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Gadhafi-sympathetic Libyan students protest in Washington Noah Rouse Correspondent
Students gathered in front of the Watergate building in Washington D.C. Aug. 15 to protest a lack of support from the post-Moammar Gadhafi government in Tripoli,
Libya. When secret service agents apprehended a man ranting inside of the Watergate complex, he had allegedly told one of the building’s employees he would blow up the historic building. Authorities later learned the man was a Libyan national who was
studying abroad and had been part of a student protest in front of the Libyan embassy, which is housed inside the Watergate building. The students, part of a group that drove from the Missouri University of Science and Technology to Washington D.C., had been protesting for in-
creased support from the government in Tripoli, who they claim has not been providing them with the same support they received under the Gadhafi regime. Abdelmajeed Ali, a Libyan graduate student studying abroad at MS&T was one of the protest lead-
ESPN stages campus protest Jake Moser Staff Writer
ESPNU shot a commercial on campus Monday for N.C. State’s Friday football game against the University of Tennessee. ESPNU, a television channel owned by ESPN, specializes in college sports and organized a fake protest in anticipation of Friday’s game against the Tennessee Volunteers. The commercial, shot at the Bell Tower, includes N.C. State students protesting the Volunteers in order to support the Wolfpack. Almost 100 protesting, sign-waving students showed up Monday for the commercial, thanks to Megan Hornbeck. Hornbeck, a sophomore in communication and Spanish, is a campus connector with ESPNU who regularly provides material for the channel’s online and on-air productions. For this commercial she was responsible for bringing students to the event and helping produce the finished product. Hornbeck thinks the result will be a positive one. “I hope that this will give our school a little more publicity and expand our fan base,” Hornbeck said. “I would like to see N.C. State mentioned more than UNCChapel Hill, and I think the student body coming together before our first game will get everyone excited for the coming season.” The upcoming commercial will consist only of Monday’s footage from the protesting N.C. State students. UT previously shot its own commercial at its campus in Knoxville, and the ESPNU crew has also travelled to Wake Forest University and the University of Georgia. Thirty minutes before ESPNU arrived, students decked out in N.C. State shirts, hats and vari-
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Seven years after the University began entering the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Collegiate Traffic Bowl, teammates Zachary Bugg, Thomas Chase and Tyler Fowler took home the grand championship title. The Traffic Bowl is a Jeopardy!style game, but all the clues come from transportation engineering manuals. The game features clues taken from several engineering manuals, general transportation trivia and the history of the ITE. The game was well-suited for the three graduate students in civil engineering, whose concentrations
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Cameron Waldbart, a senior in enviromnental technology, joins dozens of other students in a mock protest Monday, Aug. 27 2012. They pretended to denounce the Tenessee Volunteers for an ESPN film crew. The crowed braved the heat to support the Wolfpack for the big game.
ous other red accessories began to gather around the Bell Tower. Some were tweaking their signs while others discussed the game or did homework. Photographers checked their cameras as a “No Volunteers in Wolfpack Country” sign was completed. Even a dog wearing an N.C. State shirt was in attendance. When the camera crew arrived from Wake Forest, everyone assembled on the Bell Tower steps. ESPNU crew member Jordan Appel explained the concept for the commercial and also encouraged students to make a post about the event on their Twitter feed. After T-shirts were given to those not wearing red, the mock protest began. Students holding signs marched in a circle in front of the Bell Tower while others protested on the steps behind them.
were in transportation engineering. Each of the winning students has also been involved in research at N.C. State’s Institute for Transportation Research and Education as part of their graduate studies. Bugg said the bowl was started by the international organization Institute of Transportation Engineers, which has about 10,000 members across 90 countries. However, only the United States and Canada participate in the game due to differences in international transportation engineering. “They’re trying to get students involved and get the crowd to be very diverse,”Bugg said. According to the ITE Collegiate Traffic Bowl program, the objectives
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“Tennessee game is near: We won’t volunteer” and the N.C. State fight song were chanted. Sign-holders marched around while others chanted and held up the Wolfpack symbol with their hands. A select group of students were interviewed by crew members. The interviews were designed for the students to acknowledge volunteering is a good thing, but they are choosing to ignore it in order to support N.C. State. The commercial shoot ended with the protesters chanting and marching away from the Bell Tower. Appel was impressed with the outcome. “Everything was pretty awesome,” Appel said. “We staged a protest, made signs, and got students to come out in the middle of the day. This is one of the best
Quizbowl wins national Traffic Bowl Laura Wilkinson
ers. “There are many students that have lots of problems regarding the scholarships they got from the government,” Ali said. “Students are struggling to figure out how to
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of the competition are to encourage students to become more active members in the Institute, to enhance their knowledge of the traffic/transportation engineering and planning profession and of the Institute itself and to strengthen the programs of the ITE student chapters. The N.C. State team defeated UNC-Charlotte in the North Carolina round of competition in November in Raleigh, and then moved to the southern district in Lexington, Kentucky in April, defeating the University of Alabama and the University of Louisiana-Lafayette. The final game in the southern district was
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shoots we’ve ever had.” Student opinion was similar, and sophomore civil engineer Russell Riley was glad he could participate. “I found out about the event on Facebook and thought it would be a fun thing to do,” Riley said. “I’ve been looking forward to football season and supporting the Wolfpack all year. Plus it’s never a bad time to be on TV.” The commercial will air during ESPNU’s new show, “ESPN Unite.”The show, which is heavily driven by social media sites, involves the crew going around to different colleges and making sports comedy pieces, although it covers professional sports as well. The show also aims to document what life is like on these college campuses, according to Appel.
With a harsh letter of resignation from a former staff member in May, the future leadership of the Women’s Center came into question. Now, it seems the same issues are being brought up and several key people are shedding light on what they call the center’s demise. The Women’s Center has historically played a big part in helping survivors of sexual or violent relationships find the help they need through counseling, a 24/7 hotline and more. However, the center’s role has started to change, according to some. “ T h e Wo m e n’s C e n t e r is not a safe place to send people,”LaSonya Harris, a senior in sociology, said. According to Harris, the Women’s Center was once a place where survivors could turn to for help. They had a 24/7 hotline called the Relationship and Sexual Violence Phone Line (RSVP) and were very knowledgeable of both on- and off-campus services for survivors of Relationship and Sexual violence. Michelle Clayton, also a senior in sociology, agreed with Harris that this is no longer the case. “The Women’s Center has been going downhill for about a year now,”Clayton said.
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TECHNICIAN POLICE BLOTTER August 25 12:34 A.M. | ALCOHOL VIOLATION Talley Student Center Staff member was issued citation after open container of alcohol was found. 2:01 A.M. | FIGHT Talley Student Center N.C. State PD, WCSO, RPD and NCSHP responded after approximately thirty people engaged in fighting after event. Crowd was dispersed and no injuries were reported. 1:40 P.M. | SKATEBOARD COMPLAINT E.S. King Village After complaint, non-student and juvenile were advised of unveristy policy. 10:02 P.M. | SUSPICIOUS INCIDENT Fraternity Court Report of someone yelling for help. Officers checked the area but did not locate anyone in distress. 6:39 | LARCENY Centennial Park & Ride Student reported two hubcaps taken from vehicle.
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Kappa Alpha Psi was referred to the University for disorderly conduct in reference to earlier event. 9:00 P.M. | FOLLOW UP Bowen Hall Student was referred to the University in reference to earlier event. August 26 1:13 A.M. | SUSPICIOUS PERSON Dan Allen Drive Report of supsicious person. Officers checked the area but did not locate anyone. 3:08 A.M. | ASSIST OTHER AGENCY Off Campus N.C. State PD responded to Feath Lane after Raliegh PD cited student for underage possion, possession of drug paraphernalia simple possession of marijuana and nuisance party violation. Two addiontal students were cited for underage possession and nuisance party violation. 1:17 P.M. | LARCENY Fraternity Court Student reported license plate stolen. 6:00 P.M. | FOLLOW UP Syme Hall Student was referred to the University for underage possession in reference to ealier event. 10:42 P.M. | DRUG VIOLATION Sullivan Hall Officer observed odor but was unable to locate source.
USF students march on RNC Brandon Henry USF Oracle Staff Writer
Members of the N.C. State Traffic Bowl team.
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between three ACC university teams, with N.C. State beating Virginia Tech and Clemson. From there, Bugg and teammates advanced to the international level, held in Atlanta Aug. 14. In the first round the team beat the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and Purdue University. During the final round, N.C. State beat Texas A&M and the University of Toronto to seal the win in the 55-school competition. The final game went into seven overtimes, according to Bugg. “We got locked into the same amount of money at the end. They kept on having to ask us another final jeopardy question,”Bugg said. For Bugg, the win was a long time coming. He began playing six years ago when he was an undergraduate student at Mississippi State University.
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“My professor there asked versity of Toronto. This year, me to go watch the Traffic the seven overtimes were to Bowl. At that point they had break the tie between their their meetings in Knoxville, old rival, the Toronto team. Tennessee, so I drove to Bugg said he likes meetKnoxville and thought I was ing people from other teams watching the Traffic Bowl, and he’s already run into but it turned some of the out I was acother teams tually on the while lookTraffic Bowl ing for jobs team,” Bugg and going to said. conferences. After getBut there are t i ng t h i rd other benplace t hat efits too. Zach Bugg, Quizbowl year, Bugg “It’s i mteam member stuck with por tant to the team make profesand became captain for his sional connections because remaining two years at Mis- you go to these games, start sissippi. He picked it up again to see the same people every when he arrived at N.C. State year and then they are really for graduate school. impressed by you. You make “At this point, at every professional connections, conference I go to, they’re you make student conneclike, ‘You’re still playing this tions by making friends with game?’ I wanted to win and people on the other team and we finally did,”Bugg said. it helps you retain academic Last year, the N.C. State knowledge,” Bugg said. team finished in second “We won something for place internationally, losing N.C. State,” he said. “We’re to Brigham Young Univer- achieving international recsity and tying with the Uni- ognition for the University.”
“We’re achieving international recognition for the University.”
Though the first day of the Republican National Convention was canceled, protestors marched through the streets of Tampa, regardless of uncertain weather. The Coalition to March on the RNC 2012, expected 5,000 participants from across the country to protest for immigrant, labor and GLBT rights amongst others. While the left-wing group now anticipates only 1,000 to turn out, many USF students were instrumental in organizing the demonstration. Michael Blosser, a University of South Florida graduate student in applied physics, is one of the many organizers, and he said the political system in our country is flawed the party system. “The political system in our country has failed with both parties, but
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Clayton and Harris are co-presidents of a student group called The Movement, a group of male and female students who are trained via a semesterlong class to give workshops for the prevention of interpersonal violence. “The goal of The Movement is to end interpersonal violence,”Olivia Desormeaux, a recent alumni of N.C. State and The Movement, said. “But The Movement, which is funded by the Women’s Center, has found it hard to achieve this goal.” The Women’s Center can often be found closed during normal business hours with sign that says to call the RSVP Hotline for emergencies, Clayton said. “The RSVP Hotline
particularly the Republicans, only serving the interests of the corporations and the 1 percent,” Blosser said. “I am protesting the Republican Party and their horrific agenda, but I am also protesting all the politicians who are the lap dogs of the 1 percent and the police state that supports them while they sit in their ivory tower.” Corey Uhl, a senior in history, is a member of USF’s chapter of Students for a Democratic Society. SDS staged several campus protests last year, and Uhl said he got involved with organizing the Coalition to March on the RNC 2012 because he viewed Republican policies hurting students. “You see the cuts spearheaded by Republicans across the board,” he said. “It makes our tuition go up and our loan debt.” NBC News 2 in Tampa reported 200 people protesting with the coalition. Security officials speculated the sporadic rain drove activists away.
“Obviously to go from an estimated 5,000 to a couple hundred, the weather had to play a part,” Tampa Police Chief Jane Castor said. Jared Hamile, a spokesman for the Coalition to March on the RNC 2012, is working with the Coalition to March on the DNC in Charlotte. Hamile said he was happy with the turnout for Monday’s protest, despite militarization of the city. “We saw people from all over the country, and we rallied and marched from north downtown and took the streets,” Hamile said. “While the Republicans hid in their hotel rooms, people took to the streets because there are no other options.” Hamile said the police had not retaliated to the protestors, who march with a permit from the city, but said helicopters swarmed the skies and a tank patrolled streets. “We’ll keep on protesting, no matter what,” he said.
doesn’t start until 5 p.m., so if tice that helped to fund IPV someone were to call during prevention on campus. normal business hours they Simons-Rudolph allegedly wouldn’t get help,”Clayton told The Movement if they said. spoke out, she would cut their In recent months, several funding. of the Women’s Center’s em“We aren’t trying to cause ployees have either resigned trouble, we just want to help or been fired. Many, includ- the survivors get the help they ing Juliette need,”Harris Grimmet, said. former asThe Movesistant diment’s end rector of ingoal is to end terpersonal sexual and violence relationship (IPV) serviolence, and vices, have this is a goal LaSonya Harris, senior in sociology spoken out it wants to a b out t he see accomway the Women’s Center plished. has been managed under the “I feel that Chancellor new director, Ashley Simons- Woodson and Vice Provost Rudolph. Woodard need to step up Certain Women’s Center and do something. If they staffers accuse Simons-Ru- care about the students at all, dolph of bullying. Further- then these problems need to more, some are still upset be addressed,”Clayton said. that Simons-Rudolph allegedly told a former employee not to renew a grant given by the Department of Jus-
“The Women’s Center is not a safe place to send people,”
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GOING THE DISTANCE: From Tripoli to St. Louis, Missouri: 5,490 miles From Rolla, Missouri to Washington, D.C.: 982.23 miles
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survive.” Students have been cut off from their scholarships since the Battle of Tripoli in Aug. 2011 and the subsequent ousting of the Gadhafi regime. The protesters hoped to be heard by the embassy’s diplomatic staff, but were instead met with police, as they did not have a permit to protest at the building. No arrests besides that of the alleged
threatmaker were made. “There was a big crowd and the head of the embassy said we needed to get out of the embassy because it was too crowded,” Ali said. “So they decided to kick us out of the embassy by calling the police.” Education had been part of the Libyan Jamahiriya since its beginning. In his famous Five Points speech, in which he outlines his ideology of “Islamic Socialism,”Gadhafi emphasized the importance of education alongside democracy and welfare in the then new Libyan state. These early reforms included creating a depart-
ment of education, making primary education free and compulsory for both genders and expanding higher education,including scholarships to study abroad. The reforms led to the doubling of literacy rates for both men and women, and Libya became the most educated society in Africa by a wide margin. They backfired for the regime, however, when those students returned from abroad to join in the revolution. Besides providing important manpower to the rebels, engineering students designed makeshift weapons for the protest, using the degrees they received from Gadhafi’s programs. Among the weapons were explosives strapped onto remote-control cars, antiaircraft guns mounted onto trucks and fired using their windshield wiper controls, and rocket launchers powered by 9-volt batteries. Peter Greenwald, a senior advisor at Penzance, the managing firm in charge of the Watergate complex, told
Foreign Policy’s Blog The Cable, “This is a matter that is now being handled by the appropriate law enforcement agencies and it would be inappropriate for us to comment further.” The students again attempted to protest the following Tuesday, only to find the building closed. The group returned back to Missouri shortly after with nothing to report, Ali said. The Libyan ambassador, Ali Aujali, was out of the country during the protests and was not able to comment, but the deputy chief of mission at the embassy said he would communicate the students’ grievances to the government in Tripoli. Secret Service spokesman Max Milien confirmed Aug. 20 that one man was arrested at the Watergate office building on the charge of “felony threats”. The suspect has since been released from custody and faces a Sept. 21 court date.
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The revolutionary paperclip
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long time ago Microsoft employees were searching for an interactive character for Microsoft Word. This character was supposed to provide tips and hints to users. They called it the Office Assistant. They chose a paper clip. The following are my musings on why the Naman paper clip was an important Mulley invention. Guest Columnist There are three kinds of revolutionary technologies. One is the “absolutely revolutionary” kind—like the transistor. Fundamental and trailblazing. This revolutionary technology is like a straight flush. Every once in awhile, you’ll see something like the transistor hint at the future. The second kind are ingenious adaptations of already existing science—like Macs. Apple did not invent computers—much like Facebook was not the first website. These are the fabrications at which we look in awe. The third kind are the ones which are mere permutations and combinations of established technologies. These make users and uninspired inventors say, “Drat! If only I had
thought of this first.” Like iPhone and Android apps, they’re made by the dozen. The absolutely revolutionary are for crazy scientists and risk takers. Not that I’m discouraging research, nor am I encouraging any sort of craziness. Don’t give up on science, kids. The third kind derive most of their value from marketing (and they’re not always revolutionary), but still important. Who doesn’t love Angry Birds? This column is about the second kind—ingenious adaptations. Think of it this way: Close your eyes, take two empty ice cream cones in two hands. Now, bring the circular tops together until they completely overlap. A good way of doing this is to push the cones against each other. You will intuitively realize when both the cones have overlapped perfectly. You will feel the forces cancelling out each other. These technologies seem to attain this balance. Consider Apple Inc.: Steve Jobs was not an inventor, he was a designer. He simply redesigned the computer to better suit human use. Apple users often refer to a near spiritual user
experience. They fail to put it in words. Simple, yet elegant. Minimalistic, but rich. Very few events are as well documented as the rise and rise of Apple Inc. Apple grew from an ingarage operation to become the most valuable company, ever. These contrasting truths are difficult to grasp. These ingenious adaptations seem frustratingly real. Solidly tangible yet abstract like smell. You only realize their absence after experiencing them once. The key reason for this is that these technologies understand their place in the system. Back in the 80’s the whole ecosystem of computer technology did exist. But computers were super complex systems requiring too much of effort to access. It took the keen vision of two Steves (Jobs and Wozniak) to connect the computer dynamics with human behavior. In other words, they successfully completed the ice cream cone exercise. To further break down this idea, I want to draw a line of distinction between two separate entities. One is knowledge, expertise. Both Jobs and Wozniak were electronic geeks. They knew
computer science well. Mark Zuckerberg was a marathon coder back at Harvard. Larry Page and Sergey Brin are experts in their field. They saw the need for a search engine when the internet started becoming too complex. You get the point... Second is imagination which understands human dynamics. It is to understand the current dynamics of the ecosystem thoroughly. Only then can one see the misfit, the gap, the inconsistency in the gears, and then utilize the expertise to come up with revolutionary technologies. It takes only a small tweak—but it requires a genius to know where to make that tweak. Perhaps this is what Einstein meant when he said “imagination is more important than knowledge.” Knowledge by itself can only take you on to the third kind of revolutionary technologies. To go beyond, one needs imagination. A paper clip is essential to any office, it prevents an office from falling into anarchy. Simple and elegant.
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f you follow N.C. State on Twitter, you may have seen a congratulatory tweet directed at this publication. Princeton Review ranked Technician as the 18th best college newspaper in the nation. For your sake, we’ll spare you the drawn out Oscarsesque acceptance speech. And although the Technician staff was momentarily as giddy as any 17th runner-up for prom queen would have been, we’ve got to look closely at the ranking before we let our egos run rampant. Upon further review, it seems that little more than popularity is considered in the ranking—so we weren’t too far off with the prom queen thing. Princeton Review literally asked university students “How popular is the newspa-
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per?” This question is part of a much longer survey meant to rank campuses in a number of lists—the data was extrapolated to rank the “20 Best College Newspapers.” Technician did not grace the list last year, but neither did 10 of the other papers that made the list. And there proved to be some serious fluctuation in position for the papers that stayed on the list. Pennsylvania State University’s The Daily Collegian went from sixth to first on the list, presumably because of increased readership as it covered the Sandusky scandal. University of Wisconsin at Madison’s The Badger Herald jumped from 15th to fifth—we can’t guess why that is. But if the Badger is indeed a honey badger, then a viral YouTube video tells us it doesn’t care too much, either.
Fourteen of the 20 college papers on the list serve universities with journalism schools, and eight of those schools are generally considered to be some of the most prestigious J-schools in the nation. In that group is The Daily Tar Heel, which sat comfortably as number two on the list—holding its position from last year. So maybe making the list isn’t as exciting as, say…a Pacemaker award (the college equivalent to a Pulitzer), but it does say something: We’re popular, and we have you, the readers, to thank for that. Also, we’re keeping the tiara.
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her native country. According to the Pew Hispanic Center, an estimated 11.5 million immigrants live in the United States illegally; an estimated 58 percent of them are Mexican. This makes Lopez’s envy Mexico appear uncommon—almost idiosyncratic. Lopez is thankful her parents “gave [her and her brothers] the opportunity to go to good colleges and become amazing people.” Yet she still wants to go back to Mexico. When asked about the differences between the United States and Mexico, Lopez did not cite living conditions or technological gaps as the main discrepancies. She noted a difference in happiness. “People [in Mexico] weren’t stressing out all the time,” said Lopez. “It was carefree.” One main difference between American culture and Mexican culture, she said, is the correlation concerning money and happiness. “There is so much to do [in Mexico] without spending money,” said Lopez. “There is always something to look forward to, whether it’s a family member’s birthday or hanging out at the beach after school.” According to the investment blog 24/7 Wall St. and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, “Economic pros-
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‘Sleeping Dogs’ falls in the middle of the pack Sleeping Dogs
Publisher: Square Enix Developer: United Front Games
Brooke Shafranek Staff Writer
Originally developed as a new entry in the True Crime series, the much-anticipated Sleeping Dogs has finally been released thanks to publisher Square Enix. While the game does little to break new ground, Sleeping Dogs offers an enjoyable new twist on the open-world action genre, proving its worth as a game saved from cancellation. The game follows the story of Wei Shen, a ChineseAmerican undercover police officer who uses his childhood friend as a way to try to infiltrate and expose the Sun On Yee Triad gang. Sleeping Dogs offers a good story, managing to give off a Hong Kong crime film vibe with its cinematic sequences and style. The narrative is bolstered by a moralit y system that plays on Shen’s status as an undercover cop. T he g a me offers a roleplaying element here, with different decisions affecting Shen’s allegiance to either the police force or
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the Triad. Where Shen’s allegiances fall determines the types of skills he has access to. Further, players are able to purchase clothing, vehicles and other items that af fect t he react ion s t hat non-playable characters have to Shen. While Sleeping Dogs forces the player to go through a tutorial-like beginning sequence to learn the controls,
“Sleeping Dogs offers an enjoyable new twist on the open-world action genre...”
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the gunplay is solid, with nice cover mechanics and Max Payne-style slow motion sequences. Still, though it offers a more satisfying combat system than other open-world action games, Sleeping Dogs’ firearms just aren’t as tight and smooth as in a dedicated shooter, such as Gears of War. However, the meat of the game is spent in melee combat, which is similar to the style of Batman: Arkham City, with button presses translating into smooth, effortless combos on screen. What is extremely enjoyable about the game is the
environmental kills, and this aspect does set Sleeping Dogs apart from similar games. Players can take down enemies in a number of unique ways, from locking them in a dumpster to burning them alive in a furnace. The movement in the game is decent, if a little rigid. The same is true of the cover system, with the player able to vault over surfaces and disarm enemies smoothly. Oddly enough, the game offers no real walk animation, as the character either stands still or goes into a slow jog. In a step up from the middle of the pack, the driving
system in Sleeping Dogs is extremely satisfying. With a solid control scheme when behind the wheel and the ability to effortlessly switch from car to car in high-speed pursuits, time on the road in Sleeping Dogs manages to be one of the game’s biggest highlights. Overall, Sleeping Dogs is an enjoyable, if familiar, experience. If one enters with the knowledge that there’s little in the way of innovation, Sleeping Dogs can offer a genuinely fun time.
Local artists weave responses to works of the past Will Brooks Staff Writer
There is a certain comfort within woven art. Whether it’s the thought of a warm quilt sheltering a person from winter chills or the idea of more practical times, weaving is an art form often forgotten. In the exhibit entitled “In Response: Weaving by Ann Roth and Vita Plume,” currently residing at the Gregg Museum, weaving artists involve themselves in this art form that began as a practicality. The collections, from local artists Plume, associate professor of art and design at N.C. State, and Roth, professor of color and design at Meredith College, are a response to several things. Among the art the weavings responded to were pictures of 1800s textiles workers, pictures of fallen soldiers of recent conflicts and centuryold North Carolina quilts. “They both wanted to do pieces that responded to work from the Gregg collection,” Roger Manley, the director of the Gregg Museum, said. Plume’s exhibit displayed detailed weavings of the past and a collection of fallen U.S. and Canadian soldiers of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts, representing “what they were and could have been,” according to the piece’s description. Plume’s weavings employ
EXHIBIT INFORMATION: Exhibit Duration: May 31 Sept. 6 Where: Gregg Museum, Talley Student Center Closing Ceremony: Sept. 6, Gregg Museum SOURCE: ARTS N.C. STATE
a distinct style in their creation. “[Plume] uses an image and puts that into a computer program that digitally instructs the loom on what to pick, so you get the variations on the shades of gray and you can get that pictorial look,” Mary Hauser, Gregg Museum registrar, said. The work, taking up an entire wall of the Museum, displays the eyes of over 300 soldiers, 2 percent of those BRETT MORRIS/TECHNICIAN killed during the past nine Visitors observe the work of Vita Plume and Ann Roth at the Gregg Museum of Art + Design. The show, entitled “In Response years. Weaving by Ann Roth and Vita Plume,” opened on May 15 and runs until Sept. 6. Plume’s weavings serve a certain purpose. The quilt and Roth’s weavings were created by Effie Goodwin By creating her own weav- also a response to Lynne Enworks to de sig ned for Seymore, a resident of Wake ings that are abstract and nis, who died in the summer kindle practica l use County, in 1880, and is a re- contemplative, Roth brings of 2011. feelings and not as ar- sponse to its style of patches together natural colors in Ennis, who was the curaof home, tistic pieces. and colors. sequences that are both ran- tor and associate director of while T here i s a But the multi-colored dom and structured like a Gregg Museum, worked on displaystark contrast squares of cotton quilts, like quilt, but appear more simi- this project before her death. i ng t he b e t we e n t he “Flying Geese,” represent lar to an abstract painting. “They’re responding to faces of sepia-toned much more than keeping “Ann Roth does a lot of these tragic events that have those that computer-wowarm. hand-dying and her pieces happened and the passing of would ven images of “The quilt that’s down are large,” Hauser said. “She time,” Manley said. “They never see Plume and the there is a historic piece from hand-loomed on this par- wanted to do the show as a “home” v i br a nt , a b - our collection and it prob- ticular piece.” memorial to [Lynn].” again. stract weavings ably wasn’t created as a piece The title of the exhibit also As the artists were not able Roger Manley, Gregg Museum director Acof Anne Roth. of art,” Hauser said. “They takes on a double mean- to make the opening of the cording Roth’s works probably weren’t expecting ing. While both artists used exhibit, there will be a closing to Hauser, quilts like the are inspired by the quilt pat- it to hang on the wall of a pieces in the Gregg Museum reception on Thursday, Sept. ones that inspired Plume tern titled, “Wild Geese,” museum.” as inspiration, the exhibit is 6, which is open to the public.
“They wanted to do pieces that responded to work from the Gregg collection.”
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University theatre readies for another packed season Taylor Quinn Correspondent
Members of University Theatre will be lucky to catch a breath this year. With the numerous productions currently in the works, student actors may end up seeing more of the theatre spaces than they do of their own dorm rooms. The common hope, though, is that the task will prove worth the effort. “We have some of the best students on campus,” John McIlwee, director of University Theatre, said, “They are in theatre because they want to be, not because their major tells them they have to.” Work ethic is something that is not lacking on the set of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. The new musical coming to Stewart Theatre Sept. 26-30, with students practicing almost six days a week for several hours of singing, dancing and acting. “Exciting, musical, romp,” McIlwee described the show as “exciting,” “musical,” and “romp.” The play depicts an older, rich con artist teaching a younger, less fortunate one the ropes of mischievous behavior. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels falls into the comedy genre, complete with corrupt police officers, high-class women, and suave men. For students wondering what the play has to offer them, McIlwee stressed a general importance of the theatre.
UNIVERSITY THEATRE SCHEDULE: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Dates: Sept. 26-30 Where: Stewart Theatre Alice in Wonderland Dates: Nov. 14-18, Nov. 28Dec 2 Where: Titmus Theatre An Inspector Calls Dates: Feb 13-17, Feb. 20-24 Where: Titmus Theatre The Heidi Chronicles Dates: April 5-7, April 10-14, April 17-21 Where: Kennedy-McIlwee Studio Theatre
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Senior in zoology Brett Williams, playing Tracy Lord, considers an idea put forth by C.K. Dexter Haven, played by junior in computer engineering Danny Beckman, in “The Philadelphia Story.”
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Catharine Holly, played by sophomore in art and design Lauren Caddick, receives a shot from the Doctor, performed by senior in marketing Rob Steinberg.
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“[They should come] not only because it’s fun but because sometimes students are very one-sided in college and only focus on classes, and the old meaning of being educated is being lost,” McIlwee said. “Students need to be well-rounded, and watching theatre or any form of the arts can help them become that.” Not only is this performance unique because of its content, but because of the location where it is being performed. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels will be last big theatre production at Stewart Theatre until after the Talley Student Center renovations. Of course, Dirty RottenScoundrels is only the beginning of a packed year of content. Students can look forward to seeing three more productions and a musical
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The cast of University Theatre’s “RENT” direct their attention to senior in communications, Jason Cooper, playing the role of Angel Schunard, as he dances during a dress rehearsal in Stewart Theater.
gala this year. Alice in Wonderland, An Inspector Calls and The Heidi Chronicles are among the shows that can be enjoyed by the students and staff. “The students are the reason why University Theatre even exists,” McIlwee said, describing it as important factor in how the cast and directors choose the shows
each year. “[Our mission is] to give the audience a good experience and variety, and insight into what theater as an art form is all about,” McIlwee said. “Our first thought is variety.” Variety seems to be a common theme with University Theatre, holding true with not only the shows it per-
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Diana Quietti, junior in communication media, sings as the character Perfect Love in the University Theatre’s rendition of the drama “The Arabian Night.”
forms, but also with the actors bringing them to the stage. With no dedicated theater major, every student who auditions has the opportunity to obtain a leading role. Cast members of all shows have a strong passion for theatre, but they are pursuing other professions as a career. “[The performers] aren’t giving up their love just be-
cause they aren’t majoring in it”, McIlwee said. Passion and hard work seem to be the threads that hold University Theatre together, and the students will get to see the fruit of its labors on the opening night of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.
Raleigh Little Theatre rocks on with ‘Rocky Horror’ Katie Sanders Senior Staff Writer
The theater holds certain expectations of its patrons; it’s a formal, sophisticated, respectful affair. At The Rocky Horror Show on the other hand, the audience is allowed to—and even expected to—scream profanities, among other things. The plot of the show is a mish-mash of cliched sci-fi horror-flick tropes. There is a monster brought to life, a spookily seductive scientist and even aliens. All of the absurdity is perfected with accompanying rock ballads. And while the humor on stage is grand, it is made even better by its fans. During this “rock-androll icon, sex-farce romp,” as the artistic director of the show, Haskell Fitz-Simons, described it, audience members are encouraged to throw objects, talk back to the actors, dress up in costume and sing and dance to the musical numbers in the aisles. “It would be foolish to try to do ‘Rocky Horror’ without the audience participation,” Fitz-Simons said. “I think that’s one of the things that people come expecting to see.” Raleigh Little Theatre, where the show is being held, has even printed an audience participation guide so newcomers to the traditions, customarily dubbed “Rocky Horror virgins,” can follow along. The guide includes the dance steps to the most popu la r nu mber, “T he
Time Warp” and common callbacks. For example, the guide recommends booing whenever Dr. Scott’s name is mentioned. Guests can also buy noisemakers, props like rubber gloves or bubbles, and items to throw before you go in. “I think every single show you hear different call-andresponse stuff,” Charles Phaneuf, the executive director of Raleigh Little Theatre, said. While some of these clever - or vulgar - quips are made up, most are traditional or learned from other shows. “I think [viewers] have learned them from the oral tradition,” Fitz-Simons said. “That is, they have picked them up where they have seen the show. It’s a modern folklore exercise.” “Rocky Horror” is perhaps best known for the PHOTO COURTESY OF RALEIGH LITTLE THEATRE 1975 film version, and while Sandi Sullivan(left), James Ilsley and Brent Wilson are in full costume, ready to portray the iconic characters of the “Rocky it performed poorly at first, Horror Show” at Raleigh Little Theatre. it managed to reach an even grunge,” Fitz-Simons said, so what’s fun and really dif- ter guns are used and toast, and came to the show dressed larger fan base, which con- explaining his take on the ferent is the interaction.” rice and hotdogs are thrown. as the character Frank “N’ tinues to this day. It has now set and costumes. “We talked For example, Phaneuf said Additionally no “virgin ritu- Furter, complete with leather become the longest running about it taking place in a rave when James Ilsley, playing als” - where first time viewers corset. movie of all time and is still warehouse.” Frank ‘N’ Furter, realized are forced into embarrassing “I started coming in colseen on stage Not only that when he snapped his antics - are allowed. lege. It was Halloween one frequently. is the style gloves there was an echo of Conversely, those looking year and I went to it,” Buban However, of the show a glove snapping from the for a bit of chaos may want to said. “My team leader, we acthe crew at a little dif- audience, he took it upon check out the Rialto Cinema, cidentally found a picture of Raleigh Litferent, but himself to play a little tune. which is known for its crazy him dressed up like this, and tle Theatre having the “If people are getting out Friday night showings of the we were like ‘Oh, Rocky Horcreated the production of hand, the movie won’t film version. ror Picture Show’. So I showed set and cosd o n e l i v e talk back to you, but the acThe audience participa- it to my buddy and we found tumes itself, changes the tors will,” Phaneuf said. tion is what makes “Rocky the Rialto.” not t r y ing feel of the For those nervous about Horror” the cult-classic it is. Buban actually plans to be to mimic plot. the idea of an audience-par- David Campbell, one of the in a production of the show t he mov ie “Well the ticipation show, the Raleigh audience members, said that soon, hoping to play Frank. Haskell Fitz-Simons, artistic but rat her main thing Little Theatre version is he’d been out to see the movie “Everybody yelling and director to make the that’s differ- markedly tamer than some. more than 300 times. Anoth- throwing stuff,” Buban said. production ent [from the For one, no food or water er audience member, John “It’s pretty great.” its own. movie] is that there are live is allowed in the theater. In Buban, a marine, attends at “It’s very sort of techno- actors,” Phaneuf said. “And some other productions, wa- the Rialto every Friday night
“It would be foolish to try to do Rocky Horror without the audience participation.”
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certain—the support he receives from his family has a profound impact on him. Despite being the only person in his family who decided to play golf, he has been able to step onto some of Canada’s
biggest golf stages with his family and friends’ relentless support. “His family doesn’t get to watch him play that much, and having his family there [for the Ontario Amateur and
Canadian Open] was very special to him,” head coach Richard Sykes said. “He draws a lot of strength from them.” Playing just south of home in Hamilton, Ontario, Choi
experienced his second Canadian Open. He missed the cut by two shots at last year’s tournament in Vancouver, B.C., but impressed many on his way to making the cut and experiencing some things for the first time. “At Shaughnessy, I missed the cut and it was obviously far away from home,” Choi said. “At Hamilton, it was much more a fun-filled experience. Obviously I made the cut, but it was only an hour away from home and I had a lot of friends and family come up to support me, which is huge. Getting interviewed by [CBS Announcer] Peter Kostis, playing with [2011 Masters Champion] Charl Schrawtzel—everything about that week was just a great experience.” As for the future, Choi has taken his confidence and work ethic back to State in preparation for another year where he hopes to open eyes. “People expect me to win, and that just tells me that
Palardy was second to last in the SEC with a field goal percentage of 64.3. Tennessee as a team finished the season in the middle of the SEC with a field goal percentage of 66.7, only 2.1 percent less than State. Not much of an advantage for either team. Tennessee wasn’t spectacular in the kickoff game either, only averaging 62.69 yards
per kick, good for third to last in the SECóagain nearly an identical number to that of State. Tennessee does return its leader in kickoff returns from 2011 in Devrin Young. Young averaged 23.26 yards per return. There isn’t much difference between the two teams in the punting game either. In 2011, Tennessee was last in the SEC in yards per punt
(36.43) while State was 10th in the ACC (37.25). The punt return game does not provide either team with an edge. Last season State was one of the top teams in the ACC in punt returns with an average of 10.95 yards per return and one touchdown. However State lost its leading returner T.J. Graham to graduation. Tennessee was average in its punt return
game placing in the middle of the SEC with an average of 8.13 yards per return and zero touchdowns. It’s often said that special teams can make or break a game. If this is really the case and all other things prove to be a stalemate, neither one of these special teams units have the edge going into Friday night’s game. Special teams are not the
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to reflect on how a kid who grew up in British Columbia on Canada’s west coast ventured all over the place before finally landing in North Carolina. As a highly prized recruit from up north, the 20-year-old wanted to follow in the footsteps of fellow countrymen like 2009 NCAA Champion Matt Hill. He also came to play for a man he calls one of the best coaches in the Division-I ranks. “I’ve been pretty much everywhere my whole life,” Choi said. “It amazes me to look around and see where I ended up, but I feel like everything happens for a reason. I came [to N.C. State] for a reason, and that was to develop my game and play under Coach Sykes.” Listening to Choi, the 35th ranked amateur golfer in the world, one thing is absolutely
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with an average of 22.41 yards per return. Against another special teams unit, State may be in trouble. But last season, Tennessee also struggled in this area of the game. Last season, junior Michael
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On the seventh hole of Lonnie Poole Golf Course on Centennial Campus, junior Albin Choi watches his drive fly down the fairway.
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they think I’m the man to do it,” Choi said. “If anything, it is kind of a compliment. My goal is to get to five wins, get to six, seven, eight; I want to get as many [wins] as possible. I know realistically I’m not going to win every tournament I play, but having that mindset is going to help me play better than my competitors.” Choi isn’t shy about what he wants to accomplish: a spot on the PGA Tour several years from now. He said he believes he came to the right place. “[Coach Sykes] is really good at what he does, and he has been doing it for a while,” Choi said. “He’s coached some great players coming through here. Obviously Tim [Clark] and Carl [Pettersson] are two big examples of guys who are doing really well on the [PGA] Tour right now. “Hopefully I’ll get added to that list,” he said.
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Former Wolfpack quarterback and May 2010 graduate Russell Wilson has been named the week one starter for the Seattle Seahawks. Wilson leads the NFL in preseason passer rating at 119.4, completing 35 of 52 passes for 464 yards with five touchdowns and only one interception. Wilson was particularly impressive Saturday night against the Kansas City Chiefs, completing 13 of 19 passes for 185 yards, two touchdown passes and 58 yards rushing on two attempts in his first preseason start.
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Wolfpack football releases depth chart for Tennessee game N.C. State released the depth chart for Fridayís football game against Tennessee, which featured several shock changes to the chart. The most notable is at the halfback position, where redshirt sophomore Tony Creecy will get the start, followed by senior James Washington and redshirt sophomore Mustafa Greene. Senior boundary cornerback C.J. Wilson, who started last season, does not appear on the chart as he is currently dealing with a NCAA eligibility issue. SOURCE: PACK PRIDE
Jessica Baity receives player of the week honor Sophomore Jessica Baity, a forward on the Wolfpack womenís soccer team, was named the College Sports Madness Womenís Soccer ACC Player of the Week following a stellar weekend on the road at Texas and LSU that resulted in a pair of N.C. State victories, bringing the teamís record to 2-2 on the season. She netted her first collegiate goal in the 83rd minute of the Texas game to give the Pack a 1-0 win, its first over the Longhorns since 1984.
“The first guy through the wall always gets bloody.” This wasn’t on former Penn State safety Tim Buckley’s mind as he was the first player to transfer out of State College following the child sex abuse scandal. Buckley, a Raleigh native, made the decision to transfer to N.C. State so he could be closer to home. “There were other schools that I talked to,” Buckley said. “But when it came down to it, State was just the best option for me.” “Being the first person to leave, that wasn’t even in my mind,” Buckley said. “I didn’t even think about it like that.” Buckley, who attended Cardinal Gibbons High School in Raleigh, was a Rivals.com twostar recruit. He was not heavily recruited coming out of high school, yet Buckley decided to attend Penn State with the intention of walking onto the football team. “I definitely always considered State because I went to high school right across the street,” Buckley said. “But at the time, Penn State was the best option for me.” After redshirting the 2011 season at Penn State, Buckley participated in 2012 spring practices and played in the spring game for the Nittany Lions. After the NCAA sanctions against Penn
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QUOTE OF THE DAY “I’m proud of what I do. I have a better work ethic and personally everything has been getting better...” Albin Choi, NCSU golfer
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Tim Buckley, red shirt freshman safety.
I’m learning. Everyday I’m getting better and that’s all I’m trying to do right now.” “If they need me to get out there, I’m going to be ready,” Buckley said. “I definitely see me helping out this year on the field.” Buckley is listed in the two-spot at free safety on the Wolfpack’s depth
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State were handed down July 23, it was only a matter of time before the transfer dominos started to fall. Buckley was the first to leave, followed eventually by star running back Silas Redd who transferred to Southern California. “I definitely was hesitant (about transferring),” Buckley said. “But after everything with State and talking with them, it all worked out. It was too good of an opportunity to pass up, to come back home and play in front of people that know me and people I know.” N.C. State head coach Tom O’Brien was certainly happy to have the freshman safety as a member of the Wolfpack for the coming season. “He’s fit right in,” O’Brien said. “You can tell he’s a good football player. He understands football. He’s in the right positions.” “I think he’s still learning our system, learning what our calls are and what we’re doing,” O’Brien said. “He’s still a little hesitant back there but you can see that he has instincts and he has good ability. He can help us right away on special teams and backup at the safety spot for us.” Although senior Brandon Bishop and graduate student Earl Wolff currently occupy the starting safety positions, Buckley is looking forward to using the year as a learning opportunity. Although he doesn’t expect to be a starter right off the bat, the freshman said he is happy to help if his number is called. “I feel like I’m adjusting well,” Buckley said. “I’m learning from one of the best secondaries in the country, one of the most productive secondaries in the country. And having [defensive backs] coach [Mike] Reed, he’s a great coach, so
It’s that time of the year again. Summer has come to a screeching halt and fall classes are underway. But not all is bad. The beginning of fall semester brings at least one good thing with it. Something that most of us have been waiting for since last December—the start of
college football. This year N.C. State has the privilege to kick off college football nationwide. This Friday State and Tennessee will play in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game. This game is critical for each team. State is looking to build off the success that it closed out last sea-
son with and Tennessee will try to establish itself as a real threat in the SEC. This game also has significant meaning from the entire college football world. The ACC is generally thought of as a basketball conference and no ACC team other than Virginia Tech or Florida State can compete with
even the most mediocre of SEC teams. State represents the ACC as it looks to establish itself as a legitimate football conference. So how does State exactly match up against an SEC school? This week, we will compare State and Tennessee to see who has the competitive edge going into Friday night’s game.
Special Teams Since the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game will start with both special team units on the field, it’s only fitting to start this miniseries off here. N.C. State returns several of its starters on special teams. This unit should be much more improved from last season as it has an extra year of experience under its belt. Last year, State was 11 of 16 in field goals (68.8 percent), a number that isn’t terrible, but hopefully a number sophomore kicker Niklas Sade can improve upon. Another number that could potentially be a threat to State as the season progresses is yards per kickoff. Last season State ranked second to last in the ACC in yards per kickoff at 62.37. If this game comes down to a matter of field position, giving Tennessee a great starting position could be costly. State also needs to fill the void left behind by T.J. Graham. State ranked fifth in the ACC last season with an average kickoff return of 21.56 yards. Graham ranked sixth in the conference
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Nicklas Sade, sophmore kicker, practices his kick during the N.C. State football tryouts Aug. 10, 2011.
chart for the Tennessee game and is eager to see action early in the season. “Since I’ve been here, N.C. State looks really good,” Buckley said. “I’m excited for kick off. The first game of the season [is] Aug. 31. I’m excited to play again.”
Family drives Choi onto the green Sean Fairholm Deputy Sports Editor
It’s just really difficult not to root for Albin Choi. For those who follow the men’s golf program at State, it is well known that Choi is one of six NCSU golfers to win four or more individual titles in his Wolfpack career. It is also known that Choi represented his school valiantly as an individual at the NCAA Championship, won this summer’s Ontario Amateur Championship and even made the cut in the PGA Tour’s RBC Canadian Open. What one may not realize is that Choi, a junior from Toronto, Ontario, wasn’t able to share these accomplishments with his mother, Erica, who died this spring. Choi said he believes she is watching from somewhere, a belief that is helping him grow into a more confident person who continues to etch his name in as one of the best golfers to ever pick up a golf club while sporting Wolfpack red. “I felt like I could do a lot [at State], and being able to produce those results made me into a more confident person,” Choi said. “I’m proud of what I do. I have a better work ethic and personally everything has been getting better the past few months.” A lthough Choi is barely halfway through his career in Raleigh, there is always time
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