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College of Design unveils new, alternative printing system DesignPRINT provides an alternative to WolfPrint Samuel T.O. Branch Senior Staff Writer

The College of Design began a new era of printing for design students Monday when the school enabled DesignPRINT. The system entails a new print accounting software which still uses the same physical printers. Despite the new installation, the software is still working alongside the older program, WolfPrint, Joe McCoy, the coordinator of Network and Hardware Services for College of Design Information Technology, said. “[DesignPRINT] is an alternative,� McCoy said. “People have been freaking out, thinking we have changed the print system in the last week of school. WolfPrint is still in place, and students can choose which [system] to use.� But while both options are still available, McCoy said the goal is to move to DesignPRINT permanently on the University computers next semester if the next couple weeks run smoothly. “We plan to move the design labs completely over... students will still have the option of using the old system on their personal computers,� McCoy said. There have been problems with WolfPrint for a long time, McCoy said. The size and complexity of design students’ printing jobs slow down the printing process dramatically. “The printers were very inconsistent,� Logan Sayles, a junior in graphic design, said. “Sometimes you would send [a job] and wait 15 to 20 minutes and have to send the job again.� DesignPRINT has been implemented in the downtown design studio for a month, McCoy said.

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Lauren Hall, a junior in graphic design, and Marissa Lenzo, a junior in graphic design, use the printers in the design lab in Brooks Hall. “They made a new system that’s supposedly faster ...It’s a bad time to implement it, but I’m excited about the changes we will see in the future,� Hall said.

So far, Information Technology has been impressed with the results, but McCoy said the program has much more improvement to come. “We are still in the early stages,� McCoy said. “There are still other things we are planning on doing.� The IT staff sent a memo to the students of the College of Design Monday, stating in more detail the future plans. One of the main problems that will be corrected is the print payment quotas. The IT department is manually

deducting print jobs from each student’s quota currently, causing a delay before students receive a confirmation of payment. Soon, however, the department will have a system set up for DesignPRINT that allows students to buy quota online via credit card that will be similar to the current system. Other changes coming in the future include a way for students to see the print queue and increased compatibility with all Macintosh computers.

KEY CHANGES STUDENTS HAVE TO MAKE TO USE DESIGNPRINT • Install the new printers to personal laptops. Even though the printers are the same physical machinery, printers have been renamed if a student tries to use DesignPRINT • MAC users have to log in to DesignPRINT with “WOLFTECH/â€? in front of the student’s unity ID when prompted by the printer • Lab computers using Windows operating systems will install the new printers when a student logs in. Do not cancel the installation, even though error messages will occur. Click OK and let the operation finish. FOR DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS, LOG ON TO HTTP://WWW.DESIGN.NCSU.EDU/IT/

Teach-in offers different perspective History professors provide historical context for Free Expression Tunnel incident Derek Medlin Managing Editor

The multitude of diversity discussions regarding the threats painted in the Free Expression Tunnel Nov. 5 continued Wednesday night in Withers Hall with a teach-in about the history of racial slurs and their impact. “The Gun, The Flag, and the Noose,� which the history department sponsored, allowed four history professors to present a history of racial slurs and imagery to students and faculty. The goal of the teach-in, which featured four separate lectures about specific instances or racial prejudice in American history, was to educate the diversity discussions in a historical context. Blair Kelley, an assistant history professor who presented the section of the discussion about the noose, said she was surprised to see so many students and fac-

ulty turn out for the event. “I’m very pleased with the turnout and I’m very honored,� she said. “I know in Dead Week it’s rough stuff. We were thrilled this many people came.� Kelley said the goal of Wednesday night’s discussion was to ensure students understood how history influences today’s society. “I think sometimes you have to say what happened,� Kelley said of discussing the threats painted in the Free Expression Tunnel. “It was crucial to air it out and talk about it within the historical context. This history marks all of us.� Jay Bettis, a senior in chemistry, said the teach-in taught him history he did not know while also continuing the discussion of the Free Expression Tunnel incident. “Discussions like this open the door for students to take an issue and put it on their shoulders,� Bettis said. “Just by going to college, we’re lucky. We’re forced to be around different types of people.�

As the Campus Culture Task Force Committee begins its efforts to make recommendations to Chancellor James Oblinger, Kelley said she hoped actual changes would take place on campus. “I’m really looking forward to what the task force is going to be saying and doing,� she said. “I hope that it’s substantive and it will effect the outcome of what happens here. This doesn’t need to be forgotten.� Kelley also said she believes the University should release the pictures of what was painted on the Free Expression Tunnel so students could see exactly what was said. “I’m hoping that the police will release all the pictures of what was written on the wall to help the process of truth and reconciliation,� she said. “We all have to understand what was said in order to address it, move on and educate ourselves.� Bettis said students should be the driving force continuing diversity efforts on campus. “What I got out of this is that

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it’s not up to administration,� he said. “Administration is only going to do so much. What you have to do is figure out in yourself that something is bothering you, share it with others that feel the same way and try to make a collective change.� Kelley said in her presentation that it is crucial to understand the historical context of the threatening messages to move forward. “History can serve as a script for how we understand contemporary society,� she said. Kelley also said she hopes the University will continue to push educational efforts to make campus more diverse. “I hope that there is some greater educational effort. An effort to put people in a room with one another and talk about history and not wrap it up as quickly as possible,� she said. “It needs to be unwrapped and talked about and thought about.�

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.C. State’s mascot has undergone a number of changes over the years — from a coyote that cruised the football field, to an iron wolf robot. Also, deputy sports editor Josh Harrell ranks the mascots of the ACC after four and a half years of keen study.

See page 8 for N.C. State’s mascot history and the ranking for ACC mascots.

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Exam Jam to give students break Campus Recreation will be holding their annual Exam Jam Tuesday Dec. 9 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. The event will let students take a break from exams by participating in board games, Wii, Dance Dance Revolution, obstacle courses, cornhole and more. The event, which will have free food and prizes for students, will offer free chair massages and a rock wall to climb on. All of the activities will take place in Carmichael Complex on courts 9 to 11. SOURCE: NCSU.EDU/CAMPUS_REC

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Google provides best upgrade for e-mail system THE ISSUE:

The Student e-mail Task Force is considering costcutting, reliable e-mail solutions for students.

OUR OPINION:

A third-party service like Google would provide additional space and give students access to a variety of useful applications.

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The task force needs to solicit as much student feedback as possible and move the University away from the outdated, dysfunctional e-mail service in place.

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he Student e-mail Task Force is looking into ways to improve the Webmail service the University provides to students. The current system, Cyrus, is outdated and limited in function — according to Marc Hoit, vice chancellor for the Office of Information Technology. The biggest complaints are a lack of storage space and built-in calendar function. Hoit said the e-mail task force is part of a bigger plan to improve information technology services across campus. E-mail isn’t a new technology, and the current system is built as if it is. Students need to give the task force feedback regarding the functions and features they would like to see in the e-mail

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service, and the University needs to bring the Webmail system into the twenty-first century. Students should have access to online planners, document sharing tools and research programs that can easily tie into the e-mail system. The Google applications for education provide a reasonable means of giving students exactly that. Stan North Martin, director of Outreach, communications and consulting for OIT, said the task force is still gathering data on the various options for University email. The task force is looking into expansion of the current e-mail system, outsourcing to a thirdparty service like Google, Mi-

crosoft or Yahoo or eliminating the University’s Webmail service entirely and requiring students to provide an e-mail address. The task force is contacting vendors and looking to establish pages on Facebook and The Wolf Web for feedback, but its only online feedback site is at its Web site, which is buried in OIT’s Web site. The task force needs to get these feedback mechanisms up as quickly as possible. While lack of storage space and a builtin calendar are students’ main complaints with the Webmail system, finding other functions students want to see with the University e-mail system is just

as important. Google looks like one of the most attractive options. It offers large amounts of storage space, provides a useful interface and gives students easy access to a variety of useful applications, like the Scholar, Reader, Books and Documents programs. The service is also free of charge and advertisements for the basic Google Apps Education Edition package. This ties in perfectly with Hoit’s overall strategy for IT at N.C. State, providing more services at a reduced cost. Still, what should be the final determinant of the University’s e-mail system is the will of the student body. And we do have to watch out, lest we become part of Google’s plan to take over the world.

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inally, the University has gone and decided to strip every incoming student of the hope of ever becoming a well-rounded individual. Way to go! More specifically, the currently lacking Genera l Education Requirement s have been replaced Taylor McCune by a much Senior Staff Columnist more deficient General Education Program. The new program reduces the number of general course hours needed from a minimum of 50 hours to a minimum of 39 hours. Math and natural science classes lose seven hours, humanities and social sciences lose a whopping nine hours and the rest — besides the important physical education requirement — is reduced to eight to nine hours of “additional breadth” courses and “interdisciplinary perspectives.” In the old days, university educations meant rigorous study in multiple discipline areas, not just a single semester in a lecture hall getting an overview of European history. Granted, society and technology have progressed to the point where some people should be experts in more specialized areas, but that does not mean that those individuals should be able to skip out on learned the basic facts and theories of the way the world works. Every student who holds a four-year degree from this University should know how to write a coherent, intelligent paragraph. He or she should be able to speak with head held high and interact with other people like a reasonable adult. He or she should understand basic mathematics and natural science and political and economic principles — if there was ever a time to stress the knowledge of economic principles among the public it is now. These aren’t “extra” areas of “interest” that can be skimmed over. They are necessary. Already, too many people don’t have the

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Treat all staff and faculty equally In August of this year, custodians at the College of Veterinary Medicine were required to leave their badges on campus after their shifts ended. While this may seem like a good policy to help monitor the building after hours, housekeepers are the only

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ability to have an education from a school like N.C. State, they may never be adequately exposed to the basics. Someone may argue that allowing students more time in their specializations is more important. With the exception of doctors, lawyers and technical experts, who really did work in their specialization? Most people don’t. I know accounting majors who ended up managing moving companies, English majors who became bookkeepers, theater majors who found themselves working in television and radio technology. Just look at our presidents. Ideally, they should all have PhDs in political science, right? Or not. President-Elect Barack Obama was trained as a lawyer, President George W. Bush has an MBA, President Bill Clinton went to law school, President George H.W. Bush has an economics degree, President Ronald Reagan majored in sociology and economics and President Jimmy Carter has a B.S. from the Naval Academy. Now, none of these men majored in political science, and they still became presidents. It wasn’t their majors that made them successful, it was their entire life experience — most of it outside those fields — that made them successful. And, folks, it’s hard to have meaningful life experiences when you only know a lot about one thing. Specialization is good, and should be encouraged, but not at the expense of general understanding. This new General Education Program is leading our University down a dangerous path. In five years NCSU may be graduating students with no practical knowledge of the world they live in. More general ignorance is not what the world needs. Let’s re-focus on well-roundedness.

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Who’s really paying for your education?

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n the wake of Lehman Brothers, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Government bailout package, everyone seems to be an expert on the economy nowadays. Most of my Russell Witham friends can Staff Columnist converse extensively on financial derivatives and predatory lending — perhaps this is just another sign of the times. But for all the national headlines, what do we know about how our own education is funded? Most of us think we already know the answer. Some of us take out loans, others have scholarships, many of us receive help from our families. We pay our tuition, and the university operates. We own this place. Right? No, you actually pay for almost none of “your education.” Last week I conducted a small survey on campus to see how much of the university budget our faculty and students believe is covered by student tuition and fees. In my survey, 21 out of 25 randomly selected faculty members and students asked

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believe that student tuition and fees covers over 30 percent of the university budget. 12 of those respondents thought that tuition and fees covered over 50 percent of the budget. Only one student came within 10 percent of the actual value. The shocking truth is that only 15 percent of the University budget is covered by student tuition and fees. No, your eyes are not deceiving you, 85 percent of your education is funded by someone else. The state of North Carolina funds approximately 45 percent of our education, an extremely high amount for a state college. For comparison, the University of Virginia receives less than 10 percent of its funding from the state. The other large wedge in the pie is covered by endowments. Such as research grants from the National Science Foundation, Department of Agriculture and other bodies who we conduct research for. Tom Levy, senior in history, was just as surprised as I was by the figure. “You’re kidding,” he quipped. Not surprisingly, this senti-

ment was shared by almost all of the respondents. I cannot count the number of students who said, “Really!” in response to the figure of 15 percent. Many of us here really do have to sacrifice to come up with tuition money each semester. It’s human nature to want to think that our share funds most of our education. To me at least, this seems like pretty important information. It has totally changed my perception of the University. No longer do I feel as though I own this place, I now realize I am nothing more than a squatter on Government land. Who is to blame for us not knowing? Naturally, I choose to ridicule the source of all evil, the administration. Instead of fruitless race sensitivity training, how about we give the entire incoming freshman class a Budget 101 seminar? Or would N.C. State prefer to have 96 percent of us walk around oblivious to who funds our education? Let Russell know your thoughts at letters@technicianonline.com.

“More space in it, because I’m at about 70 percent full.” Medha Surampudy freshman, political science

“It’s pretty great. It’s like a Web site so you can access it from home or wherever you want to. Overall, I don’t see any need for improvements on it.” Stephen Wynne freshman, First Year College

“It’s pretty good as it is, actually. I can’t really think of anything.” Amanda Winnegar freshman, history

This week’s poll question: people on campus required to hand in their ID badges. After being continuously harassed by University security for not having her required ID on campus as she began and ended her job, Nedra Rollins refused to turn in her badge at the end of her shift and was summarily fired. There is no evidence or surveillance that proves that NCSU housekeepers are the culprits of building thefts. Chancellor Oblinger, please explain

how this is a fair and justified policy. All other groups of occupants can come and go as they please while one group is targeted as criminal. Honestly, how would you feel working on N.C. State’s campus if you were demanded to turn over your campus identification card and keys everyday knowing you would face daily harassment leaving and returning to work the next day? In light of the Free Expression Tunnel incident, and given a policy that treats housekeepers

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Much of memory formation is thought to occur in the hippocampus, a small tissue located deep in the brain.

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Sapporo, a Japanese brewery, has announced that it has created the first space beer. Sapporo collaborated with Okayama University and the Russian Academy of Science to create Space Barley, the barley used to create the space bear. Space Barley is free of additives and is grown in the International Space Station. Sapparo have only made 100 liters of the space beer, and has a 5.5 percent alcohol content. Limited amounts will be available for tasting only in Japan.

Neurons are cells in the nervous system that transmit information with the help of chemical signals.

IT LIGHTS UP In an experiment that was published in the journal Science in September, the same neurons that fire when someone is experiencing and event and creating a memory from it are the ones that light up when that memory is being recalled. But each time a person recalls a memory, it deteriorates, according to assistant professor of psychology Anne McLaughlin. “The more you recall a memory, the more you’re destroying some of the trueness of the memory,” she said.

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Kindle turns 1

Amazon’s Kindle reader celebrated its first birthday last month. Kindle is device used to read books. So far, 250,000 have sold since November 2007. The electronic book, which weigts 10.3 ounces accounts for 10 percent of Amazon’s book sales, even though the Web site only offers 200,000 titles. Texts for the Kindle are often cheaper than books. Amazon hopes the Kindle’s sales will after an endorsement with Oprah Winfrey, Nobel laureate Toni Morrison and best-selling author James Patterson.

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Apple fighting a lawsuit EMG Technology filed a patent lawsuit against Apple last week because of the way “the iPhone navigates the Internet.” The company, based in Los Angeles, filed the suit a month after the patent was issued. SOURCE: TECHCRUNCH.COM

Google almost charged with monopoly Google, a monolith in the Web industry, pulled out of a search advertising contract with Yahoo! just in time -- if the company had waited three more hours to finalize it, the Justice Department would have filed an antitrust lawsuit to halt the deal. According to a quote from Sandy Litvack, a prosecutor for the Justice Department, the advertising pact would have only furthered Google’s monopoly. “We were going to file the complaint at a certain time during the day,” he told American Law Daily. “We told them we were going to file the complaint at that time of day. Three hours before, they told us they were abandoning the agreement.” Google has been warned that it is considered a near-monopoly. SOURCE: TECHCRUNCH.COM

Nokia to release iPhone competitor Nokia Corp., the company that makes most of the world’s cell phones, is planning to launch a new phone in 2009 that will compete with Apple’s iPhone. The phone, called the N97, will feature a 3.5-inch touch screen that has a resolution 50 percent better than the iPhone. It will have a slide-out automatic keyboard and a camera with a resolution of 5 megapixels. SOURCE: CNN.COM

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THE SAME NEURONS THAT BECOME ACTIVE DURING AN EVENT ALSO LIGHT UP WHEN RECALLING IT

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Flash forward a few months, when you’re remembering that experience. The cards, the glass, the color of the podium — they all stand out. But what stands out the most, according to Anne McLaughlin, an assistant professor of psychology, is the way you felt. “There’s a trace when that memory is recalled,” she said. “The thinking is that you’re actually recalling a memory every time you bring it up. When you remember those feelings, you’re actually recreating them. There’s no thing in your brain that holds memories, something that you can actually

Remembering an event is similar to recalling it STORY BY ALISON HARMAN | PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY LUIS ZAPATA

ay you’re walk up to a podium in front of a large, cavernous room that seats 2,000 people. You get up to the podium, nod nervously and take out any notes you have, placing them carefully on top of the podium. There’s a glass of water to the left; you notice it because you’ll probably need it later. You actually need it now — your throat has become dry with fear.

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Stan Martin North has been hearing student complaints about Webmail for long enough to pinpoint the most popular. There’s not enough space. Webmail has too few applications. It won’t host HTML. But problems with storage space and lack of applications could dissolve in fall 2009, when the Office of Information Technology plans to start testing either an upgrade of the existing Webmail service or piloting a switch to a third-party provider. That’s the goal, at least, according to Martin, the director of outreach, communications and consulting for OIT. The office has initiated a Student E-Mail Task Force, which is courting e-mail providers like Google, Microsoft and Yahoo!. “We’re doing an investigation of what it is that we need to do with student e-mail in general. One of the things that we’ve been hearing is that there isn’t enough space. That’s one thing we’re getting the message on loud and clear,” Martin said. “One of those options would be to have another company provide e-mail for students.” Webmail, a service provided by Cyrus, is an open-source provider that the University hosts for staff, faculty and students with Unity ID accounts, Martin said. The University has used this provider since the late 90s, he said. But with “relatively new offerings from these third-party vendors

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For some, studying with the help of caffeine isn’t very harmful Using ‘little caffeine’ during latenight study sessions ‘may help’ Jessie Hale Staff Writer

Chugging Red Bulls and lattes and taking handfuls of Vivarin, a “stay awake pill,” can be an exam-time ritual for students waiting until the last minute to study, but while ingesting mass quantities of caffeine may help students stay up all night, too much caffeine can cause extra stress on the body. Caffeine is a central nervous system stimulant that raises alertness and concentration levels by inhibiting adenosine, a chemical in the brain that slows down activity and has a calming effect. A cup of coffee has about 90 to 150 mg of caffeine, while a Red Bull has 80 mg of caffeine and a Coca-Cola has 34 mg of caffeine. A bar of chocolate has about the same

amount of caffeine as a can of Coca Cola, is possible that drinking a caffeinated but the recommended dose of Vivarin beverage in the afternoon can cause resthas 200 mg of caffeine. lessness at night, even during sleep. While consuming caffeine can keep Waking up and taking an exam may students from getting drowsy study- be more difficult if a student is sleeping for a final, Sardeprived. ah Ash, associate Irritability, restprofessor in food, lessness, anxiety bioprocessing and and heart palpitanutrition sciences, tions are also possaid caffeine also sible side effects of i nc re a s e s he a r t caffeine, Eberhart rate, alertness and said, but, for most wakefulness, but people, the amount evidence is mixed Sarah Ash, associate food professor of caffeine in two to on whether caffeine four cups of coffee actually improves learning. is not harmful. “You might be better off taking a power “Caffeine sensitivity, the amount of nap and returning to your studying af- caffeine that will produce an effect in terwards rather than pushing your way someone, varies from person to perthrough the exhaustion with caffeine,” son,” Eberthart said. “A small amount Ash suggested. of caffeine may effect you while another According to Lisa Eberhart, Univer- person can consume more caffeine with sity Dining dietician, caffeine can stay few side effects.” in your system for up to six hours, so it Caffeine’s effects also depend on a

“People can develop a tolerance to it, requiring more to get the same effect.”

person’s size and his or her prior use of caffeine, Ash said. “People can develop a tolerance to it, requiring more to get the same effect,” she said. Students may also experience withdrawal symptoms without caffeine, most notably a headache, if their bodies are accustomed to ingesting a certain amount daily, Ash said. Because caffeine is a diuretic — it causes a person to urinate more frequently — Eberhart said, and some people believe this may cause dehydration. “To be safe, it’s probably a good idea to stay away from too much caffeine in hot weather, during long workouts or in other situations where you might sweat a lot,” Eberhart said. But some studies have shown that caffeine consumption boosts concentration, Eberhart said. “So if you need to really focus,” she said, “a little caffeine may help.”

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— it’s only been in the last few years that Google and Microsoft have gotten into the business of providing this service for educational institutions,” Martin said no options existed 10 years ago for a free provider with shiny, appealing applications. Although OIT has customized Webmail to fit with its e-mail vision, applications like collaborative calendars and chat features — which other providers include for free — will cost the University. “We’ve set up teleconferences with Google, Microsoft and Zimbra to find out more about their services, what kind of features they have and how they would interact with our environment,” Martin said. “We’ll compare all of the options that are there with what we’re hearing students and other stakeholders want to do with e-mail.” Martin said finding the cheapest provider is the “crux of what we’re trying to do here.” “That’s all what we’re trying to figure out,” Martin said. “We’re trying to put a dollar figure on what the savings would be if we outsourced it to Microsoft and to Google.” It might seem to be an issue that has a simple solution. Both Gmail’s college application and Microsoft’s Live at Edu allow students to have access to their servers for free, which means no server maintenance for OIT personnel. Martin said the companies are willing to provide free e-mail access so graduates will continue to use their e-mail services, which will host advertisements only after the account is no longer associated with an educational institution. Yahoo!’s Zimbra charges a fee per subscriber; on Webmail’s part, Cyrus charges fees for up-

ping storage space options and adding other features. The task force is also considering setting up a forwarding option on each student’s account. “Most students have other accounts,” he said. “This basically would be pointing the Unity IDs so that you have your unity.ncsu. edu mail to whatever e-mail service you use primarily.” But the solution isn’t simple, Martin said, adding that “in many ways, there will still be other costs. Even though these third-party providers are ‘free,’ there are other costs associated with doing that.” “There are definitely some pros and cons with all of these things,” Martin said. “There are a lot of different costs associated with providing mail e-mail services on campus. It’s not just the Webmail tool, it’s all the servers on the back end that process the mail coming in. There’s spam filtering and anti-virus checking, which gets rid of more mail than it delivers. There’s more spam out there.” University servers, he said, process incoming mail and parcels it out to IMAP servers, or mail servers, that students access to receive their e-mail. Webmail, the mail client, puts students in direct contact with those servers. And when students send out e-mails, they go through additional servers. If the task force decides to outsource its e-mail service, personnel who worked with these servers — which will be used minimally because the third-party vendor deals with mail through its servers — will either work on new or existing projects within the OIT office or manage aspects of the new provider. “We’re paying for the server that we’re storing all the e-mail on, as well as the servers that do run Webmail and the other aspects of the e-mail service on

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them,” Martin said. “One of the biggest costs is, frankly, in the personnel to manage this sophisticated environment on campus. If we end up saving personnel costs to providing this service, there will be other personnel costs in outsourcing.” Students using an outsourced e-mail provider might need to log in through the N.C. State Web site or through their cell phones, he said. “It would end up being a repurposing of the personnel from one role to another role. It’s not like we would be losing staff if we were to outsource. There are lots of things that we want to do in OIT, it’s not like we would be laying people off or something.” Some of the cost-cutting could occur in letting personnel who are dedicated to e-mail pursue

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other projects they are working on, he said. As the task force evaluates each of these factors, it is also asking for student input on its Web site. Martin said it will also start groups on social networking sites like Facebook to reach out to more students. “We want to get students to get some feedback from other students to see how they’re currently using e-mail,” he said. In a memo from Marc Hoit, vice chancellor for Information Technology, the task force will need to send in any recommendations by March 1 to initially implement “any improvements be the start of the fall 2009 semester.”

take out. You’re recreating the experience in the memory in the same way you created it the first time.” And as exams are peeking around this week’s corner, understanding a memory’s creation could be an important guide to figuring out which studying techniques work, and which don’t. The idea that recalling a memory is actually recreating an event is not a novice theory. But in a study released in the journal Science in September, scientists used electrodes to track brain cells — in this case, neurons — as they fired off when a memory was being created. When the scientists asked patients to relive the experience, they knew what memory the patients would recall even before the patient said it. The same neurons that had fired off when the memory was created were the same ones that fired off upon recalling it. In the study, American and Israeli scientists threaded electrodes through the brains of 13 epilepsy patients who were preparing for surgery. Patients then watched multiple 5- to 10-second video clips of popular sights and television shows. As they were watching, the electrodes recorded the activity of 100 neurons, located in or near the hippocampus, in each patient. For certain videos, some neurons became highly active; these same neurons were, during other videos, either slightly less active or not active at all. Scientists then distracted the patients, then asked them to recall something they had seen. Neurons that had fired quickly during a certain video lit up again with the same frequency, even before patients spoke the

MAKING THE MOST OF MEMORY “The sad fact of it is that when you’re studying, more effort almost always results in more deep learning,” Anne McLaughlin, assistant professor of psychology, said. The best studying techniques are the ones that require not just re-reading chapters and zooming through flash cards, but rather ones that require an actual understanding of the text. “Reading and trying to repeat it or making flash cards and saying repeat, repeat, repeat, it’s harder to encode things in your brain to pull out later,” McLaughlin said. Instead, she suggests that “after you read a paragraph, write down a question that it made you think of. Rewrite in your own words what that paragraph was telling you. Encode not only what you read, but in your own words.” Forming images of what you’re reading, she said, can also help. SOURCE: ANNE MCLAUGHLIN, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY

name of the video. This experiment provides evidence for what scientists have been trying for years to prove. “We know a lot about what will likely become a memory and what will often disappear before becoming a memory,” McLaughlin said. “When you have a memory, it usually means you can retain that information in your brain. But there are many pieces of information that never make it into there — like a phone number, unless you really encoded it and commit it to memory. And there’s not some memory cell that represents your grandmother. There’s not a particular cell that means one thing.” McLaughlin mentioned a study researchers performed on rats, in which they attempted to halt the rats’ memory as it was forming. “We don’t really know what really affects memory in the brain, why dome people can have a large part of their brain taken out and it has very little effect on memory,” she said. “The brain is still a very huge mystery to us.”

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coach at the time, said. “So the choice had better be good in order to keep pace with the boys.� However, an overwhelming majority maintained that the “Wolfpack� was near and dear to them, and the title remained. “The wolf is a scrappy, tough animal — the spittin’ image of our team,� one writer insisted. 1946 — Ira Helms, a student in mechanical engineering, took it upon himself to create a mascot for the cheerleading squad to use during games. After initially abandoning the project due to high production costs, Helms welded, painted and constructed his robot wolf. “That was the first time we had a real mascot,� said Tim Peeler, a writer for GoPack.com that has written several books on N.C. State athletics. Helms’ robot was affectionately named “Hell� for its creator, but was also called “The Wolf Monster� and “The Trojan Wolf.� He stood 7 feet tall and was 10 feet across at the chest. Helms climbed inside the contraption and employed another student to operate a fake control box, leading spectators to believe that Hell was an actual robot. “With a body similar to Frankenstein’s monster and the ferocious head of a wolf, it is expected to create a sensation in the game and spur the team on to another victory,� the Technician proclaimed on Oct. 18, 1946. The team went 8-2 and made its first bowl game, the 1946 Gator Bowl. After the bowl, N.C. State cheerleaders and the band

5. Rameses, North Carolina Other than leading the band at basketball games in the Dean Dome (which is always cool), Rameses isn’t very animated. In my book, you better have a lot of personality or none — like the Terrapin. No middle ground for mascots. 6. The Blue Devil, Duke I’m very disappointed in this year’s Blue Devil mascot change. Duke went from a happy, cartoonish Blue Devil, who surfed at basketball games, to an overly dramatic “tougher� looking Devil. Hint for Duke: stick to what works. TECHNICIAN ARCHIVE PHOTO

A cheerleader holds Lobo III, a coyote, who State used as a mascot before creating Mr. Wuf. Behind the coyote, one of State’s earliest mascot leads the crowd.

retired Hell and held a wake for him. 1947 — The rest of N.C. State’s athletic teams, still called the “Red Terrors,� opted to change their names to the “Wolfpack� as well. 1966 — A four-month old pup — or “Lobo III,� as it was called — was purchased by the student body for $125 to commemorate the opening of Carter Stadium. Lobo III was preceded by two wolf mascots. The first died, and the other escaped under suspicious circumstances. 1967 — A zoology professor noticed that “Lobo III� was not a Timberwolf, as the students who bought him had believed; he was a coyote. Students embraced the mistake, rallying around the

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“Kool Koyote.� They spray painted the slogan on the free expression tunnel and wrote it in chalk around campus. 1975 — The future Ms. Wuf was unveiled to coincide with the introduction of women’s athletics. The wolf mascots were married on the basketball court in 1981 as part of the season finale festivities. Wake Forest University’s mascot, the Demon Deacon, presided over the faux ceremony. “They are technically married, although I don’t believe Mrs. Wuf wears her ring these days,� Peeler said. 1983 — According to Peeler, Scott Joseph, the man behind the mask from 1981 to 1984, was instrumental in helping the

Wolfpack mascot “evolve.� He was also the one who coined the title “Mr. Wuf.� In an interview with The Wolfpacker, Joseph said that he and his mother came up with the now-famous name. “The only thing that was provided was the head, the rest you had to come up with on your own,� Joseph said. “My mom sewed a suit out of fur and gave me a jersey. So we sat down and decided to call him ‘Mr. Wuf ’ and she sewed that on my jersey.� 2008 — Different costumes have been phased in and out over the last 20 years, with Mr. and Mrs. Wufs’ heads have become less elongated and coyote-esque.

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7. Chief Osceola and Renegade, Florida State The live person mascot slams his flaming spear into midfield as an intro, but even that doesn’t get the crowd as hyped as it should. Osceola should take a lesson from Sebastian in keeping a crowd pumped from start to finish.

9. Baldwin the Eagle, Boston College Although Baldwin has the cool cartoon look going for him, he’s a wuss when it comes to mascot interaction. Mr. Wuf ruthlessly pesters Baldwin each time they face each other. Just look at the photo for Baldwin’s Wikipedia entry — there’s no denying it. 10. The Tiger, Clemson For an entrance like Clemson’s football team, shouldn’t they have a great mascot to run down the hill with? I’m afraid not. While an actual tiger would be amazing, Clemson substitutes that with a guy in orange and black pajamas. Too bad. 11. CavMan, Virginia Nothing sticks out in my memory of that ACC Tournament more than CavMan. He never seems to know what’s going on in the game and definitely doesn’t know how to handle his sword or take on an opposing mascot.

12. Buzz, Georgia Tech Situation: Mr. Wuf walks up to Buzz, pushes him, agitates him, TECHNICIANONLINE.COM pesters him, 8. HokieBird, Agree or disagree with Josh’s rankings? Let e t c . W h a t Virginia Tech him know online at technicianonline.com. does Buzz do? Football Shake his inHokieBird — who bench presses dex finger back and forth in Mr. for points in the end zone after Wuf ’s face, turns and waddles scores and leads the Hokey-Pok- away while wagging his stinger. ey dance — is great. Basketball Seriously? You’re a mascot. Live HokieBird is lacking. Time for up to it. It’s a disgrace. the gobbler to find some original acts, or more personality.

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• 18 days until men’s basketball game against Marquette.

• Page 7: The bottom of the ACC’s mascots.

TECHNICIAN

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WOLF FACTS

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ATHLETICS

COMMENTARY

Ranking the ACC’s mascots

Football grabs four commits in three days Fresh off its four-game win streak to end the regular season, football coach Tom O’Brien has picked up four verbal commitments this week for the 2009 incoming class. Two of the four commitments, linebacker Hans Rice and defensive tackle Nathan Mageo, are three-star prospects according to the recruiting site Scout.com. The two others, running back Morgan Alexander and defensive end Darryl Cato-Bishop, are two-star prospects. The latest four commitments bring the list to 18 for O’Brien and his staff, who have picked up recruits from Massachussets to Alabama and from Florida to New Mexico with this class.

Swimming starts Husky Invite today Nine Wolfpack swimmers are heading to Washington for the Husky Invitational which starts today. Junior Mason McGee, who holds the top times in the ACC for both 200 and 500 meter freestyle, leads the team. Eight other N.C. State swimmers, five men and three women, will compete in individual competitions. The Pack will return to team competition Jan. 9 when it hosts Michigan State.

ATHLETIC SCHEDULE

A wolf by any other name Mr. Wuf has been down a long road of changing mascots in his search for true identity Kate Shefte

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LINDA BRAFFORD/TECHNICIAN ARCHIVE PHOTO

The Demon Deacon performs the marriage ceremony involving State’s wolf mascosts during halftime at Reynolds Coliseum. The photo was originally printed March 2, 1982.

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Today MEN’S AND WOMEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING Husky Invitational, Day 1, Federal Way, Wa. Friday MEN’S AND WOMEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING Husky Invitational, Day 2, Federal Way, Wa. WOMEN’S BASKETBALL @ MICHIGAN Ann Arbor, Mich., 6:30 p.m.

MEN’S BASKETBALL

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Florida State

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Virginia Tech

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Virginia

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QUOTE OF THE DAY “The wolf is a scrappy, tough animal; the spittin’ image of our team.” Anonymous writer when the Wolfpack name was chosen for the school.

DID YOU KNOW? Some of the original names for an N.C. State mascot included Cultivators, Auctioneers, Cardinals and Pine-rooters.

COMING SOON

Friday: A feature on the winter sports being away from home for the Holidays.

1. Sebastian the Ibis, Miami Sebastian’s swagger perfectly embodies Miami’s style – probably more so than any other school. And from his Soulja Boy dance to the C-A-N-E-S cheer he leads, the Ibis can get a crowd going.

Senior Staff Writer

1921 — The sports teams of North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, N.C. State’s predecessor, had been at different times called the “Farmers and Mechanics,” the “Red Terrors,” and the “Aggies.” In 1920, coach Harry Hartsell’s football team, captained by J.T. “Runt” Faucette and then called the “Techs,” were criticized for their up-and-down play. Before the season-opening football game on Sept. 25, 1921 against the Randolph-Macon Yellow Jackets, an anonymous fan wrote into the Technician, bemoaning the team’s unstable coaching situation and the off-field antics of some of the players. He compared those players to “a pack of wolves,” and the student body found it hilarious. The football team then became known as the Wolfpack. 1946 — One man who didn’t find it so hilarious was J.W. Harrelson, for whom Harrelson Hall was named. Harrelson served as chancellor from 1945 to 1953, just after World War II. Harrelson objected to the moniker, reminding veterans and civilians on campus that the name “Wolfpack” had been assigned to Nazi U-boats for the formation they kept. “The only thing lower than a wolf is a snake in the grass,” Harrelson decreed. Harrelson proposed a contest, with football tickets as the prize, to see who could create a new mascot. Some of the submissions included the Cardinals, Cultivators, Cotton-pickers, Auctioneers, Calumets and Pine-rooters, a term related to pigs. “We’ll field a growling, rep-snorting team no matter what the mascot is,” Beattie Feathers, the football

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Three years ago, I was lucky enough to cover the ACC men’s basketball tournament. On display that year in Greensboro was not only some of the best college basketball in the nation, but some of the finest – and some of the worst — mascots in college sports. Right then and there I decided this column was inevitable. Now with a week before graduJosh Harell ation, it’s time to Deputy Sports Editor ra n k t he ACC’s mascots. Take heart in the fact that this column has been tirelessly researched now for the past three years – from the ACC Tournament, to football games from Charlottesville to Tallahassee. The greatest mascots have the perfect combination of toughness and humor. The best can pump up the entire crowd then play with the school’s youngest fans moments later. I’d love to hear your feedback. Let us know online who your favorite ACC mascot is.

TECHNICIAN ARCHIVE PHOTO

The Iron Wolf, with a person inside, stands behind the cheerleaders in the 1940s.

TECHNICIAN ARCHIVE PHOTO

2. Demon Deacon, Wake Forest The best mascot intro goes to the Deacon, cruising on his motorcycle across the field to “Enter Sandman,” leading the football team out of the gate. Plus, the guy wed Mr. and Ms Wuf. How cool is that? 3. Mr Wuf, N.C. State I try not to think of myself as biased here, but Mr. Wuf has to have some of the best dance moves in the nation, especially the Mr. Wuf from three years ago. Plus, you’ll never see him back down from a mascot fight — unlike others on this list (see bottom). 4. Testudo, Maryland I completely respect the Terrapin for his chill mood. When he visits Carter-Finley, you won’t see him cheering often, instead the Terp stands, arms crossed, watching the game — you have to respect that. And based on his dance moves, it’s a good decision.

LOBO III, one of the coyotes that served as mascot before Mr. Wuf, stands guard at a football game.

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WRESTLING

Coach believes Burge becoming wrestling’s future Coach Carter Jordan hopes freshman Jacob Burge is indicative of where wrestling is headed Jen Hankin Staff Writer

The wrestling team’s top recruit last year was 174-pound Jacob Burge, a freshman in First Year College, from Mason, Mich. Burge started wrestling at age 6, following in his father’s footsteps. Winning his first tournament that same year, he continued to have a strong work ethic and has become not only part of the starting lineup as a freshman, but coach Carter Jordan said he hopes Burge exemplifies the future of the wrestling program. Jordan summed up Burge’s

BURGE’S HIGH SCHOOL ACCOMPLISHMENTS • Won back-to-back state championships as a freshman and sophomore. • Won the state title in the 171pound class as a senior. • Won the 2007 Brute Adidas Classic and was named Most Outstanding Wrestler.

character with a smile. “Jake cares about two things: wrestling and wrestling,” Jordan said. “He’s really driven and he is as hard a worker as there is on the team.” In elementary school, Burge moved to Mason and began his wrestling career. “I found this brochure, and I looked at it and thought it might be fun,” Burge said. “I brought it to my dad, and he had had a few years of wrestling experience.” Burge said he didn’t know what

to expect going to wrestling practice, since he was so young. “I thought it was going to be like a WWF thing,” Burge said. “But I was totally amazed that it wasn’t and I liked it.” That same year Burge wrestled in his first tournament and took second place. He has continued to grow as a wrestler over the years and credits his motivation partly to his dad. Burge’s father also has a career in wrestling, and is a coach in Michigan according to Jordan. Burge also said he feels that his inner drive and focus has helped his success. “For me, it’s just my personality. I’ve always had the drive, and I feed off other people,” Burge said. “I just have that motivation to do better and come to practice every day and continue to train hard and beat people up.” Last year, in Burge’s senior year

of high school, his wrestling team traveled to N.C. State’s wrestling camp, where Jordan spotted him and said he was his main focus as well as his top recruit. Burge had scholarship offers to several colleges in Michigan, as well as Northern Illinois, Ohio State and N.C. State. “I knew where I was going to sign, but I took my visits everywhere,” Burge said. “I really like the wrestling program here. It may be young right now, but I know where it’s headed and it’s going in a great direction, and I want to be a part of that.” While a full ride scholarship at State drew him to State, that was not the deciding factor, according to Burge. “I knew if I stayed close to home I was going to be watched by my dad,” Burge said. “I wanted to grow as a person, and I think if I moved far away, it gives me a

chance to explore myself and my personality and make my own mistakes.” At practice it’s clear that Burge is already emerging as a leader on the team. “As a freshman, many people knew who I was,” Burge said. “People look up to me because I work really hard on the mat, and [the other wrestlers] see what I’m doing and they realize that this guy’s a freshman and he’s doing all this work.” According to Jordan, he is an example of what the wrestling team will be recruiting in the future. “Jake will be the future of our program,” Jordan said. “He exemplifies everything that we are looking for, great talent, and tremendous work ethic. He wants to be the best he possibly can be and he’s willing to do the work needed to get there.”

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