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Farewell.

Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Thomas Stafford announced his retirement, effective no later than July 1, 2012.

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CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONSIn Wednesday’s “Student stabbed near Dan Allen,” the incident occurred on Friday, Feb. 25.

Send all clarifications and corrections to Editor-in-Chief Amanda Wilkins at editor@technicianonline.com

CAMPUS CALENDAR

TodayJUAN WILLIAMS 2011 MLK SPEAKER11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.Stewart Theater, Talley Student Center

USING GOOGLE APPS TO FACILITATE STUDENT TEAMWORK12 p.m. - 1 p.m.D.H. Hill library room, ITTC Labs 1A and 1B

THE PULL OF THE MOON: RECENT WORK OF BARBARA LEE SMITH12 p.m. - 8 p.m.Gregg Museum of Art & Design

CARIBBEAN NIGHT4 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.Clark and Fountain Dining Hall

TELLING STORIES WITH VIDEO7 p.m. - 8 p.m.Technician Board Room

FridayN.C. STATE BASEBALL VS. PENN STATE3 p.m. - 6 p.m.Doak Field

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6651

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THROUGH FADI’S LENS

Surveying the land

Sophomore Will Smith and junior Nyles Sanderhoff send readings for their survey and geomatics class, while junior Kim Brown operates the receiver. All three students are civil engineering majors. Brown said the hands-on aspect of the starting station was more fascinating than the receiver. “It’s a two-point set up...with another bench point

on another side of campus,” Smith said.

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Nutrition Club celebrating March by helping students with food choices.

Brooke WalligDeputy News Editor

Students wandering near the Brickyard this week will likely encounter a red tent filled with students discussing the one thing that unites almost all of them: food.

To raise awareness for Na-tional Nutrition Month, Nutri-tion Club has set up shop in the Brickyard all week from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The club will discuss ways for students to foster a healthy relationship with food on campus.

While the event is to celebrate National Nutrition Month, freshman nutrition science ma-jor Jordan Todd said the club hopes to inspire healthy eat-ing habits that will persist far beyond the month of March.

“Each day focuses on a healthy alternative around the typical ‘norm’ of college eating, exercising and unhealthy hab-its,” Todd said. “Through this, we are hoping to create aware-ness about nutrition—not just for the month of March, but for everyday life.”

According to Kelsey Wilson, junior in nutrition science and the on-campus outreach com-mittee chair for Nutrition Club, the week long event will be in-formative and entertaining.

“We will have flyers and reci-

pe books to hand out. Kristine Clark, registered dietitian for the Physical Education De-partment, will also be in the Brickyard to answer students’ questions about nutrition and fitness,” Wilson said.

Wilson promised that stu-dents who stopped by the tent would get information on healthy eating habits – and food.

“If students stop by the tent they will also have a chance to sample yummy snacks, enter a raff le for gift cards to Harris Tee-ter and Local restaurants, win one-time passes to fit-ness classes at the Carmi-chael Recre-ation Center, water bottles, Naked Juice, pedometers, etc.,” Wilson said.

The events for the remainder of the week will focus on how to pick healthy dining options on campus and create a diet full of the right nutrients, according to Wilson.

“Thursday’s event is called ‘Eating Well on Campus.’ The purpose of this project is to show students how to eat bet-ter and healthier on campus when using a meal plan or board bucks for main courses and snacks. We will have fun games this day that will help

students navigate through the dining hall,” Wilson said.

Friday’s event is centered on “Getting to Know My-Pyramid.” The emphasis in this event will be on eating with color in order to get the proper nutrients, according to Wilson. “We will have many snacks this day including fruit kabobs, hummus and veggies, and trail mix,” she said.

For sophomore nutrition sci-ence major Shelby Dabbs, both topics are especially important

for col lege students due to their living conditions.

“I think one of the main nutrition is-sues students f a c e d e a l s w it h dor m living. It is rea l ly hard to cook your own food, so

they rely on packaged foods a lot,” Dabbs said. “We want to get students away from eating this kind of food, as well as un-healthy foods like hamburgers and French fries that are always at the dining halls. Instead, we want them eat more green food, and add a lot more color to their diets.”

According to Todd, students are constantly bombarded with food, so it is important for stu-dents to know how to narrow down the choices.

“As college students, food is

always available to us. At a caf-eteria, there are a lot of diverse options, but they are always going to be ‘all you can eat,’” Todd said. “I think is definitely something that can often lead to weight gain and the adapta-tion of unhealthy habits.”

Todd said one way to de-crease the seemingly infinite number of dining options is to stick to the healthy basics.

“The best solutions to these problems of overloading on the wrong foods would be to try to eat as many veggies and fruits as possible,” Todd said. “Fill your plates with as much color as possible.”

However, while Todd said fruits and vegetables are im-portant parts of a balanced diet, everyone should allow themselves some wiggle room to eat at least some of their fa-vorite foods.

“Eat what you love, but do it in moderation,” Todd said. “If you like ice cream, don’t deprive yourself of it. Just eat it sporadically.”

If students have a hard time determining which foods are healthy or otherwise, Anissa Smalls, Nutrition Club mem-ber and senior in business ad-ministration, said they should take advantage of the support system available at the Univer-sity.

“I think a lot of students have problems with portions, answering the question ‘How much is too much?’” Smalls said. “I think any student who is facing these problems should go online to the University Dining website, which provides all of the nutritional informa-tion, which not all campuses do. And it wouldn’t hurt to visit the [student] health center to talk to a dietician.”

Todd said although the Uni-versity certainly has room for improvement, it is headed in

the right direction.“I do believe we are on

our way to becoming a healthier university,” Todd said. “For example, the new Atrium offers a lot of healthy options such as the wrap bar, and Carmichael Recreational Center is great at promoting exercise and keeping a healthy heart.”

The more people that visit the red tent this week, the better chance the nutri-tion message will reach the masses of students, Todd said.

“I think if more and more people show up and spread awareness of Nutrition Month, it will trigger people to jumpstart their decisions to choose to healthy options rather than pizza and fries,” Todd said.

Club to serve up nutrition awareness

“If students stop

by the tent they

will also have a

chance to sample

yummy snacks.”Kelsey Wilson, junior in

nutrition science

THE COLOR OF HEALTH:National Nutrition Month is an education and information campaign by American Dietetic Association.

Each March, the campaign focuses attention on the importance of making informed food choices and developing sound eating and physical activity habits.

This year’s theme for Nutriotion Month is “Eat Right with Color,” which encourages people to consume as much “colorful” food as possible. Fruits and vegetables are the obvious focal points, but people should also consider whole grains (wheat, barley, oats, and rice) and legumes (beans, nuts, and seeds) as healthy options.

SOURCE: AMERICAN DIETETIC ASSOCIATION WEBSITE

POLICE BLOTTERMarch 110:16 A.M. | LARCENYCarmichael GymStudent reported iPod stolen

1:03 P.M. | MEDICAL ASSISTVenture CenterUnits responded and transported non-student in need of medical assistance.

1:07 P.M. | TRAFFIC ACCIDENTVarsity Dr./Western Blvd.Student and non-student were involved in accident. No report of injuries.

1:43 P.M. | LARCENYES King VillageStaff member reported gas had been siphoned from University vehicle.

2:02 P.M.| SPECIAL EVENTDoak FieldOfficer monitored men’s basketball game.

2:31 P.M.| FIRE ALARMMetcalf HallFire protection responded to activation caused by cleaning crew. System reset.

5:48 P.M. | CONCERNED BEHAVIOR REPORTPublic Safety CenterReport student filed stalking report with Raleigh Police Department and received protection order regarding non-student. Appropriate personnel notified.

7:12 P.M. | LARCENYWarren Carroll Dr.Student reported license plate stolen from vehicle.

7:52 P.M. | FIRE ALARMWestern Manor ApartmentsUnits responded to alarm caused by cooking. System reset.

8:30 P.M. | LARCENYD.H. Hill LibraryStaff member reported video recorder stolen from media lab.

10:16 P.M. | MEDICAL ASSISTCarmichael GymUnits responded to student in need of medical assistance. Transport was refused.

10:37 P.M. | DRUG VIOLATIONBowen HallReport of possible drug violation. Officers checked the area but did not locate any problems.

Viewpoint

Nearly 28 years later, Stafford announced h i s r e t i r e m e n t

Wednesday afternoon. This sudden shock seems to be a

pattern in the change in po-sition of vice chancellor for Student Af-fairs, accord-i ng to t h i s 1983 article. When Talley stepped down from the posi-tion students were confused

as to why he left and afraid of what was to come. Today the

same doubts plague N.C. State’s campus.

Talley’s one-year sabbatical turned into a full on retirement when Stafford took the position on Oct. 1, 1983, three days af-ter this article was published. While Stafford will remain in office until his replacement is found, students have expressed the same uncertainty as their 1983 counterparts. In his 40 year employment at N.C. State, Stafford has timelessly advo-cated for the students, first and foremost. We could only hope the next in line will be able to fill the shoes of Stafford. They will have a lot to line up to.

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{ }Our view

In response to budget cuts, OIT has increased the number of students it

hires. These short-term talents would be useful in providing OIT with extra help on vari-ous special projects. This ex-perience will be invaluable to students as well. Along with various special projects within OIT, students could find em-ployment through internships and part-time work, making them more appealing to the job market.

Students working for OIT are typically there for a semester, or for one project. This new flexibility will allow students to take on more responsibili-ties to compensate for the loss of full-time positions. OIT also

receives new, innovative ideas from the fresh student minds they employ. This gives them a chance to expand their busi-ness to better fit the needs of the students.

Administrators of various campus enterprises should take note from OIT’s latest initiative. If these divisions could find ways to incorpo-rate students into their day to day business activities, they could lessen the blow of their own economic struggles. From mere clerical work of the Reg-istration Office to physical la-bor on job sites like Centennial

Campus, the University could provide student employees with the know-how needed for future jobs.

Students from across every college have some skill that directly relates every type of service the University provides. If these hired professionals could share their insight with students studying their crafts. This would offer not only a different perspective than the typical classroom education, but also an incorporation of cross-curricula training.

The University claims it fo-cuses on preparing their up-

perclassman to enter into the work force. OIT’s solution to the budget cuts provides an ideal solution to fulfill the needs of employment and stu-dent involvement. The value of a college degree can only go so far, so we should provide more experiences to sharpen our student’s skills for when they enter the work-force. If other services around campus could follow OIT’s lead, then univer-sity businesses could actually provide the necessary experi-ence for students and the ideal solution to the monetary con-straints.

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.

OIT preparing students for the work forceThe FacTs:The Office of Internal Technology has announced its plans for how it will handle the current budget cuts. While OIT has elminated 15 positions already, the need for hired student help will increase.

Our OpiniOn:By allowing students, who are studying the computer science field, to work for OIT it could provide them with valuable job-related skill. This type of experience could be effective if spread throughout various corporation around campus to provide students relatable experience.

FrOm The archIves:

Talley takes leave from state; Poulton

recommends staffordTechnician article from Sept. 7, 1983

Chancellor Bruce Poulton has announced he will recommend to [N.C. State’s] Board of Trust-ees the appointment of Thomas Stafford as interim vice chan-cellor for Student Affairs while Vice Chancellor Banks Talley takes a year’s leave of absence from State Oct. 1 to become vice president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

Stafford will be respon-sible for the different areas of the Student Affairs division, which includes housing, din-ning, health services, student records and registration, the student center, student activi-ties, financial aid, counseling and career planning, cultural and musical programs and other office, related to student life, areas that Talley is now in charge of.

Stafford has worked for State since 1971, serving as associate dean of Student Affairs, as-

sistant to the dean of students for planning and research and director of student affairs re-search.

Talley has been vice chan-cellor for Student Affairs since 1974. It is one of the five posi-tions that answer directly to the Chancellor.

According to a Raleigh Times report, Talley finds the oppor-tunity to begin a new career exciting—especially “to be paid for something that has been [his] primary avocation interest all his life.”

For some, the absence of Tal-ley will be strange.

“He’s a very important man to State and North Carolina,” said Charlotte Brown, curator of art in the Times report. “It will be strange for him not to be around. I hope he comes back, and I don’t think he will.”

Talley, himself, is not sure of his future plans, according to the Times report.

“I could come back, or I could stay,” Talley said. “It just has to unfold.”

Trey FergusonDeputy Viewpoint Editor

By AlEx SANChEz

OIT has started hiring students part time to help make up for

positions cut due to the budget. How do you feel about students working

on campus?

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“It's a good opportunity for students to gain work experience in a place that's convenient for them.”

Colin Reedfreshman, aerospace engineering

“I think it’s good for them as long as they’re able to do the jobs they’re replacing.”

Cory Connellfreshman, environmental technology

“I think it’s good for them because they get experience they can apply later in the work force.”

Austin Dobyfreshman, animal science

“I think it’s good experience for them, especially if they want to go into that field.”

zachary Martinfreshman, criminology

study what you studyCareerbuilder.com re-

leased a list of “Hot fields for hiring in

2011.” The list included pos-sible jobs ranging from data

commu-nications analysts to medical scientists.

Careerbuilder is not the only source where one can come across information like this. CNN, Huffing-ton Post and even the Wall Street Journal frequently publish similar articles, outlining hot beds to find employment.

One thing they all seem to agree on is that an indi-vidual fresh out of college with a bachelor’s degree in literature or psychology will likely not qualify for the vast majority of decently paying, degree-required jobs out there. If you hap-pen to be a student who has yet to declare a major, consult these sources and find a field where you have a prayer of finding a job. Oth-erwise, don’t come crying to mom, dad and or N.C. State when there appear to be no opportunities.

With a lagging economy, comes a harsh dose of re-alities. Companies that are hiring, in general, are hir-ing less than they were five years ago. This means that to find a job, one must be

steadfast upon graduation—scouring possible places of employment with resumes and leaping to interviews at a mo-ment’s notice.

If you prefer a less cut-throat career placement process and ultimately a better result, it’s time to rethink that interna-tional studies major where there would likely be 100 peo-ple competing for a single job. This is not to say students should give up something like interna-tional studies if they’re pas-sionate about it. But too of-ten someone whose study-ing a less em-ployable ma-jor will say, “I am majoring in (insert impractical major here) because it seems like fun and I can’t think of anything better.”

If you are still relatively new to the college game and have yet to declare, think of it as a blessing. While you might not have immediate direction, at least you aren’t headed in the wrong direction. Speak with a career counselor at the Coun-seling Center and evaluate your personality internally. Consider factors such as the money you need a job to pay, your competitiveness, being

employed right out of col-lege, where you would like to live, etc.

Choosing a major isn’t always easy. If you chose the right one, you could find yourself on your way to prosperity after just four years at the university. Above everything else, it is critical to be practical in your decisions if your main

foc u s i s being em-ployed and able to earn a living af-ter obtain-ing your degree. Don’t be-come that guy who changed majors numerous

times only to find himself with a bachelor’s degree in philosophy six years later with no further ambitions.

Send Nick Romanos your thoughts on employment after college to letters@technicianonline.com.

“If you are still

relatively new to

the college game

and have yet to

declare, think of it

as a blessing.”

Nick romanosStaff Columnist

Brian Schultz, junior in environmental design in architecture

From Talley to stafford

TECHNICIAN: A LOOK INTO THE PASTThis section is devoted to drawing upon past Technician articles & columns and how the issues N.C. State faced then have changed over the years.

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FeaturesScience & Tech

Printing newspapers: the technical processYou can’t publish the hard work of writers and editors without a pressroom.

Mark HerringLife & Style Editor

Although the industry has expe-rienced a steady decline for the past decade, newspaper companies are still cranking out daily publications. Celebration of technicians in the pressroom may be overshadowed by the work of writers and editors, but without these integral players, there would be no means to publish news.

The printing process has many com-plex components, but ultimately it all starts with paper. Newsprint is one of the most widely produced forms of paper. According to paper science professor Richard Phillips, the average newsprint mill can produce 1,000 tons of paper daily, comparable to eight million copies of the Technician.

Newsprint, unlike other forms of paper, uses a mixture of recycled fiber from old paper and new fiber derived from wood pulp, in a ratio of 70 to 30 percent.

“Recycled fibers require less en-ergy to process,” Phillips said, “but it is more expensive per pound com-pared to buying soft wood. However, mills have to do more processing to

the wood, which ultimately makes it more expensive.”

Wood chips go through a “diges-tion” process in which they are heated in water and macerated into a pulp, and this “virgin” fiber is introduced to recycled and cleaned newsprint fibers. There are over 10 million microscopic paper fibers in a single gram of pulp. This mash of fibers is mixed with wa-ter, in a ratio of 1 part fiber, 200 parts water. This mixture is then transferred onto a screen moving 120 miles per hour that removes water from the mash, and the paper fibers start to form a webbing, the basic premise of paper making.

Once this primitive form of paper is produced, it passes through a series of presses and drying rollers.

“After it leaves the moving screen, the paper is 20 percent solid,” Phillips said. “It will then go through this line of presses and rollers and it’s all about a quarter of a mile long.”

Since North Carolina does not have any newsprint mills, majority of the paper used for news come from mills in Georgia. Once rolls of paper arrive to newspaper companies, they are stored for printing.

The printing process has evolved since the first printing press into what is now used at the News & Observer lo-cal newspaper of Raleigh: a technique called “flexography,” in which the steel

plates on print rollers come in direct contact with paper, acting like a large rubber stamp.

The printing process first starts with a photo negative of the images to be printed. This negative is used as a template to duplicate onto rubber-stamp-like steel plates.

According to Bruce Toy, pressroom manager of the News & Observer, the steel plates are lined with a photo-polymer that reacts with ultraviolet light. Once this polymer is exposed to the negative, it forms the “bump” on the plate, to act as a stamp.

“We then magnetically fasten these plates onto the rollers,” Toy said. “This comes not only in contact with the inking roller, but also directly in contact with the paper.”

The News & Observer, which also prints the Technician, has a margin of printing error of 2 percent, which is better than the industrial standard of 6 to 7 percent.

“There have been many times that the papers were dated wrong because

they were sent incorrectly,” Toy said. “We’ve had papers that were webbed and cut wrong. Many times we’ve had to go straight back to the beginning and fix the negative.”

Toy said that these wasted papers go into the recycling steam of the press-room and can be reprinted. However, Toy commented that this does not reflect well on the pressroom, which uses many of the company’s waning resources.

“The cost of printing is quite sub-stantial,” Toy said. “With all the ma-terials, people and resources, it’s not something we discuss lightly.”

Nevertheless, the News & Observer

has seen a slight increase in produc-tivity and revenue, according to Toy. Additionally, the paper industry had very successful years in 2009 and 2010. Although much of the news consumed in the U.S. is on T.V. or the internet, the forecast does not suggest that newsprint will completely disappear.

sarah tudor/technicianBruce Toy, Pressroom Manager at the News & Observer, scans a photo negative of a newspaper section into a machine, which sends UV rays through the negative and onto a steel sheet covered with a light-sensitive polymer. These steel sheets will be used to print directly onto the newsprint.

Internet prepares to make a shift to new address protocolAs IPv4 addresses run out, shift to IPv6 becomes imminent.

Amey DeshpandeStaff Writer

They received the letter ‘L’. Then they received the let-ter ‘o’. And then, the system crashed. An hour later, effec-tively the time the system took to recover from the crash, they were able to receive the entire message - ‘Login’. That was the first time ever a message was sent over the network that we know today as the Internet- and in the true sense of the word, we ‘logged-in’ to a new age.

What started in 1969 as a link connecting only two machines, and then about 15 machines by

the end of 1971, the ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network, named after the agency that created it), has evolved over time, to take shape as a mesh of interconnecting crisscrossing links, allowing communication between bil-lions of machines across the face of the earth- the Internet.

Over the course of the past 43 years the Internet has been evolving. The number of de-vices- computers, laptops, smart phones- that are inter-connected over the worldwide network has grown at such a massive rate, that we have now run out of IP addresses.

The IPv4 is the most exten-sively deployed communica-tion protocol for routing of data packets over the Internet. Standardized in 1981, it been

a prominent driving force be-hind the growth of the Infor-mation Age. With an address space of 32 bits, IPv4 boasted of a capability to address ap-proximately 4.3 billion differ-ent devices.

On Feb. 3, the last five blocks of IPv4 addresses were assigned to each of the five respective Regional Internet Registries, the organizations that manage the allocation and registration of IP addresses in 5 regions of the world.

But with the number of in-ternet-ready computers and de-

vices increasing at a rapid rate, the enormity of this ‘pool’ of available addresses was soon to go up in smoke.

According to Rudra Dutta, an associate professor in the Department of Computer Sci-ence, this is not the first time the Internet has run low on addresses.

“In the late 1980s, appli-cations like the e-mail and hypertext started becoming popular, and the first popular web browser, Mosaic was re-

ip continued page 5

sarah tudor/technicianThese rolls of newsprint await being processed and printed into newspaper. This special paper, composed mostly of recycled fiber, is effective for printing news due to its cost and durability.

sarah tudor/technicianRolls of paper are loaded to machines that feed paper to the printers. During this process, paper is constantly moving into the printer and pressroom technicians must continue to reload the machines using a method, which instantaneously connects one rolls to the next.

sarah tudor/technicianBruce Toy, explains how these steel sheets are used like rubber stamps in the printing process. After use, the steel sheets are recycled for reuse.

Being green Although recycled fiber for newspapers is a great way to be more environmentally conscious, it is important that “virgin pulp” from wood is used for the production of paper, not just from a structural integrity perspective, but from an environmental one too. With a steady demand for wood, private landowners will continue to invest in the production of their forests. Without demand, however, the land will lose value, and more likely than not is developed.The fibers derived from newspapers can be recycled up to 6 times.

source: richard PhilliPs

process in Brief• Negative of page printed• Flexible steel plate etched with

negative• Printer roller lined with steel plate• Papers printed, folded

source: richard PhilliPs

definitions:IP Address: Internet Protocol Address; a unique identifier assigned to every device that accesses the Internet.

Bit: Binary Digit; the smallest value of data, either a “1” or a “0”

IPv4: Internet Protocol Version 4; assigns addresses 32-bits long to each device. Provides 4.3 billion unique addresses

IPv6: Internet Protocol Version 6; assigns addresses 128-bits long to each device. Provides “skintillions” of unique addresses

source: PcMag.coM/encycloPedia

FeaturesTechnician thursday, march 3, 2011 • Page 5

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FeaturesScience & Tech

North Carolina Public Virtual Schools brings government school into the home.

Rohan BhutkarCorrespondent

For high school students in North Carolina, the walk to their next class just got shorter. With 70,000 stu-dents enrolled since 2007, North Carolina Public Virtual School is the second largest virtual school pro-gram in the country and is growing.

“We have a very strong curriculum, and a very strong teacher support and a school based support that really helps to promote the growth and improve the quality of the program. Any student enrolled in a North Carolina public school or charter school is eligible to take the courses offered in this program,” said David Edwards, chief communica-tion and professional learn-ing officer at NCVPS.

Students who want to en-roll in online courses can meet their school’s distance learning advisor. They can get credit for them, just like conventional classroom courses. “Some of the pro-grams have what is called a rolling enrollment, which are the credit recovery pro-grams,” Edwards said.

Some high school courses in science, math, language, history and arts can also be taken by middle school stu-dents for high school credit. High school students can

also take AP courses, for col-lege credit, that are recognized all over the country.

“I would have loved to take an online course when I was in high school if such an op-tion would have been available then,” said Ashley Johnston, a senior in political science. “I re-ally could have taken some lan-guage courses which were not available in my school as there was no teacher to teach them. My sister is in high school, and has taken some online course. She likes them better than some of her in-class courses,”

The Friday Institute at N.C. State has been conduct-ing external evaluations for NCVPS since 2007. The main purpose of these evaluations has been to provide data for NCVPS administration to im-prove their program.

In the initial surveys in 2007-2008, around 53.9% of students indicated that the online courses were more dif-ficult than similar face to face courses. This difficulty was at-tributed to the complexity of the courses as well as the depth of study required. Based on the findings, NCVPS has improved on its program. The latest sur-vey found that online math and foreign languages courses were less popular than online Eng-lish or language art subjects. A possible reason for this dis-crepancy is an inherent diffi-culty in synchronous dialogue, and teachers visually working out problems online.

According to Kevin Oliver, an assistant professor in curricu-lum, instruction, and counsel-or education at N.C. State, the evaluation work with NCVPS is tied to the state’s recent Race to

the Top grant.“Over the next three years

evaluators will be investigat-ing blended courses piloted in underserved districts to deter-mine impact on student inter-est in STEM careers, among other outcomes,” Oliver said.

NCVPS courses use a combi-nation of real time and on de-mand media, allowing students the freedom to choose when to engage in their online course. Discussion boards, email, file exchange and collaborative groups are used as on-demand tools that are available to stu-dents at any time. Real time media like telephone, text based chat and V.O.I.P (Voice Over Internet Protocol) are used to aid students. Accord-ing to Edwards, 24/7 help desk services are also available.

“I think that there is a myth that virtual lectures are not personal. But when you can see the teacher on the screen and in addition if you can fol-low up with email or text, then the whole experience is quite personal,” said Jacob Smith, a foreign languages freshman.

Teachers who participate in this program have to be cer-tified in North Carolina, ac-cording to Edwards. They also have to be a part of a program

called Carolina Online Teacher Program. Teachers then work for NCVPS as contracted em-ployees.

Edward McCoy, a junior in Industrial engineering, says that online classes have their benefits.

“There are several students who do not participate in face to face discussions, but partici-pate online. I had some video courses this semester, and I think that I had a very good ex-perience [with them],” McCoy said “And it is not as if I don’t meet friends, or make new friends. Classes online are just more convenient. I don’t have to get up at 7 a. m. anymore.”

Educators are convinced that technology will have an impor-tant part to play as the nation educates its future citizens.

“I think the best aspect of NCVPS is that the students can take these courses whenev-er they like- they can take them during school, after school hours, or they can take them in a blended fashion where they take certain modules or lessons to support their learning in the schools,” Edwards said.

High school classrooms walk home

virtual schools By the NumBers19,000 Students enrolled in online courses for the

spring semester

112 High school courses available online

$20 million NCVPS budget for 2011

86% to be spent on teacher payroll

Source: NcVPS

leased. Desktop computers were made cheap and available to all by a revolution brought about by Intel, and more and more people started attaching their computers to the Inter-net,” Dutta said.

“Back then, IP addresses could be allotted only in chunks of 256 – the next avail-able chunk size was 65536, and the next, 16,777,216. So many companies went for the larger size of IP add ress b l o c k s t o accommo-date further growth, but this resulted in many IP addresses that were w ith-drawn from the pool in large blocks, but not as-signed,” Dutta said.

To avoid wasting IP ad-dresses in this manner, several techniques were implement-ed, namely, Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR) and Network Address Translation (NAT). These techniques helped largely in reverting temporarily, the risk of address exhaustion.

“Network address transla-tion included subnetting, i.e. assigning one routable address to an organization, instead of connecting every computer in the organization to the Inter-net,” Dutta said. This avoided wasting of addresses being assigned and helped delaying the rate at which the pool of addresses was being consumed.

According to Dutta, howev-

er, CIDR and NAT were only temporary fixes to the prob-lem. The long-term solution is adopting the next version of Internet Protocol: IP version 6, or IPv6.

Since IPv4 address exhaus-tion crisis was foreseen, the In-ternet Engineering Task Force (IETF) came up with the new protocol in 1998 to address this concern.

“There will be a time in the future when all of the Inter-net will work on IPv6. But this switch cannot happen overnight, it will take place

over a pe-riod of many years,” Dutta sa id. “Wil l this change be obser v-able? No, be-cause there wil l be ab-solutely no change in the data that will be exchanged over the in-ternet, t he only change

that will take place is the way in which it is handled by the devices.

“The depletion of IPv4 allo-cation pool has been a concern for a long time,” Wenxu Zhao, a first year Masters student in electrical engineering, said. “It seems that transition to IPv6 is the best way to solve this problem in the long term. I have experienced IPv6 when I was watching WorldCup 2010 over Internet, and it was pretty smooth and stable.”

The next time you ‘login’ to your Facebook or Gmail ac-count, spare a thought for this revolution, the Internet, that has been taking shape for the past half a century. And it all started with one word – login.

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cannot happen

overnight, it will

take place over

a period of

many years.”Rudra Dutta, computer science

associate professor

866.282.4648 www.campusedgeraleigh.com

SportsConstruction starts on new outdoor tennis stadiumRefurbishing of the outdoor tennis courts began Wednesday at the J.W. Isenhour Tennis Facility. Th plans for the new outdoor facility include a new plaza where fans can enter into the complex, instead of having to sit on bleachers outside of the complex like before. Along with the new seating, other updates includes new lights and a new scoreboard.

SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS

Three women’s soccer players named to All-ACC Academic TeamJuniors Tanya Cain, Paige Dugal and Kim Kern were named to the 2010 women’s soccer All-ACC Academic Team. Both Cain and Dugal were named to the team for the second time, while Kern is a first time recipient.

SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

ALEX SANCHEZ/TECHNICIAN FILE PHOTOJunior forward Bonae Holston sets up a pick as sophomore guard Brittany Kastanek drives to the basket against Boston College in Reynolds Coliseum Feb. 24. Kastanek scored eight and Holston led the team with 28 points in the 80-69 win.

With the team’s postseason hopes riding on the outcome of the ACC Tournament, N.C. State preparing with a positive attitude.

Jeniece JamisonSenior Staff Writer

After a disappointing regular season that resulted in a 13-16 record and a 4-10 record in the ACC, the Pack is looking to put all of that behind them and make a run through the ACC Tournament in Greens-boro, N.C.

The Pack’s first test will come against the No.7 seed Boston College Eagles, who carry an 18-11 record into the tour-nament, today at 6 p.m. The Wolfpack and the Eagles split their regular season series with both of the teams winning on their home court. If the Pack is able to pull out the upset they will go on to face the ACC No.2 and No.10 nationally ranked Miami Hurricanes.

Even though the teams re-cord is very much below par for the program, it still man-aged to pull out a couple of key wins during the regular season against North Caro-lina and Boston College. They also played close games against Clemson, Duke, and a quadru-ple overtime thriller against Virginia, in all of which the Pack came up short.

According to senior forward Brittany Strachan, these close battles have taught the Pack a good deal in preparing it for this tournament.

“In those situations where we came up short we always reflect on what we could’ve done bet-ter, and we’ve had a lot of film to look over,” Strachan said. “I think we’ve learned a lot from those mistakes. Its time to make that push and all of those games in the regular season get you ready for this time of year. It’s going to be fun.”

One major uphill battle for State against Boston College will be to overcome their size in the post. In their last game against the Eagles, the Pack was able to overcome that hump and junior forward Bonae Holston lead the front line with a 28-point performance. She is also the team leader in points per game at 15.9 per, rebounds at 8.2, and field goal percentage at 49.2 percent.

According to Holston, the key to success in this tourna-ment for the Pack will be to

have everyone play their roles. “I’m very excited about the

ACC Tournament,” Holston said. “We have Boston first round. They have very good post players, but we have to work hard and be confident. Everybody is becoming more confident in their roles, like in order for us to be successful you need to do this and you need to do this. When we all do our parts, we’re successful.”

Holston also realizes that with State’s performance in its regular season, they are in a situation where they have to make a run through the tour-nament or go home.

The Pack had a similar task last year and they sliced their way to the tournament but eventually lost to Duke in the finals. The difference between this year and lasts is that they have to win and get an auto-matic bid to go to the NCAA Tournament. Regardless of what the situation is, she is

staying calm and taking it one game at a time.

“The ACC is pivotal for our what our postseason will look like, but I’m not going to think about any of that,” Holston said. “I’m going to go out there and play.”

Strachan also recognizes that there’s a lot riding on this tournament, but as a senior she believes that herself and her teammates are ready for the challenge.

“It’s a lot of pressure riding on the ACC Tournament, but we’re ready,” Strachan said. “We have our mindset, we have confidence in our abilities and We are focused. We know it’s time to get down to business, so we’re ready to get to it.“

Pack looking to win or go home

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“It’s a lot of pressure riding

on the ACC Tournament,

but we’re ready.”

senior forward Brittany Strachan

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COMMENTARY

State fans at a crossroads on LoweRecent poll shows divided support among fans regarding the future of Sidney Lowe.

By now, many Wolfpack fans have formed their opinions regarding the

state of the men’s basketball program. After Tuesday’s loss

at Virginia, coach Sidney Lowe’s f if th t e a m c u r-rently sits at 15-14 overall and 5-10 in the ACC with only an out-side chance at making the N IT. W hat once was a

powerhouse program of the southeast has now transformed into a continual cellar-dweller in the ACC.

There is no denying that a change is in order, but is cut-ting ties with Lowe really the best option?

According to a recent sur-vey by Public Policy Polling, 29 percent of State fans said they want Lowe to return for the final year of his contract. However, 27 percent said they want him fired, while 44 per-cent remain indecisive about his future.

At first glance, these results

may not be surprising. They may even seem too optimistic about the direction of the pro-gram under Lowe.

But what will happen if Ath-letic Director Debbie Yow de-cides to make a change in the offseason?

A change at the helm would only make matters worse. Imagine go-ing through a season the w a y Wa k e Forest (8-21 overall, 1-13 AC C ) a nd first-year c oac h Je f f Bzdelik did this year.

Sure, t he Wolfpack will still have tal-ent returning, but will have to replace seniors Tracy Smith and Javi Gonza-lez. Freshman C.J. Leslie will more than likely enter the NBA Draft if he is projected as a first round pick, which he already is according to most mock drafts, and have even less of a reason for returning if Lowe is fired.

Perhaps the biggest draw-back of a new coach would be the regression of guards Ryan Harrow and Lorenzo Brown after promising freshman cam-paigns. Point guards are like quarterbacks in that it takes a while for them to learn the

offensive system. The longer they stay in the same system, the more comfortable they feel with the offense.

Throw ing Harrow and Brown into a completely differ-ent coaching scheme would not only put them back at square one in their development, but also hurt the production of

sharp-shoot-i n g S c o t t Wood who relies a great deal on oth-ers to create his shot.

But it is still easy to un-derstand why only 29 per-cent of State fans said they were in favor of Lowe re-

turning. Lowe has accrued a pedestrian 25-54 (.316) ACC record in his first collegiate coaching gig and has only one victory over cross-town rival North Carolina. He also owns the lowest winning percentage of any NBA coach with at least 300 games, going 79-228 (.257) in five seasons.

With all that being said, one fact still remains: the guy flat-out knows how to recruit. The high level of talent Lowe can attract is apparent by this past season’s No. 4-ranked recruit-ing class, which included Har-

row, Brown and Leslie. Lowe has already locked up a strong 2011 class, which includes four-star Word of God center Joseph Uchebo and three-star forward Tyler Harris.

With the close proximity to perennial national title con-tenders Duke and North Caro-lina, top-notch recruiting is a must for any N.C. State coach if they expect to compete with its two Tobacco Road rivals. Top-notch recruiting is hard to come by and is the founda-tion for teams that are national championship contenders year in and year out.

Like a high schooler adjust-ing to the college game, an adjustment period for a coach takes time, especially if that coach has no experience in the college ranks. Many Wolfpack fans are seeking an immediate fix to the problem and want-ing to jump the gun on firing Lowe instead of considering the many possible drawbacks a new coach would bring.

Lowe not only deserves to finish out the final year of his contract, but also deserves unwavering support from the Wolfpack community. If any-one wants the program to re-turn to the glory days of 1974 and 1983, it’s Sidney Lowe. Just give him one more year.

Tucker FraizerSenior Staff Writer

In college basketball are you a fan of UNC, N.C. State, Duke or Wake Forest?

Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of Sidney Lowe?

Do you think Sidney Lowe should be retained for another year at the end of this season

or replaced with someone else?

UNC 34%

N. C. State 16%

Duke 17%

Wake Forest 6%

None of these teams 27%

Not sure 53%

Favorable 30%

Unfavorable 17%

Should be retained for another year 30%

Should be replaced with someoneelse 21%

Not sure 50%

SOURCE: PUBLIC POLICY POLLING

“If anyone wants

the program to

return to the glory

days of 1974 and

1983, it’s Sidney

Lowe.”

4 - 8:30 PMFountain and

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March 3

Stafford on the way out

Kevin CooK/TeChniCian file phoToTom Stafford, vice chancellor for Student Affairs, discusses the marching band with Student Body President, Kelly Hook, a junior in political science, during the 2010 Convocation in the RBC center Aug. 16.

Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Thomas Stafford has announced his retirement af-ter more than 40 years with the University.

Stafford, who has been vice chancellor since 1983, will leave his post no later than July 1, 2012.

Prior to being named vice chancellor, Stafford served in research and administra-tive positions from the time he was hired in 1971. Stafford served as as-sociate dean of student affairs, assistant to the dean of students for planning and research and di-rector of student affairs research.

According to the Sept. 7, 1983 edition of the Technician, Staf-ford was recommended by then Chancellor Bruce Poulton to take Banks Talley’s position as Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs.

Talley was originally expect-ed to return to the position af-ter a one year leave of absence, during which he was the vice president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

However, Talley did not re-turn to his former position, and Stafford has served since then.

Stafford said he made the de-cision to retire last fall.

“It was actually a decision I made last fall,” Stafford said. “I’ve been here a long time; when people consider retire-ment, they take a lot of factors into account: financial, person-

al how long they’ve been work-ing. I took all those into ac-count when I made my decision to announce my retirement.”

According to Provost War-wick Arden, who Stafford re-ports to, the University is not yet thinking about a replace-ment.

“We’re not moving ahead with a replacement,” Ardent said. “At this moment, we’re going to pause and reflect on his contributions to the Univer-

sity.”Talley

said he rec-ommended Stafford for the job, and thinks he has suc-cessfully

done the job. “I wish him all the luck and

every good bush,” Talley said. “I’m sad to see him feel like he needs to retire, but wish him all the luck.”

Chancellor Randy Woodson has only worked with Stafford since he began at the University April 5, 2010.

“Personally, Tom has been incredibly helpful to me,” Woodson said. “Being new, I’ve gone to him to get help to un-derstand things several times.”

Stafford said he doesn’t know what he’ll do in the future. He does have several options to consider.

“I’ve got a year and four months to think about that. I do have a boat and a house on the beach; I could certainly see spending more time there,”

Stafford said. “I also might expand my work at Centen-nial Campus Middle School, in which I teach special programs on fossils. It’s a hobby of mine. Maybe I’ll be a Bell Tower tour guide. I’ve al-ways wanted to give Bell Tower tours.”

During Stafford’s tenu re at N.C. State, the Univer-sity has grown tremendously in regards to enrollment, size and standing in the com-munity.

“[The steps at Holla-day Hall] are the steps where the first group of N.C. State students took a [class] photograph. That was October 1889. All of the students in that pho-tograph were white males,” Stafford said. “Today, when you look at the student body at N.C. State you see men, women, people of different races – people from all over the world are here. It shows that diversity has become an important value at N.C. State.”

Evelyn Reiman, an associ-ate vice chancellor for student affairs, said she believes that Stafford has had an incredibly rich career.

“He’s always strived to cre-ate a supportive and creative climate for all students,” Rei-man said. “He’s been a cham-pion for issues regarding race, gender, sexual orientation and disability discrimination. He’s worked hard to eliminate the -isms.”

Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Thomas Stafford has announced his retirement after more than 40 years with the University.

Stafford oVErSaW CHaNGE aS UNIVErSItY EVoLVEd

July 1971 - Tom Stafford hired as director of Student Affairs research

March 21, 1974 - After a rash of streaking incidents disrupts campus, the University bans the practice

June 8, 2009 - Chancellor James L. Oblinger resigns over a scandal involving the hiring of former first lady Mary Easley

1977 - University begins offering a master’s degree in computer studies

Oct. 1, 1983 - Stafford hired as vice chancellor for Student Affairs

1989 - Larry King Monteith named University’s 11th chancellor

1998 - Marye Anne Fox becomes first woman to serve as chancellor

40 years of stafford

then & now: Enrollment:11,000+34,376

Cost of attendance/year:

$1,518$18,427

Total budget:

$60 million$1.24 billion

Gallon of gas:

$0.32$3.37

In-state tuition/semester:

$179.00$2,426.50

A lot has changed from 1971 to 2011. Technician compared different numerical facts from 1971 when Stafford started at the University to 2011.

SoURCe: RegiSTRaTion and ReCoRdS, nCSU.edU

1973 - Nannette Smith Henderson becomes the first black woman to earn a Ph.D. at N.C. State, with a degree in plant pathology

Jan. 1, 1976 - Joab Thomas becomes the University’s ninth chancellor after the retirement of John Caldwell

1982 - Bruce Poulton named University’s 10th chancellor

1987 - University celebrates 100th anniversary

March 27, 2006 - Stafford shuts down student elections over a ballot including the names of part-time students, which he barred from running for office

2010 - Randy Woodson named University’s 14th chancellor

tom Stafford’s role Chris BoucherDeputy News Editor

Tom Stafford, vice chancellor for Student Affairs, announced his retirement Wednes-day.

As vice chancellor, Stafford is in charge of seeing that Student Affairs satisfies its “Stu-dents First” mantra.

According to the Student Affairs website, the organization provides “programs and services for students and the larger community to enhance quality of life.”

Stafford has about 40 different Uni-versity departments reporting to

him. Some of these include arts programs like Center Stage and Arts NC State; the ROTC pro-grams; the Center for Student Leadership, Ethics and Public Service; University Scholars; Caldwell Fellows and Cam-pus Recreation.

The specific spot Stafford occupies in the University hierarchy has changed re-cent ly. Since Chancel lor Randy Woodson started in April 2010, he has made sev-eral changes to the University’s administrative structure.

Rather than report directly to the chancellor, Woodson announced in June that the vice chancellor for Student Af-fairs would instead report to the academic provost. (War-wick Arden, the interim pro-

vost at the time of Woodson’s announcement, was formally named provost in December.)

At the time of the announcement, Wood-son explained that he made the decision to clarify the provost’s job responsibilities and reduce the number of faculty reporting di-rectly to the chancellor.

Stafford said that this change did not fac-tor into his decision to step down, and he is confident it will not affect his replacement’s ability to advocate for -and work with- the student body.

“Regardless of the title of my replacement, or whom they report to, I am sure that they will continue to work closely with students and student organizations,” Stafford said.

“I’ve been here a

long time.”Thomas Stafford, vice chancellor

for Student Affairs

Technicianthursday, march 3, 2011

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STORy By Chelsey FranCis

Forty years is a long time. Take a look at how the University has changed over Tom Stafford’s tenure.

april 21, 1972 - More than 1,000 students march to the Capitol down Hillsborough Street to protest the Vietnam War

Jan. 15, 1996 - Women’s basketball coach Kay yow celebrates her 500th win over West Virginia State