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Images of checks were inadvertently released through a scanner sold on eBay by N.C. State.
Laura WilkinsonEditor-in-Chief
In 2009, web programmer Anson
Parker of Charlottesville, Virginia purchased a scanner on eBay sold by the University. In early January, Parker contacted the North Carolina Department of Justice and Univer-sity officials claiming the scanner contained close to 15,000 scanned checks, including routing numbers and signatures.
Parker waited three years to con-tact the Department of Justice be-cause he said he was wary of the government and how they would respond to him.
“I was really uncertain how to handle it… I decided that it would
be important for me to keep an eye on this situation, because in my mind these are not people to be trusted,” Parker said through an email inter-view, the only form of communication Parker has allowed with Technician.
After a few days of hearing nothing from the Depart-ment of Just ice, Parker contacted University officials Jan. 3.
“It seemed they we re n’t c e r t a i n about the veracity, so I published -- and have since deleted – copies of a few hundred of the checks with the rout-ing numbers and signatures cropped,” Parker said.
Sergeant William Davis of Campus Police contacted Parker, wishing to prevent the information on the scan-ner “from being released to others or inappropriately used.”
“In recent years, the University has installed controls and safeguards to prevent this type of incident from occurring again,” Davis said, ask-ing Parker to return the scanner to
the University and destroy duplicate copies of the infor-mation.
Brad Bohlander, associate vice chan-cellor for University Communications, said the University opened a police in-vestigation into the matter. The infor-mation on the scan-
ner dated from June 2004 to April 2006 and was “used while transition-ing to a newer system” of data storage.
“There is no indication at this point that the data has been used,” Bohland-er said. “The University is currently working to alert anyone who could potentially be affected.”
The Table Top Gaming Club at N.C. State provides a place for students to relax and play.
Daniel WeikelStaff Writer
A roll of the dice decides life and death. A four is all it takes for your last piece to die and then you’re out, in the game driven environment in Tal-ley Blue Room every Thursday night.
From six in the evening until ten, the fourth floor of the Talley Student center comes to life with the many voices of people fighting for victory at the Table Top Gamers meetings each week. Diverse groups of people meet up and socialize, as they enjoy some friendly competition.
“It’s a place to play games, meet peo-ple, and just have fun,” Robert Nunley, a junior in creative writing, said.
Nunley has been apart of Table Top Gamers since his freshmen year, where he has found a group of people who are interested in many of the same games as he is. He mentioned that often times meetings don’t just end there at ten, but people meet each other and organize activities outside of the regular meeting days.
Nunley and another student, Dillon Frame, a sophomore in physics and mathematics, agreed that meetings are a nice break from studying. It was also mentioned that board games provide a way to socialize with other people, since many of the games offered by the club allow for a large number of play-ers and provide several hours of play.
The current president of the Table Top Gamers, Derek Shields, a first year graduate student in industrial engineering, pointed out some of the club’s favorite games. One of these, Betrayal at House on the Hill, is where
players come together and tell their own horror story as they explore a haunted mansion. The game contin-ues until eventually one of the players is revealed as the traitor and tries to eliminate the rest.
Some of the other club favorites include, Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer, a deck building game, The Red Dragon Inn, a fantasy ad-
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Commission gives engineering graduate students opportunities abroad.
Elise HeglarNews Editor
Engineering graduate students now have the unique opportunity to expand their research facilities to Europe and Canada.
The exchange program, which is sponsored by the European Com-mission, gives doctoral, PhD and post-doctoral students the chance to conduct research in Europe and Canada. Eleven universities com-prise the exchange program: three in the United States, two in Canada and six in Europe.
Dick Keltie, As-sociate Dean of re-search and gradu-ate programs in engineering, con-siders this new program to be important for the University because of how the interna-tional market has grown in recent years.
“As all of our students, both gradu-ate and undergraduate, are prepar-ing to graduate it’s so international. These international experiences are valuable and necessary,” Keltie said.
Keltie learned about the program last spring from Marc Hoit, vice chancellor for information tech-nology, and immediately started researching how to make it happen at our University. After doing much research, including attending a sum-mit about the program in Spain, Kel-tie made everything official.
“He [Hoit] became aware of the opportunity the European Commis-sion had and we sort of picked up the
ball from there,” Keltie said.The main value in the program,
according to Keltie, is the chance it gives researchers to connect with other people conducting similar work. Keltie believes the more there’s col-laboration between foreign nations, the better the research could be.
“The deeper value here is to connect research facilities in North America and Europe. We have the potential for a dramatic impact. All of the big prob-lems we face are global,” Keltie said.
One of the long-term goals of this program is to connect faculty who are conducting research. Keltie said it is equally important for faculty re-searchers and students in Europe and North America to connect.
T he Eu rope a n Commission fund-ed the project itself. One million euro is scheduled to be spent on the project over the course of the next four years. Registration is al-ready open for stu-dents who wish to study abroad with the project next fall, according to Keltie.
Hoit said he be-lieves learning to
work in an international market is something that’s crucial for students. He names a lack of interest in living abroad and learning new languages as two major issues for students trying to find work after they finish school.
“Many U.S. students are not willing to live and work abroad or to work to become multi-lingual. The fact is, it’s much more critical nowadays to be knowledgeable about the international market,” Hoit said.
Since the world economy has grown more connected over time, having international skills can be a crucial deciding factor in whether or not a
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The FifthTechnician thursday, january 19, 2012 • Page 5
Mail BagOur inboxes, like many of
yours, are currently over-flowing with pointless emails.
Whether it’s wading through emails from national honor societies which you later found out to be scams, letters from professors who haven’t removed you from their list serve, or from mu-sic services you signed up for to get a free download — we’re fed up. But, honestly, there’s nothing you can do but grin and bear it.
We’re not in high school anymore; life officially happens on Gmail. The transition has its benefits. For some reason people — professors are peo-ple too — still fully accept the excuse “I didn’t get the email.” It saves us a trip to class, and makes our day when classes are canceled. It allows us to stay in touch with our parents without add-ing them on Facebook. The only prob-lem is its utility.
Today we explore our junk email. We explore existential questions such as: What if Groupon actually advertised things you needed? What if those loan emails were honest? What if Facebook and Webassign merged? We hope you enjoy.
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The cupboard kitSince you’ve moved out your parents have reallocated your room to something more enjoyable: a theatre, a workout room or an art studio. It doesn’t really matter what they’ve made it into, all they care about is your absence. Like Harry Potter, the only spare room you’ll find after coming home will be under the staircase. The kit includes a saw and knee pads — get to work.
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New programs on the horizon from Arts N.C. StateA new semester means new plays, music performances, and dance recitals from Arts N.C. State.
Jordan BakerStaff Writer
The Arts N.C. State program seeks to mirror the truth in the famous statement by Henry Moore: “A sculp-tor is a person who is interested in the shape of things, a poet in words, a mu-sician by sounds.”
In their pursuit of bringing both professional artists to campus and involving students in the arts, Arts N.C. State strives to explore all dif-ferent types of art mediums.
At the heart of what Arts N.C. State hopes to achieve is bringing the arts to everyone on campus.
“The arts really ought to be there for every student.” Alex Miller, the director of Arts N.C. State, said.
The Arts program hopes to carry this mission forward into the spring semester by giving students the opportunity to per-form and participate in the arts, as well as inviting professional artists to campus.
Student performances kick off in February when the theatre program will put on their production of Rent, from the Feb. 15 to Feb. 19. The Uni-versity Theatre program will also be putting on a production of The Ara-bian Nights, which opens in April.
The dance program on campus, na-
tionally recognized despite the lack of a dance major or minor, performs several times throughout the semes-ter. Student-based musical organiza-tions, meanwhile, have several shows lined up throughout the course of the semester. These groups cover a wide range of musical styles, from jazz and classical to choirs and wind ensembles.
The Center Stage Program, which is responsible for bringing professional artists to N.C. State, has created a line up which runs the gamut of the performing arts. Center Stage will start the semester with a performance by the Turtle Island Quartet, who will be performing the music of North Carolina native and jazz legend John Coltrane.
Another jazz musician by the name of John Pizzarelli and his wife Jessica Molaskey will be visit-
ing campus March 24. Other, lesser-known musicians, will be coming to N.C. State as well. One such band is Red Baraat, whom Mark Tulbert, as-sistant director of Arts N.C. State, described as “Bol-
lywood meets New Orleans.” Outside of the performing
arts, N.C. State is opening its doors to two new exhibits in the visual arts, which are to be housed in the Gregg Museum in Talley Student Center. These two exhibitions will concen-trate on textiles, and the meaning
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tonight!Opening ReceptionThursday, January 19, 6-8pm Gregg Museum of Art & Design Join us for a reception to celebrate the opening of two new exhibitions at the Gregg: Barkcloth, Bras, and Bulletproof Cotton: The Powers of Costume and Textiles of Exile.
POLICe BLOTTeRJanuary 152:00 a.m. | medical assist - alcoholBragaw HallUnits responded and transported student with possible alcohol poisoning.
2:30 a.m. | FightOff CampusNCSU PD notified RPD of subjects fighting on Hillsborough Street. NCSU PD assisted RPD with crowd control.
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5:48 p.m. | assist another agencyGorman Street/Ligon StreetNCSU PD assisted RPD in attempting to locate vehicle involved in hit and run accident. Vehicle was not located.
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Todaypoetic portraits oF a revolutionAll DayCrafts CenterCoupling artistic innovation
with practical application, PPR2011 is working to raise awareness around the situation in Egypt and Tunisia by depicting experiences of every day people in both countries. This exhibition at the Crafts Center is in conjunction with a related presentation to be held in Stewart Theatre on Jan. 31.
50/5007:00 PM - 09:00 PMWitherspoon CinemaInspired by a true story, a comedy centered on a 27-year-old guy who learns of his cancer diagnosis, and his subsequent struggle to beat the disease. Admission is $2.00 with a valid college student ID and $3.00 for the general
public.
Drive09:00 PM - 11:00 PMWitherspoon CinemaA Hollywood stunt performer who moonlights as a wheel man discovers that a contract has been put on him after a heist gone wrong. Admission is $2.00 with a valid college student ID and $3.00 for the general public.
Fridaypoetic portraits oF a revolutionAll DayCrafts CenterCoupling artistic innovation with practical application, PPR2011 is working to raise awareness
around the situation in Egypt and Tunisia by depicting experiences of every day people in both countries. This exhibition at the Crafts Center is in conjunction with a related presentation to be held in Stewart Theatre on January 31.
lie-nielsen hand tool event10:00 AM - 06:00 PMCrafts CenterWoodworking demonstrations with Lie-Nielsen tools by guest woodworkers and you can try out the tools as well. Tools available for purchase as well as books and videos.
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Sophomore in chemical engineering John Moricle smokes his grandfather’s pipe at tables near the Tri-Towers with friends. Moricle, along with many others, were outside due to the power outage. He got his pipe from his grand-father’s friend in Asheville. “It’s an old thing but my pipe is very special to me.” Moricle smokes pipes rather than
cigarettes because “many people look down on them.” He also said smoking a pipe is a “decent social activity.”
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Competing students prepare to travel for ProBowlFour University students are traveling to Hawaii to compete in the ProBowl competition.
Emily CollisStaff Writer
Among elite professional football players who will be competing at the 2012 Pro Bowl in Hawaii will be four University graduate students participating in a different type of competition.
For M.K. Ward, Tria Metzler, Gary Travinin and Landon La-Porte, preparations for the con-test began long ago when the group of four had to compete in the Bud Light Fan Camp in Raleigh on Sept. 25. The Bud Light Fan Camp’s goal was to give fans a taste of what it was like to through the training camp experience—an experi-ence every NFL player must go through in August.
The co-ed team had to par-ticipate in several football-re-lated events in hopes of going
on to compete at the next level. Kicking field goals, catching passes, playing Madden 2012 on PlayStation 3, and playing forms of flag football were in-cluded in the day’s events.
“Luckily we were able to have the highest score for Raleigh so we won the regional competi-tion,” LaPorte said.
Along with “swag bags” of prizes from the sponsors of the event, the most exciting prize for the group was win-ning an all-expense paid trip to Hawaii. The team will at-tend the Pro Bowl game while in Hawaii. This game is unlike any other NFL game because it combines the best players from the two conferences and allows them to compete against one another; team affiliation does not matter.
LaPorte said the Pro Bowl game will be a prime oppor-tunity for him to finally meet a famous football player, while Ward is looking forward to the relaxation.
“I’m most excited for the chance to meet my celebrity
look-alike: Aaron Rodgers,” LaPorte said.
“[I’m excited] to get a tan while playing my new ukulele on the beach,” Ward said.
The trip for the team will not be all fun, however; the day af-ter the Pro Bowl will be when they have to buckle down and get ready to show off their foot-bal l sk i l ls. T he te a m w i l l com-pete in the same foot-ball-related activities as they did in Raleigh.
O n t h at day, “Team Awesome Team,” as the group named themselves, will go against groups from different cities all over the country in hopes of taking home the ultimate football fan’s prize pack.
Winning in Hawaii means
receiving tickets to the Super Bowl, next year’s NFL Hall of Fame game, next year’s NFL draft and next year’s Pro Bowl.
The team is already looking forward to hopefully winning this competition and having fun doing it.
“The easi-est part of the competition is imagining all the fun we’re going to have whi le we’re there kicking the rest of the competition’s tush,” Metzler said.
L i k e a n y competi-tion, this one doesn’t come without some
challenges. One member of Team Awesome Team will be competing with a broken foot and sprained ankle.
“It happened four weeks ago, but still is lingering and there’s a solid chance of me re-injur-
ing myself. But champions make no excuses,” LaPorte said.
The team may be faced with challenges they can-not fix, but they have been working to improve upon the challenges they can fix.
“Don’t worry, Raleigh, I’ve got a new and improved strategy. To all the other teams--get worried,” Ward said.
While the ultimate goal is to win in Hawaii, com-ing together as a team has been one of the best parts of competing in the Fan Camp according to the group.
“My favorite part of the experience so far has been accomplishing something most people only hear about in the movies. I mean who wins a trip to Hawaii? I couldn’t have picked a bet-ter group of people to ex-perience it with and I know things are only going up from here,” Travinin said.
surrounding their creation.The first, Textiles of Exile,
will display works that “call at-tention to the ‘silent scream’ of homesickness,” and will feature works from “illegal Hispanic immigrants in California, African slaves brought to the Americas, Afghan refugees in Pakistan, imprisoned women in Chile, and relocated Cambo-
dian Hmongs in North Caroli-na,” according to the Arts N.C. State catalogue for the current academic year.
The second exhibition will be entitled “Barkcolth, Bras, and Bulletproof Cotton: The Powers of Costume” and will premier Jan. 19. This exhibition will feature photographs, arti-facts, jewelry, and outfits, all aimed at showing the cultural and psychological impacts that clothing can have.
Throughout the coming semester, Arts N.C State looks to combine both stu-dent and professional art-istry. “[The goal is] to create a cultural, intellectual envi-ronment that an institution like N.C. State really war-rants,” Miller said.
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student will get a job, Hoit said.“With the interconnected-
ness of economies and elec-tronic communication, it’s critical that graduate students have the ability to work for in-ternational companies both in the United States and abroad,” Hoit said.
Ashish Sharman, a graduate student in electrical engineer-ing who is currently studying abroad at N.C. State from In-dia, said from his experience, he agrees that doing research abroad has a lot of merits.
“I’m an international student, so this is my study abroad. It’s good that I can come here to the U.S. and use resources to do my research,” Sharman said.
One of the most important things researching abroad can provide, according to Sharman, is an exchange of different re-sources.
“I come from India, which is not as technologically ad-vanced as the United States. So it’s good for me to be able to come here and study,” Shar-man said.
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venture type game, and Settlers of Catan, a resource manage-ment game.
Occasionally, the Table Top Gamers have been found out in the Brickyard playing an enlarged version of Settlers of Catan. The dice for the out-door games are about a cubic foot in diameter. In the past, students passing by often ask for a chance to roll it. The game itself centers around the play-ers settling and developing an
unknown land.Meetings usually include a
group of players who spend the night exclusively playing Magic: The Gathering. The club has also been frequented by a local game designer with club members helping to test his creations by playing them.
With membership in the club, students also have access to the group’s game library, which is filled with a great va-riety of different board games. Their library is supported by member dues, which also go to support the charity Child’s Play, which provides board games to children in hospitals.
The club also assists Toys for Tots during the holidays, as well as playing board games with the kids at the Ronald McDonald House in Durham.
In November, the group par-ticipates in the Mid-Atlantic Convention Expo (MACE), where they go to just have fun and enjoy the company of oth-ers who like the same games as they do.
Not much is required to join the club, all one needs to do is show up with a friendly competitive spirit. More infor-mation about the club can be found on their website at www.ncsu.cattg.org
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Raleigh so we
won the regional
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Basketball fans are in suspense in the run up to the upcoming UNC
game; student fans will bear the predicted 40-degree weath-er this Friday for the tradition-al Carolina Campout. Campus organizations such as UAB and Student Government host the annual event for students who want to circumvent the nor-mal lottery ticket system and endure the brick camp sites all night for a chance to see the famous Wolfpack-Tarheel ri-valry.
To remain true to the spirit of this tradition, officials in charge of the event should en-sure organizational problems from last year are fixed to have a smooth system this year.
Last year, organizers of the campout were stationed in
front of Reynolds Coliseum swiping cards for students at check-in and the various mid-dle-of-the-night checkpoints. Others were walking the camp-grounds to patrol the area.
When the checkpoints were announced, herds of N.C. State students could be seen mi-grating from frosty tents, half awake. The success of the event, last year, was seen in the num-ber of students who came out; however, officials at the card swipe tent were not equipped to handle the turnout.
Students could take their ID, along with multiple oth-ers to swipe for friends. Once checked in, many students saw
their campsites had been occu-pied, due to a planning mishap concerning the designation of camping space.
During the down time prior to checkpoints, students could leave the designated tents and return just for the checkpoints. By cheating to merely maintain eligibility for the tickets, many students were able to circum-vent the rules and compromise the tradition.
Campout organizers should take the necessary precautions this year to not only ensure they can handle the massive anticipated turnout, but also crack down on the rules to avoid cheating.
These issues can be solved by having the right number of card swipers for the number of students registered. Designated officials should be posted at each entrance of the camp-ground to deter students from cheating the tradition.
Obviously, the organizers are not all to blame; students should stay true to the tradi-tion by respecting the rules, and understanding that its ob-ject is to have fun, not to cheat someone else out of a pair of tickets.
If we wish to keep Campout a tradition, organizers could prepare more effectively than last year, and students can re-spect the spirit of it to avoid giving first-time campers the feeling they wouldn’t want to return.
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.
Campout shows room for improvementThe FacTs:Student Government, UAB, IRC, CSLEPS, University Recreation and Health Promotions are hosting the traditional Carolina Campout, this Friday.
Our OpiniOn:Last year certain aspects of poor planning for Campout created disorganization within the event. This year Campout officials should remember these flaws to better prepare for this Friday.
Join the party: Campout 2012
Rachel Jordan, sophomore in architecture
The Internet: The true final frontier
Space is often referred to as the final frontier left for exploration. For
many, however, space travel is an unlikely aspiration, leaving only one frontier that is easily accessible and ready for explo-
ration—the Internet.
The wonder of the World Wide Web is it allows for the tenets of free speech and ex-pression to be explored with an unrivaled level of ease
and, if one should choose, anonymity.
However, rumblings in the House of Representatives have recently brought up new threats to the freedom of the Internet, in the form of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA).
SOPA, along with the simi-lar PROTECT IP Act (PIPA), aim to bring a new level of government-controlled secu-rity to the Internet. At its core, the bill allegedly aims only to focus on fighting against for-eign websites using pirated copyrighted material in illegal and malicious ways.
I, for one, agree the Internet provides a large amount of criminally-obtained material through torrents and ripped material. On some level, there needs to be a system in place to monitor and fight such crimi-nal activity.
However, the problem aris-ing from SOPA is the broad language and ambiguous na-ture of the bill. It leaves a great deal out in terms of defining what kinds of websites can be targeted, with little to protect national Web-based businesses from coming under fire.
SOPA, in its current form, al-lows the government to delist a website from the Internet if a proper complaint of copyright infringement is filed. Regard-less of whether or not a govern-ment agency would agree to delist a site is irrelevant, as any site that utilizes copyrighted material would be put into im-mediate risk upon the passage of such legislation.
YouTube is home to thou-sands of parody videos, music videos uploaded from second-ary sources, and videos that use clips from popular movies and songs. If SOPA were passed, any one of these videos could serve as a weapon against the site.
The site would have to be-
come even more aggressive in removing videos that utilize copyrighted materials, even when they aren’t being used for monetary gain.
Some sites are entirely de-pendent upon the use of copy-righted material in order to operate. The comedy website “That Guy with the Glasses” features a number of Internet critics that review bad mov-ies, video games and comics for laughs.
Though showcasing copy-righted material in the form of a review provides these crit-ics with protection currently, SOPA would make it far easier for the website to come under attack.
It’s the smaller websites such as this that would face the big-gest risk under SOPA. Many websites are dependent on page views and ad revenue to keep them af loat, and the threat of being delisted without any warning would be crippling.
Even if a website could fight back against such attacks, the damage of being delisted for even a short amount of time could be enough to destroy them.
Further, the precedent of Internet censorship that such incidents would set is terrify-ing in terms of the legal ramifi-cations it could allow for down the line, when more censorship legislation is brought before Congress.
The Internet is home to pi-racy and criminal activity, and there’s no denying that something needs to be done about it. However, in order to decide where the line is on what does and doesn’t need to be censored, there needs to be a great deal more discussion- both in Congress and among the people across the America that would be affected.
The White House as it’s cur-rently written, has denounced SOPA. However, similar bills and a continued barrage of new legislation are on the horizon, and it remains an issue for any-one who enjoys the freedom that the Internet currently provides for entrepreneurial minds.
It’s up to every last one of us to stay aware and let legislators know what level of censorship the Internet should be sub-jected to.
Send Jordan your thoughts on SOPA to [email protected].
Jordan AlsaqaGuest Columnist
Obama and Constitutional illiteracy
Republ ica ns , l i ke t h e i r l e f t-w i n g counterparts in the
Democratic Party, see the Constitution as a means to increase the government’s
scope over our l ives. We young-er genera-tions—at
least those individuals wishing to live in a freer country—realize some-thing is wrong, but many cannot put their finger on the culprit.
I say the culprit is the very document that is supposed to protect us from these domestic tyrannies. If a presidential impeachment were a real possibility in our current political sphere, it’s clear it would’ve already happened.
Let’s take a quick look at how the Obama adminis-tration has treated some of our Bill of Rights
Free speech.Attorney General Eric
Holder subpoenaed of a New York Times reporter who had refused to release the name of a confidential source for his book about CIA ef forts to disrupt Iran’s nuclear research. Then came Obama’s battle against Julian Assange, whose leaks detailed hidden abuses committed during the Middle Eastern occupa-tions. A few politicians even designated the website a ter-rorist organization.
Bearing arms.Obama boiled down his
gun stance in 2008: “I am not in favor of concealed weapons.” In other words,
you’re allowed to own firearms as long as the executive branch can tell you exactly how and when to use them. In the mean-time, his administration gave thousands of semi-automatic weapons to violent cartels.
UnreasonaBle search and seizUre.
Obama’s extension of the Pa-triot Act is an explicit continu-ation of Bush’s anti-civil liber-ties agenda. He has also stood up for TSA’s grotesque actions, i.e. molesting innocent little girls, at our air-ports, just in case the terrorists magically recruited them while their parents were sleeping. Often governments do establish an asterisk excluding the Fourth Amendment in times of con-tinuous war.
legal procedUre.The assassination of An-
war al-Awlaki set a terriblee precedent with regard to due process. Now, in addition to Obama signing the indefinite detention provision, future presidents will feel free to use loose discretion. If Peter King were to have his way in declar-ing WikiLeaks a terrorist or-ganization, think about how these would affect writers who openly support the website’s revelations.
states’ rights. Obama stated that he
wouldn’t circumvent states’ rights, yet the federal gov-ernment has continued raid-ing buildings in Oregon even
though medical marijuana dispensaries are legal. Sim-ilar illegal crackdowns are taking place in California. The FDA is also imprison-ing people who drink raw milk.
As I stated above, an at-
tempt to impeach Obama would be pointless, just as it would have been pointless to impeach Bush. The Con-stitution, despite its place-
ment in small govern-ment rhetoric, i s n o friend of l ib-erty nor should it be used
as a tool for such goals.Osama bin Laden’s living
intention during the war on terror was to bankrupt—ethically and financially—the American population through the means of our own government’s actions. And each day we find our-selves digging further and further into his evil trap.
The Constitution that cre-ated the federal government is the same legal document that created the very judicial system betraying our trust.
Maybe we need to listen to Lysander Spooner, who wrote, “[The Constitution] has either authorized such a government as we have had, or has been powerless to prevent it. In either case, it is unfit to exist.”
The purpose is self-defeat-ing. It is a hungry animal eating itself until nothing is left.
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the very document
that is supposed
to protect us...”
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Mail BagOur inboxes, like many of
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Whether it’s wading through emails from national honor societies which you later found out to be scams, letters from professors who haven’t removed you from their list serve, or from mu-sic services you signed up for to get a free download — we’re fed up. But, honestly, there’s nothing you can do but grin and bear it.
We’re not in high school anymore; life officially happens on Gmail. The transition has its benefits. For some reason people — professors are peo-ple too — still fully accept the excuse “I didn’t get the email.” It saves us a trip to class, and makes our day when classes are canceled. It allows us to stay in touch with our parents without add-ing them on Facebook. The only prob-lem is its utility.
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Jordan Alsaqa Arts & Entertainment Editor
No Marvel superhero is as recognizable and well-known as Spider-Man. For half a cen-tury, the adventures of Peter Parker have fascinated read-ers, and while the character has seen his ups and downs, 2011 proved to be a great year for the character.
The start of the Big Time era for Spider-Man brought an end to three years of rotating writer and artist teams, and brought the character under the uni-fied creative vision of writer Dan Slott. With the Spider-Island storyline, Slott has not only proven himself as one of the best Spider-Man writers, he’s managed to create one of the best Spider-Man epics of all time.
Spider-Island opens with Peter Parker enjoying a rare period in his life where every-thing is going well for him. Peter’s got a great job as a sci-entist at Horizon Labs, a loft apartment, and a girlfriend in the form of CSU officer Carlie Cooper. Aside from a heavy schedule of crime fighting with the Avengers and the Future Foundation, there’s not much weighing on Peter’s mind.
Of course, things quickly be-gin to fall apart when the Jack-al, a longtime enemy of Spider-Man, returns and releases an
infestation of ge-netically-altered bed bugs across Manhattan.
In no t ime, millions of citi-zens begin to develop all the
powers of Spider-Man, turn-ing Manhattan into the titular Spider-Island. It quickly falls to Peter Parker to find the Jackal, uncover his mysterious part-ner-in-crime, and stop the epi-demic before the whole planet it infected.
What makes Spi-der-Island work so well is the numerous levels it works on as a story.
For fans that have been fol-lowing the series since the be-ginning of the Big Time era, the storyline brings together a large number of plot elements from the past year.
However, the narrative man-ages to work well as a stand-alone piece, and makes a great place to break in to the world of Spider-Man. As the web-head swings around the city, he faces numerous villains, works to save his friends, and makes several comical quips along the way. The story is a distillation
of everything that makes Spider-Man
such a compel l ing character.It’s this examination of
Peter Parker that rests at the core of the story. Spider-
Island examines why he’s the right man to be Spider-Man, regardless of the great powers he has been granted.
Further, the narrative pro-vides a solid mix of drama, mystery and comedy, pro-viding a tale that remains compelling and interest-ing from cover to cover.
A l s o , t he conclusion of the story feels final, with only a few small story threads to be followed up on in later collec-
tions. Spi-der-Island prov ide s a
solid beginning, middle and end for readers to enjoy, whether they want to continue reading the series or
not.Along with
the main is-sues of t he arc from The Amazing Spi-der-Man , the collection also contains four issues of Rick Remender’s Venom series, which flesh out the story and
allow for several more action scenes, as well as an alternate point of view on the events as
they occur.Beyond just another collec-
tion of battles, though, Flash Thompson’s trials as host for the Venom symbiote provide a nice counterpoint to Peter’s arc throughout the series.
From an artistic perspective, Humberto Ramos contin-
ues to provide a wonder-fully dynamic quality to the series, and his com-
fort with the characters in Peter Parker’s world is clear. The mix of stylized, energetic art
with the bright color-ing of Edgar Delgado
adds to the fun, action-packed tone of the nar-
rative.As a bonus, fans who enjoy
the hardcover collection can look forward to the Spider-Island Companion that will be released next month. Collect-ing the numerous mini-series and tie-ins related to the event, the graphic novel will provide an extra dose of Spider-Island stories to keep readers enter-tained.
Overall, Spider-Island con-tains all of the great elements of a superhero story, and stands as a shining example of what fun the genre can provide. From the examination of Peter Parker’s character to the high levels of action and adventure, Dan Slott’s Spider-Man epic is one of the best ever written, and leaves me excited to see what the writer does with the web-slinger next.
Technicianpage 6 • thursday, january 19, 2012
A Web of Story threAdSThough Spider-Island works well as a standalone story, there are still several story elements that readers may want to be aware of before taking the story on. While the story does a good job of explaining everything in the narrative, here are a few story threads from the previous Big Time graphic novels.
Big Time: Peter Parker meets his scientific idol Max Modell, who gives him a job at Horizon Labs. He also begins a relationship with long-time friend Carlie Cooper.
Matters of Life and Death: Peter loses his iconic Spider Sense, and vows to make sure nobody dies when he’s around.
The Fantastic Spider-Man: Spider-Man becomes a member of the Future Foundation, a new group formed by the Fantastic Four.
The Return of Anti-Venom: The vigilante Anti-Venom returns to Spider-Man’s life, and remains capable of purging the radioactivity giving Peter Parker his powers.
Venom by Rick Remender, Vol. 1: This volume introduces the Flash Thompson as the latest host of the Venom symbiote, serving as an agent of the United States government.
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SportsSenior C.J. Williams has
been one of the pivotal play-ers for the Pack this season. Williams said that the team has a solid strategy in place to tackle the Eagles.
“They play four guys at one time that can all shoot the three, so we want to close out on their shooters you know,” Williams said. “They also can dribble drive pretty well, so we want to keep them in front of us without giving them open shot and then if we cut that out, then we just have to box out and rebound.”
Williams felt the Pack , who won just 15 games last season and have already won 13 this season, is on the right track this season to achieve a greater goal.
“It feels good, we are win-ning a lot of games right now, we are definitely headed in the right direction,” Wil-liams said. “We want to go to the NCAA tournament this year, and that’s our main goal because once we get to the tournament, anything can happen.”
Williams, who averages 12.2 points a game, which is almost triple what he achieved last year, felt a lot of it was due to the amount of hard work he has put in behind the scenes.
“This year, I feel like I am in a lot better shape,” Wil-liams said. “I don’t know if its due to my work ethic or any-thing, but I feel like I defi-nitely built my body better to play longer in the games this year, and that’s allowed me to continue to help my team.”
All I really want to do is to win games.”
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ates opportunities,” Williams said. “You have different guys scoring different ways. I’m a mid range shooter, Scott is a three-point shooter, Zo is penetration, and C.J. and Rich are near the basket. The floor opens up and creates more op-portunities.”
This poses another challenge to opposing teams: If they shut down one player or section of the court, State has the ability to score with other players any-where on the court. If oppo-nents have to double team a big player down low, such as Leslie or Howell, then often times the mid-range shot and three point shots are left uncontested.
“Teams have to respect Zo’s ability to drive plus mine and Scott’s jump shot,” Williams said. “So now that gives ev-eryone else more room on the court to create opportunities.”
Wood and C.J. Williams’ shots are something teams have to defend. The sharp-shooting duo is shooting 47 percent and 52 percent respectively from the floor. Wood also leads the team in three-point shooting with 45 made three-pointers
at 43%. When teams step out to defend mid range and long-range shots, Brown has more space to penetrate, and Leslie and Howell have more room to work down low.
“The type of threat Scott poses deep and Lorenzo has driving really creates a lot of room down low,” says How-ell. “Not only does he create a threat dribbling, but he has ex-ceptional vision but when he’s
dribbling he sees everything on the court and that’s something we definitely need.”
N.C. State’s strength lies in its ability to score from every angle. The team does not rely heavily on one player to create and score night after night. Instead the team focuses on a more balanced style of play that causes nightmares for many defenses.
“We don’t have a type of per-
son that has to go out and get 20, 30 plus every night just for us to stay close in a ball game,” says Howell. “We are the type of team that one of us can get 10 one night or the next or we can all get 10 like we’ve been doing as of late.”
This balanced attack on of-fense has the Wolfpack up to 13 wins already this year, two shy of its wins from last year.
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oliver sholder/TechnicianJunior forward Richard Howell attempts a layup againt the Indiana Hoosiers on Nov. 30, 2011.
enters 2012 as the only gymnas-tics coach State has ever had. A four-time EAGL Coach of the Year, Stevenson said he is fo-cused on his team improving its current No. 18 ranking.
“Right now what we are try-ing to do is the same thing we
are always trying to do, and that’s hit our routines,” Steven-son said. “If we hit our routines and do well at what we do when we do them, we’re going to be okay. We’ll hopefully continue to move up the line a little bit.
“We don’t want to stay at No. 18.”
And after spending some time west of the Mississippi, Stevenson said having a large
crowd at Reynolds would be a great reward for a successful road trip. Penn State, William & Mary and George Washing-ton will all be hosted by State.
“We’ve had two really good crowds this year, roughly around 2,500 for each of the first two meets,” Stevenson said. “We would love to get in the three to four-thousand range for the Sweetheart [Invi-
tational]. It’s a big meet with Penn State ranked in the top-12, and they are a good team. I think we are a team that if we do our job, we could push them really hard.
“We would be really excited to have our people there help-ing us.”
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nc STaTe ranKS in The acc:FREE THROW PERCENTAGE: 1st
ASSIST/TURNOVER RATIO: 2nd
SCORING OFFENSE: 3rd
FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE: 3rd
THREE-POINT PERCENTAGE: 3rd
BLOCKED SHOTS: 4th
source: Theacc.com
individual ranKingS:SCOTT WOOD: • 1st in three-point percentage• Tied for first in three-pointers
made
LORENZO BROWN: • 2nd in Assists• 2nd in Steals• 3rd in Assist-to-Turnover
Ratio
RICHARD HOWELL: • 3rd in Rebounding
C.J. LESLIE: • 5th in Blocked Shots
source: Theacc.com
The men’s team has the ability to score from anywhere and anyone on the court.
Philip MisklowStaff Writer
Preparation is key for any team to be successful. It’s imperative a team knows the opposing star players and limit their chances to affect the game. College basketball games are often won by the team which lim-its the opposing top scorer and their scoring chances.
So how does a team pre-pare to face an opponent whose top five scorers aver-age within .7 points of each other?
N.C. State’s men’s oppo-nents are challenged with this problem every game. The team is fortunate enough to have one of the most balanced offenses not
only in the ACC, but in men’s Division I basketball.
The team has five different players averaging 12.2 to 12.9 points per game. Among these players are Lorenzo Brown (12.9 pts/gm), C.J. Leslie (12.8 pts/gm), Scott Wood (12.7 pts/gm), C.J. Williams (12.2 pts/gm) and Richard Howell (12.2 pts/gm).
The points aren’t just coming from one section of the floor either. Two of the top five scor-ers, Leslie and Howell, collect most of their points down low in the paint. Teams can try and help out defensively down low, which leaves more room for shooters like Williams, Wood and Brown to hit open jump shots or create room to drive to the basket. The threat of scoring from every angle only opens up scoring opportuni-ties.
“With five guys averaging 12 points per game, it cre-
Credentials pile up for underclassmen as Pack hit the road.
Sean FairholmDeputy Sports Editor
N.C. State’s gymnas-tics team, ranked No. 18 in the country as it heads to Chicago this Friday, is well-balanced with 11 un-derclassmen and eight up-perclassmen.
Apparently, it hasn’t taken very long for the freshmen and sophomores to get comfortable in front of their experienced teammates.
For the first time since March of 2008, State swept the three honors East At-lantic Gymnastics League hands out during any given week - and it’s the young pups making much of the noise. Freshman Lane Jarred was tabbed Rookie of the Week, sophomore Stephanie Ouellette picked up Gymnast of the Week honors and junior Rachel Fincham, who has fought back from injuries through-out each of her season’s in Raleigh, claimed Specialist
of the Week honors. After starting with a pair of
meets at home, NCSU will now go 28 days between appearanc-es at Reynolds. Away meets at Illinois-Chicago, Oklahoma and Missouri will bridge the gap to the Sweetheart Invita-tional, which the Pack will host on Feb. 11.
Ouelette, who last year was the first freshman since 1993 to qualify for the NCAA Cham-pionships as an indi-vidual, said that gaining momentum throughout t he season will be vital for the team’s success.
“Every year it seems like we have been on our peak right around now,” Ouellette said. “It seems like we whittle down and die down by the time we really need to be at our top. We kind of feel that this year we are starting a little different and it will help us at the end of the season when we need to be on our game the most.”
On a team with six seniors,
the sophomore out of Colum-bia, Md. hasn’t had any diffi-culty finding leadership to lean on. Jess Panza, a senior out of New York, N.Y., has been one of her main role models among the senior contingent.
“They have spent four years doing college gymnastics, so they have a lot to help us with,” Ouellette said. “I can honestly say that I have learned a whole lot from Jess [Panza].
She’s been competing three to four events just about every meet. She’s had her ups and downs, and she has fa l len. But she k nows how to handle it when she is struggling on
a day or when you have fear.“She has been there just like
all of the seniors have, but I have taken a lot from her.”
While Ouellette has con-tinued to blossom in Raleigh, Jarred already has her finger-prints on the first two meets of 2012. Last year’s Gymnast of the Year in New Jersey said
she is glad to get ear-ly-season nerves out of the way.
“It feels amaz-ing starting off really well be-cause you don’t know what to ex-pect going to your first meet,” Jarred said. “When the whole team does re-ally well, it brings up everybody’s morale. Getting to travel like this is a lot of fun be-cause we get to new cities, see other teams, and show our skills to other people.”
The 2008, 2010 and 2011 New Jersey state a l l-around champion said she had relatively low expectations coming into her first year with the Pack.
“I didn’t have as high of expectations; I’m just re-ally excited to hit the events I have done so far,” Jarred said. “As a freshman it is really great to just be competing, so it makes me happy.”
Her coach, Mark Stevenson,
Gymnastics hits career hiGhs in 2012
Stephanie Ouellette- 39.1 All-Around score Rachel Fincham- 9.9 on bars Lane Jarred- 9.775 on the beam.
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N.C. State will be looking to build on its record win against Wake Forest and clinch its third conference title.
Rishav DeyDeputy Sports Editor
N.C. State (13-5, 2-1 ACC) will take on Boston College (7-10, 2-1 ACC) on Thursday at the RBC Cen-ter in what will be the 12th meeting between the two teams.
The Pack, who thumped Wake Forest on Saturday for the largest margin of victory in the program’s history since 1954, will be looking to take their third conference win of the sea-
son against the Eagles, who have won their last two games by a combined margin of just four points.
Despite being 3-8 in the all-time series, the Pack has won the last two matchups at the RBC Center; however the last time the two teams met, it was the Eagles who triumphed in a 75-66 game at Chestnut Hill.
Coach Mark Gottfried, who in his career has never coached against BC, felt their opponents are not the same players they were at the start of the season while giving due respect to his opposing number.
“You have to remember, he’s starting four freshmen,” Gott-fried said. “So they’re much different now - and really in the last few weeks - than they were early. When you watch tape of
them and watch some of the early games, you can almost throw those out.”
It’s a different team. I think he’s [Steve Donahue] an excel-lent coach.”
Gottfried said junior forward Scott Wood, who leads the league in field goal percentage at 43% and three-point field goals made to go along with the 51 consecutive free throws he has made, is one of the best shooters he had ever coached.
“I don’t think I’ve had any-body this far,” Gottfried said. “I had Mo Williams, who went on quite a streak at Alabama at one point. But Scott is phe-nomenal.”
He’s the best foul shooter I’ve been around.”
COUNTDOWN• 7 days until men’s basketball faces off against North
Carolina.
INSIDE• Page 7: Continued insight on men’s
basketball’s balanced offensive attack.SportsTechnicianPage 8 • thursday, january 19, 2012
Wrestling goes on the road this weekendN.C. State will compete against two ranked opponents, No. 9 American and No. 12 Maryland, on Friday in Washington, D.C. and College Park, Md. The Pack will take on nine ranked wrestlers between the two schools over the weekend.
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Rifle squad finishes second at Ole MissThe rifle team finished second, falling to No. 6 Ole Miss in its first match of 2012 on Jan. 17th. State finished with a 4510 combined score. Dani Foster and Madeline Pike both finished in the top 10 individually for the event.
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JohN JoyNer./techNiciaNWolfpack basketball head coach Mark Gottfried looks for an explanation of a referee’s call during the game against Wake Forest in Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Winston-Salem Saturday, Jan. 14.
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DiD you know?N.C. State’s matchup against the Boston College Eagles will only mark the 12th meeting of the 43 year series. State is 3-8 against the Eagles.
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athletic scheDule
TodayWOMEN’S BASKETBALL VS. CLEMSONClemson, S.C., 7 p.m.
MEN’S BASKETBALL VS. BOSTON COLLEGERBC Center, 8 p.m.
FridayWRESTLING VS. AMERICAN UNIVERSITYWashington, D.C., 7 p.m.
TRACK AT HOKIE INVITATIONALBlacksburg, Va., All Day
SaturdayWOMEN’S TENNIS VS. DAVIDSON AND WINTHROPRaleigh, N.C., 9 a.m. & 5 p.m.
WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS VS. UICChicago, Ill., 5 p.m.
RIFLE VS. SEARC 5Charleston, S.C., All Day
TRACK AT HOKIE INVITATIONALBlacksburg, Va., All Day
SundayMEN’S TENNIS VS. PENN STATE AND EAST CAROLINARaleigh, N.C., 10 a.m. & 4 p.m.
MEN’S BASKETBALL VS. MIAMIMiami, Fla., 12:00 PM
WRESTLING VS. MARYLANDCollege Park, Md., 2 p.m.
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Pack seeks third ACC victory versus Boston College Eagles
Quote of the Day
““You have different guys scoring different ways. I’m a mid range shooter, Scott is a 3-point shooter, Zo is pen-
etration, and CJ and Rich are near the basket. The floor opens up and creates more
opportunities.”said by CJ Williams
“It feels amazing
starting off really
well because you
don’t know what
to expect...”Lane Jarred, freshman