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For the second time, CHASS partnered with four other schools for the student career fair.
Elise HeglarNews Editor
Students in the College of Hu-manities and Social Sciences had the chance to interact with a variety of students and employers at yesterday’s career fair.
The fair, which was originally put on by members of CHASS alone, now partners with four other universities to make the event happen. Meredith College, North Carolina Wesleyan College, Peace College and Camp-bell University all participated in the fair alongside our University. This is the second year of this collaboration, called the East North Carolina Career Alliance.
“We think there is power in num-bers. Having more [students] makes the fair attract more employers,” Woody Catoe, CHASS assistant direc-tor for the University Career Center, said.
According to Catoe, joining forces with other schools for the fair has improved the event as a whole for students, employers and the faculty who work on creating it.
Amy Losordo, assistant director for academic and career planning at Mer-edith College, said employers enjoy seeing a collaborative effort like this at career fairs.
“Employers are probably the most excited about it. It brings a larger student pool to them and they get to experience the real diversity of all our students,” Losordo said.
Meredith College has always par-ticipated in a collaborative career fair, Losordo said.
“Each person involved [in planning this event] shares their different tal-ents and it’s very well organized,” Mi-chelle Aheron, a volunteer for Peace College at the event, said.
N.C. State is the most recent school to join ENCCA. This event is only the second CHASS has participated in and according to Catoe, there will be many more.
“This helps maximize exposure to employers for students,” Catoe said.
According to Catoe, fairs like this are important because they give stu-dents an opportunity to learn how to interact in a professional environ-ment.
Giving students the proper tools to learn about things like networking, job search tools and good resume writing is a large part of having career fairs like this, Catoe said.
“We encourage students to come even if they’re not in an active job search. It’s a good learning opportu-nity,” Catoe said.
The attendance numbers for this se-mester’s fair were up from last year, according to Catoe. At the end of the day, Catoe said they were expecting a final count of roughly 350 attendees.
“We are way above numbers from last year. Part of it is we had a larger number of employers, over 75 employ-ers were here,” Catoe said.
Deanna Ludwick, representing Girl Scouts at the fair, said coming to a fair with so many students is equally ben-eficial for employers and interested students.
“We do it every year and we find some great candidates,” Ludwick said.
Ludwick said coming to a fair where multiple schools are represented is a unique chance for recruiters to see various types of applicants all in one place.
“This one [fair] in particular is good
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A new bill could potentially make N.C. State the first UNC system school to be non-smoking.
Lauren VanderveenStaff Writer
A new act initiated by Student Sen-ate will, if passed, make N.C. State the first university in the UNC system to be a smoke-free campus in two years time.
Joshua Teder, a freshman in man-agement and member of student sen-ate, sponsored this Smoking Policy Reformation Act.
“It’s a bill to transition the smok-ing policies on campus from what they are now, which is that you only can [smoke] 25 feet from the buildings, to eventually a 100 percent tobacco-free campus,” Teder said.
Making this policy a reality will re-quire it to pass through faculty sen-ate, the chancellor, and the Board of Governors, after clearing the Student Senate.
“I don’t think it’s fair to just spring it on the students like, ‘Oh hey, you can’t smoke around campus anymore,’” Teder said. “So we want to do it right, but we want to eventually transition completely by about the fall of 2014.”
According to the bill, “By Fall 2012, smoking should be prohibited cam-pus-wide except in designated, low-traffic areas, and by Fall 2013, these des-ignated areas will be reduced from 25 to 50 percent to ease transi-tion to a 100 percent smoke-free campus.”
For some students, this will mean having to change personal lifestyles or habits because the University would be prohibiting smoking.
“I think the main a rg u ment of t he people who smoke is going to be that their liberties are being taken away from them,” Sean Pavia, freshman in First Year College, said.
Students wouldn’t be allowed to walk outside their dorms or class buildings to smoke and even in in-clement weather, would be required to go off-campus to do so.
“There’s obviously going to be some people who are upset, but they would still be able to smoke on Hillsborough Street or Western,” Teder said.
Some institutions that have already moved to being tobacco-free in-clude Indiana Uni-versity, University of Florida, as well as all Arkansas, California, and Iowa university systems, accord-ing to the bill.
“I think some-thing that is im-portant to think about with this is where we are and how tobacco is a part of our culture,” Megan
Wright, an undeclared freshman, said.When Teder asked perspective stu-
dents what least impressed them about State, one of the biggest answers he received was that there was too much smoking.
“I think this bill would be beneficial because the statistics show that uni-
versities that implement this, percent of smoking goes down,” Teder said.
Cigarettes are proving to be an economic, as well as health, hazard to universities.
“Even though we have the cigarette butt disposable trays and everything across campus, you’ll see people who just don’t care,” Teder said. “One of our peer institutions, Penn State Uni-versity, established that they spent $150,000 per year for cigarette litter and they’re a huge campus. Look at all the schools in the UNC system, that’s at least a million dollars a year, just on cigarettes.”
The biggest issue with smoking on campus is how it affects the student body as a whole, according to Wright.
“I just have a really negative con-notation with smoking in general,” Wright said. “I think it’s fine if some-one wants to smoke, of course it’s their personal choice, but I think why it bothers me on campus is that in some situations you don’t have a choice of whether or not you’re subject to sec-ondhand smoke.”
“Secondhand smoke contains toxic, cancer-causing chemicals, causing heart disease and lung cancer in non-
smoking adults,” the bill stated. These are all things University students can be exposed to just by walking in the Free Expression Tunnel or going to class.
“We have to think about the lib-erties of the students who don’t smoke. It is important to start on college campuses, at a younger age, to start promoting against it,” Pa-via said.
New bill could end smoking on campus CHASS works with other colleges for fair
Leanna osisek/TechnicianEthan Harrelson, a graduate student in international studies, directs the Student Government meeting on Wednesday night. As the Student Senate President, he directed the meeting and managed the nominates for the organization’s new secretary position.
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we are and how
tobacco is a part
of our culture.”Megan Wright,
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sarah Tudor/TechnicianTim Wilson, a senior in business, plays a game of “21” on the basketball courts after work with some friends. “This our first time playing here together, we’ve been talking about it a lot but this is our first time getting out here,” Wilson said.
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The process:• Fall 2012: smoking prohibited
campus wide except in designated, low traffic areas
• Fall 2013: designated smoking areas reduced by 25 percent
• Fall 2014: completely smoke-free campus
oTher smoke Free campuses:• Indiana University• University of Florida• Arkansas public universities• California public universities• Iowa public universities
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READ SMART BOOK DISCUSSION: SOME WE LOVE, SOME WE HATE, SOME WE EAT7:00-8:00 p.m.Cameron Village Public LibraryJoin us as Dr. Jennifer Campbell, professor of biology at NC State, moderates a discussion on Hal Herzog’s fascinating book, Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Why It’s So Hard to Think Straight About Animals.
UNIVERSITY THEATER’S “RENT”7:30-9:30 p.m.Stewart TheaterStewart Theater hosts the premier of “Rent,” a gripping, gritty and honest look at a group of young bohemians in New York City’s East Village during the turbulent 80’s as they struggle with love, drugs and AIDS. This musical won both the Tony as Best Musical and the Pulitzer Prize for drama and contains strong adult themes and language. Tickets required; NC State Students $5.
FridayIMMORTALS (2011)7:00-9:30 p.m.Campus cinema, Witherspoon Student CenterTheseus is a mortal man chosen by Zeus to lead the fight against the ruthless King Hyperion, who is on a rampage across Greece to obtain a weapon that can destroy humanity.
HISORY WEEKEND SCREENS “DESK SET”7:30-9:30 p.m.Erdahl Cloyd AuditoriumYou’re invited to a screening of “Desk Set,” a 1957 film starring Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn. This event is part of History Weekend, sponsored by the Department of History.
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Winding magnet wire, Kevin Makovy prepares to make an inductor on a machine his group built for their electrical engineering senior design project in Engineering Building 2 Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012. The team is using a lathe and stepper motors to build the inductors which will be used by another group to build a underwater cave location
and communication system. “Off-the-shelf inductors of this size are 1000s of dollars, ours will be $250,” Makovy said.
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2:13 P.M./SPECIAL EVENTReynolds ColiseumOfficers monitored Hoops 4 Hope event; search revealed hope, but no arrests.
11:09 P.M./TAMPER W/ FIRE EQUIPMENTOwen HallUnits responded to alarm caused by pull station activation; no problems were found.
Feb. 134:37 A. M. / TRAFFIC STOPMain Campus DriveFaculty member was issued citation for stop sign violation.
3:26 P. M./ TRAFFIC ACCIDENTDunn AvenueNon-student collided with First Transit bus; issued citation for traveling wrong way on one-way street.
6:02 P.M./LARCENYGardner HallThree juveniles took secured bike and road it in the area, but returned bike and lock when confronted by a staff member.
Feb. 1411:06 A.M./BREAKING & ENTERINGWinston HallUnknown person broke into office and stole folder with exams; folder was found.
12:21 P.M./DAMAGE TO PROPERTYAlpha Tau OmegaStudent reported damage to fraternity sign.
3:58 P.M./DAMAGE TO PROPERTYMaiden LaneReport of graffiti on building. Facilities and urban artists notified
8:40 P.M./INFORMATIONFraternity CourtStudent reported unknown person used shaving cream to write vulgar words on windshield on two separate occasions.
11:19 P.M./SUSPICIOUS VEHICLEWest Parking DeckOfficer found three students sitting in vehicle with odor of marijuana. Search showed negative results; students referred to university for Drug Violation (Odor).
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NewsJeff Braden, dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, got a taste of being Technician’s editor-in-chief last night.
Elise HeglarNews Editor
Thanks to the CHASS Dean for a Day contest, Laura Wilkinson and Dean Braden are switching places for a full 24 hours. As part of the deal, Braden sat in on production for Technician last night.
This is the third year of the program and according to Braden, every year is a different type of experience. Previously, he has moonlighted at WKNC, attended classes and other in-formal campus activities.
“Probably the most illumi-nating experience of my entire life,” Braden said of his experi-ences with Technician.
Working at the Technician was very different than his ev-eryday experiences as a dean, Braden said. While at the of-fice, he read over pages, moni-tored production and helped with ideas for the pages.
Having a clear product to look at after a night of pro-duction is one main difference between working at the Techni-cian and being a college dean, according to Braden.
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While Braden admitted all of his Dean for a Day experi-ences have been interesting, he said working at Technician was extremely different from anything he had ever experi-enced through the program previously.
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{ }Our view
The Smoking Policy Ref-ormation Act aims to transition the University
into the UNC-system’s first 100 percent tobacco-free cam-pus. This bill is under review by the Student Senate; howev-er, it should not go any further than that.
If passed, “By fall 2012, smoking should be prohibited campus-wide except in desig-nated, low-traffic areas, and by fall 2013, these designated ar-eas will be reduced from 25 to 50 percent to ease transition to a 100 percent smoke-free cam-pus.”
This bill attempts to reduce the number of students and faculty on campus exposed to secondhand smoke; however, it
should not come at the cost of civil liberties.
The primary reason for this attempted action is to elimi-nate the effect of secondhand smoke has on those not smok-ing—it stinks, it sometimes makes it hard to breathe and merely creates a feeling of displeasure. Now if smokers would follow the current policy and only light up in designat-ed areas, non-smokers could avoid these places; however, when you’re walking down the tunnel behind someone smok-ing you can’t help but be fol-lowed by the cloud of smoke
until you reach the end.This type of atmosphere
creates the hostility towards smokers, and thus the creation of this bill.
When considering this bill, senators should understand the current policy we have would suffice, if only it were enforced. Smokers are not to be within 25 linear feet of a University building, a University and State policy. Taking into consider-ation this link, senators could adapt the bill to merely confine the areas of smoking with these 25-feet markers and have des-ignated areas for smoking.
By doing this, they could al-low smokers to smoke, with-out the annoyance to walking students. This would allow a win for both sides of this de-bate. However, the mere idea of Student Senate attempting to stick their noses where they don’t belong by treating adults like high schoolers when it comes to a perfectly legal habit, is crossing a line—like the real government.
This type of behavior does not directly impact one’s health, if dealt with correctly, which is allowing smokers to smoke in designated low-traf-fic places. This thought should be considered when trying to create a University-wide ban on a legal habit.
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Smoking out the right to a cigaretteThe FacTs:Student Senate is introducing a bill that would ban smoking on campus, transitioning N.C. State to a 100 percent tobacco-free school by 2014.
Our OpiniOn:The Student Senate should not be concerned about a new policy, but rather enforce the current one—allowing both sides to win.
Elizabeth Tate, senior in fashion and textile management
By lEANNA oSiSEk
Would you ban smoking on campus?
Why or why not?
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“It wouldn’t affect me at all, but I don’t think it is fair. Everyone has the right to do what they want.”
Justin Martinfreshman, engineering
“I’d be alright with that, I don’t like the smell of smoke. I hate when it gets in my face from someone in front of me.”
Adam Barksdalesophomore, mechanical engineering
How to break-up post-Valentine’s Day
If you had a wonderful Valentine’s Day with your “Biscuit-butt,”
“Luv-bug,” or whatever you’re forced to call your significant other, then keep reading because I’m about
to give you the answer t o t h e question you’re too afraid to ask.
By now, you’ve eaten ev-ery piece of assort-ed choco-late—ex-
cept for the coconut ones. If you like those, you’re probably single. You’ve re-alized all of the inconsisten-cies in the plot of the crappy romantic film you watched and paralleled to your own relationship. And most importantly, you checked your bank statement online. Now you have a much more objective view on your rela-tionship since you’re not be-ing subjected to Valentine’s Day propaganda, and you’re wondering how you ended up with this person in the first place.
You can’t stand being tied down by someone you would, without hesitation, trip and leave behind to escape from a grizzly bear. You want a breakup rivaling any breakup, ever. As a ten-ured bachelor, I am highly qualified to answer your
question with some advice.Your first option is to make
them initiate the break up. Breaking up with someone this soon after Valentine’s Day will lower your social stock, and you don’t want to do that. Try getting your message across subtly at first. Avoid their invi-tations to hang out with lame excuses like, “I’ll be in D.H. Hill all night,” or “Sorry, I have to massage my grandma that day.” Hopefully, they’ll get the message, or be creeped out at how often you massage your grandma. If you try that a few times to no avail, then it’s time to be a little more overt.
As much as it pains you, achieving happiness might mean spending some time with the person you can’t stand. Ac-cept their next offer at a little quality time, but this time, everything about you is going to be a turn off. Try going au naturel for a day: no shower, no deodorant, pajamas. It might help to eat garlic by the clove and during the really intimate moments, make sure to accept every call and respond to every text you get.
While you’re hanging out, they’re probably going to want to talk about really annoying things, like themselves. You didn’t ask them how their day went, but they’re going to tell you anyway. If they start to complain to you about personal issues, do everything you can to seem disinterested. Open up an old text message and chuck-le, then look up at them and say “Huh?” After you’ve done this, it’s important to shift the focus
to you, no matter what the situation. Say something along the lines of “I’m hungry,” “I’m bored,” or “I think your mom is hot.” This will make them think you’re a self-absorbed jerk, and you have no interest in a relationship with them.
Your other option is to initiate the breakup your-self, and the best way to do this with a well-executed ambush. Invite them to an activity providing you with a means to escape. Adven-ture Landing is the perfect place for a break up. My preference is the go-kart track. Once you get going on the track, drive beside them and deliver the break up message. Then comes the important part: spin them out. Wreck their go-kart the same way you wrecked your relationship. This ensures you two don’t complete the track at the same time and you can leave first. Get creative, you can find way to make this work with ac-tivities like paintball and laser-tag.
Now that you have a ba-sic idea of how to end your bad romance, go forth and prosper. If your attempts are unsuccessful, then a straightforward and insin-cere “It’s not you, it’s me,” will suffice.
S e n d A h m e d y o u r thoughts on Valentine’s day to [email protected].
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I’d rather have it and not need it
i am an N.C. State alumnus and concealed carry permit holder. i also support students with a concealed carry permit being allowed to carry on campus. First, i present some statistics: North Carolina started issuing conceal carry permits in 1995. From 1995 to June 2011, N.C. has issued 228,072 permits statewide. in those roughly 15 years 1,203 permits have been revoked. in 2010 the census stated, N.C. had a population of 9,535,483.So as of June 2011, 2.3 percent of the N.C. population has a concealed carry permit and .5 percent of permit holders have lost their right to carry over a 15 year period. you can lose your right to carry for non-gun related matters. Most notably is a DUi. Second, Feb. 10, a woman near UNC’s campus reported being raped. i pose a question; doesn’t that woman have the right to take every means available to protect herself? UNC has very similar safety measures as N.C. State. Both have campus police; blue-light emergency poles and alert systems via text messages/email. However, all these safety measures have one thing in common. They are used as a reaction to a serious/dangerous situation. There is no program in place that empowers the student to be responsible for their own safety and give them the means to protect themselves. By removing a student’s right/ability to legally carry a firearm, the University has removed one’s ability to prevent serious harm to them, thus simply creating a target rich environment for any would be criminal. Third, N.C. State is a public university; meaning tax dollars are used by the University. So the people of North Carolina pay into the University, and thus are entitled to use the University facilities. That is why the public can use our buses, gym, library, etc. The public can simply walk across Hillsborough Street and be on campus. There are no checkpoints/gates/walls that limit the public’s access to campus. So someone who wishes to do harm can simply walk across the street, and be in the middle of the Brickyard, an area with a high density of defenseless students who would not know there is a danger until a crime has actually occurred. Conclusion, i am not worried about the people who go through the process to legally carry a concealed firearm. My worry is the people who illegally carry concealed firearms, and wish to take advantage of people who do not have the ability to use all means available to protect them. i pray to God i never have to use my firearm, but i would rather have it and never need it than be without it and need it.
Joshua Lewis,N.C. State alumn
Conceal carry for the law-abiding
Sometimes i read Technician and laugh. Sometimes i wonder how some people get into college with the things they say. other times, i haven’t had enough coffee to listen with interest to the bearded chap reading from his slides, and attempt the daily Sudoku in a daring effort to maintain consciousness. Tuesday, i read it and was disappointed. Concealed carry has been a topic of interest to me for some time, so i was piqued by the title of the our View column. Apparently, the idea of a citizen of the U.S. and of North Carolina of 21 years of age or older, having completed a training course in the use and laws governing use of handguns, being of sound mind and having subjected themselves to a full background check and finger printing—to hit the highlights—carrying a concealed weapon when they think fit for personal protection “sounds ridiculous” to them? As a student and concealed carry permit holder, i take it personally that the very people who are theoretically speaking for me are so quick to make trite, unbalance judgment statements on an issue that deserves more than half-baked opinion. There is nothing ridiculous about law abiding citizens desiring to exercise, protect and promote personal rights. it seems i am also “chemically, nutritionally and emotionally unbalanced?”i haven’t been so blatantly patronized since middle school. if that is what academic pursuit means to the staff, i’m not sure they can even be trusted with a school paper.
Joseph Garnersenior, biochemistry
“I think it’d be great, I hate following someone who is smoking.”
Chris Northrupjunior, Spanish
“I think it would be unfair to a lot of people. I would kind of like it though, because I don’t like walking behind someone who is smoking. Maybe having designated areas would be better.”
Cece Barnettsophomore, elementary education
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CONTRIBUTORSJosh Lucas
Mark HerringTaylor Cashdan
Tony Hankerson
EditorWriterDesignerCartoonist
The FiFTh is The Technician’s FirsT parody secTion based on oF collegiaTe liFe. iT is in no way a reFlecTion oF The Technician or a
represenTaTion oF iTs views.
FThe FiFThWe the People of the United States, live for drama.
Even in politics, a topic that drains the soul and patience out of most us, we live for the nitty-gritty
drama. Luckily, for the most part our needs are catered to. Day-
time television gives us our fix of the quick and trashy, but why can’t C-SPAN? We were waiting for the Jerry Springer Show to unfold after Lewinskygate, and though McCain isn’t an illegitimate father, man, did that lie on behalf of the Bush campaign sway South Carolina in 2000.
As every news corporation is firing on all cylinders with political coverage, all are missing a huge hole in the market, none are inciting the drama we all live
for. Though we’re not suggesting Univision telenovelas with Ron Paul and friends, a game show is the least the candidates could do.
Presidential campaigns are drawn out too long, and though we don’t even have a nominee for the Republican
Party, things are getting ridiculous already. Newt Gin-grich just proposed a lunar colony and Romney is having fun talking about how he enjoys firing people. This isn’t the actual race for presidency yet, but we’re meddling neck-deep in religious tensions and abortion talk. Like referring to Nazis is to Godwin’s Online Law, referring to abortion is to how we don’t have anything meaningful to debate about anymore.
Let’s revitalize the race in the form of a game-show showdown. A good 30-minute session of Family
Feud would cover all our bases. We’re not con-cerned about policy here. Less than a third of the U.S. population knows what TARP is, the Obama Administration’s Recovery Act, and fewer than 28 percent of Americans can iden-
tify Justice John Roberts as the chief justice of the Supreme Court, according to Pew Polls.What’s this mean? We don’t think about politics.
We think about trivia.The question becomes: Why Family Feud over
the others? Jeopardy is too tough. It requires intel-lect; we’ll leave that to their advisers. Who Wants
to be a Millionaire would be pointless as they’re all millionaires and Meredith just lacks
the je ne sais quoi of Regis. Wheel of Fortune, a show about finish-
ing sentances, wouldn’t work without their speechwrit-
ers.Family Feud naturally lends itself to getting to know presidential candidates and famil-ial strife.
In Family Feud , a l l the questions are based off public surveys (i.e. democ-racy). The 20-second timeframe to answer would ref lect how they would work un-der pressure. Their responses would reveal how in-tune they are with us.
However, the most important aspect of Family Feud is the interaction of fami-lies. And by interac-
tion we mean chaos. We’re not electing just
a president to the office, but rather a first family. We need to know what pointless and lack-luster charities our first ladies will en-dorse and if our
first kids will be overachievers or potheads.Though we will never admit it, we are a shallow people,
and though we pretend to look at a candidate’s core values, all we want to know is how messed up their family is compared to our own. Too perfect or too absurd and some flags will be raised.
Who is going to be the ringleader for all of this mad-ness? This Family Feud would not feature Steve Harvey, Richard Dawson or any other washed-up actor hosts. It would have to be Wolf Blitzer. His beard, his elder weasel-like appearance and his crazy name naturally lend him to the game show biz.
It’s time to settle this—Mitt Romney and his perfect, Brigham Young-educated family of five perfect boys and ever so cheerful wife versus Newt Gingrich’s dysfunc-tional family, involving three different marriages.
The scene would unfold with a round of “Survey says.” We’re not talking about Pew Polls or studies from the Brookings Institution, but rather ques-tions referring to, “How to spell potato,” (stumped Vice President Dan Quayle) or, “Is strategery a word,” and “What is the definition of ‘is?’” In other words, we’re looking for Rick Perry-esque “oops” moments.
As great as it is to watch a Harvard grad struggle, what we really want is to see the intra-family dispute. We want Newt’s most current wife to be mistaken as a third daughter. We want his ex-wives’ forced proximity to lead to cat fighting. We want Romney to be wrong for once and to find a single flaw in his perfect Mormon family.
With a GOP Nominee Family Feud, we’ll be able to identify the strong, defective and unsavory of aspects of our top candidates, and we’ll be able to settle this primary non-sense finally.
We do, of course, recognize the ri-diculousness of our proposal. We un-derstand that overtime, the front runners in a campaign would come from those who we’d like to see duke it out the most. No doubt a Trump vs. Palin Fam-ily Feud would earn syndication by itself.
As for the conclu-sion of this year’s Family Feud, Newt’s family will no doubt degenerate into bick-ering and spite, and as Mitt’s family sap-pily cheers each other on, we’ll see the true candidates shine. It’ll be great TV based on contrast alone.
Family Feud accen-tuates family dysfunc-tion, and for a presiden-tial candidate, dysfunc-tion may actually be an at-tribute. In the end, that’s us, that’s America—a chaot ic , conf used, bickering family that can only unite itself during crisis and cel-ebration. Or in front of the constantly blar-ing television.
A modest proposal
FeaturesArt to Wear designers are challenging conventional clothing.
Eric RizzoSenior Staff Writer
Have you ever seen some-one wearing an outfit that features 16-millimeter film? How about an outfit modeled after the tissues in your body or one designed with that per-son’s psychological emotions in mind? That is exactly what you might find from the designers participating in the Art to Wear fashion show.
The idea started 11 years ago in a design class taught by Vita Plume. During the class, a few students were designing clothes to fulfill their project guidelines, and Plume realized they could have their own fash-ion show—so they did. The f i rst year’s s h o w w a s fairly small, but wa s a fashion show nonetheless, according to Plume. The show quick-ly took off, gaining fans ever y yea r and moving to different locations as the audience became larger.
“Every year [Art to Wear] is a little bit different,” Plume said. “And every year it gets a little bit bigger, but the energy
and the creativity and the in-ventiveness comes from these amazing students.”
According to Plume, who only acts as an advisor, the event is, and has always been, run and produced by students.
This year Danica Dewell and Rebecca Walker are co-direct-ing the event. Dewell is a senior in art and design and Walker is an Anni Albers Scholar ma-joring in textile technology and art and design.
Walker has attended the Art to Wear fashion show since her freshman year of high school. Since this is a student-produced event, the directors have multi-ple responsibilities. The direc-tors head 10 to 15 committees that take care of every aspect of the show, according to Walker. In addition, directors must do fundraising, manage emails and communicate with de-
signers. The big challenge this year is producing an event for an estimated 5,000 people.
T h e d i -rec tors are a lso tr y ing to make the event more professional, Walker said. With the help
of Raymond Nadeau, a well-known expert in marketing and advertising, the coordi-nators were able to learn a few things about promoting the event. Nadeau is a College of
Design graduate who keeps in contact with faculty.
To become a designer for the fashion show, applicants must go through a rigorous selection process. According to Plume, applicants must create two pieces and write a concept statement, outlining the major artistic theme in the applicant’s proposed collection. The two outfits are reviewed by a jury
consisting of John Mcilwee, di-rector of the Stewart Theater, Martha Parks, owner of Soho in Cameron Village and Tracey Asai, owner of Tracey Asai de-signs in New York City.
Applicants are graded on craftsmanship, creative in-novation, meeting the con-cept, quality of construction, relationship of form and ma-terial to aesthetic goals and
concepts and overall impres-sion. After all the applications are graded, students receive comments from the judges so they can take something away from the experience, according to Plume.
The event will be held in Reynolds Coliseum April 24 at 7 p.m. The College of De-sign encourages paying for a ground-floor seat to support
the event, but University I.D. holders get in upstairs for free. The general public can sit up-stairs for $5. There will be a preshow, featuring great work from some of the designers who did not make it into the show, according to Plume. There will also be static sculptures made by students in Reynolds. These static sculptures, along with garments made by College of Design students, are eligible for Cotton Inc.’s “Cotton Chal-lenge,” which offers a prize for students making their pieces with at least 60 percent cot-ton, according to Plume. Other than that, there are no prizes at Art to Wear. When there is no prize, every designer is a win-ner. Being able to show your pieces on the runway is the grand prize, Plume said.
After the event, attendees can pick up a notecard, which will show where the different designers will be after the show on Hillsborough Street. This is so anyone can meet with the designers and see the garments up close, according to Plume.
If you are interested in see-ing creativity and inventive-ness from both the College of Design and the College of Tex-tiles, Plume and all the students involved with Art to Wear en-courage you to go to the show.
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Thomas Easley is a common face in the College of Natural Resources, but also the rap scene.
James HatfieldStaff Writer
Common stereotypes per-ceive the hip-hop genre as an art form separate from aca-demia. But the hip-hop scene is far from underground at N.C. State. Thomas Easley is carrying out his life in rap and scholarship from his office in
Biltmore Hall.Easley, director of commu-
nity diversity in Natural Re-sources, is also a rapper under the name RaShad. Soon he will release his next album, Tran-sitions. His passion for music came from growing up with
his grandmother. His parents spent most of their time fo-cused on work, leaving him with his grandmother for the majority of his childhood.
“My parents were both from the time when civil rights was a big thing,” Easley said. “When integration came, they got op-portunities to work, so they were extremely busy.”
Easley doesn’t see his up-bringing as unconventional. He said he benefited from the experience, and is thankful for
his strong relationship with his grandmother.
“[With] my grandma and grandpa, I enjoyed that envi-ronment a whole lot more,” Ea-sley said. “I had great parents, but I think I had the best of both worlds. Growing up in the 80s and the 90s and being able to still have that old influence. I was the chubby fat kid grow-ing up, [and my grandmother] always knew how to make me feel better. My grandmother just loved me the way I wanted to be loved.”
The inf luence of hip-hop throughout Easley’s life was accepted in his grandparents’ household. Noticing the rap-pers during that time were “talking what I’m feeling,” Easley found inspiration and began to write. After the death of his grandmother, he wrote for emotional exploration and catharsis.
“I started writing after she died—I was 14,” Easley said. “When my grandma died, I didn’t feel as if I had anyone to talk to, so I just started writing my thoughts down.”
Creating songs was not a hard task for Easley and his friends. Through sampling old gospel music he had heard with his grandparents, he was able to make his first beats. The art of sampling may have been for beat purposes, but Easley knew the underlying message from the Christian backgrounds in
the songs they were using.“We could take a clip from
that song and make it sound like this and that,” Easley said. “We would take records and take small pieces. We were lis-tening to the music for what it was made for, so we didn’t listen to it for what it was about, not in a bad way, but we wanted to make it for a different sound.”
Easley, also a deacon in his church, said he understands a radical approach to lyrics may not be the best way to reach out to others. He keeps the same respectable personality, regardless of what crowd he surrounds himself with.
“I call it ‘save your life’ mu-sic. What I want is when people hear my song is to take the jew-els from them. I want them to [enjoy them] whether they’re Christian or not.”
Easley said he sees his music as a means to communicate his spirituality, but overall, it’s his way to express love and toler-ance.
“Daily lessons are good for all religions,” Easley said. “Being an academic scholar, being a deacon, being a rapper—I put all of that into everything. [I give the] same message to dif-ferent people in a different way.”
Fashion show inspires creativity
charlle harless/TechnicianSketches by Sarah Canon, a sophomore in art and design, hang on an idea board for her Art to Wear 2012 collection. Her designs emphasize classic silhouettes while focusing on modern materials.
Rapper RaShad blends life in hip-hop and academics
kaTherine hoke/TechnicianLauren Caddick is one of 17 deisgners chosen to feature an original, handmade clothing line for Art to Wear 2012. Caddick is a sophomore in art and design. She said each piece in her line draws inspiration from a different Alfred Hitchcock movie.
kaTherine hoke/TechnicianSarah Cannon, sophomore in the Anni Albers program, works on her collection of modern clothing based on classic silhouettes. Her work will be featured in the show for the second consecutive year. “I really wanted to challenge myself,” she said. “L ast year was a growing experience but I wanted to challenge myself and take a bigger leap into fashion this year.”
charlle harless/TechnicianSydney Smith, sophomore in art and design, is one of 17 students featured in Art to Wear 2012. Smith’s line incorporates live animals in their natural environments in an attempt to challenge the traditional way in which animals have been used in the fashion business.
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Spotlight on the deSignerS:
FeaturesStudents decide to drive rickshaws for the social and physical activity.
Eric RizzoSenior Staff Writer
We live in the 21st century, an age when so many things are automated. Yet, people of our modern age still en-joy simple pleasures, like having spry college students tote them around downtown Raleigh.
For most college students, driving a rickshaw provides a source of income for a collegiate schedule, according to Nyssa Collins, a former student and rickshaw driver.
Chris Daugherty, a non-degree seek-ing student and rickshaw driver, said,
“[Rickshaw driving is] fun, it’s a late night job and it’s cash.”
However, it does not have to be a late night job. One of the most appeal-ing things about driving a rickshaw is that drivers can work as long as there are people out and about in down-town Raleigh, according to Daugh-erty. Collins enjoyed working on the sunny, summer days when she lived in Raleigh. The weather is part of what enticed her to the job.
“I was working downtown at the farmer’s market, and the rickshaw drivers were having so much fun, so I asked someone how I could get that job since it allowed you to move around. I hate jobs where you have to sit down,” Daugherty said.
While rickshaw driving may seem like all fun and games, it still requires some hard work. First off, there is the physical labor that comes with driving people around. According to Collins, the first few weeks are the toughest because people don’t usually have the right muscles in their legs built up for rickshaw driving. Because of this intense muscle-building period, the body requires more food than usual.
“You go home and eat everything in your fridge because you’re so hungry,” Collins said.
For this reason, the rickshaw busi-ness usually attracts people who al-ready bike in one way or another.
“Most people have a lot of experi-ence with cycling,” Daugherty said. “Either with racing or commuting and know how to fix bikes.”
The other main challenge rickshaw drivers face is convincing people to get in the rickshaw. According to Col-lins, saying something funny or witty is usually a good trick. According to Mitchell Adams, a civil engineering graduate, it’s convincing people riding in a rickshaw is faster and more fun than walking.
One challenge Daugherty noticed when he first started driving was the rickshaw is not as nimble as a normal bike. The rickshaw has three wheels, it’s heavy and hard to control, accord-ing to Daugherty, making it much more difficult to handle than your average bicycle.
Working late at night, driving a rickshaw usually provides riders with some interesting stories. According to
Daugherty, he once put seven women in his rickshaw and rode down the spi-ral parking deck in the Clarion Hotel downtown at 1 a.m. A common theme Daugherty noticed with middle-aged, female passengers is they will often try to slap his butt, especially if they are a little under the influence. If passengers are drunk, it can be difficult to keep them in the rickshaw, according to both Adams and Daugherty.
“You have to worry about their safety,” Adams said. “You just gotta tell them the rules and make sure they follow them.”
These drivers aren’t employees of their respective rickshaw brands, but rather contractors. Drivers are paid only in tips and must pay to rent out
the rickshaw from the contract com-pany.
“People pay what they think the ride was worth to them,” Adams said. According to Adams, there are some nights when drivers just break even with the rent. It all depends on weather, the mood of the driver and if people are outside.
Collins, Daugherty and Adams said they all enjoy rickshaw driving for roughly the same reasons: being out-side and meeting people. So, if rick-shaw driving sounds like the job for you, pursue it—just make sure your fridge is well stocked for the first few weeks.
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Natalie ClauNCh/teChNiCiaNBiking around Raleigh with some customers, Rickshaw driver Chris Daugherty, 2008 NCSU alumnus, shows them the city. “I like to roll around and say hi to everyone,” Daugherty said.
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N.C. State men’s basketball will be looking to extend its three-game winning streak at Cameron Indoor.
Rishav DeyDeputy Sports Editor
In what will be the 235th meeting be-tween the two teams, N.C. State (18-7, 7-3 ACC) will travel to Durham to take on No. 4 Duke (21-4, 8-2 ACC).
After a shocking loss to Miami in overtime and beating then No. 5 UNC in a close game, the Blue Devils trounced Maryland by 18 points and will be looking to keep the momentum going against the Pack.
On the other hand, State, who is on a three-game winning streak and 4-1 in conference road games this season, will be looking to seal their spot in the NCAA tournament with a resume boosting win against its traditional Tobacco Road rivals.
Junior forward Richard Howell felt the team would try and impose its own style of play in the game instead of playing catch-up.
“I think whatever game we play, we will try and make them play, we don’t want to go in and try to predict what type of game that’s going to happen,” Howell said. “We just want to go out there and go as hard as possible.”
Howell, who is fourth in rebounding in the ACC, felt the Blue Devils would pose a different challenge altogether in that category.
“It definitely makes it a lot tougher but we don’t want to make any excus-es,” Howell said. “We know there are going to be a lot of rebounds and we are dependent on our guards to get to
grab those long rebounds. It’s kind of upon us to get those short rebounds.”
Junior guard Scott Wood felt the offensive players on the team would look to capitalize on the opponent’s weaknesses.
“I mean it’s definitely going to be real difficult,” Wood said. “I think if we can set screens and cut hard, there’s defi-nitely a chance to be successful.
“As an offensive player, I believe no matter how they play their defense,
there’s always something that’s going to be kind of flawed or something that can be executed a little bit better. So we just got to find where that is.”
Head coach Mark Gottfried, who has a 0-1 record against Duke, felt they would need to stop ACC freshman of the week guard Austin Rivers to be suc-cessful. Gottfried lost to Duke, 68-71, in the 1997 NCAA tournament while at Murray State.
“Defending [Rivers] will be a collec-tive effort between all of our perimeter guys,” Gottfried said. “There will be times throughout the game that each one of our perimeter guys will defend him. That’s not going to fall on one guy.
“At times, C.J. Williams has done a great job. There have been times when Lorenzo Brown has stepped up defen-sively and guarded some really good players. It’s going to be a collective ef-fort for us.”
Gottfried believed the biggest threat the Blue Devils posed was their ability to make threes.
“Their ability to shoot the three com-pliments their effectiveness inside,” Gottfried said. “They make a lot of them and it puts a lot of pressure on your ability to help around the basket because they stretch your team out de-fensively on the perimeter.”
Gottfried felt it would be a difficult stretch for the team, playing the top three teams in the ACC within six days, but the team would take it one game at a time.
“We could win them all, we could lose them all,” Gottfried said. “There are so many variables out there that you can’t control them all. We can try to be the best we can be one game at a time.”
The tip-off is set for 9 p.m. in Cam-eron Indoor Stadium in Durham.
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N.C. State athletics staff on the keys to preventing and resolving sports injuries.
Paul SchulkenCorrespondent
There have been a slew of changes in the sports world in the last few years. Watch any highlight of a football or basketball game from the 80s or 90s, and the differences will immediately jump out at you. The uniforms, equipment, padding and strategy have all changed, while the play-ers have gotten increasingly larger, faster and stronger.
One thing that remains constant, however, is the ever-present risk of injury in sports. It’s not surprising, really. What else would you expect when you pit the biggest and most physically fit young men and women against each other in competition? In a sport like football, where athletes launch themselves at one another to make or break a tackle, it’s al-most expected someone will come away injured.
A wide range of teams and athletes at N.C. State means a wide range of potential in-juries. To deal with this issue, the University has four main athletic training facilities throughout campus. These facilities provide state of the art equipment (such as an underwater treadmill with video and computer control at the Murphy Football Complex Sports Medicine facility) to get Wolfpack athletes back up and running.
In addition, the University provides a fleet of certified ath-letic trainers and strength and conditioning coaches to assist with an athlete’s recovery. Phil Hedrick, head football athletic
trainer, is responsible for the health care needs of the foot-ball program and maintaining the Murphy Center Athletic Training Room.
“We’re very fortunate that the administration we have has provided excellent facili-ties for our athletes,” Hedrick said. “We’re fortunate to be at a place where the health and well-being of our athletes is paramount.”
Hedrick works to ensure each football player has done all the preparation possible to prevent injuries and proper measures are taken when an athlete suffers an injury. Dur-ing the football season, he deals with injuries that arise from contact on the field while the off-season work is more fo-cused on injuries from over-use. When an athlete is in-jured, their recovery relies on a progression of rehabilitation exercises.
The first action taken against an injury, such as a sprained ankle, is to reduce any swelling that may occur. The range of motion must then be restored in that joint and the area where the injury occurred is strengthened. Eventually the athlete will be cleared to re-turn to the field where they run through drills relevant to their position.
“There’s no one injury we see more often than others,” Hed-rick said. There’s a wide range from head to toe. The athletes go through year-round train-ing with strength and con-ditioning coaches to prepare their bodies for the season.
“Stretching and strengthen-ing are the two most impor-tant things these guys do to prevent injuries.”
Robert Murphy, director of sports medicine at the Univer-sity, oversees the overall opera-
tion of treatment facilities as well as supervising the preven-tion and treatment of injuries to student athletes.
“We work hand-in-hand with our strength and con-ditioning coaches to develop programs for at-risk athletes,” Murphy said.
An at-risk athlete can be anyone who has suffered from a particular injury multiple times in the past, or someone who may be physically dis-posed to injury.
“If we know somebody has a chronic issue, we’re going to address that issue as much as possible,” Murphy said, noting something like a high-arched foot can lead to ankle sprains. Prevention for something like an ankle sprain includes flex-ibility exercises to strengthen the ankle, as well as taping the ankle before a game to rein-force it.
Sprained ankles are quite
common in the athletic train-ing industry, and it’s not dif-ficult to see why. Sliding into a base the wrong way, coming down awkwardly after going up for a rebound or missing a step on the tennis court could all lead to an ankle injury.
In addition to sprained an-kles, concussions also receive a lot of attention. The brain is surrounded by fluid that acts as a cushion between the brain and the skull, but this cushion may not absorb more severe impacts.
Concussions are most com-monly associated with foot-ball, where helmet-to-helmet contact can cause them, but they can occur in any sport. Murphy likened a concus-sion to a snow globe, with the brain acting as the globe and neurotransmitters acting as the snow. When a concus-sion occurs and the globe is shaken, you have to wait until
the brain can return to normal before returning to action.
“Ninety percent of all con-cussions resolve themselves with no symptoms within sev-en to 10 days,” Murphy said.
Concussions, like all inju-ries suffered by student ath-letes, are closely monitored to ensure the damage that has occurred is minimized and no further damage occurs. They are important to observe, as they deal with the brain rather than a normal body part.
“I can fix a knee, I can re-place a knee, I can stick steel in it, I can make it almost brand new, but I can’t replace your brain,” Murphy said.
Fortunately for the student athletes at the University, they have a choice of advanced fa-cilities and dedicated staff to aid them should they suffer an injury.
Behind injury prevention and recovery
Three named to ACC All-Academic teamQuarterback Mike Glennon, redshirt senior tackle Mikel Overgaard and junior defensive end McKay Frandsen were named to the 2011 ACC All-Academic football team. Glennon completed his undergraduate degree in the Fall of 2011and is currently in the masters program at N.C. State. Frandsen is majoring in Science & Technology and Overgaard is studying Biological Sciences.
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Two N.C. State gymnasts earn EAGL awardsSenior Jess Panza and sophomore Diahanna Ham earned weekly EAGL awards for the previous week. Panza posted a 9.9 score on the beam and floor, which are new season highs. Her floor score tied her career best. Ham tied the school record on the vault with a score of 9.95, which is the highest since 2004 for the Pack.
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athletic schedule
TodaySwimming & Diving women’S ACC ChAmpionShipS/men’S DivingChristiansburg, Va., All Day
women’S BASketBAll vS. miAmiReynolds Coliseum, 7 p.m.
men’S BASketBAll At DukeDurham, 9 p.m.
Fridaymen’S tenniS At itA inDoor nAtionAlSCharlottesville, Va., All Day
Swimming & Diving At women’S ACC ChAmpionShipS/men’S DivingChristiansburg, Va., All Day
trACk At virginiA teCh ChAllengeBlacksburg, Va., All Day
SoftBAll vS. utSA, texAS A&mCollege Station, Texas; 1:15 p.m., 4 p.m.
BASeBAll vS. mArShAllRaleigh, 3 p.m.
women’S tenniS vS. uSfRaleigh, 4 p.m.
gymnAStiCS vS. new hAmpShireRaleigh, 7 p.m.
Saturdaymen’S tenniS At itA inDoor nAtionAlSCharlottesville, Va., All Day
rifle At SeArC 6, nCAA QuAlifier, nrA SeCtionAlCharleston, S.C., All Day
Swimming & Diving At women’S ACC ChAmpionShipS/men’S DivingChristiansburg, Va., All Day
trACk At virginiA teCh ChAllenge, gene AnDerSonBlacksburg, Va., Chapel Hill; All Day
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Dreier carr/techNiciaNSophomore forward C.J. Leslie goes to the basket over Duke’s Miles Plumlee on Jan. 19 night at the RBC Center.
charlie harleSS/techNiciaNWendell H. Murphy Center, located next to Carter Finley Stadium, is the home of athletic training and sports medicine for the NCSU football program.
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