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Diversity office confronting hate head-onSpring dialogue session to focus on hate crimes.
Justin RoseStaff Writer
At the invitation of University’s Of-fice for Diversity and Inclusion, diver-sity expert Jacqueline Barnett will be hosting a lecture Thursday concerning hate crimes.
The event, “Confronting Hate: un-derstanding the current status and history of federal hate crime legisla-tion,” is part of ODI’s bi-annual Dia-logue on Diversity. The seminar is open to all N.C. State students, faculty and staff who wish to attend.
The session will take place at 3 p.m.
in the Washington-Sankofa Room on the first floor of Witherspoon Student Center.
According to Diversity’s website, the lecture will also “provide practical tools as to how to utilize this new stat-ute, and related legislation, to create a more inclusive and safe community.”
Jo-Ann Robinson, assistant vice provost for Student Diversity, said the event is partly in response to incidents last year where hate speech was writ-ten in the Free Expression Tunnel.
The goal of the seminar is to ad-dress any confusion surrounding hate speech, hate crime and free speech by providing a venue where students and faculty can learn about federal legisla-tion against hate crimes, according to Robinson.
“I want students to understand it from historical perspective; the legal precedents, and how it impacts diver-sity and inclusion,” Robinson said. “[Barnett’s] presentation will really inform our campus community.”
In previous sessions, Dialogue on Diversity has covered the University’s Islamic and GLBT community, neo-diversity and illegal immigration–top-ics that got a lot of attention and were well-attended, according to Robinson.
In each of the events, ODI strives to address controversial diversity topics head-on and give students an open forum to discuss these issues.
“The dialogue is focused on students and is designed to get them talking
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University realignment to
merge diversity centersOffices of Equal Opportunity to combine with GLBT, Women’s Centers.
Alanna HowardDeputy News Editor
The University Office for Equal Op-portunity, the Center for GLBT Pro-grams and Services and the Women’s Center are set to combine under the University’s realignment initiative—though those affected by the merger see a silver lining in the plan.
According to Joanne Woodard, vice provost for the Office for Equal Op-portunity, the merge would combine the Office of Equal Opportunity, di-versity and inclusion and multicultural affairs with student affair groups, such as the GLBT Cen-ter and Women’s Center, without any expected job losses.
“The new unit en-compassing all these separate areas would be called the Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity. I would be the director of this area, as the vice provost of the new office,” Woodard said.
Change is something that will be synonymous with the University in the coming months, as it tries to streamline operations and depart-ments to save money wherever pos-sible. Sometimes this change leads to lost jobs, a cut in funding or cancel-
ation of an entire program.But negative effects are not
something synonymous with the merge of the Women’s Center, the GLBT Center and the Of-fice for Equal Opportunity. Jus-tine Hollingshead, the director of the GLBT Center, said the merge is viewed as a positive change.
“The details of the merge are still in talks. There is currently a discrepancy about which depart-ment is moving where, and where each department will report, but overall it will promote equity and diversity,” Hollingshead said. “And any move where all units related to diversity are going to be combined seems like a logical one.”
The current plans include combining a l l three offices un-der the Off ice for Equal Op-portunity, but unknowns still exist, including number of jobs retained.
According to Woodard, however, the new of-fice shouldn’t be subject to staff changes.
“This merge is not going to cause these units to lose their identity. It’s a realignment of units that work together in similar areas, so that they can transcend the individual programs and pool re-
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luis zapata/technicianin the Willis r. Casey aquatic Center, Burton Younts, a junior in computer engineering, does laps Wednesday afternoon. he took the swim conditioning class last year but hardly come to the pool this year. “My favorite part is the workout, the cardio,” Younts said. Younts was helping his friend correct his form for different styles of swimming.
Women’s Center racing to combat sexual violenceUniversity, UNC teaming up for charity in Great Human Race.
Chelsey FrancisSenior Staff Writer
A fundraising event for local non-profits will take place Saturday morn-ing in Durham, and N.C. State’s Women’s Center is raising money for a state charity that aims to prevent rape, sexual assault and other forms of abuse.
The Great Human Race is an event sponsored by the Volunteer Center of Durham. The race is a 5k competitive run and 5k commu-nity walk through dow ntow n Dur-ham. Any Triangle area non-profit can participate in the fundraising portion of the event.
T h e Wom e n’s Center is fundrais-ing on the behalf of North Carolina Coalition Against Sexual Assault. They have worked closely with NC-CASA in the past and will continue to work with them in the future, accord-ing to Carolina Alzuru, rape preven-
tion education coordinator with the Women’s Center.
The NCCASA works with both N.C. State and UNC- Chapel Hill students, providing rape crisis and prevention services as well as different training opportunities.
NCCASA is an inclusive, statewide alliance that is working to end sexual violence through advocacy, education and legislation. According to Alzuru, the group works mainly with colleges.
NCCASA has set a goal of $5,000 for the Great Human Race. As of
Wednesday evening, they had only raised $545, according to the official donation website.
The race will begin at 8:30 a.m. at the Durham Bulls Ath-letic Park. Following the race, there will be refreshments and ac-tivities.
According to Alz-uru, the groups par-
ticipating in the Great Human Race will set up booths for participants to see following the race.
great Human race FaQWhat’s the Great Human Race?A 5K run and community walk to benefit various Triangle nonprofit organizations.
When’s the race?• Saturday (Rain or shine)• Registration begins 7 a.m.• Run starts 8:30 a.m.• Walk starts: Immediately after all
runners start.
Where’s the race?• Durham Bulls Athletic Park• Downtown Durham• The race course winds through
the newly renovated Downtown Durham Streetscape.
Who benefits from the race?It’s up to the racers. Participants can raise funds to benefit their chosen nonprofit organization, school, or faith-based group in the Triangle.
What’s N.C. State’s role?This year, N.C. State and UNC students are joining forces to raise money for the North Carolina Coalition Against Sexual Assault.
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diversity deFinedIn addition to hosting lectures and seminars, The Office for Diversity and Inclusion is focused on “helping campus leaders establish and maintain diversity and inclusive excellence across the university,” according to their website.
ODI defines diversity as:“an inclusive community of people with varied human characteristics, ideas and world-views and whose interactions both benefit and challenge each other to grow while making the community better.”
Here are a few of the benefits of a diverse community, according to ODI: • It better retains a diverse
population and promotes equity and equal opportunity.
• It encourages interaction among diverse people to enrich the educational experience, promote personal growth and enhance the community.
• It fosters mutual respect• It promotes cross-cultural
understanding• It prepares leaders to live and
work in a competitive global community.
sOuRce: Office Of DiveRsity anD inclusiOn
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“The details of the
merge are still
in talks.”Justine Hollingshead, director, Center for GLBT Programs and
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TodayStudent Government diverSity dinner5 p.m. to 8 p.m.CHASS Lounge - Caldwell Hall
take me out to the BallGame: minor moment10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.Case DIning Hall
ConfrontinG hate: underStandinG the law & hiStoriCal development of federal hate Crime leGiSlation3 p.m. to 5 p.m.Witherspoon Student Center
“SanCtionS and nonproliferation” - GloBal iSSueS Seminar7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.Withers Auditorium (232a)
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Student Body preSident deBate8 p.m. to 9 p.m.Student Senate Chambers
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SaturdayServiCe raleiGh7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.Harris Field
Great human raCe8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.Durham Bulls Athletic Park, Durham
the puBliC hiStory of the Civil war8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.Withers Hall (232a)
ruBBaGe ride9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.Brickyard
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sources to better serve as a large unit,” Woodard said.
Hollingshead said she doesn’t think the move will damage the centers’ ability to help students.
“We’re currently under the Office of Student Affairs, and
that’s exactly what we’ll con-tinue to do, be involved with students,” Hollingshead said.
In respect to the GLBT’s po-sition, Hollingshead said it is willing to be as flexible as nec-essary, as long as it is grouped with other diversity resources.
“As far as the GLBT Center is concerned, we don’t care whether we are under Student Affairs, as long as we are in
the same place as all the other diversity units,” Hollingshead said. “With the University’s po-sition to realign, I’m in support of it. We just want to make sure the GLBT community alliance has the same seat at the table of student leaders as it has had.”
The target date for the com-bination of units is July 1, when the merged offices will be col-lectively called the Office of
Institutional Equity and Di-versity.
According to Woodard, Mul-ticultural Student Affairs and the GLBT and Women’s Cen-ters, will remain under the pro-vost and reporting to the new Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity.
“Right now all of those offices report up through the provost, the new office will only change
how they get to the provost,” Woodard said.
In addition to merging the units, Woodward said the Women’s Center will be hir-ing a director.
“The director of the Women’s Center search has been recently put on hold, but we hope to resume that search and have them on staff by July 1, and in place as the new department
comes together in July,” Wood-ward said.
Provost Warwick Arden and other administrators are debat-ing details of the merger. The details are open to feedback and input, and several final decisions have yet to be made.
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about controversial topics,” Robinson said. “Sometimes there are some really hard con-versations.”
Robinson said she was excit-ed about students having these types of opportunities to learn about diversity.
“We talk about creating an inclusive and diverse environ-ment, and one step toward creating that is by having con-versations,” Robinson said. “These dialogues on diversity are opportunities to have those
conversations.”Robinson also said she hopes
the event will inspire students to continue their conversa-tions with each other until the next Dialogue on Diversity.
“This is what we need to be doing every day. Students graduating today are entering a diverse world, and it’s our role as a university to prepare them,” Robinson said. “We’re just doing our job.”
Barnett is the director of institutional equity at Tulane University. She was previously associate chief counsel to the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education.
Barnett will discuss statutes
and current legislation such as the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, also known as the Matthew Shepard Act. This legislation extends hate crime protection to a person’s gender, sexual orientation or disability.
Congress passed the Matthew Sheperd Act in October 2009, and President Obama signed it into law later that month.
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Hello Wolfpack Na-t ion, my name is Scot t Goldsm it h.
You’ve probably seen the signs across campus and have gotten sick of all the campaigning by
now, and as a candidate for Student Senate president, I’ll agree. Cam-paign season is a very drawn out ordea l , however, de-spite the rheto-ric and barrage of yard signs,
it really does matter who you decide to rank as your number one choice on March 29.
While I have the experience to be the next Student Senate president, there is one funda-mental question you should ask yourself when casting your ballot. Which candidates can work togeth-er? This is a subject that is all too com-monly missed during cam-pa ig n sea-son around campus. As individual candidates jostle for the chance to be placed number one on your ballot, ultimately, if the student body as a whole hasn’t selected individuals that can work together to represent you, the students the two weeks of yard signs and campaign speeches were for naught.
Student Senate candidates may overwhelm you with a laundry list of great innova-tions to come from their cam-paign. For them, that is what they will indeed be working on in the months ahead once they take office. It is the job of the Senate president to guide and support the 64 senators elected from across campus. It would be my job, if elected, to make sure your senators have the re-sources needed to accomplish what you voted them into of-fice for, based upon that list of campaign ideas.
Having served in the Student Senate for two years, I’ve had a plethora of opportunities to work on a wide range of issues: from funding student groups on the appropriations committee, to advising as chair of the Senate Academics Com-mittee. I also had the chance to serve on the Fee Review Com-
mittee, made largely of University administrators and whose co-chair is the Student Senate president.
Experience aside, at the end of the day it does really come down to how well the Student Senate president can work with other can-didates for student body president. The two offices have many of the same re-sponsibilities. With huge budget cuts looming on the horizon which won’t be fi-nalized until summer, who gets chosen to serve on the
Tuition a nd Fee Review Commit-tees is of utmost impor-tance.
With so many programs facing ter-
mination, from pre-law to the Agriculture-institute, it is vital that when you cast your ballot you select a team that will faithfully represent the student voice in the coming year.
As you vote on March 29 I hope to count on your support by selecting Scott Goldsmith for Student Sen-ate president and allowing me to be part of the team that will fight on your be-half during this test of the Wolfpack Nation.
Scott Goldsmith is a ju-nior in political science. He is currently a senator in the student senate representing CHASS and is a candidate for Student Senate President.
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The Student Body Presi-dent Candidates forum is organized for students
to hear more about their candi-dates and to learn the answers to selected questions from their future leaders. While this forum will help us learn more about each student body presi-dent candidate, there are other methods to research the candi-dates’ platforms and how they will better represent us in the upcoming school year.
Students need to attend this forum, as a responsible student community. Before we vote in these elections it is our right and our duty to know more about the candidates. This will help us in electing the best student leaders that will help make the University a better institution both academically
and socially.Candidates that ultimately
win these elections will hold positions of the upmost im-portance to our communi-ty. Their decisions will affect not only ours but the lives of future students. Their deci-sions will shape up the future direction for the University.
Elected candidates will have immense powers. The student body president will represent the University’s student com-munity when dealing with faculty and administration, as well as other universities. He or she will also serve as a vot-ing member of both the Advi-sory Board to the President of
the UNC System, as well as the UNC Association of Student Governments. This means the student body president will be able to vote on any plans made for budget cuts, or even the tuition cost—decisions that if made correctly could im-mensely improve the academic aspect of our University.
We need to act sensibly when choosing our leaders. This means we need to vote for right and capable candidates that will better serve us and our University. To ensure this outcome, students need to be informed.
We need to find out about the issues or causes these can-
didates strongly believe in and the impact their choices will have. It is our responsibility to make the right decisions that will lead to a great future at our University.
Student body elections are an important event in every stu-dent’s life. Wrong choices today will have their consequences in the future. Students need to re-alize the impact their decisions make and why they need to make informed choices, which can only be made by seeking information.
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.
Be informed before you voteThe FacTs:Student Body President Candidate Forum will be held Thursday at 8 p.m. in Student Senate chambers at Witherspoon. This forum is hosted by Technician and WKNC and will provide information about student body president candidates running for elections.
Our OpiniOn:Students need to be informed before they vote. All students should make it a point to research the candidates in order to gather necessary information needed to cast an educated vote. One of the many ways students may do this is through the candidates’ forum.
By MEgAN FARREll
What steps do you take to research student
candidates before voting?
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“I ask my friends who they are and check the N.C. State website and my emails for any information.”
Victor Ajewalefreshman, computer engineering
“I look at their Facebook pages and the flyers that are passed out.”
Chelsea Millersophomore, zoology
“I look at all of the signs on campus. That’s the only place I know of where I can see information.”
Dominick Arnoldsophomore, chemistry
“I try to go to the forum that is held annually where they speak. I don’t feel like you can get to know a candidate just by reading something from them. It’s better to hear them speak. I also look at their past experience in Student Government and get feedback from their peers.”
Jasmine Brownjunior, political science
Scott GoldsmithGuest Columnist
Fellow students, choose wisely.
Christian O’Neal, sophmore in mechanical engineering
STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT CANDIDATE FORUM THURSDAYTechnician and WKNC are teaming up with the Elections Commission to host the 2011 Student Body President Candidate Forum at 8 p.m. in the Student Senate Chambers.
SSP: Scott Goldsmithget to know your candidates:
Budget cuts, tuition hike shortsighted in long run
TECHNICIAN: A LOOK INTO THE PASTThis section is devoted to drawing upon past Technician articles and columnsand how the issues N.C. State faced then have changed over the years.
From the archives:
Technician Staff Editorial from March 11, 1985
Although North Caro-lina’s university system has had a reputation of
giving a quality education at a low cost, it may be a thing of the past.
In the past, many North Carolinians have enjoyed in-expensive college educations. However, Gov. Jim Martin has proposed increasing tuition by 10 percent. This hike is part of his plan to reduce the state tax-es and stimulate the economy.
This solution may help the state’s economy in the short-
run, but in the long-run it may prove detrimental.
While cutting taxes may stimulate the economy, cutting education will definitely reduce economic growth. A society will only make progress based on the quality of its education. If Martin’s suggestion to raise tuition to the University is fol-lowed, the number of students attending North Carolina uni-versities could steadily decline.
Furthermore, students can no longer look toward the fed-eral government for financial aid. Regan has proposed to sustainably reduce the vol-ume of aid money available to
needy students. In addition, he also suggested placing a ceiling of $4,000 on the total dollars one might borrow and/or receive as a grant.
Why, during an acknowl-edged economic recovery, does Martin insist on plac-ing additional f inancial burdens on families who wish to send their children to college?
North Carolina will find a greater economic growth from improved higher edu-cation—not short term tax cuts—in the long-run.
They haven’t learned their lesson
For those students cursing under their breath about there being yet another
budget cut story in the paper, as this column shows, t h is issue is not unique to the current classes of N.C. State. Over 25 years have passed, and the threat of budget cuts is still as prev-alent as ever.
Back in 1985, the University was described as an affordable school.
While this is seemingly true, students today might disagree. Many believe this high-way robbery N.C. State calls tuition fees is continu-ally increasing, with no $4,000 ceiling our 1985 counterparts had the luxury of relying on. The problem remains the state and federal governments seem to believe the solution to this monetary nightmare is to cut away at higher education—a
solution they will find will come back to haunt them.
So government officials should take note of this 1985 issue and how it is still prevalent in today’s society, and base their decisions not on the quick-fix to financial restraints, but rather the long-term outcomes from an effective educational system.
Trey FergusonViewpoint Editor
“Having served in
the Student Senate
for two years, I’ve
had a plethora of
opportunities.”
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University reactions to Japanese reactorsThe future still holds opportunity for nuclear students, say faculty.
Ken ChengStaff Writer
The recent tragedy in Japan has caused many Americans to re-think their position on the use of nuclear energy. At N.C. State, the lines are torn between continual use of nuclear energy and the need to move on and find an alternate source. While some argue the urgent need for another source of power, others believe nuclear energy is still the best option.
“I don’t have any problems with [nuclear reactors] in the U.S. They’re different here—there are more fail-safe precautions,” Ger-rit Motes, a senior in mechanical engineering, said. Motes spent three summers working at a nuclear plant. “Most people are misinformed about what goes into the process of nuclear energy and
they think that reactors are just easily going to turn into thermal-nuclear explosions.”
According to Ayman Hawari, director of the nuclear reactor program at N.C. State, today’s reactors use nuclear fission.
“In the reactor, a particle called a neutron reacts with the nuclei of Uranium 235 and causes it to split,” Hawari said. “This se-quence of events produces energy in the form of heat, used to pro-duce steam which is used to turn turbines of generators to produce electricity.”
Hawari said the incident in Ja-pan has raised more than just the simple question of nuclear power’s reliability. It converges with issues of alternative sources, job indus-try and what new precautions will be taken in the future.
“Fossil fuels produce green-house gasses and have so many en-vironmental drawbacks. As a hu-man society we’ve become more aware of that in the past 40 to 50 years. Nuclear reactors release no
greenhouse gasses. You can also rely on them to produce accord-ing to demand. Wind and solar…are not yet fully effective, though they could be in the future,” Hawari said.
One of the biggest con-cerns for stu-dents working on nuc le a r engineering degrees is how this incident will affect po-tential future careers.
“I’m hoping it won’t affect the job pros-pect negative-ly. If this does impact interest in nuclear power it could be negative, but the field of nuclear engineering has so many applications like medical and in-dustrial,” Hawari said.
The prospect of jobs also ex-
tends to students with non-nu-clear engineering majors.
“For a mechanical engineer, there could be careers in con-
tracting to build safer reactors I’d totally go in,” Motes said.
“As we con-tinue to develop nuclear power, s t u d e nt s a l l have the option to be employed in more posi-tions. There are plenty of vendor and utility com-panies as well as federal agen-cies,” Hawari said.
One of the concerns that will probably be ad-dressed most is what precautions can be taken to ensure history doesn’t repeat itself.
“The reactors we plan to build will have more robust safety pre-
cautions,” Hawari said. “The ones in Japan were second-generation reactors that were built in the 1960s and 70s. New generation reactors will not be the same and will use advanced passive safety systems.”
Along with precaution comes the issue of disposal of reactor cores. In the U.S., when radi-ated fuel rods that power reac-tors are depleted, they are stored in a secure location. However, like Japan, storage facilities in the U.S. are under or at ground level. A natural catastrophe like an earthquake could potentially damage the storage location and cause radiation leakage.
“The biggest concern for me is what to do with disposal. France takes spent fuel rods and runs them through a breeder reactor, which essentially recycles the rod and uses up whatever little en-ergy is left,” Motes said. “Over here there is so much politics and legal issues involved with nuclear power.”
As fuel prices rise, research in renewable resources expands.
Sean LuseCorrespondent
In recent weeks, gas prices have been escalating so fast, they are difficult to keep up with. Week to week, prices noticeably climb higher toward the unbelievable. On a college budget, it may seem impossible to keep up with these inflated prices.
The price of gas has been affecting many students.
“I don’t go home as much. I haven’t been able to go out and ride my horse…I can’t afford a full tank [so] I’ve stopped driving around as much,” Kim Schreiber, a sophomore in ani-mal science, said.
“It determines where I eat, or if I hang out with friends,” Alexa Merrill, a sopho-more in first year college, said. “I t y pic a l ly s t ay within town—a big group of us carpool.”
“Basically, gas prices are skyrocket-ing due to speculation period. There is no shortage of gasoline,” Robert Bruck, professor of plant pathology, environmental science and technology. “A barrel of oil, which is 42 gallons of crude oil, is selling for what the futures price dictates its worth. Therefore, if you look at commodity oil it is worth between $35 and $45 a barrel, which is the cost of finding it, extracting it, processing it, distributing it, etc. Basi-cally, you could do that and sell it for a profit probably at around $2 a gallon. What’s happening today is that specu-lators due to political conditions—aka, the Middle East.”
Bruck continued and said, “Oil is the single greatest motivator on planet
earth. Oil is the lubricant of economy - period. The economies of Asia and South America are booming. The price of gas is $1.49 in Ecuador, an oil pro-ducing country. They keep a signifi-cant amount of oil production for their own country. The rest of it is driving the economy through the roof.”
As an expert of plant pathology, Bruck sees the future holding the so-lution based on plant matter.
“Biofuels are the holy grail that will be what changes the mobile fuel mar-ket for cars, trucks, and trains,” Bruck said.
Roger von Haefen, associate profes-sor of agricultural and resource eco-nomics, said he sees a similar future.
“What I think we will see is an upsurge in re-search and de-velopment of re-newable energy. I think that wind, solar and bio-fuels are going to see a renaissance right now. In the scheme of things, is that good? Yes. There is one prob-
lem: can we generate enough energy that is in the constraints of budget? Can we replace fossil fuels? World en-ergy consumption will double between 2010 and 2032. How do we meet that? [Using] only alternative energy, I don’t think we can. That will be one of the most significant problems of this de-cade and decades to come. The price of petroleum will go through the roof.”
According to von Haefen, ethanol is one such renewable alternative.
“The way it’s historically worked, ethanol is an oxygenator and blended at 10 percent ethanol and 90 percent oil based gasoline. We’re getting to the point to meet the federal man-dates were going to have to start using more than a 10 percent ethanol blend, maybe 12 percent or 15 percent that the
Obama administration has embraced,” von Haefen said.
The federal mandate may not be all good news. According to Bruck, the mandates state that a minimum of 14 billion gallons of corn-based ethanol must be used per year for fuel by 2016.
“That’s going to lead to price pres-
sures,” Bruck said. “Ethanol in general is more expensive to produce than oil based gasoline and the price will reflect that increased cost of production.”
Research shows alternatives to high-priced fuel
“Gas prices are
skyrocketing due to
speculation period.
There is no shortage
of gasoline.”Robert Bruck. professor of plant
pathology
Nuclear facts:• 104 plants operative
• mean plant load: 90 percent capacity
• 20 percent of all domestic power generation
• 104 plants operative Source: u.S. energy InformatIon
admInIStratIon, 2009 annual energy revIew, eIa.doe.gov
How Nuclear fissioN works:In the reactor a particles called neutrons reacts with the nuclei of uranium 235 and causes them to split.this sequence of events releases energy in the form of heat, which is used to produce steam, which is used to turn turbines of generators to produce electricity
Source: dr. ayam HawarI, profeSSor and dIrector of nuclear reactor
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DefiNitioNs• Biodiesel: any hydrocarbon that is derived from biological material. One of the
most useful of biological fuels is vegetable oil. through a very easy conversion process you could turn that into biodiesel. corn, sugarcane and switch grass can all be converted into ethanol but at a high expense.”
• Fossil fuels [are] hundreds of millions of years old created by the death of hundreds of billions of organism. temperature and pressure make these fossil fuels such as oil, coal and gas.”
Source: robert bruck, profeSSor of plant patHology,
“Nuclear reactors
release no
greenhouse gasses.
You can also
rely on them to
produce according
to demand ”Ayman Hawari, director of the
nuclear reactor program
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alex sanchez/TechnicianJunior pitcher Jade Hennig delivers a pitch in the final inning of the game against UNCG Wednesday at Curtis and Jacqueline Dail stadium. Hennig and freshman pitcher Katie Cox allowed no runs in the 9-0 victory.
erything starts to fall back in place.”
Ogburn pitched well for the Pack in relief of junior starter Josh Easley, giv-ing the Pack a chance to get back in the game and eventually take the win. He has continued to prove his versatil-ity as both a starter and relief pitch-er through-out the sea-son as he put in four innings of work, a l-lowing one r u n o n three hits and strik-ing out four.
“I wanted to pound the strike zone… I knew that our bats [would] get going,” Ogburn said. “I had really good command today. I was able to stay in the zone with all three of my pitches.”
Northwestern took an early 1-0 lead on a pair of doubles in the first and ex-tended its lead in the third. A pair of walks put runners on first and second when Chris Kontos hit an RBI double to add one more for Northwestern. With run-
ners on first and third, Easley walked the bases loaded and plunked the next batter to give the Cats a 3-0 lead.
Easley worked only three in-nings allowing three runs on the day. He only gave up three hits but ran into some control issues walking four and hitting another batter.
After Bergquist led the third inning off with a double and eventually came around to score on a wild pitch to tie the
game, the Pack added three more to take the lead in the fourth. With run-ners on first and second, sophomore infield-e r C h r i s Diaz came through with a two-out double to t ie the
game. Bergquist drove in Diaz with a single of his own and put the Pack on top 4-3.
However, the lead was short lived as the Wildcats’ first bat-ter in the fifth hit a homerun to tie the game at four runs apiece. After a single, a walk and a passed ball, Northwest-ern took a 5-4 lead on an RBI groundout.
State tied the game in the seventh on three consecu-tive singles to make it 5-5 and took the lead for good in the eighth, which was highlighted
by Ciencin’s double. The mo-mentum was in State’s favor as it loaded the bases with no one out until junior outfielder John Gianis lined a ball off the pitch-er who somehow recovered to start a 1-2-5 double play. With two outs and runners on first and second,Ciencin ripped an RBI double to give the Pack a 6-5 edge.
The Pack added some insur-ance in the eighth when junior catcher Pratt Maynard lifted a towering fly ball directly over the infield that dropped in be-tween everyone. The pitcher was charged with an error and State scored two more to make it 8-5. Northwestern made it interesting in the final frame scoring two but junior relief pitcher Grant Sasser came in, earning his fourth save of the season.
The Pack will face a Clemson team this weekend that ranks 15th in the country and needs to bounce back from a 1-5 start in the ACC. For a team that has been struggling this year rela-tive to their expectations, it will look to build confidence with these two wins heading into the series this weekend.
“I don’t think we played per-fect but we won,” head coach Elliott Avent said. “To get two wins in the middle of the week is outstanding”
The Pack returns to Doak Field at Dail Park against the Clemson Tigers Friday at 6:30 for the first game of the week-end series.
don’t really think it mattered, but we did capitalize on it.”
Alyssa Allbritten, fellow Flo-ridian and battery mate, added to her teammate’s thoughts and said the errors did not make a powerful enough impact to truly change the outcome of the games.
“Any time you can take ad-vantage of errors, you take ad-vantage of them,” Allbritten, a senior, said. “In the second game, we saw the pitches well
and hit the ball well. That helps no matter what.”
Allbritten, who hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the third in the latter contest, said finding a way to stay above the .500 mark was a definite goal for the team.
“We’re very confident to be above .500,” Allbritten said. “That’s one thing we always want to stay away from.”
Head coach Lisa Navas said she is thrilled for Allbritten to hit the homer, but never doubt-ed it would eventually happen after watching her do the same thing in practice several times.
“She’s been an amazing kid for us,” Navas said. “She took over the number three spot from day one and ran with it. They called a pitch on her a little high for strike one and she just went after the next one. She does that in practice all the time.”
For State, play will continue with a weekend road trip to play the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. The three-game ACC series will begin Saturday at 1 p.m. from Atlanta, GA and conclude after a noon contest Sunday.
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Women’s tennis falls to North CarolinaThe women’s tennis team, 10-3(1-2 in ACC), dropped its match against the No. 3 ranked Tar Heels Wednesday by a score of 5-2. Freshmen Joelle Kissell and Christy Sipes picked up the singles win for the Pack, but their effort was not enough to knock off the Heels. Sandhya Nagaraj, Sanaa Bhambri and Tatiana Illova rounded out the team for the Pack, however no player was able to break through and pick up a win against Carolina.
Source: N. c. State athleticS
Walk-on tryout scheduled for men’s soccerThe men’s soccer team is planning on holding an open walk-on tryout Monday, April 4, at 3 p.m. at the Method Road Soccer stadium. The tryout is open to any N.C. State student, the student just needs to register before hand with Ronnie Bouemboue at [email protected] and take a physical and sickle cell test at the Student Health Center. In the e-mail, list your full name, student ID number and date of birth.
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Campus Rec looking for summer and fall employeesCampus Recreation is looking for both summer and fall semester students to work in all different positions available including fitness monitor, group fitness instructor, club sports supervisor, special events administration and personal fitness trainer. All applications are due by Wednesday, April 6, by 2 p.m. at the Campus Rec office.
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Quote of the day“You can’t go out there and
play uptight, so you can’t prac-tice uptight.”Linebacker Nate Irving
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Pack players return for pro dayIrving, Williams and Spencer showcase their skills for NFL scouts.
Cory SmithDeputy Sports Editor
Pro day is always a special day for college players who are moving to the next level, and this year’s pro day for the Wolfpack was no excep-tion.
Scouts, reporters and photographers were out on the practice fields at Carter-Finley Stadium Wednesday morning to catch one last glimpse of several N.C. State players just before the NFL Draft.
Former Pack wide receiver Owen Spencer said the pro day event was a mo-ment he had been waiting for since his arrival at the Uni-versity.
“I came out here four years ago as a freshman and didn’t even know what it was,” Spen-cer said. “Scouts were out here with all these differ-ent colored jackets - Colts, Broncos, Patriots - all of the teams. But I had to mature myself and wait for that day to come and it was here to-day. “
The class that graduated this year was one of the best in recent history for the Pack. Finishing with a 9-4 record and winning the Champs Sports Bowl was something that hadn’t been achieved since the Phillip Rivers era.
This senior class was also the first class to graduate af-
ter serving a full four years un-der head coach Tom O’Brien. The team went through a lot of ups and downs over the years, but finished strong.
Spencer said he feels good about where the program was headed after his class gradu-ated, and thinks the team is moving in the right direction.
“We did well,” Spencer said. “We are on the rise from pre-vious seasons. I believe the senior class left the school in good hands.”
Besides pro day, players have several other opportunities to train for the NFL Draft. Some players practiced with outside organizations, and some prac-ticed with other NFL players and showcased their skills at the Combine or their Univer-sity’s pro day.
Jarvis Wil-liams chose the route of training with current NFL players and traveled down to Florida, his home state, to learn from
some of the game’s elite play-ers such as Ike Taylor, Javon Walker, Toney Carter, Ricar-doCoulogh and Myron Rolle.
“A bunch of NFL players were out there just getting after it, teaching me this and that,” Williams said. “Defensive backs telling me don’t do this and that. Javon Walker was on my butt about pushing hard and grinding through routes.”
While several Pack players auditioned in front of NFL scouts, former linebacker Nate Irving was the story of the day. After a treacherous wreck in 2009, Irving returned in 2010 with one of his best seasons for State and was a finalist for the Brian Piccolo Award.
Irving said coaches were well
aware of his story and that they have spoken with him a lot about the incident.
“That was the main focus at the Senior Bowl,” Irving said. “My accident was the first thing they talked about. I am a hard worker and do what I can to get back on the field and stay on the field. I can play football and produce for the team.”
Despite the pressure of try-ing out for scouts and the Draft looming in just over a month, Spencer said he was happy to see the old Nate Irving he knew in college: happy and joking around with other players.
“I was proud to see Nate get out there and be himself out there,” Spencer said. “Crack-ing jokes, smiling a little bit, because it hasn’t been all smiles for the past year for him. We are blessed to have him here and I am sure he is blessed to be here to.”
With the pro day being the final time the players would take the field at Carter-Finley, Irving said all he wanted to do was have fun.
“Football is just fun,” Irving said. “You can’t go out there and play uptight, so you can’t practice uptight. You go out there and just have fun.”
coNtributed by ethaN hymaN/NewS & obServerN.C. State’s Nate Irving works out during N.C. State’s pro day Wednesday, in Raleigh.
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breNt kitcheN/techNiciaNJunior catcher Pratt Maynard blocks the plate from Northwestern’s Chris Kontos Wednesday. 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.
State beat Wildcats for the second dayState drops Northwestern in a close one.
Jeff GonzaStaff Writer
N.C. State defeated the Northwestern Wildcats (5-12) for the second time in two days by a score of 8-7 Wednesday afternoon. The Pack improved to 12-10 on the season in a close, back and forth game.
Junior third baseman
and captain Andrew Ciencin led the offense with two hits and most notably a clutch two out RBI double that gave the Pack the final lead in the eighth. Sophomore infielder MattBergquist also collected two hits on the day, knocked in a run and scored two. Soph-omore pitcher Ethan Ogburn gave State a spark out of their bullpen picking up his second victory of the season.
Ciencin’s double for the Pack was a big one, as they’ve strug-
gled offensively throughout most of the year, especially in clutch, two-out situa-tions. Despite the strug-gles, Wolfpack remains confident and will look to build some confidence from today’s performance.
“I think aggressiveness and confidence will take over,” Ciencin said. “Once you start competing and playing hard every day, ev-
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Softball
Softball lights up Spartans
for pair of victoriesState gets to 15-12 after 17 run two-game outing.
Sean FairholmStaff Writer
On a gorgeous, sun-splashed afternoon at Dail Stadium, the Wolfpack, 15-12, capitalized on a handful of Greensboro errors with timely hitting to take down the Spartans, 11 -14 , i n consecutive games. The f irst contest was an 8-5 win that fea-t u red fou r r u n s f rom State to take the lead in the bottom of the sixth, while the evening match was a 9-0 shut-out called after five innings.
Kayla Cox, a freshman from Riverview, Fla., was one of the stars of the day for N.C. State. Her four inning, one hit, one walk performance made sure the second game never got too close for comfort.
“It was pretty good,” Cox said. “I just have to shorten the walks and the hit batters a little bit, but other than that it was
pretty good.”Cox came on in relief at the
end of the first game to shut down the Spartans and to pre-serve a three-run lead. At the end of the day, Cox said she looks forward to helping con-tinue the team’s winning ways.
“I’m just excited for us to keep going,” Cox said.
One of the main themes on the day was errors by both squads. In the f irst contest, State lost its 2-0 lead in the top of t he fourth after making three errors that led to three
Greensboro runs. Later in the game, the Spartans made a critical error that helped the Pack take control of the game by earning four runs on four singles. Although errors played a role in both of the contests, Cox said that the team’s hitting was clutch nonetheless.
“We took advantage of them a little bit, but most of our hits were in the gaps,” Cox said. “I
“I just have to
shorten the walks
and the hit batters
a little bit, but
other than that it
was pretty good.”freshman pitcher Kayla Cox
wolfpack pro day resultsPlayer Vertical
Leap
Broad
Jump
Bench Press Reps at
225 lbs.
40 Time
David Akinniyi
35” 9’8” 18 4.72
Audi Augustin
30.5” 9’1” 21 4.8
Josh Czajkowski
n/a n/a 17 5.06
Nate Irving 32.5” 8’11” 27 4.65
Natanu Mageo
32.5” 7’11” 27 5.09
Owen Spencer
n/a n/a 7 4.5
Jake Vermiglio
28.5” 7’6” 23 5.3
Jarvis Williams
33” 10’ 7 4.86
athletic schedule
FridayTrACk AT rAleIgh relAySRaleigh, N.C., all day
TrACk AT STANfOrD INVITATIONAlPalo Alto, Calif., all day
BASeBAll VS. CleMSONDoak Field, 6:30 p.m.
SaturdayTrACk AT rAleIgh relAySRaleigh, N.C., all day
TrACk AT STANfOrD INVITATIONAlPalo Alto, Calif., all day
BASeBAll VS. CleMSONDoak Field, 6:30 p.m.
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“We are on the
rise from
previous seasons.”wide receiver, Owen Spencer
