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The Talley Student Union received a warm welcome from the N.C. State community Monday when the building’s newest addition opened, kicking off a weeklong celebration.

With the opening of One Earth World Cuisine, the newest dining option at Talley Student Union, N.C. State students should expect new dishes and fresher, healthier food, along with another Port City Java.

Some students, such as Owen Hammer, a junior in computer science, said they were impressed

by One Earth even though they expected the food to be average at best.

“I was not expecting that,” Hammer said. “I thought it would be mediocre, but it was actually pretty good. It surprised me.”

Hammer, who said he eats at Tuffy’s Diner regularly, said he decided to try One Earth World Cuisine because of the building’s aesthetic appeal.

Unlike the plastics used at other vendors, Hammer said he likes that the One Earth plates are biodegradable.

N.C. State alumni, Deborah and Joseph Gordon, donated $3 million to the University during spring break to make it easier, financially, for students from rural areas to attend the University.

The couple, which owns Care First Animal Hospital, said it felt that it was necessary to give back to the community.

Deborah Gordon said the idea for the program came from a trip she took to her hairdresser when they began discussing the possibility that for the first time in the history of the United States, children were in danger of being less educated than their parents.

From the salon chair, Deborah Gordon said she and her hairdresser came up with the idea that if a student could work and save enough money to entirely pay for his or her first semester at N.C. State, then perhaps a surrogate parent could, at the completion of a successful semester, refund the student. The student could then use that money to fund his or her second semester, and if he or she was again successful, he or she would again be refunded. This

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Chancellor Randy Woodson spoke about N.C. State’s latest accomplishments as well as the University’s strategy for the future Monday at the Chancellors Spring Update in the new Talley Student Union ballroom.

Chancellor discusses the future of N.C. State Mona Bazzaz Staff Writer

Though N.C. State is facing deep budget cuts and the challenge of making college more accessible, Chancellor Randy Woodson said he is hopeful for the future at his annual spring update Monday.

The Chancellor’s Spring Update took place in the brand-new Talley Ballroom, which was recently completed along with Phase I con-

struction of the new student center.

In his address, Woodson discussed technological and academic advancements N.C. State has accomplished in the past year and said the University will only continue to succeed.

“I don’t think it’s an overstatement to say that our future never looked brighter,” Woodson said.

Woodson commended the new student union, stating that Talley was a great example of N.C. State’s

progress into the future.

Woodson discussed a number of N.C. State’s accomplishments from the past couple of years as well as some of the challenges, including budget cuts.

“N.C. State saw its appropriate budget reduced by 4.5 percent last legislative session on top of numerous other cuts in the recent years,” Woodson said. “Over the last de-

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N.C State alumnus strives to make climate science simple Brittany Bynum Staff Writer

An N.C. State alumnus came to campus Monday to teach about the complicated issue of climate change in a way that the average person could understand.

Dargan M.W. Frierson, N.C. State alumnus and associate professor from the University of Washington, led the lecture for the University’s joint seminar series with the Department of Physics and the College of Sciences at 4 p.m. in Jordan Hall.

Frierson discussed tropical rainfall in the past, present and future through observations generated from research and computer experiments.

For example, Frierson described his research that shows how moisture is confined to warmer parts of air and creates excessive rainfall.

During June, July and August, more sunlight is found in the Northern Hemisphere and moves some of the energy toward the south.

Frierson said his research team argued the warmer air, in either the Northern or Southern Hemisphere, will shift the rain band.

In addition, the decrease of ice coverage at high latitudes has caused a massive shift of rainfall, according to Frierson.

“The Arctic is the hottest it’s ever been,” Frierson said. “The effects in the Arctic will have an effect one way or the other on everybody.”

In Frierson’s findings, the Southern Hemisphere greatly affects the tropics because of the radiation absorbed through the cloudy atmosphere. Frierson said the Southern Hemisphere is drier and hotter because it

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Dargan Frierson, researcher in the department of atmospheric sciences at the University of Washington and N.C. State alumnus, discussed current climate issues, such as global warming.

attracts more radiation than the Northern Hemisphere.

According to Frierson, places such as the Sahara desert radiate more heat because of its space and lack of the greenhouse effect.

At the same time, the Northern Hemisphere receives less radiation and dry heat, according to Frierson.

The Northern Hemisphere receives more rain than the Southern Hemisphere because the global ocean circulation warms the Northern Hemisphere and places most of the tropical precipitation north of the equator, according to Frierson.

“Climate in one place affects climate in oth-

er places,” Frierson said. “Science has many connections within itself.”

Frierson also discussed his research on the Intertropical Convergence Zone, an area near the equator where northeast and southeast trade winds converge. Frierson said tropical rainfall shifts toward warmer areas even when the increasing temperature is far away.

Circulation from the atmosphere and ocean move energy around through tropical storms, according to Frierson. Frierson introduced the Hadley Circulation to explain more of the energy movements.

The Hadley Circulation is the upward motion above the equator that links energy trans-

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ports with the ITCZ. The ocean gulf stream brings warm water northward causing more rainfall in the northern hemisphere, according to Frierson.

Frierson also discussed historic moments in climate change, such as a drought in the Sahel region of Africa, south of the Sahara desert that caused Lake Chad to dry up.

Currently, Frierson said global warming will lead to warming in high northern latitudes. Frierson said oceanic circulation will slow down due to global warming, similar to the movie The Day After Tomorrow, but not nearly as extreme.

Stephanie Rushley, senior in meteorology, said she enjoyed the seminar and said it helped her understand concepts from her courses better.

“I was able to view the global climate models and get specific examples through the seminar,” Rushley said. “The seminar gives me a chance to dive deeper into examples than what I can do in the classroom.”

Frierson took astrophysics at N.C. State during his freshman year and conducted research for Professor John Blondin for four years.

Through this research, Fierson said he discovered his interest for research and teaching.

Frierson said lessons learned from N.C. State are still applied in his career. He said he found the value of simplifying numerical experiments for a better understanding.

“N.C. State prepared me incredibly well,” Frierson said.

Frierson said he will continue to use his research to solve climate-related problems.

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Jennifer Gilmore, the marketing communication director for campus enterprises, said the plates are made out of bamboo and are being used

by One Earth to enhance its image of global cuisine and sustainability.

Maddy Gaffaney, a junior in biological sciences, said she opted to eat at Red Sky before venturing to see what One Earth had to offer.

Gaffaney, who follows a vegetarian diet, said after seeing the options offered at One Earth, she will definitely be trying it in the near future.

Gilmore said the design of cooking in front of students so they can see their food being prepared offers a fresher and more flavorful option.

“When students can see their ingredients being mixed and cooked right before them, it says healthy and it says delicious,” Gilmore said.

According to Gilmore, this isn’t the first time University Dining has tried similar designs, referencing Red Sky, Los Lobos and Delirious, but One Earth is the most ambitious of its attempts.

“We’re trying to step up the options and offer higher quality and more inventive dishes,” Gilmore said.

Lisa Eberhart, a dietitian for University Dining, said she is glad students feel that One Earth is healthy

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cade our state-appropriated budget has been reduced by almost $275 million.”

However, Woodson said these cuts won’t deter the University’s growth.

“This sort of change will not keep us from pursuing our mission at this University or providing our students outstanding educational opportunities.”

Woodson said N.C. State had a long-term strategic plan

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process would continue until the student graduated, debt free and having only paid the price of one semester.

“My passion is to make sure that students can graduate debt free,” Deborah Gordon said. “And a program like this would enable them to graduate debt free. This is starting in College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, but it’s my hope that other colleges and universities will adopt something similar.”

This was the beginning of the “Farm to Philanthropy” program, and the Gordons will be the first pair of “surrogate parents.”

Deborah Gordon said surrogate parents will be mentors who get to know the

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The Talley Student Union held its grand opening Monday, which included the introduction of One Earth World Cuisine as well as a Port City Java.

and fresh, as this was very intentional.

According to Eberhart, the process of designing a menu started more than a year ago with a team composed of her, the executive chef for University Dining, the associate director for University Dining, a number of managers and Julie Staples, a research and developmental chef.

According to Eberhart, the team paid special attention to scratchmade menu items, vegan and vegetarian options, healthier menu items, lots of vegetables and allergyfriendly items.

“I feel like the menu at One Earth reflects all these goals,” Eberhart said. “We always want to meet the needs of the students on campus, no matter what their taste or pref-

erences.”

Ethan Wicker, a sophomore majoring in math education, said he is satisfied with the cuisine.

Wicker, also a vegetarian, said the food was different and offered more vegetarian options.

“I feel healthier,” Wicker said.

“There’s Jason’s Deli that’s kind of healthy, but that’s it. This is more healthy, or at least ‘college healthy.’”

set to deal with these sorts of set-backs and listed a number of key-goals the University wants to accomplish.

“We wish to enhance the success of our students, enhance scholarship and research by investing in faculty and infrastructure, enhance interdisciplinary scholarship to address the challenges that we face in society, enhance our organizational excellence by creating a culture of constant improvement and enhance local and global engagement,” Woodson said.

Woodson then went on to

list the honorable achievements the University recently accomplished.

He spoke about the recognition the James B. Hunt Jr. Library received when it was ranked the 14th most beautiful academic library in the world.

Woodson also addressed the successful ventures taken on by the new College of Sciences and the opportunities offered by the 13 Living and Learning villages on campus.

He said N.C. State is ranked as one of the most productive research universities in

the nation, and the National Science Foundation named State as the only university that leads two engineering research facilities.

He mentioned President Barack Obama’s recent visit to the University and how he chose N.C. State to lead the $140 million research grant. Woodson said the University’s endowment was about $769 million in 2013, and they are aiming toward reaching a billion dollars.

Woodson included a number of other honors N.C. State received, such as its recent

student. The number of surrogate parents a participant has will be determined by how much money each parent can help supply, Deborah Gordon said.

She said she hopes students who graduate after receiving aid from the program will want to give back.

“It’s basically founded on a pay-it-forward standpoint,” Deborah Gordon said.

She said the icing on the cake was hearing one of her own employee’s struggle to pay off student loans acquired during her time at a university.

“She shared with me that she accumulated $100,000 in debt for undergrad alone,” Deborah Gordon said. “I just don’t see how anyone could be right out of school with that level of debt and for me that made me more deter-

mined than ever to make this program work.”

Joseph Gordon, who served as student body president at N.C. State, said much of his inspiration came from a desire to serve North Carolina and the University.

He said his experience as student body president exposed him to great people who came before him and made sacrifices and contributions. This led him to think of ways in which he could do something to benefit those after him.

The program is aimed to help students from rural areas specifically, Joseph Gordon said, because educational options in these areas tend to be more limited than they are in urban areas.

One program that will benefit from the donation is ACT Supplemental Preparation In

Rural Education Program, which is CALS program designed to help rural students improve their standardized test scores. Another program that will benefit is Student Transfer Enrollment Advising and Mentoring Program, an alternative admissions program where students will attend summer session two at N.C. State but will pursue their education elsewhere for one year.

If the students maintain a 3.0 GPA, they are automatically accepted into a CALS major, according to Sam Pardue, the associate dean and director of academic programs for CALS. Pardue said applications for the program are not yet available, and the scholarship will be restricted to majors in CALS.

According to Gilmore, it was very important for University Dining to accommodate students, faculty members and staff that live a vegan or vegetarian lifestyle or have allergies or intolerances.

“The key to doing vegan and vegetarian well is to make it so good that everyone wants to eat it, too,” Gilmore said.

Jonique Conyers, an employee at One Earth, said she has seen a lot of traffic since the opening and that she enjoyed working there in comparison to Tuffy’s because it has more room.

The process of designing One Earth began more than four years ago, when they first received approval to for the renovation of Talley, according to Gilmore.

“We didn’t waste any time beginning to do research and development for these concepts,” Gilmore said. “We wanted to create something that gave us the opportunity to introduce new concepts and food experiences to the students.”

The additions that opened Monday include the senate chamber, One Earth World Cuisine, Wolf Xpress Print & Copy and Port City Java, according to Gilmore.

The celebration started with Chancellor Randy Woodson’s Spring Update and will continue this week with TEDXNCSU and musical and cultural performances.

ranking of being the fourth best value public university in the nation by the Princeton Review. Woodson discussed the University’s commitment to financial aid.

Woodson also talked about the athletic achievements of the University, specifically that in the 2012-2013 year, N.C. State was one of the few universities to send its football team to a bowl game,

basketball team to the NCAA tournament and baseball team to a college world series.

He concluded his speech by mentioning the accomplishments of specific University affiliates such as Jay Baliga and Carl Koch. Woodson also talked about the dialect work of Joshua Katz, an N.C. State Ph.D. student who created a map of different dialects in the United States.

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he mystery of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 continues. As of press time, the plane that disappeared March 8 has still not been found. Major news sources have spent hours airing the flight’s latest “breaking news.”

Jacqueline It only takes Lee five minutes Staff Columnist of watching the coverage to realize news stations are really trying to appeal to the interests and emotions of viewers for their own monetary benefit. But news networks are still talking about MH370 rather than reporting hardhitting news that pertains to the direct importance of informing viewers. The largest news sources in the country, such as CNN and Fox News, have spent hours discussing possible conspiracy theories and talking about what has been trending on Twitter.

CNN, and I’m sure other news networks, discussed conspiracy theories the public has been speculating online.

Directly before that, it showed a heart-wrenching interview with the terrified wife of a passenger. Of course people want to watch this; it’s a reallife HBO Drama, but the fact is the location of the plane is not yet known, and there is only information developing as to how Malaysia and authorities are attempting to locate the flight. CNN ran a segment in which it looked at 30 of what it called the most “compelling” questions regarding what happened to the flight.

CNN also had numerous segments discussing and analyzing conspiracy theories that have surfaced on social media such as Twitter.

They discussed one theory that a meteor may have hit the plane. CNN also mentioned conspiracies of an international kidnapping, alien involvement and a “Hollywood stunt for the remake of ‘Lost.’” All these Internet conspiracies have no business in national headlines. The amount of airtime allotted to them is ridiculous. Family members of passengers are already devastated, waiting every day to hear new information, and these outlandish conspiracies are probably not making the situation any easier for them.

Tear-jerking interviews and crazy conspiracy theories may increase viewership, but the media don’t exist for entertainment.

This is a top story and ver y i mpor ta nt news, especially to the family members of passengers, but several news sources are spending too much time trying to appeal emotionally to viewers to gain the highest ratings. The news should inform its viewers and tell only the facts.

Unfortunately that’s not always the case. The flight is just one current example of news sources doing this, but it happens all the time.

Recently during the coverage for the Sochi Olympics, NBC focused on humanizing coverage of skier Bode Miller’s performance to appeal to viewers’ emotions. Reporter Christin Cooper interviewed Miller just after he tied for a bronze medal. Miller’s brother died last year, and a question Cooper asked brought Miller to tears: “I know you wanted to be here with Chelly experiencing these games; how much does it mean to you to come up with a great performance for him? And was it for him?” Cooper asked this immediately after the skier had completed hs run and placed for a bronze medal, which should be a shining moment for the athlete. However, the question made the Olympian break down and cry on air. Even after that, Cooper continued to ask him about his brother.

As if asking him about the tragic topic wasn’t enough, she continued to ask about how he felt instead concentrating on the actual news about his win.

News sources often use these kinds of questions to appeal to viewers emotionally and gain more attention because news reporting has turned into such a competitive business when fighting for the highest ratings. They look for ways to get ahead in the competitive business, which often leads them to put stories that appeal to peoples’ interests ahead of hard-hitting news. Of course there are other major news stories that could be reported instead of possible conspiracy theories on the Malaysian f light, and the NBC reporter shouldn’t have asked questions that brought an Olympic skier to tears just after he’d won a medal.

News sources should leave drama for television series.

IN YOUR WORDS How often do you eat fast food, and why do you eat it?

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“Twice a week because it’s convenient.”

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“Not very often because I eat at the dining halls. I eat it about once every two months.”

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mericans spent $254,541,589,000 on fast food during 2013, according to NPD Group. That equates to approximately $800 per person in a nation of 316 million people.

And it’s no surprise that McDonald’s ran away with the title of most-successful fastfood chain, selling more than $35 billion worth of Big Macs and Tyler fries. At this point, fast Gobin food is rooted deep Staff Columnist into American society, and the chance at digging it out is long gone, but I want to take some time to truly think about why it continues to be successful by comparing some cultural differences.

The most blatantly obvious connection is embedded in the name “fast food.” At the simplest level, fast food is food served to customers quickly and conveniently. But why are we always in such a hurry to eat?

We make time for work, friends, family and maybe exercise, so why does food and dining fall so low on our list of priorities? We all have things going on in our lives, but some understand that food deserves its share of time.

The rest of us make excuses that we are busier than that person, but in all honestly, that is usually not the case.

We’ve already shortened the time and

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convenience from farm to table with our one-stop-shop supermarkets, while European consumers have to make several stops for the same list of groceries, so why not take advantage of it? The “not enough time” excuse is something we tell ourselves so we can put the responsibility of food in someone else’s hands.

Track how much time a day you spend on Twitter, Instagram, Reddit, Facebook, Buzzfeed or other social media hubs, and try and still tell me you don’t have enough time.

Some argue that Americans work more than the average European citizen, but that depends on the country, just like that depends on the state. According to the Organization for Economic CoOperation and Development, the average American works 1,790 hours per year.

Meanwhile, the average number of hours for Austria, Czech Republic, France, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom and Poland are respectively 1,699, 1,800, 1,479, 1,752, 1,686, 1,654 and 1,929 hours. There is clearly some difference, but I want to get away from the numbers and think about the marginal benefit from those extra hours of work in a year.

The economic law of diminishing returns states that there is a decrease in marginal output as the amount of input is increased. In other words, there will be a larger difference in output between working 200 hours and 500 hours than between working 1,400 and 1,700 hours.

Don’t think about the big picture of re-

ducing hours worked by hundreds, but on the day-to-day level of giving yourself the extra hour or 45 minutes if you absolutely need the extra time.

We always seem to think there is a shortage of time, but we need to stop convincing ourselves that’s a reason to pull up to the Bojangles’ drive-thru.

Lastly, we don’t realize what we’re missing out on when we settle for Subway instead of a meal with friends or family sharing stories. Regardless of background, food is a necessity we share with everyone around the world and serves as a way to connect with someone. Food shouldn’t simply solve the physiological desire of hunger, but also create an opportunity for interpersonal experience. Don’t rush through a meal to catch the next episode of American Idol, but enjoy the meal as a social event instead of a required chore. American restaurants demonstrate the dining style more common here, which is to churn customers out like they’re on an assembly line. European restaurants exhibit the leisurely dining experience found across the pond and cherish time around a table filled with food.

Fast food is just another thing that takes away the possibility of having that experience and stunts social growth.

We simply need to cherish food for more than a carnivorous desire and give it the respect it deserves in our lives.

Why Fred Phelps is probably better off dead

ounds like a rather provocative title, doesn’t it? After all, making the claim that anyone should, or does, deserve to die because he or she wished death and suffering on others is clearly a double standard.

I, therefore, must preface this column by stating that I do not, in any way, hope or wish that Fred Phelps dies. I am, however, pointing out that the world would Tim probably Gorski be a better Staff Columnist place if he did.

To those of you who, upon hearing the aforementioned statement, immediately have the predictable kneejerk reaction in thinking, “nobody should die because of their wrongdoings because everyone deserves a chance to change,” I advise you to seriously reconsider your reaction.

I think that most everyone

would agree that if Joseph Stalin had a heart attack before he could cause the death of millions of innocent people, the world would be a better place. I’m not saying Phelps is as bad as Stalin, but this should make it abundantly clear that some people would be better dead than alive, for the good of society.

I don’t support the death penalty, nor do I believe any human being deserves to die. All I’m saying is that it’s obvious that in some circumstances, society would be better off if certain people didn’t exist.

I also feel obligated to mention I would wish nothing more than for Mr. Phelps to realize his wrongdoing and work in his last days to mitigate the profound malevolence he has brought upon the people of the United States, as many of his family members, including his son Nate Phelps, have been brave and strong enough to do themselves. Sadly, we all know that isn’t going to happen.

I would challenge anyone who doubts my certainty to consider the legacy of pure

hatred and anger of this man.

For those of you who are unaware, Fred Phelps is the founder and head of the Westboro Baptist Church, a hate group made famous mostly

“ ... I still hope nobody pickets his funeral.” for its discrimination against homosexuals, its protests of military and other high-profile celebrities’ funerals.

Phelps, as well as his group, maintains the notion that homosexuality should be punishable by death, and sin is the cause of both the deaths during natural disasters and the deaths resulting from the 9/11 attacks. Clearly, these people skipped a great number of key readings in their biblical studies before bastardizing the entirety of Christian theology to suit their prejudices.

For a more detailed manifesto of the group’s ideology visit its website, godhatesfags.com or godhatesamerica.com.

Phelps has spent his en-

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tire adult life propagating dogma that will continue to contribute to suffering and even death of people who have done nothing more than protect their country or love someone of the same sex (despite his assertion that his group is nonviolent).

I never respected this man, and the fact that he may now die does nothing to change that. I do, however, have the best of wishes and the utmost respect for his family, especially his son, Nate, who broke the news of his father’s imminent death on his Facebook page.

“I’m not sure how I feel about this,” Nate said. “Terribly ironic that his devotion to his god ends this way. Destroyed by the monster he made. I feel sad for all the hurt he’s caused so many. I feel sad for those who will lose the grandfather and father they loved.”

I don’t hate Fred Phelps as a person. I hate his legacy, his ideas, his hate group and everything that he stands for.

But despite this, I still hope nobody pickets his funeral.

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Professor makes his own biodiesel Kevin deMontburn Correspondent

With a translucent green color and an oily consistency, biodiesel is proposed to be one of the cleanest and most efficient fuel alternatives today. Everyday users of biodiesel have made a hobby out of creating the concoction, including Philip Brown, a chemistry professor at N.C. State. He said his knowledge of chemistry and his desire for sustainable development has made him into an advocate for biodiesel fuel.

“I think most people who like to tinker would love it,” Brown said, “There are a lot of tinkerers out there who do a lot of hobbies, and it’s a nice exercise like any other hobby.”

According to Brown, making biodiesel is not as difficult as it might seem. There are three ingredients required: frying oil, methanol and sodium hydroxide.

When it comes to synthesizing ingredients to produce biodiesel, Brown said it helps to know some chemistry, though it is an chemical reaction. The chemical reaction is called transesterification,

which converts the fats within frying oil into the biodiesel that can power a vehicle. With an apron, goggles, gloves and other safety precautions, the reaction can be made safely outside his home.

“It’s no more hazardous than filling up the gas tank in your lawn mower,” Brown said.

How does one go about obtaining these three necessary ingredients? Oddly enough, the frying oil might be the trickiest to gather.

Brown is a part-owner of a pub, The Player’s Retreat, and is also acquainted with the owner. Therefore, he is authorized to use the leftover frying oil from the pub’s kitchen. However, for most, it may not be so easy to obtain their own cheap waste oil.

Restaurants sell leftover frying oil to companies such as those producing biodiesel large-scale who are in need of cheap oil. Because the restaurants can sell the leftover oil, there may not be oil available to give to citizens making homemade biodiesel.

Even though restaurants sell millions of pounds of oil to biodiesel companies, there is still not enough available oil waste to mass produce

biodiesel fuel. Because of this, there are new ways being developed to create the necessary oil efficiently and at an effective price.

Scientists are currently working toward creating oils that could be used for the production of biodiesel. One option that is being tested in the scientific community is the growing of algae and the extraction of the oils the algae produce. According to Brown, because algae grow at a rapid pace and produce a large quantity of oil, they could potentially provide enough oil to mass produce biodiesel fuel.

Scientists are also genetically engineering microorganisms to produce the oils needed to create biodiesel, but currently, this practice is not yet cost effective enough to be used on a broad scale.

The last two ingredients that are used to create biodiesel, sodium hydroxide and methyl alcohol, can be bought in stores for a low price in comparison to the cost of diesel and petroleum.

Extreme caution should be used when handling these chemicals, especially the catalyst, sodium hydroxide.

“Sodium hydroxide, that’s

lye,” Brown said. “That’s what they throw down the drains to unclog them. You’d never want to get that splashed on you. You could end up burning your eyes out.”

Once the biodiesel is made, Brown believes the results are rewarding.

“My Mercedes has over half a million miles on it,” Brown said, “It still sounds beautiful, quiet and efficient. If you ever had a spill, biodiesel is perfectly biodegradable. It doesn’t hurt anything. You could even put it in your mouth and gargle with it.”

According to Brown, a vehicle running on biodiesel has slightly lower miles per gallon than those running on regular diesel, but not enough to impact the economic efficiency of making and using biodiesel fuel. For Brown, the cost of biodiesel turns out to be 80 cents per gallon as opposed to the approximate $4 per gallon of regular diesel.

Even though Brown is an advocate for biodiesel fuel, he still believes there are more efficient fuel sources soon to come.

“I think in the future, when we all have our own fusion generators, that will be nirvana,” Brown said.

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Philip Brown, a chemistry professor at N.C. State, is a strong advocate for biodiesel fuel. Brown owns a Mercedes that is fueled by biodiesel and has more than half a million miles.

But for now, there are a limited variety of fuel sources to choose from, none of which are considered by the scientific community to be economically or environmentally efficient enough to be used sust ainably.

Despite its shortcomings, could biodiesel put an end to

this and be the clean, sustainable fuel the world has been searching for?

Brown said, “The way I look at biofuel right now, it’s a great fuel, but it’s not going to solve our fuel problem. But diesel engines are still marvelous engines.”

New Plants vs. Zombies game grows in popularity Bryce Hart Staff writer

While game developers tend to stick with the same genre for a series developer, Popcap Games managed to adapt the wildly popular mobile series Plants vs. Zombies from a tower defense game to a third-person shooter on consoles. While keeping the humor and spirit of the original series alive, Popcap Games made a fun and surprisingly deep third-person shooter.

Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare doesn’t completely abandon the tower defense genre. Instead, it’s a thirdperson shooter that keeps random tower defense gameplay elements to make a very strategic game.

Garden Warfare allows the player to pick from two teams: plants and zombies.

Each team has four unique classes to pick from, that exemplifies the zany mood the game creates.

One of the main strengths of Garden Warfare is that it isn’t too serious. The long distance shooting class for the plants is a cactus that fires its needles with extreme accuracy at a distance. The zombies have a class, which are undead football players, using mini-guns that fire footballs.

By not taking itself too seriously, the simplicity of the game’s mechanics differentiates it from other thirdperson shooters. Regardless,

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 the game remains fun as the mechanics that are in place work well, and the game’s presentation is wonderfully executed.

The whimsy of the game is further amplified by the ability to unlock different cosmetic items for each class. There can be things like electrified cactuses or just random superficial changes.

Each class has a specific purpose though, and the plants and zombies both have a healing class, as well as a class that can create structures and lay down land mines. For a team to be effective, a mixture of classes is a requirement.

While Garden Warfare does have a standard team, deathmatch mode, where players work with their team to get a certain number of kills, the real standout game mode is the Gardens and Graveyards mode. The plants defend their gardens while the zombies attempt to turn them into graveyards.

The team death match mode can be entertaining however, due to balancing issues with certain classes, a team can be easily overpowered because of the ones they picked.

After a team captures one checkpoint, another appears until the zombie team either runs out of time or the plant

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Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare is sure to be a hit among fans of the classic game as well as new fans of the series. The changes in Garden Warfare are well executed and add to the whimsical nature of the game.

team loses all their checkpoints.

The plants can use pots to put down mini-plants to help them defend locations, heal or do other things, while the zombies can use plots of land to summon AI controlled zombies to shamble forth and attack the current garden.

Gardens and Graveyards is an incredibly fun and challenging point in the game.

Plants must use all the tactics they have to fight off the

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zombie horde, and the zombies must learn to avoid plant traps and defenses.

However, even the most unorganized zombie team can take out a few gardens too easily in the game mode, leaving players wondering whether or not the zombie team is actually overpowered.

One small annoyance is the game’s card system. Players get coins for playing and can use these to buy packs of cards that can have cosmetic

items for plants to use in defense game types or zombies to use for attacks.

The packs that have the most worthwhile things tend to cost a lot, and it can be a big hindrance in the game if no one has any plants to plant or zombies to rise up because they did not buy card packs recently.

Garden Ops is another enjoyable game mode where four players take on the role of four plants and defend a

garden against 10 waves of zombies. Teamwork is key in this mode, and on the fifth and tenth waves giant boss zombies appear, which can often mean a quick loss for an unprepared team.

Garden Warfare uses a simple artistic style with vibrant colors that has a surprising amount of detail on all systems. While the PC and Xbox One versions really shine, the Xbox 360 version looks great as well.

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NC Literary Festival to be held in Hunt Taylor Quinn Assistant Features Editor

Though the three Triangle schools may have a plethora of differences and may despise the others’ school colors, all three have something they share—and it’s completely free and open to the public. It is called the North Carolina Literary Festival, and it will be at N.C. State April 3-6.

Started in 1998 at UNCChapel Hill, the festival came about as a project between UNC, Duke and N.C. State.

According to Jason Jefferies, coordinator of the Literary Festival at N.C. State, it was created to promote North Carolina as “a hub for literary culture” in the United States.

The last time this festival took place was in 2009 at UNC-CH and almost did not happen due to budget cuts.

“It started jumping around from university to university every few years,” Jefferies said. “UNC hosted the first two, then Duke and N.C. State, and then UNC again and now it is back here. They were waiting on the Hunt Library to be built before we hosted it again.”

Jefferies and Director Marian Fragola were the only two in charge of coordinating the festival. Even with the help of 100 volunteers and some library staff, getting this event together was no easy task, according to Jefferies.

“What I do is find the au-

thors, contact them, bring them here and get their flights,” Jefferies said. “And do everything with the media, oh and raise funds to pay for the festival, so basically everything.”

According to Jefferies, social media was the key in finding authors to bring in for the festival.

“We inherited the social media accounts from the last ones, so we took those over and put a blast out there to all of the followers like ‘who do you want us to bring to the festival?’” Jefferies said.

“So we took the results of the poll together to get the names of the authors in addition to visiting all of the local book sellers to ask who they wanted us to bring.”

The number one vote on social media was Junot Díaz and the number one vote in the bookseller poll was Richard Ford. Díaz and Ford are the headliners this year for the festival.

According to Jefferies, the theme “The Future of Reading” can be approached and explained from many different angles.

“I think the first thing that pops into people’s minds are e-readers, Kindles, iPads and tablets and that the book industry is progressively moving toward that model just like the music industry did several years ago,” Jefferies said. “So we definitely want to touch on that and the different things that are possible with digital technology.”

Aside from that angle, Jefferies said the theme alludes to the Hunt Library and children as well.

“We are doing a lot of children’s activities, because children are also the future of reading,” Jefferies said. “A lot of the press that has come out reviewing [Hunt Library] called it the library of the future which is the venue.”

Downtown Raleigh and Cameron Village will also be venues. The main events will be held at Hunt, but will also be present at First Friday and in Cameron Bar and Grill.

According to Jefferies, the Literary Festival has a plethora of different kinds of events spanning from literary trivia to spoken word at the Pour House to cookbook authors doing tastings, taking place from April 3-6.

Though the festival spans four days, the traditional festivities in Hunt Library will take place on Saturday and Sunday of that same week.

“We are basically taking over the Hunt Library,” Jefferies said. “We will be in every room, in every corner of the building. There will be 6-8 different programs happening at a time.”

He said the festival will work similarly to a music festival in the sense that there are many bands playing at the same time and one has to decide who to see. Jefferies stressed that the authors will be conversing with event-goers, not formally reading out of their books.

“We have over 100 authors, I think we are at 109 right now,” Jefferies said. “You get your schedule or you can download your festival app and just pick and choose the ones you want to go to or you can see half of one and the second half of another.”

The Literary Festival has partnered with the College of Education to do children’s events and the College of Sciences to do some author conversations. The festival also partnered with the institute for Emerging Issues, the centennial partners, university dining and campus enterprises.

“They [college of sciences] are doing a great one on forensics and CSI technology in mystery novels, so that will be fun,” Jefferies said. “I think that we are just going to be able to show off everything North Carolina State has to offer.”

Jefferies said the Literary Festival staff wants to promote reading in an optimistic light to children, as well as showcase authors that may not be so well-known.

“I think that the big thing we want to promote is for children, we want them to think of reading as something that is fun,” Jefferies said. “And then we really want to expose people to some authors that they have not already been exposed to before.”

In addition to that goal, Jefferies said he hopes the eventgoers will understand more

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After a five-year hiatus the NC Literary Festival is returning.

The event will take place in April at N.C. State with an emphasis on the future of reading.

about the future of reading.

“I think that when the music industry moved to a digital model, people were saying that the music industry was dying and that didn’t end up happening, it just changed,” Jefferies said. “So I think that’s what we want to do is get in front of the conversation and say that the book industry is changing, but it’s not dying.”

Jefferies said, he is excited for the festival and what it will bring to N.C. State.

“I just want everyone to come to the festival. It’s going to be a great time,” Jefferies said. “I think it’s rare that we have something on campus where we are bringing in over 100 artists and musicians and authors and is totally free. You can spend a whole weekend on campus and learn a lot of cool things and see a lot of cool things.”

The headliner for April 3 has yet to be announced.

Shook Twins’ new album, What We Do, is a folk-themed hit Taylor Quinn Assistant Features Editor

Katelyn and Laurie Shook, Kyle Volkman and Niko Daoussis, are the core members of The Shook Twins.

They have a new album called What We Do. They make beautiful music. The “Shook Twins” grabbed my heart by the middle of the first song.

Grammy-nominated producer Ryan Hadlock, who has also had his hands on The Lumineers album, produced What We Do so it’s no surprise that this eleven-song album is a beautiful concoction of dynamic melodies and perfect harmonies. When it comes to this album, anyone who listens won’t be able to keep the melody from getting into his or her head—it’s just that good.

Beautiful is the only word

that can used to properly describe this album. It’s folky, soulful, groovy and full of attitude at the same time.

Folk music usually sounds very staccato with elements such as quick banjo strums injected into the melody, but somehow they make this folktype music f low easily and whimsically. They sound like if Eddie Brickell and the New Bohemians had a music baby with Mumford and Sons.

Their strumming patterns are flawless along with their baselines and stylistic tempo changes that leave the listener on the edge of his or her seat.

Their dynamic voices are just icing on this wonderfully baked soul-cake.

The songs are soft and soothing as well as funky and full of attitude. How they accomplish this feat is impressive. They have a very distinct

sound, using an astonishing 11 instruments to craft their album, according to their website.

This album is their third released and is easily their best. It’s a bit more upbeat and better put together than the other two—it sounded as if they took more time to flush out all of the melodies and create something that hasn’t been heard before.

This album takes the listener on a journey, coupling upbeat songs with slower ones to successfully bring me to feel the emotion that they felt when recording the songs. It is the type of music that makes you feel as though you are sitting right in front of them listening and feeling the aura of their personalities.

Speaking of personality and style, these girls are cool. In

The Shook Twins recently released What We Do, a folk-themed album.

most of their pictures they are wearing hippie attire to complement their long, blonde, wavy hair. They look like they were kidnapped from the ‘60s which is really cool, because when the appearance matches

the sound it makes the music that much more authentic.

So, with that being said, it seems as though the album What We Do has everything an avid music listener would want. The Shook Twins”sure

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Knizner a rising star for Wolfpack Christian Candeloro Staff Writer

The No. 10 N.C. State (145, 3-3 ACC) baseball team entered the season with high expectations for its trio of junior pre-season All-Americans. Now a month into the season, no one anticipated that a freshman would be leading the Wolfpack offense.

Freshman third baseman Andrew Knizner has emerged as one of the Wolfpack’s key players, leading the team in batting average (.448), RBIs (15), slugging percentage (.621) and on base percentage (.484). Knizner is also tied for first on the team in doubles (4) and home runs (2). The freshman’s marks in batting average and slugging percentage are tops in the ACC, one of the nation’s premier baseball conferences.

Knizner’s video game-like numbers through State’s first 19 games make him very strong candidate for a place on the Freshman AllAmerican team, an honor

last earned in 2012 by shortstop Trea Turner and pitcher Carlos Rodon. Knizner said he is happy to get off on the right foot in Raleigh.

“To be honest, I didn’t expect this kind of success so fast,” Knizner said. “My only

“ ... Our ultimate goal is going back to Omaha and hopefully winning it this time around.”

Andrew Knizner, freshman third baseman

goal was to come in and contribute in any way possible to the team. It just so happens that right now I’m seeing the ball really well and have been getting a lot of hits.”

The third base position was a question mark for the Wolfpack entering the season. Head coach Elliott

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Avent was able to lure the Glen Allen, Va. native out of his home state, where Knizner was a star at Hanover High School, setting the school record for career hits (104) and career runs scored (86). He also led the Hawks to 23 straight wins and the Virginia AAA state championship game. Knizner said State’s superb coaching staff and excellent academic programs led him to Raleigh.

“N.C. State fits me academically as well as athletically,” Knizner said. “They have the

major I wanted to go into, which is engineering. The coaches are great here, the facilities are awesome and playing on a top-10 team isn’t too bad.”

The freshman has already proven himself against one of the nation’s best pitching staffs. Knizner went 7-of-13 against No. 2 Florida State this past weekend, including a 5-for-7 day Saturday.

With the ACC stacked with championship contenders (six of its 15 teams are in the Top 25 as of Monday), the Wolfpack will need Knizner to keep producing if it wants to contend for the NCAA title deep into June. But Knizner said none of his goals have anything to do with individual statistics.

“Our first goal is to win the ACC,” Knizner said. “I think that would be a really big step for us. But our ultimate goal is going back to Omaha and hopefully winning it this time around. Right now we are just taking it one game at a time.”

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Sophomore forward T.J. Warren walks onto the court during player introductions before N.C. State’s game against Pittsburgh in PNC Arena Jan. 4. Warren was voted the 2013-2014 ACC Player of the Year by ACC coaches and media after averaging 24.8 points and 7.2 rebounds per game for the Wolfpack. The Pack earned a 12th seed in the 2014 NCAA Tournament.

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Following a semifinal run at last weekend’s ACC Tournament, N.C. State will face off with Xavier (2112, 10-8 Big East) Tuesday night in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The winner of the duel in Dayton, Ohio will earn the 12th seed in the Midwest Region and will take on fifth-seeded St. Louis Thursday in Orlando. The 12th seed would be the lowest-ever for N.C. State in the NCAA Tournament.

The Wolfpack (21-13, 9-9 ACC) will travel to Dayton for the second consecutive season. State is 0-1 alltime in tournament play in Dayton, losing to Temple in the second round in the 2013 NCAA Tournament. But the Pack is 11-5 all-time in the first round of the NCAA Tournament,

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Head coach Mark Gottfried is the third coach in the ACC history to take his team to the NCAA Tournament in each of his first three seasons, joining Bill Guthridge and Roy Williams as the only coaches to accomplish the feat. Gottfried’s teams have received 10 NCAA Tournament bids in his 17 years as a head coach.

The third-year head coach said he expects the Wolfpack, picked by the media in the preseason to finish 10th in the ACC, to make an impact in college basketball’s season finale.

“Our guys are going to go play to win,” head coach Mark Gottfried said. “I always tell them it’s the greatest show on earth, and I believe that. It’s a privilege to play in the tournament and we are going

to play well.”

N.C. State has been on a hot streak as of late, winning four of its last five games. Two of State’s last four wins were against teams going to the NCAA Tournament (No. 14 Syracuse and Pittsburgh).

Sophomore forward T.J. Warren, the 2013-2014 ACC Player of the Year, has been sensational for N.C. State, but the Durham native has been especially good during his last five games, averaging 31.2 points and 8.4 rebounds per contest.

“I think we are playing really well now,” Gottfried said. “[We won] at Pitt and beat Syracuse. The Tennessee win on the road early was a good win for us as well. We had a lot of things in our favor.”

The presence of sophomore point guard Tyler Lewis has also helped to steady the Wolfpack’s offense, as

12th Seed 21-13, 9-9 ACC 7th in ACC

has the emergence of junior guard Ralston Turner as a reliable second scorer. A pair of backup guards, junior Desmond Lee and freshman Anthony “Cat” Barber, gives Gottfried a reliable duo off the bench.

Redshirt senior center Jordan Vandenberg anchors the Wolfpack’s defense, using his 7-foot-1 frame to alter shots around the basket. While Vandenberg protects the paint, a trio of freshman forwards (Kyle Washington, Beejay Anya and Lennard Freeman) provides frontline depth.

By contrast, Xavier has hit a dry spell at exactly the wrong time, winning just one of its last four games.

Xavier’s lone win came against Marquette in the quarterfinals of the Big East Tournament, but the Musketeers lost to No. 16 Creighton in the semifinal round.

Like N.C. State, Xavier boasts a

sophomore star of its own: point guard Semaj Christon. Christon, a first-team All-Big East selection, ranks fourth in the conference with a 17.1 point per game average. The standout sophomore also averages 4.2 assists per game and posts an impressive .383 mark from beyond the 3-point arc.

“It’s going to be a tough game,” Gottfried said. “Xavier is about an hour away from Dayton, so it will be a home game for them. But we’ve played on the road this year, and if you have to play against a tough crowd, then so be it.”

Freshman forward Kyle Washington said he and his teammates can’t wait to tip off their 2014 NCAA Tournament campaign.

“We’re excited,” Washington said.

“It’s time to show the entire nation what the Wolfpack can do.”

TRACK AND FIELD

Wolfpack women earn fifth seed in NCAA Tournament N.C. State’s men’s basketball team will not be the Wolfpack’s lone representative in the 2014 NCAA Basketball Tournaments.

The NCAA selected the Wolfpack women’s basketball team as a fifth seed in the Lincoln, Neb. section of its yearend tournament Monday night.

The Wolfpack’s first game will be on Saturday at 6:30 p.m. against 12th-seeded BYU in Los Angeles at the Pauley Pavilion.

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Ouellette posts career-best mark on Senior Day Senior gymnast Stephanie Ouellette notched an all-around score of 39.525 in the final home meet of her N.C. State career, but it wasn’t enough to help State overcome New Hampshire in the team competition. The Wolfpack fell to the Wildcats Sunday by a score of 195.600195.500. Check out the full recap online at TechnicianOnline.com/ Sports.

Chavis, Taylor win All-American honors Zach Tanner Assistant Sports Editor

N.C. State sent two athletes to the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships in Albuquerque, N.M. Thursday, and both returned to Raleigh on Sunday with AllAmerican honors in tow.

Redshirt sophomore thrower Nicole Chavis earned a spot as a first-team All-American for weight throw, while redshirt junior thrower Tremanisha Taylor was named to the All-American second-team for shot-put.

“First of all, it’s really hard to get to the competition,” head coach Rollie Geiger said. “They only take 16 per event, so getting to Nationals is extremely difficult. I think it’s a good day for our throwers. [Assistant] Coach [Tom] Wood did a good job preparing Nicole and Trem. I think both of our athletes competed at a very high level.”

Chavis shined in her first-ever appearance at the NCAA Championships, launching her weight a

distance of 69’ 8”. The mark set both a new personal best and the NCSU school record, which Chavis had set on Feb. 28 at the ACC Championships. Chavis’ toss helped her earn a sixth-place finish at the Championships.

“I feel really well about [my performance],” Chavis said. “It made me feel like what I had been working for the whole season had finally paid off.”

Although the Lumberton native had previously finished behind Miami sophomore Lea Johnson at the ACC Championships, Chavis blew Johnson out of the water in Albuquerque, besting Johnson’s throw by more than three and a half feet.

“I felt a little robbed at ACCs because she beat me by centimeters,” Chavis said. “She’s a great competitor, and we stick together and try to encourage each other. But when it’s time for competition, you have to compete and prove that your school belongs with the best teams.”

Taylor also came up big for the Pack on Saturday, throwing for a

distance of 52’ 11”, garnering a 12thplace finish and All-American honors of her own.

“It made me feel like what I had been working for the whole season had finally paid off.”

Nicole Chavis, sophomore thrower

“Trem is a great thrower,” Chavis said. “I was really proud of the way she finished her season.”

But Taylor said she was somewhat disappointed with her own performance at the NCAA Championships.

“I actually wanted to do a lot better,” Taylor said. “I didn’t get to throw my best, but that’s just how the competition goes.”

This is not Taylor’s first All-American selection of her collegiate career. The Henderson native earned a spot on the All-American second team after a 15th place finish at the 2013 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships.

Taylor said though the overall difference between performing indoors and outdoors are minimal, she is much more comfortable in outdoors competition.

“It’s all the same weight and same technique,” Taylor said. “It’s just about your confidence level. I think with more experience next year, I can be better indoors.”

Despite the excellent individual performances of the Wolfpack duo, the Pack finished 47th in the women’s team standings. Oregon, the men’s and women’s NCAA Champions, had 11 men and 12 women competing in Albuquerque. The Ducks posted men’s and women’s scores of 62 and 44, in comparison to the Pack’s scores of zero and three, respectively.