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The premiere of Tucker Max’s mov-ie, “I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell,” brought out students both to watch the film and to protest its showing on campus Wednesday night. Though no altercations arose from the close proximity of the picketers to the line to get into the movie, Juliette Grim-mett, who works with the Women’s Center and is the University’s rape prevention education coordinator, said the protester’s presence presence made people think critically about what they were about to see.

“We brought a new perspective,” Grimmett said. “If we can get people to look at the film differently, then we did our job.”

Movie-goers were greeted with signs and handbills as they filed into With-erspoon Student Center for the film, which was sold out.

Bill Dawes, who works with the film tour, said he posed as a Duke graduate student writing a thesis on the lin-guistics of rape culture.

“[I said] I wanted to discuss the movement and see exactly what they meant by rape culture and where rape culture was in the book,” Dawes said.

Dawes said he theorized the protest-ers were ill-informed about the book and movie, and said he was proved right, though he said the protesters were very cordial to him, and that he had no issues with the group express-ing its opinions. Still, he said the al-legations that Max is a rapist are false.

“It’s the difference between volun-tary manslaughter and double ho-micide,” Dawes said. “You cant just equate going out getting drunk and hooking up with women with rape culture. It’s just wrong.”

Liam Gehling, a senior in business, said the protest wasn’t dependent on seeing the film or reading the novel but on what the two promoted.

“It’s not about reading the book or watching the movie,” Gehling said. “It’s about the promotion and mor-alization of sex and alcohol.”

Joslyn Brenton, a sociology instruc-tor, said she anticipates many more issues will arise when the film is of-ficially released Sept. 25.

“I think when the movie comes out there will be a minimal amount of counseling that will be needed due to the certain images of the movie,” she said.

Students who attended the movie, like Jessica Lawrence, a graduate stu-dent in entomology, said the movie

was good. Lawrence drove half an hour from Prospect Hill in Cassel County to watch the film and said it was worth the trip.

“I really liked the characters espe-cially because they were from famous show like seventh heaven and Gilmore girls,”

Jessica Lane, a senior in textile tech-nology, said .

view moret e c h n i c i a n o n l i n e . c o mCheck out Technician exclusive interviews with Tucker Max and Kerilynn Pratt at technicianonline.com.

Resolution 4 gives branches seats at military appreciation game

Annie AlbrightStaff Writer

The first meeting of the 89th session of Student Senate passed a resolution to be entitled an act to allot seating to all ROTC students for the military appreciation day football game.

The resolution would allow 170 ROTC students to attend the military appreciation day football game and be seated in a section together and to be recognized as a whole, sponsoring Sen. Arialle Crabtree said.

“They have agreed that what tick-ets they do not use will go towards student veterans who have already served,” Crabtree said.

The tickets will come from the stu-dent lottery but will be a small per-centage of what are given to students in total Kelli Rogers, Student Senate President said.

“There are about 7,000 seats re-served each game for the student lot-tery,” Rogers said. “Last year was the most amount of student tickets ever used but there were still some games where there were some sections to-wards the top that were empty and not used.”

The military appreciation day football game will be Sept. 12 against Murray State and attendance will be greatly affected by the fall Pan-Hellenic Sorority Rush, Sen. Kelley Maryman said.

“It is the weekend of Pan-Hellenic sorority rush too so there are about

The Chancellor Search Committee Allows Students to Share Their Thoughts About New Chancellor

Sneha PatelStaff Writer

Tuesday afternoon, in Stewart The-ater, the committee opened the floor to any current students who wanted to voice concerns on the new Chancellor search. A clean background, the abil-ity to overlook his/her own benefits in order to do what’s right for the Univer-sity, and being more student friendly were all common concerns raised by students.

Kornelius Bascombe, a junior in criminology, was one of the students present at the forum. “I think the most important thing I’m looking for in a chancellor is to the bridge the administration gap” Bascombe said, “Not only making themselves visible in easier times, such as student events, but also in the more difficult times

when students need a leader. I think this bridge will bring students to like the chancellor more.”

Kelli Rogers, current Student Senate

President, said “I want a chancellor who looks at this university as a uni-

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Premiere brings protest, praise

Zainab BalochCorrespondent

Sixty faculty members came to the open forum to suggest what attributes they thought the next chancellor should possess to best serve the University.

“We need to find a leader who has a background in research, who not only supports it but has had experience in it”,Gail Jones said. His view was shared by most of his colleagues. Many faculty members stated that the new chancellor not only needed a strong background in research but new initiatives to help compete with top universi-ties like Cornell and Duke. “If we could find someone who has that[strong background in re-search], he could be the one to help North Carolina move out of their current economic situation”,Jones

said. Most faculty members greatest concern was how the chancellor would interact with their own department or research.

Their own interest certainly played a huge role in expressing what they thought was the most significant fac-tor in choosing a chancellor.

“I want to speak on the importance of the new chancellor being able to see the way in which social science and col-lege of humanities is becoming more and more important”,Stephen Wiley, a Communications Professor,said.

“Look at what you’re wearing today, those colors did not exist 50 years ago, most of those have been developed in past 50 years right here at NC State, the number one textile college in the world. If our chancellor understands the importance of the work going on here, then the state will support

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AmAndA KArst/techniciAnGlenn Hartzog enters Witherspoon to view Tucker Max’s film ‘I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell.’ “I came all the way from New Bern,” Hartzog said.

AmAndA WilKins/techniciAnAndrew Hicks, a senior in textile technology, speaks about fundraising as an important trait at the Chancellor Search Forum on Wednesday.

luis ZApAtA/techniciAnIn Campus Cinema Wednesday night, Allison DeCarlo, a senior in textitles, asks her questions during the Q & A section after Tucker Max screen’s his movie on Wednesday.

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What is your reaction to the Tucker Max movie and controversy?

“Entertaining. I don’t see how it was rape. Just college entertainment.”

Ryan smithsenior, agriculture business

“I thought what was said was right: rape isn’t a joke. But they were ‘swinging at the wrong pitch.’ The movie didn’t encourage rape.”

Will Whitesenior, finance

“I thought people were not wellread. No one was raped. Next time they need to check their facts.”

bobbie dupuisfreshman, political science

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CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONSIn Wednesday’s page 4 editorial, “The chancellor checklist,” former NCSU Chancellor Marye Anne Fox and UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Holden Thorp’s names were misspelled. The length of Chancellor James Woodward’s term at UNC-Charlotte was also incorrect. He was chancellor at UNCC for 14 years.

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Keeping cool for the Reformed University Fellowship, Sarah Lawrence, a junior in psychology, hands out popsicles, and information on the campus organization in the brickyard Wednesday. Along with popsicles, Lawrence gave away cups filled with information flyers. “We met a lot of great folks,” Lawrence said. “We gave out all 300 cups.”

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The faculty and staff who were at the forum looked highly upon the student turn out. According to Evelyn Reiman, Associate Chancellor of Student Af-fairs, “it’s essential to open

the process to students, and I think today’s forum brought out the common aspects both the students and the commit-tees are looking for, but also the differences that need to be addressed.”

The turnout of new freshman at the forum pleased the Staff Senate Chair and Crime Pre-vention Officer, Steve Carlton. “They are the ones who will be impacted most,” he said.

The students were also appre-ciative at having the chance to

have their say in this search. Matt Woodward, a sophomore in Applied Sociology, said he “was really excited to have the opportunity to speak about social justice and integrity as a value in our campus climate.”

The student forum was the fi-nal in three forums which took place Tuesday afternoon. Stu-dents were asked to keep a close watch on the University Web site as the search continues.

us as strong as it needs to, the grants will pour in, the students will pour in and it will get even harder to get into”,Stephen Michiel, asso-ciate professor from textile engineering said.

Some faculty members urged not to just pick some-one because of their connec-tions with the University and not to pick someone who was connected with the past. “N.C. State is the

83rd best national university and it has been that for a while. We are really struggling when it comes to a national reputa-tion, we need some to think outside the box”,Professor Bob Kelly,director of the Biotech-nology Program,said.

Ed Gehringer,computer sci-ence and engineering, felt the chancellor needed to provide religious freedom on campus.” am concerned with who the next chancellor will be because he needs to be one who respects the freedom of christian orga-nizations on campus......the or-ganizations here do not want to go to federal court to defend

those rights”,Gehringer said. He used the 2005 case against UNC-CH InterVarsity Chris-tian Fellowship that ended up in federal court to resolve their case.

Still, faculty members re-peated numerous times that the chancellors view on research was most important.

The physics associate dean, Chris Schul had a more un-orthodox attribute to look for,”The chancellors that have been successful have had a good sense of humor”.

1,400 girls or so who will not even sign up,” Mary-man said. “So they prob-ably would have gotten the tickets anyways.”

Crabtree said the tickets will be coming from the student lottery but since the ROTC members are students they would have been eligible for the tickets anyways.

“It is not taking tickets away from students. This

kind of thing happens all the time. Tickets fluctuate within the lottery system,” Crabtree said. “Granted this is a larger number than is usually fluc-tuated but not by an extreme amount and not for a major game either.”

Rogers said the Senate will work with athletics to find the best possible scenario.

“We will be working with athletics to be able to find what section will work best for the number of tickets we will give and what section is best for monitoring to make sure that they are ROTC students,” said Rogers.

Sage Boyd, a senior in busi-ness and human resources and the Battalion S2 said her branch is very appreciative of the support they have received from Student Government.

“It’s going to be a great day for all the branches in ROTC at N.C. State,“ Boyd said. “It will be great to come together to celebrate the achievements that we have all made as bat-talions and also to recognizwe our current active duty and military veterans, especially the wounded warriors who will be at the game that Saturday.

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Staff says chancellor should restore University’s prestigeUniversity staff voice expectations regarding new leader

Jessica NevilleCorrespondent

Seventy-five members of the University staff attended the chancellor search forum Wednesday, voicing concerns about the qualities they wish to see in the next chancel-lor. Integrity, support of diversity, long-term visionand accessibility were some of the key attributes discussed by staff members.

Steve Carlton, Staff Senate Chairperson and the staff representative on the Chancel-lor Search Committee, said the Search Com-mittee has identified three main qualities they will be looking for while conducting interviews.

“The next chancellor needs to understand and utilize the value of North Carolina State University to the state of North Carolina,” said Carlton.

“We will also be looking for a person that displays hones-ty and integrity and will use transpar-ency in his or her work. The students, faculty and staff of the University need to be informed of what is going on at the top level.“

At the staff forum, the Chancellor Search Committee heard many other concerns. Making the campus more environmentally sustainable for the future was important to many staff members. Others hoped that the new chancellor would place an emphasis on supporting diversity in the classroom and workplace. Collaboration, research and community involvement were all issues discussed. Other University staff said they desired a chancellor with management and budgeting skills, resourcefulness and the ability to think and act quickly.

Eileen Marin, Assistant Director of Stu-dent Government Advising, advised the committee to search for a candidate who

was “student-centered, aperson who recognizes the importance

of student experiences outside of the class-room.”

Cody Williams, the Assistant Director of Marketing and Business Relations, had many qualities he looked for in the next leader of the University. “The chancellor needs to be accessible and visible,” Williams said. “He or she needs to schedule time to talk to faculty, staff and students, and preferably

come from a diverse background of expe-riences.”

Many staff mem-bers were not able to attend the forum. Kathy Wallace, a campus pharma-cist, said she would not be able to get away from her work to come.

“The pharmacy, as well as most of the Uni-versity’s medical service facilities, is under-staffed,” said Wallace.

Wallace and pharmacist Teri Luehrs said the top quality they are looking for in the next chancellor is honesty.

“The University’s reputation went down this summer,” said Luehrs. “The new chan-cellor needs to raise the morale of students, faculty and staff. He or she needs to be a person of good character.”

Carlton said he expects many people affili-ated with the University will share similar concerns, but that the Chancellor Search Committee is always open to new ideas.

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staff.”Pharmacist Teri Luehrs on the University’s reputation

MiSS ThE STAFF ForUM?:

Staff Senate Chair Steve Carlton said any staff members who could not attend the forum but want to give recommenda-tions to the committee should visit the chancellor search Web site or email him at steve_carlton@ncsu.edu.

Source: Steve carlton

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{ }OUR VIEW

Student Government and the Athletic Ticketing Office are rolling out

a new program to try to get students to show up to more athletic events and be in the stands well before kickoff or tip-off.

This initiative is a good idea that benefits students, giving them an incentive to show up to football and basketball games and get into the stands before the game starts by increasing priority for future games and tangible rewards for the diehard fan.

However, as with any pro-gram, administrators and Student Government officials should make every effort to evaluate how effective the initiative is in getting more students to show up when

they reserve tickets and get-ting into the games earlier.

Those running the initiative should also evaluate the cost, especially with the tangible incentives students can earn later on when they have ac-cumulated a certain number of points. It is definitely an effective, carefully considered idea to offer students T-shirts, hats and coolers depending on how many loyalty points they have earned.

And students need not worry about Student Gov-ernment pouring funds into this program. Student Body President Jim Ceresnak said the money to purchase the re-

wards comes from the Athlet-ics Department budget, which draws revenue from multiple sources, particularly donors and booster programs.

Yet these items cost money, and regardless of funding, some thought needs to go into the long-range fiscal planning of this program. Everyone at the University is well aware of the effects a ma-jor economic downturn can have on the various programs on-campus, for both academ-ic departments and extra-curricular organizations. Someone will always have to foot the bill, and student lead-ers and ticketing officials need

to ensure that the costs do not pile up.

Ultimately, this incentive program is a plus for students who go out and give their heart and soul to support N.C. State athletics. It seeks to create a corp of loyal fans who are the first to arrive and the last to leave and reward these students for their sup-port.

This program can show that with a good idea, proper planning and collaboration with the University officials who can help bring good ideas to fruition, students can make their experience at NCSU more enjoyable, both in the classroom and out.

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.

Ticket incentives major plus for studentsTHE FACTS:Students will see a new rewards program in place for football and basketball seasons this year, which prioritizes students who regularly attend games and get there early, later offering rewards like T-shirts, hats and coolers for going to games and getting in the gate early.

OUR OPINION:This is a good program for students, but as with any initiative, particularly in times of economic uncertainty, this program needs to be evaluated at the end of the year and unforeseen costs addressed in a fiscally responsible manner.

A growing problem

Frederic Bastiat, a famous French economist, pro-posed a simple method to

differentiate good economists from misleading ones.

“ T he b a d economist confines him-self to the vis-ible effect; the good econo-mist takes into account both the effect that can be seen and those ef-fects that must

be foreseen.”The University has clearly

employed some very poor economists in its upper ech-elons these past few years — the previous administration pressed growth whilst com-pletely ignoring the require-ments of that development.

In his report provided to UNC Tomorrow, former Pro-vost Larry Nielsen presented the University’s case for faculty recruitment and retention over the next decade. The report — published at the height of t he budget c r i s i s t h i s past Decem-ber — details how the Uni-versity will go about meet-ing its 2017 enrollment goal of 40,000 students.

Essentially the report indi-cates the University must hire 200 new tenure or tenure-track faculty members over the next decade to properly handle the inf lux of students. This feat becomes even more daunting when we take into account the 600 T/TT faculty members that must be hired in the next de-cade to keep pace with faculty retirements.

Under a normal budgetary climate, hiring 800 T/TT facul-ty members would be a push — especially considering that the faculty ranks have witnessed only stagnant growth for a decade, despite an increase of 1,500 non-instructional staff and faculty members (mostly administrators). Right now, with many available faculty positions remaining unfilled to save coin, the task is impos-sible.

This charge ignores the fun-damental flaw in the UNC To-morrow report though — its target of 7,500 faculty members (1,300 total new hires) grossly underestimates reality. A large

portion of the plan’s 7,000 new students will enter the University’s graduate pro-grams. Those programs require significantly high-er personal contact than a typical undergraduate class — classically, a faculty member can only supervise the research of two to five graduate students. The cur-rent proportion of instruc-tional faculty hiring, which the report is based on (ap-proximately one for every 21 students), will not suffice for the proposed University composition in 2017.

If this wasn’t enough, the University’s facilities are also massively underpre-pared. A study released by facilities and operations, based on the University’s growth over the last de-cade, said N.C. State will require 4.3 million square feet in additional facilities by 2017 to accommodate the new students and faculty.

No, that isn’t a typo. The University must build 4.3

MILLION square feet of new fa-cilities before 2017 (3.4 million i n n e w construc-t ion) . I f you think construc-tion now

is bad, wait till you see those projects. Don’t worry though — the University only has to raise $2.1 BIL-LION to pay for it all.

Jim Martin, professor of chemistry and former fac-ulty senate chair, said the University must triple its rate of instructional faculty hiring and double the rate of building construction if it hopes to succeed. Even then, he thinks it is unlikely the University could reach its targeted goals by 2017.

Martin attempted to show the previous administration how far behind it was on this issue but was given little to no traction. The leadership had lost its sense of realism and failed to face the facts, only looking at the visible effects, not that which must be foreseen.

In any case, the University is mired in the budget crisis and needs to use some fore-sight before this situation grows out of control.

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had lost its sense

of realism and

failed to face the

facts.”

Russell WithamViewpoint Editor

School work certainly packs a punch after a summer vacation.

Mack Garrison, senior in art and design

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Has the University done a good job in expansion?

Why or why not?

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“Some of the newer, smaller projects, they’ve done a good job. Planning, though, is not as good like road planning on Centennial — it’s a mess. The architecture is pretty. When I go inside I’m like, “Oh! Pretty!” But it’s still kind of a mess. They’ve done a lot of things and I know their heart is in the right place.”

Trey McBridesenior, landscape architecture

“I don’t know. It’s in process. All I really see is construction and no results. The construction is really annoying and inconvenient. I understand, though, it has to be done.”

Rhonda Bennetonejunior, psychology

“No, I just got a ticket for running a red light and they had no signs. The roads and signs are confusing. Crossing on Hillsborough Street is a pain.”

Courtney Goldmansophomore, horticulture

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Don’t just demonize alcohol

All everybody does is chide college students about alcohol. “Don’t

drink. Don’t party. College is a privilege, you know.” From

what I can tell, there are only two ways for a student to ad-dress alcohol.

Yo u m a y drink heavily — binge on alcohol, vom-it everywhere, skip class be-

cause of hangovers and gener-ally wreck your life by using a powerful drug irresponsibly.

Or you may not drink at all. Not a drop, under any circum-stance.

Actually, it is worse than that: some people have a sip of wine with their families or for religious occasions but say that they “don’t drink alcohol” to avoid being associated with binge drinkers.

This leads us to conclude that we have successfully taught millions of American youth that casual social drinking is not only impermissible, but also impossible. This is a shame.

It would be remiss to say that alcohol doesn’t cause many tragedies in America — we have all had to deal with an-noying drunks, and some of us have lost love ones on account of one too many beers.

At the same time, it is not fair to say that any alcohol con-sumption will have dire conse-quences. Look no farther than

our own professors.If you have spent more than

a few hours with a professor — in office hours, getting lunch, or at a conference – you come to find that a good number of published, peer-reviewed fac-ulty members formed networks and connections over a drink at a conference. Some of them en-joy a glass of wine with dinner.

Have members of the Uni-versity administration never watched football while sipping a beer? Even our President used some liquor to settle some feelings.

The point i s t h a t drinking can be done in a respon-sible way, it is done re-sponsibly all around us, but it is too much of a taboo to talk about openly. Which means that only the loudest groups get to voice their opinion on the topic: those who are vehe-mently against drinking, and those who keep us up all night with their parties.

Honestly, seeing dozens of trash bags containing empty Bud Light cans at a tailgate must mean that college stu-dents are drinking a little bit too much. Nobody drinks that much because of the taste.

Here is a novel idea: let’s teach our students and our children about safe and respon-

sible alcohol consumption. Perhaps if our elders had the freedom to be open about their own drinking habits, we might learn from their example.

To me, the idea that we might encourage people never to drink a beer — and thus never gain exposure to that facet of American life — seems strange to me. Ab-solutely, people should not be pressured to drink — but we can do a better job de-

picting it as a mod-erate sort of activity.

Most of u s w h o drink le-ga l ly do it in a re-sponsible way. We have too many jobs, too much school-

work and too much ambi-tion to waste our lives under the influence. If drinking is such an ubiquitous thing and since there is agree-ment that alcohol can be consumed in an appropri-ate way, why do we keep hearing lectures about the dangers of alcohol, rather than guidance on how to be responsible?

Tell Jay your thoughts on America’s alcohol culture to letters@technicianonline.com.

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Super bugs cause super problems

Different ways to dye in textilesJasmine WillisStaff Writer

The mystery behind the color of one’s wardrobe has come into question in several people’s minds. Colorful garments, graphic T-shirts and other articles of cloth-ing are created through a complex process of dying and various types of printing. Countless articles of clothing start out as a design on a computer program.

Drawing apparel on design software such as Pointe Carre, a French program, Adobe Illustra-tor, Adobe Photoshop or by hand is the first step to creating a suc-cessful garment.

“After selecting a theme of the attire, sketch the desired garment on paper or on a designing soft-ware,” Garry Atkinson, a senior majoring in industrial design and minoring in textile technol-ogy, said

Once the garment is designed, the type of fabric is chosen and cleansed before the coloring pro-cess begins.

The complicated process of dy-ing clothes first begins with ensur-ing the fabric is clear of any residue or stains.

“There are several ways one can dye fabrics, but before the process the fabric must be thoroughly cleaned,” Chris Kelly, a senior in polymer and color chemistry, said,

Kelly said the fabric undergoes an extensive cleaning by several machines and is finally bleached white to guarantee an immaculate color before the fabric is even dyed. It is essentially pigment insurance. Once the garment is completely clear of impurities the coloring process commences.

There are several ways an article of clothing can be dyed or printed, inclucing dying by machine, ro-tary printing, screen printing and digital printing. “There are many ways fabrics can be dyed, but the most efficient way is dying the yarns then knitting or weaving,” Jeanelle Warren, a senior in textile technology, said.

Knitting or weaving thread to-gether to formulate an article of clothing is a longer process and more expensive. Higher end companies use this technique to provide a durable product.

Warren said rotary printers are also an efficient way to design gar-ments. Comprised of a colorant

rotary screen, the rotary printer shoots out colors through holes at a pace of revolutions per minute. The roll passes fabric through and adds color where one desires it to be applied.

Next to rotary printing, screen printing is also effective, but more time consuming.

Screen printing, also known as silk screen printing, is done manu-ally. The fabric is attached to the silk screen and then dyed by hand.

The antithesis of screen printing is digital printing and it happens to be the most popular way of dy-ing fabrics – even though screen printing is a close second.

“Digital printing consists of a carriage containing nano-pig-ments traversing back and forth while laying down the colorant onto the fabric,” said Warren.

The machine contains eight col-ors, which can combine together to make multitudes.

Brent Kitchen/technicianLab manager Jeff Krauss and Alicia Allen, a senior in textiles engineering, sew together a strip of fabric in preparation of putting the fabric in a pres-surized jet machine in the Pilot Plant on Tuesday. The machine pulls the loop of fabric around through a bath in which a chemical finish is applied. “We have different projects all the time,” Allen said of the work in the lab.

Brent Kitchen/technicianThe new plasma machine sits in the Pilot Plant of the Textiles Building on Centennial Campus Tuesday. The machine is the product of a partnership between Morrison Machines, Apjet Inc, Air Products and N.C. State University. The machine uses plasma to bind monomers to the surface of fabrics.

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Physicians and farmers alike face a growing trend of resistance. Weeds are becoming harder to kill, insects do not respond to the same insecticides and certain antibiotics are failing to cure infectious bacterial diseases.

With the current debate on the healthcare system, medicine is on everyone’s mind. Although it is true we have nearly wiped out many in-fectious diseases that have decimated total populations, that victory may be-come short lived. As each year goes by, more and more people are becoming resistant to certain types of medica-tion, particularly antibiotics, either through misuse or mistreatment. Doctors must resort to harsher drugs to cure diseases long thought to be on the way to extinction like tuberculo-sis, malaria and other lethal bacterial infections.

Tuberculosis has emerged as one of the diseases with particularly harsh drug resistant strains. Only 50 years after discovering a cure to the infec-tious lung disease, the number of pa-tients infected with multi-drug resis-tant tuberculosis, has been on the rise in recent years. 1.7 percent of tuber-culosis cases worldwide now are con-sidered MDR. In a study published in August 2009 by a team of researchers at the University of New South Wales and the University of Western Sydney, it was found that these resistant strains are likely to become much more of a problem if action is not taken soon.

“Our results imply that drug resis-tant strains of TB are likely to become highly prevalent in the next few de-cades. They also suggest that limiting further transmission of TB might be an effective approach to reducing the impact of drug resistance,” University of New South Wales’s Dr. Fabio Lu-

ciani, the lead author of the study, said Fortunately, for students, these

alarming findings have not reached campus yet.

“We have seen a trend in resistance to Staph infections, particularly methicillin-resistant “Staphylococ-cus aureus”, among students. As far as resistance to medicines for other infections, like sinus infections, gen-erally not, unless a particular student has previously had a lot of chronic in-fections,” Dr. Elizabeth Neel, the As-sistant Medical Director for Student Health Services, said.

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s Web site gives advice about when exactly to take antibiotics and how to use them correctly. Be-cause antibiotics only cure bacterial infections, viral sicknesses like the flu, bronchitis and the common cold can not be cured with antibiotics. In some cases, taking an antibacterial medica-tion for a viral infection may make symptoms worse. Use antibiotics cor-rectly to decrease the risk of overex-posure by following the instructions given by the prescribing physician, never taking medication after the illness has passed and never taking antibiotics prescribed to someone else.

“It’s definitely a concern, but it’s not a priority. I only take antibiotics when it is necessary. If I get a cold or the flu, I don’t go to the doctor just looking to get antibiotics. I let myself naturally get over my sickness. But if I’m sure I have a bacterial infection, I would go ahead and take it,” Rami Eltaraboulsi, a senior in biochemistry, said.

Those in agricultural fields face a similar battle. However, it is herbi-cides, not antibiotics, which are losing their effectiveness.

“The challenge at times is human nature … a key to protecting herbi-cides is to consider them as a resource that has a valuable place in our agri-

cultural systems. Just as we all need to treat herbicides with respect and use them appropriately, we also need to incorporate a wide range of strate-gies that ensure the longevity of her-bicides,” David Jordan, a crop scientist and peanut specialist with the Uni-versity, said.

However, human overindulgence might not be the only cause for herbi-cide failure. Joseph Neal, an extension specialist in weed science, explained in an e-mail the dangers of herbicide resistance. Roundup, the traditional weed killer for farmers, nurseries and amateur gardeners, is not as effective

as in the past because of a resistance to the active ingredient called glypho-sate. However, weed resistance builds up through other means besides mis-use of herbicides.

“Unfortunately, glyphosate resistant weeds are spreading in agricultural fields throughout the U.S. Some of these weeds are now beginning to show up in nurseries. Not due to over-use of the herbicide but through nat-ural spread of the resistant biotypes from crop fields,” Neal said.

“It would not necessarily affect the U.S., but it would definitely hurt a lot of other countries that we provide

food for. Herbicides are good and bad. You’ve got to have them because they help feed everyone, but they put out a lot of chemicals that end up in people through the food they eat,” Zac Sch-nell, a junior in environmental tech-nology said.

And so, in medicine as well as in gar-dening, it falls to the average citizen to be responsible for his or her own ac-tions. Limiting overexposure in our-selves, as well as in our plants, allows time for researchers to discover better alternatives before these drug resistant strains reach dangerous levels.

amanda WilKins/technicianKatie Rondini, a senior in horticulture, looks for bugs in the Fox Labs Conservatory on Tuesday. “I, personally, don’t mind spraying, but I would prefer to use other prevention methods first,” Rondini said. “We can also use bug to fight other bugs!” Most of the bugs in the conservatory are microscopic and only the effects of an infestation on plants shows they are there.

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Of course, many have dis-counted Dunst’s support statement as being good ma-terial for a Saturday Night Live skit — however, the viewpoint of support is be-coming increasingly popular.

Aside from the drug’s com-mitted fan base, support is also being found in the realm of science, such as the study released this month from a journal called “Neurotoxi-cology and Teratology.” The study says that marijuana may actually be a protective buffer from brain damage caused by binge drinking, which is defined as having 4-5 drinks in one setting. The study conducted by re-searchers at the University of California San Diego tested three groups of students aged between 16 and 19. One group consisted of binge-drinkers-only, while the second group consisted of binge-drinkers who smoked marijuana, and the third was an abstaining

control group and consisted of students that had very little to no experience with alcohol or drugs.

To quantify their results, the researchers conducted a brain scan that used diffu-sion tensor imaging (DTI). DTI looks at the microscopic changes in brain white mat-ter, the connective tissues between different regions in the brain.

White matter isn’t the pow-erhouse that gray matter is, the stuff that thinks, but it is vital for information relay and communication between the different brain regions.

The study results were typical in that the binge-drinking-only group had white matter brain damage in all eight regions; however, a surprising result came from the marijuana-binge drink-ing group.

When the marijuana-binge drinking group was com-pared to the binge-drinking-

only group, the smokers did better in seven of the eight regions, meaning they had less damage to their white brain matter.

When compared to the ab-staining control group the smokers tested equally as well in five of the eight brain regions, meaning only three of their brain regions were adversely affected by their marijuana-binge-drinking activity.

Again, the group who only binge-drank had seven of eight brain regions negatively affected, while the smokers only had negative results in three.

In addition to scientific results, student testimonials are rampant concerning the

benefits of mixing marijuana with alcohol. “I have noticed that I never get hang-overs when I drink now,” Michael Bissette, a freshman in bio-logical engineering, said. “I used to have to eat eggs the next morning to feel bet-ter, but now I feel fine in the morning.”

According to Bruce Mirken, the director of communica-tions for the Marijuana Policy Project in Washington D.C., the United States will arrest 872,000 people every year for marijuana related charges, to which he added was “a ridicu-lous amount of people.”

Parker Mincey, a fresh-man in civil engineering, has a similar view concerning how the government handles marijuana. “We should legal-ize it and tax it to make some money,” he said. “Not to men-tion it would take money out of the hands of drug dealers and put it into the hands of the government,” he said.

The debate over whether or not government involvement would be a good thing or not was voiced by Glen Billups, a freshman in mechanical en-gineering.

“I’m pretty sure we could eventually make a profit, but

it may take more money ini-tially to get the drug dealers off the streets versus now with the market underground, Bil-lups said.

Some students think it would be safer to have mari-juana legalized because it would eliminate the risk as-sociated with uncontrolled substances, including quality and contamination.

“Cigarettes are boxed and sold behind a counter and you know what you exactly what you are getting. When dealing with different people in different places … you never know what you’re get-ting,” Laura Armstrong, a sophomore in political sci-ence and a student abroad from England, said.

While some students fo-cused on legalization issues, David McKenna, a junior studying abroad from Eng-land and majoring in chem-istry, was pensive about how legitimate the study was.

“People read into these things and studies aren’t always right. Many times populations are manipulated to create a convincing ratio, when really it is misleading,” McKenna said. “There needs to be many studies complet-

ed before something can be proved.”

Mirken, who works with MPP’s Web site and sees many different studies about the ef-fects of marijuana, countered McKenna’s concern.

“What is interesting is that this study is not an out-lier, but rather consistent with the many other studies conducted on marijuana,” Mirken said.

He also said that canna-binoids have properties not unlike anti-oxidants.

“The cannabinoids that aren’t psycho-active such as THC, the one that makes you high, are actually neuro-protective and improve cell health,” Mirken said.

No matter the stance or viewpoint taken on mari-juana, it is very clear that the drug made famous by hippies and Woodstock is as radical and groovy as ever.

Mirken said the bottom line regarding policies that affect marijuana use is that they are completely inconsistent with lab findings — not to men-tion the fact that it is more safe than alcohol and even beneficial to some people’s health.

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Sportstrouble with the police on cam-pus,” St. Claire said. “That’s a main reason why we started the club, one of the things we did last year was change the rules. Last year, you were not allowed to skate within a cer-tain amount of feet of a dorm, the wheels couldn’t leave the ground etc. We changed it to where we can do ground tricks anywhere, yet grinding is still not allowed for the time being.”

Along with a group to skate-board with, the club mem-bershave formed a tight bond with one another, according to McCrae, Web designer for the club.

“We all know each other — we’ve been friends since fresh-man year,” McCrae said. “It’s just a big camaraderie for me, not like other clubs where you have to be somewhere — it’s

more like just hanging out.”McCrae, and other club of-

ficers are working on making a N.C. SKATE Web site, due out in a few months. The site will feature primarily a skate video, something that St. Claire said he is proud of.

“The thing with the video is that there is no acting, no plot, so you have to do a lot of cool things with the cinematogra-phy,” St. Claire said. “That’s really what got me interested in doing film studies and writ-ing.”

According to St. Claire, his interest in skateboarding has helping influence him in the classroom as well as in life.

“There are so many stories when you go out,” St. Claire said. “Like going to a Costco at 1 a.m. to grind a ledge or try to do a handrail. You meet a lot of interesting people. I’ve met everyone from some crazy homeless people to friends I’ll have for life.”

posed to that. And to reward those who swipe in early, use those times to determine tie-breakers.

In the meantime, if you’re a member without a ticket, Stu-dent Government’s new ticket-ing incentives, which include bonus points for early arrival to games and chances to earn free T-shirts, hats and coolers (all for free), are pretty appealing.

However, I can only harp on this for so long, as I have had many great experiences with the Student Wolfpack Club. I have always gotten a ticket at distribution, and I’ve certainly never had to leave a distribu-tion early. The spirit that the club promotes is nothing less than great for the University and our teams on the field and the court. But, on behalf of every other frustrated club member, please get it together. And students, for God’s sake, bring your ID cards to Friday’s distribution.

last year as a freshman, a true sophomore, so they have a long way to go to fill Nate’s shoes.

Technician : The defensive line always plays an important role in Wolfpack football. How is the line shaping up this year?

O’Brien: There should be some strength here for us. Alan-Michael Cash and Willie Young are back, so both fifth year kids. Leroy Burgess came in and Shea McKeen, a junior college transfer, came in, so they have been in the system for a year or so. Those four guys have played a lot of foot-ball, so they should be good. I think Audi Augustin has been around, and Natanu Mageo will play. J.R. Sweezy – who we moved to defensive tackle – he eventually, as he grows, will continue to get better and bet-ter at the position.

Technician : Staying on the defensive positions, how is the backfield going to look?

O’Brien: Well, we have young guys back there. It’s the same thing; we are young in a lot of spots, so there are some guys who haven’t been in football games who are going to have to play. Maybe they are playing a little bit before their time, but that is who we have, that’s who has to go out there and play. They are good kids who have worked hard, and I think they understand what we are trying to do, they just need game ex-perience.

Technician: What about this year’s running game? Will that

be an asset to us this year?O’Brien: Well, it has to be

if we are going to be a good football team. You can’t just be a one-dimensional football team. When we have had suc-cess here, we have been able to

run the football, so it’s some-thing we work and strive to-ward. Toney Baker has come back from his devastating injury, and he is not entirely what he was two years ago, but he is approaching that. I don’t

know if he will ever be what he was, but Jamelle Eugene is back and those two kids have played football and will be able to help us. Then the offensive line is going to have to block somebody.

Technician : What are your overall expectations for the season?

O’Brien : The team is looking strong. Every year from now on, there is no reason we should not have a winning season and be able to go to a bowl game. The goal is to be ACC champs and go to the national championship game, that’s what we set out to do, but at the worst we should end up at a bowl game. We are tired of playing each other. Everyone knows everyone else’s moves, and we are ready to be tested in the opener.

Technician: Just for fun, what is your game-day rou-tine?

O’Brien: It depends. I like the early games better. I know the students like the night games, but generally there is not much to do. You make sure the team is rested and fed on time, and the coaches go over last minute plans, but there isn’t much you can do on game days except wait for the game to get started.

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DREIER CARR/TEChnICIAn ARChIvE phoToHead Coach Tom O’Brien stands for the alma mater with his team after their loss to Boston College Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008. O’Brien’s expectations for this season are strong. “Every year from now on, there is no reason we should not have a winning season,” he said.

COUNTDOWN• 7 days until the football’s team’s season-opening

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Senior forward candidate for Lowe’s Senior CLASS AwardSenior Ronnie Bouemboue has been selected as one of 30 candidates for the 2009 Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award. Brooklyn native is one of five ACC players to make the cut. The Lowe’s award is typically given to the top senior each year. The award honors senior NCAA division I student-athletes who have outstanding achievements in the classroom, character, community and competition. The winner will not be announced until December during the NCAA Men’s College Cup.

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O’Brien plans week-long trip to IrelandAlthough football coach Tom O’Brien is preparing for the upcoming season, which kicks off next Thursday, he is also planning a trip to his home country, Ireland. O’Brien will be joined with his wife Jennifer, Athletic Director Lee Fowler and his wife Carol, and the Wolfpack Club. The week-long voyage destinations include Dublin and Kilarney, and many stops along the way. The trip is scheduled for May 15-22 2010 and is open to all alumni, donors and fans.

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football team.”football coach Tom O’Brien on this year’s running game

Coming soonFriday: A preview for women’s soccer team vs. DavidsonMonday: A recap on the volleyball’s RTP Hilton Classic TournamentTuesday: A feature on women’s soccer player Paige Dugal

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Volleyball Vs. Charleston southernReynolds Coliseum, 7 p.m.

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Skateboarding Club has impacted the lives of its members with its growth

Jen HankinDeputy Sports Editor

Imagine looking at a set of stairs, not as a mountain to climb in 90 degree heat, but as a canvas open for explo-ration. That’s the ‘essence’ of skateboarding, according to club president Drew St. Claire.

“[Skateboarding] chang-es your whole perception of the world,” St. Claire, a junior in creative writ-ing and film studies, said. “It was probably the best thing I have ever done with my life, is pick up a skate-board. The whole essence of skateboarding is you’re taking the world and you’re doing something different with it — what can I do over this or on to this.”

The passion behind the new club, officially titled N.C. SKATE, began last year by alumnus Lee Kenne-dy, according to St. Claire. Each new club sport needs to spend a year on proba-tion before accruing official club status. 2009 marks the club’s inaugural season as a club sport.

“I had been skateboard-ing for about f ive years when I met some guys on campus, and we decided to get together and make this

club,” Keith McCrae, one of the founding members and junior in engineering, said.

“We have a lot of plans,” St. Claire said. “We want to do a lot of events promoting skate-boarding in the community.”

The skateboarding club’s newest event is called the Game of State, based off of skateboarding’s Game of Skate, which is played similarly to the game of horse in basketball.

“One guy does a trick and

if you can’t do it you get a letter,” St. Claire said. “We are trying to do it within the whole Triangle area. Yet we are still working on liability issues.”

Sean Burke, pro-skater and event coordinator for the club, said he is working on the Game of State as well as a long-boarding race. Burke also has lots of expe-rience with events since he has attended several profes-sional events.

“Traveling to events, [as a pro-skater], helps me learn how to organize these types of events,” Burke, a sopho-more in textiles said. “My sponsors have also helped out the club.”

Skill levels from just get-ting on a board to as high as pro-skater are all included in the club — all that is needed is an interest in skateboarding, according to St. Claire.

“We are open to anyone, especially people who are new to skateboarding,” St. Claire said. “I have been skating for 13 years, but we have some new boarders.”

Skateboarding, as a sport, has been seen as a nuance to many University officials and police alike. Accord-ing to St. Claire, the club has effectively changed the rules about skateboarding on campus.

“All of us have been in

Last Friday, members of the Student Wolfpack Club began gathering inside Reynolds Coliseum at 5:45 a.m. for the first football ticket distribu-

t ion of t he season. I, for one, as a junior and three-year club member, was more than ready to get my hands on a ticket for next week’s match-up against the Gamecocks.

However, many members, my-self included, were turned away with nothing but two wasted hours of quality sleep time.

CliffsNotes version of the Student Wolfpack Club ticket-ing process: students pay $30 for membership and attend non-revenue athletic events to earn ‘minutes.’ At ticket dis-tribution, students are lined up based on the number of minutes amassed. Members get slightly better seats at foot-ball and basketball games than students who are not members.

Last year, this process was practically painless. Students had to be ‘swiped-in’ to dis-tribution by 6 a.m. This year, that time was moved forward to 6:30 a.m. Awful idea — es-pecially for the first distribu-tion, which, granted, is always the most chaotic. By the second or third distribution, the board always has things running ef-ficiently with few delays, and members are out with tickets in hand in around 45 to 50 minutes. Friday, names weren’t called until after 7 a.m. Many students, myself included, had to leave our IDs with friends so we could be on time for 8 a.m. classes.

The distribution occurred two weeks prior to game day, rather than the traditional one week, resulting in many ties in minutes, since there were no “minute events” until this week. Currently, if a certain number of students are tied, it doesn’t matter if one showed up 45 minutes earlier than the other. All that matters is that you are in the top half of the alphabet, because there was a line of students that took up a third of the track in Reynolds that didn’t receive a ticket.

Members received an e-mail this week, apologizing for the extensive delay in the tick-eting process. According to the e-mail, a large number of students (ones whom I would assume are new to this whole thing) showed up without ID cards. Board members were left to manually enter ID numbers into the system.

Sure, members aren’t guar-anteed tickets, but they also shouldn’t be screwed out of get-ting one because other students were forgetful — or whatever the reason may be.

There are two ways to solve this problem, and it’s going to take effort from both students and the board. Students, if you want your ticket badly enough, don’t inconvenience everyone else by leaving yours in your room, car or at a party — wher-ever you decide to start your weekend on Thursday night.

Fair is only fair, and if mem-bers show up without an ID in the future, I say too bad. Ticketing policies are avail-able online and were covered in the meeting the night prior to distribution. Many other students have suggested that these students be placed in the “late swipe-in” line with those who aren’t at Reynolds by 6:30 a.m. I certainly wouldn’t be op-

Technician : How is the quarter-back battle shaping up? Who will get the starting spot for the season opener?

O’Brien: It’s been fine. I think Mike Glennon has pushed Russell [Wilson] and has made Russell bet-ter - not that he needs it. I think Rus-sell is self-motivated and Mike has had a good preseason. We are in a good situation where we have two quarterbacks with great abilities. Russell Wilson will get the starting spot.

Technician: Nate Irving is not re-

turning this season. Who will be his replacement?

O’Brien: Dwayne Maddox and Terrell Manning are still in a com-petition to figure out who that spot goes to. We just finished up our fourth scrimmage, so it’s time that we cut down the roster and figure out who is going to be at that spot. If a decision was to be made at this point, they may share time in the opener. It may be a couple weeks until we really settle on someone.

Technician : Do you feel com-fortable with the linebackers, and

are they good enough to fill Nate Irving’s shoes?

O’Brien: It is what it is. I mean they are all we have, so we have to be comfortable with them and make them better players. I don’t think anybody can step up and fill his shoes. I mean he is a kid who, if he had played this year, would have been a first or second round draft choice. So those kids are still too young. One of them is a redshirt freshman, and the other played

JoSh laWSoN/ techNiciaN archive photoHead coach Tom O’Brien leads the 2007 men’s football team onto to the field for the home opener against Central Florida. O’Brien left Boston College to take the position of head coach in 2007.

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JeFFrey FoWler/techNiciaNsean Burke, a sophomore in fashion and textile management, performs a trick called an “impossible” in front of the Free expres-sion Tunnel on Wednesday. It took three months for Burke to learn this trick, but “dedication and practice yields success,” he said. sean is the event coordinator for the skateboarding club.

Lindsey HallSenior Staff Writer

Q & Awith Tom O’Brien

Coach Tom O’Brien sat down with Technician reporters Amber Kenney and James Cox to discuss the high ex-

pectations he has set for the upcoming season, which will kick off Sept. 3 in a game against

the University of South Carolina. O’Brien dis-cussed replacements for injured players, his game-day routine and everything in between. The interview will air on Wolf TV next week.