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CNR sells largest forest holding The College of Natural Resources will sell Hofmann Forest, a nearly 80,000-acre plot of forestry near the coast of North Carolina, Dean Mary Watzin announced last Wednesday. Watzin said the decision was made as a minority of students have made use of the land recently, with greater use of the closer Hill Forest near Durham. The land will remain a commercial forest with different, unspecified owners. “We are at a competitive disadvantage compared to large commercial operations, which have greater resources to manage in the face of a changing business climate,” Watzin said in an online statement. The forest, which has been in use by the College of Natural Resources since 1936, was the college’s largest plot of land. Watzin said the decision sought to “provide the greatest good for the largest number of CNR students, our faculty and staff, and our professions, over the long term.” Further details regarding the forest will be released over the next few months, according to Watzin’s statement.
College Democrats hold first meeting of semester The College Democrats held its first meeting of the semester on Monday in order to organize its plans regarding its interactions on campus, volunteer efforts and future meetings. Members said that they hope to engage the student community in a discussion about several issues such as women’s rights. On Feb. 16 the club also plans to partner with the NC Student Power Union and other organizations to attend the Historic Thousands on Jones Street assembly.
College of Engineering to hold career fair next Wednesday The College of Engineering will hold its career fair on Wednesday, Feb. 6 from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and is free to the public. Previous employers have included Skanska Inc., MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Halliburton and many others. Students of all ages interested in internships, networking, and careers are encouraged to attend.
College of Education adviser’s research promotes diversity Researching the impacts of ethic and racial backgrounds on student relationships, Tara Hudson, an undergraduate academic advisor in the College of Education, uses her position in advising general education students to aid inn her doctoral research. Her research suggests these diverse interactions between students benefit their academic success, inside and outside the classroom. Having been in front of the classroom as well as a part of it, Hudson constantly promotes diversity inside the classrooms.
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Sport’s columnist Rob McLamb’s story “A prayer for Dean Smith” will be republished in The News & Observer and will be featured on their website.
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CEO talks about security, terrorism Taylor O’Quinn Staff Writer
The U.S. government has struggled to find a solution to risk management and liability issues after the 9/11 attacks, Thomas Lehrman, former director of the Office of Weapons of Mass Destruction Terrorism, said at a campus talk Monday afternoon. Lehrman spoke about risk management and liability problems in the government and private sector, using his experience as a high-ranking government official, as well as CEO of Alta Investors as testimony. “I’m trying to expose an area to people and the government that is typically not thought about,” Lehrman said. Faced with a limited amount of sources, coming up with solutions to terrorist and risk management problems has been an ongoing struggle for the United States government, Lehrman said. “There are four types of global networks: transportation, financial, communication and research and development. These networks create new risks since each one is vulnerable to a terrorist virus,” Lehrman said. “In a globalizing world of internet, information can be diffused a lot quicker,” Lehrman said. “A lot of work [from the government] is going into detecting these viruses.” When networks are vulnerable, terrorist organizations can
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Thomas Lehrman, CEO of Alta Investors and former employee of the U.S. State Department, speaks about potentially utilizing the private sector to increase security surrounding container companies handling sensitive government materials. “By imposing additional [insurance] costs, you are creating incentive to innovate safer shipping methods.” Lehrman said. The lecture took place in the 1911 Building Monday.
obtain access to crucial government information. Lehrman said this is why the government tries to protect these networks by building a complex “castle” of layers for defense. “Different financial institutions
in the world were money laundering and financing terrorists prior to the 9/11 attacks,” Lehrman said, “This is why we need a bigger budget for defense.” The private sector also plays a role
N.C. State lags behind in national college rankings
College of Management to hold career fair next Friday Poole College of Management will hold its spring career fair from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, Feb. 8 for all students. The career fair will be held at the McKimmon center and will provide a shuttle between Nelson hall and the event during the event. Students are encouraged to review employer opportunities on ePack and become acquainted with several employers at the event next week.
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“The reason that we could be ranked low is because we have a wide variety of majors to choose U.S. News & World Report from. Schools like UNC-Chapel ranked N.C. State at 106th among Hill specialize in specific majors the best colleges in the nation. but N.C. State gives more options The University barely rattled the in education,” Crawford said. rankings as the largest research With UNC-Chapel Hill ranked universit y in 30th in the nathe state, but tion, Wake Forest some students 27th, and Duke disregard the 8th, N.C. State lags publication’s behind its Tobacco rankings. Road companions Facu lt y reas the fourth-best sources, stuResearch Univerdent selectivity, sity in the state, spending-peraccording to U.S. s t ud e nt a nd Thomas Griffin, undergraduate News. admissions director student-teacher Wit hout pro ratio are among gram-specific conthe primary deciding factors of sideration, some students believe the these rankings, according to rankings are skewed. U.S. News and Report’s College Student selectivity plays a vital Compass. Some publications part in ranking, weighing in at 15 rank the university higher, while percent of the ranking system and skeptics question the rankings’ placing pressure on undergraduate legitimacy. admissions to accept fewer students, Timothy Crawford, freshman according to the College Compass in engineering, said that he website. thinks it is important to take into Mick Kulokowski, assistant diconsideration the large availabil- rector of N.C. State News Services, ity of colleges and majors at N.C. said retention rates at the university State. — a large factor in most rankings Correspondent
“N.C. State [admission] is based on a holistic review of each application.”
RANKINGS OF NORTH CAROLINA’S TOP RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES:
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No. 27 - Wake Forest No. 30 - UNC-CH No. 106 - N.C. State
in helping defend the nation from terrorism and network vulnerability. Lehrman said the government
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Honeybees wake early due to warm weather on campus Sean Langston Jr. Staff Writer
— have recently gotten better, with retention rates from the 2008-2009 school year reaching 90.9 percent from 82 percent at one point. U.S. News measures financial resources by average student spending on instruction, research, student services and student expenditures, and weighs these at 10 percent total. “N.C. State [admission] is based on a holistic review of each application. As an academic institution, previous academic performance and potential are foremost in the admission decision of every ap-
During a warm front in Raleigh two weeks ago, Timothy Calabrese, junior in aerospace engineering, was puzzled to see a group of bees buzzing by the bushes beside the Atrium. “There were at least 15 bees flying around by those bushes, and I was just surprised to see them in the winter,” Calabrese said. The rare sighting brought Calabrese to question insect habits, and how spikes in temperature like the warm front affected them two weeks ago in Raleigh. Luckily, University entomologists were there to help. As it turns out, honeybees’ habits don’t vary tremendously from their human counterparts, tend-
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