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TECHNICIANRaleigh, North Carolina
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Josue MolinaCorrespondent
Campus commuters will have limited access to Dan Allen Drive starting next week. The transporta-tion office will implement gating on Dan Allen Drive starting, causing restricted traffic flow between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Construction of the gates was originally scheduled to be complet-ed during fall break, but was delayed due to railroad right-of-ways and other issues. Gates are being placed around the railroad bridge, which will only allow access to transit, ser-vice and emergency vehicles.
The gates are intended to elimi-nate cut-through traffic congesting Dan Allen Drive during peak traf-fic hours and to promote pedestrian safety.
Christine Klein, public commu-nication specialist in the Office of Transportation, said pedestrian safety and bus efficiency are the pri-mary concerns the gates seek to fix.
“Our main mission is getting our students to classes on time and ar-riving there safely,” Klein said.
According to the final 2012 cam-pus mobility plan, the closure of
Dan Allen Drive will reduce pri-vate vehicle traffic in addition to promote pedestrian safety and enhance the performance of the Wolfline transit system.
Though many students have voiced complaints about the gate, Klein said she thinks the gate will have little impact on students and will have a greater impact on fac-ulty that use the Dan Allen park-ing deck.
Accounting lecturer Chris McK-ittrick uses the Dan Allen parking deck and doesn’t believe the traf-fic change will be a major issue to him.
“I come to campus from the north side, so it doesn’t affect me. I rarely go the other side of cam-pus,” McKittrick said.
Though McKittrick won’t be im-pacted personally, he does believe there could be flaws with the gate.
“The only problem I see is the back up from the light, so I’ll be watching for traffic at the light on Hillsborough,” McKittrick said.
The gate is set to be active begin-ning Jan. 14 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on school days, and will restrict all unauthorized cars.
Ravi ChittillaDeputy News Editor
Although Dec. 25 has passed, the Christmas season has carried on into the New Year for some students.
Members of the Coptic Ortho-dox Church, the largest Christian denomination in Egypt and the Middle East, participated in festivi-ties this Sunday, Christmas Eve and this Monday, Christmas Day.
Students at N.C. State joined those around the world in celebrating the religious festival by attending ser-vices at St. Mary Coptic Orthodox Church in Raleigh, as well as the Coptic Orthodox Church of Arch-angel Raphael and St. John the Be-loved in Chapel Hill.
As two of only three Coptic insti-tutions in the state, both St. Mary and St. John draw members from all over the state, many from the Triangle who come together in the congregation.
Amanda Saad, senior in biologi-cal sciences and President of the campus Coptic Club, said Mass was celebrated on Christmas Eve with “a special nativity liturgy with nativ-ity specific hymns and tunes.”
Also included in the Mass was the traditional Papal Message from Al-exandria, Egypt describing major figures present in the nativity scene
and symbolism as they relate to the daily lives of Copts. Saad also re-
layed the Pope’s words of “con-tinuing on the heavenly and God-fearing path.”
Daniel Zaki, senior in me-
chanical and computer engineer-ing, talked about how his family
“attended service and then gathered together and had a feast.”
After 40 days and 40 nights of strict fasting during the period of Advent, including abstinence from all meat and animal products, ob-servers gathered for a Christmas feast including all kinds of tradi-tional foods. And like a traditional American Christmas, Zaki said the exchange of gifts was prevalent among family and friends, specify-
ing, “clothes were most often the gift of choice.”
Coptic Christians, who repre-sent about 10 percent of Egypt’s population of 85 million, are celebrating their first Christ-mas under a new Islamic leader, Mohamed Morsi. Christians in Egypt have long complained
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Affirmative action open for discussionSam DeGraveNews Editor
Almost a decade after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the consti-tutionality of affirmative action admission policies at universities, the issue is back on the docket.
Since Grutter v. Bollinger in 2003, four justices have been replaced, and the possibility of a different ruling has students and faculty at universities across the country wondering what the Court’s decision could mean for them.
If the Supreme Court decides
to overrule Grutter v. Bollinger in the current case, Fisher v. Uni-versity of Texas, affirmative ac-tion admission policies could be eliminated at all universities that receive federal funds.
Gregory Vincent, vice president for Diversity and Community En-gagement at the University of Tex-as at Austin, said that he thinks the case has greater implications than student admission.
“This case is about admissions more than anything else, but it will affect other parts of the uni-versity too,” Vincent said. ““If you have less students of color you
won’t have the diversity that you had before.”
This lack of diversity is the first domino to fall in what Vincent said might become a chain reac-tion started by the elimination of affirmative action in admissions.
“I certainly think that we will see a decrease in diversity groups and programs on campus if the court rules against aff irma-tive action,” Vincent said. “If the numbers of minority students de-crease, the programs and groups related to them will decrease as well.”
Vincent is not the only subscrib-
er to the domino effect theory. Ex-ecutive Director of the American Association for Affirmative Ac-tion, Shirley Wilcher said that, de-pending on the Supreme Court’s ruling, this case could affect more than just who gets into public uni-versities.
“The decision of this case will have a ripple effect on all aspects of universities,” Wilcher said.
Aside from admissions, Wilcher said she believes this case will affect any university-sponsored programs intended to help mi-norities.
“There are, for lack of a better
word, right-wing groups that would challenge and already have challenged diversity programs at universities,” Wilcher said.
“Some limited use of race as part of a holistic admissions system strengthens the excellence of the student body and better prepares students to lead in their respec-tive fields after graduation,” John Charles Boger, Dean of the UNC School of Law said, as reported by The Chapel Hill Herald.
Boger’s statement echoes a por-
Christmas persists into new year for Copts
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE ST. MARY COPTIC CHURCHAnba David, the General Bishop of the Archdiocese of North America offers his blessing to a child during Mass on Christmas Eve.
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Breaking bread with strangersSee page 5.
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Wolfpack hockey hits its strideSee page 8.
Czech food comes to Hillsbor-oughSee page 6.
AFFIRMATIVE continued page 2
CHRISTMAS continued page 2
STUDENTS LEARN THE IMPACT OF BREAKING BREAD WITH STRANGERS. READ MORE ON PAGE 5.
FEATURES
“Clothes were most
often the gift
of choice...”Daniel Zaki, senior
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about mistreatment by the state and the tension is even greater in the Coptic commu-nity after the passage of a new constitution that opens the door for adoption of stricter Islamic law in Egypt.
In his first Christmas Mid-night Mass, the leader of the Coptic Orthodox Church,
Pope Theodoros II, called on his congregants to “not be afraid,” attempting to re-assure a global community anxious about the rise of an Islamic government to power there.
“Even if humans feel lots of fear, remember God will take care of you. This is a collec-tive message because fear is contagious. ... This is a mes-sage of reassurance.”
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CAMPUS CALENDAR
Tuesday, January 8All DayN.C. State Crafts CenterREGISTRATION FOR CRAFTS CENTERSign up for crafts center classes for Spring Semester.
Wednesday, January 97 p.m. - 9 p.m.Witherspoon MOVIE: DAYS OF CHUNDER Snowboarding documentary presented by the N.C. State Ski and Snowboard Club.
Thursday, January 107 p.m. - 9 p.m. Witherspoon Student CinemaMOVIE: LOOPER
9:30 p.m. - 11:30 p.m.Witherspoon Student CinemaMOVIE: PITCH PERFECT
Friday, January 11
Last day to add a course.
7 p.m. - 9 p.m. Witherspoon Student CinemaMOVIE: LOOPER
9:30 p.m. - 11:30 p.m.Witherspoon Student
CinemaMOVIE: PITCH PERFECT
11:59 p.m.MOVIE: THE EMPEROR’S NEW GROOVE
Saturday, January 127 p.m. - 9 p.m. Witherspoon Student CinemaMOVIE: LOOPER
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Sunday, January 137 p.m. - 9 p.m. Witherspoon Student CinemaMOVIE: LOOPER
9:30 p.m. - 11:30 p.m.Witherspoon Student CinemaMOVIE: PITCH PERFECT
Monday, January 146 p.m -8 p.m.McKimmon CenterMLK SPEAKER
Tuesday, January 15All DayN.C. State Crafts CenterREGISTRATION FOR CRAFTS CENTERSign up for crafts center classes for Spring Semester.
Wednesday, January 167 p.m. - 9 p.m.Witherspoon Student CinemaMOVIE: TAKEN 2
9 p.m. - 11 p.m.Witherspoon Student CinemaMOVIE: THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER
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POLICE BLOTTERTuesday2:34 A.M. | SAS LOTLarcenyOfficer found two non-students attempting to take street sign they had pulled from ground and wheel barrow they had taken from the area. Both were charged with larceny and trespassed from NCSU property.
Wednesday12:02 A.M. | OFF CAMPUSAssist Other AgencyRPD requested NCSU PD respond to Wake Med Hospital regarding student. Student was arrested by RPD for Breaking & Entering, Resist,Delay,& Obstruct and Malicious Conduct by a Prisoner for spitting on officer. NCSU PD issued referral for criminal conduct and welfare referral. Concerned Behavior Report completed.
Thursday2:02 A.M. | CVM BUILDINGWeaopns ViolationOnline tip reported employee had weapon in work locker.
Friday10:14 A.M. | CVM BUILDINGFollow Up/Medical Assist.NCSU PD conducted follow up investigation regarding report of weapons complaint. Two handguns were found inside locker. Employee became ill and was transported for treatment. Warrants on file to be served upon release from hospital. NCSU PD providing security detail at hospital.
Saturday1:59 P.M. | STINSON DR./BONEY DR.Property DamageStudent reported falling off bicycle causing damage to gate arm.
Sunday1 A.M. | OFF CAMPUSAssist Other AgencyRPD requested assistance with party involving NCSU students. Student was cited by RPD for hosting nuisance party, possession of marijuana, and possession of drug paraphernalia. NCSU PD referred student for drug violations and underage alcohol violations. Six more students were referred for underage alcohol violations and being present where the odor of marijuana was located.
1:56 A.M. | NORTH
HALLSuspicious PersonReport of subject sleeping behind dumpsters. Officers checked the area but subject had already left.
12:53 A.M.| TUCKER HALLDrug ViolationReport of possible drug violation. Non-student was cited for possession of drug paraphernalia and trespassed from NCSU property. Student was referred for odor of marijuana being present in room.
5: 41 P.M. | OFF CAMPUSAssist Other AgencyStudent reported to RPD of threats made by another student. NCSU PD referred both students for roommate dispute. Subject was also referred to threatening bodily harm against another student. Concerned Behavior report completed.
THROUGH THOMAS’ LENS
Hunt library put to usePHOTO BY THOMAS OBAROWSKI
Isaiah Wallace, a junior in Medical Textiles, works on homework at the new James B. Hunt library located on Centennial Campus. He says that the new library is extremely nice, and he will be there very often.
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tion of Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s ma-jority opinion form Grutter v. Bollinger.
“Effective participation by members of all racial and ethnic groups in the civic life of our Nation is essential if the dream of one Nation, in-divisible, is to be realized,” O’Connor said.
For the same reason O’Connor supported the con-stitutionality of affirmative action admission policies, Vincent said the Supreme Court should uphold its ear-lier ruling.
“The reality is that the elimination of affirmative action admission policies is infringing on the uni-versity’s ability to select a class that is appropriate for the student body,” Vincent said. “The Supreme Court speaks for the whole country, and eliminating affirmative action sends a message that univer-sities can’t take the whole person into account.”
According to Wilcher, all public and private universi-
ties are watching this case and preparing for how it might affect them, and N.C. State is no exception.
Eileen Goldgeier, vice chancellor and general counsel at N.C. State, said
t h e U n i -versit y is “keeping a close eye on the case.”
“It’s hard t o t a l k about how t h e c a s e will affect us until it’s decided,”
Goldgeier said. “All we can do is wait and see.”
Goldgeier said that the University will not make
any plans until a decision has been reached in the Supreme Court.
“We will evaluate the de-cision and determine what we need to do as it relates to our policies and programs,” Goldgeier said.
Regardless of how the Supreme Court’s ruling in Fisher v. University of Texas affects N.C. State, Wilcher said that if students and administrators do not rec-ognize the importance of diversity at colleges, the “domino effect” might be-gin anyway.
“We need to look to the future and recognize who our future is,” Wilcher said.
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“The decision of
this case will have
a ripple effect
on all aspects of
universities.”Shirley Wilcher
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PAGE 4 • TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2013 TECHNICIAN
There is a lot to be said about how so-cial media influenc-
es social change, facilitating it by chirp-ing calls for revolution on Twitter as wel l as hindering it by serv-ing as a tool for govern-ment sur-
veillance. But apart from in-fluencing entire revolutions, there are other, less sweeping ways by which social media shapes social change.
Opportunities seem to abound for speaking out against the injustices of the world by showing virtual support. Making a difference is easy in the digital age, ad-vocates of “clicktivism” say.
At the most basic level, there are all those pictures and posts on Facebook, drawing attention to some issue, imploring their au-diences for shares or likes, and aiding the cause either through some (highly doubt-ful) financial transaction that automatically proceeds from the share/like, or simply by spreading awareness. At the next level, there are Facebook applications such as Causes. Or, taking the URL beyond Facebook, there are websites like Change.org, though the base for information-sharing remains social media.
Change.org is a petition website. Anyone can create a petition for some cause, and people can support this cause by submitting an on-line signature. After reaching the desired number of signa-tures, the petition is sent to the relevant authority which would hopefully be affected by the public concern and do something about the matter. The point of these online petitions is to let normal people, who have neither the time nor the inclination to become full-time activists, contribute to issues they feel strongly about.
But this phenomenon of Internet users “doing their bit” without actually spend-ing any money or time is quite complex. From one perspective, this online “ac-tivism” is a manifestation of the promises regarding de-mocracy made by the digital age — it’s easy for anyone to reach out to everyone and de-fend the values of democracy in virtualized civil society, it appears.
How-ever, the case can be made that these opportu-nities for virtual mobiliza-tion, such a s o n -line peti-tions, are a curse in disguise. What if the great challenges facing our society cannot be solved by people going about life as usual with the same 9-to-5-working, copiously-television-gawking lifestyles? What if preventing catastrophic climate change – or gross violations of inter-national peace treaties – re-quires people to deal punches stronger than mouse clicks? What if the real world is still what life’s really about, and the virtualization of demo-cratic participation is just a dangerous illusion of empow-erment?
What if these online peti-tions are merely relievers of guilt, tailor-made for a soci-ety of active consumers and passive citizens, excuses to not step into the fire and fight the real, vital fights?
Regardless of the validity of such questions though, these petitions do undeni-ably have some immediate benefits, with many meeting their objectives.
One such strikingly suc-cessful petition was created last February to urge mem-bers of Congress to oppose the Keystone XL pipeline.
This pipeline, transporting oil from the tar sands of Al-berta to refineries all the way down to Texas, has widely been denounced as what could be the final nail in our climate’s coffin.
Despite a seemingly suc-cessful battle against it, garnering even President Obama’s disapproval for the pipeline, it had been resur-rected by being hitched to a transportation bill that
Congress was set to vote on.
I n r e -sponse to t h is , nu-merous environ-mental organiza-tions came together with a peti-tion. Their
goal: to amass 500,000 signa-tures in 24 hours. They met this goal in just seven hours, collecting 800,000 signatures in one day, and delivered the petition the following morn-ing before the vote. Congress ultimately voted against the legislation, due at least in some part to the pressure exerted by the signatures.
With success stories like this on one hand and per-suasive arguments against the long-term value of online advocacy on the other, this issue ref lects an important truth about social media and technology, one that could be drowned out in the debate as to whether they are good or bad. This truth is that like most things, its value cannot be judged in terms of abso-lutes. Is social media a boon or a bane? As the example of online petitioning shows, the answer is a noncommit-tal question mark, and a gray one at that.
Send your thoughts to [email protected].
Dr. Marvin “Pop-Pop” Herring
Hunt: a maker’s sandbox
Si nc e op e n i n g James B. Hunt Jr. Library, N.C. State
has resembled a freshman who just won the first prize at the annual design
contest. The In-
ternet is flooding with pic-tures of the new-ly inau-gurated Hunt Li-
brary. There are articles and videos popping up everywhere. People are talking about the tech-nological marvel and architectural brilliance of the building. Library folks have been giving interviews and quotes for articles. Every bit is well deserved.
Hunt Library is deco-rated with an assorted collection of technologies, and user experience and digital media seem to be the theme of the party.
From the huge Micro-Tile screens, interactive displays to the latest Mi-crosoft Surface on offer in technology lending, everything is ultra-high-tech. Two visualization “immersion” labs are coming in a month’s time and a plethora of mod-ern furniture arrays the building.
Hunt Library is a cupboard full of toys, open for all the kids as the teacher watches them play.
The thought behind the technologies is clear. The high-tech game lab wil l help the students studying game design get a real feel of next-generation games they intend to make. The Raspberry Pi boards and the Arduino boards are available for the computer engineers to play. The focus is clearly on makers — people who make things work.
Yet, something seems amiss. What is the point of a new building? Is it all about opening up a bag of new toys? Is the Hunt Library only a bigger space for awesome technology tools to keep?
Centennial Campus re-quired a soul. Did it get a soul or a big showcase? A soul is meant to radiate life. If tech-nology is misunderstood to be the soul, we might as well announce the age of cyborgs.
A library is a place for stu-dents to learn. Learning has an open relationship with ideas. Ideas need space to run wild. All the resources in the world will not help a person deprived of ideas. The Hunt Library equips the modern student well. It is still upon the students who use it to make sense out of the tech-nology made available.
Hunt Library is for makers to tinker — their sandbox.
Paul Graham talks about makers in his book Hackers & Painters, pointing out the importance of playing with your subject constantly, im-proving it, giving it shape — very much like a painting gradually made from incre-mental strokes.
As much as I admire the thought given to makers, I cannot miss the lack of it for thinkers — historians, philosophers, archaeologists and the like. Modern thought will require reinvention of the places of learning. It will require catalysts that encour-age thought.
Hunt Library brings no reinvention in that aspect. There are books that con-tain thoughts and ideas of people just like any library. Technology needs to be used to showcase thoughts.
It is time we find a substi-tute for the book. Instead, we just make newer robots that help us keep more books. Technology needs to be used to do new things and not find newer ways to do the same thing.
I am an engineer. The Hunt Library is my brand new study room with enough gad-gets to keep me drooling. But ask a true engineer and they will tell you that the most im-portant things in technology are not technical.
I am still looking for my reinvention of learning — a truly new library.
The ‘clicktivism’ and social media
Drills, not guns, promote safetyThe tragic shooting in Newtown,
Conn. and those before it in Aurora, Colo. (there was another shooting
in Aurora on Saturday) left Americans griev-ing while undoubtedly questioning their own safety. The concern is only magnified on col-lege campuses — and as some of the Hills-borough Street bank robbers in the past have proven, a crowded campus is sanctuary from the police. It’s easy to see why N.C. State stu-dents are concerned about their own safety.
Last Saturday, Campus Police and Univer-sity Housing collaborated to simulate an on-campus shooting. The drill improved Campus Police’s understanding of the actions it should take during such an event.
In addition to the simulation, Campus Po-lice made the Wolf Alert system more efficient and the descriptions more accurate, since the
Cameron Village shooting in September, eas-ing some student’s anxiety. However, not all students have let down their guard. Some are still pushing for a very literal interpretation of the Second Amendment, claiming guns are the only thing that would make them feel safe.
Last February Technician published a story about the Students for Concealed Carry on Campus. This newspaper disagrees with the organization’s stance, which if implemented would increase the number of guns on cam-pus. Technician believes that guns are not the solution to the gun problem. Past Campus Po-lice leaders agree with Technician’s sentiment. Former N.C. State Police Chief Tom Younce told WRAL, “We’re a very close-knit organiza-
tion, the University is. You’ve got about 8,000 to 9,000 students living close on campus — in dorm rooms — (and) I don’t think it’s a good idea (to allow concealed weapons).”
The guns used in many tragic shootings did not belong to the criminals themselves. They were obtained through some other means. Hypothetically, if concealed carry is allowed on campus, and everyone with a concealed carry permit is a good, mentally healthy citi-zen, then it’s still possible one of the guns could fall into hands of someone with bad intentions.
Gun possession on campus should be left to the officers whose job is to train with them, not a civilian who only completed the required
minimum of eight hours of training (plus other somewhat simplistic criteria).
We are at this university to learn how to put our education to use to combat the igno-rance and hate that propagates gun killings. Supporting any type of civilian, gun-carrying policy on campus goes against the reason we’re here.
We say this with confidence: Campus is a secure place, and Campus Police is doing good work to make it safer. Technician does not think guns are the answer, even in the midst of these tragic shootings around our nation. However, there should be a discussion of the issue among students. If Campus Police were to hold a town-hall style meeting, it would surely receive some valuable feedback on what would make students feel safer.
Ishan RavalDeputy Viewpoint Editor
Naman MuleyStaff Columnist
BY THOMAS OBAROWSKI
What is your New Year’s resolution?
{ }IN YOUR WORDS
“My New Year’s resolution is to complete my summer trip to bike across America.”
Emily Gerkinfreshman, statistics
“My New Year’s resolution is to gain some muscle weight, while also toning my beach body.”
Robert Jamisonsophomore, electrical engineering
“My New Year’s resolution is to clean 280 pounds, and to dead lift 400 pounds sometime during this year.”
Mark Maleksophomore, graphic design
“My New Year’s resolution is to quit smoking. “
Taylor Smithjunior, psycology
“... it’s easy for
anyone to reach out
to everyone and
defend the values
of democracy in
virtualized civil
society.”
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.
FeaturesPAGE 5 • TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2013TECHNICIAN
Breaking bread with strangersYoung LeeAssociate Features Editor
With smartphones com-monplace and the use of so-cial networking ubiquitous, many Americans believe they are more connected than ever with friends, family and co-workers.
However, according to An-drew Vanover, an alumnus with a degree in communi-cation, and Austin Simmons, a senior in graphic design, things like loving others and treating strangers as more than means to an end were becoming increasingly dif-ficult in their own lives.
Last year, with the help of 50 sponsors, the two decided to take drastic action to ad-dress what they saw to be a problem. And on June 28, the two departed the United States to begin a journey of 50 days to visit 19 countries, travel more than 55,000 miles, take 21 f lights and sleep in more than 20 hotels. Their goal was to connect with at least 50 people from all over the world and do their best to show them love and hear their stories over a meal.
Simmons and Vanover called their project 50 Days 50 Meals and hoped by learn-ing to interact with strangers abroad they could begin to learn more about interact-ing with strangers on a daily basis.
However, they did not want to keep the 50 Days 50 Meals experience to themselves. As the duo began to map out the adventure, Vanover and Simmons said they found an opportunity to try to inspire others.
“We were just going to trav-el and meet people and pho-tograph their stories but that was going to be it,” Simmons said. “That was going to be the extent of it but something happened as we were think-ing it through. We were like,
‘Why would we be so selfish as to leave these things for ourselves?’”
The two accomplished photographers have partici-pated in several photography projects, including Help-Por-trait Raleigh, a movement in which photographers offered free photo shoots to under-privileged families. Through those experiences, the pair found a way to communicate its effort through a photogra-phy-based blog.
In addition to photographs, they posted journal entries, videos and general updates so people from all over the world could follow their journey. However, Simmons said they were sure to not stop there. To spread their ideas about love and connecting with others, Vanover and Simmons also shared their modus operandi: “Meet a stranger. Engage in conversation. Offer them a meal. Share life with them. Stay connected.”
Through this project, Vanover and Simmons were able to meet and exchange contact information with about 300 people. Often the offer of food helped to fa-cilitate discussion and break down barriers created by differences in cultures and background.
However, Vanover and Simmons said that from the beginning, food was never the duo’s center of attention.
“Yeah, we photographed our food and we videoed it and we did all that kind of stuff, but at the end of the day, I’d put the fork down and put the plate of food aside to capture the person across the table,” Simmons said.
Nevertheless, 50 Days 50 Meals attracted the attention of several news outlets from magazines to food blogs, which saw it as a food project.
“We’ve been approached by many people, food blogs, the Food Network even, big names that say, ‘Oh, you’re
doing this amazing thing about food,’” Simmons said. “And I think our response to them is, ‘Thanks so much, we’re so grateful that you reached out, we’d love to partner with you, but the purpose of the project is not food. It’s about people.’”
In order to keep their inten-tions pure, the two said they turned down several oppor-tunities for media coverage and tried to continuously reevaluate their goals. It is because of this philosophy Vanover and Simmons said they insisted on meeting ev-eryone not with a question-naire or interview but some-thing they could consider to be a real conversation.
“We wanted to approach the shepherd in New Zea-land differently than anyone else,” Simmons said. “We wanted to ask him about his sheep. ... And we wanted to ask the guy who rows a boat in Venice, ‘Have you been here all your life? What do
you know?’ There was just this variation that was kind of mind-boggling, and it was cool to just hear people talk about what they know life as and what their home is and how they identify home.”
Vanover and Simmons readily admit not every in-teraction was easy. However, they said this was part of their intention — to test them-selves so they could learn.
The two travelers lost equipment to theft, and sev-eral times they encountered people who wanted nothing to do with them. However, Vanover and Simmons said during those times, their reli-gion helped them keep things in perspective.
“One of our big motives is that we’re two guys who love Jesus,” Simmons said. “We’re Christians, we love the Lord and our response to how Christ loves us is to have an
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COURTESY OF ANDREW VANOVERAndrew Vanover, an alumnus, and Austin Simmons, a senior in graphic design, went on a journey of 50 days in order to share their interest in communicating with others. The two said that they plan to continue sharing their plans and projects regarding honest communication on their blog 50days50meals.com.
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COURTESY OF ANDREW VANOVERAndrew Vanover, an alumnus, and Austin Simmons, a senior in graphic design, met “Sailor Mike” in Capetown, South Africa. He had been a sailor for more than 30 years.
Students invest in the pursuit of nonprofit minorJake MoserDeputy News Editor
As of December, more than 100 N.C. State graduates have completed a minor in a lit-tle-known but growing field: nonprofit studies.
The total number of alum-ni from this department now stands at 104 since the program’s first graduates in 2006. A total of 110 students
are currently enrolled in the minor.
Mary Tschirhart, director of the Institute for Nonprofit Research, Education and En-gagement and professor of public administration, said the minor was created by a team of professors, students and community members who recognized the impor-tance of nonprofit organiza-tions.
“We want to give students more opportunities to get involved with nonprof it organizations and to learn skills related to the nonprofit world,” Tschirhart said. “We want them to learn leadership and management skills, and also how fundraising works.”
The program stresses five core concepts: aligning re-sources, earning the public trust, balancing personal
interests versus the common good, capitalizing on op-portunities associated with diversity, and moving from charity to systematic change.
Tschirhart said that while many people think of non-profits as small charities that don’t generate much revenue, they are essential to the econ-omy.
Nonprofits accounted for 9.2 percent of salaries and
wages in the United States in 2010, and 5.5 percent of the GDP in 2010, according to the National Center for Chari-table Statistics. In addition, nonprofits donate hundreds of billions of dollars every year.
The minor now includes current students, as well as alumni, from every college at N.C. State except two.
Tschirhart said she would
like to see the minor’s capac-ity grow so more students can be involved with the program, which also helps students get hands-on experi-ence by interning or working at local nonprofits.
Those interested in mi-noring in nonprofit stud-ies should contact program coordinator, Eileen Hannan Ferrell.
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expression of love towards others ... [However,] this isn’t a Jesus project. This is a pho-tography project. It’s about relationships, it’s about peo-ple and we don’t force anything on people, but it is impor-tant to know when people ask, ‘How do you keep go-ing?’”
“The proj-ect is about people loving other people and that includes people who don’t believe in a god,” Vanover said. “That’s the idea. People don’t have to agree with us in that but we can agree about love.”
Things have not slowed down since the pair returned
Aug. 16. “The idea behind 50 Days
50 Meals wasn’t just bound in 50 days of a trip,” Vanover said. “The idea is written in my heart now. This idea of spontaneous love is more important than just one life experience.”
The two continue to not only try to prac-tice their philosophy of sponta-neous love, but t hey a lso st i l l encourage others to
do the same in the United States — the country where Vanover said it is most diffi-cult to have meaningful con-nections with people outside his social circle.
“I think that many people in the States and many people in general have a tendency to
communicate with others less and because of that have a tendency to love others less because we don’t care and we don’t have to,” Vanover said.
Vanover said he is trying to follow the lessons he learned during his trip in his inter-actions with people in the United States. According to him, it is never the easy route to love others, but it is some-thing he found important to do even during his long and tiresome journeys.
“We’re looking in the near future to find ways in which we can do stuff like 50 Days 50 Meals here and to chal-lenge others to do it as well. We’ve inspired people, but we haven’t challenged them as much as we could.”
Vanover and Simmons said they plan to continue to ex-plore different ways to extend 50 Days 50 Meals to the Tri-angle area. They record many of these extensions on their blog, 50days50meals.com.
Nikki StoudtDeputy Features Editor
In the midst of Mexican, Chinese and Italian eater-ies, a new culinary force has emerged on Hillsborough Street. After Frazier’s closed for good last year, whispers of new tenants swirled about until an assertive young res-taurateur made a move on the property.
In September 2012, Klara Novakova and her business partner, Chip Sands, moved onto Hillsborough Street and opened the second location of Klara’s Restaurant, a unique Czechoslovakian eatery.
“Hillsborough Street was ideal because after looking for a place for almost five years, we’d gotten kind of desper-ate,” No-vakova said. “I’ve l ived i n Raleigh the whole time I’ve b e e n i n America. But in i-tially ev-erything wa s too much for us or there was no outside seating. When Cary was recommended to us, we checked it out and loved it. We settled pretty quickly.”
Novakova is proud of the fact that the Cary Klara’s, which opened on Sept. 3, 2008, was the Triangle area’s first authentic Czech eating establishment, but decided
it was time for her business to grow.
“We decided that while it’s OK to be in Cary, we wanted to be somewhere new,” No-vakova said. “I’m 32 years old and I wanted to be with the younger crowd. Raleigh has that younger, more fun crowd we need to appeal to in order to succeed.”
Novakova moved to the United States 12 years ago and, after originally work-ing as a bartender in hotels downtown, realized she wanted to open a restaurant of her own.
“I wanted to live the ‘Amer-ican Dream’ and pretty much nothing was going to stop me,” Novakova said.
According to Novakova, the new Hillsborough Street
location is much l ike the original. Paintings by No -vakova’s father hang on the right wa l l of the res-taurant while the
left boasts a large astronomi-cal clock that was given as a gift by a regular patron. Pa-tron contributions to the res-taurant, Novakova said, are heartfelt and earnest.
“When they come in and see something of theirs, it makes the place more wel-coming and warm,” Novako-va said. “It’s all about family.”
While the menu may be unusual to first-time din-ers, Novakova says there is something to satisfy any ap-petite. Beef, chicken, fish and vegetarian options array the menu making for what Nova-kova hopes is a “true culinary experience.”
“If you come into our res-taurant, you will be fed,” No-vakova said. “No matter what diet you are on or what kinds of food you are restricted to, there is something here for you. We’ve made sure of that.”
To Novakova, the best part of any meal is the des-sert. Crepes, chocolate lava cake and various fruit stru-dels top the list of favorites among customers — all are from recipes that have been handed down for generations.
One of the reasons Nova-kova thinks her restaurant has done so well is because of the passion and experience of her staff.
“Ninety percent of our staff is Czech or are of Czech de-scent,” Novakova said. “Our head chef is Czech so he un-derstands the importance of authenticity.”
According to Novakova, she
and Sands pride themselves on the fact that everything is 100 percent authentic and made entirely from scratch. Klara’s Restaurant offers a 10 percent discount for students with valid ID — not includ-ing alcohol purchases.
Though business has pri-marily moved to the new location, Klara’s of Cary still hosts dinner nightly as a reminder to the original
customers that they are not forgotten.
“We made so many friends in that location that it would be wrong to cut ties com-pletely,” Novakova said. “Raleigh’s Czech commu-nity is surprisingly large and we need to do everything we can to remain close to them. The fate of that location will depend on financial stuff in the future.”
However, the “financial stuff” doesn’t deter Novako-va’s confidence in the future of her newest location.
“It is, I hope, a testament to the hard work we’ve put into our business,” Novakova said. “High quality ingredi-ents, appealing ambiance and a friendly staff create a feeling of familiarity. But it’s more than that. It’s a feeling of family.”
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and pretty much
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Losses to North Carolina, Virginia, Clemson and Van-derbilt ensured that N.C. State finished the season a mediocre 7-6. For a team that was talented enough to contend for the ACC title, 7-6 was unacceptable for most Wolfpack fans. It proved to be unacceptable for Director of Athletics Debbie Yow as she decided to fire O’Brien after the end of the regular season.
For all of its talent, the 2012 Wolfpack football team will most likely be remembered as an underachieving foot-ball team.
But I will remember it dif-ferently. Straight after the Miami loss, the Pack played against Florida State in Ra-leigh. A win for the Wolfpack meant the ACC title was still within reach. This was ex-pected to be a walkover for the Seminoles, ranked No. 3 in the nation at the time. Nobody told this to the Wolf-pack players.
Florida State jumped out to a 16-0 lead by halftime, but the Seminoles just couldn’t seem to close the door on
the Pack. After a few missed opportunities by the ‘Noles, I couldn’t help but think that maybe the Pack could turn this game around. One thing was for sure; it could’ve been a lot worse than 16-0 at the half.
A completely dif ferent Wolfpack team took the field in the second half. State’s defense looked tougher and more rugged than it had all year. It was an inspired per-formance from the much-
maligned defense, remind-ing me of State’s hard-nosed defense in 2010.
State’s offense struggled to find a foothold against FSU’s defense, but the Pack kept chipping away. A combina-tion of stout defense and a resilient offense narrowed the score to 16-10 with 13 min-utes left in the fourth quarter. The game came down to one final drive for N.C. State, one final drive to preserve State’s season.
Statistics will show that the drive was 12 plays for 43 yards and finished with a 2-yard passing touch-down from Glennon to sophomore receiver Brian Underwood.
But it meant so much more than statistics can ever show. Glennon and the Wolfpack offense converted three fourth-downs on the drive, in-cluding the game-winning touchdown, to make the game an instant classic. I remember the touchdown pass and the victory cele-bration by the fat, shirtless dude like it was yesterday.
When the chips were down and it was do-or-die, the Pack came through. The victory en-sured it still had a realis-tic chance of winning the ACC title, and it was also a momentous occasion for O’Brien, Glennon and the rest of the team. It was the first, and only, time I ever saw O’Brien smile. The players and coaching staff celebrated like they had just won a national championship.
That’s what I’ll remem-ber about this team. I’ll remember the heart it showed against all odds to fight back and save its season. I’ll remember the uncontrolled smiles on players’ faces as they cel-ebrated. This team fought like hell all season and whatever shortcomings were shown on the field, it wasn’t for a lack of effort.
RYAN PARRY/TECHNICIANSophomore reserve Milton Hall celebrates the Wolfpack’s 17-16 win over No. 3 ranked Florida State. N.C. State scored the game-winning touchdown with 16 seconds left in the game Oct. 6 at Carter-Finley Stadium.
They’re a close-knit group.”In its last
game be-fore winter break, the team lost to UNC-Wilming-ton, 7-1, but w i l l look to get b a c k on track when it takes on Christopher New-port University on Saturday at Raleigh Center Ice hockey
rink.The team practices twice
a week at Raleigh Center Ice and welcomes students and fans to attend, as well as to
support t h e t e a m a t h o m e games.
“Basically, it’s getting f a n s here and seeing the level that it is and then going back and telling
all the people that they saw a good game, they had a good time,” Gazzillo said.
said Howell and Brown have been the most helpful in his transition to college basket-ball. Now, with Georgia Tech and Tobacco Road rival Duke on the horizon at the cusp of a difficult ACC schedule, Warren said utilizing his bas-ketball IQ will be k ey in his success on the floor.
According to Gottfried,
the best thing about Warren is that he’s still a freshman and has the opportunity to improve as the season and his career progress.
“I think what will happen with T.J. is that he’s going to get stronger,” Gottfried said. “He’s in a good strength and weight program. Even as his body changes, even over the summer and spring, he’ll be better next year.”
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WARRENcontinued from page 8
“We’re really
looking promising
for the
upcoming years.”Mike Reisland,
senior in aerospace engineering
“Coming in
I knew I was
going to have
a role.”
QUOTE OF THE DAY
T.J. Warren freshman forward
INSIDE• Page 7: Continued commentary on
football’s victory against Florida State.
Jonathan StoutDeputy Sports Editor
Senior Mike Reisland has a unique workload in his final year at N.C. State — majoring in aerospace engineering and co-captaining the N.C. State hockey team.
The senior forward is fourth on the team in points, 13, with six goals and seven assists.
“It’s difficult,” Reisland said. “It’s just a matter of making sure you get your work done so you can actually play. School comes first, but you always want to play hockey.”
Led by junior forward and team points leader Chris Nelson, the Wolfpack has earned a 10-8 record this season, playing in the Atlantic Coast Collegiate Hockey League. The ACCHL consists of seven teams: Duke, Elon, Georgetown, George Washing-ton, North Carolina, N.C. State and Virginia.
Nelson, a computer science major, has scored nine goals and tallied seven assists for a team-high 16 points.
Since the team is technically a club sport, offering no schol-arships, the team does not have the ability to play for an NCAA national championship — yet.
“We’re just not at that level yet, but we’re making good strides to get to that level, especially with the exposure we get,” Reisland said. “Hopefully, soon, we’ll be able to get there, but it’s all just
a matter of time.”State won the ACCHL champi-
onship during the 2010-11 season. Teammates say they believe they are on the path to return.
“I have a lot of good kids coming in, a lot of new talent,” Reisland said. “We’re really looking promising for the upcoming years. We should have a solid team, and I’m hoping we’ll be able to win it again this year.”
The team is coached by Mike Gazzillo, who is in his third sea-
son behind the bench for the Pack. Before taking over as head coach, Gazzillo was an assistant for UNC-Chapel Hill’s team.
Gazzillo said he’s pleased with the team’s progress after a slow start to the season.
“We had some really close games, had some really good chances, but pucks just weren’t bouncing our way,” Gazzillo said.
The team dominated Clemson in its opening game, 8-3, but lost its
next five games. “The defense has been really
strong. The defense has been play-ing much better in the defensive zone, which has helped us because it limits the number of opportuni-ties the other team gets with the puck,” Gazzillo said. “The guys are really coming together. There is re-ally good bonding with the team.
Jeniece Jamison Sports Editor
Head coach Mark Gottfried said the Wolfpack has six start-ers on its roster. One of which is freshman forward T.J. Warren.
“I kind of tell our guys we have six starters,” Gottfried said. “Al-though he’s not in the lineup I consider him like a starter. It’s maybe some-thing we look at f rom time to time. But, I think he’s done a good job.”
Warren is cur-rently the team’s second-leading scorer, averaging 13.4 points per game, and is second on the team in field goal percentage. For his first time coming off the bench in his career, Warren is certainly making use of every opportunity he gets.
Gottfried said Warren’s per-
formance has fallen somewhere between a surprise and according to expectations.
“Part of us knew how talented he was,” Gottfried said. “But, you’re never sure of how quickly a fresh-man will adapt. I think he’s done a great job. It’s really not that surpris-ing to me though.”
The logical evolu-tion of every sixth man who is con-tributing beyond expectations is to make the jump into the starting lineup, but War-ren’s is concerned with being able to contribute to the
team’s success. “Coming off the bench is kind of
weird because I’ve never come off the bench in my life,” Warren said. “Coming off the bench, I’m just try-ing to be productive and just be as efficient as possible for me and the team.”
According to Warren, he knew
he was going to be in a position to make an impact on the program im-mediately, even while playing with Leslie, the preseason ACC Player of the Year, and a talent-packed group of upperclassmen.
“With those guys everyone’s going to key on them,” Warren said. “I just wanted to come in and score and do whatever it takes to win.
“Coming in I knew I was going to have a role. I just wanted to come in and work hard every day to show I’m worthy. It’s been working out for me so far, so I’m pretty proud of that.”
Gottfried said otherwise. In terms of the offense opening up, he said it’s all been attributed to his talent, not adverted attention from the defense.
“Not necessarily,” Gottfried said. “I think he’s a very talented offen-sive player. He has a knack for it. I don’t think that had anything to do with it. I think that’s just the way he is.”
Aside from Gottfried, Warren
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Nayes and McKillip to head football operationsFootball head coach Dave Doeren named Bill Nayes his director of football operations and Joe McKillip his assistant director on Monday. Nayes has 14 years of experience working for NFL teams in operations, including the San Francisco 49ers and Seattle Seahawks. McKillip spent the last four years with Doeren at Northern Illinois University as the director of football operations, on-campus recruiting coordinator and graduate assistant.
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Pack picked to finish first in EAGLGymnastics was picked to finish first in the East Atlantic Gymnastics League for the second consecutive season. State received seven first place votes. N.C. State won the EAGL championship in 2009 and finished second behind West Virginia last season. State’s home opener will be against Maryland on Friday.
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Football adds two early enrolleesFootball head coach Dave Doeren announced N.C. State football has added two players to the program as early enrollees. Offensive lineman Cole Blankenship and wide receiver Bra’Lon Cherry graduated high school early and began classes at State for the 2013 spring semester. Blankenship was named to the Associated Press all-state first-team as a junior and played in the 2012 Shrine Bowl. Cherry tallied 39 catches for 795 yards and nine touchdowns, while also recording 46 tackles, 24 PBUs and four interceptions, returning two for a score in his senior year.
SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS
NHL lockout endsThe National Hockey League and the NHL Players Association have reached a tentative agreement to end the lockout. The deal still requires a majority approval from the NHL Board of Governors, which will meet on Wednesday, and the NHLPA. The tentative agreement is a 10-year deal with an opt-out clause after eight years.
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Wolfpack hockey hits its stride
T.J. Warren, the sixth man Remember the PackAndrew Schuett Deputy Sports Editor
Let’s start with the obvious: The N.C. State football team did not live up to its lofty pre-season expectations. This team was arguably the most talented it had been in years. So many fans expected the Pack to contend for the Atlantic Division and pos-sibly the ACC title.
With graduate student quar-terback Mike Glennon return-ing on offense and one of the best secondaries in the country bolstering the defense, the Wolf-pack seemed poised for a break-out season under sixth-year head coach Tom O’Brien.
The season didn’t start the way State fans hoped. A 35-21 loss to Tennessee in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game didn’t feel good by any means, but it was still early in the season. Glennon had an unusually off night, throwing three interceptions, and junior preseason All-American cor-nerback David Amerson was unexpectedly beaten twice on deep throws, both resulting in Tennessee touchdowns.
As it turned out, the Tennessee loss was a sign of things to come. Pre-snap penalties, dropped balls and other mental lapses plagued the Wolfpack in the season opener. Hard as it tried, things just never seemed to come together for the Pack.
Wins over Connecticut, South Alabama and Citadel put the Pack back on track at 3-1, but it was the 44-37 loss to Miami that sounded the alarm bells for Wolfpack nation.
Although the Pack offense lit
CHRIS RUPERT/TECHNICIANA member of the N.C. State club hockey team defends a goal during practice at Raleigh Center Ice. The team has earned a 10-8 record this season in the Atlantic Coast Collegiate Hockey League. State won the ACCHL championship during the 2010-11 season.
RYAN PARRY/TECHNICIANFreshman forward T.J. Warren looks for a pass against Belmont Abbey Nov. 3. Warren had 19 points in the Wolfpack’s 105-80 win at the PNC Arena.
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“Although he’s
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I consider him
like a starter.”Mark Gottfried
men’s basketball head coach
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