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Raleigh, North Carolina
Freeze on Brickyard raises awareness for bottle ban, how recycling helps economy
Heidi Klumpe Staff Writer
At 11:30 a.m., students from around campus will gather in what Division of Pollution Prevention’s Education and Outreach Project Manager Kelley Dennings calls “a smart flash mob.”
Dennings, who works for the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources, was looking for ways to raise awareness about the plastic bottle ban coming into effect.
Drawing from an idea popularized by Improv Everywhere’s freeze in Grand Cen-tral Station, Den-nings gave to univer-sities across the state her idea to combine a f lash mob, which forms quickly, and a smart mob, which forms for a cause.
“We’re merging the two,” Dennings said. “You can do various things when you come, and freezing is just one of the things you can do. It’s really quick, and people will learn about plastic bottle recycling.”
Dennings said with time and money in short supply the freeze seemed like something students could do to make an impact.
Education and Outreach Coordina-tor for Waste Reduction and Recycling Analis Fulghum said knowing about
the bottle ban is important.“Although many students do recy-
cle, it’s important to now know that it is a law,” she said.
She and the rest of the office have worked to publicize the freeze on the Brickyard in various ways, particu-larly on Facebook.
“[Facebook] was our means to get the word out,” Fulghum said. “We saw that there was a freeze done before at the University, and they had a group with over 800 fans.”
The user “N.C. State Recycles” has about 268 fans and attributes a re-
cent increase in that number to knowl-edge of the Bottle Ban Freeze, accord-ing to Fulghum.
Natalie Bunch, a senior in landscape architecture, also interns in this office.
“Our goa l for Thursday is to raise awareness and show it’s not a small group on campus who re-
cycles,” she said. Bunch said as each student partici-
pating unfreezes and takes his plastic bottle to the nearest recycling recep-tacle, it will introduce people to what the bins look like.
Bunch also said the freeze will dem-onstrate the WRR office’s mission for campus.
“People feel like they’re giving up money when they recycle, when, in fact, it’s a sponsored program,” she said. “The recycling on campus doesn’t actually make money. It gets
it through grants.” The freeze will also show students
how easy recycling can be. “Recycling on campus is a service
that we’re giving to you,” Bunch said. “If you go off-campus, it’s much hard-er to recycle.”
The WRR office also works to pub-licize the economical advantages of this ban.
“There was a ban in 1994 on alu-
minum cans,” Dennings said. “Plastic bottles came up in 2005 as a commodity that had another high recyclable value. We have a lot of companies in North Carolina specifically that need material to create new products.”
Among those products are Tide and Downy bottles, soda bottles
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Selection criteria emphasizes academics, leadership and service
Jessica NevilleStaff Writer
Today the online application for Caldwell Fellows becomes available for freshmen to view, though they cannot apply until the end of the first semester. The program is unique in that students are judged only by their accomplishments during their first se-mester in college, not how well they performed in high school.
Caldwell Fellows Program Director Janice Odom said the selection criteria allow students to be on an even play-ing field when they apply.
“We only evaluate what students have done in the time that they have been at the University,” Odom said. “This allows us to select a very diverse group of students, because we under-stand that everyone did not have the same opportunities in high school.”
The program generally has between 250 and 280 applicants per year, but can only accept 20 to 25 students, ac-cording to Odom.
“There is both a written application and a full day’s worth of interviews before the final selection,” Odom said. “The selected students receive a tuition and experimental learning stipend of $5,000 annually.”
Sonja Jones, a junior Caldwell Fel-low in chemical engineering and pulp and paper science engineering, said the commitment required by students in the program is individualized.
“Caldwell Fellows is a catalyst to al-low students to become involved in the University and community,” Jones said. “Through the program, I have been involved with service initiatives such as WeRecycle, Shack-a-Thon, the Satellite science camp program, and the Open Door Clinic, which provides health care to residents of Wake County.”
Many Caldwell Fellows use their sti-pend for service trips abroad. Jones visited Mexico on a service-learning trip and served in Honduras with the Red Cross and UNICEF, the United Nation’s Children’s Fund.
Kris Gower, a sophomore Caldwell Fellow in business administration and international studies, traveled to China this past summer through the Caldwell Fellows program.
“My classmates and I worked with Home Sweet Home rehabilitation cen-ter and autistic children, along with various other service organizations, while being completely immersed in a different culture,” Gower said. “We were fortunate enough to have a Caldwell Fellows alumni, Jim Arnold, host us in China, where he lives and works.”
The Caldwell Fellows network of alumni and students is one of the best aspects of the program, according to
Caldwell opens online applications
Students under-informed on Atrium aspect of Talley project
Nick Tran Staff Writer
The student body will vote Monday on the referendum which will deter-mine the passage of the $83 student fee increase to fund the Talley Student Center Renovation project. The Ral-ly4Talley campaign has been advertis-ing the renovations planned for new Talley and informing students on the project’s potential since the spring, but a less propagated facet of the project is the renovation to the Atrium food court.
Ethan Evans, freshman in environ-mental engineering, said he wasn’t aware of the Atrium’s inclusion in the Talley project.
“I didn’t even know the Atrium was going to be included in the reno-vations,” Evans said. “The Atrium seems fine. There’s no need for them to spend more money on it.”
Evans said he felt it was wrong for project designers to appear to be ral-lying funds for Talley while actually spending the money on the Atrium.
“I don’t like the idea of such false advertising,” Evans said.
Randy Lait, director of Dining Ser-vices and head of the Atrium project, said there was no false advertising in the campaign.
“We have done everything to ensure the student body is well informed,” Lait said. “The Atrium is a significant part of the project and has always
Atrium renovations overlooked in Rally
Fees not part of Rally
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Christin hardy/teChniCian arChive photoKevin Salvador, a freshman in chemical engineering, and Brittany Smith, a freshman in engineering, “freeze” in the April Fool’s day prank organized by Zach Berman, a junior in biology. Students had to stay frozen in their posi-tions for a total of five minutes. “Everybody was talking about it...and it was a big success,” Salvador said.
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tiM o’Brien/teChniCian arChive photoSophomore in psychology Laurel Deluca buys a Chick-fil-a grilled chicken sandwich at the Atrium March 17. “There’s always a lot of people here – always a lot of people I know and that’s why I always come,” Deluca said.
Presenters of Talley fee say campaign money comes from discretionary funds
Caroline BarfeldCorrespondent
Rally4Talley organizers have been campaigning outside red tents on the Brickyard all week in an effort to inform students about the project and encourage them to vote in favor of the $83 fee, which would begin fall 2010.
Students will vote Oct. 5 on whether or not they support the renovations to the Atrium and Tal-ley Student Center and as that date approaches, campaigners are doing their best to get students to rally.
According to Peter Barnes, a junior in natural resources and past student center president, the campaign funding is non-student fee related, non-appropriated and comes from a discretionary fund within the University.
Andy Lanier, a senior in aero-space engineering, is skeptical of the University’s timing of the renovations.
“This is the wrong time for this to happen,” Lanier said.
The Atrium’s last update was in 1985 when the student population was 24,023 and Talley hasn’t been renovated since it was built in 1972 when the student population was only 14,000.
Today, the student population consists of at least 32,000 students.
Marycobb Randall, sophomore in finance and current student cen-ter president, said that the Talley and Atrium renovation idea start-ed in 2000 and was delayed until Student Life was published in 2008 portraying the vision the Univer-sity has for campus.
This year, the University decid-ed that it was time to make some progress with the idea and began the campaign “Rally4Talley.”
“Each year we delay the Atrium
and Talley Student Center renova-tions, the project cost increases by $10 million,” Randall said, mean-ing the fee students start off paying would be a great deal larger than $83 if the University continues to put off the renovations.
Barnes said he agreed. “Regardless of the Talley fee, stu-
dent fees rise varying between $50 and $100 every year,” he said.
When students pay for college each semester, their tuition goes directly to academics and student fees are dispersed among technol-ogy, services like the Wolfline and other student organizations.
Some students think the Univer-sity should prioritize projects.
Hayley Smith, a sophomore in communications, said she feels the University should focus on settling budget cuts, especially since she was a victim of having a class can-celed. “I’d rather have my classes than a new cafeteria,” she said.
Lanier said Talley functions fine and there is no reason to renovate the entire building, the bookstore and the Atrium.
“If anything is going to be reno-vated, just renovate the lobby of Talley,” Lanier said.
Others agree that as long as the Talley fee is not wasted on the renovations while classes are be-ing cancelled, then the Univer-sity should continue to pursue the transformations.
“I’d like to see renovations made to better the future students of N.C. State,” Julie Whelan, a junior in communications, said. She also said, “N.C. State has been pegged as one of the ugliest schools in America and I’d like to see that change.”
Whelan said paying the fee doesn’t really bother her but un-derstands each student’s financial situation is different.
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and people will
learn about plastic
bottle recycling.”Div i s ion of Pol lut ion
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6pm • Gregg MuseumArtists & Objects Lecture Series:
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through kevin’s lens
Touring new sites
Caitlin Winnike, junior in mechanical engineering, and Vini Sa, senior in textile engineering, observe as Joan Hooks, SKANSKA Project Manager, talks about the design of the air handlers in the penthouse of Engineering Building III. The site tour of EBIII on Centennial Campus was an event planned as part of the Centennial Campus Challenge.
Once completed in July of 2010, EBIII will house mechanical, aerospace, and biomedical engineering.
Photo By Kevin CooK
Campus Calendar
todayCraFTS CenTer ClaSS regiSTraTionthe Crafts Center, All day
ChineSe CulTureS: experienCe China, a general overview and inTroduCTionEngineering Building I, Room 2015, 6:45 to 8:45 p.m.
opening doorS: a perSonal and proFeSSional JourneySt. Francis Springs Center, All day
n.C. STaTe ring ColleCTionN.C. State Bookstore, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
orienTaTion CounSelor inFormaTion SeSSiontalley Student Center, Brown Room, 11:15 to 11:45 a.m.
graphiC QuilTS aT The greggGregg Museum of Art & Design, noon to 10 p.m.
FirST year College maJorS Fairtalley Student Center, Ballroom, 3 to 8 p.m.
ChriSTopher evanS, enTrepreneur and philanThropiSTMcKimmon Center, 5:30 to 7 p.m.
in the knoW Christopher Evans uses experience to teach students
The Entrepreneurs Lecture Series, which is designed to showcase innovation and en-trepreneurship among alumni, is featuring Christopher Evans.
Evans, who will speak today at 5:30 p.m. in the McKimmon Center, is a successful entrepre-neur and philanthropist.
The goal of the lecture series is to build a culture of inno-vation for students through opportunities within the N.C. State community.
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World & nationLawmakers struggle to agree on health careNo doubt about it, President Barack obama has said repeatedly: Members of Congress agree on “about 80 percent of what needs to be done” to overhaul America’s health care system.Democratic and Republican congressional leaders have echoed that claim — yet many lawmakers struggling to write legislation wonder just where this 80 percent is hiding.“I don’t know what that number means. I have no idea how you’d calculate something like that,” said Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., a senior member of the Senate Finance Committee, which Wednesday labored through another round of bill-writing.
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NewsRyne Jones, a sophomore in human biology and French education.
“You make great friends from the very beginning that will stay with you throughout your time in college, and even later on in life,” Jones said.
Chaf fee Viets, a 1997 Caldwell Fellows graduate, came back to the University to become the program’s as-sociate director.
“Caldwell Fel lows al-lowed me to grow as a leader through the service-learning seminars,” Viets said. “The network of alumni has been beneficial to me since gradu-ation, both personally and professionally.”
Odom said she often re-ceives phone cal ls from community groups looking
for volunteers to start new ser-vice projects, such as the New Sense Studio that the Caldwell Fellows started last year as a contingency of Haven House Services.
“This is a place started by Caldwell Fellows students to reach out to at-risk high school
age students by teaching them many forms of art media,” Odom said.
Odom said the Caldwell Fel-lows program encourages stu-dents to make ongoing service partnerships.
Admissions maintains inclusion of standardized tests
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What is the CaldWell FelloWs program?The Caldwell Fellows program has been dedicated to providing students with leadership development and scholarship opportunities since 1977. Created to honor Chancellor John Caldwell, who served the University from 1959 to 1975, the program selects students who share his commitment to service leadership, academic excellence and personal growth.
Source: ncSu.edu/fellowS
Other institutions differ in test options during admissions process
Joanna Banegas
Staff Writer
It has been 108 years since 973 students took the first Scholastic Aptitude Test. Now, the standardized test is known as the SAT Reasoning Test and is taken by more than a million students every year as part of admissions requirements for college, though trends show universities may be moving away from the test as a way to gauge whether students are pre-pared for college.
Last year, Wake Forest Uni-versity decided to make stan-dardize testing scores optional for their admission process.
Martha Allman, director of admissions at Wake Forest University, said Wake’s admis-sions process has always been holistic, but the test-optional decision has “empowered their admissions committee to be more individualized and de-liberate about their decisions.”
“Too often, standardized test scores can be used unfairly in admissions as a crutch in the
evaluation process or a tie-breaker in close decisions,” Allman said. “And, the SAT was never designed to measure intelligence.”
According to thetartan.org, a recent research study conduct-ed by Thomas Espenshade, a professor of sociology, and Chang Young Chung, a statis-tical programmer, both from Princeton University, found dropping standardized test scores as an admissions re-quirement leads to increased percentages of minority and socioeconomically disadvan-taged students being admitted to college.
Thomas Griffin, NCSU’s di-rector of admissions, said the studies of Espenshade don’t take into account the range of students that enroll in a large public university with a wide range of academic programs and majors.
“If an admissions officer uses a shortcut of hard work that re-veals the application explicitly, then you can be in danger of re-ducing diversity,” Griffin said.
He also said the National As-sociation for College Admis-sion Counseling concluded standardized tests have a pre-dictive ability for freshmen’s
college success.“For the application pro-
cess, we consider the high school record, course grades and the difficulty of the class and the GPA,” Griffin said.
Griffin said the University does not have a plan to move to test-optional admission.
“As long as they are part of an overall assessment that includes many other factors then it is perfectly fine to consider SATs,” Griffin said.
been included in a package with Talley. All information regarding the project is acces-sible at the Rally4Talley Web site.”
Student Body President Jim Ceresnak also expressed the need for students to be informed, but admitted that he did not have many details on costs.
“[Student Government] worked hard to fight the fee down to $83, and a small amount of that will be go-ing to the Atrium,” Ceresnak said. “I don’t know exacts about pricing, and we don’t have an itemization on the project.”
Lait had an estimate based on the project’s total cost.
“The Atrium project is es-
timated to cost about $4 mil-lion,” Lait said. “I would guess that the cost to each student will be about four to six dol-lars.”
The Rally4Talley Web site presents the costs over the es-timated five years of the Talley project. The cost to each stu-dent for the Atrium renova-tions, set to be complete by the 2010-11 school year, is listed as twenty-three cents per day over 365 days, or $83.95 per student.
The referendum to fund the Talley project this year propos-es a fee increase of $83.
Some students expressed opposition to the referendum and anger at the manner in which Rally4Talley was being conducted in light of this in-formation.
Abigail Brannon, sophomore in fashion and textile manage-ment, said she felt the cam-paign was deceptive.
“It’s ridiculous that they’re advertising for money for Tal-ley but it’s all actually going to the Atrium. If Talley isn’t done by the time I graduate, I don’t want to pay for any of it.”
According to Lait, the Atrium is in urgent need of significant improvements and must be renovated soon.
“We are unsure of what will happen to the project if the student body votes against the referendum,” Lait said. “The Atrium will need to be done regardless of the result of the referendum.”
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Who Can apply?All first-year students with a minimum gPa of 3.25 are eligible to apply.
hoW do i apply?Students interested in applying should attend one of the information sessions that will be held throughout the month of october. a complete listing of dates and times is available at www.ncsu.edu/fellows.
Applications are due by January 20th, 2010.
Source: ncSu.edu/fellowS
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and even carpet. Both polyes-ter and plastic are petroleum-based, so thread can be made from a plastic bottle, Dennings said.
“There’s just a huge need,” she said. “Even if we recycle
every bottle in North Carolina, we would not give them all the plastic they need.”
Recycling can also combat the recession, according to Bunch.
“It’s better for the economy to put those [bottles] back in the economy and create jobs,” she said.
According to Dennings, the freeze on the Brickyard aims to
work with the Bottle Ban to do just that.
“I hope students will re-cycle more plastic bottles,” she said. “If that requires that they bypass a trash can to re-cycle it, I hope they do it.”
sat By the nUmBers108 Years since
College Board’s first test was administered
973 Number of students who took first test in 1901
315 Number of questions on original SAT, administered in 1926
90 Number of minutes students were alloted for the 1926 test
Source: reSearch report no. 2002-7: a hiStorical perSpective
on the Sat: 1926-2001
If robots do not kill me before I reach the hal-cyon nostalgia of old
age, I will always remember 2009 as the year mechanical
anonymity suppressed the essence of human-ity at N.C. State.
Perhaps it was the ear-lier election of a Termi-nator unit as the head of a state economy
that represents 13 percent of the nation’s total gross domestic product that truly heralded the revolution to come.
Or maybe I should have guessed from the droves of people across the nation willing to wait countless hours in lines to be one of the first to own a new cell phone.
Forgive me for my dis-tractions, but I was not fully cognizant of the eventual machine take-over until I experienced WebAssign at NCSU.
A message from the login screen for WebAssign:
“A Message to Faculty and Students : WebAs-sign has been experiencing high user traffic resulting in sluggish performance Sun-day through Thursday from
9 p.m. EST to 11 p.m. EST. At all other times of the week, the system performs efficiently. We are currently working to resolve the issue. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience as we work to deliver the quality experience you deserve.”
Hmmm … let me get this straight. WebAssign, a service students are required to pay for in addition to their textbook expenses, cannot handle the “user traffic” at certain times (often not limited to the times listed in their message) and therefore results in “sluggish performance” (or a complete inability to log in). Did those contributing to WebAssign’s “high user traffic” not pay for access to their system? Should they not be guaranteed unin-terrupted service in return for their payment? How many stu-dents, I wonder, have been un-able to complete assignments or even submit assignments as a result of WebAssign’s inad-equacy?
And what of the professors? Are they sensitive to the inad-equacies of WebAssign, or is it of little concern to them as WebAssign has eliminated the need for professors or TAs to actually grade student work? Leave it to the machine. The answer is not a simple one, but one that must be evaluated on a professor-to-professor basis.
Some may respond that as WebAssign experiences “slug-gish” performance at certain
times, it is the students’ responsibility to complete their WebAssign work at non-peak hours (because we all know that students have nothing to do but wait for non-peak hours during which they can submit their WebAssign work), while others are doing their best to make up for a system that has failed their students. Students have jobs, fami-lies to support, disabilities or any number of priorities that demand their attention during “non-peak” hours — is it really fair to demand them to manage their We-bAssign workload hours or days before it is due?
So, to the WebAssign Team, don’t apologize to the students for the “inconve-nience” of your inadequate system –- apologize to them for the negative impact your inadequacy has had on the students’ GPAs. And to the professors unwilling to work around the current WebAssign snafu, shame on you — you are here for the students, not the other way around.
Send your thoughts on WebAssign to [email protected].
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{ }Our view
With parking as crowded as it is, even a small step helps.
And the University’s new car-pool program for students is definitely a step in the right di-rection.
It’s not perfect and certainly is not the magical cure for all the parking problems on cam-pus, but students can get some money back by trading their permits for a carpool permit. They can help the environ-ment and ease congestion on campus. And if students can-not carpool in the spring se-mester, they can easily get the pass they originally had back.
According to David Gregory, parking services manager, 38
students have applied for the carpool program, with 19 car-pool permits assigned. If stu-dents can find friends to car-pool with, then they should definitely apply for the passes. This will help ease congestion on campus and reduce pol-lution, while also freeing up some extra spending money. And if push comes to shove, maybe you can make a new friend by carpooling with the person in the apartment a few doors down.
But again, this is not the so-lution to the bigger problems with congestion and parking
on campus. Transportation is constantly looking at various studies regarding peak traffic, parking options and rezon-ing permits, but they can only come up with a certain num-ber of ideas and possibilities. As Gregory said, student in-put is important and consid-ered, particularly when it gives Transportation officials a fresh outlook on the parking situa-tion on campus.
The carpool initiative is the result of Transportation col-laborating with Student Gov-ernment to adapt the employ-ee carpool system for students.
There is plenty of opportunity to change the system, and if students are upset with the parking situation, on-campus congestion or any other trans-portation-related issues, then they need to tackle these prob-lems and start giving Trans-portation officials things to work on.
If students can and are will-ing to do so, use the carpool program, but keep pushing for the parking reforms that are needed. You waste enough gas when you are stuck in traffic — there is no need to add any hot air with pointless complaining.
The unsigned editorial is the opinion of the members of Technician’s editorial board excluding the news department and is the responsibility
of the Editor-in-Chief.
Carpool’s a good start, parking still needs improvementThe FacTs: University Transportation and Student Government have started a new program for students that allows them to trade permits in to get shared carpool permits.
Our OpiniOn:The carpool program is a good first step for improving parking on campus, but students need to give more feedback and come up with creative solutions to ease on-campus congestion.
BY MARA KURTZ
Would you consider signing up for the
University’s carpool program? Why or why
not?
{ }in yOur wOrds
“Yes, sure. It would be a great way for a group of friends to get together and save some money.”
Alex Durhamfreshman, First Year College
“I wouldn’t do it because we have such a great bus system. Whenever I have friends from other universities come here to visit, they always talk about how great N.C. State’s bus system is.
Patricia Riadjunior, biological sciences
here’s to “insuring” health care covers all the important costs.
Mack Garrison, senior in art and design
Celebrity gone wrongHollywood, in all its
pomp and circum-stance, has irrever-
ently come to the defense of Roman Polanski this week
after his arrest and impend-ing extradition proceedings.
The famous f i lm maker, who plead-ed guilty to the rape of a 13-year-old girl in 1977, f led from his
sentencing more than 30 years ago because its prospects didn’t seem promising.
Society has taken a solemn turn in the wrong direction if it begins to accept and condone criminal behavior because of celebrity. For one person, let alone dozens of Hollywood’s role models, to say Polanski’s flight was justified or morally acceptable is disgusting; he took unfath-omable lib-erties with a child.
T he on ly reason Polan-ski is receiv-ing any sym-pathy is due to the tragic death of his pregnant wife — Sha-ron Tate, in 1968 at the hands of Charles Manson’s followers — and his famous filmmak-ing. An average Joe would be out-of-luck.
“Chinatown,” “Rosemary’s Baby” and “The Pianist” are three of the greatest films ever made, and Polanski’s cinematic skill and artistic vision is truly unparalleled.
That shouldn’t come into a criminal discussion, though.
The intent of the law is to serve all people in a balanced and blind manner. The law might not always make good on its promise, but Polanski’s treatment was definitely fair and equitable. He made the decision to spit in the face of American justice and must face the consequences. Despite the time passed since the crime and the victim’s “forgiveness” of Polanski, the facts remain. He was convicted of “unlawful sexual intercourse with a mi-nor” and has been on the run ever since.
Extradition to a California jail should be the first step in Polanski’s payment of a long-overdue debt to society. Con-tributing to society through
entertainment does not con-stitute rehabilitation or parole. Polanski owes the American public a long visit to a deten-tion center.
Michael Jackson, the king of perversion, successfully stayed out of jail by paying his victims off and exerting his ex-traordinary fame — he never f led because he maintained innocence. Polanski is trying to pull the exact same act, the difference being that Polanski confessed to the crime levied against him and ran from it.
I sympathize with the death of Polanski’s wife and unborn child — it is truly tragic and deserves recognition. But that event doesn’t change his hei-nous crime or the need for reparations.
Woody Allen, Martin Scorse-se, Tilda Swinton, David Lynch and the more than 100 other f ilm-industry personalities who have lent their support to Polanski clearly need mental
evaluation, as no sane person could possibly be s o out- of-touch as to support the acts of a child molester who drugged a nd r ap e d an innocent 13-year-old.
Hollywood’s canonization of Michael Jackson after his death was disgusting; its support of Roman Polanski almost tops it.
The French government, which recently distanced its public support from Polanski, was correct when it released a statement saying Polanski “is neither above nor beneath the law.”
I’m happy Polanski is facing extradition for his crimes — it sends the ethical message that renown is not above the law.
James Oblinger was not above the lies he told; Mary Easley did not escape the corruption sur-rounding her hiring and sub-sequent pay raise; Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick’s fame didn’t save him from the sentence he received for dog fighting.
Roman Polanski hasn’t had the easiest life, but that doesn’t mean he shouldn’t pay for his crimes. Welcome back to the U.S., Roman — hope you in enjoy your stay!
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What’s eating America?
North Carolina State University was founded as an agricultural institution in 1887, something that has re-mained a cornerstone and a vital academic department for the University; however, since that founding year many things have changed within the world — this is obvious.
What isn’t obvious is how the things we eat affect our Nation’s health and how the things we eat are affected by the farmers who grow them.
The latter has a direct consequence to agricultural students because what they learn in school now will ei-ther change some of the problems that America faces or continue shaping the food industry and public with
what’s already in play.For example, cases of eating disorders, type 2 diabe-
tes and childhood obesity are ever increasing and seem to point toward something larger that is happening in America, and judging by the results on people’s health, it isn’t good.
Why are these things happening? Why are carrots more expensive than chocolate? Why have their been unprec-edented outbreaks of E coli, some with fatalities, from such cases caused by spinach?
This month Technician will feature a weekly series fo-cusing on America’s food industry, exploring topics that may hold answers to these questions.
Week 1:
Corn Nation. A look at how corn is in everything, from the golden twinkie to the cheeseburgers ordered at Cook-Out. Corn is also something that is sold below it’s production cost putting other farmers in the world out of a job as they can’t keep up with America’s subsidized corn prices. In total, corn is a crop that should be looked at and scrutinized in its use.
Week 2:
Meat, it’s whats for dinner, and lunch and breakfast. This will be on how much meat people consume and how farmers are pushed to make hard decisions in keeping up with demand. This article will also look at how the high demand affects animal life and health.
Week 3:
Organics; are they as holy as promoted? Is buying organic better than buying commercially grown foods? When considering what the product is and how far away it came from, the answer may be surprising.
Week 4:
Trick or treat? What to do with so many voices and opinions on health. Daily, students are flooded with ideas and points-of-view on how to eat, live and participate in society. How does a student deal with that, and based on previous articles, what can be gleaned?
nanobytesE.P.A Moves to Curtail Greenhouse Gas EmissionsThe Environmental Protection Agency plan, long anticipated and highly controversial, would regulate emissions from thousands of power plants and large industrial facilities.
Alternative Energy Projects Stumble on a Need for WaterMany plans to meet the nation’s demand for power with renewable energy could consume billions of gallons of water every year.
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During the late morning and early afternoon, the Atrium is flooded with students getting late breakfasts and early lunch-es in between their classes. “So far I eat here every other day for breakfast and lunch,” says Joseph Taylor, a freshman in meteorology. Tables and the surrounding walls are full of students eating their meals and studying, forcing many to stand or walk and eat.
Elin Arnaudin, a senior in soil science, tries to decide what fish to buy at the Farmer’s Market Wednesday. “I got some trigger fish,” Arnaudin says. “I’ve never tried it and I like snapper and I like grouper, and the guys says it is somewhere in between.” Arnaudin usually comes to the Farmer’s Market every week when she remem-bers. The Seafood from Southport stand at the Farmer’s Market offers a wide selection of fresh fish caught on the North Carolina Coast to stu-dents every Wednesday. Many students are ex-cited about having the
opportunity to purchase the fish on campus.
Jacquelyn Mann, a senior in industrial engineering, hand a chocolate chip cookie to Adam Her-man, a junior in industrial engineering Wednesday. Mann is apart of the Institute for Industrial Engineers, who hosted a bake sale at the Farmer’s Market. The IIE members sold organic peanut butter fudge, cookies and muffins, as well as candy, ice pops, and IIE shirts. “We are just fundrais-ing for the IIE. We are going on a lot of trips, so we have to to supplement what we get from Stu-dent Government,” Mann commented.
Watermelon is some of the most popular produce that Wise Farms sells. They usually sell out with each slice only costing $1. Students grab a slice in between classes or to supplement their breakfasts and lunches.
Students enjoy the farmers market, a weekly even held in the Brickyard on Wednesday. The farmers market is an addition to the University as of this year. There, students can find fresh fruits
and vegetables, which are good for many reasons such as the money it gives back to local farmers and growers. The farmers market also gives students access to fresh food providing an alternative outlet to other traditional means of getting food on campus like the C-Stores or Atrium. Watermelon slices are a popular item as well as milk and baked goods.
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she would come in to the office just to sit and talk to me. She always had words of encouragement.”
That encouragement that Yow always of-fered to Stubbs has taken form as words of wisdom that she keeps close to her heart. Before Yow’s passing, she gave Stubbs a card. In it, her last words read: “What is delayed is not denied.”
The card is still on Stubb’s desk and serves as a reminder of the task at hand.
“I have to keep preserving and fighting to make N.C. State volleyball better,” Stubbs said. “[Yow] knew that it is a hard road
ahead for us.”The team will be hard at work doing just
that this weekend, when they will be in search of their first ACC win of the year.
“It’s going to be nice to come in front of our crowd against these two teams,” Stubbs said. “They’re always a factor in our games, and always loud.”
Two of the team’s three conference wins last season came against Maryland and Boston College – both of which were played in Reynolds on the same weekend. The Pack enters the weekend at 7-10 and 0-2 in the ACC. Boston College holds the series record 6-2 over the Pack. The team is 18-39 in all-time play against Maryland.
The team has been preparing to main-tain the quickness and competitive level
of athleticism that opponents bring to the table during ACC play.
“In practice, we have been trying to increase intensity of the practice itself to make everything be like an urgent situation,” Stubbs said. “Things will be moving quickly and be fast-paced.”
Kretchman said a key factor to win-ning this weekend is to bring a strong effort from the first serve to the last.
“We’ve talked a lot about coming out strong from the beginning. Sometimes we’ll get into the game, but it’s just a lit-tle bit too late,” Kretchman said. “When we’re down and trying to catch up, it’s already difficult.”
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change lives for the worst. But that’s about all one can say in defense of these rules.
Preventing defensive play-ers from driving a quarter-back into the ground makes slightly more sense than telling corners to make sure receivers have made a clean catch before attempting to break up a pass. The best example of the idiocy of the rule prohibiting driving quar-terbacks into the ground came in the Ne w York Giants loss to the Ten-nessee Ti-tans back in December 2006. Giant defensive end, Mathias Kiwanuka, wrapped up Titan quarter-back Vince Young on fourth down and 10 with three min-utes left. The game was over if Kiwanuka drove him into the ground, but, fearing a penal-ty, he chose not to. Young got away, ran for a first down, and his Titans proceeded to drive down the field for a game-win-ning touchdown, all because a defender’s fear of a penalty stopped him from complet-ing the play. But don’t take my word for it. “At that point, I thought it was going to be a 15-yard penalty for roughing
the passer if I threw him to the ground,” Kiwanuka said later. Enough said.
Illegalizing any hit either be-low the knees or above the neck also means defenders need to slow down enough to make sure they hit quarterbacks in either the upper legs or middle torso.
The rules governing what is and is not acceptable for de-fenders to do to quarterbacks are not only absurd, they are, as this past weekend showed, still somewhat futile. This
past week-end, Tebow dropped back to pass and was dri l led by Kentucky defensive end Taylor Wynd-ham. Wynd-h a m ’s h i t was vicious, but c le a n , and caused a n a m b u -lance to have to cart the
quarterback off the field. The lesson we can learn from this hit is that no matter how many ridiculous rules football puts in place to protect them, quar-terbacks, like anyone playing a sport predicated on collisions, will be in danger. The nature of the sport puts the health of everyone who chooses to play it past junior varsity in jeopardy, and as we saw with Tebow’s in-jury, no amount of rules will remove injuries from such a violent game.
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Chris sanChez/TeChniCian arChive phoToJunior setter Alex Smith leaps for the ball during last year’s Dig Pink event held on Oct. 14, 2008 game against UNC. The Pack lost 3-1.
Sammy’S Tap and Grill: 2235 Avent Ferry Road
Located in the heart of campus living, Sammy’s Tap and Grill specifically caters to students. A clear favorite of State students past and present, Sammy’s provides all the essentials needed to cheer on the Wolfpack: the game, your friends, cold draft beer and deliciously unhealthy food. Easily known as the best place to watch the Pack, it’s important to get there early to ensure you get a table. Tardiness will not inhibit your viewing pleasure; Sammy’s has four satellites and over 25 televisions with indoor and outdoor seating. Just don’t show up wearing anything but your favorite State attire.
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Defense leads nationIn football, N.C. State leads the nation this week in total defense, only allowing only 201.25 yards per game. The Pack defense has only given away 59 points in the first four games. Redshirt senior linebacker Ray Michel leads the defense with 30 total tackles.
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aThleTic Schedule
Todaywomen’s socceR vs. clemson* Dail Soccer Field, 7 p.m.
Fridaymen’s socceR vs. boston college*Dail Soccer Field, 7 p.m.
men’s tennin in All-AmeRicAn chAmpionship Tulsa, Okla., all day
Saturdaymen’s tennis in All- AmeRicAn chAmpionship Tulsa, Okla., all day
women’s tennis in itA All- AmeRicAnPacific Palisades, Calif., all day
FootbAll@wAke FoRest*Winston-Salem, N.C., 3:30 p.m.
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Saturday marks the first away football game and conference game of the season. Since not all students can take the hike to Winston-Salem or watch the game on ESPNU, N.C. State fans must find another way to watch the game and cheer on the Pack. In
preparation for the big game, here are some of Raleigh’s best hot sports to watch the Pack take on the Demon Deacons.
Away from home, close at heart Why aren’t QBs fair game?
Maybe I’m just insen-sitive to their needs, but new rules are
making quarterbacks become more and more off-limits to the type of hits that help make
fo ot b a l l a s popular as it is, and I don’t understand it. The point of this is not to call all quar-terbacks prin-cesses. Watch-i ng enoug h fo ot ba l l to appreciate the
ludicrous nature of these rules also exposes us to plenty of exceptions to the stereotype of pretty boy quarterbacks. Play-ers like Russell Wilson risk their health weaving through defenses, Tim Tebow plows through middle lineback-ers like they’re not there and plenty of other quarterbacks make sure fans know they do indeed have the toughness the rules would indicate they lack.
But anyone who watches football regularly can also probably attest to the mad-dening abundance of 15-yard penalties assessed for hits on quarterbacks. These penalties keep crucial drives alive seem-ingly every weekend because a defensive end fails to come to a complete stop the millisec-ond a quarterback gets rid of the ball. Or a drive-sustaining flag is thrown after an incom-plete pass to penalize a rushing safety for attempting to deflect a pass and inadvertently allow-ing its hand to contact a quar-terback’s helmet. Or a blitzing linebacker buries his shoulder in a quarterback’s chin, gets up to celebrate a big play, and sees a yellow flag punishing him for a hit that would be considered textbook if delivered to any other player.
Not only do these rules in-furiate fans like me, who, right or wrong, swear quarterbacks are playing the same game as everyone else on the field, they are unbelievably unfair to defensive players. Making matters worse, the rules seem to be trying to make it safe for 150 pound runts to play the position. Meanwhile, the quarterback position is becom-ing more and more populated with quarterbacks like Ben Ro-ethlisberger who weigh 240 or more pounds and/or are adept runners when they choose to leave the pocket.
The rules, and no, this is not a joke, prohibit the fol-lowing; hits below the knees, helmet-helmet shots, tack-les that involve “picking up a quarterback and driving him into the ground,” hitting the quarterback in the helmet and late hits. Basically, the rules allow defenders to go to any lengths necessary to bring down a quarterback, so long as they come at him half-speed, avoid his upper or lower body and make sure they don’t drive him into the ground (or com-plete the tackle, depending on what you want to call it).
I must admit the banning of helmet-helmet hits makes per-fect sense, as there is no ques-tion these types of hits ruin careers, and in some cases,
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carolina ale houSe: 2240 walnut st. near crossroads
Slightly further away, the Carolina Ale house is known for its food, sports and fun. If bar food isn’t your style, Carolina Ale house has you covered with their extensive menu to satisfy all cravings. The Ale house takes it one step further with its wide selection of ales, recognized as one of the best in the market. Geared towards a slightly older crowd, fans are sure to run into some loyal Wolfpack alumni. The Ale house has two large screens and 46 TVs, so it’s impossible to have a bad seat. Also, Carolina Ale house features pool tables, video games, pinball machines and foosball tables — perfect for time-outs and breaks in play.
Tobacco road SporTS cafe: 222 glenwood Ave.
If you’re looking for something with a little class and sophistication, and distance is not an issue, then Tobacco Road Sports Café is the place to be on game day. The name, Tobacco Road, in fact refers to the most recognized college sports rivalries in the country the ACC. With the first ACC football games of the season Saturday, Tobacco Road is sure to be bustling. While serving high-quality food and wall-to-wall television screens, Tobacco Road is proud to host 99.9 “The Fan” live sports radio.
VillaGe drafT houSe: 428 daniels st. in cameron village, across from noodles & co. and café carolina
With great burgers and sandwiches, the Village Draft house is another great place to catch the game. Village Draft house has a relaxed atmosphere, with 99 beers on tap, a variety of seating options and a large number of flat screen TVs throughout the place. The Draft house isn’t the most popular location, yet with limited tables in the non-smoking section and occasionally slow service, it may be difficult to score a seat. If you do, you’ll be able to enjoy good conversation as you watch the Pack.
eaST VillaGe Grill and bar: 1 dixie trail off hillsborough st.
Coming in at a close second, East Village has a more relaxed down-to-earth atmosphere. With a classic menu, tailgate food and drink specials, friendly prices, and several TVs, East Village is a great place to watch the game. With a smaller space than Sammy’s, it is vital to come early to reserve a seat near a TV if you plan on catching every Wolfpack first down. Seating is available on the deck or tables inside and at the bar.
Volleyball returns home to Dig PinkTeam takes on Maryland, Boston College; hosts Dig Pink event for breast cancer awareness
Lindsey HallSenior Staff Writer
The volleyball team returns home this weekend for the first time in three weeks and will continue to break into conference play. Friday night the Pack takes on ACC foe Maryland and will face Boston College on Saturday night.
Friday night, the team will host its annual Dig Pink event, which raises funds and awareness for breast cancer research, as well as honors the late Kay Yow’s efforts against the disease.
The first 100 fans will receive pink wristbands and the first 500 fans will be given pink pom-poms. Donations will be taken at the door to benefit breast cancer research. Fans may do-
nate $1 to the fund and be entered into a raffle for a variety of prizes, including gift certificates to local restaurants and State paraphernalia.
Senior middle blocker Lisa Kretchman sees the night as a chance to show respect and support for those who are fighting the disease.
“We’re just trying to raise awareness. We want to see a lot of people come out for the cause,” Kretchman said.
Kretchman said she personally knows survivors who are battling breast cancer and it is important to come out and play, or cheer, hard for those people.
Coach Charita Stubbs is ready and will-ing to support the event, particularly to honor Yow.
“It’s definitely a great way to try to show how dedicated she was and she touched so many people in different ways,” Stubbs said. “We support any way that we can honor her life and all that she did.”
Stubbs and her team will be in full display of shades of pink and all fans in attendance are encouraged to do the same.
“Everyone will be wearing pink uni-forms – I’m excited to see that,” Stubbs said.
Yow made her coaching debut at State not in basketball but in volleyball. She was the first coach in the University’s volleyball program from 1975-1976. She coached her teams to a 44-28 record.
Stubbs served alongside Yow as a coach and representative of the Uni-versity since her arrival in 2006 and is grateful for the time she spent with Yow.
“Kay Yow was always very cordial when I saw her and showed an inter-est in how we were doing,” Stubbs said. “You would think that a person of her stature wouldn’t have the time – but
did you know?The first volleyball coach for the Wolfpack was the Kay yow. She coached in 1975-1976 and had a winning record of 44-28.
cominG SoonFriday: a preview of the football team’s game at Wake ForestMonday: coverage of the volleyball team’s dig Pink event
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to show how dedicated
she was and she toched so
many people in different ways.”Charita Stubbs on Dig Pink
and Coach Kay yowvOLLeyBALL
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