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OIT distributes 100 free language software licensesUniversity Libraries, Office of Information Technology hope to expand program access
Jessica NevilleScience & Tech Editor
On Jan. 18, 100 licenses to the foreign language-learning tool Rosetta Stone Classroom became available for students, faculty and staff to download. As of Wednes-day morning, all the licenses have been reserved and 42 people are on a wait list.
The Rosetta Stone software is an interac-tive program offered in 24 languages. Those with access to the online pro-g r a m on l y need a com-puter w it h high-speed Internet, one gigahertz pro-cessor speed, Flash Player, a microphone and speakers and a headset.
Camille Sluder, a freshman in biochemistry and chemistry, said she wishes she had known about the opportunity to sign up for the program.
“I’m in level 201 of Spanish this semester, and I enjoy being able to speak with my fellow classmates and teacher in class,” Sluder said.
“Rosetta Stone would just be a supple-ment for me to give me extra practice, since my goal is to be fluent in Span-ish.”
According to Kristine Alpi, director of the Library of Veterinary Medicine, Rosetta Stone Classroom was first ob-tained by the College of Veterinary Medicine international programs for use in the CVM library, and later in the D.H. Hill library, in CD-form prior to the free software initiative.
“Anybody could use the CDs, but they had to use them on the library’s computers and couldn’t take them out of the library,” Alpi said. “We heard
a lot of feedback from students who wanted to use the program online on their own computers. We decided to contact the Of-fice of Informa-tion Technology and see what op-tions were avail-able.”
A focus group of library and OIT staff looked at the options of-fered by the Ro-
setta Stone company for universities. According to Mark Harben, security
& compliance technology support an-alyst, Rosetta Stone Classroom could potentially be offered to all University students and faculty.
“We decided to start off with a pi-lot to see how much interest there was,” Harben said. “We didn’t want
to charge all students for the program straight out, but if there is enough re-sponse we can look at other options. The cheapest option for the most people is to get a site license for $40 per license.”
Education and Technology Services paid for the 100 online programs given away over the past week at $75 per li-cense. The licenses will be available to the students who registered for two months.
“If the students like the program and need it longer we hope to be able to offer it to them again,” Alpi said. “It’s all an experiment right now.”
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AmAndA Wilkins/TechniciAnsenior Officer K.a. adams of the raleigh police Department K-9 unit commands Kito, his 9-year-old German shepherd, in front of the companion animals club on Wednesday. adams discussed the training they went through together and how he commanded Kito. He also demonstrated how the commands were delivered. adams and Kito have been together for five years and he shared stories of how they had tracked down fleeing criminals.
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University to switch mail to Googlen.c. state Will annOunce a transitiOn frOm Webmail tO Gmail
Adair-Hayes CraneStaff Writer
N.C. State will officially announce a transition from the current e-mail service that the University uses to a service run by Google.
The University, currently using Squirrelmail, plans to make a full transition to Google Mail, or Gmail, by the fall of 2010.
Starting today, students will be able to log on to Google Apps and sign up for the beta version of Google ap-plications using their unity ID and password.
A number of advantages have been identified which makes Gmail an im-provement over the traditional Squir-relmail system. According to Stan Martin, a computing consultant for OIT, Gmail will provide many more features for students.
“The nice thing is that students will be able to keep their unity ID, but it will provide them with more than seven gigabytes of service which is huge compared to what we are able to provide and in the process we are going to be able to save some money,”
Martin said. “The service will be ter-rific from the student perspective.”
According to Martin the inspira-tion to switch to Google mail was driven by student interest. Last year faculty from OIT performed an ex-tensive study where they spoke with students, ultimately resulting in strong support from students to move to Google applications.
“It was driven by student interest in having more file space and a better user experience,” Martin said.
Martin said Google Apps is a famil-iar interface for students and students from other universities who have transitioned to Google really enjoyed Gmail and transitioned easily.
Rebekah Zabarsky, a sophomore in political science, already uses a Gmail account and said it is the only service she uses.
“I never check my Webmail, I have my Webmail forwarded to my Gmail [account],” Zabarsky said. “It’s ex-tremely effective and I’m a big advo-cate of Gmail.”
Martin said OIT will be targeting specific groups of students with invi-tations to test out the beta to guaran-
tee covering the basis of the student body when the University goes live with Google applications.
Martin said OIT was aware of stu-dent frustration due to the lack of file space provided with Squirrelmail and they had been working to provide a better service for students. Gmail was the ultimate solution, providing more than seven gigabytes of service.
“Applications like Google provide a lot more functionality in addition to just a better e-mail service,” Martin said. “We’re excited about the other kinds of features students will be able to have access to as well. That’s a bo-nus in addition to having a lot more file storage.”
The additional applications that Martin refers to are Google Talk, Google Calendar and Google Docs, all of which will also be available through the service.
Samantha Van Ollefen, a junior in biological sciences, said she is look-ing forward to the additional storage space.
“I’ve run out of storage space mul-tiple times and had to delete e-mails I didn’t want to get rid of yet,” Van
Ollefen said. “It will be really nice to have extra space to keep everything I need.”
Martin expects to go live with the beta during spring break and to have all students transitioned to Gmail by fall 2010. To request an invitation students may visit www.google.ncsu.edu.
“I would encourage folks to go out to the site if they are interested in participating in the beta process,” Martin said.
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CorreCtions & ClarifiCationsWednesday’s page 4 unsigned editorial implied that an unnamed senator in political science is representing the College of Natural Resources. The senator’s position has changed and she no longer represents that college.
Technician regrets the error.
Send all clarifications and corrections to Viewpoint Editor Russell Witham at [email protected].
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in the know Institute for Nonprofits to hold info session
The University’s Insti-tute for Nonprofits will hold an informational meeting about graduate student research awards Jan. 22 from noon until 1:30 p.m. at 219 Oberlin Rd. The awards provide up to $1,500 to doctoral students conducting re-search related to nonprofit or non-governmenta l organizations. Parking is free and pizza will be provided. To attend, send an RSVP to [email protected].
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world & nationMagnitude 5.9 aftershocks strike Haiti
Residents in port-Au-prince, haiti awoke Wednesday morning to another round of tremors as powerful aftershocks struck the region, originating about 35 miles west of the capital. No immediate injuries have been reported as local authorities scramble to assess the damage.
The aftershocks have accelerated international support efforts and increased the urgency to send aid, especially to outlying, rural areas. Citizens have taken to the streets in fear of buildings, made unstable by the previous quake, collapsing due to further aftershocks.
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Afghan parliament rejects presidential cabinet
The Afghan parliament, once again, rejected a majority of president hamid Karzai’s nominations for his cabinet. This rejection marks the second time parliament has denied Karzai’s cabinet choices, only approving seven of the 17 nominees. previously, on Jan. 2, parliament rejected 17 of Karzai’s 24 nominees.
Critics have been opposed to Karzai’s cabinet nominees due to accusations that many of the nominees have ties to powerful warlords. The failure to approve a cabinet has the international community on edge and in anticipation of Karzai’s plans for reform, which have since been delayed.
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Iraqi insurgents attack troops with evolved technology
Troops stationed in southern Iraq fell victim to a direct insurgent assault last week when a 60-pound airborne bomb penetrated their Baghdad outpost’s concrete blast wall and exploded inside with a burst of shrapnel, wounding three Americans.
Essentially a flying bomb, the U.S. military has dubbed the weapon an IRAM for improvised rocket-assisted munition; it is also referred to as a flying IED. Since the first attack on Jan.12 the new weapon has seen more frequent use and has struck a number of targets in Iraq.
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PoliCe BlotterJan 17.10:42 A.m. |ConCerned BehAvior Public Safety Center Non-student reported receiving threatening e-mail from student. Subjects were instructed to have no further contact. Investigation ongoing. 3:19 A.m. | Fire AlArm Kappa Sigma officer responded to alarm caused by burned food. 8:55 A.m. |WelFAre CheCk Bragaw Hall officers conducted welfare check regarding student. Everything oK. 10:07 P.m. | WArrAnt serviCeES King Village During earlier event investigation revealed subject had outstanding warrant for Driving While License Revoked. Subject was arrested. 2:04 P.m. |skAteBoArd violAtion Williams Hall Report of skateboarding violations. Three non-students were trespassed from NCSU property. 3:28 P.m. |susPiCious PersonDH Hill Library Report of suspicious subject in the area. officers located and trespassed non-student from NCSU property. 5:28 P.m. |mediCAl Assist Carroll Hall Units responded to student in need of medical assistance. Student refused transport.
5:53 P.m. |disorderly ConduCtDH Hill Library Report of subject causing disruption. Non-student was trespassed from NCSU property. 7:44 P.m. |investigAtionAvent Ferry Complex Student was referred for odor of marijuana stemming from smokehead activation.
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has changed forever and that it will never go back to what it used to be. It never does.”Carol G. Schroeder,
Director of the University Career Center
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TodayFACes And mAZesTalley Student Center,12 to 8 p.m.
With lAthe And Chisel: n.C. Wood turners And CArversTalley Student Center,12 to 8 p.m
Audition orientAtion And Auditions For mACBethThompson hall,7 p.m.
CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORYWitherspoon Cinema,7 to 9:10 p.m. GAMERWitherspoon Cinema,10 to 11:40 p.m
FridayBienniAl grAduAte symPosiumBrooks hall,12 a.m. to 12 a.m.
First yeAr College visitAtion ProgrAmFirst year College commons1:30 to 3 p.m.
GAMERWitherspoon Cinema,7 to 8:40 p.m.
CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORYWitherspoon Cinema,9 to 11:10 p.m
THE NOTEBOOKWitherspoon Cinema,11:59 p.m.
Saturday FACes And mAZesTalley Student Center,2 to 8 p.m.
With lAthe And Chisel: n.C. Wood turners And CArverstalley Student Center,2 to 8 p.m.
CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORYWitherspoon Cinema7 to 9:10 p.m.
GAMERWitherspoon Cinema10 to 11:40 p.m.
SundayFACes And mAZesTalley Student Center,2 to 8 p.m.
With lAthe And Chisel: n.C. Wood turners And CArversTalley Student Center,2 to 8 p.m.
GAMERWitherspoon Cinema10 to 11:40 p.m.
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Kate Rafferty, a freshman in fashion and textile marketing, reacts to the hypnotic suggestion that she is giving a ballet performance to audition for hypnotist Brian Imbus’s personal version of “Dancing With the Stars.” Rafferty said she decided to
be hypnotized because a friend was hypnotized at the beginning of the semester and she wondered what it would feel like; she was skeptical that it would work on her. The IRC brought Imbus to do a show in Stewart Theater free of charge to students. Rafferty was one of the 26 originally-selected volunteers to sit onstage and undergo hypnosis.
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Students on the wait list can expect some decisions to be made in the near future re-garding possible expansion of licenses.
“We don’t have a plan out-lined right now for students to pay for the program, so that is one thing we will discuss,” Harben said. “We are actively working in groups right now and meeting with specific de-partments to discuss options.”
Mark Darhower, a foreign languages and literatures pro-fessor and a specialist in sec-ond language acquisition, said the Rosetta Stone program is worthwhile for those who want to learn basic vocabulary and grammar but cannot replace the classroom learning expe-rience.
“Rosetta Stone is a nice sup-plement because it is interac-tive. It would help someone who wanted to learn the basics for a trip or vacation,” Dar-hower said. “If your goal is to develop fluency or proficiency in a language, however, there is no replacement for human interaction.”
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Free show sponsored by Campus Crusade explores magical, spiritual realm
Alanna HowardDeputy News Editor
Wednesday night, a different kind of magician thrilled students in Stewart Theatre. Performing to an almost-full house, Jim Munroe, or “Maze,” began an act at 6:30 p.m. that would last for two hours.
Upon entering Stewart Theatre, Munroe began by greeting the crowd and promising a night of “psychological illusion” magic.
According to his Web site, Mun-roe aims to “be an entertaining and powerful tool for those who have been confused by post-modern philosophical smokescreens.”
The purpose of magic in his show is to leave audiences wondering what is real and what is not. This is the message Munroe says he is trying to convey.
“Reality is a perception; I want you to think about what you know to be real,” he said.
Shakaela Webb, a freshman in biology, said she was excited for the show and picked the second row to be close.
“I’m very excited to see a magician in person instead of on TV,” she said. “From the flyers he looked fun and I hope he’ll pick me to volunteer for a trick since I’m so close.”
Tricks, includ-ing hammering a nail into his nose and pull-ing thread out of a mole on his stomach, were all part of the act.
To involve the crowd, Munroe had students pass a Nerf ball around the theatre to choose people for assistant positions.
Katherine Guess, a junior in zool-ogy, was chosen out of the crowd to help with a trick.
Guess said she was nervous to help Munroe after catching the ball.
“Once I caught the ball I became really nerve-racked, but I had fun
and didn’t expect anything he did,” she said.
Chris Cimino, a freshman in com-puter science, said Munroe’s tricks were interesting.
“Some were easier to figure out than others, but either way they were entertaining and interesting,”
he said. Before a five
minute inter-mission Mun-roe grew serious and informed students of the m i s s i o n f o r his show. He showed a video
of people with terminal illnesses and spoke of his battle with cancer. After the video, he warned students if they were easily offended it would be in their best interest to leave.
“What I’m going to say after in-termission will insult some people, but I’m just here to help you see the truth I have seen,” he said.
In his speech after intermission Munroe differentiated between re-ligion and spirituality.
“Religion is a lie, it is the antith-esis of spirit,” he said. “Jesus came to turn on the spirit inside of you, not to make all these religions.”
As a small number of people walked out, Munroe continued his speech, assuring students he was not there to preach or to convince them to join a religion.
“I’m here to introduce a thought; I hope to reach some people and have them go, ‘Yeah, I have been living in the dark,’” he said.
Marshall Hutchens, a sophomore in business administration, said he was not offended by the message.
“I think everyone has a right to say what they believe, and my beliefs are strong enough to not be affected by what he says, so overall it was an interesting show,” he said.
In closing, Munroe reiterated a quote from earlier in the evening.
“Life is like a maze; there is only one way out.”
‘Maze’ fascinates with illusion, fills Stewart Theatre
“Religion is a lie,
it is the antithesis
of spirit.”Jim Munroe
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The 2012 presidential election is just across that bridge.
Conrad Plyler. sophomore in political science
Going beyond the drivel
I don’t know about you, but when it comes to political discourse these days at any
level of government, I’d rather hear someone run rusty nails across a chalkboard than listen
to the drivel that we tend to hear.
There are al-ways the poli-tics on cam-pus, and that’s pretty crazy. Just consider the Mary Ea-sley scandal — there’s the obvious crazi-
ness with the chancellor, pro-vost and chairman of the Board of Trustees. But there’s also the backlash against Democrats as corrupt, terrible people respon-sible for bringing her to N.C. State in the first place. This is obviously the case for the Eas-ley scandal, but does it in and of itself prove any corruption? O f c ou r s e not. That re-quires a more detailed, comprehen-sive ana ly-sis — but it won’t s top the conspir-acy theorists from talking.
And I won’t e ven s t a r t thinking about the craziness that could ensue from the ob-servation that the majority of our “representatives” in the Student Senate are not elected. If this sort of thing happened a few years ago when Bobby Mills was Student Body Presi-dent, I’d wager we’d be swim-ming in conspiracy theories.
But the problem isn’t limited to conspiracy theories innately. Consider the recent turn of events in Massachusetts re-garding the election over the late, great Ted Kennedy’s seat. Pundits are hailing the election of a Republican as vindication for their cause, claiming the Democrats pursued a too radi-cal and liberal agenda.
This ignores two things. For starters, the Democratic can-didate was, to put it politely, as politically astute as a rock. Martha Coakley made the crit-ical error of taking the state for granted and leaving the coun-try three weeks prior to the polling date. I put this error on the magnitude of Bond-type villains revealing their plans in the middle of the movie, allow-
ing James Bond (or whoever the protagonist is) to escape at some point and thwart the das-tardly scheme. This tactic con-veniently ignored the history of Massachusetts as being a rather independently-minded state, with many Independent voters willing to swing an election if one candidate has the political savvy of a five-year-old.
But most importantly, the pundits are all ignoring one ba-sic indicator that probably has something to do with Demo-crats losing: as Bill Clinton said, “It’s the economy, stupid.”
Seriously, think about it. Very few people knew what the pub-lic option was and most of the debate over health care for — the hallmark “liberal” issue —was centered on malarkey like death panels, “government-insured murder” (not a quote from anyone, mind you) of fe-tuses via abortion and social-ism. And since I cannot think of any other issue conservatives
ca l l inher-ently liberal on a regular basis aside from health care and re-productive rights, this is pretty much it. But for the most part, the reform is not anywhere
near as liberal as it could be.No, what sticks out to most
people is the stupid economy. Unemployment is still about 10 percent, credit is still tight and banks are starting to engage in profitable, high-risk business again while Congress does little to apply any sort of regulation or protection for the average American from a future disas-ter. The economy is a fantastic indicator of what people feel about candidates, particularly when 366 days ago, our country was going to see change sweep over Washington.
But instead, the economy was ignored (stupid!) and now a different change is coming to Washington. Did it have any-thing to do with being too lib-eral? Not a chance.
There’s no better or more concise way to put it: it’s the economy, stupid!
Send Paul your thoughts on the economy and politics to [email protected].
“But most
importantly, the
pundits are all
ignoring one basic
indicator ...”
PaulMcCauleySenior Staff Columnist
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A 7.0-magnitude earth-quake ravaged Haiti last week in one of the
largest natural disasters in re-cent history. On a scale unseen since the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and Hurricane Ka-trina, Mother Nature viciously unleashed her wrath on Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince.
In the aftermath, the United Nations, U.S. and many other governments and non-gov-ernmental organizations have attempted to provide relief to a country that has historically experienced overpopulation and impoverishment — even before a natural disaster.
At N.C. State, Student Gov-ernment has spearheaded a project in coordination with Stop Hunger Now — a Ra-leigh-based humanitarian or-
ganization, which specializes in food relief — to fundraise and contribute a small part to a multi-faceted international relief effort.
A $50,000 donation by Uni-versity students may not sound like much in the wake of multi-million dollar pledges from the U.S. Government and Red Cross, but it is part of the larger process of getting involved. In any case, it is far from a token gesture and represents real sac-rifice on the part of students.
Student Body President Jim Ceresnak opened a major phase of the Howl for Haiti fundrais-ing campaign Wednesday with a 30-minute Brickyard vigil in honor of the victims of the di-
saster.The event spoke to the stark
human tragedy of the event, but was also able to raise $540 in a mere half-hour. It’s not going to rebuild every school, home and hospital in Port-au-Prince, which faces a monu-mental task of rebuilding and is in further turmoil after a 5.4-magnitue after-shock on Wednesday, but it is a sign that students care.
However students choose to give to the effort, whether it’s in time, donations or some-thing completely different, it’s important the campus com-munity takes a moment to ad-dress its call to service and ask what it can do to help.
The aid cannot stop with Howl for Haiti, though. Re-building a country from the foundation is a long and strenuous process. Students must keep Haiti in their field of scope longer than a week or month; they must continue to think about this rebuilding process for years to come. Re-lief in the aftermath of Katrina was overwhelming and filled with compassion, but many people to this day are displaced from their homes or have been reduced to a squalor lifestyle.
They must not be forgotten. The Howl for Haiti must be supported fully by campus or-ganizations and students alike, yielding an opportunity for the campus to strengthen its com-mitment to community and the spirit of giving.
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of the Editor-in-Chief.
Howling the University’s supportThe FacTs:Haiti and its people recently experienced an unfathomable natural disaster that decimated the already frail infrastructure of an impoverished nation. Student Government in unison with a host of other campus organizations has started the Howl for Haiti campaign in an effort to raise funds for Haiti relief.
Our OpiniOn:Students should fully support the Howl for Haiti campaign and remember the catastrophe the earthquake has inflicted in the present and the challenges it will present into the future.
By ERiCA HEllER
What are you doing for the Haiti relief
effort? Why?
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“I texted 9099 during the NFL playoffs and it donated $10.”
Drew Wandlersophomore, political science
“I’m donating money to various Haiti relief groups on campus.”
Shadia Williamssophomore, engineering
The unseen plague in our midst
When d i s c u s s -ing the issue of suicide, the say-
ing “You can be your own worst enemy,” often comes to mind. Suicide is the ig-
nored killer among the population. It s e e m s like people are embar-rassed to talk about it, therefore it lays dor-mant in the back of our
minds. It is always there, but will we ever have the cour-age to bring it into the light?
Every year 33,000 people die of suicide-related inci-dents. This is a staggering figure. It makes me wonder how many of the people I see every day are thinking of taking their own lives. In a way, I think the world has dehumanized people by cat-egorizing them within the realm of their occupations or social statuses. At the end of the day, doctors, lawyers, sanitation workers, single moms and college students are all human. Could you imagine your pastor taking his own life? What about your father? The worst part is that no one wants to talk about it and until we speak up, nothing can be done.
As college students in a rigorous, competitive, en-vironment it is easy to fall into a funk. An individual can easily feel invisible or nonexistent among a mass of 30,000 plus students. We are taught to be strong and
to hold our ground. We are ex-pected to fight tooth and nail for the top spot on the corpo-rate ladder without giving a second thought to anyone else or our own internal struggles. We can only take so much be-fore we reach our tipping point. In the United States, a person dies of suicide every 16 min-utes. Just because someone says they are “fine,” does not always mean they are actually “fine.”
Mental illness and depression go hand in hand. It is estimated that 19 million Americans suf-fer from depression. Two thirds of the people who do commit suicide suffer from depression. This is serious because 15 per-cent of the population will at some point in their lives suffer from depression or a depres-sive episode. People who suf-fer from other mood disorders, such as bipolar disorder, also have links to suicide. The sta-tistics say that about two mil-lion Americans are currently suffering from bipolar disor-der and 3 to 20 percent of those people die from suicide.
It is also important to distin-guish between genders when analyzing suicide. Women at-tempt suicide three times as often as men. Why? Women reportedly have higher rates of mood disorders such as ma-jor depression, dysthymia and seasonal affective disorder. Even though women attempt suicide more often, men com-plete suicide four times as often as women.
Many people like to think of themselves as creative. New studies have shown that creativity can also lead to sui-cide. It doesn’t matter if you reach fame or not. If you dis-
play a creative nature your chances of suffering from depression and attempt-ing or committing suicide rise. Researchers have been looking at mental illness and suicide over the years and have obtained substan-tial evidence to support this hypothesis. Literary geniuses such as Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Plath, Anne Sexton and Ernest Hem-mingway all died tragi-cally of suicide. Visual art-ist Vincent Van Gogh’s life also ended with suicide. Theatrical actresses like Marilyn Monroe and Judy Garland supposedly com-mitted suicide. To this day, it is unclear as to whether their overdoses were acci-dental or intentional. The man that brought the issue of suicide to the forefront was Kurt Cobain, front man of the rock band “Nirvana.” All of these people were so talented, yet so troubled.
Suicide has been plagu-ing the nation for years; it is time for us to step up and do something about it. If you or someone you know is suicidal, be willing to listen to them and seek help as soon as possible. The NCSU Counseling Center has wonderful information on suicide and a staff that is eager to help. There is a way out of the darkness. We just have to be strong enough to try to find the path. For more information on sui-cide and suicide prevention visit the American Founda-tion for Suicide Prevention’s Web site at www.afsp.org.
MarlenaWilsonStaff Columnist
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International students experience local culture, promote diversity
Lauren LeslieStaff Writer
The University hosts more than 2,000 international students each year from approximately 100 countries across the world. These students have the option of studying for a semester or full academic year, embracing a new culture and meeting foreign students while receiving an education.
Jonathan Weathington, a graduate student in international affairs, said many students stay in Wolf Village or Alexander Hall. Also known as Alex-ander Global Village, Alexander Hall is the international residence hall and can accommodate 160 students, inter-national and American, each semester.
“Many students from the United Kingdom and Ireland arrive in the fall semester and stay for an entire
year, but a student’s choice of arrival all depends on when the courses are offered,” Weathington said.
Yingying Lin, a student from Aus-tralia, said she chose N.C. State be-cause the classes she needed were provided.
Weathington said all international stu-dents are offered an orientation provided by the Study Abroad Office and the Of-fice of International Affairs when they first arrive. He said a campus packet is provided to all inter-national students at orientation, includ-ing maps, courses, student health in-formation and cafeteria options.
“I was very excited when I got here and the orientation program was very helpful,” Lin said.
Weathington, who interns with the Study Abroad Office for course regis-tration, said each student is provided with a set schedule when they first set foot on campus.
Janne Rusanen, a business stu-dent from Finland, said he arrived at the University last August and loves it thus far.
“The classes are much easier here, although there is a lot more homework and attendance is mandatory, unlike Finland,” Rusanen said.
While others have visited areas of the United States pre-viously, for many international stu-dents, this is their first experience.
“I was born in Finland, but lived on the west coast of the U.S. during el-
ementary school,” Rusanen said. “I’ve been to Vegas before.”
Sam Willimot, a business student from Australia, said she arrived last Friday and is studying for the spring semester. She said the College of Management assigned her a specific mentor to help her with any educa-tion differences she may experience throughout the semester.
Lin, Rusanen and Willimot all ex-pressed the initial shock of how large the campus is and the strict structure of the classes.
“In Australia we call our teachers by their first names, no Ms. or Mr. It wasn’t very much of a culture change for me when I arrived because Austra-lia is very similar to the U.S., although the student ambassadors in Alexander Hall are very helpful with making us feel comfortable here,” Willimot said.
Many student ambassadors for in-ternational affairs plan informational programs throughout the semester for
the foreign students.“I believe my ambassador has a
bowling night planned for us,” Ru-sanen said, “and possibly a visit to Washington, D.C. during spring break.”
Weathington said the Study Abroad Office assists all international students with financial help and many students are able to visit through an exchange program, which allows them to pay their home university’s tuition instead of NCSU’s fees.
“The Study Abroad Office helped me set up all of my bank accounts, which was very reassuring once I arrived,” Willimot said.
University students have the option of living with an international student in Alexander Hall by completing an application online.
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“The classes are
much easier here,
although there
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homework,”Janne Rusanen, business
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International students bring cultural differences
The University makes campus accessible to students using wheelchairs with renovations and construction
Heidi KlumpeStaff Writer
Campus can be daunting, but navigating the same space in a wheelchair complicates things exponentially.
Nolan Williams, a junior in technology education, said, “schools and any public place in general is designed for people that can walk. I expect [some places] not to be acces-sible. Some stuff you just can’t go to.”
Williams currently crosses campus in his power wheel-chair after discovering he was unable to handle even his part-time schedule in his manually-powered chair. He said getting to class comfortably is some-thing he learned to appreciate.
“The feeling of rolling to class, just being you, smelling the breeze. A lot of people take that for granted,” he said.
William Privette, a sopho-more in communication, ex-periences similar difficulties in his manually-powered chair.
“Every hill or slight change in flow affects how long it takes to get to class. It takes a lot of energy,” he said, noting that he usually arrives to class tired.
According to Associate Vice Chancellor for Facilities Kevin
MacNaughton, beginning with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990, the Uni-versity formalized its efforts to make campus accessible, taking inventory of current impairments and creating a list of projects for future im-provements.
Though a recent audit con-ducted by students at the Uni-versity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill gave the campus low marks for accessibility, MacNaughton disagrees.
“I really felt that was not a ver y t hor-ough study,” he said. “The vast major-ity [of the buildings] got more ac-cessible since 2003.”
From 2003 to 2010, ac-cessible buildings shou ld i n-crease from 124 to 152, w i t h re s i -dence halls making up the ma-jority of currently inaccessible buildings.
According to Michael Har-wood, University architect, the foremost projects on campus include increasing accessibility to the library from the Brick-yard and the Court of North Carolina.
“No way you can get up that brick hill,” Privette said of the
incline by the Court of the Carolinas. “I’ve tried numer-ous times and can’t.”
Parking also poses a prob-lem for handicapped students, particularly when the size of campus means driving is faster transportation than rolling.
“There are not enough hand-icapped spots,” Privette said.
However, parking has never been in abundance for any student, particularly on North Campus.
“We can’t support a lot of as-phalt,” Harwood said. Accord-
ing to him, the bus is the best way to connect the campus.
In this re-gard, Trans-portation a l so works to simplif y campus for students in wheelchairs.
“All of our buses are ac-cessible now,” s a i d To m
Kendig, director of transpor-tation.
Each of the division’s buses, in addition to having a ramp, have the capacity to kneel. To meet the curb, “the front of the bus comes down,” Kim Paylor, transit manager, said.
Route adjustments and ex-tended hours were also among efforts to make the bus system a more viable option, Kendig
said. In the future, the Trans-portation Off ice plans on implementing a transit prior-ity corridor along Dan Allen Drive.
“The idea is that you’d have a corridor that you can run the buses on without competition,” Kendig said.
Elevators also present a problem. Privette said he had two classes in Withers on the second floor when the elevator broke.
“I missed class for three days,” he said.
“We have really focused on elevator maintenance,” Mac-Naughton said of the Facilities Divison’s current efforts.
According to MacNaughton, this includes taking inventory of current problems and cut-ting down the response time for broken elevators.
However, Harwood real-izes that the process of mak-ing campus welcoming for students of all abilities is by no means complete, with the budget being responsible for the majority of the decisions.
“We’ve got a whole series of plans,” he said. “It all comes down to funds.”
These funds, covering multi-million dollar accessibility projects across campus, come largely from the Higher Educa-tion Bond Referendum of 2000, which resulted from a need for money to cover deferred main-tenance and expanding student populations on campuses across the state, according to
MacNaughton.“We also carve out of the
operating budget, which is not common at all,” he said.
Students such as Williams eagerly await the completion of these projects.
“The fact that you have to go through all this hassle to go
through your normal school day kind of sucks,” he said. “It makes me feel like separate but equal.”
The University’s Master Plan, a projected look at the Univer-
Campus aims for improved accessibility for all students
AmAndA Wilkins/TechniciAnThere are handicap buttons to open the doors automatically for handicap students and visitors outside of Dabney and Cox Halls.
“Every hill or
slight change in
flow affects how
long it takes to get
to class. It takes a
lot of energy.”William Privette, sophomore in
communication
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Most women find jean shopping a painful and discouraging experience, especially if they’re beginning a diet. Frustration arises and store clerks become enemies. Ladies who have encountered such afternoons are
unaware of the suited jean styles for their particular body type. This upcoming season, malls will present several denim styles varying from straight-legs, skinny jeans, boot-cuts, trousers and the boyfriend fit.
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Different jean styles accentuate Different womanly figures.
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ost women find jean shopping a painful and discouraging experience, especially if they’re beginning a diet. Frustration arises and store clerks become enemies. Ladies who have encountered such afternoons are
unaware of the suited jean styles for their particular body type. This upcoming season, malls will present several denim styles varying from straight-legs, skinny
fferent womanly figures.
boot-cut:hofland said boot-cut, or
boot-leg, jeans are fitted tight through the thighs and widen throughout the ankles.
Kristin Anderson, a junior in fashion and textile management, said, “Boot-leg jeans have a slight flare and help even out curvy dimensions.”
“Short people should not wear boot-legs because it only emphasizes their height,” Anderson said.
“Boot-legs balance out the curvy booty without being too rounded like a flare would be,” hofland said.
trouser/wide-leg:thornton said those with wide hips should avoid the skinny cut
and look for the flared trouser, which will hide most physical flaws from the hips down.
“With trousers, the leg falls straight from the hip giving you a looser thigh and leg fit. this is good to camouflage bigger thighs,” hofland said. “It’s great for most body types but especially the curvier ladies. they are also an easy jean to dress up for evenings.”
thornton said curvy figures should also stand clear of jeans with no pockets and jeans with extra pockets, which are designed to add volume to one’s butt.
the boyfriend:“the boyfriend jean is
supposed to fit like your ‘boyfriend’s jeans,’” hofland said, “meaning it is looser in the hips and legs and sometimes even in the butt. Usually they are very low-rise and a straighter leg. It all depends on where you buy them.”
thornton said she believes the boyfriend style is most flattering on tall, slender figures.
“people who are slender with a big butt need to search for the boyfriend jeans which help to play down the unwanted bottom-curve,” Anderson said.
hofland said they are not really going to accentuate or camouflage anything in particular.
“they’re mainly for the trendy factor,” hofland said.
straight-leg:the straight-leg style has
identical width at the thigh, knee and leg with an emphasis on elongating short legs.
pattie hofland, a junior in fashion and textile management, said straight-leg jeans usually follow the leg line and are not tight, but definitely do not have flare.
“this style is usually good for someone who has a smaller booty because they tend to accentuate the butt area,” hofland said.
skinny:“Skinny jeans definitely
have stretch in them and they fit really tight at the thigh and all the way down to the ankle. they are perfect for the slender girl,” hofland said.
Ashley thornton, a junior in fashion and textile management, said thin people of all heights should sport the straight and skinny leg styles to show off their slimming features.
“Narrow hips are important when choosing the skinny leg jeans,” thornton said.
“they will definitely accentuate the hips, so if you don’t like your hips, do not wear them,” hofland said.
thornton said skinny jeans are one of the most popular styles worn worldwide this year and are versatile with most shoes.
sity in 50 years, looks to make some cultural changes by in-corporating universal design, which Randall Reggi, the pro-gram manager for Design and Construction Services, calls a “self-imposed goal.”
“All ADA requires is program access,” he said, “and we’re al-most there.”
SAS Hall, the new walkway along Stinson Drive across from Riddick Hall and the renovations to the Free Ex-pression Tunnel all represent major steps toward building a space which increases access for students of all abilities and
is aesthetically pleasing, Har-wood said.
“Universal design is not easy,” he said. “It takes a lot of thinking.”
Students themselves also make a difference in the local environment.
“If it wasn’t for some of the students here I would lose it, es-pecially when I was in the push [wheelchair],” Williams said.
Furthermore, accessibility or lack thereof is not unconquer-able.
“I still do everything every-one else does,” Privette said. “[Being in a wheelchair] takes away from it but doesn’t let me not enjoy the full effect of col-lege.”
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Battered wrestling team takes one of twoWrestling
Despite a rash of injuries, wrestling bounces back from loss to Appalachian State with win over Gardner-Webb
Tyler EverettDeputy Sports Editor
The wrestling team’s backup and freshmen-filled lineup travelled to Gardner-Webb Wednesday night and struggled in a 22-17 loss to Ap-palachian State before responding with a 22-16 win over the Gardner-Webb Bulldogs.
“I was real proud of the way they came back in the second match,” coach Carter Jordan sa id. “They wrestled a lot tougher and we won.”
State took fou r of 10 matches a ga i n s t t he Mountaineers, winning the first match be-fore dropping the next five, but then finished strong with victories in three of the final four matches during the Appalachian State match.
Winners for the Pack in the Ap-palachian match were freshman 141 pounder Dale Shull, heavy-weight Eloheim Palma and a pair of sophomores, 125 pounder Mike Moreno and 149 pounder Bobby Ward. Going into the final two bouts of the loss to the Moun-taineers, State trailed by 10 points and held out hope for a comeback victory. But sophomore Scott Nor-ris dropped a 4-2 decision at 133
pounds, and Shull’s quick pin at 141 was then irrelevant in terms of the final outcome.
“Quite frankly, we probably didn’t deserve to win the first dual,” Jor-dan said. “We didn’t wrestle hard enough or physical enough.”
State responded to the loss to the Mountaineers by taking six of ten bouts from the Bulldogs. All four wrestlers, Shull, Palma, Moreno and Ward, who won against Ap-palachian also defeated their op-position in the late match against Gardner-Webb. In addition to the four who posted victories against the Mountaineers, Scott Norris and Quinton Godley also won against
the Bulldogs. Shull followed up a pin against his opponent f rom A p p a-lachian State with a 13-0 ma-jor decision over Kurt Wentink of Gardner-Webb.
“ M y f i r s t match I got
caught kind of off-guard,” Shull said. “We were scrambling for a while and then I came out on top of that and got the pin. My second match, I felt really good. I didn’t get tired. I was able to keep my feet, go-ing 100 percent for the full seven minutes and I overall felt really good.”
Shull said he and his teammates are determined to avoid needing an early loss to motivate them to wrestle with the necessary intensity.
“It’s bittersweet because we beat Gardner-Webb but we should have beat App,” Shull said. “It took a butt-kicking from Appalachian to
wake us up and to make us wrestle well against Gardner-Webb. Our coach [Steve Anceravage] said we should get that mindset before we lose. We shouldn’t have to lose in order to get that mindset. We should have it right away.”
Three wrest lers, senior 149 pounder Darrion Caldwell, junior 133 pounder Darrius Little and freshman 184 pounder Jonathan Becker are out for the season with injuries. Jordan said youth and in-experience are no longer excuses for the guys attempting to fill in for those three lost starters.
“We still have three guys that have to learn how to win at this level,” Jordan said. “It doesn’t mat-ter that they’re freshmen. What they have to understand is that the bar is not being lowered. It’s still right where it was.”
Brent Kitchen/technician file photoMike Moreno, a redshirt sophomore, prepares to take on a gardner-Webb wrestler at the Wolfpack Open november 21, 2009.
“Quite frankly, we
probably didn’t
deserve to win the
first dual.”coach Carter Jordan
By the numbers: Wrestling vs. AppAlAchiAn stAte
5-7 overall record
1-0 conference record
3 starters out for the season with injuries
22-17 loss to Appalachian State
22-16 win over Gardner-Webb
source: n.c. state athletics
COUNTDOWN• 5 days until the men’s basketball team plays UNC at
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FridayMen’s Tennis vs. vanderbilTJ.W. Isenhour Tennis Center, 4 p.m.
WoMen’s baskeTball vs. Wake ForesTReynolds Coliseum, 6:30 p.m.
SaturdayMen’s and WoMen’s Track & Field @ The norTh carolina MeeTChapel Hill, all day
Men’s and WoMen’s sWiMMing & diving vs. cleMsonCasey Natatorium, 11 a.m.
Men’s baskeTball @ Maryland College Park, Md., 6 p.m.
WresTling @ Maryland College Park, Md., noon
WresTling @ navy Annapolis, Md., 7 p.m.
Sunday Men’s Tennis vs. Michigan J.W. Isenhour Tennis Center, 11 a.m.
gyMnasTics @ WesT virginia Morgantown, W. Va., 1 p.m.
Quote of the day
“I had the hot hand, they could not stop me, every time I got the ball
I scored.”Tracy Smith, junior forward
did you know?Tracy Smith celebrated his 22nd birthday last night with an 88-74 victory over the Duke Blue Devils.
Taylor BarbourDeputy Sports Editor
In a series that has been dominated by the Duke Blue Devils during the past few years, the N.C. State men’s basketball team showed that history does not necessarily always repeat itself, as the Pack came away with the upset victory over the No. 6 ranked Blue Devils.
“I am just so proud,” coach Sid-ney Lowe said. “It’s a big win for our program and all of our players and our fans.”
As the buzzer sounded and the game ended, the students, who have not had much to cheer about for the basketball team in the past few sea-sons, were finally awarded for their patience as they stormed the court in celebration. Lowe described the scene as surprising and rewarding all in the same.
“I didn’t know they were storming the court but when I turned around after shaking hands and saw that, I thought this is great, this is what it is all about,” Lowe said.
The win is the biggest for the Pack this season and gives it it’s second victory over a top-25 team in the past three games and moves the team to 13-6 overall and 2-3 in the ACC.
Whether it be slow starts such as the game against Clemson or bad finishes against Virginia and Florida, the Pack have struggled this season playing an entire game. However, State showed that it can play an en-tire game at a high level and did so as it handed the Devils their third loss of the season.
“That is probably the closet we have ever come to playing a com-plete game,” Lowe said. “From the beginning to the end, I thought they had great intensity and we needed to have that to beat a team like Duke.”
The key for the Pack in the game was coming out hot and setting the tempo, while forcing the Blue Devils out of their offense and making them play into State’s style of play.
“The other games it seemed like
the first halves have come out a little sluggish,” Smith said. “But this game we fought for 40 minutes and never gave up. We matched their intensity and kept our composure and made them play in our half-court set and I think that is what helped us win the game.”
From that, Smith said he believes that’s what helped set the tone for the entire game and show Duke it was in for a tough one after coming out as hot as the team did.
“Coach said you either get hit or hit first,” Smith said. “And I think we hit them first and they backed up and were scared of us the rest of the game.”
The team was lead tonight by Smith, who tied his season high in points scored, with 23. But for Smith, just getting the victory on his birthday was special enough.
“This is the best present ever. I have been talking about this for a long time,” Smith said.
Outside of Smith, the Pack had five
players in double figures including 20 points from senior forward Dennis Horner, and 15 points from junior Ja-vier Gonzalez.
Despite the Pack being outrebounded 40- 28, the team was able to prevail over the Devils partly due to its shooting. The team shot 58.2 percent from the field, including Smith’s 10-12 perfor-mance from the field.
“I had the hot hand, they could not stop me,” Smith said. “Every time I got the ball I scored.”
The Pack came out strong in the first half. Strong shooting and effective de-fense, including a strong press, helped the Pack to build a lead and give it a three-point lead at halftime with 41-38. Smith lead the Pack in the first half scor-ing 14 points on 7-8 shooting, including 12 of the Pack’s first 19 points.
“We knew in the locker room that they were going to come out and get up and down and play good defense, and we were ready for that,” senior forward
Dennis Horner said. The main key on offense seemed to be
one of the oldest plays in basketball, the Pick-and-Roll. With the play, Smith was able to help set teammates free while helping to get himself open for easy baskets.
“We moved the ball well to the open man,” Lowe said. “We set screens, our cuts were sharp, which you have to do against them and we were able to get the ball where we wanted to get it to start the offense.”
After a buzzer beating shot at the half by Duke’s Nolan Smith, the Pack’s lead had diminished to only three points. But in the second half the Pack kept the pressure on the Blue Devils as they went on a 15 to 5 run to open up the half.
“That was a tough shot that Smith made at the end of the half,” Lowe said. “But our guys came out at the second half prepared and came out ready to go again. We came out with great energy and made a quick run right there.”
Danny Boemermann/TechnicianDennis Horner, C.J. Williams, Julius Mays and Farnold Degand come off the bench to celebrate after the Pack beat the Duke Blue Devils at the RBC Center Wednesday night. The Pack won the game 88 - 74.
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Both men’s and women’s teams sweep East Carolina
Kate ShefteSports Editor
The Pack swimming and diving team blew the East Carolina Pirates out of the water Wednesday night at Casey Natatorium, jumping out to an early advantage and never letting go.
“East Carolina is a good program, one of the top in their conference. I’m sure they’re tired and training hard,” head coach Brooks Teal said. “We were expect-ing a bit of a closer meet, but I was impressed with how we came out and raced hard from the very beginning, which was something we really stressed.”
The women finished with a final score of 145-91 and improved to 6-1 on the sea-son.
The men’s team recovered from a disappointing loss against Georgia Tech last weekend and put together a 151-80 win, bringing it to 4-1 overall.
Junior Dan Forsythe, who helped his 200 yard medley relay team to a win, said as
the evening progressed, any frustration left over from the Georgia Tech meet evaporated.
“We were really disappointed with the result on Saturday, but obviously this was a good meet for us and we’re going to try and turn it around,” Forsythe said. “We’re looking forward to getting a little rest in a few weeks for ACCs. Everyone’s feeling good and overall, the attitude is positive.”
Freshman Hudson Rains won both the one- and three-meter dives with scores of 310.65 and 351.90, respectively. Fresh-man Hannah Hopkins won the women’s three-meter dive while freshman Kirstyn She-pler took third place.
Senior Patrice Dason tied the eighth-fastest 100 backstroke time in school history with a 57.57 and won her race. Even though it isn’t one of her usual events, Teal said she has been focusing on it lately.
Dason called her personal best time “exciting.”
“I haven’t swum the 100 back in a while but I know it’s one of the events I’m going to be swimming at ACCs, so it was great to go out there and get my best time ever,” Dason said. “It felt really good this time.”
The Pack won both 200-med-ley relays and free relays, with Morgan Robertson, Anna
Linkenauger, Dason and Ashley Richter clocking in at 1:44.13 for the women’s med-ley and Ben Mechak, Forsythe, Mike Seiferth and Conor Bren-nan finishing in 1:34.06.
State’s women’s team has made a habit this season of beating teams that have given them trouble in the past.
The Pack’s female swimmers tied Georgia Tech at ACCs last season, but won all but one event last weekend. State last faced ECU Oct. 20, 2007, and suffered a 174-124 loss while
the men beat the Pirates con-vincingly.
This one, however, wasn’t even close for either party. Ac-cording to Dason, everyone on her team is “on their A-game right now.”
“I can not even explain how exciting this year is. Everyone is so confident,” Dason said. “They’re put into an event, and they could be switched into an-other event without knowing it, but they do what they have to do to win.”
Teal said this willingness to
work has led to one of the most promising Januarys in recent memory for both teams.
“In past seasons, we have swum very well through No-vember and then struggled in January,” Teal said. “This is a credit to the kids; they’re work-ing very hard.”
State will host Clemson this Saturday at 11 a.m.
“It’s a good motivational boost,” Forsythe said. “It’ll give us some momentum going into this weekend. Hopefully we can carry that through.”
Wolfpack blows rival Pirates out of the water
amanDa KarsT/TechnicianSenior Patrice Dason swims in the 100 yard backstroke at the n.C. State swimming and diving team’s meet against eCU, which State won 145-91. Dason finished first with a time of 57.57 seconds.
Rifle falls to West Virginia The N.C. State rifle team lost to No. 1 West Virginia Sunday. The Pack received a team total of 4,561 to West Virginia’s 4,678. The team’s air-rifle score of 2,317 set a new school record. The rifle team will travel to Charleston, S.C. on Jan. 30 to take on Air Force and the Citadel.
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151 Men’s team points
145 Women’s team points
57.57 eighth-fastest 100 backstroke in school history by Patrice Dason
351.90 score of Hudson Rain’s first place 3-meter dive
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