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New chancellor search begins Committee to hold open forums to receive input Saja Hindi Senior Staff Writer

The chancellor search committee will hold a series of open forums Aug. 26 and 27 for students, faculty, staff and the general public.

This committee, along with a professional firm, is charged with conducting the search for a new chancellor to take over after the resignation of James Oblinger in June. Chancellor James Woodward will continue to serve as chancellor on an interim basis until a new person is selected.

The open forums will serve as a chance for the committee members to receive input from the various groups in the University about what they are looking for in a new chancellor, according to Bob Jordan, chair of the search committee and Board of Trustees member. “These are listening sessions,� Jordan said. “We really encourage people to come to the public forums.�

If all goes as planned, Jordan said the process to select a new chancellor could take about five months. However, he said the new chancellor may not be able to take on the position until the start of the next academic year depending on that person’s previous post. “[Chancellor James Woodward] said he and his wife would love for this to be a short search, so he and his wife can get back to being retired,� Jordan said.

Jordan said after the series of forums end Aug. 27, the committee will hold its second meeting and will draft a job description for the new chancellor shortly

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What do you want the chancellor search committee to look for in a new chancellor? “They definitely have to know what’s going on with the whole engineering aspect because N.C. State is a big engineering school.

So that would be important, especially because I’m going to be majoring in engineering. They need to have specific goals for the future of engineering to make it a better school.�

Emily Darr freshman, environmental engineering

SOURCE: NCSU.EDU

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Each forum will be targeted at receiving input from one group, but Jordan said anyone can attend any of the forums and voice his or her opinion.

Student Body President and search committee member Jim Ceresnak said he has his own expectations for a chancellor but is looking forward to the forums to hear what students have to say. “The most important job of my administration is to find out what students want in a new chancellor, and bring that feedback back to the new committee, so we can deliberate,� Ceresnak said.

Ceresnak said that while he would like to see a chancellor who is studentfocused, he understands that the job description of chancellor has developed into an external leader for the University. “The chancellor should be extremely visible and should have a keen interest

in student affairs,� Ceresnak said. “However, we do have a vice chancellor for student affairs.�

According to Ceresnak, the role of the new chancellor should be to raise the University’s national prestige, thereby increasing the value of graduates’ degrees. “We need a chancellor who will be a force in the world of academia,� he said.

The chancellor search committee held its first meeting last week for the members to get to know one another and lay out expectations, Jordan said. At the meeting, the 17-member committee, composed of faculty, staff, students and Board of Trustees members, selected the professional firm that will be conducting the search, Baker and Associates.

UNC-System President Erskine Bowles attended the meeting to express his ex-

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“Someone who can be in touch with the students and understand issues from our point of view as well as from the faculty and other members of the University and incorporate all those when making decisions for the University.�

Mark Tafoya junior, science, technology and society

“General honesty. I want him to actually do something, like take [the University] in a new direction. Make sure all the technology is the best it can be, and fix up these buildings.�

Thomas Paradis freshman, computer engineering

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On-campus housing nears capacity as summer ends, hundreds await verdict More than 200 prospective residents remain on a waiting list with classes less than a month away Ty Johnson Editor in chief

With the beginning of fall semester less than a month away, students will begin renewing leases or settling into new residences over the next few weeks leading up to University Housing’s move-in weekend which begins Aug. 14.

But for 237 students, living arrangements are still up in the air as they remain on Housing’s waiting list for residence halls.

Housing Student Services Manager Rena Gobble said the waiting list is unusually long this year, but said Housing was working to get those still on the list in, even as the first day of classes draws nearer. “Normally we may have 100 students and typically we get them all in,� Gobble said. “Our numbers are really high this year.

We’re trying to get them in as quick as we can.�

Gobble said those who submitted their applications before May 21 have all received room assignments, but those who sub-

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mitted later may have to be more people in to put them in—we’re patient and keep other options trying to minimize the problems open. Gobble said Housing has that can arise when living away had more than 50 applications from home the first time.� since July 10 when the Housing And it’s those first-year stuWeb site was updated to reflect dents who may be shafted as the that Housing could not guaran- residence halls reach capacity tee late submissions would have since the number of students housing. Gobble said the wait returning to residence halls this list is smaller now than it was year was about 300 more than a month ago, however, as about last year’s total.

100 prospective residents have “We’re about full right now,� been granted Grant said, and spots in resiwhile a certain dence halls. number of spots Director of a re reser ved University for incoming Housing Sufreshman, the san Grant said higher number 5NIVERSITY (OUSING 3TUDENT of returners, t he odd s of students find- 3ERVICES -ANAGER 2ENA 'OBBLE more first-year ON (OUSING S PROGRESS IN i ng hou si ng applicants, or on-campus deACCOMMODATING APPLICANTS a combination pended on their of the two will spot on the list as well as other have some new students unsure factors. about living arrangements up “We’re going to look at people until classes begin. who seem to be a little further “We have made it fairly well away than others. We may ask through the waiting list,� Grant students who live in the greater said. “We’re going through all Raleigh area to be patient and the applications as we get canwait until the housing verifica- cellations.� tion process, then ask, if [we] Gobble and Grant said those have a space for them, if they on the waiting list should explore still want it� Grant said. “We other Housing options, from E.S. do assign people based on the King Village and Western Mananswers to their [compatibility] HOUSING continued page 3 questions. We’re not just putting

“We’re trying to get them in as quick as we can.�

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Researchers pave way for cleaner tomorrow See page 6.

Abby Fulp, a freshman in biomedical engineering, plays ping-pong in the Wolves’ Den Wednesday night as part of a tournament put on by New Student Orientation.

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ike Giancola, director of CSLEPS, empties a pot of rice into a serving tray as Justin Wellos, a junior in sociology, looks on at the Stop Hunger Now program in Alexander Hall Monday night. CSLEPS hopes to raise $250,000 and used the event to raise awareness and support. “I got an e-mail from CSLEPS to come help raise hunger awareness for this,” Wellons said.

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eclipse was the longest of the century, though cloud cover prevented witnesses from fully viewing it in some areas.

SOURCE: CNN.COM

Secretary of State Violence spreads addresses Gulf as South African issues in Thailand recession continues Secretary of State Hillary Clinton discussed Iran and implications that could arise if the country were to continue its nuclear weapons program Wednesday at a summit in Thailand.

Clinton said Iran’s pursuit of nuclear weaponry could instigate a regional arms race as neighboring countries would feel pressured to develop programs to remain secure. Clinton said a U.S. “defense umbrella” could deter Iran from developing weapons.

Iranian authorities say the country is developing its nuclear program only to enrich uranium to the level needed for power, and that the country is not developing nuclear weaponry.

SOURCE: BBC.COM

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Day becomes night in Asia

Thousands of spectators gathered in People’s Square in Shanghai, China to witness a total solar eclipse as the moon passed between the Earth and the sun, casting a shadow across the continent for more than six minutes in some areas.

The eclipse began early Wednesday in India and moved east, drawing millions outside to witness the event, which happens about twice a year. Asia’s solar

More than 100 people have been arrested in the past week in Johannesburg, the Western Cape and Mpumalanga as residents protest over a lack of water and housing in the region.

The nation it was experiencing its worst recession in 17 years in June, and plans to build housing for its population have been prone to corruption, causing residents to hit the streets to demonstrate. Police cars were stoned near Johannesburg and cars and houses have been burned by protesters while police have fired rubber bullets into crowds to quell the riots over living conditions.

SOURCE: BBC.COM

Concealed weapons amendment struck down After coming up one vote short with a 59-39 vote, lawmakers denied the approval of an amendment that would allow gun owners to carry weapons across state lines without regard for stricter laws. All but two Republicans were in support of the amendment which is considered the most far-reaching federal effort ever proposed to expand weapons ownership laws.

SOURCE: THE WASHINGTON POST

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CAT, TT riders to see changes beginning in August New program means campus ID won’t be enough to step onto buses

WHERE TO GO FOR GOPASS

Chris Frederick

Transportation is located at 2721 Sullivan Drive, but users can also register online at ncsu.edu/ gopass.

Staff Writer

Faculty and students who use Upass to ride on Capital Area Transit and Triangle Transit buses will have to make a few changes this fall as the Gopass program, formerly known as Upass, will no longer accept the showing of campus IDs as admittance to ride the buses.

Gopass allows students and faculty to use bus services free of charge.

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OPEN CHANCELLOR SEARCH FORUMS The chancellor search committee will hold three forums Aug. 26 in Stewart Theater.

The following times have been designated: 12:30 p.m., Staff 2 p.m., Faculty 3:30 p.m., Undergraduate, graduate and professional students 6 p.m., Alumni, local elected officials and local residents (Jane S. McKimmon Center) SOURCE: NCSU.EDU

pectations for a new University chancellor.

“What Erskine [Bowles] said was great,” Ceresnak said. “We do need to keep building momentum ...and lead the state to economic recovery.”

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or Apartments to off-campus housing. The Housing office has information about apartment complexes and frequently receives tips about town homes and other amenities for rent.

As far as the future of Housing is concerned, Grant said there are plans in the works to bring more residence halls to campus, specifically on Centennial Campus, but that there wasn’t a pressing need for more space.

SOURCE: CHRISTINE KLEIN

“Routine riders of Capital Area Transit system and the Triangle Transit will need to pick up a Gopass swipe card at the transportation office,” said Christine Klein, information and communication specialist for the Transportation office. Kline said riders will need to bring their campus identification cards when they

He said as a land-grant institution, that is the job of the University — to train tomorrow’s leaders to lead the state out of the recession. Ceresnak said that the University needs to hire someone who understand that mission and N.C. State’s role.

Jordan said Bowles stressed the importance of not settling for second best.

“We should be able to locate and can encourage the very best to come here,” Jordan said.

The search for a new provost following the resignation of Larry Nielsen has not yet begun, Jordan said. Former dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine, Warwick Arden, will continue to serve as interim provost.

And though it’s generally best for the new chancellor to have some input into who is selected as provost, Jordan said it may be difficult since both positions became vacant at about the same time.

come to pick up a Gopass card.

Riders who used the Upass system were allowed to show their IDs to bus drivers to gain fair on the buses, but with the new system riders will be required to swipe a special Gopass card to gain admittance to the bus.

“We expect to have our supply of Gopass cards by early August,” Klein said. “Riders should call first and check for availability before stopping by.”

Klein says some users of Gopass who need to obtain Gopass cards may also use the internet to apply for the card. “There is a form on the Web site which you may fill out to make the distri-

“People who use Gopass do not have to give up their parking permits.”

Christine Klein, information and communication specialist for Transportation bution process a little quicker,” Klein said.

Students shouldn’t be worried about cost. Klein says Gopass is a system designed to help students and faculty utilize transportation to get around Raleigh.

Gopass is free to all current N.C. State students, faculty and staff with valid ID. Klein said users can renew their Gopass accounts at the beginning of each academic year.

She said using Gopass does not interfere with other transportation services at NCSU. “People who use Gopass do not have to give up their parking permits in order to use the Gopass system,” Klein said. “The program does not require riders be participants of Wolftrails transportation alternatives program”.

Wolftrails is a program that gives incentives when members of the campus community

use energy friendly methods to travel.

Wolf line riders will not be affected by Gopass, Klein said.

“Gopass has nothing to do with Wolfline ridership -- nothing is required to ride Wolfline except catching the Wolfline buses at designated stops,” explains Klein.

Though big changes are on the way, Klein said there is no need to bull rush the Transportation office quite yet.

Klein said, “valid NCSU student, faculty and staff ID’s will continue to be accepted for free transit rides on CAT and TT buses until August 26.”

‘Monster’ creator sentenced to clean up act Student who created sculpture assigned community service Kate Shefte Sports Editor

The Wake County District Attorney’s Office sentenced creator of the now infamous Hillsborough Street “Barrel Monster,” Joe Carnevale, to 50 hours of community service Tuesday for his altercation of several traffic barrels that were not his property.

At press time, a Facebook group entitled “Don’t Charge Joseph Carnevale!” had reached 7,100 members and a fan page carried almost 12,000 followers.

Many Barrel Monster supporters called and wrote letters to the Wake County District Attorney’s Office, asking it to dismiss the charges. District Judge Vince Rozier of Wake County deferred judgment against Carnevale until Oct. 30. If he completes the sentence, the judge will dismiss all charges at that time.

“I’m pleased with the deferral agreement because it could have been a lot worse,” Carnevale said. “They really could have nailed me to the wall with

this stuff so I’m glad they were lenient.”

However, there will not be a return to normalcy for Carnevale quite yet. He is still awaiting the return of several pieces of equipment that police seized during the investigation. “The police seized my cameras, lenses, my laptop, my climbing gear, some tools, and my external hard drive. They also seized computers, cameras, and an iPOD, all belonging to my roommate,” Carnevale said.

“None of these have been returned.

I’m told I need a court order to get it back. I’m waiting to hear back from my attorney.”

As part of his deferral agreement, Carnevale was instructed to take down the website where he wrote about his exploits, nopromiseofsafety.com, and the flickr.com site where he posted photos of his cone creations and graffiti.

However, he “might put new stuff up in the future.” In the meantime, Carnevale has been working and keeping a relatively low profile.

However, he may find himself in a more creative and lucrative profes-

sion soon. Hamlin Associates, the owner of the barrels, was vocal in their delight about the press the incident brought and has asked Carnivale to create a replica.

“I don’t know where or how I’ll serve my community service,” Carnevale said. “Hamlin [Associates] has expressed a desire for the original piece to be returned and for some photography work. If people want to pay for materials I’d be interested in doing more of them.”

Carnevale does not yet know where and for whom his community service will take place. Wherever it is, it will benefit a worldwide community he has already inspired. “The Barrel Monster lore has reached everywhere,” Carnevale said. “My relatives and friends learned of it from both national and local news and over the internet in places like Arizona, Australia, New York, and England.”

“We do a pretty good job at the numbers we have now,” Grant said. “We are looking at the feasibility of having housing on Centennial Campus, but it’s just in the analysis phase. Building new takes time—it usually takes at least three years to get something on the ground for students to use. It’s a balancing game and we need to look at what the demand is, so it’s hard to say whether there will definitely be more housing in the future.”

WHEN IS CHECK-IN? For Residence Halls: Aug. 14, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. (Check in at assigned halls) Aug. 15, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Check in at assigned halls) Aug. 16, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. (Check in at 24-hour service desk) Aug. 17, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Check in at 24-hour service desk) Aug. 18, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Check in at 24-hour service desk) For Wolf Village Apartments: Aug. 14 to Aug. 18, beginning at noon

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Search must focus on campus concerns THE FACTS:

The chancellor search committee will be conducted behind closed doors. Despite calls by the interim campus administration for transparency, this process has operated in secrecy in the past and will, for the most part, continue that legacy. Next month, several campus forums will be held for students, faculty and staff to voice their desires for the new candidates.

OUR OPINION:

The closed process is not ideal, but is a reality.

Students must still take the forums and other outlets as important opportunities to make their voices matter.

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any students were quite miffed when the search for the University’s new chancellor was announced as a closed-door event.

After all the drama and embarrassment surrounding the demise of the last administration, how could the University be foolish enough to hide such an important decision?

Conducting a search beyond the public eye is upsetting, but it should be understandable, according to Chancellor Jim Woodward.

Woodward indicated that the only way to allow for an unhindered and successful search is to enable the search committee to protect the confidentiality of the — often high-profile — candidates.

Former Interim Chancellor

The unsigned editorial is the opinion of the members of Technician’s editorial board excluding the news department and is the responsibility of the editor-in-chief.

Robert Barnhardt explained that these sorts of individuals have no way to conceal their hand from their current University if the searches are open. He said having a closed search produces the best candidates and is “in the best interest of the University.”

This process must provide some better form of open accountability in the future, but students must still do their best to get involved.

In late August, the search-committee members will be hosting a series of open forums to discuss the characteristics the new chancellor should possess.

Student Body President Jim Ceresnak, a member of the committee, indicated the fo-

rums would directly influence the characteristics he looks for in the new chancellor.

The other members of the committee should take Ceresnak’s sentiments to heart. The students, faculty and staff deserve a legitimate opportunity to voice their thoughts and concerns.

The next chancellor will have an enormous say in the direction of the University as it attempts to emerge from budget cuts, growing pains and the Mary Easley scandal.

Students should encourage Ceresnak and Ali Kefeli, president of the graduate student association and other student representative on the committee, to truly bring our voices to the table

and encourage in-depth conversation and reflection on the candidates.

Students may not be directly participating, but the spirit of their comments and character requests must be central in the selection process.

The chancellor search committee and Student Government Web sites will have features during the selection process where students can give their thoughts to the committee. Take advantage of these and let your voice be heard.

Entrenched and antiquated systems are often immovable, but the campus community must use the tools available to their maximum potential. This selection is too important.

Is it time to rally?

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he Atrium and Talley Student Center have been essential parts of N.C. State’s campus for decades. The facilities, designed in the early 1970s, were intended for only 14,000 students. Needless to say, with the University’s 30,000 current attendees, the need for renovation is Emily Kelly long overdue.

Staff Columnist In the words of Jim Ceresnak, student body president, “students deserve this.”

The proposed idea, Rally 4 Talley, is a tremendous renovation project designed to expand and remodel the Talley Student Center and the Atrium.

The new renovations include a coffee shop, larger dining area, and bookstore all while striving toward environmental sustainability. The plans also call for a pedestrian walkway extending from Broughton Hall. In all, it will cater to NCSU’s ever-increasing student population.

The most pertinent question is, “how will we pay for this?” The project directors have proposed a phased increase in student fees.

The fees would begin increasing each year after the fall of 2010.

However, with the economy in an unsteady position, is this the right time?

I have seen the drawing boards and spoken with the campaign’s designers — the project is brilliant. It will create an expanded space for students to study and relax, as well as boost campus aesthetics. One point of view, however, is that spending money right now by increasing fees is not something students want to see. The other point of view is that now is the best time to launch the project. Construction materials and costs are lower right now — the sooner we begin the better.

The designers and coordinators are doubtlessly concerned about students’ views and are making considerable efforts to

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follow the campus consensus.

The process of adding or increasing any student fees must go through a lengthy approval process. Assuming the project escapes the approval process, its price tag is an estimated $120$150 million dollars.

I am standing at the crossroads with this in mind. On one hand, I am not sure right now is the best time to launch this project. I agree it is long overdue. I also agree that students deserve this, but I listen to rumors of increased taxes and enormous unpaid debt from the state and federal government and wonder if spending additional funds is the wisest decision.

Our economy is very much in an “experimental” position. Asking for more money is increasing risk. I trust the University to keep the costs as low as possible, but someone must pay in the end.

On the other hand, there is a part of me that wants to stand up and shout, “yes... let’s get the ball rolling!” It would make sense to start the project while construction costs are so low, plus it would provide work for the builders and designers involved.

I love the idea of expansion for our enormous student population and I certainly believe they deserve the best. I also like the idea of beautifying the campus.

A more innovative, studentcentered campus means more incoming students will place the University high on their list of schools to attend (in addition, of course, to our superb academics).

So, I leave the conclusion up to the student body. I say students should have the final say in whether or not this project benefits the University’s well being.

Let Emily know your thoughts on Rally 4 Talley at letters@technicianonline.com.

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ccording to a story in Wednesday’s News & Observer, the sister university we all love to hate up in Chapel Hill hired an efficiency expert to tell them that it has “too ma ny supervisors, bloated administrative costs and a bu r e au c rac y t hat hamstrings Paul McCauley everything Senior Staff Columnist from assigning courses to classrooms to purchasing supplies.”

First, I would like to thank the Captain Obvious Consulting Firm for telling UNC-Chapel Hill that it has a bureaucracy that dumps red tape and paperwork on faculty and students alike, making higher education that much more of a drag.

But more importantly, I’d like for our University to come to a similar conclusion regarding our own bureaucracy, albeit without the expensive efficiency expert.

In a sense, we are slowly being bogged down by what German sociologist and political economist Max Weber called the “iron cage” of bureaucracy — in short, we become trapped by the rules, regulations, bylaws, amendments, exceptions and guidelines of our administrative systems. And right now, with the state legislature sharpening its axes as it prepares to lop off an enormous chunk of the budget, breaking out of this

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iron cage seems like a very good idea.

I’m not suggesting that we disband our administrative bureaucracy entirely — we need to have regulations and paperwork, to some extent. I merely suggest that we attempt to draw our bureaucracy closer to Weber’s ideal type: there must be rules regarding duties, powers, the chain of command and resources that each position has access to, and the organization is driven by merit and attempts to be beyond illicit means of influence.

How to achieve such an organization is probably well beyond us, but we can at least start to push towards reaching such a goal by respecting more of the rules and removing positions that serve little or no purpose.

Remember the guy from Office Space whose job was to take the customers’ specifications to the engineers? We don’t have to hire the Bobs to tell us that we can probably get rid of such superfluous positions.

We need to push further, however. Perhaps we should listen to Malcolm Gladwell and his suggestion in The Tipping Point that we learn from Gore Associates, the company that makes Gore-Tex and other synthetics.

Simply put, Gore relies on social forces to create a workplace that

is filled with innovation, motivation and productivity without the extra levels of management. At Gore, the left hand knows pretty darn well what the right hand is doing — sales knows what the manufacturing people are working on and each of them know what the researchers are doing.

Surely the University can do the same. By putting the people who are tasked with administrative duties “on the same floor” as the people they are in charge of, we eliminate the middleman who tells the boss what research is doing, the messenger who talks about class responsibilities and the assistant who presents the report on the department’s fiscal outlook.

And again, we definitely do NOT need an efficiency expert to figure out that we should try to drive the University back onto the autobahn of innovation. We need to be innovators.

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L.E.G.A.C.Y. returns with a ‘bang’ L.E.G.A.C.Y. teams with Red & Meth at Lincoln Theatre Yamil Camacho Staff Writer

Hip Hop heavyweights Method Man and Redman will be at the Lincoln Theatre tonightpromoting the release of the sequel to their 1999 album, “Blackout!,” the aptly titled, “Blackout! 2.”

Wu-Tang Clan member Ghostface Killah, New York outfit Duo Live and North Carolina native L.E.G.A.C.Y. will also be performing.

L.E.G.A.C.Y. (an acronym for Life Ends Gradually And Changes You) just released his sophomore album, “Suicide Music” on the Hall Of Justus label.

The rapper is not a stranger to N.C. State. He said he’s been to “the Talley parties, dancing, all types of debauchery, back when DJ MC used to spin. I’ve done [WKNC] 88.1 interviews.”

Alumni Tanya Eguiluz describes L.E.G.A.C.Y.‘s music as “dark” and “very unusual for hip hop.”

Jack Rivera, a sophomore in biological sciences, argues that the local rapper’s music is “more realistic than dark, it’s actually true for some people.”

L.E.G.A.C.Y. said both views of his music are correct.

“I pride myself on the real. It’s kind of edgy. Maybe when things are happy, I’ll write about potpourri, flowers, sunshine, dew in the grass.”

L.E.G.A.C.Y.’s “Suicide Music” is a very short yet cohesive album. L.E.G.A.C.Y. called it “a car album.”

“You should be on the highway, on your way somewhere. “Out

the gate, seatbelts off.” It’s a putit-in-your-car joint.”

The album boasts few guests when compared to the stereotypical Hip Hop album and features mostly North Carolina talent.

“I try to keep it N.C.” adds L.E.G.A.C.Y., “I only deal with people that I like personally and musically.”

The album was solely produced

by Khrysis, another member of

the Justus League. L.E.G.A.C.Y. quickly admits that this was not planned, “Khrysis just kept feeding me dope beats.”

Fellow Justus League members Phonte (Little Brother, Foreign Exchange) and Chaundon join New York rapper Sean Price on “TKO”. L.E.G.A.C.Y. explains that this song was originally mean to have “Two New York [rappers] and two North

“I only deal with people that I like.”

L.E.G.A.C.Y. Carolina [rappers]” but “Jean Grae flaked on Khrysis. I [also] wanted Supastition and MURS to be on it.”

Re c e nt l y, a n “In d e p e ndent Weekly” article called L.E.G.A.C.Y. a “former Justus League rapper.”

He refuted the INDY’s claim,

saying “there is no former, I got love for everybody in [the Justus League].”

The other guest on the album is local spoken word poet, Dasan Ahanu. “I like his work, he’s real diplomatic. He’s really dope and comes up with [his lyrics] quick.

I was looking for something different to do.”

L.E.G.A.C.Y.’s show of philosophy is to step out of the norm, “I don’t use hypemen, I don’t bring an entourage on stage with me, I put on a show.”

SHOW TONIGHT Where: Lincoln Theatre Who: Method Man & Redman with Ghostface Killah, Duo Live, Legacy of Hall of Justus and DJ Battle When: Doors open at 8:30 p.m., show starts at 9:30 p.m.

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he University is striving to prove it is the autobahn of innovation by turning science fiction into science factâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; developing novel industrial applications using ionized gases or plasma.

At the department of nuclear engineering, professors Steven Shannon, Mohamed Bourhom and John Gilligan are doing research on what they hope to be a more effective process of developing new energy-saving technology.

For instance, Shannon and his colleagues are trying to develop a process where they take a porous piece of aluminum and ionize silica compounds onto the pores through the use of a fusor in a IEC (Inertial Electrostatic Confinement). A fusor is a vacuum chamber designed to create nuclear fusion. Hopefully, the process will allow for the creation of more effective solar panels.

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itsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; processing power. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Without plasma, you are capped off to a max of a couple micro-meters,â&#x20AC;? he said, thus plasma ionization will hopefully allow the circuits to be spaced out in the nanometer range. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the difference between, say, 10 megahertz and 3 gigahertz,â&#x20AC;? Shannon said.

Bourham and John Gilligan of the nuclear engineering department are also doing research in

plasma applications for defense applications. Their research entails the development of highdensity plasmas that will be used in hyper-velocity launches. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Plasma ionization will be used to propel payloads in excess of several kilometers,â&#x20AC;? Bourham said.

Plasma ionization will be used in the development of rail guns and electro-thermal guns. Rail guns are devices that use and pass

an electric field that interacts with a magnetic field produced by a rail system. This accelerates the projectile. Electro-thermal guns run on a similar principle but they would be used to start off the projectile from rest.

Bourham has also collaborated with Marion McCord, an associate professor in textile engineering chemistry and science, to develop surface modifications on fabrics by using atmospheric plasmids. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This extends to grafting fabrics with antimicrobial agents,â&#x20AC;? he said.

This will, in essence, provide the fabrics with permanent antimicrobial features. Medical and military apparel will be then created from these modified fabrics.

In the department of mechanical and aerospace engineering, associate professor Alexei Saveliev is researching the development of a new ignition system â&#x20AC;&#x153;The new ignition system would use a fuel-jet spray that would be ignited through the application of a plasmatic discharge,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Hopefully, the process will not only make engines more efficient, but also more environmentally friendly.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;This technology will reduce the pollutants of the internal combustion engine by replacing the glow-plugs,â&#x20AC;? Saveliev said.

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Dream Theater has released their tenth studio album, and it really is one hell of an album. Twenty years after the release of their first album, this one seems to take themes from past albums and put them on this album.

There are songs on here that belong on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Change of Seasons,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Images and Words,â&#x20AC;? and even â&#x20AC;&#x153;Octavarium.â&#x20AC;? There are six tracks on

the album, with two-thirds of the tracks being longer than ten minutes. However, these tracks are all masterpieces, with their own themes and emotions intertwined in each riff and lyric.

Which is appropriate because five out of the six tracks involve personal experiences involving difficult or disturbing moments in the membersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; lives The opening track, â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Nightmare To Rememberâ&#x20AC;?, starts off very ominously with raindrops and haunting piano playing in the background before kicking in and deafening us with thundering drums and guitars, then finally settling into one of Dream Theaterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s signature complicated riffs, which seems to be taken straight from the album â&#x20AC;&#x153;Awake.â&#x20AC;? This song is about a car crash guitarist John Petrucci was in. It is very haunting, especially when you hear a car crash, ambulance, and medical equipment in the background.

Most of these songs are sad and emotionally moving, but none are as powerful as â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Best of Timesâ&#x20AC;? which drummer

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Mike Portnoy wrote to his father who died of cancer shortly before the albumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s release. Portnoyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s father did hear this song before his death, which was a tribute to the life he had with his son. It is a very somber song with violins and piano as the major instru-

ments until the guitar kicks in with an amazing solo. It helps us realize that we should be happy for all our memories, it shows us what a truly diverse band like Dream Theater can do. However, the highlight track of this entire album is not the single, â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Right

of Passageâ&#x20AC;?, which is a song about freemasonry, but the conclusion to Portneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Twelve-step Suite.â&#x20AC;?

A series of twelve songs spanning four albums, totaling 57 minutes, with each song about a different step in alcoholism rehab, which Portnoy went through. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Shattered Fortressâ&#x20AC;? comprises elements of the other songs in the suite, including riffs and lyrics, yet he still finds a way to make it a unique song. This is the song that ties all the other songs together, even ending with the static from the first song of the suite, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Glass Prisonâ&#x20AC;?, ending the suite the same way it began.

All in all, this is one hell of an album. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of the best so far in 2009, and one of the best Dream Theater albums released.

This is one you should buy, especially when you can get a threedisc edition with instrumentals of all the tracks as well as covers.

It is an absolute masterpiece.

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Q: What do you feel are your strengths and weaknesses and what would you say are Russell’s strengths and weaknesses?

A: Obviously Russell is a better athlete than me and he could make more plays if something were to break down, but I think do a pretty good job of getting the ball out to the playmakers and letting them make the plays.

My arm’s pretty good, but I feel I have a long way to go learning about college defenses and about the whole college game compared to high school.

Q: How excited are you and Russell to have so much talent and experience returning at the skill positions, wide receiver and running back?

A: I think, all around, we are going to have a pretty strong offense. Our receivers, with Owen [Spencer] and Jarvis [Williams], T.J. [Graham], all of them, and hopefully Donald Bowens will be back, and all of them will be ready to go. With Jamelle [Eugene], Toney [Baker], Curtis [Underwood], and Brandon [Barnes] [at running back], we are pretty strong at the skill positions. I think we definitely have the playmakers to win some games this year

season in recent memory.

How excited are you and your teammates?

A: I think everyone’s ready to get the season going because we have big plans to do some big things this year.

We have the expectation that we can come in and beat any team that we play, with or without Nate [Irving.] Obviously that’s a big loss, but we still feel like we have the players to win every game this year.

Q: How beneficial do you feel your redshirt freshman season was for you in terms of learning the offense and acclimating to college football?

A: I think it was definitely useful. A year ago today I didn’t know much and right now I have a lot more confidence in myself that I could go out there and play. Last year I was just kind of getting a feel for things, but my confidence has risen a lot. I think that to have four more years instead of three more years left is a big help for me.

Q: There is arguably as much excitement surrounding this season as there has been for any

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stroke and the 200 breaststroke.

He only participated in the 100 in the Olympics. He swam a 1:01.80 to win the third heat and stake a new Puerto Rican record during the 100 breaststroke preliminaries at the Olympics.

After completing an internship, Velez returned to Raleigh in the late spring and has been training with his former team in preparation for Rome.

“I’ve had some e-mail correspondence with him,” Teal said. “He’s excited and looking forward to swimming. He’s getting to be a veteran of international experience, so that should pay off.”

Though Jones, Velez and fellow Wolfpack swimmer Erica Smith have finished their time with the Pack athletically, Smith and Jones are still working on earning their degrees. According to Teal, Cullen “still has a couple of classes to go” and Smith will graduate in December, though she has completed her eligibility.

As for the women’s team, State senior Erica Smith also participated in World Championship trials in Indianapolis in early July, helping her relay team to an eighth place finish. She also participated individually in the 100 and 200 backstroke.

A few short months ago, Smith thought her swimming career was over.

“She had never qualified for national-level meet until her se-

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Cullen Jones takes a break during practice February 5, 2008, in Charmicheal Gymnasium. After winning Olympic gold last summer, Jones is participating in the FINA world champsionhips this week in Rome.

“I really feel like it paved the way for what he was able to do in the Olympics” Brooks Teal, swimming coach nior year, and that was what really motivated her to continue her career,” Teal said. “She decided after ACC Championships that she wasn’t ready for her career to end and trained all spring.”

A skateboarding accident two weeks before the meet in which Smith fractured her skull set her training back considerably.

A few days before the meet, she received medical clearance.

However, Teal insists she was “not at her best.”

Smith, along with seven other Pack swimmers, will head to Seattle next week for the U.S. Open championships, which serves as the summer finale for most American swimmers.

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Seniors Mason McGee, Kevin Woodhull-Smith and Anna Linkenauger and junior Jen Kopenitz and will be among those joining Smith in Seattle. Teal said after strong summers, those four will be the veteran core of the State team moving forward while its former standouts compete for gold.

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Erica Smith competes in the 200 meter backstroke during a meet against Viginia Tech. Smith swam in the 400 freestyle relay at the 2009 Conoco Phillips National Championships July 8 and helped to lead her team to an 8th place finish.

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Former Pack swimmers make waves at Worlds

â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m ready to go. I have a year of being in college, a year under my belt. I think if something were to happen to Russell, I think I could step in and I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think our offense would miss a beat.â&#x20AC;?

Jones, Smith, Velez continue swimming careers on national and international stage Kate Shefte Sports Editor

Former N.C. State swimmers and Olympic participants Cullen Jones and Dan Velez will compete at the FINA Swimming World Championships this week in Rome, Italy. The event will run from Sunday, July 26 through Saturday, Aug. 2. Jones won Olympic Gold medalist for Team USA at the 2008 Olympic games in Beijing in dramatic fashion. His menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 4 x 100 relay, which included swimming phenoms Michael

Phelps and Jason Lezak, barely touched out France for the win â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and the record.

At Worlds this year, Jones will swim the 50 freestyle and serve as a relay alternate.

Two years ago, he earned a spot on Team USA and competed at Worlds in Australia. Pack head coach Brooks Teal was â&#x20AC;&#x153;fortunate enough to goâ&#x20AC;? with him as part of USAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s coaching staff. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That was a great experience, one I really feel like it paved the way for what he was able to do in the Olympics,â&#x20AC;?

Teal said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It gave him the experience he needed.â&#x20AC;?

Earlier this month, Jones set a new American record with a 21.41 in the 50 freestyle at the 2009 Conoco Phillips

National Championships in Indianapolis, Ind. Just as he did in the Olympic trials last year, Jones will have to prove himself in order to earn a spot on a relay team. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in the same situation. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll probably swim in the relay in the preliminaries,â&#x20AC;? Teal said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They take the top six 100 freestylers. Potentially any one on the team â&#x20AC;&#x201C; including Michael Phelps â&#x20AC;&#x201C; could be put on the relay. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have to perform there and have one of the fastest times in order to swim in the finals.â&#x20AC;?

Velez, who swam for Puerto Rico in Beijing, will compete in the 100 breastSWIM continued page 7

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Q&A with Pack QB Mike Glennon

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Deputy Sports Editor Tyler Everett talked with the redshirt freshman about starting positions, personal strengths and the state of the team in 2009.

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Q: How much of a luxury is it for this team to have two quarterbacks capable of playing at a high level?

A: Russell is coming off being the best quarterback in the ACC, so to have him â&#x20AC;&#x201C; thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s already good enough.

But its always important to have a second guy that can come in and keep things going if something were to go wrong. With the quarterback position you need to have depth, because you never know what is going to happen over the course of a game. It is always important to have two good quarterbacks and I think Russell and I bring that combination together.

We both have our strengths and weaknesses, but together, we make a pretty good duo.

Q: How confident are you

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in your ability to step in and lead this team if necessary?

A: I think Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m ready to go. I have a year of being in college,

a year under my belt. I think if something were to happen to Russell, I think I could step in and I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think our offense

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pon first hearing the news t hat L oren zo Brown, the headliner of Sidney Loweâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best recruiting class to date, will not play in 2009, some fans rationalized this may not be all that much of a blow to Wolfpack basketball.

Af ter all, some said the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2009 prospects Tyler Everett were already Deputy Sports Editor l e s s t h a n optimistic, and the freshman combo guard would not likely have found a way to transform a squad that finished in 10th place in the ACC last season and lost three starters into a contender in what is arguably the premier basketball conference in the nation.

How successful this team will be while attempting to replace its top three scorers from a year ago without Brown, a player known most for his scoring ability, is anyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s guess. One thing is for certain - the team can ill afford another disappointing season, especially not with the fate of three top-notch recruits in the class of 2010 yet to be sealed.

If the other freshmen in this nationally ranked recruiting class struggle and erratic play from the point guard position persists, the loss of Brown from the 2009 team may very well hurt the program in far more significant and long-term ways than even the most grounded of Wolfpack fans dare to fathom.

While some point out that Brown will now arrive at State at the same time as his high school teammate Ryan Harrow, a fivestar point guard in the class of 2010, this may or may not be the case if State is once again an afterthought in the race for the conference title. This is due to the fact that, whether we like it or not, Brownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s enrollment at Hargrave for a year will no doubt reopen his recruitment in the minds of many college coaches.

And call me cynical, but I for one cannot help but wonder if his devotion to N.C. State will prove strong enough to make him still want to play for a team whose last trip the NCAA tournament occurred during his freshman year in high school.

Considering the case of C.J. Leslie, a talented 2010 power forward prospect who committed to State as a freshman in high school but de-committed in March, one must consider the possibility that Brownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s future with the Pack may be only slightly more certain than Leslieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. Leslie is reportedly still considering N.C. State. Once one comes to grip with the reality that Brown may reconsider his options, Harrowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s status is yet another cause for concern. It is widely believed that, based on the closeness of the bond between the two, one of the most appealing aspects of signing with the Pack will be the opportunity to share the backcourt with one of his best friends since elementary school.

The bottom line is that if the past three seasons had not put enough pressure on Sidney Lowe and his team already, the news of Brownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ineligibility just made the 2009 season that much more important. No one knows exactly what it will take to maintain Stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s appeal to Leslie, Brown, and Harrow, but it is a safe bet that if the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s play is bad enough to discourage more than one member of that trio from coming to Raleigh, year four might very well close the book on the Sidney Lowe era.

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