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Drop date today, reminds Lunch and Learn students of what’s to come looks at Trayvon Estefania Castro-Vazques Correspondent

Today is the last day for students to drop a course, but today also serves as a bitter reminder that this time next year, UNC-System students will already be long past the drop date.

Last spring, the UNC Board of Governors moved to impose a system-wide drop date of 10 days, which will begin next fall. The change was not popular among N.C. State students, who currently have about two months before having to chose whether to drop a course.

While many criticize this as

simply allowing students to drop classes in order to maintain a high GPA, others feel the late drop date encourages students to challenge themselves.

Kathy Ziga, academic advisor and assistant director for Assessment for the First Year College, said students won’t have the necessary time to decide whether a class they have enrolled in is engaging or manageable enough for their schedule.

“Some students like to start off with 18 credit hours to just test out different ideas on what they are interested in or maybe even challenge themselves if they think they can handle that amount of course

work,” Ziga said. “In the past they have been able to do that and then drop a class… that is not as interesting or a little more hard to handle and this is going to restrict them from doing so.”

Opposition to the bill came from N.C. State Chancellor Randy Woodson and former Chancellor of UNCCH, Holden Thorp, during a meeting in 2012.

Both Woodson and Thorp said that because N.C State and UNCCH had low course drop rates, the measure would prove ineffective in its purposes, according to an article

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Martin’s death

Chris Hart-Williams Staff Writer

Faculty members, students and guests discussed the impact of the trial that found George Zimmerman not guilty in the death of the 17 year old Trayvon Martin at a luncheon on Thursday.

The event, titled Trayvon Martin and Social Justice: Next Steps, was hosted by the African-American Cultural Arts Center as one of its Lunch and Learn events.

Darryl Lester, assistant director of AACC, moderated the discussion,

which featured a five member panel of outside professionals, faculty and students who led the talk.

Martin’s death, which occurred Feb. 26, 2012, received national media attention. He was an unarmed, African-American teenager who was shot and killed while walking home from a convenience store.

In the discussion, panelist shared personal outlooks about the case and opened dialogue for the attendees to join in the discussion.

It started with a question directed

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Women’s Center fights domestic violence on campus Rachel Coffman Correspondent

One in four women will experience domestic violence in their lifetime, and most domestic violence cases are never reported, according to the N.C. State Women’s Center website.

Each October, col lege campuses across the country host These Hands Don’t Hurt demonstrations in honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

The N.C. State Women’s Center holds the event annually to educate students about the growing number of cases of domestic violence on college campuses.

“We’re seeing an increase in the number of relationship-violence situations on campus,” said Jenn Scott, assistant director of Interper-

sonal Violence Service for the Women’s Center. “We want to show those affected by domestic violence that there are people out there who care, and that’s not what the Pack is about.”

The center hosted its demonstration Thursday on the Brickyard to raise awareness about the problem. It encouraged students to sign a pledge to never commit acts of domestic violence.

Students covered their palms in paint and then placed them on a canvas to show their support for the pledge.

During the event, members of the center handed out educational information about the prevalence of this in college relationships and offered students purple ribbons to signify the fight against the violence.

Trenton McNeill, a senior in political science at N.C. State, joined the demonstration and put his handprint on a canvas, which will be hung in D.H. Hill library for the remainder of the month.

“Participating brings about more awareness to this problem,” McNeill said. “It shows not only that we care, but that we’re supporting the fight against it.”

Otis McGresham, coordinator for Rape Prevention Education of the Women’s Center, said that the program has an impact.

“The use of handprints on a canvas engages students because it’s more than just signing a name to a petition,” McGresham said. “It draws students in and gives them something tangible they’ve accomplished.”

McGresham said the pro-

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Kieyana Sutton, a senior in animal science, makes her pledge against domestic violence at the domestic violence awareness stand Thursday.

gram is designed to engage the entire community at N.C. State by providing a visual representation of the magni-

tude of students who pledge against domestic violence.

“The community creates the program,” McGresham

said. “People passing by the canvas will be impacted by

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NCSU’s international employees recover from shutdown Sarah Ray Correspondent

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Helen Huang, associate professor of biomedical engineering, Lin Du and Fan Zhang, both graduate students in biomedical engineering, and laboratory managers Ming Liu are a team of researchers working on ways to neurologically control powered prosthetics.

Researchers move toward the future of prosthetics Katherine Kehoe Staff Writer

N.C. State researchers received $1.2 million from the National Science Foundation for a project that translates neuromuscular signals into commands for a prosthesis.

The goal is to improve mobility for people who use prosthetics, said Helen Huang, principle investigator

of the project and an associate professor of biomedical engineering.

Her team is creating a prosthesis that can recognize neuromuscular control signals from muscles attached to the prosthesis.

“For example, if you want to move your hand, you will have to send out a signal directly from your brain and then all the way to your

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Huang and her researchers are improving algorithms for translating digital data from multiple types of sensors into mechanical control of powered prosthetics.

muscle to contract that mus- artificial limb technology has cle and the muscle can drive come a long way since the the joints to cause the hand days of the peg leg, when arto open,” Huang said. tificial limbs simply provided Nathanial Conti, a senior in biomedical engineering, said PROSTHETIC continued page 3

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N.C. State’s Human Resources Department is recovering from the effects of the shutdown, which made verification of international employees at the University difficult and caused temporary problems in the payment of some international students.

According to Jill Blitstein, manager of International Employment at N.C. State, the University employs about 8000 permanent faculty and staff, which doubles at the beginning of the school year with the addition of student workers. “[E-Verify] is a system that is a partnership or agreement between department of homeland security, the social security administration and the employer to do an online employment verif ication check,” Blitstein said.

According to Blitstein, the E-Verify system was down during t he government

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shutdown, which made the employment eligibility verification process incomplete.

“Our foreign nationals, when they come into the United States, are applying for social security, but some were unable to because of the federal shutdown,” said Suzette Walker, a specialist with International Employment.

According to Blitstein, the foreign students that apply and are hired to work for N.C. State need a social security card in order to receive payment through direct deposit, as well as for tax purposes.

“As a part of international employment, we have a taxation unit that specializes in foreign national taxation, and they’re having a harder time releasing checks to foreign nationals who don’t yet have a social security number because we need to report that to the IRS,” Blitstein said.

However, new employees were still hired and paid as usual without going through

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the E-Verify system.

“Once it goes to E-Verify, E-Verify will typically review that information and assign a case result,” Walker said.

“Currently, there are no case results, but we’re still hiring people as usual.”

With the system up and running again, International Employment said they will be making sure that everyone who was hired during the shutdown gets put into the E-

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by the John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy.

“I think it is a campus matter that should be determined by faculty members on campus. I don’t think it’s appropriate to centralize it,” Thorp said in the article.

This policy was proposed by the Academic First workgroup, whose guiding principles included the hope to “maximize limited and declining resources to reward students who are serious about progressing toward and earning an undergraduate degree,” according to its June 2011 committee notes.

“It’s a lot different,” said Zack Brady, a freshman in textile technology. “There is so much stuff going on. The first couple weeks of school I wasn’t sure if my schedule was going to work out or not

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Professor uses social media for food safety Jess Thomas Correspondent

A professor at N.C. State is working to increase the awareness of food safety by utilizing social media outlets which will empower citizens to take action.

Benjamin Chapman, a professor at N.C. State and a food safety extension specialist, asked the readers of his blog to take photos and post them on sites, such as Instagram or Twitter, to make people more conscious of the safety of their food.

“What I’m really interested in is opening up and increasing the dialogue around food safety, and I want to know what food safety means to people,” Chapman said. “It could be good things and bad things, and I’m really just interested in what the discussion is.”

Chapman once had a mentor who performed a project that rated the cleanliness of restrooms in bars and restaurants, which he said was one of the experiences that inspired his idea.

“All of this seeps into this idea of being able to capture things through the lens and being able to understand more about the situation,” Chapman said.

Chapman said he began a

verify system, as it’s required by state law.

“Even once it comes back up, there’s such a pent up demand that the system will probably be slower or it might crash a little more. It’s going to take a long time to get everyone back in,” Blitstein said.

Now that government departments are open again, those that were hired without a social security card are being encouraged to apply for social security as soon as possible so everything is in order by the end of the tax year.

because I really didn’t know what was going on.”

Joni Worthington, vice president for communications for the UNC-System, said the purpose behind the policy is to help students graduate in a timely manner and to ensure funds are being used adequately.

But because the University already has a high retention rate, some people feel the policy will not have a major impact on campus.

“A review of class drop behavior shows that N.C. State students who are making satisfactory progress toward degrees typically do not drop more than four courses after the census date,” said Michelle Johnson, senior associate registrar for Registration and Records. “In fact, of students who graduate within six years, 93 percent do not drop more than four courses after the census date. That number increases to almost 98 percent for students who graduate in four years. So, based on that analysis, we do not anticipate that this change will have any negative impact on the majority of N.C. State students.”

Chad Walton, a junior in Business Administration dropped a class his freshman year because he didn’t feel comfortable with it.

“Students won’t take risks in terms of taking really cool classes because they might fear they will get a low grade,” Walton said.

Other concerns include classes in which teachers don’t give feedback until late

Amateur Chef, Abry Rath, prepares a meal while displaying food safety procedures through Instagram.

blog with a colleague about seven years ago called barfblog. It emphasizes food safety while interacting with social media users about safefood production guidelines.

Chapman said that through this project, researchers of public health could better understand the people’s perceptions surrounding food safety and how it may be contrary to the assessments made by

science.

“If more people talk about food safety that, in turn, puts more pressure in the food system to do a better job,” Chapman said. “Instead of not talking about the good, the bad and the ugly, I just hope this raises the consciousness of food safety and it gets people involved and engaged.”

Tayyab Hussain, a junior in chemical engineering at

N.C. State, said that he felt he didn’t know a lot about safe cooking techniques or what food safety was really about.

“I don’t think it’s a concern that is on a lot of people’s minds because they would rather ignore problems that they don’t have to worry about” Hussain said.

Hussain said that he feels that food safety is a topic that he would like to know more

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about and that it is an important discussion to have.

According to Chapman, the Citizen Food Safety Project is just an experiment right now. However, in time, he hopes it will gain popularity through social networking sites. Chapman said his goal is to engage more people about food safety, whether it be at home or in a public restaurant.

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the students from their community who have taken a stand.”

These Hands Don’t Hurt is just one of the organization’s efforts to solve this problem.

The N.C. State Women’s Center provides short-term counseling for both women and men on campus. Students effected by domestic violence or rape can visit the Women’s Center or call the 24-hour hotline at 919-618-RAPE.

in the semester.

“Most students won’t have had a test in the first 10 days.

I’ve had some classes that are just tests and no homework, no in-class work, no anything. You just sit in class, take notes, and take a test,” said Jeremy Evans, sophmore in Environmental Science ,who said he has never dropped a course.

In fact, in past years a high percentage of seats remained filled after the drop date, about 94 percent at N.C. State, according to Student Senate Resolution 52.

However, the new policy is thought to have positive effects as well.

“On the other hand, this is going to line up with the financial aid policy of satisfactory academic progress,” Ziga said. “That’s something new that students are having to adjust to this year. Students need to complete 67 percent of their courses so those policies go hand in hand.”

According to Resolution 52 from N.C. State’s student senate, under the current policy about 30,000 credit hours are lost each semester due to course drops. The new policy may ensure more seats remain filled and those that aren’t can quickly be replaced by students on waitlists.

“If there’s the possibility of having a middle ground, I think that’s maybe where some administrative individuals and students might need to come together and collaborate about what’s actually best for the students,” Ziga said.

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Students in the Brickyard took part in the domestic violence awareness campaign hosted by the Women’s Center on Thursday. By painting their hands, they expressed their promise to never participate in domestic violence and to support those hurt by it.

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to the panelists, asking what they thought when they first heard of Martin’s death.

“My initial reaction was deep anger and shock and deep fears,” said panelist Erin Byrd, political strategist with Blueprint NC. According to Byrd, police officers or vigilantes kill an African-American person every 36 hours. She said 120 people died between January and July.

The discussion placed an emphasis on how African-American males are viewed in American society and the subsequent effects on African-American communities.

“I have to navigate differently as a person of color,” said panelist Atrayus Goode, founder of Movement of Youth, Inc. Goode shared his personal experiences with discrimination as an African-American male and shared the importance of mentoring youth about dealing with racism.

Goode said Martin was an example of racial profiling, which happens far too often to African-American males.

Goode’s nonprofit, Movement of Youth, Inc., works with about 200 students within the Triangle and consists of close to 70 men-

tors.

Throughout the discussion, Goode spoke about the importance of being active in the African-American community and challenging problems such as racial profiling.

“We need to be there for people and show up,” said Goode.

According to panelist Sheila Smith McKoy, director of AACC, the U.S. was founded on a system of racism. She says that it is important to address the need for policy when addressing racial profiling.

“The best America can do is admit to its racial woes,” McKoy said.

The luncheon ended with the question of where the country should go next. Panelists talked about the importance of young people taking action throughout the country to make change.

“Build an alternative to what you fight against” Byrd said.

She encouraged people who want to get involved in causes related to racism, and approach solutions through creating finding ways to help combat problems such as racial profiling.

Students of the panel were Lynette Neal, a senior in Africana studies and Brayndon Stafford, a sophomore and work study student of AACC.

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NCSU embraces ‘FREEDM’ of energy STORY BY RAVI CHITTILLA AND SAM LOOMIS GRAPHIC BY AUSTIN BRYAN

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mart Grids refers to technology that people use to transfer energy. These systems function through the use of the exchange of energy between multiple sources.

In other words, one can share or sell the energy with neighbors or power companies.

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ccording to Alex Huang, director of the FREEDM Systems Center, the future of energy will be analogous to that of the internet. “You can generate the content,” Huang said. “You can share the content. You can deliver the content.”

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he current grid relies mainly on obsolete technology that hasn’t evolved in more than 100 years.

Right now, consumers in North Carolina are dependent on a single energy source, and most of that power is generated by burning coal, a relatively unclean fuel.

Smart Grids will instead run on a variety of sources including solar, wind and hydroelectric power.

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he goal is to simulate a real-world power grid.

The 1 MW FREEDM System demonstration lab uses solar energy gathered on the roof. Inside the lab, researchers develop smart transformers, transistors and other semiconductor-based devices that can handle thousands of volts.

Whereas modern transformers simply step down incoming high voltage to low voltage, the smart transformers facilitate flow between consumers and suppliers. If there is a thunderstorm, and a utility is damaged, the transformers would alter the flow to pick up the load.

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rids with high-voltage are not typically combined with smart technology. Most of what is considered “smart” today, such as laptops and phones, are low voltage and safe. With the high -voltage grid, new challenges will arise.

Part of the challenge is preparing low-voltage electronics devices to handle much higher levels.

Much of the computation in phones and laptops is done by semiconductors, which have not previously been applied to higher voltage systems.

SMART GRID DEVELOPERS FACE A VARIETY OF CHALLENGES TODAY

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.C. State is creating a Smart Grid by partnering with four land-grant universities nationwide.

“Our research here is mostly focused on what are the technical needs to make sure the grid is this robust and flexible ‘plug-and-play grid’?” said Alex Huang, director of the FREEDM Systems Center and professor of electrical engineering.

FREEDM is an NSF Engineering Research Center led by N.C. State that is working on changing the nation’s smart

grid infrastructure.

Just 17.4 percent of electricity consumed in the United States last year was produced from renewable energy sources, while 37 percent was produced from coal and 30 percent from natural gas. That data from the Energy Information Administration also showed 19 percent of electricity was produced from nuclear power.

This is primarily related to the nation’s energy infrastructure, according to Huang.

Huang said the challenges Smart Grid developers face are not just technological, but social and economic as well.

“It’s tough,” Huang said, “Because the business is very tough. It’s very typical to have people say, ‘Why do I need to pay more for something that’s kind of a given?’”

Huang said transmission of energy must come from a centralized source to a large number of consumers. Huang said this system is highly inflexible and must be

carefully controlled, as “every joule produced on one end must be used by someone on the other.”

Often called the Energy Internet, smart grid technologies have been recognized for the flexibility they will provide.

According to Huang, the future of energy will be analogous to that of the internet. “You can generate the content,” Huang said. “You can share the content.

You can deliver the content.”

We hold this truth to be self-evident: all meals are created equal.

You have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of a happy meal.

You can eat amber waves of grain and feast on fruited plains.

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An electronic lower limb prosthetic, developed by Dr. Huang and her team of graduate and post-doctoral researchers, is controlled by a computer which reads data from multiple sensors placed on the wearer’s body.

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“a sense of aesthetic completion or providing a crutch.”

He said this research can improve the lives of those who have lost their limbs, and he wants to undertake this research professionally.

“There are many people who have lost limbs to various reasons such as conflict and disease,” Conti said.

“Prosthesis research is a way to improve the quality of life and restore some normalcy to living habits of these people.”

The money from the NSA will help researchers study what combinations of neural signals produce movements, Huang said. The interface her team is developing can interpret everything from brain signals from the cen-

tral nervous system to neuromuscular control signals from the peripheral nervous system. Researchers from the University of Houston will join the project.

Conti said Huang’s work is important, and he hopes to see more progress in the field.

“As technology becomes increasingly sophisticated, we are seeing new possibilities for the eventual restoration of full functionality,” Conti said. “Being able to interface neural signals with components built into prosthetic limbs is a giant step towards this goal.”

Huang said the interface can get information from different neural signals, such as brain signals from the central nervous system, or neuromuscular control signals from the peripheral nervous system.

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Tell me how you really feel, N.C. GOP

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n light of the federal government shutdown, Republican legislators hit North Carolina’s poor and under-privileged where it hurt: their stomachs.

In doing so, North Carolina became the first state in the country to cut Tim Gorski welfare benefits to the poor Deputy Viewpoint Editor in wake of the governmentshutdown.

On Oct. 10 the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services sent out a letter to county social service directors instructing them to stop processing applications for the Work First program, according to the News & Observer.

The Work First Program, which is funded entirely by the federal government, provides monthly food assistance and other basic benefits to almost 21,000 North Carolinians, 13,000 of whom are children.

Work First recipients must reapply to the

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If you could fight any historical figure who would it be and why?

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“Abraham Lincoln because everyone knows him.”

Alex Zhang sophomore, aerospace engineering

“Lee Harvey Oswald for taking out Kennedy.”

Robbie Mohney freshman, biomedical engineering

“Adolf Hitler because he was one of the greatest public enemies.”

Larkin Nance freshman, First Year College

“Alcibiades because he screwed over everyone. He was very strategic and got lucky and escaped somehow. I want to back him into a corner and see what happens as he was unpredictable.”

Parker Martin junior, computer science

program every month and demonstrate that they are trying to get a job in order to receive benefits.

Sadly, this isn’t the first time Republican legislators have turned their backs on the needy. Other programs on the general assembly’s government-shutdown cutting block included Temporary Assistance for Needy Families and The Special Supplementa l Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children.

According to Reuters, TANF, which covers more t ha n 70,0 0 0 recipient s throughout the state, will be greatly affected.

This is the case despite a promise from the federal government, that it will pay back North

Carolina for the money spent on the program as soon as the shutdown is over.

Republican legislators also threatened WIC, a program that supplies baby formula and other materials to needy mothers and their children, on Monday in another unprecedented effort to save money.

All of these last ditch efforts to save money are happening despite the fact that the state government has $650 million saved in case of emergencies.

Clearly, the needs of families who cannot afford to feed their children do not constitute an emergency in the eyes of our elected representatives.

Although the government shutdown has ended and federal funding for these programs

“ ... this isn’t the first time Republican legislators have turned their backs on the needy.”

will come in as they normally do, our state government’s decision to throw the underprivileged under the bus as soon as things start to go rough is awfully telling.

It is especially disconcerting and unusual that our government would cut the Work First program, which was established to provide an incentive to those in need in order to receive benefits.

It should also be deeply unsettling to the citizens of North Carolina that in the event of the shutdown our government led the country in defunding programs that benefit the people who need it the most.

One of the major criticisms about our Republican legislators is that they care more about wealthy business interests than they do about the middle class or poor citizens of this state. This chain of events proves beyond any reasonable doubt that this is the case.

Open hardware and why it is revolutionary

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ost of us that are technologically inclined are familiar with the term open source. It is often used in a software context to mean that t he source code of the sof tware is open ly accessible and mutable by anyone who Naman possesses Muley t he k nowStaff Columnist how. T h i s software gives designers the freedom to change, improvise and customize the source code to anyone’s use. In essence, open sourcing software enables the software to become a building block rather than an opaque commodity.

The same is difficult to say for hardware. The source code of software can be easily transferred, shared, edited and reproduced via electronic means. Hence, it can be easily turned into a building block. But hardware on the other hand is intricate. Let me explain with an example.

Hardware is a physical entity. A car engine is essentially hardware. It has a design plan of the connections of various components and their interrelated operations. The car manufacturer company owns the design plan document, and it is not shared with the end user. Similarly, electronic hardware has design plans and specifications that describe the components and the underlying electronic connections between chips on the board. Electronic manufacturer, such as Texas Instruments, own these documents which are covered under their intellectual property.

Imagine if someone gives you the internal engine plan of a car. What would you do with it? Would you be able to change it by pressing some buttons? Will you be able rip the engine apart and install your custom made exhaust and assemble it back? What use is it to you, apart from maybe understanding and troubleshooting if you are a qualified mechanical engi-

neer? Electronic hardware is similar; except the gas fumes and bulky components are replaced by microscopic electronic components. This is the basic difference between hardware and software. The latter is mutable, the former is not.

Until now, this was how the hardware industry existed, safe under the cover of intellectual property. One never hears of hardware manufacturers such as Texas Instruments fighting intellectual property wars such as Apple and Microsoft.

In come Arduino and Beaglebone. Both of these are open hardware customizable electronic boards that come with a complete design plan and open source software that runs on top of the hardware. Analogically, your car just came with the complete internal design plan.

The design plans for Arduino are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license. This enables personal and commercial derivatives of the hardware (rewire the boards if you can) to exist under the condition that they are in turn licensed the same.

Electronic hardware is different from your car engine in that it needs software to run on top of the hardware.

Arduino has open sourced the software platform that runs on the boards so that anyone can develop new software that runs the boards.

Hence, it gives complete freedom to build your own hardware and software. Arduino comes with hardware that can be assembled by hand.

The Arduino boards are small and host small microcontrollers. The best in the lot are about half as powerful as contemporary desktops.

This allows for you to make small robots of your own.

The more complex t he hardware gets, the more difficult and costly it proves to mutate. For this reason, complex motherboards that run computers still remain closed source. Even as open hardware sets in, these are the first steps of a revolution.

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A Decision that shouldn’t have to be Made: Acceptance

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have to make a confession, this has been festering in me for a while – readers: this is hard to say but... I’m straight. I have been wanting to get that off my chest for a while now and feel as though this column wouldn’t have the Taylor Quinn same effect Staff Columnist if I didn’t announce my deepest, darkest secret.

There’s a swarm of hippie leftists who believe that I chose to be this way, and will not change their mind no matter what I tell them.

But I couldn’t have made that choice. It’s in my genetic makeup. I knew since I was a young girl that I liked boys but didn’t want to tell anyone in fear of public shaming and bullying from my peers.

I don’t understand why the United States makes it such an issue, it shouldn’t even be a topic. It shouldn’t be an issue that I like a different sex then my own.It is something personal and does not affect anybody who doesn’t agree with me.

I think they have such a problem with it because this book written thousands of years ago tells them so. It’s called the Elbib, and I believe in the God who is worshiped within its pages but its places of worship frown upon my kind – some won’t even let me into its church. I believe in the same God they do but yet they hate me (though its pages preach of love) and are

very adamant about me not being able to get married.

What if being homosexual was the norm and being straight was the taboo -- would you decide to go against your true feelings to please the society who frowns upon who you truly are?

This week is Diversity Week, and in honor of that, Bishop Gene Robinson came to speak to some groups of people on Tuesday.

Gene Robinson was a priest for a number of years then was elected bishop coadjutor i n 2003 and retired in Jan. 2 01 3 . H e did not hold his position w it hout a firestorm of bad public reactions though. He wa s ma rried to Isabella McDaniel in 1972 but divorced her in 1986. His divorce wasn’t the problem.

It was his marriage, his new marriage, to Mark Andrew.

Gene Robinson is the first priest to come out as openly gay and had some amazing things to say during his talk on Tuesday. For someone who has received so much hate, he sure does spread a lot of love.

Someone came to the microphone during questions and asked how she should react when anti-gay people come up to her at events associated with Pride Day. His response was calm and collected and filled with love:

“Just tell them what you think not what they ought to think.”

I think that is a valuable phrase that our society needs to get through their brains.

As Americans, we are supposed to have freedom and act as individuals. We have our own brains and hearts – each of us have our own DNA, so we should be able to feel openly about whatever we want.

Bishop Robinson a lso commented on his hope for t he f uture and how he t h i n k s we will get there with this: “Until everyone is an us, and not an us and t hem, we won’t do well as a society, but my belief is that love will win, we just don’t know when” Those words warm my heart and give me hope for the future because a man who has been through so much and had so much courage to come out in a society who still nurtures haters of his orientation is so hopeful.

When you are growing up, and have not partaken in any sexual activities yet, do you consider yourself undecided?

Just because you haven’t engaged in sexual activity with the opposite sex doesn’t mean you aren’t straight. Same goes for being gay. “Being gay” is not a verb, it’s an adjective.

“We have our own brains and hearts ... we should be able to feel openly about whatever we want. ”

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Pokémon X & Y evolve series Bryce Hart Staff Writer

The Pokémon video game series has grown since the first installments, Red and Blue, were released in 1996 in Japan and 1998 in the United States. The newest versions of the game, X and Y, came out on Oct. 12, bringing huge changes to the tried and true formula of the previous games.

The character starts out as a young kid who players can customize slightly, an unprecedented feature for the series. Along with in-game friends, the character goes on an adventure to see every Pokémon in the world and fight the eight gym leaders in the region, just like every prior installment. A few tweaks are made to the basic journey, which make for a more interesting story.

One of the biggest and best changes that X and Y bring is the increase in graphics. Gone are the flat sprites of previous generations. Enter 3-D sprites, around which the camera will rotate, taking full advantage of the Nintendo 3DS’s screens. Seeing favorite Pokémon from years past in this new, crisp and clear light is a thrilling experience.

The game takes place in Kalos, a new in-game region based off of France and other parts of Europe, even featuring its own Eiffel Tower.

The vast world offers a lot of interesting locations to see and explore.

It’s clear the developers wanted to make the world seem more lived in than any earlier games.

In addition to a detailed and lively world, the improved graphics have made Pokémon battles a pure delight to participate in and watch. Not only is every Pokémon represented with clear detail, every attack has been given an animation, many of which are neat to see compared to the lack of animation in the old games.

Pokémon X and Y add a few new gameplay mechanics as well. The most notable and most game-changing mechanic added is the much-discussed mega evolution ability. Later in the game, the player can use items to mega evolve certain Pokémon into a new form never before seen. This includes many older Pokémon such Charizard, Blastoise, Venusaur and Mewtwo.

Mega evolution has advantages such as stat boosts, type changes and new abilities that are only available in a mega form. While it’s interesting to see old Pokémon get new forms, the advantages to mega evolving aren’t always worth it. Players can use only one mega evolution per battle, and some of the items for it can be hard to find.

Super Training, Pokémon-Amie, and the Player Search System (PSS) are also new additions to the series.

Super Training allows the player to increase a Pokémon’s base stat through mini games, allowing custom tailored stats. Pokémon-Amie allows the player to play and feed their Pokémon to make them happier and increase the chance of dodging and critical hits. The PSS allows players to trade and battle with others across the world at random.

These features, of course, are completely optional.

One drawback to the new game is that became rather easy. Though Pokémon games have never necessarily been hard, this game gives the player so many new features that make the game easier when taken advantage of. However, there is quite a competitive scene online that can up the challenge.

Since the first games came out 17 years ago, the Pokémon series has undergone a progression of tweaks and changes. Thankfully, despite new adjustments, X and Y still manage to maintain the feel of the original games.

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New management doesn’t kill the Dead Kevin Schaefer Staff Writer

Since its premiere in 2010, AMC’s The Walking Dead has captured the attention of countless viewers and enhanced the popularity of zombie mythology within our culture. Sunday night marked the premiere of its fourth season, with new showrunner Scott M. Gimple calling the shots.

While season three displayed a number of storytelling problems and an excess of filler episodes, this week’s premiere is a promising entryway into the next chapter of this series.

Now that the long and drawn out conf lict with The Governor (David Morrissey) is over, protagonist Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) and his crew appear to be rather peaceful at the start of this episode. Having expanded their community within the prison greatly in the last few months, they appear to have things pretty under control.

With fan favorite Daryl Dixon (Norman Reedus) now in charge, and the Obi-Wan like mentor Hershel Greene (Scott Wilson) at his side, there seems to be an element of hope within this apocalyptic universe after all.

Yet in conjunction with the show’s premise, the premiere

episode of season four, “30 Days Without an Accident,” plays on viewers’ emotions as it shatters that hope as soon as it is introduced. Between Rick’s encounter with a tormented woman trying to keep her husband alive and a supply run that results in a teenager’s death, this premiere does an excellent job of setting the eerie and jawdropping tone for the rest of the season.

Since the departure of series developer and original show runner Frank Darabont in season two, the show has had plenty of ups and downs. His vision was the driving force behind bringing Robert Kirkman’s best selling comic book series to life, and it’s what made season one so brilliant.

While former Executive Producer Glen Mazzara did a formidable job of filling Darabont’s shoes, the lack of creative consistency nonetheless presented significant flaws. Despite Morrissey’s dynamic performance in season three, the anticlimactic resolution to the Rick/Governor feud made for a disappointing finale.

Yet with Gimple now taking up Darabont and Mazzara’s

mantle, the freshness and innovation of his ideas are exactly what the show needed.

Having been on the production team since season two, and written some of the better episodes, he was the ideal choice to be the next showrunner. Given that he did a tremendous job in the past of chronicling the deaths of major characters such as Dale (Jeffrey DeMunn) and Merle (Michael Rooker), I couldn’t be more pleased with his current position.

Coinciding with Gimple’s script, Greg Nicotero’s exquisite directing is what made it possible for this episode to i nclude a swarm of walkers falling from the ceiling. The way in which he delivers the perfect amount of both intense action and quiet scenes of character development is what enhances the quality of this premiere.

One moment in particular serves as an indicator of what this season holds in store for viewers. When Hershel’s daughter Beth (Emily Kinney) learns of her boyfriend’s death, she displays hardly any emotion and simply goes to change the sign on her wall so that it said “0 Days Without an Accident”. It’s as though

“ ... I’m eager to see where the rest of this season will go.”

the group has become so accustomed to losing people it’s no longer fazed when someone goes.

There’s also a scene where Carol (Melissa McBride) teaches a group of children how to use knives, in case they’re ever up against a walker. Given that the episode ends with a young boy

turning into a walker as he’s next to a cell-block full of people, we can only guess as to what horrors await the prison’s occupants over the course of this season.

With a fan base in the millions, The Walking Dead continues to entrance viewers weekly with its clever manipulation and ability to

surprise. It’s why I tune in to every episode and why I have a stack of the graphic novels on my bookshelf. Now with a new set of stories to tell and a promising start, I’m eager to see where the rest of this season will go.

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Mountain festival offers ‘oasis’ for electronic music When it comes to North Carolina, few cities hold a candle to the vibrant mountain town of Asheville. Hailed by many as the “San Francisco of the East,” Asheville is a hub for all things artistic, invigorating and innovative.

So what better place to hold the first Mountain Oasis Electronic Music Summit?

Mountain Oasis, a new festival, is set to take place Oct. 25-27 in downtown Asheville, but a few things place this festival head and shoulders above its competitors.

For starters, Mountain Oasis boasts an eclectic lineup of powerhouse acts from various genres. Nine Inch Nails, Bassnectar, Animal Collective and a recently reunited Neutral Milk Hotel will perform at the festival.

Mountain Oasis shows it isn’t limited in scope to electronic music.

AC Entertainment, one of the largest music promotion companies in the nation, will run the festival. Ashley Capps heads AC Entertainment, the company behind Bonnaroo Music Festival in Tennessee and Forecastle, KY. Until last year, the company was also in charge of Asheville’s Moogfest, an electronic festival that paid tribute to the legendary Bob Moog, the inventor of the Moog synthesizer.

“The festival that was

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known as Moogfest for the past three years was our vision,” Capps said. “We programmed it, produced, marketed it, staffed it and paid for it...everything.”

It was clear that Moogfest was a product of AC Entertainment.

“We were proud of what we had created, wanted to see it continue,” Capps said. “We had to rebrand our festival as Mountain Oasis.”

And the name certainly couldn’t be more aptly titled.

Capps has been promoting shows in Asheville since the early ‘90s. For the past decade, Capps has been the talent buyer for The Orange Peel, a popular venue in the mountain town.

“Asheville is an amazingly fun and inspiring town,” Capps says. “[It’s] practically a festival in its own right, and we’re lucky to have it to tap into.”

Capps’ affinity for the city of Asheville is made abundantly clear when we peer into the inner workings of Mountain Oasis. The festival has collaborated with Asheville artists, restaurants, breweries and more to help shine a spotlight on the city’s rich cultural offerings.

In tandem with Asheville Brewing Company, the festival created the Electric Pale Ale, a brew that will be on

display at several beer tastings throughout restaurants—just one of the ways that Mountain Oasis connects with the city.

Throughout the weekend there will also be panels that highlight some of the brightest minds in electronic music, interactive music exhibits, art shows and much more.

“We hope to further capture people’s imaginations and inspire them to explore their own creativity,” Capps said. “We hope to inspire music lovers to explore and discover new music as well as see the artists they love.”

Which, quite frankly, is exactly what festivalgoers will be able to do at Mountain Oasis. The festival perfectly tows the line between the hip and the classic. Artists such as Jessie Ware, Disclosure, XXYYXX and Robert DeLong are all swiftly rising acts in the electronic realm and they’ll be performing alongside legends such as Gary Numan.

Mountain Oasis offers five venues, which should make for an interesting combination of performances. It’s not often we see Neutral Milk Hotel bringing its jangly folk rock masterpieces to the same stage. Bassnectar melts faces and drops basses.

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For example, Nine Inch Nails will perform in the 7,700 capacity ExploreAsheville.Com Arena, making for the most intimate performance of their worldwide tour.

With such an exhaustive lineup, there are plenty of incredible things to check out at Mountain Oasis. Whether it be a popular house music duo or an iconic anti-folk songwriter, festivalgoers will surely stumble upon plenty of awe-inspiring concert experiences at the festival.

“It’s going to be an unforgettable weekend,” Capps states, “and we want everyone in attendance to have the time of their lives.”

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N.C. State rugby players battle in a scrum against their opponents. The rugby club beat UNC-Chapel Hill 100-0 in a match last spring.

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ings with a 2-2-1 record. Although its players said they would like to be higher in the standings, they are happy to be having at least some success in their games.

“We’ve been competitive in almost all of our games,” said Brandon Alvey, junior in business administration and club vice president. “More importantly, we’re continuously improving our level of play. That tells us that our coaching methods are working.”

Due to the inf lux of new

players, the club has concentrated on teaching rugby fundamentals at practice, but leaving fitness work for the players to do individually.

The players said they will begin working on fitness in practice as soon the team’s overall skill level rises and its new players become more experienced.

The men’s rugby club is also active in community service events. The club’s members recently participated in a Science, Technology, Engineering and Math night at an elementary school, helping out at experiment stations to assist the elementary school students.

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“It was a great experience helping the kids with the experiments,” said T.J. Dixon, sophomore in statistics.

“They’re a lot smarter than I expected. It’s always nice to be able to make a difference in the community.”

As for the remainder of its season, the members of the club hope to continue improving and finish their season strongly. The Wolfpack’s upcoming games include away matches against Virginia and Virginia Tech, before closing out the ACRL season this fall at home against Maryland on Nov. 2.

After its fall season ends, the Pack will continue prac-

ticing to prepare for the ACRL’s condensed miniseason in the spring.

The club is always looking for new members, even ones with no prior rugby experience and encourages anyone interested to visit its website, www.ncstaterugby.com, and email one of the club’s officers.

“We’re always welcoming of new players to build the club,” said Kent Mackman, senior in accounting and club President. “A fair amount of our current seniors and juniors actually didn’t play any rugby prior to college, but they all learned pretty quickly.”

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be a good coach and helps you find opportunities in life instead of just difficulties,” Findley said.

At N.C. State, Findley has a 21-24-6 record in his three years at the helm. Last year, the Wolfpack started its season 6-0, the second best start in program history. But the Pack lost momentum down the stretch after four players were dismissed following an incident at a bar.

Despite its loss in momentum, last season wasn’t a total disappointment for Findley and his staff. His players’ hard work and dedication to academics helped them earn a team GPA of 3.3 last year.

Findley’s strong reputation for excellence in academics, as well as athletics, was also evident at Butler. His Bulldogs earned a three-year team GPA of 3.25 and won three National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Team Academic Awards.

State has won NSCA A Team Academic Awards in

each season since Findley took over as head coach following the 2010 season.

“The number one thing is that you get the right people on the bus,” Findley said.

“If you get the right guys in the recruiting process, guys who want to be excellent in everything, then academics will take care of itself.”

“We don’t have to worry about the academic side with our group this year. They’re all as serious about being students as they are soccer players, and that’s our goal.

If you get the right guys in your program, then that stuff is easy to manage as a coach.”

In his free time, Findley said he likes to spend time with his family. He also said he is an avid mountain biker.

“I like to stay in shape and be fit,” Findley said. “I think it’s a great way to deal with daily stress. And also, I can’t be overweight and tell my players they need to run more and work harder.”

Findley will lead State in its next match against No. 2 Notre Dame on Saturday at the Dail Soccer Field. The match begins at 7 p.m.

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N.C. State fell to ACC opponent Virginia on Thursday night at the Dail Soccer Field in Raleigh. This marks the eighth straight loss to for the Wolfpack, while the No. 1 Cavaliers remain undefeated on the season.

The final score was 5-0, in favor of Virginia. The Cavaliers wasted no time, scoring their first goal less than four minutes into the game. State would allow three more goals in the first half, including two from Virginia’s sophomore forward Brittany Ratcliffe.

Ratcliffe’s goals were scored only 83 seconds apart. The Cavs’ final goal would come with less than three minutes remaining in the match.

State (6-10-0, 1-9-0 ACC) has struggled this year against ranked opponents, with a record of 0-6 and a combined goal differential of -16. Virginia (15-0-0, 9-0-0), on the other hand, continues its run as the only undefeated team left in Division I, including a 2-0 record against ranked teams.

Both teams’ rankings in the ACC remain the same after Thursday’s contest. The Pack stay at 13th in the conference standings, above the only ACC team that it has beaten: Pittsburgh. Despite having an undefeated record, Virginia still sits at second behind Florida State, as the Seminoles have more points than the Cavs.

An explanation for the five goals allowed by State could be the formation that head coach Steve Swanson implemented for match. Swanson urged his players not to be scared when taking on the best team in the nation, and instead tried to go on the offensive. “[For t his ga me], we changed to a 3-4-3 set, which

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is a very attacking-minded formation,” Swanson said.

“We tried to catch them offguard and try something different, where most teams just sit back.”

Despite its agg ressive mindset, State couldn’t seem to find a rhythm in the game, as Virginia maintained possession for most of the contest. After losing possession shortly after the opening kickoff, the Pack did not get the ball again until the Cavs netted their first goal at the four-minute mark.

The Cavs’ goal came off a chip by senior forward Gloria Douglas, with an assist by junior midfielder Morgan Brian. Brian recorded three assists in the game.

State’s defense was resilient against a dominant Virginia attack. The Pack held the Cavs to only seven shots on goal, but the quality of Virginia’s players proved to be too much for State to handle.

“We managed throughout the game to hold their shot total down,” Swanson said.

“They are just so efficient in

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Junior forward Jennie Krauser, keeps possession of the soccer ball.

front of the goal, and that’s why they’re the number one team in the country.”

State was able to record seven shots, including four on goal. Throughout the match, the Pack had opportunities to score on counter-attacks, but failed to capitalize. Freshman forward Jackie Stengel received two excellent passes downfield in the second half, but was stopped by an excel-

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improve in the conference rankings with a win.

Swanson said he doesn’t want to change a thing going into Sunday’s contest.

“We need to be consistent.”

Swanson said. “If we put any performance similar to [our play Thursday night] in, then we can be competitive and give ourselves a chance to win.”

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lent Cavalier defense.

“We wanted to come out and play hard soccer against them,” Stengel said. “We created a lot of chances, but now we need to work on maximizing those chances.”

State’s next match will be on Sunday at noon against ACC newcomer Syracuse.

The Orange are 2-7-1 in ACC play this season, and State will have a good chance to

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Members of the N.C. State rugby club celebrate after a victory. The club has an upcoming home match against Maryland on Nov. 2 at the Method Road fields in Raleigh.

Men’s rugby club loses seniors, looks to rebuild

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The core group of seniors that led the N.C. State’s men’s rugby club to a 100-0 obliteration of UNC-Chapel Hill last spring have graduated, leaving big shoes to fill on one of State’s most successful club teams.

The Wolfpack faces an uphill battle in a rebuilding year as it looks to replace the large group of graduated seniors.

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League, the club’s regional governing body, implemented a new structure, which has made the rebuilding process difficult.

“Our league season used to be in the spring, which gave more time to teach our new players the game,” head coach Bryan Maxwell said. “Now, with the season in the fall, we have much less time to prepare.”

Despite these hurdles, the club’s new players are adapting relatively well to the game,

according to their teammates.

“We’re doing well this year, considering over a third of our spring semester team graduated.” said Cameron Jernigan, sophomore in biological engineering. “The new players are filling in better than we could have ever expected considering the amount of time they have been playing.”

The team currently sits in fifth place in the ACRL stand-

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Head coach Kelly Findley has found success at every program he’s coached. Now in his third year as head coach of the Wolfpack, Findley has the N.C. State soccer program trending in the right direction.

Findley, previously the head coach at Butler University and Mars Hill University, played college soccer at Judson College. At Judson, he earned National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics All-American honors three times and helped the school win its first NCCAA National Tournament Championship in 1991.

Findley also played professional soccer for the Charlotte Eagles for six seasons.

As a coach, Findley was a two-time recipient of the Horizon League Coach of the Year while at Butler. He

compiled a 59-25-15 record as the Bulldogs’ head coach, winning 13 or more games in his final three years at the helm.

In his previous stint as head coach at Mars Hill, Findley directed the Lions to a second place finish in the South Atlantic Conference in 2000, his second year in that position.

Findley said his experiences as a Division II head coach at Mars Hill taught him the value of an optimistic attitude and hard work.

“I have a great photo of me at Mars Hill on a giant blue tractor aerating our soccer field,” Findley said. “I learned how to work hard while I was there and how to find a solution to problems.”

“That’s something that’s helped me through the years, being a solution finder instead of just a problem identifier. I think that helps you

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