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Senate wants hike to bene� t UniversityStudent Senate discusses tuition hike, student input on issues

Amber KenneyDeputy News Editor

Student Senate held their bi-weekly meet-ing Wednesday and discussed a proposition to alter the way the funds from the tuition hike will be distributed as well as the need for student input.

Senators from the Tuition and Fee’s com-mittee brought up the discussion of a $200 tax that will be added to tuition next year. Elmo Lamm, student body treasurer, said he wanted to see more student input on fi ght-ing the fee increase.

“The number one issue in fi ghting this is communicating with students,” Lamm said. “If [students] knew the details, they would be outraged.”

The $200 increase is state mandated, and none of the money will be returned to the University, said Jake Bloodworth, the Tu-ition and Fee’s Committee chair. “We are not happy about this,” he said. “We want to fi ght to be able to use part of the money to help better the University.”

The ideal situation would be for the $200 dollars to be split so $100 would go to the state, and $100 would be put back into the budgets of the colleges that took the great-est hits from budget-cuts, Bloodworth said. Bloodworth said senators are working on the publicity and visibility of the issue.

According to Lamm, Student Govern-ment will increase use of “The Howl” e-mail system to get all students on the same page about this issue.

“The second issue surrounding the in-

crease is how to fi ght it,” he said. Students are not only encouraged to speak to student senators about their concerns, but to take them directly to state senators as well, he said.

As well as pushing for student involve-ment on pertinent issues, Student Senate is working to improve the current student experience on campus.

The University Affairs Committee is using

student opinions to address issues including the mandatory, hard-waiver student health-care policy, dining facility overcrowding,

Police aim to reduce noise complaints through tough action

James CoxStaff Writer

Raleigh Police offi cers now have the ability to write civil citations for noise and party violations.

Jim Sherue, the public information offi cer for the Raleigh Police Depart-ment, said those accused are then left to choose either to pay a fi ne or chal-lenge the charge.

“People have the option of paying the fi ne or appealing the violation,” Sherue said.

Sherue warned officers can still write criminal citations if they deem necessary, but for the most part, civil citations will be the new norm for noise and party violations. In fact, Sherue said there are still a handful of offi cers not trained on writing the civil violations even though the ordi-nance creating the civil citation was enacted on July 1.

According to Chapter 5, section 12-5001 through -5011 of the Raleigh Municipal Code, between the hours of 11 p.m. and 7 a.m., the volume of noise emitting from a residence can-not exceed 45 decibels.

The civil penalty for breaking this ordinance is a $100 fi ne to be paid by any person violating the ordinance. However, if criminal penalties are deemed necessary then the person deemed guilty of the misdemeanor can either be held for 30 days in jail, or be fi ned $500.

Even if the party you are at is subject to a visit by the police, the offi cers will use their discretion to either warn the party to turn the music down, dole out civil citations or press criminal charges, according to Sherue.

“Contrary to popular belief, police don’t exist to write tickets,” Sherue said. “What we are going for is vol-untary compliance.”

Jason Hibbets is the organizer of the

Lineberry Alliance, a collection of dif-ferent home owners associations in the Raleigh area.

Hibbets, an alumna, said he wel-comes the Noise and Party Ordinance and is working to help college students understand what they mean.

“Some of this stuff I would have loved to have known [when I was in

college],” he said, “rather than have to fi nd out by a police offi cer knocking on my door at 1 a.m.”

He said the ordinance is some-thing everyone seems to be con-fused about.

“Initially concerns were about

University leaders say $200 student tuition increase should benefi t students not the government

Joanna Banegas Staff Writer

The Tuition Review Advisory Com-mittee met Wednesday to discuss whether it should increase the under-graduate tuition for next year.

Every year, the committee meets to discuss the Campus Initi-ated Tuition In-crease. It looks at the undergradu-ate tuition from the past year and decides whether to recommend an increase in tuition.

The tuit ion money is gen-erated through fi nancial aid, faculty promotion and quality and accessibility.

This year the state legislature passed a law mandating that tuition will in-crease by $200 for every undergradu-ate student on campus.

Student Body President Jim Ceresnak said the General Assembly mandated the increase to offset the

cost of attending the University, and half of which is used for improving services and fi nancial aid.

“CITI put together a proposal to ar-gue that it’s better for the University to have a tuition increase to benefi t the campus and students than it is to have a $200 tax on students that does nothing to improve the University,” Ceresnak said.

Student Senate President Kelli Rog-ers said the General Assembly man-dated the $200 increase with none of

the money going to the Univer-sity because they wanted to bal-ance the state’s budget.

“This commit-tee is working on presenting an al-ternative to that $ 200 increase where a portion of that can come back to the Uni-

versity,” Rogers said. Rogers said the University budget

cuts were seen in the classroom as well advising sessions.

“The cut was only 3 percent, a small fraction of an overall teaching effort.

Noise ordinance violations pile up

MEREDITH FAGGART/TECHNICIAN FILE PHOTOGreg Bennett, a junior in mechanical engineering, plays water pong with his friends.

NETTIE FISHER/TECHNICIANAt the Student Senate meeting, Stephen Kouba, junior in political science, listens as guest speaker Mat Burke, the Associate Vice Presi-dent of Government Operations and Community Service gives a presentation on marketing strategies.

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Committee aims to make tuition hike work for students

“My top priority is to do as much as we can to restore classes and

services lost to budget cuts.”

Student Body President Jim Ceresnak

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CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONSTuesday’s page 1 story, “Few organizations fi le for funds,” reported the incorrect deadline for appropriations fi ling. The fi nal day to submit requests is Sept. 15.

In Wednesday’s page 7 story, “Security tightens to keep game attendees safe,” Carter-Finley Stadium was said to hold 15,000 fans. The stadium has a capacity of 55,571.

In the same story, C. Richard Vaughn Towers was misspelled and the Raleigh Police Department was mistakenly listed as the law enforcement agency responsible for football game security. Campus Police is responsible for game security.

Technician regrets these errors.

Send all clarifi cations and corrections to Editor-in-Chief Ty Johnson at editor@technicianonline.com.

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IN THE KNOW Black community joins together to � ght disease

On September 19, the sociology department will hold a health education-training workshop for Af-rican-American students.

The workshop will focus on preventing and fi ghting the HIV and aids epidemic in the Black community.

All African-American men and women, 18 years or older, who attend the event will receive $20.

For further information, students should e-mail NC-SUhealthproject@gmail.com.

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Faculty member shows musical talents

Dr. Jonathan Kramer, a mu-sic faculty member, is joining with Arts Now! to put on a concert featuring music from around the world.

Kramer, who has performed with the Tucson Symphony, the San Francisco Opera and Ballet, and the North Caroli-na Symphony, will be playing pieces composed by both Ko-rean and American composers.

The concert will be held on Thursday, August 10, at 7 p.m. in the Talley Student Center Ballroom.

SOURCE: NCSU.EDU

Leslie Robertson visits Raleigh

Leslie Robertson, the world-renowned structural engineer, will be speaking to community members about his experiences and new-age architecture.

Robertson, who was the chief structural engineer of the for-mer World Trade Center, has redefi ned high-rise engineer-ing, and will be discussing

the relationship between structural engineers and architects.

The speech will be held on September 14, at Raleigh Little Theatre. Students can pick up free tickets in the main offi ce of Mann Hall.

SOURCE: NCSU.EDU

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Horse patrols Brickyard

Walking through the Brickyard, Shawnette Jenkins, a junior in communication, takes a look at Bebe, a Campus Police horse, while heading to class Wednesday. “I was really surprised, I’ve never seen a horse on campus before,” Jenkins said. Campus Police have two horses and patrol all across campus. “I think they should have more–horses

can go a lot of places cars can’t,” Jenkins said.

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and improvements to trans-portation, said Stephen Kuba, the chair of the Uni-versity Affairs Committee.

The Campus Community Committee is reviewing student ticketing for foot-ball games and is making necessary changes, as well as making Student Govern-ment more tangible for stu-dents, according to Arialle Crabtree, the chair of the committee.

“We are working on in-creasing student-senator interactions,” Crabtree said. “It will be a benefi cial relationship for both parties

involved.” The Campus Community

Committee is working on putting together a Student Government tailgate for stu-dents, getting a team of senate volunteers to be at large events, including the Shack-A-Thon, and attending student group meetings across campus to improve communication be-tween students and govern-ment, Crabtree said.

“In order to be heard, stu-dents can always contact sena-tors through e-mail, coming to the offi ce, and attending open committee meetings,” Kuba said.

neighborhoods that were get-ting out of control,” Hibbets said.

Sherue said the switch to civil citations will be used to better fi gure out where problems ar-eas are.

Hibbets said he and his fam-ily just want to have a high quality of life, and the noise ordinances are helping in that desire.

In an e-mail to members of the Lineberry Alliance dated Aug. 17, 2009, Hibbets said he was told by Raleigh Police there were nine party violations in the weekend of Aug. 14-16 and the biggest nuisance parties

were on Voyager and in Trail-wood Hills.

Student Body President Jim Ceresnak urged students to avoid situations which could potentially lead to them get-ting a ticket.

“Students are going to have a good time, students are go-ing to party,” he said. “You’ve got to be responsible and try and avoid situations where you could potentially be issued a ticket of that sort.”

Ceresnak, a senior in politi-cal science, said he felt the po-lice are well within their right to punish those who break the law.

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But it will affect students’ graduation and obviously a tuition increase can’t make up for that,” Rogers said.

The University spent more than $5 million on seats and sections in the past year and cut 300 class sessions, which means 9,750 fewer seats.

“Whether there is a tu-ition increase at the Univer-sity or not, only a portion of that goes to improving the academic experience of students.” Ceresnak said the committee hopes the

economy improves.Ceresnak also said, “My top

priority is to do as much as we can to restore classes and ser-vices lost to budget cuts.”

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With competition to get into college increasing, the University is keeping enrollment steady

Alanna HowardCorrespondent

As the economy tries to re-cover, many colleges are expe-riencing an increase in appli-cants. University admissions assures students numbers stay fi xed, as the University meets enrollment goals yet provides for student achievement.

College education has in-creased in priority over the years, yet the Director of Undergraduate Admissions, Thomas Griffin, said acceptance numbers are stay ing the same. “The numbers be-tween 2008 and 2009 are roughly the same, w ith the small dif-ference at-tributing to extenuating circumstances such as student retention,” Griffi n said.

This fall, the number of freshman applicants the Uni-versity received was 18,401, with 4,644 admitted, compared to 17,685 applications in 2008 with 4,692 admitted.

“The number of applications has defi nitely increased,” Grif-fi n said. He said continued rec-ognition as (NC State) being the place to go has infl uenced more applications.

Melody Harkness, a fresh-man in First Year College, said too many students could be an issue if they affect one-on-one

attention for students. “I think too many enrolled students could affect each individual student’s success” she said.

Griffi n said this is not an is-sue; the University has a target enrollment that stays regular for years at a time, assuring one year enrollment does not offset capacity.

“The University’s prelimi-nary numbers for enrollment can change based on student retention, but overall the tar-get number does not increase,” Griffi n said.

Griffin said an increase in applicants paired with hold-ing enrollment steady creates tougher competition. In 2009

the University had an ad-missions rate of 56 percent, compared to 59 percent in 2008, which Griff in said brings more capable stu-dents on cam-pus.

“ We c a n accept high-er-caliber

students when more apply,” he said. “Tougher competition benefi ts everyone.”

Some out-of-state students like Danny Harris, a fresh-man from Illinois majoring in engineering, said he applied to schools at home and in North Carolina but he received more money from NC State and and it has a better engineer-ing school than his choices at home. “It was cheaper to go here and just as easy to apply as a school such as the University of Illinois,” Harris said. “I love it here, except when I can’t go home as easily as most every-

one else.”College Board, the orga-

nization in charge of SAT and AP testing, released a press release in 2008 re-garding the United States’ world standing. Gaston Caperton, president of the College Board, mentioned how as a country the Unit-ed States has lost ground in the educational drive. A College Board panel presented an argument to Capitol Hill discussing the country’s entire educational makeup. The report noted the decline of educational attainment among 25-34 year olds.

“A nation’s success lies largely on the quality of its human resources. Without well educated citizens, we will struggle economically and socially,” he said.

The University is doing its best to make education accessible to everyone, Grif-fi n said. “The University is a land grant facility whose purpose is to extend educa-tion out to all people, espe-cially North Carolina citi-zens. The key to economic stability and an overall bet-ter life is education, and we are doing our best to pro-vide that,” he said.

Griffi n said the best way to advertise for the Univer-sity is “word of mouth.” He said, “we do some of our best advertising by students telling other students or their friends about the great experiences they are having here at N.C. State. Our best recruiters are our current students.”

Admissions are stable

“Without well educated citizens, we will struggle economically and socially.”

Gaston Caperton, president of the College Board

RECOMMENDATIONS:The fi nal recommendations of the Tuition Advisory Committee must be sent to the chancellor by the fi rst week of October 2009.

From there it is passed through the NCSU Board of Trustees. The recommendation is then sent to the UNC System Board of Governors to oversee it, then it will be passed to N.C General Assembly.

SOURCE: CHANCELLOR’S OFFICE

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{ }Our view

With only five days left before the final deadline for filing

for appropriations funds from Student Government, only two organizations have com-pletely finished the application process.

This ridiculous situation seems like something from “The Twilight Zone” — students are passing up on the opportunity to get money that comes entirely from fees they pay to the University?

Student fees fund the appropriations process — this means that students have an opportunity to get some of their money back and help finance student organizations and groups that they enjoy. Filing early may result in the

organization receiving more money. Why aren’t student groups swarming the Student Government offices and requesting money?

There are problems and hassles associated with filing at the deadline. Student leaders may be unprepared to deal with the interview process for the appropriations process or turn in receipts past deadline, making it difficult to appropriate and reimburse funds properly. Moreover, student groups that turn in the application paperwork early tend to get more money than they would receive if they had filed closer to the deadline.

As both Student Senate President pro tempore Jackie Smith and Student Senate President Kelli Rogers said, information about the application process can be a hurdle for organizations looking to receive appropriations funds, particularly for organizations with new leaders who have little knowledge about the process.

But the information is available — students can get in direct contact with Student Government leaders, attend help sessions on campus or find the information from various online sources,

including the student organization listserv and the Student Government Web site. The lack of information should not be an obstacle for student groups to apply for funds.

The bottom line is simple: you can get some of your fee money back to help pay for a club or organization that supports one of your hobbies, interests, studies or passions. And the earlier your file your application, the better chance you stand of getting more money.

What are all these student groups waiting for?

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.

Go get your money’s worthThe FacTs:With the Sept. 15 deadline for filing for appropriations funds, only four student organizations have completed the application process.

Our OpiniOn:This is a rare chance for students to get their fees back and use it to help finance many of the organizations they belong to — they need to seize the opportunity and request these funds before it’s too late.

Tailgating is the best medicine.

Mack Garrison, senior in art and design

The time I went crazyBack when I was a

young lad, I remem-ber my teachers say-

ing that everyone’s brain worked a little differently. At the time, I thought this was a way to make the unin-telligent students feel a little

better about their incom-petence.

N o w , I tend to think of it more in terms of Rus-sel l Crow’s schizo-phrenic character

from “A Beautiful Mind.” Some of us see words; others see brilliant patterns (I’m not going to try and make a judgment as to which is better).

Maybe I have some form of early-onset madness — most people would prob-ably affirm this — but I was definitely having a John Nash moment while I read Saturday’s New York Times.

The front page of the business section presented a story on the ballooning teenage-unemployment rate and another covering the rising cost of college. Like a dazzling spark of lighting, the solution to both prob-lems struck me.

Teenage unemployment is at an all-time high of 25.5 percent and the sala-ries of administrators, who in many cases vastly out-number the teaching and research faculty, are bur-dening college campuses (not to discount the other problems, of course).

The logical solution is to replace the overpaid and redundant administrators

(at least at Chapel Hill, and probably here as well) with college students who are will-ing to perform those jobs at a fraction of the cost. This would lower the University’s costs and reduce the financial burden on students (through employment and lower tuition costs).

N.C. State’s campus is brim-ming with a gigantic pool of out-of-work talent. Why not use that resource to its fullest advantage?

This campus offers just about every major imaginable — I refuse to be convinced that it doesn’t have qualified workers for almost every possible non-teaching position.

I don’t want to start sound-ing like a utopian socialist (the words burned my lips as I ut-tered them), but can you imag-ine that commune.

Graduate students are advis-ing undergrads on their classes; finance majors practice their skills by handling the Univer-sity’s assets (under faculty su-pervision); turf management students learn on this massive campus instead of in a class-room; engineers and design students spend their classes designing the campus of the future instead of working with hypothetical models.

This sort of concept would transcend a bastardly utopia; we could create real learning and send students forth with some semblance of practical knowledge to exert on real-life situations.

All the while, newly redun-dant administrative positions would wither away.

It’s not to say that some ad-ministrators on this campus don’t serve vital missions. Some administrators enable and create learning moments in a way that a student never

could.The problem, though, lies

in the fact that the Univer-sity is under siege by a vi-cious economy. It may be loosening its death hold, but it’s certainly still in our midst (and most likely will be for quite some time).

The American university system requires revolution-ary changes, and they need to happen sooner rather than later. A student up-heaval may be a little ex-treme — we’re not neces-sarily going for shock and awe here. But the system must change.

The article by Ron Lieber in Saturday’s New York Times proposed cutting departments or majors (which would in turn slash administrators — kudos to the College of Design), in-creasing faculty productiv-ity and offering a three-year format.

It’s not to say that any of these are necessarily THE FIX. But this is the sort of outside the box thinking that NCSU and other uni-versities across the country will need if they expect to remain the envy of the world.

We all need to work, students, faculty and staff alike, to find real solutions to the problems we’re facing — otherwise we’ll be losing our minds and universities.

S e n d Ru sse l l yo ur thoughts on restructuring administrative positions to letters@technicianonline.com.

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In defense of Red TerrorAs the Student Government

official that has organized Red Terror this year, I want to address several things mentioned in yesterday’s Viewpoint about Red Terror.

First, the bus company (First Transit) invoices Student Government on a fixed hourly rate from when the bus leaves the yard to when it returns to the yard, regardless of if the bus is in service. So providing a continuously operating bus is no more expensive than not providing the service. We decided to have one bus continuously operate because there were some students who wanted to return to campus after kickoff. For example, if a student does not have their ticket scanned within fifteen minutes after kickoff, their ticket is voided and opened for the standby line. If these students decide to return to campus, they will be able to ride Red Terror back. As the Viewpoint article said, these changes are being made to benefit the students and we will continually make adjustments to Red Terror to provide the best possible service.

Tim Lipka,senior, political science

Sustainability a worthy campus cause

The editorial “What is sustainability’s piece of pie?” draws generalized conclusions that miss a large potential for enhancing campus sustainability. 53 percent of campus greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions come from electricity purchased from utilities. Emissions from electricity consumption are portrayed as indirect in said article, but these emissions are not so indirect. Progress Energy supplies this energy as a result of demand. If N.C. State did not demand as much energy, Progress Energy would produce less electricity. GHG emissions would therefore be reduced. The editorial points out areas where efficiency gains are possible (heating, cooling and lighting) yet claims that the remainder of GHG emissions is unavoidable. Clearly if the University installs more LED lighting and refines heating and cooling protocols, GHG emissions will be reduced.

The editorial suggests that the Office of Sustainability is now irrelevant since the University has successfully reduced direct GHG emissions to the best of its ability. This was based on their definition of indirect. But how do the editors

make this assessment when the 2008 GHG Inventory is the first time an inventory has been conducted? The editors correctly identify this statement as opinion, but falsely insinuate that it is based on evidence. Furthermore, the Office of Sustainability does more than catalog GHG emissions. Campus sustainability involves a multiplicity of aims from reducing water waste to increasing recycling. The Office of Sustainability serves as a crux of coordination, information, and participation for these ongoing projects.

Jesse Hendersongraduate student, natural resources

Campus Police proud to keep fans safe

While the article on Wednesday concerning security at home football games was well written, the sub-headline and reference to Raleigh Police and the identification of an Campus Police Lieutenant as a Raleigh Police Officer did a disservice to the men and women of Campus Police. While Campus Police appreciates the assistance and work of the Raleigh Police Department, the responsibility for the planning, staffing, coordination, supervision,and even insuring officers are paid rests with the members of Campus Police

Security for a home football, and especially one like last Thursday night’s ESPN opener represents a challenge for both the police department and the athletic staff. With all of our games sellouts, the NC State Police department have to plan for the attendance by some 60,000 fans, who flood area parking lots with over 15,000 cars. Campus Police employs members of the Raleigh Police Department, the Wake County Sheriff’s Department, and Wake County City-County Bureau of Investigation to assist us in providing police/security services for our home football games. Depending upon the time of day and opponent, 80 to 110 police officers will be working at least some aspect of security inside and outside the stadium in an effort to provide a safe environment for our fans. These officers are supervised by, and responsible to, Campus Police

Home football games are fun and a source of pride for the Wolfpack nation, and members of Campus Police are proud to be a part.

Chief Tom YounceCampus Police

EDITOR’S NOTELetters to the editor are the individual opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Technician staff or N.C. State University. All writers must include their full names and, if applicable, their affiliations, including years and majors for students and professional titles for University employees. For verification purposes, the writers must also include their phone numbers, which will not be published.

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Should students be allowed to hold certain

administrative positions at the University? Why

or why not?

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“Sure. It will help get students’ points across and help make changes easier and faster. “

Ashley Myersfreshman, poultry science

“I don’t think it’s such a good idea. Students are here for school and it’s too much added responsibility. It’s too much for one person to handle.”

Chi Leesophomore, biomedical engineering

“I don’t think they should have a primary role, but maybe an assisting role. Upperclassmen have experience with the system and they can help share that.”

Kris Hooverjunior, statistics

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Electrical engineering is more interdisciplinary than some may thin

Gomathinayagam BalasubramanianCorrespondent

N.C. State is known for many academic excellences, among which falls the College of Engineering. According to U.S. News and World Report, NCSU’s engineering program is ranked 31st in the nation.

Beneath the engineering umbrella there is aerospace, civil, mechanical, nuclear, electri-cal and several more, giving students a total of 18 different bachelor degrees, 17 master’s degrees, and 13 doctoral degrees to choose from. In addition to the diversity of majors, there are concentrations within each major like microelectronics, telecommunications, networking, communication, signal process-ing and computer architecture, which are only to name a few.

Why electrical engineering?At NCSU there are many supporting student

programs for engineers such as IEEE, a global professional association promoting technol-ogy, Electrical and Computer Engineering Graduate Student Association (ECE GSA) and Eta Kappa Nu, an honor society for elec-trical and computer engineers. These groups provide not only education but an enriched atmosphere for learning, which includes com-munity and opportunity.

Electrical engineers also have an advantage at NCSU because there is room to advance into deeper areas of study with both a gradu-ate and a PH.D program. There are many perks to getting more than a four year degree. One is the increased knowledge on a subject and another is something a bit more concrete.

“A master’s degree will bring definite mon-etary success in a career when compared to a Baccalaureate degree,” Director of Graduate Programs Joel Trussell said.

Currently, there are over 580 graduate stu-dents pursuing their master’s degrees in elec-trical engineering. Trussell used to survey stu-dents on what helped them choose NCSU and he found that the largest factor was word of

mouth or references, second was the school’s ranking and the third and least determining factor was location.

Students have praise for the program and the classes that they take. Vijay Shanmuga-sundaram, a graduate student in electrical engineering said, “Most of the projects that we do are practical oriented and it is veritably interesting.” Shanmugasundaram also spoke on the many fields of research in computer architecture, nano and power electronics.

“[All the fields of research] give us a wide scope in our career search because it opens up availability of the global job market, which has beneficial pay,” he said.

What’s happening in the electrical world?The size of the first computer nearly took

up an entire room, but thanks to electrical engineers phones, laptops and media play-ers are now sized for human hands. When thinking about all the functions these gad-gets perform it is hard to imagine them all encapsulated into the ounces of material that usually constitute their designs. With circuit designers striving harder to make their de-signs faster and more compact the question is, what’s next?

Communication has advanced leaps and bounds over the years and is probably at a point where even more progress can be made. One thing made possible by electrical engi-neers is the minimal delay, noise and distor-tion on phones and Web cams.

Another advancement and area of pro-gression is the ability to transfer data. A few decades back, computers were networked manually. Transferring data from one entity to another required human intervention by physically carrying data over magnetic tapes. Of course today we use a mouse and a key-board in conjunction with USB cables and flash drives.

Kasturirangan Parthasarathy, a graduate student in electrical engineering with a con-cetration in networking said, “The Internet is the by-product of marvelous minds and one of the best advancements is that of wireless networking.” In the face of so many options within wireless networking like Bluetooth,

Parthasarathy said, “I’m pretty excited about working in this field. ”

Projects :Research is going on in almost all fields in

NCSU. Some projects include work on high speed devices, which are built save power and enhance battery life for things like cell phones.

Though electrical engineering may seem specific to wires and signals, a product de-veloped by electrical engineers will incor-

porate many other disciplines. For instance, production of a GPS unit involves hardware design, signal processing and networking. In summary, electrical engineering is truly interdisciplinary, especially in the realm of consumer products. Electrical engineers must work closely with others, like industrial de-signers for example, in order for technologic performance to match the devices form func-tion.

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ElEctrical EnginEEring facts:Computer architecture is the conceptual design and fundamental operational structure of a computer system. It focuses largely on the way by which the Central Processing Unit(CPU) performs internally and accesses addresses in memory. Computer architecture engineers are more algorithm/program oriented people and they interconnect hardware components

to create computers that meet functional, performance and cost goals.

According to Dr. Trussell,”Engineering is in better shape than any other non technical fields at this point of time. A large number of reputed companies are hiring most of our students for summer co-ops as well as full time position even in this situation which is quite different from other non-technical fields”.

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In the wild, packs form for the benefit of all members, according to wolfcountry.net. The community is mutually advantageous, whether for the raising of pups or fending off or attacking larger animals.

In terms of campus life, joining a sorority is useful. There are social advantages for each and every mem-ber, whether that of association, sisterhood, or opportunities. This is why the packs form. Something makes that particular pack attrac-tive for survival.

Furthermore, though sorority sis-ters might never plot to bring down a large animal, their cohesion is potent for attacking predators, or anything that threatens the pack.

Pack members can assemble to take on large projects, which grants packs, like sororities, social power. Sororities apply this power to take on anything from service projects to recreational events.

Caribou migration is another example of the power of the pack. Caribou “may travel more than 600 miles…along well-trod annual routes” leading to the tundra, the National Geographic website said. Together, they are able to do what would be unthinkable for animals, let alone a single caribou.

Also, pack members are more keenly sharpened to face natural selection. The Web blog “Tasty Hu-man” calls this effect “observational

learning and modeling,” which is “when the animal learns a behav-ior through watching other animals conduct.” For wolves, hunting falls into this category.

This is another advantage of pack membership: the acquired knowl-edge of the leaders. The “alpha” wolf is the highest-ranking individual in the pack, though “they are not ‘lead-ers’ in the human sense of the term,” wolfcountry.net wrote.

“ ‘Leaders’ in all animals control assets more often than they con-trol individuals through the use of force,” said 4 Paws University, a website on training and behavior solutions for dogs.

In terms of the pack, those assets are just as much tangible as intan-gible. For a wolf, its skills may in-clude knowledge of a certain terrain or hunting ground and the best way to navigate it. For a senior sorority sister, her skills include knowledge of campus, professors, and the other unique features of the University’s terrain.

This system of seniority itself is an important aspect of both packs and Greek life. Without some sort of ranking, a pack cannot function. For example, “the dog is a pack animal and needs a pack leader,” wrote 4 Paws University.

Faran Dulberg, a senior in Public Relations is not in a sorority but a part of another campus organiza-

tion, Hillel, and is also the president. Dulberg says that being leader of a group has shown her how much of an impact groups have on individual lives. “I never knew how much an organization can impact people. Whether it’s the speakers, the re-ligious ceremonies, the events...people are affected and usually in a positive way,” she said.

The establishment of rank, for wolves especially, is even more in-teresting.

T h e o r d e r is maintained through a se-ries of “ritual-ized fights and posturing best descr ibed a s ritual bluffing,” accord ing to WolfCountry.net . “Wolves prefer psycho-log ic a l wa r-fare to physical confrontations, meaning that high-ranking status is based more on personality or attitude than on size or physical strength.”

The system of pledging and bid-ding appears is, in many senses, as “ritualized” as the wolves’ process. In both cases, members of the pack are competing for a spot, a spot that will somehow increase their chances of survival.

In humans what strengthens rela-tionships isn’t exactly group ranking but rather fellowship. Hillel has what is called Shabbat every Friday and is a celebration of the Jewish weekend.

For Hillel and many other organiza-tions, fellowship, or meeting of the group, is what builds strength.

Furthermore, it is not surprising that a pack’s system of ranking is dependent on social and psycho-logical skills as its power is largely social. Those who have more control of these intangible assets rise higher in the ranks.

Sororities are not the only orga-nizations who bears the hallmarks

o f p a c k -psychology. Ultimately, any organi-zation that offers bene-fits to mem-bers and the promise of a powerful and protec-t ive c om-munity is a pack.

This turns to another

characteristic of animal behavior, what “Tasty Human” calls “instinc-tive behavior” or a “fixed action pat-tern,” which “[does] not require learning or prior experience for [its] expression.” The weblog cites the co-coon-spinning spiders, who perform 6000 individual, identical motions while making their cocoons.

“All of them behave the same way, and they have never learned this ability,” “Tasty Human” wrote.

As students rush to join the vari-ous “packs” on campus, all without being told, a certain instinct be-comes apparent. That is the instinct

to find and establish community, a place to assert oneself psychological-ly. Individuals find the places they belong and fit in—their pack rank.

This basic human need for sur-vival, the need to have a “pack,” is more complex though.

Wolves join packs according to the cold equations of basest welfare, ac-cording to WolfCountry.net. Man’s drive to search for a pack is much more complicated because his sur-vival needs are more intricate. Oth-erwise, there would only need to be one pack for humans to join.

Humans have the power of choice, whether choosing between the Wolfpack and other universities, the Honors program or the Schol-ars program, or even between Alpha Delta Pi and Alpha Omega Epsilon.

These packs are important, not only for the benefit of their mem-bers, but also for the power they wield. The strength of the pack is what empowers every member of N.C. State’s Wolfpack to make a dif-ference, leave a mark, and change the world.

“I wouldn’t be able to imagine my past three years with out being Greek...it is so much more than let-ters on a t-shirt,” Diana Hardy, a se-nior in accounting, and a member of Delta Gamma said. “It has given me so many opportunities and I’ve been able to work with people who are committed and passionate in ev-erything that they do. I have been able to make friends with truly won-derful people,” she said.

“I’ve been able to

work with people

who are committed

and passionate in

everything they do.”Diana Hardy, senior in accounting

Greeks run in packs

Aspects of sorority rush mirror AnimAls’ tendency to stick together

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Sorority rush is officially underway at the University, and as members of the Wolfpack are rushing to join these organizations, it is interesting to see how the pack

psychology of animals mirrors Greek social structures.

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ers now.”The loss of Vera and Krzesze-

wski was remedied in part since the team had no other gradu-ating seniors. Former coach Laura Kerrigan had been deal-ing with a number of players quitting over the past few sea-sons, leading to inexperienced teams overall in the past. For example, out of the 13 player freshman class in 2007, only 6 remain on the team today. But Dugal said that this trend is changing under Springthorpe.

“Since it is a fresh slate and we start over new, I don’t think as many people will be drop-ping off,” Dugal said. “We have more dedication.”

In addition, Dugal said the sophomore class has actually vowed not to quit the team.

“I know my class has made a pact that no one else is drop-ping off,” Dugal said.

The team has drawn together and seems to be making real progress, according to Dugal.

“We are all really excited about [this season]. We are closer than ever as a team this year. Each practice we work even harder and draw closer as a team,” she said.

This culture change has oc-curred since the very beginning

of Springthorpe’s tenure, ac-cording to freshman midfielder Kara Blosser.

“One of the first things we did during the preseason was we went to the beach and we made this list of goals and ev-erything that we wanted to ac-complish over the next season,” Blosser said. “We put it up in our locker room and we see it every day so when we look at it we see our goals and what we need to accomplish.”

But despite the new attitude within the women’s soccer pro-gram, only time will tell how if it will translate into ACC success.

“We definitely have the po-tential to do [better in the ACC]. We’re being realistic — we know we are not going to win every game in the ACC, but we do have the confidence that we will continually improve, be relevant, and make a state-ment,” Dugal said. “[Spring-thorpe] wants us to leave a statement after every game that we fought harder than any team, even if we are down and losing, we never stop and we never quit. And if we fight hard we will improve, get bet-ter, and start winning games.”

ATTITUDEcontinued from page 8

ability to play against ACC op-ponents.

“It was a big win for us be-cause, of course, all of our play-ers got in and it was good to play around, but they weren’t the best competition for us to prepare for [ECU]. It’s really good that we got that win and we came back from that 1-0 loss [to UNLV], so we know that we can bounce back, so we have confidence going in,”

said Blosser.Coach Springthorpe has kept

practice as normal as possible to prepare for the Pirates and get his team mentally prepared for the ACC schedule.

“Well, I don’t know that we’ve spent a lot of time preparing for ECU specifically— we know what they’re [going to] do, we know how to play,” Spring-thorpe said. “But we’re more concerned about the things we need to improve on as a team. We haven’t done anything much different for ECU.”

The bottom line for Spring-

thorpe is that every win counts, no matter what team they come up against.

“Overall we [want to] win as much as we can going into con-ference,” Springthorpe said. “It’s going to be tough, but we are going to prepare as much as we can for that first conference game.”

Blosser said she believes this season is her chance to make an impact on the program that is regaining confidence. She said she wants to contribute to the team and win for the sake of the senior class.

“At the beginning, we all had to share some thoughts on our season and talk about how this is [the] last time [the seniors will] probably ever be playing soccer in their lives,” Blosser said. “I’m playing for them because I still have years to play after this. It’s a fresh opportunity for the freshman coming in, and a cool thing for the seniors because they get a chance to make an impact when everything is brand new,” said Blosser

WomEn’s soccEr rEcorD by yEAryear overall record conference record

2005 6-12-0 2-8-0

2006 9-9-2 3-7-0

2007 6-10-3 0-9-1

2008 8-12-0 0-10-0

2009 * 4-1-0 0-0-0

* Season in progress

Source: n.c. State athleticS

PAcKcontinued from page 8

McMillen won the 2009 N.C. Amateur championship held at the Old Chatham Golf Club in Durham, N.C. in June.

Hill said this added experi-ence and success may tip the Pack over the edge in terms of tournament standings. While team members found individ-ual success in 2008-2009, a first place team finish continually eluded the team.

“We had a lot of guys who were playing well last year but maybe didn’t get quite as much out of their tournaments as they would have liked and didn’t play to their full poten-tial,” Hill said.

Last year at the Maryland In-tercollegiate, the Pack was one

of three teams to finish under par and took second out of the field of competitors. Individ-ually, Hill finished in fourth place and Revell 13th.

Hill said the team would like to start the season off with a win.

“We’re all playing really well. We all know the golf course and we know what to expect,” Hill said.

Golf World Magazine has the Pack ranked 13th nation-ally in a preseason poll, with Hill and Sutton earning spots on lists for players to watch and newcomers, respectively.

“I can speak for the rest of the guys when I say we’re not going to be happy with [13th place]. We need to be better,” Detweiler said.

courteSy photo/Jim DaveSMatt Hill lines up his final putt on the 17th hole at the Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio. Hill shot par on the hole and finished six-under in the tournament to secure first place honors.

sWInGcontinued from page 8

mEn’s Golf fAll schEDUlE DATE TOURNAMENT LOCATION

9/12-13 University of Maryland Intercollegaite

river Marsh Golf club, cambridge, Md.

9/27-28 PInG-GolfWeek Preview Golf Mountain Golf club, Bremerton, Wash.

10/16-18 The ridges Intercollegiate

ridges country club, Johnson city, Tenn.

Source: n.c. State athleticS

COUNTDOWN• 59 days until the football team’s homecoming gameagainst Maryland.

INSIDE• Page 7: A continuation of the men’s golf

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TodayWomen’s soccer vs. east carolina*Dail Soccer Field, 7 p. m.

Women’s tennis in landfall invitational Wilmington, N. C., all day

men’s tennis in UniversitY of virGinia classicCharlottesville, VA., all day

volleYball vs. depaUlReynolds Coliseum, noon

volleYball vs. rUtGers* Reynolds Coliseum, 7 p.m.

Saturdayfootball vs. mUrraY stateCarter-Finley Stadium, 6 p.m

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coming soonFriday: A feature on redshirt freshman R.J. MattesMonday: A recap on the football game against Murray StateTuesday: A recap of the women’s tennis Landfall Invitational

Players on women’s soccer team are stepping up, improving the team

Samuel T.O. Branch Senior Staff Writer

After several seasons of high turnover rates and large freshman classes, the women’s soccer team, now five games into the tenure of coach Steve Spring-thorpe, is starting to take shape.

“Certainly, as a new coach and coach-ing staff coming in, we are excited about the direction of the team and how hard the girls are working,” Springthorpe said.

Sophomore forward Paige Dugal

pointed out the toughness of the seniors on this year’s team, who have stepped up into leadership roles.

“The seniors have stepped up a lot because they know it is their last year. We have so much potential this year to make a really big impact and improve,” Dugal said.

Springthorpe has encouraged the seniors to take this larger role since he arrived on campus earlier this year.

“I talked with the seniors in the spring, got together and challenged them. This is their team, their oppor-tunity,” Springthorpe said. “I want that class to be the one to lead us through and start that for us.”

Alex Berger, Chantalle Dugas and Katie Ruiz, a junior and two seniors

respectively, have taken a greater leap, above the rest and into the captain roles on Springthorpe’s squad.

“They have great leadership qualities,” Springthorpe said.

It is not just the upperclassmen that are rising to the occasion. The entire team has had to work hard and come together after the graduation of both of last year’s captains, four-year start-ers Lindsay Vera and Tami Krzeszewski, Dugal said.

“Lindsay and Tami were great lead-ers on the field,” Dugal said. “We’re all stepping up and being individual lead-

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The women’s soccer team is ready to stand up to their final home non-conference test against East Carolina

Jeniece JamisonStaff Writer

The women’s soccer team is preparing for its final non-conference game that will be played at Dail Soc-cer Stadium against the East Carolina University

Pirates. This will not be an easy task for the Pack, as ECU has gone 3-1 so far this season, but it is coming off of a tough loss as Wake Forest shut it out 0-4 this past Sunday.

State is riding a positive streak as the team is currently 4-1 and coming off a 4-0 win against Stony Brook. The coaching staff and the players are riding on high expectations for this ECU matchup and say they view this game as a big step towards the ACC compe-tition that will begin soon.

“We’ve actually improved a lot over last year. We played a lot of difficult teams so far outside of our region, [includ-ing] ECU this Friday. It will be a good game to [lead] us into the ACC,” senior defender Gia Cipollini said.

According to freshman mid-fielder Kara Blosser, the team’s last win against Stony Brook was more of a confidence builder than a true test of its

Military Appreciation Day to be held Saturday

Saturday’s football game against Murray State will also be Military Appreciation Day. N.C. State and the Wolfpack Club will sponsor a variety of activities prior to and during the game, including working with the Back Home Box Foundation. The marching band and cheerleading squad will also be welcoming soldiers from the Wounded Warrior Project.

Source: N.c. STaTe ahleTicS

Quote of the day“We have so

much potential this year to

make a really big impact and

improve.”Women’s soccer

sophomore Paige Dugal

Pack prepares for Pirates

BreNT KiTcheN/TechNiciaN File PhoToFirst year women’s soccer coach Steve Springthorpe talks to his team during a water break at practice Wednesday, August 19.

Women’S Soccer

Women’S Soccer

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Kara Blosser, freshman in first year college, fends the ball from going out-of-bounds against old Dominion Friday afternoon, after assisting Paige Dugal, sophomore in biomedical engineering, score the first goal of the winning game.

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Team opens season this weekend at University of Maryland Intercollegiate

Kate ShefteSports Editor

After a long summer that has seen several of its members achieve great personal success, the men’s golf team will compete in its first event of the season at the River Marsh Golf Club in Cam-bridge, Md.

The team will p l ay i n two more tourna-ments – one in late Sep-tember, o n e i n October – to close out its fall schedule. It will host its first home tournament at the new Lonnie Poole Golf Course on Centennial Campus Apr. 9-10.

“We’re better this year than we were last year,” junior Brandon Detweiler said. “We have more expe-rience.”

The Pack will play the 54-hole tournament Saturday

and Sunday. Seniors Kent Copeland,

Hertzog Landman and Brad Revell, junior Matt Hill, soph-omore Mark McMillen and freshman Mitchell Sutton will travel to Maryland.

In his first year with the Pack, expectations for Sutton – the team’s sole freshman – are high after he won the Canadian Ju-niors this summer. He beat out future teammate and fellow Ontario native Hill, who tied for third place.

“He’s a re-a l l y g o o d player and we expect a lot of big things f r om h i m . We’re excited to have him,” Detweiler said of Sutton.

Because of his experience at Juniors, Hill

is familiar with the incoming Pack player and what he can do.

“He played really well and has some confidence coming into this season,” Hill said.

The rest of the Pack has hard-ly taken the summer off. Hill said Revell played “really well” in the U.S. Amateur in August, advancing to the second round.

men’S GolF

Pack golf gets back into the swing of things

“We expect a lot

of big things from

[Sutton,] we’re

excited to have

him.”junior Brandon Detweiler

attitude continued page 7

sWing continued page 7

did you KnoW?The women’s soccer team did not win a single conference game last season.