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Chapel Hill student speaks out on rape

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Nicky Vaught

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The Harvard Business Review last October named data scientists as having “the sexiest job of the 21st century.”

Michael Rappa, founder and executive director of N.C. State’s Institute of Advanced Analytics, is not quite sure how sexy data is, but can attest to the fact that training in the field can bring about a rewarding and lucrative career.

The Institute of Advanced Analytics, founded in 2007, is preparing a new generation of data savvy professionals for leadership in a digital world. In 2012, graduates of the Institute had a job placement of more than 90 percent by graduation for a fifth year, giving the program an esteemed reputation across the country.

The degree, a masters of science in analytics, is a 10-month program designed to teach students how to master extrapolating large amounts of data and make relevant, insightful conclusions from vast amounts of information. While originally enrolling 40 students in its first year, it now hosts 80 students, and applications for the program continue to rise.

“What we wanted to produce when founding the institute was a graduate who was really, by design, ready to go out into industry and start doing analytics,” Rappa said,

rience giving students the opportunity to conduct real-world analytics projects using data from sponsoring organizations.

Students work in teams of four-tofive members to understand some type of business problem and then work to clean and analyze the data.

The practicum spans a length of

A UNC-Chapel Hill student who claims she is a victim of rape last spring faces the possibility of expulsion for speaking out against her attacker.

Landen Gambill, a UNC-CH student, alleged victim of rape, never publically identified her attacker, but administrators charged her Friday with a violation in the University Honor Court on the grounds that her speaking out creates an “intimidating environment” for her alleged attacker, according to a post she made on Facebook. Last spring, the Honor Court dropped all charges of rape against the alleged rapist, who Gambill identified as an ex-boyfriend.

Gambill said the Honor Court used her history of clinical depression and attempted suicide as reason to dismiss her claims, although she said these were results of an abusive relationship with her rapist, according to The Daily Tar Heel.

“They implied that I was emotionally unstable and couldn’t be telling the truth because I had attempted suicide,” Gambill said in The Daily Tar Heel.

Mary Koenig, a UNC-CH stu-

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“as opposed to a master’s degree, which are often a prelude to a Ph.D.” Instead, when founding the Institute, Rappa partnered with SAS Institute CEO and co-founder Jim Goodnight, who has propelled SASto the apex of business intelligence software. For the purpose of the program, SAS was an ideal partner, Rappa said.

“Dr. Goodnight was supportive right from the start, and SAS al-

lowed us to interact directly with them and understand the needs of industry,” Rappa said. “We interact with many companies, but SAS has helped us understand a rapidly evolving environment — the analytics field.”

A critical component of the program is the practicum, which is analogous to a capstone project in other degree programs. The practicum is a team-based learning expe-

N.C. State leads forum in transforming economies Sara Awad Staff Writer

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A weatherd headstone stands solemnly in the Oberlin Village Cemetery just north of Cameron Village behind the InterAct building Feb. 25. The 140-year-old burial ground was recently approved by the Raleigh City Council to be added to the list of Raleigh Historic Landmarks because of its significance to black history in Wake County.

Oberlin Cemetery makes ‘the list’ Sean Langston Jr. Staff Writer

The City of Raleigh added Oberlin Cemetery, 1014 Oberlin Rd., just north of Cameron Village, to its of-

ficial list of historic landmarks.

The initial application to add Oberlin Cemetery to the list of Raleigh Historic Landmarks was revisited by the Raleigh City Council Jan. 15. The Raleigh Historic Develop-

ment Commission approved the application’s request and on Tuesday, Feb. 19 added the cemetery to the list of historic landmarks

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At a Transforming Economies event hosted by Chancellor Randy Woodson, speakers demonstrated how universities provide society with more than just an education.

Thought leaders and university presidents gathered in James B. Hunt Jr. Library Tuesday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. to discuss how universities like N.C. State provide innovative solutions to the nation’s economic problems.

Many of the panelists emphasized the leadership role that the University has toward economic development due to its programs and partnerships with other companies.

“There needs to be trust between universities and businesses so that there are not just inventions, but real solutions,” Director of Innovation and Technology Policy for the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities Jim Woodell said.

According to Woodell, this “social capital” is key to economic development.Vice Chancellor for

Research, Innovation and Economic Development Terri Lomax said this was the first event of its kind as far as she is aware of and said the impact of universities on the economy does not get talked about enough.

According to Woodell, ever since Justin Morrill established the University as a land-grant institution, N.C. State put its focus on economic development, though Woodell said the event was a way of looking forward instead of back through stimulating conversations.

“I think it’s great that this is how Chancellor Woodson and Dr. Lomax chose to celebrate 125 years,” Woodell said.

Vice President of Manufacturing and General Manager for Biogen Idec Machelle Sanders said the biotechnology company “continues to connect with N.C. State” through programs such as the Biomanufacturing Training and Education Center on Centennial Campus, which Sanders said gives students hands-on experiences.

“Those are the types of collabora-

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tions and relationships that we not only need, but that we must have to remain competitive, to grow our economy here in North Carolina, to grow our economy here in this region, and for that matter, to grow our economy here in the United States,” Sanders said.

The University serves as the “qualified talent pool” for solving today’s challenges, Sanders said.

“When [students] leave N.C. State programs, they are able to run in the door and sprint,” Sanders said. “I pretty much know they’ve got it.”

Associate Director of Corporate R&D for Proctor & Gamble Thomas Daugherty saw innovation in the University’s Nonwovens Institute because many of the compa-

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seven months, culminating in a report and presentation to their respective sponsors.

The teams perform their work under a confidentiality agreement, and the results remain the sole property of the sponsor.

Current sponsors include a wide variety of sources including private companies GlaxoSmithKline, Proctor & Gamble, GE Energy, as well as governmental agencies including the Federal Communications Commission, the United States Postal Service, along with the Central Intelligence Energy. Even The Houston Astros, a Major League baseball team, is a sponsor.

Dhrumil Patel is a student enrolled at the Institute. After receiving his

ny’s products use nonwovens.

“Innovation is the lifeblood of growth,” Daugherty said.

“Our strategy at PNG is to connect business needs with development opportunities inside or outside the company through the innovation model. The keys are to network externally and recognize that the best ideas come from anywhere.”

According to Daugherty, the Nonwovens Cooperative Research Center has the largest single industry support in North Carolina at 98 percent.

Senior Vice President for Business Development for ABB in North America Allen Burchett said the global power automation company spent $1.5 billion on research and development, part of which took place on Centennial Campus.

In the future, Burchett said the company hopes to look at microgrid technology at Centennial Campus to pro-

undergraduate degree here at the University and a law degree from the UNC School of Law, Patel returned to N.C. State to develop his skills in data analytics.

For Patel, the academic opportunities offered by the program were too great not to seek out, and he sees the program as a means for many to get involved in various fields.

According to Patel, data scientists are being sought after, “not only in business and software, but in non-profit and even in areas like epidemiology and public health.”

Rappa believes the demand for data scientists will only increase, and programs like this will continue to grow around the nation, with even more complex data problems to deal with.

“There was a cer ta in amount of data yesterday,” Rappa said. “There is even more today, and there will be even more tomorrow.”

vide energy solutions after natural disasters like the recent Superstorm Sandy.

Like Sanders, Burchett advocated for education. ABB uses a pre-kindergarten to post-doctoral strategy that ranges from the creation of “kid grid” for children at Marbles Museum in 2014 to their partnership with Wake Technical Community College for faculty training and scholarships.

Speakers at the event included Chancellor Woodson, as well as the �Association of Public and Landgrant Universities President, the president of California Poly technic Universit y and the chancellor of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

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dent in psychology and sexuality studies, and a friend of Gambill, said solving abusive relationships is more complex than simply breaking up with the abuser.

“It seems like [the University is] trying so hard to silence her,” Koenig said.

In January, Gambill represented herself as well as more than 60 other sexual-assault survivors, but administrators and the Honor Court charged her with a violation of the university’s honor code — displaying disruptive and intimidating behavior — and the court threatened Gambill with a penalty of possible expulsion.

“I think the situation a rou nd [t he cha rges against her] is really tell-

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N.C. State startups have attracted more than $1.5 billion in investment capital.

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TECHNICIAN ing of cultural silence,” Koenig said.

Some students have called attention to the fact that one woman on the Honor Court tried to explain that, “as a woman,” she would have just broken off her abusive relationship, so why didn’t Gambill, according to The Daily Tar Heel.

Koenig said the fact that a woman “oppressing” Gambill is irrelevant.

“Everybody’s part of the culture,” Koenig said.

Students across North Carolina have taken action and are spreading support for Gambill’s side, even tagging tweets with the hashtag #StandWithLanden.

“It’s important to me that we continue to advocate for the rights of survivors,” Gambill said in a Facebook post, “not just because it affects me personally, but because I desperately hope no one has to go through anything like this again.”

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in Raleigh.

Cheryl Crooms, representative of an organization called Friends of Oberlin Cemeter y, an organization united specifically to preserve and maintain the cemetery, said she has a deep connection to the landmark.

“My family is there,” Crooms said. “My greatgrandfather is buried there and my great-grandmother … the descendants of a lot of people that live in this area are buried there.”

Going on its 140th year, the cemetery has served as the city’s oldest black cemetery.

In its earliest years, the cemetery was a small piece of a small town, Oberlin Village.

Oberlin Cemetery was where early black residents, most of whom were slaves of the town, were buried under un-

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Ben Jamison, Raleigh local, said he sees the landmark as a piece of his very own history.

“I grew up around this area, and I was always told there was a chance some of my oldest ancestors were buried there,” Jamison said. “It means a lot to me that it’s getting some notable recognition and that the city can have as much respect for it as I do.”

Friends of Oberlin Cemetery, a group dedicated to maintaining the cemetery, has embarked on numerous fundraising expeditions to raise money to buy the marker to identify the location as an official landmark.

The marker costs $2000.

Crooms said there are many projects the group strives to complete for the cemetery, but many are costly and will require financial assistance from the people of Raleigh.

N.C. State Transportation’s main concern: safety Taylor O’Quinn Staff Writer

Students are complaining about feeling unsafe during the nighttime bus routes, reporting that they have been dropped off at off-campus stops.

The Wolfline Campus Bus Service at N.C. State ranks safety as their number one priority, according to Kim Paylor, transit manager. Paylor receives and responds to each and every complaint and compliment for the Wolfline.

“We want to make the negatives as small as possible,” Paylor said.

However, some bus drivers who end their routes offcampus have not been informing students when and where the bus will go out of service despite being required

to do so, according to Paylor.

The Southeast Loop, also known as the 8, has a block that ends at Burger King on Avent Ferry Road around 6:30 p.m. Paylor said a particular block of this route has been ending there for years.

“Had the driver made an announcement, students would not be left stranded,” Paylor said.

The Avent Ferry, or 1, bus has a similar dilemma when a particular block ends at the Food Lion on Western Boulevard.

Lorraine Torres, senior in sociology, said she’s had a few terrifying experiences using the Wolfline.

“The Avent Ferry bus left my friend and I stranded at the Food Lion,” Torres said.

“I was a freshman at the time, and I had no idea where I was.”

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Transportation planner Michael Ousdahl said the transportation office recently finished their 2012 Campus Mobility Plan, which includes provisions for the Wolfline over the next 10 years.

“We want to make the Wolfline as convenient, accessible and as safe to passengers as we can,” Ousdahl said.

This plan includes improved destinations and route frequencies as well as increased coverage between the “triangle” of Hunt Library, D.H. Hill Library, and a connection to Wolf Village, according to Ousdahl.

Jenna Hunter, a junior in microbiology, said she wishes this improvement would happen as soon as possible.

“It’s a super-sketchy walk from North Campus to Wolf Village in the dark by yourself,” Hunter said. “Waiting

around 30 minutes for a bus�, alone in the dark, is not a great alternative.”

Paylor said she attended a driver’s meeting Monday evening and stressed the importance of communication to all of the Wolfline drivers.

Communication is needed in order to make the passengers feel safe, according to Paylor.

The feedback form on the NCSU Transportation website is emailed directly to Paylor. She said she wanted students to know that the issues brought up in complaints do not “fall on deaf ears.”

Changes to the Wolf line were implemented in the Fall of 2012 including additions to the nighttime bus schedule, according to Ousdahl.

“Being one of the best universities in North Carolina, we need to do our best to run a successful transit system,”

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Ousdahl said.

Paylor and Ousdahl both said that passenger feedback is important to know to improve the Wolfline Campus Bus Service. Ousdahl also said data from bus routes helps him to figure out if routes need to be changed.

“Taking the data and combining it with feedback helps us run a successful system,” Ousdahl said.

Paylor said cameras were recently installed on the buses so that if there’s ever an accident or a dispute between a driver and a passenger, there’s video evidence on record.

Paylor said she encourages passengers to report any problems they have while riding the Wolfline. This includes, but is not limited to: drivers talking on the phone while driving, foul language used by the driver and mis-

MOST POPULAR ROUTES: • Avent Ferry: 3,339 average passengers per day • Engineering: 2,419 average passengers per day • Gorman Street Local: 2,411 average passengers per day • Total of about 17,000 passengers per day • There are 11 daytime routes and 4 regular nighttime routes with the Wolfprowl being a specialty route on the weekends.

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“We request 150 percent customer service from our employees,” Paylor said.

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La cocina: El sabor Boricua THE KITCHEN: PUERTO RICAN FLAVOR STORY BY GILBERTO ANTUNEZ

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e conoce Puerto Rico como un lugar hermoso, el lugar ideal para vacacionar. Sin embargo, hay más que las playas y el paísaje que atrae visitanas — hay algo más que caracteriza a la isla del encanto: su comida. Hay una gran variedad de comidas criollas, y los Boricuas no se saltan de ningunos platos.

Para empezar a saborear las delicias culinarias boricuas, que mejor que unos sorullitos de maíz. Hechos con harina de maíz, entre otros ingredientes, los sorullitos son un clásico en Puerto Rico.

Tienen un sabor dulce y una forma similar a los “hush puppies.”

Otro aperitivo o picadera, como se le dice comúnmente en Puerto Rico, son las alcapurrias. Esta fritura se hace con una masa de yuca, plátano y guineo verde, que luego envuelve una carne sazonada.

A la hora del plato principal, no hay nada más típico que un mofongo. El mofongo consiste en freír pedazos de

plátano y luego machacarlos junto a pedacitos de chicharrón de cerdo y un poco de ajo, dándole forma de una montaña. Luego se rellena con carne frita, pollo guisado o camarones. El mofongo es la máxima expresión del sabor puertorriqueño.

Es importante señalar que tanto ambos aperitivos como el mofongo usualmente se les añade una rica salsa llamada mayo kétchup. Justo como se puede inferir de su nombre, es una salsa preparada con mayonesa y kétchup, con un toque de ajo. El mayo kétchup hace que los alimentos antes mencionados sean doblemente sabrosos. Es tan común en Puerto Rico que se puede comprar una botella de Mayo kétchup en el supermercado de la misma forma que se compra una botella de kétchup.

Si se pregunta con que puede digerir sus alimentos, hay una bebida muy reconocida que probablemente le sorprenderá que fuera originada en Puerto Rico. Un hombre

que se llama Ramón Marrero creó la piña colada fue creada en la ciudad capital de Puerto Rico, San Juan, en el hotel Caribe Hilton en 1954. Gracias a “Monchito,” como se le apoda, tenemos la oportunidad de disfrutar de esta bebida tan refrescante. Tomar una piña colada mientras comes un mofongo es una experiencia armoniosa, donde uno complementa al otro.

Los puertoriqueños no se saltan de las postres tampoco.

El tembleque y el arroz con dulce son dos de los postres nativos más deleitados por los puertorriqueños. Ambos son a base de coco, pero son completamente diferentes.

El tembleque tiene una textura como un pudín. Por otra parte, el arroz con dulce es literalmente un arroz dulce; se prepara con arroz y una mezcla dulce que al enfriarse se compacta y queda sólida. No hay nada mejor para terminar una comida boricua que uno de estos postres.

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uerto Rico is known as a beautiful place, the ideal destination for a vacation. But it’s not only the beaches and the landscapes that attract visitors — there is something else that characterizes the Caribbean island: its food. There is a great variety of authentic foods unique to Puerto Rico, and islanders don’t skip out on any courses.

Puerto Ricans take snacks seriously, and sorullitos de maíz, made with corn flour, are a classic staple. They have a sweet f lavor and a shape similar to that of hushpuppies.

A not her appetizer, or picadera, as is common to Puerto Rico is the alcapurria. This fried food is made from dough consisting of yucca, plantain and unripe banana. This dough is later filled with a seasoned type of ground beef.

When it comes time for the main entrée, there is nothing more typical than mofongo.

This dish, with African origins, consists of frying pieces of plantains, which are mashed together with bits of pork rind and garlic. In the middle of dish, the mass is shaped as a mountain. It is later filled with fried pork, a chicken stew and sometimes shrimp. Mofongo is the maximum expression of Puerto Rican flavor.

A rich sauce accompanies sorullitos de maiz, alcapurria and mofongo, and Puerto Ricans call it “mayo ketchup.”

As its name suggests, it is a sauce prepared with mayonnaise and ketchup, along with a pinch of garlic. The mayo ketchup, a humble condiment, makes these foods taste twice as delicious. It is so common in Puerto Rico that you can buy a bottle of it in the supermarket just as one would buy a bottle of ketchup.

Many Latinos agree that cocktails aid in the digestion of these rich foods, and in

Puerto Rico, there is nothing more typical than the piña colada. A man named Ramón Marrero created the drink the capital city of San Juan, in the Caribe Hilton in 1954. Thanks to “Monchito,” his nickname, we all have the opportunity to enjoy this refreshing drink. Drinking a piña colada while eating a mofongo is a harmonious experience — one complements the other.

Puerto Ricans don’t skimp out on dessert, either. The tembleque and the arroz con dulce are two of the native desserts unique to Puerto Rico. Both are based on coconut, but are completely different. The tembleque has a texture like pudding. On the other hand, the arroz con dulce literally means sweet rice — it’s a rice pudding that is served cold with a sprinkle of cinnamon. There is nothing better to end a Boricua dinner with than one of these desserts.

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Some friendly advice for SBP hopefuls

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he office of the Student Body President will soon be open.

Prospective candidates have filed their applications and await the results of their background checks.

Shortly, students will be weaving in and out of campaign signs on their way to class and f launting shirts with catchy “vote for” slogans. But before that time, we’d like to offer some advice to the candidates.

Incorporate these ideas into your platforms, and you’ll certainly be a memorable SBP (and you won’t even have to be party to a wheelchair accident).

Be honest and transparent This seems like a no-brainer, or so we thought. In a Jan. 7 editorial addressed to Chancellor Randy Wood-

son, Technician laid student voice in the The unsigned editorial is the opinion of the members of out expectations for Technician’s editorial board, excluding the news department, monthly Board of University adminGovernor’s meetings, and is the responsibility of the editor-in-chief. istrators. We asked but its organizing the administration to be “boldly That kind of information will body is … disorganized. An earlier transparent” about its weaknesses, foster discussion between students news report titled “Student leaders’ to tell students, “Here are the areas and administration about ways we opinions differ over the role of ASG” where we’re lacking…” can improve the University. Be more by Amanda Wilkins explains some Unfortunately, that message did than just a butt in a seat at meetings of the organization’s inadequacies. not seem to resonate with the Chan- with administrators.

ASG is broken. It’s no longer the cellor or much of the administrasymbol of student solidarity and tion. As leaders, we must all take Quit playing footsie with ASG strength — if anything, it’s a reppride in our university, and someWe appreciate a good f lirt, but resentation of laziness and disortimes that means recognizing our our on-and-off involvement with der. Students are better off keeping shortcomings. the UNC Association of Student the $1 instead of paying the ASG As a voice of the student body and Governments is getting old. Cur- fee — buying a pack of gum would a liaison between students and ad- rently, students pay $1 per semester give them a better return on their ministrators, you’ll have the oppor- via student fee to keep ASG alive. investment. tunity to to explicate and vocalize The association’s website is down, the goings-on in the administration and its Facebook is seldom updated.

Philanthropic efforts in a way that no one else can.

ASG had potential to be a powerful There are many ways the head of

the student body can give back. Remember that $1 ASG fee? Well, why not reallocate it to a more worthy fund. Student government could establish a number of small scholarships — or even one or two larger awards.

Additionally, you’ll be in a unique position of authority as SBP. You’ll be someone who can lead students as well as connect with them on a level Chancellor Woodson can’t. If you make an effort to be a recognizable face on campus then students will pay attention to your efforts well after they cast their votes. Use your unique role to unify students and apply their talents in a way that benefits N.C. State and Raleigh.

Exploring immigration and the American Dream at N.C. State

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hy does it seem like everybody wants to come to America? Well, the reason, it turns out, is that we keep inviting people by telling everyone that in our country, you Rupert W. get to live the Nacoste American Professor of dream. Read psychology t he word s that appear on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty.

“Give me your tired, your poor, You r hudd led masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.”

Wow. Are there any more powerful words of invitation to America? Actually yes, there are. The first words used to describe what it means to live the American dream are these: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.

That they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights; among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”

Diversity, you see, is the first American promise. That makes diversity the American value. A place where all are created equal — that really is a place anyone and everyone would want to live. Just this semester, in a reaction paper for my interpersonal relationships and race course, one of my students wrote: “There are many that think that Latinos/Hispanics come here just for the ‘free health care’ and to take advantage of the government such as asking for food stamps or other benefits. They do not stop to think that people who come to the U.S. come in hopes to find a better opportunity for themselves and for their children as well. There are many who work extremely hard to get what they need and want.”

My last name, Nacoste, is pronounced by the “Who dat?” Louisiana bayou Creoles and Cajuns as “Nahcosse.” I am a great grandson of immigrants from the French-Caribbean. I am also a black man. And though America offers up an incred-

ible opportunity, an incredible dream, America has not always lived up to the dream we say it offers.

“We hold these truths to be self-evident …” You see, for a long time in America, the whole country said that those words did not apply to someone with my dark skin color. That racial segregation and oppression did something very important though. It made it clear who was “we” and who was a “they.”

With those immora l laws gone, we now live in a time when interacting with someone who does not look like or sound like us is unavoidable. Now we struggle with neo-diversity anxiety that is causing some of us to want to keep other people living in America in the category of “they” and “them.”

Right now, we are aiming our neo-diversity anxiety at immigrants. These days, Americans – including students on this campus – are aiming their anxiety and hostility at anyone who might be an immigrant, such as people who are Mexican, Muslim, Middle Eastern, Caribbean — anybody with an accent.

But the truth is this: Another student’s documentation is not an issue for you – the individual – to address in your interpersonal interactions with another person. Yes, there are problems to be solved around the issue of immigration.

But those are not problems that are solved by our feeling hostile to someone who might be a documented or undocumented immigrant.

The problems are policy problems that our lawmakers and politicians are working to solve. Feeling and acting on unfounded hostility toward fellow students is beyond inappropriate.

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Letter to the Editor on the future of energy Right now, there is a plan under review by the North Carolina Utilities Commission.

Most people might not be paying attention to it, but for anyone who has a smart phone, TV, laptop or uses any electricity at all, this plan could have terrible effects on your checkbook.

Since the recent merger between Progress Energy and Duke Energy, Duke has become the largest utility in the nation. While that might seem great at first, it has put a terrible strain on North Carolinian students, elderly and ratepayers. Progress has an increasing reliance on natural gas-fired power plants which means more fracking in North Carolina and elsewhere. This fouls our water and causes large amounts of climate-changing methane to leak into the air.

Progress Energy’s plan for serial rate hikes will further burden residential customers, small businesses and local governments, while killing the potential for thousands of clean energy and weatherization jobs.

Speaking as a proud student in the UNC System, I recognize that we are Duke Energy’s largest customer, giving them around $200 million dollars every year, for which we have no say in what sources of energy we can choose from.

I am not okay with that, and you shouldn’t be either.

It’s 2013, and N.C. State is at the cutting edge of technology. We have professors deep in research on wind energy and bio-fuels.

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without breaking our bank, and we deserve it.

That is why I am attending the public rate hike hearing in Raleigh Wednesday, March 13 at 7 p.m. It is in the Dobbs Building, Room 2115 on 430 N. Salisbury Street. Don’t worry about being alone, at the last meeting more than 200 citizens came out to voice their outrage, not one person okay with Duke’s plan to utility rate hikes over 10 percent – and I’m proud to say, 15 N.C. State students.

Attendants included a former EPA employee, a local meteorologist and a representative for low income housing communities. These people mentioned different reasons why they were voicing their concerns, but one thing they all had in common was there urge for Duke to progress to renewable energies.

2012 was the hottest year ever recorded. The planet is warming, that’s a fact, and the answer is not to regress as a state, nation or globalized interconnected people. The solution is to collaborate on bringing about a clean, just, safe energy economy. North Carolina is currently the third largest electricity market on the East Coast, and with the fastest growing population, our electricity needs to come from clean, renewable sources, not dirty coal or dangerous nuclear energy. Come join me and the Fossil Free group at N.C. State March 13. We look forward to seeing you there.

Caroline Hansley junior, interdisciplinary studies

In response to Feb. 20 editorial about Riddick Field House As a mouthpiece for our campus, perhaps the “editorial board” should pause to consider the impact of its opinions when making statements such as “... make this ugly campus even uglier.” Firstly I wasn’t under the impression that the Technician editorial board also were experts in aesthetic design (and judging from recent layouts of the Technician, I cannot begin to see where anyone would

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It is both irresponsible and disloyal for the leaders of our public media forum to express themselves in such a way that makes it appear as though they speak for the majority opinion at N.C. State. Indeed, the entire section “staff editorial” makes little sense - as the editors of a major news publication, are you not expected to maintain a sense of impartiality and objectivity?

Does not the appearance of an editorial, which claims to speak for your entire staff and newspaper, destroy the very illusion of impartiality which is supposed to lend

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Math professor named new AMS secretary Charles Broyhill Correspondent

On Feb. 1, 2013 Carla Savage was selected to be the new Secretary of the American Mathematical Society, a position held only by nine others since the societies founding in 1888.

Savage, a professor in the department of computer science, received her Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Illinois.

The American Mathematical Society is one of several international mathematical societies devoted to the promotion of research and the exchange of ideas.

Professor Savage’s selection as the new secretary of the AMS marks two special events: the selection of the 10th secretary and the selection of the first female member of the AMS to hold the position of secretary.

Savage described the position as a supporting role that takes place mostly behind the scenes. One of the chief responsibilities of the secretary is to preserve the historical integrity of the society. The AMS secretary is also responsible for coordinating between committees, plan-

ning the annual elections for leadership roles and overseeing certain awards and prizes.

W hile many positions within the AMS serve two to three year terms, the Secretary of the AMS can serve multiple two year terms that can be renewed by the AMS

years. Before working with the governance of the AMS, Savage worked with a special activity group in discrete mathematics for the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.

Before becoming Secretary, Savage was asked to run

to an agreeable solution. Savage described how impressed she was by how Daverman handled the responsibilities of being secretary and hopes to employ those same characteristics she found admirable.

Juggling the responsibilities of teaching, conducting research and being the Secretary of the AMS is no easy task. To help accommodate the new work load Jesse Kenyon has taken the role of program manager of the AMS.

The AMS

Council. As secretary, Savage wants to help committees and other members be more effective and maintain the ideas of past presidents that she found commendable.

Savage has been a member of two other mathematical societies throughout the

for election to s e r ve on t h e nominating committee that served to find certain members to run for elected positions within the AMS. When Savage’s committee was stuck on an issue they would call upon then-secretary Daverman to guide them

The AMS operates a service called Mathematical Reviews that provides the math community with information and reviews dealing with journals, books and articles. Mathematical Reviews was founded in 1940 and originally printed journal reviews in encyclopedia-sized books which Mathematicians would use these math reviews to check the results of other mathematicians’ research. Since then, the service has updated to reflect a digital age. The AMS now also operates MathSciNet – and online database with all the resources found in Mathematical Reviews.

Savage described MathSci-

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Net as an amazingly valuable resource. The services are expensive for the society to maintain, but Savage says it is worth the cost. The AMS has gone to great lengths to ensure their services are efficient and user friendly.

The AMS hosts several conferences throughout the year.

These conferences serve as a meeting place to exchange ideas, present research ideas and findings. Sectional conferences typically have 300 members, while the Joint Conference for the MAA and AMS can expect 6,500-7,000

members in attendance.

These conferences have a variety of clever games such as “who wants to be a mathematician?” There are also art exhibits and lectures for members to enjoy during the conference. Members can attend regional meetings that take place over the weekend so as to not interfere with the scheduled researcher or lectures.

“I bet a lot of people probably think math is boring, or hard, but we think it’s exciting!” Savage said.

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(Left) Cullasafa river basin courtesy of Sean Gallen. (Top Right) Mountain ridge in Ashe County, photo courtesy of Don Hart Jr. (Bottom Right) Ashe County mountains during the winter, courtesy of Don Hart Jr.

Secrets of the Appalachian falls

Katie Sanders

General Features Editor

Sean Gallen visited the Appalachian mountains to study the effects of landslides on the region. Instead, he found thousands of waterfalls scattered throughout the Appalachians.

“It’s not well-understood why they’re there,” Gallen said. “I asked ‘Where are they coming from? How are they forming?’ and nobody could give me a straight answer that was satisfying.”

Gallen, a graduate student in marine, earth and atmospheric science, and Karl Wegmann, an assistant professor of marine, earth and atmospheric sciences, began investigating how these waterfalls—called knickpoints by geologists—could have formed.

Waterfalls generally form

in one of two ways. First, the land under part of a river can shift upward through tectonic activity, creating a waterfall. But the Appalachian falls could not have formed this way: according to Gallen and Wegmann, there hasn’t been serious tectonic activity in the Appalachians for the last 200 million years.

Waterfalls can also form from the confluence of two rivers. If one of the rivers is much larger than the other, it will cause more erosion and that part of the landscape will lower, eventually creating a typical waterfall. Still, there are a lot of falls in the Appalachians, which is unusual.

Researchers hypothesized that perhaps a sudden climate change—such as the beginning of an ice age—could have caused an increase in precipitation, causing the rivers to swell and more wa-

terfalls to form at river junctions.

Gallen and Wegmann were able to estimate that the waterfalls are 4.6 to 17.6 million years old by studying how quickly the landscape is eroding in present day, and comparing how far the waterfalls have moved. According to Gallen and Wegmann, the waterfalls are most likely 8.5 million years old—but if climate change were the cause of these waterfalls, the oldest that these waterfalls could possibly be is 3 to 4 million years old.

In want of a better explanation, the researchers adopted a new hypothesis to explain the creation of the waterfalls called mantle forcing.

The mantle is the layer of rock that rests below the Earth’s crust. The mantle can be seen as a fluid moving very slowly over millions

of years. Therefore the mantle has changes in density. If the mantle is warmer or cooler in one area, sections of the mantle can bubble up or buoy down, causing changes to the earth’s surface.

“These ideas with the mantle are really new in geology—they have slowly been becoming accepted over the past decade,” Gallen said.

“What’s exciting about it is that, in my mind, and other researchers may disagree with me, is that this is really compelling evidence to me that this type of process does occur and has occurred in the southeastern United States, and, geologically speaking, it’s happened recently.”

Researchers like Gallen will continue to test these ideas through computer modeling and looking at patterns that should appear in the earth’s crust.

“[Mantle forcing] happens very slowly and in domes when it occurs, so there are not a lot of the key indicators of uplift that most geologists would look for,” Gallen said.

“It’s a little bit more subtle to detect.”

Gallen also found that the locations of the highest waterfalls in the Cullasaja River basin formed a border between a high altitude flat portion of the terrain and a low altitude rugged portion of the terrain.

“The landscape that’s up above the waterfall or knickpoints hasn’t changed,” Gallen said. “How I think of it is that is has a memory of what the landscape used to be like before this waterfall came into the system.”

This is because it takes the landscape above the waterfall tens of thousands to tens of millions of years to fully

adjust to the new conditions, called the response time, while the land below it adjusts much more quickly.

“We see this area that’s up high that isn’t steep and it looks very different from what’s below it. It’s not very rugged,” Gallen said. “It indicates that’s that preserved landscape that we’d call relic landscape or paleolandscape.”

This difference in ruggedness is due to erosion caused by the waterfalls as they move upstream – according to Gallen, the ruggedness of the landscape below the waterfalls has increased by 160 percent.

“What I find fascinating is trying to figure out how things work on these long time scales and big spatial scales—like looking at continents and trying to figure out how they work,” Gallen said.

Expert speaks on dolphin self-awareness Nicky Vaught Deputy News Editor

Dolphins stake their claim as the humans of the sea in many ways. Not only do they travel in cliques and fornicate just for kicks—now on the list of similarities is the ability to recognize oneself in a mirror.

Diana Reiss, part of the department of psychology at Hunter College and author of The Dolphin in the Mirror, led a seminar Thursday afternoon in David Clark Labs to discuss a few animals’ levels of self-recognition, focusing mainly on dolphins. Reiss also spoke Friday evening in the main auditorium of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Science.

Reiss is the leading expert in dolphin communication, according to Robert Anholt, the host of the seminar.

After a series of multi-faceted tests, two bottle-nosed dolphins raised in captivity exhibited evidence they recognize themselves in reflective surfaces. Reiss refers to

this awareness as mirror selfrecognition, MSR. MSR is only one of many types of self-awareness, according to Reiss. Having MSR does not imply being fully self-aware.

This type of self-awareness requires that an animal pay selective attention to its ref lection, interpret the mirror’s information—that the animal in the mirror is the same looking into it—and requires the animal use the mirror to view itself, according to Reiss.

Since babies develop MSR around the same time as they develop theory of mind – around 18 to 24 months – Reiss said it is possible the concepts are connected in some way, but it is difficult to determine.

“It’s frustrating that all we have is behavior,” Reiss said.

“We don’t have any way to figure this out besides looking at behavior.”

The basic approach, according to Reiss, was first to expose an animal to a mirror. If the animal were “mirror naïve,” it would partake

in exploratory and social the dolphins undergo a mark behaviors. test.

If the animal did not have The mark test involves a capacity for self-recognition marking the animal on an it would only ever think its unseen body part. If the anireflection was another of its mal touches or gives more species. attention to the mark afThis did not happen for the ter seeing it in its reflection two bottle-nosed dolphins. than before seeing it, then it is “Neither further evidolphin dence of selfshowed a recognition. s i ng le i nResearchstance of a ers marked clear social the dolresponse to phins with a ref lective a non-toxic surface,” Remarker and iss said. waited to see Instead, whether or the two not the dolDiana Reiss, author of The dolphins phins would Dolphin in the mirror partook in react. contingency As it turns testing, in which they moved out, the dolphins spent sigaround and behaved in ways nificantly more time looking uncharacteristic of dolphins in the mirror when they were to test whether the reflections marked than when they were were their own. unmarked, Reiss said.

Following the contingency The dolphins didn’t go to was self-directed behavior, the mirror immediately, but as the dolphins utilized the once they saw it, they checked mirror to look at themselves. themselves where they were To better analyze self-di- marked. Every mark thereafrected behaviors, Reiss had ter, they “raced,” according to

“Just because an animal doesn’t respond to a mirror doesn’t mean [it] lacks self-awareness.”

Reiss, to the mirror to see the mark.

Between each marking session, the dolphins showed shorter latencies between being marked and going to the mirror.

Just to be sure, the researchers also gave the dolphins an occasional “sham mark,” which was only a water pen and did not show up.

At f irst, the dolphins searched extensively for the sham mark before realizing there was none.

From then on, the dolphins gave attention only to real marks. On two occasions, the dolphins rubbed the marks off themselves. On other occasions, the dolphins backed away from the mirror to see their entire bodies.

These behaviors, according to Reiss, are not trained but self-directed behaviors.

Reiss also conducted research to see how early MRS emerges in dolphins. She found dolphins as young as 14 to 16 months partaking in self-directed behaviors.

Though dolphins develop this self-recognition faster

than typical human offspring, Reiss said this does not mean dolphins are smarter than humans – so there’s no need to worry about a dolphin uprising anytime soon.

Researchers replicated Reiss’ experiments with elephants; however, only one elephant exhibited self-directed behaviors.

Reiss emphasized that just because an animal doesn’t respond to a mirror doesn’t mean that animal lacks selfawareness.

“The mark doesn’t quite hit the mark,” Reiss said in explaining there are more ways to understand self-awareness than the mark test.

Dolphi ns sha re ma ny traits with humans and non-human apes, Reiss said, especially in their social behaviors, but one main difference is their larger brains and neurons.

“Dolphin brains work differently,” Reiss said. “There’s no area of their brain which we can say is analogous to the frontal lobe, so that’s a very interesting thing to study.”

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The current State of the Pack Rob McLamb Staff Writer

Spring break is fast approaching and it time to step back and look at some of the teams of the N.C. State Athletic Department in its current state.

Baseball The season opener Feb. 15 versus Appalachian State had an opening day-record 2,396 fans and an atmosphere that would make most minor league teams envious. Alas, the record was bittersweet as sophomore pitcher Carlos Rodon suffered his first collegiate loss when the Pack fell 6-3. Rodon pitched six innings in his season debut and gave up five earned runs.

Rodon did redeem himself eight days later, when he combined with freshman hurler Karl Keglovits to no-hit the La Salle Explorers 5-0. It was the first no-hitter for State in almost eight years. The Wolfpack are currently ranked No. 10 in the country.

The two contrasting performances from Rodon came after a myriad of delayed and cancelled games due to in-

clement weather. The snazzy 2013 team poster, complete with the team schedule on the bottom, has been rendered almost obsolete because of the ever-changing fixtures.

Softball Unlike baseball, the schedule makers for the softball team may actually have Mother Nature figured out.

The Pack pl aye d it s f irst t hree tournaments of the season i n Flor ida and Georgia.

N.C. State has started the campaign 7-5-1, which is to be expected. The transition under first-year head coach Shawn Rychcik will have its ups and downs. The measure of the program’s growth could come soon.

State plays its home opener on Friday versus Stony Brook in the N.C. State Wolfpack Challenge. The next nine games are in Raleigh, and it will be interesting to see where the Pack is standing

record-wise in the middle of March.

Football The spring game will be here soon, and the 2013 schedule was released Monday. N.C. State plays eight home games and is in the state of North Carolina for all but two games next season under new head coach Dave Doeren.

T he t wo ga mes not i n Ca r terFinley Stad iu m but still within the state are at Wake Forest and Duke. With manageable driving distances from Raleigh, it is not unreasonable to expect there to be as many State fans in the stands as the home team when the Pack travels to Winston-Salem and Durham. The N.C. State football schedule appears very friendly on paper.

Men’s Basketball The Pack is entering the final stretch of regular season play. The loss in Chapel Hill

“Kastanek represents everything N.C. State should be about.”

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has taken away some control N.C. State had in its own destiny with regards to finishing in the top-four of the ACC. Duke plays at UVa and hosts Miami this week, with a season finale looming at North Carolina. The Blue Devils are one team who will help determine where State finishes in the standings.

If State can finish in at least fourth place, a tournament title is not out of the question. The Pack will certainly fancy its chances in a rematch against Miami or Virginia (with Lorenzo Brow n) a nd probably yearns for another chance to tangle with the Tar Heels. The tournament is in Greensboro, which is a benefit to State.

Women’s Basketball N.C. State has its Senior Day game Thursday versus Virginia, and it is a chance for the Wolfpack faithful to pay their respects to Marissa Kastanek. There may be a metamorphosis occurring with the program, but unfortunately its hardest worker will not quite get to reap all of

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inches. He is sought after for his height, arm strength and accuracy. Glennon has been compared to Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco, saying he has great placement in between defenders down the field.

His lack of foot quickness is a big weakness, especially in today’s fast-paced game.

He also tends to shy away when defenders are attacking, instead of stepping up.

He isn’t very agile and is brought down easily when outside of the pocket. Overall, Scouts are projecting him as an eventual starter.

Zach Allen Allen has been injured

the rewards.

Kastanek represents everything N.C. State should be about. She honored her commitment to State through a coaching change and has consistently held up her end of the deal over her four seasons in Raleigh.

State should now hold up its end. The school should never let another women’s

most of his college career, but he still contributed for the scout team. In 2009, Allen saw playing time at both offensive guard and offensive tackle in 11 games. He played a season high of 35 snaps against Murray State.

In 2010, Allen played and started in all 13 games that season and he only allowed three sacks the entire season.

In 2011, he improved his stats by only allowing two sacks.

In his senior season, Allen started the first five games, but missed the rest of the season due to a foot injury.

Scouts graded Allen at a 51.0, placing him on the lower end of the scores for offensive linemen. He was a “Combine Top Performer” on the 225lb. bench press by performing 32 reps.

basketball player wear the number 23 and give Kastanek her proper due by retiring it permanently.

Statistically speaking, there may be others with better numbers, but Kastanek’s perfect 4.00 GPA trumps them all. She is one of the greatest Wolfpack student-athletes ever.

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Women’s golf defends Sir Pizza Terrapin Challenge title The N.C. State women’s golf team successfully defended its title at the Sir Pizza Terrapin Challenge and sophomore Lindsay McGetrick, competing as an individual, captured medalist honors. The two-day, 54hole event was held at the par-72, 6,278-yard Shula’s Golf Club. N.C. State fired a three-round total of 10-over 874, including 4-under 284 in Tuesday’s closing round. The Pack was 12-strokes better than second place Florida International. The team crown was N.C. State’s 11th in program history and its fourth since 2011. The Wolfpack swept the top three spots on the individual leader board.

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Today BASEBALL V. NEW MEXICO STATE Doak Field at Dail Park, 3 p.m.

MEN’S BASKETBALL V. BOSTON COLLEGE PNC Arena, 8 p.m.

MEN’S SWIMMING AT ACC CHAMPIONSHIPS Greensboro, N.C., All Day Thursday WOMEN’S BASKETBALL V. VIRGINIA Reynolds Coliseum, 7 p.m.

MEN’S SWIMMING AT ACC CHAMPIONSHIPS Greensboro, N.C., All day Friday BASEBALL V. UMBC Myrtle Beach, S.C., 1 p.m.

SOFTBALL V. STONY BROOK Dail Softball Stadium, 7 p.m.

GYMNASTICS V. UTAH Provo, Utah, 9 p.m.

GYMNASTICS V. BYU Provo, Utah, 9 p.m.

MEN’S SWIMMING AT ACC CHAMPIONSHIPS Greensboro, N.C., All day TRACK AT ALEX WILSON INVITATIONAL South Bend, Ind., All day

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Senior Tatiana Illova celebrates a point during her doubles match with junior Joelle Kissell against East Carolina Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013. Illova and Kissell lost their match 8-6 at the J.W. Isenhour Tennis Center.

Illova expands world view Jeniece Jamison Sports Editor

Studying abroad can have different meanings and objectives for each individual. Many people take the plunge into another country because they want to view life from a new perspective. Others embark on the journey to escape from their lives at home.

One member of the N.C. State women’s tennis team was able to gain a new perspective on her life from her visit to West Africa.

Senior Tatiana Illova spent her Fall 2012 semester studying abroad in Ghana. She went under the ISEP program, a global student exchange consortium with 300 member schools in 50 countries.

Illova was the only student from N.C. State in the program. She took political science classes during her time in Africa.

During the program, Illova was

able to tour the country from the still considered a third-world counbeaches to the mountain areas. She try. also stayed in a dorm with other stu“I learned how to be patient,” Illodents from around the world, along va said. “When I was going there, in with local students.

12 hours, my life changed so much, “I m e t s om e because I ca me amazing people. I from a third-world made many friends countr y to [anfrom the U.S. We other] third-world were really good c ou nt r y w h e r e group,” Illova said. people have totally “I met many people different values.” from Germany and “ T h e y d o n’t Norway. It was hard think like they’re to make friends definitely going to Tatiana Illova, senior women’s with the Ghanaget to eat dinner,” tennis player ians a little bit, but Illova said. “It just I made two really showed me a differgood friends from there.” ent type of life. How to just try to While she was on the other side live from a little bit.” of the Atlantic Ocean, Illova said it Illova said she experienced a was an eye-opening experience – be- change in her personal values after ing without many of the luxuries in studying in Ghana. the United States gave her a different “I learned to value natural repoint of view. sources, such as water for example,” Illova is from Slovakia, which is Illova said.

“It just showed me a different type of life. How to just try to live from a little bit.”

Illova said at times there was no electricity available in her dorm, and many of the locals didn’t have electricity at all. Through the experience she said she has learned not to be wasteful not only with natural resources, but other things many developed nations take for granted.

Now, Illova says she tries her best to not be wasteful with anything.

She is no longer picky about food, nor does she waste electricity.

The experience has also seemed to spark a change in Illova’s play on the court. Last season she won seven dual matches and seven doubles wins. This season, Illova is one of the leaders on a Wolfpack squad that sports an unblemished record. She and doubles partner junior Joelle Kissell have already won five of their matches in the young season. Illova is also 5-1 on the season as the No. 2 singles netter for the Pack.

Wolfpack shows promise at NFL Combine Ty Prentice Staff Writer

Four players from N.C. State received invitations to the NFL Combine this year: defensive back David Amerson, strong safety Earl Wolff, quarterback Mike Glennon and offensive guard Zach Allen. �David Amerson We all remember Amerson for his astounding sophomore season, recording 13 interceptions – the second most interceptions in NCAA history. This statistic earned him first team All-ACC and Walter Camp All-American honors. He was also awarded with the coveted Jack Tatum award, which is given to the top defensive back in the nation.

Amerson recorded a 4.44 40-yard dash time, 35.5-inch vertical jump, 15 reps on the bench press (with weight of 225 lbs.) and a 127.0-inch broad jump. He earned an overall grade of 74.4 from scouts and is heavily looked at for his size, confidence and great hands.

Some scouts have their doubts, suggesting he would be much better off playing at the safety position due to his lack of hip flexibility, agility and speed. Scouts also say he can be deceived by double moves (wide receivers changing hip positions).

Overall, NFL scouts say that a team will take a chance on him as a cornerback if he can prove that his foot quickness and fluidity are up to par.

Earl Wolff Wolff ended his senior season with 225 career tackles, seven forced fumbles and an All-ACC nomination. Wolff graduated this past December after only three and a half years with a degree in sport management.

Wolff earned an NFL Combine grade of 63.4 and was a “Combine Top Performer” in four different categories: running a 4.44 second 40-yard dash, recording a 39.0 inch vertical, dubbed a 134.0 inch broad jump and ran a 4.07 second 20-yard shuttle.

Scouts commented that Wolff is a “solidly built defender able to make plays against the run and pass, a physical tackler coming downhill to attack ball carriers and is not afraid to bring intensity to the stop.” Wolff is able to bring down ball carriers both quickly and efficiently and can bring them down hard.

In Wolff’s case, doubters state he only has average height and that stronger backs can run through his tackles easier. He also has to prove that he can “get off the blocks” when

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Junior cornerback David Amerson runs back after making an interception against Boston College Saturday, November 24, 2012. Amerson returned the interception for a 55-yard touchdown in the Wolfpack’s 27-10 win over the Eagles at Carter-Finley Stadium.

playing near the line of scrimmage.

Overall, Wolff ’s intensity stood out greatly amongst the NFL scouts.

His willingness to attack ball carriers out in the open or inside the backfield means that he has a great chance to start in the NFL as a middraft pick.

Mike Glennon After sitting behind Russell Wilson for three seasons, Glennon stepped up leading N.C. State to an 8-5 record and a bowl win during his first season as a starting quarterback. Coming out of high school, he was regarded as being in the top

five for quarterbacks in the nation.

He earned a grade of 79.4 from NFL scouts, recording a slow 40yard dash time of 4.94 seconds and an unsustained vertical of 26.5

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