Romney’s recent win in Texas secured him the nomination, but it’s a long road to the White House.

Arjun PuriStaff Writer

Mitt Romney won the Texas primary and assured the Republican nomination last week, beating out several other candidates, and the vic-tory is not going unnoticed on campus.

While he has become known as the “multi-million dollar man,” Romney started his journey to the White House in 2008 when he forfeited the GOP nomination to Sen. John McCain. In early 2011, Rom-ney announced his decision to run for the republican presi-dential candidate once again.

Looking at Romney’s back-ground, it’s not surprising he entered the world of politics. After leaving Stanford Uni-versity, Romney attended Brigham Young University, followed by Harvard Busi-ness School. He entered the business sector upon gradu-ating and transformed failing corporations into financial powerhouses, an experience he is using to promote his eco-nomic plan for the country. Before he began pursuing the presidency, Romney served

as the 70th governor of Mas-sachusetts.

Varun Ganesh, a junior in biomedical engineering, said potential to change the coun-try is being wasted every day, and he thinks Romney is the right man for the job.

“Romney’s plan to reduce taxes, regulation and spend-ing is good for America and can be the long-term solution for this economic stall,” Ga-nesh said. “Also, I feel there needs to be a change in the healthcare system, and Rom-ney’s plan is a better alterna-tive to the current system.”

North Carolina is said to be a key to the White House in this year’s election, and Rom-ney is paying attention. In a visit to Charlotte last month, the presidential hopeful made it known he would be target-ing North Carolina.

“In North Carolina, of course, our campaign may not be able to keep up with the President’s spending levels…[but] our message is about getting this economy going again,” Romney told Fox News.“And we look at his record, it’s three and a half years of policies that have failed us. We have high levels of unemployment and home foreclosures. The reason I will win is because of my message, not because of my spending.”

Charlotte is one of the main headquarters of the Democratic National Committee, which makes the race for the key state all the more interesting. The city will host the Demo-cratic National Conven-tion in September.

Romney said going up against Obama will be a challenge, but some, in-cluding Andy Taylor, pro-fessor of political science, think Romney has a better chance than many think.

“Given the [current] poor economy and the president’s low approval ratings, Romney must have a realistic chance,” Taylor said.

Romney won a smaller proportion of the vote than any other Republican nominee in the last thirty years. This may be due to his reputation as a “flip-flopper.”

Conservatives have seen Romney “flip-flop” on is-sues such as gay marriage, health care and abortion.

After declaring himself pro-choice in 2002, Rom-ney said in a recent speech that he was firmly pro-life. Furthermore, the pas-sage of Amendment One

After 16 years of service, Chris Brown is leaving his post overseeing research development.

Avrjun PuriStaff Writer

After all the accomplish-ments and memories Chris Brown, the University’s as-sistant vice chancellor for research development and plant biology professor, has made here at N.C. State, it

is bitter-sweet for students and faculty t o s a y goodbye a s h e accepts the role of Vice President

of Research and Graduate Education for UNC-Gen-eral Administration.

When he’s not at home brewing his state award-winning beer, Brown is winning hundreds of thousands of dollars for the N.C. Space Grant.

Jobi Cook, associate di-rector of the N.C. Space Grant, said Brown has been instrumental in con-necting N.C. State with the

Space Grant program.“He is just so knowledge-

able about NASA and loves connecting students with research opportunities and watching them grow,” Cook said.

Cook met Brown in 2002 and became involved with his work after she started work-ing for the University. She described him as one of the most down-to-earth, humble people she’s ever meet.

Brown brought in $15 mil-lion in grants and contracts for research, education and commercial development projects from federal and state sources he has received. In ad-dition, several of his projects have been launched into space on the International Space Station.

Brown admitted a few things he will miss N.C. State, but is looking forward to the next chapter of his career.

“This may sound strange, but I will really miss the cam-pus life,” Brown said. “Walk-ing around campus, seeing the flurry of students whisk past me was always a good sign, something I really enjoyed. “A big commitment of mine was, and still is, student in-volvement in research, and although you won’t see me walking about the brick and mortar campus, I can assure

you I will still be heavily in-volved in connecting moti-vated students, but this time in all 16 campuses of the UNC system, not just State.”

Brown said he will remem-ber N.C. State, but this new position will make him repre-sent every UNC campus.

“I never climbed the Bell-tower or did anything crazy like that,” Brown said. “I was pretty regular here at State but in a way, I’ll miss that feeling the most. You can bet I’ll visit here often, hunting for a park-ing spot is just something that becomes a part of you and you can’t let go.”

Cook said Brown’s passion brought him to this new pro-motion.

“He is so passionate about his work and really relishes at seeing students success’s. That’s why I believe he tried to hold on to his role of profes-sor for so long, it just speaks volumes about his character,” Cook said.

Roger Narayan, professor in biomedical engineering, worked with Brown and also commented on his passionate work ethic and modest man-ner that commands respect.

Brown also worked closely with the late George Bar-thalmus, the former direc-

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Mark HerringEditor-in-Chief

The roundabout on Hillsbor-ough Street next to the Belltower will undergo a lane reduction, from two lanes to one, this summer as the city of Raleigh attempts to improve safety.

The reduction of lanes will cost the city $10,500 and construc-tion will end before school starts in August. In the past 20 months, the Raleigh Police Department reported more than 100 crashes at the roundabout. This alterna-tive to the traditional stoplight has been a topic of contention since the Hillsborough Street renovations in 2009. The proj-

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After five years at the center, Juliette Grimmett leaves N.C. State.

Jessie HalpernNews Editor

After Juliette Grimmett, former assistant director of interpersonal violence services, resigned from her position at the Women’s Center with a strong letter of resignation that was circulated widely on campus, it seems all the fuss is little more than a clash of personality—at least ac-cording to the University.

Grimmett spent five years work-ing in the N.C. State Women’s Cen-ter and said this is the work she will do for the rest of her life—just not at N.C. State.

“I never thought I would ever re-sign from this position, but I had to because I literally exhausted every opportunity I had to make things better,” Grimmett said.

According to Grimmett, there were issues in the leadership of the Women’s Center ever since its new director, Ashley Simons-Rudolph, took her post in August of 2011.

Coming from six years of teach-ing courses in Women and Gender Studies for DELTA, N.C. State’s distance education program, and a program in Cairo, Egypt, the Uni-versity hired Simons-Rudolph after conducting an international search to fill the position.

While Grimmett did not say Simons-Rudolph is not qualified to direct the Women’s Center, her letter of resignation uses words such as “disrespectful,” “manipulative,” “dishonest,” “unprofessional,” “bul-lying” and “unfair” to describe her former boss.

the Women’s Center and current director of the office of postdoctoral affairs.

Joanne Woodard, vice provost for

equity and diversity, issued an offi-cial statement on June 1 addressing the Women’s Center.

“The University’s administra-tion reaffirms its commitment to the N.C. State Women’s Center and interpersonal violence servic-es provided by the center since its inception,” Woodard wrote. “The Women’s Center will continue to provide IPV services to survivors of rape and sexual violence and edu-cation to the campus community about this important issue.”

According to Grimmett, this is an empty promise. “This is a hollow affirmation for the following rea-sons: 1) In the last week of February, Ashley told me ‘Joanne and I have decided there will be a decreased commitment to IPV services in the Fall.’ Stating that IPV services has been disproportionately funded at the Women’s Center and that funds will be taken out of IPV to go to other Women’s Center programs. 2) Ashley and Joanne stopped the submission of the $300,000 Depart-ment of Justice grant that would have provided another full-time advocate for survivors on campus (which we need as about 90 survi-vors of IPV report to the Women’s Center each year), as well as other services for IPV awareness and edu-cation. And 3) They have demoted the IPV position at the Women’s Center from Assistant Director to Coordinator,” Grimmett said.

Grimmett’s side of the story goes into far more detail than the Uni-versity response, and she isn’t the only one filling in the lines. “From the beginning, once I noticed it was a pattern of behavior, I really tried to talk to [Ashley Simons-Rudolph] about concerns and have conversa-tions with her,” Grimmett said. “Every time I would try to have a

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a person.”Fred Yelverton, a professor

and extension specialist of crop science and nominat-ing committee member, said the committee members were very focused on each candi-date’s long-term leadership potential.

“CALS is a very diverse and complex college because we embody the true land grant mission—we’ve got exten-sion employees in 100 coun-ties in the state, there’s a lot of outreach that goes on in our college,” Yelverton said. “You certainly have to be a leader on campus for the college…that includes faculty, staff and

students…and you have to work with other deans, the provost and the chancel-lor,” Yelverton said.

From a faculty perspec-tive, Yelverton said deans provide the general sup-porting mechanisms that help faculty be successful.

“We’re expected to go out and teach students, do research, do outreach,” Yelverton said. “We can do all those things—those are our areas of expertise—but deans certainly help facilitate those endeavors so we can be as successful as we can possibly be.”

The provost’s goal is to have the new dean chosen by July 1 and to have him start before fall semester begins.

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tor of the undergraduate research office, and said he and Barthalmus dedicated themselves to make the link between undergraduate and

graduate research stronger.“This is something I will

focus heavily on when I’m at UNC-GA because the main objective is to create a strong, solid infrastructure for stu-dents when they leave the aca-demic setting,” Brown said. “I truly enjoyed working with

everyone at N.C. State, and all the friends I made and mem-ories we shared, the interac-tion was great. I am sure I will develop similar relationships with my colleagues and I am really excited to start.”

Chris Brown assumed his role at UNC-GA June 1.

may have had an effect on Romney’s campaign stance in the state.

“As you know, for a long time, I think from the beginning of my politi-cal career, I made it very clear that I believe mar-riage should be a relation-ship between a man and a woman,” Romney told Fox News.

Yet, Romney plans to continue going against Obama and give this elec-tion a strong effort.

“Even if you like Barack Obama, we can’t afford Barack Obama—it’s time to get someone who will

get this economy going and put the American people back to work with good jobs,” Romney said during his May 2012 visit to Charlotte.

In preliminary votes, Rom-ney is losing to Obama with five months till elections.

“Romney’s campaign strat-egy will help galvanize the party’s conservative wing,” Taylor said. “Like any chal-lenger would, he will spend more time talking about his opponent than himself. So will Obama. The president has pivoted from a ‘Romney-as-flip-flopper’ stance, to a ‘Romney-as-an-extremist’ message.”

Along with visits to North Carol ina, Romney has planned several rallies in other key swing states.

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conversation, any disagree-ment would not be okay, whether big or small. When something was not in line with Ashley’s view, there was a consequence. I learned that I didn’t feel safe just meeting with her. There was no com-munication happening, she was talking over me.”

Grimmett said this went on for nine months, during which she was committed to making things better. “I love my job and I really wanted to do it the right way and follow all the appropriate steps,” Grimmett said.

While Grimmett was on maternity leave, the rest of the IPV team was filling in for her, counseling survivors and advocating for IPV services in the office.

Caitlin Post, former survi-vor advocate at the center, re-cently relocated to New Jersey because she was fired from her position at the Women’s Center shortly after address-ing concerns about Simons-Rudolph with HR. “I’d been witnessing her being very un-balanced and unpredictable in her moods,” Post said. “She was pretty unethical about dealing with students espe-cially in dealing with survivor support.”

According to Post, she was asked to leave for the day upon Simons-Rudolph find-ing out she had gone to com-plain. Just a few days later, she said she was fired without reason. “They’re slandering

my name and fabricating things that never occurred, there were two other people in the office the whole time I was being fired,” Post said.

As an N.C. State alum, Post wishes the Women’s Center well, though she said she is unhappy with its current state.

“The things that the Wom-en’s Center stands for are be-ing misrepresented by Ash-ley. There are students who don’t feel comfortable there

anymore and that was their only place to go and be safe,” Post said.

Abigail Conley, former graduate assistant for in-terpersonal violence, raised similar concerns.

“My time at the Women’s Center was equally the worst and best work experience I have had to date,” Conley said. “It makes me so sad to know how much hard work has been erased by the deci-sion not to reapply for the Department of Justice fund-ing that supported The Move-ment, the RSVP hotline, my advocate position, Caitlin’s position, outreach with Inter-act and many other survivor services. I fully support Ju-

liette [Grimmett], and hope for the sake of the remaining staff, that finally somebody listens to our experiences of bullying and retaliation.”

Simons-Rudolph said she could not comment on a personnel matter, but she said the atmosphere among the staff is wonderful.

“I take every opportunity I can to publicly praise my colleagues,” Simons-Rudolph said. “We had a staff meeting this week and we had a lot of fun together.”

Simons-Rudolph con-firmed that Grimmett hand-ed in her letter of resignation the day she returned from a three month maternity leave.

“We wish her the very best in her endeavors,” Simons-Rudolph said. “The work of the Center continues and we’re very focused on pro-moting gender equity on campus. We will continue the good work of which she was a part of, we are open, we continue to provide those same services, we are looking to increase services provided to interpersonal violence sur-vivors, continuing The Move-ment, and moving forward.”

As for the allegations of inappropriate leadership and interaction with her staff, Simons-Rudolph had nothing to hide.

“We think it’s important to model positive relationships with each other and show that to our students—that work is really bigger than any one person,” Simons-Rudolph said.

A government sponsored program selected N.C. students to intern with various organizations in the state.

Laura WilkinsonDeputy News Editor

The State Government In-ternship Program chose 56 students this year to intern with state agencies, includ-ing eight representatives from N.C. State.

Since 1969, students from across North Carolina have pursued their interests through the internship pro-gram, connecting classroom material to potential future careers.

“This program brings three great benefits to North Caro-lina,” Gov. Bev Perdue said in a press release. “It gives our best and brightest students invaluable real-world experi-ence in public service, it gives our state employees a helping hand and it provides North Carolina citizens with extra services and important work throughout the summer.”

Susan Camilleri, a graduate student in public administra-tion, received the Policy and Legislative Affairs internship with the Secretary’s Office in the Department of Adminis-tration in downtown Raleigh.

“Though I needed the in-ternship as a requirement for the Master of Public Admin-istration program, I felt that it would be valuable to gain experience in the public sec-tor, being that I’m a student

in public administration and have no professional experi-ence in the field,” Camilleri said.

She chose state govern-ment because she said she wanted to take advantage of the fact that N.C. State is in the cen-ter of

North Caro-lina’s state government.

“I wanted to gain a better un-derstanding of the day-to-day operations of a state government, specifically how public servants interact with citizens as well as with the other branches of govern-ment,” Camilleri said.

Camilleri will assist the de-partment’s legislative liaison with tracking bills that could

potentially impact the agency and in generating legislative

track-ing reports for de-partment employees.

“Given the diversity and breadth of the DOA’s respon-sibilities, this is a complex task. It entails attending com-

mittee meetings and congres-sional sessions in

order to

track chang-es in relevant legislation,” Ca-

milleri said.Cody Munson, a

sophomore in com-municat ions , re-ceived the Workforce

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and Anal-ysis internship with

the Division of Governance Office in the Department of Transportation in Raleigh.

Munson said his current

project is analyzing the NC-DOT’s current workforce and projecting retirement rates over the next five years. Given those statistics, he will

create and recommend solutions to the se-

nior leaders on how to fix the

shortage of labor.

“Though it has only been

a week, I feel that I have already absorbed

an immense amount of in-formation. I have already been actively participating in leadership conference meetings with executives and played a pivotal role in projecting retirement rates,” Munson said.

Camilleri said she has en-joyed the experience so far and wishes to make a mean-ingful contribution during the 10 weeks she is there.

“I’ve learned so much al-ready in the first five days regarding how legislation is introduced, debated, amend-ed and passed (or not) - a process that is more intricate than I’d ever realized,” Ca-milleri said. “It’s also a deli-cate balance managing the public good with the needs of the department, while keeping in mind the agendas of superiors and elected of-ficials. Given that Congress is currently in session, it’s been a fast-paced, whirlwind start, so I’ve had to jump right in and learn by doing.”

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While recent construction has improved the gym, more changes are set to come.

LindseyRosenbaumDeputy News Editor

The workout center located on the third floor of Carmi-chael, known as the Play-ground, has been increasingly popular for years. However, University Recreation has learned that popularity has its setbacks.

Erik Hawkes, director of University Recreation, shed light on the reasoning behind some recent renovations.

“The Carmichael Recre-ation Center Playground is one of the busiest places on campus, especially after 5:00pm,” Hawkes said. “Its popularity has led to over-crowding, and the feedback we continually hear from stu-dents is, ‘we need more fitness center space’.”

Student feedback was taken seriously when Carmichael renovations started. During the first weeks of construc-tion, Carmichael’s front en-trance was moved from its normal location to one by the pool.

Diana Quetti, sophomore in communications and of-fice support employee for University Recreations says there was a period of adjust-ment.

“The first couple of weeks people were getting adjusted, they didn’t really know where to go,” Quetti said. “It was just weird having that part of the building closed off because that’s been such an active area for so long.”

Prior to renovation, that specific part of Carmichael was known as the 102 en-trance.

“This held a much smaller area where people swiped in, a very small room that linked to two other weight rooms which were kind of old, and we renovated that entire area, and left of the entrance was a large portion of the men’s locker room,” Quetti said.

Construction began a few months ago, and now the new workout center is open and ready for business. Jeff McCormick, junior in engi-neering, and office support employee for University Rec-reations says things have been going well with the changes.

“We’re calling it the Wolf Pack Strength and Condi-

tioning Center,” McCormick said. “The feedback we’ve gotten has been really posi-tive. Everyone likes that it’s so modern, with that open floor plan that most rec centers have now. It’s aesthetically pleasing.”

As for its popularity, Quetti believes the competition be-tween the Playground and the Wolf Pack Center will be about equal.

“I think people who nor-mally go up to the Play-ground will typically stay there, but with the Wolf Pack Center, because it’s so new, people have been try-ing it out,” Quetti said. “It’s great to have because it lets people spread out to differ-ent areas so machines aren’t always so crowded and there’s a lot more space for people to workout and try machines.”

The Playground and the Wolf Pack Center are almost entirely similar in their components, according to Hawkes.

“The most significant dif-ference between the Play-ground and the new space can be found in the strength training area,” Hawkes said. “We are able to provide dumbbells up to 125 pounds

for those folks who can lift them. Unfortunately, the Playground doesn’t include some of the heavier weights due to its location on the 3rd floor, which is directly above a group fitness studio.”

However much space the Wolf Pack Center has opened up for Carmichael, it still doesn’t seem to be enough.

“Our total f itness cen-ter space is approximately 25,000 square feet,” said Hawkes. “Based on the size of institution and national standards, N.C. State should have 39,000 square feet of fit-ness center space.”

McCormick says the recent Carmichael renovations are just the first step in a long process to create more space for working out on campus.

“Something around 200 million dollars was allocat-ed for expansion throughout 20 years,” McCormick said. “There will be a lot more renovations and expansion to come. Campus is going to keep growing, and we have to keep growing with it.”

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The top three finalists for the CALS dean position will be available to interact with students.

Laura WilkinsonDeputy News Editor

Three semi-finalists vy-ing for the position of dean of the College of Agricul-ture and Life Sciences will visit campus over the next two weeks to meet with students, faculty and staff.

The search for the new dean began after executive director for agricultural programs and outgoing dean Johnny Wynne an-nounced his retirement in November, which will be effective July 1. While a 20-person nominating committee has been nar-rowing down the semi-finalist list for months, these candidate visits marks the first time these choices have been open for public review.

According to the posi-tion’s job description, the dean’s purpose is to provide direction for the college and engage with the outside community.

“The dean must have the ability to provide vi-sionary and innovative direction for the col-lege whi le providing forward-thinking leader-ship for the faculty, staff and students… As an institutional leader, the dean will be responsible for building coalitions and promoting outreach efforts that engage the University in responding to statewide, national and international issues,” the job description stated.

According to Jona-thon Smith, nominating committee member and senior in agricultural

education, student leaders with CALS will have an op-portunity to have lunch with each candidate and provide feedback to Provost Warwick Arden. Another way students can get involved is by attend-ing the open forum scheduled the second day of each candi-dates’ visit.

During the open forums, Smith said the candidates will have a chance to explain their vision for the future of CALS as related to the University’s Strategic Plan, with a Q&A session to follow.

“We need somebody that embodies a passion for life sciences, a vision to take the college to the next level, somebody that’s not going to back down but go forward, somebody that we can relate to and that wants to get in-volved with students, faculty and staff, and also somebody who can bring North Caroli-na agriculture to a new level,” Smith said.

Abbi Davis, a graduate stu-dent in livestock and poultry management, said she plans to attend all the open forums. She said she wants the new dean to be able to handle the

intrica-cies of the college, including extension programs a nd re -search, but t he most im-portant t h ing i s working well with

students. “One of the biggest prob-

lems we have on this campus is we don’t have anywhere to go when we’re having is-sues,” Davis said. “I would like most, as a student, to either be able to make an ap-pointment or walk into the office with a problem or an issue that I’m having and sit down and have them discuss it with me, but treat me like

Finalists for CALS dean position visit campus

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to provide visionary and

innovative direction....”University description

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Sea sickReaders, I’ve said it before and

I’ll say it again: The number one threat to the North Caro-

lina way of life is gay people. But as much as they’d like for me to talk about them

in this week’s column, I’m going to take time to address the second biggest threat to North Carolinians: science.

Science has never ben-efited North Carolina in any way, and what’s even worse is scientists are trying to threaten our beloved coast. The

North Carolina Coastal Resources Commission predicts that sea level on the coast will rise one meter by 2100.

You might be asking yourself “why does this matter?” Well, if you’re a land developer considering building on the coast, your decision will be affected by predictions in rising sea level. A 39-inch rise in sea level would devastate the coastal real estate market. North Carolina legislators are considering a bill that will require sea level prediction to be based on historical data, and that data lowers the rise in sea level to eight inches.

This “science” didn’t sit well with Tom Thompson, chairman of NC-20, an economic development group for the 20 coastal counties in NC.

Thompson said he’s skeptical because “the economy could be tremendously impacted by a hypothetical number with nothing but computers and spec-ulation.” I couldn’t have said it better myself. Since when do we do anything with computers? I don’t know about you, but I do all of my schoolwork with an abacus, a stone tablet and a chisel. As far as I’m concerned, com-puters are only good for finding cat memes and Facebook stalk-ing my exes. You can only trust a computer as far as you can throw it, and I’m not talking about the new laptops like the MacBook Air, I’m talking about the bulky, outdated models.

Speaking of outdated, NC-20 proposed that predictions of the rising sea level be made as a linear function of historical data. Some would call that stupid; I call it efficient. NC-20’s method omits all of the little fluctuations that, let’s face it, have absolutely no signifi-cance at all. I’ve even started applying the model to my studies in economics and finance. I live in a world where sup-ply never decreases because demand for elastic goods never decreases; people will

continue to buy a product because they’ve bought the product before.

In an effort to comfort you, I would like to say that I have done very little research on this issue. Doing research would mean I’m doing science. I did read a document titled “Great Sea Level Humbug.pdf” NC-20 put on their website to disprove the NC-

CRC’s findings, and by “read” I mean I glanced at the pictures and graphs.

You’ll be relieved to know that, according to the information present-ed in the document, sea level near the Maldives (southwest of India) ac-tually fell in the 1970’s. See? There’s no way sea level could rise in North Carolina’s coast in the future. That comparison

is as sound as any infrastructure that may be built on the coast.

But this isn’t about who’s right and who’s wrong—it’s about how policy is made. And once again, North Carolina legislators are teaching us a valuable lesson: Why make good policy today when you can put it off until tomorrow?

Ahmed AmerViewpoint Editor

It seems that drivers never adjusted to the roundabout addi-

tion. The Raleigh Police Department reported the roundabout near the Belltower saw 84 accidents back in October 2011; at that point, the roundabout had only been in place just over year. Since then, the number of accidents at the Hillsborough-Pullen roundabout exceeded 100.

The Raleigh Public Works Departments be-lieves the two-lane round-about confuses drivers. To improve safety, the city has decided to allo-cate $10,500 to make the roundabout a single lane.

In an interview with the News and Observer, Ra-leigh Public Works en-gineer Jim Dunlop stated that out of 100-plus round-abouts, this is the only one where accidents are a big is-sue.

We applaud the city for its commitment to driver safety, but individuals need to be more conscious of their driving habits.

When you consider the age range of the major-ity of drivers in the area, the high crash rate starts to make sense. Many of the drivers are college students from N.C. State and Meredith, and young people are not known for their safety-conscious at-titudes.

Luckily, none of the ac-cidents have been fatal since drivers are forced to greatly reduce their speed in a roundabout, but that

does not make the accident less frustrating. However, there are crosswalks near the roundabout. If drivers con-tinue to put speed ahead of safety, the implications could be fatal for pedestrians.

Previously, the city con-siderable ef fort into making sure drivers knew the mechan-ics of the roundabout. Driving in-structions were pro-mulgated in

literature and on numerous road signs. However, crash statistics do not ref lect the city’s effort to promote safety.

The Raleigh Public Works’ solution is a step in the right direction; however, most of the responsibility lies in the hands of the driver. There are multiple yield signs located at the roundabout, yet still many accidents. In the end, it is driver error, not poor con-struction that is responsible for confusion.

The single-lane roundabout will improve safety by reduc-ing abrupt lane changes, but drivers need to slow down and pay attention.

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Hear no evil, sea no evil.Rachel Jordan, junior in architecture

Why I don’t like the NBAI’m on Pinterest. My

boyfriend is watch-ing game number

whatever of the NBA tour-nament-thingy. I couldn’t

te l l you w h o i s playing w h o . I can’t tell you who’s winning and who’s losing. I thought the f irst ga me of

this series was the na-tional championship. As I understand it, the NBA tournament set-up is the same as the World Se-ries. Regardless, I would still rather be pinning recipes and future home ideas than watching game number whatever. On the other hand, when I’m at an N.C. State bas-ketball game, I am the girl who will run through the RBC Center—excuse me, PNC Arena—to get the best seat. I will stand the whole entire game. I will cheer for good plays, and my heart will drop at disappointing ones.

I scream at the refs and the opposing players. When it comes to college basketball, I am a number one fan. But, when it comes to the NBA, I couldn’t care less. There are many reasons why I do not like the NBA. I believe that the root of my dislike of the NBA comes from the fact that my dad only watched college basketball. He is a huge UConn fan and, natu-rally, I followed in his foot-steps before coming to N.C. State. This leads to my sec-ond reason for not lik-i ng N BA . I have no loyalty to a nNBA team. I’m or ig i-nally from Connecti-cut where there’s no NBA team. I had no idea the Charlotte Bob-cats even existed until a few years ago. And, when I did learn more about the Bobcats, I was tempted to join the Lakers bandwagon. My biggest problem with the NBA though is that it’s

not as fun to watch as college basketball. I’m not talking about the game itself because I’ve seen exciting NBA games. I’m talking about the quite unattractive players. As a fe-male, I must say that the men of the NBA are a little too old for my taste. As handsome as Dwyane Wade is, I would much rather see DeShawn Painter by the pool this sum-mer if you know what I mean. I might be persuaded to

watch NBA, or at least pay enough attention to know who’s playing who in the tour-na ment i f t he Cha r-lot te Bob-cats were ac-tually good a n d t h e y brought in some young,

model-quality men. For now, I will continue pinning pic-tures of college basketball players hoping that the NBA will learn that girls don’t ap-preciate a sport without a little eye candy.

“I scream at the refs and

the opposing players. When it comes to college basketball, I am a number one fan.”

Changes to make roundabout safer

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How do you relax between summer

classes?

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“I teach krav maga, so I like to punch things to release stress.”

Cassie Rhodesgraduate student, physiology

“To relax during summer sessions I like to just listen to music and sit outside.”

Alex Yllanesjunior, biological sciences

“I like to watch a movie each day to help relax after my summer classes.”

Aaron Srivastavasophomore, biomedical engineering

“Studying for my summer classes is my favorite way to destress from sessions.”

Tim Gorskisophomore, computer science

THE FACTS:The roundabout on Hillsborough has been the site of more than 100 fender-benders since its creation. The City of Raleigh will reduce it to one lane.

OUR OPINION:The City of Raleigh has done everything in its power to maximize efficiency and safety. Drivers should be make safety, not speed, their priority.

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Bombing in Benghazi, LibyaOn Wednesday a bomb was set off outside the wall of the U.S. Consulate building in Benghazi, Libya. No casualties were reported, but the attack is a sign of instability in the country. Libya will be holding its first post-Gadhafi election in two weeks.

Facebook KerfuffleMany mom-and-pop investors are coming together as part of a class action lawsuit against Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook Inc. Investors say Facebook investors withheld important information regarding the value of the company’s stock. There are 13 pending lawsuits against Facebook and its executives.

Economic inventiveness UC Davis economics graduate Nicholas Barry introduced a new currency to his community in Davis, CA. U.S. Dollars can be exchanged for Davis Dollars at a 1:1 ratio. Over 50 local businesses are accepting the new currency. Davis dollars ensure that money spent stays in the local community.

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The debate regarding the controversial natural gas extraction method divides the campus community.

Arjun Puri & Jennifer JungStaff Writers

University students and researches are in the midst of the ongoing hydraulic fracturing debate. Hydrau-lic fracturing is a method through which natural gas companies can extrude re-sources from the earth. The method seems promising, but not everyone is excited about its environmental im-plications.

With hydraulic fracturing, otherwise known as fracking, machines can drill down into the earth and dislodge natu-ral gas samples from rock formations and other solid materials in the earth. Ma-chines then shoot water at high velocities in order to break up the rocks to extract the natural gas.

Earlier this year, Gov. Bev Perdue issued an executive order creating a task force to create a framework for con-ducting fracking operations in the state. On June 6, the N.C. Senate approved the legalization of fracking, tak-ing yet another step towards making fracking a reality in the State.

“If done safely, fracking can be part of a larger energy solution to create jobs and help lower energy costs,” Perdue said in a statement. “Before we permit anyone to ‘frack’ in North Carolina, however, we must hear from all sides, address all issues, and develop a robust set of rules.”

According to Michael Walden, professor of eco-nomics, fracking can be a real “game changer.”

“We have been looking for alternatives for oil for some time now, although natural gas is also a fossil fuel, it is a lot cleaner than what we are filling our cars with today,” said Walden. “[However], clean water is already a lim-ited resource, so using this to obtain natural gas does seem like a bit of a paradox. Also the chemical process that is necessary for fracking may get into the underground water supply which of course is dangerous for rural areas.”

Despite the controversy, Walden is confident that solutions will be found and believes that fracking is still worth pursuing.

“This is what we do, we en-gineer better methods and I know that in the end this will change the dynamic of geo-politics concerning foreign oil policy,” said Walden.

The effect of this surplus on the U.S. economy seems to have a lot of potential. Ac-cording to some estimates, there is enough supplies for the U.S. to sustain its natural gas quantity for the next 90-100 years.

Despite the positive effects that fracking may provide, many are still strongly op-posed. Most vocal are those who have concerns about the safety of the residents living around fracking sites as there may be potential for the gas to affect drinking water. Oth-ers are skeptical of even the potential economic benefit.

Tara Beck, a senior in anthropology and student activ ist, highly opposes the fracking method be-cause she believes that it could lead to earthquakes and destruction of rural ar-eas, which would make it difficult to live in again after the extraction of natural gas “The simple fact is that North Carolina’s shell gas reserve is only supposed to last us about 40 years. Which may seem like a long time, but in the grand scheme of things, it’s really not, especially since consumption habits are in-creasing, it won’t even last that,” Beck said.

Beck, like some other stu-dents and environmental ac-tivists is also skeptical of the economic benefit to the state that proponents claim.

“It’s not going to raise that many jobs,”Beck said. “At peak, employment for the hydraulic fracturing indus-try for North Carolina is just going to be over 800 people, and most of those are going to be specialists from outside the states, so it’s not going to give more jobs to people.” Instead, students and advo-cates like Beck hope that in-stead of seeking more ways to get energy, the U.S. can focus on ways to conserve energy.

However, proponents like Walden, remain unconvinced that fracking should be taken off the table.

“Environmentalists do have a point. But just like ev-erything, you have to look at the cost versus benefit, and in this case the benefit is clear-cut,” Walden said.

In opposition to students like Beck, Walden believes that there is indeed a lot of

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July 2010: After ‘fracking’ operations begin on a Clearville, PA farm, elevated arsenic levels on the farmland cause a farmer’s livestock to lose control of their motor skills and suddenly die.

November 2011: By request of the U.S. Congress, The EPA issues a Plan to Study the Potential Impact of Hydraulic Fracturing on Drinking Water Resources, to be completed by 2014.

June 2009: U.S. House Representatives introduce the Fracking Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act to repeal ‘fracking’s’ exemption from the SDWA. The Act does not pass.

June 06th 2012: N.C. Senate legalizes ‘fracking’ in North Carolina. The measure will move on to the House where it will likely be passed.

1908: An early form of hydraulic fracturing is used to separate granite from bedrock. 1947: Hydraulic fracturing is used for the first time to extract natural gas.1949: Halliburton becomes the first company to use hydraulic fracturing to extract natural gas at an industrial magnitude.

Late 1980’s to Early 1990’s: Horizontal drilling first combined with hydraulic fracturing in a ‘frack’ job in North Texas.

1974: The EPA rules that hydraulic fracturing does not fall under the regulatory power of Congress’ Safe Drinking Water Act, thus ‘fracking’ operations are able to proceed unhindered.

1996: ‘Fracking’ in Alabama results in a lawsuit against The EPA, alleging that the injection of fluids for hydraulic fracturing must be regulated by The EPA under the SDWA.

1997: The US Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, in Atlanta, rejects The EPA’s legal position in LEAF v. EPA.

1999: Present day form of hydraulic fracturing is first used in the Barnett Shale in Texas. Formally inaccessible resevoirs are now open for ‘fracking’.

2001: Vice President Cheney’s Energy Task Force urges The EPA to conclude it should not regulate ‘fracking’ under the SDWA.

March 2004: Gas seeps into the home of 64-year-old Charles Harper and his 53-year-old wife, Dorothy, from one of several ‘frack’ wells next to their property near Pittsburgh, PA. The gas collects until it explodes. The bodies of the Harpers and their grandson are discovered under piles of debris across the road.

June 2004: The EPA report says ‘fracking’ fluids are toxic and that some portion of these toxic fluids remain in the ground after ‘frack’ jobs. However, the report concludes, “injection of hydraulic fracturing fluids into coal bed methane wells poses little or no threat” to drinking water supplies.

August 2005: Citing The EPA’s 2004 study, Congress passes Energy Pollution Act of 2005, exempting ‘fracking’ from the SDWA.

2006: Drilling fluids and methane begin bubbling from the ground near a gas well in Clark, WY. Eight million cubic feet of methane is released into the atmosphere and a nearby shallow water well is contaminated with ‘fracking’ chemicals.

‘Injection of hydraulic fracturing f luids, also known as ‘fracking’, into coal bed methane wells poses little to no threat’ to drinking water supplies and ‘does not justify additional study at this time.’

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“The introduct ion of a natural gas site would turn an area into a boom-town. Think about a l l the new workers, buses, a nd people t ra f f ic…it would change living con-dit ions ,” Wa lden sa id. “Natural gas has the potential to be a real game changer for the world and us economi-cally, but there are a lot of technical issues and in solv-ing these issues, universities like N.C. State have a big role to play,” Walden said. With the debate as heated as ever, it seems like many N.C. State students also have a big role to play in even the discussion of fracking’s pos-sibilities in the state.

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BOG names Ross next UNC System president

“I pledge to give it my all,” Ross said. “I

love this state of ours, and no institution

is more important to it than [the UNC

System]. It enriches the lives of individuals

and transforms society.”

Ross said being mentioned in the same

breath as previous presidents William Fri-

day and Molly Broad was “an honor, but

to follow in their footsteps is daunting.”

“We also all owe a great debt of gratitude

to Erskine Bowles for his outstanding ser-

vice,” he said. Board Chair Hannah Gage praised Ross

as the perfect choice after a months long

nationwide search.

“At the end of that long and winding

road, we ended up back home. He had

the entire package and

a proven track record of

success serving the peo-

ple of North Carolina,”

Gage said.Ross will have a start-

ing salary of $525,000

with no deferred com-

pensation, Gage said.

New president has a

history of service

Ross served as a su-

perior court judge for

17 years, and has also

worked with the chari-

table organization Z.

Smith Reynolds. In 2007,

he took the reins at Davidson College.

“He has had three very different careers

and was very successful in all of them,”

Gage said. “Through all three careers,

he’s maintained one thread: a consistent,

enduring drive to make the state a better

place for the people of North Carolina.”

D.G. Martin, a former UNC lobbyist,

said he approves of the selection because

of Ross’ experience and background. It’s

this diverse background of experience that

positions him well to run the 17-campus

UNC System, he said.

“It’s a great selection, as he covers two

bases: he knows North Carolina, having

grown up here. He also knows the politi-

cal system, and has earned the trust of the

state legislature during his time as a judge

and his work with [the] Z. Smith [Renolds

Foundation],” said Martin.

According to Gage, Ross has the talent

to head the UNC System regardless of the

situation.“He’s got a rare combination of skills,

character and integrity; he’ll be able to

leverage system resources in good times

and bad,” Gage said.

While the state’s economic straits have

put the UNC System in a tenuous position,

Ross said he is confident the system will be

able to recover with time and innovation.

“Budget crises will come and go. Hope-

fully, this one goes quickly,” he said.

Ross said he hopes to lead the UNC Sys-

tem to even greater economic clout that

can shake off the effects of the recent re-

cession. “Things are tough right now; we know

that,” Ross said. “UNC must offer ideas to

encourage and bolster economic growth in

rural areas, urban areas and everywhere

in between, so that we can improve the

economy and improve the lives of the citi-

zens of our state.”Graduation, retention

a high priorityRoss was enthusiastic

about the future, but

said he would make no

predictions about how

the system will look un-

der his guidance. Along

with the budget issues,

Ross said his other high

priorities include stu-

dent and staff retention

and student graduation

rates, system-wide.

“We will work together

to help students grow

intellectually and emo-

tionally, to prepare for work in new and

evolving occupations,” Ross said. “These

are big challenges, and I am confident the

UNC System, working collaboratively

across campuses, can succeed in this en-

deavor.”Martin said he wasn’t surprised at the

focus Ross displayed during his accep-

tance of the position.

“He understands the needs and chal-

lenges of the UNC System across the entire

state,” said Martin. “He’ll maintain the

reputation, and the reality, of excellence

in this system.”Student Body President Kelly Hook said

Ross’ new position is a big jump from the

president of Davidson College.

“Going from the president of Davidson

College to the president of the UNC Sys-

tem seems like a pretty big jump,” Hook

said. “Hopefully, he’s been building rela-

tionships with state legislators in order to

ensure we maintain our percentage of state

funding. That being said, I’d like to think

the Board and search committee selected

the best person for the job.”

University opposes Ultrinsic siteThe University sent Ultrinsic a

cease-and-desist letter Thursday

to ‘avoid identity theft.’

Chelsey FrancisDeputy News Editor

Sharing academic log-in informa-

tion is against University policies.

Ultrinsic works by allowing students

to put money on the site, by credit

card, and bet on their future grades,

based on their academic history and

the history of the course.

According to Jeremy Gelbart, co-

founder and president of Ultrinsic,

students make the decision to share

academic login information.

“It is the student’s choice to share

the login,” Gelbart said. “We’re not

going to shut down our program be-

cause one school is afraid of some-

thing new.”Eileen Goldgeier, vice chancellor

and general counsel with the Office

of General Counsel, has drafted a

letter, according to Thomas Stafford,

vice chancellor for student affairs.

“The University Legal Counsel

has prepared a

letter to send to

[Ultr insic] to

let them know

they are doing

things against

our rules,” Staf-

ford said.Ma rk Hoit ,

v ice cha ncel-

lor for the office

of information

technology, sent

a letter to send

to the Technician regarding the site’s

legality.“[The letter] is about security, pro-

tection and avoidance of identity

theft,” Hoit said. “It’s about the kinds

of things students should be aware of.”

Gelbart said the site does not re-

quire students to share their aca-

demic login with them. However,

in signing up for the site, the third

step gives students the option to

download their academ-ic history by

sharing their

academic login infor-mation.

“O n o u r

site, in our

terms of ser-vice, we have

a clause that

says by giv-ing the login

information, you’re giving us

permission to access the informa-

tion,” Gelbart said. “We do hope

all users read our terms of service.”

ULTRINSIC continued page 3

“We’re not going

to shut down our

program because one

school is afraid of

something new.”Jeremy Gelbart, co-founder and

president of Ultrinsic

“These are big

challenges, and I

am confident the

UNC System...

can succeed in

this endeavor.”Thomas Ross, UNC System

president-elect

n a packed boardroom Wednesday afternoon, the UNC Board

of Governors unanimously elected Thomas W. Ross as the

next UNC System president. Ross, the president of Davidson

College since 2007, will succeed Erskine Bowles on Jan. 1. Bowles

has led the UNC System for the past five years.

President of Davidson College, August 1, 2007-2010

Executive Director of the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, Inc.,

2001–2007

Director of the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts,

1999–2000

North Carolina Superior Court Judge, 18th Judicial District, 1984–2000

Chief of Staff to Congressman Robin Britt (D-NC), 1983–1984

Smith, Patterson, Follin, Curtis, James and Harkavy, Attorneys, Partner,

1976–1982

Assistant Professor Public Law and Government—School of

Government, UNC-CH, 1975–1976

THOMAS ROSS1994!5986

MOLLY BROAD1997!2006

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University with a

baccalaureate degree

in economics, 1962

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the New York State

Commission on the

Future of Postsecondary Education, 1976

Manager of the Office of Budget and Planning,

Director of Institutional Research and Vice President

for Government and Corporate Relations, 1971-85

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university system, 1985-92

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chancellor for administration and finance, 1992-93

Executive vice chancellor and chief operating officer,

1993-97

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Technician sports

editor, president of

the 1941 N.C. State

graduating class

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at UNC-CH, 1948

Served as assistant president of the UNC System,

1951-55

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Co-chaired Gov. James B. Hunt’s Commission on

Education for Economic Growth, 1984

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1967

Columbia University’s

Graduate School of

Business, 1969

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of the Small Business Administration, 1993

Served as Deputy White House Chief of Staff 1994-95

Served as White House Chief of Staff, 1996-98

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a bipartisan National Commission on Fiscal

Responsibility and Reform dealing with long-term

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Researchers at Semprius continue to research ways to bring down the cost of solar energy.

Young LeeAssociate Features Editor

Energy is a concern for many North Carolinians. With environmenta l ists accusing Duke Energy of contributing to pollution in Charlotte and with rising costs of energy, many are afraid they will struggle to pay their bills and negatively impact the environment.

In addition to these con-cerns, is the issue of hydrau-lic fracturing, a controversial natural gas drilling method.

An efficient, clean, renew-able and affordable energy source has been the unattain-able ideal for years. Recently, in the Triangle area, a busi-ness specializing in the pro-duction and research of solar modules recently reached a breakthrough that may rep-resent a big step towards that direction.

Semprius, based in Dur-ham, uses high concentra-tion photovoltaic modules (HCPVs) to reach efficiency levels unattainable through traditional solar technol-ogy. While traditional solar technology can only main-tain eff iciencies ranging between 14 and 15 percent, the HCPV modules are capa-ble of reaching much higher levels. Earlier this year, Sem-prius set the new world re-cord in efficiency for solar modules. According to Scott Burroughs, vice president of Technology, with modules reaching 33.9 percent effi-ciency, Semprius holds the

technology to convert more than one-third of the sun’s energy into usable electricity.

For Russ Kanjorski, Vice President of Business Devel-opment at Semprius working in the Triangle to market this new technology represents a milestone in achieving his goal to help bring cost-com-petitive and sustainable elec-tricity to the world.

“It’s very exciting to take a brand new technology and commercialize it for the first time...and it really is world record technology,” Kanjor-ski said. “ It has the highest efficiency by a good margin. It is the first time we man-aged to...convert a third of the sun’s energy into electrons in one module and is pretty ex-citing stuff to be associated with.”

With this technology, the goal of bringing down the

cost of renewable energy so it’s competitive with all forms of energy is in sight, and many people have taken notice.

On May 22, Nancy Sutley, chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, and Congressman David Price (Dem.) visited Semprius’s office to see the achievements of Sempri-us and what the Triangle area has in store for the nation and the world.

“One of the best things we do as Americans is innovate and we are leading the world in the development of clean energy,” Sutely said. “It’s been very impressive for [Rep. Price and I] to see not only the technology but...also to see the clean energy economy in action.”

In proving that solar en-ergy has great potential for a

cost-effective alternative to conventional sources of en-ergy and in proving that the Triangle has much to offer small businesses, Semprius is successful.

“We’re well positioned in the Triangle area to be a leader in renewable energy and the clean energy busi-ness,” Rep. Price said. “We are one of the very top na-tional centers for new energy technologies.”

According to Kanjorski, the Research Triangle Area con-tinues to be helpful in sup-porting businesses like Sem-prius.

“The most important thing about the Research Triangle Area and North Carolina would be the workforce and the skill sets that are

Shining a spotlight on solar energy Celebrating horror in comic form

Writers: Scott Snyder and Scott Tuft

Artist: Attila FutakiHorror gets a bad repu-

tation a lot of the time. People tend to see films like Saw and Hostel as rep-resentative of the whole genre, and imagine there’s nothing to be found but blood, gore and mindless violence.

In truth, the “torture porn” subgenre i s on l y one part o f t h e world of horror. The oth-er type of horror, the kind that focuses more on building a creepy atmo-sphere and touching on the genuine fears people have, is what the genre first rose to prominence on.

In Severed, writers Scott Snyder and Scott Tuft cre-ate a more classical hor-ror tale. In telling a very human story about a boy searching for his father in 1916 America, the duo

touches on themes of isola-tion, desperation and the unknown. As a result, Severed not only provides a touching and harrowing narrative, but it represents all of the best el-ements of the horror genre.

Severed follows 12-year-old runaway Jack Garron as he travels the country pursu-ing his biological father. Jack, a talented musician like his dad, hopes to find his purpose in life playing the clubs along-side his pop.

Along the way, Jack makes a friend out of another young drifter named Sam. However, it’s not long before the duo runs into Alan Fisher, a man who seems all too eager to help Jack achieve his dream. Little does the pair know the secrets Fisher hides behind a pair of false teeth.

While Severed features a monster—and a unique one at that—it’s the way Snyder and Tuf t man-age to build in real world threats that m a ke t he horror come

to life. The threat of rape and robbery follow Jack through-out his journey; the harsh re-alities of trying to make it on his own are never out of sight.

Beyond that, even the monstrous Mr. Fisher poses a plausible threat. Though he is steeped in supernatural ele-ments, the idea of exploiting a young boy’s dream in order to trick and kill him is one that

Severed returns to classic horror themes instead of simple blood and gore.

Jordan AlsaqaAssociate Features Editor

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ANDREW SO/TECHNICIANSemprius CEO Joe Carr exhibits one of the company’s experimental solar panels at their headquarters in Durham Tuesday, May 22. Semprius is the creator of the world’s most energy e!cient solar module, which the MIT Technology Review named one of the top 10 most important emerging technologies of 2012.

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Young LeeAssociate Features Editor

Spectators have watched their favorite athletes com-pete for dominance since ancient Greek times in the arena, on the pitch or on a court, but soon a new sport may introduce a new realm of spectator sporting: cyber-space.

In this sport, people do not cheer for touchdowns and slam dunks. Instead, fans cheer as an image of an alien sorcerer casts thunderbolts across the ranks of the oppo-nent’s soldiers on screen and spectators watch nervously as an invisible soldier guides a small nuclear missile into the base of his opponent. For some players of Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty, a popular computer real-time-strategy game, this possibility that mainstream sports fans could accept a video game as a spec-tator sport, or “e-sport,” is a dream.

The video game commu-nity has already embraced the possibility. In fact, there is even an N.C. State Star-craft II: Wings of Liberty club that participated in this the College Starleague Star-craft II: Wings of Liberty tour-nament this year. Beginning in 2009 with collegiate play-ers from 25 different North American universities com-peting in games of Starcraft, the College Starleague con-

tinues to grow. In the fifth season that concluded earlier this month, the College Star-leage attracted more than 240 university teams from both the U.S. and Canada.

This year Jerred Miklowcic, a senior in computer science at the University of North Carolina, participated in the College Starleague and gar-nered enough fans to win a chance to play in a tourna-ment against two profes-sional Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty players on June 2-3. The games were played in front of more than 150 people and more than 7000 watched online. Although Miklow-cic lost all four games, he has not lost any passion for the game. “I love the feeling of practicing and improving at games,” MIklowcic said. “I love the community based around e-sports.”

For Neil Shah, a senior in computer science and coordinator of N.C. State’s Collegiate Starleague club, this feeling is one that he can relate to. Shah, who has watched countless hours of Starcraft online and devot-ed up to seven hours a day to practicing Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty, believes that the possibility of a widespread acceptance of e-sports could mean an acceptance of stu-dents like him who may have never felt any passion for tra-ditional sports.

While fans of physical sports were excited for the Super Bowl or March Mad-ness, Shah and his friends fulfilled their competitive urges by watching Star-

craft II: Wings of Liberty tournaments like the Glob-al Starcraft II League.

“We used to rent projectors from the library,” Shah said. “Global Starcraft League would be broadcasted at like 4 or 5 in the morning and we would just sit there and watch [the league] on a wall.”

When Shah watches Star-craft played at a competitive level, he not only appreci-ates the spectacle of it, but he also believes e-sports has potential to make an impact in ways that more physical sports have not been able to. “I watch tons of streams to watch better players and you get to see all the better play-ers at events such as Major League Gaming which is such an informal kind of scene.” Shah said. “It’s not like a foot-ball game where people might really like players on the team but never actually get to meet them or say, ‘hi’ to them or anything. At MLG, you can literally just walk up to one of the best players in the nation

and just have a conversation with them.”

In addition to accessibil-ity to the top players, Shah says he has been able to meet many other fans over online communities like teamliquid.net, a site devoted to the Star-craft scene. At any given hour, teamliquid.net has al-most 10,000 active members online. George Zhao, a junior in business administration at the UNC-Chapel Hill, is one of the many organizers that keep the website running.

“Gaming communities aren’t really well-known for their polite mannerisms and professional behavior, but I do say the Starcraft commu-nity, with teamliquid.net as the flagship, leads a revolu-tion in convention,” Zhao said. “I’ve made so many connections and friends through teamliquid.net.” Perhaps, with Starcraft II, the gaming community can re-define themselves amongst themselves and among other sports.

Crafting a new cyber-spectator sporthere.” Kanjorski said. “This is a place where a small research and de-velopment company, which Semprius was, can flourish and get the part-nerships and employees that it needs.”

The economic benefit may entice those unsold on the environmental im-pacts the new technology promises.

According to Kanjor-ski, while Semprius and the HCPV modules may represent the game-changing breakthrough in environmentally friendly

energy sources, there are still other reasons to support renewable energy. Other reasons include the pursuit of domestic energy and job growth. Solar energy has added hundreds of thousands of jobs within the last couple of years in the United States.

“Some people are moti-vated by one of those three [reasons] and some people may be motivated by all three but this is the wave of the fu-ture.” Kanjorski said. “Costs are coming down and econo-mies are changing and I think it’s important for this country to have some leadership in the [solar energy] area.”

happens a lot in real life.It’s the realism of the

horror that makes Severed such an atmospheric pow-erhouse of a story. Jack himself is a likable char-acter, if a bit foolhardy at times. The reader can’t help but like him, which makes the horrible things that happen to him that much harder to watch.

This is a far cry from the standard slasher flick, where the audience is of-ten left cheering for the death of the idiotic lead characters.

Adding to the sense of atmosphere is the artwork of Attila Futaki. The de-tailed facial illustrations

and tight panel arrangements make for a story told as much through the body language of the characters as through what those characters say.Further, the way the artwork and layouts become more chaotic as the action picks up does wonders for increasing the sense of immersion.

Simply put, Severed feels like a celebration of all the best things about horror. It focuses on the characters and setting over the supernatural, allowing readers to truly be-come invested in the plight of its heroes. It avoids cheap jump scares to instill a true sense of dread in the reader.

As far as horror comics go, Severed is easily one of the best. Those willing to let themselves be sucked in will find a twisted journey that doesn’t let up, even by the last page.

CHARLIE HARLESS/TECHNICIANNeil Shah, sophomore in computer science, is a master at StarCraft, a real-time military science !ction strategy video game, with a character rank of 69.

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memory and focus on tomorrow; we don’t have time to do anything else.”

And put it out of their mind they did. Fac-ing UNC-Wilmington, it was Mathews who got the Pack on the board early once again by singling to right field and scoring ju-nior shortstop Chris Diaz. By this time in the tour-nament, teams were start-ing to become weary of Mathews’ hot streak and began pitching around the junior; Mathews ended up being walked twice dur-ing the third game.

For the second time in as many games, Mathews recorded an RBI in the f irst inning, and this time it was against Van-derbilt in a must-win game. With no men on, Mathews homered to left field, which seemed to be his sweet spot throughout the tournament. Giving the Pack the momentum swing once again, the Or-lando native put State in front from the get-go.

In the final game of the Raleigh Regional against Vanderbilt—the week-ends third game against the Commodores—de-cided who would face Florida in the Gainesville Super-Regional. The con-test started out with both teams matching each other in runs u nt i l t he

third inning when Vander-bilt seemed to pull away. The score was 7-3 at the end of the fifth inning. The Pack players and faithful looked defeated, but the Wolfpack didn’t give up. This was its chance to do something that hasn’t been seen in program history since the 2008 season—make the Super Regionals.

“There’s just one thing about this team: we don’t look too far ahead,” Mathews said. “We’re still trying to win each inning and each pitch; nobody ever gave up.”

State started a rally in the eighth. Mathews reached base during the Pack rally, singling through the left side of the in-field. Vanderbilt would face the on-fire Mathews for the last time in the ninth inning and chose to intentionally walk him.

The Wolfpack closed the game out in the bottom of the ninth and rushed the mound, clinching the Ra-leigh Regional Championship and a spot in the Gainesville Super-Regional.

Mathews was electric for the Wolfpack, whether it meant starting a rally or scor-ing runs in the first couple innings. His unforgettable performance throughout the Raleigh Regional earned him the award of best designated hitter at regionals and the Most Outstanding Player of the regional tournament.

out crowd and time moved in slow motion until the last dagger—Commodore second baseman Tony Kemp lining a single into center field for the game’s winning run—had been thrown.

“That’s the way this game goes,” Avent said. “That’s why a lot of people watch it. It’s a great game, but it can be frus-trating at times.”

While leaving at the seventh inning stretch would have left you with false assumptions

of victory on Saturday night, fear settled in a little ear-lier on Sunday night. After building a 5-1 lead, State surrendered four runs in the top of the seventh to leave the game tied. With the outcome in doubt, junior second base-man Matt Bergquist—the same player who came into the game with under a .200 batting average and less than 20 RBIs on the year—hit a clutch single through the right side of the infield to give State a crucial 6-5 lead in the bottom of the eighth.

“All year [the coaches] have been trying to get me to go

the other way and I guess I finally did it and was success-ful,” Bergquist, who raised his batting average 25 points on Sunday, said. “I’ve been batting .200 all year and I just had a really good day—it felt great.”

One day later, another un-suspecting member of the Pack would come up into a major spot and provide the biggest moments of his col-legiate career. Tarran Senay, a junior outfielder who has struggled at times during the season, made every fan who left the game early pay mightily; what was initially

a 7-3 deficit immediately be-came a 7-6 barnburner af-ter Senay deposited a Phil-ip Pfeifer fastball over the right field wall.

“I didn’t think he was going to throw another slider, so I guess I sat on the fastball, you could say that,” Senay said. “I took a swing and it went out, luckily. That was unbeliev-able, for us to come out and get this victory.”

With the Wolfpack season down to its last two outs one inning later, Senay had one fi-nal opportunity to send the jam-packed crowd of 3,018 into a frenzy. With the bases

loaded, Senay connected on a single, just inches above the glove of a leaping Tony Kemp to score two runs. The lead, defended valiantly on both Sunday and Monday night by junior pitcher Ryan Wilkins, would hold up for the bottom of the ninth.

A n e m o t i o n -al Avent summed up the roll-er coaster weekend with an emotional post game speech about perseverance.

“These players refuse to quit,” Avent said. “If you al-ways refuse to quit, it’s one of the sayings that made us fa-mous here. The one the great

Coach Valvano said. And that was a different scenario, but it applies to everything in life.”

If playing another SEC op-ponent is any indication of the momentum swings we can see in baseball, make sure you don’t turn away too early.

ponents to just five runs in three ball games. Although the top-seeded Gators will host the Super Regional with an arsenal of talented, expe-rienced pitchers and the odds in their favor, State arrives to the sweltering heart of north central Florida with immea-surable emotion.

“When you do some-thing l ike [comeback], nothing scares you quite as much,” Wolfpack head coach Elliott Avent said. “I know they’re the No. 1 team in the country; I know everything about them. [Gators head coach] Kevin O’Sullivan and I have been friends for a long time and we talk a lot during the course of the year. It’s go-ing to be a great challenge and we have to play well. And we expect [to play well].”

Throwing an intriguing storyline into the mix is red-shirt senior designated hitter Ryan Mathews, voted Most Outstanding Player for the Raleigh Regional. Mathews, who hit three of his 17 home runs on the season this past weekend, signed to play his college ball at Florida before the Gators went through a coaching change at the end of the 2007 season. The Or-lando native grinned when asked what it would feel like to go back home and face a perennial powerhouse with which he is very familiar.

“The junior college that I went to was in Gainesville

too,” Mathews said. “So I will have a lot of haters and hope-fully a lot of fans out there. There will definitely be a lot of people who know me there, but it’s a Super Regional; it’s no different than anywhere else.”

If State is to pull off the upset, the Pack will have to get past a deep core of solid Gator pitching. Five of the men throwing the rock for the Orange and Blue have an earned run average under 3.00, and UF is ranked No. 5 in the country for over-all ERA. Despite the depth, Vanderbilt head coach Tim Corbin, who watched his team beat Florida twice in the recent SEC Tournament, said N.C. State will provide a challenge for the Gators.

“I think North Carolina

State stacks up well,” Corbin said. “They have a very good hitting team; they have a cou-ple of guys that can leave the ballpark. Mathews is a quality power hitter. They have a very similar ballpark to what you guys play here at N.C. State, the lines are very shallow.”

With Florida leading the nation in strikeout-to-walk ratio, much of the attention will go towards State’s abil-ity to come up with timely hits. As would be expected, Florida’s numbers in high-scoring games are very cut-and-dry; the Gators are 0-8 when the opponent scores seven or more runs and are 17-0 when scoring eight or more runs themselves.

“Their pitching is very good, they can hit, they don’t make mistakes and they’ll

be playing at home,” Corbin said. “Does that factor into it? Yes. Does North Carolina State have an opportunity to win? Absolutely. They’re go-ing to have to pitch well and they’re going to have to hold them down, but [State pitcher Carlos Rodon] is as good as what you’re going to see.”

This weekend’s games from McKethan Stadium at Perry Field begin at 2 p.m. on Saturday and continue at 1 p.m. on Sunday. Both of the first two games can be seen nationally on ESPNU; if a third game on Monday is necessary, it will be broad-casted on ESPN2 at a time later to be determined.

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CHARLIE HARLESS/TECHNICIANThe Wolfpack celebrates their championship win Monday night after beating Vanderbilt for a second time.

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Stellar performance by Mathews helps State move on to Super Regionals.

Jonathan Stout Staff Writer

N.C. State clinched a spot in the NCAA Super-Regionals after defeating Vanderbilt on Monday in dramatic fash-ion at Doak Field, winning the Ra-leigh Regional.

Ju n ior out-f i e l d e r R y a n Mathews can be c red ited w it h driving in eight of a combined 56 runs scored by t he Wol f-pack during the Regional. Mathews finished the regional with nine hits and three home runs. Every time Mathews stepped to the plate, the crowd roared with anticipation of an-

other monster home run or game-changing hit.

During the first inning of game one in the regional against Sacred Heart, the Pack had fallen into an early hole, giving up a 2-0 lead in the top of the first. Mathews started his unforgettable performance at regionals with a three-run blast to right field, giving State a lead, which

they never gave up to the Pioneers.

Mathews con-tinued on the next game with a loaded bat, homering once again against Van-derbilt. However, it wasn’t enough for the Pack as it would go on to lose its only game dur-ing the regional.

“The fact of the matter is that we can’t think about it at all,” Mathews said. “We have to put it out of our

Bergquist, Senay each play the role of unexpected hero.

Sean FairholmSports Editor

If you came to Doak Field at Dail Park this weekend and watched any one of three emotional games between N.C. State and Van-derbilt, hopefully you did not reach for your car keys after the seventh inning stretch.

On Saturday night, you would have watched State and its ace pitcher Carlos Rodon cruise out to a comfortable 6-1 lead as Scotty Mc-Creery sang his rendition of “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” in the middle of the seventh. And despite Ryan Mathews bringing Trea Turn-er home with a towering blast over the left field wall in the top of the eighth, you would have missed a ferocious Commodore comeback

which featured five runs in the bottom of the eighth and a walk-off single to send what was once a raucous crowd back home with their hands on t heir heads.

“[Our players] were tremendous tonight, just as our fans were,” State head coach Elliott Avent said. “That was one of the best crowds I can ever remember. They were outstanding. I thought we had this game put away, but I guess it just shows you that it is never really put away. Some crazy things happened there at the end.”

Like a movie scene where one team rallies from unthinkable odds, Vanderbilt’s last two innings were nothing short of nightmarish for the Wolfpack team and faith-ful. As the air fell out of the sta-dium, disbelief inundated the sold

Now the Wolfpack is two victories away from erasing 44 years of being very good but just short of great.

Following an emotional, heart-straining Raleigh Regional, N.C. State (43-18, 19-11 ACC) is travel-ing to Gainesville, Fla. to face off in a three-game series against the University of Florida (45-18, 18-12 SEC). The NCAA’s selection com-

mittee tabbed the Gators, searching for a third consecutive birth in the eight-team World Series tourna-ment, as the best team in the field of 64.

While NCSU exploded for 56 runs over five games this past weekend, Florida stif led its Regional op-

Rollie Geiger - 10Although the architect of one of the nation’s powerhouse cross country programs will resent being pushed into the spotlight of State’s legends, Geiger has overseen the Pack claim a combined 53 team and individual ACC championships. For the past 30 years, no State program has been as consistent and successful as Geiger’s.

Curtis & Jacqueline Dail - 8The ardent Wolfpack Club boosters have had a massive impact on State athletics, as displayed by seeing their name on the baseball stadium, men’s and women’s tennis stadium, softball stadium, men’s basketball practice center and the football practice facility.

Ted Brown - 6As a four-time All-ACC player and ultimate rushing machine for State football, the late 1970’s running back still leads the ACC for all-time rushing yards despite the fact bowl game stats weren’t counted during Brown’s playing days. Brown was the first ever African-American to be named an All-American college football player.

Roman Gabriel - 4A member of the College Football Hall of Fame and a winner of the NFL’s Most Valuable Player award, Gabriel torched 22 school records while quarterbacking the Wolfpack in the early 60’s. Although Philip Rivers will be a serious contender to make the top 10 list, Gabriel was the first player to make State football respected.

David Thompson - 2 For all intents and purposes, Thompson is the most dominating athlete NCSU has ever seen. While “Skywalker” has a resume long enough to write a novel, his collegiate accomplishments include being the Most Outstanding Player of the 1974 Final Four and having the only number officially retired by the basketball program.

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CHARLIE HARLESS/TECHNICIANJunior pitcher Danny Healey shouts, “We’re going to Gainesville, Baby!” in front of a standing ovation after the Wolfpack won the Raleigh Regional Championship Monday against the Vanderbilt Commodores. N.C. State won two out of three games to reach the Super Regional in Gainesville, Fla. The Wolfpack will face the Florida Gators starting Saturday at 2 p.m.

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CHARLIE HARLESS/TECHNICIANTarran Senay, junior out!elder, hits the game-winning single in the top of the ninth against Vanderbilt Monday night at Doak Field. Senay also hit a three-run home run earlier in the game.

CHARLIE HARLESS/TECHNICIANRyan Mathews, senior designated hitter, celebrates a home run Saturday night against Vanderbilt. The score put the Wolfpack up, 8-3, in the eighth inning.

Rocky Raleigh Regional provides

a roller coaster of emotions

Junior outfielder leads offensive onslaught

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STAFF PICKS

N.C. State Athletics HOF

Last week, N.C. State established its first-ever Athletics Hall of Fame to celebrate the accomplishments of the Wolfpack’s most influential members throughout over a century of play. The inaugural class will be selected this summer and enshrined during a celebration at Reynolds Coliseum on the evening of Oct. 5, the night before the Wolfpack’s home football game against Florida State. In anticipation of the first class being named this fall, the Technician staff came up with a list of who we believe should be considered.

SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS

1 - Everett CaseCase led his teams to a .737 winning percentage in 18 years as the head coach of the men’s basketball team, but his impact on Pack athletics is monumental; Case was the driving force behind the construction of Reynolds Coliseum and molded State into the basketball school that it still is to this day.

3 - Jimmy ValvanoRepresenting everything the University stands for, Jimmy V’s impact can’t be measured by mere wins and losses. The iconic Valvano led State to a 1983 National Championship and a pair of ACC Championships, although the inspiration gained from his battle with cancer puts his accomplishments into another category.

5 - Kay YowWith over 700 career victories, four ACC Championships and an Olympic Gold Medal, the late Yow is easily the most impressive figure in the history of State’s women athletics. Like Valvano, using numbers to measure Yow’s impact at N.C. State is an exercise in futility; the 2007 winner of the Jimmy V ESPY for Perseverance defined grace and courage

7 - Andrea StinsonOften considered State’s greatest female athlete of all-time, the late 80’s star produced a collegiate stat line and professional success that is very difficult to match. Stinson finished her college career ranked in the top-6 for an incredible five categories - scoring, field goals, steals, assists and blocked shots.

9 - Gary HahnForever to be considered the voice of Wolfpack athletics, Hahn has done play-by-play for both the football and men’s basketball’s programs since the early 90’s. Previously a sports anchor for the NBC Radio Network, Hahn is one of the most respected broadcasters to work nearly exclusively in the arena of collegiate sports.

Florida is led by its stellar pitching staff, which leads the country in strikeout-to-walk ratio. Junior right-handed pitcher Hudson Randall (8-2, 2.83 ERA) leads the staff and the Atlanta native was one of nine Gators selected in this week’s MLB Draft. The Gators revolve around clamping down on opposing batters, as evidenced by having five pitchers with an ERA under 3.00. Florida has only given up a 25 runs all season in the eighth and ninth innings combined with closer Austin Maddox allowing just 10 extra-base hits en route to 12 saves on the year. Offensively, Daniel Pigott (.321 BA, 38 RBIs), Mike Zunino (.316 BA, 60 RBIs) and Preston Tucker (.316 BA, 46 RBIs) lead a respectable offensive unit. Although the Gators have plenty of fire power and were tabbed the nation‚Äôs top seed by the NCAA, UF was just 9-6 at home during conference play this season.

NATION’S NO. 1 SEED STANDS IN FRONT OF WOLFPACK’S OMAHA

DREAMSSTORY BY SEAN FAIRHOLM | PHOTOS BY CHARLIE HARLESS

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Since 1968, N.C. State baseball has won five ACC Cham-pionships while averaging more than 30 wins per season. However, the last time State earned a golden

ticket to the College World Series was its only appearance in program history, and back then, The Beatles were still releasing albums.

“There’s just one thing about this team: we don’t

look too far ahead.”

Ryan Mathews, junior outfielder

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