Technician - Sept. 17, 2014

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TECHNICIAN

17 2014

Raleigh, North Carolina

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DESPITE INJURIES, PACK EMERGES VICTORIOUS

Response Ability event generates mixed reactions Sasha Afanasyeva Staff Writer

Katherine Kehoe News Editor

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Junior goalkeeper Alex McCauley grabs the ball out of the air leading the Wolfpack to a shutout. Nc State took down the College of Charleston 2-0 on Tuesday.

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About 250 attended the Response Ability talk sponsored by the Sigma Nu Fraternity that was publicized to be an event geared towards addressing sexual assault on college campuses. However, some guests found the subject matter to be different than expected. Mike Dilbeck, a film producer and founder of the Response Ability Project, discussed the bystander effect in the Witherspoon Cinema Tuesday night, but emphasized cases of grade-school

level bullying and other lessrelevant topics to the setting. Lauren Frey, a sophomore in environmental science, said she heard the event would be discussing sexual assault, but Dilbeck ended up talking a little bit about a lot of topics and only briefly touched on the topic of sexual assault. “He talked about how anything you see going wrong you should speak up and not be a bystander,” Frey said. “He talked a little about sexual assault, but that was not the main focus.” The event was hosted by the Sigma Nu fraternity and numerous campus co-sponsors. Connor Pilgrim, a junior in

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Author discusses Hunt Library’s furniture Rachel Smith Correspondent

OPINION In defense of public school See page 4.

FEATURES All we need is Dove: Dove season at NCSU See page 5.

FEATURES Tuning into NCSU’s A capella scene See page 6.

SPORTS Club rugby ready to rise to expectations See page 8.

Brian Lutz, author of Knoll: A Modernist Universe, spoke at Hunt Library Tuesday night about the Knoll Furniture Company and the history of modern furniture design. With more than 80 different styles of chairs to choose from, Hunt Library has numerous options for students. Throughout his lecture, Lutz addressed four Knoll chairs that can be found throughout the library, and the designers that made their existence possible. Lutz spoke in particular about four pieces of furniture that sit in the Hunt Library including the MR Chair designed in 1927, the Barcelona Chair designed in 1929, the Womb Chair designed in 1948 and the Bertoia Diamond Chair designed in 1952. “So what in the world are we doing with chairs this old in a building of this caliber? It’s because Knoll is in the details,” Lutz said. After Hunts Knoll founded the company in 1938, he emphasized that his company brought European modern design to America. “Knoll strayed away from the saying ‘form follows function,’ because if this was true every chair would look exactly the same,” Lutz said. “Instead, form accommodates structure, the form follows

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Brian Lutz, author of Knoll: A Modernist Universe discusses the legacy of Knoll furnitures on Tuesday in Hunt Library. Knoll is one of the most successful high-end furniture companies in the world.

culture.” In 1927, Knoll designer Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created the MR Chair. This chair is formed using cold rolled steel which allows for more play in the movement of the legs. And although it is simplistic in design, many, including Lutz see the “beauty in the art of the piece” in that nothing like it had been thought of before. During the same year, van der Rohe began experimenting with

sketches based off folding chairs, according to Lutz. This prompted him to create the Barcelona chair which went into production in 1929. These chairs feature multiple leather squares that were “sewn in such a way that you knew they would last for decades” Lutz said. “I was shocked to hear how much they cost, especially when we have so many. But at the same time it is

special to have pieces of furniture that reflect the history of modern design so well,” Nickolas Gregory, a freshman in design studies, said in response to the $5,429 price tag of the Barcelona chair. “Now we just have to worry about people appreciating these pieces for what they are.” The third Knoll chair patrons can find within the Hunt library is the

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3-D printing technology could benefit the blind Dierdre An Correspondent

A team of NC State researchers created a tactile map for blind people depicting the roundabout at Stinson Drive and Pullen Road adjacent to the Bell Tower. The map was created by Bastian Schroeder, assistant director for highway programs at the NC State Institute for Transportation Research, and research assistant Jeffrey Chang using Hunt Library’s 3-D printer in Makerspace, an area on the fourth floor of Hunt with two 3-D printers and a laser cutter. The intersection at Stinson and Pullen currently has no traffic lights. Unlike many other crosswalks around campus, the roundabout also has no audible indicator

or crossing device to alert students to walk. The tactile map, currently on display on the second floor of Hunt Library alongside many other 3-D printed objects, serves as a teaching tool for the blind. There are currently no plans to place the map anywhere near the roundabout. “The maps are teaching and training tools rather than infrastructure equipment,” Schroeder said. “We will use them for research and lessons to try to explain the concept of a roundabout and how people can utilize it.” “Tactile maps help the blind travel more, and it can also be used for rehab and mobility specialists. To explain a roundabout would be dif-

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A model of a 3-D printed tactile map created by assistant director of the Institute for Transportation Research and Education, Bastian Schroeder, and Post Baccalaurate Studies major, Jeffrey Chang is on display at the James B. Hunt Library.


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