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2010
Raleigh, North Carolina
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Carroll charged with 6 counts of second-degree exploitations International Investigation concludes as Carroll charged with 6 counts of child pornography
the State of North Carolina as distributing, transporting, exhibiting, receiving, purchasing, exchanging or soliciting material that contains a visual representation of a minor engaged in sexual activity. It is John Cline a Class E felony and punishable by up to Staff Writer 30 years in prison, a fine, or both, accordAstudent was arrested Thursday on ing to information posted on the Campus charges of child pornography, ending what Police Web site. According to Wulff, the investigation is had become an international investigation. James Phillip Carroll, a sophomore in First still ongoing and it is yet to be seen how exYear College, is being charged with six actly things will progress from here through counts of second-degree sexual exploita- the court system. Paul Cousins, director of the University tion of a minor after videos of young girls engaging in sex acts with a man were found Office of Student Conduct, declined to comment on the case citing federal privacy in his home. “The situation was that a person in laws, but did offer an idea of how the UniEngland reported to her authorities there versity might handle a situation such as this. “We have no t he p ot e nt i a l specific policy that of someone in addresses child North Carolina pornography like possessing child there would for pornography alcohol and the and possibly bel i ke,” C ou si n s ing involved in said. “There are the exploitation elements of the of minors,” MaCode of Conduct jor Dave Wulff t h at c e r t a i n l y of the Cary Police speak of a variety Department said. Lacey Martin, junior in human biology of offenses that “Local authorimight surround ties in England then contacted the U.S. Attorney’s Office or touch on that topic. The University has saying that the person may be located in certainly had instances in the past where Cary. They contacted us, we investigated, students have faced criminal charges for obtained a search warrant and got the ar- child pornography and the University has worked through those through the Office rest.” According to the warrant released Mon- of Student Conduct.” When asked how an offense like Carroll’s day, the tip stemmed from an instant message sent to a friend in the United Kingdom might affect enrollment, Cousins said it is which talked in detail about Carroll’s plans handled on mostly a case by case basis. “There are several areas in the code of to have sex with a 5-year-old girl, a girl he allegedly was set to be babysitting on Sat- conduct where suspension or expulsion would be required, for example drugs or urday for a family friend. Second-degree exploitation is defined by certain violations of academic integrity,”
“...unfortunately this happens all the time around the world and can be just around your corner where you least expect it.”
WHOSE BEEN CHARGED? James Phillip Carroll, sophomore in
WITH WHAT? Second-degree exploitation, a class E felony punishable by up to 30 years in prison, a fine or both
UNIVERSITY POLICY: None for this specific charge, handled on a case by case basis, suspension or expulsion possible
PORNOGRAPHY STATISTICS COURTESY CCBI
James Carroll, who was charged with six counts of second-degree sexual exploitation of a minor, is a sophomore in First Year College.
he said. “Other than that they’re dealt with on a case by case basis. There are a number of cases that can result in suspension, for example the most common right now would be a DUI, where suspension is not required but is our practice.” Attempts to discuss the case with the family of Carroll were declined on the basis of their lawyers advice to remain silent. N.C. State students, many of whom were previously unaware of the case, were shocked and appalled to find out about such a charge to one of their peers. “It’s really weird, I know people have random fantasies sometimes but for a student at State to be participating in something not only illegal but as immoral and degrading as this is appalling,” Mark Baeuerle, a junior in microbiology, said. “Normally when you think of sex offenders, you envision old creepy men, not bright young students and
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In Wake county there are 565 registered sex offenders SOURCE: SEXOFFENDER.NCDOJ.GOV/STATS.ASPX
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332 registered sex offenders in Raleigh as of May 2009
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The ratio of Raleigh residents to sex offenders is 1182:1 SOURCE: CITY-DATA.COM
classmates. It’s disgusting.” Lacey Martin, a junior in human biology, said she was equally disappointed to hear of the arrest but took a more realistic tone in evaluating the situation. “I really hate that it happened to an N.C. State student and for the publicity for the University,” Martin said. “I was certainly surprised as this is not something I expect, but unfortunately this happens all the time around the world and can be just around your corner where you least expect it.”
Gustafson addresses future of world hunger
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Director of Food and Agriculture Organization addresses the challenge the world will face by 2050 Katie Maness Correspondent
The Director of Food and Agriculture Organization for the United Nations spoke Monday on his perspective of the future of world hunger. “It is going to be a serious issue for a long time,” Gustafson said. “We need to look quite critically at it.” The goal Gustafson said he looks forward to is reduce the number of the hungry population to 370 million by 2050, and for hunger to be eliminated one day. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization the hungry, otherwise known as undernourished, are defined as, “the result of prolonged low levels of food intake and/or low absorption of food consumed.” The developing regions are most likely to be affected by hunger, especially in the rural population, according to Gustafson. He said this is due to the lack of employment growth in relation to the growth of the rural population. Gustafson said he believes that hunger and poverty are a two-way relationship. According to Gustafson, from 2007 to 2008 there was an increase in the number of hungry people around the world from 900 million to over 1 billion and 2008 was a record year for agriculture production. Although enough food was produced for everyone in the world, Gustafson said that the increase of the hungry population
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During his lecture, Dr. Daniel Gustafson, director of the Washington Office of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), explains the major questions he will touch on in Withers Hall on Monday. Dr. Gustafson presented Feeding the World in 2050: How to Address the Challenge, where he explained what will need to be done to decrease hunger around the world. His major suggestion to solve the problem was multifaceted, 79 percent was devoted to increasing yields and cropping intensity. The program was organized by International Studies and Interdisciplinary Studies in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences.
was “due to high prices.” Gustafson said there were many necessary tasks at hand but that the three main goals that agriculture will have to meet to eliminate hunger are to meet food and energy needs of 9.1 billion, cop with scarce resources and shift to more sustainable production, and adapt to agro-ecological changes in climate. Erin Miller, freshman in animal sci-
ence, said she thinks positive results are possible as long as everyone works together and acts now. “If we wait more than a year than we are going to be in a lot of trouble by 2050,” Miller said. Gustafson said there is a need for a 70 percent increase in food production, leading to an extra 1 billion tons of cereal, and 200 million tons of meat.
Gustafson said the developing countries do have adequate natural resources, such as land, to grow the necessary amount of food. “To get a 100 percent increase, you don’t have to go tear down the Amazon,” Gustafson said. The common belief among students Miller said was that the
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