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Wake County schools seek pay raise to retain therapists

A long-requested pay raise is in the table for Wake County school therapists. The Wake County school board will vote Tuesday on a $510,000 plan to raise the salaries of occupational and physical therapists. School officials hope the high pay will help stabilize a workforce that is charged with helping students who have disabilities.

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More than $80 billion of the $249 billion that binge-drinking cost the United States’ economy is from lost productivity in the workplace by employees nursing a hangover, according to a new study released by the Center For Disease Control and Prevention. The study defined binge drinking as consuming at least five drinks for men and women during the course of two hours. Most of the costs listed in the study were attributed to reduced workplace productivity, crime and the cost of treating people for health problems that stem from excessive drinking, according to the CDC. SOURCE: WNCN

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Jackson Horne, a fairgoer, reaches out for his prize after winning the water gun game at the N.C. State Fair Saturday. The State Fair has a variety of attractions, games and vendors and is held annually at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds.

Fried Oreos and smoked turkey legs were on the menu for French international students Friday as they experienced a saturated taste of American culture at the North Carolina State Fair.

Because of the popularity of the State Fair, the Global Training Initiative organized a trip to the fair and offered SKEMA students the opportunity to take part in a truly southern tradition.

“We wanted to showcase local southern culture especially since NC State is big about agriculture and livestock,” said Becky Cibulskis, SKEMA programs assistant.

Many of the students didn’t know what to expect from the State Fair, and they wondered how much it would compare

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Street art arrives in Glenwood South

The City of Raleigh teamed up with several local artists to paint three permanent street art installations in the intersections of Glenwood Avenue and Jones, North and Tucker streets Sunday.

The first installation shows a city skyline, the second depicts a swimmer in a striped bathing suit and the third resembles an oldfashioned movie reel countdown.

“This underscores that Raleigh has a very talented and creative community,” said Donna Belt, a local artist who lives in Glenwood South and came up with the idea.

“It shows that our Glenwood South neighborhood welcomes new forms of art and innovative works like this one.”

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Fountain Dining Hall welcomed a slice of Latin American culture Thursday evening as a part of Hispanic Heritage Month. With foods such as fried plantains, lechon asado and roasted chicken with mole sauce on the menu, “A Taste of Latin America” showcased the diversity of Latin American food.

The event was a collaboration between University Dining and Multicultural Student Affairs, who worked to make this event culturally appropriate and sensitive, according to Nelson Santiago, assistant director of Multicultural Student Affairs.

Santiago said this is the first time they have held such an event.

Kevin Kelley, University Dining’s food service supervisor said “A Taste of Latin America” was a success, considering more than 1,900 people attended.

“Our expectations were to end the

Hispanic Heritage Month with a bang and feature one of our themed meals again,” Kelley said. “[Based on the] feedback I got from the students so far, I think everything was pretty well-received. Our numbers met our expectations, so that was good, particularly with it being the opening night of the fair.”

Students and staff all came to experience a taste of Latin American culture.

“I came here tonight because I love South America in general, and I love their food,” said Lucile Nambotin, a graduate student studying business.

“Since I was little I was attracted by this culture; it is a part of the world that makes me dream.”

The dinner demonstrated that Latin American food is not only about tacos and salsa, but instead includes a great range of diversity.

“The food was something a little more upscale than what everybody was used to,” Kelley said. “We put a lot of time and a lot of energy into it in the front of the house, the back of the house and with management planning everything.”

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To close the end of Hispanic Heritage Month, University Dining and Multicultural Student Affairs partnered to create the themed meal, “Taste of Latin America,” Thursday in Fountain Dining Hall. Students ate dishes including vegetarian tamale pie, lechon asado and picadillo with tortillas.

According to Kelley, themed dinners such as this one take a lot of planning, preparation and production. He said everything is ready to be served at the dinner only because of the months of preparation beforehand.

“It’s all about preparation,” Kelley said. “Preparation was done a week in advance and planning was done months in advance. Our food preparation, the cooks and the chefs have DINNER continued page 3

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Members of the UNC Board of Governors before the emergency meeting met with Margaret Spellings, one of the final candidates to replace Tom Ross as president of the UNC System on Friday at the SAS Institute in Cary.

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The UNC Board of Governors has remained tight-lipped, for the most part, about its search for a new UNC System president after former president Tom Ross was pressured to step down without explanation in January.

This silent treatment continued Friday after the board held an emer-

gency closed meeting on the campus of the software company, SAS, to meet with Margaret Spellings, former United States education secretary for the George W. Bush administration.

Spellings’ name was leaked to reporters by unnamed insiders within the board and is apparently a leading candidate to replace Ross as president.

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Mark Templeton, CEO of Citrix and an NC State alumnus, spoke about the importance of critical thinking and offered leadership advice to a crowd of about 300 students, f ac u lt y a nd profe s siona l s Wednesday evening as part of the Wells Fargo Lecture Series.

Citrix is a software company specializing in mobile, server, desktop v ir tua lization and cloud technology, with $3.14 billion in revenue in 2014 and 10,000 employees. Templeton joined Citrix in 1995 as vice president of marketing right before the IPO and was appointed CEO in 2001.

“You don’t know this, but every one of you use Citrix technology every day, Templeton said. “When you go to eBay or Amazon to shop, you use Citrix technology that sits in front of those giant applications. Citrix is about securely delivering the world’s most important apps.”

The event started with a brief overview of Templeton’s his-

tory at NC State and at Citrix.

Templeton graduated with a bachelor’s degree in product design from the College of Design.

“I originally started in the engineering school,” Templeton said. “I didn’t do too well.

The bar for entry for the school of engineering was lower than for college for design.”

After overcoming some challenges, Templeton was able to get into the College of Design and complete his degree.

“The school has a rea l ly powerful process for helping you develop powerful critical thinking skills,” Templeton said. “We spent the two years of unhooking you from the linear thinking processes and really focusing on thinking differently. It’s that critical thinking that I think is the most powerful thing that I took away from the education.”

Inspiration is part of Citrix’s business, according to Templeton.

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called the meeting on Wednesday to “meet with and have a conversation with a promising candidate for the presidency and to receive a status report from the Search Committee,” according to an email sent on his behalf. Amid fears that her name would be released, Friday was the earliest that Spellings could meet, which gave the board two days’ notice to adjust its schedules, according to internal emails.

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ick Weaver, a freshman majoring in art studies , performs in front of a crowd of students during Open Mic Night in the One Earth Lounge. When asked about the event, Weaver said he thought the event was a “really great way to promote local talent.” The Music Industry Club hosts the event every other Friday from 7–10 p.m. “We are trying to help students show their talents for free and to show them what standing on a stage is like instead of performing in front of the mirror,” said Grisha Mirzoev, founder and president of the Music Industry Club and a senior studying business administration .

Some board members have accused Fennebresque of delegitimizing the search by calling the meeting because of the risk of seeming unfair to other candidates and to the democratic process.

Board member David Powers stated in an email obtained by The News & Observer that even if “the candidate” is worthy of the position, he did not believe that the perception of them being “the chairman’s choice” would be good for the presidency. Powers called on Fennebresque to resign before Friday’s meeting.

Thom Goolsby, a board member, expressed this sentiment in much

harsher terms saying that Fennebresque had lost the trust of the board, the legislature and the public and added, “no matter how qualified, anyone advanced under your chairmanship would be fruit from a poisonous tree.”

Further complicating the circumstances surrounding the meeting was a bill passed by the Republican-led general assembly last month, which seemed to be aimed at avoiding a situation where only one candidate would be considered. The bill would mandate that at least three final candidates be considered by the full board rather than just the 11-person

search committee, which is the only interaction that the other candidates have had with the board with the exception of Spellings.

Concerns over adhering to the bill were formally expressed by Republican Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger and Republican House Speaker Tim Moore in a letter which read, “While the bill has not yet been signed by the Governor, calling an emergency meeting to discuss only one candidate could be viewed as the Board’s attempt to circumvent the overwhelming will of the elected people of the State of North Carolina prior to the bill becoming law.”

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about selling potential,” Templeton said. “It’s selling a new and better way for people to live and work. This is what binds 10,000 people together.”

Company culture of integrity, respect, humility and convictions were other major themes of the event.

“We have created a lot of wealth for shareholders, but we run the company for employees and customers,” Templeton said. “If you are an employee or customer, you are investing more than money.

You are investing your career, your time, your reputation. You can’t get that back. You are investing a lot of things you can’t get back. These are the investors I would rather pay attention to.”

Templeton also heavily discussed leadership, listing f ive things that he considered the most important in a leader: leading from the front, owning up to your mistakes, delegating well, being a role model and seeing both the opportunities and the obstacles.

“First thing, own your mis-

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It is rare for the general assembly to intervene with BoG affairs. Board member Champ Mitchell said that the board “never” meets with more than a search committee’s top candidate. However, he feels that the board must comply with the wishes of the legislature to have at least three names brought forward, regardless of whether the bill has been signed into law.

Gov. Pat McCrory is expected to rule on the bill before the next board meeting Oct. 29.

Neither Fennebresque nor the rest of the board made themselves available for questions after the meeting.

takes,” Templeton said. “You will make many of them. There are opportunities to learn. Depending on the kind of mistake, they are an opportunity to build your character.”

Curiosity and asking questions was another aspect of leadership that Templeton discussed.

“The most devastating mistake I made in my career was not asking for advice,” Templeton said.

“I thought as CEO I thought I would have all the answers, and I thought asking questions was a sign of a weakness. After the event, I realized that the most successful people are the ones that ask for advice. It shows you are curious, it shows confidence, it shows you are smart.”

During the presentation, Templeton showed images of himself while at NC State and spoke about how being part of a fraternity at NC State was another life-changing experience for him.

Af ter the event, Templeton spoke about his decision to give his talk at NC State. “[I want] to begin the process of giving back to the university that gave me a lot of roots and work lessons that steered my life in a powerful way,” Templeton said.

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Above: Molly is one of the cows in the barn run by NC State’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at the N.C. State Fair on Saturday.

Left: Rick Normant, a salt-water taffy maker, is stretching salt-water taffy to feed into the packaging machine during the NC State Fair Saturday. The fair is held annually at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds.

Above: One of several Ferris wheels light up at night during the N.C. State Fair Saturday.

Right: Performers dress as flowers and walk around the N.C. State Fair on stilts Saturday.

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been doing that all week. So when it came to the production, actually putting it out for service, it was smooth. I don’t think we ran out of anything up until maybe the last 15 to 20 minutes, so we were pretty much spot-on as far as what we needed to prep for everybody. I don’t think we turned away anybody hungry.”

Pasetti Vanin, a student studying science mobility, said she was a big fan of the fruit Fountain offered during the themed meal.

“I loved the passion fruit,” Vanin said. “I’m not sure if it’s just from Brazil or if other

parts in Latin America have it. And I’m taking home a papaya, or a mamão, in Portuguese.”

Dinner also came with a show, as NC State’s Latin

dance team Sube Ritmo performed three times throughout the evening.

“The performances went very well,” said Miguel Migliore, a senior studying computer science and Sube Ritmo dancer. “I thought the fact that University Dining gave us the opportunity to showcase our talent and our culture was very respectful of them, especially on the last day of Hispanic Heritage Month.”

The dance group performed a bachata dance by JR,

called “Amarte Sin Amarte.”

Migliore and Anh Doan, a senior studying biological sciences, said the crowd was very excited about their performances.

“We got a lot of really good feedback,” Doan said. “A lot of people came up to us afterwards and complimented us, which was really nice.”

Students and staff alike enjoyed the dance performances, according to Kelley.

Not only did students watch, record and applaud Sube Ritmo, but some even danced along. “[The dancers] went around the building from what we call the large side to the small side and danced,” Kelley said.

“People participated with

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Roasted corn cobbettes with chili-lime butter and cotija cheese along with a couple of more dishes native to Latin America were a part of University Dining’s themed dinners. This event took place in Fountain Dining Hall on Thursday.

them and jumped in, so it was really fun. You wouldn’t have necessarily expected it with college kids I guess, but they did it, and they had fun.”

The overall atmosphere was also a major part of the event, as the dining hall was covered with flags of Latin American countries, maps of countries that included facts, vases with multi-colored flowers and colorful, hanging pompoms.

“It’s clear that some good work was put in,” said Pedro Ramos, a junior studying chemical engineering and paper science engineering.

“It was a good way to end Hispanic Heritage Month.”

Along the walls of Fountain included individual maps of countries with a few interesting facts about them. Santiago said this event was not only meant to be a cultural experience, but an educational one as well.

“University Dining and [Multicultural Student Affairs] had a conversation about education taking place everywhere on our campus,” Santiago said. “So students here should not only be educated when they go to classroom — students should be educated even when they go dine.”

However, according to Crayton Garrell, director of Food Service, the flags acted as more than decorations for some students. They symbolized their identity and heritage.

In addition to representing and displaying the array of Latin American foods, the event illustrated the “building of partnership with Multicultural Student Affairs,” Garrell said.

The Cinco de Mayo event hosted by University Dining in spring 2014 received

backlash for being culturally insensitive, but the Taste of Latin America dinner was well received.

Nicky Relyea, a senior studying fashion and textile design said unlike at the Cinco de Mayo event, she did not feel offended at all and suggested that University Dining and Multicultural Student Affairs host more events like this.

“They should continue to do it with other nations,” Relyea said. “Food is an easy way to discover new cultures.”

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Intersectionality is for everyone T

he discussion of feminism should be the type of conversation that everyone is welcome to participate in.

Kathleen Regardless of who someone Maxwell is, everyone should benefit Correspondent from gender equality. However, from the beginning of the feminist movement, it seems like the conversation has been focused on promoting the interests of white, middle-class women. This focus has been the highlight of the more recent feminist conversation on the differences between “white feminism” and intersectional feminism.

White feminism is the idea that feminism is a simple “one size fits all” model that places white, middle-class, heterosexual women as a mold for others to fit. It does not take into account racial, socioeconomic or other differences that women have with one another.

Intersectional feminism analyzes the complex role that race and gender have in how women experience sexism. For example, women are paid less than men, but how much less they are paid depends on factors concerning race and gender. For every dollar a white man makes, a white woman will make about 77 cents, a black woman will make 64 cents and a Latina woman will make 56 cents, according to the White House. White feminists tend to ignore how race also plays a serious role in how much women get paid, while intersectional feminists acknowledge that complexity.

Intersectionality also encompasses the ways in which women face other types of discrimination. For example, a heterosexual white woman faces sexism differently than a white lesbian woman. Even though both women are white, a lesbian faces homophobia and sexism together. The heterosexual woman will not have to deal with

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oppression or discrimination based on her sexual orientation.

Essentially, intersectionality accounts for the ways where all the various means of oppression come together and how those impact each individual woman. White feminism believes that all women experience oppression based off of gender alone, and that fails to depict just how complex the life of each woman really is.

Some white women take offense to the term “white feminist.” What they should understand is that the term has nothing to do with actually being white but with refusing to acknowledge the needs of women who do not fit a certain mold.

Regardless of one’s race, socioeconomic status or identity, anyone can be an intersectional feminist. As a white woman, I benefit greatly from the actions of mainstream feminism, which historically is dominated by white women. Yet, I attempt to acknowledge my own privileges and understand that those mainstream movements fail to account for the needs of women who are not white and who suffer from other types of oppression. It is something that can be challenging because intersectional feminists have to understand oppressions that they might not face themselves.

Practicing intersectional feminism involves going beyond one’s own perspective and trying to understand something not personally experienced. The various facets of oppression and discrimination are tied together, and without acknowledging intersectionality, many women will continue to be oppressed, which negates the point of feminism. Although intersectionality is complex, it is necessary in order to be able to lift up all women into equality.

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“It changes in most every way because you can know a lot because of social media, and it can change how we perceive people before we meet them.”

“I think it makes people worse at communicating in person.”

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Pumpkin panic I

t’s October, and that means that it’s time for that fall spirit we all love. Everyone loves October. And what’s not to love? There’s the fair, Halloween, manageable James temperatures, etc. There Twiddy is one thing, however, that Correspondent has become overused in October. This is, of course, the pumpkin.

This radical overuse of the pumpkin in October cannot go unaddressed. I know we are all thinking it. It’s not that pumpkins are evil and we should get rid of them entirely. It’s just that they have become used to such an extent that they have begun to lose their charm.

One of the most common uses of the pumpkin is the classic jack-o’-lantern. I think that this is the one role the pumpkin plays in the October season that it should keep. It’s classic and just a lot of fun. Unfortunately, some people have moved away from this and begun a new process of just decorating pumpkins with paint or markers. Cutting a jack-o’-lantern is hard work, but it is rewarding. Painting a pumpkin is the lazier version of a jack-o’-lantern.

Pumpkins find their way into every aspect of our lives this time of year. There are pumpkin foods such as pumpkin pie and pumpkin seeds, and then there are foods that are flavored with pumpkins such as pumpkin spice lattes at Starbucks and pumpkin milkshakes at Cook Out. Don’t forget about the pumpkin scents. There are pumpkin hand soaps and pumpkin-scented candles. There are lists and lists on the Internet about all the things that you can do with a pumpkin. The point is, pumpkins are all the rage in October, and I think I know why.

Because pumpkins are just so cheap and easy to obtain, they have become a thematic element of October, and we feel this compulsive need to indulge ourselves in the pumpkin

fun. When it comes to holidays, many people have a feeling or an idea of what they want that holiday to be like. These ideas come from the media, movies and TV and are perpetuated in our lives by society — by the people we know personally who act on these ideas.

When Christmas comes along, you have to have a Christmas tree, stockings, maybe a few wreaths. When it is Easter, you feel the need to have an Easter egg hunt. When it is Valentine’s Day, you feel the need to have some kind of romantic encounter with someone you are interested in.

We’ve all watched these ideas unfold in movies and TV since we were kids, and that influences the way we act when these dates come. These romanticized ideas about how each holiday is supposed to go or how it is supposed to feel can, a lot of times, lead to disappointment because they don’t go the way we want them to. Despite lacking certain romantic elements, this is true for Halloween too.

We feel like using thematic elements of what we know Halloween to be, such as pumpkins, costumes and candy, will allow us to enjoy the holiday and feel the way we expect to feel. We all have romanticized ideas of these holidays, and the truth is they can be a real letdown if it doesn’t go our way. Not that these ideas are all bad — seeing that, a lot of time, the use of tradition can increase one’s enjoyment of holidays — it is just that we are obsessed with making sure we fill our lives with these themes because we are afraid that we will be disappointed. That’s why we feel the need to surround ourselves with pumpkins in every form possible throughout October.

So while these traditions can be fun, let’s not bury ourselves in predictable habits that will ultimately let us down, but instead try new things and make new traditions this holiday season.

Why you should not vote W

e’ve heard our whole lives that voting is one of our most precious privileges as cit i z ens of Chase t he United McLamb Guest Columnist States. It has taken thousands of years for somet hing li ke a democratic republic to be formed with the intention of allowing the governed to have some say in the actions of the government. We’ve been told that if we don’t vote, we have no right to complain when the government treats us unfairly or even when some unregulated behaviors of other people upset us. This is the core of the issue.

If we think about what government is, we conclude that it is the de jure monopoly on the initiation of force. That is to say that

only the government (police off icers, politicians, individuals with permits, etc.) can threaten you with guns or imprisonment for not doing what they tell you to do. This means that the process of voting is the same as electing people to have control over this monopoly. These people all come with promises of how they will force someone somewhere to do something they don’t want to do even if what that person was already doing was peaceful and victimless.

For example, some politicians want to continue bans on nonviolent use of marijuana. Others want to continue killing people in other countries that pose no imminent threat to the U.S. Others want to force business owners to hire certain people based on qualities

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other than sk ill or personality or whatever other traits t he ow ner should be at liberty to determine will lead to the success (or failure if they’re wrong) of their business.

This leads me to the conclusion that voting a politician into power — any politician — is the exact same as asking someone who is legally allowed to intimidate people (with the threat of police violence and/or imprisonment) to force your fellow Americans to behave in ways that you have deemed preferable. This is called coercion. The saddest part is that most of us think that by asking politicians to do it for us, we are somehow excused from their actions.

Eric Garner, to bring up an example that is still fresh in everyone’s memory, died as a result of police enforc-

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en the opportunity to vote for repealing some existing, unjust law. As far as voting for the next person to come to power in the government, I will no longer take part in that system.

You may say that I forfeit my right to complain about the government if I don’t voice my opinion with a vote. This is ludicrous. If I choose to say, “I don’t approve of how that person behaves, but since he isn’t hurting anyone, I’m not going to threaten him in order to change his behavior, because that would be wrong,” do I forfeit my “privilege” to point out injustice by r e s p o n s i b l y a n d m o rally choosing not to vote?

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ing a law that banned the selling of unta xed cigarettes. You may blame the man for breaking the law, but he wasn’t hurting anyone, so the police should not have had the right to initiate force in the first place. You may blame the police, or the governor of New York or even the state legislature. But some blame must go toward the people who voted the politicians into power — politicians who passed an unjust law that prompted obligatory, v iolent en forcement of said law that resulted in the death of a peacefully acting man.

This is only one example of how compliance with the legislative process and law enforcement places the blame on you, the governed.

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regime regardless of who is in power? Of course I shouldn’t.

I will stay here and continue to speak out against the institutions and processes by which we continue to sell off our own liberties and those of future generations. I know feeling like you have some say in the government may be important to you, so please take the time to consider the arguments presented here. I hope you all can find it within yourselves to stop using the force of government to mold society in the ways you prefer. If you want change, put your arguments on the free market of ideas and see what happens. Good ideas can go a long way.

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Solving the cassava crisis in East Africa Alix Vo Staff Writer

Think about all the potato dishes you eat: mashed potatoes with gravy, Hasselback potatoes with chives, french fries on the side. Now imagine if these dishes suddenly became a rarity due to a potato scarcity. This is essentially what’s happening in some African countries where the cassava crops — a staple tuber root as essential to African cuisine as the potato is to American cuisine — are being overtaken by the Cassava Mosaic Disease (CMD).

NC State recently received a grant from the National Science Foundation Partnerships for International Research and Education (NSF-PIRE) which will allow a team of professors and researchers to visit Kenya and Tanzania to find the factors that inf luence how the viruses that cause CMD change and evolve.

The principa l invest igators in this project are Li nda Ha n ley-Bowdoi n, a William Neal Reynolds d ist i ng u ished professor of plant and microbial biology George Kennedy, a Wi l l ia m Nea l Rey nolds distinguished professor of entomolog y, and Siobain Duffy, an assistant professor of ecolog y, evolution and natural resources at Rutgers University. There are f ive other professors

as well as five East African partners on this project.

The cassava is a tuber root that grows underground, and its exterior is brown and rough. The leaves that shoot up above ground are what indicates if the plant has CMD. Plants infected w it h CMD w i l l d isplay green leaves with sectors that turn yellow, become deformed and shrink. Although the disease may have been around for at least 100 years, it has been an epidemic for the past 2535 years.

“W hat happens is t he energy the leaves produce due to photosynthesis is used for the tuber roots to g row,” Ha n ley-Bowdoin said. “Since they’re underg round, when leaves become yel low a nd a re smaller, there is less energy to make big tuber roots and yield goes down.”

Ha n le y-B owdoi n s a id one of her partners, Joseph Ndunguru, head of biotechnolog y at the Mikocheni Agricultural Research Institution, has been going out into the field and determining the diversity of the CMD viruses. They will then try to use this information in a lab to reproduce the results of the field under controlled conditions and understand the most important factors that drive viral diversity.

CMD is transmitted by whitef lies, white insects

that look similar to small pumpkin seeds.

“These whitef lies feed by inserting their mouthparts into the vascular tissue of their plant host and can spread virus while feeding,” Kennedy said. “The disease is also spread by vegetative propagation of cassava plants by farmers.

Over time, two species of Cassava Begomovirus came together to form a virulent hybrid that overcame host plant defenses and caused severe disease in cassava.”

Because there are different viruses that cause CMD, the best thing to do is find out strategies that will make it harder for the viruses to spread.

One of the goals of PIRE is to provide American scientists with experience in working on international research, as many of the problems faced in agriculture cut across national borders and continents.

“We’ll have to work with scientists all over the world in order to address problems in food security, and one of our goals is to encourage trainees to use the PIRE experience when they become independent scientists to help them engage in international research collaboration,” Hanley-Bowdoin said.

Currently, the research team is recruiting personnel for this research project.

It will provide training and

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A leaf of the Cassava plant. Cassava is a staple crop throughout East Africa and South America.

Plants infected with Cassava Mosaic Disease begin to show changes in the coloring of the leaves.

encourage undergraduates, graduate students, postdoctoral scientists and early career faculty to gain experience working on international research. The research in Africa will start in

spring 2016 as trainees are recruited.

“It’s a very good thing for the NSF to have these programs that specifically make sure that we’re going to have an internationally

relevant and competitive scient if ic work force, 10 even 30 years from now,” Duffy said.

Anti-cancer drugs delivered by the bloodstream Katherine Hughes Correspondent

Researchers successfully tested a form of anti-cancer drug delivery by using a patient’s own platelets to disguise the drug as part of their bloodstream, which helps shrink tumors and keep cancer from spreading throughout the body.

A joint biomedical engineering team between NC State and UNC-Chapel Hill developed the treatment with the main goal of creating a drug delivery system that mimics the body’s natural processes.

Platelets are a ty pe of blood cell that exists in our body to help blood clot and stop bleeding by clumping together whenever there is an injury to a blood vessel.

Platelets also play a vital role in how cancer spreads from one part of the body to another.

“Platelets can aggregate on the surface of circulating tumor cells and help them survive in the blood streams and migrate to other sites for tumor development,” said Quanyin Hu, a graduate student and lead author of a paper on the team’s work.

The surface of cancer cells are likely to stick to platelets and be carried throughout the body via the bloodstream, thus spreading the cancer in a process known as metastasis.

The team decided to take advantage of this affinity between platelets and cancer cells. By extracting the membranes of platelets obtained from mice, it was able

“This is the first time to use the platelet membrane-coated synthetic nanoparticles for anticancer treatment.”

- Quanyin Hu, lead author of the research paper

to create the platelet membrane-coated nanovehicle (PM-NV), which was the anticancer drug disguised by this outer layer of platelets. The team hypothesized that the PM-NV would be able to target the tumor sites and deliver the anticancer therapeutics to their most active destinations. This could both destroy existing tumors and stop new tumors before they start.

Another advantage to this method is that by coating the anti-cancer drug with

the body’s own platelets, the drug-carriers wouldn’t be identified as foreign objects, so the body would not go into an immune response and try to eliminate them. The drug stays in the bloodstream longer, averaging about 30 hours with this platelet-membrane coating compared to about six hours without it.

After a year of testing their research on mice, the researchers found that using the anticancer drugs known as Dox and TRAIL

in the PM-NV drug delivery system was significantly better at reducing large tumors and destroying circulating tumor cells than using Dox and TRAIL without the coating of platelets.

“This is the first time to use the platelet membranecoated synthetic nanoparticles for anticancer treatment,” Hu said.

Hu said this research is significant to cancer research because they have now found a successful way that an anticancer drug was able to inhibit the metastatic development of cancerous cells. In the future this means the PM-NV treatment could help people be completely rid of cancer more effectively and efficiently.

“The next steps will be additional pre-clinical test-

ing of this platform in large animals, as well as using this platform to treat other diseases, such as cardiovascular disease and inflammation,” Hu said.

In an interview with NC State News, Zhen Gu, the corresponding author of the research paper, said, “We think it could be used to deliver other drugs, such as those targeting cardiovascular disease, in which the platelet membrane could help us target relevant sites in the body.”

With additional pre-clinical testing on the platform on large animals and eventually in humans, if proven to be successful, this technique could speed up the recovery of some of the most significant medical diseases affecting the human body.

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to the fairs they are used to in France.

“I rea l ly d id n’t k now where I was going,” said Lucile Nambotin, a graduate student in the SKEMA program. “I only knew that there would be animals and fried food.”

At fairs in France, rides are the top attraction, and the international students were surprised when they saw just how many food vendors there were at the State Fair.

“I was surprised to see more food sta nds t ha n rides,” said Clara Vignaud, a graduate student in the SKEMA program. “But I’m here to experience the American version of a fair.”

More than just the quantity of vendors, the international students were also taken aback by the number of fried food options.

“I couldn’t believe how ma ny jun k food sta nds there were,” said Vincent Garland, a graduate student in the SKEMA program.

Some French students saw the State Fair’s combination of fried food and produce to

be oxymoronic.

“When you do an event a b out a g r ic u lt u re you should not [have so] many jun k food sta nds,” said Thomas Laffond, a graduate student in the SKEMA program. “I just don’t get it. Why would you highlight what is produced loca lly [a long] w it h f ried stuff? They are two opposite worlds — a fried Twix bar is not local produce.”

However, the deep fried food didn’t dissuade the students from trying the State Fair specialties. There was a general excitement for the fried Oreos.

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“I’m only here to taste the fried Oreos,” Vignaud said.

“You shouldn’t be afraid of tasting it all.”

While Vignaud tried the deep fried Oreos, muffins, deep fried shrimp and a turkey leg, others were not as adventurous and preferred not to taste anything.

“I enjoyed the fair as a whole,” said Ophélie Sisto, a graduate student in the SKEMA program. “I didn’t like the food that was offered there at all. There was only deep fried and greasy stuff, so I didn’t taste anything. Some of my friends tried the food though, and

actually they liked it.”

Beyond the food experience, the international students enjoyed the family atmosphere of the event.

“I had the impression that the event is important to the American population,” Vignaud said. “We saw a lot of families and children.”

While the State Fair didn’t quite meet their expectations as far as agriculture and livestock go, some of the students thought their ex periences mig ht have been better if they had an American guide.

“I was expecting promotion of livestock and locally

grown produces like on the markets in France,” Laffond said. “We were four French guys walking together; we probably experienced the fair from too [much of ] an external perspective. It would have been different if American people were showing us around.”

Overall, it was nearly an entirely new experience for the international students.

“It was interesting, definitely something to do,” Nambotin said. “I felt like I was in an American cliché for a while.”

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41-21 loss. The Cards will have matchup with another strong defense against the Boston College Eagles this coming weekend.

9. Syracuse (3-3, 1-1 ACC) After starting the season 3-0 with an early conference win, the Orange has lost three straight games, including a triple overtime heartbreaker to Virginia this past weekend.

If ‘Cuse wants to be taken seriously in the conference, it will need to have a strong showing against Pittsburgh this weekend.

10. Wake Forest (3-4, 1-3 ACC) The Demon Deacons were thumped by the Tar Heels 5014 Saturday in Chapel Hill. In games where the Deacs give up 10 or more points, they are now 1-3. Wake Forest will look to get its defense back on track when they host the Wolfpack this weekend.

11. NC State. (4-2, 0-2 ACC) The Wolfpack had the week off after losing two straight conference games. A matchup with a Wake Forest team that just surrendered 50 points to

the Tar Heels should help the defense and head coach Dave Doeren get back on track before a Halloween matchup with No. 5 Clemson.

12. Virginia (2-4, 1-1 ACC) While it took triple overtime to do so, the Cavaliers earned their first conference win of the year when they defeated Syracuse Saturday. The Cavs will try and build off this win when they travel to Chapel Hill to take on the Tar Heels Oct. 24.

13. Boston College (3-4, 0-4 ACC) After giving up 26 points in their last three games combined, the Eagles defense was finally overpowered by the Clemson offense, falling 34-17.

Things only get tougher from here for the Eagles, as they take on a much-improved Louisville team Saturday.

14. Georgia Tech (2-5, 0-4 ACC) The Yellow Jackets have had no answers for opponents during the last month, losing five straight games after starting 2-0. The losses have come against teams that are a combined 27-4 this year, and it looks to get much harder, as they host 6-0 Florida State next.

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Club swimming hosts Invitational Pack football and South Carolina agree 2017 season opener The NC State football team will head to Charlotte in 2017 to kick off the football season against the South Carolina Gamecocks at Bank of America Stadium, The News & Observer reported Saturday. South Carolina already opened this season in Charlotte against UNC-Chapel Hill, with the Gamecocks notching a 17-13 win against the Tar Heels. USC and UNC-CH have an agreement to play again in 2019 and 2023.

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Volleyball falls at home to Miami, FSU The NC State volleyball team struggled at home this weekend, posting two losses to Miami and Florida State, respectively, in Holliday Gym at Broughton High School. The Wolfpack fell in a tough five-set match to the Hurricanes Friday night, letting a 2-1 lead slip. The Pack then lost 3-1 to the No. 18 ranked Seminoles. NC State will look to get back to winning ways with a trip to Clemson Friday. Read the full weekend match report online at Technicianonline.com/sports.

Men’s and women’s soccer slip over the weekend Both the NC State men’s and women’s soccer teams posted tough losses over the weekend. A weakened No. 20 Wolfpack men’s team suffered a red card and a penalty kick barely 25 minutes into its Friday night match at Duke, which paved the way for a 6-2 loss in Durham against the Devils.

The Wolfpack women’s team’s inconference struggles continued at Syracuse, falling 3-0 to the Orange Sunday, who also entered the match winless in the ACC. Read both recaps online at Technicianonline.com/sports.

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Teams from all over the East Coast descended on Raleigh this weekend for the NC State club swim team’s only home meet of the season, the Raleighwood Invitational, held at Willis R. Casey Natatorium.

T he st udent-r u n Wol f pack team coordinated schools such a s U NC-Wi l m i ng ton, U NCGreensboro, UNC-Charlotte, East Carolina University, Coastal Carolina, Virginia, James Madison, Longwood, University of Central Florida, Duke, Old Dominion, Georgia College and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, which required weeks of planning for the executive board.

“I think one of the most exciting things about our team is how much of a collaborative effort it is,” senior Davis Derrico said. “It’s all student-run, with the help of parents and volunteers, so it’s really exciting that we can all say that we organized everything and execute it for the meet.”

The Wolfpack finished third overall for the men, women and combined score. James Madison University took the combined score win with 309.5 points, followed closely by the Swim Club at UVa with 305 points.

“Our home meet went better than ever this year,” said senior Cour t ney Li ke-Mat hews, t he club’s co-president. “Even though we won the meet last year, the competition was tougher, and more teams and swimmers came

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Paul Wayand swims the 200-yard individual medley. The NC State swimming club placed third overall in the meet at Carmichael Aquatic Center Saturday.

this year. Most of our swimmers swam better this year than last year anyway. It was a long meet, but everything went smoothly.”

The Raleighwood Invitational has continued to grow during the years and pick up steam and recognition. This year’s meet was the largest in history with teams coming from as far as Florida.

“We had a huge turn out this year,” Derrico said. “There were about 150 swimmers more than we had last year, which is really awesome. Several teams stayed the night, which feels good that they feel it’s worth it coming all

the way here. Providing this meet is really good for our organization because there aren’t a lot of meets throughout the semester in the southeast region, and we definitely thank NC State for being able to participate in this and use the space and their equipment.”

The club swimmers welcomed the chance to compete in their home pool, and for some it was their first Raleighwood Invitational.

“It’s pretty great having my first home meet,” said freshman Dan Grochmal. “It’s nice being part of the whole team. I like it better

than high school because there are so many people. So many people to talk to, meet and things like that. And I’m doing a lot better than I thought too, which is always good.”

The club swim team will continue its season with several upcoming meets to finish out the season. As the team continues to grow and train, it will also continue with its community service efforts, including the Krispy Kreme Challenge.

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The No. 17 NC State rifle team had a record-breaking weekend in Annapolis, Maryland, defeating the No. 14 United States Naval Academy 4,654-4,620.

The Wolfpack (7-0, 1-0 GARC) opened Great American Rifle Conference play against Midshipmen (2-1, 0-1 GARC) Saturday afternoon, winning by a total of 34 points and also surpassing State’s previous record of 4,633 by 21 points.

The Pack also beat its smallbore record of 2,302, clipping a total of 2,304 in this weekend’s match-up. The team also broke its air rifle record, scoring a total of 2,350 in the competition.

NC State junior Lucas Kozeniesky proved his dominance and skill, scoring a total of 584 in smallbore and 594 in air rifle, placing him in the top of each category.

Wolfpack senior Daniel Cliff trailed Kozeniesky by a mere four points, earning the second place position in the air rifle competition with 590 points.

Senior Alex Martin and sophomore Caitlyn Ford both tied for fifth place with 583 points each.

Martin also placed second in smallbore with a total of 581, followed closely by sophomore Derya Pekari who racked up a total of 571 points.

Navy tallied up 2,328 points in air rifle and 2,292 in smallbore, losing by a deficit of 34 points to the Pack.

After earning first place in the first South Eastern Air Rifle Conference on Sept. 26, NC State had a three-week break to prepare for the rest of its season. The team shot 61 points better than it did in its first match of the season, a huge improvement that the Mids did not see coming.

The Wolfpack will have two weeks to prep for its next competition, traveling to Charleston, South Carolina on Oct. 31 to take on Nebraska and participate in the third SEARC competition of the season.

Clemson leads ACC power rankings after Week Eight Joseph Ochoa Staff Writer

1. No. 5 Clemson (6-0, 3-0 ACC) Deshaun Watson proved that he is capable of throwing the ball deep against Boston College, who had one of the top defenses in the country going into the game. He threw for more than 400 yards against the Eagles. The Tigers will take on Miami next.

2. No. 9 Florida State (6-0, 4-0 ACC) Everett Golson proved this week-

end that Dalvin Cook is not the only offensive weapon that Florida State has, throwing for 372 yards and three touchdowns against Louisville to go along with Cook’s 163 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns.

The ‘Noles will look to continue their hot start against Georgia Tech.

3. (RV) UNC-Chapel Hill (5-1, 2-0 ACC) Defensive coordinator Gene Chizik has seemed to be the missing piece for the Tar Heels, who have been outgained offensively in only one matchup of their six games.

Chizik will look to keep the defense rolling against Virginia Saturday in Chapel Hill.

4. No. 23 Duke (5-1, 2-0 ACC) The Blue Devils had the week off in the ACC this weekend, giving head coach David Cutcliffe plenty of time to prepare for a tough road game in Blacksburg, Virginia, against the Hokies.

5. No. 25 Pittsburgh (5-1, 3-0 ACC) Other than a 3-point loss to No. 13 Iowa, the Panthers have a 4-0 record against FBS teams, includ-

ing three straight conference wins.

The Panthers have a matchup with a struggling Syracuse team before a Thursday matchup with the Tar Heels.

6. Miami (4-2, 1-1 ACC) Miami has silenced the Al Golden critics for now after defeating Virginia Tech this past weekend 30-20.

Canes sophomore quarterback Brad Kaaya looked great against the Hokies, throwing for 296 yards and two touchdowns, giving him a performance to build on going into the team’s matchup with Clemson.

7. Virginia Tech (3-4, 1-2 ACC) Brendan Motley continued to struggle as Michael Brewer’s replacement, only throwing for 135 yards and two interceptions in a loss to the Miami Hurricanes this past weekend. The Hokies have now lost three of their last four games after starting the season 2-1.

8. Louisville (2-4, 1-2 ACC) The Cardinals were dominated

by Florida State in the second half, getting outscored 35-14 en route to a

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