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Raleigh, North Carolina
Students have the chance to show their own short films at the annual MovieFest competition.
Lindsey RosebaumStaff Writer
The race for the Oscars began ear-lier last week, and students on campus have the chance to participate in their own way with the Campus MovieF-est.
Campus MovieFest is an event that gets students involved in the magic of moviemaking. Students submit short films, each about three to five minutes in length, on any topic they choose.
This event is not limited to just N.C. State’s campus; it’s one of the world’s largest film festivals for college-aged students. It began in 1999 at Emory University with four students encour-aging their peers to create short fea-ture films in the space of one week. They provided them with all the mate-rials they needed, including cameras, computers and editing software.
It spread throughout the dorm and eventually throughout the whole cam-pus. Within a few years, all Georgia schools were participating and, today nearly 500,000 students participate throughout the globe.
All participants are given an HP camera, an Apple MacBook Pro with
Final Cut Pro editing software and a microphone. Should a technical problem occur, they are given free tech support.
Once students complete and submit their films, a panel of fac-ulty members and students review them. The top 16 are chosen to play during the MovieFest. From there, the top three are sent to a national competition in Los Angeles, Cali-fornia.
Even some students who do not directly participate in the MovieF-est still enjoy it. Aaron Thomas, sophomore in political science,
Dan Neil, Pulitzer prize winner, spoke on campus yesterday about his work as an automotive critic and the future of electric cars.
Lindsey RosenbaumStaff Writer
The economy university students live in today is one fueled by oil; as petroleum reliance has grown through the years, others have searched for a more environmentally friendly and renewable alternative fuel source, specifically for transportation.
Dan Neil, a Pulitzer Prize winning automotive critic for The Wall Street Journal, spoke on campus about the electric car Monday afternoon.
Neil is a Wolfpack alumnus, of the class of 1986. He credits his success during college to professor Michael Grimmwood. Reminiscing about his time on campus, he recalled that col-lege life was wild and fun, much like it is today.
“But maybe less over the top,” Neil said.
After graduating, Neil worked at News & Observer for a short while, before becoming a freelance writer for Car and Driver. From 2003 to 2010, Neil was an automotive critic for the LA Times before deciding he needed to return to Raleigh. For the past two years, he has been working at The Wall Street Journal.
While many newspapers have au-tomobile sections, Neil said he made
the automotive critic niche fit his style.“There are plenty of car ‘reviewers’
out there,” Neil said. “Not many have the gall to call themselves ‘critics.’”
Neil is the first automotive critic to have won a Pulitzer Prize for his work.
In 2010, documentary filmmaker Chris Paine approached Neil, asking him to be a part of his new feature. Titled “Revenge of the Electric Car,” Neil said he acted as the “Greek cho-rus” to the backdrop of the story.
“I’m a little embarrassed about how enthusiastic I was back then,” Neil said.
W h e n t h e concept of elec-tric cars hit the media a litt le more than 10 years ago, it re-ceived a lot of attention. Since then, the hype has died down, and even caused a little contro-versy, Neil said. Neil asserts elec-tric cars have to overcome two hurdles : tech-nology and public consciousness.
According to Neil, the technological obstacle is all but overcome. Making electric cars today is more cost effi-cient and practical than it was in the past. Electric power is inexhaustible and, while the batteries are tricky to repair, they’re reusable.
However, the criticisms of the elec-tric car itself could be harder to over-come. Public response to events like the bankruptcy of Solyndra, a green tech company with the Obama ad-ministration’s stamp of approval, has become increasingly negative, accord-ing to Neil.
Neil remains optimistic about the future of electric cars. Despite all the hardships in developing a viable, suc-cessful product, there has still been an enormous amount of achievement.
Sharing his achievements with the listeners at the Scholars Forum, stu-
dents noted their in-terest.
“It definitely put the electric car idea in a better perspec-tive,” Matthew Za-lesak, freshman in industrial engineer-ing, said.
Though Zalesak said he is not 100 percent sold on the idea, he is willing to do more research on the subject.
Others, like Kurt Spencer, sophomore
in computer science, came into the speech with a bit of back knowledge.
“I am very optimistic for the future [of electric cars],” Spencer said.
Neil left the Scholars Forum with a piece of advice.
“Don’t dismiss new technology in its emerging state,” Neil said.
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Photo by Callie Martin/teChniCianPulitzer Prize-winning automotive journalist Dan Neil speaks to NCSU Scholars Program students about his film Revenge of the Electric Car.
Two Indian culture organizations collaborate to celebrate Indian heritage Sunday night.
Jatin BhatiaStaff Writer
Two of the Indian communities at our University organized a cultural evening called “Aarambh,” which means “start,” to mark the 63rd In-dian Republic Day and welcome the Indian students who arrived at N.C. State for the spring semester.
The event focused on Indian culture and heritage; it was an evening full of games, Indian music and food.
Sneh Kumar Singh, the president of Maitri, was happy with the way the evening unfolded, and said it was an
attempt to showcase their culture and befriend Indian students who arrived at State for the spring semester.
“As Indians, we all carry an image of India in our hearts, 7,000 miles away from home. We want to project that image to the N.C State stu-dents here what is the culture of India. So we organize these events with passion and zeal.” Singh said.”We attempt to make students here feel at home and less homesick, reach out to these students and support them like a family would.”
Singh said that these organizations wanted to have a night that empha-
sized the Indian national symbols and integrating nationals away from home.
“The theme was defined by the colors of saffron, green and white, which are [the] colors of the In-dian national flag and at the same time sending out a message to all In-dian international students that ‘we are here for you.’ As their first con-
tact and first friend in the USA, they can rely on us,” Singh said.
He said it was done at a much
SOUL garden continues working despite experiencing vandalism last weekend.
Zach GreenStaff Writer
The Students for Organic, United Living (SOUL) community garden was vandalized last Tuesday with a mini-excavator stolen from a nearby construction site.
The organic garden is located near the Lake Raleigh dam on Centennial Campus and tended by University students.
According to Cam-pus Police, the exca-vator came from a construction site near the Lonnie Pool Golf Course some-time after 5 p.m. and taken on a joyride to Lake Raleigh.
The vandal drove the piece of digging equipment into the garden area, destroying a sign, bench and wooden table before digging a large hole near the garden. None of the actual garden was damaged.
“Maybe once a semester, we will get something like this,” Capt. Ian Ken-drick, of Campus Police, said. “Very rarely do we see theft of motorized construction equipment and in even fewer instances where it is used to damage property.”
The mini-excavator was found in a creek near the garden and fingerprints were taken. According to Kendrick, the perpetrator has yet to be identi-fied and the fingerprint results are
pending. The total damage done to property was around $300, while the damage to the excavator was less than $100.
“Our first reaction was how bewil-dering and discouraging this was,” Ariel Green-wood,senior in psychol-ogy and co-manager of the garden, said. “It made us feel that the garden is vulnerable.”
According to Greenwood, a volun-teer who was checking on the garden discovered the damage and notified the other members. They took pic-tures of the damage and notified the University which sent Campus Police
to the scene.“We really appre-
ciate the university taking this as seri-ously as they did,” Greenwood said.
In addition to no-tifying the police, the University had the large hole that had been dug filled in soon after it was reported.
Since the incident, SOUL has con-tinued their weekly workdays, man-aged to rebuild the table that was dis-mantled and clear away the remaining debris. According to Greenwood, part of participating in the garden is being able to deal with things like this.
“Part of agriculture is the concept of resilience,” Greenwood said. “We have a good attitude and were surprised by the support we received.”
The garden, N.C. State’s first on-campus community garden, has been operating since 2010 and regularly do-
Indian cultural groups mark Republic Day SOUL garden vandalized
Campus MovieFest returns to campus
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“Part of
agriculture is the
concept
of resilience.”Ariel Greenwood, senior
in psycholgy
“I am very
optimistic for the
future of electric
cars...Do not dismiss
new technology in
its emerging state.”Dan Neil, Wall Street Journal
automotive critic
“As Indians, we
all carry an image
of India in
our hearts.”Sneh Kumar Singh, president of Maitri
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went to the viewings last year as an assignment for Wolf TV and was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the work.
“Some of the editing looked just like Inception,” Thomas said.
Thomas listed off his fa-vorites from the previous year, citing one that dealt with the struggle to stay afloat in college and a doc-umentary that followed a girl as she attempted to live on just four dollars a day. He noted his excitement at going again.
“Definitely worthwhile,” Thomas said.
T here i s no experi-ence needed to enter the MovieFest. The festival has served to jump start some new filmmakers ac-cording to Nishant Gogna, one of the coordinators for this year’s event.
“It’s a starting point for young directors on a na-tional, and even interna-tional level,” Gogna said. “The top winning films are viewed by producers and ce-lebrities in Hollywood, and they are just astounded by the work they see.”
The Campus MovieFest also has a branch called the Distinguished Film-makers Network, which is an invitation only society that takes the highest rated student directors and offers them paid work. They cre-
ate relationships with cliental and productions teams, and become more acquainted with the professional world of film-making.
While it may seem intimi-dating to some, ot hers , l i ke Aaron Cook, junior in arts applications, is nothing but excited about i t , k now i ng whatever idea he’ll come up with, will be accepted in the competition.
“I heard about it last year, and they accept a wide range of films,” Cook said.
Cook did note how intimi-dating it would be to have ones film sent to Los Angeles to be reviewed by a panel of judges, many of them celebrity produc-ers and directors themselves.
Cook and his production team, made up of a few of his friends, already have a plan in mind for their film, though not for the actual procedure of filming.
“We have a general concept of what we want to accomplish,” said Cook.
The participants still have a week or so to prepare for film-ing.
nates produce to the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle in Durham.
SOUL was started in 2010 as part of the ‘Think Outside the Brick’ campaign, part of the NCSU Sustainability pro-gram. The garden includes two 12’X24’ plots where the group plants and grows its crops.
One of the plots is for people who volunteer for the group to help grow a variety of foods. Since it’s creation, the SOUL garden has received help by partnering with commu-nity outreach programs like CSLEPS and Haven House. In the past, the group has success-fully cultivated corn, jalapeno peppers, pumpkins, radishes and kale.
At the end of the season, the members of SOUL harvest the produce and have a ‘harvest feast’ including dishes made from the food they grow. The majority of the food is donated to the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle in Durham.
The garden wasn’t the only thing damaged; students later discovered three of the disk golf course’s holes to also be dam-aged from the incident.
“It’s really frustrating for someone to mess it up like this,” Ben Lancaster, parks and recreation management major, said.
To get involved with SOUL, you can come to their weekly workday, which is Sunday from 12-3 p.m. or volunteer to water the garden one day during the
week. It is a community garden and all University students are welcome to come out and par-ticipate.
More information about SOUL can be found on their website or on their Facebook page.
grander scale than the usual events organized by Maitri, but wasn’t very expensive
“To make it a big success-ful event, we tried doing it at a grander scale by giving away prizes like Apple iPods, Philips music players, N.C. State sweat-shirts and authentic Indian food, all for a token amount of [one] dollar for all the people who attend[ed] the event,” Singh said.
He said that they faced a lot of issues organizing the event, because those involved are all graduate students with heavy coursework.
“We had to do all the running around for the sponsorships,
despite being graduate stu-dents with heavy coursework at State. It takes a considerable amount of effort, so we hope we can get even more sponsors for our upcoming events and make it even bigger n e x t t i m e with a greater attendance,” Singh said.
Singh ex-pressed hap-pi ne s s for successfully pu l l ing of f the event de-spite a bigger attendance than expect-ed.
“We expect usually a crowd of 100-odd students coming in for spring semester, but we had almost double turnout here
tonight and are happy that we managed all resources like prizes and food well,” Singh said.
Raja Teja Yerneni, president of Yuva, the other organiza-
tion involved i n hos t i ng t he e ve nt , said that they collaborated with Maitri to make the event more interesting.
“Aarambh is an event wh ich ce l-ebrates both Republic Day and a wel-
come party for spring 2012 freshers. We organize it on a large scale and expect a huge crowd. YUVA works more
on the cultural events while Maitri is good at organizing the welcome party and other events. We thought it would be a good move to collaborate with Maitri to make an inter-esting event,” Yerneni said.
Sonika Rawal, an ex-com-mittee member from Maitri said that she was happy with the new committee’s work on the event.
“They honestly did a better job than us,” Rawal said.
Dhriti Nayyar, senior in biological sciences, found the event fun and informative.
“I enjoyed the evening as it was informative and entertain-ing for both Indian and non-Indian community,” Nayyar said.
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“...It’s one of the
world’s largest
film festivals
for college-aged
students.”Aaron Thomas, sophomore
in political science
“As Indians, we
all carry an image
of India in our
hearts; 7,000 miles
away from home.”Sneh Kumar Singh, president of Maitri
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PS: 21% of those households in 2009 were new to gardening
sarah Tudor./TechnicianN.C. State's first organic community garden, Soul Garden, was started from the Think Outside the Brick campaign in 2010. The Soul Garden was vandalized last week and has been since cleaned up.
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Omelette du dommageFriends, fellow students. I
write to you as a humble man. I don’t ask for much
in life, only the basics. When I took the position of staff col-umnist at Technician, I said the Columnist’s Oath: “I, Ahmed Salah Mohammad Metwally Amer, promise to always ex-pose untruths, injustices and conspiracies that matter to the NCSU student body, especially those that are omelette-relat-
ed.” T h e n t h e
Technician ed-itors said they d id n’t have an oath for opinion col-umnists, and I should stop talking. They also seemed a
little perplexed at the specific-ity of the oath.
With that said, I can no lon-ger sit idly by while thousands are being oppressed. I must uphold the Columnist’s Oath.
Today, oppression takes the form of a sloppy, runny and depressing omelette.
For those of you who aren’t as outraged as you should be, put yourself in my shoes - Nikes in case you were wondering. En-dorsement deal, please.
Imagine you wake up eager to star t your day with a deli-cious and well-balanced break-fast. If you’re a foodie like me, then you’ve been contemplating what you’re get-ting on your omelette since the night before. You go through your morning rituals, and as you do so, you grow hun-grier and more excited about your omelette. At this point, your mouth is watering, your stomach is growling, you may even be slightly aroused at the thought of your breakfast. I don’t judge.
You make your way out of the door and over to Clark with a smile on your face, playing with your student ID card in your hands, anxious to swipe it.
You’ve finally made it; you swipe your card, sanitize your hands and start for the om-elette line where you wait pa-tiently. It’s finally your turn; you’re bursting with excite-ment, rocking back and forth on your heels and say, “Can I please get an omelette with peppers, mushrooms, onions and tomato? No cheese, please, and I’d like it well done…thank you.”
When the omelette finally comes off of the grill and is plopped onto your plate, you immediately know something’s wrong. In your mind, you ex-pected a golden yellow, fluffy half-circle of protein stuffed with an array of colorful veg-etables. Instead, you’re looking at an uncooked, watery slap in the face to the French culinary gods. Oh, and there’s cheese on it. Even the vegetables look depressed to be part of such an abomination.
Since there’s a long line be-hind you, you don’t ask for it to be remade, nor do you return to the back of the line since, as I mentioned before, you’re starv-ing. With no other options, you reluctantly gather the rest of your breakfast and find a seat.
As you stare down at your mutated egg pile, you think, “I’m lucky, starving kids in Africa don’t have runny om-elettes to eat.” Feeling guilty, you decide to cut into the ooz-ing yolk puddle and take a bite. As you chew you realize there are other things in your om-elette that shouldn’t be there, like the turkey sausage and tur-key ham from previously made
omelettes … and bacon. Not turkey bacon, ba-con. If you’re one of the many Muslim students on campus with a meal plan, bacon is your Kryptonite, so you stop eating.
I know this injustice makes you want to hurl this copy of Technician to the ground and punch out the person closest to you out of sheer disgust. I don’t blame you. Considering how much we pay for a meal plan, a well-made omelette isn’t too much to ask for. What I received was much more than, as the French say, an “omelette du fromage.” It was more like an “omelette du dommage.” Ask one of the French students on campus what that means. If they say it doesn’t make sense, then you’re talking to someone who’s only pretending to be French.
When we start giving up our basic omelette rights, and other First Amendment rights, we open the floodgates to op-pression and disaster. Well I say nay, and you should too. Help me help you, Wolfpack Nation. Demand quality omelettes. More fresh fruit wouldn’t hurt either.
{ }Our view
On Thursday, Governor Bev-erly Purdue
announced she would not run for reelection in November’s election. When they enter their lame duck period, the period close to the end of their time in office, politicians have the ten-dency to pack it in or promote special inter-ests. However, with Pur-due’s proposed sales tax increase of three-quar-ter of a cent, her lame duck period is breaking the mold.
The tax is earmarked for education, a depart-ment in need. Accord-ing to the Statistical Research Center at the
American Institute of Physics, North Carolina currently ranks 36th in math and science. Re-cent budget cuts made to the department of education do not help matters. The sales tax in-crease would bring over $850 million per year in revenue for education in North Carolina. The funding is needed. Ac-cording to the National Education Association, North Carolina ranks 10th in numbers of school-age children but 34th in sales tax revenue for education. An in-crease in funding could
help bridge this discrep-ancy.
For those at N.C. State, this is especially good news, as it helps com-bat one of the greatest problems facing teach-ers: bloated class sizes. Beyond a certain class size, a teacher turns into only a manager of stu-dents. With increased funds, they may be able to concentrate on what attracted them to the profession in the first place: teaching students.
On a national scale, the U.S. currently finds itself in a curious position with regards
to education. The U.S. ranks outside of the top 10 worldwide in read-ing, science and math. Aside from funding, current tenure and in-centive systems found in public education are holding back education in the U.S.
The Teacher Tenure Act, the act governing tenure in North Caroli-na, states that no teacher may “be dismissed or demoted or employed on a part-time basis.” A teacher may be dis-missed on one of 15 grounds. However, es-sentially, after three
years of teaching, in which they have similar Tenure Act protections, a teacher has a job for life. This is crippling to public education as it keeps those who are less than great teachers..
The incentive system is lacking as well. Teach-ers are not given heavy incentives for the suc-cess of their students. As constructed, it rein-forces poor teachers and does nothing for the great.
The money Purdue is trying to infuse into ed-ucation is a good start, but we still have a long way to go. We hope her successor will pick up where she left off.
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.
Education reform: more than moneyThe FacTs:Governor Beverly Purdue has proposed a bill that would raise North Carolina sales tax by three-quarters of a cent. The proposed increase would bring $850 million annually to the State Department of Education.
Our OpiNiON:An increase in funding is a great start to improving our education in North Carolina, especially amidst budget cuts to the department. However, funding is only one aspect of our education system which needs to be addressed.
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What is your favorite dining hall breakfast
food? What do you think of dining hall breakfast
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“I like the shaved hashbrowns. There can always be improvements but overall it’s pretty good.”
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“Bacon. Sometimes it’s too short. You have to get up early before it’s gone.”
Jordan Whitefreshman, anthropology
Ahmed AmerStaff Columnist
WikiLeaks: Monsanto’s Achilles Heel
“If the people let government decide what foods they eat
and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as are the souls of those who live under tyranny.” –Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson’s warning also applies to corporations like Monsanto. Monsanto is a
multi-national corpora-tion with
a curious monopoly over genetically modified foods worldwide.
New cables unveiled by WikiLeaks earlier this month make Monsanto’s bad reputation a lot worse. It is unmistakable that U.S. diplomats also represent Monsanto.
One cable released by WikiLeaks was written to Washington by U.S. am-bassador and former Bush adviser Craig Stapleton. He suggests countries in the European Union that ban Monsanto’s genetically modified crops should be penalized with sanctions and trade wars. This, as Stapleton says, is for “the collective good.” I imagine Ayn Rand would cry about this hypocrisy and Thomas Jefferson would say, “I told you so” about the people letting “government de-cide what foods they eat and what medicines they take.”
Even if Monsanto’s genet-ically modified crops were found to be the Fountain
of Youth, it would hardly seem reasonable for U.S. diplomats to even contemplate forcing other countries to make them legal. That’s because no government ever wants to feel threatened by another, and any previous good relations would promptly cease. Besides, the citizens of these E.U. countries would nat-urally become skeptical about Monsanto’s motives. Shouldn’t the Fountain of Youth be able to advertise itself?
I tried to think of positives to Monsanto’s curious rela-tionship with government. However, the only positives I found were in favor of Mon-santo. Since it’s gradually en-suring a government-enforced monopoly over the world’s food supply, Monsanto shouldn’t have to worry about money or competition. In the same way, Monsanto is also ensuring power over the people. That’s because people would have no choice other than to do busi-ness with Monsanto. Freedom is choice, and in this scenario there is no choice. Only mo-nopolists benefit.
The fact Monsanto would at-tempt to put other food distrib-utors out of business through government force shows they are an inferior corporation, because clearly they are inad-equate to compete in the free market. Imagine if a football team got the NFL to automati-cally rank them number one no matter how many games they lost. I suppose that is why John D. Rockefeller proclaimed, “Competition is a sin!” He, like Monsanto, put government of-ficials on their payroll to ensure
their domination over the marketplace through leg-islation and intimidation. Then, they buy into their own delusion that they are superior.
In the real world, such behavior can only be nihil-istic, because there is no in-centive to produce the best product possible, and in the case of an agricultural monopoly like Monsanto’s, people will be faced with a decreasing quality of food. Only a nihilist would want to see that happen. Clearly, those working for Monsan-to would eventually want influence over government so as to be accountable to nobody but themselves. In this way, they might suc-ceed in destroying all that is wholesome and pure in life, starting with food; such is the pipe dream of the com-mon criminal.
Monsanto is a nasty word that just gets nastier the more I learn about it. Mon-santo is an excellent repre-sentative of the dangers inherent in government supported monopolies, and the sooner its corruption is widely known, the sooner crony capitalism will end. Truly, kudos to WikiLeaks for exposing Monsanto for what it is. Perhaps this new-ly unveiled dirty little secret of Monsanto’s will eventu-ally prove to be its Achilles Heel. In the meantime, the people should heed Jeffer-son’s warning.
Matt BobengStaff Columnist
“Today,
oppression takes
the form of a
sloppy, runny
and depressing
omelette.”
“Eggs and a biscuit, and grits at Clark. It’s decent. They have a variety of stuff.”
Austin Rogersfreshman, First year College
“Waffles. It’s ok but I don’t go often.”
Fiyinfoluwa Aduranfayo tunde-onadelefreshman, international relations
Features
Daniel Robison, associate dean at the CNR, to take helm of WVU’s agricultural college.
Nikki StoudtStaff Writer
Full of his-torical items a nd memo-r a b l e a r t i -facts, Daniel Robison’s of f ice seems more like that o f I n d i a n a Jones, not of a professor of forestry and environmen-tal resources. Now, this is also the office of the future dean of the agricul-ture college at West Virginia University.
Robison is now finishing up his final months at N.C. State before setting off for the Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design at WVU. Robison said he decided to ap-ply for the dean’s position after hearing about the reputation of Davis College.
“WVU and the Davis College have great programs,” Robison said. “The combination of agri-culture, natural resources and design gives the college a very unique outlook on study and research.”
This broad spectrum of disci-plines will pose new challenges for Robison, and he said he’s looking to learn more on how to integrate the different fields. He also admires WVU’s excit-ing atmosphere.
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Attempting to understand sub-Saharan crop failures, biochemistry professor fights cassava virus.
Jordan BakerStaff Writer
Throughout much of sub-Saharan Africa, cassava is one of the main cash and consumption crops, second only to maize, according to Linda Hanley-Bowdoin, a researcher in biochemistry. This food staple, however, is threatening the livelihoods and diets of millions, due to outbreaks of cassava plant viruses.
The cassava, which origi-nated in the Americas, has come to represent for many Africans what potatoes once meant for the Irish. Across the continent, cas-sava plants are dying in vast numbers by disease.
In recent years, farm-ers in Tanza-nia, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi lost 4 million tons of their crops due to the cassava mosaic dis-ease, according to the Of-fice of International Affairs.
This epidemic is the result of two diseases that attack the leaves and tubers of the cassava plant, render-ing a majority of the plant inedible. The mosaic virus disease that attacks these plants does not allow the plant to efficiently conduct photosynthesis. The other disease that has been a cause of this agricultural crisis
in Africa, is known as Brown Streak Disease, which, accord-ing to Hanley-Bowdoin, is “ba-sically death.”
Not only have these two diseases been affecting crop yields across the sub-Saharan section of Africa, but they have been getting worse as a result of the introduction of two new strands of DNA, known as sat-ellites, which, when combined with the disease, exacerbate the effects of the mosaic or brown streak.
To better understand these two diseases, Hanley-Bowdoin has teamed up with a pair of African scientists, including Joseph Ndunguru and Pe-ter Sseruwagi. At her lab on Centennial Campus, Hanley-Bowdoin conducts research with arabidopsis, a plant that serves as “a model for plant bi-ology,” since its entire genome has been mapped, Hanley-Bowdoin said.
H e r w o r k deals with these arabadopsis plants, and she introduces the m o s a i c a n d brown streak diseases, which are inoculated with the satellite DNA strands. Hanley-Bow-doin hopes to use her work with arabadop-
sis as a means of prioritizing the research to apply on that of cassava. Due to the quicker growth rate of arabadopsis, Hanley-Bowdoin has the abil-ity to conduct her research at a faster rate than her African partners. She said she hopes to use arabadopsis “as a tool to try to understand how the satellites are working.”
This research is funded by BREAD (Basic Research to Enable Agricultural Develop-
ment). BREAD is now in its third year, and is funded by the Gates Foundation and the Na-tional Science Foundation. Ac-cording to a release published through the NSF website, the project “should employ state-of-the-art scientific approaches that address key constraints to agriculture as practiced by smallholder farmers in the de-veloping world.”
The Gates Foundation re-cently donated $40 million and is responsible for the funding of international scientists who partner with American col-leagues.
The NSF helps to raise funds for the grants given to Ameri-can agricultural researchers. After receiving a BREAD grant, the researchers have three years of guaranteed money. Since receiving their grant in July 2011, Hanley-Bowdoin and
her team are looking forward to two-and-a-half more years of research into the diseases affecting the cassava plant in Africa.
Rhonda Sherman breaks barriers in growing field of composting.
Jack BorkeyStaff Writer
Rhonda Sherman is an acci-dental expert.
Not to say Sherman hasn’t put countless hours in the classroom and lab, but she did not originally intend to become one of the Western Hemisphere’s leaders in ver-micomposting, or composting with worms.
As an extension specialist in N.C. State’s Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering in 1994, Sher-man wrote a fact sheet en-titled “Worms Can Recycle You r G a r-bage” about the relatively unknown subject of ver-micompost-ing. To her surprise, the publication flew off the shelf, and was reprinted many times.
Her recent successes have been a bit overwhelming for Sherman, and even a bit un-expected. Her findings thrust her into the inner circle of ver-micomposting experts in the United States.
“In 1997, I started posting more information on vermi-composting on my website be-cause interest had been grow-ing,” Sherman said. “It con-tinued to grow so much that, during the past five years, at least 90 percent of the people who ask me for information are inquiring about vermicom-posting.”
Now, she says, almost all the emails she receives are ques-
tions regarding vermicom-posting. She has answered questions from hundreds of curious composters from an as-tonishing 78 countries around the world.
The idea of vermicompost-ing, in Sherman’s words, is to “[transform] organic waste into [a] valuable resource.”
Not only is the end product valuable, but so are the envi-ronmental benefits. Vermi-composting provides a natural and eco-friendly way to get rid of one’s trash, while also pro-ducing effective soil amend-ments.
Hog waste, which has been environmentally detrimen-
tal in North Carolina in the past de-cades, can be used as a food for compost-ing worms. I ns tead of dumping hog waste i nto football-sized lagoons, like one that spilt in 1995, kill-ing 10 million fish and shut-
ting down more than 350,000 acres of wetlands, livestock farmers can use vermicom-posting as a safe and effective way to get rid of hog waste.
The process of vermicom-posting involves organic waste, such as food scraps and animal excrement, and putting it in an enclosed container. This con-tainer can be anything from a $5 plastic bin to Sherman’s flow-through automated worm bin. Sherman’s worm bin is about the size of the bed of a pickup truck and requires about 40 pounds of worms to break down the amount of waste it can handle. Each type of container yields a different type of worm compost, just one of many factors that can alter
the final product.“There are so many different
variables,” Sherman said. “It’s a biological living system, so different from manufactured fertilizer.
In the container, the com-posting worms are placed on top of bedding, which is around six inches deep. To es-cape the light, the earthworms retreat down into the bedding, only to come up to feed on a layer of food on top.
Through digest ion, the worms leave excrement, which collects at the bottom of the composting container. Ex-tremely rich in nutrients, the worms’ waste is removed from the bottom and collected, the fertilizing gold of a waste-recy-cling process.
Although much more expen-sive than manufactured fertil-izer at about $400 a cubic yard, it is much more effective, and only a little can render great results.
“[Worm] compost has [a] great impact on plant growth and disease control,” Sherman said.
The author of numerous pub-lications on composting and vermicomposting, Sherman is also the co-founder and vice president of the North Carolina Composting Council.
She also started N.C. State’s Vermicompost Conference, which will hold its 13th meet-ing this fall. The conference holds lectures and discussions, attracting around 100 experts and interested persons each year.
The international acclaim continues to stun Sherman, and every time she opens her email, her anticipation builds.
“[Each time I think], who am I going to hear from?” Sherman said, “and from what country?”
Although she never intended to become a world leader in vermicomposting, that is what Sherman is now.
Unintentionally leading the way in vermicomposting
Professor
takes over
at WVU
tyler andrews/technicianRhonda Sherman, extension solid waste specialist in the department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, poses for a portrait in the compost training facility at N.C. State’s Field Laboratory Thursday. Since 2001, Sherman has offered the only annual training for vermicomposting in the world. The next vermicomposting conference is scheduled to take place in the fall of 2012.
Partnering with African scientists for food security
Daniel RobisonProfessor of forestry and environmental resources
Photo courtesy of carl walshA Great Lakes Cassava Initiative field agent records data by using a mini-laptop. Cassava account for more than one third of all calories consumed in many parts of the central, sub-Saharan Africa. This staple crop, particularly of poor subsistence farmers, is now under threat by the combined effects of cassava mosaic disease and cassava brown streak disease, which have been devastating to the agricultural security and income of millions of cassava-dependent cultivator.
Photo courtesy of crsThere are more than 1.5 million cassava farmers who depend on cassava cultivation in sub-Saharan Africa. Healthy crops, like the one featured above, can nourish and sustain communities, but many farmers are under threat of two virulent cassava diseases.
“In 1997, I started
posting more
information on
vermicomposting
on my website...”Rhonda Sherman,
extension specialist of Department of Biological and
Agricultural Engineering
robison continued page 6
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“The Gates
Foundation...is
responsible for
the funding of
international
scientists.”
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Researchers looking to ease the trials of parenthood, help to lighten the load.
Arjun PuriStaff Writer
When Michael Clamman had his first child, he thought his time in the gym would be replaced by constant nights of crying, diaper changing and midnight hysterics. While this may have been t r ue , Clamman no-ticed that his new baby did come with a workout- just not the one he or his body was expect-ing.
“Carrying a 30-pound weight is not insignificant; in fact our stud-ies have shown that back pain is a common chronic injury in parents due to the constant lift-ing of infant car seats,” Michael Clamman, a doctoral student in industrial engineering con-centrating in ergonomics, said.
Clamman said he wanted to focus on the “lost popula-tion,” the parent class. “When I was doing research, I found very little information on er-gonomics for parents. This is really something that is getting missed.”
Clamman started improving on the infant car seat (ICS) as a semester project in the fall of 2010. In just four months, he went from identifying a prob-lem to processing the paper-work for a prototype.
“The problem with baby seats
today is that the load is just to large for parents to pull out of the car without doing some damage to their back,” said Clamman. “When the par-ent is lifting a significant load and it’s already placed several feet away from their body, the chances of loosening your grip or losing control goes up sig-nificantly.”
This is why Clamman and David Kaber, a professor in industrial engineering, have
worked to-g e t h e r t o change the p o i n t o f stress f rom the forearm of the parent, to the bicep, a significant-ly st ronger muscle.
“The data we collected from several
studies showed that subjects who were lifting ICS from vehi-cles tended to favor much larger muscle groups, so we changed the handle of the conventional ICS completely to make it more perpendicular and natural for the parent,” Clamman said.
“There is no way we can change the weight of the baby, that will keep going up; so all we could do is change where the load is applied, and that’s ex-actly what we did,” Kaber said. “Another interesting thing we did is test specifically the 5 to 20 percentile woman in weight just because it will be tougher for them. If a woman weights 100 pounds, a 30-35 pound ICS is a third of her weight-- a sub-stantial proportion.”
There are complications, however. According to Clam-
man, although tests found that the new ICS makes it easier to actually lift out of the car, carrying the prototype is still awkward.
“The best way to carry an ICS is as close to the body as pos-sible, but the bent handle that makes it severely difficult,” Clamman said. “The best thing to do is limit the time you are lifting the seat anyway, but if you have to, then a stroller add-on would be best.”
Clamman seemed skeptical about putting this prototype into production or applying for a patent, stating that many more variables would be in-volved in something this sen-sitive.
“More than anything, I just wanted to prove a point with my research--about how much more can be done for the par-ent class; if someone wanted to further fund this research I would definitely look into put-ting this ICS into production,” Clamman said.
Kaber commented on Clam-man, saying his point can in-spire future design and inno-vation.
“Michael has been working
very hard on this and we are hopeful that some manufactur-ers or ergonomic practitioners
can use our data as a base for future designs because we feel there is a lot of work that can
be done on these car seats,” Kaber said.
Grad student designs better infant car seat
“The university [WVU] is so excited about the future,” Robison said. “They’re really investing in the progress of the institution and are defi-nitely pursu-ing their own future.”
As a for-ester at heart, Robison said We s t V i r-ginia is geo-graphically pleasing and will provide new types of research to improve sustainability.
A search committee selected Robison for the position from a pool of applicants who vis-ited WVU in November and December. Since July 2011, an interim dean has overseen the Davis College’s activities. Robison will officially become its dean on May 31. Although administrative tasks will be an
important part of his responsi-bilities, Robison said his focus is on the successes of the col-lege’s students and faculty.
“The important thing at any university is to bring students and faculty to work together,” Robison said.
Robison said he is enthusias-tic about participating in on-
going and fu-ture projects at the Davis College.
“It’s about what we can c re a t e t o -gether once I get there,” Robison said. “Success is w r it ten by the students
who graduate and by the fac-ulty who research and discover new things.”
In the meantime, Robison continues to fulfill his duties within the College of Natural Resources at N.C. State. Cur-rently, he helps with research, arranges collaborations and oversees the distribution of funding for research projects.
Until his departure, he will prepare for his new position by paying special attention to the design and agriculture depart-ments, to gain a better sense of what those respective depart-ments at WVU expect of him.
Robison insisted that while he has sincerely enjoyed his time here in Raleigh, he feels that this is the next step up from his position as associate dean of research at N.C. State.
“As [an] associate dean, we are always looking for the next level up,” he said. “We always have our feelers out. When [WVU] contacted me, I de-cided to see if it was a good fit.”
Robison has been at N.C. State since 1997, and said he’s only experienced professional collaboration.
“N.C. State has always been an institution of togetherness, which isn’t at all true for every university,” Robison said. “I am certainly going to miss the peo-ple who prove to me that col-legiality is the key to success.”
Though he’s leaving at the end of the spring semester, Ro-bison said, wherever he goes, he’ll bleed red.
“Carrying
a 30-pound
weight is not
insignificant.”Michael Clamman, doctoral student
in industrial engineering
Paul-GreGor Maier/TechnicianMichael Clamman, a doctoral student in industrial engineering, holds an infant car seat with a newly designed handle in his right hand. By changing the angle of the handlebar, it makes it easier to for parents to carry the infant car seat.
“As [an] associate
dean, we are
always looking for
the next level up.”Daniel Robison,
professor of forestry and environmental resources
robisoncontinued from page 5
FeaturesScience & Tech
The researcher’s absTracT:“The rear-facing Infant Car Seat is designed to meet federal requirements for transporting children less than 1 year old. Typical use includes transfer in and out of a vehicle, which is shown to be a difficult lift. Despite the frequency of this lift, manufacturers provide little guidance for users.”
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Sportsmake the lay-up and also failed on the follow-through. A critic would say, had Johnson made the lay-up, it would be the Pack, not the Cavs who would be cel-ebrating after the game.
I understand how frustrating it must be for the fans; however, it was a shame to open Face-book and Twitter to see all sorts of stuff written about Johnson.
After interviewing Johnson numerous times, it’s easy to re-alize that he is not only one of the nicest guys on the team but also the most humble. Johnson, who is from Canada, is here all by himself, as his family still re-sides in his native country.
A large number of fans that were sitting behind me during the game couldn’t stop being profane about Johnson, and it was really disturbing to be a witness to that.
Despite starting all the 22 games this season from the bench, Johnson has proved to be one of most important players for the Pack. Despite averaging just 19.7 minutes per game, Johnson has accu-mulated three assists per game, which puts him in second place on the team and ninth in the ACC. It’s a big feat, considering he has been one of the fringe players and his performances have been crucial for the Pack, who rank ninth in the nation
for assists.Not known much for his
scoring, Johnson performed at a high level against the Cavs with two steals and three as-sists, both tying him for second place on the team. This was de-spite playing only 15 minutes, which was less than half the time the starters spent on the court.
Having played sports at a high level myself, and as any-one who truly understands sports would agree, mistakes are an integral part of the game. It’s only when one makes mistakes do they learn, and it’s no different for Johnson. Our duty as students of N.C. State is to support our athletes through trying times. Criticiz-ing them through social media platforms or shouting at them during games doesn’t help; it only makes it worse. It’s easy to talk from your seat without re-alizing the hours of hard work the players put in, along with their academic commitments and having the spotlight on them at all times.
Johnson is a good player and a good man, who knows where he messed up. It’s up to the Pack to let him know they are fully behind him. In such a cru-cial time for State basketball, it will prove to be a big bonus if all the players are in the right frame of mind.
per game this season, nearly identical to last season’s 37 re-bounds per game. In addition, the team has also managed a +5.9 rebounding margin. Ju-nior forward Richard Howell leads the team with 9.4 re-bounds per game, but the next closest is Leslie with just 6.3 per game. If the team is going to miss shots on offense, a strong rebounding presence is vital. It would not only allow the team
more offensive possessions, but defensive rebounding limits the other team’s ability as well. Unfortunately, Howell also leads the team in fouls per game with 3.3, and has fouled out three times. With junior center Jordan Vandenberg currently injured, the Pack’s options are limited. Allowing 68.2 points per game, the Wolf-pack defense has been spotty this season. Against Georgia Tech, the team allowed 82 points then held Wake For-est to 40 in their very next game. N.C. State is averaging
seven steals and four blocks per game, numbers which need to be improved if the Pack wants a respectable defensive presence. More defensive pressure could produce more turnovers and lead to an increased offensive pace, which is something that coach Mark Gottfried has been trying to implement.
GRADE – B-OVERALL GRADE – BThe N.C. State men’s bas-
ketball team has done better this season than in the past, but consistency is the key to finishing the season strong.
In many of the games this season, the team has been down early and has to try and force shots in order to reduce the deficit. A strong start in each game for the Pack would reduce the des-peration that leads to poor shot choices, and could al-low the team to continue the successes they had ear-lier this year.
by picking up two ACC road wins. Miami is a dangerous team for opponents due to having four scorers in double figures. (Upcoming games: 2/1 UMD, 2/5 @ DUKE)
Wake Forest (11-10, 2-5 aCC; LW: 8)
The Deacs have lost five of their last six games and went
down to FSU by 23 and by 11 to Clemson last week. Wake For-est’s top three scorers produce nearly two-thirds of their of-fense, and need other players to play bigger roles. (Upcoming games: 1/31 UNC, 2/4 @ NCSU)
Virginia teCh (12-9, 1-5 aCC; LW: 10)
Virginia Tech lost two close games to BYU and Maryland. It will need to defeat Duke or Clemson on the road in get back in the ACC chase. (Upcoming
games: 2/2 DUKE, 2/4 CLEM)
Boston CoLLege (7-14, 2-5 aCC; LW: 11)
Boston College continued its downslide, losing their last two games by 17 and 22 points re-spectively. The Eagles may fall to the bottom of the ACC if they fail to go on the road and de-feat Georgia Tech. (Upcoming games: 2/1 NCSU, 2/4 @ GT)
georgia teCh (8-13, 1-6 aCC; LW:
12)The good news: Georgia
Tech scored over 80 points for the third time this sea-son against North Carolina. The bad news: The Jackets lost their fifth straight game and nine of ten. (Upcoming games: 2/1 @ FSU, 2/4 BC)
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their sport in one word, Hur-ley, Sales, and Rollinson chose
“chaotic,” “demanding,” and “intense,” respectively.
Wolfpack club water polo meets twice a week for two hours during the spring se-
mester, spending time condi-tioning, working on drills, and shooting on goal or scrimmag-ing in the pool towards the end of practice. They also frequent-
ly scrimmage UNC-Chapel Hill’s team, as well as the Triangle Water Polo Club.
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Technician Sports evaluates the men’s basketball team’s performance so far this season.
Paul SchulkenCorrespondent
With two-thirds of the N.C. State men’s basketball season already over, it’s pos-sible to have a clear idea of how the rest of the season will play out. Currently ranked fifth in the ACC, the Wolfpack have shown flashes of consistent, coor-dinated play matched with clumsy and unfocused mo-ments. With a 15-7 record, 4-3 in the ACC, the team has already matched last season’s win total and needs only one more ACC win to match last season’s amount. However, last year’s disap-
pointing second-to-last finish in ACC standings should not serve as a benchmark for the re-sults of this season. With this in mind, let’s take a look at how the team has played so far.
OFFENSE – Averaging 75 poi nt s per g a m e , t h e Pack has had some offen-sive success, but at t he s a me t i me has struggled against con-ference op-ponents. In t hei r t hree ACC losses, the team has only averaged 62 points per game. While the team has put up bigger numbers this season, these have come in games against non-confer-ence opponents and almost all of them have been played at home. The team will have to
increase their offensive output if they expect to stay competi-tive in the ACC this season. The Wolfpack are shooting 46.9 percent from the field this sea-son, a slight increase from last season’s 43.9 percent. Junior
forward Scott Wood leads the team in three-point f i e l d go a l percentage, shooting 43.3 percent from beyond the arc, while the team total is only 36 per-cent. As the
Wolfpack’s only real threat from that range, Wood has to be able to spark the offense if need be.
One highlight for the Wolf-pack this season is all of its five starters averaging double-digit points per game. The team has
done a good job of distrib-uting the ball, and their 17 assists per game ranks ninth in the nation. Earlier in the season, Wood broke the ACC record for con-secutive free throws made, and has yet to miss one this season. The rest of the team would do well to learn from this example, as missed free throws have continually hurt the team in crucial mo-ments. Sophomore forward C.J. Leslie has attempted the most free throws on the team this season, but has only shot for 61.3 percent. An improved percentage at the free throw line could lead to less double teams on Leslie, opening up the court for the rest of the team.
GRADE – BDEFENSE – The Pack
has averaged 38 rebounds
Last week, Duke, Florida State and Nor th Carol ina
showed why they are the ACC’s best. Several teams below them look to emerge from the middle of the pack this upcoming week.
#7 Duke (18-3, 5-1 ACC; LW: 1)Duke went back to its
winning ways this week, picking up two wins against Maryland and St. John’s. Forward Mason Plum-lee had a big week for the Blue Devils, averaging 19 points and 14.5 rebounds on the two games. If he
can continue to play at a high level, the Blue Devils could be unstoppable. (Upcoming games: 2/2 @ VT, 2/5 MIA)
#21 FLoriDA StAte (14-6, 5-1 ACC; LW: 2)
The Seminoles continued their winning streak, pick-ing up a 75-52 win at Wake Forest. No team wants to see the Seminoles lurking on their schedule. (Upcom-ing games: 2/1 GT, 2/4 UVA)
#5 North CAroLiNA (18-3, 5-1 ACC; LW:5)
With forward John Hen-
son and center Tyler Zeller, the Tar Heels should be able to dominate the paint every night like they did against N.C. State. The duo is the rea-son the Heels lead the nation in rebounds and are tough to shoot over. (Upcoming games: 1/31 @ WF, 2/4 @ UMD)
#16 VirgiNiA (17-3, 4-2 ACC; LW: 4)Virginia is missing center
Assane Sene’s presence in the post, but still have ACC player of the year frontrunner, for-ward Mike Scott. Scott, who is averaging 16.7 ppg, may be Vir-ginia’s best interior player since Ralph Sampson. (Upcoming games: 1/31 CLEM, 2/4 @ FSU)
N.C. StAte (15-7, 4-3 ACC; LW: 3)The Wolfpack had a rough
week, starting with a per-formance aga inst Caro-lina that was reminiscent of last year’s team. State had a chance to upset Virginia, but failed in execution on the game’s final play. (Upcoming games: 2/1 @ BC, 2/4 WF)
MAryLAND (13-7, 3-3 ACC; LW: 6)
Terrell Stoglin has kept the Terrapins in the up-per half of the league in his breakout season. The sophomore guard is lead-ing the league with 21.3 points per game, but will need some help from team-mates if Maryland wants to be one of the ACC’s elite. (Upcoming games: 2/1 @ MIA, 2/4 UNC)
CLeMSoN (11-9, 3-3 ACC; LW: 7)Clemson won its lone
game, a 70-61 home win over Wake Forest. In the game, the Tigers had four players in double digits and im-proved to 3-1 in ACC home games (Upcoming games: 1/31 @ UVA, 2/4 @ VT)
MiAMi (12-7, 3-3 ACC; LW: 9)The ‘Canes rebounded
after a home loss to N.C. State the previous week
The Club water polo team proves to be an exciting yet rigorous past time for students.
Ben ChristophCorrespondent
At N.C. State, we aren’t as familiar with water polo as we are with barbecue, foot-ball or Tobacco Road bas-ketball. The Wolfpack club water polo team is out to show just how exciting the game is and how talented and tough the people who play it really are.
For those who are not fa-miliar with the sport, it is very similar to an aquatic version of handball. For the even greater majority who has never even heard of handball, water polo is a game where players pass around a ball that is roughly the size of a volleyball, try-ing to throw it in the oppos-ing team’s goal-- all without being allowed to touch the bottom of the pool.
Kevin Rollinson, a sopho-more in business adminis-tration who plays on the team, feels it is a very excit-ing and unique sport.
Rol l inson has played water polo since he was in middle school. “Something is always going on, no game has a dull moment,” he said. “It’s like basketball in that regard, but then you add so many more aspects; it’s pretty much a combination of basketball, soccer, volley-ball, swimming, hockey, chess and wrestling. That’s
what I love about it.”State’s team played in seven
games in last semester’s equiva-lent of conference play, accord-ing to junior in meteorology David Hurley. For the ongoing semester, he wants to focus on improving the team by build-ing roster depth.
Hurley hopes the team will have the perfect opportunity to test their mettle at the UNC invitational tournament, where he hopes the team will come away with a positive record.
Jensen Sales, a junior in wood products, felt playing at the UNC invitational tournament this spring would be a good way to test how far the team
had come this season.“It’s one of the best tourna-
ments I’ve gotten a chance to p l ay i n ,” Sales said. “We’ l l get to learn a lot from it.”
The UNC invita-tional will take place over Easter weekend and will fea-ture about 20 teams. The Pack is guaranteed to play in four games and will be in a round-robin format tourna-
ment after that.Some of the key members
looking to make a big im-pact are se-n iors Kael Schlactus and Kamau Brown, who were the top scorers for t h e t e a m i n con fer-e n c e p l a y during the fall. Gradu-a t e s t u -dent Jer r y
“Gumby” O’Connor will also be one of the key players re-sponsible for determining the
Pack’s success, according to Hurley.
Despite the co-ed team hav-ing 25 total members, Sales said they are always looking for new people to join, as long as they have the motivation and deter-mination to compete.
“We can teach anyone how to play water polo if they have swimming experience,” Sales said.
This invitation should be seen as both a welcome and a challenge to even the most eager athletes on campus, be-cause when asked to describe
COUNTDOWN• 21 days until N.C. State plays UNC at the RBC Center.
INSIDE• Page 7: Continuation of the ACC Power
Rankings.SportsTechnicianPage 8 • tuesday, january 31, 2012
Alumna runs across U.S.Alumna Elena Helmerick, a former member of the N.C. State cross country team, is running across the United States for charity. The Wyoming native started her journey in Virginia Beach, Va. in April and is expected to reach the Pacific Ocean on Thursday. Helmerick is raising money for World Hunger Year and Run Diabetes Run.
Source: WrAL
ACC Media picks Pack last, football releases depth chartThere are a couple notable changes to the spring depth chart. Daniel Evans, who sat out the spring, is now listed as the starter at quarterback above redshirt freshman Russell Wilson. Tight end Anthony Hill is back as the starter after he missed spring practices, and Javon Walker is back as well, but listed as the strong safety backup to J.C. Neal.In addition, the ACC media ranked the Pack sixth in the Atlantic division. Below is the depth chart released by the football team.
Source: N.c. StAte AthLeticS
AthLetiC SCheDuLe
Water polo brings aquatic intensity
tim o'BrieN/techNiciANMikel Soler, senior in mechanical engineering, swims offense at club water polo practice in Carmichael Gymnasium Monday. Soler is an exchange student from Spain who kept playing his sport three days a week at State.
Men’s Basketball progress report
Leave the kid alone
With all the initial en-thusiasm about the Pack’s position on
top of the ACC gone, follow-ing back-to-back losses to UNC and UVA, it’s time to reflect on something else that happened this weekend.
I have heard a lot of people say how N.C. State fans are some of the most loyal fans out there, how they don’t turn on their own players even if the result is not in their favor, and how they fully sup-port the team through both good and bad times.
Guess I heard wrong. Follow-ing State’s loss to the Cavaliers by a solitary point, more people than less started playing the blame again. While it’s normal for people to point out reasons as to why the team lost, what struck me the most was that it was mostly directed towards a single individual- guard Alex Johnson.
Johnson, a graduate student, played out his first three years of eligibility at California State University at Bakersfield, where he finished second in school history in three-point-ers made. He has put in a lot of strong performances for the Pack this season.
Yet, when the time came for him to make a mistake, not a lot of people showed him the same sympathy that has been afforded to other players. Some people were, and are, just out-right mean.
With the Pack down by eight with more than five minutes to go, junior forward Rich-ard Howell stole the ball and handed it to Johnson, who, despite having no opposition players around him, failed to
Rishav DeyDeputy Sports Writer
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TomorrowMen’s BasketBall at Boston CollegeBoston, Mass., 8 p.m.
ThursdayWoMen’s BasketBall at georgia teChDuluth, Ga., 7 p.m.
FridaytraCk at arMory Collegiate invitationalNew York, N.Y., All Day
traCk at virginia teCh eliteBlacksburg, Va., All Day
WoMen’s gyMnastiCs at MissouriColumbia, Mo., 6:30 p.m.
Wrestling vs. north CarolinaRaleigh, 7 p.m.
Saturdayrifle vs. kentuCkyMorgantown, W.V., All Day
traCk at virginia teCh eliteBlacksburg, Va., All Day
traCk at arMory Collegiate invitationalNew York, N.Y., All Day
traCk at kent taylorChapel Hill, All Day
WoMen’s tennis at vCuRichmond, Va., 11 a.m.
sWiMMing & Diving at virginiaCharlottesville, Va., 11 a.m.
Men’s BasketBall vs. Wake forestRBC Center, 1 p.m.
Sundayrifle at West virginiaMorgantown, W.V., All Day
Men’s tennis vs. CornellRaleigh, 10 a.m.
WoMen’s BasketBall vs. virginiaReynolds Coliseum, 2 p.m.
Men’s tennis vs. CharlotteRaleigh, 4 p.m.
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STORY BY Brian k. anDerson
“We can teach
anyone how to play
water polo if they
have swimming
experience.”Jensen Sales, junior in
wood products
“C.J. Leslie has
attempted the
most free throws
on the team
this season.”