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A new campus organization helps raise funds to build a new school in Cambodia to further enhance education.
Kali MalloryStaff Writer
As a reaction to the summer reading Half the Sky by Nicholas Krisoff and Sheryl WuDunn, Br ick s Brea k ing Boundaries has been formed on campus.
The organization aims to enhance education in Cam-bodia by building a primary school to target the problem of gender inequal-ity. According to members of Bricks Breaking Boundar-ies, support from the campus, as well as the community, is needed to make this vision a success.
Kathryn Fraboni, a freshman in en-vironmental technology and member
of Bricks Breaking Boundaries, said the project stemmed from the idea to apply the summer reading to the students’ lives.
“Last year, a few associate deans of the university, Jo-Ann Cohen, asso-ciate dean of the College of Physical and Math Sciences, and Ken Esben-shade, associate dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, came to the Caldwell Fellows with a
vision of making the freshmen reading a more intimate and involved project,” Fraboni said. “The idea was to have a campus wide fund-raiser in support of Greg Mortenson’s Central Asia Insti-tute. In light of the Haiti disaster, we did not want to host a competing charity, so the idea was put
on hold until this year.”According to Fraboni, the economic
Turlington Residence Hall will be hosting a haunted house Saturday night.
Caitlin BarrettStaff Writer
Friday night the Turlington Hall Council will transform the residence hall’s basement into a haunted house, or specifically, “Artiste Asylum.”
This year the haunted house will be different from those of previous years, as it will be a guided tour. Tour guides will take groups through an insane asylum where actors will take pleasure in scaring people as much as they can.
“It is called ‘Artiste Asylum’. It is about the journey through insanity. Everybody interprets it differently. I interpret it as the mind of a deranged artist...but if I said any more it would probably give it away,” said Courtney Jones, a junior in psychology and resi-dent adviser in Turlington Residence Hall.
Jones is one of the many actors who will be performing in Saturday’s haunted house.
Antrone Burke, a member of the council and a sophomore in animal science, and Jones agreed that this year’s theme was collectively their ideas.
“The whole aspect of psychologi-cal warfare, it just calls to me. Alfred
Hitchcock is one of my favorite direc-tors…it is so simple but it hits you, and that is what we aimed to do with this… plus scaring people is fun,” Burke said.
The council has been working all year to create this year’s haunted house. They will begin setup around 5 p.m. on Friday, and they hope to fin-ish around noon on Saturday.
“We’ve been planning it since the beginning of the year. It is a very drawn out process.” Jones said. “Find-ing people to help with setup is the big part.”
Jones said it also takes a lot of time to get things ready. This involves mak-ing sure the theme is perfect, the ac-tors are in costume and know what they are supposed to be doing and running through the performance.
Setup involves transforming the entire basement of Turlington Resi-dence Hall into the creator’s vision, making sure costumes are in order and doing a run through of the tour. The actors are responsible for putting together their makeup and costumes before tours start. Burke said the tour is semi-scripted. The actors are given a general idea of what to say and they have to develop the information they are given.
The Turlington Hall Council pro-vides the money to buy all of the decorations, makeup, costumes, and
A work of art, not for the faint of heart
insidetechnicianResearchers integrate gallium nitride into smart grid technologySee page 5.
New campus organization reaches out to assist the children in Cambodia
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Career expo breaks last year’s attendance record with over 1,400 students attending.
Lana LaytonStaff Writer
The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences broke last year’s career expo record this year, with 1,411 students in attendance, surpassing last year’s attendance by over 1,000 students. 85 different organizations set up camp in the Talley Ballroom to market and dis-cuss experience and job opportunities with interested students of any major.
For 19 years, CALS Career Services has produced their own career expo, bringing interested organizations and hopeful students together.
The director of Career Services for CALS, Marcy Bullock, said she was hoping for a record- breaking year after last year’s large turnout.
“We’re hoping students will come out…it’s a great chance for students to ask employers questions about what they’re looking for…[and] anyone with any major is welcome,” Bullock said.
Before the CALS career fair, stu-dents were encouraged to become knowledgeable about the compa-nies they were interested in talking with. In terms of resumes, students were advised to write a professional summary of what kind of internship they are looking for, and make sure it promoted their individuality and skill sets.
“The latest, greatest thing is to write a professional summary about your-self in three lines. Don’t just say you want an internship…use about three adjectives to describe your skills, showing the company how you would be a useful asset,” Bullock said. “After you meet an employer at the career fair, make sure to follow up with the people you were impressed with.”
For prospective employers, the ca-reer expo served as a wonderful tool to find potential interns and employees from many undergraduate areas.
Sharon Griffin, supervisor of in Cyto genetics at LabCorp, talked
about her organization’s prospects. Although students with a scientific background have more options with LabCorp, other majors are encouraged to look at open positions that may ca-ter to other educational histories.
Grif f in said, “Our facility it-self is more for chemistry, bio-logical sciences, [a nd] a n i ma l sciences… [but] we do have a wide variety of [other] opportunities.”
Tha i X iong, a senior in ag-ricultural busi-ness management, attended the ca-reer expo; although his educational background deals with management, he was still able to talk to many em-ployers about internships.
“The event was very helpful. There are numerous companies here, so the employment opportunities are really great,” said Xiong.
When he saw representatives from
so many organizations, Xiong also said he ended up speaking with companies he had not thought of before, broadening his post gradu-ate horizons.
“I saw the USDA Statistics De-partment and didn’t know what it was a l l about…but now I think it’s very interesting after having a good, long t a l k w i t h them,” Xiong said. “This [was] actually
my first time attending. I should have come last year because it’s re-ally helpful…everyone I have talk-ed to has been very helpful and has tried to guide me along my career pathway.”
Employee Development Manager Stacy Bond recruits students for
CALScareerexpofillsTalleyBallroomwithemployers
“The event was very
helpful. There are
numerous
companies here.”Thai Xion, senior in agricultural
business management
“In light of the
Haiti disaster, we
did not want to
host a competing
charity .”Kathryn Fraboni, member of
Brick Breaking Boundaries
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KEVIN COOK/TECHNICIANSenior wide receiver, Owen Spencer, celebrates with the student section after the N.C. State beat Florida State in the N.C. State – Florida State Football game in Carter Finley Stadium on Thursday. Spencer received for a total of 5 yards helping the Wolfpack to beat the Seminoles 28-24 in a late victory, bringing the Wolfpack’s record to 6-2 (3-1 ACC)
JOANNAH IRVIN/TECHNICIANThai Xiong, a senior in agricultural Business Management, converses with Hudley Godwin of BASF during the CALS Career Expo. “I came to check out all of the career opportunities.” said Xiong. Approximately 1,300 students visited the 85 companies in Talley Ballroom on thurday.
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THROUGH DANIELLE’S LENS
Spooky carvings
Carving out his pumpkin, Matthew Alexander, a freshmen in First Year College, sits outside on Tucker Beach, participating in the pumpkin carving contest that took place Tuesday. “My pumpkin wasn’t able to compete in the contest because it wasn’t regulation size,” Alexander said. The competition was part of a Halloween program the
FYC hall council held for residents to participate in “spooky” activities.
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POLICE BLOTTEROct. 261:43 A.M. | MEDICAL ASSISTWolf Village Units responded to student in need of medical assistance. Transport was refused. 1:52 A.M. | ILLEGALLY PARKED VEHICLEHillsborough Building Lot Due to citizen complaints, vehicle was issued NCSU Transportation Parking Ticket. 10:18 A.M. | LARCENYAdministrative Services I NCSU Department of Transportation reported theft of parking boot from vehicle. Investigation ongoing. 11:05 A.M. | FIRE ALARMKappa Sigma Fire Protection responded to alarm. Cause unknown. Electronics notified.
8:06 A.M. | SPECIAL EVENTReynolds Coliseum Officers reported to monitor Chancellor’s Installation. 11:02 P.M. | SUSPICIOUS PERSONMaiden Lane Report of suspicious persons in the area. Officers checked area but did not locate anyone. 12:13 P.M. | CONCERNED BEHAVIORRed Hat Report of threatening phone call. Call traced to former employee. Subject will be trespassed from NCSU property. Investigation ongoing. 2:14 P.M. | DAMAGE TO PROPERTYJordan Hall Report of damage to stall door in restroom. 3:14 P.M. | ASSISTANCEBagwell Hall Student contacted police with questions concerning child custody issues. Student was referred and transported to
INTERACT of Wake County. 4:05 P.M. | SUSPICIOUS PERSONMcKimmon Center Report of suspicious subject in lobby. Officer spoke with non-student however, before trespass could be issued subject fled on foot. Subject could not be located and file checks showed no record of subject. 4:09 P.M. | MEDICAL ASSISTCarmichael Gym Fire Protections responded to student in need of medical assistance. Student was transported to Student Health Center. 4:09 P.M. | HARASSING PHONE CALLS Western Manor Apartments Student reported receiving harassing phone calls. Investigation ongoing. 5:55 P.M. | MEDICAL ASSISTStudent Health Center Emergency Medical Service units responded to transport student in need of medical assistance.
THIS DAY IN HISTORYIn 1937, Katherine Stinson, personal friend of Amelia Earhart, was the first woman to enroll in mechanical engineering.Source: Historical State
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The Free to Breathe 5K on Saturday, Nov. 6 and the City of Oaks Marathon on Sunday, Nov. 7 will affect bus routes. Free to Breathe 5K race begins at 7:30 a.m., so expect morning impacts through mid-day. City of Oaks Marathon expects 5,000 participants, and will im-pact the NCSU campuses and much of Raleigh. Sections of Main Campus Drive will be closed along with city road closures. Anyone who doesn’t need to be traveling in or through campus may wish to avoid the area until after about 1 p.m. The race is scheduled to start on Main Campus Drive at
the MRC plaza, and then head north out Oval Drive. Visit the event website, http://cityo-foaksmarathon.com/, for more event and route information.
Anyone who needs to ac-cess the Lonnie Poole Golf Course, the Dorothy and Roy Park Alumni Center, the Wil-liam and Ida Friday Institute for Educational Innovation or Centennial Middle School should enter campus off Cen-tennial Parkway and Achieve-ment, but Centennial Parkway will be blocked further north by the City of Raleigh, or off Trailwood Drive. Heavy traffic is expected and several parking areas will be reserved mainly for participants.
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anything else needed to make the set perfect. This year the council also received a dona-tion from a middle school. Stu-dents f rom t he school wi l l be a l-lowed to tour the haunted h o u s e 3 0 minutes be-fore it opens to the public.
Last year 250 people at-tended the at-traction and this year the hall council is hoping to top that, according to the Turlington Hall Council.
Jones thinks that this year will be even better than the last because they have a more
consistent theme and because it is more psychological than last year. “It is more about the startle factor and less about the gore.” she said.
Although portraying ghosts and ghouls from the mind of a deranged artist can be mentally
and physically demanding, the actors said they enjoy ev-ery minute of it.
“ I e n j o y working with everybody…that is the fun part. The set up is abso-lutely hilari-ous. We had a big sleepover
slumber party in the basement afterwards, which was one of the most fun things I think I’ve ever done. The whole ordeal is just awesome. It is one of those
things you don’t forget being a part of,” said Jones.
Dillon Ladenburger, a sopho-more in food science and actor in the attraction, said he can’t wait to “freak some people out” and that it is going to be awe-some.
The haunted house is not for the faint of heart as it is designed to scare students, ac-cording to Ladenburger.
Ladenburger said, “People need to have a light heart, ap-proach it with a fun spirit, and just have fun with it.”
condition of Cambodia enhances the need for such a program.
“Cambodia has one of the lowest per capita incomes in the world; a major drawback associated with their poor economy involves the lack of functional primary and secondary schools. Without schools to educate local villagers and provide future jobs, many villagers send their children else-where in order to find work and support their families,” Fraboni said. “Often times families cannot afford to send multiple children to school, therefore the boys attend school while the girls are sent away from home in search of work.”
LaSonya Harris, a freshman in biochemistry, said the program is beneficial because it promotes education.
“I think it’s good that we’re try-ing to reach out to others and help them because education is impor-tant,” Harris said.
Fraboni said the lack of educa-tion for girls condemns them to the life of sex trafficking. Their in-ability to obtain education leads to this unfortunate plight.
“Many of the girls are given false promises of job opportunities and find themselves forced into pros-titution in foreign areas,” Fraboni said. “Sex trafficking is rampant in third-world countries and many girls are easy to abuse because they are uneducated or desperate for money to support themselves and their families. By providing a school equipped with teachers and learning material, we can educate both males and females at a young age and increase their chances of success. “
Chris Miller, a sophomore in history, said programs like these are always necessary.
“These programs are important because you can never help people enough and there are and will al-ways be people that need help,” Miller said.
Bricks Breaking Boundaries will be partnering with nonprofit orga-nization Assistance for Cambodia in order to raise a minimum of
$13,000 for the school, according to Fraboni.
“One advantage of this organiza-tion is the support for a sustainable relationship with the school. The Assistance for Cambodia orga-nization is very happy to include their supporters in the building process, opening of the school, and continued contact,” Fraboni said.
Harris said our campus should promote these programs in small areas before reaching abroad.
“We should start in small areas around us. Although there are many places abroad that could us our help, there are still areas around us that need funding,” Harris said.
According to Fraboni, funding for the cause will occur through fundraising and campus involve-ment.
“Money will be raised through campus wide fund-raisers and do-nations. Currently we are brain-storming larger campus wide fundraisers in order to raise aware-ness and get students involved in fighting for the cause,” Fraboni said. “Though we are striving to-wards a funding goal, it is impor-
tant to mention that our mission is twofold with our primary goal being to spread awareness about gender inequality. We will be con-tinuously working towards edu-cating NC State and surrounding communities about this impera-tive global issue.”
Miller said it is important for the community to show concern for people through supporting causes like these.
“It is important because anytime you can help out other people that really need some help is crucial in this day and age,” Miller said. “I think that a community that helps others makes that commu-nity strong. It shows that there are people out there that care, which is really important.”
Fraboni said everyone is wel-come to help with this cause.
“We are not restricting our fundraisers to just Bricks Break-ing Boundaries students, but to all NCSU students and anyone in the community willing to partici-pate,” Fraboni said. “We are always looking for new members who are willing to volunteer their time in helping raise money.”
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the family-owned business Murphy Family Ventures. Because the business has many di-visions within its infrastructure, Bond said she furthered the call for students with dif-fering backgrounds and interests.
Bond said there is need for such educational diversity within the business. Different ma-jors are required for different jobs.
“For the golf course, we mainly bring in turf grass or horticulture students. We look for culinary or hotel management students for the restaurant. For the swine division, we look for any kind of agricultural science or animal science,” Bond said.
Bond also talked of the different classifica-tions of students she met, highlighting the growing number of freshman she conversed with who were scoping out the fair to asses information about potential internships.
“I’ve had seniors, juniors, and sophomores, but this year in this career fair I’ve seen more freshmen than I have in years past, [which] is excellent, because even though they may not know what they want to do yet, they’re looking for opportunities,” Bond said.
CALScontinued from page 1
“It is so simple
but it hits you,
and that is what
we aimed to do
with this.”Antrone Burke, member of
Turlington Council
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{ }OUR VIEW
Advising problems finally came to the forefront at the Chancellor’s Liaison
meeting this week. The Uni-versity presented its position on the subject, but the system was found to be inconsistent across departments and many students have already had poor experiences. As part of finding a solution, Student Government has stepped forward and will be devising an advisor evalua-tion for students to assess their advisor’s performance. While it is great the University has entrusted SG with the project, SG needs to keep some things in mind as it moved forward.
It is great SG has taken on this job, however they need to keep up their end of the deal and remain transparent.
Transparency has been a con-sistent issue students have had with SG, so they should take it to the Brickyard with their new campaign can help them inform students and get feed-back. Making themselves avail-able, whether on the Brickyard or through e-mail, will be key.
SG also needs to keep in mind to represent students as a whole, not just their indi-vidual problems. If problems are reoccurring, then certainly they are issues. However, sena-tors and representatives cannot make gross generalization and must find ways to gather quan-titative data themselves.
While the University is in the throngs of the semester and ad-vising is coming to an end, the survey still needs to be done before the end of the semester. Timeliness will aid the evalu-ations’ effectiveness because students’ advising sessions will be fresh in their minds. This will also allow enough time for the administration to col-lect and analyze the data, then develop a plan long before the next period of advising.
SG should also ask students about the University’s core ad-vising website. While the web-site has all the information stu-dents need on it, the University
should be aware of why stu-dents don’t use it and use that data to redevelop the website to be more student friendly.
Advising evaluations will be a step in the right direction for the development of future advising. SG needs to swiftly develop a system and collect data to better represent the voice and experience of the student body. Only by remain-ing transparent and actively seeking students’ input can SG be successful. Not only is their reputation riding on the effec-tiveness of this evaluation, but so is the future of advising.
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.
Advice to SG about advisingTHE FACTS:On Wednesday, the Chancellor’s Liaison meeting outlined students’ concerns about advising. Student Government was charged with developing an advisor evaluation to assess how students feel about their advisor and to gather data to develop a new advising plan.
OUR OPINION:Since advising has been an issue for years, it is great Student Government has stepped up to provide a way for students to evaluate their advisors. While this is great, this also will require SG to reach outside themselves and pursue the student body’s issues.
Overcoming partisanship
It is your responsibility as a citizen in this great democratic society to not
only vote, but be informed when doing so. Straight ticket
vot i ng u n-dermines the election pro-cess though, and can po-tentially keep st rong can-didates from both running a n d b e i n g elected. A great number of the offices up for
election are partisan-based, but there are also a number of offices that are non-partisan.
Like partisan-based elec-tions, it is equally important to be informed about non-partisan candidates. There are offices such as judges and soil and water conservation district supervisors, that are non-par-tisan, but are essential to the county and state. Outside voting areas, pamphlets a nd ot he r informative literature are handed out by party af-filiates which s how w ho they recom-m e nd y ou to vote for. It is important that the individuals who hold these non-partisan offices are elected based on merit and un-derstanding of the issues their specific office entails, and not solely on who your affiliated party supports.
In fact, one member of the Wolfpack community is run-ning for soil and water con-servation district supervisor. Jennifer Austin Wadsworth is a senior double majoring in political science and women and gender studies. I have in-teracted with her over the past three years here at N.C. State. If you know Wadsworth or have been around her for more than five minutes, it is apparent she is a strong, motivated and pas-sionate individual. She knows the issues that are pressing natural resource issues in Wake County, and is willing to take on these challenges even with the issues in budget cuts and state funding.
An issue that I have with most candidates is whether or not they seek positions for
power or if they actually care about the issues. From talk-ing with her, it is obvious that she is motivated for the right reasons. Many of us struggle to balance our lives with the college lifestyle. She is able to double major and excel in her school work, while still be-ing involved in her campaign and focusing on the issues surrounding the office she is running for. College brings enough stress as it is, but the sacrifices she has made and the motivation she has to make Wake County the best it can be says a lot about her character and mission. It is rare to find someone who truly cares this much about their duty and is willing to make sacrifices for their cause.
It would be a shame for a candidate like Wadsworth to be overlooked because vot-ers are not informed or don’t vote because it is not a parti-san office. It is not difficult to
be informed. Sample bal-l o t s a r e available for download-ing at the State Board of Elections website be-fore the elec-tion so voters know who is on the bal-
lot beforehand. Information about candidates can be found easily, and it only takes a few minutes to at least read their candidate statements.
The most important thing to keep in mind when voting during the election is to vote for the candidate based their merit and not a political affili-ation. Sometimes party affili-ation may lead you astray, and may not be relevant to the can-didate’s office. It is irrespon-sible to ignore non-partisan ballots because they also play a vital role in assuring the well-being of your county and state.
Send Chad your thoughts on partisanship to [email protected].
“It is equally
important to be
informed about
non-partisan
candidates.”
Chad RhoadesSenior Staff Columnist
The freaks come out at night! Happy Wolfpack Halloween!Mark McLawhorn, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
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Official Response
I’m writing in response to the Oct. 28 Campus Forum letter from Jeff Davidson regarding the Wolfpack men’s soccer team. Every N.C. State soccer match is officiated by four referees who are assigned by the Atlantic Coast Conference. These same officials also work other conference games and are charged with enforcing the rules and guidelines set by the NCAA for both participating teams. When there are infractions of these rules during the course of a match, these officials step in and make the appropriate call.
Chris KingstonNC State Senior Associate Athletic Director
EDITOR’S NOTELetters to the editor are the individual opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Technician staff or N.C. State University. All writers must include their full names and, if applicable, their affiliations, including years and majors for students and professional titles for University employees. For verification purposes, the writers must also include their phone numbers, which will not be published.
BY AYANNA SEALS
How has your experience with academic advising
been?
{ }IN YOUR WORDS
“It’s pretty easy to find your adviser and get in touch with them. They make things less stressful. I dropped a class and they gave me a lot of options.”
Kyle Daubenspeckfreshman, computer science
“It’s been great. It helped me finalize my classes for next semester and work towards my graduation requirements.”
Jane Debbagefreshman, management
“It’s fine, I only see my adviser to schedule classes. But if I ever wanted to talk to her for other academic things, I think she would be open to it.”
Maggie Hustead sophomore, history
“My experience has been really great. The two advisers that I’ve had have been really helpful with listing to what I want to do and recommending how to achieve that.”
Alyssa D’Avanzosophomore, art & design
“My experience is average. I’ve heard of advisers that are horrible and some that are really good. I appreciate mine because she tells me what classes to take and when it’s a good time to take them. I think it’s a good system.”
Martha Komesophomore, biological sciences
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Researchers integrate gallium nitride into smart grid technology
I credit my love of elections to the fact that they frequently coincide with my birthday. The clanking of vot-
ing booths was as familiar as the tearing of wrapping paper. With the day off of
school, I would sleep in late and stay up all night for the rapid-fire results shows. As a kid, it seemed like all of America was
putting on a big show just for me.Despite this, I grew up with a gloomy
view of Election Day.Before I developed as a scientist and
learned that correlation does not equal causality, I just assumed that it always rained on Election Day. It was a comfort-able and predictable part of my childhood mythology. After asking around, some of my friends felt the same way.
I struggled with how I would justify this topic, although I knew it meant something to me. “I want to explain why it always rains on Election Day,” I said. “I could find out whether Republicans or Demo-crats are more rain-averse.” I didn’t have as much luck solving the latter question.
Surprisingly, it’s en-tirely a coincidence. But coincidences can still im-pact the outcomes.
Much like the nation’s polit ica l preferences, Election Day weather conditions are split right down the middle.
The past 62 years in-clude 31 midterm or pres-idential elections. Only 13 – slightly less than half – had measurable rain in Raleigh. Including foggy and drizzly days bumps that number closer to 50%.
If your memory doesn’t go past the 1990s, you could be forgiven for associat-
ing elections with umbrellas. Of the nine most recent major Election Days, seven were rainy here in Raleigh. That’s 78 per-cent! In some cities like Charlotte, that figure increases to 8 of 9.
But don’t lay down any money in Vegas – the long-term average indicates that this rainy streak is just a f luke. For example, someone growing up in the 1950s or 1960s would remem-ber 10 out of 11 Election Days being cold, clear and dry.
The names on the bal-lot are normally a more
important factor than the weather condi-tions. In close races, however, lower turn-out can tip the balance. Older voters and those without vehicles may be more wary of heading out in heavy rain.
The climatic averages provide some addi-
tional context. According to the Southeast Regional Climate Center, Raleigh’s average highs should be in the mid-60s during the first week of November, with morning lows in the lower-40s. Greensboro and Char-lotte boast similar numbers, with Wilm-ington about five degrees warmer. Ashe-ville runs five degrees cooler.
The mild averages are hiding extremes. Since World War II, Raleigh’s warmest Election Day was a sunny and stifling 81 degrees on November 2, 2004. On the other hand, voters braved arctic 23 degree air on the morning of November 8, 1960 to elect John F. Kennedy, Governor Terry Sanford and Senator B. Everett Jordan.
An early look at the forecast for Tuesday indicates a chance for showers again this year. If you don’t want to stand in line to vote with raingear, remember that early voting continues through Saturday.
Fair elections can mean foul weather
John BoyerWeather Columnist
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Professor Jay Narayan received a grant from the National Science Foundation to research gallium nitride as a material for electric grids.
Mark HerringStaff Writer
Despite the recent efforts for en-ergy independence, modern energy needs are growing steadily. Viable options moving forward are reduced consumption and and more efficient means of delivering energy. In light of this, the University has taken a leading role in researching how to balance an increased energy demand with a more efficient means of delivery through so-called “smart” grids.
The smart grid is a recent devel-opment in electrical engineering, which increases current distribution efficiency compared to traditional electric grids. However, with new technology comes the need for new material. Jay Narayan, John C. Fan Distinguished Chair Professor of Ma-terial Science Engineering, has led a team of researchers for the past decade to into the process of developing a way to “integrate” gallium nitride (GaN) onto silicon chips for the use of smart grids and other technologies. GaN is a substance that can handle high voltage and current.
“This is an exciting material, which is needed for these high power devices directly,” Narayan said. “So you can make these smart grids, which are electric grids married with a computer chip. So you can transmit power more efficiently. If there is trouble, you can sense and manipu-late it, since it is on a chip. The smart-ness means there is something you can sense, manipulate, and respond.”
Smart grids are remarkable for be-ing able to detect levels of demand for generated cur-rent and adjust distribution accord-ingly, according to Narayan.
“For example, suppose parts of the region are not using or expending much energy. This grid will auto-matically divert energy to places where it’s needed the most,” Narayan said. “This is extremely valuable to sources of energy that can’t be stored well, like solar. If you have a solar farm, you can’t store that energy for very long. Batteries have limited capacity. So in a smart grid, this energy can be used at the point of generation—immedi-ately.”
Although storage capacity is limited, there is a large response on the indus-try’s side to confront the problem. ABB, a multinational power technol-
ogy company, has been looking into ways to improve storage technology. Despite being the leading company in the world for power technology, ABB has set up an outpost on Centennial Campus to research and enhance the present grid.
“You need the storage in order to charge up batteries when you can pro-duce the energy, so you can use the stored energy when it’s not sunny, if you’re using solar energy as an exam-ple,” Le Tang, the Vice President and Head of the U.S. Corporate Research Center for ABB, said. “We are work-ing on the interface of the renewable sources with the power grid. They don’t naturally go together.”
Narayan’s goal is to be able to apply his new discoveries to the industry, especially for the “smart grid.” He has been working closely with tech-nology companies like ABB, CREE, and Kopin Corporation to develop the connections necessary to make an impact with his new discoveries. Nevertheless, Narayan’s focus is not limited to smart grids. He is first and foremost a materials scientist, so his main concern was to figure out a way to “marry” GaN to silicon.
Narayan employed the help of for-mer PhD student and now current assistant professor of materials engi-neering Tom Rawdanowicz to prog-ress the research process back in 2000.
“Narayan is a visionary and when he sees his students working on some-thing, he has a knack to see something much farther down the road more of-ten than the student does,” Rawdano-wicz said.
Their research consisted of achiev-ing a “marriage” of GaN on silicon similar to prior existing integra-tions of GaN on sapphire chips.
“Right now, for GaN, they are using sapphire in two-inch and three-inch wa-fers ,” Narayan said. “If you could increase that to
twelve inches, on silicon, that would be like an increase in a factor of 14. More efficient basically.”
Moreover, not only is integrate-GaN on silicon more energy efficient, it is as cheap as dirt, or sand rather.
“Silicon is just sand,” Narayan laughed. “The manufacturing prices are a fraction of that of sapphire.” However, GaN does not exist in a vacuum.
“It’s interesting working in the field with real world applications, especial-ly with GaN,” Rawdanowicz said.
Besides its use in smart grids, GaN can be used in various sorts of elec-tronics, including LED lighting and high frequency communications for the military.
“The power savings, especially with regards to the environment, can save this country,” Rawdanowicz said. LED lights that use this technology require less energy, last longer, and are brighter, according to Rawdanowicz.
The potential for savings is so great that the government has invested a plethora of resources into the re-search. Narayan has received much of his funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF), which has been an important contributor to smart grid research. The NSF poured an addi-tional $18.5 million into the FREEDM Center on Centennial Campus, which is the center for the university’s smart grid research.
Moreover, Narayan stressed the im-portance of this new technology to the nation’s economy.
“This is also an issue of money,” Na-rayan said. “This building here was built and maintained by the taxpayers of North Carolina. They need to see the benefits.”
Many businesses have already ex-pressed interest in utilizing GaN to various electronic needs. However, the GaN discoveries have been slow to catch on to the corporate sector, due to its novelty as well as a healthy dose of skepticism on the industry’s part.
“ABB is very involved with the re-search and development of the smart grid, but the use for Narayan’s new invention, we don’t know yet,” Tang said. “What I understood from him is that this is a new possibility to produce a relatively high performance sensor combination with computing power. However, we didn’t get beyond that level, so we probably need to discuss more how this can be used in the smart grid.”
Before Narayan could even consider marketing integrate-GaN to the power tech industry, he had to pass through the arduous process of acquiring a patent.
“The Internet has completely changed the landscape of the indus-try,” Narayan said. “As soon as you put out any knowledge, it’s all over the world.”
Nevertheless, GaN and its applica-tions were not easy to sell. Since the completion of the majority of the re-search in 2005, Narayan fought con-sistently in the face of rejection for the patent he just earned.
“Some things can be so ahead of themselves that they are perhaps ahead of the people that review them,” Rawdanowicz said. “He wanted to in-form the reviewers that it really mer-ited the patent. It had been so long I actually had doubts about the patent.
It takes a lot of tenacity. He has that gift and I have to hand it to him.”
In addition to the patent for GaN, Narayan recently won the 2011 Acta Materialia Inc. Gold Medal Award for his research in the field.
Despite these exciting new devel-opments regarding GaN and smart grids, there is a lot of work ahead in the future.
“This will not transform overnight,” Tang remarked.
However, the future of the smart grid and its components not only de-pends on experts doing their research but also on getting students integrated into the workforce.
“It’s important that the students have curiosity about this field. We’re trying to build more relations with N.C. State,” Tang said.
“This is an exciting
material, which is
needed for these
high-power devices
directly.”Jay Narayan, professor of material
science and engineering
ALEX NITT/TECHNICIANThe new semiconducter material is specially developed for the translator. “The new material allows for transistors to be used at higher voltages and can be used to increase the efficiency of power grids,” Narayan said.
ALEX NITT/TECHNICIANA pioneer of the new semiconducter used in the Smart Grid Technology, Tom Rawdanowicz, a materials and science professor, demonstrates the use of an electron microscope on Thursday.
“Of the nine most
recent major
Election days,
seven were rainy
here in Raleigh.”
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Cloud-making atmosphere in BrazilUniversity researchers studied the effects of aerosol particles on the formation of clouds in the Brazilian Amazon, an area free from human pollution.
Mark HerringStaff Writer
Thevitalityoftherainforeststoproducing oxygen, their tremen-dousbiodiversityandtheirabilitytostorecarbonarewidelydiscussedtopicsthatleavelittledoubtabouttheimportanceofrainforestsintheEarth’s environment. Despite theplethoraofinformationaboutthisvitalbiome,smalldiscoveriescanstillprovidenewinsightsandclarifypre-existinginformation.Recently,Universityresearch-ers applied theirunique f indingsfromtherainforesttogroundbreakingatmospheric re-search.
Markus PetterswasnotanexpertofrainforestswhenhetraveledtotheBra-zilianAmazontwoyearsagotoconductfieldresearchintheareaofatmosphericsciences.Aspartofamultinational research team,Petters,assistantprofessorofmarine,earthandatmosphericsciences,setouttostudytheeffectsofaerosolpar-ticlestotheformationofclouds.TheAmazonrainforestoffereda“pristineenvironment”tostudytheeffectsofcloudcondensingnuclei(CCN)ontheformationofcloudsanditseffectonprecipitation.
AerosolsinthissensedonotrefertoCFCsorthepropellantgasesofspraycans,accordingtoKatieCosta,asecondyearmastersstudentinma-rine,earthandatmosphericsciences.
“Sobasically,aerosolsarelikedust
particlesthatserveassomethingthatwatervaporcancondenseontowhichwillformclouds,”Costasaid.“Inthissense,werefertotheseaerosolsasCCN.”
Nearly any small particle sus-pendedintheatmospherecanactasCCN,includingpollen,dust,seasprayandpollutionreleasedintotheair,accordingtoPetters.
“WewenttoBraziltofindaplaceunaffectedbyanthropogenic(hu-maninfluenced)pollution,likecarexhaustorindustrialpollutionfromsmokestacks,suchassulfuremis-sion,becausealloftheseparticleshaveaninfluence,”Petterssaid.
ThisresearchintheAmazonservesasacontrolvariablefromwhichfur-therstudiescancomparefindings.
“Youcangetthecumulativeeffectif you do this re-searchinRaleigh”Pettersaid.
Petters and theteam of univer-sit ies, includingHarvard, Colora-doUniversityandvariousEuropeanscience institutes,isolatedthemselvesinManaus,Brazilto avoid any typeof contamination
totheirresearch.“Wewere1600kilometers(1000
miles) inland from the ocean, sothere was no major CCN source(fromseasprayordust)there.Theinterestingthingisthattheforeststhemselves maintain the particlebudget, or in other terms, theirsourceofCCN.”
Asa resultof transpirationandvariousmetabolicprocesses,treesrelease small aromatic moleculescalledterpenesintotheatmosphere.These“essentialoils”cancollectandreactwithwatervaporhighintheatmosphere.
“Famousterpenesarelikealpha
pinenefromwhichcomethepinesmell or limamene for the lemonscent,”Petterssaid.“Theywillendupintheatmosphereandreactwiththingslikeozoneandwillbecomechemicallymodifiedandlessradi-calsotheydonotwanttobeinthegasphaseanymore.Thisresultsinaprocesssimilartocloudformation.”
The researchers collected theseparticlesfromanobservationtow-erandextracted theaerosolsandshippedthembacktolabsintheU.S.forcompleteanalysis.
Interestingly, due to the largeturnoverofwatervaporandCCN,rainforestsactastheirowncloudfac-tories,accordingtoPetters.Fromamicroclimatestandpoint,theAma-zoncansustainitself.However,witheachrainfall,theatmosphereclearsitselfofCCNby80percent,sotherateatwhichtheAmazonfloracanputoutorganicCCNisimpressive.Acidrainisanexampleinwhichan-thropogenicCCN,sulfateemissionsinthisinstance,arecleansedoutoftheair.
PetterssaidCCNitisessentialtocloudformationinallenvironments.
“IftherewerenoCCNatall,therewouldbenoclouds,”Petterssaid.“Whatyouwouldneedtodoiscre-ateasupersaturatedwatervaporatabout400percentbeforeyoucouldgetcondensation,andthisisn’tanoption in the atmosphere. How-ever, it doesn’t matter how muchCCNyouhave if there’snowatervapor,butthatwasn’taproblemintheAmazon.”
AlthoughthereportonCCNre-searchthatPetterspublishedinare-centeditionoftheacademicjournalSciencehasbeenreviewedwell,hedoesnotseehimselfgoingbacktoBrazilsoon.
“Ifyou’retheoutdoorsytype,itwasagreatplacetobe,”Petterssaid.“Ifyoudon’tlikecamping,itwouldn’tbesofun.Wewereaboutatwo-hourdriveonsometimes-impassibleroads
awayfromthecity.Welivedintheforestinaplacethatwasmorethanashed,butnotexactlyahouse.”
PettershasmaintainedhisfocusontheeffectsofaerosolparticlesintheatmospheresincehisarrivaltotheUniversityjustoverayearago.
“Theuniversityhasbeenverysup-portiveandthey’vegivenmeexcel-lentfacilitiessoIcandowhatIneedtodo.It’saveryenergeticplacewith
lotsofstudentsandgreatresources.”Unlikesomeprofessorsinvolved
inresearchoncampus,Pettershasbeenveryinvolvedintheclassroom.
“He’sabigbelieverinthatifyoushowuptoclassyouwillsucceed,”SarahRay,aseniorinmeteorology,said.“Hemakessuretomaintainaninterestingclassaswellkeepstudentsengagedaboutthesubjectmaterial,sothatwecandowell.”
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CCN at all, there
would be
no clouds.”Markus Petters, assistant
professor of marine, earth and atmospheric sciences
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game plan.“You remember players and
you remember their tenden-cies, but every game is a new day and anyone can beat any-one,” senior defensive specialist Taylor Pritchard. “You keep in mind things we can capital-ize on to help us when we’re playing teams. That’s why we have scouting reports and we keep them. It’s the same play-ers probably running the same things. They’re not going to have changed things unless they have an injury or something. So it’s the same game plan, it’s just a matter of what have we done to get better to beat them this time around.”
The Pack (12-11, 2-9 ACC) sit in 11th place in the ACC, just one spot above last-place Bos-ton College (8-16, 0-11 ACC), while Maryland is in sixth (15-8, 6-5 ACC).
State will take on Maryland in College Park at 7 p.m. Friday and Boston College in Chestnut Hill at 1 p.m. Sunday.
VBALLcontinued from page 8Swimming and diving gears up for weekend
SWIMMING & DIVING
BRENT KITCHEN/TECHNICIAN ARCHIVE PHOTOFreshman Kirsten Esplin swims in the finals of the 200 Breaststroke Sunday, February 7, 2010 at the Triangle College Cup at UNC. Esplin’s time of 2:23.90 was good enough for fifth in the event.
N.C. State’s swimming and diving teams will match up against Duke and Campbell over the weekend
Jeniece JamisonSenior Staff Writer
On Saturday the men’s swim-ming and diving team will take on Duke and the women will go up against both Duke and Campbell.
The men have not dropped a match so far this season, posting wins against VMI, Maryland, and Davidson. The women have dropped their only match, to Maryland, and have defeated Campbell.
Duke is coming off of a 168-124 win against the Maryland Terapins to open up its ACC schedule.
In the women’s previous matchup against Campbell, the Pack posted an impressive 168-79 score. Senior Jennifer Ko-penitz took two events, the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:56.13, and the 100 butterfly, in 58.14. Sophomore Marifrances Henley placed first in the breaststroke with a time of 1:08.75 and the 100 freestyle in 58.23.
Despite his team’s success, coach Brooks Teal said he be-lieves that Duke will offer a great challenge for the Pack. The Blue Devils finished sixth in the ACC last season.
“We’re really focused on try-ing to get better every week,” Teal said. “Duke has given us trouble in the past. They have finished higher in the ACC in years past. The important thing is just making sure that every-
one is focused and prepared for the match.”
One positive aspect Teal said he has recognized about his team from previous matches is that it doesn’t let up on teams when it has a substantial lead .
“We got ahead and it looked like we had control, but kept racing hard,” Teal said. “We were making sure we worked hard and stayed in control of the score. Those kids didn’t let up at all.”
Also, according to Teal, ju-niors Joe Martin and Conner Brennan will play large roles going up against the best in the ACC this weekend. Against Da-vidson, Martin posted a 21.03 time to take second in the 50 freestyle. Brennan, along with sophomore Ivan Kopas, senior Dan Forsythe, and freshman Barrett Miesfield, placed first in the 200-medley relay with a time of 1:32.7.
“Joe Martin and Conner Bre-ann will definitely make a big impact this weekend,” Teal said. “They are going against one of the top sprinters in the ACC. We really need our sprinters to step up for this match.”
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Following a string of tough losses, the women’s volleyball team hits the road this weekend looking to bounce back against two teams it has seen earlier in the season in Maryland and Boston College.
“The girls have a great energ y right now,” coach Bryan Bunn said. “They’re still work-ing hard. They know these are winnable matches for us. We get a couple breaks here and there and we’ll be on the right track.”
But while the recent on-court results have not been encouraging, the team feels it is learning and improving with each game.
“We’re not really worried about the outcome of our weekends,” senior mid-dle blocker Jana Angel said. “We’re wor-ried about the process of those weekends. That is what coach really emphasizes. It’s not really about the games, it’s about the practice. He really emphasizes practice over the games because those are going to determine the games.”
The Pack showed it can match up against both teams in its first meetings, losing to Maryland 3-1 and beating Bos-ton College 3-0.
“All the teams that we’ve played, whether we beat them or whether we lost to them, we’ve all gone back and said, ‘We could have defeated that team,’” Angel said. “Now that we all know that, it’s going to be a much better streak for us from here on out.”
Sophomore defensive specialist Alexa Micek said beating Boston College ear-lier in the season makes her all the more determined to make another statement
against the Golden Eagles.
“We wa nt to make them scared to see us again,” Micek said. “We want to beat them so bad that they never want to play us again.”
T h e l o s s t o Maryland serves as even greater moti-vation for freshman middle blocker Brie Merriwether.
“For teams that we lost to, for me, I get pissed,” Merriwether said. “If I play them again and they already beat me once, I’m not going to let it happen again. There is more of a push when you’ve lost the first time.”
And while the earlier games also help with scouting, the Wolfpack’s perfor-mance will come down to executing its
Baseball set for weekend intrasquad scrimmageThe Wolfpack baseball team’s annual three-game fall world series will kick off Friday at 6 p.m. at Doak Field at Dail Park. Each game will last seven innings. The starting pitchers in Friday’s ‘scout night’ game will be Ethan Ogburn and Josh Easley. MLB scouts will be on hand for batting practice and will evaluate draft-eligible players in various drills. In Saturday’s game, which is set to start at 2 p.m., junior Vance Williams and sophomore Danny Healey will start on the mound. For Sunday’s Halloween game, the Pack will take batting practice in costume. The starters in the series finale will be junior Cory Mazzoni and senior Rob Chamra. This will be first fans’ first glimpse of the team that went 38-24 a year ago and qualified for NCAAs, the 11th time in Avent’s 15 years the Pack has done so. State returns 11 lettermen and eight full or part-time starters from last season.
SOURCE: N. C. STATE ATHLETICS
Cross country set for conference championships in BostonThe men’s and women’s cross country teams will head to Massachusetts for Saturday’s ACC Championship cross country races. The women’s race will start at 10 a.m. and the men will get going at 11 a.m. The men’s team will look to duplicate its 2009 conference title and improve on its No. 16 national ranking. Coach Rollie Geiger and his squad will have its work cut out it for it, as his team is one of five ranked teams in the field, including No. 8 Florida State and No. 14 Duke. The men will be led by 2009 All-American Ryan Hill and redshirt freshman Andrew Colley, who finished 16th at NCAA Pre-Nationals. On the women’s side, coach Laurie Henes’ No. 28 Wolfpack is one of six ranked teams vying for the conference title. The top-ranked women’s teams are No. 3 Florida State and No. 12 Duke. The women will be paced by freshman Laura Hoer, who is in the midst of one of the best rookie seasons in program history.
SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS
VOLLEYBALL
Pack seeks to end skid on road against BC, Maryland
ADAM VADEN/TECHNICIAN FILE PHOTOSophomore setter Megan Cyr sets the ball during warmups for the Friday night game against Boston College. The Wolfpack toppled the Eagles in a 3-0 victory. VBALL continued page 7
“Now that we all know
that, it’s going to be a
much better streak for
us from here on out.”senior middle blocker Jana Angel
Hello, driver’s seatFOOTBALL
Jeniece JamisonSenior Staff Writer
In a seesaw battle with No. 16 Flor-ida State, the football team was able to pull out a much-needed victory over the Florida State Seminoles, 28-24. The win moves the Pack to 6-2 and 3-1 in conference play, while also giving State the tiebreaker over FSU in the ACC’s Atlantic divison.
“We played a very significant game against a leader on our side and a night game late in October, which is a great thing for this school, this university, our alumni and this foot-ball program, “ coach Tom O’Brien said.
Capitalizing on some missed op-portunities from the Florida State offense, N.C. State struck first on the scoreboard with a quarterback sneak from Russell Wilson in the first quarter.
This momentum did not last long. The Seminoles responded in
the second quarter with a three-touchdown onslaught. All three scores were accounted for by FSU quarterback Christian Ponder, with two short runs and an 11-yard pass to Willie Haulstead. Ponder racked up 105 passing yards and 18 rushing yards in the first half while N.C. State redshirt junior quarterback Russell Wilson gained 29 yards through the air and 38 on the ground.
After the first Ponder touchdown, State running back Dean Haynes gave up a fumble, which would lead to Ponder’s passing touchdown. Haynes suffered a concussion on the play and did not return.
Another huge momentum swing occurred in the third quarter, and this time the tide turned in the Pack’s favor. Wilson ran in another two touchdowns to tie the score at 21.
The fourth quarter was filled with drama for both sides. Two minutes in, Wilson threw an interception to Seminole corner Xavier Rhodes, which FSU turned into a field goal to get the score to 24-21.
“Coach said we have to fight,” Wil-son said. “One play at a time, keep fighting, and try to be successful one play at a time. That’s what we did in the second half. We came back and made the plays. “
On the next State possession, the Pack decided to go for it on fourth-and-one and Wilson threw a game-
winning play action touchdown pass to junior tight end George Bryan in the back of the end zone.
Florida State drove down the field, but the would-be game-win-ning march was halted when Pack linebacker Nate Irving recovered a fumble at the 8-yard line with 48.3 seconds left. State ran out the clock to prevail.
“I saw a quarterback play action fake, so I stepped up and I saw the ball,” Irving said. “I saw that he had a loose grip on the ball so I just kept going and it popped out.”
With the victory, State is now bowl eligible. The Pack will head to Clemson, S.C. next week to take on the Tigers.
“It was just a normal game here at Carter–Finley,” O’Brien said. “Other than that, for these kids, that was a great effort. We got ourselves a little discombobulated after the fumble in the first half and we got back on our heels. We ended up throwing the same passes at the end of the game and we were able to complete ours and they didn’t complete theirs. “
BRENT KITCHEN/TECHNICIANSophomore halfback James Washington runs the ball through the Florida State defense during the second half of the Pack’s game at Carter-Finley Stadium Thursday. Washington rushed 33 yards on 13 carries. N.C. State defeated the Seminoles 28-24, bringing the team’s record to 6-2 (3-1 ACC).
FOOTBALLSTANDINGS ATLANTIC DIVISION
SCHOOL CONF. OVERALL
Florida State 4-1 6-2
NC State 3-1 6-2
Maryland 2-1 5-2
Clemson 2-2 4-3
Wake Forest 1-3 2-5
Boston College
0-4 2-5
COASTAL DIVISION
SCHOOL CONF. OVERALL
Virginia Tech
4-0 6-2
Miami 3-1 5-2
Georgia Tech
3-2 5-3
North Carolina
2-2 4-3
Virginia 0-3 3-4
Duke 0-4 1-6
SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS
DOMINANT SECOND HALF EFFORT CONCLUDES IN LATE FUMBLE, THRILLING VICTORY
