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Students picky when it comes to GEPs Agriculture-military partnership preserves farmlandsAlex KenneyStaff Writer

Encroachment current ly threatens agriculture and de-fense, the two largest sectors of North Carolina’s economy.

Sentinel Landscapes, a project for the creation of a mutually beneficial partnership between agriculture and the military, aims to avoid intrusion on military training fields while preserving working farmland. Donald R. Belk is currently man-aging the project, and spoke on its behalf Monday in Biltmore Hall.

Belk outlined the history of North Carolina as a rich agricul-tural state with strong military roots. Mediating between the two would be beneficial not only to those sectors, but all North Carolinians, he said.

Agriculture is the largest sec-tor in North Carolina’s economy, contributing approximately $70 billion annually and employing thousands in the state. Military activities, on the other hand,

Research flying by at Insect MuseumHuman trafficking: a problem in Raleigh

Liz MoomeyStaff Writer

Between July and Oct., police and others reported 123 cases of human trafficking in North Car-olina, including 15 in Raleigh.

Only Charlotte, with 21 re-ports, had more, according to the National Human Traffick-ing Resource Center.

Human trafficking has be-come more prominent through-out North Carolina, probably because more immigrants are coming to the state, according to Michelle Lore, a graduate stu-dent in sociology.

A man was sentenced to 24 years in prison for operating a sex trade between Charlotte and Washington, according to Charlotte-based WBTV. A Duke University official was charged with trafficking a 5-year-old boy for sex. A North Carolina moth-er was charged with trafficking and murder of her 5-year-old daughter.

10,000 prostitutes were traf-ficked to Miami in 2010 for the Super Bowl, according to Forbes. A 2011 study conducted by Traf-fick911 found that Super Bowl online escort ads increased from 135 to 367 in mid-January as the Super Bowl approached.

Lore, who is writing her dis-sertation on human trafficking, said she believes high agricul-tural production and the ease of travel, with the state’s extensive interstate system, have created fertile ground for human traf-fickers in North Carolina.

Between 15,000 and 18,000 people are drafted into slavery every year in the United States, according to the United States Department of Health and Hu-man Services, which estimates two million people are drafted into slavery worldwide.

Despite the statistics, Lore sees

denial of human trafficking as a se-rious problem in the United States.

“There is certainly a misconcep-tion that it is a problem that doesn’t affect America or American citi-zens,” Lore said.

The United States could effective-ly fight human trafficking by cre-ating more accessible, transparent ways to allow immigrants to come here legally, Lore said.

“One of the big problems is there are people that want to come to the United States to work and can’t do it legally, so they depend on smug-glers,” Lore said. “Smugglers are in the position of power, and they can put [their subjects] in exploitative work conditions.”

Awareness provides the best de-fense, Lore said.

Faith-based groups throughout North Carolina are leading the fight against prostitution and hu-man trafficking, Lore said. Non-governmental organizations, like NC Stop Human Trafficking, also raise awareness and connect groups fighting against human trafficking.

“When there’s more money to be made, people are going to take ad-vantage of it, and that’s what this is about,” Charity Magnuson, who runs NC Stop, told Charlotte-based WSOC-TV. “This is a $32 billion in-dustry.”

Other organizations campaign-ing against human trafficking lo-cally are North Carolina Coali-tion Against Sexual Assault, The Salvation Army and World Relief Durham.

Lore hopes her research will shine light on male victims who suffer from trafficking as well.

The U.S. Department of Educa-tion website issued a list of behav-iors that might suggest human-trafficking victimization, including unexplained absences for extended periods of time, references about travelling to other cities, inap-propriate clothing or references to sexual situations.

Taylor O’QuinnStaff Writer

Students taking general education courses favored Chemistry 101 and Environmental Science 100 in the past two semesters, according to a recent study on attendance levels.

Students chose general education courses based on other students’ rat-ing of their difficulty, the profession and the subject itself, they said.

Eric Poirier, data reporter for Reg-istration and Records, conducted a study on beginning-level general education courses based on enroll-ment numbers from the fall 2012 and spring 2013 semesters.

Poirier’s study found the highest attendance for fall 2012 in:

• Chemistry 101 – 2,103 stu-dents.

• Psychology 200 – 1,443 stu-dents.

• Environmental Science 100 – 1,143 students.

• Biology 181 – 1,129 students.• Mathematics 141 – 1,108 stu-

dents.

Poirier reported the highest at-tendance for spring 2013 in:• Physics 205 – 1,216 students.• Environmental Science 100

– 1,196 students.• Biology 183 – 1,067 students.• Chemistry 101 – 1,053 stu-

dents.• Mathematics 241 – 954 stu-

dents.

Colin Bish, sophomore in Poole College of Management, chose Envi-ronmental Science 100 for two reasons.

“I decided to take ES 100 be-cause I heard it was easy, and Professor Bruck is hilarious,” Bish said. Rate My Professors “helped me decide to take this class, and I’m glad I did.”

RateMyProfes-sors.com provides a public online fo-rum devoted to student evaluations of professors.

Students from the College of Engi-neering held the most seats in three of the five most popular courses for

fall of 2012 as well as spring of 2013.

William Johnson, sophomore in elec-trical engineering, wanted to “broaden his horizons” by choosing English and sociology as general education courses, instead of math- or science-based classes, he said.

Joh nson took Sociology 202, which, according to Poirier’s study, was popular in the

fall 2012 and spring 2013 semesters with an average enrollment of 620 students each semester.

Students from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences held the most seats in Chemistry 101 and Biology 181 and 183 for the fall and spring.

Anderson Foster, junior in the College of Agricultural and Life Sci-ences, took Chemistry 101 because his food science major required it. His friends within CALS had to do the same as well, he said.

Holland Messina, sophomore in the College of Humanities and So-cial Sciences, has taken seven gen-

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GEORGIA HOBBS/TECHNICIANThe fourth floor of Gardner hall hosts the intimate North Carolina State University Insect Museum. While small in size, the museum holds well over one million insect specimens. Visits can be arranged by contacting the Insect Museum’s Director, Bob Blinn.

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Nasir KhatriStaff Writer

N.C. State students who are still fighting the flu may soon be facing another vicious vi-rus – the stomach flu.

Not to be confused with inf luenza, a new strain of norovirus first identified in Australia last year has quickly made its way to North Caro-lina. As of last week, doctors had confirmed seven cases in the state.

Twenty-one million people get the stomach flu every year, and 800 people die from it, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Preven-tion.

But this year, due to muta-tion and the lack of a vaccine,

no one is immune to it, and it is more contagious than ever. Because of this mutation, up to 50 percent more people could contract it.

Norovirus poses a unique threat because of its envi-ronmental persistence. W hi le in-fluenza i s s pr e a d mainly through the air and survives on surfaces for only two to eight hours, norovirus can re-main there for weeks, accord-ing to the CDC. That means if a student with norovirus uses a keyboard in the library and you use it a week later, you

could become infected. The CDC has reported that

it takes less than 100 particles of norovirus to make a person ill, making this bug highly contagious. Comparatively, it takes more than a thousand

particles of influenza. This makes residence hal ls, high t ra f f ic a r-eas in the library and classrooms popular ar-eas for the

transmission of norovirus. “I’m definitely worried,”

Kristen Eguren, a junior in human biology, said. “The fact that it can stay in the environment for such a long time makes me want to wash my hands as often as pos-sible.”

In fact, the N.C. Division of Public Health cites regular hand-washing with soap and water and cleaning of house-hold surfaces with bleach as the most effective prevention methods. It also urges people to keep unwashed hands away from the face. Alcohol-based sanitizers do not kill the vi-rus.

Unlike inf luenza, which mainly affects the upper respiratory tract, norovirus causes inflammation of the colon and stomach lining. This results in severe stom-ach pain, nausea, diarrhea and vomiting, according to the N.C. Division of Public Health.

Additionally, because no-rovirus is caused by a differ-ent virus than influenza, the CDC reports that it is possible to contract the two illnesses at the same time. The report

carries extra weight as North Carolina lingers in a relatively strong flu season.

Muneeb Mustafa, a se-nior in supply-chain man-agement, is all too famil-iar with the norovirus.

“Although it wasn’t the same strain as this year’s, I did get sick with the stomach flu last year. And it was treacherous,” Mustafa said. “For a whole week I vomited every day. Couldn’t really keep much food down and had fevers and shivers that would wake me up in the middle of the night. I was hoping that because I already got it once, I wouldn’t get it again. But it seems like this is a new strain, and so I very well could, un-fortunately.”

If you do fall ill to noro-virus, the N.C. Division of Public Health recom-mends avoiding contact with children, the elderly and those with weakened immune systems. It also advises you to stay home and refrain from prepar-ing food for others while you are sick, and for at least 48 hours afterward.

For more information about the norovirus and how to better protect yourself, visit www.cdc.gov/norovirus.

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Students from countries such as Russia, Brazil, Mexico, Australia and the United States joined together to watch the Superbowl Sunday Night at Alexander Residence Hall, the home of the Global Village. “I think it’s fun,” said Leonardo Melo, senior in computer science. “I like the commercials and Beyonce.”

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eral education courses. She particularly liked Chemistry 101, Introduction to Weather and Climate (MEA 130), and Solar System Astronomy (PY 124).

“Weather, in genera l, is something I enjoy, so I thought I would further my knowledge in the subject by

taking Intro to Weather and Climate,” Messina said.

According to Poirier’s study, CHASS has 85 students enrolled in Introduction to Weather and Climate, second only to the Poole College of Management, with 106.

Some general education course requirements fill more than one requirement on a student’s degree audit, adding another reason for students to take a course.

“I picked [Principles of Sociology] because it filled my visual arts and global knowledge requirements in one class and also let me get it out of the way in one class,” Johnson said.

Despite his reasons for taking the sociology course, Johnson said the course “end-ed up being interesting.”

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contributed 8 percent of North Carolina’s gross do-mestic product in the past year, Belk said.

The economic impact of agriculture and defense are indisputable, yet the chal-lenges they face are increas-ing, Belk said.

Population growth and land development expand on land that could be used for mili-tary training fields or farm-land, and without military

installations, national de-fense could be compro-mised, Belk said.

“Sentinel Landscapes is a solu-tion,” said B e l k . “ I t was created to guard our military, ru-ral commu-nit ies and natural re-sources by maintaining and encouraging compatible uses of private land.”

Belk said he has a multi-faceted ap-pro ac h to overcom-i n g e n -croachment through Sen-tinel.

A “Ma r-ket-Based Conserva-tion” initia-tive provides landowners with an op-portunity to

protect their land, and ac-cording to Belk, landowners can enter into agreements

that protect their working lands from incompatible uses such as residential neighbor-hoods.

The “Food and Fuel for the Forces” initiative aims to increase the amount of food locally produced, fueling lo-cal farms to table movement and strengthening the rural economy.

N.C. State was directly con-tacted about the assessment of woody biomass, an element of the University extension forestry branch project that calculates availability and price of biomass to conserve resources, Belk said.

Conservation of the ex-pansive forestland in North Carolina is a top priority to Sentinel Landscapes as well, providing a partnership be-tween the North Carolina Forestry Association and the United States military to maintain forests, Belk said.

In addition to the Univer-sity, the U.S. Marine Corps Installations East, N.C. De-partment of Environmental and Natural Resources, N.C. Farm Bureau and N.C. For-estry Association sponsor the project.

Belk’s project has many goals for the year ahead. Sen-

tinel Landscapes’ project is in the pilot stage and project benefactors hope to move it to the established and continu-ing stage in the next year, he said.

As N.C. State’s College of Natural Resources, Depart-ment of Agriculture and ROTC programs make up a sizeable portion of the stu-dent population, Belk said. “We very much see N.C. State’s role [with Sentinel Landscaping] as expanding.”

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Viewpoint

Semester after se-mester, we pack up ou r mo s t

prized possessions — which for me ranges from practically every article of

clothing I have ever owned to my com-plete Boy Meets World DVD collection

— and we head to school. Nearly every semester, my car is more stuffed than a carnival-lover with a hearty appetite for fried food. Last spring was the only exception.

Exactly one year ago, I weeded through the things I cared about most and nearly performed spells of Harry Potter magnitudes to fit every-thing into my allotted two suitcases. I then headed across the Atlantic Ocean for the unknown world of Madrid, Spain.

Upon arriving, I was overwhelmed with a myriad of emotions be-cause I was terrified and excited at the same time. I was in a foreign coun-try and feeling as though my previous semesters of Spanish would be proved inadequate in the months ahead.

Despite my initial fears, Madrid did not eat me up like a plate of cured ham,

jamón serrano, a popular ap-petizer in Spain. I quickly be-came enamored with nearly every facet of the city, which is known more for its late nights and fruity wine than its economic achievements. While I became accustomed to spending my afternoons at one of the largest parks in Eu-rope and wandering around museums, I often used the weekends to explore the rest of the con-tinent.

With each stamp added to my pass-p o r t I ga ined a little more freedom and con-f idence. I didn’t have anyone or anything hold-ing me back except for my depreciating bank account. Throughout the course of the semester, I saw more his-torical landmarks and made more friends than I thought possible.

I also encountered my fair share of frightening mo-ments, mostly because I de-cided to travel to countries where my Spanish skills quickly became obsolete. But I am not one to give up, especially when it involves a music festival in Portugal, so I persevered. Now the idea of traveling to a place where I don’t speak the language doesn’t intimidate me in the

slightest.Studying abroad is quite

possibly one of the greatest opportunities presented to us as college students. For very little additional cost, we are given the option to make a home in a place that we have only seen depicted in movies. Moreover, studying abroad gives us the chance to grow as individuals, shed our timid and homebody exterior and

become the adventurous a nd c u r i -ous people that we once were. It also presents the opportunity to learn first-hand about t he wor ld that we may have been

sleeping through in tenth-grade world history.

So break out of the com-fort zone that is N.C. State and consider applying for a program in the place that fascinates you the most. That initial plane ride to your des-tination might be one of the most horrifying moments of your life, but I promise that when you fly back, you will have stories that last a life-time about your adventures — good and bad — abroad.

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In response to “AP credits may become a thing of the past.”

Jessica Hatcher’s article posted today contains several inaccuracies. The Dartmouth story has caused some confusion among the higher education community, parents and students and I wanted to offer some background to help clarify things. Also below are some facts regarding Advanced Placement credit policies in colleges and universities around the countr y. Based on information from the Annual Survey of Colleges and a recent AP credit policy survey, more than 99 percent of colleges with AP policies grant course credit for successful AP Exams. As we understand it, Dartmouth’s policy shift reflects two phenomenon that have developed: A) The overwhelming majority of Dartmouth students are using AP scores for placement purposes only, not to graduate from Dartmouth early; and B) Dartmouth is considering some significant shifts to the design of its undergraduate experience, and wants to pilot for the class of 2018 and the class of 2019 a model in which students take a core set of 35 courses on campus. Dartmouth has made clear its intention to continue using AP exams for placement, which aligns with the original intent of the Advanced Placement Program — to provide students with the opportunity to place into the college course for which their AP experience best prepared them. We view this policy shift as a means to ensure students remain on Dartmouth’s campus for the full four years and get the most out of the Dartmouth undergraduate experience.The College Board supports elimination of college credit for a specific course only when methodologically sound research reveals that AP students are not as well

prepared for the subsequent course as students who took the college’s own introductory course. But the condensed psychology exam given to AP students at Dartmouth — as reported on in the media — was in no way a scientific study based on evidence. Concerns from researchers and educators about the validity of Dartmouth’s condensed psychology exam were confirmed when the chair of the Dartmouth College Psychology Department stated the following in a letter to a blog called “Teaching High School Psychology.” “First, note that this was not a scientific study. Nor did we intend it for public consumption. Indeed, we did not even intend these data to inform decision making at the college regarding AP credit in general. We simply collected these data to inform our own departmental decision making regarding whether to give Advanced Placement credit for Introductory Psychology.”There is substantial research (from experts outside the College Board) that shows that AP students at Dartmouth and other colleges across the country perform as well as — or better than — students who have completed the introductory course at a college or university. These research studies on AP all demonstrate AP’s comparability to introductory college-level courses in terms of content, skills, and learning outcomes. This research includes:1. A study of more than 100,000 AP test takers enrolling at 110 colleges. For all nine subject areas studies, AP Exam takers earning a score of 3 or higher earned higher subject area GPAs than non-AP Exam takers. Full report: http://bit.ly/WbKMU12. A study of more than 24,000 AP students enrolling at the University of Texas at Austin over a four-year period. Findings: AP students who earn course credit based upon their AP Exam scores consistently outperform their matched non-AP group on most of the college outcome measures. AP students take significantly more credit hours their first year than the concurrently enrolled non-AP students. Full report: http://bit.ly/13MGkl13. A study of more than 70,000 students enrolling at 27 colleges. Findings: Students

earning a 3 or higher on an AP Exam performed the same as or better than non-AP students in an intermediate-level college course. AP Exam takers earned degrees in less time than did the non-AP cohort. Underrepresented students who took STEM AP Exams tended to major in that discipline. For most titles, students taking AP Exams took more course work in the discipline than non-AP students. Full report: http://bit.ly/WnOQBnApproximately 5,800 college faculty — including those from the Ivy League and other highly selective institutions — are engaged in designing AP courses and exams, writing AP Exam questions and scoring AP Exams. The direct involvement of college faculty ensures that AP course work is comparable in content to introductory college-level courses and that the examination standards to which AP students are held are what college professors expect from their own students in their classrooms. Our analysis shows that each year, AP policies shift in 1-3 percent of colleges and universities, with a balance between changes that allow for more credit and changes that allow for less. As the average time to complete a bachelor’s degree at the majority of colleges and institutions has increased to six years, we anticipate that there will be continued reliance on AP Exam scores to place students into an advanced college course and provide them with credits toward degree completion.It is very important that North Carolina State students and faculty have all of the correct information on Advanced Placement courses and exams.

Deborah Davis director, college readiness communications, The College Board

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If you give a man $2What happens if you give a man $2?

We all learned from the Laura Numeroff children’s book that if

you give a mouse a cookie, he is bound to want some milk, for which he’ll need a straw. The

chain continues. According to the Scholastic, Inc. website, the story is supposed to teach the reader about the life of a mom. To me it seems as if the book advocates against shar-ing. The moral: When you share with someone, he or she is bound to ask for more.

Last week, while eating at Shanghai Express, my

friends and I were approached by an older man dressed in ragged, baggy clothing. After asking how we were doing, he said, “I have to go all the way back to Durham. Do y’all know where that is?” He then proceeded to complain about all of the buses he had to take to get home.

Eventually, he got to his point: “So, I really need just $2 to get back home — no drugs or alcohol. I came here looking for work, and now I need to get home.”

I’m a sucker, so I reached for my wallet. Not only did my friends not pitch in, but they looked disgusted that I gave money to a stranger. When I told my roommate she re-sponded, “You trust people too much.”

That’s probably true, and giving money to strangers is definitely not the best way to give back. But what is $2 to me? Many of us use the “poor college kids” excuse while drinking a latte from Starbucks, which is insulting to people who actually have financial struggles.

According to a meta-analysis published in 2010 by the University of Michigan, college students are less empathetic today than they were 30 years ago. The New York Times re-ported that from 1979 to 2009, the empathy of American college students decreased 40 percent. The study looked at 72 other stud-ies that used the 28-item scale Interpersonal

Reactivity Index. According to the Los Angeles Times, it gauges interpersonal sensitivity on the following bases:

• Empathetic concern (feelings of sym-pathy for others’ mis-fortunes).

• Perspective taking (how people imagine others’ points of view).

• Fantasy (how people identify with fictional characters in books or movies).

• Personal distress (how people feel when they see the misfortunes of others).

Sara Konrath of the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research said, “This gen-eration of college students grew up with video games, and a growing body of research … is establishing that exposure to violent media numbs people to the pain of others.”

The researchers attributed this change to

an increased focus on self, the prevalence of violence in the media and the growth of social networks. The researchers believe that by spending so much time meeting people

on the Internet, members of our society are losing inter-personal skills needed for real life. Edward O’Brien, one of the study’s co-authors, said, “College students today may be so busy worrying about themselves and their own is-sues that they don’t have time to spend empathizing with others, or at least perceive

such time to be limited.”People may be bad or immoral, but not per-

petually so. If you give a man $2, he’ll prob-ably say thank you and leave you alone.

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“Many of us use

the ‘poor college

kids’ excuse while

drinking a latte

from Starbucks.”

FeaturesKatherine SandersDeputy Features Editor

Housing roughly 1.5 mil-lion specimens of insects within its metal drawers, the N.C. State Insect Museum holds a population of insects that rivals the population of humans in the whole of Man-hattan.

With more than 40,000 spe-cies, the museum carries one of the most impressive col-lections in the United States, with researchers around the country turning to the col-lection for the information it stores.

The bugs are arranged by phylogenetic order, or by how they are related. There are sections for bees and wasps, butterflies and moths, beetles, flies, and other phyla. The museum holds every-thing from African beetles to North Carolinian cicadas. It even includes the first speci-men in a collection of the only species of mayfly that lives in North America.

However, the collection fo-cuses mainly on hemiptera, an order of insects known as “true bugs” that includes leafhoppers, cicadas, stink bugs and aphids.

“I often tell people that it’s a little bit like a library here,” said Bob Blinn, museum cu-rator since 1987.

Blinn’s interest in insects began when he was studying for his undergraduate degree. After taking an entomology class, he was inspired by his professor to continue in the field.

“I grew up watching Na-tional Geographic and Wild Kingdom on TV,” Blinn said. “I always liked the idea of be-ing somebody that described species and worked with col-lections, and there is much more opportunity to find new species of insects than species of mammals, birds and vertebrates in general.”

It doesn’t take much to maintain the bugs, other than making sure they don’t get eaten by moths or get moldy, Blinn said. The adult insects are stored by being pinned and labeled, and they make up the majority of the collec-tion. Immature insects like caterpillars, larva and other soft-bodied insects need to be stored in vials of alcohol,

wh i le t he smallest of the insects are stored on micro-scope slides for easier studying.

“The in-sec t s w i l l really last, literally for-

ever,” Blinn said. “We have specimens here that [are] more than 100 years old and a lot that are close to 100 years old.”

Blinn is kept busy, how-

ever, because he constantly receives new material for the museum. Through the com-bination of his collections, N.C. State researchers’ collec-tions, student collections and donations, he spends most of his day organizing and label-ing insects.

“Through those duties sometimes I’ll stumble across things that will strike me as new,” Blinn said.

In 2011, Blinn came across a new assassin bug. It was so different from other known

assassin bugs that it merited its own genus.

“It’s the first new species in this sub-family that’s been described in 50 years,” Blinn said.

This is mainly because no-body really looks, Blinn said. Blinn found the new species of assassin bug, which he eventually named Arenao-coris enerviatus –veinless, sand-loving bug – when he was identifying species sent in from Mississippi State.

Unable to classify the bug,

he began to look for other instances of the species. He found specimens already in museums – even the Smith-sonian – and eventually ac-quired about 12. Curators, not knowing what they were offhand, had left them in the yet-to-be-identified material. Once Blinn had collected enough specimens, he clas-sified them as a new species.

“Once you start looking at them under a microscope and studying the differences between the genera and the

species you start to see what we call the characters, or the morphological features that make these things what they are an d distinct,” Blinn said. “You start getting an appre-ciation for what these things are all about.”

The department hopes to gain more space for displays and storage as buildings on Centennial Campus are fin-ished. It now has a digital re-cord system that anyone can access online and use to scroll through the specimens.

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Research buzzes at Insect Museum

GEORGIA HOBBS/TECHNICIANThe fourth floor of Gardner Hall hosts the N.C. State Insect Museum. While small in size, the museum holds about 1.5 million insect specimens. Visits can be arranged by contacting the Insect Museum’s curator, Bob Blinn.

“We have

specimens here

that [are] more

than 100

years old.”Bob Blinn,

the Insect Museum curator

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Unlike other mixed mar-tial arts fighters, when Cody Maltais leaves the battle in the cage, he will soon be able to drive to his own brewery in Carrboro and enjoy a pint of Rubber Room Session Ale.

At age 27, only four years out of N.C. State, Cody Mal-tais and two partners plan to open Steel String Brewery in March. Unlike his partners, Maltais fights on the amateur mixed martial arts circuit and hopes to turn pro in July.

And he plays a mean man-dolin.

A 2007 State alum in ag-ricultural business manage-ment, Maltais said he never thought he would find a use for his degree. But in 2009, together with friends and co-owners Will Isley and Andrew Scharfenberg, plans began forming to open a brewery of their own.

“Will and I were in a blue-grass band together all through college,” Maltais said. “He w a s t h e guitar player, and I p l aye d mandolin. We played all around t h e Tr i -angle and that was our big introduction to craft beer. Because we played a weekly gig at Milltown in Carrboro, one of the things that we got in our contract for the gig was two craft beers a week.”

The experience resulted in planting an unslakable thirst for quality beer. Gone were the days in college of subject-ing themselves to “national” domestics, ironically many of which are owned by out-of-country companies.

“[Initially] Andrew and Will were in North Carolina homebrewing, and I was in the Marine Corps. I would come home to visit, and every single time I came home there was always new homebrew to try,” Maltais said. “[A brew-ery] just seemed like a very good fit for us because we had always wanted to find a way to open our own business.”

Steel String Brewery, cur-rently slated to open March 22, is keeping things local, possibly even keeping beer local to the brewery itself. Maltais said this would be to keep quality at its peak.

“We have complete quality control,” Maltais said. “So we know when you have our beer, it’s exactly the way we

envisioned it.”“W hen i t

came time to start naming the brewery, we were hav-ing all these brainstorm-ing sessions. So one day I was in Califor-nia, I called up Will and I was like I’ve got it,

we have to call it Six String Brewery because a guitar has six strings and it shows the music [roots]. And he goes, ‘Yeah, that’s good, but all bluegrass instruments have steel strings.’ So we just

called it Steel String and took it from there,” said Maltais.

But behind the pleasant and seemingly pedestrian appear-ance is a serious competitive MMA fighter. A former Ma-rine, Maltais has a variety of skills in his arsenal, including a background in grappling, Muay Thai and a brown belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.

MMA, a full contact sport, lets participants use both striking and grappling tech-niques, both standing and on the ground, utilizing styles from a variety of martial arts.

During his time at the Uni-versity, Maltais and a friend began rolling out mats and

training every Friday in Car-michael Gymnasium. After a few sessions he quickly devel-oped a love for the sport, even rearranging his class sched-ule to squeeze in more time to train.

Already a veteran fighter with nine fights on his record, Maltais trains nearly every day for most of the day, hav-ing to coordinate between the brewery and the gym.

“As of July I will be the only professional MMA craft brewer in the world,” Maltais said.

Maltais’s fight this Saturday is set to take place in Durham at Bull City Brawl, where he will take on Matthew “Pretty Boy” Probin for three rounds.

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Gottfried will not have that problem. If Brown is healthy, it is his job. But the emer-gence of Lewis does give him something to think about, especially as it pertains to Brown’s health.

State is entering a tricky part of the season. At 16-6 overall and 5-4 in the ACC, things could shift either way. Losses at Duke and at Clem-son, neither being implau-sible, would see the Pack fall below .500 in league play and headed for a double-digit loss season.

The games afterward seem manageable though. The possibility of State going on a roll in February is real. There will be a balancing act to the next few weeks. The Pack have to look to March, while also making sure there will be some meaningful games to play when that time ar-rives.

Gottfried will also have to find that balance, maintain-ing excitement for the season while also keeping the hatred of losing. So far, he is doing it well.

GOTTFRIEDcontinued from page 8

Debating merits of soliciting funds�Joseph�Havey�Deputy Viewpoint Editor

It’s an unspoken rule on campus: Don’t make eye contact with the Greenpeace representatives. They just want your money.

These representatives — technically called the “Front-line” — are known to employ somewhat confrontational tactics to get the attention of passing students. This echoes the reputation of the Green-peace organization in general for using radical means to correct corporate grievances against the environment.

It has also earned the rep-resentatives more than one clever response by passersby.

“I had a friend tell me one time that a Greenpeace rep asked him if he liked polar bears,” Tina Scribner, a PhD student in statistics, said. “He shouted back, ‘Only when they’re cooked.’”

However, past the in-your-face fundraisers that line Hillsborough Street is an or-ganization that is staunchly committed to fixing the en-vironment. Caroline Hansley, a junior in Interdisciplinary Studies and a member of the Fossil Free group on campus, said everything Greenpeace does starts with the mindset of saving the planet.

“Greenpeace has incredible power,” Hansley said. “By being a member, citizens get

to join an extremely active network of more than three million people globally that want to make our world a better place.”

While in San Diego, Hans-ley found an ad on Craigslist asking if she cared about the environment. She responded, interviewed and took to the streets as a fundraiser for Green-peace.

“I had no idea what I was doing, but I turned out to be pretty good at it,” Hans-l e y s a i d . “One time I had an 80-year-old man sign up for $100 a month because he loved my enthusiasm.”

Yet the Frontline represen-tatives are obviously not on campus to target 80-year-olds.

“We love college students,” one Frontline representative, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said. This repre-sentative explained that the problems Greenpeace is try-ing to solve will directly affect college students in the future.

The representative also explained that students aren’t the only ones that feel uncomfortable during the “do-you-like-polar-bears” exchanges, admitting that

standing on Hillsborough Street feels “kind of awk-ward.” However, they plan to move their efforts to the Brickyard, thanks to cooper-ation from N.C. State. These fundraisers are not going anywhere soon.

“N.C. State loves us and gives us lots of permits,” the

representa-tive said.

Perhaps this is be-c a u s e o f Greenpeace’s e f for t s to positively a f fec t t he future well-being of stu-dents.

“What’s important to understand about Greenpeace fundrais-ing representatives is that they live here too,” Hansley said. “They give back to Ra-leigh and North Carolina and aren’t just trying to exploit young college students.”

In December, thanks to Greenpeace’s efforts, the jean company Levi’s committed to eliminate all releases of haz-ardous chemicals throughout its supply chain and products by 2020.

“I bet our design students didn’t know Greenpeace In-ternational was working to make their industry safer,” Hansley said.

Of course, not everyone

agrees with the idea of fund-raising. Cassia Lewis, a junior in fashion and textile man-agement, said she opposes Greenpeace’s tactics.

“I don’t think charities should ask for a handout,” Lewis said. “I think that peo-ple should donate to charities out of their own will and not because there are a bunch of people standing on the street asking for money.”

Lewis would gladly pay to attend a sustainability-themed fashion show be-cause that would do more than just raise money, such as showcasing local designers and encouraging students to use eco-friendly materials. If Greenpeace were to organize a campaign to add more re-cycling bins to campus, then she would be more likely to listen to their representatives.

“I just don’t think they should only ask for money,” Lewis said.

Hansley and the anony-mous representative said Greenpeace is an indepen-dent organization that relies on grassroots fundraising to effect the change that it does. Because the organization is not funded by the govern-ment or corporations, it can set its own agenda. Hansley implored students to look at the bigger picture.

“2012 was the hottest year ever recorded,” Hansley said. “We can’t keep going on

as business as usual. We need Greenpeace Front-line representatives in our face now more than ever, ever reminding us that things are not going to get better unless we do something and act.”

Hansley encourages stu-dents to attend the next Fossil Free meeting – at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Park Shops 215 – to find out more about how Green-peace supports a student-run campaign on campus. The campaign, launched this semester, aims to re-duce the UNC System’s dependence on fossil fuels and achieve 100 percent renewable energy.

Hansley agrees that there will always be peo-ple that consider Green-peace’s representatives hippies, but she is not out to win the favor of every-one.

“Some people, includ-ing my family, think I’m too radical and that Greenpeace i s too,” Hansley said. “Yet, a great friend just shared with me this inspirational quote: ‘To be truly radical is to make hope possible rather than despair believable.’ The fight goes on, and we are growing stronger ev-ery day.”

“I think that

people should

donate to

charities out of

their own will ...”Cassia Lewis, junior in fashion

and textile management

INSIDE• Page 7: A feature on Greenpeace’s

presence on campus.

Rob McLambStaff Writer

Mark Gottfried has an aura about him. He is the type of person who gets looks from others in a crowded room. He has a terrific personality. His educational and employment background, along with family history in coaching, have prepared him well.

For all of Gottfried’s strengths, experience coaching and commu-nication, he is a terrible actor.

When N.C. State loses, he makes no pretense of his hurt, disappoint-ment or even anger. He stews when the Pack suffers a tough loss, and all of the ACC losses have been agoniz-ing so far. The fact that he is in an ill mood after defeat is not entirely helpful for the writers who use Gott-fried’s quotes to help put food on their table — the members of the media gorging on pregame buffets notwithstanding.

But Gottfried’s terseness after tough losses should not be consid-ered a negative. It is in fact a po-etic symmetry to the hunger of the

N.C. State fan base. When the Pack loses, its supporters are usually in no mood for looking on the bright side of life.

It is also a stark contrast to post-game mood often displayed by Gottfried’s two predecessors over the previous 15 years before he ar-rived in Raleigh from his sojourn at ESPN before last season.

Herb Sendek would often show a remarkable detachment from hu-man emotion after games, regard-less of the outcome. Sendek’s nor-mal demeanor was akin to a doctor in an emergency room — whether it was the joy of birth or the sorrow of death, he was stoic. There was a logical explanation for everything.

Sidney Lowe’s post-game press conferences would have the former point guard steering seamlessly be-tween complete befuddlement as to why his teams were mediocre and hope to a brighter future that some-how only he could see.

On Saturday Gottfried dealt with Lorenzo Brown’s injury with aplomb. Even with a victory against Miami, the Pack would have been

unlikely to win the ACC regular season title. The objectives now must be to learn and improve over the course of the second half of the conference season, and to finish in the top-four of the league stand-ings to avoid a Thursday game in the ACC Tournament.

It will be interesting to see how State uses freshman guard Tyler Lewis for the remainder of the season. Lewis’ play Saturday has almost undoubtedly earned trust among the coaching staff and his teammates.

When faced with a similar situa-tion his final season, Lowe turned to Brown to play point guard against North Carolina in the Smith Center. Brown shined in his new role, tal-lying 20 points and seven assists in an 84-64 loss.

Brown accounting for over half the points scored by N.C. State against a ranked arch-rival on the road simply would not suffice for Lowe. He never let Brown play point

COUNTDOWN• 2 days until men’s basketball travels to Durham to

take on Duke. SportsTECHNICIANPAGE 8 • TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Daniel WilsonStaff Writer

On Jan. 16, in the days follow-ing the N.C. State men’s basket-ball team’s victory over then-No. 1 Duke, I wrote an article about the video that aired before player introductions for the Wolfpack.

N.C. State athletic officials in-troduced the video, featuring the P.O.D. song “Boom,” in the con-ference schedule’s home opener against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. They used “Boom” again as the introductory film for the next two home games.

I argued originally to keep the video featuring the tagline “This is our State” where it was during the non-conference schedule. Ei-ther remove “Boom” or play the new video at a different point during the basketball game, I wrote.

As I entered PNC Arena and took my seat on the baseline for the contest against the baby blue abomination of the Atlan-tic Coast Conference, I expected nothing better than the hum-drum “Boom” video, following the amazing “Our State” video before the national anthem.

I expected mediocrity. I ex-pected the status quo. But I saw a new video – a fantastic new video!

After the State student body finished jeering the visiting ri-vals, the lights went down as Mr. and Mrs. Wuf took center court to make their traditional howls. The giant screen showed the nighttime skyline of the city of Raleigh after the howl-ing concluded, and a remixed techno version of the iconic semi-acoustic guitar riff in the White Stripes song “Seven Na-tion Army” began playing. In-stantly, the hungry Wolfpack crowd responded.

As the tune broke down and

momentarily paused, the video showed head coach Mark Gottfried pumping up the players inside the locker room.

“We didn’t come here to be sec-ond.”

The beat returned while the screen showed highlights from previous games, including the memorable upset of the Blue Devils. The video concluded with the well-known “Wolfpack in the house” yell.

This video gave the team and fans the three-point shot they needed as the prelude to what became the mas-sacre of the vermin that had dared to step into PNC Arena that fateful day. N.C. State officials had previously integrated “Seven Nation Army” into State’s game-day tradition as a way to energize the already-pumped crowd, usually when the opposing team took a timeout following a large-scoring run for the Pack.

The beat has brought many State fans to their feet to jump and yell as the video did on that fateful day when it debuted. My only com-plaint: Why didn’t officials intro-duce this video sooner?

As the season progresses, the team will need to continue to succeed at home, and the fans will need to stay behind the team and help rally the players to victory. Cheering plays a critical role, and no other video in the N.C. State athletics repertoire, besides the “Our State” video, has generated that sort of reaction, es-pecially not “Boom.”

“Seven Nation Army” is no lon-ger about the “seven nation army.” The song now empowers legions of students and fans to stand up and support the University, its athletic teams and its legacy. The song and video say never accept the status quo and always strive to go above and beyond the expectations of those who have come before them. “Seven Nation Army” says never let anyone stop us from succeeding.

That song now speaks to the army that is the Wolfpack.

‘Seven Nation Army’: just

what the Pack neededGottfried faces balancing act

JOHN JOYNER/TECHNICIANMen’s basketball head coach Mark Gottfried holds his hand over his heart during the national anthem before the men’s basketball game in PNC Arena Jan. 20. The Wolfpack defeated the Tigers, 66-62.

Dorms prepare for World CupTy PrenticeCorrespondent

The third annual N.C. State Campus World Cup approaches, and residence halls already are sending recruitment emails, try-ing to lure talent.

Wolf Village, last year’s cham-pions, will defend its title as at least 12 teams from across cam-pus come together to compete for the Residence Hall Cup Tro-phy.

Three students – Rishav Dey, a junior studying electrical en-gineering; Toan To, a residence director at Lee Hall; and David Cancio, a senior in Spanish – created the Campus World Cup in 2011. Their idea: Get organi-zations to pay a fee to play in a campus-wide soccer tournament and donate the money to charity.

“Rishav, Toan and myself cre-ated this event with the original vision to create a program that brought about a new tradition to NCSU that got the entire campus involved,” Cancio said. “We also created this event to not only bring about a new tradition but to benefit humanitarian causes and local charities.”

The tournament has grown beyond his expectations, Can-cio said.

“It has definitely grown in numbers, and it has called stu-dents to think outside the box and strive for humanitarian causes,” he said. “It has made students want to compete and

be sponsored by the local charities and organizations, and that alone has helped the nearby area get more involved with this university.” The World Cup has become popular across campus. Twelve residence-hall teams competed last year, and organizers expect more this year.

Adam Nathan, a senior in bio-medical engineering, now lives in Wolf Village and expects to play for them this year.

“It allows students to interact with

other students,” Nathan said. “It brings the whole campus together. It feels like a homecoming almost, except instead of juniors against seniors, it’s your residence hall. It allows you to meet new friends with similar interests.”

The event embodies a sense of community within the campus, Nathan and Cancio said.

“It builds community, gets stu-dents out and about, and it allows students to network and meet more

of their fellow students around cam-pus,” Cancio said.

“All students living on campus should participate,” Nathan said. “It’s really fun. It’s not much of a time commitment. It’s a good stress reliever, and it allows us to get into the competitive spirit in a healthy way.”

To participate in the event, or if you have any questions regarding the event, email your residence hall coordinator.

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Dave Doeren@StateCoachD

Amazing final recruiting weekend. Great to have most of the staff’s families in town. Love seeing the kids running around the Murph.

TJ Warren @T24WarrenHard loss for the team tonight, So

proud of my boy @tylewis_12!#pack

Brett Austin @brettaustin_3 2 weeks @NCStateBaseball

NC State Swim/Dive @packswimdive

WOLFPACK Men and Women Combine to break 8 Pool Records in Home Finale. GO PACK!

NC State Baseball @NCStateBaseball

Ready for baseball? Visit Crabtree Valley Mall this Saturday, Feb. 9 from 4-6 to meet the #Pack9 coaching staff and score some free gear

NC State Mens Basketball @PackMensBball

@ScottWood15 2.5 3-pointers made per game second in the ACC.

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TECHNICIAN/ARCHIVEStudents compete in the 2012 N.C. State Campus World Cup on Upper Miller Fields in April. Wolf Village won the tournament.