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Campus bracing for Talley ProjectStudents wonder how renovation will affect Central Campus noise level, navigability.
Allie BeckettStaff Writer
With the renovations of the Talley Student Center only weeks away, the campus and students are preparing to face the effects of the extensive con-struction project.
According to Jennifer Gilmore, mar-keting and communications manager for University Dining, the first phase Talley reconstruction will feature new dining options and a massive new ballroom—as well as a great lawn with a rain garden.
“The beginning of a project is always the muddy and unfun part,” Gilmore said, “As the project progresses, the first addition and the great lawn will begin to take shape, which should build more excitement.”
Students, such as Jacob Glasgow, are
curious about the effects the renova-tions will have on the campus and if they will cause any inconveniences.
“I don’t live on campus anymore, but when I did I went to Talley a lot,” Glasgow, a junior in textile technol-ogy management, said, “If I did live on campus I would be concerned about not having access to the dining areas in Talley and not being able to cut through to get to my classes.”
Gilmore said the University is mak-ing efforts to minimize the impact the construction will have on the students.
“The project is designed in phases because life always continues on the campus and we need to allow for that,” Gilmore said, “Facilities is working with the construction firm to mini-mize the impacts to the campus and to ensure people can move around the project and access the existing Talley Student Center.”
Casie Musgrave, a junior in English, said she is concerned about the noise construction will cause.
“I study in and near Talley some-times in between classes, and I’m wor-ried that the construction noises will be distracting,” Musgrave said.
According to Gi l more , t he construction company, Rogers & Russell, has a lot of experience working in noise-sensitive areas where interrup-tions are not gen-erally welcomed.
“They will do everything they can to minimize construction noises,” Gilmore said, “Noise cannot always be avoided, so they will issue construction noise alerts throughout the project.”
Alex Schmid, a junior in French, questioned whether the project was necessary and said students’ money could be used in better ways.
Gilmore defended the necessity of the project, however.
“First, Talley and the Bookstore are too small, and they have been too
small for quite some time now,” Gi lmore sa id, “Second, both a re su f fer i ng system failures and limitations that make it im-possible to make improvements without a major investment.”
Teddy Lup -ton, a sopho-more in math-e m at ic s , a nd
Jordan Pressley, a sophomore in engi-neering, both said that the renovations will not impact them much.
“I don’t have much of an opinion on the renovations, because I have only set foot in Talley like twice” Lup-ton said.
“The renovations are cool but I don’t think they will affect me,” Press-ley said, “I will be on Centennial most of the time.”
According to Gilmore, the new Tal-ley will be much more welcoming and should become used by more students for more purposes.
“Instead of being dark, uninviting and utilitarian, the new Talley Student Center is being designed to enhance student life,” Gilmore said, “We ex-pect this to be a 24-hour facility with lots of good food, study, interaction, lounging and entertainment options.”
According to Gilmore, phase I of the project is beginning June 1 and is expected to be complete by Septem-ber 2013; the Talley renovations are scheduled to be completely finished in late 2014.
If students have any questions re-garding the renovations or would like to view the model, there will be a Tal-ley Info Day today from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. in Talley Student Center.
“I study in and near
Talley sometimes in
between classes, and
I’m worried that the
construction noises
will be distracting.”Casie Musgrave, junior in English
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Competition promotes
innovation in college projects
Showcase will feature 17 teams competing for six scholarships.
Chris BoucherDeputy News Editor
A headlamp that could improve a physician’s lighting during sur-gery, clothing that is more resistant to ultraviolet light, new fundraising techniques that better aid nonprofit groups: these are just a few of the projects that will be premiered today at the Poole College of Management Leadership and Innovation Showcase at Nelson Hall.
The third annual event puts Poole’s graduate and undergraduate students in the spotlight, Anna Rzewnicki, director of communications for the dean’s office in the College of Man-agement, said.
“It is an opportunity for graduate and undergraduate students to display some of their project-based work that reflect their coursework,” Rzewnicki said. “It is also a good opportunity for students who are looking into classes for next semester to see the things you can work on if you are in the Poole College of Management.”
The competition, open to all stu-dents enrolled in Poole College of Management, will feature a poster presentation from each student or student group participating. The posters will describe the students’ project-based work in a recent man-agement course.
There are 17 projects entered in this year’s competition, according to Rzewnicki. “It’s some independent
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Workshops offer tips for exam stressExercise, frequent breaks can keep students’ tension during finals.
John WallStaff Writer
With final exams, papers and projects weighing heavily on students’ minds this month, the University has set up a counseling series to help ease the burden.
In the first installment of its four-part exam preparation series, the University Counseling Center hosted an exam preparation and study skills workshop at the Stu-dent Health Center Monday.
The remaining workshops—stress management, test anxiety and procrastination workshops— will run through Thursday each one beginning at 4 p.m. Mary Whitehouse, workshop host and Counseling Center intern, said the Counseling Center usually does some sort of exam preparation workshop series every semester.
“We try to help students with the kinds of things that help them pre-pare for exam time,” Whitehouse, a graduate teaching assistant, said.
Whitehouse called the work-
shops “psycho-educational.” She said the center has hosted other psycho-educational workshops this semester such as safer, smarter drinking and breakups.
All workshops, including the exam preparation series, are half educa-tional and half mental health, ac c ord i ng to Whitehouse.
Peter Adams, a staff psychologist at the Univer-sity Counseling Center, sat in on the event. Since Whitehouse is an intern, he took notes so that he could give Whitehouse suggestions for improve-ment if he felt she needed any.
“Students don’t tend to spend a lot of time breaking down their study be-haviors, so this is a chance for them to take a step back and think about that,” Adams said.
Adams said students tend to put a “disproportionate” amount stress on themselves, especially around the end of the semester. He highlighted one psychological issue students may experience called “catastrophizing.”
“A student will take an idea like ‘I’m going to fail an exam,’ and then chain that into ‘Then I’ll fail out class, then I’ll fail out of N.C. State,’ etc., until they’re a homeless person on the street,” Adams said.
He said the catastrophic think-ing comes from the tendency of students to cre-ate a high level of anxiety. Some students ta ke a smaller chal-lenge, such as an exam, and then catastroph-ize it into a life-long problem.
Adams said he has been seeing
“more and more” of that sort of think-ing recently.
The exam preparation workshops are an example of a service the Coun-seling Center offers outside of basic depression counseling. Adams said he hoped to promote services such as this week’s workshops further.
Katlin Allsbrook, a sophomore in biology, said she enjoyed the alterna-
stress continuedpage3
“We try to help
students with the
kinds of things that
help them prepare
for exam time.”Mary Whitehouse, a graduate
teaching assistant
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Taari Coleman, freshman in biology, sweeps up dust bunnies from underneath her bed while cleaning her dorm room Monday. “I have no idea how half this stuff got all over the floor, and I thought that was a good signal I should clean,”
Coleman said. Her plan of attack included sweeping, dusting, using a dry Swiffer and a wet Swiffer, then vacuuming. “I was just tired of living like a slob,” Coleman said.
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Campus Calendar
TodayFraNk B. armsTroNg memorial Book sale9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Brickyard
Talley ProjeCT iNFormaTioN Day9 a.m. to 9 p.m. North Ballroom, Talley Student Center
seNior Week: DuNkiNg BooTh iN The BriCkyarD10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Brickyard
iNTerNaTioNal eNgagemeNT exPo2 p.m. to 5 p.m. E. Carroll Joyner Visitor Center
eBoNy harlem aWarDs Program6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Campus Cinema
Poole College leaDershiP & iNNovaTioN shoWCase4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.Nelson hall
seNior Week: BusiNess eTiqueTTe semiNar6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Private Dining Room, Park Alumni Center
NCsu Choirs CoNCerT7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Stewart Theatre
WEDNESDAyFraNk B. armsTroNg memorial Book sale9 a.m. to 6 p.m.Brickyard
seNior Week: Car smash10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Brickyard
seNior Week: seNior DoNor BruNCh WiTh ChaNCellor WooDsoN10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Chancellor’s Reception Room, Park Alumni Center
seNior Week: golF TourNameNTStarts 4 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. Lonnie Poole Golf Course
PlaNT Biology CluB meeTiNg5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. 2212 Gardner hall
eNglish CluB7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Caldwell hall
Talley reNovaTioN PlaNs meeTiNg7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Student Senate Chambers
NCsu WiND eNsemBle7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Stewart Theatre
ThURSDAyFraNk B. armsTroNg memorial Book sale9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Brickyard
glBT CoFFee Talks5 p.m. to 6 p.m. GLBT Center, Talley Student Center
“ThreaDs” seNior ColleCTioN FashioN shoW7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thu, April 28, 7pm – 9pmWhere“The Square,” College of Textiles, Centennial Campus
reFleCTioNs From The uNiTeD NaTioNs 55Th sessioN oF The CommissioN oN The sTaTus oF WomeN7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Erdahl Cloyd Auditorium (Dh hill Library 2304)
graiNs oF Time sPriNg CoNCerT8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Stewart TheatreMovie: No STRINGS ATTAChED 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Campus Cinema
movie: THE MECHANIC9:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.
FRIDAyN.C. sTaTe BooksTore siDeWalk sale10 a.m. to 4 p.m. N.C. State Bookstore
poliCe BlotterAPRIL 20 10:09 a.m. | Fire alarmSAS Hall Fire Protection responded to alarm activated by pull station. 11:15 a.m. | PoliCy violaTioNDan Allen Deck officer responded to dispute with transportation officer.
11:47 a.m. | FireTucker Hall Fire Protection responded to mulch fire.
5:50 a.m. | smoke/oDor ComPlaiNTResearch IV officer requested Raleigh Fire Department respond to extinguish smoldering mulch. 6:47 a.m. | Fire alarmVet School officer responded to alarm caused by steam. APRIL 2110:01 a.m. | meDiCal assisTWinston Hall Fire Protection responded to staff member in need of medical assistance.
11:16 a.m. | arresTE.S. King Village Student was arrested for Second Degree Sexual offense in reference to report on 4/17/11.
5:38 a.m. | susPiCious PersoNDabney Hall Report of subject sleeping on couch. officers located non-student and trespassed subject from the university.
12:37 P.m. | susPiCious PersoNNorth Hall Non-student reported subjects arguing in the area. officers responded but did not locate anyone. 2:45 P.m. | larCeNyNorth Hall Student reported iPod stolen.
APRIL 2210:50 a.m. | DisorDerly CoNDuCTD.H. Hill Library officers arrested non-student on outstanding warrant following dispute with another non-student.
2:45 a.m. | alCohol violaTioNWolf Village Non-student was observed drinking beer. Subject was advised of University policy and complied to dispose of alcohol.
12:26 P.m. | CheCk PersoNMetcalf Hall Student reported subject removing fliers from bulletin boards. officers checked the area but did not locate subject. 2:18 P.m. | larCeNyCollege of Textiles Report unknown suspect had removed hard drive from desktop computer.
April 232:08 a.m. | CheCk PersoNDunn Avenue/Jensen Drive Two students were stopped for riding bicycles at night without headlight. 4:30 a.m. | vehiCle sToPThurman Drive/Varsity DriveNon-student was stopped and arrested for possessing stolen vehicle. Subject was charged with possessing stolen goods, driving while license revoked, driving with no insurance and driving with no taillights.
8:52 a.m. | Fire alarmCates Avenue Steam Plant Units responded to alarm caused by welding. 9:04 a.m. | assisTaNCeE.S. King Village officers checked in with American Red Cross and University housing in coordinating temporary resettlement of tornado displaced persons. 12:59 P.m. | susPiCious PersoND.H. Hill Library officers trespassed non-student for acting in disorderly manner and interfering with members of the University. 2:59 P.m. | Fire alarmD.H. Hill Library Units responded to alarm.
APRIL 241:48 a.m. | susPiCious PersoNCase Athletic officers observed intoxicated non-student in front of facility. officers aided in contacting taxi. 12:06 a.m. | Drug violaTioNWood Hall Student was referred for underage possession of alcohol, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. Non-student was issued citation for possession of drug paraphernalia and trespassed from NCSU property. Two other non-students were trespassed from NCSU property. 3:07 a.m. | CheCk PersoNSullivan Lot officers located student and non-student enjoying one another’s company. Subjects were advised as to risks of such behavior and complied to leave the area. 9:58 a.m. | larCeNyD.H. Hill Library Student reported laptop removed from locker.
8:35 P.m. | CoNCerNiNg BehaviorD.H. Hill Library Student was seen yelling and running through the area. on-call counselor was notified and student was referred for welfare and failing to submit ID.
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The top three finishers in the graduate and undergraduate categories will receive schol-arships ranging from $250-$1,250.
According to Rzewnicki, some of the projects slated for the competition include “a number of supply chain projects where [students] have worked with companies. There are also a couple of projects where they have taken tech-nology developed at N.C. State or somewhere else and are de-veloping a business concept for them,” she said.
Poole students will also submit entries centered on “enterprise risk management,
improved UV protection on certain fabrics, a project help-ing a nonprofit with some of its fundraising activities and developing an LED headlamp that can be used during sur-gical procedures,” Rzewnicki said.
According to the Poole Col-lege of Management website, last year’s Leadership and In-novation Showcase winners were:
Undergraduate DivisionFirst place: Joseph Langley
and Patrick Truong, who sub-mitted a business proposal to start a waste charcoal dust bri-quetting factory in Haiti. The pair said that the goal of the project was to lessen demand for forest resources in Haiti.
Second place: Chris Hall, Tripp Moser, Mariel Webb and Kendra Wiest, who developed a method for a major financial institution to gauge their sup-pliers’ environmental initia-
tives.Third place: Meredith East,
Kyle Keith and Charlie Kirch-hoff, who submitted a supply chain management plan for Caterpillar, Inc.
Graduate DivisionFirst place: Suki Batni, Eng-
kin Kapkin, Grace McIntyre, Prasant Potuluri and Ji Zhou. The five developed the Phil-ips TeleRehab system, a video conferencing system that al-lows physicians to provide re-habilitation services remotely to home-bound patients.
Second place: Pete Carras-quillo, Christina Clark, Rohan Hangekar, Richard Nguyen and Lion Shaw, who developed a product for use in neonatal intensive care units.
Third place: Sarah Hannawi and Peyton Holland, who for-mulated a marketing campaign for Marriott Hotels in Europe. The pair’s plan aimed to pro-mote the hotels to young adults looking for lodging.
Projects continued from page 1
“It is an opportunity for graduate and
undergraduate students to display
some of their project-based work that
reflect their coursework.”Anna Rzewnicki, director of communications for the dean’s office in
the College of Management
tive study strategies offered in the 33-minute workshop.
“I just wanted to see what strategies they thought were the best. I have been in col-lege for almost two years; I know how to study, but I just wanted to see if there were any other methods out there that were help-ful,” Allsbrook said.
Allsbrook said that due to the cumulative nature of her exams, she has already begun to study.
Whitehouse stressed the importance of using several “modalities” while study-ing. Students should read the material, write a brief note, draw a picture or dia-gram, explain to oneself out loud, discuss with someone else and use interactive
study guides, according to a handout passed around during the workshop by Whitehouse.
The handout also outlined strategies to keep from getting bored while studying. In order to stay interested, the center recommends students make the material personal, relevant, smaller, cooperative and com-petitive. Also, it can help to ex-amine the factors that interfere with concentration, according to the handout.
Four words of wisdom con-cluded the handout, called “Study Skills 101.”
“Go to class; Take frequent breaks; Exercise daily; Get regular sleep.”
stresscontinued from page 1
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{ }Our view
The campaign is over and the winner is sworn in. However, the numbers
after the fact show some dis-crepancies with some of the candidates’ expense reports. While we can expect and hope the Elections Commission will be more stringent on candi-dates following their guidelines next campaign season, it is now in Student Senate’s hand to punish those with violations from this past election.
For the sake of the student body and the credibility of Student Government, it is in all of our best interests to en-sure these violations are dealt with accordingly. The purpose of our Student Government is to represent the student body and our concerns; they act as an extension of the student
body to administration, com-munity organizations and even the Board of Trustees. If these elected officials are represent-ing us, they should understand the ethical implications be-hind that—this means not be-ing elected into office unfairly, whether the actions are a con-scious effort or not.
The government’s balance of power is designed for these very cases. It is the responsi-bility of the Student Senate to make the appropriate decisions about how to handle these vio-lations. Doing nothing is not an option. A student accidently breaking a rule can still be rep-rimanded. Candidates are no
different and they shouldn’t be treated differently.
With proper proof and sup-port, the Student Senate has the power to formally reprimand, or censure, Student Body Pres-ident Chandler Thompson and other candidates who commit-ted violations. This would go on public record and would simply acknowledge that these candidates did wrong. This could also help solidify faith in Student Senate’s and Student Government’s ethics.
For this censure to get on Wednesday’s docket, the cen-sure would have to be writ-ten into a bill, submitted and voted on by the Senate to be
fast-tracked by noon today. While this is unlikely and this sanction is merely a slap on the wrist, it would set the record straight about the violations during the campaign season and set an ethical precedence for this year’s Student Senate.
Student Senate should up-hold the ethics of our Student Body and take the right course of action by voting on censur-ing Chandler Thompson and the other candidates for their campaigning violations. If they do not, then Student Govern-ment is setting a poor example for the student body.
The unsigned editorial is the opinion of the members of Technician’s editorial board, excluding the news department, and is the
responsibility of the editor-in-chief.
Senate should take action against election mistakes The FacTs:The majority of student body presidential candidates in this year’s Student Body Elections, including the winner, made several violations on their expense reports for the campaign.
Our OpiniOn:Since the election has already passed, the matter of punishment is out of the Elections Commission’s jurisdiction. Student Senate should step up and take appropriate measures: censure these people for their violations.
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It’s the Democrats’ fault
I have to disagree with the ar-ticle regarding cuts in education spending. The article claims that it is the Republicans’ adherence to free market principles that got us into our current situation, but I will argue that it is the Democrats’ adherence to socialist, collectivist principles that have created such a large debt.
Democrats are continuously trying to increase the role of government and the amount of public spending. Our country receives plenty of tax revenue, so the cause of our deficit is from over-spending. The budget needs to be cut and if that means tuition increases, so be it.
The free market should deter-mine the price of goods/services and right now ‘higher education’ is artificially underpriced. The private sector is much more efficient and effective at spend-ing money than the govern-ment. There is a reason why the most desirable colleges are private.
You may say I’m a hypocrite for attending this University which is state-funded, but I might as well get my money’s worth if I’m getting taxed for it. As Thom-as Paine said, “That government is best which governs least.” Our country should maintain the principles that have made us suc-cessful; we cannot sustain our outrageously large state and fed-eral budgets.
Justin Abernethysenior, business administration
Haters gonna hate
Editor’s note: The word limit was waived on this letter to maintain clarity.
I am writing this letter in re-sponse to the front-page article in Monday’s newspaper about the statutes broken by the stu-dent body president candidates, specifically Chandler Thompson. I have recently become a member of Student Government and thus far I have realized one thing: Tech-nician hates us.
Why? I have no idea; I guess people just love to hate the orga-nized body of students who are
constantly working to improve the University. But I digress; the article about Chandler Thompson clearly should not have been published. The article mentions several dis-crepancies in Chandler’s reported campaign spending, yet the ar-ticle does not mention the actual reason behind any these discrep-ancies. If you do not know where this “extra money” was actually spent, then why do you make mention of it in the article? That would be equivalent to saying, “well, we found some mistakes in her report but we don’t actually know the details behind it yet.”
I can’t go into detail about every specific case of alleged misinfor-mation of campaign spending because I have limited space here and I was not directly involved in her campaign, but don’t forget—there are two sides to every story. This publishing of premature information is unprofessional and unacceptable. Before you ac-cuse someone of wrongdoing, it must first be proven that they did something wrong.
Remember the phrase, “Inno-cent until proven guilty.” At this point, all you have done is slander the Student Body President, and for what reason? To sell more cop-ies? Technician is free, so that can’t be the reason. Notice that on the very same front page, just under this slanderous article, there is an article about the Shaw University cleanup, an effort in which Chan-dler took part in. She even helped form the Universities United fund here at N.C. State for the tornado relief effort, which was created within two days of the tornado hitting Raleigh.
So, who is the real criminal here? A hardworking, caring indi-vidual who will lead this campus for the year to come, or a newspa-per with nothing left to publish but slander?
Joe Murrayjunior, mathematics
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spending vacuums are set to go for an additional ten minutes more than the user expects.Matthew Clark, sophomore in arts application
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Do you think there should be a limit on
campaign spending for Student Government
elections? Why or why not?
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“Yes, because some people will have more to spend if they use their own money and that isn’t fair.”
Cameron Overveyfreshman, animal science
“Yes, I was a member of Student Government and there needs to be limits, because of disadvantages with people who are not financially wealthy and it needs to be adhered to.”
Jermanie Jonesjunior, history
“Yeah, because it’s unfair for people with more money to get elected for that reason.”
Ricky Pereirasophomore, political science
“Definitely, when they give out flyers people just throw them away. It’s waste of paper and money so if they got less they wouldn’t waste it.”
Deanna Lafreshman, math education
The Ivy League stereotypeFor many N.C. State
students, the prospect of graduate school is
now inevitable. The current economic crisis has created
an increas-ingly com-petitive job mar-ke t , a nd post-bac-calaureate degrees are emerg-ing as nec-essary for
prospective applicants in most fields. As a result, graduate schools have be-come increasingly selec-tive in their choice of ap-plicants, and no schools are more selective than those of the Ivy League. However, getting into a competitive graduate program is some-times out of the student’s control. The Ivy Leagues among other competitive universities created their own standard for evaluat-ing applications; a standard that takes diversity to a new extreme.
A t t e n d i n g a n Iv y League university is part of the American dream. James Truslow Adams de-fined the American Dream in 1931 when he said, “Life should be better and rich-er and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement.” He meant that this opportunity exists for all citizens regardless of
social class or circumstantial traits. But the Ivy Leagues do not appear to merely value achievement and abi l ity. Though their applicants are among the most qualified in the country, the Ivy Leagues value historically underrepresented minorities over Caucasians or Asians, legacies and those from wealthy families over the aver-age middle-class student, and poor or low-income students over middle-class candidates.
Many students wish to at-tend an Ivy League university at some point in their lives. Simply attending an Ivy League university guarantees a certain level of respect by members of society. The Ivy name often au-tomatically puts a job applicant into the preference pile before a job interview; it suggests that someone is hardworking, suc-cessful, and trustworthy. To maintain the high caliber of these schools, the admissions boards develop stringent re-quirements and criteria for evaluating the thousands of applications received each year.
Because of the constant stream of qualified and over-qualified applicants, the Ivy Leagues can afford to be selec-tive about who will attend their university through whichever guidelines they see fit. These requirements and criteria vary by university, but appear to fol-low a general trend: the traits that designate an applicant as qualified or unqualified are often largely inherent and un-alterable.
Diversity is certainly an
important quality for any social group, because of the introduction of new ideas and perspectives with people from a multitude of backgrounds. However, so-cioeconomic status should not be considered more im-portant or even equally im-portant to achievement and ability. Even well-qualified students are so discour-aged by the low acceptance rate that many students are beginning to compromise their dream schools for safe choices.
In a society that honors hard work and maintains the illusion that anyone from any background can achieve anything they de-sire, the Ivy schools and graduate programs nation-wide are reversing stereo-types and discrimination, but are pushing these fur-ther in the other direction. Perhaps race and socioeco-nomic status, apart from financial purposes, should be left out of the application process entirely. If the goal of these schools is to truly achieve diversity and main-tain the traditional cali-ber, the admissions board should consider changing their standards to more objective ones.
S e n d An o k h i yo u r thoughts on Ivy Leagues to [email protected].
Anokhi ShahStaff Columnist
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Enter the DGRCOne important advantage
to making games here is that Raleigh is home to N.C. State, which produces highly trained game creation talent. Every year, multiple students gradu-ate and enter the industry, a fact that is partly impacted by the school’s reputation in the field. A recent Gamepro study ranked N.C. State among the top-15 schools for game devel-opment in the nation, a fact the staff and students of the Digital Games Research Center, a focal point for gaming research and teaching, are very proud of.
The DGRC is composed of students and professors from
various disciplines who have come together to accom-
plish a shared goal. Their mission—to take gam-
ing and game develop-ment technologies
to the next level, in both the en-
tertainment a n d s e r i -ous gaming spaces. The
t w o l a r g -est research groups within the DGRC are Liquid Nar-r a t i ve a nd Intellimedia, each of which is working on multiple proj-ects.
Liquid Narrative changes the story
The Liquid Narrative group is led by R. Michael Young, an associate professor of computer science. According to Young, the group’s mission is to enable computers to tell more compel-ling stories.
“We’re building compu-tational models of stories,” Young said. “We look at how people understand stories, and then turn those models around to generate stories people can interact with.”
To hear Young tell it, it almost sounds simple, but the process of accurately modeling all of the intricacies of storytelling is a complicated one, requiring a wide range of expertise.
“Our work is multidisci-plinary,” said Young. “It draws on many fields, including nar-
rative theory, linguistics, cog-nitive theory, cinematography, etc. We borrow from these disciplines to build computer models of how a narrative works.”
To achieve its goals, the DGRC includes professors from departments like comput-er science, education, design, engineering and humanities. But each student within the Liquid Narrative Group is also responsible for a different as-pect of the storytelling process.
Stephan Ware and Matthew Fendt, both doctoral students in computer science, work un-der Young in the Liquid Nar-rative group and have a unique take on why the work they do is so challenging.
“We use a specific family of algorithms to develop stories,” Ware said. “The trouble is that these algorithms were not orig-inally intended to write stories. Their output is very effective and fast, but not particularly interesting. Our research is on how to put the interesting back in.”
“And it’s hard to formalize what makes a story interest-ing,” Fendt said. “So we’re tak-ing work from narratology and integrating it.”
Although Ware and Fendt agree on the aspects of a good story, each works on a differ-ent aspect of the actual project. Ware’s research is on conflict.
“Narratologists agree that conflict is a key component of story,” Ware said.
Fendt, on the other hand, is tasked with creating believable characters through a process called “intention revision,” which involves characters whose plans change over the course of a story.
In total, the Liquid Narrative group is composed of between eight and nine graduate stu-dents at any time, a few post-docs and Young, and their ongoing mission is to funda-mentally change the way people view narrative in video games.
But whereas the Liquid Nar-rative group’s research into story is particularly well-suited for games intended to entertain its audiences, the Intellimedia group is focused on the field of serious games which facilitate learning and productivity in a number of real-world fields.
Making learning “crystal” clear
According to its website, In-tellimedia’s students and pro-fessors are “dedicated to bring-ing about dramatic improve-ments in human-computer interaction and communica-tion.” Their projects involve computer-aided classroom learning, and include a science-teaching tool called Crystal Island and an English writing tool called Narrative Theater.
The Crystal Island project has yielded two games so far, both aimed at science students.
“Crystal Island is a game-based learning environment,” Jonathan Rowe, a graduate stu-dent in computer science who has worked on both versions of the game, said. “Students inter-act with a rich, immersive game environment which is provided by underlying game engines that we create.”
But science isn’t the only sub-ject Intellimedia’s games are designed to make more engag-ing. Another project, “Narra-tive Theater,” is aimed at sixth grade writers. Alok Baikadi, a graduate student in computer science, is one of the leads on the project.
“Narrative Theater is a cre-ativity support tool to help young writers becomes more creative by letting them see their stories visualized in an-other way, hopefully sparking revision and idea generation,” Baikadi said.
Both the Narrative Theater and Crystal Island projects are designed in conjunction with teachers and students from local schools, so the team can receive feedback from the peo-ple who will actually use their products.
“We get feedback on content and whether or not the students view themselves as better writ-ers,” Baikadi said. “We also do analysis on whether the writ-ers become more creative as a result.”
It was access to resources like these that made Baikadi’s deci-
sion to come to N.C. State for grad school an easy one.
“[N.C. State] has one of the better departments in the country, and is one of the few places where you can do this kind of work,” Baikadi said. “Plus there’s a nice community here, with game developers in the area as well as research pro-fessors and area schools.”
Jim Thomas, a post-doctoral research fellow working in the
DGRC, is also a proponent of the department. He even ex-pressed disappointment about N.C. State’s top-15 status.
“It’s a total rip off,” Thomas said. “We’re number one!”
After a few moments, Thom-as went on to explain.
“It’s great to be on a nation-al stage, which brings more awareness of all the great things we have going on here,” Thomas said.
IC CRIME
IC Crime is another project within the Liquid Narrative group of the DGRC. It’s goal is to provide crime scene investigators with a virtual representation of a crime scene to visit weeks and months after a crime has been committed—long after the evidence has been numbered and logged away and the scene has been released.
“On CSI, it all looks really high tech,” said Dr. R. Michael Young, an associate professor of computer science and head of the Liquid Narrative Group. “But in reality it’s far from there. The process of crime scene investigation uses computers some, but not nearly enough.”
CRYSTAL ISLAND
Crystal Island is one of the many projects underway in the Intellimedia division of the DGRC. It is an interactive science game that might someday replace traditional methods of teaching science.
In Crystal Island: Outbreak, which is targeted at eighth grade students, users attempt to solve a science-related mystery that is based on microbiology. It will cover the same material students would have learned that year in science class.
“Compared to PowerPoint or a worksheet, Crystal Island is a pretty big improvement in terms of being engaging,” Jonathan Rowe, a graduate student in computer science, said.
From the classroom to the game room
STORY BY RICH LEPORE | PHOTOS BY SARAH TUDOR
Video game development, which once required a corporation with lots of money, is now ac-cessible to anybody with the dedication and
skills needed to turn dreams into reality. In the Tri-angle, game development has become a cottage in-dustry, with more than 30 companies calling the area home. These companies include industry giants like Epic Games and Ubisoft’s Red Storm Entertainment, as well as smaller start-ups. Low taxes and established technology companies have made the Triangle an East Coast gaming mecca, but those aren’t the only reasons companies choose to call the area home.
Jonathon Rowe and Alok Baikadi, graduate students in computer science, work together on The Narrative Theatre Project. “[It’s] a tool to help sixth grade writers to be more creative when writing fables,” Baikadi said. “They can write their story and see it in a new way.”
Graduate students work in the Digital Games Research Center, collaborating on ideas and brainstorming for their projects.
THE BEST
GAME IN TOWN
PART 1 OF 3In the first of a three-part special report on game development in
the Triangle, Technician explores the Digital Games Research Center,
home of video games research and development on campus.
COMING WEDNESDAY Technician
profiles a pair of independent developers on the long
road to market.
“[NCSU] is one of the few places where you can do this kind of work.”
Alok Baikadi, graduate student in computer science
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Sportsthat’s kept me going, the one that gave me the confidence to come out this year and play my best,” Diaz said. “He’s helped me slow the game down and given me a lot of advice that he’s gotten playing in pro ball.”
As good as Jonathan was, it’s a testament to Chris and how he’s been able to step out from behind his brother’s shadow to make a name for himself. He plays the game the right way and his teammates, coaches, and fans have taken notice.
“He is somewhat of a silent leader. He doesn’t do a lot of talking but he leads by example and he’s a very high intensity
guy,” sophomore outfielder Cameron Conner said. “He gets after it every play, his head’s always in the game, [and] he nev-er ta kes a pitch off. He’s a leader on the field and really does a great job out there.”
Dia z ha s carr ied his weight this year when it comes to pro-v id ing run support, but he’s become one of the pitching staff ’s best friends, helping lock down the middle of State’s defense at
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lot of hits, he’s great,” senior pitcher Rob Chamra said.
“He has great r a n g e [up the middle] and…his bat’s been one of the better bats for us this year. He’s really helped us a lot this year”
More than anything, Diaz is loyal to the team concept. Re-
gardless of his breakout year and the individual statistics Diaz has put up this season,
it’s clear to see that the team and winning comes first.
“I always have team ex-pectations,” Diaz said. “Anything I can do to help the team win is what I want to do.”
And his coach echoes those comments, believing Diaz is the kind of guy all good teams need to have.
“[He’s] a great teammate and they know he’s a win-ner, they know he’s a guy that likes to compete and gets after it,” Avent said. “That’s what you have to have when you’re out their grinding it out. You have to know the guy next to you is grinding it out too.”
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apparent, “lapses in judgment,” both Riggins and Ciencin told the same story about the begin-ning of their freshman year.
“Not to say that he is a dumb guy, but he says some things that are completely out of the blue,” Ciencin said. “During our freshman year, we were f illing out medical papers when he leans over and asks me, ‘Hey man, what does dob
mean?’ Obviously that was date of birth, but it’s just stuff like that that make Pratt so funny sometimes.”
While Maynard may add a lot to the team at the plate and off the field, it is his intensity be-hind the plate that has led him to become one of the leaders on the team.
Ciencin said Maynard has always been a hard worker be-hind the plate, which translates to other players aspiring to be as intense.
“His intensity throughout the
game is unbelievable,” Ciencin said. “He is the quarterback of the team when he’s behind the plate. He’s out there working his ass off and we really try to feed off of that.”
Though he may be one of the best statistical players on the team on both offense and defense, Maynard has not been tagged by the team for a specific position in the field, instead being mostly used as a utility man.
Maynard has shared time with junior Harold Riggins at
first base and and at catcher with senior Chris Schaeffer thus far this season, but said he enjoys catching the most.
“I like catching a lot,” May-nard said. “Me, Schaeffer and Canela all work hard to get bet-ter together at that position. But if I had to say there is one position I would prefer over the others, it would definitely have to be catching.”
Sometimes battling for a spe-cific position on a sports team can form rifts between players, but Riggins said that the two
are actually very close with one another because they play the same position.
“I feel like us playing the same position really brings us closer together,” Riggins said. “Some of the things that he does really help me with my game. In practice we work well together and really feed off of one another during games.”
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hired a very experienced, suc-cessful staff of assistants. If he can snag some good recruits, and develop players on the cur-rent roster, the Wolfpack will yet again be relevant in the To-bacco Road rivalry.
On top of that, head coach Tom O’Brien has put the tools in place for a championship football team. The next few years in rough Raleigh should be eventful. And for those of you who will be lucky enough to be students during that time, my advice for you is to cher-ish it.
So my career with the Techni-cian comes to a close, and it is
necessary to thank those who have helped me along the way:
To Langdon Morris, who gave me an opportunity and inspired my writing style, to Kate Shefte, Tyler Everett and Taylor Barbour for putting up with my endless shenanigans, to Wes Eppele and Kyle Jack-son who have incessantly called every single one of my articles shit, and to anyone and ev-eryone along the way who has read or encouraged my work, I thank you.
I’m just livin’ the dream. Go Pack!
“He doesn’t do
a lot of talking
but he leads by
example and
he’s a very high
intensity guy.”Cameron Conner,
sophomore outfielder
futurecontinued from page 8
By the numbers: Pratt maynard stats
.341 Batting average
30 Runs scored
30 Runs batted in
.987 Fielding Percentage
.423 On-base percentage
COUNTDOWN• 129 days until the football team’s season opener
against Liberty.
INSIDE• Page 7: A continuation of the feature
stories on Pratt Maynard and Chris Diaz. SportsTechnicianPage 8 • tuesday, aPril 26, 2011
Leslie elects to return for sophomore seasonSophomore forward C.J. Leslie opted to not place his name into the 2011 NBA Draft pool, meaning the forward will most likely return to play for the Wolfpack next season. Coming into the season, Leslie was seen by many scouts and analysts as a no doubt one and done player, however the freshman and the Pack struggled hurting his draft status. Leslie averaged 11 points and seven rebounds per game last season. With Leslie’s return, new men’s basketball coach Mark Gottfried now has three starters from last season returning with Leslie, junior Scott Wood and sophomore Lorenzo Brown.
Source: N.c. State athleticS
GoPack.com offering chance to play with professional golfersGoPack.com is holding a silent auction on May 9 and will be auctioning off a chance for State fans to go out and play golf with former N.C. State golfers. There will be two rounds given away, both foursomes, which include playing with Tim Clark and Garth Mulroy or playing with Carl Pettersson and Marc Turnesa. All the money that is raised will go to building the new Carol Johnson Poole Clubhouse at the Lonnie Poole Golf Course which will house both the men’s and women’s golf teams.
Source: N.c. State athleticS
BaseBall Commentary
My four years at North Carolina State Uni-versity have been
characterized by many things: from stumbling down Hills-borough Street on hike night, to all-nighters in D.H. Hill, to
tai lgating at Carter-Finley, to a ma z i ng international experiences through study abroad a nd Alternate Spring Break, to ridiculous, unforgettable adventures w it h room-
mates and friends in the dorms of Tucker and Bragaw, as well as in our dilapidated house on Vanderbilt Avenue.
I have seen a University re-structure, and two chancellors. I was a student during the pass-ing of legendary women’s bas-ketball coach Kay Yow. Only to see her sister, Debbie, step in as Athletic Director. I have been on the floor at Cameron Indoor Stadium, a witness to screaming, sweating, passion-ate fans cheering for their team and taunting ours. I’ve been affected by budget cuts and an economic recession.
However, there is one, polar-izing characteristic to my un-dergraduate tenure at State—as a student, I have been to all four football games against the University of North Carolina, and never once witnessed our beloved Wolfpack lose.
Before I even stepped foot on N.C. State’s campus I envi-sioned a college experience at a large school, cheering wildly for teams winning conference and national championships. There have been some individ-ual national champions, wres-tler Darrion Caldwell, former diver Kristin Davies and for-mer golfer Matt Hill, to name a few. However, the teams as whole units have not excelled on a consistent basis.
Whether it’s sheer stupidity, being blinded by the love of my University of my perpetual op-timism, no one will ever know —but I continue to invest my time, and more importantly my heart, in N.C. State athletics.
The message I want to con-vey in this farewell column is not that being a State fan is, at times, more difficult than pulling teeth. No. Anyone who reads the sports section of this newspaper already knows that.
In my final column as the Deputy Sports Editor, I’d prefer to continue my never-ending hopefulness and preach to the readers and the student body just how lucky they are to be at N.C. State in the coming years.
Debbie Yow has already re-vamped a struggling athlet-ics program with two great hires. Yes, I said great. Men’s soccer coach Kelly Findley has been incredibly success-ful everywhere he has been, namely bringing a previously unranked Butler squad to No. 5 in the nation. He has great rapport with the team and has brought a newfound energy to a squad that has frequently been in the bottom half of the ACC. Not only that, he truly believes he will bring a national cham-pionship to Raleigh.
In the head-coaching search that many thought to be a dis-appointment, Yow hired for-mer Alabama head coach and more recently ESPN analyst Mark Gottfried. Initially, I was skeptical. Losing highly touted recruit Joseph Uchebo isn’t a great start, but Gottfried has been an extremely successful head coach, and his time away from the bench could prove to be a huge positive. He has
The future
is bright
Sean KlemmDeputy Sports Editor
BreNt kitcheN/techNiciaN file photoJunior catcher Pratt maynard blocks the plate from northwestern’s Chris Kontos march 23. maynard went 2-4 on the day, helping the Pack to an 8-7 victory. the two-game sweep of the Wildcats brings state to 12-10 on the season.
Duo pacing Pack offense on, off the diamond
Junior has played a vital role in more ways than one with State.
Cory SmithDeputy Sports Editor
If there is one attribute that describes junior in-fielder Pratt Maynard’s ca-reer at N.C. State, it is his patience. While Wolfpack fans know him as having a booming bat and flashy glove behind the plate or in the field, Maynard has al-ways been calm and com-posed in the batter’s box.
Last year Maynard main-tained a low batting average at .273, but played a vital role by getting on base at a stammering .452 rate. He not only led the Pack in walks in 2010, but also set a record for most walks in a season with 64.
May-nard said h i s a p -proach t o e a c h at bat is different, b u t h i s mentality in the box is simple —don’t swing if you don’t like the pitch.
“I just go up there and try to look at the count that I have,” Maynard said. “Most pitchers try to get ahead ear-ly in counts, so I just try to wait for my pitch. It’s really as simple as, ‘If I see a good pitch, I swing.’ “
Junior infielder Andrew Ciencin said Maynard’s patience is not only benefi-cial for him, but also helps the entire team as he is able to show the rest of the team what the pitcher has by working the counts.
“Pratt’s patience at the plate really helps the team a lot,” Ciencin said. “It re-ally helps me when he hits in front of me because I get to see a lot of pitches before my at bat. And he can al-ways help the team when he comes back with a lot of information.”
Baseball can be a stressful sport, which is why it is es-sential to have team chemis-try in and out of the dugout to keep team cohesion.
In Maynard’s case though,
his joking nature has led him to become the brunt of some jokes amongst his teammates. Whenever Maynard is called on to do an interview in postgame or for a preview, his team-mates constantly heckle him, saying things such as, “Look at Pratt, he’s the man,” or “Look’s like they needed the superstar for an interview.”
While all of these com-ments are made in a joking manner, Maynard says it is funny, but he’s not quite sure why they pick on him in particular.
“The guys have always joked around with me,” Maynard said. “The guys may joke around about it, but I guess it comes from me playing well over the seasons, but I’m not sure.”
Riggins, on the other hand, decided to clear up
the con-troversy for May-nard. He said it all stemmed from May-nard’s freshman campaign a n d a
song from Shawty Lo, titled “Easily I Approach.”
“It roots from our fresh-man year,” Riggins said. “His walk-up song for about 10 seconds as he got to the plate said, ‘I’m the man around here, kap-eesh?’ That was probably the funniest intro song I’ve heard. If he thinks he’s the man, then we needed to call him a superstar.
“But that’s not really who he is, which is why we joke with him. If he was walk-ing around and you didn’t know he was on the team, you would never even know he was a baseball player.”
Off the field, Maynard has also been known as a jokester. Riggins and Maynard are really close with one another on and off the field. Therefore, he said he knew a lot about Maynard that he couldn’t speak about.
But when it came to tell-ing stories about Maynard’s
alex SaNchez/techNiciaN file photosophomore shortstop Chris Diaz swings at a pitch in the game against eCU april 5 on Doak Field. Diaz went 2 for 4 and scored one run in the 4-2 Wolfpack victory.
Sophomore Chris Diaz continues to make a name for himself.
Jeff GonzaStaff Writer
It’s been an up and down year for the Pack on the dia-mond. They’ve proved they are capable of defeating some of the best teams in the coun-try yet have been plagued by inconsistency to this point. Despite a rollercoaster ride of a season, there has been one player in particular that’s remained a constant force in the Wolfpack lineup day in and day out.
Coming off a 2010 season where he saw limited playing time and slick fielding, sopho-more shortstop Chris Diaz has exceeded all expectations this year to emerge as one of the Pack’s most reliable players.
“He’s been so solid and so steady,” head coach Elliott Avent said. “He comes to play every day, he’s competitive and has as good of instincts [as anyone] on the team when you encompass the whole game.”
Diaz hit the ground running, collecting four hits and scoring four runs, both career highs, in four at bats against Elon in the season opener and hasn’t looked back. He’s started every game this year at short where
he has an average of .338, a pair of home runs, 158 RBI’s and is showing no signs of slowing down.
“I’ve felt very confident at the plate and very confi-dent in my play,” Diaz said. “That’s helped me a lot to go out there and play better every day.”
G i v e n h i s b l o o d -line though, Diaz’s play shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone. He isn’t the only Diaz that has left his mark on State’s baseball program. His older brother, Jonathan, also played for the Pack and is currently playing in Double-A ball for the To-ronto Blue Jays. However, while they are similar in size and stature, Chris brings a different game than his brother did.
“Same ingredient, same genes, they understand the game and they love to play the game,” Coach Avent said. “[But] they’re totally different ballplayers,”
Having an older brother playing professional base-ball has proved beneficial for Diaz, who says Jona-than has been a big part of his success.
“He’s been a great influ-ence. [He’s] been the guy
Patient Pratt leading the Pack
“If he thinks he’s
the man, then we
needed to call him
a superstar.”Harold Riggins, junior first
baseman
athletic scheduleApril 2011
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ThursdayTrack aT Penn relaysPhiladelphia, P.A., all day
FridayTrack aT Penn relaysPhiladelphia, P.A., all day
BaseBall vs. MarylandDoak field at Dail Park, 6:30 p.m.
SaturdayTrack aT Penn relaysPhiladelphia, P.A., all day
Track aT PayTon Jordan InvITaTIonalPalo Alto, Calif., all day
sofTBall vs. vIrgInIaCurtis & Jacqueline Dail Softball Complex, 1 p.m.
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Diaz emerges as leader
Quote of the day
“During our freshman year,
we were fill-ing out medical papers when he leans over and asks me, ‘Hey
man, what does ‘dob’ mean?’”
Andrew Ciencin, junior third baseman
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