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Raleigh looks to University to strive for innovationCity looks upon N.C. State and citizens to help boost city’s Innovative spirit.

Jack BorkeyStaff Writer

Called the “City of Oaks” by many, the Raleigh is working to become the City of Innovation.

To jump-start an economic trans-formation, N.C. State, along with eco-nomic leaders and citizens of the city,

holds the first ever Raleigh Innovation Summit today at the Raleigh Conven-tion Center.

The event features two keynote speakers. The first is Tom Murphy, senior resident fellow of the Urban Land Institute.

Murphy’s track record is outstand-ing, serving three terms as the mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Fol-lowing the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, he coordinated rebuilding efforts in Louisiana and the surround-ing Gulf Coast area.

Following Murphy is Mitchell Sil-ver, Raleigh’s city planner, a position he has held since 2005. In the past, Silver has promoted sustainable and economically smart planning for Ra-leigh’s fast-growing urban sprawl.

Both men undoubtedly have a strong vision of how to make the Raleigh area both financially and structurally suc-cessful for decades to come.

The committee behind the Ra-leigh Innovation Summit sees their city’s success in the hands of its own citizens. To tap into the minds of its

people, the committee will hold four “break out sessions.” Their purpose is to discuss the four most important topics deemed by the Summit’s Plan-ning Committee and to receive as much feedback from citizens as they can.

The first pillar of the Summit was to create an actual hub for innovation in the downtown area, appropriately titled the Innovation Center. The center would cater to entrepreneurs, investors and others who would take advantage of the programs and ser-

vices offered by the center.The second pillar is to transform

Raleigh from the City of Oaks into the City of Innovation. An aspect of rebranding Raleigh is to retain the University’s brightest and most cre-ative graduates and to stop them from starting their careers in other cities.

Silicon Valley’s rapid rise, thanks to companies like Apple, Google and Hewlett Packard, is the envy of cities all across the United States. Thanks to

Luis Zapata/technician archive photoTaylor Barto, a sophomore in biological engineering, jumps into Lake Raleigh with five of her friends during the sixth annual polar plunge Saturday, Feb. 27. The name of the team was called Freezing Runners and they said they did it "for funsies." They also took the plunge for one of theam member's brother who has down syndrome.

Students prepare to plungeThe University Police Department is preparing to raise funds for Special Olympics with the annual Polar Plunge event.

Jatin BhatiaStaff Writer

In addition to the Polar Plunge, a 5K race will also be held to assist with fundraising efforts. Amy Orders, as-sistant director for Environmental Health and Safety, and Kim Womble, a law enforcement telecommunications employee, coordinated both events. Campus Police Chief Jack Moorman shed some light on the Special Olym-pics.

“Special Olympics is a year-round sports organization for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. Special Olympics offers sports train-ing and competition in 19 Olympic-type sports to more than 38,000 ath-letes across the state,” Moorman said.

According to Moorman, the event is free for all participants. Various police departments raise money for the event by holding fundraisers.

“Athletes are never charged a fee to participate. Law enforcement agencies across the state raise money through special events to help make this hap-pen,” Moorman said.

Moorman described the event as a good way for the University to give

back to the community in a fun and interesting way.

“The N.C. State Polar Plunge is about N.C. State giving back to the community and to the public. It’s an opportunity for members of the N.C. State Community and others to come out and show their support and to par-ticipate in a fun event that helps a good cause,” Moorman said.

Moorman added that community service is an important aspect of the University police department and that they commit fully to organizing the Polar Plunge.

“The University Police Department recognizes the importance of Special Olympics to the individuals and their families who are able to participate, and we take a very active role in or-ganizing and promoting the 5K run and the Polar Plunge,” Moorman said.

This event offers of opportunity for student involvement, according to Moorman. Students are able to participate in the plunge themselves and donate money to the cause online. Students are also eligible to sign up for the 5K run.

Moorman said the event could in-voke mixed feelings because of cold lake water coupled with the warm sat-isfaction for helping Campus Police with their cause.

“They can anticipate feeling very cold on the outside and very warm on the inside at the same time. Go-

ing into the lake in February is not something that is going to feel good, but the feeling derived from being able to know that your participation has helped individuals with intellectual difficulties to have a once-in-a-life-time experience is very heart-warm-ing,” Moorman said.

Womble suggested students get involved by joining teams to plunge together.

“People dress up in costumes and plunge into Lake Raleigh. Students could get involved by joining a team or registering by themselves to plunge. There is a $50 fee to jump,” Womble said.

Womble also said money can be do-nated online, and people can involve others using their social networking accounts.

“That money can be raised online by registering at www.firstgiving.com. After signing up on that site you can email, Facebook or Twitter to let people that you think might donate money on your behalf know how to do so,” Womble said.

Student Body President Chandler Thompson, expressed her excitement for the event.

“The Polar Plunge is a great event for students to get involved with, and gives N.C. State the opportunity to engage with Campus Police and fund-

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Non-university company handles Wolfline employeesWolfline employees, despite working at the University, are actually contracted elsewhere.

Will BrooksDeputy News Editor

Contrary to its appearance, the Wolfline bus system is run by First Transit, a corporation based out of Cincinnati, rather than through the University.

Kim Paylor, transit manager for the University, said the contract with First Transit is beneficial for several reasons.

“It is just a financial situation... we would have to charge a whole lot more [through direct operation],” Paylor said. “We would have to have a place to store the buses, own and operate them, hire maintenance--it would just be a whole lot more.”

Along with the contract, First Tran-sit controls employees who drive Wolfline buses around campus. This means employees do not receive pay or benefits from the University.

“None of the employees work di-

rectly for us,” Paylor said.Among First Transit’s employ-

ees was Joanne Sewell, a Wolfline bus driver who died shortly after a medical incident that occurred on campus last December. Although she worked on campus, Sewell was not considered a University employee.

“We were saddened by [her] death,” Christine Klein, public communications specialist for the University, said. According to Klein, Sewell and other Wolfline employees had no employment as-sociation with the school, and the benefits she received had no rela-tion to the University.

Although Klein was sympathetic towards the loss, she explained any information regarding Sewell’s employment information was in the hands of First Transit.

“In any situation like this there are ramifications. She was not an employee of the University, she was an employee of First Transit.” Klein said.

Student group helps deal with griefA new chapter of students of AMF provides a chance for students to connect through loss.

Emily CollisStaff Writer

It’s become the norm to expect the unexpected while at college, but it’s going to become a lot easier to cope with some of the unexpected with the help of a new student-led group at the University.

According to a statistic, one out of every four college students loses a loved one, whether a family mem-ber or a friend, in a year’s time span. When this number is put in perspec-tive of the University population, it suddenly becomes less of a figure and more of a reality.

“Look at N.C. State’s population; Almost 35,000 stu-dents on campus, meaning every year, just under 9,000 stu-dents are walking around suffering in silence,” Jacob Ez-zel l, president of Students of Ailing Mothers and Fathers (AMF), said.

Students of AMF is a national orga-nization that helps college students deal with some of life’s most difficult problems. Although Students of AMF has charters all over the country, its roots are actually very close to the University.

According to the Students of AMF website, founder David Fajgenbaum’s mother was diagnosed with a terminal brain tumor shortly before he left his home in Raleigh, NC to attend college at Georgetown University in Wash-ington, DC.

Unfortunately, Fajgenbaum’s moth-er passed away the next year, but something good did come out of all the heartbreak. As a double acronym for his mother’s initials and for Ailing

Mothers and Fathers, the found-ing charter of Students of AMF was born at Georgetown University

and later spread to many other campuses.

This non-profit organization not only helps stu-dents come to terms with the h a rd s h ip s i n their lives, but also serves the community as well. The service

part of the group will help raise money and awareness for issues important to the chapter members, while the support group will meet twice a month and allow members to connect with other students ex-periencing loss.

“Many students who may be struggling through situations like illness or death of a loved one feel like their friends do not un-derstand where they are coming from, or how it is affecting them,” Ezzell said.

This group hopes to change the “all alone” mentality some

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grief facts• 1in4collegestudentslosesa

lovedone• 8.6percentofcollegestudents’

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• ResearchshowsthatGPAdecreasesduringthesemesterofloss

• 10to15percentofstudents’canbepermanentlyaffectedbydeath

• Only10percentofcollegestudentsseekgriefcounseling

• Studentsaremorelikelytocomplainaboutsideaffectsofgrief,suchasinsomnia,thangriefitself

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this week

Ticket Central 919-515-1100 2nd floor, Talley Student Center ncsu.edu/arts

FIVEDOLLARS NCSU students pay only $5 for ARTS NC STATE per fo rmances

Poetic Portraits of a RevolutionExhibition: January 11-March 2 • The Crafts Center • FREE

In summer 2011, Kane Smego, Will McInerney, Mohammad Moussa and Sameer Abdel-Khalek traveled through the streets and communities of Egypt and Tunisia, capturing images and emotions of the revolution through poetic reflections, oral interviews, still photography and video.

Lie-Nielsen Hand Tool EventFri, Jan 20, 10am-6pm; Sat, Jan 21, 10am-5pm • The Crafts Center • FREE

The folks from Lie-Nielsen Toolworks will be present to demonstrate how great hand tools make woodworking easier. You’ll have the oppor-tunity to test their full line of tools, participate in hands-on demonstra-tions, learn tips and tricks, and enter a door prize drawing.

Gregg Museum of Art & Design Opening ReceptionOpening reception for the spring exhibitions • Thur, Jan 19, 6-8pm • FREE Barkcloth, Bras, and Bulletproof Cotton: The Powers of Costume Using amazing objects from the Gregg Museum’s permanent collection, this exhibition explores not only how clothing serves to protect, shelter, shield and modify the human body, but also how what we wear helps us lure, seduce, dominate, segregate or manipulate others, discover spirituality and personal self-awareness, proclaim our individuality or group membership, or express ourselves. Textiles of Exile The Gregg displays examples of fiber art from illegal Hispanic immigrants in California, African slaves brought to the Americas, Afghan refugees in Pakistan, imprisoned women in Chile, and relocated Cambodian Hmongs in North Carolina; all call attention to the universality of the “silent scream” of homesickness.

Space available in crafts classesAs of press deadline, space is still available in these Crafts Center classes that begin in January (start date in parentheses):Cabochons (Jan 23); Basket Weaving (Jan 26); Intro to the Potters Wheel - Section C (Jan 26); Intro to the Potters Wheel - Section D (Jan 27, for NC State students only)Find details and registration info at ncsu.edu/crafts

PHOTO BY SAMEER ABDEL-KHALEK

CorreCtions & ClarifiCationsSend all clarifications and corrections to Editor-in-Chief Laura Wilkinson at editor@technicianonline.com.

PoliCe BlotterJan. 1310:55 a.m. | SuSpiciouS incidentNelson HallOfficers responded to report that computer previously reported stolen had been turned on at this location. Contact was made with student who was owner of the computer and had reported computer stolen but had later located. Original report supplemented.

11:21 a.m. | aSSiSt another agencyOff CampusDetectives assisted Davie County Sheriff’s Office on investigation involving student who had caused major property damage on 1/1/12. Student was referred to the University and charges are pending from Davie County.

11:48 a.m. | drug ViolationBowen HallReport of possible drug violation. Source of odor was not located.

6:56 a.m. | traffic accidentCarmichael GymnasiumStudent reported vehicle had been struck while parked. Investigation revealed staff member responsible. Appropriate personnel notified.

2:17 p.m. | larcenyCentennial Park & RideStudent reported theft of license plate from vehicle.

2:49 p.m. | fire alarmRiddick HallUnits responded to smoke from malfunctioning microwave. No damage to building.

2:52 p.m. | fraudPublic Safety CenterStudent reported unknown person using spouse’s social security number. Investigation ongoing.

3:19 p.m. | SuSpiciouS perSonD.H. HIll LibraryOfficer made contact with non-student using non-guest computer. Officer explained policy and subject elected to leave the facility. No action taken.

3:51 p.m. | fireNorth Shore Condos/Lake RaleighTwo students fishing made fire to warm their hands. Fire was extinguished and fire protection spoke to students regarding policy. No further action taken.

4:31 p.m. | Skateboard ViolationDan Allen DeckReport of skateboarding violations. Subject left area prior to officer’s arrival.

8:37 p.m. | larcenyFountain Dining HallStudent reported unattended purse stolen.

Jan. 141:38 a.m. | SuSpiciouS incidentVarsity Drive/Western BoulevardReport traffic cones had been placed in turn lane. Officer returned cones to correct location. No one was found to be in the area.

12:25 a.m. | drug ViolationMetcalf HallReport of possible drug violation. Officer checked area but did not locate source.

2:23 p.m. | SuSpiciouS perSonD.H. Hill LibraryReport of intoxicated subject. Officers issued trespass warning to non-student and escorted from library.

5:27 p.m. | field interViewPartners I/Hunt Library Student and non-student seen walking through construction site were advised not to use site as cut through. No action taken.

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Getting an early morning workout, Garrett Deal, a senior in economics, practices a chest press on the TRX suspension system. “TRX is new to me, and I wanted to try it out since my roommate, Matt Grimes, was leading the class,” Deal said, “I

was impressed, I got a good workout and feel like I accomplished something today.” The TRX class is available to try for free this week in 121 Carmichael Gymnasium.

CamPus Calendar

Todaypoetic portraitS of a reVolutionAll DayCrafts CenterCoupling artistic innovation with practical application, PPR2011 is working to raise awareness around the situation in Egypt and Tunisia by depicting experiences of everyday people in both countries. This exhibition at the Crafts Center is in conjunction with a related presentation to be held in Stewart Theatre on Jan. 31.

building a SuStainable “knowoSphere”: lunch and learn with andrew reVkin11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.D.H. Hill Library AuditoriumDuring this fast-paced “lunch and learn” program, prize-winning journalist, science blogger and author Andrew C. Revkin will discuss how innovations created in universities and laboratories can best be transmitted to parts of the world where they are most needed.

Stellar Student: Saul floreS4-5 p.m.D.H. Hill Library Assembly RoomIn the summer of 2010, student and Caldwell Fellow Saul Flores embarked on a long and dangerous journey. he walked, hitchhiked and took buses for

more than 5,000 miles, from Ecuador to his hometown of Charlotte. Flores had with him only a camera, a backpack and a couple of changes of clothes. In conjunction with the new exhibit of Flores’ photographs opening in D. h. hill’s Exhibit Gallery, Flores will talk about his experiences and what has happened since his remarkable journey.

Thursdaycharge meeting: dean, calS Search1-2:30 p.m.109 Page HallCharge Meeting for the Search Committee for the Dean of College of Agriculture & Life Sciences - invited guests only.

50/507-9 p.m.Witherspoon CinemaInspired by a true story, a comedy centered on a 27-year-old guy who learns of his cancer diagnosis, and his subsequent struggle to beat the disease. Admission is $2.00 with a valid college student ID and $3.00 for the general public.

Fridaypoetic portraitS of a reVolutionAll DayCrafts CenterCoupling artistic innovation with practical application, PPR2011 is working to raise awareness around the situation in Egypt and Tunisia by depicting experiences of everyday people in both countries. This exhibition at the Crafts Center is in conjunction with a related presentation to be held in Stewart Theatre on Jan. 31.

charge meeting: aSSociate Vice chancellor and treaSurer Search9-10 p.m.Chancellor’s Conference RoomCharge Meeting for the Search

Committee for the Associate Vice Chancellor & Treasurer - invited guests only.

lie-nielSen hand tool eVent10 a.m. - 6 p.m.Crafts CenterWoodworking demonstrations with Lie-Nielsen tools by guest woodworkers and you can try out the tools as well. Tools avaiable for purchase as well as books and videos.

Drive7-9 p.m.Witherspoon CinemaA hollywood stunt performer who moonlights as a wheelman discovers that a contract has been put on him after a heist gone wrong. Admission is $2.00 with a valid college student ID and $3.00 for the general public.

50/509-11 p.m.Witherspoon CinemaInspired by a true story, a comedy centered on a 27-year-old guy who learns of his cancer diagnosis, and his subsequent struggle to beat the disease. Admission is $2.00 with a valid college student ID and $3.00 for the general public.

Howl’s Moving Castle11:30 p.m. - 1:30 a.m.Witherspoon CinemaWhen an unconfident young woman is cursed with an old body by a spiteful witch, her only chance of breaking the spell lies with a self-indulgent yet insecure young wizard and his companions in his legged, walking home. Admission to this event is free.

CamPout 20125 p.m. Jan. 20 - 6 a.m. Jan. 21Check In: Jan. 20 5-8 p.m.Dunn Avenue and Reynolds Coliseum

Registration Ends Jan. 18 at 11:45 p.m.

Campout is one of N.C. State’s oldest traditions. Every year, more than 2,000 students camp out to get N.C. State vs. UNC home basketball tickets.

source: students.ncsu.edu/campout

Chat With the ChanCellortueSday, Jan. 242-3 p.m.D.h. hill Library

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students feel and offer some-thing to University students that has never been offered before: A group of peers that know exactly what someone is going through and can help them overcome their struggles. Freshman Anna Knights feels that this group will do exactly that.

“Having a group, especially for people who have lost a loved one, is very important. When you’re all alone at school with no family nearby, it’s refresh-ing to know there is a group out there who can be your shoulder

to cry on,” Knights said.Like Knights, Chris Dodds,

freshman in engineering, said the organization could be very beneficial to students in mul-tiple ways.

“I think that it helps out students with their home life problems and it also gives back to the N.C. State community,” Dodds said.

In addition to the student-led aspect of the group, a part-nership has been formed with two other groups, making this group even stronger.

“We work in parallel with the counseling center on campus, function as a sister chapter to Meredith College and most importantly, we are completely

student-led,” Ezzell said.Anyone interested in join-

ing this club can find in-formation on the Facebook group, Students of AMF at N.C. State. Important in-formation about upcoming meetings will be posted on this group.

Leadership positions are also available for those who want a more active part in the group. There is no cost to join Students of AMF. More information about the inaugural meeting will be available soon.

Situations such as Sewell’s death are the precise type of duty the University has paid First Transit to fulfill.

“It has always been like that, there has never been a point in which we owned and operated our own buses,” Paylor said.

Klein said the question of who should control transit op-erations was initially addressed and conclusive.

“We studied that issue sev-eral times and it is much more cost effective to contract the service out to a professional transit provider and operate it the way we do than to operate by ourselves,” Klein said.

The contract, Klein ex-plained, states that First Transit was chosen as a cost-effective

option.With 2.5 million riders a year,

the University transit system is a massive entity that is impor-tant to student life. According to Klein, the University has been pleased with First Tran-sit’s service. “Our mission is to get students back and forth to class,” Klein said.

As the main source of trans-portation for many students, Klein explained that although contracted, the Wolfline is very much a part of the campus.

“Our bus drivers are very visible, our Wolfline buses are branded as a part of the Uni-versity, and there is that con-nection,” Klein said.

Var ious t ranspor tat ion companies’ bid to control the Wolf line, but the University recently extended the contract with First Transit for five years,

Klein said.Klein said a previous contrac-

tor had not been as pleasing as First Transit.

Mick Kulikowski, a Univer-sity spokesperson, explained no information regarding Sewell’s death had been released, but did explain that First Transit fully controlled her employ-ment.

In regards to hiring a separate company to control Univer-sity transit, Kulikowski sym-pathized with the University, explaining that the University simply could not control 2.5 million students by their own means.

“It’s obviously an important service,” Kulikowski said. “I know that it tries to be an in-clusive, big service and that’s a pretty big undertaking.”

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raise for Special Olympics,” Thompson said.

Thompson also pointed out the event gives students an op-portunity to explore Centen-nial Campus.

“One of the best things about this tradition is that it is on Centennial Campus, and gives students and community members a chance to explore Centennial Campus,” Thomp-son said.

Thompson added that she hasn’t “plunged” yet but is looking forward to taking a dip this time around.

“What is more fun than jumping in freezing water? I look forward to participating for the first time this year. I have vivid memories of the pic-ture in the <i>Technician<i> a few years ago of Jay Dawkins jumping into Lake Raleigh shirt less for the Plunge,” Thompson said.

Gurindar Pal, a graduate stu-dent in electrical and computer

engineering, said he would be apprehensive of taking a dip in cold water, but would like to check out the event.

“I would not want to jump into cold water but I would go and check out the event for sure and get another check on my 54 things to do at State sheet,” Pal said.

The Polar Plunge will take place Saturday, Feb. 25 at 11 a.m. at Lake Raleigh on Centennial Campus.

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these technological giants, the city of San Jose, located with Silicon Valley, has flourished and grown at a great rate.

The third pillar of the Inno-vation Summit is to find the same success in Raleigh. To do this, the city is looking for ways

to make Raleigh more attrac-tive to entrepreneurs than cit-ies like San Jose and New York.

The last pillar is directly as-sociated with the University. Raleigh is looking to create a strong relationship with Cen-tennial Campus and work to-gether to better both parties. The committee is looking upon the students of the University for ways to make a partner-

ship effective and financially fruitful.

With a weak national econ-omy, many city officials are looking for ways to gain a fi-nancial boost. The Raleigh Innovation Summit is creating partnerships with the city gov-ernment, its citizens, and the University. This strong bond will no doubt be extremely beneficial to all.

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Zombies vs Humans: Round 2Matthew Clark, senior in arts applications

With great technology comes great responsibility

As I was procrastinat-ing this semester’s al-ready heavy work load,

I stumbled onto President Barack Obama’s tweet welcom-

ing the First Lady Michelle Obama to the Twitterverse.

I s u b s e -quent ly fol-lowed our first lady, only to f i nd nea rly 20,000 tweet-er s a l re ady following her within the first

two hours of her first tweet. Her newly established account, already bursting at the seams with interested followers, made me think of just how connected our world is through technol-ogy.

I am currently taking a class in history and technology, and the major theme of the course is how technology has impacted globalization. After my Twitter epiphany, I realized how accurate this statement is.

You can connect to anyone in the world in less than a mil-lisecond. Social media sites like Twitter and Facebook are per-fect examples of this.

Everyone understands how we can connect to each other in a blink of an eye through Facebook.

Because of this, our genera-tion will be able to harness this technology and utilize it in our professional lives.

By understanding these online tools, we will have the ability to connect to people within our future careers and create, publish and share ideas and products with them. This will bind us to people from dif-ferent cultures and landscapes and create a better sense of community, both socially and professionally.

Given this capability, our generation must recognize where our responsibilities with this technology lay.

Currently, you can get on Facebook and find some girl spread eagle in less than a foot of clothing or a guy flipping off the camera with a beer in one hand and a joint in the other. This type of behavior not only damages the user’s credibility, but also affects how others view this technology.

This scandalous usage of so-cial media is the reason older

generations find this technol-ogy useless and troublesome. However, this couldn’t be fur-ther from the truth.

This technology can demon-strate our ability to connect to our fellow human beings on a global level, but we must use it that way.

We must encourage usage in a positive manner: recon-necting to old friends, linking up with a business associate, or even meeting with a cus-tomer from across the world. If we can not only demonstrate how our generation can utilize this technology, but also show the extensive impact it has, we could change society.

The great minds of Genera-tion X have often predicted the amazing things our genera-tion will produce. By allowing this technology to work for us, rather than the other way around, we can prove their pre-dictions right.

However, we have to do this by removing the stigma behind social media.

People who are not a part of the “Internet generation” see this new technology as scandalous and provocative. This is only because we pres-ent ourselves on it in such a way. By removing this aspect from our private accounts, we can remove the perception, as a whole, from the entire tech-nology.

Once this negative outlook is removed from these technolo-gies available to our generation, we can demonstrate how effec-tive they are to our career and social lives.

Personally, I can reconnect with old friends, follow a Twit-ter page of a very popular edu-cator and get online tips and ideas for the management of my classroom.

This thought doesn’t only apply to teachers, but any profession. In any job one can share and receive ideas from colleagues, or connect to a potential client. Future em-ployers will surely check your Facebook, and potential clients will definitely look you up on Google.

By bringing common sense into social media, our genera-tion can demonstrate its vast ability and even display our potential for the future.

Trey FergusonViewpoint Editor

Simply surviveBeing a sophomore in

college is like being a sophomore in high

school all over again. In high school, being a sopho-more meant you weren’t a loser-freshman anymore,

b u t y o u weren’t an upperclass-man. Soph-omore year of college is just as awk-ward.

Going i n t o m y sophomore y e a r i n August, I

knew all the ins and outs of University life. I knew where the good places to hang out were and which dining hall food to stay far away from. I knew how to sign up for football and basketball tickets and which websites sell the cheapest textbooks. However, with knowing all of the ins and outs comes a problem: People expect you to know everything.

There is a moment I am sure all upperclassmen have experienced--the moment when you tell a freshman you’re older and they pro-ceed to contact you when-ever they have a question about anything. I don’t know where every building is on campus, and I really don’t know how to get to ev-ery single place in Raleigh. Just because I’m not a fresh-man doesn’t mean I am Ms. N.C. State.

You have to know every-thing about State because if you don’t, you’re essentially a freshman again. Not only do you have to know everything about the University, you have to know everything about yourself. You’re expected to know what you’re majoring in, what you’re doing this sum-mer, and whether you’re tak-ing an easy course load or the dreaded 18-hour course load. But, let’s be honest: Nobody re-ally knows what they’re doing when they’re 19 years old.

Sophomore year is a lso when time be-gins to disap-pear through some kind of black hole . You joined a few clubs w h e n y o u were a fresh-man, and as a sophomore, you have solidified your role by taking on more responsibility. You start taking harder classes and more hours. You have a part-time job, and you still try to keep up with American Idol every week.

All of this just seems way too overwhelming. Suddenly it’s 2 a.m. and you have just started your homework. Once you’re a junior, you get a lot smarter and decide to drop such an intense schedule. Of course, we soph-omores aren’t that smart. We trick ourselves into thinking we enjoy having absolutely no free time. It’s almost as if we need to compensate for our pathetic

position as sophomores.Using sophomore year

for anything other than finishing up your general education requirements and starting your first ma-jor classes is almost point-less. No one really seems to care about the sophomores of the world as much as the shiny new toy that is the freshman or the super-cool upperclassmen. Whatever we try to do seems unap-preciated.

When I was a sopho-more i n h ig h school, I suffered through the hor-ribleness, simply hoping I wou ld

make it to junior year alive. Maybe that’s the goal as col-lege sophomores, too. Sim-ply survive.

Sophomores of the Uni-versity, don’t shoot for the moon. Don’t even shoot for the best. The best we can ask for is good enough grades to graduate. This year, let’s just aim to get at least four hours of sleep instead of three.

Send Madison your thoughts on sophomore problems to letters@tech-nicianonline.com.

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Today, thousands of web-sites will be blacked out. The list includes some

of our favorites: Wikipedia, reddit, Mozilla. These web-sites will be blacking out their content by choice. They are all protesting the Stop Online Pi-racy Act (SOPA).

At first glance, it seems odd that some of the giants of the web are shutting down their websites to protest an act de-signed to stop piracy. Isn’t stopping piracy something we all should be for? Proponents in the U.S. House of Represen-tatives think so, introducing the bill Oct. 26, 2011. Their in-tent was to stop online piracy. However, since October, there has been a growing opposition to the bill and its implications.

One of the biggest concerns websites have over SOPA is the implications it has for user

content. Websites are currently liable for content under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. If someone posts a pirated movie on Youtube, there is an employee of Youtube whose job is to remove it to comply with this act. With the pro-posed act, there is no need to remove the content; rather, the links to the content must be censored. The implications here are immense.

For example, let’s say a fic-tional website, rapeedshares.com, hosts content a judge de-termines to be infringing upon copyright laws. Another web-site, reddit.com, has numerous posts and comments contain-ing a link to the copyright in-fringing content. Under SOPA,

reddit would have to remove all posts and comments referenc-ing the material. Reddit would also have to remove all posts and comments containing the domain name rapeedshares.com. This task, this extreme censorship, puts undue burden on the infrastructure of user-generated websites such as red-dit and can be potentially crip-pling to them.

Alexis Ohanian of reddit.com was recently interviewed on MSNBC in a round table dis-cussion on the issue. Ohanian said the bill and its treatment of piracy is like a robbery being committed in a neighborhood and then the neighborhood being demolished to prevent future robberies.

The White House is also con-cerned over the issue. In a re-cent post on their blog the ad-ministration said, “Any effort to combat online piracy must guard against the risk of online censorship of lawful activity and must not inhibit innova-tion by our dynamic business-es, large and small.”

We agree with the sentiments of the White House. Piracy is an issue that must be ad-dressed, but this current leg-islation is not necessarily the way to go about it. Thankfully, the vote on the bill has been pushed back due to the unrest and protests from thousands of U.S.-based websites. Our hope is that when the bill is present-ed again, its implications will be less severe and its impact on the problem will be greater. In the meantime, we can all help by become more aware.

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.

Paint it black: SOPA’s slippery slopeTHe FacTs:Today, thousands of websites will be blacked out. The list includes some of the giants: Wikipedia, Reddit, Mozilla. The websites will be blacked out in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act, originally scheduled to be voted on by the House of Representatives Today

ouR opinion:SOPA changes the way copy right laws are enforced on the Internet. The implications of the changes are severe. The bill must be severely altered before it is passed.

Features

Writer and science blogger for ‘The New York Times’ speaks on climate change and environmental resources.

Josephine YurcabaDeputy Features Editor

Andrew Revkin, prize-win-ning writer for The New York Times spoke at Tir Na Nog Irish pub and restaurant yesterday as a part of the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences’ “Science Talks.”

The topic for his speech and the discussion was, “Which comes first, peak everything or peak us?” Specifically, the discussion addressed global warming, climate change, al-ternative energy, resource scar-city and technological break-throughs. According to Revkin, “We’re in a world where con-ventional science journalism is shrinking,” and thus he tries to compensate for this narrowing field.

Revkin said he first became interested in climate change after graduating from Brown University in 1978 with a de-gree in biology. “I began grap-pling with the question, how much is enough, how much is too much, what are the plan-et’s limits,” Revkin said. “The planet [and its resources] is fi-nite, so how do you fit infinite aspirations on a finite planet?”

According to Revkin, global warming and resource alloca-tion are problems that have needed attention for quite some time. “By looking at this issue over such a long period of time, I’ve gotten focused on the core reality of the story,” Revkin said. “How much is too much and how do you modulate be-haviors that affect the envi-

ronment over a longer length of time?”

People need to combat the “slow drips” and their result-ing “hard knocks.” According to Revkin, slow drips are green-house gases, for example, while hard knocks are the long-term

ramifications of these problems going unsolved. “We need to develop more robust design strategies, not just for [things such as] nuclear plants, but for life in general,” Revkin said. When humans do this, they can plan for environmentally

threatening “low-probability, high consequence” events.

In order to protect the en-vironment from destruction, people must be educated and work together. “Anyone work-ing in physical sciences and not working with social sciences is

not maximizing their commu-nicability,” Revkin said. In oth-er words, they are not planning for environmental catastrophes that could be prevented before it is too late.

According to Revkin, “We should be t-shaped people.” In academia, students, profes-sors or scientists should have breadth and depth in their field; this would be the verti-cal part of the “T.” But they should also have the horizontal component that allows them to make connections to other fields of academia.

When trying to make a dif-ference in environmental out-comes, Revkin s a i d , “ Yo u must have ex-perience but also be able to share it. When talking about innovation, it ’s not just about building better bridges, it’s also about building bet-ter systems en-tirely.”

Education is also key to achieving en-vironmental protection and longevity. “Young people can make a real change; a change that will create a ripple effect and have ramifications all over the planet,” Revkin said. “If we foster engagement and kids are learning, we can expand op-portunities around us. [This provides] a communicative approach to problem solving.”

Though Revkin said climate change and resource scarcity is a pressing problem, this ideol-ogy was not prominent at the discussion. Paige Jacobs, soph-omore in zoology, said climate

change is happening, but the issue shouldn’t be overblown. “I’m not worried right now,” Jacobs said. “But I have heard issues about it and [Revkin] talked a little bit about the greenhouse gases and alterna-tive fuels, so I do agree that the issue is important.”

Jacobs agrees with Revkin concerning the idea that people must come together to create change. “I think that if people care enough about it and think they can make a change, then they can,” Jacobs said. “I feel like even one person could make a difference.”

Revkin also agrees with the notion that change must s t a r t f rom the bottom and work up from there. “I spent too much t ime going to cli-mate talks,” Revkin said. “[Climate] legislation was t r y ing to bui ld a comprehen-sive climate change, but t h e n t o o many clauses

were added and it became an ‘aspirational’ bill.”

According to Revkin, people must start with grass roots by occupying a laboratory or class-room. “Occupy wherever you are to help us have a smarter relationship with energy. The idea of solving the climate crisis was deeply flawed because it’s not about that; it’s about a new relationship with energy.”

Revkin will be speaking again today, in the west wing Auditorium of D.H. Hill Li-brary at 11:30 a.m.

Technician wednesday, january 18, 2012 • Page 5

Only Burger brings American comfort food to campusFresh and fast burger options attract students and businesspeople.

Young LeeDeputy Features Editor

Despite steady wind and rain, students and businesspeople lined up for their f ix of a classic American burger Jan. 11, outside Venture II building on Centennial Campus.

However, it was a food truck and not a typical restaurant that drew crowds, it was Only Burger, a food truck. Only Burger, a business based in Durham, has been coming to N.C. State every Wednesday from 11:30 a.m. to around 2 p.m.

“I come here for t he convenience,” Edward Hsu, a Ph.D student in electrical engineering who enjoyed a burger with grilled peppers, said. “Everything else is far from here.”

For s ome c u s tome r s , however, the experience is more than just the novelty and the convenience.

Daniel Hamilton, a freshman in computer science, has a different explanation for the crowd of people who come to grab a burger from the food truck.

“[Burgers] are an American classic ,” Hami lton sa id. “They’re simple, they kind of have a guilty pleasure aspect [to them]… it’s very customizable and it goes well with all kinds of food.”

It was this “comfort” aspect of the American burger that initially led Brian Bottger, owner of Only Burger, to get involved in the food truck business for the first time.

“I’ve been in restaurants for about 25 years now on and off, primarily in fine dining [prior to Only Burger],” Bottger said. “I had never done fast food and certainly nothing on a truck, but I thought it was a good opportunity to do something u n ique a nd d i f ferent…and despite the economy, burgers, being America’s all-encompassing comfort food, would be a great way to go about creating a really cool business.”

Coming from Southern California where, according to Bottger, the current food t r uck cra ze or ig i nated, Bottger learned to appreciate the customer interaction and community that is part of the Southern Californian food truck scene. When he moved to Durham, Bottger found a d e s i r e for classic comfort food in the city.

“ I f e l t l i k e , i n [Durham], I could do a shack… a pick up place,” Bottger said. When I saw the food trucks come out of Southern California, [where] they were doing sort of different unique stuff that wasn’t specif ica l ly [taco] focused, I went, ‘Oh, [Only

Burger] has a really good idea out. It’s just a matter of figuring out how to get the word out and using Facebook and Twitter seemed like a really logical way to approach that.’”

So ever since 2009, Only Burger fans have been able to take comfort in knowing exactly where to find a delicious

a nd f re sh bu rger i n the Triangle area.

“ We d o w h a t I consider an ‘old-school,’ classic, American hamburger t h a t w a s made fresh from really

good meat and it was made fresh to order for you,” Bottger said. “So to me, [that means] a soft bun, good meat, freshly cooked… [and] as fast as we can make it without pre-

making food.”For Hamilton, the freshness

and the quality was easy to taste.

“The burger was delicious,” Hamilton said. “[It] made me stop and be like, ‘Hmmm, this is really good… [Although I have no classes at Centennial] I might be willing to make a trip just for the burgers.”

Luckily for Hamilton and other customers, Bottger hopes Only Burger’s service to N.C. State will expand.

“We intend to continue coming down to Centennial Campus for as long as we’re permitted and for as long as people are happy to have us,” Bottger said. “We love coming down there and we

look forward to continuing coming down there, and we hope that they’ll open more of the campus and give us more opportunities to come to Raleigh.”

Vanessa MoVasseghi/TechnicianAn Only Burger food truck worker puts the toppings and condiments on burgers before wrapping them up to give to customers on Wednesday, Jan. 11.

Vanessa MoVasseghi/TechnicianOnly Burger food truck turns out juicy burgers and hot fries to Centennial Campus customers on Wednesday, Jan. 11. The three employees in the truck hustle to get the large orders of food out in a short amount of time.

New York Times writer talks climate change at Tir Na Nog

BreTT Morris/TechnicianAndrew Revkin, a prize-winning journalist who covered the environment for The New York Times, delivers a bit of comic relief towards the end of his lecture Tuesday night at Tir Na Nog.

“When talking

about innovation,

it’s not just about

building better

bridges, it’s also

about building

better systems

entirely.”Andrew Revkin,

prize-winning writer

“We love coming

down there and

we look forward to

continuing coming

down there.”Brian Bottger,

owner of Only Burger

Features Technicianpage 6 • wednesday, january 18, 2012

Enter the Dragon: Chinese New YearChinese communities in Raleigh celebrate Chinese New Year.

Young LeeDeputy Features Editor

Chinese New Year isn’t just celebrated in China. It’s found anywhere there are Chinese communities — even here in Raleigh.

The Chinese Undergraduate Student Association is hosting its annual Lunar New Year Jan. 20. That same night, the Asian Student Association is organizing an “Asia Night” celebration, which is not for Chinese New Year specifically — but it will be a night of performances to raise funds for school construction in Vietnam. Another event is the Triangle Area Chinese American Society’s annual celebration, which unites Chinese groups all around the Triangle area for a New Year’s celebration Jan. 28 at the fairgrounds.

“We have a ful l day of performances; there are a lot of vendors with food and cultural exhibits, so there’s quite a lot,” Lisa Chang, the University’s Management, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship Program manager, said. “We have the dragon and lion dances, the ribbon dance, the fan dance —

there’s also some martial arts demonstrations and Chinese opera, too.”

Chang, who is Chinese-A mer ica n a nd grew up celebrating the holiday, said the celebration originated from a Chinese myth about a monster named Nian that terrorized villagers on a yearly basis — until they found that the monster was scared of loud noises and the color red.

“The word Nian means year, and ‘xin nian’ new year. ‘Nian’ used to be an actual monster of some kind, like a dragon,” Chang said. “So in this kind of festival, like in a dragon or lion dance, there’s a lot of drumming and gongs and loud noise. That’s to try to banish the bad spirits.”

Now the meaning of the holiday has changed slightly, Chang said, but the traditions st i l l remain intact . For example, Chinese New Year is still celebrated according to the Lunar Calendar.

“It ’s ca l led the Spring Festiva l ; it ’s a period of renewal… Nowadays it’s used as an opportunity, just like Christmas and Thanksgiving, to get together with family and friends — usually there’s a big meal. There are still firecrackers — some of these old traditions hold over — like there is a lot of noise, and kids receive red envelopes with

money in them,” Chang said.Denise and Andy Lee, part

of the Families with Children group from China, have two adopted children and are helping lead Chinese folk dance classes. The students in these classes will be the ones dancing at the festival.

“It’s a way to teach kids about their birth heritage, but more so it’s about having them exposed to older teens and mentors. It’s been really good — really fun,” Denise said about the dance classes.

As an American family with adopted children from China, they celebrate the holiday as well. “We make dumplings and we give red envelopes. Usually some other families that we know that have children adopted from China… get together and we have a big party,” Denise said.

Their daughters, Danica and Ying, are participating in the festival folk dances this year. Danica, who started dancing when she was four, is now 16 and is dancing in the ribbon and dragon dances.

“The story is that we are the cloud fairies and we are fighting the monkey king, and then in the second part we are fairies looking down on earth and watching people celebrate,” Danica said. “[While in the dragon dance] in Chinese culture the dragon represents longevity and prosperity and good luck.”

“Our mission for our organization is to promote Ch i nese educ at ion a nd

culture,” Chang said. “[The Chinese New Year Festival] is just a really good opportunity to share the Chinese culture with the community at large.”

From behind the counter: a barista’s point of viewThe life of a barista provides another perspective on campus life.

Young Lee and Josephine YurcabaDeputy Features Editors

For many students, a school day has not truly started un-til they have their hands on a warm cup of coffee. However, from behind the counters of many coffee shops around campus, some students live an-other kind of lifestyle, making sure N.C. State gets the energy it needs to operate from early in the morning to late at night.

This is the life of a barista, just one of the many jobs pop-ular among students trying to make a few extra bucks.

“I wouldn’t go as far as to say it’s an art form, but it’s close,” Megan Soucy, a junior in hu-man biology and barista at Cup-of-Joe, said. “[We] are the first [people who are] in charge of quality control. [We] make sure the espresso shots are thick and creamy and that they look

really good. [We] make sure that the milk is at the proper temperature. [However], even though [we follow] a recipe, ev-ery barista does things a little differently. It’s fun.”

However, a barista’s job does not end at simply making a beverage.

“We want to provide a wel-coming environment… we are very hospitality minded,” Ma-rie Newkirk, a senior in English and a barista at Global Village, said. “Even if [we] have things going on in our own lives, we kind of have to check it in at the door. We have to make a pleasant experience [for our customers] regardless of what’s going on outside.”

This feeling of duty is shared by many baristas around cam-pus and is both one of the most interesting and challenging as-pects of the job.

“I enjoy working with the staff… and I enjoy the net-working possibilities,” Paulina Franklin, a senior in anthro-pology and barista at Port City Java, said. “People don’t realize what goes into making drinks, they don’t realize what it takes to make everyone happy.”

Working as a barista also leads to some interesting situ-ations, according to Newkirk.

“Because we are at the Uni-versity, people are stopping in all the time. We have a lot of regulars that we get to know,” Newkirk said. “I got to know a lot of my professors that I had. I would [sometimes] come into class on the first day of school and I’m like, ‘I already know this person. I make him coffee every day.’”

A barista lifestyle can also

lead to some other unexpected lifestyle changes.

“Now I’m kind of a coffee snob. I can’t go to Starbucks anymore and I used love Star-bucks,” Soucy said. “And now I’m becoming a snob about my drip coffee too [which is prob-lematic] because my dad drinks Folgers.”

As long as professors and stu-dents continue to crave coffee, there will be a dedicated barista to serve them.

Jordan Moore/TechnicianMarie Newkirk, a senior in English, works at Global Village on Hillsborough Street. The small coffee shop is a popular hangout for students on campus, and features board games like scrabble.

Jordan Moore/TechnicianBrock Quiller is an 11 year employee of Cup-a-Joe, a popular coffee shop located on Hillsborough street. “I’ve been [a barista] since most students on this campus were in elementary school,” said Quiller.

EVENTS TO CHECK OUT:ASIA NIGHT: FRI, JANUARY 20 @ STEWART THEATER Visit: http://clubs.ncsu.edu/asa/ to purchase tickets

TACAS NEW YEAR CELEBRATION: SAT, JANUARY 28 @ STATE FAIRGROUNDSVisit: http://bit.ly/whmcoM to purchase tickets

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Sports8.        Georgia Tech (8-9, 1-2

ACC) - The Yellow Jackets have struggled on offense throughout the season, scoring more than 80 points only once. If they can play defense like they did against the Pack, the Jackets can win a few ACC games.

9.        Boston College (7-10, 2-1 ACC) - Boston College has won its past two ACC games despite lacking talent and scholarship players. The Eagles are certainly capable of picking up one or two more surprise wins.

10.  Wake Forest (10-7, 1-2 ACC) - The Demon Deacons have improved over last year’s team and have two of the ACC’s top scorers, but this team is still rebuilding

and was defeated handily, 76-40, by State in its last game.

11.  Miami (9-6, 0-2 ACC) - Mi-ami has the talent to be in the upper half of the league with guards Malcolm Grant, Du-rand Scott and forward Reg-gie Johnson but has failed to gel. A win against Clemson at home could propel the team to greener pastures or a loss could be the catalyst to a long slide.

12.  Virginia Tech (11-6, 0-3 ACC) - No doubt, Virginia Tech has been the biggest underachiev-er in ACC competition. It was predicted to finish sixth in the league and should have been able to beat Wake and BC. With its next four games against North Carolina, at Virginia, at Maryland and Duke, it may be a while before the Hokies pick up a win.

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It would take a brave man to say that N.C. State, with the type of op-position it’s going to face, will find itself in contention for a BC S bowl berth at the end of the year. Expect-ing anything less than a B C S b o w l bid should be sad, but not even trying to move in that direction, is even worse.

Even in conference play, not being able to have a game against Virginia Tech for the second straight year, a team

that has been the f lagbearer of the ACC when it comes to qualifying for BCS bowl games and also the winner of the first at-large bid from the ACC in the BCS era, State’s schedule looks shaky.

Coach Tom O’Brien is re-turning a lot of starters on

both sides of the ball for the coming season, but what ’s t he point if the team doesn’t have a chance to play better tea ms a nd ends the year with a me-diocre bowl game?

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partment needs to work with the ACC to provide a stronger schedule for the Pack in the future, as everyone is tired of watching other teams across

the nation place high on the rankings and earn BCS bowl-bids, knowing full well that our team and coaching staff have the potential to do much better than we have in the past.

A change of mindset is also to be required on the part of our fans. People need to quit resting on laurels like the Belk Bowl. Fans need to stop mak-ing a win over UNC their only priority of the season. Like a very close friend of mine said, as long as the Pack beats them, the season would count as suc-cessful for him. That needs to stop. The University Athletics Committee needs to interact with fans, especially on mat-ters like schedules, as only with such fan input can a program be successful.

If we do want to be the flag-ship university in the eyes of the world, it’s time we start thinking about being better than what we are.

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N.C. STATe FooTBAll 2012 SCheduleNon Conference opponents: Tenn. at Georgia Dome - 9/1/12at Connecticut - 9/8/12South Alabama - 9/15/12The Citadel - TBA

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Still on a high after the Pack’s win at the Belk Bowl, many football

fans, like myself, are already thinking about the up-coming foot-ball season.

T h e p a s t season went by with many highs, includ-ing sophomore David Amer-son’s nation-leading 13 interceptions, a fifth-straight win over UNC, a win over then No. 7-ranked Clemson and the late come-back against Maryland – just a few among many.

However, as high as the Pack did fly, the season was marred with numerous lows everyone would probably like to forget. For example, the loss to Cin-cinnati in a nationally televised game, the shutout by Florida State and the embarrassing loss to Boston College, a team battling the Terps to avoid the cellar in the ACC.

Eight wins in a season might sound spectacular in compari-son with the low standards the Pack has set for itself in recent years, and bowl eligibility has been the ultimate prize every fan craves. However, the recent season brings up a very impor-tant question: Is being bowl-eligible and bowl-worthy the exact same thing? I think not. A season that saw the Pack play two FCS schools in the form of South Alabama and Liberty, wins that barely pushed the Pack over the line for a bowl game, are not something to be very proud of.

While I take pride in attend-ing the University and am hap-py to be here, what upsets me is that most people are content with what they have. Progress is slow, and beating UNC is the ultimate goal. A lot of that am-bition translates to the way our football program operates. In an era where the BCS system rules, with rankings, comput-ers and voters playing a major role in what shapes our destiny, a schedule like we witnessed in 2011 just does not cut it.

For those overly enthusiastic about the coming season, here’s a reality check. While State plays a Southeastern Confer-ence team in its season opener against Tennessee, many would do well to check that it’s the same team that finished in the penultimate position in the conference, with just one win to show for the year in conference play. If that wasn’t a bad enough start, other non-conference opponents include Connecticut, which finished 5-7 in one of the weakest BCS conferences. Moving down, the Pack again has FCS foe South Alabama for company with a 4-7 FCS team, the Citadel,

With the ACC schedu le i n f u l l s w i ng ,

only one undefeated team remains in conference play: No. 4 Duke. The teams in the middle of the league appear evenly matched, so it will be interesting to see which teams emerge into the league’s top tier. With a season that looks to be al-ready full of surprises and uncertainty, the Technician sports staff ranks the per-

formance by the ACC’s men’s basketball teams.

1.        No. 4 Duke (15-2, 3-0 ACC) - The Blue Devils, perennial ACC contenders for the past quarter century, are the ACC’s only team that has not lost in league play this season. Last week, Duke survived a scare against Virginia at Cameron, and then went on the road to defeat Clemson. Look for Duke to remain at or near the ACC’s pinnacle once again.

2.     Florida State (11-6, 2-1 ACC) - After playing inconsistently in non-conference play and losing to Clemson in their first ACC game, the Seminoles finally ap-peared to live up to their high preseason ACC ranking with a 33-point win over North Car-olina. The Seminoles are 11th in the country in rebounds per game, averaging 40.4 per out-ing.

3.     No. 8 North Carolina (15-3, 2-1 ACC) - Carolina currently has the nation’s top offense but has lost its last three road games, including a meltdown in Talla-hassee. The loss against Florida State is probably the worst loss by a North Carolina team in re-cent memory. Despite this, the talent-loaded Tar Heels should stay at the top of the league.

4.        No. 15 Virginia (14-2, 1-1 ACC) - Virginia has been one of the biggest surprises, if not the biggest surprise, in college basketball. The Wahoos have lost only two games by a com-bined five points. It is uncertain if Virginia can continue to sus-tain the success they have had thus far.

5.     North Carolina State (13-5, 2-1 ACC) - The Wolfpack ended the week strong, crushing the Demon Deacons in Winston-Salem after a disappointing loss to Georgia Tech at home, marked by the Yellow Jackets 60 percent three-point shoot-ing. State has a balanced offen-sive attack with its five leading scorers averaging between twelve and thirteen points.

6.      Maryland (12-4, 2-1 ACC) - After a slow start to the season, the Terps look like they are starting to figure things out under first-year coach Mark Turgeon. Maryland sports the ACC’s leading scorer, guard Terrell Stoglin, who is averag-ing 20.9 points per game.

7.        Clemson (9-8, 1-2 ACC) - Clemson has struggled with consistency and picked up some bad losses at home early in the season against College of Charleston and Coastal Caro-lina. The Tigers played a dif-ficult game against Duke Sun-day night and look to improve their 256th-ranked offense as the season goes on.

COUNTDOWN• 9 days until men’s basketball plays Chapel Hill at the

Dean Dome.

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AthletiC SCheDule

Gymnastics dominates EAGL AwardsFor the first time in nearly four years, the No. 18-ranked N.C. State gymnastics team won all three of the weekly awards given by the East Atlantic Gymnastics League. Gymnast of the Week, Specialist of the Week and Rookie of the Week were won by sophomore Stephanie Ouellette, junior Rachel Fincham and Lane Jarred, respectively. This achievement marks the first time since March 4, 2008 that the gymnastics program has claimed all three honors in the same week. State gymnastics returns to competition on Saturday at Illinois-Chicago and will remain on the road until Feb. 11, when they will face Penn State, William & Mary and George Washington in Raleigh.

Source: N.c. State athleticS

Pulgar receives ACC honorsSenior Jaime Pulgar was named as one of two players on the first ACC Men’s Tennis Players of the Week list of the 2012 season. Pulgar made his return to State strongly felt after skunking Gardner-Webb’s Adam Knutsson-Sunbald 6-0, 6-0 and winning his second match 6-4, 6-3 against UNC-Asheville’s Adrien Langeard on Saturday. Paired with sophomore Ivan Sanchez Gomez and freshman Austin Powell, Pulgar also succeeded in defeating Gardner-Webb and UNC-Asheville’s opposing doubles teams, respectively. Pulgar and the rest of Pack men’s tennis returns to play on Sunday against Penn State and East Carolina while the women’s tennis team begins their 2012 season on Saturday against Davidson and Winthrop, all matches hosted in State’s J.W. Isenhour Tennis Center.

Source: N.c. State athleticS

Men’s soccer expands rosterMen’s soccer coach Kelly Findley announced on Tuesday the addition of two new players to his squad. Sophomore midfielder Jonathan Ray transferred after a single season with Campbell while freshman midfielder Conor Agnew has arrived at State after graduating early from Nation Ford High School. While at Campbell, Ray played in all 20 games and started in 18, notching a team-leading seven assists.

Source: N.c. State athleticS

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ThursdayWoMen’s BasKeTBaLL Vs. CLeMsonClemson, S.C., 7 p.m.

Men’s BasKeTBaLL Vs. BosTon CoLLeGeRBC Center, 8 p.m.

FridayWresTLinG Vs. aMeriCan UniVersiTYWashington, D.C., 7 p.m.

TraCK aT HoKie inViTaTionaLBlacksburg, Va., All Day

SaturdayWoMen’s Tennis Vs. daVidson and WinTHroPRaleigh, N.C., 9 a.m. & 5 p.m.

WoMen’s GYMnasTiCs Vs. UiCChicago, Ill., 5 p.m.

riFLe Vs. searC 5Charleston, S.C., All Day

TraCK aT HoKie inViTaTionaLBlacksburg, Va., All Day

SundayMen’s Tennis Vs. Penn sTaTe and easT CaroLinaRaleigh, N.C., 10 a.m. & 4 p.m.

Men’s BasKeTBaLL Vs. MiaMiMiami, Fla., 12:00 PM

WresTLinG Vs. MarYLandCollege Park, Md., 2 p.m.

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Athletes helped integrate NCSU during Civil Rights era

The nation celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, recognizing one man’s struggle to achieve racial equality. Although he holds numerous accomplishments, King’s goal was at-tained not by one man, but by an entire nation. In the 1960s, N.C. State worked to integrate

a school located in a highly segregated South. With a heavy task at hand, the University took a stand and became the first ACC school to integrate athletics. Through the help of these courageous athletes, the University broke through the color barrier and helped bring MLK’s dream closer to reality.

irwiN holMeS - teNNiSIn 1956, Holmes and three others were the first African-Americans to enroll as undergraduate students at the University. As a sophomore, Holmes joined the tennis team, integrating a varsity sport for the first time in the college’s history. Upon graduation in 1960, he became the first African-American to earn an undergraduate degree from the University.

• ranked no. 2 african-american tennis player in the country at Hillside High school in durham.

• In a P.e. test at school, Irwin’s athletic performance impressed the track coach so much, he offered him a spot on the track team to run the quarter-mile.

• Became first african-american at the university to run track, but competed for only one semester due to tennis.

• Became tennis co-captain in 1960.

MArCuS MArtiN - FootbAllMartin became the first African-American to join State’s varsity football team in 1967. The defensive back earned bachelor’s degrees in pulp and paper technology and chemical engineering.

• attended watson High school in Covington, Va.• Member of the 1968 aCC Championship team.• Part of the Pack’s “white shoes” defense, which upset second-

ranked Houston in front of a record crowd in the astrodome.

ClyDe CheSNey - FootbAllChesney, a 6-foot-2-inch, 205-pound defensive end, walked on to the football program in 1969. Chesney later became the first African-American player to start a game when he played against Richmond in 1970. He became the first African-American to earn a football scholarship and was selected to the 1971 ACC All-Academic Team.

• received both an undergraduate and master’s degree from n.C. state.

• Lettered in 1969, 1970 and 1971.

AlFreD heArtley – bASketbAllIn 1968, Heartley became the first African-American to play for State’s basketball team. He was also given the Alumni Athletics Trophy in 1971, the award for the school’s top athlete. He was the first African-American in the school’s history to win the award, which is voted on by University students.

• Member of the 1970 aCC Tournament championship team.• named team captain his senior season.

eD leFtwiCh – bASketbAllAlongside Heartley, Leftwich became the first African-American to be recruited to the basketball team and the first to receive a scholarship as a freshman. Leftwich also played for the 1970 ACC Tournament championship team.

• In 1970, scored 43 points in a game against atlantic Christian.• averaged 16.4 points and 4.4 rebounds per game during his

college career.