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Police still searching for assault suspectIncident brings campus safety to light.
Lana LaytonStaff Writer
Authorities are still searching for the suspect who attacked a fe-male student on campus last week. Meanwhile, campus officials said they might reassess the lighting and security in the area where the assault occurred.
The investigation into the March 29 assault is ongoing, Campus Po-lice Patrol Division Commander Jon Barnwell said.
“We’re still conducting interviews and collecting information,” Barn-well said. “At this time, we haven’t had anything substantial come from that as far as the potential identifi-cation of the suspect. But we’re still working hard.”
Barnwell said at this point in the investigation, it cannot be deter-mined whether or not the assailant was a student.
“[The suspect is] a younger guy, so it’s very feasible that he could be a college student,” Barnwell said. “But on that same token, he has the abil-ity to not be a student. [However], we can’t rule him out as not being a student.”
Barnwell praised the vic-tim’s efforts to get to safety af-ter kneeing the assailant in the groin.
“[Afterward,] she was just concentrating on getting to a safe place and making contact with [Campus Police,]” Barnwell said. “She actu-ally went back to her residence hall and made contact with a roommate, and her roommate actually initiated the call with a cell phone.”
Although the assault victim was not physically injured, Barnwell wants her to utilize campus resources to combat any adverse emotional ef-fects.
“My biggest thing is making sure she has the resources to be in a good place mentally…she was not physi-cally hurt but she was clearly shaken up, as can be expected,” Barnwell said.
Thomas Hall and the area sur-rounding Yarborough Drive and De-rieux Place, where the student re-ported being attacked, is “somewhat hidden” from view, according to Lindsey Pullum, a senior in politi-cal science.
“All campuses have those nooks and crannies that buildings are hidden away at. And although it is a well-lit area, [Thomas Hall] is almost a hidden part of campus,” Pullum said.
“In
general, N.C. State is an extremely safe campus. But because [the Thomas Hall area] is a low-traffic area and because [the incident] was at night…the risk and lack of security is raised,” Pullum said.
Barnwell said he does not remem-ber similar incidents occurring near Thomas Hall in the past.
“I can’t think of any that comes to mind and I’ve been here for about 15 years. That’s the first [incident] I can remember happening [at Thomas Hall],” Barnwell said.
Because the assault occurred at night, Barnwell discussed the po-
tential issue of proper lighting around the area.
“What [Cam-pus Police does] is we prov ide recommenda-tions. From time to time, safety money becomes available for ret-rofitting, or com-ing in and look-ing at an area like [Thomas Hall]
and adding additional lighting,” Barn-well said.
It is entirely possible the area where the assault occurred could be retrofit-ted with more lighting, Barnwell said.
“I’m not saying that’s not going to take place based on the nature of this incident. I can say the area has been looked at for lighting,” Barnwell said.
Eric Dean, power systems engineer within the Department of Utilities En-gineering, said this particular area is already well-lighted.
“Specifically, [regarding] the light-ing at Thomas Hall…all the walkways, specifically around the building and more particularly at the site of the in-cident, was very well-lit,” Dean said. “So with the exception of it being yellow light, [the area] was extremely well-lit. All the lights were function-ing [and] lighting very nicely.”
The Department of Utilities and Engineering, Campus Police and concerned students correspond with each other in attending to campus
assault continued page 2
sarah tudor/technicianSikina Jinnah, assistant professor of international relations in the Global Environmental Politics Program at American University, gives a lecture on climate change bandwagoning Wednesday. “Everyone from the Pope to Sara Lee are creating programs linking to climate change,” Jinnh said.
Climate a hot topic for ‘bandwagoners’Governments, corporations, implementing climate-related initiatives.
Shivalik DagaStaff Writer
Though climate change started off as a scientific phenomenon, today it is discussed in corporate boardrooms and government of-fices worldwide.
As more people have become aware of climate change issues, corporations have found ways to incorporate sustainability as a business strategy via “Climate Bandwagoning” –a phenomenon that has made inroads into inter-national bureaucracy and is now affecting global political discourse.
Sikina Jinnah, assistant profes-sor of international relations in the Global Environmental Politics Program at American University, spoke Wednesday about the im-pact of climate bandwagoning on the global business and political stages.
According to Jinnah, cl i-mate bandwagoning occurs when non-climate related institutions develop climate-related programs and framings, and an increas-ingly large number of institutions are engaging in the process simply because it is a popular cause.
“If you ask today why there is climate bandwagoning, the first thing that comes to my mind is that simply because it is a hot topic,” Jinnah said, “Institutions will also do it to attract financial and political resources, and to ad-dress concerns about the climate’s impact on the organization’s core mission.”
Jinnah said that bandwagoning can be beneficial because it can overcome political barriers that result in enhanced effectiveness
and provide increased attention to under-resourced issues, such as de-forestation. Another positive out-come of a global climate-change debate is that more voices lend legitimacy to climate governance.
On the negative side, Jinnah said climate bandwagoning can result in inefficient management, and could even lead to wasted resourc-es. In addition, too many people at the climate change table may make cooperation difficult.
The take home message, Jin-nah said, was the increasingly important role of United Nations Secretariat plays in framing cli-mate-related policies and conven-tions. The U.N. Secretariat is one of the five principal bodies of the U.N.; it is tasked with providing studies, information and facili-ties needed by U.N. bodies.
“International bureaucracy mat-ters and we can’t ignore it. They frame a lot of important stuff and secretariats matter in global gov-ernance,” Jinnah said.
Jinnah said she believes that pro-tecting biodiversity gives develop-ing countries a guide to use when factoring climate change issues into their policies.
“Developing countries are unique in this respect because they are the places most vulnerable to climate change as well as major biodiversity regions remaining in the world,” she said. “In the U.S. we have neglected our biodiver-sity and Europe has very nearly exhausted all of it. Developing and poor countries are most vulnerable because they do not have resources enough to protect biodiversity that is affected by climate change.”
Dan MacDonald, a junior in po-litical science, came to know about this discussion from his global en-vironmental politics teacher, and said the event was very interesting.
“It was good to see how our world
is trying to cope with global cli-mate change at different levels and what we are doing in that direction,” MacDonald said. “What I really found most inter-esting was how the money used for mitigation purposes is con-trolled and distributed by vari-ous organizations. This makes you realize how to cope with this increasingly important issue.”
Sarah Royster, a senior en-vironmental engineering, was surprised to find how closely climate change connects to other issues.
“It was interesting to see how intertwined politics is with climate change,” Royster said. “One of the most important things I realized was how much inf luence the [organization’s climate] secretary can have on people and organizations.”
Academics tread into time travel debate insidetechnician
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Princeton astrophysicist to lead forward-thinking discussion.
Shivalik DagaStaff Writer
Ever wondered what would happen if H.G. Wells’ time machine could really be built? Accord-ing to a number of physic i st s studying time travel, the idea might not be science fiction.
Students will have an oppor-tunity to explore the possibility of time travel Friday in
a lecture organized by John Carroll, professor of philosophy, and presented by renowned astrophysicist J. Rich-ard Gott of Princeton University.
The lecture, from 2 to 3.30 p.m. Fri-day in Withers Hall, is free and open to the public.
Attendees do not need to have any specialized knowledge about astro-physics, according to Carroll.
“The lecture is a chance to see and hear prominent astrophysicist, Pro-fessor J. Richard Gott, present his re-cent thoughts on time travel,” Carroll said. “The lecture will be aimed at a general university audience and no background is required.”
Carroll touted Gott’s book, “Time Travel in Einstein’s Universe,” as a “wonderfully accessible and careful presentation of the physics of time travel. I expect his lecture to be every
bit as good.”A diverse discussion panel that
includes members from N.C. State, Duke and UNC-Chapel Hill will support the lecture.
“I see this as a great opportunity to bring different parts of our cam-pus and the Triangle together for something that should be fun and educational,” Carroll said.
The following individuals are slated to be on the discussion panel:
Steve Reynolds, N.C. State physics professor
Chris Hazard, N.C. State doctoral student in computer science
Sara Bernstein, Duke philosophy professor
John Roberts, UNC-Chapel Hill philosophy professor.
“Officers, men and
women, will bend
over backward for
students if they need
help getting home.”Lindsey Pullum, senior
in political science
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J. Richard GottAstrophysics professor at Princeton
attack area
The above graphic highlights the area of campus where a female student was attacked March 29.
yarborough
bandwagoningWhat is climate change bandwagoning? Climate-change bandwagoning occurs when non-climate-related institutions develop climate-related programs and/or framings. These entities could be businesses, governments, schools or any other type of non-climate-related institution.
Who bandwagons?N.C. State has engaged in climate change bandwagon initiatives. other entities that have engaged in bandwagoning include: google, McDonald’s, ben & Jerry’s, the Vatican, the National basketball association and the american Museum of Natural history.
source: siKina Jinnah
courtesy of Princeton office of communications
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safety concerns by completing an annual “night walk,” Barn-well said.
“The night walk is when members of Facilities, the po-lice department, Housing, con-cerned students, faculty and staff get together,” Barnwell said. “[We] split up in groups and then they walk the campus and report areas that have over-grown shrubbery, [and] poor lighting so broken stuff can be fixed and the landscape can be addressed.”
Dean said the feedback cam-pus officials receive is invalu-able to ensuring student safety.
“We work very closely with the results that are gathered from those night walks,” Dean said. “There are times when students point out areas that are more heavily traveled during the evening … and we respond immediately [by in-stalling] new lighting.”
Aside from lighting, Barn-well also expressed the desire to place cameras around Thomas Hall. Campus Police is review-ing footage taken from cameras located in the Brickyard, the Free Expression Tunnel and the SAS Hall area, but there is no feed from the immediate as-sault area.
“I think ultimately, from a
police standpoint, we would like to see cameras in all open areas of campus. And I think that’s the general direction we’re headed [in], but every-thing is driven by the budget,” Barnwell said.
“There are roughly 800 cam-eras on campus now and we’re continuously adding cameras as money becomes available,” Barnwell said.
Pullum said more students who feel unsafe should rely on Campus Police.
“Officers, men and women, will bend over backward for students if they need help get-ting home. It is not discour-aged at all to call Campus Police and ask for an escort,” Pullum said.
Pullum also praised the as-sault victim for fighting back.
“The young woman…fought back and got away,” Pullum said. “And if anything, having that courage and having that strength to stand up against a predator like that is a great example for young men and women on campus.”
Because the investigation is open and ongoing, Barn-well urged anyone with any information to contact Cam-pus Police.
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For most people, time travel belongs only to the realm of sci-ence fiction, but the lecture will look at the issue from various angles to explore the possibil-ity of science fiction becoming science reality.
“Time travel will be looked at from many perspectives and different disciplines will be rep-resented,” Carroll said. “Some of the issues will be about ac-tual science; for example, spe-cifics about time dilation and how this phenomenon shows that time travel to the future is real or questions about whether time travel to the past will be consistent with the true theory of quantum gravity.”
Other questions about time travel will be framed in terms of familiar science fiction sto-
ries and movies, according to Carroll.
“Some questions will be clas-sic philosophical issues like whether free will is consistent with determinism. Time travel is a topic that lends itself to fun. It is also a topic that is very demand-ing,” Carroll said.
Carroll believes stu-dents will be pleased if they at tend t he meet ing of leading schol-ars presenting groundbreaking research on the subject.
“It is just fun to see and hear world famous scholars present-ing their work in an accessible way,” Carroll said. “That’s why I would have gone to the lec-ture as a student. It will also be exciting to see and hear astro-
physicists, philosophers, sci-ence fiction writers and com-puter scientists learning from each other.”
“This sort of cross-discipline interaction doesn’t happen of-
ten enough. Basica l ly, I am looking to generate excitement in our stu-dents about learning and scholarship,” Carroll said.
Carroll believes the topic is a great discussion
topic for philosophers as well.“We philosophers like to test
the boundaries of our logic and our concepts,” Carroll said. “We like to test our philo-sophical theories of free will, identity, time, modality and causation against unfamiliar situations.”
Following the lecture and book signing is a conference aimed at specialists and re-searchers. During the con-ference, five philosophers will be presenting some of their current research and it will be very different from the lecture.
Registrat ion for the conference is $10 for stu-dents. The topics for the conference range from the philosophy of physics to metaphysics about free will, truth and time.
“Some of the conference sessions will be accessible to just about anyone who likes to think,” Carroll said, “While some sessions would challenge even the brightest and most edu-cated academics.”
TRAVELcontinued from page 1
“Time travel is a
topic that lends
itself to fun. It is
also a topic that is
very demanding.”John Carroll,
philosophy professor
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Eyeing a golden bee necklace, Allison Stewart, junior in fisheries and wildlife sciences, browses vendors during Accessorize with Pi Phi on Wednesday. The philanthropy event is organized by Pi Beta Phi sorority. Money from the entry tickets goes to
support First Book, which is dedicated to combating child illiteracy in low-income families. Reflecting on past Accessorize events, Stewart said “I think it’s been more successful this year, having it on Main Campus instead of on Centennial.”
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{ }Our view
Student Government and the Office of Sustain-ability hosted the “Think
Outside the Brick” competi-tion to encourage students to think about different ways to make campus sustainable and environmentally friendly. This competition is in its second year and the first place pro-posal is promised implementa-tion with an initial funding of $1,000.
Over the past two years, win-ning proposals have faced almost debilitating imple-mentation issues. The SOUL Garden was finally about to break ground after a mul-tiple subsequent proposals and a location nowhere near normal student traffic. De-spite the work of committed garden managers, the project
struggles to have the desired impact since it is never seen. The SOUL Garden was com-pleted having survived the ini-tial road blocks; however, the garden Scott Hefner proposed is undergoing a similar process waiting to get approval.
Student Government and the Office of Sustainability host this competition every year and evaluate proposals based on feasibility, scalabil-ity and campus impact. If all the criteria necessary for an effective implementation are considered during the evalu-ation process, there should be no reason to delay the projects. David Dean, sustainability
outreach co-coordinator, has other views on the subject. Ac-cording to Dean, winning pro-posals for the “Think Outside the Brick” competition are not automatically implemented af-ter being accepted.
Students participating in this competition develop their ideas and hard work on their proposals. If they win, they de-serve to be rewarded by having their ideas turn into reality like the Office of Sustainability and Student Government promise. However, when Student Gov-ernment and Sustainability promise the winners imple-mentation of their design and then don’t provide the proper
framework to honor this com-mitment, it is not only inap-propriate but a waste of par-ticipants’ time and resources.
Student Government and Of-fice of Sustainability should seriously rethink the existence and future of this competi-tion if they cannot guarantee the completion of the winning proposals. The implementa-tion of the winning project is the most important part of this competition and if these orga-nizations are unable to do it, the existence of the competi-tion is unnecessary. While it is a great program encouraging students to think about sus-tainability initiatives and their impact on campus, if the win-ning projects are not imple-mented the purpose of holding this competition is defeated.
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.
Organizations’ sustainability initiatives fall flatThe FacTs:Scott Hefner, a junior in environmental design in architecture, won second place for the proposed the idea of a garden in the 2010 “Think Outside the Brick” competition last fall. This competetion is held by Student Government to promote sustainabilityon campus.
Our OpiniOn:Many projects from the “Think Outside the Brick” have faced problems in the implementation stages. Student Government should rethink hosting this competition because the commitments toward the winners of this competition are not honored appropriately.
We forgot Japan
Have you given any thought to the condi-tion of Japan lately?
I sure haven’t. What’s left to think about? I’ve watched all the stories on CNN the days following the earthquake. I
watched the people lose their homes, claim their deceased
and have their lives shattered. I watched celebrities go to the airwaves and raise money for Red Cross. I watched it all, but one day it stopped. The world had moved on to the next news story.
As quickly as the disaster struck we have moved on and taken our wallets with us. Just like we moved from Howl for Haiti to Origami Wishes, we will soon prematurely transi-tion to something else. This is just the way we operate, mov-ing from disaster to disaster without really relieving any-body from the pain, except ourselves. I’ve noticed a pattern has developed in how we re-spond to di-sasters. The typical course of action for us involves witnessing a d i s a s t e r st r ike, and then feeling a responsibil-ity to react.
C N N re-por ted t he earthquake in Japan as one of the largest earthquakes in re-corded history. According to CNN and The Telegraph, the earthquake left 250,000 with-out a home and killed more people than the war in Af-ghanistan, Hurricane Katrina, and September 11 combined. Yet we’re not even a month removed and a quick glance at CNN’s homepage illustrates the news coverage has com-pletely shifted gears to the next big topic. There is not a single mention of Japan. It’d be easy to blame those in the media for this; however, they have a re-sponsibility to cover the world events we care about. But the fact is we don’t care anymore.
We see these events happen and we stand by waiting for one of the actors from our favorite television shows to interrupt our regularly scheduled pro-gramming to tell us we must take action by donating a small
amount of money. We jump at the opportunity to send in our donations. These small donations add up to go a long way to relieve us from our feelings of respon-sibility.
Afterwards, the cover-age of the disaster loses its hold over you. At some point you’ve tuned any and all coverage out, only reminiscing about it when your monthly cell phone bil l comes f ive dollars higher than normal. Soon the media catches on, shifts focus and presents you with another disaster and you re-peat the process.
We’ve finally devised the perfect system for relieving ourselves from the demand of disaster relief. No matter how small, your donation does in fact go a long way. The U.S. Red Cross and USAID reported their com-bined aid reached $18 mil-lion in the immediate af-termath of the earthquake;
however, these ef-forts don’t even break the surface of what’s need-ed. These disasters do billions of dollars in da m-age. The LA Times reported
Japan’s disaster will likely cost more than $35 billion, reducing our pooled dona-tions to only a drop in the bucket. If we wish to make any type of difference dur-ing these disaster relief ef-forts we must change the way the media controls the efforts we put our donation and aid to.
Send Josh your thoughts on the Japan media cov-erageForget Japan to [email protected].
“We’ve finally
devised the
perfect system for
relieving ourselves
from the demand
of disaster relief.”
Josh LucasStaff Columnist
How much pocket change to incite change?
If you have ever walked on Hillsborough Street or Western Boulevard, you
have probably experienced at least one homeless person ap-proach you. Every night there are about 1,100 homeless peo-
ple that roam around Wake County. With such an open campus, right in the middle of the county, it is easy for a n y o n e t o walk on to the campus.
While there have been many efforts to fix the homelessness problem around the Raleigh area, it still seems that every time I walk on Hillsborough Street, I am approached by a home-less person. And every time I am approached I know exactly what to expect.
They sometimes give you a sob story about their family and ask you for any kind of help you can give; which is an obvious elicitation for money. Then you’re faced with the decision; if I don’t give them money I’ll feel bad, yet if I do, they’re scamming a few bucks from me. This decision is not a new one to any of us, especially when we are approached so of-ten, right on campus.
Rather than ignore the is-sue, we need to become aware and help f ix the problem rather than just ignore it. If students educate themselves about homeless people and the different options available to them, they could relay that information to the homeless people, and thus begin to fix the problem. I am sure most of the other students feel the same way I do in that t hey wou ld rather help fix the problem rather than contribute to it.
I don’t know about the rest of you, but as a woman walking by myself, I do not feel comfortable hav-ing an adult male approach me asking for money. Not only do they approach me, but they make certain I cannot and do not pass them before they have asked me for money. They not only pose as a threat to non-students walking around, but also the students on campus. This is due to the easy access they have to campus. Rather than fuel this attitude towards homelessness, we must take ac-tion to prevent it.
Being on N.C. State’s cam-pus, we are in the heart of the problem. We can use this to our advantage to make a difference. If stu-dents work together to edu-cate these people about their options rather than ignor-ing them or giving them pocket change, it might
m a k e a differ-ence. Gaining knowl-edge about the nearby homeless shelters and soup kitchens and relay-ing that knowl-
edge to the homeless people could help them more than giving them the few extra quarters left over from your meal at Bojangles.
Send Aila your thoughts on homelessness in Raleigh to [email protected].
“We need to
become aware
and help fix the
problem rather
than just
ignore it.”
Aila GoforthStaff Columnist
we grow irony here.Christian O’Neal, sophomore in mechanical engineering
By BREtt MoRRiS
What do you think N.C. State should
do to increase their sustainability?
{ }in yOur wOrds
“I think it’s great that we have our own bus system and dairy farm and that we’re working on bicycle and car rentals. I think it would be good if we started growing our own crops.”
Cody Hannajunior, mechanical engineering
“I’m not that aware of our sustainability, so I think we could do better to make sure students are invovled.”
Jackie Hedwall sophomore, creative writing
“I really like the “Think Outside the Brick” competition. It’s a good way for students to voice their opinions and get what they want out of the university.”
Phillip Christoffersonjunior, political science
“I think students should be given an option to buy parking passes in groups. It’s difficult to carpool because we have to buy parking passes individually.”
thomas Rayjunior, mechanical engineering
FeaturesPending merger allegedly will improve AT&T cellular service, students skeptical about prices.
Fritz BarnewoltStaff Writer
Following an upcoming merger with T-Mobile, AT&T, one of the largest cell phone carriers in the United States, is poised to become even larg-er. AT&T is paying Deutsche Telekom, parent company of T-Mobile, $39 billion for the acquisition according to a press release. AT&T claims coverage will be improved in urban ar-eas, but students are concerned about the potential changes in service and price.
After the deal is complete, there will only be three major cell phone carriers in the Unit-ed States. AT&T’s customer base will grow f rom 86 mi l-lion to around 120 million; Ve-rizon, the next largest provider will have 94 mil-lion. Sprint will remain a “little” major carr ier with fewer cus-tomers than the new AT&T and Verizon - 50 million.
AT&T is promising much better coverage in all urban areas. In addition, they prom-ise 95.5 percent of all customers current generation phones and data services as a result of the proposed merger, according to a press release.
The deal will take 12 months to finalize. The Federal Com-munications Commission and Department of Justice will re-view all of the merger’s conse-
quences before approving it.According to economics
professor Bobby Puryear, the merger is concerning on several fronts.
“The U.S. cellular market is already quite concentrated,” Puryear said. “Government regulators will likely focus on the degree of competitiveness in the industry [both] current-ly and what is expected post-acquisition.”
Additionally, Puryear said the merger may affect con-sumers.
“AT&T will face significant pressure to demonstrate how
this move will be good for the in-dustry, but more importantly how the merger can benefit consum-ers with regard to service price and quality,” Puryear said.
Macklin Fra-zier, a sopho-
more in arts applications and currently a T-Mobile customer, is also concerned about the merge. He is worried that if the merger occurs, “the costs of [his] phone bill will go up quite a bit and [he] cannot pay much more than [he] already is.” AT&T’s service plans are typically more expensive than comparable T-Mobile plans.
What AT&T will get from the merger is improved coverage.
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Sarah Tudor/TechnicianSage Shayne AT&T networks operation manager, explains the switch from the 3G networks to 4G networks Wednesday. “With 4G, more data is going to be able to be transferred,” Shayne said. The AT&T 4G network is going to be launched sometime in 2011.
Sarah Tudor/TechnicianThese cabinets in AT&T’s Raleigh Switch Center hold the 4G network itself. Tubes running from the cabinets to the ceiling hold fiber optics cables, which are about the size of a piece of hair. Fiber optics are key to transferring data from user to user.
Pending moble merger raises concerns
Cell phone evolution continuesCommunication technology continues advancement.
Ken ChangStaff Writer
Over a century after the first telephone was invented, com-munication technology has evolved far beyond anything that Alexander Graham Bell could ever fathom.
Today the average student’s cell phone holds more features than most Swiss Army knives. Phones no longer merely make calls. Professors can use their phones to schedule meetings and organize their weekly tasks; students walking to class can plug in their earphones and listen to music. Thrifty shop-pers can scan the barcodes of products to search and com-pare prices.
“I can con-n e c t m y computer to the Internet when I plug my phone into i t ,” Joh na-t hon K i rk , a f reshman in computer science, said. “When you’re on a t ra in and you don’t have Wi-Fi, it comes in handy. It’s definitely the part I use the most.”
Of course there are many reasons for someone to want a phone capable of serving so many purposes, but such com-munication prowess also has its downsides.
“I find [my Blackberry] an-noying because it makes me
too accessible,” Gini Gregg, a senior in business administra-tion and international studies, said.
For some, the smaller size of a cell phone inhibits the abil-ity to perform tasks that one could do much more easily on a laptop.
“Certainly in mobile plat-forms, productivity software is something that phones lack,” Greg Byrd said. Byrd is the director of the Center for Efficient, Scalable and Reli-able Computing. “Of course the screens and keyboards are too small. Companies would benefit from improving pro-ductivity software.”
Despite the quick and head-strong progression of cell phone technology, there are still many areas that can be im-
proved upon.“I wou ld
l i k e m ore standardiza-tion of appli-cations,” Kirk said. “There s hou ld b e more stan-dardized ap-plications so that any app can sync with any phone. Phones should also
be more computer-driven, and [able to] interact with comput-ers like how the iPhone syncs with iTunes.”
A number of these setbacks can also be attributed to the ambition of cell phone makers to turn the cell phone into a modern day computer.
“Today’s cell phone platform
is looking to take the place of the laptop,” Byrd said. “There is more demand for high perfor-mance for lower power.”
Programming today’s smart-phones is not just limited to the hands of corporations. Any users with the proper training and knowledge could create their own program or platform from their bedroom.
“Android has changed things a bit,” Byrd said. “The user is more open to control what goes in the phone.”
Surprisingly, platforms and programs that were designed for phones are finding uses in other systems as well. The University provides courses that allow students to develop software for tomorrow using the phone platforms of today.
“We have 400 and 500 level courses in embedded systems that develop software in things that aren’t computers,” Byrd said. “They are low cost and low constrained by power and energy. They’ve been using the Android platform.”
Timeline:1876: Phone invented by Graham Bell
1993: First text message
1993: IBM launches first touch screen phone; Nokia 9000 is first smartphone launched
2007: Apple iPhone launched
2009: First Andriod phone launched
Source: gizmodo.com, pcworld.com
“There should be
more standardized
applications so
that any app
can sync with
any phone.”Johnathon Kirk, freshman in
computer science
hisTory continued page 6
Sarah Tudor/TechnicianThis room in the AT&T Switch Center holds the batteries that run all the processing in the building. There are sixteen rows of thirty batteries each. Each battery has a lifespan of about 30 years.
merger continued page 6
“The U.S.
cellular market
is already quite
concentrated.”Bobby Puryear,
economics professor
Company profilesAT&T T-Mobile
Customers 95.5 mil. 33 mil.
Employees 266,500 24,700
2010 revenue
$58 bil. $21 bil.
Source: cneT.com
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Students also have the op-portunity to show off their skills and develop the next big software that will perhaps one
day make them the next Mark Zuckerberg.
“This month we’re having a contest called the Extreme Computer Design Competi-tion,” Byrd said. “It starts from now and ends on May 3. Today was the last day for entry.”
Ultimately, even inhibited
phone users will find more practical uses for their ad-vanced phones.
“It’s nice to use cell phones to check emails and find out about lass minute class can-celations,” Gregg said.
historycontinued from page 5
AT&T will acquire a number of T-Mobile service towers that would’ve taken years for AT&T to build. According to a press release, coverage in densely populated areas will increase by about 30 percent.
Mike Holsten, a sophomore in social work, is an AT&T customer who says he is not satisfied with the current state
of his provider. He said he has had numerous dropped calls and unsent text messages, and is looking forward to the acqui-sition of more cell towers.
“I would hope that the merg-er would bring better service, because right now AT&T cover-age is sketchy at best,” Holsten said.
In an open letter dated March 21 to the Federal Com-munications Commission and Department of Justice, Min-nesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar urged the regulators to take a
close, hard look at the proposed deal. Klobuchar said if the two companies merge, there would be enormous consequences on price and service in the cell phone industry.
AT&T claimed in a press re-lease that the deal the market will remain “fiercely competi-tive,” and that most major mar-kets have several competing providers.
mergercontinued from page 5
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SportsCorley noticed the advantage this gave the Pack for their final match-up.
“It gave us a chance to save our legs,” Corley said. “That was twenty minutes less that we had to play and we got to watch ECU finish their game against Auburn, which they won 1-0. It was a pretty hotly contested match.”
The fate of the Pack then rest-ed in their own hands as they saw themselves slotted against their most rivaled team. The competitions between the ECU and N.C. State women’s club soccer usually end up being very heated and closely con-tested ordeals. In this instance,
however, the Wolfpack women made short work of the Pirates. Saylor slotted her second goal of the tournament early in the match. Welsh, who had found her form, put in her third of the day, placing the Pack in a 2-0 lead. Senior goalkeeper Sam Walker described the horri-fying events that followed the second goal of the game.
“We were up 2-0,” Walker said. “ECU, being our rival, was coming at us hard. They sent in a corner. I was going up sideways for it, as the ball is coming in from the right, and an ECU girl hits me in the eye. I don’t know what it was, either her elbow or her head. From then, I was out.”
Walker, who was later taken to a hospital, suffered from three broken bones in her face and a ruptured blood vessel in
her left eye. She fractured her zygomatic arch, orbital bone, and a sinus bone. The zygomat-ic arch break, which caused the bone to buckle inwards, has left Walker with only partial use of her jaw bone and numbness in the left side of her face. She will have to undergo surgery to fix the issue.
After Walker’s exit from the field, Maldonado took her spot in between the posts and kept the Wolfpack’s sheet clean while her teammates finished the job. Midfielders Morgan Smith and Emmi Tyson both slotted a goal apiece, closing the match at 4-0 and setting the bar higher for future fixtures be-tween the two clubs.
This is the first time that the N.C. State women’s club team has won the Clemson Club Soc-cer Tournament since 2008.
teresting to try one time.”One of the biggest transitions
a player experiences making the transition to college is moving away from home. When Sutton moved to Raleigh, he knew it would be tough to venture away from the place he grew up.
But Sutton said he is still close with his family and talks to them almost every day.
“It’s very important to keep in contact with my family,” Sutton said. “My parents are al-ways very supportive of me and I try to talk to them almost ev-ery day. They try to come down to as many tournaments as they can, and they should be down here next weekend, maybe with my sister, too.
Although the team will be
traveling to Wallace, N.C. this weekend, Sutton said he won’t be far away from a television set to watch the Masters Tour-nament.
“We are absolutely going to be watching the Masters this weekend,” Sutton said. “We’re prob-ably going to watch it on the road, and we should be back in time on Sunday to watch the final holes of the tournament.”
Every player has his or her ideal athlete to look to as a role model. Although Tiger Woods is going through some issues on and off the golf course, Sutton still says he wants to see his idol win this weekend.
“I really hope Tiger wins it to
get back on track,” Sutton said. “Tiger has always been my favorite golfer. Every aspect of his game is pretty insane, so I try to model myself off of his golf game.”
Sutton will travel with the tea m to the River Landing Country C lub to compete i n t h e
ECU/UNC-W Invitational this weekend, then come home next weekend to com-pete in the Wolfpack Spring Open just before the ACC Championships begin.
pate in some kind of national championship? And this one is in their lap, they don’t have to even travel.”
The Wolfpack men’s club team is back in action as they compete to defend their cham-pionship title from last year’s tournament. John Smetana, president of the men’s club team and junior in sports management, feels the team has a good chance of winning it again.
“There are a total of eight returning players from last year’s team,” Smetana said.
“And with our new coach Pey-ton Peterson, I absolutely think we can try and win it again.”
Last year there were a total of 53 teams in the tournament. This year, more women’s club teams showed interest in the tournament than before. Mary Yemma, assistant director for club sports, said she is thrilled to see this growth of interest for the women’s teams.
“It’s really exciting to see such a strong response from women’s club teams this year,” Yemma said. “Last year we only had one division for women’s club and intramural combined, now we were able to make more divisions.”
Included in the 1,000 people
in the Carmichael Gym this weekend are the many volun-teers and professional staff. Scorekeepers will be used, as well as of-ficials from t h e Un i-versity and other col-leges.
In order to become an off icial for the tour-nament, students had to be evaluated and the students with the high-est scores are able to referee the championship game, according
to Heather Jarrell, the student director of the ACIS National Basketball Tournament.
“Our students apply to ref-eree a lot, be-cause it’s kind of like a clinic for t hem,” Jarrell said. “You get to ref the game whi le t hey record you, then af ter-ward you go into a room a nd watch how you did
while they tell you what you did wrong and how to fix it.”
Championship games will be
played in Reynolds Coliseum beginning at 9:30 a.m. and anyone is welcome to watch the excitement. The majority of the games will be played in the Carmichael Gym where specta-tors are able to watch the action as well. Tip-off is at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, April 8. The courts will be available for recreation-al use during the day on Friday, but will be closed off until Sun-day afternoon for tournament purposes.
This year, ACIS was only able to offer a partial sponsorship for the tournament, which included insurance costs and marketing the tournament to other teams. Yemma said she is thankful that many of the
sponsors are from the Trian-gle and were willing to help out through donations.
“We were lucky enough to have a lot of sponsors in the area that wanted to help and wanted to get their name on a national tournament,” Yemma said. “With all the professional staff, players, volunteers and families coming in from dif-ferent states to enjoy the warm weather, there’s a lot of oppor-tunity for them to go eat at dif-ferent places and stay in hotels.”
“We want to make sure that the officials coming, volun-teers, the students that are working and playing—are all having a great experience,” Yemma said.
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ACIScontinued from page 8
“It’s really exciting
to see such a strong
response from
women’s club
teams this year.”Mary Yemma, assistant director
for club sports
“Tiger has always
been my
favorite golfer.”Mitchell Sutton,
sophomore golfer
Josh Hyatt Staff Writer
Sometimes all a team needs is a small amount of luck in order to truly unleash their talent. The women’s club soccer team was given that chance Sat-urday at the Clemson Club Soccer Tournament. After tying two games and los-ing one in the group stages, it seemed as though the women were not going to the quarterfinals. The Pack found themselves tied for the eighth seed spot with Clemson. The two were tied in points, goal differential, goals scored, and goals al-lowed. Freshman Cristina Maldonado described the
detail that put her team into the final eight.
“We were tied in every as-pect,” Maldonado said. “They had a rule that whoever had traveled the furthest to get to the tournament got to go on if they were tied in every other way. So, we eliminated the host team out of their own tourna-ment based on a technicality.”
That stroke of luck is just what the team needed to open the floodgates and let the goals pour. With a critical goal line clearance made by freshman fullback Michelle Casser-man and a 25-yard, top-shelf screamer from junior striker Alle Leonard, the Wolfpack sent the No. 1 seeded Penn State team packing with a 1-0 victory.
The next day, the last-seeded Pack went on to play the No. 4 seeded Coastal Carolina in the semifinals. Senior center midfielder Jordan Saylor put the Pack on the board after a penalty was given for a handball. Freshman forward Amanda Welsh and sophomore mid-fielder Stephanie Summe quick ly fol lowed with two goals each, making the game a 5-0 affair. The Coastal Carolina coach, seeing his team as a fish in a barrel, made a gesture to the referee with his hand across his neck, forfeiting the match twenty minutes early. Senior forward Logan
Sophomore golfer becoming a star for the Pack after winning first tournament.
Cory Smith Deputy Sports Editor
Sophomore golfer Mitchell Sut-ton was somewhat of a late bloomer. Sutton grew up in Ontario, Canada, where the national sport is hockey. He began playing hockey, rather than golf, at a very early age.
“I played hockey for about eight or nine years,” Sutton said. “I played from when I was about six or seven till when I was in the ninth or tenth grade. I was thinking about pursu-ing hockey originally, but when golf came into my life I thought about pursuing that.”
“In hockey you’ve got to be big, strong and physical, so golf seemed more fitting for me,” Sut-ton said.
Since the begin-ning of his fresh-man campaign, Sutton has not missed a single tournament for the Wolfpack. So far, golf has fit him like the Footjoy glove that he wears on his left hand.
Sutton has helped the Pack claim numerous first place wins as a team, but his shining moment this season came two weeks ago in Awendaw, S.C.
State traveled down to compete in the Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate Tournament, where Sutton helped the team to a sixth overall finish, and tied for first to participate in a playoff round to win the tournament outright.
“I was pretty nervous going into the f irst playoff hole,” Sutton said. “I really didn’t want to mess up. But I hit the ball pretty well and got it on the green and hit a par.”
Sutton sank a par on the first hole and his competitor, Andrew Loupe of LSU, ended up three-putting, fin-ishing in second and giving Sutton the in-dividual win.
“It was awesome to get my first win,” Sut-ton said. “Getting that
first win is a huge relief for me. All of the hard work that I’ve been putting in feels like it’s finally paying off and that feels great.”
Sutton said he was glad that he made
the decision to eventually make the transition to playing golf full time, but he still has the bumps and bruises to prove he was once a hockey player.
When asked if he would ever use a hockey stick-style putter, much like the one used in the film Happy Gilm-
ore, Sutton let out a little bit of a chuckle before answering the question.
“I have never thought of using a putter like the one from that movie,” Sutton said. “But that would definitely be in-
COUNTDOWN• 9 days until the 3rd Annual Kay Yow Spring Football
Game.
INSIDE• Page7: A continuation of the feature story
on golfer Mitchell Sutton and the recap of the softball game against UNCC.Sports
TECHNICIANPAGE 8 • THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 2011
Navas picks up her 600th career win
Head softball coach Lisa Navas picked up her 600th in the second game of a double header Tuesday night against UNC-Charlotte at Curtis and Jacqueline Dail Softball Stadium. State won the game 7-2 after winning 8-0 earlier in the day, helping to break a five game losing streak the team had endured over the past two weeks. Freshman pitcher Kayla Cox picked up the win in the first game, while junior Morgan Peeler, earned the victory in the finale. With the two wins, the Pack moved back to .500, as it sits 17-17 on the season.
SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS
Yow takes a jab at Gary Williams
It has been speculated that over the course of the three-week search that Maryland basketball coach Gary Williams has been slandering the N.C. State job, hoping to convince coaches not to take the job because of Athletics Director Debbie Yow, Williams’ former boss.
And Tuesday night after introducing Mark Gottfried as the next men’s basketball coach, Yow took some time to address these rumors stating:
“I don’t have a reputation across all men’s basketball of being difficult to work with,” Yow said. “I have a reputation of not getting along with Gary Williams, who has tried to sabotage the search. Come on. We all know that, Okay? So, whatever. It’s not a reputation. It’s Gary Williams out there doing his thing. Whatever.”
After the press conference ended Williams issued a statement in response to Yow’s, though a member of the Maryland athletic department.
“I haven’t talked to anyone – coach or athletic director – connected to the N.C. State search,” Williams said. “I don’t have any interest in the N.C. State search, since I’m coaching at Maryland and working hard to run our program. Anyone who says I’ve had contact with a prospective coach or athletic director regarding this search isn’t being truthful.”
Take it for what it is worth, but either way, I wouldn’t like to be on Yow’s bad side.
-TAYLOR BARBOUR
AMANDA KARST/TECHNICIAN ARCHIVE PHOTO Freshman Mitchell Sutton gazes at his ball after a shot during the Wolfpack Intercollegiate Invitational at Lonnie Poole Golf Course on April 10, 2010.
Sutton swinging into stride
SUTTON continued page 7
“I was thinking
about pursuing
hockey originally,
but when golf
came into my life
I thought about
pursuing that.”Mitchell Sutton,
sophomore golfer
CLUB SOCCER CAMPUS REC
MEN’S GOLF
PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY CAMPUS RECThe N.C. State men’s club basketball poses with the ACIS Championship trophy after winning the event last year.
Six teams compete in ACIS tournamentClub and intramural teams from around the country will compete in Carmichael Gym this weekend.
Rebecca FiorentinoStaff Writer
More than 1,000 people will be walking through the doors of Carmichael Gym this week-end for what has now become a n a n n u a l event for N.C. S t ate . T h i s is the fourth year the Cam-pus Recreation Department will host the American Col-legiate Intra-mural Sports Basketball Tournament featuring teams from all over the country.
Seventy-one teams, ranging from as far as Wisconsin to as close as UNC-Chapel Hill, East Carolina, Appalachian State
and Duke will be competing for the national championship title for club and intramural basketball.
There will be a total of six teams from N.C. State partici-pating in the tournament; the men’s and women’s club teams, two men’s intramural teams and two women’s intramural teams.
Assistant Director for Intra-mural Sports Matt Seibring,
who has been work ing on this tourna-ment s i nc e November, believes this tournament is a great op-portunity for Wolfpack players.
“It’s great for our students
and I’m glad we were able to get six teams,” Seibring said. “It’s a real fun activity—how often do our students get to partici-
“It’s great for our
students and I’m
glad we were able
to get six teams.”Matt Seibring, Assistant
Director for Intramural Sports
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ATHLETIC SCHEDULE
TodaySOFTBALL VS. UNC-CHARLOTTECurtis and Jacqueline Dail softball park, 4 p.m.
FridayMEN’S GOLF VS. UNC-WILMINGTONWilmington, N.C., all day
TRACK AT DUKE INVITATIONALDurham, N.C., all day
WOMEN’S TENNIS AT VIRGINIACharlottesville, Va., 12 p.m.
MEN’S TENNIS VS. VIRGINIAPullen Park, 3 p.m.
April 2011
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BY THE NUMBERS: SUTTON’S 2010-2011 STATS 24 Total rounds
71.8 Average 18-hole round
215.4 Average 54-hole total
3 Top-10 finishes
SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS
Underdogs win Clemson Club Soccer Tournament
PHOTO COURTESY OF WOMEN’S CLUB SOCCERJunior Caroline Dickinson dribbles past No. 1 seeded Penn State player Saturday, the Pack upset Penn State 1-0.
SOCCER TEAM DEFEATS ECU IN CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH.