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Focus on community leaves students to discover organizations later this year, invokes mixed reaction

Ty JohnsonEditor in chief

New Student Orientation finished up its second week of sessions Wednesday as College of Education and College of Natural Resources students left campus after a day-and-a-half of programming, but reactions to some changes to the program have been mixed as its focus has shifted.

NSO Director Gabe Wical said the program now places a priority on how new students fit into the larger Univer-sity community.

“This day and a half can’t be every-thing,” Wical said. “The primary thing is we want to let [new students] un-derstand is about the expectations of being a member of the community so we establish those early on with what the policies are, expectations about the [Free Expression] Tunnel, being a responsible community member, and about diversity — the values we hold as a campus.”

Emily Pitman, a freshman in political science, said learning about policies and rules were a big part of her experience in NSO but said she felt a lot of what was covered, especially registration, could have been done online to ease the cramping of the daily schedule.

“They packed way too much stuff into today,” Pitman said of her first day in the program.

Steven Melzer, an undeclared fresh-man, said he felt registration took pri-ority during orientation, along with showing students where buildings are, and Melzer said the staff did a good job of orienting him with campus.

But one of the most noticed changes to NSO was the cutting of the organiza-tion fair, which Wical said was a com-bination of wanting to streamline the process for new students and because

of a lack of space.Janiece Jamison, a freshman in Eng-

lish, said NSO made it seem there were many organizations on campus (more than 500 according to Wical) but said the limited information fair on Talley Student Center’s fourth f loor didn’t seem to be enough.

“I’d like to see some more student or-ganizations,” Jamison said. “From what I saw it seemed like there was a lot [of organizations] but i know there’s more. It would be good to see them present themselves more.”

According to Wical, the reason why more organizations weren’t at the information fair was because they weren’t invited, but he said there was also a misperception about how many organizations have participated in the organization fair in past years. Wical estimated it was about 40, with about a third being college specific, another third being religiously based.

“A third were religiously based and then a third were a combination of the official designation is recognized stu-dent organizations, so Student Media, Greek Life, UAB, IRC ...those groups have continued to be invited this year, so we’ve kept those in but the other or-ganizations — we’ve kind of shifted our focus as far as getting involved,” Wical said. “The message we want to deliver at orientation is that it’s important to get involved, the SORC office is available for how to get involved [and] there are organizational fairs through Wolfpack Welcome Week and through the SORC office.”

Jamison said getting acquainted with organization may be something stu-dents can do later.

“I guess that kind of stuff you learn as you go along,” she said.

Which is exactly what Wical and the SORC office anticipate will happen.

“[The SORC office’s] suggestion was to reallly push those fairs they have dur-ing the fall,” Wical said, as Wolfpack Welcome Week and fairs throughout the semester will present opportunities for organizations to recruit.

And while organizations will lose the opportunity to meet with students dur-ing their first day on campus, Wical said an emphasis on campus involvement in general can serve new students better

than having many groups lined up at booths to recruit new members.

“We want to talk about involvement in general — why it’s important — but not just give them a sample of some of the

organizations available. [The number of groups that came to the organization fair] wasn’t really representative of what was really out there,” Wical said. “It’s valuable for those groups who have peo-ple on campus who are able to recruit, but one of the things that we realized when were going through this model change is we can’t be everythign to ev-erybody. We can’t make our orientation model fit every student organization.”

Wical said the reaction by campus or-ganizations to the exempting of groups was overstated, and that the focus of orientation was meant to be on new students, not on organizations.

“More has been made of the cutting of the organization fair than it really is,” Wical said, adding the justification for not inviting specific clubs and or-ganizations. “It was for the number of people that are interested in club X, that we shouldn’t dedicate a significant por-tion of our resources or time at orienta-tion to that one group. It wasn’t meant to penalize any of the groups that were participating it just was something we thought needed to be done in the fall. We have to make the decision that we think is best, and this is the decision we thought was best for the incoming students. Sometimes that doesn’t ben-efit the student groups on campus and that’s part of the reality. Our primary purpose isn’t to serve those student organizations, our purpose is to serve those incoming students.”

Wical said one of the reasons behind the misunderstanding about the infor-mation fair was a breakdown in com-munication between NSO, SORC and campus organizations, as NSO sent an e-mail to SORC to be distributed to student leaders, but he’s not sure what message was sent.

“To be honest, I don’t know what even-tually got sent out,” Wical said. “I think a different message got sent out than the message we intended.”

When asked how the cutting of club sports from the organizational fair with

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New changes impact Orientation

Issues with Easley controversy bring Information Technology’s e-mail issues to forefront

Christopher FrederickStaff Writer

The University Information Technolo-gies Committee met Wednesday morning in the Faculty Senate Chambers in D.H. Hill Library to discuss changes concern-ing campus e-mail systems that would affect faculty and students.

Easley controversy brings questions to Information Technology

Vice Chancellor of Information Tech-nology Marc Hoit explained that the lat-est controversy pertaining the hiring of former first lady Mary Easley has shown how out of date the IT department was in regards to the archiving and retaining of business e-mails created and sent by the University’s faculty. Last week, University lawyers were unable to produce emails as-sociated with Easley’s hiring for federal prosecutors , citing the e-mails had been

deleted and could not be recovered by IT staff.

Hoit says the e-mail retention policy bas been updated and is being reviewed by legal affairs. The new policy will more accurately follow laws regarding retention and deleting of business e-mails created by faculty. Hoit said it was important for faculty to make their business e-mails accessible so the University can better defend its staff in legal matters.

Some changes that will be made in the retention policy would implement a single system that archives all the University’s

faculty mail with the exception of spam. According to Hoit, the goal of the new policy is for every e-mail to be archived.

“There is no one solution that will make everybody happy...we are trying to pick a solution we can work with that makes the most people happy” Hoit said. “These changes are due to the high amount of requests for files involving the University’s legal issues.”

Hoit also spoke on how beneficial

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AMANDA KARST/TECHNICIANAlan Schueler, CALS Information Technology Representative, and Marc Hoit, Vice Chancellor of Information Technology listen during discussion of the email retention policy at the University Information Technology meeting Wednesday in the Faculty Senate Chambers. The policy is an easier way for the Uni to comply with e-mail retention policies than the current reliance on employees to know the categories of e-mails that should be retained, and for how long.

TIM O’BRIEN/TECHNICIANChecking in for orientation, Emily Dunn, a freshman in education, picks up her information packet at Lee residence hall early Wed. Dunn was most excited about orientation as a chance to meet new people.

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POLICE BLOTTERJuly 611:19 AM | SAFETY PROGRAMStudent Health Center Officer conducted program on sexual assault. 11:57 AM | SAFETY PROGRAM Talley Student Center Officer conducted Information Fair for New Student Orientation. 12:33 AM | ASSIST OTHER AGENCY Hillsborough Street RPD reported large party closing down in the area. Officers stood by while crowd dispersed. No problems noted. 6:13 AM | B/E VEHICLEWood Lot Student reported vehicle had been broken into. GPS and other items taken. 7:46 AM | SAFETY PROGRAMTalley Student Center Officer conducted program at New Student Orientation. 8:19 AM | FIRE ALARMHarrelson Hall FP responded to alarm caused by sys-tem malfunction. Electronics notified. 8:21 AM | B/E VEHICLEVet School Lot Staff member reported GPS system taken from unsecured vehicle. 2:21 PM | SAFETY PROGRAM Admin II Officer conducted program at New Employee Orientation. 3:01 PM | FIRE ALARMCarmichael Gym FP responded to alarm caused by con-tractors working in the area. Electron-ics notified. 3:07 PM | DAMAGE TO PROPERTYGolf Course Staff member reported vehicle had been keyed. 6:43 PM | MEDICAL ASSISTDerr Track Officer responded to student in need of medical assistance. Student re-fused transport and complied to leave the area. No further action taken.

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

IN THE KNOW Administrators will speak at budget forum

The University will host an open budget forum today in Stewart Theatre from 3:30 to 5 p.m. The forum will feature members of the University’s ad-ministration answering ques-tions and listening to ideas about budget cut propositions. All students, faculty and staff are encouraged to attend. For more information, visit http://news.ncsu.edu/news/2009/07/mkbudgetforum.php.

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UAB plans to hold “splash”

The Union Activities Board will hold “Wolfpack Splash” July 15 on Harris Field. The event, which is scheduled to last from 8 p.m. to midnight, will feature water gun fights, a water slide and snow cones. Student Government will provide addi-tional food for participants and the Inter-Residence Council will have cotton candy at the event.

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!eatre announces schedule

With the complet ion of Thompson Hall’s renovations, University Theatre has con-firmed dates and shows for its 2009-10 season, which will kick off with a ribbon cutting and

opening ceremony Aug. 17. Tours of the newly renovated facility will follow the event. The first University Theatre performance in the new Thompson will be Amadeus, beginning Sept. 18. The rest of the season lineup features Blue, It’s a Wonderful Life, A Live Radio Play, Into the Woods, and Macbeth. Season tickets are available for $56 for faculty and staff and $20 for students. Individual ticket sales begin July 15. Call Ticket Central at 515-1100 or visit ncsu.edu/the-atre for more information.

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Campus Rec to sponsor blood drive

Campus Recreation will hold a blood drive July 22 in Carmichael Recreation Center’s Playzone.

The drive will run from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Interested participants are encouraged to register for an appointment online at http://givesblood.org/go.php?bdc=215999.

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SG seeks to "ll positions

Student Government is ac-cepting applications for par-ticipants in its 89th session. An online application allows students to indicate what po-sitions they are interested in. A list of open positions is on-line and accessible from the SG Web site, and at http://students.ncsu.edu/transi-tion/position.php. E-mail Jim Ceresnak with questions at sbp@ncsu.edu.

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WORLD & NATIONPresident claims Iran elections as “freest” in world

Newly elected Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad an-nounced in his first televised ad-dress since Iran’s June 12 elections that they were “the freest” and “healthiest” in the world.

Opposition leaders have disputed the results of the elec-tions since Ahmadinejad was announced the winner with 63 percent of the vote. Mir Hossein Moussavi and Mehdi Karroubi, the two defeated candidates, along with former President Moham-mad Khatami, called in a joint statement for the cessation of arrests of political figures, intel-lectuals, journalists and demon-strators since the election.

The Iranian government has cut off text messaging services and shut down all government offices, banks, universities and industrial centers in Tehran Wednesday in an apparent effort to prevent ral-lies Thursday. The closings, which opposition leaders expect to con-tinue Thursday, are precautions due to heavy pollution and dust storms, a news agency reported.

An opposition Web site re-ports southern cities Ahwaz and Abadan were not shut down and had experienced worse storms than those expected in Tehran.

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L.A. seeks help in funding memorial

Los Angeles officials hope Michael Jackson fans will chip in to help cover the cost of the pop star’s Staples Center memorial held Tuesday night. The city paid an estimated $2 to $4 million for additional security at the arena as thousands flooded the city to bid farewell to Jackson, who died June 25.

The city is already $530 million in debt and California is carrying a $24 billion deficit, and while Councilwoman Jan Perry said last week the city would pay for the extra security, other council members have argued the Staples Center should pay the bills and that the public should be exempt from paying for the expenses.

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London mail strike ensues

Postal workers in London have announced a three-day strike this week as part of a continuing dis-pute over jobs and compensation. Distribution workers will strike today and mail center staff will strike Friday. Delivery staff staged their strike Wednesday.

The Communication Workers Union has accused Royal Mail of not entertaining modernization ideas as its management has seen recent pay cuts, while officials from the company say they fully intend to discuss modernizing the mail service, but that the union is blocking its efforts.

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Google announced Tuesday it is developing a PC operating system based on its Chrome Web brows-er. The browser, which launched nine months ago, now has more than 30 billion regular users.

The operating system will be available in late 2010.

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LUIS ZAPATA/TECHNICIANIn the basement of Riddick, in a spare nuclear physics lab, Chris Swank, a graduate student in physics, plays the drums while Robert Patty, a graduate student in physics, plays guitar Tuesday night. “We’ve never played before,” Swank said. The two decided to use the basement to jam a little and see how their di!erent styles mix.

LUIS ZAPATA/TECHNICIANPointing at something on the screen, Kate Nehm, sophomore in communications, helps Wade Rothrock, freshman in pyschology, with registration for his fall classes. With the new orientation schedule, new stu-dents have holds on their accounts until the morning of the second day. “I feel like the orientation coun-selors and advisors help it go a lot faster,” Nehm said.

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it could be if the three Trian-gle universities shared a mail server to archive e-mails. Hoit explained that outsourcing the duty of archiving university mail is costly.

“Combining the three Uni-versity’s e-mail into one archive would be much more cost-effec-tive” Hoit said.

The committee decided stu-dent e-mail would not need to be archived unless the student works for the University and conducts university business with his/her email address. The new policy on e-mail retention is expected to be in affect by De-cember.

Gmail pilot should be available for student trial this fall

The UITC also continued talks about the University’s eventual outsourcing of e-mail to Google. OIT Director of Outreach, Com-munications and Consulting Stan North Martin said the Uni-versity is in talks with Google to provide Gmail and Google ap-plications to students. The deal would provide students with the ability to use Google applica-tions for school work. Students may also be able to use a Gmail address as their school address. The OIT says with continued ne-gotiations students could have a example pilot to work with in the fall before a full migration to the system which would take place in spring 2010.

Students like Rohil Shah, a senior in natural resource management, and Katie Rios, a senior in communications, said they already use Gmail more than they use the Uni-versity’s e-mail system.

“I think it’s a really good idea,” Rios said of the pro-posed move. “I use my Gmail account way more than my school account.”

Shah said beyond using Google’s mail service, she would be interested in using the applications the company offers for school work.

“I would love to be able to see Google applications inte-grated into our network here at State.”

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club rugby as an example, Wical questioned how many students would have signed up for the club had they been at the fair.

“How many students do you think signed up for rugby?” Wical asked. “My point is we can’t have — our decision was not to have all of these groups as part of the information fair be-cause it was just too much infor-mation. It really wasn’t serving the purpose. For us to have it 17 times these were the decisions we had to make and not all of those decisions benefit everybody on campus and that’s just part of the reality.”

But new students aren’t aware of the program’s focus, Wical said.

“Communicating [our focus] with the student is the part that we’re still working on — to say ‘not everything is going to be here, but this is where you need to go if you want to get involved,’ “ he said.

Katie Nehm, a sophomore in communication and an NSO counselor, said students in her group have had lots of questions about specific groups on campus, but they don’t have a resource to get their questions answered.

“I know a lot of girls have asked me about Greek life and they want to know about a specific organization because it’s kind of a legacy in their family and when they get to talk to only just one person from Greek LIfe, they don’t get to figure that out,” Nehm said. “A lot of people were wondering about club sports, too.”

Nehm, who plays club soccer, said she struggled to find infor-mation about club sports during her freshman year even with an organization fair during her ori-entation

“When I went on the Web site to look for tryouts and every-thing, Campus Rec hadn’t even updated the Web site so I didn’t find out the information until the spring,” she said. “I feel like if we had more people here they would know their specific about what they really want to do. They’re missing out on interest-specific things. They’re aware of the student organization re-source center, but if they actually take advantage of it is a different story. I feel like if there’s actually things they can see, they’re more likely to get involved.”

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TECHNICIAN

Unless you’ve been liv-ing under a rock (or a place without television

or Internet access), it’s hard for anyone in this country to

have missed the epidemic of celebrity deaths: Farrah Fawcett, the sex symbol of a generation; Michael Jack-son, the King of Pop; Billy

Mays, the consummate sales-man; Steve McNair, Tennessee Titans quarterback; and Ed Mc-Mahon, the old Tonight Show sidekick.

What’s more telling, however, is the media and societal reac-tion to these celebrities’ deaths. Truly, ours is a society of idola-try, obsession and gossip about those who manage to get in the spotlight, and if the media re-sponse to the passing of these celebrities is the metaphorical mirror in which we look at our culture, then we have a lot of soul-searching to do.

The tabloids are one thing — after all, I do get sick of reading stories about alien abductions and “Bat-Boy” in the National Enquirer, and the ridiculous speculation about the circum-stances about Michael Jackson’s death in such publications gives me something different to stare at in the grocery check-out line. But for major media outlets to report on the ticket lottery for access to Jackson’s memorial ser-vice in Los Angeles is something else entirely.

And don’t try to give me any of that “it’s a slow news day” bull — we have enough news each day on the economy alone to fill a newspaper or evening news broadcast. Add to that issues regarding global warming, wars around the world, hungry people around the globe (including in America) and any other number

of societal ills and injustices, and you can easily see that we have plenty to focus our attention and effort on.

The circus surrounding Jack-son’s death in particular is very concerning. I’m not really wor-ried about the little tickers and e-mail alerts and other such blurbs on his hospitalization and death — those are just a few words on the bottom of the television or in a brief e-mail that spends ex-actly the right amount of effort that should be put into reporting such things.

But when Jon Stewart is able to give out the “Rippy” awards on The Daily Show for CNN’s graphics expla ining what brought Jackson to the hospital, Geraldo’s white board detailing the possible causes of death and MSNBC’s Michael Okwu’s inane statement that “Michael Jackson will only die once,” you know there’s a problem.

And when major television networks devote a fair amount of their 22-minute nightly broad-casts to tell us about Jackson’s memorial service Tuesday in-stead of discussing the economy, wars, genocides, global warming, hunger, poverty, disease, human suffering and other actual issues, there’s a big problem.

I admit, I’m not immune to the allure of speculating and gossiping about the lives and deaths of people who get more than just their fifteen minutes of fame. This column is in a small way a part of the problem of our excessive, and at times, morbid, fascination with pop stars, Hol-lywood starlets and television personalities. But to understand fully the folly of our unhealthy addiction to celebrity gossip, we must recognize the problem first.

Send your thoughts on the me-dia’s coverage of celebrity deaths to letters@technicianonline.com.

Paul McCauleySenior Sta! Columnist

Grow up and get out of Neverland

The changes in New Stu-dent Orientation over the years, have, for the most,

added nothing to what was al-ready a deficient program.

Seniors will undoubtedly re-call the humiliating experience of carrying around the world’s ugliest tote bag during two gru-eling days in Raleigh’s blistering summer heat.

For our newest classmates, the experience has been mark-edly improved with a “more con-densed” schedule and advanced pamphlet-carrying device.

In reality, the new orientation is simply a half a day less of misery during student’s first freshman experience, and needs to be thor-oughly altered or abolished.

Orientation’s primary purpose is to welcome new students into the Wolfpack community and allow them to connect to other

students.In the words of Gabe Wical,

director of New Student Orien-tation, the experience is to make incoming students feel as though “they aren’t just one of 4,800.”

This sentiment would be lovely if the University wasn’t in the midst of the worst budget crisis in its history.

Through students’ experiences with the Wolfpack community during their freshman year, they will realize that this is a remark-ably supportive and welcoming community, despite its size. Stu-dents spend four years – often more – at this University creating a support network and making lasting connections. It is foolish for University officials to take our precious budget and spend it on

giving incoming students one extra day to develop these bonds.

Alternatively, this day and a half of “orientation” could be implemented during the start of the year when dorms are open but classes have not yet begun. Students would have the same opportunities to explore cam-pus and go to information fairs without the additional costs to the University’s budget.

Wical said he was worried that students would not get infor-mation about University activi-ties and organizations, adding that under the system in place now,“[the University] can make sure students are hearing the message we want.”

This would seem to be a fairly counter-intuitive idea. Part of

the University experience is de-veloping ideas about your own beliefs and ideals — organiza-tions, clubs and activities are a part of this enculturation. A fair at the start of the school year could open students up to the available options without forc-ing those groups upon them.

Some would — and with good reason — worry about students’ ability to register for classes with-out orientation. However, stu-dents should be able to register on their own time with adequate Web tools and support services to enable the process.

Orientation is a product of excess. Under a normal budget-ary climate it was wasteful, but unnoticed. The problem is that these aren’t normal times — the system is improvident and must be either amended or outright abolished.

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. THE FACTS:New Student Orientation is intended to welcome incoming students to the University. Over the years, the program has developed into a redundant expense that only acts as a day of registration for the newest members of the Wolfpack community. The program’s expenses will only continue to rise as the campus population grows, creating lingering questions about its viability and necessity.

OUR OPINION:New Student Orientation has taken a dramatic turn for the worse. Its primary purposes — to welcome and register incoming students — can easily be accomplished without dedicated days during the summer.

Abolish New Student Orientation!OUR VIEW"

The only business Hillsborough Street is going to get ...the construction workers.

Phillip Hursey, senior in biochemistry

The culmination of years of work will be on dis-play as the Lonnie Poole

Golf Course opens up to the public next week. The course will offer beautiful views of

downtown Raleigh’s skyline while pre-serving an element of nature that the creeping grow th of classrooms

threatens. It’s the perfect example of the

campus community coming together to build something that’s truly beneficial to the school.

Two graduates — who have become the top golf course architects in Arnold Palmer’s development company — de-signed the course, which will be an undeniably important lab for the Professional Golf Management and Turf Grass Management programs.

Both programs, ironically,

are nationally regarded but have never had an 18-hole course with which to refine their skills.

Our golf program, which fea-tures NCAA men’s individual champion Matt Hill, will final-ly have a home course to prac-tice on and recruit players to continue upon his individual success.

Even more fulfilling is the way that the campus commu-nity has rallied around this golf course as individual col-leges, fraternities and alumni have poured money into the development to ensure its excellence. The private part-nerships also serve as a hedge against complaints about a golf course being built on Univer-sity property.

The intangible benefits are infinite as well. Think of how much more attractive it will be to host a conference on campus with a world-class golf course down the road.

Think of all the alumni who will stay around campus an extra day after a football game

to catch up with friends while playing golf. The course will serve as another mechanism to reconnect people to the Uni-versity in a social way beyond tailgating and basketball.

The course is a good project that should be used as a model for future developments. This is the sort of endeavor that provides tangible and intan-gible benefits to the University.

It should also serve as a stark reminder to the administra-tion that its choices have the ability to build the University community as much as those actions can tear it down.

This should be a rallying point for the campus commu-nity to come together and look for new projects and partner-ships that serve the students, academic programs, alumni and all those connected with the University.

Send your thoughts on the new golf course to letters@technicianonline.com.

Benton SawreySenior Sta! Columnist

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ing to publish what appears to be the scribbling of a twelve-year-old only serves as an embarrassment. It draws away from any journalistic credibility that our paper has. It is not necessary to have a political cartoon in every issue. As a student of NCSU, I ask that all facets of campus strive to be of the utmost quality. If that means going without a cartoon until someone sub-mits one of value, then so be it.

Nicholas Uhlandsenior, mechanical engineering

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New film a throwback to Allen’s earlier work

Sarah EwaldStaff Writer

“I get older; they stay the same age.”Wooderson’s signature line in teen

classic “Dazed and Confused” could very well apply to virtually every roman-tic pairing from Woody Allen’s films. In his latest outing, “Whatever Works,” home-grown talent Evan Rachel Wood joins the pantheon of young actresses who’ve starred opposite either Allen himself or his intellectual doppelganger.

Here, the doppelganger is Larry David, creator of “Seinfeld” and “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” He’s Boris Yellnikoff, the prototypical neurotic New York Jew in a mid-life crisis. His wife has left him, and he recently failed in his attempt to

commit suicide, resulting in a persistent limp.

As Melodie St. Ann Celestine, Wood plays a former Southern beauty queen and baton-twirler, speaking in an accent that’s been deep-fried twice over. She’s sweetly clueless and disarmingly gull-ible, with a penchant for revealing too much information.

She’s 21, but due to a fondness for pre-teen apparel, looks jailbait. He’s a former quantum physicist who is mistaken for her grandfather.

It’s an unlikely match that doubles as facultative symbiosis. Wood serves as David’s nursemaid and comforter for his frequent panic attacks, and David gives her security and not much else.

Hilarity and snarky one-liners ensue — well, more of them — when Melo-die’s family arrives in New York, first her mother (Patricia Clarkson) and then her father (Ed Begley Jr.). The “country

mouse goes to the big city” theme entan-gles both parental figures with comical and poignant results, and ends with the Shakespearean conceit of neatly pairing everyone off.

Wood clearly has fun with her South-ern cutie role, playing the inexperienced coquette complete with head tilt, shoul-der raise and eyebrows arches. Where any other actor would have portrayed Boris as cruel, David plays the part lightly, tossing off each observation and insult of Melodie in rapid succession to clear the path for the next one.

Allen’s script lends itself, perhaps in-tentionally, to an entertaining game of “spot the Southern stereotype.” Mileage gets made from mentions of beauty pag-eants, church socials and down-on-the-farm bestiality. Visual attention is paid both to a wax figure of Billy Graham and Clarkson holding a Bible in one hand and alcohol in the other.

The audience is treated to opinions on a barrage of subjects-as filtered through Larry David-as diverse and topical as humans’ fundamental nature, children’s summer camps and Obama’s presiden-cy. References sprinkled throughout the film range from Ted Bundy to the concept of entropy to George Bernard Shaw’s “Pygmalion.”

Jazz and classical music permeate the film’s score, and a work from Allen’s ear-lier film “Radio Days” is recycled and used in scene. Breaking the fourth wall and talking directly to the audience is prominently featured, book-ending the beginning and end.

“Whatever Works” is a return to clas-sic 1970s Allen, which is no surprise giv-en that Allen originally wrote the script in the early 1970s for Zero Mostel. He continues this decade’s success streak from “Match Point” and “Vicky Cristina Barcelona.”

“Whatever Works” works for Woody Allen

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Lonnie Walker — if you haven’t heard them by now, you really need to. This local band has recently dropped its debut al-bum, “These Times Old Times,” through Terpsikhore Records and it does not disappoint. The band’s effortless mix of Ameri-cana with Indie Rock has gained quite a following, and the local music scene is taking notice. This one time Greenville solo project from front man Brian Corum has evolved into a five-piece messenger of rock with a style that falls somewhere between folk and roots while not forget-ting to add that hint of twang every North Carolinian knows and loves.

Songs draw you in, lulling you into a comfortable compla-cency, then seem to fire into a high energy surge of distortion and rhythm before dropping out and leaving you wanting more. Tracks like “Grape Juice” and “Wider than White” bring a more conventional rock feel, or at least as conventional as you can expect from this band, while others like “Ships” and “Pendulum’s Chest” crescendo into emotional songs leaving you with an almost helpless feel-ing before bringing you back to where they started. Compass Comforts is a rambling tune roll-ing in and out of crashing vocals and wild guitar. Needless to say

one can feel the energy through their speakers.

The album itself seems to flow almost like a book with the songs being its chapters, seamlessly moving from one to another. Each song has its unique hook and distinctive sound, yet the al-bum as a whole shares a common theme and direction. As each song ended, I was eager to find out where the music would go next. All of this combined with the band’s lo-fi style gives the music a sense of instant credibil-ity, naturally fitting in with many styles of music while remaining original. Perhaps one of the most original qualities of Lonnie Walker’s music is Corum’s vocal style. Try to imagine Bob Dylan on speed and you can get a feel for what the band sounds like. It is almost as if every word is be-ing pushed out, adding a special sincere edge to his lyrics.

I suggest you get hip and lis-ten in on the new sound Lonnie Walker brings to the Triangle. With the band’s local roots and instant listening appeal, it is surely here to stay. If you want to see the band members in person, they are playing Downtown Live on July 25. Don’t miss out.

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work to alert campus communities about flu, hazards

Sarah EwaldStaff Writer

In the pilot episode of Joss Whedon’s “Dollhouse,” active doll Echo is imprinted with multiple traits to help her better achieve her mission’s goal.

Much like Echo’s temporary personality, the H1N1 strain of the influenza virus incorpo-rates multiple traits from other viruses.

“H1N1 is a kind of influenza A. It carries components of swine, avian and human flu,” said Dr.

Mary Bengtson, medical direc-tor and laboratory director of Student Health Services.

Bengtson said the term “swine flu” caught on as a buzzword to

differentiate the strain. But it is not actually related to

pigs.“It has nothing to do with be-

ing around pigs or eating pork,”

Bengtson said, also noting that many media outlets have dropped using “swine flu” in their coverage in favor of its technical name.

Bengtson said the f lu is passed though person-to-person and contaminated surface-to-person contact.

“Infected droplets travel up to six feet through the air by a cough or sneeze, and they could land in the nose or mouth of a well person. They can also fall onto things, can survive minutes to hours and be touched by a well person who then touches their nose or mouth,” Bengtson said.

In North Carolina, there have been 255 confirmed cases as of July 1. Individuals in Wake County account for 45 of those cases.

Four people have been diag-nosed with cases of H1N1 at the Student Health since June 12, with symptoms ranging from mild to very sick.

Each person had a positive rapid flu test for influenza A, and then specialized testing was conducted to identify H1N1.

The rapid flu test consists of swabbing up the nose for a specimen. Within 10 minutes, the specimen comes back ei-ther positive or negative and distinguishes A or B. H1N1 is a kind of influenza A.

Bengtson said though the kit is not guaranteed to detect this new strain of influenza A, it has correctly identified in-fluenza A prior to additional H1N1 testing.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Preven-tion Web site, symptoms in-clude headaches, body aches, fatigue, vomiting, diarrhea and running a fever of more than 100 degrees. Respiratory problems include coughing, sore throat and a runny or

Swine flu spreads to local campuses

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SWINE FLUE QUICK FACTSName: H1N1Nickname: Swine FluRelation to being around pigs or eating pork: None Type of influenza: A, carries components of swine, avian and human fluSymptoms: Coughing, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, headache, body ache, fatigue, vomiting, diarrhea, running a fever of more than 100 degreesPreventative Measures: Avoid sick people, wash hands frequently, or use alcohol-based hand sanitizerRecovery Measures: Get a diagnosis, take over-the-counter medication or anti-viral prescription as recommended by healthcare provider, rest, do not expose others (consider yourself contagious for about seven days or 24 hours after last symptom is gone, whichever is longest, so stay home, cover your cough, use tissue and discard, sanitize hands and contaminated surfaces)

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NCSU entomologists make a natural mosquito repellent

Eleanor SpicerStaff Writer

This time of year, mosquitoes come out at dusk, on the hunt and thirsty for blood. They smell the unsuspecting picnicker or the gull-ible stargazer from a distance, and make a beeline for their target. They alight in stealth, sliding their mouthparts deep into the skin and removing a gutful of blood.

Some victims light candles while others hide under clothes, but according to Michael Roe, entomology professor, one doesn’t need a garlic necklace to ward off these tiny vam-pires. Researchers in Roe’s lab aim to use natural compounds from tomato plants to put a safe end to mosquito sips.

Their solution is BioUd, a product that con-tains undecanone, an active ingredient found naturally in wild tomato plants.

According to Roe, undecanone, or UD, is registered with the EPA and is just as effective as other repellents.

What’s more, it is now available in a pocket-sized applicator.

“The discovery was accidental,” Roe said. While working on a project to develop

biological-based insecticides, Roe noticed the compounds were similar in structure to compounds in a wild tomato plant.

“I decided to test this compound from the tomato plant to see if it could repel mosqui-toes and ticks. The experiments were success-ful and my discovery was quickly patented by the University,” he said.

Using this tomato-based insect repellent can have benefits for the consumer.

Because BioUD is based on natural com-pounds, the EPA has classified it as a biologi-cal pesticide. Other repellants carry a chemi-cal classification.

“BioUD is delivered with water and there-fore is not flammable,” Roe said.

“And the registration certifies the product is safe to use on all age groups.”

Mosquitoes are more than a nuisance. According to Geoff Balme, an NCSU medi-

cal veterinary entomologist, mosquitoes kill millions of people across the world each year by injecting them with deadly diseases like malaria and dengue fever.

“If you compared the number of deaths at-tributed to mosquito-vectored diseases to the number of deaths attributed to other animals, you would see that the tiny mosquito is actu-ally the deadliest disease vector on earth,” Balme said.

“One way to avoid infection is by repelling them from biting you in the first place. In this way, insect repellents can save lives.”

Through continued research, Roe’s lab hopes to make repelling mosquitoes even easier.

In addition to BioUD, a second chemical from the tomato plant called Tridecanone is showing promise — and may be more effec-tive than undecanone.

“Undecanone works well, but my research is indicating tridecanone works hours lon-ger,” Nicholas Kimps, a graduate researcher in Roe’s lab, said.

This summer, when slapping doesn’t stop the blood-sucking insects buzzing in your ear, remember the unlikely wooden stake, the tomato, and the team of researchers who brought it to you.

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White finished in seventh place, just ounces outside of qualifying for the regional championship. Dziwulski and Beverley received $2,000 in scholarships in addition to a bid to regionals at Lake Norman, N.C. in November.

With one team already guaranteed a spot in regional championship, the BassPack has three more upcoming re-gional qualifier events where other members will fish to compete for a bid to the fi-nals alongside Dziwulski and Beverly. Should multiple N.C. State teams qualify, the Pack will have a greater shot at the regional title and the accompanying $25,000 top prize, which Dziwulski said he “wouldn’t mind winning.”

stuffy nose. Incubation time ranges from

one to seven days from exposure to symptoms.

Bengtson said depending on the symptoms, the flu can act like allergies or a cold.

There are companies work-ing on a vaccine, Bengtson said, which they hope to have by Oc-tober.

The vaccine released last fall did not cover this most recent strain.

Student Health Services has prepared itself by educating stu-dents. Anyone who enters and is coughing is directed to pick up a face mask at the reception desk. Hand sanitizer is located next to the keyboards at each check-in station. Signage about covering coughs is available in all com-mon areas.

Other schools in the area are dealing with similar situations.

Carol Kozel, director of nurs-ing at UNC-Chapel Hill, said there have been six cases detect-ed at UNC so far. UNC Campus Health Services has set up a Web page on the sites pertaining to commonly-asked questions about the swine flu.

“The swine flu is detected with a special laboratory test, which is done by the medical provider, and then sent to UNC hospitals to be processed,” Kozel said.

UNC hospital processes these tests once to twice a day, so the results can be returned some-times within a day.

Kozel said she has not seen any particular symptom occur more often than others – just general flu-like symptoms.

Elsewhere in the Triangle,

Duke University has reported 17 cases since July 1.

“There are 75 summer camps, with 8,000 students. There are students and counselors coming in from all over the world,” Mike Shoenfeld, vice president for public affairs and government relations for Duke University, said.

Shoenfeld said the number of Duke’s reported cases is similar to other large camps around the country.

The cases have appeared on Duke’s East Campus, where the programs are held, with none linked to the university’s West Campus.

“Most cases are concentrated to the TIP (Talent Identification Program) students, but there have also been cases with Ameri-can Dance Festival students and the Young Writers’ Camp,” Shoe-nfeld said.

Earlier in the year, Duke had developed a Web site for faculty, staff and students that identified H1N1 as a public concern. It now issues periodic updates to Duke students.

Shoenfeld said Duke has been developing scenarios for the fall in case of contingencies. The university is following guide-lines that the Center for Disease Control recommends.

“Nobody knows how wide-spread it will be or whether or when vaccines will be available,” Shoenfeld said.

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NUMBER OF CASES SPOTTED4 N.C. State

6 UNC-Chapel Hill

17 Duke

SOURCE: UNC HEALTH SERVICES

in Alberta, where he played AAA hockey, until he moved to Charlotte with his family

at 18. He retained his Canadian citizenship and was known to friends and teammates as simply “Canadian.”

Assistant coach Mark St. Lou-is called Russell a “top-quality guy.”

“He was a great role model for the team,” St. Louis said. “The guys looked up to him. He was intense; he came to compete ev-ery night.”

parents may be afraid of this past weekend in Wilmington at the two-day Cape Fear Sev-ens tournament. The wom-en’s club teamed up with the Raleigh Rugby Club and sent two groups to participate.

She broke her finger in the first game of the day and played the rest of the game. In the third and final game of the day, her team ran out of substitution players, so she went in with her finger taped. During that game, she broke it again and dislocated it.

As Walls put it, it “could have been worse.”

During her first year with the

club, she dislocated her shoulder and injured her knee.

“Rugby’s got that mentality where you do anything for your team,” Walls said.

One of State’s and Raleigh Rugby’s hybrid teams did par-ticularly well, making it to the tournament semifinals.

The women’s and men’s teams are playing in sevens tourna-

ments, a modified game that involves fewer players. They will participate in another tourna-ment in Raleigh July 18.

“There’s lot more running, a lot more man on man,” Lundy said. “As our coach says, it’s ‘a big game of keep away.’ You’re reading the field better and you’re working on your hands constantly with all the catching

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PEGGY BOONE/TECHNICIAN ARCHIVE PHOTOStephen Russell guards the crease while freshman teammate Bryan MacLaren attemps to clear the puck Feb. 6 against Carolina, which also served as Kay Yow Night. Russell passed away July 4.

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Women’s squad advancing through club sport rankings, focused on “being official”

Kate Shefte Sports Editor

Women’s club rugby president Sara Lundy is looking to create a new tradi-tion for the club.

The women’s rugby team decided that it would have to undergo a change last year. Sticking to the guidelines set in place by the Club Sports organiza-tion – which include getting forms in on time, engaging in frequent commu-nity service and staying active in the club sports council – has helped one of the more physical club sports make a name for itself.

Lundy, a senior in zo-ology, said after years of being a disorganized group, she and her teammates decided to take matters into their own hands. She esti-mated the women’s team moved up thirty or so spots in the club sports rankings.

“Last year, we were in the bottom tier, and this year we’ve worked really hard to make sure we’ve gotten every form into club sports on time and as much community service as we could fit into our schedule,” Lundy said.

As her predecessors did, Lundy has Mary Yemma, the assistant director for club sports “on speed dial,” and talks

to her several times a week. She has four community service projects set up during the first two weeks of school, including helping freshmen move into the dorms.

The team has improved on the field as well as from an organizational standpoint.

“We went from winning one or two games a few years ago to four or five last year and beat Elon, a good rugby school, twice,” Lundy said.

Last year’s captain, Ashleigh Davis, who graduated in May with degrees in Spanish and international politics but remains active with the club, said squads from nearby schools UNC-Chapel Hill and ECU went to nation-als last year -- a fact that didn’t sit well

with her team.“With teams so

close to us making it to nationals, we’re l ike, we’re bigger than they are - we should be doing better,” Davis said. “It’s motivation, and we’ve used that to make headway.”

Their efforts were partially made in ef-

fort to improve recruiting. The club sports fair was removed from New Stu-dent Orientation, making it harder for clubs to reach out to campus newcom-ers. Plus, as Lundy put it, “parents are a little afraid of rugby.”

Katie Walls, a sophomore in com-munication, experienced what the

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Fishing club members vying for $25,000 prize

Lindsey Hall Senior Staff Writer

The BassPack fishing team is set for another title run in the Under Armor College Fishing National Championship, held on the Arkansas River in Little Rock, Ark. Beginning Friday morning, Will White, a senior in wood products and Chris Wood, a junior in textile engi-neering, will fish for a spot in the final round of competition Sunday.

Wood, who has been practic-ing on the river with White for nearly a week, said he believes the duo has a great chance to bring home another national title.

“We’ve been catching some good fish since Saturday. The last couple of years, the tour-nament has been taking in low weights, and another recent tournament won on a 15-pound

fish,” Wood said. “We caught 15-pound bass on the first day of practice, which is a lot for the river, and we still have up until Friday to practice.”

If Wood and White can finish in the top five by the end of the day Saturday, they will move on to Sunday’s third round and one step closer to the title. Wood said the weather needs to hold up to have prime fishing weather, and hopes that t he tempera-tures can drop back out of the low-90s.

Teammate Ben Dziwulski, a sophomore in agricultural business man-agement, is al-ready excited for the duo’s suc-cess in practicing and says that he would like to see them earn back-to-back bragging rights for the BassPack.

“Hopefully, they can come up with another good finish,

or even win the champion-ship,” Dziwulski said. “We are the last ACC team to win a national championship, so we’re trying to top that and get another one pretty soon.”

Meanwhile, Dziwulski and fishing partner Kevin Beverley, a sophomore in biologica l engineering, caught some of their own

success. The pair earned fifth place cut out of forty teams at the SLW College Fishing Re-gional Quali-fier Tourna-ment, which was held June 27 on the Po-tomac River

in Maryland. The top five pairs advanced.

Fellow teammates Josh Hooks, a sophomore in in-dustrial engineering, and

BassPack gears up for national competition

MATT MOORE/TECHNICIAN ARCHIVE PHOTOKyle Hodgin, a senior in business management, smiles as he unhooks a !sh he caught on Falls Lake Nov. 16, 2008.

Stephen Russell

Men’s club hockey goalie drowned Saturday at Jordan Lake

Kate ShefteSports Editor

Stephen Russell, a rising senior and goalie for men’s club hock-ey, died Saturday evening while swimming at Jordan Lake with his friends.

Family, friends and teammates gathered at the White Gardens at the Ar-boretum on Beryl Road to talk about the quiet, adventure-loving 23-year-old who knew how to “take care of ev-eryone.” Russell was majoring in political science, but his obitu-ary stated he wasn’t sure what he wanted to pursue as a career.

Russell’s teammates, with jer-seys over their dress shirts and ties even in the 90-degree heat, gathered around the podium while assistant coach Kevin Thomas talked about a true com-petitor that took every win and loss to heart and loved the sport of hockey.

Teammate Wes White, a cap-tain and occasional coach, said he had nothing but fond memo-ries of Russell.

“Stephen was just a guy that you could count on,” White said. “He was an uplifting person to be around and he did everything to the fullest.”

In lieu of flowers, the family re-quested that donations be made to the ice hockey team in Rus-sell’s name. The club tradition-ally struggles for funds, between the cost of renting practice facili-ties, travel and expensive equip-ment, and Russell’s parents said they knew that as an avid sup-porter of fundraising, he would have wanted to take care of the

team in the future.“He was so passionate about

keeping the team afloat as far as fundraising,” White said.

Russell and fellow goalten-der Wil White backstopped the Wolfpack to a 11-13 overall record and a 5-4-1 record in league play in 2008-09. Accord-ing to the American Collegiate Hockey Associate’s Web site, Russell manned the net for 15 of 26 games and ended the season with a 4.42 goals-against average while allowing 57 goals.

Throughout the past season, White said he and the coaches spoke often of giving him cap-taincy or assistant captaincy -- an honor not often bestowed upon goalies at any level of the sport.

His teammates autographed Russell’s helmet and jersey and announced they will retire his No. 20 to the rafters of their home arena, the Raleigh Rec-Zone, this fall.

Russell drowned the night of July 4 while swimming with friends in Jordan Lake, accord-ing to the state Wildlife Resourc-es Commission. The Raleigh News & Observer reported that alcohol was found, but the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission could not confirm whether Rus-sell consumed any.

He tried to swim across a cove with a friend around 7:30 p.m. but underestimated the distance and became fatigued. Accord-ing to reports, his friend swam back for help, but by the time his friend returned, Russell had gone under.

Chatham county officials en-listed the help of divers, wildlife agents, firefighters and EMS personnel, searching for Russell through the night. Rescuers re-covered his body near the Far-rington Point boat access ramp at approximately 10 a.m. Sunday.

Russell was born in Grand Falls, Newfoundland and lived

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“We are the last ACC team to

win a national championship.”

CLUB SPORTS

Reorganized women’s rugby team aims to compete nationally

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QUOTE OF THE DAY“With teams

so close to us making it to

nationals, we’re like, we’re bigger than they are—

we should be doing better.”

LUIS ZAPATA/TECHNICIANPracticing rugby, Raven Jones, a senior in civil engineering, tries to pull away from Ash-leigh Davis, an alumna, and Erin Yow, a senior in agriculture engineering. The women’s Rugby Club went to Wilmington for a tournament last Saturday, July 4, and has an-other in Raleigh on July 18.

“We went from winning one or two games a few years ago to four or five last year.”

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