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Parents pay students a visit from home Alex Petercuskie Staff Writer

Students included their parents in activities that exemplify college life over the weekend, toting parents to tailgates, service events and parties for the 2012 Parent’s Weekend. Although attending a football game is a tradition many parents

and families chose to partake in, a number of other activities took place as well. This year marked N.C. State’s 125th anniversary, and for $18 parents had the option to pre-register for tickets and select which events across campus they would attend. These events included a comedy show by K-VON and a chocolate

festival, which supported breast cancer awareness. One of the more popular events during the weekend was the football game, which included a heavily attended pre-game tailgate party for parents and families. During the tailgate students and families ate traditional North Carolina-style barbecue from The Pit, a

celebrated restaurant in downtown Raleigh that was featured on Food Network, NBC and ABC. However, for some, The Pit may not have lived up to its expectations. Christina Asti, a senior in business management, went to the tailgate party with her brother and parents, and said in addition to being disorganized, the highly publicized

tailgate was disappointing and had practically run out by the time she got there. While Asti showed her family her usual tailgate spot in the student section and visited other tailgates, Asti said she and her family ate at

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ROTC leads Wolpack in honoring veterans

Families contribute to campus landscape

Alex Petercuskie Staff Writer

Though many organizations did not plan events to celebrate Veteran’s Day, there is at least one organization on campus that will always celebrate the holiday: N.C. State’s ROTC. ROTC students hosted events during the weekend to recognize the holiday, kicking off the celebration Friday with their annual two mile run around campus. A variety of N.C. State community members met at the Bell Tower to begin the run, which was followed by a ceremony and breakfast commemorating armed forces veterans and those currently serving. Chancellor Woodson has made appearances at the annual ceremony in the past, but this year Woodson was unable to attend due to prior engagements. Students in the ROTC program are constantly reminded of the sacrifices made by countless servicemen and women, yet the realities of military involvement and war can sometimes feel distant to, and even disregarded by, the average student. Air Force Lt. Col. Chris Froeschner has worked at N.C. State for three years and said the Veterans Day run and ceremony is an awesome tradition. “The beauty of this day is that it’s not just about the people who are serving now, but the people who have served. You realize how many lives it touches,” Froeschner said. “It’s getting smaller and smaller the number who have served.” In the past the run and ceremony have included just ROTC students, but Froeschner said the event has been growing, working with other campus organizations and sponsors. ROTC accounts for about 450 people, but this year an extra 80

Elizabeth Moomey Staff Writer

Several parents and students woke up early to give back to N.C. State through the 13th annual Student-Family Planting Project Sunday morning. About 50 people mulched and planted shrubs and other small plants between Syme, Welch and Gold residence halls. Instead of being a student-only service project, this allows families to “give back to the community,” said Alex Parker, member of Center for Student Leadership, Ethics and Public Service and sophomore in Spanish education. Maria Zermeno, member of Parents’ Orientation and sophomore in biological engineering, noticed the need to include parents in the event. “Parents are a huge part of N.C. State,” Zermeno said. The Family of the Year helped with the landscaping project. Sarah Cutler, a junior in math education, and her mother, Ann Gentry Cutler, an alum, said they were glad to give back and meet other families. Sarah Cutler lived in Syme for two years, and Ann Gentry Cutler lived in Welch as a student. Janet French, mother of Brian French, a freshman in First Year College, decided to participate because she loves to plant. Although Janet French had to harass her son to come out, they enjoyed spreading mulch together.

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Mikey Ledford, sophomore in computer engineering, and Kyle Backhus, sophomore in German studies, stand guard in front of the Memorial Bell Tower late at night on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011. The annual vigil is held in memory of those who have served, starting at 8pm and running over night until the morning of Veteran’s Day.

people partook, including Student ROTC was responsible for organizBody President Andy Walsh, who ing the run and ceremony. Accordran right up front with the ROTC, ing to Lt. Col. Froeschner, the Army, according to Froeschner. Navy and Air Force divisions switch Froeschner said the N.C. State off organizing the event every year. baseball team’s coach Elliot Avent, Patrick Phillippi, a cadet and who is veteran, parspecial projects ofticipates in the run ficer in AFROTC, every year, and othsaid although he er runners included was pleased with N.C. State faculty, the turnout, his atstaff and alumni titude is that more veterans. people can always “Several people contribute. who couldn’t run “No matter how were cheering us many people are Lt. Col. Chris Froeschner on at 6:00 in the there, I would almorning,” Froeways say it is not schner said. “We ran by the f lag enough,” Phillippi said. “I would garden on Harris Field that had like to see greater student and comabout 880 flags set up in honor of munity involvement. I would like veterans.” to see more sports teams, student This year N.C. State’s Air Force clubs and student organizations

“It’s getting smaller and smaller the number who have served.”

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come out and join us … waking up early is a small sacrifice compared to what our veterans have done for us.” As a symbol of their appreciation, about 50-60 veterans, including student veterans, received red, white and blue rubber bracelets with the words, “N.C. State thanks our armed forces veterans,” handed out by Lisa Zapata, vice provost of Academic and Student Affairs. Phillippi said a unique aspect of the Veterans Day celebration is a vigil put on by Arnold Air Society, in which two cadets stand guard at the bell tower an hour at a time from 8 p.m. to 7 a.m. “It is a solemn event similar to the guarding of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier,” Phillippi said.

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Lisa D’Costa, senior in chemical engineering, gets a cupcake from the Edible Art table at the ninth annual N.C. State Chocolate Festival in Talley Student Center Friday. The event, hosted by the Women’s Center was a fundraiser for the center as well as for the Kay Yow/WBCA Breast Cancer fund.

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Reviving an ancient tradition ednesday night in Witherspoon Student Center the University Scholars program hosted Native American Culture Night, the first of many events part of Native American Heritage Month. The guests were part of North Carolina’s own Lumbee tribe, the largest tribe east of the Mississippi River. Traditional dancers, drummers and singers performed songs and dances typical of those performed at their annual powwows.

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“Some cool things happen in the middle of the night during the vigil ... at about 1 a.m. Friday morning, a man, presumably a veteran, walked out of Wing Zone and crossed the street to the Bell Tower. He stopped just in front of the wreath, rendered a sharp salute, said thank you and walked back across the street.”

Today WHAT DOES TITLE IX MEAN TO YOU? 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Brickyard In celebration of the 40th

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NCSU students pay only $5 for ARTS NC STATE performances

this week Jazz Combos

Tuesday, November 13 at 7pm Stewart Theatre One evening, four great combos! The Jazz Studio Combo, Jazz Lab Combo, Upstairs Jazz Combo, and the NC State Jazz Combo will dazzle you with a variety of jazz tunes.

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Alice in Wonderland

Wed-Sun, Nov 14-18; Wed-Sun, Nov 28-Dec 2 (no show on Nov 30) Evenings 7:30pm, Matinees 2pm • Titmus Theatre Follow us down the Rabbit Hole to Wonderland, as we accompany Alice through the bizarre dream world where she encounters the exaggerated absurdity of nonsensical rules of adult behavior as seen through the eyes of a child.

Holiday Crafts Fair & Sale

Saturday, November 17, 10am-5pm • The Crafts Center Don’t miss the Crafts Center’s most eagerly awaited event of the year. Admission is only $1 per person, $2 per family, and free for NC State students (with student ID).

Connecting Crossroads in North Carolina Saturday, November 17 at 8pm Stewart Theatre • Pre-show talk at 7pm

Haitian-American violinist and composer Daniel Bernard Roumain (aka DBR) and NC singer-songwriter Laurelyn Dossett perform music from their new CD, The Collide, musical works inspired by the people and places of North Carolina.

Raleigh Civic Symphony

Sunday, November 18 at 4pm • Stewart Theatre RCS presents a program of orchestral music from the founding years, in celebration of the 125th anniversary of NC State University. Music by Dudley Buck, Gustav Mahler and Nicholai Rimski-Korsakov.

Ticket Central 919-515-1100 2nd floor, Talley Student Center ncsu.edu/arts

anniversary of Title IX, join us in the Brickyard to have your picture taken and share your thoughts about what Title IX has meant for you. Photos will be used in an upcoming display. INFORMATION SESSION FOR FUTURE AND CURRENT FACULTY AND STAFF: EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS 12 to 1:30 p.m., 434 Daniels Hall As part of our cross-cultural training efforts supporting the growth of the international undergraduate population at NC State, OIS has designed a information for current and future faculty and staff interested in solidifying their cross-cultural competence.

ENTREPRENEURS LECTURE SERIES 3 to 5 p.m. NC State’s Entrepreneurship Initiative, in partnership with Triangle Entrepreneurship Week, will host the Fall 2012 Entrepreneurs Lecture Series. CONVERSATIONS ON THE CONSTITUTION 6:30 to 9 p.m., Campbell University School of Law Rm. 105 Conversations on the Constitution is a federally mandated program in celebration of the Constitution. HUMAN TRAFFICKING

Documentary Screening 7 to 9 p.m., Witherspoon Campus Cinema “Nefarious: Merchant of Souls” is a hard-hitting documentary that exposes the disturbing trends in modern sex slavery. Tuesday GRAD FAIR 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. NC State Bookstores invites seniors graduating in December or May to the Fall Grad Fair. During the event, students may purchase caps, gowns and diploma frames at 10 percent off the regular price.

November 8 10:04 AM | FIRE ALARM Riddick Field House FP responded to alarm caused by air conditioning leaking. 5:00-5:30PM | LARCENY Fountain Dining Hall Student reported bicycle stolen. Pending 12:21AM | LARCENY Harrelson Hall Staff member reported theft of merchandise from vending machines. Pending 10:32 AM | LARCENY Harris Field Officer noticed theft of flags from field honoring memories of US veterans. Pending 4:05 AM | MEDICAL ASSIST ES King Village Units responded to student in need of medical assistance. Transport was refused. 9:19 AM | CONCERNED BEHAVIOR Venture Center Officer stood by during dismissal of non-student. Concerned Behavior report completed and appropriate notifications made.

The Order of 30 & 3 looks for more members Jessie Halpern News Editor

One of N.C. State’s bestkept secrets is its semi-secret society, composed of 33 students — 11 each from the sophomore, junior and senior classes. While members of the group are sworn to anonymity, the Order of Thirty and Three is looking to add a new name to its private roster and applications are open to anyone. Founded in 1931, The Order of Thirty and Three was created to promote leadership, strong relationships with alumni and school spirit on campus, according to its website. While its status as a secret would indicate a lack of publicity, the group is going through “a period of focus and reevaluation to ensure that its position remains relevant in today’s N.C. State, which requires a certain lack of secrecy,” according to one of its members. Applications for membership are currently open exclusively to the class of 2015. The Order is looking for students who “exhibit strong moral character, a high sense of honor, and an overall willingness and desire to accomplish the greatest good for North Carolina State University,” according to its constitution. The Order has a reputation and history of picking 11 of the best leaders at N.C. State, and members will have the opportunity to work together on projects with some of the most driven students at the University. Membership in the organization will show up on members’ diplomas and will be recognized at graduation. Appl ic at ions a re due Wednesday, Nov. 14 by 5 p.m. A complete application includes a single-page resume and teacher recommendation, in addition to filling out the initial form. Applicants will be notified Nov. 18 with the status of their application. To apply, visit http:// ncsu.orgsync.com/org/order30and3/Forms

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Ji-Young Shin, sophomore in chemical engineering, coats a strawberry in chocolate at the annual Chocolate Festival in Talley Student Center Friday (Left). Post-Doctoral Scholar Julie Albert checks out the cupcakes offered by Edible Art (Top Right). Edible Art, one of the vendors at the N.C. State Chocolate Festival, gave out wolf themed cupcakes (Bottom Right). The event, hosted by the Women’s Center, was a fundraiser for the center and for the Kay Yow/WBCA Breast Cancer fund.

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Chocolate Festival raises breast cancer awareness Taylor O’Quinn Staff Writer

For the past nine years, the Women’s Center has commemorated the somber subject of breast cancer through celebration. While recongizing ongoing research in the treatments of the disease, women and men affected by breast cancer have consistently turned to chocolate to mark the occasion. Lois Crowe, chair of the Chocolate festival, introduced one of the few male survivors of breast cancer present at the event — Herb Pfeffer, who was diagnosed with 18 years ago. Pfeffer currently holds the second fastest recovery time of any man diagnosed with breast cancer. While speaking to the audience, he empha-

sized that mental fortitude is crucial in fighting the disease. He has survived three bouts of cancer. “I can survive,” Pfeffer said. “Cancer today doesn’t have to be a death sentence.” The Chocolate Festival was open to the public and N.C. State faculty for $12 and to students for $7. There was an array of vendors and organizations participating to help raise funds for the Kay Yow Foundation. Among the vendors were local businesses such as Gigi’s Cupcakes, Chocolate Smiles, Tiny Cakes and the Chocolate Boutique. Representatives for various fund raising organizations, such as the Pretty in Pink Foundation and the Kay Yow Foundation sold merchandise including clothing, jewelry and chocolate.

Barb Fields, community outreach and special projects manager for the Pretty in Pink Foundation, said the foundation does not raise funds for research. Fields said his organization raises funds to provide financial assistance to individuals with little or no insurance who have been diagnosed with breast cancer. “We fight beyond the ribbon,” Fields said. “As a 12year survivor myself, I want to help others affected by alleviating most or all of their financial burden.” On display at the Pretty in Pink Foundation table was a map of North Carolina decorated with various pink rhinestones representing the “champions” the foundation has assisted. In addition to the Chocolate Festival, the

foundation sells t-shirts, participating in the Chocobracelets, koozies, bumper late Festival for about three stickers and raffle tickets to years. Pate used to coach with raise money. Yow, the former champion The Pretty in Pink Foun- women’s basketball coach, dation also and he said provides fiit is great to nancial asseemingly sistance to be working provide surfor Kay Yow vivors with again. w ig s , br a s “Since the a n d pr o s K a y Yo w thetics. After Foundation the Pretty in began at Herb Pfeffer, cancer survivor Pink FounN.C. State, dat ion has the festival approved an applicant they is a great way to reconnect never see their bills and so with campus life and share they are able to battle breast the importance of the cause cancer without having to with the public,” Pate said. worry about money. The Kay Yow Foundation Robin Pate, director of has already raised $7 million community development of in the short five years since the Kay Yow Foundation said it started. All of this money her organization has been goes toward funding research

“I can survive... Cancer today doesn’t have to be a death sentence.”

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the tailgate catered by The Pit because her parents had paid for it prior to their visit. A pre-game tailgate party, buffet lunch and football ticket package cost $83 per adult. Parents who opted not to attend the game paid $23 per person for the lunch-only option. In addition to events on campus, N.C. State’s Students and Families Services recommended parents visit local attractions like the North Carolina Museum of Art and Cameron Village. While Asti and her family did not participate in typical events hosted by the University, Asti said they attended N.C. State’s first men’s basketball game of the season,

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to help find a cure for late stage breast cancer patients. Sonja Edwards, an eighthyear volunteer for the Chocolate Festival, said the event grows larger every year and that the leadership at the Women’s Center hopes to host the festival in a larger venue for its 10th anniversary. “Volunteering is worth the energy because I know I’m helping to save another person’s life,” Edwards said. The Women’s Center contacts various local vendors to volunteer and give out about 200 samples of chocolate per table to the festival. For those interested in volunteering in future festivals, Crowe said they can sign up through the Women’s Center website any time four weeks prior to the festival.

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visited Cameron Village and ate dinner downtown at the Mellow Mushroom. Asti said her brother enjoyed the “big football atmosphere” and was impressed by the amount of school spirit on campus. Some businesses on Hillsborough Street, such as Hot Box Pizza, experienced an increase in business due to the number of families, especially during Saturday. While employees of local store Sugar Magnolia said the family weekend did not necessarily boost sales, it did bring in more visitors.

It has been several years sincew the project has worked on East Campus, which was in need of at tion, according to Susan Grant, director of University Housing. Grant also said she hoped the planting “would support the pavilion and the swinging benches.” The choice of plants came with careful consideration, according to Lynn Swank, landscape project manager of design and construction services. “We wanted plants that could handle the shade,” Swank said. They also chose pink and purple f lowers to stay with the color scheme of the area and lots of evergreens, so the area will be constantly green. They also wanted plants that

were easy to maintain. “It is going to look beautiful,” Ann Gentry Cutler said. The money for the mulch and plants were provided by the University and did not come out of the Parents Weekend fund, according to Stacy Fair, director of Parents & Families Services. For the last 13 years, more than 200 family volunteers have participated in the planting project They began planning for the event this summer. Coffee, water and a light breakfast were provided for the families beforehand. After the event, families made their way to Fountain Dining Hall for brunch. The event was sponsored by CSLEPS, University Housing and Grounds Management.

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BOG creates course-drop quagmire

eadlines are a college student’s worst enemy. Every once in a while, we see excited students look up from their laptops and shout, “YES!” after reading an email from a professor who extended a deadline for an essay or pushed back a test. No rational professor would be inconsiderate enough to suddenly shorten the deadline listed in his or her syllabus — and yet the UNC Board of Governors is on its way to being the most hated academic personality with regard to its proposed change to the drop date. During the Nov. 9 meeting, the BOG suggested a change to the course adjustment period which, if adopted, would shorten the drop date to the tenth day of the semester, rather than the much longer 40-day period we now enjoy. We at Technician have only one question: Why? There are few contexts in which this proposed policy would seem like a good idea, in that there are none. OK, maybe that was a bit harsh. A shorter drop window would perhaps benefit students who have to take a class for their majors, but are unable to do so because outsiders fill up

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. the class, only to drop it much later in the semester. However, we already have a mechanism in place to prevent that — closing off the class to majors only. If that is the intent of the BOG with its proposal, then it would be punishing a large number of students to please only a few. The BOG hasn’t been very clear about its reasoning behind the new rule. The financial benefits from this policy remain unclear, as full-time students pay a flat rate for a normal semester. If the BOG is looking to make certain courses more accessible to students, then the board should ensure that universities offer enough sections of those courses. For example, PHI/STS 325, a course in biomedical ethics, closed within the first week of registration, excluding many students from the course who need it to fulfill a humanities, general education or U.S. diversity requirement. After many student complaints, Michael Pendlebury, head of the Department of Philosophy and Religious studies, issued a

ike it or not, Obama won the election Tuesday. The American people have made their choice that rewarded a man for piling up the def icit, ruining the foundation of the free market, embracing proZiyi Mai tectionism, Staff Columnist punishing wealth creation and more. I can see the world’s most vibrant economy is shifting gear, away from its founding principles toward building a Europeanstyle welfare state, starting with healthcare. Passing the Affordable Healthcare Act in 2010 was probably the biggest victory in Mr. Obama’s first term. As the Supreme Court had a final say siding with President Obama that healthcare was a tax and the mandate was constitutional, I am not here to trade jabs with its supporters. But I do want to share some thoughts concerning the impact of the law on the economy in a few years. First of all, one of the law’s major impacts that most people agree on is that it will jack up costs for businesses, scaring away potential entrepreneurs. It’s possible the burden of healthcare will squeeze the room of companies that survive in the margin. Simple common sense tells us that less business activities indicate a smaller taxable base, which leads to less tax. But healthcare is not a free lunch; instead, the real monetary cost of healthcare is skyrocketing if you think about the cost of spending

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four years in medical school. It’s predictable that either middle income families will bear a greater portion of the tax spike or healthcare will be rationed, which means people will line up for a long time to access limited healthcare services because the price system is failing. A much more extensive aftermath of implementing the Affordable Healthcare Act appears to be imminent. After the establishment of social security and Medicaid, mandated universal healthcare is another significant indicator of the birth of a modern welfare state. Welfare states usually go with an irresistible trend of hostility against immigration, and that is one of the greatest strengths of America. While paying enormous taxes and enjoying a high quality of welfare, citizens of a welfare state become increasingly reluctant to welcome immigrants because they think a state is attractive to immigrants not because of opportunities but because of the welfare checks in their mailbox. France’s anti-immigrant policy in the past few years is a case in point. France, from a standard point of view, is a typical welfare state. In 2010, the French legislature passed a law that bans any veils covering the face--including burqas, the full-body covering worn by some Muslim women. The idea of the law was not for sexual equality, even the officials claimed publicly, nor security reasons. The truth was the French have seen a spiking increase of Muslim immigrants f locking into the country to work and

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memo to all interested students that the department hopes to offer either an in-class or online section of the class in Summer Session I for students shut out of the spring class. If students can’t enroll in the classes they need, making the drop date sooner in the semester will not fix the problem. Overall, three percent of students drop their classes within the first 10 days at N.C. State according to Student Body Chief of Staff Rachel Turner. Though it seems BOG President Tom Ross will defer to individual universities for help making this decision, Technician applauds the students who have voiced their concerns on this matter, demonstrating how students can influence policy makers. Nevertheless, we encourage students, faculty and staff to keep listening to the BOG and advocating for policies that will benefit N.C. State. The BOG appointed the Strategic Plan Advisory Committee in September, a group of politicians, businesspeople and educators who will re-outline the structure of the UNC System for the next five years, on issues such

live. This increasing Muslim population overwhelmed the French as they take welfare from citizens. Apparently, the intent of the law was to curb the number of Muslim immigrants, sending them an unwelcome message. This sort of hostility doesn’t strengthen the economy, nor does it protect the foundation of a civil society. Civil liberties such as religious freedom are taken away by the government in a welfare state. The labor force cannot be vibrant without new blood f lowing in. Without labor specialization, the economy becomes languid or even stops growing. In a country founded upon the principles of freedom and minimal government, do Americans want to see their next generation living in a place like France? History offers many valuable lessons for Americans on what to avoid. Europe’s welfare states began as basic safety nets, but then came the universal healthcare system. Over time, recipients of welfare spending became powerful interest groups so that it’s hard to reverse the status quo once welfare states are put in place. As a result, most of the European countries, all too often, ended up having economic stagnation with an ever-bigger government. Unfortunately, if the American people choose this path, straying away from our founding principles, the decline of the American dream is inevitable. Send your thoughts to letters@technicianonline.com

hat do you do with you r broken tube TV, outdated VCR, busted speakers or crashed laptop? According to the Environmenta l Protection Agency, approximately Heather 5 milTroutman Staff Columnist lion tons of electronic waste in the U.S. are stored in consumers’ attics and garages every year. We want to believe that all these materials are still valuable to someone — surely it’s not all waste — but you’ll be using your bigger TV with its flatter screen instead of that outdated TV upstairs. Luckily for us, Waste Reduction and Recycling has provided e-waste bins all around campus. One may assume recycled ewaste is broken down into their constituent components, recycling the valuable materials they contain like cooper, gold, platinum and indium for reuse while extracting the toxic substances like mercury, lead and cadmium for proper containment. The percent of e-waste recycled in the U.S. that is ultimately dumped in Africa and Asia every year is controversial, but the quantities mounding up are well-documented and large enough to be visible from an aircraft. I will argue that most recycling facilities collect e-waste with good intentions of preventing toxic waste entering landfills and the

“It’s definitely too early, ten days doesn’t give you enough time, considering the first week is almost a waste and you are just starting to get into material in the second week.”

Do you think ten days is too short for a course adjustment period?

as funding dependence on the General Assembly, expectations for schools’ admissions and tuition changes. Though students have done an exemplary job defending their support for the current course-drop system, student negotiations with the BOG are far from over. It seems that this case, no matter how strenuous it may be, can’t be dropped.

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preservation of reusable materials. The problem is that entities collecting recyclables typically don’t actually recycle. After collecting the recyclables, they sell them to brokers, who then sell the materials on the free market. Recycling electronics here in the states is costly and energy-intensive thanks to Occupationa l Health and Safety Association standards and the EPA. Often, recycling electronics produces negative costs as the recovered materials are worth less than the facility and maintenance costs to recover them. Craig Lorch is a self-proclaimed environmentalist who started an e-recycling business in Seattle to help keep e-waste out of landfills. His company, Total Reclaim, removes leaded cathode ray tubes from computer monitors and then sells the circuit boards, plastics, wires and cables to scrap brokers, knowing the materials will likely end up in Africa of Asia. Mr. Lorch explains, “Right now, the economics of electronics recycling clearly prefers export over managing the material in the U.S. Every day we must make the choice between spending money to disassemble and manage the material here or simply load it into a shipping container and sell it offshore. Why would a good businessperson allow spending $3 to $4 to disassemble and handle material domestically when the same material can be sold offshore for three bucks? It’s a $6 swing — that’s a make or break difference for a recycler.” The moral question before us is not “should the cost of recycling e-waste be incurred?” Rather, we should

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ask who should incur the costs of e-recycling. Establishing federal policy requiring manufacturers to properly collect, reuse, recycle and dispose of the products they make is reasonable. The European Union implemented a successful integrated product policy in 2004 and reported a procurement rate of 45 percent of all products manufactured in 2010 by seven lead member states. Robin Ingenthron, the founder of American Retroworks Inc., a fair trade recycling company, argues that busted electronic exports have been a means of economic opportunity for many Asian countries. While companies in the U.S. claim recycling e-waste is costly, less established companies in Asia “could not believe their luck when parts worth $110 – like a good, non-Trinitron, 17-inch, uncancelled cathode ray tube – were being sold to them for $5.” Ingenthron claims the “path of development which Japan, China, Korea and Taiwan [progressed] from used sales to repairs to contract assembly to original equipment manufacturing.” While I do not have evidence to dispute these claims, I do have knowledge and evidence of extreme environmental desecration in Ghana, Guiyu, Sri Lanka and many other African and Asian countries inf licted by U.S. dumping of toxic e-waste. My advice to you (outside of advocating progressive environmental policy) is to know where your waste goes. WR&R will be hosting an e-recycling drive next Thursday, and you can rest assured that any e-waste you bring will be responsibly handled.

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Halo: an academic perspective

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As video games have continued to grow into a larger part of society, a wide variety of research has begun looking into different aspects of the culture. For Nicholas Taylor, an assistant professor in communication, the socialization of professional video game players, particularly of the popular Halo series, has been a major focus. “I thought it was just really interesting, the social dynamics of a place where people play games publically,” Taylor said. Taylor’s initial research into the dynamics of professional Halo players began while he was a graduate student. He spent time observing at a gaming arcade in Toronto. Eventually, Taylor followed a small group of the players from a Major League Gaming

Toronto event to the World Cyber Games in Cologne, Germany in 2008. From these observations, Taylor was able to form the basis of his research into the body language and social dynamics of professional esports players. In regards to the physicality of the sport, Taylor said that the close-quarters gamers played in have remained even as events have grown in size. Taylor also noted that the way video gaming is defined as a sport at events like MLG has also had an effect on the way teammates interact. “The association with gaming as a sport does a certain thing in that context,” Taylor said. “It’s about doing a sport, and that comes with certain societal expectations with how they’re going to act.” The biggest effect of this is that even though teammates are playing closely together,

physical contact is kept to a minimum, with actions such as high fives usually occurring only when a team wins. “They’re following that code about when it’s acceptable to engage in [physical] behavior, which is usually when you win,” Taylor said. “That’s what the professionalization of gaming does.” Another aspect of professionalization that Taylor noted was how players all followed similar patterns of behavior during competition. “At high levels, differences between people begin to disappear,” Taylor said. “When anything becomes professionalized, it becomes standardized as well. There are certain ways to do ‘X’ in Halo. When everyone is sitting at the same table, the same Xbox, the same technology, then those similar behaviors are going to come out.” This behavior is also ap-

parent in teams from other nations and cultures. “Halo is an English game, so it formats players’ language when discussing the game,” Taylor said. While much of Taylor’s research has held true over the past four years, he noted that a lot of attitudes towards the sport have changed since 2008. Originally, even the players were hesitant to consider themselves athletes. “The difference now is that there’s this recognition that yeah, it’s e-sports,” Taylor said. “The idea of professional gaming as a sport has become more mainstream, at least in [gaming circles].” Taylor said that while there has been greater acceptance of e-sports on certain levels, it remains a point of ridicule for many. “The News & Observer had a piece on the Raleigh championship,” Taylor said. “It was

about the overweight, pastyfaced people there. A lot of them also play soccer, baseball and basketball; they just also play competitive games as well. When it does get talked about in mainstream, it focuses on it as a weird activity.” In regards to the 2012 MLG Raleigh event, Taylor said that there was clear evidence that it has gone through a sort of globalization. In 2008, the audience was primarily dominated by white males. However, since the event branched out to focus on a wider variety of games, including StarCraft and League of Legends, the audience has also experienced diversification. Even beyond the competitors, though, Taylor said that there are plenty of new ways for people to become involved in the culture of professional gaming. “You see all kinds of new

relationships forming,” Taylor said. “You can be the manager of an e-sports team and be 20 years old and never have had a job before. You’re responsible for getting all of your teammates together; how do you do that? These guys who had never been entrepreneurs before needed to learn the skills in order to pursue [this career].” However, on an academic level, Taylor noted the difficulty of researching the professional gaming culture. Though the past few years have seen a larger amount of computer games featured, the release of Halo 4 is set to see a return to console gaming as a focus. “What’s really interesting about e-sports is that it’s constantly changing,” Taylor said. “As soon as you try to state something about esports, it’s changed.”

Tony Earley speaks at story contest Lindsey Schaefer Staff Writer

Every year, N.C. State offers the opportunity for writers from across the state to enter their stories into a contest for which they could win up to $500 dollars in prize money. As one of the largest free literary competitions in the South, it gives people the opportunity to share their work and potentially take home a prize. For undergraduate and graduate students, it also provides a glimpse into the competitive world of writing. Nearly 200 writers entered the annual Short Story Contest at N.C. State this year. The winners were presented their awards before a reading by Tony Earley, an acclaimed novelist and short story writer, on Nov. 7 in Thompson Hall’s Studio Theater. The winner of the 2012 James Hurst Prize for Fiction was Melanie Raskin, of Chapel Hill, for her story “Now You See Her, Now You—” and the winner of the 2012 NCSU Prize for Short Fiction was Brian Ownbey, of Raleigh, for his story “Happy Now.” Jill McCorkle, short story writer, novelist and professor at N.C. State, gave a warm

welcome to Earley before he read his story “Haunted Castles of the Barrier Islands.” “I have known him for many years and taught with him at the Sewanee Writers’ Conference, so we team taught and I got to see him in the classroom — he is a wonderful teacher,” McCorkle said. Earley has had his work published in the Best American Short Stories anthology, Harper’s Magazine, the New Yorker and many other publications. “He’s got these North Carolina roots and grew up right here — he writes a lot about the state,” McCorkle said. “It’s always wonderful to have someone who is so successful on the national level with a reputation and yet, bring them home and for aspiring writers to see ‘here is someone who grew up right here.’ It’s very inspiring for young writers.” Earley’s reading of “Haunted Castles of the Barrier Island” contained intertwining stories of a daughter’s budding independence as she goes off to college, her parents reluctance to let go of the past while dealing with the realities of marriage and the heartwarming recollec-

tion of an elderly couples’ brick hotel, Wadin’ Sea. The story winds its way from Argyle, N.C., to UNCWilmington and then along the Outer Banks, noting popular stops such as the big dunes of Jockey Ridge. The father, Darryl, talks about how “they were all going to die and there’s nothing they could do about it” as he deals with the end of his daughter’s youth and innocence and the end of his and his wife’s newspaper, the Argus Daily. Earley’s story spoke of the beautiful complexity of love, family, change and dealing with the unforeseeable future. The event brought students, professors and writers together for Earley’s reading and a celebration of the importance of literature. “I have been teaching creative writing for 27 years and I think that if you want to be a writer, the best way to learn is to be a good reader,” McCorkle said. “I think a good, healthy reading life is enlightening in so many ways. I can’t imagine not reading every day. There is no better teacher than reading what is already been written.”

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centage of 29.4 and had only one player with double-digit continued from page 8 points, as opposed to six for the Wolfpack. had a lot of people here.” The Wolfpack offense was Junior forward C.J. Les- in sync all night. Flashy inlie highlighted the opening terior passing by the Pack minutes with a steal, which led to easy dunks for Howell he converted into an open and Leslie. The fast break, court dunk. Seconds later, however, was State’s weapon Leslie followed his dunk with of choice with junior guard a block at the other end of the Lorenzo Brown at the helm. court, which sent the crowd Brown finished the night into hysterics. Leslie finished with 15 points, seven assists the game with 11 points, 8 and six rebounds. rebounds, three assists and “I think we know that we’re three blocks. a more talented bunch than “We did what we wanted to we were last year,” Brown do today,” Leslie said. “This is said. “Just having that conhow we want to play so that’s fidence that we are that tala good sign.” ented is going to help us out Another a lot.” contributor T he t r io to State’s hot of Wolfpack start was sefreshmen nior forward all enjoyed Scott Wood. great starts Wo o d h i t to the seatwo threeson. Guard pointers Rodney PurC.J. Leslie right out of vis co-led the junior forward the gate to Pack in scorput the Red ing with 16 Hawks in a hole they couldn’t points, including a trifecta of climb out of. 3-pointers. Forward T.J. WarThe Pack shot an impres- ren contributed eight points sive 61.4 percent from the and three rebounds off the field throughout the game, bench, but the star was unwhich combined with sti- doubtedly guard Tyler Lewis. fling defense allowed State to Lewis only had six points, but control the game from start it was his poise in control of to finish. The Red Hawks the Wolfpack offense that had finished with a field goal per- the crowd on its feet every

“This is how we want to play so that’s a good sign.”

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time the Statesville, N.C., native touched the ball. “Coach Moxley just told me to take over the game,” Lewis said. “That’s what I basically did. I played my game, went out there, had confidence and controlled [the game] and that’s what they’re looking for me to do this year.” Lewis opened his scoring account with the Wolfpack on an open fast break layup. He immediately followed up this score with a jaw-dropping euro-step finish around the Red Hawks’ defender, which made the Wolfpack faithful ecstatic. After his second finish, Lewis calmed down and controlled the offensive end with authority, racking up six assists over the night. “When the popcorn is popping and the lights are on and there are people in the stands, it’s a little different feeling,” Gottfried said of the freshmen triumvirate. “I liked the fact that those three young players kept right in and played with confidence and played hard. They are going to continue to work hard.”

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The very next Wolfpack drive, a strong rushing attack by Thornton, led the team to the back of the end zone. The drive was capped off by a fiveyard pass to sophomore full back Logan Winkles for the score. “Every touchdown feels great,” Winkles said. “I’m glad Mike happened to throw to me.” Glennon threw his only interception of the day on a long pass attempt down the field. Wake Forest defensive back Chibuikem Okoro made the diving interception to set up a first-and-ten at the 39yard line. The interception set up the lone Wake Forest score. A wide receiver pass from Wake’s star receiver Michael Campanaro caught the defense off guard as Terrance Davis completed the play for a 39-yard touchdown pass. The following extra point

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points in the paint after having 12 in the first half. Kastanek was named to the All-Tournament team, averaging 15.0 points per game in

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was missed. State had the opportunity to put more points on the board in the second quarter, but Sade missed both field goal attempts at 50 yards and 52 yards. The teams left the field for halftime with the score at 17-6. Palmer opened up the second half with a 100 yard kickoff return for a touchdown. The return tied the school record for longest kickoff return, set by T.J. Graham. After a quick three-andout from Wake, State drove down the field again to score on a 26-yard pass to redshirt junior tight end Asa Watson. The touchdown marked the first touchdown of the season for Watson. “I was praying for a second chance, it felt great to get that,” Watson said. “I was excited to get the opportunity and I thank the coaches for calling that play.” Three plays later, Wake fumbled the ball and State recovered to set up a 49-yard field goal from Sade to set the

score at 34-6. In the fourth, Sade added his third field goal of the day to set the soon-to-be final score at 37-6. Sade accounted for 13 total points. Sade kicked 4-4 on extra points and 3-5 on field goals. With eight minutes remaining, freshman quarterback Manny Stocker entered the game for the Pack. Stocker rushed for 32 yards on three carries. Most of the fans were long gone when the game ended as the Pack improved to 6-4 and Wake Forest fell to 5-5. Next Saturday, State travels to Clemson to face the Tigers in Death Valley. The sixth win means the Pack has an opportunity to go to another bowl game. If State is selected to go to a bowl game, it will be its fourth bowl game in five years. “At the end of the day, it’s a good effort and a good chance to go to another bowl game,” O’Brien said.

the tournament, and Burke walked away with MVP honors for the weekend. “Kody’s been practicing really well and I think she’s playing with a lot of confidence right now,” Harper said. With the victory over Au-

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Volleyball splits the weekend

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The Wolfpack got its 20th win of the season against Clemson in a 3-0 sweep Friday, but dropped its next match, 3-1, against Georgia Tech Saturday. The Friday victory ended its four-match skid and guaranteed the Pack its first nonlosing ACC record since 1990.

the game. A 30-yard pass from Glennon to redshirt senior tight end Mario Carter set up a oneyard carry by redshirt sophomore Tony Creecy for the score. Sophomore placekicker Niklas Sade kicked one of his four extra points to make the score 7-0. The Pack scored on its next two drives to post a 17-0 lead. Two dropped passes cut the first of the two drives short and the Pack had to settle for a field goal. Sade split the uprights for a 38yard field.

The No. 6 men’s basketball team opened its regular season with a 97-59 victory against the Miami (Ohio) Red Hawks. Senior forward Richard Howell led the Wolfpack with 16 points, 10 rebounds and three assists. “It was a good team effort,” head coach Mark Gottfried said. “I think defensively at times, and for some stretches, we were pretty good. I thought we really showed a lot of quickness defensively and the young guys are learning how to defend some certain things.” “I like the fact that this team kind of picked up where we left off last year, a very unselfish team,” Gottfried said. “[We had] 23 assists tonight and that was important.” The PNC Arena was rocking as the Wolfpack took to the floor to open its 2012-13 campaign. The players immediately responded, jumping out to a 7-0 lead. “We had a great crowd tonight,” Gottfried said. “I hope it wasn’t too bad outside but I heard that we had some traffic problems. Our players were excited about the fact that we

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SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS

Brown and Leslie named to Wooden Preseason top-50 Men’s basketball junior guard Lorenzo Brown and forward C.J. Leslie were named to the preseason John R. Wooden top-50 list. The Wooden Award All-American Team, consisting of the nation’s top-10 players, will be announced during the Elite Eight round of the NCAA Tournament. SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS

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Senior safety Brandan Bishop holds the ball in the air after catching an interception during the first quarter against Wake Forest Saturday.

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N.C. State rebounded from back-to-back losses to defeat the Wake Forest Demon Deacons, 37-6, Saturday at Carter-Finley Stadium. The team overcame its demons and produced a well rounded win. “I am really happy for this team,” head coach Tom O’Brien said. “I think they came out and found their footing again.” Graduate student quarterback Mike Glennon threw for 258 yards and two touchdowns. The rushing game was led by

freshman running back Shadrach Thornton, who tallied 110 of the teams 170 rushing yards. Redshirt senior wide receiver Tobias Palmer also returned a kickoff for 100 yards. The defense limited Wake to 185 total yards and only nine first downs. The defense also produced two turnovers. The game started sloppily for State when Palmer fumbled the ball on the opening Wolfpack drive. The defense made up for the error when senior safety Brandan Bishop intercepted the ball to make it first-andten on the 31-yard line. The Wolfpack offense took only two plays to score the first points of

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The Saturday evening 85-71 contest against the Tigers for the tourSports Editor nament title presented a challenge for the Pack in the first half. Auburn The Wolfpack kicked off its came out of the gates in a 2-3 deseason by winning the Shera- fense, and its length on the perimton Raleigh Invitational title, eter forced State into attempting 15 defeating the Wofford Terriers threes in the half. and Auburn Tigers in Reynolds After trailing for much of the half, Coliseum Friday and Saturday. a layup from senior guard Marissa It cruised from start to finish Kastanek on the fast break tied the in its matchup with the Terriers, game at 29 each with 4:32 left on beating them 85-45. The Pack the clock. She struck again with a spread the ball well, racking up three-pointer with two minutes left 20 assists for the game. Its bench in the half to give State its first lead also stood out, scoring 28 points, of the game, 34-33. Redshirt soph21 of which came in the second omore Len’Nique Brown followed half. Kastanek’s act with a three of her Sophomore forward Kiana own and State went into the locker Evans shined for the Wolfpack room with a four-point lead, 37-33, of f the bench, at the half. scoring 16 points Brown finished and adding three the game on the rebounds to her cusp of a triplestat line. double with 10 “We’re looking points, nine refor each other, bounds and seven looking to share assists coming off the basketball,” the bench. Kellie Harper head coach KelThe second half women’s basketball head coach lie Harper said. saw junior for“Twenty assists ward Kody Burke today, 25 the other day [in our come alive. After scoring six points exhibition matchup against in the first half, she broke out of the North Greenville]. I’m really gate with 20 points. She also pulled excited to see that. I think our down another nine rebounds in the kids are buying into our offen- half, giving her a double-double of sive system and who needs to be 26 points and 12 rebounds. As a shooting what shot.” whole, the team lifted its field goal

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Senior guard Marissa Kastanek dribbles the ball up the court during the N.C. State victory against Auburn University on Saturday Nov 10. The 85-71 win improved the Wolfpack record to 2-0.

percentage from 36.1 percent in the first half to 57.6 in the second. “I felt a lot of that was my teammates finding me the ball and just unselfish play,” Burke said. “I started crashing the boards more in the second half. I got a little more offensive

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