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A new course seeks to help professors learn how to better engage students in large lecture courses.
Jessie HalpernDeputy News Editor
The University sponsored a class in D.H. Hill yesterday to help teachers learn tips on how to engage students in a large lecture class, though some professors have already mastered the task.
Every semester, multiple sections of large lecture classes are held across curriculums. With the recent budget cuts, this is a trend that seems to be sticking around. In light of that in-formation, the University held a one-hour session on incorporating tech-nology and group work to maximize learning and engage students.
Sharon Joffe, teaching assistant pro-fessor of English, teaches a 120-stu-dent course in studies in fiction, along with two other lecturers. Having taught the course for nine semesters, Joffe is no stranger to the challenges of teaching a highly populated class.
“It takes a lot of work. I like to have a good lesson plan, but I also have to plan a recitation that engages students and is kept at a good pace,” Joffe said.
Joffe said she fully supports the idea of helping professors learn new teach-ing techniques.
“When I began the lecture course, I hadn’t taught one before and there were resources available to me to in-troduce me to different methods I could use to teach such a large course,” Joffe said.
In Joffe’s course, she utilizes Pow-erPoint slides to keep the pace of her lectures quick and entertaining. On the slides, she almost always in-cludes an image and bullet points to make the con-cepts concise. In addition, Joffe splits the class into three small lecture groups ever y Fr id ay, giving students a chance to inter-act in a smaller setting and discuss the course mate-rial.
Halyee McLean, sophomore in nu-trition science, said she feels Jof-fe does a good job of making such a large class inter-esting.
“I have been in lectures before where the teach-er stands in the middle behind a podium and it’s been awfully boring,” McLean s a i d . “ J o f f e , however, moves
around and engages each student with open ended questions and discussion
in a big lecture hall.”According to psychology profes-
sor David Martin, movement is key in gaining students’ attention in a large class.
“I try and prevent things from getting between me and the stu-dents, so I don’t stand at a podium, and I don’t use a microphone,” Martin, who has taught a 400-per-son intro to psychology course for many years, said.
By pacing the aisles and moving around the room, Martin attempts to make eye contact with students and to be within a few feet from
Professors work to improve lectures
PHoto illustration by micHael PrattStudents can often feel distant or distracted, which can hurt their performance in the course overall.
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Residence halls announce up-coming soccer tournamentThe on-campus residence halls will host the ‘World Cup’ soccer tournament in April. See page 7.
After 500 episodes, ‘Simpsons’ still going strongThe long-running series continues. See page 6
Congressman David Price stopped by the College Democrats meeting last night for an open discussion.
Elise HeglarNews Editor
The N.C. State College Democrats club got the chance to ask an expe-rienced politician questions at their meeting last night when Congressman David Price stopped by.
Price, who represents North Caro-lina’s Research Triangle, talked about a variety of topics during the meet-ing. Students at the meeting had the chance to ask Price about things like education and the job market.
The districts in North Carolina recently changed, leading Price to be more active near the University area.
“It creates a new reality in our con-gressional district, which means I will certainly be working around the N.C. State community more than I ever have before,” Price said.
Price received his undergraduate degree at the University of North Car-olina at Chapel Hill and later went on to Yale University. Before he became a member of Congress, Price was a political science and public policy professor at Duke University.
Anne-Marie Fristoe, sophomore in political science and vice president of the N.C. State College Democrats, said getting Price to speak was easy because he con-tacted their or-ganization first. His press secre-tary wrote on the groups’ Facebook wall about poten-tially coming to speak at a meet-ing.
“He actual ly wrote on our Facebook wal l about coming to speak. He kind of came to us at first, which was awe-some,” Fristoe said.
Sarah Parker, president of the N.C. State College Democrats, said it is fairly common for the club to be con-tacted by elected officials who want to speak at their meetings.
“We’ve had people from different levels contact us. It’s kind of a mutual action, half and half,” Parker said.
One of the things discussed at the meeting was how tuition increase af-fects students. While Price said the tuition increase is unfortunate for students, he maintained that the ris-ing costs are necessary to offset large budget cuts public universities have faced in recent years.
“I don’t like it any more than you do, but the reasons are apparent,” Price said.
Price also discussed the upcoming presidential election. He cited Obama as being a good president who has faced tough challenges during his first term in office.
“It’s hard to hype up this election any more than it already has been. We have a current president who, since his first day in office, has been under siege,” Price said.
The American Jobs Act was also discussed at the meeting. Price re-sponded to some criticisms the act has received, pointing out with numbers that he believes there has been some success with the plan.
“There’s no question the recovery is underway. Those 3,400 jobs that were created weren’t phantom jobs, they were real,” Price said.
Price discussed some of his personal thoughts about the budget issues in the United States at the meeting as well. According to Price, some of the typical Republican criticisms about the current budget are unfounded.
“The Republicans beat their chests about balancing the budget, but what they don’t want to be asked is who bal-anced the budget,” Price said.
According to Price, having a good public policy is essential for a pros-perous economy in North Carolina.
“We’ve learned here in North Caro-lina that there is a strong public policy
component to economic suc-cess,” Price said.
Fr i s toe a nd Parker both ex-pressed t hei r excitement for Price’s visit to their meeting. Recently, one of their main goals as a club has been to raise voting awareness on campus.
The organization will be holding a voting registration booth in the Brick-yard next Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Fristoe said registering to vote is im-portant for students because of how much it can affect the outcome of one election.
“Just a single college campus in our state can swing a vote. That’s what I always tell students when they say their vote doesn’t count,” Fristoe said.
Parker said the club is excited to get involved with more projects in the coming year and hopefully inspire students to get involved.
“We’ve learned here in
North Carolina that
there is a strong public
policy component to
economic success.”David Price, North Carolina
Congressman
Science brings rival schools togetherA new NCSU/UNC joint department of biomedical engineering is getting off the ground.
Madison McLawhornCorrespondent
With the age-old rivalry palpable as ever, some may be surprised to find the Wolfpack and the Tar Heels inter-mingle nicely in the science field. The universities boast top-rated engineer-ing and medical schools, respectively.
The Rehabilitation Engineering Center recently announced the awards of two pilot grants to the N.C. State engineers as well as Health Sciences students and engineers from the Uni-versity of North Carolina. Their com-bined biomedical engineering effort has culminated in the formation of the UNC/NCSU Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering.
The purpose of a pilot grant is to help organizations that may need more planning time before going for-ward with a large project. Combined, the two grants total $50,000, and ac-cording to the department’s website, will facilitate further advancements of “clinically relevant rehabilitation engineering research.”
The joint department’s website lists two pilot studies members of our en-gineering faculty and students hope to accomplish. Those working on A Pilot
Study of Brain-Computer Interface (BCI)-Driven Orthosis for Rehabilita-tion aim to develop a hand orthotic for stroke patients that may be controlled solely by the patient’s brain.
Chang Nam and Richard Goldberg are the project’s Co-Principal Inves-tigators.
Nam, a professor at the University and a specialist in industrial and sys-tems engineering, said no special outcomes have been made as of yet, but this could change as the project just start-ed last month.
Galen Graham, a Park Scholar and junior in bio-medical engineer-ing, conducts re-search with Nam for the project.
“ T he bra i n-controlled interface technology is al-ready very advanced, and I have been spending a lot of my time trying to un-derstand paralysis patients and what is most important to developing their recovery,” Graham said.
The project’s subjects will be given a BCI-orthosis system (one that is linked between the brain and com-puter) and will be monitored as they perform basic wrist and hand move-ments.
“These grants are a big deal be-cause they allow for undergradu-ate students, graduate students and professors to research cutting-edge technologies and devices in an area that is very new to our university,” Graham said.
Graham is optimistic the depart-ment will grow even more with the assistance of grants like this one.
“I think the recent grants and the cur-rent research that is being done in the BME depart-ment speaks to the poten-tial of the de-partment in the coming years,” Gra-ham said.
As is the goal of a pi-
lot project, findings from the study will pave the way for the schools to conduct ongoing rehabilitation studies involving stroke patients and others with severe motor impairment using a “BCI-driven prosthetic connected to a motor imagery-based Wolfpack BCI sys-tem we developed.”
“I think the recent
grants and the current
research... speaks to
the potential of the
department in
coming years.”Galen Graham, junior in biomedical
engineering
Freshman Leads the Pack on the DiamondTurtle Island Quartet’s performance cele-brates Coltrane and the meaning of music. See page 8.
“If you keep
things somewhat
personal, you keep
from becoming an
inanimate object to
your students.”David Martin, psychology professor
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wHaT HappenS wHen Good people do Bad THinGS To painTinGS: a reSTorer’S perSpecTive6-7 p.m.Gregg Museum of Art & DesignProfessional art conservator Chris Allen talks about how paintings can be harmed by their environment, handling and misguided attempts to pretty them up -- and what to do to prevent damage or fix it. COme with questions about how to save your own precious works of art.
Jazz enSeMBleS7-8:30 p.m.Stewart TheatrePlease join the NC State Jazz Ensembles under the direction of Dr. Wes Parker for an unforgettable evening of great jazz! With special guest group Jazz Guardians of the United States Military performing the second half of the concert Featuring trumpeter Joey Tartell.
Beyond THe veil7-9 p.m.301 Riddick HallThis event will de-mystify veiling, explain women’s empowerment within Islam and show diversity in religious interpretation.
THe MuppeTS7-9 p.m.Witherspoon Student CinemaWith the help of three fans, The Muppets must reunite to save their old theater from a greedy oil tycoon. Admission is $2.00 with a valid college student ID and $3.00 for the general public.
THe pHi BeTa Kappa viSiTinG ScHolar proGraM7-8 p.m.232A Withers HallDavid Shambaugh: China’s Global Identities - Coping with a Conflicted Rising Power. One of the nation‚Äôs leading experts on China, David Shambaugh is professor of political science and international affairs and founding director of the China Policy Program at George Washington Univrsity.
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and is (incorrectly) thought to have medicinal properties. Rhino Reality is launching a massive campaign to end the demand of Rhino horn by taking influential Asians on a fact-finding expedition through the heart of rhino territory in South Africa. They will be attending one of our meetings via Skype to talk about rhino conservation and their campaign.
Mulan9:30-11:30 p.m.Witherspoon Student CinemaTo save her father from death in the army, a Chinese maiden secretly goes in his place and becomes one of China’s greatest heroes in the process. Admission to this event is free.
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Dr. Tom Koch Faculty Recital7-8:30 p.m.Thompson Hall“I have nothing to say and I am saying it” – a centennial retrospective on the piano music of John Cage (1912-1992). Presented in partnership with the Raleigh Civic Symphony Association as part of Random Acts of Cage, three programs celebrating the John Cage Centennial.
Mulan7-9 p.m.Midnight-2 a.m.Witherspoon Student CinemaTo save her father from death in the army, a Chinese maiden secretly goes in his place and becomes one of China’s greatest heroes in the process. Admission to this event is free.
draG BinGo8-10 p.m.126 Witherspoon Student CenterDRAG BINGO debuted in the Triangle in May of 2002 and will be held for the first time ever on N.C. State’s campus as a way to promote awareness regarding the GLBT community in a fun, safe environment playing bingo. Admission is free. All proceeds from tips and bingo cards will go to Protect N.C. Families.
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every student at one point or another during the class.
“If you keep things some-what personal, you keep from becoming an inanimate object to your students,” Martin said.
Martin recognizes the im-portance of helping students to succeed in large classes where learning is, for many, a more difficult task.
“I provide learning evalu-ations on Moodle, which are 10-question quizzes the stu-dents can take after each class. They’re optional, but it’s a good way for them to keep on track and make sure they’re under-standing things,” Martin said. “I also use the entire class pe-riod before a test to review the material they’re expected to know.”
According to McLean, an-other helpful hint for lecturing professors is to keep things rel-evant to student life.
“Joffe does a great job of in-corporating modern examples and references which make the class enjoyable,” McLean said.
While these professors may have seemingly mastered the art of teaching a large class, they both admit it’s no easy task.
“In smaller classes, you can end up talking about one per-son’s point for the whole class period, but in a large class, you really have to keep things mov-ing. It’s a very different prepa-ration,” Joffe said.
Martin would agree, but thinks of his teaching style as a performing art.
“It is a lot of work, and it physically takes a lot out of you,” Martin said. “In a way, I think of it like being on Broad-way, it’s a performing art in some respects.”
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Five students from the Conrad Foundation—including two from N.C. State—attended NYC summit.
Anna RileyStaff Writer
The Kairos Global Summit, host-ed by the Kairos Society partnered with the United Nations and the New York Stock Exchange, brought hundreds of top innovative and en-trepreneurial students from across the world together with society’s most influential leaders.
For two days, current and future leaders of the world came together to address, analyze and discuss some of the world’s most pressing issues and challenges.
The goal of the summit was to introduce young entrepreneurs to prominent leaders and leaders of in-novation. It aimed to familiarize the students with company growth and communication strategies, as well as global problem-solving tactics.
Addition-ally, the win-ners of the 2012 Kairos 50 —the 50 most ground-breaking uni-versity ven-tures—were announced at the summit.
According to its website, the Kairos Society is “an interna-tional, student-run, not-for-profit foundation [that] fosters a culture of innovation-driven entrepreneur-ship by engaging diverse fellows with a variety of industry and thought leaders surrounding a wide range of global challenges.”
The society’s mission is to engage young innovators under the idea of individual and collective action to-
ward a better, more productive future.Kairos fellows also “strive to develop
meaningful ventures that create value for the global economy while improv-ing the lives of billions of people around the world.”
New to the summit this year was the Conrad Foundation, created and head-up by the late astronaut Pete Conrad’s wife, Nancy Conrad.
Conrad and five students attended the summit as the first collaboration between the newly-partnered Conrad Foundation and Kairos Society.
Brent Piephoff, freshman in computer science, was one of the students from the University who was able to attend the summit. Piephoff said he and some of the students received invitations be-cause they were finalists in the Spirit of Innovation Awards while in high school.
Hosted by the Conrad Foundation, the Spirit of Innovation Awards com-petition sought to make students into inventors, according to Piephoff. He and his team proposed a new mobile application that would improve cyber security in mobile units.
“After the com-petition we were invited to join the board of al-ums of the Con-rad Foundation. [Then] the Con-rad Foundation and the Kairos Society formed a par tnership which included a few invitations
to the Kairos Global Summit that were given to us,” Piephoff said.
At the summit, Piephoff said he and the other students were introduced to a diverse group of professional and student entrepreneurs and were able to network with people from around the world.
He said his favorite part of the summit was the presentations of the top ideas and products.
“Personally I enjoyed hearing the K-50’s ideas a lot and [they] further in-spired me to continue to search for my own million dollar idea,” Piephoff said.
Also hailing from the University was Ankesh Madan, junior in materials science and engineering. He said the summit was a collaborative tool for students interested in innovation and entrepreneurship.
“The networking was a lot of fun for me because I got to meet different stu-dents who were interested in many dif-ferent things. It was like a big sounding-board for ideas,” Madan said.
Mingling with students from across the world, Madan said he enjoyed pio-neering new ideas for various environ-mental, technological and engineering fields.
Throughout the two-day summit, Madan said they had breakout ses-sions, during which experts from vari-ous fields acted as mentors and spoke and encouraged discussion among the students.
“[The summit] was an amazing hub for innovation and entrepreneurship. We’re bringing society forward to the
next level,” Madan said. “I’ve been given the tools and the contacts. Now I just need the right idea.”
Daniel Wang, sophomore in econom-ics and math at Dartmouth College, was also a Kairos Global Fellow who attend-ed the summit. He said it’s important for students to see the accessibility of entrepreneurship and invention.
“Starting a business and marketing your innovation is actually a very doable process. Young innovators and entre-preneurs shouldn’t be afraid to imple-ment their ideas,” Wang said.
Currently, the Conrad Foundation and the Kairos Society are working to-gether on the Spirit of Innovation Chal-lenge, which is the Conrad Foundation’s primary program.
The Conrad Foundation website says the Spirit of Innovation program “chal-lenges high school students to develop commercially-viable, technology-based products that address real-world issues.”
Through the foundation’s program, approaches to teaching science, tech-nology, engineering and math are being transformed across traditional educa-tional platforms.
Global summit fosters entrepreneurship
Contributed by JessiCa ballardThe Kairos Global Summit partnered with the United Nations and the New York Stock Exchange to bring hundreds of students together with leaders of society.
“Young innovators and
entrepreneurs shouldn’t
be afraid to implement
their ideas.”Daniel Wang, sophomore in economics
and math at Dartmouth College
Christianity is voluntary Yes, the contraception
wars have begun.This commonly re-
cycled topic now pertains to clauses in Obamacare that force church-operated institutions to
include cover-age for con-traception in their employee healthcare in-surance plans. The Church is now speaking out aga i nst t he Oba m a Administra-tion, claiming the mandates
impede upon its right to prac-tice religion freely.
So what do we do about this problem? One Southern Baptist theologian recently said Chris-tians should opt out of funding immoral actions as a form of civil disobedience.
I’ll be the first to admit I’m no longer too religious in the non-spiritual sense. I continue to find the extravagances of modern churches to be insult-ing to the teachings of Jesus. Yet I agree in full with the Church’s grievances. I have similar ones.
In the words of Sheldon Rich-man, “If Catholic institutions have a right to abstain from paying for what morally of-fends them, why don’t the rest of us?”
Whereas some Christians do not want to pay for contracep-tion, I do not want to pay for Obama’s wars. I do not want to pay for him to kill civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan. I do not want to pay for drone strikes on innocent cities in Pakistan
and Yemen. I do not want to pay to hurt people, for war flies directly in the face of the Bible’s promotion of uncondi-tional peace. In fact, war (and taxation, which fuels its pres-ence) strips down two of the Ten Commandments at once: thou shalt not kill, and thou shalt not steal.
The way I see it, all Chris-tians should adhere to volun-taryism, a philosophy holding that every human interaction and exchange made in soci-ety should be voluntary. This is why I agree so much with Richard Land—the Southern Baptist theologian mentioned earlier—and his plea Chris-tians resolve these future woes through non-violent civil dis-obedience.
After all, was this not the cause Jesus allowed himself to be crucified for?
I cannot consciously advo-cate masses of people going to jail for such a reason as trivial as contraception, but I would love to see an entire Christian community refuse to send in taxes each year until the U.S. government ceases its violence overseas. There is certainly more to the Bible, the Gospel and Jesus Christ than to that which most people are exposed. If they weren’t cherry-picking verses and reading these teach-ings out of context, they would assuredly be voluntaryists.
On the other hand, it is a shame to see the secular com-munity betraying its supposed doctrine of truth in favor of distorting religion into an ominous threat. If the only “Christians” I’d ever met were
people like Rick Santorum, I wouldn’t want to be a Christian either, but it is unfair—to whose lives are dedicated to helping others in a peaceful way—for oth-ers to straw man thousands of years of history with the image of self-centered poli-ticians whose only dreams entail subsequent cam-paigns.
There is an enormous dif-ference between prohibiting someone from purchasing contraception and forc-ing someone to pay for it. The solution is as simple as the one we use in our daily lives: I will not stop you from doing anything you’d like, as long as you promise not to steal my money in order to do it.
It is the only way for Christians to live in the manner requested by our teachings and we can only expect others to treat us in the same way.
To conclude with Chris-tian anarchist Leo Tolstoy: “Christianity in its true sense puts an end to gov-ernment. [...] No honest and serious-minded man of our day can help seeing the incompatibility of true Christianity—the doctrine of meekness, forgiveness of injuries, and love—with government, with its pomp, acts of violence, executions, and wars. The profession of true Christianity not only excludes the possibility of recognizing government, but even destroys its very foundations.”
Brian AndersonStaff Columnist
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Student Legal Services act as the law service for stu-dents on campus, pro-
viding legal advice and civil court matters. This untapped resource for students could provide valuable information to them in their legal troubles, while also giving them good experience for their future.
In Wednesday’s article, “Stu-dent Legal Services provides consultation, litigation,” Pama-rah Gerace, director of Student Legal Services, claims 2,000 students usually use their ser-vices, and 30 percent of that is for settling land disputes with tenants. Gerace explains the office as “a general practice law firm, which means that we ba-sically cover anything students come in with.”
Only a handful of the student body is even aware of these ser-vices, and probably only half of them actually use them. Even if seems unimportant, a legal issue is no joking matter, and with an 11-dollar fee, why not use this valuable resource?
Students must view this of-fice as a stepping stool to the real world, much like college in general. Students can uti-lize the lawyers offered at this office, who provide helpful feedback. It is useful having someone walk you through the process with concern, rather than the stereotypical blood-sucking lawyers in the real
world, which will only result in a headache and an empty wal-let.
By doing so students can be better equipped for any future legal challenge that may come their way. Students can feel more comfortable with legal representation if they don’t necessarily know how to han-dle the situation.
The issues Student Legal Ser-vices deals with ranges from land disputes to car accidents. They can provide constructive advice and in some cases rep-resentation for anything not dealing with criminal, state or University charges.
The article goes further to de-scribe a few principles students should practice before getting into legal trouble. Attorney Michael Avery of Student Legal Services advises, “Anytime an officer says ‘can I,’ you can typ-ically say no,” due to the need for search warrant.
These services also include reading over an agreement to buy a car or rent an apart-ment—contracts we all have to face at some point in our lives. With the availability of these services and the results they yield, student should take ad-vantage of this underutilized resource the University offers.
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.
Legal Services could help youThe FacTs:The University’s Student Legal Services office allows for students to bring legal matters and questions to their office and they, to a certain extent, are able to provide feedback and advice.
Our OpiniOn:This service is not used to its full potential, and students should take advantage of it while they can to prepare for their future.
To work out ... or not to work out.
Elizabeth Tate, senior in fashion and textile management
By JADE LoRiNg
If you needed a lawyer, what would
you use it for?
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“For a confrontation that turned serious between a UNC fan and I during a football game where we whooped them for the fifth year in a row.”
Aila goforthsophomore, political science
“I guess I’d get a lawyer if I got in any sort of trouble...”
Emily Snedekerfreshman, marine science
“I plead the fifth.”
Joseph Binkleyjunior, business administration
“I don’t know because I wouldn’t ever need a lawyer. There was never a crime I committed.”
Stephanie igofreshman, biology
Opening doors for respect
Males, have you ever jumped to grab a door or argued with a female simply because you did not believe she was capable of opening the door herself?it is highly offensive and oppressive to be told what i think and should think. Especially when i am doing something out of pure respect. Not once when i have held a door open for a woman have i thought, “Hmmm ... this is how i can oppress women today.” That kind of thought never crosses the mind of most men.i believe most men view holding open the door as a sign of respect and not oppression. i wonder how many members of royalty or presidents have opened doors for themselves while they have been on the throne or in office. Do we not believe our president is capable of opening a door, or could it be us submitting ourselves as a sign of respect? you are allowing them to enter first; thinking of them before yourself.This world could do with more respect, not less of it; and certainly it can do without the confusion of respect with oppression. There are times when perceived help can be oppressing, yes. However, that is not instantiated in holding open a door. in turn a sign of respect is to not argue, but simply acknowledge their favor by saying thank you and walking through the door.Thus i pose a challenge: the next time a man opens a door for you, ask him why.
Bryce Pilchersophomore, computer science
Study abroad benefits all
The article says, studying abroad will benefit “some fields” or “depending on the area of study.” This is misleading since pretty much every major benefits from studying abroad, just some more than others. it’s not just about “sight-seeing,” it’s about learning to manage living in a foreign culture and country.This builds patience, understanding, a global perspective and confidence. Learning these skills can help anyone (regardless of major). For example, to get accustomed to the company culture when they go to a new job or the uncertainty
of reaching a goal without knowing how.Second of all, nearly everyone can study abroad. Many foreign universities offer courses equivalent to our general education requirements in English so regardless of major when they go abroad they can be earning credits towards graduation. it’s not an “intern or study abroad” decision, it is completely possible to do both. For future articles on study abroad, please make sure to interview someone from the Study Abroad office as well. There are a lot of misconceptions about study abroad the campus newspaper shouldn’t perpetuate.
Sebastian Giraldograduate student, economics
Editorial validates Diversity Week
As with any two-year-old, the natural process of growth will yield increased strength. The second annual Diversity Education Week is an experiential week, like a two-year, that will naturally grow stronger as it continues. your editorial offered the committee several suggestions for next year’s week, yet more importantly evidenced the requisite for such a week with the statement, “Since minorities are a large portion of those who could benefit from community service...” This statement begets quantification and qualification. Cite your source. The citation will be challenging as it will require examination of personal records (i.e. negative stereotypes) mentally accessed when writing the editorial. oh, maybe that was the call to action per Diversity Education Week? objective met.
Edward BrownDirector of Diversity Programs &Assistant Director of Student Services
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The FifthTechnician thursday, february 23, 2012 • Page 5
The WesTern fronT
For those in who are involved in biology or busi-ness, the most logical track to approach the Atrium is through the Western Front.
As you walk toward The Yard, the archways of Bos-tian Hall give you the cover of darkness. With the building blocking out the sun, few can see you.
Off in the distance, past the Brickyard, you see that someone, that someone you don’t want to see. What you or they did is none of our business. But it is our business to keep these interactions scarce. You went to a large University for a reason; avoidance is always possible.
There is no reason to go through with this interac-tion. The forced hug, discussion on how you’ve been/where you’ve been and the making of plans for later, which you have no intention of keeping. And then you see it, your savior, the Brickyard Preacher.
The Brickyard Preacher offers cover and maneuver-ability in The Yard. Getting from point A to B can be performed completely under the veil of a crowd.
Unfortunately with this strategy, you will inevitably stop using the crowd and it will start using you. In waiting for the passing of that someone you’ve spot-ted, you’ve listened to the preacher and crowd for a minute or two. You begin to be entertained; the stripteases of full-bodied male students in the front of an evangelical are better than anything on TV.
You’re having such a good time you decide to stay for a bit. You grab a taquito from one of the student organizations peddling food and listen to a preacher discuss how every girl at NCSU is a harlot.
Done with your food, you navigate through the security of the crowd to the D.H. Hill stairs to get coffee. As you’re walking through the double doors you wonder where the person you were avoiding went, but you don’t wonder long. As soon as you step in line at Hill of Beans you realize exactly where they are.
The Western Front seems safe but, in the end, you’re out 30 minutes, 5 bucks, and you didn’t even accom-plish what you wanted.
The norTh WesTern rouTe
The North Western Route, on the surface, appears to be one of the safest. If you take the bus, you’re getting dropped off right in the safe-zone between D.H. Hill and the Hillsborough Street Homeless. It’s as if Found-ers Drive acts as our own 39th parallel. Be warned friend, do not let what you’ve dodged here lead you to believe you’re safe.
As you funnel through the handi-capable ramp di-viding the Atrium and Scott Hall, without a doubt a couple of friends will surface. We’re not talking about the people who receive the obligatory head nod. We’re talking about the type of friends where there is an un-spoken mandate: whenever you see each other on foot, you must come together and discuss a random topic for no less than two minutes.
Upon seeing your friends – they’re always in at least pairs, and strangely enough, you’re always alone - you will inevitably converse and then agree to traverse with them to class.
Now that you have squaded up, you’re immune to all soliciting in the Brickyard; groups are of little use to solicitors. However, for all the safety it provides you it also distracts you from your mission. Soon, you find yourself all the way at Tompkins.
The freshman rouTe
Solicitors prey on the weak. And, what is our weakest population: freshmen. Thus, the route from the freshmen dorms to the library is perhaps the most treacherous.
Freshmen haven’t been used and abused to the point of true knowledge here yet, knowledge that could save them in The Yard. Solicitors know this and have constructed a metaphoric track to pursue their pocketbooks.
To enter the Brickyard from the freshman route you must first pass through the route’s gatekeepers, the Vegans. Whether they get you with their meat is murder pamphlet at the free expression tunnel or atop the stairs to the Brickyard, they’re getting one in your hand.
With a Vegan pamphlet in hand, you search for the near-est garbage bin. If you’re coming out of the free expression tunnel, you might have to wait due to the overflow caused by others with the same idea. In any case, most choose the bins around Harrelson, the bins guarded by the Camo Com-mune.
The Camo Commune are not solicitors, just a group of people who like to sport camo year round. Honestly, we don’t know what else they do and this brings us to pause as we’re throwing away our pamphlets. Our mind is a tizzy with thoughts on what exactly they do outside of posting up in the Brickyard, the American Civil Liberties Union strikes.
Just as members of the Commune would hunt a confab led duck, the ACLU strikes anyone without an air of direction or determination. They will present their cause and while you may agree, your wallet certainly does not. You’re willing to give a buck or two but the monthly donations are simply out of the question.
Once you’ve finagled your way away from the ACLU you will no doubt stop again once you see the Buddhist club meeting currently in progress. It’s truly a sight to behold, a group of people sitting down in the Brickyard. The Yard is clean, but not that clean. As you pause, the ACLU strikes again.
Tattered and bruised from your voyage, it takes everything your last remaining morsel of energy to break away from the ACLU. With the library in sight, your fatigue forces your guard down. And right at the stairs you see the Girl Scouts, you falter and buy 10 boxes. Saying “no” one more time, especially to little girls, would just be too depressing.
We just want our coffee
We write this week’s Fifth about a matter close to home. You see, the only way
we ever come to produce anything is through a copious and unhealthy amount of coffee. We have an all-black staff, and by that I mean nobody takes
any crap in their coffee. So, on a daily basis we voyage out to Hill of Beans.
As we stroll through the Brickyard, we find ourselves amidst an onslaught of solicitors. Whether they’re selling re-ligion, cookies or their political beliefs, they all want what we’re not willing to
give: our attention. All we want is our coffee with nothing extra mixed in.
We recognize there are people, out-side of us, who eat and study, but we feel your plight is the same as ours. You just want to hit the Atrium or the books in the Hill but you’re forced to
deal with more solicitation than Moore Square after midnight. Sure, you can wear sunglasses, headphones or even sacrifice a friend to the fiends, but this won’t bring any lasting relief. We don’t have a solution to this problem we all face; every route has its obstacles.
Someone to avoid
ACLU
Brickyard preacher
Friend
Vegans
Camo Commune
Preacher Zone
Buddhist Club
Hobo Zone
ConTrIBuTorsJosh Lucas
Elise HeglarTaylor CashdanForrest Britton
EditorDeputy EditorDesignerDesigner
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Features Technicianpage 6 • thursday, february 23, 2012
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Withers 232AOne of the nation’s leading experts on China, David Shambaugh is professor of political science and international
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With another milestone episode passed, the long-running series continues to remain relevant.
Young LeeDeputy Features Editor
If you were to walk into the lab in the College of Textiles, you would be able to find Apu, Bart, Duffman, Homer and Lisa, among other famous cartoon characters. However, these aren’t cartoons come to life, but computers named after the characters from the animated television series, The Simpsons.
This is just one sign of the cultural impact the 23-year-old series has had on popular culture.
Fox aired episode 500 of The Simpsons Feb. 19. The episode, from the look back at hundreds of couch gags that opened the episode throughout the rest of the half-hour, focused on in-stilling a sense of nostalgia in the viewers.
For many, this may be one of the biggest strengths of The Simpsons. Albert Chu, a senior in computer science, grew up watching The Simpsons. Chu still has fond memories of the show, even though he no longer watches new episodes.
“I used to say a lot of Bart’s catch-phrases,” Chu said. “My parents would always shut me up because they were really rude, but I didn’t understand
at that time.”However, nostalgia isn’t the
only strength of The Simpsons. In fact, even when the show first aired, The Simpsons was seen as holding the potential to change the nature of families on television.
“In the 80s, the family seemed, for a time, to be off-limits,” Devin Orgeron, a professor of film theory, said, “The Simpsons were a kind of antidote. Fox seemed radical, and The Simpsons was central to its image. Nothing else on television at the time attacked
the hypocrisy of the American family with the spirit and intel-ligence of The Simpsons.”
This rad i-cal aspect has r ippled out over the years, with numerous other animated shows, many of them also on Fox, centering on a dysfunc-tional family.
“You can see its inf luence
everywhere, especially in oth-er moder n animation series,” Chu said. “With so many sea-sons, they’ve impacted ev-erything.”
Of course, The Simpsons’ success rested not only on its family dy-namic, but also on the
quality of the writing.
“The writing for The Simp-sons is some of the best satiri-cal, comedic writing that has ever been done for television,” Marsha Orgeron, director of film studies, said. “The writ-ers are so engaged with pop culture, film history, current events, literature and so on. It makes for the kind of intel-ligent—and yet consistently hilarious—dialog that rarely happens on television.”
The quality of the series writ-ing has also led to numerous memorable characters over the years, many of which have en-
tered into the public conscious.“[The characters] are ani-
mated in an unrealistic way, yet very human in their follies and aspirations,” Marsha Orgeron said. “Who doesn’t know a ver-sion of Homer Simpson, Moe, Ned Flanders or Mr. Burns?”
The popularity of The Simp-sons has even expanded beyond national borders.
“I think the way that the show pokes fun at American shortcomings is a pretty valu-able service the show has done for our international reputa-tion,” Marsha Orgeron said.
With its 500th episode, The Simpsons has reached a mile-stone in American television few others have. Many fans are left wondering if the show will be able to continue much longer. Even the show itself has made numerous jokes over the years about its own longevity. Many, Devin Orgeron includ-ed, still see The Simpsons as a show that deserves its place in primetime.
“The Simpsons has managed to accomplish the nearly im-possible,” Devin Orgeron said. “The show has been popular since the 1980s. The franchise is still going strong. [The film] sold well, and the ancillary merchandise continues to as well. This is evidence of a dom-inating presence, but it couldn’t happen to a better show.”
After 500 episodes, ‘Simpsons’ still going strong
Photo Courtesy of foxThe Simpsons face the rest of Springfield for their many adventures over the years. The 500th episode saw the family exiled from their hometown by the rest of the citizens.
The puppet creations of Joseph Cashore find creativity in realistic settings.
Young LeeDeputy Features Editor
Wilma Cashore came on stage at the Thompson Theater in front of a full audience to place a tiny piece of sheet mu-sic upon a three-foot tall music stand. She was about to walk off stage when she turned back and realized that the music was upside-down. Quickly rushing
back, she flipped the tiny page over before the tiny violinist came to give his performance.
This whole scene was, of course, scripted and part of the Cashore Marionettes on Feb. 18. However, as Cashore’s husband, Joseph Cashore came onstage to perform his first marionette piece of the night, the normality of the sheet mu-sic bit seemed to make sense.
The tiny violinist was no more than a puppet controlled by Cashore with strings, but many audience members like Kelly Fish, a freshman in art design, fell deeply into the il-
lusion. It seemed as if the pup-pet violin player would actually care if his music was upside-down.
The show was Fish’s first time seeing puppets live and gave her a sense of the art form she’d never had before.
“I had seen puppets in vid-eos,” Fish said. “But the artistry that went in to the Cashore puppets is amazing. I didn’t find these marionettes creepy because I think there’s a dif-ference between how these are made as compared to many other puppets. I think that these things look so alive and
they seem so real, so putting them in real situations makes sense.”
In fact, the realistic situations Cashore’s marionettes take part in are what separate his work from other shows. The show he and his wife gave was not a fairy tale, the subject matter many puppet shows use, and there was no overarching storyline that carried through the hour and a half performance.
Instead, Cashore performed short pieces that were about five minutes each, with only music and his actions to express the themes and emotions that the
puppeteer sought to share.This desire to express a wide
range of themes and emotions with just music and move-ment influences every aspect of Cashore’s work, from de-veloping to storyboarding to performing.
“I’m mostly inspired by ev-eryday stuff,” Cashore said. “I keep a little notebook so if I see something that would make a good puppet piece, I could make drawings. It’s like a short story. I’m trying to make every gesture count towards the main theme, so I don’t have many ex-traneous movements.”
Another defining aspect of Cashore’s work is his personal involvement and visibility dur-ing a performance. He doesn’t hide behind a curtain, some-thing he feels suits both himself and the show well.
Although Joseph Cashore built his first marionette when he was 11 years old, he first started performing in college. At the time, the shows he put
on were traditional perfor-mances, with the puppeteer hidden behind a curtain.
“Every once in a while I would get invited to a par-ty and someone would say, ‘Could you bring one of those marionettes?’” Cashore said. “I would work up an act that I could do with it and this felt so much more satisfying and more normal and more natural than doing it with a traditional marionette show.”
For Sharan Moore, director of Center Stage, it was this as-pect that was so special.
“His show demands the audi-ence to put a part of them in the show. It’s more personal,” Moore said.
This involvement on the audience’s part is important to Cashore, who feels it is the audience that makes the show. For Cashore, the involvement of the audience builds on the theme of the show itself, the importance of relationships.
‘Cashore Marionettes’ brings audience into the experience
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“First and foremost, we want to grow the game a little more,” Mincey said. “We just want to get some people out there even if they just watch, so maybe it will spark their interest a little bit. Obviously we would like to raise enough money to get some jerseys for the team so it will distinguish ourselves from other schools.”
A sport rarely mentioned on any national platform, Weaver said he got into the game like many college kids have – a friend suggested it during high school.
“I started in high school when one of my buddies in-troduced me to it,” Weaver said. “He actually plays disc golf for Alabama now and at the tournament at Tuscaloosa this past weekend we stayed at his place. It’s kind of cool, you get to meet a lot of people.”
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from tennis from a young age. I started playing tennis when I was six, and I’ve learned how to have discipline on the court and do the right things. That sort of translated into academ-ics.”
Gujarati plays an interesting
role as a member of the tennis team, and it is a role that has changed dramatically from his freshman year. He came to the University after an attempt to play on the professional circuit in his home country of In-dia. Although he was ranked 5th in the All-India Tennis As-sociations Under 18, he was not a highly recruited player.
However, he earned a signif-
icant amount of playing time toward the end of his fresh-man campaign, and played in 26 matches his sophomore year. His playing time de-creased from that point on, competing in only 12 matches his junior year and is yet to play this season.
Despite this, Gujarati brings a world of experience, knowledge and wisdom to his fellow team-
mates and continues to play a vital role in their success.
“I didn’t come in as a star re-cruit,” Gujarati said. “My fresh-man and sophomore years, there was a guy on the team named Frederic Prandecki, and he was very influential for me. He would always support the team. He would always bring energy to every prac-tice. He was never negative.
“That’s something I try to do.”
Just as past team leadership has played a vital role on court for him, Gujarati credits much of his success to head coach Jon Choboy.
“Academically, he is always very supportive,” Gujarati said. “He definitely wants to maintain high academic stan-dards. If I’m not mistaken, I
believe he has a policy that, even though the NCAA has a rule for a minimum GPA to be eligible to play, he has a higher GPA standard.”
Gujarati plans on continu-ing his education at the gradu-ate level at MIT, Stanford, UC Berkeley or N.C. State, where he has already been accepted into the Ph.D program.
Gujaraticontinued from page 8
Golfcontinued from page 8
The on-campus residence halls will host the ‘World Cup’ soccer tournament in April.
Jeniece Jamison Deputy Sports Editor
Inspired by the excitement of the 2010 men’s FIFA World Cup that saw team USA fall to Ghana in the round of 16 of the knockout stage and Spain defeat the Netherlands to claim the cup, the on-campus residents decid-ed to create a tournament that could capture its mystique on campus.
David Cancio, a junior in Spanish language and literature and resident advisor at North Hall, is one of the founders of the tournament along with Rishav Dey, a sophomore in aerospace engineering and econom-ics. According to Cancio, the “World Cup” tournament was started to give everyone a chance to have fun and play the game they love.
“Rishav and I came up with the idea because we both loved soccer and we wanted to do something that would be a lot of fun to do and be on a much larger scale,” Cancio said. “Had it not been for the World Cup coming out previously that sum-mer, it wouldn’t have happened. The world cup came right after my freshman year. Everyone all over the place was watching it and it was a really exciting experience.”
“At the time I was the quad council VP, so I had been told by my com-munity director at the time, Jordan
Luzater, to think outside the box. So I thought, why don’t I do something that the whole campus can get into? That’s why I came up with the idea of the ‘World Cup.’”
After a successful go around last year that saw Tucker Hall take the tourna-ment, the dorms are at it again to recap-ture the magic.
“Well last year I played in it,” Katie Smith, a sophomore in biological sci-ences said. “I’m pretty sure we won last year.”
Alex Beddingfield, a sophomore in English, also participated in the tour-nament last year as the captain for the Tucker Hall team and will be playing for Bragaw this year. Beddingfield believes that his team will have an advantage in the tournament this year because of his previous experience and the relation-ships he created to put a great team together.
“I know how to contact people and put a team together,” Beddingfield said. “I know what to expect in the game, just kind of the overall environment right now. I know a lot of soccer players from last years tournament so I have a lot of contacts as far as putting another team together.”
Beddingfield is also on the tourna-ment committee and will serve as the team organizer for Bragaw Hall.
“I’m on the committee,” Beddingfield said. “I’ll be putting together a team for Bragaw, but I’m also working with other guys to put together logistics and things like that.”
According to Cancio, the event gar-nered a positive response in large part
through the use of Facebook to gain traction in popularity with the dorms and soccer players on campus.
“The turnout last year was pretty crazy,” Cancio said. “We created a Face-book group two months before it was supposed to happen, and by the time it happened we had 500 people in that group that was actively following what was going on. Having 500 people in that Facebook group gave us a reason to continue.”
Also, according to Cancio, the tourna-ment is operated independently through each hall council.
“Each hall council meets,” Cancio said. “Each council decides what they can give in their budget and that’s the plan. I’m very proud to be a part of it.”
The tournament will start tentatively April 14 with group play, modeled af-ter the FIFA World Cup tournament format. Group play will end the week after and the knockout stages will fol-low. Each dorm will be allotted 20 roster spots for the tournament.
Interest in the tournament must be confirmed by spring break, which starts March 5, but teams must be finalized by the beginning of April.
Residence halls announce upcoming soccer tournament
contributed by residence Hall World cup organizing committee Sophomore in business administration, Nick King dribbles past an opposing defender during the inaugural tournament in April, 2011. King represented Lee Hall, which finished fourth overall after losing to Bragaw Hall in the third place match-up.
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Pack Volleyball players make All-ACC academic teamFour players on the N.C. State volleyball team were named to the 33-member All-ACC Academic team.Senior middle blocker Margaret Salata, senior libero Kelly Wood, junior setter Megan Cyr and sophomore middle blocker Brie Merriwether represented the Pack on the team. The squad recognizes players in the ACC with a 3.0 overall grade point average and at least a 3.0 GPA in the previous semester.The Pack is one of the five ACC schools with four or more representatives on the team.
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Track and Field heads to Boston for ACC ChampionshipsN.C. State will be heading into the ACC championships today hoping to qualify as many athletes they they can for next month’s NCAA Indoor Championships in Nampa, Idaho.The Pack’s roster boasts of athletes like Ryan Hill who is the defending champion in the 3,000 meters. Hill incidentally broke his own ACC record in the event by posting a time of 7:43:08 at the Flotrack Husky Classic in Seattle. The Pack will also have senior thrower Lawanda Henry in it’s ranks, who was the runner-up at last year’s meet and was the winner of the indoor title in 2010.
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TodaySwimming & Diving at men’S aCC ChampionShipSChristiansburg, Va., All Day
traCk at aCC ChampionShipSBoston, Mass., All Day
women’S BaSketBall at BoSton CollegeChestnut Hill, Mass., 7 p.m.
Fridayrifle at great ameriCan rifle ConferenCe ChampionShipSOxford, Miss., All Day
Swimming & Diving at men’S aCC ChampionShipSChristiansburg, Va., All Day
traCk at aCC ChampionShipSBoston, Mass., All Day
BaSeBall vS. george maSonMyrtle Beach, S.C., 2 p.m.
SoftBall vS. kent StateRaleigh, 2:30 p.m.
SoftBall vS. georgetownRaleigh, 4:30 p.m.
women’S gymnaStiCS vS. kent State/william & mary/towSonRaleigh, 7 p.m.
Saturdayrifle at great ameriCan rifle ConferenCe ChampionShipSOxford, Miss., All Day
Swimming & Diving at men’S aCC ChampionShipSChristiansburg, Va., All Day
traCk at aCC ChampionShipSBoston, Mass., All Day
men’S tenniS vS. northweSternEvanston, Ill., 12 p.m.
SoftBall vS. pittSBurghRaleigh, 1 p.m.
men’S BaSketBall at ClemSonClemson, S.C., 2:30 p.m.
BaSeBall vS. weSt virginiaMyrtle Beach, S.C., 3 p.m.
SoftBall vS. kent StateRaleigh, 3:30 p.m.
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BaseBall
Freshman Leads the Pack on the DiamondTrea Turner makes instant impact on team.
Cory Scott and Ben Christoph
Staff Writers
Many freshmen who walk up to the batter’s box for to face their first pitch are often scared, but this was not the case for N.C. State’s Trea Turner. Turner claims that when he made his walk up to the bat-ter’s box, he was a bit nervous, yet excited.
“I was just trying to work the count and see as many pitches as I could,” Turner said. “I was a little nervous, obviously, but it wasn’t as bad as I thought it was going to be.”
Turner is one of the many freshmen who make up an outstanding recruiting class for the Wolfpack. A graduate of Park Vista High School in Florida, Turner demonstrated a work ethic that could not go unnoticed by recruiters. His work ethic was a major rea-son why he was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2011 MLB draft.
Heavily recruited straight out of high school, Turner ex-plained the reason he chose State was because of the coach-es.
“[It was the] coaches. They sold me on it,” Turner said.
In the four games the Wolf-pack has played this season, Turner has started all of them. He also boasts the second-best batting average on the team (.462). Becoming such a quick contributor, he has been wel-comed by the rest of the team with open arms, according to Turner.
“It’s weird because, coming in, you think maybe you’re
not going to be such a huge influence,” Turner said. “See-ing everyone believe in you and knowing that you can do it makes you rise to the occa-sion.”
Junior pitcher Ethan Ogburn has taken notice of Turner’s on success on the field. Ogburn noted that Turner was a tough kid who was virtually unstop-pable when he got on base.
“He’s a great guy, he works hard,” Ogburn said. “He spends a lot of hours on the field and he’s a tough out. When the guy gets on base he can run with anybody. Absolutely solid work ethic.”
Along with a batting average is over .400, Turner has also shown his speed this season by going five for five stealing bases. This ability makes Turner ar-guably the toughest out on the Wolfpack’s roster.
Head coach Elliot Avent, who has been coaching the Wolfpack for over a decade, had nothing but praise for the talented freshman.
“His work ethic is probably second to nobody,” Avent said. “He’s a young guy who believes in himself and works hard.
“He’s come here and filled a big role in the leadoff spot.”
Having the potential to coach Turner for four years, coach Avent believes the sky is the limit for Turner.
“He’s one of the best players in this league,” Avent said. “I’ve been in this league for 16 years and I know that he has a great future ahead of him.”
With Turner leading the charge along with other tal-ented freshmen and upper-classmen alike, the Wolfpack will look to have one of their most successful seasons on the baseball diamond to date.
coNtributed by N.c. State athleticSFreshman infielder Trea Turner gets ready to face a pitch against Marshall on February 17,2011 at the Doak Field in Dail Park. The Pack won the game 10-3.
MeN’s TeNNIs ClUB sPORTs
Disc golf launching to higher groundMarch 10 fundraiser will raise money for squad.
Sean Fairholm Deputy Sports Editor
It’s a sport destined to attract college students, and N.C. State has jumped at the opportunity to have one of the best teams in the country.
Disc golf- the equivalent of golf gone Frisbee– is one of the fastest growing sports in the world. Free and easy to learn with a laid-back attitude, the game can be found nearly any-where in the world, including right here on Centennial Cam-pus.
The team representing the University is currently ranked No. 4 in the country and hopes to improve upon a 14th place finish at last year’s National Collegiate Disc Golf Cham-pionship. The tournament is held in April in North Augusta, S.C., which borders the site of the famous Masters golf tour-nament held during the same month.
A junior in PGA Golf Man-agement, Dakota Mincey is one of the few team members who is just as likely to be found on Lonnie Poole Golf Course as he is on State’s disc golf course.
“It’s the same kind of rules and basic strategies, but it’s a lot more laid back than real golf,” Mincey said. “It’s free and it’s a great college sport. It’s almost like just another tailgating game. You’re just throwing a Frisbee in the field except you get 18 holes of it and keep score. It actually goes all the way up to a professional level; all of us here are PDGA members.”
But what exactly is disc golf? Team member David Weaver,
a sophomore in commercial recreation and tourism, lik-ened disc golf very closely to actual golf.
“In golf you have a club and a ball, and you are trying to get the ball in the hole,” Weaver said. “In disc golf you have a Frisbee you are throwing off of a tee pad just like in golf, and you are trying to throw it into a basket with chains that the disc falls into.”
Looking to raise money for the team’s trip to South Caro-lina, Mincey and the disc golf team will be holding a fund-raiser the Saturday before school resumes from spring
coNtributed by N.c. State athleticS senior in electrical engineering, akash Gujarati returns the ball during a singles match in 2011 at the J.W. Isenhour tennis center in Raleigh.
Leading the Pack in class and court
Men’s tennis senior brings more than experience to the team.
Nolan EvansStaff Writer
Led by a lineup of sea-soned veterans and intrigu-ing newcomers, the N.C. State men’s tennis team holds a 10-1 record. The start is the team’s best since starting 14-1 during the 2006-2007 season, which led to an Elite Eight run in the NCAA Tournament.
Not only is the team suc-ceeding far beyond expecta-tions on the court, but they are also doing so in the classroom. Akash Gujarati is a prime example of this success.
Gujarati, a senior in elec-trical engineering and a four year-member of the
Wolfpack tennis team, boasts a 4.0 GPA. He is a recent recipi-ent of the Weaver-James-Cor-rigan Award, the ACC’s elite postgraduate scholarship. He was one of three student-ath-letes awarded the scholarship at the University this year, along with Jess Penza (gymnastics) and Tanya Cain (women’s soc-cer).
The $5,000 scholarship is awarded to athletes planning on pursuing a graduate degree upon completion of their un-dergraduate studies and have performed well in the class-room, on the playing field, and have been active members of their community. Over the past 16 years, State leads the ACC in number of recipients.
“I think it’s a very impor-tant award to win, obviously,” Gujarati said. ”First of all, it’s a scholarship, so that always helps. Secondly, knowing I was one of only three recipi-ents [at N.C. State], it gives me
a whole lot of satisfaction to see that my hard work has paid off. It encourages you to keep fighting and do better.”
With so many students having a diff iculty suc-ceeding at a high level in the College of Engineer-ing, it is impressive by any measure to maintain a 4.0 GPA all four years. For some, becoming an ACC student-athlete would make it much more difficult. For Gujarati, being a college athlete has been beneficial to his academic success, as the student aspect of his life is able to feed off the athlete side, and vice-versa.
“I think because of my collegiate athletic career, I’ve been able to push my-self in academics. I think that’s something I learned
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schedule of events8:00 a.m. Check in Opens9:30 a.m. Check in Closes (all players must check in by this time) 9:35 a.m. Required Players Meeting10:00 a.m. Round 1 Begins- Lunch Break (1 Hour) 1 Hour after the final group finishes Round 1 -Round 2 -Awards immediately After Round 2
costs$40 Advanced Divisions $30 Intermediate Divisions $25 Recreational Divisions (Add $10 if you are not PDGA member) All proceeds from the event benefit the NC State Disc Golf Team and their trip to the national championships in April
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