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Protesters fight for higher wages Jacob Fulk Staff Writer

Fast-food workers from across North Carolina walked out of their jobs on Thursday and marched through downtown Raleigh to have their wages “super-sized.” The protest was part of a nation-wide strike organized by Fast Food Forward, a New York City-based campaign advocating for higher wages and the ability to unionize.

At about 3:30 p.m., about 150 people marched from Martin Baptist Church to a Kentucky Fried Chicken several blocks away to protest. During the march protesters chanted slogans of their movement such as “We can’t survive on 7.25” and “No more workers, no more fries, make our wages super-sized.”

The Rev. William J. Barber, president of the North Carolina National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, led the march and gave a speech upon arriving at KFC. Barber spoke of the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. and its relation to the equal treatment of workers and worker’s rights. He paraphrased King, saying that, “We have to remind this nation that it is a crime to live in a rich nation and receive starvation wages.”

He also addressed President Obama stating , “[the President] can

sign an executive order demanding that every business that has a contract with the federal government has to pay a living wage; he could do it tomorrow.”

During his speech Barber said the $7.25-an-hour minimum wage was not only immoral but illegal. According to Barber, the current minimum wage is an act of discrimination and the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution forbids those who discriminate to benefit from tax-funded infrastructure.

Barber also said that those who mistreat workers are not only guilty in the eyes of the law but in the eyes of the God as well.

“The biggest moral issue of any religion, whether it’s Christianity, Islam or Judaism, is how you treat workers and how you treat the poor,” Barber said.

Those taking part in Thursday’s demonstration expressed their desire of a living wage at $15-an-hour and the right to unionize without retaliation from employers.

Willietta Dukes, a Burger King employee, critiqued the fast-food companies who earn billions of dollars a year, while at the same time she can’t afford the proper health care to alleviate the stress put on her body from 15 years of work in the fast food industry.

Dukes said that march on Thurs-

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Protesters chant “Show me what democracy looks like; this is what democracy looks like,” in an attempt to earn higher wages and the ability to unionize.

day and the nationwide movement to organize fast food workers gives her hope for a better future, and she will continue to fight for equality.

“Where there are numbers, there is power,” Dukes said. “And don’t stand alone, we stand united.”

Ladondre Pretty, a father to five children and employee at Little Ceasars, also walked out on his job to take part in Thursday’s march.

Pretty said his involvement in the protest was necessary for him to exceed his current socioeconomic status.

“I got to fight to get to where I want to be,” Pretty said.

“I just want to be making decent money to provide for my family.”

He said that his shift manager told him about the march and that he plans to get even more of his coworkers involved in the movement.

Dante Strobino, an N.C. State alumnus and organizer for the North Carolina Public Service Workers Union, said that all fastfood workers who are taking part in the movement will not be fired from their jobs.

“It is illegal for them to be fired and we’re hoping that won’t happen, but it may happen,” Strobino said.

He went on to say that, upon returning to work, all workers involved in these protests will be reinforced by a network of community leaders and legal counsel advocating for their equal treatment and rights.

According to Strobino, only three workers out of the 3,000 involved, prior to Thursday’s event, have been arrested; all of whom have gotten their jobs back.

Parking pass revenue helps pay transit fees Jacqueline Lee Correspondent

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“You will be smoking in hell, but you won’t be smoking pot.” Brother Ross preached in the brickyard Thursday Aug. 29, 2013.

A huge crowd gathered around Brother Ross to argue and listen. Many responded to his statements with booing or tried to counter his statements.

Brickyard preacher incites anger Katherine Kehoe Correspondent

Hundreds of students gathered on the Brickyard to hear the fervent and often inflammatory preaching of Ross Jackson on Thursday afternoon.

Jackson, who refers to himself as Brother Ross, elicited strong reactions from many spectators after loudly accusing college students of being sinful and at risk of spending eternity in hell after death.

Jackson cited many examples of sin common to college life, and he urged everyone gathered to repent. His list included, but was not limited to, watching football, having

a girlfriend or boyfriend, their minds. listening to rap music and Diane Higley, a junior watching HBO. He used Bible in sport management, apverses, many of which he had proached Jackson to express memorized, her Disto emphasize dain for his his points. preachings.

From 1-3 “It’s just p.m ., s t ucompletely dent s su rwrong how rounded he is telling Jackson in a everyone circle, many they are goshouting, ing to hell, laughing a nd how o r a s k i n g Benjamin Beaumont, senior in he’s called questions to especially physics challenge his the female ideas. Some population students felt so strongly around here derogator y about his message that they names such as ‘whores’ and approached him and spoke ‘sluts,’” Higley said.

“the one that probably needs the most help is standing in the middle of the circle ... ”

Nigel Rush, a freshman in biotechnology, spent more than an hour in the middle of the circle confronting Jackson.

“I don’t enjoy when people preach hatred or when they show extensive amounts of hatred toward large groups, and so I wanted him to see that he was preaching hatred and acknowledge it, and that’s all.” Rush said.

Though Jackson cited the Bible and said he was preaching the word of God, many Christian students felt his messages missed their mark.

“As a Christian myself, I think this guy is giving us a

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Parking on campus can be convenient for trips home or a much-needed Target run, but many students choose not to bring their cars because of the cost of permits.

So why are permits priced the way they are, and what is that money used for?

A parking space can cost up to $300 for certain spots, and the closer a parking lot is to campus, the more expensive the permit is.

For example, a student living on campus can purchase a Residence Perimeter permit for $260 in the West Lot off Sullivan Drive. For commuters, a student can park in the Coliseum Deck Commuter Lot by Dunn Avenue and Jensen Drive for $327. There are other options as well.

“I have a permit for the Resident Storage lots, and I am extremely happy to have it,” said Joe Cambareri, a sophomore in nuclear engineering. “It is cheaper to park there than the Resident East lot, and I can still park on campus on the weekends anyway. Since I don’t use my car often over the week, it is more of a convenience to save money and take a short bus ride to get in on Fridays.”

Ronnie Wright, assistant director of finance for N.C.

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State Transportation, said money generated from parking passes goes several places.

“When a student buys a parking permit, that money is put toward maintenance of parking facilities, an enforcement staff for the lots, transit support and administration fees,” Wright said.

This year, Wright said, the fees students pay for parking passes will cover 76.1 percent of transit fees, and N.C. State Transportation will cover the remainder. He said that percentage changes yearly as expenses increase or decrease, or if the department starts projects, such as repairing parking decks or adding a deck.

As new housing is added around campus, Wright said, transit expenses increase, which can cause permit prices to change since transportation to those areas has to be available for students.

“The cost of the permits is what allows students to ride the Wolfline buses for free, because it covers a major portion of the contract the transportation department makes with the bus system, First Transit,” Wright said.

Money from permits also goes toward covering the cost of the Transit Visualization System, which allows students to view where the bus

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really bad rep because I know what I believe, and he claims that he is teaching what I believe, and it’s entirely false.

Honestly I am kind of embarrassed by him,” said Ben Taylor, a junior in biological science.

Benjamin Beaumont, a senior in physics, was present for Jackson’s sermon but said he wasn’t as angered as other students. Beaumont, instead, was compelled to ask why Jackson was acting that way.

“Even though [Jackson] is in the center here spouting out hate and preaching about the things he believes, and people here might get angry and mad, we really should focus on the fact that the one that probably needs the most help is standing in the middle of the circle,” Beaumont said.

Other students, like Anthony Salerno, a freshman in agricultural business management, had no opinion about Jackson at all.

“I’m just out here because it is funny,” Salerno said.

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NCSU buys advanced microscope Sasha Afanasieva

is that you can image living specimens over a long period of time without destroying N.C. State recently acquired them because the microscope an advanced light sheet mi- has an environmental chamcroscope–one of only three ber with temperature and in the country–and research- CO2 control,” Johannes said. ers from various disciplines In addition, the microon campus say it will allow scope can generate threethem to conduct research that dimensional renderings of would be impossible without specimens as well as support it. imaging of larger specimens Eva M. Johannes, the direc- up to 5 millimeters. tor of the Cellular and MoUNC-Chapel Hill and lecular Imaging Facility, said Duke University have both the microscope will help N.C. expressed interest in the miState researchers in a variety croscope and will be able to of endeavors. use it for an hourly fee.

“The microscope will be Ashley Jermusyk, a graduused for developmental stud- ate student and an assistant ies of model organisms such researcher in chemical enas zebra fish and fruit flies. It gineering, said being able to will also be view living used for enorganisms vironmenwas an excitta l studies ing prospect. of toxins on “O n e o f organisms the main such as fish,” things I look Johannes forward to said. using t he Unlike microscope other microfor is live scopes, the imaging. I Ashley Jermusyk, a graduate light sheet work w it h student and an assistant microscope drosophila researcher in chemical can take melanogasengineering images and ter [fruit fly] video of living organisms for embryos, and to get images a prolonged period of time we have previously had to due to its unique life-support use dead embryos due to the systems. treatment and manipulation “The neat thing about that steps that were needed,” JerStaff Writer

“This will allow me to conduct experiments which would otherwise be impossible ... ”

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Director of the Cellular and Molecular Imaging Facility Eva M. Johannes makes adjustments on the advanced light sheet microscope.

musyk said.

The microscope was assembled early July. At that time, there were only two light sheet microscopes in the country with the other located at Harvard University.

According to Johannes, the one at N.C. State is the 37th built in the world, including the prototypes made by the company.

Johannes briefly explained how the microscope worked.

“A narrow sheet of light is generated by putting lasers through two objectives that are oppose of each other,”

Johannes said. “The light illuminates a small section of the specimen. Then you have an objective lens that is behind the specimen at a 90-degree angle. The specimen is vertically suspended in the chamber and you can move it around so you can put it in the right focus. You can also rotate it to get a threedimensional image.”

T he m ic roscope cost $ 650,000 and includes a $30,000 annual service contract. The microscope was manufactured by Zeiss, a German company.

Any student or faculty member from N.C. State can use equipment at CMIF for $25 per hour. Reservations can be made by contacting Eva Johannes.

“I am excited for the microscope because it has many advantages over other types of microscopes. This will allow me to conduct experiments which would otherwise be impossible or extremely difficult to conduct,” Jermusyk said.

N.C. State professor develops cancer-fighting drug Chris Hart-Williams Correspondent

A drug produced at the N.C. State shows signs of successfully treating lung cancer.

“Sure enough, it appears to work beyond our wildest dreams,” said Ken Adler, professor of cell biology in the College of Veterinary Medicine. “The goal, at some point, is having this drug available as an anti-cancer agent.”

Adler developed the drug peptide while researching the protein myristoylated alanine-rich C-kinase substrate, or MARCKS. Adler originally became interested in this particular protein almost 15 years ago when he was researching reactive airway disease, a condition similar to asthma.

In diseases of the lung like asthma and chronic bronchitis, sufferers’ airways become inflamed and clog with too much mucus, causing wheezing, coughing and shortness of breath.

The MARCKS protein is found in every cell and has number of different functions. MARCKS plays a role

in the normal functioning of cells and the normal production of mucus in the respiratory airways.

Prior to this discovery, there was no way to block the function of the MARCKS protein, Adler said.

Adler discovered that by inhibiting MARCKS protein with a peptide drug, levels of inflammation levels went back to normal.

“It was actually the first means of inhibiting the function of MARCKS protein, and it was used in a variety of different experiments to show different roles of MARCKS and how it’s involved in airway disease,” Adler said.

After the peptide was developed, the technology transfer office at the University went through the process of patenting it and sublicensing it to a biotech company that worked with the University to develop a drug very similar to the original peptide that could be administered to humans.

Fol low i ng t he brea kthrough, Adler changed course and began testing the new drug’s ability to block cancer cells from metasta-

sizing.

Adler says what led him to consider the peptide as a treatment for lung cancer was that MARCKS protein controls cell movement.

“The thought was ‘Well, if it blocks cells from moving, what about cancer cells which are known to metastasize?’ meaning cells move from the site of the initial tumor to other parts of the body where they seed and start tumors,” said Adler.

In publishing Adler’s research last week, Oncogene (italicize publication titles), a leading cancer journal, wrote: “These results indicate a crucial role for MARCKS, specifically its phosphorylated form, in potentiating lung cancer cell migration/ metastasis.”

Adler did his initial work in collaboration with Reen Wu, a professor of cell biology and human anatomy at the University of California-Davis.

Adler and Wu conducted studies that involved injecting human cancer cells into mice, where tumors and cancer develop in the lung. In numerous experiments they found that not only does the

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Ken Adler, professor of cell biology in the College of Veterinary Medicine researches lung cancer by injecting with cancer cells and monitoring their behavior. His research with peptide is critical in the search for a cure for lung cancer.

peptide diminish the metastasis of cancer cells, it completely blocks it.

Adler is currently working with a group at the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center to test the peptide on a variety of different types of cancer as well as a variety of models of human cancer.

At the center, cancer in mice is developed through genetic manipulation of the

mice rather than injecting them with cancer, as this methodology is closer to what happens when cancer occurs naturally.

It is important to Adler’s research to have the best models of the animals to look at the efficacy and treatment potential of peptides.

Adler said the peptide is a mechanism for controlling cells’ movement as well as cancer cell metastasis, and

could therefore potentially be used to treat other cancers.

“My research has always been in lung research … but there is no reason to think that, in the future, it would only be limited to lung cancer,” Adler said. “A lot of the studies we have planned now will involve different types of cancer, including breast cancer, skin cancer, and brain cancer.”

Textile lab offers students ‘awesome’ in-class experience Katherine Kehoe Correspondent

Have you ever found yourself wishing that getting a degree could involve lighting things on fire or spraying classmates with chemicals?

For the students working in N.C. State’s Textile Production and Comfort Center, that wish isn’t far from reality.

Popular Science named Burlington Chair of Textile Technology Rodger Barker’s lab one of the “Top 10 Most Awesome College Labs” for

2013. In his lab, Barker studies how extreme conditions affect materials by using mannequins enclosed in protective chambers to test the fabrics in simulated extreme environments.

The lab is equipped with three different mannequins that are used to test fabrics for different uses. To test fabrics in conditions similar to those of a burning building, the lab uses PyroMan. According to Ashley Bradham, a graduate student in fiber and polymer science, it has thermal heat sensors that record the body’s

reaction to heat and f lame while wearing a protective garment.

“PyroMan is obviously the biggest attention grabber within the facilities,” said Kyle Watson, one of Barker’s students and a graduate student in textile engineering.

Currently in development, another mannequin named RadMan records the radiant heat of simulated forest fires.

“RadMan will be more for the protection of firemen,” Barker said.

An unnamed third mannequin is used to test the

performance and comfort of clothing. According to Watson, the comfort section of the lab features a sweating mannequin and a physiological mannequin that are used to mimic human responses to different clothing in specific environments.

“For comfort, we also have life-sized mannequin that sweats and is heated like the human body. In this case, we test the comfort of everything from military gear, athletic clothing, medical garments, firefighter ensembles, etc.”

Bradham said

“Sometimes that’s the biggest challenge, you know?

Making things comfortable,” Barker said.

While working with mannequins in chambers is a big part of the work done in Barker’s lab, students are often allowed to participate in even more hands-on experiences. Barker shared that in 2012, a group of students volunteered to get sprayed with oil of wintergreen, a harmless gas used to simulate more harmful gases used in chemical warfare, to ensure the reliability of safety suits in

a chemical-weapons attack.

“An interesting part about that experience was that the gas they use has a very distinct wintergreen smell, so anyone who exits the chamber comes out smelling like a tube of toothpaste,” said Emily McGuinness, a junior in textile engineering.

“The only job students can’t do is replace PyroMan in the burn chamber,” research assistant professor Bryan Ormond told Popular Science.

In the article discussing

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Supersize wages for all workers

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hanting, “Cancel the burgers, cancel the fries, make our wages supersize” fast-food workers and other protesters in Raleigh called for a wage of $15 an hour.

Workers staged walkouts in 60 cities in the United States Thursday.

The Raleigh protest began at 6 a.m. in front of a McDonald’s and a Burger King and later moved to a Little Caesars Pizza on Capital Boulevard. The event ended with a 3:30 p.m. march from the Martin Street Baptist Church to a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant. At the church, Rev. William Barber II spoke to a crowd of approximately 150 people. Barber serves as president of the North Carolina chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

“The fastest-growing jobs in the U.S. are the lowest-paid. That ain’t right,” Barber said.

The staff of the Technician agrees. Minimum wage is just one of many things about North Carolina and the U.S. that “ain’t right.”

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With a union membership rate of only 2.9 percent, North Carolina is the least unionized state in the nation. Because North Carolina passed right-to-work legislation in 1947 wprohibiting union security agreements, North Carolinians make much less than residents of other states. While the median wage for hotel workers is $10.05 in our state, the average is $14.79 in D.C., where many hotels are unionized.

In February, President Obama proposed increasing the federal minimum wage to $9. He also suggested that it automatically adjust with inflation so it rises with the cost

of living. In this year’s State of the Union address, Obama said, “Even with the tax relief we’ve put in place, a family with two kids that earns minimum wage still lives below the poverty line.”

While we at the Technician agree with Obama’s motives, we think $9 is still not enough.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s living wage calculator estimates “the hourly rate that an individual must earn to support their family, if they are the sole provider and are working full-time.” For adults living alone in Wake County, this is $10.15 an hour. This

“Minimum wage is just one of many things about North Carolina ... that ‘ain’t right.’”

jumps to $15.53 for two adults and $20.07 for one adult and one child. The protesters are not teenagers who work just to make extra money—many of them are in their 30s or 40s and have children. Living wages vary across counties and demonstrate that $15 an hour is not an unreasonable request.

A $15-an-hour wage is more than twice the federal minimum wage of $7.25 and might seem unrealistic. But in 1963 when the March on Washington protesters marched at the National Mall, they demanded a wage of $2 an hour. In 1963, $2 had the buying power of $15.27 today, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ inflation calculator.

Because of the lack of available jobs, people have been willing to accept nearly any pay they are offered, regardless of fairness. This strike shows that this view is changing—people realize they are selling their labor. And if enough people refuse to sell their labor for $7.25 an hour, a living wage may not be out of reach.

Disruptive ideas

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cientists and engineers work on pushing the boundaries of technology and turning the impossible into reality. They tackle interplanetary travel, renewable energy and prolonging human life.

There is another set of people who Naman try to make Muley use of existStaff Columnist ing technologies in innovative ways that are also economically feasible, and they earn a bundle of money doing so. They are startup entrepreneurs.

The Internet and advances in information technology have lowered the costs of creating startups significantly. A more accurate way of saying it is that the Internet and technology have created newer vistas for startups that require minimal costs. New ideas are now pervading the market and creating options for the customer.

The most ubiquitous of these ideas are smart phone applications. The startup industry reinvented itself to cash in on the Internet bubble. Startups now are service-oriented and not saleoriented. Mobile applications are the first natural option for a service.

Uber is an elegant idea: On-demand taxi service.

Uber has Android, Windows Phone, iPhone and Blackberry applications. Customers can get a taxi instantly by requesting one right from their phone. The application pro-

vides various options from economy to Uber luxurious cars. With dedicated customer service and Uber-certified drivers, Uber succeeds at creating a win-win scenario for both riders and drivers. Uber is now available in 18 countries. A service that helps riders get drivers—sleek.

A not he r appl ic at ion, Breather, is the brainchild of public speaker and blogger Julien Smith. Smith says he’s obsessed with private customizations. He found getting some private space in the crowded streets of New York too cumbersome. This problem led to a partnership with real estate agents and an application that can help customers get some private space on an hourly basis. Ondemand real estate—snazzy.

These are called disruptive applications—they disrupt the usual f low of existing service to provide cheaper, faster, tech-savvy alternatives. Service through smart phone applications has become a reality.

Y Combinator, a startup school in Mountain View, Calif., churns out intelligent, successful startups consistently every three months.

After a preliminary demo, founders are invited to spend three months at Y Combinator and given $80,000 as seed money along with startup help, like establishing a network and initial setup. Paul Graham and Robert Morris (computer science geeks might know him as the father of the Morris Internet worm) founded Y Combinator along with a few other people. Y

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Google Glass: Making effort a thing of the past

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elcome to a world through Glass” is plastered in big letters along the top of the Google Glass website. The glasses integrate reality and the Internet into one picture.

While driving, Google Taylor Quinn Gla ss c a n Staff Columnist show you directions as if they are projected on the road in front of you. You can use voice commands to take pictures and record videos hands-free. In short, Google Glass tells us everything that we would possibly want to know.

But will it actually help us?

Innovation has made onceimpossible tasks extremely commonplace. We step on a pedal and travel great distances. We make a phone call, and minutes later a delivery boy shows up to our front door with pizza. We even have a search engine on our computers that will answer almost any question. It sometimes seems as if effort itself will soon be a thing of the past, replaced by technology.

In fact, not only will our drive be in jeopardy, but a part in our brains may actually shrink. Yes, as in get smaller. A study of the brain capacity of taxi drivers in London concluded that before the GPS was invented, the grey matter in their

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Combinator has churned out successful startups like Reddit, Dropbox, Codecademy and Heroku.

There is something more that these technology startups have done: They have successfully bridged the gap between technology and dayto-day life. Providing robust and reliable services has been the major turnaround.

Take Airbnb, another pupil of Y Combinator, for example. Airbnb, short for air, bed and breakfast, provides a link between travelers and short-time hotels or hostels.

Customers who have apartments or rooms available can rent them out to Airbnb’s visiting customers. Again, this is a service that bridges consumers and producers.

Out of all these, the most exciting ones are those who reinvented the way payments are made for these services.

Paypal and Bitcoin come to mind. Paypal revolutionized payments for small-, mid- and high-end enterprise services alike by acting as the middleman and hiding the banking details of customers from merchants. Bitcoin has turned e-money into reality.

As much as I admire these entrepreneurs, there is another entrepreneur who is more innovative than any other I have seen. Elon Musk, who recently proposed the invention of the Hyperloop, asks todays entrepreneurs to look beyond the Internet. According to him, there is potential in other real, physical markets for such enterprises. Any buyers want to make a space travel service?

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brains grew to hold more information, such as a mental map of London. But with the advent of GPS, taxi drivers no longer had to use the map in their brains, and the grey matter shrunk.

Our brains, like our muscles, won’t get stronger if they aren’t used.

One might argue that great strides in innovation prove that our society as a whole is grow ing smarter.

Ye s , t here have been strides, but only those innovators a re heading to t he “brain gym” and working their “muscles.” They are causing the consumers of their products to lose knowledge because, honestly, if you can look up the answer to a question with a few clicks, why even bother learning?

The knowledge gap between the providers of innovation and the consumers of innovation will grow wider than it already is. The knowledge of innovators will keep growing while the knowledge of consumers will continue to decline.

Aside from that, our privacy as individuals will become virtually nonexistent.

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ers—and we thought the NSA scandal was bad.

Our mugs will be plastered all over the Internet. I can see it now: “Come one, come all to the hybrid version of reality television.” Viewers will eat that up quicker than participants can say “Are you recording me?”

In t he 1960s, v iewers watched Star Trek in awe, marveling at the futuristic technology that people couldn’t imagine would ever exist. Well, one of those fancy pieces of outlandishly futuristic equipment was a cel l phone—and as we all know, cell phones are indeed a real thing. Now, we watch movies like iRobot and brush off the possibility of robots roaming around and becoming smarter than the human species.

I’m not saying that we should all hide underground from dumb humans and intelligent computer-people hybrids. I’m just saying that we should maybe prepare for it.

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Saints Apollo stands among Triangle’s best We Are Ghosts

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W hen the members of Raleigh’s Saints Apollo anointed themselves a “folk pop” group, they couldn’t have pinned their sound down any more accurately. The band’s first full-length album, We Are Ghosts, displays the tenacity that has thrust it into the limelight of the Triangle’s music scene.

Although the band has only been around for two years, its songs feel like fully fleshed-out ideas that display a simultaneous sense of grandiosity and simplicity that few are able to accomplish.

We Are Ghosts consists primarily of catchy folk songs with a pop foundation. Standard chord structures and bouncy melodies create the strong foundations of these songs, but t he wonder of these tunes lies in their nuances.

W he t he r it ’s the continuous stomps and claps on t rack s l i ke “Hashin’ It Out” or the bristling percussion behind the album’s standout track “Oh Oh Oh,” the songs’ innate draw comes from their rich detail.

Saints Apollo benefits greatly from its string section. While the draw of male/female harmonies is usually enough to draw in fans of

the tried-and-true folk genre, the addition of talented cellists and violinists serve as the bread and butter of groups like this.

While songwriter Jonathan Koo possesses a powerful ability to craft memorable melodies and refrains, the band wouldn’t be nearly as entertaining with your standard bassguitar-and-drums combo. Having a cello fill out the low end of these tracks adds a powerful dynamic to the music that makes for a captivating listen.

But that shouldn’t discredit the song-writing on display in We Are Ghosts. Tracks like “Share My Walker” and “We Are Ghosts” fill the album with delightful moments t hat a l low t he listener to delve deeper into the lyrical territories that Saints Apollo tread upon.

“Share My Walker” is a heartwarming account of a headstrong lover who wishes for nothing more than to grow old with another that’s filled with addictive percussive flare and doo-wop style backing vocals. It feels like a modern-folk take on The Chairmen of

“... it’s an album that simultaneously feels insanely personal and instantly relatable.”

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the Board’s “Give Me Just A Little More Time,” a track that laments a love gone awry and pleads for a second chance.

Meanwhile, tracks like “We Are Ghosts” explore the darker, harsher sides of these same topics. “Time’s slowing down and I fear we are ghosts,” Koo croons over a simple piano line, “Finding the light, we gotta go.” The song displays a strong sense of urgency with its plaintive refrain but still feels like a hopeful exploration of these deeply personal feelings.

The album is filled with obvious relationship woes that are viewed through the lens of someone who knows that there are problems but retains the utmost desire to work through these issues and reach the light at the end of the tunnel.

Although “Hashin’ It Out” is an absurdly catchy track, it enters the uncomfortable territory of relationship issues and the fine line between “arguing” and “hashing it out.” The track touches on the necessity of tear-stained arguments in strengthening bonds between lovers, and it’s moments like this that

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allow you to peek through the veil of this simplistic pop group and see the people behind the music.

The same can be said for tracks like “Slowly” and “Warning Signs.”

They play out like a conversation between estranged partners, following along with a pseudo-narrative that is found within We Are Ghosts. The album chronicles the highs and lows of relationships and the personal struggles that can come along with them, but they’re viewed through the lens of someone with a heightened level of self-awareness rather than a sad-sack breakup album.

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Nick Frost (left) and Simon Pegg (right) attempt to complete apub crawl in The World’s End.

The World’s End proves Wright is worth more than just laughter The World’s End

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The desire to relive the past tends to be strong when the present is not up to par. Edgar Wright’s third major comedy, The World’s End, explores the idea of using the past to make the present seem better.

The World’s End follows a group of friends who attempted the Golden Mile, a legendary pub-crawl, 20 years prior. The friends fall short of the last pub and soon after part ways and grow up. Four of the friends go on to live great and successful lives except for Gary (Simon Pegg.)

In an attempt to go back to the glory days, Gary gathers the friends together to attempt the Golden Mile one more time.

When the group returns to the town of Newton Haven,

something is not right. No locals remember who they are and they are greeted with suspicion.

No matter what happens, Gary insists the gang finish the pub crawl and the friends are tested during the Golden Mile. The World’s End is best when it shows its science-fiction roots. The action scenes are entertaining and fast but never quite live up to director Edgar Wright’s best scenes.

The characters in the main group of friends are entertaining, and it is obvious at times they are close. The acting is top-notch, with names like Nick Frost and Martin Freeman joining Pegg.

However, Gary is unlikable at first, and the movie relays that his well-being has declined steadily. As the story unfolds, it becomes clear Gary is far more concerned about the crawl than his friends, who appear to live fulfilling lives.

At the same time, if given enough time, Gary becomes a truly remarkable redemp-

tion story. While Wright’s Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz both focused on a character’s growth and redemption, The World’s End really shines in Gary’s rebirth. For all his faults, you begin to care about him by the end as the main situation reaches its climax.

The humor, which has always been a staple of Wright and Pegg, is spot-on in this movie. They use humor in unexpected ways, including when the group has to keep drinking at each pub to avoid arousing suspicion. It’s a smart move, but by the time any fighting comes about, the group is a little too drunk to be of much use.

The World’s End lives up to other movies in the Wright/ Pegg comedy series in both humor and general production value. Just like Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, this movie comes across as a labor of love from Wright and Pegg, and it’s obvious they put their heart into it.

the lab, Popular Science challenged students to seek a career they enjoy in the sciences. “Thinking about a science degree? Consider a lab where research meets white-knuckled adventure,” the authors wrote.

Bradham and Watson did just that and can say they worked on some “awesome” projects because of it.

“For my Ph.D., I am working on a real-time sensor that can detect the chemi-

We Are Ghosts is a powerful statement from a young band that’s filled with potential. While it would be easy to lament and wallow in the sadness of a love lost, the album conveys a sense of maturity that few others can maintain.

We Are Ghosts is a cohesive listening experience that can speak to those listeners that have experienced these emotions. It’s an album that simultaneously feels insanely personal and instantly relatable.

When you’re as early into your career as Saints Apollo is, that’s a feat that shouldn’t be understated.

Triangle Transit regional buses, with routes to Chapel Hill, Raleigh-Durham International airport and many other locations.

Many students, like freshman design studies major Sarah Shively, don’t bring their cars, and instead choose to take advantage of free transportation.

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Anthony Conforti, a freshman in First Year College, agreed.

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“The only reason I’d need one is to get home for a weekend, but I’ll get a ride from a friend home to Winston-Salem if I need one.”

cal warfare agent simulant firefighter garments.” methyl salicylate [oil of winBarker said he enjoys all tergreen] the time he under a spends in chemical the lab and ensemble,” the people he Bradham works with. said.

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A: “It was great. My first game was against South Alabama, and the adrenaline rush was everything I had ever hoped for. The fireworks went off, the crowd was cheering and the smoke was going. It was a lot of fun.

I really don’t remember much because it was one of those times where you just enjoy the moment. I ended up get-

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from Colorado State.

“We have talked with all of our quarterbacks about where they stand and what they need to work on,” Doeren said. “I have told them they need to be ready to be our guy when their name is called. I think they know, in a 12-game season, that is a good possibility.”

In two seasons with the Rams, Thomas threw for

game speed?

A: “ACL recovery is tough, but it has made me a better person, and it made me enjoy the game that much more. If you have the game taken away from you, then you really enjoy what you had and just try to keep working toward coming back.”

A: “Coach Doeren and his staff are real up-tempo. They have a lot of energy, and we all really like them. They’re younger and more familyoriented. They bring their families in, and we know their families. There’s a lot more chemistry on the team this year for sure.”

Q: How did your recovery go and getting back up to

Q: Talk about how the transition has been between former head coach Tom O’Brien and current head coach Dave Doeren.

Q: How was it when you learned that you were getting upgraded to scholarship status?

A: “It’s definitely an honor

4,269 yards, 18 touchdowns and 21 interceptions. Mitchell, who spent most of his time with the Razorbacks as a backup, collecting 242 yards through the air, scoring three touchdowns and throwing one pick in three seasons.

State will be without sophomore running back Shadrach Thornton against the ‘Dogs.

Thornton, who was arrested on a misdemeanor assault charge over the summer, was suspended for the home opener but is likely to rejoin the team for the next game.

“I am very proud of the way he has handled the situation,” Doeren said. “It has not been easy or fun. He has come to work every day with a tremendous attitude and has been extremely supportive of his teammates.”

The Pack will have a strong Louisiana Tech offense to contain. The Bulldogs are 3-2 in the past two seasons against schools from Bowl Championship Series automatic qualifier conferences including a two-point loss to Texas A&M last season.

“I feel like we have great chemistry, and we have a pretty good idea of what these guys are capable of doing,” senior linebacker D.J. Green said. “We are really excited about coming out on Saturday and letting it all out.”

“Bottom line, their kids aren’t going to be afraid to play vvvis coming, and we are going to do everything we can to make our guys understand that.”

ting in toward the end of the game on offensive line, and that was a lot of fun.”

Q: Were you disappointed after missing this past season due to your ACL injury?

A: “Definitely, but injuries are a part of the game. If you give it 100 percent every play, they are bound to happen. It was just an unfortunate circumstance.”

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All the walk-ons always work hard, but we’re all aiming to get that scholarship, and it was really a great honor that Coach Doeren gave us.”

Q: How has interning with the media relations department been going?

A: “This is one of my first days here. Annabelle is a great media relations director. She gave me the opportunity to

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Last year, the gymnastics team finished No. 26 overall, 11-9-1 (5-3-1 EAGL), won the conference championship, but fell short of winning the NCAA tournament.

According to Fallanca, the team may have what it takes to reach the next level.

“I think it’s exciting because we have such a big team, and that will give us

come here, since I’ve always wanted to stay in media after football. So far it’s been a great experience.”

Q: Are you pursuing a career in media relations after college?

A: “[I’ve considered] maybe that or coaching football. I’d like to stay around sports, around the game and hopefully around N.C. State. But my focus is on the season right now, so I’ll worry about that afterward.”

even more depth since only the top six people compete in each event,” Fallanca said.

“This will give us an opportunity to have more people to be there and be ready to step in when needed, so I think we’re even better off than last year just because we have so much great talent coming in and still on the team. We’re going to be great this year.”

“We had, and still do have, a fantastic team, and it was so fun seeing us improve as a team and individuals.”

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Q and A Friday: Jacob Kahut

Wolfpack soccer opens season Friday The N.C. State men’s soccer team opens its season on Friday, Aug. 30 on the road against Campbell University. Head coach Kelly Findley will hope to improve his 2-0 record in season openers since becoming the Wolfpack’s head coach. The Pack is 23-8-2 all time against the Fighting Camels, but lost to Campbell in each of the past two seasons.

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Since transferring from Campbell University, senior defensive end Jacob Kahut has made a name for himself at N.C. State. He was recently awarded scholarship status and is currently an intern with the athletics communication staff. The Technician sat down with the Wake Forest native to discuss his time in Raleigh.

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Cheerleading earns national recognition The N.C. State cheerleading squad set a new school record by having 17 student-athletes earn All-America honors. The team also earned multiple invitations to the NCAA Nationals competition, to be held this coming April. Mr. and Mrs. Wuf also also named mascot All-Americans.

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Redshirt junior wide receiver Quintin Payton runs a pass down the field during the ACC Military Appreciation Day football game against The Citadel in Carter-Finley Stadium Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012. The Wolfpack defeated the Bulldogs 52-14.

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Aside from excelling as an Senior and gymnastics athlete, Fallanca finds time team veteran Hannah Fal- off the beam to make an lanca is entering her last impact in the Raleigh comseason at N.C. State, where munity. she has excelled both in the This past summer, she inclassroom and in competi- terned for the Hillsborough tion.

Community Service Corp.

Last season, Fallanca was her second internship with named to the all-EAGL first HCSC— where she helped team and all-tournament on coordinate a variety of events, the balance beam, leading the including Packapalooza. In Pack to the EAGL Conference that capacity, she assisted Championship. participating merchants and “Winning facilitated E AGL was organizathe most tional meetemotional ings. day I’d ever “It wa s had in colwonderful lege,” Fa lbec au se it lanca said. was my sec“It just ond s u mproved that mer internHannah Fallanca, everything ing with the senior gymnast t hat you HCSC, and were workit gave me ing toward had finally paid a greater appreciation for off.”

Hillsborough Street and all She also scored a career- the events N.C. State holds on best 9.95 on the beam, tied the street and all the parades,

“Winning EAGL was the most emotional day I’d ever had in college.”

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One of the more anticipated aspects of the contest revolves around who will start at quarterback for the Pack.

Doeren said he will wait until game day to announce his decision, but the front-runners are graduate student Brandon Mitchell, who transferred from Arkansas this past summer, and redshirt junior Pete Thomas, a transfer student

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Q: How was it when you stepped onto the field with the Wolfpack for the first time?

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time the Wolfpack and Louisiana Tech have competed against each other. State has an all-time record of 83-33-5 in season-opening contests.

“I think everybody, especially the players, is ready to start hitting somebody other than each other,” Bulldogs first-year head coach Skip Holtz said. “They are ready to hit somebody other than the guys wearing the Louisiana Tech helmet.”

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“We are looking forward to getting the season started,” head coach Dave Doeren said. “I think everybody is excited for game week to be here. There comes a point in time on every team where you are sick of hitting your teammates.”

This will mark the first

Technician: What made you choose N.C. State when you decided to transfer out of Campbell University?

Kahut: “Campbell just wasn’t a good fit for me, and I came to State and really liked what the campus had to offer.

I didn’t know if I was going to be able to play football or not actually. I walked on in the spring of 2010 and just went from there. It wasn’t necessarily a choice of the football team. It was more of a choice for the campus, and then I fell in love with the football program.”

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Senior gymnast Hannah Fallanca helped the Wolfpack win the 2012 EAGL Conference Championship.

and it made me feel closer and more involved in the school,” Fallanca said. “I understand the merchants, and I’m more comfortable with all the restaurants. It was great. I loved being with my State all summer.”

Now, with her time at State coming to an end, Fallanca

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said she has begun to reflect on her time with the Pack.

“I was on a recruiting trip, and I just fell in love with the wonderful girls,” Fallanca said. “The coaches were just the sweetest people I ever met and were neighborly toward me. When I walked on campus, they showed me how

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beautiful it is and how big it is, which I loved. It was just far enough from home that I could handle being homesick, but it was a really quick trip to go home. It was mainly the gymnastics team that made it for me.”

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