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University says goodbye to Stafford Tom Stafford’s long University career was celebrated Monday afternoon.

Club honors wildlife expert The Wildlife Club screened a documentary focusing on environmentalist Aldo Leopold.

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A retirement party was held Monday afternoon in honor of Thomas Stafford, vice chancellor for Student Affairs, who will officially step down from his position July 1. Stafford has worked at the University as the vice chancellor for student affairs since Oct. 1, 1983. He has served in administrative and research positions since 1971 and also received his master’s degree from N.C. State. The celebration was an opportunity for various people to speak in honor of Stafford and the work he has done at the University. Chancellor Randy Woodson, Provost Warwick Arden, Alex Miller and Justine Hollingshead were a few of the many guest speakers to talk about Stafford and his work. “This is a great turnout for this event. Honestly, it didn’t surprise me, because he’s done so much for so many people,” Arden said. The University is honoring Stafford by naming the green space around the renovated Talley Student Center after him. Some of the people at the event presented Stafford with gifts. Representatives from the University’s Reserve Officer Training Corps presented Stafford with military coins as a thank you for all of his work with the program. Stafford has worked very closely with ROTC; 12,000 officers have been commissioned through ROTC while Stafford was at the University. “[Working with ROTC] has been a very special part of my job at N.C. State,” Stafford said. Andy Walsh, student body president, attended the event to honor Stafford because of how studentcentric Stafford’s agenda has always been.

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Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs, Dr. Tom Stafford walks off stage after giving a final speech at his retirement banquet, held in McKimmon Center on Monday, April 23, 2012. Stafford has been a part of N.C. State for 40 years, and has spearheaded many student groups, activities, and meetings with his motto “Students First.” Stafford’s legacy was honored at his retirement banquet with speeches and awards given out by numerous groups, including the GLBT Center, Student Government and the NCSU Army ROTC.

When Stafford rose to give his fi“The amount he did for the student body is incredible. Forty-one nal speech, he glanced at the crowd years of service with a students first with a smile on his face. During mentality is just incredible,” Walsh his speech, Stafford told stories of his time on campus and discussed said. Even the food at the event honored what the University has meant to him throughout the Stafford’s commityears. ment to the Univer“How do you resity; a cookie tower flect on 41 years in was constructed to just a few minutes? look like the Bell [My wife] said, don’t Tower, and a watertell the whole story; melon was engraved just say what it is all with Mr. Wuf’s likeabout. So that’s what ness. I’ll be doing,” StafPhotos of Stafford Andy Walsh, student ford said. at various University body president St a f ford s poke events were places about seei ng a around the room at the McKimmon Center where streaker at graduation, watching the event was held. You could see Pullen Hall burn down, and parhim enjoying graduation, cheering ticipating in the Homecoming paat football games, and standing in rade. Before he left the stage, Staffront of the bell tower with students. ford asked all of the students in the

“Forty-one years of service with a students first mentality is just incredible.”

crowd to stand and addressed them directly. “This is why I have done this the last 41 years. [The students] are wonderful to work with and I have enjoyed that relationship so much,” Stafford said. As he closed his speech, Stafford encouraged the audience to look forward with the University. “As you move forward, embrace change and use it to make N.C. State a better place. Continue to put students first at N.C. State. Continue to make this a place that welcomes everyone who comes here,” Stafford said. Right before he left the stage, Stafford addressed the students directly once again. “N.C. State University is in great hands with Randy Woodson and Provost Warwick Arden,” Stafford said.

For their last meeting of the semester, N.C. State’s Leopold Wildlife Club held a documentary screening and discussion of Green Fire, the biographical story of their namesake Aldo Leopold. Leopold has strongly influenced the modern environmental movement. He developed the first comprehensive management plan for the Grand Canyon and proposed the Gila Wilderness Area, the first national wilderness area in the Forest Service system. He also helped found the Wilderness Society. The film is named after a quote from Leopold’s book. “We reached the old wolf in time to watch a fierce green fire dying in her eyes. I realized then, and have known ever since, that there was something new to me in those eyes—something known only to her and to the mountain,” Leopold said in A Sand County Almanac, published in 1949 after his death. The film was made through a partnership between the Aldo Leopold Foundation, the Center for Humans and Nature and the U.S. Forest Service. It aims to highlight his idea of land ethic for the ecological challenges of today. Leopold defines land ethic as the conservation of nature through the harmony of men and land. The Wildlife Club hoped to fuel discussion on Leopold’s influence in the field and his ideas on conservation. “I had to read the Sand County Almanac for two different classes, and it was, it would be too cliche to say it was life-changing, but it definitely

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Student donations benefit non-profits Third annual Wolf Pack-NGive donation drive held on campus until May 13.

tronics, small home goods, clothing, shoes and non-perishable foods are all possible items for donation. “Students have a lot that they can’t pack up in the car while they’re Elise Heglar moving out, so we usually get a lot News Editor of stuff,” Fulghum said. The event used to be a sale of the University Housing and N.C. State Waste Reduction and Recycling are donated items, with proceeds bencollaborating to make use of items efiting a sustainable student group students discard while moving out and the Howl for Haiti program. The donated materials are going and reduce waste. Wolf Pack-N-Give is an event, directly to two nonprofits. Dorcas Ministries and the Green originally called Wolf Pack-N-Go, created to collect unwanted items Chair Project are the two organistudents are getting rid of during zations working with the program this year. Dorcas will the move out. The be collecting clothes name of the event and food from the was changed in an donation stations, effort to make the and the Green Chair purpose more obProject is helping vious according to sort all of the doAnalis Fulghum, nations once the educ at ion a nd stations are full, acoutreach coordicording to Fulghum. nator for waste Analis Fulghum, education “Going directly reduction and reand outreach coordinator to the non-profits cycling. is saving us a lot of There are various donation stations around cam- staff and money this year,” Fulghum pus, called PackRat storage contain- said. The Green Chair Project gives ers, where students can drop off a variety of items. Furniture, elec- people who are trying to restart

“Going directly to the nonprofits is saving us a lot of staff and money...”

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A Wolf Pack-N-Give container outside of the Honors Village Commons building on Dunn Avenue April 23. The containers are available for students to donate items they would otherwise throw out when moving out of their dorms.

their lives access to basic necessities like furniture and appliances. Jackie Craig, co-founder of the organization, said it is very important for students to consider how their unused items could benefit someone in need.

“Everything [the Green Chair Project] has has been discarded at some point. Students have a lot of things that they may not need that can be very useful to others who are working on rebuilding their homes,” Craig said.

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hris Fundanish, a junior in environmental science, and Rochel Conley, a senior in fisheries, wildlife and conservation biology, shuffle through donated clothing in the field between the wolf ears. SustainU, an American recycled apparel company, hosted an intercampus clothing drive. Wolfpack Environmental Student Association (WESA) and Student Government helped organize a campus wide clothing swap for the competition. Clothing was donated for an entire week on the Brickyard, weighed and recorded for the competition, and then laid out Monday for students to exchange. All clothing not taken by students during the swap is being donated to Dorcas Ministries who is running Wolf Pack-N-Give on campus these last weeks of school. Conley said, “I love that we can donate to other students while still reaching out to the greater community.”

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affected my view on things. It got me thinking about a lot of the ideas of conservation,” Charles Sanders, senior in fisheries and wildlife sciences and president elect of the Wildlife Club, said. Sanders said he believes in the distinction between environmentalism and conservation that he believes Leopold upholds in his writing. “Environmentalism has become more of a political agenda than anything else, and conservation is not antiuse. You can use so much, but you can’t use it all, or you’ll end up with nothing,” Sanders said. “You have a difference between the extreme, let’s go and protect everything, people be damned, and the recognition [that] we need wood, we need this, we need that, so let’s use it, but let’s use it sustainably, and I think that’s the key is that term.” In the documentary, Theodore Roosevelt was mentioned as being part of the beginning of this movement

than an easy way out is important, according to Craig. “You’re helping your comcontinued from page 1 munity by giving them a battered women shelters, helping hand, not a handout,” homeless people who are Craig said. In addition to helping trying to earn a steady people in paycheck need, there is a nd i man environprove mental eletheir livment to Wolf ing situaPack N Give. tion and According victims of to Fulghum, fire damone of t he age are all most imporcommonJackie Craig, co-founder tant elements ly seen at of the Green Chair of the drive the Green is avoidChair ing products being added Project. The Green Chair Project to landfills. Craig agreed, is about two years old and stating that students should has helped more than 200 consider the environmental families begin to rebuild element of donating. “One of the great things their homes, according to Craig. Last year, when about this is that it’s green. tornadoes struck Raleigh, You’re reusing [the items] Green Chair was able to and avoiding adding to landstep in and help families fills,” Craig said. For more information recreate a stable home enabout the program and donavironment. “They are rebuilding tion stations on campus, visit their lives; they have sta- http://recycling.ncsu.edu/ ble employment and want getinvolved/wolfpackngo. to build a stable home,” php. The event began yesterday and will continue until Craig said. Helping people by giv- May 13. ing them assistance rather

“You’re helping your community by giving them a helping hand, not a handout.”

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Ethan Greene, a junior in fisheries and wildlife science, watches the documentary Green Fire: Aldo Leopold and a Land Ethic for Our Time during a Leopold Wildlife Club meeting in Biltmore Hall on April 23. Green Fire is a documentary about the environmentalist Aldo Leopold and his influence in the environmental movement.

towards sustainability. “Optimism is a good characteristic, but if carried to an excess, it becomes foolishness. We are prone to speak of the resources of this country as inexhaustible; this is not so,” Theodore Roosevelt said in his seventh annual message to congress in 1907. Sanders believes that Leopold played a key role in bring the ideas of Roosevelt and others together into some-

thing that can still be used today by those studying wildlife conversation. “They kind of laid the foundations. I think Leopold took a lot of what they started. He took the pieces and put them together. He was a key component in getting the ethic going. He took [their ideas] one step further and really got us thinking about the community and not just pieces of it,” Sanders said.

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Bob Grossfeld: ‘Retired, not tired’ Bob Grossfeld finishes his tenure as professor, researcher and mentor.

as a biology professor, he only intended to stay for a few years. Hamish Patel and Kareem Clark, two biochemistry Eric Rizzo alumni, had the pleasure of Senior Staff Writer getting to know Grossfeld Looking back at his career, throughout their years at Bob Grossfeld, professor of N.C. State. Patel began workbiology, never expected to ing with Grossfeld through a find himself in North Caro- summer program before his lina. But after no trivial stint freshman year, and Clark of 33 years at N.C. State, began neuroscience research Grossfeld will be leaving an with Grossfeld during his impact that extends from re- sophomore year. However, search, generosity and inspir- Grossfeld gave them more than the opportunity to reing students’ futures. After giving up on his search. “He always gave me good dreams of becoming a professional baseball player, Gross- advice both in science and feld decided to pursue his ac- practical knowledge,” Patel ademic interests at Stanford said. “He was sort of like my University. After graduating, mom and dad away from he decided to take a position home.” “He’s really a perfect reat a university instead of a research institution, which search mentor,” Clark said. led to his successful teaching “He would let us have a lot of control over our own projects career. Grossfeld never intended to but was still there to guide us come to N.C. State, let alone over the way.” According to Patel, GrossNorth Carolina. However, due to unforeseen circum- feld always kept him engaged stances, he was not able to in school. Patel said he would always go to get a posiGrossfeld for tion at the course selecUniversity of tions, or any Texas. While big decision. look ing in “I always the Journal knew I didn’t of Science , want to upGrossfeld set Grossfeld came across in research a n a d ve rHamish Patel, alum or in school,” tisement for Patel said. a position at However, according to PaN.C. State and decided to go for it. What really attracted tel, Grossfeld was also good him to the area was the Re- to talk to if something went wrong, because he always search Triangle Park. Once Grossfeld started highlighted the positives to working for the University any situation.

“He always gave me good advice both in science and practical knowledge.”

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Bob Grossfeld, researcher of advanced physiology and spinal cord injury and repair, holds a suction electrode which is used for recording nerve electrical potentials.

Another current student who has built a strong relationship with Grossfeld is Hitesh Shivalingappa, a senior in biochemistry. According to Shivalingappa, Grossfeld inspires his research students to be proactive. “He can be very intimidating, but he uses it to our betterment,” Shivalingappa said. However, Grossfeld didn’t only push Shivalingappa to excel in the lab, but in every facet of life. “Any big decision I make, I run by Dr. Grossfeld,” Shivalingappa said. Patel, Clark and Shivalingappa all continue to keep in touch with Grossfeld actively

and plan to do so in the future. Aside from teaching and doing research, Grossfeld has also spent significant time with the Park Scholarship program. He began mentoring Park Scholars eight years ago and is currently a faculty scholar with the class of 2012, according to Grossfeld. According to Eva Feucht, Director of the Park Scholarship, Grossfeld has mentored more than 20 Park Scholars who majored in the life sciences. “Students really value their relationship with Dr. Grossfeld, because he takes the time to get to know them,”

Feucht said. The Park program initially invited Grossfeld to become involved because he was wellrespected in his field, but also because he involved in the progress of undergraduate students and believed in challenging them, according to Feucht. One of Grossfeld’s most important contributions to the Park Scholars program, according to Feucht, is the time he’s committed. “Whenever he’s asked to assist a student, he always says yes and takes the time to build a relationship with the student,” Feucht said. This is Grossfeld’s last year

as a fulltime professor at the University. However, he intends to live his retirement with the phrase retired, not tired in mind. After his wife inspired him, Grossfeld began to record all of his plans for retirement. He now has three pages worth of things to do, first of which is to clean and organize his home. Nevertheless, he does not intend to leave N.C. State completely. According to Grossfeld, he plans to keep working with Park Scholars and hopes to guide students in their careers and personal lives. He wants to help students learn about themselves, to optimize their potential.

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Technician Natural nuclear reactor unveils physical mysteries A natural deposit of uranium may push physicists to rethink the fundamentals of science. Jordan Baker Staff Writer

It all started about two billion years ago under the rock of what became Africa. The site is known as Oklo Natural Nuclear Reactors, and it plays host to the only known naturally occurring-nuclear reactor. Here, under the soils of Gabon, naturally occurring fission has left yellowcake uranium encrusted onto the walls of the caves. According to Chris Gould, associate dean of the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences and researcher in the Experimental Nuclear Physics program, the Oklo reactor, which ran for more than a million years, possessed the capability of putting out around 15 kilowatts of power. Compared to the reactors at Shearon Harris in New Hill, North Carolina, this output is almost negligible. But the true worth of this place does not come from the power it produces. What continues to draw physicists like Gould to the reactor at Oklo is the notion of variations of constants through time—a concept that turns an elementary definition of science upsidedown. “The Oklo natural reactors have proven to be one of the more sensitive terrestrial testing grounds for studying time variation of the fine structure constant,” Gould wrote in Physical Review.

With this research, Gould has been exploring the notion that physical constants are not actually constants at all, and that they have varied through time since the creation of everything. Astrophysicists have conducted the majority of research on this topic through the study of quasars, energy-rich celestial bodies similar to stars. However, Gould believes the answer may also lie beneath the earth of Gabon at Oklo. Gould’s most recent paper, published this year in Physical Review, focuses on the measurement of the temperatures at Oklo. This question has been debated among physicists recently, because it can “help get a better answer to the question of whether the Coulomb force has changed over the last two billion years,” Gould said in a press release earlier this year. Though Gould’s work may well help to rewrite Physics 201 textbooks, there is also another interesting facet to the naturally occurring reactor at Oklo: what to do with atomic waste? Though the reactor was not strong compared to those manufactured by present day engineers, it nonetheless keeps uranium deposits safe underground, where they have had no measurable affect on the populous living above. Physicists hope the study of the Oklo reactor may lead to a better understanding of how yellowcake uranium storage should work and how to improve human attempts at storing this toxic element.

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Centennial Campus launches mesh Wi-Fi network CentMesh network assists students and faculty in research, education and security. Ameya Kulkarni Staff Writer

Centennia l Campus has been covered with a “mesh,” but this invisible one consists of an outdoor Wi-Fi network, accessible through untethered mobile devices. This project called CentMesh, short for Centennial Outdoor Wireless Mesh Network, is a test bed for research and education and one of the first Wi-Fi meshes in the country, allowing the researchers to modify or rewrite the codes to meet their requirements. The project started with an initial award in July 2008, with sponsoring from the Army Research Office. John Streck, the director of operations from the computer science and engineering department, is one of the core team members in the implementation of the CentMesh project. “We followed a gradual development cycle, with three distinct phases. In the first phase, a laboratory version was developed. In the second phase, we developed a push-cart version and tested it outdoors. The third and final phase consists of the pole deployment,” Streck said. CentMesh allows both students and faculty to use it as a Wi-Fi source. Additionally, network researchers use it in their investigation in improving

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This CentMesh node is located atop the Centennial Parking Deck, across the road from the Hunt Library, where construction workers work on the roof. Each node consists of two parts. The top antenna array, connected to a computer on the ground, is part of the CentMesh network, transmitting and receiving signals.

Wi-Fi coverage. According to Dennis Kekas, associate vice chancellor of the College of Engineering, CentMesh is a perfect example of using the research park as a “living laboratory.” “Centennial Campus is a mini-city of buildings, employees, students and amenities, and an integrated network system is an excellent way of keeping such a community closely connected,” Kekas said. The CentMesh project differs from the current Wi-Fi system available on the Centennial Campus in many different ways. “From a user perspective, CentMesh is primarily designed to cover the outdoor areas, while the existing coverage on the Centennial Campus is focused on the indoor areas,” Streck said. “From an implementation

perspective, the production part of CentMesh is based on mesh technology, which is quite different from the existing Wi-Fi infrastructure.” Being an open source, researchers can modify and make instant changes to the network, modifying the codes of the Wi-Fi system. This project underwent a thorough series of trials before the finalized network was opened for public use. Rudra Dutta and Mihail Sichitiu, both of whom are associate professors in the computer engineering department, played a lead role in implementing the finalized version of CentMesh after a rigorous series of trials. “We spent a lot of time carefully planning and testing the software, and we only moved to this final phase once we were confident that all software and placement of

the nodes was correct,” Streck said. According to the CentMesh website, the vision for the Centennial Campus has been crafted by academics and researchers. The recognized aim of the campus is to be a “Living Laboratory,” providing a mission and goal of the campus to actively aiding researchers and educators. Further plans on expanding the area of CentMesh to main campus have been considered. “We believe that, in time, the CentMesh can be further extended in other locations, and the main campus is one such possible location,” Streck said. “Different locations offer different advantages and challenges, and the N.C. State main campus is only one such possible location.”

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Questions about the College of Sciences O The Facts:

The biology department will be leaving the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences to merge with the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences to form the College of Sciences.

Our Opinion:

On the surface, it appears this is another cost cutting measure presented as an improvement for students. It’s hard to believe a department as large as biology is going to successful integrated into the third smallest college on campus.

n Friday, the Chancellor announced part of his realignment plan for the University: the combination of the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences with the undergraduate biology program to form the College of Sciences. The realignment leaves us with more questions than answers, for instance: What does PAMS have to do with the biology department? The realignment is the result of a task force orchestrated in May 2011 to review the administrative structures of science programs. According to the task force’s report they wanted to “enhance the

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natural synergies between the science programs…while reducing administrative overhead.” Cutting costs can be a noble effort depending on what the savings will go toward. If we are reducing overhead because we’re bleeding money and need to consolidate our programs in the most efficient way possible, then it’s a necessary change. However, a change of this magnitude needs to be spelled out as such and not be hidden behind the guise of improved conditions for students.

By comparison, the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences is small. With only 843 students enrolled during the current semester, it pales in comparison to other colleges such as CHASS, with 3,947 students, the College of Engineering, with 5,577, or the College of Management, with 2,364. With the addition of the biology department, we wonder if it is possible to meet all of the needs of the incoming students given the resources of the third smallest college at N.C. State.

In the end, we need more answers. We need more reasons to believe this should work. You can’t say, as the chancellor has, that “the college will be positioned to provide much of the core of undergraduate instruction in these disciplines.” That should be the standard of education here, not something to be aspired to. If this does more than stop our financial levees from bursting, we’re not seeing it and are open to a more detailed account of how the lives the students affected will be improved.

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Rabbits and Charizards

tudents, if you’ve been keeping up with my columns, then you’ll know I’m not an open book. I don’t like to talk about myself; it just seems redundant when everyone else is talking about me for me. M ay b e I’m feeling a little emotional Ahmed with this beAmer ing my last column of the Deputy Viewpoint semester, but Editor I want you to know something about me: I have trust issues. I’m going to tell you why in two heartbreaking stories. Ready your tissues. I remember few things about my childhood in Egypt. I remember the principal at my elementary school wasn’t too fond of me, but I can’t recall why that was. I remember living close to the Mediterranean Sea, but I can’t remember the smell of ocean air or the sounds and architecture near the beach in Alexandria, Egypt. However, there is one memory I’ll never be able to let go—it begins with a white, fluffy rabbit. On my way home from school, there was one thing I always looked forward to, and that was taking my adorable fur-ball of a pet out on the balcony to play. Our routine was consistent; every day for an hour we’d go there so he could run around while I watched and petted him. The little white rabbit and I had a much more meaningful friendship than I did with most people. We had no expectations of one another, we were just glad the other was around. He was happy to have me there to feed him, and I was happy to have him as company. It was awesome. A wise man once said, “all really awesome things between two parties must come to a hot, fiery end for one of the parties involved in aforementioned awesome thing.” And he was right. Upon coming home from school one day, I went to my friend’s cage for our scheduled playtime; he wasn’t there. “Fen al arnaab?” I asked my mom. Without saying a word, she answered with a straightened arm and a pointed finger aimed at a giant pot on the stove; we would be eating my

best friend for dinner. The rest is gone from my memory. I assume my tears were poured onto the rabbit to add a salty and savory flavor that only profound despair can achieve. That was the end of one childhood, and after two short plane rides interrupted by a layover in Spain, I would begin another. I was lucky enough to be in America during the Pokemon card craze. Schools had banned them, but kids still found ways to smuggle them onto playgrounds and within the walls of the hallways for battle and trade. The logistics were intricate; we made drug smugglers look like amateurs. My deck, like many others, was comprised of a lot of Bulbasaurs and energy cards; it was nothing too special, with the exception of one dark, holographic Charizard. It was so much more than a card, it was a status symbol. Charizard got girls to notice me and made bullies fear me; everyone knew I was packing heat. Of course, you probably already know how this story ends: not well. I had just made a new friend, whose name I cannot remember. We were battling it out in my front yard. I won, of course. He congratulated me with wide eyes, still in awe of my Charizard. “Can I see your cards?” he asked. Feeling confident, I handed over the deck. I smugly watched while he shuffled through the deck, he clearly knew how cool I was. And before I realized what had happened or could react, he hopped on his bike and sped off, looking back only to yell “sucker!” Once again, I found myself mourning what had been ripped away from me. This childhood was no less cruel than the last. From these experiences, I’ve learned there are two types of people in the world: the kind that will hurt you, even if they love you and it’s unintentional, and those that hurt you and don’t care to look back. In case you’ve missed the moral of the story, it’s this: seek vengeance. Don’t stand idly by while your friends get eaten and your things get taken. Let me close out my last column of the semester with something we Arabs say to parting friends: salams y’all.

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If you could rename Dead Week, what would you call it? by thomas obarowski

“Stress Week. First of all, they still give you homework. The week before they will say that they are giving you your last test of the semester, but then they still give you more homework the week after. Plus, you still have to study for exams on top of that.”

“Dead Week by frostbite.”

Tony Hankerson, junior in arts applications

Life, liberty and the pursuit of a degree

s another year comes to a close, we say goodbye to one class and welcome in another. As we welcome a class of new students, I think back to my starting ambition; what motivated me to cont i nue my learning in the realm Trey of higher Ferguson education. Viewpoint For some Editor it’s the few years of freedom from our parents’ house. To others it’s the chance to start over and rebuild a new life. However, for many of us it is to earn the sacred college degree. Throughout middle and high school I can remember the public service announcements about what type of jobs I could get without a high school diploma. We were motivated by our families, schools and society to graduate high school. This type of thinking became so automatic we merely took courses for credit, just to be rewarded with a glorified piece of paper. Now s t ud e nt s a re pushed—more so than before—to be prepared to go to college and earn a college degree. The cycle is happening all over again. We are automatically taking class, not for the knowledge,

but for the credit to graduate. This is the exact opposite of the goals for higher education. Students should want to be here of their own free will. They should have the drive and motivation to demonstrate their mastery of a certain content area and earn their degree. Universities should not make it so easy for students to essentially buy their degree. T he i mpact college experiences can have on one individual is literally lifealtering, and the university system should respect that and give those opportunities to those willing to work for it. While some question the foundations of the university system as being biased and elitist in deeming who is fit for a degree, the fact of the matter is some students don’t want or need to be in college. This goes for both those who use Mommy and Daddy’s money to skate through it and those who are being pushed into a four-year institution when they really only want to learn a certain trade. For students who do not truly wish to be here and rather specialize in a trade, rather than struggling to break into the middle of the

pack, they’re being set up for failure in a university environment. Why push them further than they want (or need) to go, when they could excel in something they’re great at? For students who enter higher education for academic achievement, inflating the system with students who are merely sliding by w it h minimal class credit lessens the value of t heir degree. If we truly wish to uphold higher education as an opportunity for academic excellence, as a society we must allow students to make their own decisions and not push them in a direction they do not want to go. If we do not change the system of filtering students from high school straight to college before it becomes permanent, the next phenomena will be every student should graduate with a masters degree and so on. Allow students to do as they please and let them pursue happiness, rather than a degree.

“We are automatically taking class, not for the knowledge, but for the credit to graduate.”

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as well in last year. I want to make [my weaknesses] my strengths and as for my strengths, I want to get better at those. There are a lot of things I want to do become a more productive player and the go-to guy come fall season. Technician: Who do you think has shown the most promise amongst the other receivers? Palmer: Right now it’s going to be between Quinton Payton and Bryan Underwood. Those are the other two guys who have game time experience, and right now I need them. I am the only receiver with the game time experience. We just need to pull together as one.

ing to college. The John Wall dance, which happened at Kentucky’s preseason basketball hypeup event. John Calipari’s second first-ever final four with Memphis and Derrick Rose after his Massachusetts final four was vacated. John Calipari’s third first-ever final four last year with Brandon Knight after his final four with Memphis was vacated. John Calipari’s first national championship also happened largely due to one-and-dones. I could go on forever about

Bryan Underwood: redshirt sophomore wide receiver

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Technician : How ha s spring practice this year been for you? Underwood: It’s new. Every year you have some people leaving, and it’s always a struggle getting new roles and fitting in and trying to be a new leader. It’s difficult, but we are just taking it day by day, one at a time. Technician: What are the challenges you are facing right now? Underwood: The biggest challenge would be staying

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full speed the entire game and in practice, because last year I played a couple of snaps. I didn’t play that much so I didn’t have to worry about my endurance, but this

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ship is good, he has a good relationship with all of us. We know where he is going to throw, and we know we where we have to be for him to catch those good balls.

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it, but you get my point. To sum it all up for you, one-and-dones are a great thing for college basketball as a whole. It gives the players exactly what they’re looking for, which is to develop their skills for a year, increase their draft stock, become a high draft pick in the NBA draft, and sign a hugely lucrative contract. The schools get all the excitement and fanfare that comes along with landing a star high-school recruit. Most importantly, fans are more interested in the game, because they get to see extremely high-quality college basketball consistently.

one case, there could be some evidence that this could also be a plausible solution for a player who would’ve potentially been a one-and-done if he is willing to travel internationally. This move could also help a player support his family, which, for some, is a reason to leave school early. College basketball should be respected. If a player knows from the outset that they have no desire to attend school or play college basketball, they should be allowed to enter the draft after high school.

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football

Tharakan named Ashe Jr. finalist Men’s soccer graduating senior Zane Tharakan was named one of the 10 finalists for the 2012 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar Award by Diverse: Issues In Higher Education magazine. The award was established to honor undergraduate students of color who carry the merits of tennis legend Arthur Ashe. The finalists were chosen from the 600 minority student-athletes nominated by their institutions. The winners will be featured in the magazine’s May 24, 2012 issue. Source: N.C. State Athletics

Rodon earns weekly honor Baseball’s freshman left-handed pitcher Carlos Rodon was named the ACC Pitcher of the Week. Rodon threw 10 strikeouts over eight shutout innings against Boston College on Saturday. He is the third member of the Pack to earn an ACC weekly award, following Trea Turner and Chris Diaz’s previous Player of the Week honors. Source: N.C. State Athletics

Lutz receives promotion Men’s basketball head coach Mark Gottfried has promoted assistant coach Bobby Lutz to associate head coach. Lutz served as the head coach of the University of North Carolina Charlotte for 12 years. During his tenure, he guided UNCC to five 20-win seasons, a school record, and five appearances in the NCAA Tournament. Lutz was also an assistant at Iowa State.

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Tobias Palmer and Bryan Underwood talk about their experiences in spring practice. Rishav Dey Deputy Sports Editor

Following the graduation of T.J. Graham and Jay Smith, N.C. State faces a new set of starting wide receivers. With quarterback Mike Glennon, who threw for more than 3,000 yards last fall, in his senior year, it will be crucial for the Pack to ensure the Virginia native has the right supporting cast. Technician spoke to senior wide receiver Tobias Palmer and sophomore wide receiver Bryan Underwood ahead of the Kay Yow Spring Football Game, with both poised to start for the Pack this year.

Tobias Palmer: redshirt Senior wide receiver Technician: How would you describe spring practice for you this year? Palmer: Going through spring and having to step up, as I am the only senior wide receiver and there’s only three of us with game time experience. We are having to get ourselves back into shape and get us back into the rhythm, take the young-

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Redshirt senior wide receiver Tobais Palmer rushes for a few yards in the first quarter of the N.C. State, FSU game on, Oct. 29, 2011. The Wolfpack struggled all day against the Seminoles, only putting up 166 yards and scoring no points.

er guys under our wing and guide them in the right direction to be able to be a more productive group than we were last year. There’s still more work in progress to be successful come this fall, but so far it’s looking good. Technician: What is your biggest

challenge right now? Palmer: My biggest challenge is having to step up and be a leader. I have the leadership role in me, but I have never actually had to actually be a leader on the team. I have to step up now, talk to the guys, keep them motivated and keep myself

motivated as well so to keep going on is kind of a challenge right now. Technician: What targets are you setting for yourself? Palmer: Right now I just want to get better at the things I wasn’t

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echnician sports staff has decided to debate both ends of an issue that has been widely discussed in college basketball since the early 2000s—one-and-dones. Should a player be allowed to forego their college career for potentially greener pastures in the NBA after high school or spend some time on campus? If you have a response to this topic, email sports@ technicanonline.com. The best responses could be featured in the Technician.

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Quote of the day “I have to step up now, talk to the guys, keep them motivated, and keep myself motivated as well so to keep going.” Tobias Palmer, redshirt senior wide receiver

“One-and-dones”

Great for college basketball

evin Durant. John Wall. Derrick Rose. Kevin Love. Three of the five starters from the Kentucky national championship team from this year. These are all names that spring to mind when you think of famous one-anddones in college basketball. The NBA has a rule in place t hat prevents players f rom ma king the Andrew leap from high Schuett school straight Staff Writer to the NBA (a la Kobe Bryant, Dwight Howard and Lebron James, among many others before the rule was enacted.) The rule states you must be at least 19-years old and at least one year removed from your high school class graduating. This rule has resulted in the vast majority of highly-talented high school basketball players choosing to play college basketball. The best of this group (i . e . A n t h o n y Davis and Carmelo Anthony, to name a few) chose to enter the NBA Draft after their freshman year. Why wouldn’t they? There’s nothing holding them back from signing a multi-million dollar contract since they can legally declare for the Draft. Coming to college for a year helps these star players develop into better players. This year gives the players a chance to grow into their bodies, get stronger through an extra year

of being in the weight room, and develop their skills. Although this year of extra practice helps, most of these star players are talented and strong enough to go into the NBA straight out of high school. The one-year college stint is more of a necessity these days, a necessary evil one must go through in order to reach the ultimate goal of playing in the NBA and getting all that comes with it (millions of dollars, global sports star status and a signature shoe deal.) The prime example of a one-anddone is Raleigh’s own John Wall. Wall was heavily recruited out of high school and chose to play college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats. Wall was there for a year and led Kentucky to an Elite Eight appearance. After the season ended, Wall entered the NBA draft and became the first overall selection in the draft by the Washington Wizards. Another benef it of one-and-dones is that it creates excitement around your college basketball program. If you are a coach and you have a one-and-done on your roster, chances are this player is a star in the making. Your fans will be ecstatic the program was able to land this player. They will more than likely buy tickets to come see this player on your team, which leads to increased ticket sales for the university. The fans will be so pleased, they might even buy a new sweatshirt from the school store to show their support, which leads to increased merchandise sales. Let’s look at the other great things to come out of one-and-dones com-

“Another benefit of one-and-dones is that it creates excitement.”

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niversity of Kentucky head basketball coach John Calipari has given birth to a new philosophy on recruiting since the early 2000s—acquire the best players in the country. The only caveat to his style is the majority of these players will leave after their first year of college basketball to pursue their goal of Jeniece playing in the Jamison NBA. Pundits Deputy Sports either love or Editor hate the “oneand-done” rule the NBA Players Association implemented in 2005, which states that a player must be at least 19 years old before he is eligible for the NBA Draft. The rule has helped players such as Derrick Rose and Kevin Durant become household names, maybe even more so than Kevin Garnett and Kobe Bryant were before they went straight from high school to the pros. But what impact does the rule have on college basketball? It has a negative impact on the institution of college basketball because it eliminates tradition and undermines the value a college education could potentially have for a student-athlete. Imagine you’re a student, fan or otherwise affiliated with the Kentucky Wildcats, learning the entire starting lineup has declared for the draft—three of

which are one-and-done players. After winning a national championship and coming from a storied program that went through a 13year title drought before winning in 2012, you couldn’t build off the championship and re-establish the bluegrass tradition. The program would essentially be starting from square one every year. On the other hand, it is possible to win without one-and-done players. Duke won the title in 2011. All five of the Blue Devils’ starters were upperclassmen. If you have signed with an institution to be a student-athlete, you must also honor the “student” end of it. The scholarship for a oneand-done could have been useful for an athlete who would’ve stayed in school for three or four years, enough time to utilize the educational resources of an institution. Some players do stay for a second season if they find—or if an agent or draft expert convinces them—that t heir ga me isn’t ready. I understand one goal of every athletic program is to generate revenue and it is very possible the return from ticket/merchandise sales could compensate for the scholarship dollars given to the athlete for one year, but not every revenue system is the same. As for the rule itself, I believe a player should have the right to declare himself eligible for the draft after his senior year of high school. If a player has no desire to pursue higher education he should not be forced to do so. Also, there are other solutions to

“All five of the Blue Devils’ starters were upperclassmen.”

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