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2010
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Engineering fair popular among job seekers Fair continues to grow, companies continue to seek N.C. State students
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Wednesday from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m
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McKimmon Center 1101 Gorman Street
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Provides a chance to network and meet employers in the engineering fields
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Two-day, twice-a-year fair
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340 companies attend
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4,400 students
Joanna Banegas Staff Writer
The Engineering Career Fair will take place today at the McKimmon Center from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. According to the University Engineering Career Web site, the event is presented by the College of Engineering and the Engineer’s Council, is held twice a year and is one of the largest career fairs in the country held for engineering students. The event provides an opportunity for prospective employers from a wide range of industries to meet with engineering students interested in working for their companies. The Web site also stated that the Career Fair was first established in 1998. It was “originally held as a one-day, once-a-year event that attracted about 60 companies and 1,500 students, the fair has grown into a two-day, twice-ayear event that brought in more than 340 employers and 4,400 students in fall 2008.” Brian Koehler, the director of Engineering Career Fair, said the fair is a wonderful public service for the alumni, general public and especially all the N.C. State students. “They have one thing in common and that’s looking for jobs,” Koehler said. “They are job seekers and the companies are willing to hire them which is awesome.” Koehler said although the fair has
Source: Engineering Career Fair Web site
been affected by the economy, there are 159 companies registered for the career fair. “Despite the current job market, we’re still at a good capacity which is truly amazing,” Koehler said. “This is a real tribute to the high quality of emphasis on the University but it’s also a tribute to how our partners view our engineers and students in general.” In 2009 the Engineering Career Fair noticed a decline in the number of the companies participating at the fair, according to Koehler. “We noticed a whole lot more cancelations at the last minute last year. This year we had weak numbers once again but we noticed a lot more registration at the last minute, indicating that budgets are starting to turn around,” he said. Koehler also said each semester there is a lot of new companies.
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Shriram Veeramani, graduate student in industrial engineering, interviews with Procter & Gamble manufacturing representative Corey Johnson, 2001 graduate in chemical engineering, at the engineering career fair in the McKimmon Center Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009. The fair included 186 companies from across the US and thousands of students. “It’s bigger than the spring fair,” Johnson said. “We’re back in the swing of things– back with a bigger presence this year.”
“Companies hear about our high quality of students,” Koehler said. “That is what these companies are seeking. Because they realize that the futures of their company are right here.” Koehler said students travel as far
away from Texas, Florida and New York. “Students and job seekers follow these companies because the best of the best in the entire world are right here,” Koehler said. Jon Delgado, a sophomore in chemi-
cal engineering, said the economy for engineers is getting better. “Companies at these career fairs are recruiting students and people fresh out of college and graduate school,”
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Physics Department, library team up to lower costs Collaboration saves students money, offers sustainable options for textbooks Arth Pandya Staff Writer
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Brian Myers, a first year student in agribusiness management, rides a triangle transit bus to his home in Morrisville. “I only have one stop between me and school,” Myers said. He also said that it would be helpful if the TTA buses came more frequently in the afternoon.
Transportation reroutes Wolfline buses, snow storm hinders travel Students face troubles riding Wolfline, detours canceled Mahmudul Islam Correspondent
The University has a policy to start busing at least one hour before classes begin, according to Christine Klein, public communications specialist. According to Klein, Transportation takes a proactive stance in keeping an eye on areas with icy road conditions. The Westgrove bus usually goes through the Pylon Drive and Beryl Road intersection from Blue Ridge, but on Monday, due to road conditions, the bus went straight through Blue Ridge and turned on Hillsborough. People taking the Westgrove bus, such as Chris Hock, a senior in me-
chanical engineering, didn’t seem to mind. Asem Rahman, a junior in biological sciences, was slightly disgruntled. “I was late for a class because of the buses,” he said. In regards to the detour being a major problem, Rahman said he was aware conditions were bad so it was easier to predict there might be problems. “They should have canceled school because a lot people were slipping on their way to class,” he said. Some of the changes Transportation has instituted include the Westgrove route and a shuffle of the Bell Tower stops. The Westgrove detour was cancelled on Monday, but the routes were reinstated to their original routes later that day. Bell Tower stops were reinstated. All Werewolf and Route Two
Reverse Shuttles scheduled to run after 10 p.m. on Monday were cancelled. Routes Three and Eight both had detours in the morning but by the afternoon the detours were canceled and the buses were back running to their normal routes. Peter Shin, a senior in aerospace engineering who was taking the Southeast Loop, knew of this but did not seem to mind. “I knew the day started late, but it wasn’t a big deal. My class started at 1:30,” he said. Shin said he thought the bus drivers must have had a hard time driving under the icy circumstance and the delay was understandable.
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A partnership between NCSU Libraries and the Department of Physics has made the required textbook for Physics 211 and 212, Physics Fundamentals by Dr. Vincent Coletta, openly available online to students according to a Jan. 22 press release by the library. The two units are collaborating to keep up to $250,000 in the pockets of students who take introductory physics courses at the school. According to the press release, the traditional physics textbook sells for $150-190. With 1300 students enrolled in the introductory physics courses each year, these savings add up. Dr. Michael Paesler, head of the Department of Physics, said rising textbook costs prompted the depart-
ment to look for a more sustainable and cost-effective way to provide quality, peer-reviewed textbooks to their students. “We’ve been talking about this for at least 5 years. This was the first time we felt there was a real option, and a quality option that would indeed save students money,” Dr. Paesler said. “Our belief was we could provide the same quality education that we have historically provided with the hard copy with [the electronic copy],” he said. NCSU Libraries was able to strike a deal to purchase a site license for the digital text, making it available to all students. The cost to purchase the site license from the publisher was $1300, according to Greg Raschke, associate director for collections and scholarly communication at the NCSU Libraries. Raschke said the publisher’s willingness to pursue new and innovative models was essential in obtaining the
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WASHINGTON - The nation’s top military officer told Congress Tuesday that gay men and lesbians should be allowed to serve openly in the military, the strongest endorsement ever by the nation’s military leadership for overturning the law that excludes them from the U.S. Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps.
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NEW YORK - A massive new federal study documents an unprecedented and dramatic decrease in incidents of serious child abuse, especially sexual abuse. Experts hailed the findings as proof that crackdowns and public awareness campaigns had made headway. An estimated 553,000 children suffered physical, sexual or emotional abuse in 2005-06, down 26 percent from the estimated 743,200 abuse victims in 1993, the study found.
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Americans drank cheaper liquor last year
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Jan. 29, 2010 8:07 PM | Drug Violation Gold Hall Report of possible drug violation. Student was issued citation and referred to the University for aggravated possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. 8:58 PM | Theft/Fraud D.H. Hill Library Staff member reported wallet stolen and unauthorized use of credit cards. Jan. 30, 2010 5:48 PM | Fire Alpha Sigma Phi Report of small bonfire in the area. Officers did not locate any problems. 6:08 PM | Disturbance Wolf Village Report of persons throwing water balloons. Officers did not locate any problems.
9:53 PM | Suspicious Vehicle Main Campus Drive Officer observed three vehicles on cart/pedestrian path. Officer spoke with three students looking for hill to sled. They were advised not to drive on path and complied to leave the area.
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yan Shenk, a freshman in horticulture, tinkers with the rear breaks on Will Henderson’s bicycle as Henderson watches over during a free bike tuning event held by resident advisers in Bragaw Hall.The event, which was held in the Bragaw Activity Room, was inspired by a similar fix-it event created by Henderson last semester. “We had a really great turnout last year” Henderson, a senior in mechanical engineering, said, “but this is our first bike that was brought in.” Residents were welcome to bring in their fixed gear, mountain or road bikes for a free chain lubrication and tire inflation.
In the know
Ambassador John Limbert, “Negotiating with Iran”
On Thursday, starting at 7:00 p.m. and running until 8:30 p.m., Limbert will speak on the current status of U.S. negotiations with Iran. Limber is currently deputy assistant secretary for Iran, making him the most senior official at the Department of State dealing exclusively with Iran. Prior to this, he was a political officer in the U.S. embassy in Tehran in 1979, one of the 55 Americans held captive in Iran for 444 days, one of only two Farsi speakers and Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania (2000-2003). He is also one of the first civilian officials to enter Baghdad in April 2003, where he was
responsible for cultural affairs, including restoring the looted Iraqi Museum. Limbert is a Distinguished Professor of International Affairs at the U.S. Naval Academy. The event will be held in Withers Auditorium (232a). For more information contact Nancy Mitchell at 919233-3837. Source: NCSU Campus Calendar
Religious Studies Seminar The “Visions and Religious Experience in Ancient Judaism” event with Michael Stone of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem will be held in Daniels Hall on Feb. 9 beginning at 3 p.m. For more information contact Anna Bigelow at 5156194. The event is free and open to the public. Source: NCSU Campus Calendar
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The truth can be toxic. An Enemy of the People Wednesday, February 3 at 8pm • Stewart Theatre.
Aquila Theatre’s thrilling new production of Henrik Ibsen’s classic play. It has generated many adaptations – including Steven Spielberg’s legendary film, Jaws. Regular price $5 NCSU students, $19-$23 faculty/staff. Pre-show discussion with Dr. Anita Kerr, 6:45pm, Walnut Room.
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Howl for Haiti Benefit Concert On Feb. 15 beginning at 6:30 p.m. the Howl for Haiti Benefit Concert will take place at the Witherspoon Student Center. Come support N.C. State’s campus-wide disaster relief effort “Howl for Haiti” with a jam-packed benefit concert! CSLEPS and UAB have teamed up to put together this show as a way to get the entire campus involved with the fundraising efforts for the people of Haiti. Food will be sold at 6:30 p.m. and the show starts at 7:30 p.m.
CHICAGO - Americans were drinking a bit more and a bit cheaper liquor last year, according to data released Tuesday by the industry’s main trade group. While the value of all spirits sold was essentially flat at $18.7 billion in 2009, volume increased about 1.4 percent as consumers drank “value” brands of bourbon, vodka and tequila, largely at the expense of so-called high-end choices. Source: MCT Campus
Tickets are $7 with all of the proceeds going to the Howl for Haiti campaign. There will be more info on when and where to buy tickets coming soon. N.C. State “Howl for Haiti” T-shirts will be on sale for $10. A full list of performers can be found online on the Campus Calendar Web site but a few include The Grains of Time, The Packabelles, Fusion Dance Crew and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. For more information contact Libby Orsega at eaorsega@ncsu.edu. Source: NCSU Campus Calendar
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Feb. 4 Access 2007 Level 1 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. McKimmon Center Faces and Mazes Noon to 8 p.m. Gregg Museum of Art & Design With Lathe and Chisel: North Carolina Wood Turners and Carvers Noon to 8 p.m. Gregg Museum of Art & Design Tai Chi Course 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Court of North Carolina 28th Annual Sisterhood Dinner 6:30 to 8 p.m. Talley Ballroom MOVIE: PIRATE RADIO 7 to 9 p.m. Witherspoon Cinema MOVIE: THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON 9:30 to 11:40 p.m. Witherspoon Cinema Feb. 5 Faces and Mazes Noon to 8 p.m. Gregg Museum of Art & Design With Lathe and Chisel: North Carolina Wood Turners and Carvers Noon to 8 p.m. Gregg Museum of Art & Design Jonathan Kraftchick: Personal Finance for Life in the Real World Noon to 1:30 p.m. Walnut Room, Talley Student Center Dale Nish Woodturning Demonstration 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Crafts Center MOVIE: THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON 6:30 to 8:40 p.m. Witherspoon Cinema MOVIE: PIRATE RADIO 7 to 9 p.m. Witherspoon Cinema MOVIE: THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON 9:30 to 11:40 p.m. Witherspoon Cinema Feb. 6 Faces and Mazes 2 to 8 p.m. Gregg Museum of Art & Design
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According to Transportation, students can get up-todate information on detours and cancellation from Klein, from Kim Paylor, transit manager, or through the Wolfline listserv. Listserv messages send information directly to riders via e-mail. Information can also be found through Wolf bytes, which is the inhouse campus cable station
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Tao Zhou, a graduate student in electrical engineering, speaks with JJ Ray, Analog Devices, Inc, at the engineering career fair in the McKimmon Center Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009. The fair included 186 companies from across the U.S. and thousands of students.
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Delgado said. “They want to have a mix of young and older people. It’s a cycle that usually occurs in every company.” Delgado said the reason he plans to attend the fair is to get “hands-on experience” by speaking to different companies and obtaining an internship. “By working with a company it will help me see if my
major is really want I want to do,” he said. “When I apply for graduate school I can use that internship as a reference. Most companies offer money for coops and internships, which is a bonus.” Delgado also said that by being an engineer he will be able to get a job easier because engineers develop many things. “With chemical engineering we help out the overall environment of our planet,” Delgado said. “In my opinion every job is affected by the job market, but engineers are vital for the economy and the world.”
History of the Engineering career fair • • • •
First established in 1998 Originally a one-day, oncea-year fair Attracted 60 companies 1,500 students attended Source: Engineering Career Fair Web site
site license. “We contacted the publisher and negotiated the terms and contract,” Raschke said. “It helped that the publisher was pursuing new models. A big publisher wouldn’t have made [the license] available.” Dr. Paesler said the NCSU Libraries played an immense role in making the digital text available to the University. “The library really took care of all the particularities, in getting the license, developing the server and hosting it; making it available to the students,” he said. Raschke said he believes the new model is effective, especially in large courses such as introductor y physics. “The nice thing about [the digital text] is it gives the students the choice between getting the online version, getting the print version, or just printing a few pages from then
of residence halls. The Transit Visualization System allows students to see what route the buses are taking and when they are coming. “Please join the Wolf line listserve to receive info on Wolfline operations, visit the TVS Web site address and check the Wolfline Web site, www.ncsu.edu,” Klein said. According to Klein, Transportation works with University Management in order to advise of road conditions and determine if Wolfline buses
can safely operate. Transportation’s small external operation staff works closely with the University’s Facilities Division to ensure parking lots and decks are usable and also assists in reporting road conditions along Wolfline routes. Additionally, a Wolfline contractor also assesses road conditions. “Safety is the bottom line in Transportation’s decision whether or not to operate buses,” Klein said.
text,” Raschke said. Not all faculty approved of the new model, however. “There was some reluctance in our faculty to move toward the e-books,” Dr. Paesler said. According to Peasler, some faculty believe keeping the books one acquires throughout their education is important. “One of the sentiments of the department was that there was value to having all the books you learned out of,” Peasler said. “But we just realized this was the way of the future.”
Peasler plans to monitor student response to the new model. Students can still buy a paper black-and-white version of the e-text at a small additional fee. “This is our test run. If it works well, we’ll keep going. This fall we’re expanding into [the conceptual physics class],” he said. “But we have to see how it’s recieved by the students. We’ll see that by the student evaluations at the end of the semester.”
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The Facts:
Electronic books, ebooks, have become fairly commonplace during the last five years.
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Ebooks are typically less expensive than their paper counterparts, but students have not really embraced the “technological advance.” Web sites that promote them should not require their purchase and should instead make them optional.
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espite all the complaints and cries of frustration at 11:59 p.m., WebAssign, Vista and Moodle have made parts of the homework and testing cycle easier for faculty and students. The sites effectively aggregate course materials and make it possible for nearly seamless collaboration between many students. In a day and age where the Internet is boss, they have become part of students’ lives, especially as an increasing number of classes move toward online offerings. One of the trends sites like these, and others, have ushered in is the move to ebooks. In the past five years, the sites have begun selling electronic copies
of books — in some cases, the purchases are mandatory. The bookstore has also followed the trend, but to little student acclaim. Electronic books sound enlightened from an environmental perspective and they are usually less expensive than their traditional, paper counterparts. The problem for students, though, seems to lie at their very core, ebooks just aren’t the same. Some people would call it old fashioned or wonder if students are masochistic for carrying the additional weight of
paper textbooks in their bags, but the additional cost and weight are in many ways justifiable. Some Web sites make the ebooks only available for the semester in which students are taking the class. In many educational realms, particularly in the sciences this isn’t desirable. Students who plan to enter professional realms or who simply want to keep their books would be out of luck. Other students have complained about “the feel,” or lack thereof, of ebooks. Electronic novels, like those on products
such as the Kindle, are read sequentially and the user interface does not have to be particularly accommodating. But the inability to easily “skip around” in a textbook can make studying problematic. The truth of the matter is that students have not taken a liking to ebooks en masse. The lower price point and portability do not seem to compensate for the texture and ease of ink and paper. Classes that exclusively use ebooks should consider making paper copies available and, at the very least, not force students into electronic prose.
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ou lie! Any news junkie probably remembers this rather infamous outburst from South Carolina Representative Joe Wils on ; a nyone who watched t he St ate of the Union address this year undoubtedly s aw Ju st ic e Samuel A lito Paul shake his head McCauley a n d m o u t h “not t r ue” Senior Staff Columnist when President Barack Obama criticized the controversial decision on Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission. And of course, there’s been the back and forth over religion that’s been taking place in the letters-to-the-editor section (slide your eyes a few inches to the right). It all amounts to a decline in civil debate on important issues. Instead of justifiably hearing the complaints and issues each side has to offer, debate now consists mostly of who can come up with the catchiest sound bites and has the influence to control the votes needed to affect unilateral change. The obvious example is Washington. Instead of doing something to guarantee health coverage for the 50 million uninsured Americans and reduce costs for everyone, we get months of absolutely nothing but lines about death panels, social medicine, Marxism and good ole’ Joe’s infamous “you lie” remark. And now, on something as simple as imposing regulations that prevent banks from making bets that make Vegas casinos look cautious, we hear nonsense about politicizing populist rage at Wall Street and get gimmicks like a spending freeze. We hear nothing about a point-by-point plan detailing how the big players (Washington and big business) plan on getting more Americans employed. And for soon-to-be graduates, that’s a problem. Unemployment needs to drop sooner, not later, because a job five years down the line won’t pay off college loans or make the landlord happy. But we have similar problems at N.C. State. The “Ral-
ly4Talley” campaign hyped expansion of the Talley Student Center and renovation of the Atrium, promising various interest groups on campus certain changes in order to gain their vote — the obvious example being the music department, which hoped to see the Talley renovations include an expansion to the music center. Yet now, students are left with nothing but a sour taste in their mouths — the University isn’t 100 percent committed to the music center expansion and the Atrium renovations are now delayed another semester. Likewise, recent criticism of the editorial on expanding the capacity for the Krispy Kreme Challenge seems to be more like a hostile, retaliatory defense instead of an honest request for parlay between all groups. The issue seems to have spawned a pseudocontroversy instead of igniting a passionate attempt to figure out ways to expand the fundraiser while maintaining the safety of all participants (aside from the unavoidable risks associated with running two miles, consuming a dozen donuts and running two miles back). Admittedly, I can’t claim to be the person without sin who can cast the stone upon the condemned, and as many who know me can attest, I say some rather mean things in the heat of the moment. But when it comes to discussing serious issues with real consequences to many people, I want to sit down with the other side and come up with reasonable solutions that address the concerns of all sides. I like some proposals on the issues in Washington from my conservative friends, and I hate Talley and would love to see a new student center within the next five years. So if you want to have the debate, let me know. Let’s just have it at Mitch’s or some other place where we can all relax — otherwise, how civilized would we be?
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It all comes back to faith I would like to thank Adam Keith and Alex Woody for their eagerness to discuss religion. I would, however, like to make some comments regarding their responses to Chad Rhoades article. In Mr. Woody’s letter, he states that religion is “the bad guy” because it allows extremists to come into positions of power. Unfortunately, when abused, this is often the case. However, institutions and belief systems like government, atheism and science, when abused, have in the past allowed extremists to come to power and perpetrate violence. Does this mean that government, atheism and science are the cause of these problems and are therefore the bad guys? Of course not. When abused, any institution or belief system becomes “the bad guy.” In Mr. Adam Keith’s letter, he says that science cultivates a peaceful, understanding society. This is true, and the truth is that religion does the same, when it is not abused. He also states that faith is “an excuse for ignoring the necessity of proof.” What Keith is saying is that if someone believes in something without proof, it is faith. And faith, according to Keith, is a false system of belief. My question to him is: can you prove there is no God? If one cannot prove that there is no God, then does it not take faith to
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be an atheist as well? These are important discussions to have in an open forum; I am glad that these questions are being raised, and would like to challenge everyone to examine their own beliefs critically. Nicholas Sailer freshman, industrial design
The burden of proof falls on believers Alexander Majeska suggests that I have been lied to in the past about religion and he is right. I was once a Christian myself and the beliefs pushed onto me lacked evidence and support. As to my previous argument, I completely retract it and replace it by the following: the fact of the matter is that I do lack both knowledge and proof about the non-existence of a god and all I can do is speculate at the truth. However, any religious person also lacks knowledge and proof (reliable and verifiable proof) about the existence of a god, but they go beyond speculation and instead assume its existence. It is important for any religious person to realize that in a debate with a non-believer it is your job to show the existence of a god, not to ask the non-believer why he doesn’t believe — the burden of proof lies on the one making the claim. Now truth, being independent of human opinion, should be the goal of human understanding. When I claim that religion teaches false truths, I instead mean that religion may teach truth, but the support of its claim with real evidence is limited and should not be accepted without more proof. I end with this: Chad Rhoades claims that “to say everything in the world can be explained rationally is obtuse,” however, it is equally obtuse to say that anything in the world can be explained irrationally (without lack of evidence) — we simply cannot conclude anything from the unknown.
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I fully understand we had snow — and the mess it creates — and got all the notifications the Wolfline sent out about when, where and how buses were running. But I still believe the Wolfline totally screwed up with how it resumed service when classes resumed Monday. The Wolfline decided to resume on a normal schedule at the time it started, about 11:30 a.m., just in time for noon classes. This normally means one to two buses on most routes, which is enough for most routes on a normal day (I have issues with rider overflow during lunch on some routes, but that’s not the point here). However, for this situation, everyone at the University needed to get to class, work, etc. all at once, at noon. Therefore, this should have been realized and a rush-hour schedule adopted, which normally has more buses running. Personally I think even more buses should have been added as demand needed. Also with this, several buses weren’t being tracked on the TVS system, and while Transportation is normally pretty good about notification for this issue, none was given, therefore causing more confusion. In some cases the issue caused dangerous situations to students and staff of the University; they had to walk through campus, on possibly unsafe walkways that hadn’t been de-iced or cleared of snow. Kyle Bolton senior, computer engineering
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2009 – The year in gaming From ‘New Super Mario Bros. Wii’ to ‘Beatles Rock Band,’ Technician takes a look at the past year in the world of gaming
XB360), “New Super Mario Bros. Wii” (9.80 million copies sold for Wii) and “Uncharted 2: Among Thieves” (2.60 million copies sold for PS3). Though these games were great to play, the sweetest exNick Flickinger periences in hardcore gaming Staff Writer were also the most unexpected. Last year was a huge year for These bits of gaming goodness gaming as a whole. Even as the were “Batman: Arkham Asyeconomy was in a downward lum” (3.16 million copies sold spiral, the gaming market for PS3 XB360), “Killzone 2” showed its resilience. Although (2.18 M PS3) and especially the market stayed strong, there “Assassin’s Creed 2” (5.60 M were clear winners and losers sold PS3 XB360) which outin 2009. The hardcore gamer shined its predecessor in both was a huge winner, with great sales and critical acclaim. Jack Taylor, a freshman in online support of indie games and services along with shock- plant biology, said, “I was suringly successful new intellec- prised at how fun and engaging a Batman game actually was. I tual properties (IP’s). The losers of 2009 were the was expecting it to be shovelcreators of music games like ware because they usually try “Beatles Rock Band” and “Gui- to sell games that are bad using tar Hero 5” and, to an extent, a big name like Batman.” The music game genre, on the makers of casual games the other hand, was in steady over at Nintendo. decline The hardthroughout core gamer 2009. Even as in 2009 had new exciting a full schedtitles such as ule of games “Beatles Rock to stay busy Band,” “Guiwith online. t a r Hero” These titles (5, Me t a l included unlica, and Van expected hits Halen), “DJ like “FlowBen Claybrook, sophomore in He ro” a nd er” (PSN) , mechanical engineering “Band Hero” “Shadow hit the marComplex” (XBLA, PSN), “PixelJunk ket, they couldn’t stir the pubShooter” (PSN) and “’Splosion lic’s imagination enough to go Man” (XBLA). Though these out and make a purchase. “The game companies just games were greatly successful, the biggest news on the console haven’t changed up their games networks was the addition of enough for me to choose to buy support for Netf lix, Twitter, a whole new game over just Facebook and Last.fm for Xbox purchasing new songs over Xbox Live,” Ben Claybrook, a Live Gold Members. “I love using the new tools sophomore in mechanical enMicrosoft has given us,” Jamie gineering, said. With the availability of Sornson, a freshman in business management, said. “Some downloadable songs for music of my friends say you can just games, the longevity of past use your computer, but there is titles has been increasing. This no exchange for being able to market is crying out for originality, and creators of music bring it to my big screen.” Games sold only in brick games will have to be more inand mortar stores also kept ventive in order to lure customthe good news rolling in for ers back year after year. Sales in the music genre were hardcore gamers. The expected big hitters came out swinging down by about 50 percent last with huge success such as “Call year, dropping from $1.65 of Duty: Modern Warfare 2” billion to a measly $875 mil(14.2 million copies sold for lion. With 2008 being driven PS3, XB360), “Halo 3: ODST” by “Rock Band 2” and “Gui(4.40 million copies sold for tar Hero World Tour,” one
“I need a new experience to persuade me to get these games every fall.”
might have thought that 2009 would have pushed the sales in the genre even further. This, however, was not the case as casual gaming took a fall in 2009. Casual gaming as a whole took a fall this year, as further evidenced by the stagnating sales of Nintendo’s Wii console. For this reason, Nintendo decided to slash the price of the Wii to $199 in September. One can only speculate as to why causal gamers have seemingly abandoned the market. O ne p os si ble reason for the decline in music game sales are game rental services, not just in stores but also online. Gamef ly, an online ga me renta l ser v ice, saw huge gains in 2009 as gamers rented new game titles to avoid paying retail. Some a rg ue t hat the game companies are merely swapping out songs and do not deserve the sales year after year. “I felt like I was buying the same titles every year and only getting new songs in return,” Claybrook said. “I need a new experience to persuade me to get these games every fall.” This feeling seems to be the norm in gaming culture of late. Look i ng a head to 2010, we can only hope that game creators in the hardcore market keep on doing what they did last year. As for casual and music game creators, they will have to answer the call for new, innovative gaming experiences before they fade into history.
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The original Mass Effect incorporated aspects of third-person shooters into a traditional quest-based RPG structure, creating a deep and enjoyable new hybrid genre. Mass Effect was as fun and absorbing as it was groundbreaking, and with Mass Effect 2, Bioware has refined its invention in every possible way. First of all, the classes are more limited in ME2, allowing each type of character to be unique from the others. Also, the shooting mechanics have been tightened up so that they now compete with the top-flight, pure shooters of today. If you finished the first game, you can import your game save file into ME2 and continue from where you left off. Or, if you have yet to step across Bioware’s threshold to sci-fi gaming nirvana, Mass Effect 2 is a great place to start. Burn Notice Thursdays at 10PM on USA Network
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This show started out as a run-of-the-mill cable TV action show, but since then, it has differentiated itself by being colorful and clever, week after week. The secret to this show’s success is its characters. First there’s Michael Westen, a spy with a problem. He’s been burned by the government and left penniless, with only his skills and some bad memories as souvenirs. Westen is played with subtle determination by Jeffrey Donovan, an actor who tends to grow on the viewer. The supporting cast is comprised of three satellite characters who rotate in and out of Westen’s orbit. There’s Fiona, the long-suffering ex-girlfriend, Sam, the comic relief, and Madeline, Westen’s mother, who just wants to spend some quality time with her son. Add in some cool “Spy Tips,” and a lot of twists and turns, and you have a recipe for must-watch TV.
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New TV shows sprout, older shows bloom by Marisa Akers
What television shows are you most excited about this spring?
“I’ll watch ‘16 and Pregnant.’” Antwan Ross sophomore, english
“‘Jersey Shore’ and ‘Teen Mom.’” Susy Qian freshman, management
“I watch ‘Gossip Girl.’ It’s starting back in March.” Maggie Beasley sophomore, FYC
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It is often said that pop culture is indicative of the times. If this is true, then this spring’s television lineup represents a society with a strong need for humor and escapism. From the shows renewed for a second season to those with the highest ratings, these shows offer everything from pure escapism to absurd realism, giving their audiences a break from the current economically turbulent climate as well as the opportunity to explore the roles held in today’s society. The following are some of the best shows in this season’s lineup. ABC has clearly been hard at work creating a new lineup of comedies that hinge on the daily realities of “regular” people. “Cougar Town,” a new comedy featuring Courtney Cox (Friends, Dirt), delves into the life of a woman who never seemed to experience her youth due to the birth of her son in her 20s, and who then resolves to redo her young, hard-partying days as a career woman in her 40s. Though the premise may at first seem a cheap way to snatch up audiences who are aware of nouveau slang, the show is very able to stand on its own. Each character is well-rounded and chock full of witty quips and quirks, and it is very difficult not to love the earnest Cox as she struggles to regain her youth through mini dresses and men, falling on her face oftentimes but pulling herself up by her Manolos nonetheless. “Modern Family,” the leadin for “Cougar Town,” follows the lives of three families all related to the family’s patriarch, Jay Pritchett (Ed O’Neill, “Married with Children”). This is no stereotypical family, however; Jay has married a much younger woman, his son Mitchell and his partner have adopted a Vietnamese baby and his daughter Claire has a traditional family, though it, of course, has its own misgivings. This is a show about what it means to be a family in today’s
day and age, filmed as a mockumentary and showcasing each family’s own weird tendencies. This show wisely does not exploit these tendencies though; it merely holds them as facts of their lives and shows how they get through it together as a family, albeit in a messy, hilarious fashion. NBC has a long history of creating quality comedies, and this season is no exception. Continuing for its fourth season, “30 Rock” has been on quite a journey, moving from a low-rated show to a high-rated, multiple Emmy-award winner. The show follows head staff writer Liz Lemon (Tina Fey) as she deals with the demanding actors, writers and executives behind “TGS” (a show similar to NBC’s sketch comedy show “SNL”). Absurd situations often arise on and off the set (think Tracy Morgan as a lower-IQed actor who stars in films like “Black Cop/White Cop” – “One does the duty; the other gets the booty!” – and does things like run naked down the street while shouting “I am a Jedi!”). The absurd comedy of 30 Rock is an excellent escape from the tedium of regular life; if only we could get away with lines like prima donna Jenna Maroney’s “I’m not going to be ignored, like that time at my sister’s funeral!” “Community,” an NBC newcomer, is a comedy about lawyer Jeff Winger (Joel McHale, “The Soup”) whose education is deemed unacceptable by the bar (he went to law school in the country Colombia, not Columbia, the Ivy League school) and must attend community college to avoid being disbarred. The show follows the eclectic group of friends that he makes in his study group, stereotyping the people that attend community college. There’s everyone from the recently divorced woman going back to school to the exhigh school quarterback who received an injury preventing him from being chosen by a major university, to the older man returning to school “for fun.” For some reason, this group of people become extremely close to one another and must navigate the absurdity of the school that constantly
tries to be more than it is. MTV, a network known for its less than intellectual programming, is clearly having an image makeover. After the great fame of “Jersey Shore,” an influx of shows with more serious plots have taken over the station. From “Teen Mom,” a spinoff of “16 and Pregnant,” which follows the girls as they navigate the world as young mothers, to “My Life as Liz,” which explores a girl’s life as she tries to find herself, MTV has turned from ecstasy to existential questioning. The favorite among many of these new shows, though, is “The Buried Life,” a show that follows four young men as they travel the country, checking things off of their “100 things to do before you die” list. They often range from the silly, like to ask out the girl of their dreams (Megan Fox, of course), to the serious, like to help a man find the son absent from his life for 19 years. Either way, the four friends treat each mission with great determination and good humor, and it is a joy to watch them achieve the impossible with absurd abandon (dress up like an Oompa Loompa to attend a party at the Playboy Mansion). Whether they inspire us to complete our own lists or just live vicariously through their own, “The Buried Life” is an inspiration for many. There are, of course, many other new shows t h i s s e a s on, including “Life Unexpected,” which airs on the CW Mondays at 9 p.m., “Human Target,” which airs on Fox Wednesdays at 8 p.m., “Pa renthood,” which airs on NBC on March 2 at 10 p.m., and “The Deep End,” which starts on Feb. 4 at 8 p.m. on ABC. “LOST” also began its last season Tuesday, Feb. 2 at 8 p.m.
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HOJCKOVA
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Stephan Ritchser, master student in mathematics, dances with Melanie Gilkey, sophomore in computer science, at the Cackalacky Beginner Challenge in the Tally Ballroom on Saturday Nov. 7, 2008.
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so many different levels, that there’s a level for everybody, no matter what effort they want to put in.” But for those who dare to dance in the competitions, Gonsalves said there are usually no regrets. “Most people who want to go to competitions, even though they’re shaky or nervous, come out having loved it,” she said. And they always get encouragement from their teammates, even when the rules of competition pit teammates against
one another. “We travel as a team, but it’s a funny sport,” Gonsalves said. “Dance is very interesting in that it is one couple pitted against another so you may walk onto the floor and compete against people on your own team. We have key members who compete at all levels, so we’re all cheering for all of them, but we do have a friendly competitive spirit between couples who compete on the same level.” And while those competing at the highest level will likely get the most looks this weekend, the club is also stoking the competitive f lame in its more inexperienced members
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by annually hosting a competition for beginners each December. The event was held for the second time in 2009, but according to Melanie Gilkey, the president of Dancing With Wolves, planning for these contests is constantly in the works. “We get the gym about a year ahead of time and start planning about two months before it starts,” Gilkey, a junior in computer engineering, said. The competition will begin Friday at 7 p.m. and continues Saturday at 9 a.m. with the award ceremony slated for 7:26 p.m.
spectator, one would believe that European tennis and American tennis would be continued from page 8 similar. However, Hojckova the junior made the transi- believes that to be very far tion to America seem easy, from the truth, as the courts Hojckova says it was a very are very different, and doutough transition, both on and bles tennis was almost completely new to her. off the court. “The movement is different “The beginning was not very easy. I did not know any- because we play on clay back one here, where I was going, home. There you use differwhat I was doing,” Hojckova ent movements like sliding and here you s a id . “ B ut can’t do that everything or you will was just sprain your new ever y ankle, ” Hoday and I rejckova said. ally did not “A nd t hen have time to doubles i s think about t he ot her how I missed big d i f fermy family. It ence. It is went really just so much fast. I am in f a s t er. A l l my ju n ior of the signs year now and signals a nd I jus t you give to feel like this each ot her is my secwere new to on d home Women’s tennis coach Hans Olsen me. My first already.” time I played Hojckova I was laughgoes on to describe how the biggest ad- ing, asking my partner Daria justment for her was without to tell me what to do because a doubt the language barrier I didn’t know what to do.” With an obvious distance that she had to overcome. “The biggest adjustment between N.C. State Univerwas the language,” Hojckova sity and Slovakia, Olsen said said. “I did not understand Hojckova’s play in the Euroeverything when I got here pean tournaments is what aland I couldn’t say every- lowed the coaches to not only thing I wanted to. But now I recognize her but try to get feel a lot more confident. In her to come to State. “What sparked our interthe past, during my classes I would never speak out and est was ITF tournaments and now I sometimes raise my world ranked tournaments,” Olsen said. “Then people we hand and give my opinion.” For the common tennis knew, coaches and contacts
“She is a player that can really do damage against anyone in the country and she has shown that over the course of time.”
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Pack prepared for road match-up against Cavaliers Panza named Gymnast of the Week Sophomore Jess Panza was named EAGL Gymnast of the Week while sophomore Brooke Barr was names EAGLS specialist of the Week following their performances against No. 2 Oklahoma. Panza won the allaround in the competition with a career high 39.200. Barr earned a career high on floor with a 9.90 and tied a career high on vault with a 9.90 at the meet. Barr is leading the EAGL in scoring average on vault and floor. Source: N.C. State Athletics
Volleyball players earn tryout
Junior setter Alex Smith, junior middle hitter Jana Angel, sophomore middle hitter Margaret Salata and sophomore libero Kelly Wood will travel to Colorado Springs, Colo. Feb. 1921 to attend the USA Volleyball National Team tryouts. This is the first year Angel has been invited while it is the second for the other three. Smith is fourth in State history for career assists with 2,667. Wood has 899 career digs in her two seasons with the Pack, while Angel and Salata had 62 and 61 blocks respectively last season. Source: N.C. State Athletics
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Today Men’s Basketball at Virginia Charlottesville, Va, 7 p.m Thursday Wrestling v. North Carolina Reynolds Coliseum, 7:30 p.m. Friday Men’s and Women’s Track and Field at Virginia Tech Elite Blacksburg, Va, All Day Men’s and Women’s Track and Field Armory Invite New York, N.Y., All Day Women’s Tennis v. Depaul J.W. Isenhour Tennis Center, 4 p.m. Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving Chapel Hill, N.C., 6 p.m. Gymnastics v. Florida/ George Washington Reynolds Coliseum, 7 p.m. Saturday Men’s and Women’s Track and Field Virginia Tech Elite Blacksburg, Va, All Day Men’s and Women’s Track and Field Armory Invite New York, N.Y., All Day Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving 2010 Triangle College Cup Chapel Hill, N.C., All Day Men’s Tennis at Old Dominion Norfolk, Va, 10 a.m. Men’s Basketball at Georgia Tech Atlanta, Ga, 4 p.m.
Did You know? The men’s basketball team is a combined 8-16 in the past two years against ACC opponents.
The men’s basketball team will travel to Charlottesville to take on conference foe Virginia Jen Hankin Deputy Sports Editor
After Saturday’s non-conference game, the rest of the regular season schedule for the Pack (14-8, 2-5 in ACC) consists of only conference competition. Sizing up the competition, State rounds out the bottom of the conference in 10th place as it prepares for its upcoming game Wednesday against University of Virginia, (136, 4-2 in ACC) as it looks to capture its second road ACC win of the season. The two teams have already met this season and as the Pack looks back on its ACC play so far this season, the team may highlight this one as one it let slip away. The Pack had the lead for most of the second half, but due to a lackluster performance from the free throw line, where the team was 10-26, the Cavaliers battled back and were able to take the road win against the Pack, 70-62. After the game, head coach Sidney Lowe said the team’s lack of mental toughness contributed to the loss. In addition, the Pack was unable to capitalize on its free throws against Virginia. Senior forward Dennis Horner echoed his coaches claims. “Free throws can make or break a game,” Horner said after the Virginia game on Jan. 9. “[Virginia] made the
last 17. That’s going to finish a team off. It’s an easy basket and you have to make them.” According to Tracy Smith defeating the Cavaliers in Charlottesville, Va. on Wednesday would constitute a huge victory for the team and would provide some payback to the Cavs, after they let the last game slip away from them. “It [would be] a big win for us,” junior forward Smith said. “They came here and stole one from us, we’ve got to go down to Virginia and steal one from them.” With the non-conference game against North Carolina Central on Saturday, the team was able to learn how to play and win, even when not everyone is 100 percent and healthy. “We’ve been playing some tough games, everybody is sore, and body hurting,” Smith said. “We had to put that behind us, fight through that fatigue, we just had to step up and play hard.” The Cavaliers are in the ACC title hunt, sitting in third place, and will be coming over its huge 15-point win over the UNC Tarheels in Chapel Hill last Sunday. The team is lead by forward Sylven Landesberg, who is third in the ACC, averaging 18.2 points per game. Also the Pack will need to look to go out sharp on the offensive side of the ball and will not be able to afford another long scoring drought as the Cavaliers are the number one team in the ACC in three-point shooting and third in the ACC in scoring defense, allowing only 61.6 points per game. Tip-off for the State vs. Virginia game will be at 7 p.m. and aired on ESPNU.
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Junior forward Tracy Smith grabs a rebound away from Virginia’s Mustapha Farrakhan in the second half of Saturday’s game at the RBC Center. Smith led the team with 18 points and nine rebounds. The Pack lost 70-62.
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Hojckova adjusts on the fly Junior transitions to American culture with the help of her teammates on the women’s tennis team
Dancers to compete in Carmichael Gym Triangle Open, annual ballroom dancing event hosted by Dancing With Wolves, will take center court Friday
Taylor Barbour Deputy Sports Editor
From Povazska Bystrica, Slovakia to Raleigh, N.C, junior Lenka Hojckova has traveled thousands of miles to continue playing the game she loves. Even though she has had to overcome numerous obstacles, including adjusting to America and the way tennis is played in college, Hojckova has consistently produced over the past two years for the Pack and coach Hans Olsen expects nothing less from Hojckova this season. “She is a player that can really do damage against anyone in the country and she has shown that over the course of time,” Olsen said. “For us she will be somewhere in the lineup in singles and doubles most likely in the top half.” Heading into her third season playing tennis, Hojckova hopes to enjoy every day she is able to play, but her coach hopes that the junior can continue to improve on her game as she has done in the past two years. “The first year she improved on her return of
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Ty Johnson Senior Staff Writer
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N.C. State sophomore Lenka Hojckova prepares to serve in her singles match on Jan. 14, 2009 against Winthrop at the Isenhour Tennis Complex. Hojckova, ranked 87th nationally in singles, won her match 6-3, 1-6, 6-4.
serve, then from the first year to the second year it was doubles. She had played with a couple of different partners and has excelled in that. This year she has really improved on her serve,” Olsen said. “Over time she has really shown nice healthy steps forward.” The team has numerous players from foreign countries, and at least one fellow
player believes that Hojckova made her transition over to American seem almost easy. “She adapted to American culture really fast,” senior Daria Petrovic said. “It is a hard one, but she adapted really fast. Even though ever yone around Hojckova will say
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Pick-up basketball players will yield to a more elegant type of footwork Friday at 7 p.m. in Carmichael Gymnasium as more than 220 competitors from across the nation will step onto the courts as part of the 2010 Triangle Open, a ballroom dancing competition hosted annually by N.C. State’s ballroom dancing club, Dancing With Wolves. The USA Dance sanctioned event will pit dancers of all levels and all styles against each other in dances ranging from Argentine Tango and Salsa to Waltz and Polka, and while collegiate teams from across the region will be there, Lianne Gonsalves, a senior in biological sciences, said the competition will feature a much broader field. “It’s open to collegiate and non-collegiate dancers and it’s one of the largest in the region,” Gonsalves said of the Triangle Open, which Dancing With Wolves has hosted for more than a decade. “There’s always a large presence from North
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Carolina schools and a lot of teams from universities in surrounding states as well, but individual couples choose to travel as well.” Gonsalves said past competitions have included competitors from as far away as California. “We attract people of all ages and from all over the country,” Gonsalves said. But the competitions are only half of what the club accomplishes, as the group offers social dance lessons each week in the Talley Student Center Ballroom. “People hear ballroom dance or ballroom dance team and get this ‘Dancing with the Stars’ image in their head,” Gonsalves said. “Which is true at the higher levels but we encourage all experience levels to get involved.” The range of skill levels at lessons ranges from competitors like Gonsalves, who began dancing her freshman year, to first-time dancers, and there’s no rules for how involved members must be. “You can show up with friends, significant others or by yourself and learn some dance moves,” she said. “We usually have between two and four competitions per semester in Charlotte, here and in Maryland, but some choose to not compete at all. Ballroom has
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