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Wolfpack benefits from rivals’ successful seasons Staff Report
N.C. State’s football team had an overall record of 3-9 this season and went winless in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Despite this, it will reap the financial benefits of other ACC schools’ successes. The ACC has a revenue sharing model in which all schools within the
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conference equally share the revenues for teams appearing in bowl games, according to the Triangle Business Journal. This means that, despite N.C. State not winning one conference game all year, it will earn $3 million dollars—minus any expenses and deductions that all the ACC schools will incur. This year the confer-
ence earned some extra money as a result of two ACC schools qualifying for BCS bowls. The ACC champion automatically qualifies for a BCS bowl game through a partnership with the Discover Orange Bowl, which earns the conference $23.9 million in revenue. But this year, because Florida State won the ACC and qualified to
play in the BCS National Championship Game, the runner-up, Clemson, was sent to the Orange Bowl, earning an additional $6.3 million for the ACC. Schools within the ACC, such as N.C. State, do have to help pay some expenses for the bowl-bound teams, such as assisting in the purchasing of any unsold tickets to a game, according to The Motely Fool.
Unemployment rate at five-year low Staff Report
Recently released statistics for the Triangle’s unemployment rate in November indicate the lowest jobless rate in five years, however some experts say this statistic doesn’t necessarily point toward an improving economy. At 5.8 percent, the jobless rate in the Triangle area fell a little more than half of a percent this month, according to the News & Observer, but Wells Fargo economist Mike Vitner said the decline is most likely due to long-term unemployed workers accepting part-time jobs or jobs
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“The ASA’s endorsement of the academic boycott emerges from the context of US military and other support for Israel; Israel’s violation of international law and UN resolutions; the documented impact of the
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Chris Hart-Williams Chancellor Randy Woodson and the executive committee of the Association of Public and Landgrant Universities, of which he is the chairman, recently released a statement opposing the decision of many American universities to ban Israeli students. As a result of the conflict between Palestine and Israel, Palestinian groups have been attempting to minimize the academic impact of Israeli universities. During the last decade, these groups have actively pursued their goal by encouraging other countries’ universities to deny admittance to Israeli exchange students. Such attempts have been successful in Europe and have gained ground in the United States. The American Studies Association voted to support the academic boycott of Israeli universities last month, joining other groups, such as the Association for Asian American Studies, according to the Washington Post. The ASA is one of the nation’s most credible supporters of the resolution to boycott Israeli students. According to its website, 66 percent of its members voted in favor of the resolution. On Sunday the ASA published its reasons for supporting the boycott in an open letter posted on its website.
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they are overqualified for because their unemployment benefits and savings have been depleted. This is partly due to a new state law passed earlier this year that made North Carolina the only state whose citizens are ineligible for federally funded unemployment benefits after their state-funded unemployment benefits run out. The number of unemployed workers who relied on federal benefits after their state-issued assistance ran out has been on the rise after the General Assembly passed a law preventing the jobless from receiving federal benefits.
As a result, officials estimated that more than 70,000 jobless workers statewide haven’t received federally funded unemployment benefits. Vitner and Mike Walden, an economist at N.C. State noted other areas improvement as well, such as an increase in home prices, and a revival of commercial construction and a prospering technology sector, according to the N&O. Vitner said he expects that next month’s release for the unemployment data in December will show an increase of 18,000 jobs in 2013.
The N.C. State engineering students who gained national media attention after inventing a unique, twistable jar are moving forward with their product in the hopes that it will hit the shelves soon. According to Michael Bissette, a senior in chemical engineering and co-inventor of the jar, the JWAT team is negotiating a licensing option agreement with a multi-billiondollar corporation. In other words, if a deal is reached, the corporation will pay the team an incentive to give them exclusive research and development rights for the JWAT technology so that they can grasp a timely advantage in the market. “[The corporation’s] expertise in the market and knowledge of all things packaging will add value to JWAT,” Bissette said. The JWAT team is also negotiating a deal with “C-level” executives from another major corporation to move push forward with designing and manufacturing the jar, according to Bissette who said the company has “vast networks” of people who are knowledgeable about the consumer-packaged goods industry. The group, which includes Stephen Smith, a senior in computer, electrical and mechanical engineering, Spencer Vaughn, an N.C. State alumnus and Sean Echevarria, a senior in mechanical engineering, has been experimenting with different forms of production while waiting to hear back from potential investors. “The design of JWAT has not changed, however the methods by which it might be manufactured certainly have,” Bissette said. “We are looking at different ways of injection molding, blow molding, extrusion molding, extrusion blow molding and combinations of these methods to achieve the cheapest and most efficient mode of manufacturing.” In addition to researching ways to manufacture JWAT, the team has brainstormed design tweaks that would alter the design but not how the jar functions. “Depending on the manufacturability of our current design, these design tweaks could manifest them-
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Cuba now fair game for study abroad students Sammi Fernandes Correspondent
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Just 90 miles off the coast of Florida, Cuba seems like it’s a world away due to years of travel restrictions between Cuba and the United States. Recently, however, the economic and political restrictions set in place since the revolution in 1959 have been relaxed, making Cuba more accessible to U.S. citizens and N.C. State students. This summer, N.C. State students have the unique opportunity to travel to this mysterious country and earn up to six credit hours. The program is N.C. State’s first study abroad trip to Cuba and is directed jointly by Nicholas Robins, a professor of history, and Mark Darhower, a professor of foreign language and literature. The trip to Cuba will take place from May 17 until June 7 and emphasize the “exploration of the so-
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Travel to Cuba was once heavily restricted for U.S. citizens, but since the Obama administration loosened them, N.C. State and other universities have been adding the Carribean country to their list destinations for students in study abroad programs.