Google Earth, called Keyhole, said to the New York Times. For the first time since Google Earth premiered, images of simulated oceans will be navigable from the computer. Additionally, a feature called Historical Imagery allows users to scroll back through decades of satellite images to watch cities grow and coasts erode. SOURCE: NYTIMES.COM
Facebook turns 5 The social networking site, used by more than 150 million people worldwide, celebrated its fifth-year anniversary Wednesday. Mark Zuckerberg, the site’s founder, was 19 when he launched the site from his Harvard residence hall room in 2004. Less than a day after it premiered, 1,000 Harvard classmates had made profiles. A month later, half the students on campus had signed up. The site has made Zuckerberg, 24, the youngest billionaire on the planet, according to Forbes magazine. SOURCE: CNN.COM
FBI investigates Tylenol murders The FBI announced Wednesday that it is working with the state of Illinois and its local police to review evidence related to the 1982 Tylenol murders. The deaths occurred after people consumed Extra-Strength Tylenol pills that had been laced with potassium cyanide. “This review was prompted, in part, by the recent 25th anniversary of this crime and the resulting publicity,” the FBI said in a written statement. “Further, given the many recent advances in forensic technology, it was only natural that a second look be taken at the case and recovered evidence.” The anniversary coincided with a number of tips to law enforcement agencies related to the crimes, the FBI said. Agents on Wednesday searched the Cambridge, Mass., house of James W. Lewis, who was convicted of sending an extortion note to Johnson & Johnson. Lewis denied having anything to do with the poisonings. SOURCE: CNN.COM
A dozen doughnuts pass safely thorugh the throat, stomach and small intestine.
To hurl or not to hurl SUCCESS OF KKC CONTESTANTS DEPENDS ON TOLERANCE, NOT TECHNIQUE STORY BY ALISON HARMAN | ILLUSTRATION BY GINA VACCARO
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hen Jeremy Keene crossed the Krispy Kreme Challenge finish line three years ago, he swore he would never compete in the race again. And he hasn’t, nor does the senior in civil engineering plan to run in this Saturday’s race. He hasn’t even eaten a glazed doughnut since that morning. “That’s a once in a lifetime thing,” Keene said. It’s not too surprising that Keene doesn’t want to go through the process of running 2 miles, shoving 2,400 calories worth of glazed doughnuts into his mouth and running 2 miles back. The amount of calories consumed is more than the average person burns — or eats — in a day, nutrition professor Sarah Ash said. A person engaging in light physical activity will, on average, burn about 2,200 calories a day “just going about their life,” she said. Those who run from the Bell Tower to the Krispy Kreme on Peace Street, she said, will likely burn just a few hundred more calories. But the imbalance resulting from the amount of calo-
ries consumed and the amount burned off — or, rather, not burned — is not what made Keene so physically nauseous that he was “very close to letting it fly.” It was the fat content from the doughnuts, Ash said, which “tends to hang around in the stomach longer.” “There are all kinds of hormones and receptors in your GI tract that can be sensitive to large quantities of food that aren’t going anywhere soon,” Ash said, adding that pressure receptors in the stomach can respond uncomfortably to its expansion due to large quantities of food. “It wouldn’t matter if you ate a big bowl of beef stew. Large quantities of food landing in your stomach is just unnatural.” The body tends to want to maximize the digestive process, she said, and engaging in highintensity physical activity after a large meal can reduce the tract’s ability to quickly digest food.
During exercise, Ash said part of the blood supply is directed toward working muscles so they can get the oxygen they need to keep going. But to properly digest food, the gastrointestinal tract needs an extra supply of blood to absorb nutrients from the small intestine and send waste on its way out of the body. So a race like KKC, she said, can prolong the time food sits in the small intestine by as much as an hour. Food usually makes its way out of the small intestine in about an hour, and this effect could explain why many competitors get sick on their way to the finish line. “The reality is, in this particular situation when somebody eats a dozen doughnuts and then tries to run pretty quickly afterward, the principle issue for those people is likely to be the fact that they’ve got a stomach full of dough. Most people do not find that comfortable,” Ash said. “You’ve got a dozen doughnuts in your stomach and it can make you kind of nauseated. If it makes you nauseated, you’ll throw it right back up.” Keene said he tried two different techniques while eating the dozen doughnuts: rolling two doughnuts together like a hot dog and “smushing them
together like a hamburger.” Neither technique helped much. “It’s just a lot of sugar. That’s a lot of sugar in 10 minutes. When you’re darting away to run another two miles, the nausea seems to be amplified when you run,” he said. “Luckily, I was ahead of a good amount of people so I didn’t see too many people puking. That definitely would have triggered something.” Ash said no technique — even dipping the doughnuts in water to dissolve the glaze — exists to minimize the amount of fat from the dough that enters contestants’ stomachs. “Water isn’t going to take the fat away. Water and fat are not soluble, so it’s probably really not going to help you much in that regard,” Ash said. “The bottom line is you can either tolerate it or you can’t. A lot of that is just personal preferences.” People like Allison Robbins, a junior in psychology and political science, are hesitant to find out if they fit in the group that can’t tolerate a dozen glazed doughnuts. “My goal is to eat six doughnuts. I have no idea if I’ll actually be able to do that,” Robbins said. “For this, just to make sure I was healthy, I went to the gym
more often to make sure my heart rate is good and I am healthy enough to be able to do it. I’m eating what I can and then jogging and running and walking as needed.” Robbins, a member of Tri-Delta who organized a “group of 30 girls within Tri-Delta to compete,” is running casually with 15 other members of the sorority. Brittany Hansen, one of the students Robbins recruited, is going to support her friends who are competing. She did the same thing last year, choosing to stand at the Krispy Kreme. “I saw a lot of people vomiting last year, so I’m a little bit more prepared for it,” said Hansen, a senior in textile technology and fashion and textiles management. “Hopefully my stomach’s prepared for it.” She said the amiable and excited atmosphere on the sidewalk was interesting to watch. “From what I saw, it was when they got there and they were on their fourth or fifth doughnut, and they were gulping down milk and then throwing up,” Hansen said. “As soon as they finished, they would come back and eat more doughnuts, I guess so they had more room in their stomachs.”
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a method that the rifle team calls the “bear hug.” She scrunched my arms together like a stuffed animal until she got me into exactly the right pose. “Rifle is very much how it feels, so if you can get someone to get you into the right position, it’s easier to fire the second time,” Siegert assured me. The trigger was so sensitive that the slightest touch would send the gun kicking back into your shoulder. Miller and his team told me several cautionary tales about the horrors that occur when one doesn’t keep their finger far away until the last second. After I tried out my own trigger finger on a slab of bulletproof glass, it was finally time to try and hit a target. I missed by a wide margin. “You haven’t done this before,” Siegert told me cheerfully. “No one picks up a rifle the first time hits the center target every time. It’s impossible.” Most newer facilities have electronic scoring, but the N.C. State rifling team kicks it old school. A “plug,” which looks like a little green Monopoly piece, is inserted into the hole produced by the
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Katie Siegert, a junior in business, shows Kate Shefte, Technician sports writer, the motion of picking up the gun and aiming. Siegert has been part of the rifle team since her freshman year. “I love shooting, it’s very calming. You have to focus so hard,” Siegert said.
pellet to determine your score. “You have a lot of 9.9’s,” Keck said. “It’s so close to a ten you can’t even see the difference, but it still counts as a point less.” Miller said they often allow new shooters to try out, but for one reason or another, it doesn’t work out. The gender ratio tends to shift more toward the pink because, as Miller puts it, girls have the tendency to be more of a “tabula rosa,” or a clean slate. “The easiest person for us to teach to shoot quickly is a teenaged woman, especially if she hasn’t shot before,” Miller said.
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“These guys come in here with a certain level of testosterone, even if they don’t have a clue. Women are more likely to say ‘okay, I’ll try that.’” Even after my crash course, the team assured me kindly that I was not quite ready to represent N.C. State in the Collegiate Sectional on Feb. 14. I gave up after two shots and took off the painful gear, a process that took a total of three people to complete. “Our gear is goofy, and it ain’t sexy, but it works,” Miller said.
ago, there’s a lot of guys in this class that we targeted from the start that we thought would be a great fit for our program,” O’Brien said. “It’ a step in the right direction for our football team.” Concerning recruits that didn’t sign, O’Brien said only two in-state visitors declined to join the Wolfpack, adding that players that go elsewhere are no longer a concern for his staff. “You can’t worry about the guys you don’t get,” O’Brien said. “That’s the first lesson I learned in recruiting back in 1975.” After 34 years of recruiting, O’Brien said his outlook on the strength of his class could be summed up the same way he’s discussed all of his players. “We don’t care what they come in as,” O’Brien said. “but they better leave as five-star guys.”
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Part-time employment working with children with disabilities. Evenings and weekends. Hours vary. Hiring for immediate positions. Will train. $10-$15/hr. For more information or view available cases, www.asmallmiracleinc.com.
If you are looking for a fast pace environment and interested in Emergency Veterinary medicine, After Hours Small Animal Emergency Clinic is just for you. We are looking to hire 1 full time Veterinary Assistant/Technician to work the overnight shift. The hours will be 9pm to 9am 3 or 4 days a week. Must also be able to work weekends and holidays.
Gymnastics Instructors Needed. Part time gymnastics instructors needed in North Raleigh. We can work around your schedule. Experience preferred but will train. Call 919-848-7988.
Fax or email your resume to: (919)782-7061, ahsaec@yahoo. com or come by during our normal business hours to fill out an application.
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Senior or Junior Student in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering is needed immediately for work on Centennial Campus. Send resume and schedule to ajattar@appealingproducts. com
WEB DESIGNER NEEDED! New local internet advertising company looking for student to build its website. Please e-mail contact information including phone number to k_randy2002@yahoo.com
EMPLOYMENT SERVICES All New Blue Ridge Apartments. One Block off Western Boulevard. 2BR/2BA, 1050 sq.ft., all appliances including full size W/D, and water provided. On Wolfline. $825/mo. *Move-in specials! No security deposit with guarantor.* Clark Properties. 919785-2075
Private entrance and driveway. 2 rooms with a full kitchen and bath. Ready now. Call 919-787-4434 or 919-801-1483.
CONDOS FOR RENT
REAL ESTATE APARTMENTS FOR RENT 3BR/3BA, fireplace, large living room, large kitchen and deck. Very convenient to NC State, Cary and Raleigh. Call 919-787-4434 or 919-801- 1483. Apartments available now near NCSU. 3916 Greenleaf street. 2BD/2BA $580/month, 3BD/2BA $750/month, 4BD/4BA $1160/ month. Move in special. Call 919-924-2239
Condo for Rent. 2BR/2BA near I40 and Downtown. All appliances. $750/month includes water, sewer and cable. Call 919-380-3062 and leave message. Condo for Rent. 2BR/2BA near I40 and Downtown. All appliances. $750/month includes water, sewer and cable. Call 919-380-3062 and leave message.
Near NCSU. Exceptional 3,4, and 5 Bedroom Houses. Close to Campus. Available August 1, 2009. Very attractive. Ideal for students. Call day: 833-7142 and evening: 783-9410. Please visit our website www.jansenproperties.com
TOWNHOMES FOR RENT Girls just wanna have fun and guys do too! You can live the “SUITE” life, go to school, and have it all at University Suites. We’re now leasing super huge townhomes for as low as $495 and that includes everything! Visit us today or call 919-828(NCSU) 6278!!! Limited Avaliablility.
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LEVEL 2
The Mepham Group Solution to Friday’sBy puzzle 1 2 3 4
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Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit 1 to 9. For strategies on how to solve Sudoku, visit www.sudoku.org.uk.
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Solution to Wednesday’s puzzle
BAHAMAS SPRING BREAK $189 5-DAYS or $239 7- DAYS. All prices include: Round-trip luxury cruise with food. Accommodations on the island at your choice of thirteen resorts. Appalachia Travel. www.BahamaSun. com 800-867-5018.
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SPRING BREAK BAHAMAS SPRING BREAK $189 5-DAYS or $239 7- DAYS. All prices include: Round-trip luxury cruise with food. Accommodations on the island at your choice of thirteen resorts. Appalachia Travel. www.BahamaSun. com 800-867-5018.
3BR/2BA House in Boylan Heights. Private backyard with 2 decks and a large great room. $1250/month. Available Feb. 1st. Call Steve Superville, 412-9688
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&RIDAY WOMEN’S TENNIS VS. UNC-CHAPEL HILL Isenhour Tennis Complex, 3 p.m. WRESTLING @ UNC-CHAPEL HILL Chapel Hill, 7 p.m. MEN’S AND WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD @ VT ELITE MEET Blacksburg, Va., all day
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QUOTE OF THE DAY “We don’t care what they come in as, but they better leave as five-star guys.�
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ootball signing day for the Wolfpack culminated with a press conference at the Wendell H. Murphy Center as coach Tom O’Brien took questions and commented on his 2009 signing class.
“Once again, it’s a great day for Wolfpack football,� O’Brien said in his opening statement. “We welcome what we think is an excellent class, one that this coaching staff is really looking forward to coaching.� The class, ranked No. 39 in the nation by Scout.com, features 24 athletes from 11 states. Five of the players attended high school in North Carolina, as O’Brien has continued to deliver on his promise to focus on in-state recruiting, though he admitted that he wouldn’t sign just
anyone because they are in-state. “We made the commitment to work within the state of North Carolina to find the guys that fit our need,� O’Brien said. “But where they don’t, we have to go north or south.� Seven of the team’s signees were from the state of Georgia, a state O’Brien said he learned was important for recruiting during his time at Virginia. “Coach [George] Welsh always wanted to get into the Atlanta area and into Georgia because of the preponderance of a lot of good football players in that area,� O’Brien said. “We were
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Football coach Tom O’Brien speaks at a press conference on National Signing Day Wednesday. This year, 24 student-athletes from 11 different states signed letters of intent. to play for the Wolfpack.
able to go there to find a lot of good players.� But O’Brien and his staff also drew recruits from coaches and players from the north as he be-
Sure-shot Shefte shoots not so sharply Senior staff writer Kate Shefte spent an afternoon learning to shoot with the rifle team Kate Shefte Senior Staff Writer
DID YOU KNOW? 7OMEN S BASKETBALL ASSISTANT COACH 4RENA 4RICE (ILL WON TWO !## CHAMPIONSHIPS AS A CENTER FOR THE 7OLFPACK FROM 4RICE (ILL WAS A THREE TIME !LL !## SELECTION AND RANKS SIXTH ON THE SCHOOL S SCORING CHARTS WITH CAREER POINTS
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gins preparations for his third season since leaving Boston College. “We were too strong in too many areas north of us to not
go back to those areas,� O’Brien said. “We’ve got to go north or south — we can’t go east.� Beyond geography, O’Brien was pleased that his class included players from nearly every position. “We tried to sign a football team,� O’Brien said. “There’s players at every position.� O’Brien did lament that his class was heavy on lineman, but said that was due to issues in seasons past with injuries. “We had depth issues that we were concerned about,� O’Brien said. “We haven’t had enough linemen.� O’Brien was also happy that the players his staff focused on in the early stages of recruiting represented the bulk of his signing class. “If we look back on it a year
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Junior in business administration Katie Siegert uses her arm to demonstrate to sports writer Kate Shefte how to properly shoulder her rifle Tuesday at the practice range in the basement of Reynolds Coliseum. “I love shooting, it’s very calming,� Siegert said. “You have to focus so hard.�
So there I was, standing there with a huge rifle tucked under my arm, in an outfit so constraining I could barely breathe. Think of the most padded red Burton snowboard pants in existence cinched up to your ribcage, paired with a jacket so tight they had to use a special tool just to get the buttons closed. I couldn’t even bend my elbows. “The position we have you in is the easiest one to stand in,� coach Keith Miller said. “It’s less constraining.� He had to be joking, right? It turns out he wasn’t. There are two other positions in rifling, kneeling and prone, and both are harder to teach. “As far as getting into the routine of
how it feels, after a week you’re very used to how it feels,� veteran shooter Noel Keck, a senior in criminology, said as she watched bemusedly and ate a sandwich. “After a year, if you do the exact same thing in practice, you’ve got it down.� I gave it a try, this thing they practice every day in the basement of Reynolds Coliseum or at a shooting range in Holly Springs. I naively expected a slightly more difficult version of a video game, but that guess was way off. First off, my borrowed gun was extremely heavy, and the smallest shift will send your shot awry. Sneezing and scratching your nose are apparently big no-no’s. “Lift the gun up, over, and down,� Katie Siegert, a junior in business administration and my very patient instructor, told me over and over again. After I failed to put my elbow down on my hip in the right manner for what felt like the billionth time, Siegert employed SHEFTE continued page 7