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Peer-to-peer sharing causes legal problemsFreshmen received information about the consequences of illegal peer-to-peer sharing

Nithya KoteCorrespondent

Peer-to-peer sharing is illegal, and students will get caught.

The University regularly sends out a notice just like this to all students about the consequences of illegal peer-to-peer file sharing. Although the P2P file sharing software itself is legal, us-ing it to share copyrighted content like licensed software, music and video games is illegal, according to a letter from Interim Provost Warwick Arden.

There is a risk of civil litigation and criminal prosecution, as well as dis-ciplinary actions by the University.

Authorities are monitoring content on the University’s network. Between July 2009 and June 2010, the University re-ceived 2,249 copyright infringement notices related to illegal file sharing, according to the e-mail.

According to Pam Gerace, director of University Student Legal Services, freshmen are usually the main group involved in illegal P2P sharing.

“Students usually share music and movies in high school,” Gerace said. “They think it is anonymous because they are online. They don’t realize they can easily be caught.”

It is not unusual for companies to file lawsuits against students, accord-ing to Gerace.

“Lawsuits have been filed against students for a long time. N.C. State saw its first P2P case in 2004 when [Recording Industry Association

of America] started filing lawsuits against one person per university,” Gerace said. “It was not handled by N.C. State’s University Legal Services. The student was referred to two trial attorneys who were dealing with simi-lar copyright infringement cases. The student won the case on a technical-ity.”

Josephine Yurcaba, a freshman in English, said she would never down-load copyrighted music and movies illegally.

“My mother has always told me that people who produce music and movies work hard. I don’t like buying pirated music or movies,” Yurcaba said.

In 2007, the RIAA filed a mass law-suit against at least 200 N.C. State

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Money will help create jobs and internships, in the green industry

Joanna BanegasSenior staff writer

The University received a grant to-taling $1.7 million from the North Carolina Energy Office for preparing students for jobs in “green energy” fields.

The N.C. Energy Office constructed the program with money from the fed-eral American Recovery and Reinvest-ment Act.

David Dean, outreach and com-munications coordinator with the University Sustainability Office and Office of Energy Management said the grant will help create about 110 jobs.

“[The office of] sustainability never really had the opportunity to seek out these kinds of funds, so now we can put students or alumni to work on campus projects and give them an opportunity for a good liv-ing and work-ing environment to get out in the real world,” Dean said. Bill Davis, energy program coordinator for the office of energy management of-fice said there are two different grants. One of them is for fellowships, which totaled just under $500,000 and will fund 10 positions that will go through April 2012.

“The other grant is for $775,000, which is to produce energy efficient projects and about half a million dol-lars of that is identified for changing out light fixtures,” Davis said. “That part of the grant will primarily will be working on renovations and utilities.”

Davis said the energy program felt like the grant was to give recent gradu-ates an education in the energy field and the program was well-rounded enough education for that kind of experience.

“This is what we put together as far as the proposal goes,” Davis said, “We just found out a month ago that we re-ceived the grant, but we’re still trying

to get the job description out in next week or two.”

The North Carolina Solar Center, a unit within the University’s College of Engineering, received $373,469 for six internships and four fellowships to share research or projects and provide estimates of greenhouse-gas reduc-tions from their work.

Dean said the North Carolina Solar Center, the FREEDM Systems Center, Office of Sustainability and the Ad-vanced Transportation Energy Center, which is a nonprofit group on Centen-nial campus, received money from the fund and will create 10 energy fellow-ships.

“Those job descriptions will be post-ed in a couple of weeks,” Dean said. “Individuals have to have graduated within the past three years and will be focusing on energy and the envi-ronment. The Department of Me-chanical and Aerospace Engineering

received $464,801 from the grant funding to ei-ther work with outside partners act ive in con-ducting energy assessments and studies, or work on campus in the industrial assess-

ment center or energy management program. Dean said the mechanical and aerospace engineering depart-ment was awarded 48 full-time and part-time interns.

“Those interns are going to be con-ducting energy assessment studies that will be working with the industrial as-sessment center and with energy man-agement as well,” Dean said. “The neat thing about this is that all these interns and fellows will be working together at some point for the betterment of the University. There are going to be outreach positions, some engineering positions, some kind of data analyst positions and so it’s a wide variety of talent as needed. Engineering has a lot to do with green. We all don’t really think about it.”

The College of Natural Resources received $435,481 and will provide 45 internships and three fellowships in

fields including environmental tech-nology, forest management, natural resources, paper science and engineer-ing, and wood products.

Sonum Nerurkar, a junior in envi-ronmental technology said the envi-ronmental program is one of the most progressive majors right now.

“Dealing with the environment is very important and that’s where were going with jobs becoming more green,” Nerurkar said.

Nerurkar said it’s really great the program is getting money because it’ll promote people in joining these programs and it’s a type of incentive for students to stay in the program.

“If I find an internship this summer with the program I’ll be really excited,

University receives $1.7 million grant in green jobs

The UNC Board of Governors has called an emergency meeting for Thursday at 11 a.m.

Chelsey FrancisDeputy News Editor

The emergency meeting for the UNC Board of Governor’s has one item on the agenda: naming a new president.

Current President Erskine Bowles announced in Febru-ary he was retiring at the end of 2010. Bowles has led the UNC System for five years. Thomas Ross has been the president of Davidson College since 2007.

Anonymous sources told the Technician Thomas Ross is go-ing to be named the new presi-dent at Thursday’s meeting.

Stephanie Parker, assistant to the chancellor for com-munications, said Chancel-lor Randy Woodson could not confirm anything about the reports.

“The Chancellor can’t con-firm anything about those

reports because it hasn’t been voted on yet.” Parker said. “The Board of Governors meeting is at 11 in the morn-ing.”

According to Ross’ biog-raphy on Davidson College’s website, he graduated from Davidson College in 1972. After his graduation from Davidson, he attended the University of North Carolina School of Law where he earned his law degree.

After working in Wash-ington, D.C. as chief of staff of a congressional office for one year, Governor Jim Hunt appointed Ross as Superior Court Judge. Ross held this position for seventeen years.

Ross has been married to Susan Donaldson Ross since 1972. The couple has two children, Mary Kathryn El-kins and Thomas W. Ross, Jr., who are both graduates of Davidson College.

SOURCES: DAVIDSON PRESIDENT TO BE NAMED HEAD OF UNC SYSTEM

TIM O’BRIEN/AGROMECK FILE PHOTOTaking measurements across the pasture, Paul Siliciliano, associate professor in animal science, and Ali Thomas-Hollands, senior in animal science, work on a research project at the Reedy Creek horse facility June 11, 2010. Both researchers said their favorite part of their job was “getting paid to stand right here,” Siliciliano said while out working by the main barn.

AMANDA KARST/TECHNICIAN FILE PHOTOThe new Engineering Building III on Centennial Campus features a “green roof,” which has benefits such as the natural absorption of heat and water by the grass and greenery growing on it.

because that way I know there will be more opportunities for me,” Nerurkar said.

Nerurkar said she thinks green jobs are great.

“As a society we need to become greener so we can conserve our re-

sources and just become more of a green economy,” Nerurkar said. “It’s just more sustainable and it’ll help us out in the end.”

Davis said the University a lot of op-portunities to become more efficient in getting the students involved.

“Dealing with the

environment is very

important...”Sonum Nerurkar, junior in

environmental technology

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CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONSIIn Wednesday’s editorial “Knowing our roots,” Kay Yow is the previous women’s basketball coach.

In Wednesday’s “Talley offices prepare for move to Harrelson Hall,” University Legal Services is also moving to Harrelson Hall.

In Wednesday’s “University to look at religious observances policy” article, Marcia Gumpertz is the assistant vice provost for faculty and staff diversity.

In Wednesday’s “Legendary coach Kay Yow memorialized” article, Chancellor Randy Woodson said a few remarks before Yow’s statue was unveiled.

In the Page 2 Blotter in Tuesday’s paper, it was reported that a purse was stolen at Phi Delta Theta’s fraternity house. A brother in the fraternity said the report was false. The Campus Police Department is looking into the report to finalize the facts.

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The annual brickyard involvement fair drew large crowds.

Chelsey FrancisDeputy News Editor

Clubs had another chance to recruit new members.

About 98 different clubs and organizations were repre-sented at the annual Brickyard Involvement Fair Wednesday in the Brickyard, according to Liz Thornton with the SORC office.

The brickyard involvement fair had a lot of different types of clubs, from minority clubs, to honor societies, to Greek groups.

“This year’s brickyard in-volvement fair was bigger this year than it has been the last two years,” Thornton said.

The bubble did not impose on the involvement fair, ac-cording to Thornton.

“Last year we set it up the same way we did this year so it wasn’t in the sunlight,” Thornton said. “The brick-yard bubble didn’t cause a problem for us.”

Thornton said she thought the involvement fair went well.

“I thought it went really well,” Thornton said. “There were lots of student organiza-tions.”

Variety of clubs represented at involvement fairstudents, Gerace said. An-

other 200 students received pre-litigation letters saying each student had to pay $3,000 or RIAA would sue them in federal court. When students ignored it, RIAA started filing lawsuits for between $7,000 and $10,000. However, the RIAA knew only the IP address of the violators. When RIAA contacted the N.C. State server administrators, the University would not reveal the names of the students. The University officials did inform the viola-tors and issued a notice to the students about illegal P2P shar-i ng . Ma ny students contacted University Student Le-gal Services when they got the pre-liti-gation letter and learned about the ille-gality of their choices.

“If any stu-dent gets a pre-litigation letter from anyone, please don’t con-tact anyone mentioned in the contact details in the letter,” Gerace said. “It is important that you come to us first, so that we can help you. More-over, we offer free services to the students as the legal advice fee is already included as part of the tuition fee.”

Monica Adams, a freshman in biomedical engineering, said she would not do illegal P2P file sharing.

“I will not do it. But I feel many guys would do it, as they usually have the “devil may care” attitude,” Adams said.

In regards to the 2007 law-

suits from RIAA, University Legal Services worked out an agreement with the RIAA say-ing the students would settle anonymously. They worked out a payment plan for the students.

According to Gerace, over the summer, there were cases of students illegally downloading movies. She said the students should not do it, as the chances of being caught are high. Typi-cally, RIAA and other groups will target students, because they are viewed as defenseless and unable to afford a defense attorney.

According to Turi Plisch, associate director of the Of-fice of Student Conduct, most students who have been docu-

mented for a P2P file shar-ing violation are asked to confirm they have removed the infringing content and uninstalled the program used to do so from their computer. Students are

also notified that disciplinary action can occur on continued behavior.

Disciplinary action might include a written warning, re-stricted access to the University computing networks and other educational programs to help student understand the impact of sharing files illegally, Plisch said. As with any violation of University expectations, if a student continues to engage in behavior, more severe con-sequences could result, such as probation and suspension.

Daniel Gallagher, a fresh-man in communications, said although sometimes students can avoid being detected, they

should not do it.“There are always ways to

get around it, but one should not do it,” Gallagher said. “Moreover, downloading copyrighted stuff from the Internet carries some risks, as there might be viruses at-tached to them. Also, if you are caught doing it, you have to pay huge fines. I would rather buy licensed stuff.”

Rachel Jordon, a freshman in architecture, said she would probably not share illegal files using P2P shar-ing software.

“I’m not surprised that N.C. State is taking such stringent measures in curb-ing the problem on illegal P2P sharing,” Jordan said.

Brian Dellinger, a doctor-al student in computer sci-ence, said he feels the reason for the increasing number of illegal P2P file sharing cases is because the law has not yet caught up with the technological advances.

“It will lead to a short-term decrease, but someone will be motivated to find a way around [being detect-ed],” Dellinger said.

Cozell McQueen, III, a senior in business market-ing, said he felt suspending a student because they were involved in P2P sharing was too harsh.

“They should just be warned and let go,” Mc-Queen said.

SHARINGcontinued from page 1

“They usually

have the “devil

may care”

attitude.”Monica Adams, freshman in

biomedical engineering

Don’t burn us againIn response to Kelly Hook’s letter to

the editor that was published August 25. While I am excited to see that Miss Hook is bringing a great attitude and enthusiasm for improvement for Student

Government, I feel I must remind her that a significant portion of the student body, including myself, has a sour taste in their mouths when it comes to ASG. In her letter she asks the students to trust that Student Government will use their influence to advocate the voice of the students, but just last year the student body voted overwhelmingly against a raise in student fees to fund the renovation of Talley Student Center.

Instead of advocating for the voice of the students our student leaders, who seemed more interested in bolstering their resumes than representing their constituents, ignored our voice and voted to recommend the fee increase anyway and now our upperclassmen are shouldered with the burden of paying for the renovation of a building we will never be able to utilize.

While I respect that this school year brings us a new Student Government administration, the average student sees all the same suits, just in different chairs. Still, I’m optimistic that Miss Hook can affect a positive change for the student body, but please don’t burn us again.

Jason KubotaSenior, History

Pay attention outside of the classroom, too

It’s the end of the sum-mer, the start of the new semester and time

to make some changes. You may want to work harder,

g e t b e t-ter grades, eat better or exercise more. I am sure t h i s sounds familiar. Well, while you’re at it, you should try to make some posi-

tive changes that are out-side the realm of normal college life. This fall, mid-term elections are going to be held that are going to decide the balance of power in Congress. This upcoming election is going to be one of the most important elec-tions in recent memory. The outcome of the midterm could change the makeup of Congress and, in turn, change the entire direction of the country. Now, it is more important than ever to be informed and not be part of the ignorant masses.

I know that you may have heard about being aware a

million times from countless people in your life, but it is extremely important. Thomas Jefferson, one of our founding fathers, said, “If a nation ex-pects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it ex-pects what never was and never will be.” What he meant by this quote is that it is impossible for a nation to remain free while at the same time having its citizens live in ignorance. One of the greatest challenges that face democratic nations is an uninformed and ignorant elec-torate. Not only does our igno-rance affect the Untied States, but it will undoubtedly affect the rest of the world. The Unit-ed States is the most powerful countries in the world. We have a duty to stay informed. The people that we elect have more effect on world events than do the representatives of any other country in the world. What we do reverberates throughout history; I don’t think we want our ignorance to be what we contributed to the world.

I’m not asking you to go out read every book on political theory, read every newspaper or listen to every news broad-cast. Rather, I’m asking you to do a few simple things. Firstly, stay informed on the basics

of what’s going on in the world. Have an understand-ing about the major players, the interaction between the major players and the his-tory of these major players. Secondly, don’t take things said by the newscasters and politicians at face value. Always think critically and logically about things. In Plato’s Allegory of the Cave, there are people chained to chairs forced to see silhou-ettes that are projected onto the cave wall by the people in charge of a certain civi-lization. These people live in ignorance and without question believe what these people are projecting on the wall to be the truth but in actuality they know nothing. Don’t be that per-son, sitting in their chair, chained to his ignorance.

This is a gradual, lifelong process. Don’t expect to instantly know everything there is to know about the world, but rather just take a few minutes out of your busy day to stay abreast of the news and think about what is going on with our politicians critically and logically.

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{ }OUR VIEW

With great technology, comes great acces-sibility to informa-

tion. And responsibility. In-terim Provost Warwick Arden warned students again how severe it is to trade music and movies with peer-2-peer file sharing. We have heard this warning on the news and at school, all the way back to high school. Apparently, there are still people who haven’t got the message.

Within the last year, the Uni-versity received copyright in-fringement letters. This is a large number of notices, which indicates a significant body of students. N.C. State’s network is monitored due to the ram-pant amount of illegal sharing. This is not something students should take lightly. Just be-cause we have access to the files

doesn’t suddenly give us the right to take them.

We may be in the generation where getting what we want is as easy as finding it, but we cannot forget the legal ramifi-cations of our actions. Many students may be surprised to know they are not anonymous on the Internet. Their IP ad-dress is still in the packets of data that bring their files back to their computer and authori-ties can follow this number back to the network where the computer is. This is how companies like the RIAA track down students and fine them thousands of dollars. This isn’t a story or what could be, this is very real.

After seven years of dealing with students’ run in with il-legal file sharing, University Student Legal Services has a system in place to help stu-dents who have gotten in legal trouble for peer-to-peer shar-ing. Lucky for students, legal services provides their services for free and allows students to settle their fines in anonym-ity and in a payment plan. This doesn’t mean students are completely in the clear or should think sharing music or movies is okay.

University Student Legal Ser-vices has saved students a lot of trouble with their policy, but students should take it as a warning. Legal services only

handles this issue for a while. Repeat offenders will be taken to Office of Student Conduct and could be suspended from the University. It may seem harsh, but it is a fitting punish-ment. Not only are students stealing, they are reflecting poorly on the University and causing extra work for all in-volved.

Not all peer-to-peer shar-ing is bad. It can be used as a simple tool to quickly transfer files between students who are working on a project or sharing information between depart-ments. But, sharing illegal in-formation is abusing this criti-cal technology. Students must remember what they transfer and how it’s used makes all the difference.

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.

With great technologyTHE FACTS:Interim Provost Warwick Arden sent a letter to students warning them about the legality of sharing copyrighted music. The University has received 2,249 citations for illegal file sharing this year.

OUR OPINION:Students should already be aware of the issue. Illegally sharing copyrighted files is wrong and the University is within its rights to penalize students.

Driving safer

I am no stranger to the dangers irresponsible and careless driving pose to our

society. After all, that is how I became an amputee at the age of 6. Walking out of church one night, a driv-

er backed into me, rendering my right leg useless and nearly taking my life. Since that day, I have remained vigilant to the hazards of unsafe vehicle operation. I am by no means advocating that we stop us-ing motor vehicles. However, I do actively strive to be a safer driver —and you should too.

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Ad-ministration, there were 1,433 traffic fatalities in North Caro-lina in 2008. These are far too many fathers, mothers and children who could have l i v e d o u t their lives had it not been for errors in judgment.

Within the past year, I have increasingly seen more advertisements warning about “distracted driving.” At first glance, I assumed this was lim-ited strictly to cell phone use, but I soon discovered that dis-tracted driving is any activity that relinquishes a person’s fo-cus while driving. This includes shaving, finding a lost CD and glancing at the attractive girl in the adjacent car. Nationally in 2008, roughly 20 percent of all crashes involved a distrac-tion, leading to the deaths of 6,000 people and the injury of more than a half-million oth-ers. If you’re behind the wheel, the only thing you should be focused on is controlling your automobile.

In my senior year of high school, there were two crashes that struck the hearts of the student body. Both incidents involved high speeds and lead to the deaths of two students. It is a very strange feeling know-

ing someone that had been a familiar face since elementary school is no longer with us today. There is no excuse for someone to perish as a teen-ager because a need for speed is too great to put aside to get you home safely. Speed limits are posted for a reason, abide by them.

Today marks the beginning of the weekend for some. With this comes increased alcohol consumption. This isn’t nec-essarily a bad thing, but when a cocktail of alcohol, people and a motor vehicle is pro-duced, the outcome isn’t good. In 2008, 423 traffic deaths in North Carolina were attributed to drunken drivers. Unfortu-nately, these are an unfortunate testament to sheer stupidity. If you’ve been drinking, don’t drive. Someone’s life is not

wor t h t he cost of your desire to get somewhere. Regardless of where your weekend pl a n s m ay t a k e y o u , drinking and driving is not

the way to go. There is a debt that must

be paid for every benefit. The same is true of driving. Motor vehicles have revolutionized our society by allowing us to get places faster and do busi-ness more efficiently, but we must be cognizant of the dan-gers posed every time we find ourselves on the road. I am well aware that perfect driving will not occur in an imperfect world, but if we cut down on our distractions, speed and BAC while on the road, posi-tive change will occur.

AndrewLewisColumnist

Brian Schultz, sophomore in environmental design in architecture

BY KENT MAHONEY

Do you think the University’s peer-to-peer

sharing policy is fair? Why or why not?

{ }IN YOUR WORDS

“It is fair because it is annoying when people don’t give credit where it is due. When people download illegal music and games, it’s just not right.”

Jim Manochafreshman, biological engineering

“No, the fine plus the disciplinary action by the University seems too extensive for just one song.”

Rachel Clarkfreshman, elementary education

“I think it’s fair. You know the rules. If you break the rules,s they have the right to discipline you. If you want to do it, do it somewhere else.”

Janaki Patelsenior, civil engineering

Andrew DworznickiStaff Columnist

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The National Marrow Donor Program registered marrow donors at the University with the American Red Cross blood drive last Friday.

Ellen ScottCorrespondent

Last Friday University stu-dents had two opportunities to give the gift of life. The Red Cross and the Center for Stu-dent Leadership, Ethics and Public Service held a record-setting blood drive in Carmi-chael Gym, an opportunity to impact others that was widely publicized-but the National Marrow Donor Program was also present. The registry gave students an opportunity to learn about the program and put themselves on the list of donors.

Betsie Letterle, Account Ex-ecutive at the National Marrow Donor Program, coordinated the bone marrow drive, dis-pelling myths about donation and helping potential donors overcome any fears they may have had. Stories of local pa-tients were also made available to students so they could bet-ter understand what their bone marrow might be used for.

“When someone needs a transplant they look at full brothers and sisters first,” Let-terle said. “Twenty-five percent of the time they match, and if not, the person can search the registry.”

Kayleigh Church, a junior in psychology, said she has mixed feelings about signing up for the registry because she has heard different things from different people.

“On the one hand, I’ve heard that the donation process is pretty extensive and pain-ful; but on the other hand, you could be helping to save a life from a terrible disease,” Church said. “Personally, I’ve always thought that if you’re lucky enough to have a healthy body, then there’s an inherent responsibility for you to pay it forward if you’re called upon

to help. After all, you might be on the receiving end one day.”

Bone marrow transplants are used primarily to treat cancers of the blood such as leukemia and lymphoma, according to Letterle. Matching tissue types, however, is exponentially more difficult than matching blood types.

“There are six points that must be perfectly matched to find a suitable tissue donor,” Letterle said. “Normally, when a patient is diagnosed, doctors screen full brothers or sisters for a match and parents are not usually suitable donors. If a suitable donor is found, then a donation can be made in two ways.”

One way to make a donation is to have stem cells taken from a donor’s arm through a special transfusion, and the other way is to harvest marrow from the hip, according to Letterle.

“Marrow from the hip is usually used for younger peo-ple and babies while stem cells from the arm are more likely to be used in adults,” Letterle said. “Ultimately, it is the doc-tor’s decision to decide which kind of donation is better for the patient.”

Jenn Smith, a senior in bio-medical engineering, has not

signed up for the registry be-cause she has reservations about the donation process.

“I’ve heard that it’s a pretty invasive procedure to donate,” Smith said.

Approximately 6,000 people in the nation are currently diagnosed with a disease that requires them to have a marrow transplant, but they all may not be able to undergo the proce-dure due to insurance coverage reasons, according to Letterle. The other patients search the list in hopes that someone matches their tissue type.

Gender doesn’t matter in the donor process; a man can do-nate marrow to a woman and vice-versa. After marrow is donated, however, the recipi-ent will convert to the donor’s blood type, Letterle said. For example, a person with type A positive blood who receives bone marrow from a B positive donor will produce B positive blood in their body after the procedure.

“Any marrow donated with the registry always goes straight to the recipient, and is never used for research,” Letterle said. “Young people make the best donors, and males are

usually better do-nors than women because they don’t have antigens in their blood from pregnancy.”

Geoff Ricci, a se-nior in microbiol-ogy, said he would definitely donate bone marrow for a good cause, “espe-cially if it were for a friend or a family member.”

M a n y p e o p l e donate to the reg-istry because they can relate to the fact that everyone is someone’s family member or friend. In addition, the high occurrence of cancer leads many people to want to help to stop the disease.

“My best friend in elementary school had leukemia,” said D yla n Proc tor, a sophomore in finance. “That makes me more likely to consider the registry.”

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nanobytesResearchers use microneedles as cancer toolsUniversity biomedical engineering researchers have developed extremely small microneedles that can be used for diagnosing and treating a variety of medical conditions, including skin cancer. The microneedles deliver medical nanoscale dyes called quantum dots into skin, and will hopefully be used to deliver dyes farther into the skin in the future. A method was also developed to create microneedles of different lengths and shapes, which could allow physicians to create microneedles customized for a patient’s specific condition.

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E-Readers may increase time spent readingPreliminary research by Marketing and Research Resources Inc. shows that e-reader owners may read more than they did with print books. Out of 1200 people surveyed, 40% said they read more as e-reader owners, 58% said they read about the same amount, and 2% said they read less than before owning an e-reader. The study looked at owners of three devices: Amazon.com Inc.’s Kindle, Apple Inc.’s iPad and the Sony Reader.

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New oil-eating microbe discovered in the GulfThe Gulf of Mexico is now home to an oil-eating microbe, discovered by scientists studying the oil spilled into the Gulf following the explosion of BP’s Deepwater Horizon drilling rig. Researchers have found that the microbe doesn’t significantly deplete oxygen in the water, and suggest a great possibility of bacteria being instrumental in the disposal of oil plumes. The findings are based on 200 samples collected from 17 deepwater sites from May 25 to June 2.

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Scientists upset over embryonic-stem cell rulingA year and a half ago, President Obama loosened restrictions on government-funded human-embryonic-stem cell research. On Monday, however, a federal judge declared all studies temporarily off-limits for taxpayer dollars on the grounds that they violate a 1966 law. Scientists are outraged because they feel that this science has the potential to cure diseases such as diabetes and Parkinson’s. The Department of Justice is reviewing the ruling and interpreting its implications for future research.

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Solar-powered light bulb could help the developing worldNearly two billion people in the world live without electricity, according to the U.S. Department of Energy. Stephen Katsaros, social entrepreneur, is addressing this problem with his invention of a solar-powered light bulb he hopes will bring energy saving light to people in the developing world. His invention, the 6-ounce Nokero bulb, is the size of a regular light bulb but contains five white LEDS that burn four hours when fully charged. The light bulb charges by being placed in the sun during the day.

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An introduction to hurricane season

Bone marrow: Another way to give

As hurricane season reaches its peak, scientists track storms in the Atlantic Ocean.

John BoyerColumnist

The next Hurricane Fran will begin as a puff of harm-less clouds in the mountains of Ethiopia. The classic Cape Verde hurricane – so named for the islands off the West African coast where it forms – can fol-low a track that means trouble for East Coast residents. Many Carolinians are beginning the annual tradition of casting a weary eye on the tropics and hoping for the best. As we ap-proach the month of Septem-ber, the possibility for large and destructive hurricanes reaches its peak.

A storm is bornMany hurricanes originate

from thunderstorms that blossom over the Sahel region

of Africa and pass into the Atlantic Ocean. By August, the warm waters the thunder-storms encounter will hold vast potential energy. Gentle easterly wind belts guide the developing storm to the west where it may eventually reach the Caribbean islands or Ber-muda. We may think of hurri-canes as destructive brutes, but they exist at the mercy of seem-ingly simple things. Develop-ing hurricanes must avoid be-ing sheared apart by fast winds high in the atmosphere or be-ing strangled by the regions of dry and warm weather that we typically enjoy. When a hur-ricane season winds up being lethargic, such as in 2009, these two factors are often at work.

The turn northIf a hurricane can make it to

the Bahamas, it will begin to interact with fronts (the same ones that dictate our weather) as they sweep offshore. The ballet of hurricanes and fronts occupies meteorologists and

their computer simulations. Wil l the hurricane come ashore, and if so, where? Not unlike a rogue cyclist shoot-ing between pulses of traffic to cross Avent Ferry Road, the hurricane chooses the path of least resistance in its northward trek. If blocked by high pres-sure areas, a hurricane can be-come trapped and spend days or weeks carving serpentine paths in the open ocean. When strong and stable high pressure persists over the Atlantic and a front stalls along the Appala-chian Mountains, the path of least resistance falls along the East Coast of the United States.

Hurricane DanielleHurricane Danielle, cur-

rently active, has fluctuated in intensity over the past few days. It is located approximately 2,000 miles southeast of Ra-leigh and about 600 miles away from the nearest Caribbean is-lands. Danielle is expected to swing wide right in advance of high pressure over the Eastern

United States. Bermuda and Newfoundland may receive a glancing blow, but the possibil-ity of a turn towards the U.S. is not likely. If that high front moves or weakens, the next storms that come along may take different paths.

What to expectThe seasonal prediction is-

sued this spring by NCSU me-teorology professor Lian Xie anticipates higher than normal activity with 14 to 19 tropical storms, seven to 11 of which would become hurricanes. The paper calculated an 80 percent probability that one of these storms would strike the South-east coast of the U.S. This prediction is similar to many other prominent seasonal fore-casts. The coming weeks and months will reveal how accu-rate those predictions are. In the mean time, meteorologists and residents up and down the East Coast will scrutinize each and every storm as it journeys across the sea.

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jordan moore/technician file photoJunior in horticulture Wes Randall signs up to donate bone marrow at the N.C. State 500 Pint Blood Drive Friday, Aug. 20. Randall had to take multiple mouth swabs in order to test for the ability to donate bone marrow. “I’ve given blood plenty of times before, and today I thought I’d sign up for something more interesting,” said Randall.

bone marrow faqHow long does a marrow harvest from the hip take?It takes about 90 minutes, and patients often go home after four to five hours.

What is the recovery period for the donor?Five to 10 days for a whole recovery; depends on your pain tolerance.

Are there large scars?Four 1-inch incisions are made, two on either side of the hip, but they can be smaller depending on the size of the donor.

How long does it take before the marrow grows back?It grows back within a few weeks.

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Infrared satellite picture of Hurricane Danielle (center) and Tropical Depression Earl (right) taken Wednesday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

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Red wolf makes comeback in North CarolinaLaura WilkinsonFeatures Editor

It was the first carnivore ever to be reintroduced to the wild after being declared extinct. It’s also an animal that has symbolic meaning to the Uni-versity. The red wolf, through efforts by government funded programs and institutions such as N.C. State, is making a comeback in North Carolina and around the country.

Michael Morse, wildlife bi-ologist for the Red Wolf Pro-gram at the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge, said red wolves were reintroduced to North Carolina in 1987, after their numbers were at record lows in North America.

“There were only 14 red wolves left in the world and only 12 of those bred. That’s how close we came to losing the species forever,” Morse said. “At the time, this was the first car-nivore ever to be reintroduced after it had been declared extinct in the wild.”

A l l t h e wolves in the world origi-nated f rom the grey wolf in Asia thou-sands of years ago, Morse said, with the exception of the red wolf.

“Every wolf you’ve ever heard of — the Arc-tic wolf, the Mexican wolf, timber wolf, the Iranian wolf – they’re all some species of grey wolf. They all came from Asia. The only other surviving wolf in the world developed in North America, and that’s the red wolf,” Morse said. “At one time, they would have ranged from Maine, all the way down through the Ohio River and Mississippi River valleys, all the way out to the central portion of Texas.”

In the 1970s, when it was de-termined that the red wolf was going extinct, the last place red wolves existed was on the border of Louisiana and Texas, near the Gulf Coast, according to Morse.

“About a million and a half acres, down in the bayous, was the last place the wolf existed. And the only reason it was there was because you couldn’t get to it. It’s very remote down there,” Morse said.

The last red wolves were killed in North Carolina before the Declaration of Indepen-dence was signed, Morse said.

“We’ve got court records from surrounding areas writ-ten on parchment with a quill pen dating back to 1772-1773,” Morse said. “There were boun-ties being offered on wolves and cougars. Around the same

time, both species disappeared around the landscape in east-ern North Carolina.”

Sherry Samuels, Animal Department Director for the North Carolina Museum of Life and Science, said the gov-ernment sponsored removal of the creatures.

“People tend to remove things they have concerns about rather than look first and see what the implications are,” Samuels said. Today, Samuels said “in the wild population, wolves are actually being killed from gunshots — people are actually shooting them – and they are being hit by cars. In the captive population, the genetic bases are very limited and we have space issues. We can’t just breed wolves if we don’t have anywhere to put them.”

Another reason red wolves nearly became extinct, Morse said, is because as a keystone species, they do not handle pressure well.

“As a top predator, t hey never developed a response to pressure – there’s no reason a top predator would need s o m e s o r t of biolog i-cal response to pressure,” Morse said. “They have no enemies ot her t ha n humans, and

unlike coyotes, you can get rid of wolves. We’ve gotten rid of wolves all over the world and all over the U.S.”

In order to reestablish a pop-ulation of red wolves, several programs have started in North Carolina.

The National Wildlife Refuge Red Wolf Program first began at Alligator River Refuge in 1987. Morse said four pairs of wolves were reintroduced, and in 1992 four more pairs were reintroduced at another refuge.

“All those animals that were released, by default, were cap-tive. They were extinct in the wild. Every animal we released was a captive animal, taken care of by humans, every day of their lives,” Morse said. Some of the wolves were not released because their genetic lines were more valuable, and the program did not want to take a chance of losing them forever, according to Morse.

There are two aspects to the recovery program – captive and wild. The captive aspect includes nearly 40 zoos and breeding facilities all over the United States, such as the North Carolina Zoo, that house and breed red wolves.

“The whole idea is that the genome, the bank, over time is crossed with the best chance of

preserving the most genetic di-versity for hundreds of years,” Morse said. “In the wild, all the lines were not equally success-ful. The genetic makeup of the captive animals is more diverse than the genetic makeup of the wild population.”

The North Carolina Museum of Life and Science currently has two wolves from the Alli-gator River National Wildlife Reserve. Samuels said the mu-seum became a part of the Red Wolf Species Survival Program in 1992.

“The Red Wolf SSP is a group of captive institutions, lead na-ture centers, museums around the country that come together and work as a unit to have a re-covery program caring for the wolves in captivity trying to breed them and maintain them and do whatever we can to as-sist with the wild population,” Samuels said. “Each summer, there is a master plan review meeting where we look at all the wolves in captive popula-tion and decide, in terms of breeding and companionship, what wolves make a good ge-netic pair and who do we want to try and breed.”

The two current wolves in the museum have been together for two breeding seasons but have not bred, Samuels said, so they are going to be split up to try and hopefully have them meet with a different wolf next year. The increase of the red wolf population is important to Samuels because the wolves represent a bigger issue.

“If we take large predators away from our ecosystem, the rest of the ecosystem tends to fall apart,” Samuels said. For example, “without red wolves the deer populations have got-ten out of control.”

The real problem with study-ing the red wolves, according to

Morse, is they were gone before anybody knew what they were.

“The people that first saw them, when they first came to North America, knew what coyotes were and knew what grey wolves were and knew that these were different ani-mals, but started killing them anyway,” Morse said. “The En-dangered Species Act requires the Fisheries and Wildlife Service to try and reestablish populations. Because of the landscape change nowadays and human use, the plan is not for there to be red wolves all over the southeast again. Best case scenario there will be two or three subpopulations, a hundred animals each, that are self-sustaining.”

N.C. State has a strong con-nection to red wolves, even beyond its mascot. Michael

Stoskopf, professor in the de-partment of clinical sciences and chairman of the Red Wolf Recovery Implementation Team, said the University used to house red wolves in a pen at the Veterinary School.

“We were maintaining red wolves at the time primar-ily because we have graduate students that were working out some issues with detecting some viruses that were in their stools,” Stoskopf said. “So the wolves’ occupation while they were here at State was to eat and poop. Fairly simple work.”

Since the Red Wolf Recovery Project is centered in North Carolina, when it came time to get some expertise from aca-demic sorts, Stoskopf said the program managers and biolo-gists contacted the Veterinary School and the University be-

came involved.“We try to help them answer

scientific questions that can help them better manage the red wolves,” Stoskopf said. For example, “we developed and found some special anesthetic techniques for mobilizing.”

Stoskopf said the Red Wolf Program has had a great deal of success in the last 10 years, but the wolves still have a few prob-lems to face, and new problems can always crop up.

“We at N.C. State, across all the disciplines, are here to help,” Stoskopf said. “If there were studies that need to be done here, we would have no problem having wolves again.”

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Despite their reputation, red wolves are not aggressive towards humans. Here, a female red wolf paces back and forth in her pen when she senses the presence of humans nearby.

AMANDA KARST /TechNiciAN file phoToRed wolves have keenly developed senses, especially sound and smell. This female wolf crouches in the corner of her pen when she senses a threat.

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Clogging consists of many styles of high-energy dance set to all kinds of music, from bluegrass to hip-hop. These high-energy performances and the dances’ diverse back-ground, coupled with the wide range of styles of musical in-fluence, create opportunities to share the culture, fun and excitement with people of all ages and nationalities.

“It is very fun to watch,” se-nior and varsity cheerleader Peter Domenig said. “It’s new, modern twists on folk dances.”

The team has performed in more than 250 local and in-ternational competitions and gained national prominence through winning perfor-mances.

“In my experience here over the last three years, I have got-ten to watch N.C. State clogging grow nationally and here on campus,” vice president Derek Starnes said.

In addition to competition, the team also dedicates time to community service in Raleigh and surrounding areas. Along with performing for different

events for N.C. State, the team performs every May in Duke Children’s Hospital’s Rainbow of Heroes Walk.

The national prominence has even helped the club’s recruit-ing.

“Having an opportunity to compete nationally and repre-sent the school was important in my decision to come to N.C. State,” club secretary Erica Starnes said.

The squad is recruiting new members, and the next tryout will be Thursday in the dance studio on the second floor of Carmichael Gym from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The team last com-peted this past weekend at the Foothills Clogging Chal-lenge, finishing overall grand champions in the running set hoedown dance and in second place in three other events. The team next competes Sept. 18 at the Magic Feet Ultimate Challenge in preparation for Nationals this October.

The club’s website is http://www.ncsu.edu/stud_orgs/clogging/. On the website, viewers can book the team for event performances, see its schedule, learn a brief his-tory of clogging, find contact information for club members and coaches, fill out tryout in-formation and learn about the awards the team has won.

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joyed every minute of it. It’s a pretty big honor to be named an All-Star. I just tried to listen to the coaches and put everything together and it was nice to see that I made the team.”

After winning the Coastal Plain League championship on the Forest City Owls last summer, junior Andrew Ciencin followed Maynard to the Cape Cod League but had difficulty staying healthy.

“I started off slow and had an elbow injury so I couldn’t throw,” Ciencin said. “I was only really play ing twice a week. Then it turned into once a week. I just wanted to get at-bats so that’s why I went back to Forest City. I played there last summer and it was one of the best summers I’ve ever had. It was a good time going back [to Forest City] and playing with the same guys I played with last summer.”

The Wolfpack was well represented on Forest City. Along with Ciencin, sopho-mores Danny Canela, Tar-ran Senay and Chris Over-

man helped the Owls win their second straight Coastal Plain League championship.

“You just try to go out there and have fun during summer ball,” Ciencin said. “If you win a championship, it’s just a bo-nus on top of the whole sum-mer. Winning [the league] two years in a row is prob-ably unheard of, but with the teammates I had, it definitely seemed like something that should have happened.”

One of the biggest challenges players face in summer leagues is making the transition from aluminum to wooden bats. Aside from being heavier, wooden bats do not possess the compression capabilities that aluminum bats do. No Wolf-pack player would know better than power-hitting first base-man Harold Riggins, cham-pion of the 2009 Northwoods League Home Run Derby.

“It simplifies your swing,” Riggins said. “With metal, you can get away with a lot more things. With wood, you have to have a pure swing as opposed to aluminum, where there’s more room for error. Balls that nor-mally leave the park on a lazy swing with metal get caught by the leftfielder when you use wood.”

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KYLE O’DONNELL/TECHNICIAN ARCHIVE PHOTOHarold Riggins, a sophomore in Sport Management, hits the ball againts High Point University on May 18th. NCSU won 10-3.

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Graham ready to open up return, passing games Junior wideout T.J. Graham recovers from injury, hopes to increase contributions to promising passing attack

Sean KlemmDeputy Sports Editor

It doesn’t take long for college students to realize that only a fraction of their learning will take place in the classroom. Whether it’s cramming for an exam in the stacks of D.H. Hill, throwing up in a stranger’s front yard after a wild night or setting off a fire alarm and evacuating the whole dorm at 3 a.m. because you forgot to put water in your Easy Mac, students learn.

For junior wide receiver T.J. Graham, a learning ex-perience came in the form of a stress fracture in his leg during the game against Boston College last fall.

Graham, an All-ACC kick returner during his freshman campaign, was limited to just seven games and was forced to watch from the sidelines in 2009 as his teammates struggled in blowout losses against the likes of Virginia Tech and Clemson.

“Getting injured is no fun, period,” Graham said. “Watching my teammates play from the sideline and not being able to help when they needed help was rough.”

However, unlike many who might wallow away

in their own injury-stricken grief, Graham chose to be productive, find other ways to improve his game and make positive contributions to his teammates.

“Being injured allowed me to look at the game a different way and look at practice a lot differently,” Graham said. “You take for granted that you’ll al-ways be able to do the things you have always been able to do all the time, and it will never go away. But once you walk on crutches for about a month or so, you appreciate walking and taking baby steps. Then once you start walking again, you

can appreciate running again during workouts and condi-tioning. And I can’t be mad that I’m running again.”

And running is anything but unfamiliar to the speedster. Graham not only ranks sec-ond among active ACC players and fourth in school history in kickoff return yards with 1,602 after less than two full seasons, he also finished third nationally in the 100-meter dash in 2007 and won North Carolina 4-A state championships in both the 100-meter and 200-meters in 2008.

“In spring practice he took a step forward for sure,” coach

Tom O’Brien said. “He is much more comfortable now as a wide receiver. He is mak-ing many more plays. He un-derstands that maybe he came in as more of a track guy than a football player, but now he is a football player. And you can see it in all phases of his game.”

Becoming more of a complete player, on both offense and special teams, has been a focal point of Graham’s recovery and off-season.

“This year I actually want to be more of a contribution to the offense,” Graham said. “I have been working very hard. I’m coming off a very productive

spring and I’m trying to come full circle. I have had snippets of success on offense, but I don’t think of myself as ‘arrived’ yet. I’m still trying to prove myself as a go-to receiver.”

Graham hopes to augment a highly publicized passing at-tack that could prove to be one of the nation’s best. Redshirt junior quarterback Russell Wilson said he has high hopes for Graham and the passing game.

“He’s catching the ball great,” Wilson said. “He’s running well like always. He is doing really well and he’s making strides just like everyone else. The sky is the limit for our passing game.”

Wilson’s targets include red-shirt junior and 2009 All-ACC tight end George Bryan, red-shirt senior Jarvis Williams, who led the ACC in touch-downs in 2009 and senior Owen Spencer, who led the nation in yards per catch last year. Graham looks to provide an element of shiftiness and speed that will open up op-portunities for himself and teammates and create havoc for opposing defenses.

“I want to be the headache of the other team’s defense,” Gra-ham said. “The more threats we have on the field at one time, the more opportunities we all have to get the ball. I think I’m going to be able to help those guys out, getting more oppor-tunities. So Jarvis [Williams] won’t just lead the ACC in touchdowns, he’ll lead the na-tion, and Owen [Spencer] won’t just lead the nation in yards per catch, he’ll set NCAA records.”

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PHOTO BY BRENT KITCHEN/TECHNICIAN ARCHIVE PHOTOJunior wide receiver T.J. Graham carries the ball on an end-around during practice Tuesday, Aug. 3.

So you think you can clog?Fresh off a dominant showing at the Foothills Clogging Challenge, the club clogging team is looking for new members to help it continue its recent success

Jon GoodmanStaff Writer

The popularity of clog-ging on N.C. State’s campus has grown exponentially since the University first began offering it as a class back in the 1980’s. Three de-

cades later, State is one of only two Division I schools with a nationally competitive clog-ging team.

The clogging club’s origins date back to 1989. While the team is now a part of club sports at the University, it be-gan as nothing more than a class. The first class soon be-came two classes and the sec-ond class formed a team that started competing. State no longer offers the course. The club team is hoping to get a class started again that would teach the history of the dance and provide the opportunity to teach students interested in

learning.The primary focus of the

team is to promote and pre-serve the folk art and tradition of clogging through perfor-mance, service and competi-tion. Clogging developed in the Appalachian mountain ranges, adopting different elements of dance from the diverse cul-tures of the people inhabiting the area.

“Coming to school and be-ing on this team was my con-nection to how the dance was created,” club president Katie Aiello said. “We all came from

CLUB SPORTS

AMANDA WILKINS /TECHNICIANThe N.C. State Clogging Team jumps during its dance at the N.C. State Fair Folk Festival Competition on Saturday, Oct. 17th. The competition’s 16-25 age group pits high school and college teams against each other. N.C. State has won awards each year at the Folk Festival Competition. “I want to promote the art of clogging and keep N.C. State a part of that tradition,” said Meredith Craig, a senior in business administration.

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Players gain valuable experience in wooden-bat summer leagues

Tucker FrazierDeputy Sports Editor

While the typical college student is relaxing by the pool during summer or tak-ing vacations to the beach, many of N.C. State’s base-ball players are hard at work, using that time to f i ne -tune their skills. Sev-eral play-ers joined summer leagues after two disap-pointing losses in the Coast-a l Caro-l i na Re-gional put an end to the Pack’s season in June. Summer leagues offer top college players the opportunity to play against other top players day in and day out to improve their technique and gain valuable experience.

“The experience was great,” junior Pratt May-nard said. “I got to play with some of the best players in the country. There was

great competition every day. The players were great and the coaches were outstanding. I en-joyed seeing what advice other coaches had to give.”

Maynard had an impressive summer stint for the Harwich Mariners of the Cape Cod League, regarded as the most competitive summer league in the country. After starting in the Cape Cod All-Star Game at Boston’s Fenway Park in July, the catcher finished the season

strong, gar-nering team MVP honors a n d e a r n -ing a spot on the 24-player postseason All-Star team. Maynard f inished the season with a .414 on-base percentage and a team-high 20 RBI, and also led the league in

walks with 32.“Playing in Fenway was un-

real,” Maynard said. “I enjoyed every minute of it. It’s a pretty big honor to be named an All-Star. I just tried to listen to the coaches and put everything to-gether and it was nice to see that I made the team.”

After winning the Coastal Plain League championship

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Baseball players use summer to improve

“I got to play

with some of

the best players

in the country.

There was great

competition every

day. “junior catcher Pratt Maynard

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O’Brien, Lowe shows to see increase in air timeWolfpack Sports Marketing and the Department of Athletics unveiled a new television schedule Monday that will give students more than twice as many chances to stay up to date on the football and basketball teams. As in past years, The Tom O’Brien show and The Sidney Lowe Show will air on Sundays at 11:35 p.m. But for viewers unwilling to stay up late enough to see the shows air in their traditional time slots, WRAL2, or Channel 106 for Time-Warner Cable customers, will air those episodes at 8:30 p.m. In addition to doubling the programming that has been allotted for the coaches’ shows, the marketing and athletic departments have teamed up to add Wolfpack Fast Forward to the TV lineup. The new show will fit every play of the previous weekend’s game and will also feature the play-by-play of Pack announcer Tony Haynes, all in just one hour. Fans can tune into Wolfpack Fast Forward on Time Warner’s channel 151.

SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS

Men’s soccer to take on High Point in Thursday’s exhibitionFor the first time this season, the Wolfpack will have a home soccer match when High Point comes to town for Thursday’s 7 p.m. exhibition. State finished 2009 ranked No. 23 in the country after advancing to the finals of the ACC Tournament. But although just four starters from last season return, the Pack figures to have no shortage of possible replacements for the departed seniors. The possible replacements will come in the form of a 15-man freshman class, one CollegeSoccerNews.com has ranked No. 19 in the nation. Admission will be free.

SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS

ATHLETIC SCHEDULE

TodayMEN’S SOCCER VS. HIGH POINTDail Soccer Stadium, 7 p.m.

FridayWOMEN’S SOCCER VS. HIGH POINTDail Soccer Stadium, 7 p.m.

VOLLEYBALL VS. EASTERN KENTUCKYReynolds Coliseum, 2:30 p.m.

VOLLEYBALL VS. COPPIN STATEReynolds Coliseum, 5 p.m.

SundayWOMEN’S SOCCER VS. CHARLOTTEDail Soccer Stadium, 1 p.m.

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COMING SOONFriday: Coverage of the men’s soccer team’s home exhibition match against High Point

Monday: Coverage of football coach Tom O’Brien’s first news conference of the season

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