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IN BRIEF Research tracks origins of dust samples

Researchers from NC State and the University of Colorado developed a statistical model that can determine the origin of a sample of dust within the United States. The model determines where the sample is from by looking at the DNA of fungi found in the dust. The researchers developed the model to assist law enforcement and archaeologists in forensic biology. Neal Grantham, a Ph.D. student studying statistics and lead author of a paper on the work, told The Charlotte Observer the research also gives scientists a greater understanding of the “invisible ecosystems of microbial life that we know are all around us, but that we don’t fully comprehend.”

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Raleigh’s last bedand-breakfast to close its doors

Raleigh last registered bedand-breakfast will close its doors for good June 1, and the owners have said Airbnb, a less-regulated online room renting service, is to blame. The Oakwood Inn Bed & Breakfast owner Doris Jurkiewicz told The News & Observer business has been impacted heavily by the service for the past two years, as it allows local homeowners to rent out rooms without being subject to the same type of regulation. The inn is located in downtown Raleigh’s historic Oakwood neighborhood. At least nine people have listings on Airbnb to rent rooms or homes that are located within blocks of The Oakwood Inn, all of which offer cheaper rates than those of the inn. The website often lists more than 150 rentals throughout Raleigh.

SOURCE: The News & Observer

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Hundreds of attendants showed up to Art2Wear 2015 Friday evening at the Talley Student Union State Ballroom. Nine outfit collections were showcased by students within the Colleges of Design and Textiles.

14th Art2Wear weaves new narrative Brandon Parsons Staff Writer

Montana Gramer Staff Writer

Models walked the runway in handmade wearable art created by the students of the College of Design and the College of Textiles Friday evening at the 14th annual Art2Wear in the Talley Student Union.

With this year’s theme, “Tell Us A Story,” designers found inspiration in everything from childhood memories to classic American novels to depict their collections.

Nine designers showcased their collections on the A2W runway.

Marina Pappas, a senior studying art + design and one of the 10 designers chosen to design for the show this year, opened the main show with her line Audacious Interlude, a colorful line inspired by Pappas’ love for the ‘80s.

“I love denim, and I knew I wanted to work with it in some

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Lucy Hill and Colton Newkirk model “Bloom” a line designed by Morgan Cox, a senior studying art + design, for the Art2Wear Fashion Show in Talley Student Union Ballroom on Friday. “Bloom” was inspired a by the childhood fantasies she created when playing outside.

The annual Humanities and Social Sciences Spring Festival has been rescheduled and will take place Tuesday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in front of the 1911 Building. The event will include games, food, music and raffles in a festival welcome to all students.

Faculty, staff and students from every department within the college will be represented at the event to discuss majors and participate in the festivities.

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Smoothie U shop opens in Atrium Food Court today Staff Report

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isbeth Arias’ collection called Mezcla, meaning “blend” in Spanish, was designed to redefine people’s perception of Latin American textiles. Mezcla was one of 27 collection and designers shown at the Threads Collective senior show Saturday.

OPINION The realities of low wages See page 4.

Sigma Nu members shave heads for cancer research Carolyn Thompson Staff Writer

SPORTS Hachem hat trick seals shutout over UNC-G See page 8.

Members of the Sigma Nu Fraternity hosted their annual St. Baldrick’s headshaving event on Sunday to help raise money for curing childhood cancer.

Sigma Nu has raised nearly $20,000 for the St. Baldrick’s foundation, a volunteerdriven charity that raises funding for

childhood cancer research.

“At Sigma Nu fraternity, we actually participate in this event with St. Baldrick’s every spring, and we get all the guys to volunteer to shave their heads to support children’s cancer research,” said Taylor Crowell, a freshman studying mechanical engineering.

The St. Ba ldrick ’s Foundation was founded in 1999 and raises money for

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Students can now purchase smoothies, juices, parfaits and pastries with their meal plan. Smoothie U, a new smoothie shop located in the Atrium Food Court, opened today at 10:30 a.m. in the space formerly occupied by the Wolf Xpress print shop.

“Smoothie U was developed especially for the NC State campus,” Randy Lait, senior director for Hospitality Services said in a statement. “We’ve created a combination of yogurt- and fruit-based smoothies to choose from.”

Smoothie U will be open from 10:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Monday through Thursday and from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday. It will be closed on Saturday and Sunday.

For an additional charge, customers will have the option to add protein powder or substitute almond milk into their smoothie.

Payment options include: meal credits, Dining Dollars, AllCampus, credit, debit and cash. For those paying with a meal plan, the meal credit rate is $6.

YOGURT-BASED SMOOTHIES

Twisted Berry — raspberries, blueberries, blackberries and strawberries PB&J — strawberries, bananas, peanut butter and honey Mean Green — bananas, mangoes, pineapples and spinach

JUICE-BASED SMOOTHIES

Peach Sunset — peaches, strawberries and almonds Berry Dream — raspberries, blueberries, blackberries and strawberries Tropical Paradise — bananas, mangoes, pineapples and coconut

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CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS

TECHNICIAN POLICE BLOTTER

THROUGH SAM’S LENS

April 16 12:09 AM | Concerned Behavior Tucker Hall Units responded to student in need of medical assistance.

Student was transported for commitment. Welfare referral issued.

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12:47 AM | Suspicious Person Wood Hall Officer observed student sitting in vehicle. No action taken.

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01:54 AM | Alcohol Violation Thurman Drive Student was cited and referred for Underage Alcohol violation.

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10:06 AM | Medical Assist University Plaza FP responded to student in need of medical assistance.

Student was transported to Student Health Center.

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idan Special, a freshman in First Year College, smashes a pie in the face of Josh Brand, a sophomore studying aerospace engineering, while also snapping a photo of him with his phone on the Brickyard last Tuesday.

Special was participating in a fundraiser hosted by fraternities Pi Alpha Phi and Pi Lambda Phi, which banded together to raise money for the charity and veterans service organization Wounded Warrior Project. Brothers from both fraternities came out at different times of the day to get pied by students for $2 a pie. “I came out to get lunch and watched someone else eat pie for a good cause,” Special said. Chris Kuczkowski, a junior studying environmental technology and brother of Pi Lambda Phi who also got pied said, “It’s always great to help out a good cause and even better to have some fun with it along the way. It’s great to have two organizations team up for a great cause and have some fun raising money for Wounded Warrior Project.”

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“At UNCG graduate school, you can reinvent yourself.

That’s what I’m doing.”

Melvin He r r i ng PhD Student, Human Development and Family Studies

For more information, visit grs.uncg.edu

childhood cancer research by getting volunteers to shave their heads for donations.

R a i si ng aw a re ne s s of childhood cancer in particular was also one of Sigma Nu’s goals.

“Only 3 to 4 percent of the funding for general cancer goes towards chi ld hood cancer, so we’re really trying to spread awareness of childhood cancer and get the word out,” said Brett Birnberg, a freshman studying sports management.

Two hairstylists from Ar-

row Haircuts shaved the heads of volunteers during the event.

“I did it last year, and I volunteered since I had so much fun doing it,” said Chelsea Wargo, a hairstylist from Arrow. “The experience was awesome. Everyone here is great, and they’re raising a lot of money for the cause.”

One of Wargo’s clients with cancer had his head shaved the previous day at work and had stopped by the St. Baldrick’s shaving event, according to Wargo.

Some of the members of Sigma Nu also have personal connections to the cause.

“I’ve been doing St. Bal-

drick’s since eighth grade, and I star ted because a bunch of teachers in my midd le school d id, a nd then I actually had family member who got cancer and passed away because of it,” said Nick Bertocci, a sophomore studying nutrition. “It’s a good thing to come out and do. It’s a good cause, and hair grows back, so it’s worth it.”

Sigma Nu w rapped up the event with several of its members having partaken in the head shaving.

“The hair—that’s temporary. The money can go toward a future, and that’s what we care about,” Birnberg said.

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Holly Gooding, a junior studying nutrition science, poses for a portrait backstage at Art2Wear 2015 in the Talley Student Union State Ballroom Friday. Gooding was one of dozens of student models who showcased the work of nine student designers within the Colleges of Design or Textiles.

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way but also incorporate some of my graphic design interests into it,” Pappas said.

Pappas experimented with typography and created a line that efficiently combined denim and upbeat, cartoonlike prints. After she graduates in May, Pappas hopes to move to either New York City or the West Coast to pursue her interests in design.

Justin LeBlanc and Katherine Duiguid both served as faculty advisers for A2W this year. Both LeBlanc and Duiguid are assistant professors of art + design in the College of Design. It is LeBlanc’s third year working for show.

“This [event] is very special for me because I did Art2Wear when I was a senior in 2008,” LeBlanc said.

Each year the collections in A2W have shown great variation with new designers and changing styles.

“You can’t really compare each year because they all wear different things,” LeBlanc said. “You don’t know what to expect for the upcoming year because each designer is going to be new.”

Behind the scenes was an entire team of members.

Casper served as one of the co-directors this year alongside Bianca Harris, a senior studying design studies.

When asked about how much work went into the show, Casper said it was essentially like planning 10 weddings.

“It’s the epitome of a collaboration,” Casper said.

“Nothing would be possible without every single individual that is involved.”

Models in the show were friends of designers, professors’ children or locals who responded to the open run-

way audition.

Erin Roberts, a senior studying textile design technology management, was a friend of designer Bethany Faulkner, a junior studying graphic design. She wore Faulkner’s line on the runway and walked with a slow strut to a remix of Lorde’s “Tennis Court.” Her modeling emphasized the drama portrayed by Faulkner’s designs.

Faulkner’s collection Athenaeum depicted the visual journey of reading a book.

Her designs included pieces of leather and what looked like oversized book pages and gold letters shaped into gowns for the models.

Georgia Hobbs, a senior studying design studies, created a line called Ethereal Mutation, inspired by the change and uncertainty of dreams. Each of her models walked out onto the runway in one outfit, but suddenly transformed into an entirely

new ensemble before the audience’s eyes.

Morgan Cox, a senior studying art + design, designed a children’s line called Bloom. As soon as her child models stepped onto the runway, dressed in colorful floral prints, the crowd erupted in an array of oohs and ahhs.

She captured the audience’s hearts with her use of watering pails and dreamlike pinwheels as props, as Priscilla Ahn’s “Dream” played in the background.

Courtney Randall, another model for Faulkner’s collection, replied to the open modeling call. Randall is a musician from Raleigh, and wore the finale gown for Faulkner’s line. Her gown included a huge black hoop skirt, with giant gold letters on the top.

During dress rehearsal, Randall could not get up the stage stairs because of the hoop skirt. When she tried

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Gabby Roseboro, a junior studying business administration, showcases a dress designed by Emma Ptak on the runway at Art2Wear 2015 in the Talley Student Union Ballroom on Friday. Hundreds of spectators showed up to the annual event to view the work of nine student designers within the Colleges of Design and Textiles.

to step onto a few blocks to get on the stage her dress got caught and almost tore, the blocks collapsed, and she fell off stage. Luckily, there were several people around who ran over to catch her.

After that ordeal, the crew decided to put her gown on the stage, and she just got dressed there.

“Thank God that didn’t happen tonight,” Randall said. “I’m glad I knew what I had to do. Now I’m known as the girl that fell off the stairs.”

Other lines featured in the show were Lisa Hoang’s “Artificial Thought,” Jamie

Morrison’s “Midas Touch,” Rachel Bridge’s “Sunnydell,” Emma Ptak’s “Icarus Unbound,” and Sara Clark’s “Dividing Line.”

About 50 student designers applied last semester to be featured in the show, and 10 student fashion designers were chosen. In order to apply, students were required to design and develop their entire collection and finish two complete looks. Those looks were then presented to three anonymous jurors with various backgrounds in fashion and design and who have a connection to A2W.

Five professors honored with Holladay awards Staff Report

Five professors received the highest faculty honor awarded by the trustees and NC State University, the Alexander Quarles Holladay Medal for Excellence.

The 2015 honorees are Roger Barker, Burlington Distinguished Professor, College of Textiles; Salah M. Bedair, professor of electrical and computer engineering, College of Engineering; Hugh Devine, professor of parks, recreation and tourism management, College of Natural Resources; Trudy Mackay, William Neal Reynolds and Distinguished University Professor of Genetics and Entomology, College of Sciences; and Coby Schal, Blanton J. Whitmire Distin-

guished Professor, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

For their award, winners receive a medal, framed certificate, and their names inscribed on a plaque in the NC State Faculty Senate chambers. The award intends to recognize faculty members for their career contributions in teaching, research and service.

The following descriptions were taken from a University Communications news release: The founding director of the Textile Protection and Comfort Center, a center that provides research services to industry, emergency workers and military personnel, Barker, is considered an expert in textile

measurement technologies. T-PACC provided $25 million to support teaching and research under Barker’s directorship. He has either chaired or co-chaired research of more than 50 graduate and doctoral students, which helped him receive the Outstanding Teacher and Board of Governors Teaching Award in the College of Textiles.

Bedair’s research has helped advance four different areas of electrical and computer engineering. His research has dealt with solar cells, light-emitting diodes, atomic layer deposition and spin electronics— technologies proving to significantly impact the development and application of energy-related devices. His work points to advancements in renewable energy sources.

He has been a NC State faculty member for 37 years and has published more than 400 articles. He advised 46 Ph.D. students and has garnered $25 million in research funds.

Devine, a geospatial analyst, helped NC State found its Center for Geospatial Analytics and developed the Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Unit for collaborative work with federal agencies. Devine and his students have provided GIS analysis for more than 50 nonprofits, and his work has helped increase scientific understanding of wildfires, natural disasters, drinking water and resource protection, forest management and food safety. Devin has advised more than 80 Ph.D. and master’s students while at NC State, and he is a 2011 Alumni Distinguished Graduate Professorship recipient.

Mackay, a quantitative genetics, earned a spot in the National Academy of Sciences in 2010 for her research on genetic and environmental inf luences to physical and behavioral traits. Mackay has been at the university since 1987 and has received a plethora of grants for research and other programs. She is the principal investigator of the Initiative for NC State’s Maximizing Student Diversity program and the director of the Initiative for Biological Complexity postdoctoral program as well as the university’s genetics program. She has mentored 25 graduate students and 31 postdoctoral fellows, along with her active role as a professor. She is a former editor-in-chief of Genetics Research and a former president of the American Genetics Association.

Schal is an entomologists noted for his distinguished contributions in entomology research. His work ranges from molecular biology and genetics to ecological and behavioral interactions, and mainly focuses on roaches, ants, termites and other pests.

He was elected as a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences, and he is a fellow of the Entomological Society of America. He has been a thesis adviser for 20 Ph.D. and nine master’s degree students.

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ore than 700,000 workers in North Carolina live on $7.25 per hour, making about $15,080 per year, but according to c ensu s a na ly si s by t he University of CaliforniaBerkeley Center for Labor Research and Education 25 percent of part-time college faculty now receive public assistance.

That’s an aw f ul lot of people with doctoral degrees who are living as the working poor. This government assistance includes programs such as Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program, food stamps and cash welfare.

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are standing in solidarity in the “Fight for 15K,” a nationwide movement to ensure that adjuncts make $15,000 per course.

“W hile they are f ighting for $15 an hour, we are standing shoulder to shoulder as we are fighting for $15,000 a course,” Noble said.

Here at NC State a nd across the UNC System, we need to see students, faculty members and administrators stand alongside adjunct faculty members and lobby the UNC Board of Governors and our legislature to fight for the same.

The dangers of thinking in binaries I

The realities of low wages

Erin Holloway, senior studying anthropology and English

The unexpected virtue of patience B

y far, the most formative years for our existential character are our 20s. During this period of t i me, we attempt to f ig ure out our Gabe DeCaro religious beliefs, Guest Columnist political ideologies, passions and general worldview. Multiple forces external to our consciousness impact the development of these different facets: institutions and ideas, parents and teachers, friends and lovers, etc.

When these experiences are taken with a grain of critical introspection, a vibrant and healthy sense of our relationship to the world around us emerges.

However, far too often we find ourselves struggling to keep up with the absurdly fast pace of modern life. Viral journalism bombards us with up-to-the-nanosecond reports on events, opinions and garbage—some of them are true, most are biased.

The advertisers surround us with countless advertisements meant to prey on

our emotions and desires to make us feel inadequate and vulnerable.

The blogosphere has fundamentally altered the way that we perceive and digest information—oftentimes for the worst as baseless claims are a dime a dozen and legitimate evidence is scarce. Celebrities capture the world’s attention for 15 minutes with some grotesque act just to be lost in the noise of the information age. In this blur, critical thought—taking the time to grasp a piece of information being thrown at you to assess its merits, biases and implications—is nigh impossible.

As millennials, we live fast lives and we have fast friendships. We drift from job to job, not really ever sure of exactly what we want to do. We have hundreds of Facebook friends, but if we were to sit down for a coffee with most of them, awkward silences outnumber moments of genuine communication.

In the words of the old ‘60s anthem “For What It’s Worth” by Buffalo Springfield, “I think it’s time we stop, children/ What’s that

sound? / Everybody look what’s going down.” After nearly 50 years, the wisdom of this song is applicable.

More than haste, we need patience. We need thinking more than doing.

Although the process to f igure out ourselves and restore humanity to our society will be long and arduous, the first step must be to stop to appreciate the sublime beauty of this world. I’m not saying that the solution to every plague in this world is a little R&R, but it’s a start.

In fact, right now, there is a lovely patch of tulips right outside of SAS Hall.

Red, white and variegated f lowers line t he planter bed next to the sleek and modern building. I invite you to sit on the concrete wall for a brief fraction of your likely busy day. Pause for a moment, take a deep breath. Sniff the f lower and enjoy the aroma. Just ponder for a second and realize the deeper interconnection that we all share among one a not he r a nd w it h the natural world. Don’t be af raid to be human.

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n today’s traditional thought scheme, you are either one thing or its opposite. It seems like more often than not, there is only black or white, no gray area.

There is no inbetween space for opinions, Estefania thoughts Castroor actions Vazquez to stand.

Assistant The Opinion Editor dangers of relying solely on a binary system of thinking serves the benefit of those with the most to lose because this system makes us believe that there is no third option. This system makes us believe that we must choose from the lesser of two evils.

This system makes us believe that people are simple creatures who are not capable of complex and, at times, opposing ideologies.

This system solves single problems while systemic discrepancies thrive.

And yet, our society encourages this type of thinking. To make a significant dent in the governmental ma keup, you must cast your vote for a Republican or Democrat. If you don’t want to work at a fast-food restaurant, you must get a

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“I believe seniors should have some leeway when it comes to exam exemptions because as a senior, a lot of things in your life must be changing, like preparing for graduate school or the workforce. I think giving seniors that exemption choice is a given because of their hard work in their years at NC State.”

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type of racism that can corrupt even the kindest people we know.

And though this makes sense, it is more difficult to swallow because it asks us to consider factors we would rather not deal with—like the fact that racism is still a prevalent issue even 145 years after black men were granted the right to vote.

A nd because t his may start to sound like a binary argument in itself, we must also acknowledge there are times where there are truly only two options. There are times that not standing w ith us means standing against us. Before we go about setting up boundaries, however, it is always best to attempt to unearth u nderly i ng t hemes t hat could make our judgment murky.

Turns out you can make a difference without identifying as an independent voter, you can be successful without a college degree and you can be a girly feminist who takes care of business while wearing heels.

Conf i ni ng opi nions, thoughts and actions to one of two options leaves no room for critical thinking and alienates us from those who are more similar to us than they are different.

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college degree. If you are a female and want to be taken seriously, you must ditch the summer dresses.

In t he recent cases of black men slaughtered by white cops, the pressing opinions are either that the cops were flagrant racists or that they acted in the most appropriate manner given the situation. We saw and continue seeing polarizing headlines from major news sources such as Fox News and MSNBC clinging to one theory or the other.

These two theories arise from the rest because they are the easiest explanations for what has occurred in each situation, but simply because they are the easiest to sell doesn’t make these two theories the most valuable of the bunch.

Thin k ing crit ica l ly, it makes little sense to believe each cop was a f lagrant racist, but it makes even less sense to believe each cop was acting in the appropriate manner and just coincidentally happened to be white while their victims were black and unarmed.

It makes much more sense to conclude that systemic racism is not overt, is not that of the days of the KKK and is not discussed in the manner it should. It makes more sense to recognize that ignorance can breed a

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Student filmmakers take short to Cannes Alex Goodfred Staff Writer

Through six different schools, one short film and two dedicated NC State students, the Cypher movement is expanding to California and France.

The Cypher, which NC State students know to be the weekly meeting of students interested in hiphop, poetry, spray paint art and free expression, is the subject of a mini documentary created by James Huang and Shep Bryan. Huang, a junior studying communication with a media concentration, and his partner Bryan is a recent alumnus with a degree in marketing and a minor in arts entrepreneurship.

The documentary about the Cypher movement competed against 50 other films during last year’s Campus MovieFest at NC State and was recognized as one of the top four films in the school.

“We did good at the campus competition—not great, but good. We made something to help move the Cypher Univercity movement forward,” Bryan said.

From there, Bryan and Huang found that winning meant many new opportunities, such as being invited to the Cannes Film Festival in France and to the national competition of student films hosted by the Campus MovieFest organization.

“What we are doing with this film is documenting a real movement here locally, and we aim to document the whole trip at Cannes [Film Festival] and one day make a feature-length film running about 30 minutes to one hour showing how the Cypher movement is growing to new heights,” Huang said. “We want it to portray people who are involved in it.”

Brought together through a mutual appreciation for hip-hop, Huang and Bryan created their mini documentary about the Cypher move-

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James Huang (left), a junior studying communication, and Shep Bryan, an alumnus, produced a documentary about the Cypher movement last year for the annual Campus MovieFest at NC State about the Cypher movement. The film was one of the top four last year, and Huang and Bryan are looking to take it to the Cannes Film Festival in France.

ment based on an idea Bryan had nearly two years before.

“I had the idea 18 to 20 months ago, though I am not the first person to think of it, and I storyboarded a full-length documentary to encapsulate the different Cyphers,” Bryan said.

The Cypher movement started five years ago and has spread through North Carolina State University, UNC-Charlotte, UNC-Asheville, UNC-Chapel Hill, Appalachian State University and East Carolina University. Both Huang and Bryan see the film festivals as a way for

the Cypher Univercity movement to expand.

Bryan emphasized the code of the Cypher, which is respect, project, ignore the camera, keep the peace and be original. The movement is centered on free expression, creativity and growing an appreciation for artistic expression among college students.

“For the documentary we created an organic blueprint other people can use to start their own Cypher in the spirit of free expression, respect and developing talent,” Bryan said.

The national Campus MovieFest

competition runs from July 9 through July 12. Huang has said he will go to both the national competition in California and the Cannes Film Festival.

“Hopefully it goes well, and I’ll be able to network too, so it is a good opportunity” Huang said of the national competition in Los Angeles.

The two plan to go to the Cannes Film Festival in May, where the Cypher documentary will show in a short film corner in the documentary section and in the Marché du Film. Though the two are hopeful, Huang makes sure to keep his ex-

pectations realistic.

“I don’t expect this to be my big break,” Huang said. “It’s something that’s going to be small, and it’s a pretty small section of the theater.

We are still student filmmakers, we’re still learning. The main thing for the Cannes Film Festival is to see the Cypher movement grow, moving internationally, and sending the message of free expression across seas, and also, for me personally, to grow my professional network.”

‘Unfriended’ entertains with psychological horror Unfriended

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If you have seen the commercials for “Unfriended,” you likely won’t want to see it. The trailer for the movie is poorly edited and goes for cheap, loud jump scares while being sure to highlight its several obnoxious unknowns as well as its awful, awful title.

However, seeing the commercials for “Unfriended” prior to seeing the film is better. You enjoy it more when you see the movie transcend the ugly shell it could have inhabited.

A true popcorn film, “Unfriended” is never boring; occasionally absurd, but never boring. It takes place in real time as six teenagers are mercilessly stalked by the cyberghost of their once-friend. The film is confined by our main character’s computer screen, the action playing out in a clever cut of Skype calls, Facebook messages and YouTube videos.

Though this might sound gimmicky, it never feels like it. “Unfriended” painlessly integrates and exploits the conveniences (and accompanying hindrances) of our modern systems of communication without interrupting the experience

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of the movie itself.

What keeps “Unfriended” from veering into mindlessness is its selfawareness. It never tries to ground the overly active computer virus with scientific explanation. You realize soon into the movie that you aren’t supposed to actively root for these characters. They kind of deserve to die.

That the cast is relatively unknown (the most well-known projects related to its members are “Teen Wolf ” and “The Secret Life of the American Teenager”) helps.

The actors are unrecognizable,

which serves the movie well. Being currently nameless gives them the advantage of not having alreadyestablished characters.

In a movie about teenagers who all methodically lie about who they are, this is fitting. Though their dialogue can be grating at times, this is the point. They are especially detestable teenagers, enamored with their own popularity and toxic to the people around them.

The disposability of the characters is rather ingenious; it allows us to relish the tension of the film without being overwhelmed by the unfair-

ness of it all, and that the characters are genuinely dislikable rather than poorly written elevates “Unfriended” from kitschy genre film to fun, exciting slasher.

Shelley Hennig as Blaire Lily, our protagonist, plays well the role of a girl who wants everyone to think she’s perfect. As the night goes on, the ghost of Laura Barns, the girl they all convinced to commit suicide, forces the group of “friends” to expose their own secrets one by one and face the consequences. As they are slowly picked off, their secrets become more and more disgusting,

propelling the movie forward as it creeps inevitably toward its climax.

“Unfriended” has its cake and eats it too. It demonizes the act of cyberbullying, harvesting its irrationality for violence and humor. Cyberbullying is terrible, but isn’t it fun to watch. It’s best not to think about these things. The film is more concerned with the psyches of its main characters than with the psychology behind doing such terrible things.

What is darker than the movie’s subject matter is its sense of humor.

The ghost is playful and cruel, often injecting thematically appropriate songs when it feels necessary. The blender scene from the commercial remains intact, but in the context of the movie, it reads as mischievously bizarre, a reminder of the movie’s campy propensities, rather than random gore.

To some extent, it’s a criticism of the emptiness of our distant, technology-steeped culture, but it’s frequently having too much fun to circle back to this notion.

One could attempt to find a moral in the movie somewhere, but “Unfriended” doesn’t seem to want to do anything other than let its harrowing story play out.

It is content to let its characters carry the plot, even when it regularly amounts to the group shouting scathing insults at one another.

They lie and smirk and make snide comments despite being in a life or death situation. It’s what real teenagers would do, right?

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The Pack’s ability to manufacture runs played a big role in the series opener, as the team was able to score six runs off of four hits due to patience at the plate.

Before the 1 p.m. start of Saturday’s first match, Weiman, along with her fellow seniors Renada Davis, Sara Lippard, and Morgan Tharrington, were honored on Senior Day. “It’s an honor to coach them,” Rychcik said.

“It’s always hard to see impactful seniors leave. I think they’re all good people. I hoped we would have won the series today but the loss doesn’t define who they are. I’m proud of them.”

The Wolfpack had a large audience Saturday.

Dail Stadium was packed with 716 in attendance for the doubleheader.

“It pays respect to how we’ve been playing, and not just this year but the last couple years as well,” Rychcik said. “I know they’re not all parents.”

Overall, Rychcik is ready to move on with the rest of the season and put this rivalry loss behind him.

“I thought we had some good swings today, but hit some balls right at them,” Rychcik said.

“I think [UNC-CH] had game two in hand and it got away from us. I’m disappointed. Can’t stand losing, doesn’t matter who it is. Obviously they’re a heated rival. When you win it feels like you’ve won 10 games in a row and when you lose it feels like you’ve lost 10 games in a row.”

The Pack’s final home game is 6 p.m. Thursday against North Carolina Central as the team hopes to amass 30 wins by the end of the season.

Hachem, who dispatched his shot into the corner of the net.

The Spartans just couldn’t muster much offense, as the combination of Fracchia, junior Reed Norton and Fender were proactive to put a stop to opposition attacks, and before too long, Hachem completed his hat trick.

Freshman forward Ryan Peterson provided the pass, skipping past his defender, getting to the end line, and playing a pass toward the penalty spot where Hachem was once again waiting.

Hachem, the Cardinal Gibbons High School product and Cary native, was in a four-way tie for the team lead in goals in 2014, and is expected to step up this season. Findley was most

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impressed with Peterson’s allaround play as the team’s center attacking mid than just finding the back of the net.

“The thing I thought he did the best today was he defended really well,” Findley said about Hachem. “He won the ball in some great spots, and if you’re going to play in that role you have to do both things well, and I think he did that tonight.”

The Wolfpack focused on ball retention in the second half, and comfortably dealt with mounting Greensboro pressure.

NC State sealed the win late in the game with two quick goals. Findley changed his team’s shape from the diamond 4-4-2 to his standard 4-2-3-1, and Norton, demonstrating his positional versatility, moved from center back to left wing.

The Georgia Southern transfer, wasted no time, receiving a pass from Peterson on a coun-

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ter attack and blasting the ball into the bottom corner of the net.

Minutes later, freshman Izzy Evans made his first game appearance since 2014’s August exhibitions and grabbed a goal, as his shot deflected past the stranded Greensboro keeper, which prompted his teammates into celebration.

The conclusion of the spring exhibition season has seen the Wolfpack take on a variety of opponents including other collegiate teams, professional sides and even past Pack players. Members of the 2015 squad will head off to summer teams to stay in shape before returning to State in August.

In that respect, the layoff comes at an inconvenient time for Findley and his players, as the team has spent the last few months training relentlessly on learning the habits, patterns and concepts that will bring

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Having laid the groundwork, the team has principles upon which it can build.

“I think the guys want to do well, and I think they’re growing as a team and enjoying it,” Findley said. “You can see the results on the field, so now we just have to carry those habits into the fall.”

After fielding a starting lineup with just two seniors and the bulk of the recruiting class to enter in August, this NC State team could surprise come the regular season.

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Cooke grills competition at Wolfpack Open Rodon called up to majors

After making two starts with the Charlotte Knights this season in which he compiled a 3.60 ERA and 13 strikeouts, former NC State baseball standout Carlos Rodon will get his first chance in the big leagues this year.

The Chicago White Sox announced Sunday evening that Rodon would be joining the team and that he will be initially starting in the team’s bullpen.

Rodon’s first opportunity to appear in relief may come tonight at 8:10 as the White Sox host the Cleveland Indians.

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NC State baseball team goes 1-2 against Notre Dame

The NC State baseball team went 1-2 against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish this weekend in Notre Dame, Indiana.

The Fighting Irish came into the series ranked 25th in the nation while the Pack was coming off of a 1-2 series to UNC. State dropped the series opener to the Fighting Irish 2-0 on Friday night. The team’s lone victory of the series came in a 14 inning marathon in which the Pack was able to score two runs in the top of the 14th to seal the victory, 4-2. The team then fell to a 7-2 loss in the second game of Saturday’s doubleheader.

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George breaks school record at Virginia Challenge

Redshirt sophomore Samantha George of the NC State track and field team broke the school 1500m record this weekend at the Virginia Challenge. The previous mark was set in 1983 by Lynn Straus, with a time of 4:17.93. George finished a little more than a second faster at 4:16.46, good enough for the fifth fastest time in the ACC and the 11th fastest nationwide.

Redshirt sophomore Megan Moye and freshman Megan Rempel also qualified alongside George for the conference championships in the 1500m.

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T he NC State men’s golf team, led by standout junior David Cooke, scorched its competition in the Wolfpack Spring Open, which was held on Saturday and Sunday afternoon at Lonnie Poole Golf Course.

As a team, the Wolfpack performed leaps and bounds ahead of the field of 11 schools. Aided by several stellar individual performances, NC State’s squad of five golfers finished with a score of 551 (-17). The team shot a consistent 276 and 275 on Saturday and Sunday, respectively.

State took full opportunity in its home-turf advantage, as the team was the only group to finish under par. The Wolfpack’s combined total boasted a giant 17-stroke scoring gap under Maryland, the tournament’s runner up with 568 (E).

I n i nd i v idu a l pl a y, Cooke delivered a stunn i ng weekend per form a nc e , f i n i s h i ng f a r ahead of his competitors to comfortably emerge as

the standalone victor.

In his pair of outings, the third-seeder put up impressive numbers to say the least. Cooke tallied a 67 (-4) on Saturday and a 65 (-6) for a combined 132 (-10). On the tournament, the Bolingbrook, Illinois, native totaled 12 birdies and committed just two bogeys.

“I just tried to play it one shot at a time,” Cooke said. “I was hitting the ball pretty close on just about every hole. It left me with a lot of opportunities, and I just tried to stay patient and make good putts every time.”

Lonnie’s par-fours were all-too-friendly in Cooke’s first round. Of the course’s nine par-four holes, Cooke birdied five to gain the early edge. He took his game to the next level on Sunday when notching seven birdies to easily take the medal.

“Knowing this course as well as I do, I know how most of the putts break and I’m comfortable out here,” Cooke said. “Playing it so many times suits my game a lot because this is the type of course I play my best on. It’s definitely

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geys in the second round.

The Gastonia native shot a 65 (-6) on Saturday and 70 (-1) on Sunday to total 135 (-7).

Sophomore Jacob McBride followed suit, scoring 140 (-2) with 68 and 72, and tying for sixth place on the leaderboard.

Redshirt sophomore Stanhope Johnson and junior Carter Page finished with 144 (+2) and 152 (+10), respectively.

“We’ve gotten better

all spring, if we can just keep getting a little better,” head coach Richard Sykes said. “Anytime you win, it’ll get your enthusiasm up. We’re looking forward to playing in [the ACC Championship].”

From April 24-26, the Wolfpack will compete in the ACC Golf Championship in New London at the Old North State Country Club.

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“I just tried to play it one shot at a time. I was hitting the ball pretty close on just about every hole.”

a big advantage.”

Cooke’s title marks the second of the season and of his career, having won the Wolf pack Intercollegiate in October of last year.

Cooke f inished three strokes ahead of fellow teammate James Chapman, who took the runner-up spot. The f iveseeded redshir t senior Chapman tallied as many birdies as Cooke, but was burdened by a string of bo-

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Junior David Cooke drives on the 18th hole at the Wolfpack Spring Open on Sunday afternoon. Cooke was the overall champion of the tournament with a score of -10. The Wolfpack finished first with -17 at Lonnie Poole Golf Course on Sunday.

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In its last home series of the season, the NC State softball team faced off against UNC-Chapel Hill on Friday and Saturday.

The Wolfpack (26-19, 10-8 ACC) started the series off with a 6-2 victory over the Tar Heels (33-11, 15-4 ACC) on Friday night. The Pack was unable to close the gap in Saturday’s double header, losing its first match 2-3, and falling again, 2-6 in its final faceoff.

Timely hitting and strong defensive play proved a successful recipe for the Pack as it man-

aged to keep the powerful bats of the Tar Heels at bay, Friday.

Senior pitcher Emily Weiman started on the mound in what would be the last home series of her collegiate career. The talented righty was able to pitch a complete game and give up only two earned runs on her way to recording eight strikeouts. The NC State record holder in career strikeouts wanted to be sure that she delivered a strong outing in possibly her last home field appearance.

“It has meant a lot to get here,” Weiman said.

“I am going to miss it like crazy.”

Weiman was helped on the mound by some impressive infield play. Junior third baseman Lana Van Dyken was able to show off the leather on more than a few occasions.

“She has always had my back,” Weiman said of Van Dyken. “She is just a stud at third base. I have pretty supporting infielders and some great outfielders, so I can just go out there and do my thing, and trust my pitches and know that they are going to make plays.”

Van Dyken was able to perform at the plate as well, joining junior first baseman Maggie Hawkins and freshman designated player Meredith Burroughs as the only members of the Pack to have runs batted in. Van Dyken was able to hit a timely triple that brought in three runs for State and busted the game open heading into the seventh inning.

“She is one of the best third basemen in the country, there is no doubt about it,” head coach Shawn Rychcik said of Van Dyken. “She makes

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Hachem hat trick seals shutout over UNC-G Jordan Beck Associate Sports Editor

S o p h o m o r e Ya n n i Hachem scored a first-half hat trick, and the NC State men’s soccer team defeated UNC-Greensboro 5-0 to finish the spring exhibition season in style Saturday night at Dail Soccer Stadium.

Despite the emphatic ending to the spring season, head coach Kelly Findley is reluctant to count his chickens before his eggs have hatched.

“The spring is the spring,” Findley said. “We’re trying to grow and we’re playing everybody, but these games aren’t the same as the ones in the fall.”

Right now, the team is focused on long-term goals, rather than individual vic-

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tories that do not count on any official record.

“What’s important is that our guys take this and keep getting better but make

sure they prepare well for the [regular season],” Findley said.

From the opening whistle, the Wolfpack took control

of the game and appeared far more organized than the Spartans, who struggled to deal with State’s numerical advantage inside and the

simultaneous individual quality of the Pack’s wide players.

S o p h o m o r e Tr a v i s Wannemuehler, playing as a right back but given license to continuously attack, was the danger man for NC State early in the match, and freshman center back Matias Fracchia and junior midfielder Holden Fender frequently looked to play passes into him.

Less than five minutes in, a Wannemuehler pass found the feet of onrushing freshman midfielder Nick Retzlaff, whose curled shot rebounded off the far post but straight to Hachem, who made no mistake from four yards.

Soon after, Wannemuehler again got down the right side of the field and cut the ball back to

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