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Conrad is one of the world’s oldest active researches, and he works on Centennial Campus.
Nithya KoteStaff Writer
If there’s one thing that’s clear about 88-year-old Hans Conrad, he doesn’t work for the money.
“In my work, I am more interested in the science behind something more than the application. I never work on something for the sake of selling it,” Conrad said.
Conrad, professor emeritus in the department of materials science and engineering, has co-written around 450 articles in various journals. He has worked on metals, ceramics and semi-conductors.
He retired in 1993 and works for no salary.
“I love research,” Conrad said. “When I am having my leisurely cup of coffee in the morning, I start think-ing about new ideas.”
Yuntian Zu, professor in the de-partment of materials science and engineering, said one of Conrad’s best qualities is his work ethic.
“Professor Conrad has impressed me the most in his dedication to sci-ence and his high spirit and the hard work he puts into doing research,” Zu said.
Conrad only spends a couple of hours on campus each day.
“I do most of my reading and writ-ing at my home in the mornings. I have lunch with my wife and come to campus around 2 p.m. I generally leave around 4:30 p.m.” Conrad said.
His current research interest is in
ceramics.“I am researching the effect electric
field and temperature has on ceram-ics,” Conrad said. “Ceramics can be made stronger by heating the ingredi-ents at lower temperatures and apply-ing a weak electric field. This saves a lot of energy. This also reduces the cost and pollution in the environment.”
Ten years ago, this effect was discov-ered; however, it took this long for the findings to be recognized, according to Conrad.
“Once you make a discovery it takes a while for the scientific community to accept it,” Conrad said.
Most of Conrad’s funding comes from the U.S. government and the U.S. Army.
“I am currently in negotiation with a company that makes body armor for the U.S. soldiers. Most parts of the body armor contain ceramics. My re-search can make the bullet-stopping ceramic plates stronger and cheaper to build,” Conrad said.
His research lab contains simple instruments, such as a furnace used to heat ceramics.
“It costs a couple of hundred dol-lars. This instrument, which is used for molding ceramic samples, is a hand-powered press from an auto re-pair shop we modified for our use,” Conrad said.
Conrad earned his bachelor of sci-ence at Carnegie Institute of Tech-nology and his master’s and doctor-ate degrees in metallurgy from Yale University.
“I liked math and chemistry in high school. I wanted to do chemical engi-neering, but my minister encouraged
Senate votes to help UAB Via ‘Luda Bill’Bill to sponsor Ludacris concert security is reasonable to Student Senate.
Chris BoucherDeputy News Editor
On Wednesday night, the Student Senate confirmed it will provide funds to the Union Activities Board to as-sist with public safety for an upcoming concert; it also tabled a resolution to vote on a student fee referendum.
N.C. State Stu-de nt G ove r n-ment will provide $3,000 to UAB, which is spear-heading efforts to host a free concert by rapper Ludac-ris on Sept. 17 in Reynolds Colise-um. Student Government will spend $2,500 on student police protection and $500 for student and facility fire protection.
Some senators question vote’s timingAfter some debate, the Senate voted
overwhelmingly to approve finance bill 35, dubbed the “Luda Bill” in reference to one of the rapper’s nick-names.
The resolution was fast-tracked and voted on in the same session because the concert will occur before the next Student Senate meeting, said Student Body Treasurer Buddy Bryson, a ju-nior in sociology.
The fast-tracking led some in the Senate to question the situation sur-rounding the request. Senator Tuck-er Beeninga, senator in the College of Design and a senior in landscape architecture, asked why the vote oc-curred so close to event. Matt Barnhill, senator in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and a junior in agri-culture education, agreed, wondering why UAB did not ask for the money
sooner than this week.“It seems the UAB … might have
started to plan this and then said ‘Hey, we need student government’s help on this one,” said Barnhill.
Senate President Stephen Kouba, a senior in political science, said that the request for funds came 10 days ago, and no money had been promised before the Wednesday vote. He also said that UAB could fund the event without the Senate’s help, “but then it’d be broke.”
That did not sway Jonathan Smith, a sena-tor in CALS and a sophomore in agriculture edu-cation who ob-jected strongly and was de-clared out of order by Kouba.
Others, how-ever, felt that the expense was worth it.
“I think it is important for student government to help sponsor this; it gives students an opportunity to see what government is doing for them. It’s not just some behind the scenes deal,” said Caroline Yopp, a senator in CALS, and a sophomore in agriculture education.
Approximately 25 percent of the stu-dent body is expected to attend the event, according to Yopp.
“There’s going to be around 9,000 people there; 9,000 in a school of about 35,000,” Yopp said. “Maybe the con-cert’s not for everybody, but there will be many students at this event; a lot of people are talking about going to see ‘Luda’. “
“Providing $3,000 to help 9,000 stu-dents go to a good concert for free is something worth doing, and some-thing I support,” said John Tucker, Student Senate President Pro Tempore.
Student fee referendum on hold for now
The Senate also voted not to fast-
track Resolution 23, which called for an “act to execute a student fee ref-erendum for the 2010-2011 academic year,” according to the resolution.
“Student participation in recent fee referenda has continued to increase over time and … the student fee refer-endum is a vital and necessary source of information in the official fee rec-ommendation process,” read the reso-lution, sponsored by Kyle O’Donnell a senator in the College of Engineering, and a junior in textile technology.
Resolution 23 received 15 no votes and 12 yes votes for fast-tracking. The Senate first referred the resolution to the Committee on Government Over-sight, then decided to make the issue
the responsibility of the Tuition and Fees Committee.
The vote came after a request from former Senator Michael Robinson, a graduate student in physiology and zoology, for each senator to consider the resolution carefully.
“The student fee referendum is im-portant to me and to all in student government. I really encourage every-one to read the [resolution] carefully; it’s an important way for people in this room to listen to the students, to the people that they represent,” Robinson said.
It could be one of the most impor-tant pieces [of legislation] we vote on all year.”
DANIELLE NEUJAHR/TECHNICIANKelly Hook, Student Body President, a junior in political science, points in approval as the student senate meeting takes place in the student government offices on the second floor of Witherspoon on Sept. 8. With freshmen running for the freshman senator chair, Kelly looks for new people to support other groups as well as maintain their job efficiently.
“There’s going to be
around 9,000 people
there...in a school of
about 35,000.”Caroline Yopp, student senator
Researcher still relishing role at 88 years old
AMANDA WILKINS/TECHNICIANHans Conrad, the oldest researcher at N.C. State, resides in the material science department. He stands next to the mechanical testing machine he and his fellow researchers use to conduct experiments on ceramics. Their research involves applying electric volts to ceramic pieces and testing their strength with and without electric volts. RESEARCH continued page 3
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MAJOR HAPPENINGS QUICK FACTS:• Resolution 35:
$3,000 to UAB for Ludacris concert Approximately 25 percent of student body expected to attend
• Resolution 23: Not fast-tracked Referred to Tuition and Fees Committee
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me to become a metallurgical engineer as they are never out of jobs. It is true.” Conrad said.
Conrad began working at N.C. State in 1981.
“I was recruited as the head of the material science depart-ment. I helped build the de-partment and got some of the
best faculty. N.C. State materi-als science and engineering is one of the best in the world. I have to give most of the credit to myself. Sometimes when there is lack of funding, I pay my research students from my own pocket,” Conrad said.
Jagdish Narayan, a professor in the department of materi-als science and engineering and the recipient of the 2011 Acta Materialia Gold Medal and Prize, said he has known
Conrad for 40 years, and joined the University in 1983, because Conrad convinced him to do so.
“He has a knack for recog-nizing good people. We have worked together and it has been a good collaboration. Re-cently, we both wrote a paper on advanced Nano Technology materials which can be used in deep sea drilling. It will be pub-lished this month in a book.”
Narayan said Conrad is a
good scientist.“Dr. Conrad is willing to
accept new ideas. He thinks new, outside the box - that is the mark of a great scientist,” Narayan said.
Conrad said he advises stu-dents to choose a career they like.
“Choose what you really like, because you will be doing it
for the rest of your life. Always have goals in life. When mak-ing any big decisions always weigh the pros and cons,” Con-rad said.
Conrad said he had a happy family life.
“Mrs. Conrad and I have been married for many years and we have travelled many places together. We have three
children, 2 twin girls and a boy who were born within 16 months of each other when I was doing my PhD,” Conrad said in a cheerful voice.
Conrad said he plans to con-tinue to do research as long as he can.
“I will keep doing research as long as God wills. I enjoy it so much, I would be at a loss if I didn’t do it,” Conrad said.
“Sometimes when there is lack of
funding, I pay my research students
from my own pocket”Hans Conrad, professor emeritus
RESEARCHcontinued from page 1
JORDAN MOORE/TECHNICIANShep Pitts, a PhD candidate for electrical engineering, talks with junior in buisiness administration Mellisa Rickenbaker at the Centennial welcome back event held Wednesday, Sep. 8, 2010. Pitts, who works in a building adjacent to the Montieth Research Plaza, noticed the commotion outside and stopped by. “I didnt even know about it,” laughed Pitts. “But I saw free food!”
WE Recycle plans to double recycling collection this football seasonWE Recycle volunteers hand out bags at the first football game.
Joanna E. BanegasSenior Staff Writer
The WE Recycle stadium recycling program hopes to double its recycling collection this football season, accord-ing to a press release.
Analis Fulghum, education and out-reach coordinator for waste reduction and recycling, said the reason the of-fice wanted to do increase recycling is because they looked at other universi-ties and they doubled the amount they recycled in the first year. In the first three years of collecting the recycling, the totals doubled each year as addi-tional bins were added.
“Right now we recycle about 22 tons a season which equals 44,000 pounds,” Fulghum said. “So we’d like to double it as well.”
This is the University’s first year hav-ing the bagging program. WE Recycle has volunteers from the Wolfpack Club and Wolfpack In The House (WITH) on foot or in club carts at tailgating, distributing both trash and recycle bags to tailgaters. Tailgaters are sup-posed to leave their bagged recyclables and trash on the ground next to their site and the bags will be collected at the end of the game, according to Ful-ghum.
The bagging program worked out well in the first football game of the season, according to Fulghum.
“At the alumni lot, we were able to
hand out bags through all the tailgaters and at the student lot we introduced the bags as well,” Fulghum said. “We had a lot of students that were very happy.”
WE Recycle started the N.C. State’s Stadium Tailgate Recycling Program in 2003 when Paul Mobley, then a freshman, saw a need for recycling collection at football tailgating.
“He was a Caldwell fellow who first started it,” Fulghum said. “He went around in his own vehicle, collecting cans in the students lot.”
Scott Warner, a graduate student in parks, recreation and tourism manage-ment, as well as an athletics media rela-tions and marketing employee, said the Western Carolina game was the first volunteering opportunity the WITH program did with WE Recycle.
“Volunteers passed out recycling bags and trash bags,” Warner said. “We had about 40 volunteers walking around the tailgating area, distributing recy-cling bag and trash bags.”
Warner said the game was a success-ful event.
“As far as recycling goes everyone re-ally respected the bags and wanted the bags,” Warner said. “They seemed to be really popular because they all ran out about relatively quickly once they hit the tailgate lot.”
WITH also had people distributing recycling bags both in the fan zone and in the fairground lot at the WITH booth, according to Warner.
“We always had a partnership with WE Recycle, where we encouraged peo-
ple to find the recycling bins located near their tailgating area,” Warner said. “But this year we were actually proactive in passing out trash bags and recycling bags for that to happen.”
Warner said it’s definitely a growing program and WITH hopes to build on it in the future.
“Ever since former Coach Amato was at the University, he put a lot of emphasis on recycling, and just about each year we come close to breaking the record of the previous year for how much we are recycling,” Warner said.
Fulghum said they are now trying to encourage students and alumni to not leave their cans and bottles on the ground.
“We’re saying you have to bag it or bin it and that’s the only way we can get it to recycle.”
AMANDA WILKINS/TECHNICIANAndrew Merritt, a freshman in professional golf management, puts drink coozies in a bag to give out to people who recycle at Tailgating before the game against Clemson on Saturday, Nov. 14th, 2009. WE Recycle has helped recycle over 38 tons at Wolfpack football games so far this season.
JORDAN MOORE/TECHNICIANYike Li, a graduate student in electrical engineering, examines a pen from ABB employee Suzy Riccon at the Centennial Welcome Back Event held Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. The pen housed a small electric fan, which was designed to help ABB promote wind turbines as an alternative source of energy.
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Extremism is not the answer
On Sep. 11, a Christian pastor, Rev. Terry Jones is going to lead
the “International Burn the Koran Day” in Gainesville, FL. He has received both support
a nd c on-demnation for this act. T he U. S . govern-ment, the Vatican,
military officers in Afghani-stan and numerous church leaders have labeled this as de-spicable, horrific, dangerous and irresponsible. Supporters have argued, this is completely in step with his constitutional rights of freedom of speech and expression.
This train wreck of a news story has captivated me. Is he really going to do this? Is he going to light up a bonfire, toss 200+ Korans he has received from supporters into the flames and actually proclaim Islam is from the devil? Aren’t the po-lice, FBI or
New World Order types go-ing to storm his church, en-force a cease-and-desist order and forbid him from doing this? This pastor and other church members are actually armed with pistols in case vio-lence erupts. I mean really, we cannot have religious fanatics like this armed. Only Muslim extremists and David Koresh types can carry guns and ri-fles, but for God’s sake….not a Christian fundamentalist ordained preacher.
This whole act brings out the hypocrisy of extremists, both Christian and Muslim. The Muslim extremists believed it was ok to crash two jumbo jets into the WTC. It was accept-able to drag bodies through the streets and dance around them. Their book also supports the entire destruction of all infidels worldwide if you believe in a very strict in-terpretation.
This book burning act by a Chris-tian extrem-ist isn’t much better either. A lthough I disagree with what the Ko-ran says, I would never put one in a fire, or urinate on one, or flush down the toilet as some soldiers did in Gitmo. There are many people who do not agree with what the Bible says but do not resort to extreme measures such as bonfires to express their hate for the words of Jesus.
This “Christian” pastor should do the same. He needs to confer with other Christian leaders to receive counsel and wisdom. He doesn’t have to like the Koran or its message. But he is out of line to burn a religious book, considered holy to 1.5 billion people. There simply cannot be a good out-come if he does this. For every example in history where books have been burned for religious
or political reasons, death and misery have always followed. For any lasting peace to occur, this cycle of hate must be interrupted.
On Sept. 11, between 6 and 9 p.m., a tiny church lot in Gainsville, FL will become another battlefield in the fight between the good and evil that men do.
I believe the book burning w i l l oc-cur. This man is on a mission. When asked in a n A BC news in-terview, “What would Je-
sus do? Would he burn the Koran?” The pastor, with-out hesitation, replied “Ab-solutely”. Just as much as Mohammed Atta believed he was right, so does Pastor Terry Jones. May God have mercy on them both.
“This whole act
brings out the
hypocrisy of
extremists, both
Christian and
Muslim.”
Todd JeffreysGuest Columnist
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{ }Our view
Thousand of people poured into the lots surrounding Carter-
Finley Stadium to celebrate the football season opener. Fans brought grills and coolers full of hamburgers and drinks to aid in partying leading up to the game. That’s just fine, how-ever tailgaters failed to grab their waste before they left.
As visitors drove away from Carter-Finley, they could see trash and recyclables strewn all over the ground in an embar-rassing display of irresponsibil-ity and borderline disrespect. Whether tailgaters are students or fans from elsewhere, they need to remember the event represents the University and failing to simply clean up after
one’s own tailgate shows how little they respect the Univer-sity. Although people go back the next day and clean up the mess, it does no make it okay to leave trash.
Tailgaters are spoon-fed ways to recycle. Bags are provided now and even more recepta-cles for recyclables are out in tailgating areas. They need to be more conscience of where these bins are and be proactive about disposing of their trash. Being drunk is not an excuse. There are ways tailgaters who know they will be drinking can prepare. Putting a bag out and
making is easily accessible is not difficult.
WE Recycle and WITH worked hard this weekend to provide tailgaters with bags in which to separate and put their recyclables and trash in. Although the program is nice, tailgaters should not think it’s the only way to deal with the waste. It seems tailgaters still need to step up their game. Tailgaters are capable of sepa-rating and collecting their own trash and should know better. They have seen hundreds of programs promoting recycling and, really, how hard is it? It
is the difference between put-ting a can in one bag instead of another. If elementary school kids can do it, so should college students and adults.
Recycling starts with an in-dividual. Tailgaters consume beverages and the contain-ers can easily be recycled and reused. They should also be warned it is illegal to throw away plastic bottles in North Carolina. But it shouldn’t be a matter of legality. It should be a simple choice of separation and responsibility.
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.
WITH your help, WE recycleThe FacTs:WE Recycle and Wolfpack In The House provide recycling aids for tailgaters, but large amounts of trash and recyclable materials were still left strewn about after Saturday’s game.
Our OpiniOn:Recycling is simple, even without the extra assistance provided by WE Recycle and WITH. Wolfpackers and fans alike should show some respect and clean up after themselves.
By MEgAN FARREll
“What do you do to stay healthy on campus?
{ }in yOur wOrds
“For one of my meals every day, I eat a salad or wrap and drink water with it. I go to the gym two to three times a week and walk everywhere I go.”
Kidist AyalewFreshman, First year College
“I work out for about an hour each day, usually in my room. Sometimes it’s hard to eat healthy on campus though.”
James BenfieldSophomore, History and Political Science
“I run around Lake Johnson and go to the gym for swimming and the sauna. I eat less fatty foods.”
Zhengzhong liualumna, Biological and Agricultural Engineering
“I try to pack my own lunch as much as possible so I don’t have to eat out a lot.”
Samuel Coxsenior, graphic Design
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Brian Schultz, sophomore in environmental design in architecture
Elections are coming up are you ready?
We all have f inally gotten back into the swing of things with
class and getting acclimated to a new school year, so now is a great time to get involved. As
many of you know, there are local and state elections that are go-ing to be held i n Nove m -ber. Now is the time for ever yone to start getting informed (if you haven’t al-
ready), registering to vote and actually voting.
Number one: get informed! I’ve covered in my previous columns how important it is for everyone to get informed on the candidates and the is-sues. The biggest problem fac-ing a democratic society is an uninformed electorate. There are plenty of ways that this can be accomplished. Go to the lo-cal candidate’s Web sites. There will be plenty of informa-tion about the candidates a n d w h a t they believe in. You can contact your local chapter of either the Republican o r D e m o -cratic Party. The NCGOP is right down Hillsborough Street, approximately a five minute walk form campus. If you have any questions about anything related to the candi-dates, their platforms, how to register to vote or anything else you might think of, the people will be more than happy to help you.
Number two: register to vote. If you are not registered to vote, then it doesn’t matter how informed you are or how mad you are at our current politicians. You have to regis-ter to make a difference. There are many different ways to get registered to vote. Firstly, you can go to the DMV and register, but I know how thrilling it is to go to the DMV. You also have the option of mailing in a voter registration form to the N.C. Board of Elections (NCBOE). These forms can be obtained
from public libraries or by calling the NCBOE. There are so many places made available.
Now for the most impor-tant thing that is often over-looked: GO VOTE! I cannot tell you the countless times over the past 10 years that I have heard people com-plaining about the people in office. When I asked if they voted for or against them their response was, “Oh, I didn’t vote.” Really? You have no right to com-plain about who got elected unless you make the effort and go vote. Perhaps if all the people that sit around and complain about who is in office yet make no ef-fort to change it went out and voted the next time, then they wouldn’t have to complain about how our state or country is being run into the ground. This is your chance to make a difference, to help put the country on the right track again. Don’t use the classic
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Hurricane Earl passed with no severe damage to North Carolina and there are currently no active hurricanes on the radar, although the peak of hurricane season is coming soon.
John BoyerWeather Columnist
After Hurricane Earl made a close pass at the North Carolina coast, it sped off to New England and Atlantic Canada. Two weak tropical systems at-tempted to follow Earl’s path but ultimately failed. Tropical Storm Fiona main-tained a close distance to the more powerful Earl. Earl overpowered Fiona and shredded it into the
open ocean. Tropical Storm Gaston appeared like a strong contender to be the next East Coast menace, but sputtered into submission late last week after ingesting dry air from the Sahara Desert. The remnants of Gaston are moving past Jamaica and could possibly strengthen again in the Gulf of Mexico.
Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Hermine (not pronounced like Harry Potter’s friend) sprung to life over Labor Day weekend and quickly spun into Texas. That region already experi-enced heavy rainfall from Hur-ricane Alex, so forecasters fear that the Rio Grande and Brazos Rivers will once again f lood from Hermine’s rain. There are currently no active hur-ricanes, but more embryonic lows are departing the African coastline this week. The next to develop would spin to the
northwest under the menacing name “Igor.” The average peak of activity during the Atlantic hurricane season is Sept 10.
Altitude has effect on planes, pasta The need for oxygen masks on airplanes and the temperature pasta boils at can both be explained by differences in altitude.
John BoyerWeather Columnist
You probably know some-thing about the way the at-mosphere behaves without even realizing it. Picture the familiar tableau: a proud, sil-very jetliner sails into shadowy clouds at 20,000 feet. Blocks of ice clang ominously against highball glasses in first class. A calm-sounding pilot makes an announcement about seat trays when the plane suddenly jerks and plummets. As flight attendants scramble and carry-on luggage tumbles from the overhead bins, the power flick-ers out. Sinister yellow oxygen masks backlit by emergency signs dangle over the fright-
ened passengers.Now think about the last
time you boiled a pot of water to make pasta and began to read the microscopic instruc-tions. Unless you’re a Denver transplant or you drive home to Mount Mitchell over breaks, you probably skipped over the part about high altitude cook-ing.
Did you ever stop and think why the passengers need the oxygen masks? Why noodles take longer to cook in the mountains? The answer is actually the same. These are some interesting examples of how air changes with height. Air is a f luid, so its density is affected by gravitational pull, temperature, and pres-sure. Here at the surface, we experience the full weight of the air above us. The higher up you go, there’s less pushing down from above, so the air is less dense (and colder). At 3,000 feet, there are fewer air
molecules to bounce around than at sea level, so air can heat more quickly. According to the USDA, a pot of water in Boone will boil at 206 de-grees Fahrenheit instead of the usual 212. This temperature is lower, so the food must cook for a slightly longer period of time in Boone than it would at sealevel.
In the case of the jetliner, the altitude is 20,000 feet or more. Though the cabin is pressur-ized under normal circum-stances, stress or turbulence may cause the structure of the plane to come apart and the air to rush outwards. Of course, the air is much thinner at those altitudes, so humans wouldn’t receive enough oxygen when breathing. The oxygen sup-plied by the masks enables the passengers and pilots to con-tinue flying without blacking out.
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The University hosted its first every CI Days to bring leaders in cyberinfrastructure together to share their knowledge of the field with students.
Nasir Khatri & Jared Douglas
Staff Writers
Some of the top minds in the world came together Tuesday and Wednesday at the Univer-sity to discuss ways that cyber-infrastructure can be used to reach technological and intel-lectual goals. Among the guests was Dom Sagolla, co-founder of Twitter and the founder of DollarApp. The debate about cyberinfrastructure’s growing role in society, Mr. Sagolla’s keynote address, and several other lec-tures on various topics re-l ate d to cyberin-frastruc-ture were part of CI Days, the first in the Universi-ty’s histo-ry, which was held at Tal ley Student Center the past two days.
So, what is cyberinfrastruc-ture? According to Phillip Westmoreland, the Executive Director of the NCSU Institute for Computational Science and Engineering-the institute that hosted CI Days-cyberin-frastructure is anything and everything computer-related.
“Cyberinfrastructure, or CI,
is the concept of the system of hardware, software, and people that permit us to use comput-ing, computers, and commu-nications as an ‘infrastructure’ for our studies, work, and lives,” Westmoreland said.
Westmoreland said that as technology becomes more ad-vanced, people are starting to use the Internet more and more without a browser.
“For example, iPhones, iPads, and their counterparts have ap-plications which use the Inter-net to download their content or assist in communication without the use of a browser,” Westmoreland said. “In ad-dition, websites such as Hulu and Youtube can be accessed without the use of a browser.”
The purpose of CI, although admittedly a broad field, ac-cording to Westmoreland, is to make use of these new tech-
nologies in order to accom-plish cer-tain goals f or t h e benefit of a m o r e techno-logically advanced society.
A good example of a CI t h a t i s doing
just that right now is Twitter. As Dom Sagolla explained dur-ing his keynote speech Tuesday, Twitter was originally designed to be something that is “fun, simple, and social,” and the re-sulting product has been able to penetrate society on such a deep level that real, measurable effects can be seen.
In his speech, Sagolla de-
scribed a number of examples of social impact Twitter has had, from elections such as the 2008 presidential race when “[Barack Obama] was the most followed person on Twitter,” to the “million dollar tweet” sent out by recording-artist Wyclef Jean urging people to donate to his charity in order to raise money following the Haiti earthquake.
“6 billion people read that message and raised $2 million in 48 hours,” Sagolla said.
Sagolla attributed most of Twitter’s success to its sim-plicity.
“Find the steps from impulse to action, and then remove a few,” Sagolla said, describing the approach the developers took to turn Twitter into such a simple, reflexive, tool.
Similar in this approach of simplicity is Square, another CI that Sagolla mentioned during his speech.
According to squareup.com, the official Square website, Square was cre-ated when an artist was unable to accept a credit card as payment because he did not have the com-plicated equipment and infrastructure required to pro-cess a card.
Centered around a small card reader that can be plugged into a mobile phone, Square aims to make this process simpler and more accessible for users in the future, and add a social element to one of our most common in-teractions.
CI is also used “to tackle so-cietal goals through computa-tional science and engineer-ing,” Westmoreland said.
The University plays a vital role in the field of CI, according
Danielle neujahr/TechnicianAs co-founder of Twitter Dom Sagolla speaks on stage about his experience with Facebook and Myspace, some audience members were following closely to the speaker’s competitor: Facebook. Sagolla said, “Facebook is a social network, Tweeter is where you find your true friends.” The audience filled up only an eighth of the auditorium, and some viewers were not paying attention to the speaker, as evidenced here.
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seen on Twitterdom: Speaking in Raleigh at NC State tonight at 8pm. My vision for the future, free to the public: http://j.mp/9pmrmDDom Sagolla, Co-founder of twitter 11:03 am Sept 7
yancyscot: @dom Great meeting you at #cidays at #NCSU. Enjoyed your perspective & thoughts for the future. Have a good night!Yancy Strickland, Chapel Hill, NC7:00 pm Sept 8
deshane: wishing I could be at the #cidays w/ @waynesutton et al but I’ve got serious homework that’s due by midnight..eep! http://4sq.com/5dgoWxKD Deshane, N.C. State student9:06 pm Sept 7
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The ‘freshman fifteen’ isn’t the only thing students should be concerned about: mental and physical fitness both stem from a balanced approach to life.
Ellen ScottStaff Writer
The fear of gaining weight is a good deterrent to stay in shape, but it is not the only reason students should take care of themselves.
Dr. Anita Flick, director of health profes-sions advising, said it is important for students to manage time wisely in order to reduce the risk of stress-induced illnesses.
“Lack of sleep, high levels of stress and a poor diet can make you more vulnerable to catching an illness or just make you feel bad in general,” Flick said.
According to Flick, short-term stress can get students through exams, but long-term stress weakens the immune system.
“The autonomic nervous system kicks in when a body is exposed to long-term stress, which results in physical symptoms “ Flick said. “The first symptoms are usually mild, such as chronic headaches and increased risk to colds.”
Over time, Flick said continuous stress can lead to depression, obesity and hair loss, among other illnesses.
In addition to stress, a poor diet can lead to short-term sickness, weight gain and long-term illnesses, according to the University dietician, Lisa Eberhart.
According to Eberhart, the secret of weight gain isn’t complex. In fact, it comes down to one basic principle.
“Anyone who takes in extra calories will gain weight,” Eberhart said.
Eberhart said beverages, especially soda, sweet tea and espresso drinks, can be a major source of unneeded calories.
“Don’t drink your calories, consume water with meals,” Eberhart said. “Soda and alcohol have a ton of empty calories.”
In college, dining becomes a social event, which can also have a large impact on eating habits. The dining halls provide all-you-can-eat service, and when engaged in deep conver-sations, students often go fill their plates again and again, according to Eberhart.
“Look at what you are eating,and think about how much you are put-ting into your body,” Eberhart said. “If it looks like a lot, then it probably is”.
She also mentioned that portion control is essen-tial for good eating habits.
Eating on the go of-ten leads to unhealthy choices, Eberhart said, but now University Dining is making it even easier for students to eat well on the go. Students can purchase a to-go container and fill it with whatever can fit, and take a piece of fruit for the road as well. The containers can be re-used, but if it is inconvenient to carry, then the students can rinse it out, turn it in, and receive a token to take with them until they need to redeem it for another container.
“Take the stairs, and skip the wolf-line when possible. Walking to class has such huge ad-vantages” said Eberhart.
If students want to keep track of how far they are walking across campus, they can pick up a free pedometer at the dietician’s office.
The University not only offers dietary coun-seling services, but a wide variety of ways to stay active, including physical education class-es, inter-mural and club sports, outdoor ad-venture classes, and Carmichael Gymnasium and Recreation Center.
Jesse Riley, a senior in finance, and a TA for Outdoor Leadership classes, said, “working out
keeps you disciplined to stay in a healthy routine, and that discipline affects other aspects of daily life as well.”
Once people start making healthy choic-es, Riley said, making them again and again gets easier over time. She recommends set-ting aside a specific time to work out or play sports every day.
“Taking a P.E. class makes you squeeze fitness into your schedule. Most of them are really fun, so people stick with it even out of class,” Riley said. “If you take it for a grade, you end up working that much harder.”
According to Riley, inter-mural and club sports are a great way to stay in shape and to network.
“For freshman, transitioning to such a different environment can be intimidating, but joining a team can make it so much easier,” Riley said.
Riley also encour-aged students to find something they enjoy doing so that they keep going back to it, and to try new things they might not have
experience with. Basic sanitary observations can help stu-
dents stay healthy, according to Dr. Flick. “When you are in close contact with oth-
ers and don’t wash your hands, eat well, get adequate sleep, you spread the germs and increase the risks,” Flick said. “So, know where viruses lurk and avoid them.”
Flick said to wipe down items and keep food refrigerated or covered, keep things clean and be sure to wash yourself, your clothes, and your utensils.
In addition to stress, diet, and exercise, there is one other key to maintaining well-ness, according to Dr. Flick.
“Getting enough sleep can help students retain information better, make better de-cisions, and stay in a better mood,” Flick said.
Flick encourages students not to fall into a vicious cycle of procrastinating, getting behind, not sleeping enough, and stressing because it can lead to poor diet and exercise choices, which in turn lead to poor health.
Diet, exercise key to staying healthy
to Westmoreland. “Campus research encompasses
development of new materials and biofuels, of monitoring NC hos-pitals for emerging public-health problems like f lu outbreaks, of management tools like analytics, and of clean air and water,” West-moreland said.
Because he plays such a sub-stantial role in the field of CI, the University recruited Westmore-land from the National Science Foundation last year to be the Executive Director of the NCSU Institute for Computational Sci-ence and Engineering. The same year, the institute won a grant from the NSF and the Internet2 to hold CI Days on campus, according to
Westmoreland.The goal of CI Days was “to help
the campus learn about its cyber-infrastructure and how to use CI, including VCL, the new Google-Apps emails and other tools,” Westmoreland said.
“Another goal was to help the campus learn about its nation-al- and world-leading activities in computational science and engineering,” the CI Days web-page said, “and to promote these activities to the Research Triangle region.”
CI appears to be nearly unavoid-able at this point in history. CI has changed the way people approach the world, interact with each other, and the way we live our everyday lives, according to Westmoreland.
“Now it’s silly to say there is a specific ‘web community’ because we’re all using [the internet],” Sagolla said.
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get where he is,” Williams said. “I hope he can find the net a lot for us this year.”
Zuerner picked up where he left off in 2010 with two assists in a 4-3 win against Sacramento State in the Duke Nike Classic last weekend and says he’ll con-tinue to set up plays.
But if he happens to wind up in a good scoring posi-tion with the ball on his foot, so be it.
“I’m looking to open up goal scoring opportunities for everyone, but I won’t turn down a chance to put
one in the back of the net my-self,” Zuerner said with a smile.
Zuerner knows Pack nation will continue to look to the se-niors, and to him especially, to spark the team when it’s low on energy, pick up valuable ACC wins and eventually go deep into the postseason again.
They’re daunting tasks, but Zuerner said he relishes them.
“It’s definitely a lot more re-sponsibility on myself now,” Zuerner said. “There are a lot of expectations, which can be stressful at times. You’re ex-pected to produce. But I don’t mind. Pressure doesn’t bother me.”
The Pack’s push begins this Friday with a 7 p.m. match-up against No. 3 UNC. Most of
Zuerner’s family will be decked out in Carolina blue – his mom is a game day decision – but it’s clear where his loyalties lie.
“I didn’t see any of this com-ing,” Zuerner said. “From play-ing four games freshman year, just trying to earn my stripes, to junior year, being an integral part of the offense – it’s been an interesting road. I’ve been so fortunate and so blessed.”
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the feedback tool saw a spike in usage.
“Sunday and Monday we probably had 50 emails,” Christy said. “People were thankful for the changes we made or talking about the live mascot or talking about maybe they had to wait in line for a bathroom and they let us know, ‘Hey, you may want to look at this.’ It was all constructive stuff, so it was really good.”
And those who have given feedback have received timely responses, according to Chris-ty.
“We had 50 emails from this weekend, and our staff had most of those responded to by midday on Labor Day,” Christy said.
The athletics department is not only making note of fan concerns, it is also acting on them.
“If it seems like there’s a trend among the fans that might be of value, we’ll sit down and talk about it and try to implement it,” Christy said. “Some of the changes to the field, including the block ‘S’ in the middle, the red lettering in the end zone, some of the enhanced graph-ics in the stadium, and the customer service locations, if it’s of value, we’re going to try to be as responsive as we can.”
Christy said the tool is also helping Yow to stay connected with fans interests.
“Yow is copied on each of the emails so she can kind of keep her finger on the pulse, too, of what are people looking for, what are the concerns, do
we have any problems, this is good, this is working well, that kind of thing,” Christy said.
The feedback tool is an en-deavor Yow is committed to, according to senior associate athletics director David Horn-ing.
“She knows that the ques-tions will come in a lot at cer-tain times in the year and she’ll just continue to be relentless in getting feedback to everybody,” Horning said.
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BRENT KITCHEN/TECHNICIANAthletics Director Debbie Yow plays cornhole before the football team’s opener against Western Carolina Saturday Sept. 4. The pregame was the first time Yow, a North Carolina native, had ever played cornhole. She said the main difference between getting ready for football in Maryland and at N.C. State is that she is at home here. “The fans are nice there and they’re nice here, but this is home, Yow said. “This feels different to me because this is home and that’s the best way I can describe it.”
fantastic,” said Christy, who gave credit to Student Gov-ernment for leading the way in bringing a live mascot on board. “She responded well to the cannons and 60,000 people in one place – and you just can’t simulate that.”
The tradition of a live mascot at State goes back to the 60’s, and Tuffy is now the fourth live mascot in Wolfpack history. N.C. State is now just the third Atlantic Coast Conference team to have a live mascot, joining Boston College’s Margo the eagle and North Carolina’s ram, Rameses XVIII.
Christy said he hopes State can continue to dis-play Tuffy throughout the
season as another element to improve the game day experi-ence at Carter-Finley Stadium.
“Our hope is that [Tuffy] will be an extension of our suit mascots and cheerleading squad, and our goal is to move forward with it while being sensitive to what is right for [Tuffy],” Christy said.
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BRENT KITCHEN/TECHNICIANTuffy the Tamaskan walks the sidelines at N.C. State’s opener against Western Carolina Saturday, Sept. 4. The breed name comes from the word tamaska, a North American Indian word meaning “Mighty Wolf.” Tuffy is the Wolfpack’s live mascot at football games.
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the Pack’s new mascotSportsTECHNICIANPAGE 8 • THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2010
Game day is Bright Leaf Hot Dog dayat your Dining Hall!
Tuffy, a wolf-like breed of dog, joins counterparts at UNC, BC as one of three live mascots in ACC
J.J. GreensteinCorrespondent
Students and university of-ficials have discussed the pos-sibility of a live mascot roam-ing the sidelines at Wolfpack football games for years, and Saturday, the idea became real-ity after Student Government passed a bill recommending a live mascot in February.
Tuffy is a 2-year-old Tamas-kan, a breed of domestic dog originating from Finland that is often bred to look like wolves. The Wolfpack’s new live mascot is privately owned and cared for by RightPuppy Kennel. With the instincts of
wolves in mind, Adam Rodg-ers, a junior in parks, recre-ation and tourism management who saw the wolf at Saturday’s game, said he thinks having a Tamaskan is a safer alter-native.
“Having a dog instead of a real wolf is alright be-cause wolves are danger-o u s a n d dogs can be trained,” Rodgers sa id. “But t h e d o g could look a little meaner.”
One complaint about Tuffy after State’s 48-7 victory over Western Carolina was how friendly she looked. Rodgers said he had hoped the new live
mascot would be more intimi-dating.
“I wish it looked tougher, but it was a hit with the kids at Carter-Finley, so I guess it’s
great for the family atmo-sphere,” Rod-gers said.
As for the safety of Tuffy and the con-tinued use of the Tamaskan at future home games, associ-ate at h le t ic director Dick Christy said the ath let ic
department is monitoring the experiment of a live mascot at Carter-Finley Stadium.
“The temperament has been
FOOTBALL
MEN’S SOCCER
Zuerner has big cleats to fillSenior and returning leading scorer hopes to pick up offensive slack
Kate ShefteSenior Staff Writer
With big names such as Ronnie Bouemboue, Chris Sanchez and fu-ture MLS first round pick Korede Ai-yegbusi garnering attention for Pack men’s soccer last season, few noticed as junior Chris Zuerner quietly racked up 13 points.
“Last year, I kind of flew under the radar,” Zuerner, now a senior and team captain, said. “I flew un-der the radar to the best of my ability and let the big-name guys do what they needed to do on the field.”
He inherited the role of at-tack ing mid-fielder from All-ACC four-year starter Sanchez, who had seven goals and nine assists during the 2009 campaign and now plays for Chrystal Palace Baltimore of the USSF Div. II league.
The Pack lost seven starters to gradu-ation last year. Zuerner and fellow cap-tain Lucas Carpenter, a senior defender, are now charged with helping guide a very young team — 19 underclass-men in all — back to the postseason, where they hope to match or surpass last year’s run, which ended with a spot in the ACC final game and a first-round NCAA Tournament bye.
“Last year can’t be a one year deal,”
Zuerner said. “Winning 13 games and having a great run in the ACC Tourna-ment can’t be the exception – it needs to be the rule. There’s a lot of pressure on the freshmen, especially the ones that play a lot.
Junior midfielder Watt Williams said a lot of emphasis will fall on senior leadership, as he worries the youth-laden team’s season “could easily go either way,” depending on how quickly it learns how to work together.
“All of the older guys have really taken it upon themselves to show the
younger guys the ropes, because they have to pick it up way faster than we did,” Williams said. “They’re expected to be big-name guys immediately.”
The new guys on campus will have the chance to seize the same opportu-nities Zuerner did – in fact, some of them already have
a leg up. A Charlotte native who grew up in a family of Carolina graduates — both parents, an older sister, and both maternal grandparents attended UNC-Chapel Hill — Zuerner followed his dream of playing in the ACC and came to State as a preferred walk-on in the fall of 2007.
He earned a starting spot during his sophomore year and a scholarship his junior year. He started every game in 2009 and finished only behind Bouem-boue and Sanchez in scoring.
“He worked very hard off the field to
AMANDA KARST/TECHNICIAN FILE PHOTOMidfielders senior Chris Zuerner and freshman Jorge Risquez fight over the ball with High Point’s Shane Malcolm, a forward. The Wolfpack won the Aug. 26 game, 3-2.
ATHLETIC SCHEDULE
FridayMEN’S SOCCER VS. NORTH CAROLINADail Soccer Stadium, 7 p.m. WOMEN’S SOCCER AT EAST CAROLINAGreenville, S.C., 7 p.m.
WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL VS. GEORGIA SOUTHERNReynolds Coliseum, 7 p.m.
MEN’S TENNIS AT UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA INVITATIONALCharlottesville, V.A., all day
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Athletics using fan response to improve gameday experience
New feedback tool puts fans in direct communication with athletics department
Brent KitchenAgromeck Sports Editor
When Debbie Yow was introduced as the Athletics Director of N.C. State Uni-versity, she made a promise to the fans—an outlet for them to ex-press their concerns on all issues concerning Wolfpack Athletics.
“For our fans, there is going to be a new emai l ad-d re s s s e t up…so they have a special place to share issues they might encoun-ter,” Yow said. “Because what fans need will always matter.”
This promise has come to fruition in the form of the Wolfpack Unlimited feedback tool on gopack.com. The tool, located un-der the “Contact Us” tab on the website, allows fans to submit feedback about the site, the Wolfpack online store or general questions
about anything in the athlet-ics department. These concerns are being taken seriously by all in the department, according to Yow.
“[The comments have] been great because some people have just had some bad information that we could explain,” Yow said. “Some people have come up with good ideas that we’ve initiated because of them.”
And through Labor Day, each concern has been addressed.
“We answer every question,” Yow sa id. “We com-m e n t o n everything that is said to us.”
Before the weekend’s football opener, the feedback tool, which forwards to an email ac-
count checked by a member of the athletics department mar-keting office, saw a slow but steady stream of input, Asso-ciate Athletics Director Dick Christy said.
“It’s only a few emails here and there, like questions and thank you’s,” Christy said. “But I would say it’s a steady stream, it’s not overwhelming.”
Following the Pack’s vic-tory over Western Carolina,
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SOCCER continued page 7
“... having a great
run in the ACC
Tournament can’t
be the exception – it
needs to be the rule.”senior midfielder Chris Zuerner
ATHLETICS
“She responded
well to the
cannons and
60,000 people in
one place.”associate athletics director Dick
Christy
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“We answer
every question.
We comment on
everything that is
said to us.”Athletics Director Debbie Yow
Tamaskan dog at home on sidelines in win over Western
Women’s soccer’s leading scorer garners national recognitionFreshman Jennie Krauser leads the Wolfpack in scoring, and her early success recently earned her acclaim from TopDrawerSoccer.com. The site rated her the No. 52 freshman in the nation on its weekly list. So far, Krauser has been as good at putting the ball in the back of the net as she’s been at helping others do so, with four goals and four assists. The spark she has provided from the forward position has helped her team win four of its first six to start 2010. The women’s soccer team’s first road game of the season will be this Friday in Greenville, when State takes on instate rival ECU.
SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS
Food, t-shirts among extra incentive to attend Friday’s men’s soccer gameThe men’s soccer team will welcome the No. 3 UNC-Chapel Hill Tar Heels to Raleigh Friday night at 7 p.m. The game gives the Pack a chance to make it two wins in a row against the Heels after coach George Tarantini and Co. took down UNC on penalty kicks in the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament last season. For the first 200 students in attendance, there will be free Domino’s Pizza, for the first 500, free Wolfpack soccer t-shirts will be given out, and the first 300 will receive Wolfpack soccer stress balls.
SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS
ACC releases women’s basketball’s 2010-11 scheduleThe women’s basketball team’s schedule for its upcoming season was announced Wednesday. The Pack has 13 home games and will host the Sheraton Raleigh Wolfpack Invitational Nov. 12 and 13 to open the regular season. Fans’ first opportunity for a glimpse of the team will come on Nov. 7, when North Greenville comes to town for an exhibition contest. With 17 opponents that participated in post-season play last season, including eight NCAA qualifiers from a year ago, the Pack will have its work cut out for it. Kellie Harper and her team will travel to both Richmond and Alabama for early-season road tests. State will open up ACC play when it hosts Clemson, then Wake Forest in early January.
SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS
