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Due to high pricing, students are doing more research before purchasing textbooks.

Elise HeglarNews Editor

While many students would prefer to avoid extra work, it turns out that cost has been a big motivator in re-cent weeks for some to step up their researching.

Textbooks are used by students on a daily basis and provide a lot of in-formation that can be difficult to find elsewhere. Many students have regard-ed the cost of textbooks as high and this mentality has led some students, like senior in environmental technol-ogy Houston Sherer, to compare prices at various stores before purchasing.

Sherer, who said that he frequently avoids buying textbooks entirely due to high prices, tends to look at several different places in order to find the best deals on books. While he does consider the Campus Bookstore an option for certain materials such as course packets, he tends to choose other outlets for his textbooks.

“I buy from a third party, always. Unless it’s something that I can’t get anywhere else, like a course code or a packet, it’s almost always certainly cheaper to buy somewhere else,” Sherer said.

Anthony Sanders, the Assistant Director for the bookstore, said that the textbook prices vary according to the availability of the book itself. While some books may be expensive at the bookstore, Sanders said the profit margin is much lower in comparison to many other vendors.

“We actually compare very favorably in that we have lower profit margins

than most other plac- es. Espe-cially when you account for things like ship- ping costs, which we don’t have to wor- ry about,” Sanders said.

The convenience of the bookstore is one o f t h e reasons it is useful for students, accord- ing to Sand-e r s . L o c a t e d i n the center of the Brickyard, it is eas-ily accessible to students and also offers online ordering. Sand-ers said another reason the bookstore is useful to students is because of the information it provides online about classes and professors.

“We can be the center of information in that we can get information directly from instructors and provide it directly to students. It’s like one-stop shopping; students can get information they need and textbooks in one transac-tion,” Sanders said.

While the bookstore does have help-ful elements for students, there are still people who believe that comparing all of the options is the best way to decide on a vendor. There are even websites popping up, such as textbooks.org, that have been created to help students compare several vendors at once.

“Tools like this save students a lot of time. It also saves money because it really shows them that they are getting the best deal,” Steven Kennedy, creator of textbooks.org, said.

According to Kennedy, Amazon is one of the most competitive vendors.

There are currently not any local text-book vendors, such as school book-stores or stores like Packbackers, in the system, but Kennedy said it is in the works.

Kennedy was inspired to start the website after he dealt with high text-book prices as a student himself.

“I graduated from the University of Florida and I’d go to stores and check prices and they just didn’t compare to the Internet,” Kennedy said.

Jon Howell, junior in computer en-gineering, said the most important thing when looking for textbooks is

variety.“It’s a great thing that different

places, like the ones on Hillsborough Street, exist because it gives another option if you don’t want to buy online or at the Bookstore,” Howell said.

Howell said variety is important and can help students save money, but also that the bookstore has very fair pricing for general education textbooks.

“Every semester until this one I have bought from the bookstore, but this

As demand for classes increases and the wait list grows, the crafting center has added new courses.

Jessie HalpernDeputy News Editor

This semester, students will no-tice a re-vamped course offering in the Crafts center. While last fall the center offered the largest num-ber of courses in their history, this semester is setting a new record.

The new course list will include old favorites, like basket weaving, as well as new crowd pleasers, such as Chinese brush painting and cal-ligraphy. The center’s most popular courses, digital photography and digital macro photography will be offered in additional sections due to the steady weight list.

Jo Ellen Westmoreland, Assistant Director of the Crafts center, is ex-cited to continue offering some of the students’ favorite classes.

“Our Friday craft courses are only five dollars and continue to remain extremely popular with students. A lot of students also like our beginning guitar and bike re-pair classes as well,” Westmoreland said.

Though the Crafts center offers a more varied selection of class

CSLEPS, the Women’s Center, Chaplain’s Cooperative Ministry final student groups to vacate Talley

Elise HeglarStaff Writer

The last remaining campus or-ganizations have completed their transition from Talley Student Center to Harrelson Hall. The Center for Student Leadership, Ethics and Public Service, the Women’s Center and the Chap-lain’s Cooperative Ministry were the last three groups to officially make the move.

All of the student groups previ-ously housed in Talley have had to make the move to Harrelson in order to accommodate the con-struction on the student center. New facilities will be available for these student groups when the Tal-ley renovations are finished.

The move to Harrelson Hall has been in the works for about two years, according to Tierza Watts, associate director for CSLEPS. Watts said that all the planning made it a very simple process.

Organizations originally housed in Talley had the option to move to Harrelson either during the summer or over winter break. Watts said that CSLEPS chose to move over winter break, because they wanted to start the year off in Talley.

Most organizations that have made the move now have more space available to them for use, something Watts said is very ben-eficial.

“I really like my new space but it’s definitely an adjustment. We have a lot more space, which is really great,” Watts said.

Successful African-American author Wes Moore spoke about success, family and education for minorities.

Will BrooksDeputy News Editor

Martin Luther King day is right around the corner, and as a cele-bration of King’s life, Wes Moore, successful African-American au-thor and self-proclaimed family man, shared his experiences with students.

Moore, who holds degrees from John Hopkins as well as Oxford University, wrote a New York Times bestseller. In the eyes of those who brought him forth, he exemplifies what King sought pos-sible for American minorities.

“One of the things that he does, is he gives back to the community, he inspires social change and he in-spires other people to make chang-es in the world around them,” Sheila Smith McKoy, Director of the African American Cultural Center said.

Smith Mckoy explained that Moore was the exact type of person that Martin Luther King Jr. would have given acco-lades to.

“[Moore] was really an ideal person to have for the event,” Smith McKoy said.

As Moore ex-plained himself, King prided him-self on action. This is a trait Moore himself understands well. Moore grew up in a rough neighborhood in Bal-timore, but despite the odds, he achieved success through actions of studying and military duty.

Moore’s book, titled “The Other Wes Moore,” tells the story of another man named Wes Moore who had an extremely similar upbringing to him, but is serving a life sentence for mur-der. As Moore developed a relation-ship with the “other Wes,” he tried to discover why they have found them-selves with starkly different outcomes.

Moore explained that when the other Wes’ mother attempted to achieve a four-year degree, she could not afford it.

“I can’t help but think how different her life would have been if she would have graduated college,” Moore said.

He said that quality education is the root of a pleasant community.

“Education matters,” Moore said.Smith McKoy, who presented Moore

to the crowd, said she believed that Moore perfectly exemplified King’s will for the community.

Students will observe the Martin Luther King holiday next Monday by having the day off, causing this event to be held a week in advance.

“It’s important because it is a good time for us to sit down and reflect on a great leader and an inspirational character,” Alex Thomas, junior in chemical engineering, said.

“If you look back at all of the things he did, the doors he opened, he re-ally shot down a lot of stereotypes.” Thomas said.

Smith McKoy explained that Moore was chosen for this precise reason; he evades the stereotypes that African-Americans held during King’s time through his education, success, and encompassment of the American dream.

“We are not products of our own en-vironment, we are a product of our expectations.” Moore said

Smith McKoy explained that Dr. King

Chris PhiPPs/TeChniCianWes Moore inspired listeners to do something that matters at an event centered around Martin Luther King Jr. through the story of the two men named Wes Moore who grew up in the same area. While one pursued higher education, the other went to jail for killing a police officer during a failed robbery.

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Tim Calabrese, a sophomore in aerospace engineering, Tobechukwu Obi-Gwacham, a sophomore in psychology and Richard Lewis, a freshman in business, talk about Calabrese’s recent return from studying abroad in Buenos Aires, Argentina outside the Free Expression Tunnel, Monday. “It was the greatest experience of my life,” Calabrese said.

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WednesdayexhiBiTion: poeTic 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 everyday 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.

ThursdayexhiBiTion: poeTic 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 everyday 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.

phySicaL environmenT commiTTee meeTing3:30-5 p.m.Winslow Hall Conference RoomThe Committee is an advisory body to the Vice Chancellor for Finance and Business. The Committee is designed to be a forum for faculty, staff, and student opinions with respect to plans for the overall development and regulations of the physical environment of the core campus of the University including buildings, landscaping and transportation.

Ides of March7-9 p.m.Witherspoon CinemaAn idealistic staffer for a newbie presidential candidate gets a crash course on dirty politics during his stint on the campaign trail. Admission is $2 with a valid college student ID and $3 for the general public. reaD SmarT Book DiScUSSion - The LefToverS7-8 p.m.Cameron Village Public LibraryJoin us for a discussion of Tom Perrotta’s fascinating new novel The Leftovers, moderated by David DeFoor, M. Div., M.A. Religious Studies, NCSU Libraries staff.

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FridayexhiBiTion: poeTic 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 everyday 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.

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Ides of March9:30-11:30 p.m.Witherspoon CinemaAn idealistic staffer for a newbie presidential candidate gets a crash course on dirty politics during his stint on the campaign trail. Admission is $2 with a valid college student ID and $3 for the general public.

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would have been proud of Moore’s success and his ability to spark change among others.

“He not only gives back to the community, but inspires others to take that next step and change the world.” Smith McKoy said.

The African American Cul-

tural center has several more events approaching, includ-ing the exhibit “Too Black Too Fast,” narrating the story of African American jockeys’ of centuries ago.

Events for February’s Black History Month can also be found on the African Ameri-can Cultural Center’s website.

sections to students, they also have a large group of commu-nity students as well. Raleigh crafter Katie Sarber is looking forward to this semester’s of-ferings.

“I have an etsy shop called Ginger Gems, so I’m always looking for different classes to improve my skills and learn about how to use different materials. It looks like this se-mester’s courses are going to be great,” Sarber said.

While the Crafts Center may feel more academic to students in art programs and majors, it still serves as a healthy outlet for many others.

“The center is a great way to relieve stress and use other areas of your brain,” Westmo-reland said. “Enhancing cre-ativity can help with problem

solving and open your mind to a new way of thinking.”

Westmoreland suggests that after a difficult day of classes, the center can be a place for students to relax and try some-thing new.

“Having a good stress reliever is important, and we work with students to make the classes convenient and affordable,” Westmoreland said.

The staff of the Crafts Center stresses that students can come by anytime to look at the facil-ity and ask questions about the courses. In addition, students who are looking for studio space to work on their own art are welcome to rent a space in the center.

Craf ts Center Director, George Thomas, encourages students to take advantage of the affordable classes offered.

“A six week course is offered to students for only $49. In those courses they are taught a basic skill, but once the class

is over, they are welcome to use studio space to continue work-ing,” Thomas said.

In addition, popular classes like bicycle repair are offered for only $10 and students who have completed the course can use the bike repair equipment for the remainder of their col-lege careers.

“A student can be mad at the world and hammered by stress, but taking just a little part of an afternoon to do something different and take your mind off work can have an amazing impact,” Thomas said.

Most of the classes will start on January 23, but students can still register. To do so, go to the Crafts Center with cash or check, or mail in a registra-tion form with payment.

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semester it is going to cost way too much. The prices for introduct ion ty pe classes are reasonable but it seems like more specific classes get more expensive,” Howell said.

While many students would prefer to avoid extra work, it turns out that cost has been a big motivator in recent weeks for some to step up their researching.

Textbooks are used by students on a daily basis and provide a lot of infor-mation that can be difficult to find elsewhere. Many students have regarded the cost of textbooks as high and this mentality has led some students, like senior in environmental technol-ogy Houston Sherer, to compare prices at various stores before purchasing.

Sherer, who said that he frequently avoids buying textbooks entirely due to high prices, tends to look at several different places in order to find the best deals on books. While he does consider the Campus Bookstore an option for certain materials such as course packets, he tends to choose other outlets for his textbooks.

“I buy from a third party, always. Unless it’s some-thing that I can’t get any-where else, like a course code or a packet, it’s almost always certainly cheaper to buy somewhere else,” Sher-er said.

Anthony Sanders, the Assistant Director for the bookstore, said that the

textbook prices vary according to the availability of the book itself. While some books may be expensive at the bookstore, Sanders said the profit margin is much lower in comparison to many other vendors.

“We actually compare very favorably in that we have lower profit margins than most other places. Especially when you ac-count for things like shipping costs, which we don’t have to worry about,” Sanders said.

The convenience of the book-store is one of the reasons it is useful for students, according to Sanders. Located in the cen-ter of the Brickyard, it is easily accessible to students and also offers online ordering. Sanders said another reason the book-store is useful to students is because of the information it prov ides online about classes and professors.

“We can be the center of information in that we can get informa-tion directly from instructors and provide it directly to students. It’s like one-stop shopping; students can get information they need and textbooks in one transac-tion,” Sanders said.

While the bookstore does have helpful elements for stu-dents, there are still people who believe that comparing all of the options is the best way to decide on a vendor. There are even websites popping up, such as textbooks.org, that have been created to help stu-dents compare several vendors at once.

“Tools like this save students a lot of time. It also saves mon-ey because it really shows them

that they are getting the best deal,” Steven Kennedy, creator of textbooks.org, said.

According to Kennedy, Am-azon is one of the most com-petitive vendors. There are cur-rently not any local textbook vendors, such as school book-stores or stores like Packback-ers, in the system, but Kennedy said it is in the works.

Kennedy was inspired to start the website after he dealt with high textbook prices as a stu-dent himself.

“I graduated from the Uni-versity of Florida and I’d go to stores and check prices and they just didn’t compare to the Internet,” Kennedy said.

Jon Howell, junior in com-puter engineering, said the most important thing when

looking for textbooks is variety.

“It’s a great t h i ng t hat different places, l ike the ones on Hillsborough St ree t , ex-ist because it gives another

option if you don’t want to buy online or at the Bookstore,” Howell said.

Howell said variety is impor-tant and can help students save money, but also that the book-store has very fair pricing for general education textbooks.

“Every semester until this one I have bought from the bookstore, but this semester it is going to cost way too much. The prices for introduction type classes are reasonable but it seems like more specific classes get more expensive,” Howell said.

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chris phipps/TechnicianMakita R. Phillips, a second year doctoral student in mechanical engineering, listens to Wes Moore at the Martin Luther King, Jr. campus commemoration. The event, put on by the African American Cultural Center, the University Scholars Program, and the Office for Institutional Equity and Diversity, served to honor King and his accomplishments and inspire the community to take action to do something that matters.

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Taking a break from school, not learning

Getting back in the swing of school makes me really

think about what I did over break--if I did everything I

wanted to, if I relaxed, and most of a l l, i f I’m ready to lea r n again.

Now, my thoughts are a bit different. I’ve finally realized

that just because I’m not in school doesn’t mean I stop learning. No one does.

So, I want to share some of the most important, and a few funny, things I learned over break.

1. The young can do good for the old.

Recently my Grandma hasn’t been doing too well. She’s having to go to a lot more doctors than usual. So, I had the pleasure, of taking her a few times. Af-ter I took her to the doctor one day, I felt like I needed to check on her the next. I’d taken her to get a knee brace, and she wasn’t par-ticularly happy about it.

I went to her house, which is about 20 minutes away

from mine, to check on her. She isn’t the type to smile, but the entire hour or so my brother and I were there, she was smil-ing and acting like she had a good time.

I’ve got to say the fact I could make her so happy kind of made my day. Trust me, she’s rarely happy.

2. Parents aren’t as stupid as we thought.

Back when I was in high school, I thought I was way smarter than my parents. I’m guessing most people do the same thing. I’ve finally realized they really are smart. They may not be “book smart,” but more than likely, if they’ve made it this far in life, they’re “com-mon sense” smart.

3. Plans can change in a blink, but you have to accept it.

OK, maybe I knew that, but break reinforced it. You can’t plan when something is going to take your attention away from what you had planned. Several times I planned to hang out with a friend, but ended up having to take someone in my family somewhere.

4. Vociferous is a word!And, in a nutshell, it means

noisy. And yes, I actually did learn that over break, from my younger brother too. I’m

not the greatest at vocabu-lary, so learning new words is a big deal for me because I enjoy it. The really cool part is that I only learned what vociferous means be-cause I used a “three dollar word,” as it was called in my elementary school, and my brother decided to show me up.

5. I can never actually make up the sleep I lost during the semester, but break is a great time to rest.

As hard as I try, what-ever sleep I lost during the semester, I can’t seem to catch up during breaks. I guess the lost sleep isn’t all that important, but it seems like I would eventually catch up. There are actually stud-ies showing that lost sleep can’t be made up, and you can’t get ahead on your sleep. However, sleeping in during break is amazing.

So maybe I didn’t learn conventional things, like how to weld or about the economy, but I learned things, and I’m quite sure, if you stop to think about it, you did too.

Send Chel se y your thoughts on taking a break from school to [email protected].

Chelsey FrancisStaff Columnist

The line between friends and

Facebook friendsWith a new year comes

new friends; how-ever, the term friend

has been completely violated thanks to social media sites like Facebook. This once sa-

cred term was one of endear-ment, but now it is thrown around to the point that a random per-son of f the street is con-sidered one’s friend.

When Face-book first be-

came popular, users would connect with people they actu-ally spent time and talked with. These were the genuine friends.

Now, it seems the main goal of the popular social media out-let is to garner as many friends as possible. The little kid down the street from your childhood home, the kid you used to bab-ysit until you moved, the kid who you nev-er contacted again, is now sending you a request to be your friend.

T he r a re p e ople we encounter in everyday life have no right to bear the title of friend. To f ix this, Facebook has created three ma in ways to deal with t h e s e s o -called friends.

The oldest way is the power to accept, decline or ignore their friend request. It is simple enough: accept the true friends and decline the ones who are not. However, for those faint of heart, this option requires too many difficult decisions. After all, this is not such a black and white issue.

For many, the option to ig-nore a friend request is too easy and creates a Facebook purga-tory. This occurs when ignored friend requests are not dealt with and merely stay piled up on your requests.

The more aggressive alter-native is to flat out block the friend request. This option is only appropriate for those users who are truly enemies, or nosy mothers.

The more modern method, and my personal favorite, is to group similar types of friends together. For example, you can put your high school friends in the same chat group and share or block status updates with or from them.

However, the same problem of appointing an identical title to your ex-girlfriend and your high school best friend still arises. Therefore, I have taken this categorizing a step further.

I take my true friends and stick them in a group of their own, while the random ac-quaintances from various life encounters get put into their own, special category--the randoms.

Then there are the friends that would never be your ac-tual friend in the real world,

b u t w a n t to monitor your online life--ex-girl-friends, ex-friends and even archen-emies. These are put into the untouch-able group, and occasion-ally there are certain sta-tus updates gea red d i-rectly towards them.

By creat-ing categories for the virtual friends of Facebook, one does not encounter the awkward situation of falsely stating they are your friend.

While all three ways of filter-ing through the good apples of friendship are effective, the ultimate battle against these so-called friends is to demon-strate who your real friends are in real life, rather than distress over your virtual ones.

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By BREtt MoRRiS

How do you feel about the chancellor moving to

Centennial Campus?

{ }in your words

“I guess it’s cool that he gets to live on campus.”

Ayana McLemorefreshmen, First year College

“I feel like he should be more involved with campus. It’s where all the people are and where everything’s happening.”

Ryan Hirtz, freshman, industrial design

“I’m cool with it. I think it’s awesome that he gets to move in. It makes me want to be a chancellor.”

Jordan taylor, freshman, undecided

Another class has been taken from students’ schedules last minute.

Matthew Clark, senior in arts applications

{ }our view

Ten years and $3 million later, our chancellor has a

new home. Located on Centennial Campus, the chancellor’s new manor adopts the long held tradition of multi-mil-lion dollar homes being named; it will be called “The Point.” The man-sion may seem lavish, but students need not be outraged with the administration as the mansion’s construction was funded by private donations. What stu-dents should find, and what we find, outra-geous about The Point’s construction is the pri-vate donors themselves. We at Technician do not make it a policy to

attack donors to the University. However, in a time of large budget cuts, $3 million would have been better spent elsewhere. It would be better spent on insulat-ing the academic viabil-ity of N.C. State, rather than on the chancellor’s guests. While our chan-cellor walks through his grand foyer, decid-ing which fireplace to light, or looks from his granite countertops to his vaulted ceilings, we wonder if he feels at all embarrassed that the money was not used for something more stu-dent related.

We are not oblivious to the reason private donations went to the chancellor’s new manor instead of where it is desperately needed. Do-nations can be a direct form of lobbying. Do-nations can turn into influence. Ask yourself a simple question: would you rather spend your money attempting to gain influence over the chancellor or an English department on life sup-port? The choice is clear. We may understand the motives of the do-nors, however, we can-not avoid the infuriated feeling their decision

creates. This feeling, the feeling generated when the needs of the many are passed over for the needs of the few, is nothing new. Three million dollars could go a long way on campus. It could open up a few more course sections for vital classes or, better yet, give a stay of execution to those currently being cut. It could attract tenured professors from other universities and enrich our academic environ-ment. How can these donors rationalize what they’re doing? The Point is be-

ing presented as a inte-gral part of the Univer-sity. It is marketed as a place where the chancel-lor will be able to hold large gatherings and presumably raise money for the University. We hope The Point ends up serving the University as a whole. We hope the $3 million spent by donors to erect the chancellor’s house will better serve the N.C. State community than if it were directly infused into academic programs. We do hope we’re wrong and it does not solely remain a sym-bol of the chancellor’s office, but proves to be a mechanism to improve our campus.

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.

Donors miss University’s needsThe FAcTs:After 10 years of planning, a year and a half of construction and $3 million, the chancellor has a new home on Centennial Campus.

our opinion:We at Technician do not make it a policy to attack donors to the University, however, in a time of large budget cuts, the $3 million would have been better spent elsewhere. It would have been better spend on insulating the academic viability of N.C. State, rather than on the chancellor’s guests.

“I’m not happy about it. If we’re paying to have this built, why is our tuition going up?”

Michael Swenson, sophomore, computer science

FeaturesTechnician tuesday, january 10, 2012• Page 5

Siemens partnership boosts new Masters program

Research campus houses largest spectroscope in U.S.

The University’s corporate relations remain healthy despite down economy.

Andrew BranchStaff Writer

N.C. State’s forays into power engineering received a kick-start with the addition of a three-part partnership with international electrical engi-neering giant Siemens.

“Essentially what we are try-ing to do is…make sure there is a solid pipeline in the industry for power engineers because it has been s o l ac k i ng for the past 20-25 years,” Chris Gomp-erts, the Vice President of Marketing and Strategic Planning at Siemens, said.

Becoming a full industry member with the Universi-ty’s FREEDM Systems Center and a major finan-cial contributor to the brand new power engineering mas-ters program, Siemens joins a healthy and growing number of partnerships in the FREEDM Center and the College of En-gineering.

After six months of negotia-tions, according to Gomperts,

in charge of relations with N.C. State, Siemens began last fall as a full industry member of the FREEDM Systems Center. The center is a national research hub run by the University that acts as a way to bring indus-try, government, research and education together to develop infrastructure and energy sources for a future renewable-energy power grid.

Martin Baucom, associate executive director of develop-ment and college relations in the College of Engineering, likened the rising renewable energy fervor to the computer

wave in the 1980s.

“This engi-neering pro-gram spon-sorship…is sort of like supporting some of the computer science pro-g r a m s i n 1985,” Bau-c om s a i d . “There is a big battle to be one of the leading uni-versit ies in

this field for the next 25 years.”Also launching last fall was

the University’s new masters program in electrical power systems engineering [EPSE] in the Department of Electri-cal and Computer Engineering and with close relations with FREEDM.

Announced in November, Siemens became a major fi-nancial contributor to the pro-gram with grants for a power engineering term professorship and two graduate student fel-lowships, all for three years, ac-cording to Gomperts and the press release.

The professor and students have not been selected yet, and Siemens declined to give spe-cifics on the money involved. However, according to an N.C. State press release, the students will receive money for tuition and fees and a stipend for liv-ing expenses. The professor, a “rising star” in the field, will receive a grant for research, equipment, and lab and course development.

This is Siemens’ first mon-etary relationship with the University despite its presence in Wendell since the early ‘60s. The beginning of the power en-gineering program combined with a growing interest from Siemens in university power programs. Its recent move from Wendell to Cary created

a much more attractive situa-tion for Siemens, according to Gomperts.

Baucom said the relationship is mutually beneficial.

“These fellowships they are providing make it easier for a program like [EPSE] to recruit the best students. And for Sie-mens, Siemens wants the best students coming into that program because it prepares students for careers in power engineering.”

Gomperts said Siemens, like many companies, has addi-tionally committed to provid-ing guest speakers on certain lecture topics, something com-puter and electrical engineer-ing professor Mesut Baran said is “very, very positive.”

“There are a lot of people here at Siemens that have an exper-tise in technology in these fields that we could help to add ad-ditional credibility to the pro-gram,” Gomperts said.

Siemens’ decision to join FREEDM and the power engi-neering program comes as the economy continues to struggle. But that hasn’t stopped the cen-ter’s growing support.

According to Pritchard, some industry partners in the FREEDM Center were dropped because they no longer could afford payments, but growth hasn’t waned.

“It has been well over 12 months since we stopped ac-tively recruiting companies to the FREEDM Systems Center

and have not seen a decline as a result of that,” Pritchard said.

In the College of Engineering proper, support and partner-ships remain healthy too.

Baucom pointed to the 250-300 companies that make the Engineering Career Fair one of the largest in the country.

“It shows the intense interest that is here. And that’s despite the recent economic down-turn. Companies are still en-gaging with us and partnering with us,” Baucom said. “There are a lot of different factors behind that,” Baucom said, “but I think that’s impressive growth considering the current economic climate.”

Record-breaking NMR spectroscopy machine finds home at N.C. research campus.

Hassan DuRantSenior Staff Writer

It’s no secret that N.C. State is big on scientific research. Luck-ily for scientists on campus, the University has a one of a kind Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) laboratory at its dis-posal, with the largest nuclear magnetic resonance machine on this side of the planet.

The North Carolina Research Campus, located in Kannapo-lis, N.C., is a satellite research institute that collaborates with colleges and companies in the area, including N.C. State.

The research campus features multiple NMR machines. How-ever, it also happens to house the largest NMR machine in the entire Western Hemi-sphere: the Bruker 950-mega-hertz US2.

Kevin Knagge, the NMR project leader and laboratory manager for the NMR facility at the research institute, coor-dinates projects that relate to analytical sciences involving use of the NMR machines.

Knagge works with differ-ent companies and universi-ties, such as N.C. State and UNC-Chapel Hill. Knagge is currently working on a proj-ect with the University that investigates using chemical compounds to destroy certain viruses and diseases.

The NMR laboratory is work-ing to identify the chemical structure of these compounds.

“Once we have knowledge of what the chemical structure is. We can look for it in plants, or contact a chemical company to try and synthesize it,” Knagge

said.NMR spectroscopy is also

commonly used to help re-searchers determine and iden-tify the three-dimensional structures of complex mol-ecules such as proteins.

“The fold-ing [of pro-teins] deter-mines which molecules can interact with them,” Knagge said. “How these proteins fold is very impor-tant to under-standing their activity and what they can be used for.”

Knagge said the laboratory is working on several experi-ments designed to look specifi-cally at carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen, and how these atoms

are related to each other in a protein to form amino acids, which form long chains, called peptides.

The researchers also investi-gate how one peptide is related to another peptide through

bond s a nd t he i r c on-formation in space, with the goal of figuring out how certain proteins are folded. For chemists, biochemists a nd ot h e r researchers, this folding

unveils the secrets of func-tion. Basically, abiding by the concept of every intro biology class: function follows form.

“If we can determine chemi-cal bonds and space, then we

can determine which peptides are close to each other because of the protein’s fold,” Knagge said.

The research institute pur-chased their machine from a corporation called Bruker, but according to Knagge, for an instrument as large as the 950-Megahertz machine, Bruk-er essentially made it specifi-cally for the facility.

The hefty machine was built and tested at the Bruker fa-cilities in Germany and then shipped to the research insti-tute in Kannapolis.

“We purchased it years before we actually got it,” Knagge said.

The machine arrived in Kannapolis in August of 2008 and since then has been used by many other institutes who collaborate with the facility—institutes such as UNC-Chapel Hill, Duke University, and N.C. State.

According to Reza Ghiladi, professor of inorganic chem-istry, power and size don’t al-ways matter in the case of NMR machines. Ghiladi said the University has several types of NMR machines, and although none match the magnetic pow-er of the machine in Kannapo-lis, they are perfectly suited for spectroscopy that does not in-volve complex molecules.

Other research projects in-volving N.C. State include a project headed by Mary Ann Lila, the director of the Plants for Human Health Institute at the North Carolina Research Campus. Her project works to identify compounds in ed-ible plants that have certain bioactivity to benefit human health, including the preven-tion of malaria.

According to Sheetal Ghel-ani, the associate director of business development at the

research campus, you don’t have to be in Kannapolis to take advantage of what the NMR laboratories have to offer.

“This is a facility that is avail-able to anyone at N.C. State who would like access to it,” Ghelati said.

Photo courtesy of Ncrc Scientists at the North Carolina Research Campus, located in Kannapolis, have the largest NMR spectrometer in the Western Hemisphere. Spectometers allow chemists and other researchers to identify chemical compounds and understand their structure and function.

Money on centennial caMpus Quick facts:Money from corporations and foundations in the College of Engineering rose from around $3.4 million in 2006, to $4.1 million in 2008, to $6.2 million in 2011.

source: MartiN BaucoM

History of tHe institute:The research campus was originally founded by the former CEO of Dole Foods, David H. Murdock. In order to give back to the community, Murdock decided to set up the institute in order to forward progress in human health.

WHo Has tHe biggest MacHine?The largest NMR machine, boasting a magnitude of 1 gigahertz, is housed at the European Center for High Field NMR in Lyon, France.

WHat is nMr?An NMR machine is essentially a large magnet that can be used to investigate properties of molecules. Every atom has at least one isotope, variants of a chemical element, and some of these isotopes have a property called spin, which researchers use to their advantage. Researchers shoot electromagnetic pulses at a molecule, altering its spin until the molecule returns to its equilibrium by re-emitting another pulse. This new pulse can tell researchers the speed of the molecule’s spin going back to equilibrium, and from that, researchers can calculate the level of energy the molecule absorbed. These measurements are used to identify molecules and what form and conformation they take.

source: Ncrc

“This is a facility

that is available to

anyone at

N.C. State...”Sheetal Ghelani, associate

director of business development at NCRC

GraPhic courtesy of the freedM ceNterSiemens Power has joined the growing extension of partnerships between the engineering industry and the university since Centennial Campus opened in 1989. Since 2009, the partnerships have nearly doubled, despite the recession.

“These

fellowships they

are providing

make it easier for

a program...to

recruit the best

students.”Martin Baucom,

COE associate executive director of development

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Philip MisklowStaff Writer

The whistle blows at an NCSU home basketball game. It’s a scheduled me-dia timeout and the N.C. State dance team takes the floor. The team entertains the crowd with their flashy moves with ease. But what most people don’t take into consideration is the countless hours and work that the dancing ladies put into filling the lapses in gameplay at basketball and football games.

Alex D’Amato, a soph-omore in environmental science, has been on the N.C. State dance team for the past two years. D’Amato is from Long Island, N.Y. and has been involved with dance her entire live. So the decision to go out for the dance team was not a difficult one.

“I’ve been dancing since I was three,” D’Amato said. “Dancing has always b e e n a part of my life and I wanted to continue in college, so when I came to State I de-cided to go out for the dance team.”

The decision to attend State wasn’t diff icult, either. D’Amato, being from Long Island, was un-aware of N.C. State until

she came across the University while searching for a school on the Internet with a top-notch environmental science pro-gram. She quickly stumbled across North Carolina State University and decided to take a deeper look. She decided to see if State was a right fit for her. After D’Amato made her visit to NCSU, her choice was obvious.

“I wanted to go to a big school in the South,” D’Amato said. “I fell in love with the atmosphere here when I came to visit.”

The tryouts were just the be-ginning of a rigorous year that she and the other members of the dance team must endure. The dance team starts in the beginning of August before classes even start. The women dance from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. for a week straight with very lim-ited breaks. During this week, the ladies have to learn their routines for both the football and basketball seasons.

“We start in August with practice and its called ‘hell week.’ We literally practice from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at night with a handful of breaks. Dur-ing this week, we run three to five miles daily, learn our rou-tines for the whole year and practice them repetitively.”

Once school be-g i n s , t he team starts practice Monday through Thurs-d a y , a t -tends band practice on Friday and travels

wherever the football team goes and dances for all home bas-ketball games. The ladies put many days worth of work for a brief period of entertainment

that many sport fans overlook. Now, with football season over, the dance team’s focus will shift to the basketball season and towards Nationals.

“Our schedules are pretty much packed year round be-cause, once football season ends, we go straight into the basketball season and then begin to focus on Nationals. Right now, we are working on our hip-hop dance for Nation-als and we’ve already learned one dance we are going to take to Nationals. We’ll practice these dances all the way up until the end of April before Nationals.”

After Nationals, the team can

finally relax and enjoy a normal routine schedule without their rigorous practices. That is, un-til August, when they will learn the new year’s routines and dances for the ensuing season.

From the Big Apple to the City of OaksAnother losing season spells trouble for conference

In recent years, ACC foot-ball has produced great teams,

coaches and players, but f e w b o w l wins.

This was the year to change the perception of the ACC only being a basketball conference.

With the football season com-plete, the ACC stands with a 2-6 bowl record, their fifth-consecutive losing bowl season and the same old reputation.

The only two wins came from N.C. State’s victory over Louisville and Florida State defeating Notre Dame. Both teams, which have had recent success in postseason games, represented the ACC well. The Wolfpack scored 31 points on a good Louisville defense and the Seminoles came back from a two-touchdown deficit to beat the Irish. Even with the win, many Florida State fans view this season as a disappoint-ment after being ranked No. 6 in preseason polls.

The ACC looked to pick up wins from Clemson and Vir-ginia Tech in BCS games, a stage in which the conference has struggled with. Clemson was set to play West Virginia in the Orange Bowl and the Hok-ies drew the Sugar Bowl against Michigan. This was the first time in history that two teams from the ACC played in a BCS game, but the games left many with a sickening taste in their mouths.

After outplaying Michigan nearly the entire game, Virgin-ia Tech lost in overtime, 23-20. That left Clemson, who after a season of national recognition

and high hopes, failed to even show up for their game, losing 70-33 to Big East champion West Virginia.

Yes, 70 points, the most points allowed by any team in bowl history and yet another BCS loss. And, although ana-lysts criticize the Big Ten’s be-low .500 record in BCS bowls, the ACC’s record now stands at an abysmal 2-13.

The conference will finish this season with the second worst winning percentage in bowl games this year, beating out the WAC, who finished 0-3. This statistic is nothing new for the struggling conference, which since 2007 has accumu-lated over 25 bowl losses.

Even with strong regular season records, ACC football teams can’t seem to find the recipe for big game success. This season, teams were only 2-6 against top-25 non-con-ference opponents, and there is little sign of improving that record in the years to come.

With many conferences add-ing schools with successful football programs, the ACC will welcome two new pro-grams to the illustrious con-ference in 2014. This is not the first time the conference has expanded. The ACC was able to better its football status by adding Florida State in 1991 and both Miami and Virginia Tech in 2004.

So who did the ACC most recently accept as additions? Pittsburgh and Syracuse, two teams that finished the regular season with a combined record of 11-13.

The public views the ACC for what it is: a conference strong in both academics and basket-ball. With two weak teams set to join the ACC in 2014, the ACC’s status of football medi-ocrity seems evident. On the bright side, at least basketball season has started.

ACC continues bowl slide

“I fell in love with

the atmosphere

here when I came

to visit.”Alex D’Amato

photo contributed by alex d’amato

KyleMcMahanCorrespondent

COUNTDOWN• 16 days until the men’s basketball team plays UNC-

Chapel Hill at the Dean Dome.

INSIDE• Page 7: A feature story on a dance team

member.SportsTechnicianPage 8 • tuesday, january 10, 2012

Former coaches elected to Hall of FameSam Esposito and Henry Trevathan, two former N.C. State coaches, were elected to the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame. Esposito lead the baseball program from 1967-87 and Trevathan coached the football team’s special teams unit from 1986 to 1995. They will be inducted into the hall on Thursday, May 10 at the North Raleigh Hilton.

Source: N.c. State athleticS

Wrestling wins three matches over weekendThe Wolfpack took three of four matches at the Wolfpack Duals tournament on Jan. 7. It scored victories over George Mason, Gardner-Webb and Campbell until falling to Bloomsburg in the final match. Senior Darius Little won all four of his matches, putting his record at 23-9 on the year and No. 10 on the all-time victories list in N.C. State history.

Source: N.c. State athleticS

athletic schedule

WednesdayMen’s BasketBall vs. GeorGia techRBC Center, 9 p.m.

ThursdayWoMen’s BasketBall vs. Boston colleGeReynolds Coliseum, 7 p.m.

Fridaytrack at virGinia tech invitationalBlacksburg, Va., All Day

WrestlinG vs. virGiniaRaleigh, 7 p.m.

Saturdaytrack at virGinia tech invitationalBlacksburg, Va., All Day

Men’s tennis vs. Gardner-WeBB, Unc-asheville & citadelRaleigh, 10 a.m., 2 p.m. & 6 p.m.

sWiMMinG & divinG vs. Florida state & GeorGia techAtlanta, Ga., 11 a.m.

Men’s BasketBall at Wake ForestWinston-Salem, 1 p.m.

GyMnastics vs. ByURaleigh, 7 p.m.

did You know?N.C. State men’s basketball hasn’t been to the NCAA tournament since 2006, the longest drought in the ACC, and only five times in the past 20 years. State has lost at least 10 conference games in each of the past five seasons and has won 11 games in the ACC only once since 1975.

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Most Sentimental - Tyler Harris“You know most everyone has their moments. Tyler has his

moments more than anyone, so I would have to give that award to him. I still like messing with him anyway. That’s my guy

Most likely to become a Billionaire - DeShawn Painter“Oh that has to be me, man. I have that entrepreneur renais-

sance typo, you know what I mean?”

Pretty Boy - Richard Howell“Well we have a few of those, but I am going to have to go with

Rich. He always has to make sure he is right before he steps out. He always keeps his socks on.”

Best Personality - Alex Johnson/Lorenzo Brown“It depends which day you catch one of us on. Alex has a good

personality; Lorenzo has a good personality; pretty much just our whole team.”

Painter’s portrait of the Pack

The men’s basketball team returns to action on Wednesday when they take on the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at 9 p.m. at the RBC Center.

Most Unique - C.J. Leslie“C.J. is a pretty unique guy. He definitely ranks

on top of my list as most unique. He can be funny and charismatic, as well.”

Biggest Nerd - C.J. Williams(He laughs) “Oh man, that one is me and C.J. Williams.

He is no doubt the best Call of Duty player on the team. I am a huge game fan, but C.J. Williams, he is a true gamer, though.”

Best Rapper - Lorenzo Brown/Richard Howell/ NOT C.J. Leslie

“Lorenzo. He always raps. C.J. tries but, sometimes, it’s just awful. They all try a little bit but Lorenzo likes to pull a fast one, spit something fresh, all the time. Rich and Lorenzo always have their rap battles, though.”

Most likely to become President - Alex Johnson“Alex Johnson, no doubt. He is very charismatic and

such a people person. He’s just such a good guy.”

Best Dancer - Jaqawn Raymond and C.J. Leslie“Man you have to give that to C.J. Leslie. It all just depends though.

Actually, wait, no, give that one to Jaqawn Raymond. He is hands down the best dancer. Me, I can’t dance so in the huddle before every game, I sit back and crack jokes watching my teammates dance.”

Best Dressed/Most “Swag” – DeShawn Painter“Oh it’s me, without a doubt. That’s why the coaches call me

‘Big Smooth.’ I have that whole appeal. I’m very laid back. I might put a sweater on with some slacks and some boots, you just never know.”

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“C.J. is a pret-ty unique guy. He definitely

ranks on top of my list as most

unique.”junior forward

DeShawn Painter