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United Nations meets in New York to discuss climate change Katherine Kehoe News Editor
World Leaders met in New York Monday at the United Nations 2014 Climate Change Summit to debate the necessary steps that must be taken in order to drastically cut carbon emissions and reverse climate change. At the summit, President Barack Obama challenged China to join the USA in cutting carbon emissions. The USA and China are the world’s two largest economies, as well as the two largest polluters. The U.N. hopes to negotiate a global climate treaty by 2015, and experts say the USA and China’s participation and cooperation is necessary for other countries to accept the treaty and for it to be successful, according to the New York Times. Leaders from countries in all stages of economic development and areas of the world stated a desire to peak emissions of greenhouse gas before the year 2020, hoping to reduce climate emissions after that date and to eventually reach climate neutrality after 2050. European Union countries made a commitment to reduce carbon emissions to 40 percent below the levels they were at in 1990 by the year 2030. In preparation for the summit, people from across the country, including students from a few different groups at NC State, gathered in New York City for the People’s Climate March Sunday.
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As flu season approaches, the Student Health Center is gearing up to keep students protected against the annual virus. Beginning in October, several walk-in immunization clinics will be hosted around campus.
Health Center offers free flu shots for students, employees Coleen Kinen-Ferguson Staff Writer
Flu season is fast approaching in North Carolina, and NC State’s Student Health Center will soon begin offering free flu vaccinations to students, employees and family members of employees. “College students are probably at the highest risk for getting the f lu, because the virus can be spread so easily on a college campus,” said Dr. Letitia Hazel-Lindsay, medical
director of the Student Health Center. “If you prevent the flu, you can do better in your classes. Getting your flu shot will keep you healthy and keep you in class.” People infected with the flu virus often feel sick for up to two weeks, and it can cause students to fall behind on their course work. “This is the worst time to get sick,” Hazel-Lindsay said. “Flu season coincides with one of the busiest times of the semester when students are coming
up on midterms and projects.” According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the vaccine causes antibodies to develop in the body two weeks after vaccination. These antibodies help provide protection against viruses in the vaccination. “The vaccine stimulates your immune system and helps you fight disease,” Hazel-Lindsay said. “So if you are infected with the virus, your body has a better chance of handling it because it’s already familiar
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with it.” The f lu shots are ordered from a medical company and then stored in the pharmacy at the Health Center. “We’re starting to see students come in with viruses and colds, and it’s good to get the vaccine in advance so you don’t get sick,” Hazel-Lindsay said. “It really makes a difference because anyone can get the flu. And when you do get it, you’re miserable. It takes a
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Patrick Narmi, a junior in communication, acts out a scene from the one act play “Bang Bang You’re Dead” written by William Mastrosimone, at the 4th annual Red, White & Banned event.
Red, White & Banned event targets censorship Juan Carlos Andrade Correspondent
Students gathered in Thompson Theatre Tuesday evening to celebrate the culmination of the Banned Books Week, an annual celebration of written works that have been banned in school systems throughout the country, in the fourth annual Red White & Banned event.
Banned Books Week stresses the importance of open access to information, bringing together librarians, booksellers, publishers, journalists, teachers and readers alike. The Red White & Banned event featured performers as well as books and plays whose com-
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The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation awarded NC State University $12.4 million to research and develop tools that will genetically improve the sweet potato crop for the next four years. Craig Yencho, a professor of horticulture science and the project’s leader for the grant, directs the team in developing a new set of next-generation breeding tools for sweet potato improvement. “Our focus is primarily on developing orange sweet potatoes for small farmers who are living in Sub-Saharan Africa,” Yencho said. “Our main target countries are Uganda, Kenya and Ghana, but there should be substantial spillover effects into other countries.” Sweet potatoes are a staple food source to many countries in SubSahara Africa. The most common sweet potato in America is a great source of Beta-Carotene, which is a carotenoid of vitamin A. Such Beta-Carotenes and vita-
mins are important for Africans of the Sub-Saharan area. “People, particularly small farmers, consume the crop daily whether it is for breakfast, lunch, dinner and in some cases more than one meal,” Yencho said. “Vitamin A deficiency is a very serious concern across the African continent, especially in pregnant women and children. Only 125 grams of the orange flesh sweet potato will provide the daily recommended amount of vitamin A for small children.” One of the problems currently facing the sweet potatoes being grown in Africa is that they lack vitamin A that American sweet potatoes contain. Cultural differences in taste have proven to be one of the factors for the lack of cultivation of the orange-fleshed sweet potatoes found in America. “Most Africans do not like sweet, sweet potatoes. We are working to develop a potato with a starchier flavor. The sweet pota-
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University Dining works to satisfy vegetarian students’ needs Ryen Ormesher Correspondent
University Dining is currently working to promote vegetarian options for both vegetarian and nonvegetarian students on campus.
According to Lisa Eberhart, head dietitian of NC State, University Dining has worked in recent years to increase available vegetarian and vegan options around campus, particularly outside of the dining halls. “Our goal in the past years has
been to have vegan and vegetarian options available at every venue on campus,” Eberhart said. This year, University Dining added several new vegetarian options to the dining halls’ special services bars, including a hummus bar and
a vegetarian option in the Asian dumpling bar. University Dining also introduced several new vegetarian entrees, including spicy potato curry, edamame with red grain, roasted caulif lower steaks and Ethiopian
cabbage. “The dining halls usually have a wide variety of options,” said Anna-Claire Bousquet, a freshman in human biology and nutrition. “I’m
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while to recover from it, and then you’re never going to want it again.” Some students will be quick to utilize the flu clinics. “I’m def initely getting one,” said Madison Moore,
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a freshman in fashion textile management. “I get one every year, mostly because my mom has always told me to. I think it’s important to prevent other people from getting sick.” However, many people remain on the fence about getting a flu shot. Part of this is due to the way the vaccine works by injecting people
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with a weaker form of the virus. “I’m not sure – they’re kind of risky I think,” said Barry Griffith, a junior in accounting. “They might make you sick, because they’re actually putting the virus in your body. I’ve only gotten one before – at the health center during my freshman year. I’m not anti-flu shot, but I’d like
to get some more information about it before I get one.” No vaccine is 100 percent effective, the flu shot included, and the effectiveness of the vaccine can vary depending on your health and age, as well as which strand of the virus is used for the vaccines. While it is still possible to be infected with the flu even with a flu shot, the vaccine
can cause a more mild illness as well as prevent serious side effects that can lead to hospitalization and deaths. In addition to the Health Center, flu vaccines are offered at most pharmacies and doctors’ offices. Without insurance, the vaccine costs $30. Appointments can be made online at the Health Center’s
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toes would also need disease and insect resistant characteristics,” Yencho said. “This requires a new generation of breeding tools that will help the development of this variety. We are using conventional breeding techniques to find markers that find traits of interest in order to make the breeding process more efficient and quick.” The development of these breeding techniques will not be as simple because sweet potatoes are made by a fusion of polyploids instead of diploids like most major crops. “The sweet potato is a hexploid, which is more complicated and very difficult to study in terms of genetics,” said Zhao-Bang Zheng, coprimary investigator for the grant project and professor in statistics and biological sciences. “What we have done in the past was mostly for diploids, and this is the first
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pretty happy with the way the dining hall caters to vegetarians.” According to Eberhart, the school wants to increase the amount of vegetarian food they offer for financial and health reasons. “Since meat prices have gone up so much, we are looking for non-meat center of the plate options, which are also healthier,” Eberhart said. Out of 9,000 students signed up for an NC State meal plan, there are only 198 students who self-identified as vegetarians and 20 as vegans. Yet, University Dining wants to see all students opting for vegetarian entrees. “I think that it’s good to have vegetarian options available for the variety,” said Jessie Burroughs, a junior in polymer and color chemistry. “I’m not a vegetarian, but if I don’t like the meat options at the dining halls, then I’ll go for the vegetarian
time my group will be working with polyploids.” This grant will be used in part for the study of genomic tools of polyploid inheritance and locating the genes, according to Zheng. “My role is to develop statistic and information tools for polyploid communities to locate the genes,” Zheng said. The project is also teaming up across the world with institutions such as Michigan State, the Boyce-Thompson Institute at Cornell and the University of Queensland in Australia. “There is major partnership around the globe in both northern and southern hemispheres,” Yencho said. “It is going to be a major challenge to keep in touch and reach out to many different partners, but fortunately technology and communication has made the world much more smaller.” The International Potato Center in Lima, Peru and the National Agricultural Crop Research Initiative will also be involved, according to
Zheng. “Michigan State is doing sequences in collaboration with Uganda, and the breeding process will involve Lima and be done in Africa,” Zheng said. For Yencho, communication seems to be the next important goal for the project. “The next step from a logistic point of view is to put the team together and work as a team to recruit the students for the project to start training,” Yencho said. “We have already started to develop reference genome for sweet potatoes, so synthesizing those populations, we are sending those materials to our collaborators at the Boyce Thompson Research Institute at Cornell University.” Since this is major funding, there will be recruitment for post doctorates and professionals to participate in research at NC State. “We are working with Ghana’s Crop Science Research Institute, and we have a couple of Ph.D. and post-doctorals coming here
ones. I think that they are as good as the rest of the food.” Head Chef Bill Brizzolara works with University Dining to create vegetarian options for the on-campus dining halls. The chefs regularly update vegetarian menus based on what students are eating, according to Brizzolara. “We try to bring things that are new and trending into the dining halls to get everybody interested,” Brizzolara said. Currently, there is at least one vegetarian and one vegan option at Talley, The Atrium and The Oval. However, according to Eberhart, the best places for vegetarian options are the University’s dining halls, particularly Fountain and Clark, which serve more than 100 vegetarian and 100 vegan options throughout the semester. “There are always vegetarian and vegan hot main dishes at the dining halls,” Eberhart said. “Though Case tends to have fewer vegetarian options.” University Dining labels entrees as vegetarian and vegan in dining halls and posts full lists
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monality is the fact that they have all been banned or challenged at different points of their commercial career. The event displayed banned and challenged books in the lobby of the theatre. Banned plays and other works were performed inside Thompson Theatre. The featured works included: The Lorax by Dr. Seuss, Bang, Bang You’re Dead a one-act play by William Mastrosimone, The Absolutely True Story of a Part Time Indian by
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More than 400,000 marched around the city Sunday in an effort to draw attention to the topic of global climate change days before world leaders met at the United Nations climate summit to debate environmental action. The march was reported to be the largest climate march in history, far exceeding the number of participants who attended last year’s Forward on Climate rally in Washington D.C, which is thought to have drawn about 40,000. Jason Endries, a senior in meteorology who marched with the NC State Stewards, said the crowds were much larger than expected, but the overall experience of being around so many people with the same mindset was incomparable. “The amount of people there was just incredible,” Endries said. “The fact that so many people with the same mindset were there at the same time was just amazing.” Alli Kenlan, a sophomore in environmental science, attended the march with a group of NC State students in buses
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The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will donate $12.4 million over the next four years to NC State in order to improve sweet potato crops for sub-Saharan Africa. Sweet potatoes have the potential to alleviate hunger, vitamin A deficiency and poverty in this region.
to study with us,” Yencho said. “It seems like spillover effects will happen and other students will be conducting research and sharing knowledge.”
of ingredients on the University Dining website. “We label food as vegetarian only if the food truly has no meat products,” Eberhart said. “No fish and no gelatin.” However, according to Bousquet, the labeling in the dining hall is not always sufficient. “Sometimes they put the wrong labels on food,” Bousquet said. “There are definitely times when there’s a dish, which I can’t tell if it is vegetarian, because the label is wrong.” University Dining is promoting vegetarian eating by promoting options at the dining halls on the upcoming nationally celebrated Vegetarian Day, which is October 1st. Vegetarian entrees including vegetables and dip, carved cauliflower, spicy veggie wraps and veggie stations will be available in Clark and Fountain Dining Halls during lunch on October 1st. University Dining will be giving out information on the holiday in the Brickyard from 11 am to 2 pm that day.
Sherman Alexie, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey. The event intended to shed light on the ridiculous rationales used to ban works of literature, including Captain Underpants and The Lorax, according to Nick Tran, a senior double majoring in nuclear engineering and economics, as well as a performer for the event. “It’s all very valuable literature,” Tran said. “We can’t just shun it for these extraneous reasons, especially when so many other things in our culture exhibit these same traits. We can’t single out literature, which is an enormous source of knowledge
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This grant has the potential to be renewed after four years if the project goes well. “For me it is an extremely exciting opportunity in sweet potato breeding as well as the
opportunity to be globally recognized,” Yencho said. “We have great opportunities to move the crop forward in the next five to ten years.”
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and information for what would amount to arbitrary reasons.” The Red, White & Banned event helps to raise awareness about the pieces of literature that have been seen as controversial because they contain traits such as violence or sexually explicit content, according to Tran. “The event also highlights censorship of plays and musicals so it also affects theatres as well as libraries,” Allison Stilwell, a junior in education and performer in the event, said. “Censorship actually limits theatre a lot.” In previous years, the event primarily consisted of monologues and
single performances. However, this year the staff made a special effort to give some exposition towards why these works were banned and challenged by different states, Tran said. Tran performed an excerpt from Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, the story of a 14-year-old American Indian who leaves his school on the Spokane Indian Reservation to attend an all-white high school. The novel was ranked second on a list of the most challenged books in the country in 2012, according to the American Library Association. It was removed from the curricu-
organized by the environmental campaigning organization Greenpeace. Kenlan said she would like the United Nations to give more attention to reducing carbon emissions and finding new ways to produce renewable energy when it meets in New York today. “That is what I really find to be the biggest root of the problem,” Kenlan said. According to Endries, the United Nations should think seriously about eliminating the use of coal fire power plants because they are currently one of the main sources of carbon dioxide emission in the U.S. “It’s the difference between getting a few million people to change their lifestyles versus really focusing on the big, main culprits, which are the big companies and the coal fire power plants,” Endries said. “I would like to see leaders take more interest in investing in green energy.” At 12:58 p.m. on Sunday, all 400,000 marchers held a moment of silence for people who have already been or are currently being affected by climate change around the world. “It was crazy to see a New York City street full of thousands of people be completely silent,” Kenlan said.
lum by the School Board in Meridian Ohio in April after parental complaints according to the Idaho Statesman. Stilwell mentioned that the turnout was better than expected, as the theatre was filled with students. Cassandra Brinkman, a junior in microbiology, said her favorite part about the event was how well the actors transcribe the words of these works from page to spoken word. “Hearing someone else read it and have it spoken is quite interesting,” said Brinkman. “I will definitely be coming back next year.”
Endries said the most important message that came out of the march is that climate change doesn’t affect any one group of people, and no one group of people can help stop it. “In order to make change and move away from using fossil fuels, everyone needs to take action,” Endries said.
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aturday. Her friends want to go to the mall. She excitedly tells them she will drive because she just got her license. Gone are the days of the parent drop-off service, and she can’t be more excited. They blast their pop music, put the windows down and “seat dance” all the way to the mall. Sunday. She has homework to do, so she hangs out in her living room with her family. They watch some football, laugh and eat snacks together. Her family shares stories over dinner; she talks about colleges. Monday afternoon. School is finally over. She is exhausted, but she has to wait for her two friends because she takes them home. On Taylor Quinn the way home, she drops a CD at her feet, so she Associate quickly goes to pick it Features Editor up. When she looks up again it’s too late, the truck is right in front of her and is not slowing down. Nobody in their teen years should have his or her life taken, but unfortunately, motor vehicle deaths are a real problem in the U.S. amongst teens. According to the Motor Vehicle Safety section of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website, motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for US teens. According to the same site, seven teenagers ages 16 to 19 die each day from motor vehicle injuries. Schools need to stress that safety is more important than avoiding tardies. At my high school, students would get “in trouble” if they were late, so students would try to avoid tardies at all costs. The route from my house to school was like a racetrack. Driver’s Ed programs need to emphasize preventing distracted driving. Most everybody knows that texting and driving is illegal, but I feel as though the programs need to stress other problems such as loud music. I am guilty of this as well, but loud music is very distracting and really takes one away from concentrating on the road. Parents need to stress to their children the dangers of driving. People say, “Well,
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it will never happen to me,” but it does. Anything can happen to anyone, and though teenagers should not stress about driving, they should take it a lot more seriously than most do. Driving a car is not a joke. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the average vehicle weighs more than 4,000 lbs., which if traveling at 80 mph can really cause major damage. People drive often, so I understand that it gets to be second nature, but everybody should get in a car knowing that there is a risk. One of my high school teachers told our class that driving will get easier, adding that she thinks it’s so easy that her mind actually goes blank when driving and when she gets to her destination she almost forgets how she got there. That is not okay. For the first eight years that my high school was open, four students have lost their lives due to car accidents. Three of those deaths were frustratingly preventable. One was reaching for something she had dropped and crashed into a tree, the next was speeding and another did not wear her seat belt. According to the News & Observer, a Panther Creek High School student just died this week from a car accident. I was blissfully naive until I was eight years old when my dad was in a serious car accident. The EMT’s had to cut him out of the car, and when he arrived at the hospital, he was induced into a coma for two weeks. He was in the hospital for about six months. He had to re-learn how to talk, write, eat and walk. Twelve years later he still cannot lift his left foot, has chronic pain in that foot and has some short-term memory loss, as well as chronic hip pain. But, he was lucky. The passenger of his car, his boss and his friend, died on the scene. This man had a wife and a son. The accident was caused by a man who made a stupid decision to make an illegal U-turn; my dad was simply sitting at a traffic light. This accident could have been prevented.
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t’s been a big week for those who keep up with gender equality and inequality. The most notable was U.N. ambassador Emma Watson’s speech about feminism. Her speech marked the launch of her “HeForShe” campaign, intended to rally boys and men globally into advocates for gender equality and ta ke a f irm stand against s e x u a l v io lence. “My recent research has show n me Nicky Vaught that feminism has become Opinion Editor an unpopular word,” Watson said after identifying herself as a feminist before U.N. “Apparently I am among the ranks of women whose expressions are seen as too strong, too aggressive, isolating, anti-men and unattractive.” Of the stigma, it’s important to note one in particular: that feminism is “anti-men.” It’s not a new idea; in fact, opponents of feminism have been calling it an anti-man hate movement since its inception with the suffragettes of the early 20th century. It’s a criticism that not only lacks precedent or foundation, but also lacks reason. Men hear women want equality and automatically assume it’s an attack on men. Feminism should not be about men. Women just want to be treated fairly and not discriminated against due to their sex. As journalist Jane Galvin
Lewis said, “You don’t have to be anti-man to be pro-woman.” Fortunately, though, it seems more men are taking these issues to heart, as this past week also saw the launch of the It’s On Us campaign. Meant to localize on college campuses, It’s On Us is a campaign geared toward addressing and speaking up against sexual assault. Proponents and spokespeople for It’s On Us include Jon Hamm, Kerry Washington, Vice President Joe Biden and President Barack Obama. “It’s on us,” they say in the campaign video, “to take responsibility.” That much is true. It is up to all of us to speak against behavior that could potentially indicate some form of sexual assault. As men especially, it is our duty to ensure we set an example for other men. It is important men identify as feminist or, at the very least, pro-feminist—depending on his level of involvement within the movement. But it is also important that men do not invade the safe environment feminism has created for women. When we speak over or for women, all we are doing is extending our sense of male entitlement—something at the core of patriarchal oppression—into that which is meant to combat it. Male entitlement definitely exists, and problematically so, outside of feminism. For evidence, just see YouTube celebrity Sam Pepper’s latest video, “Fake Hand Ass Pinch Prank,” in which he talks to unsuspect-
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ollege game day. For ma ny st udent s t he words alone are enough to ignite excitement for supporting their team surrounded by cheering student sections, marching bands and brisk fall air. However, studies have shown that an increasing number of students are not as excited a s w a s onc e t houg ht . For Sophie them, attending Nelson Staff Columnist a football game equa ls standing outside for hours in chilly weather, with little or no access to cellphone reception and alcohol. It would seem that more and more people are opting to cheer on the home team from a bar down the street once the tailgate fun has ended. At least at a bar there are most likely some cheap game-day specials and, most importantly, some free Wi-Fi. Average student attendance at college football games is down 7.1 percent since 2009, according to an analysis by The Wall Street Journal of stadium turnstile records from about 50 public colleges with top-division football teams. The decline was 5.6 percent at colleges in the five richest conferences. This season, Time Magazine anticipated the University of Michigan, the winner of no fewer than 11 national championships and 42 conference crowns, will have a student at-
tendance around 13,000. This is an astounding 40% less than the figure hit last year which was estimated at 19,000. This growing number of empty seats in student sections across colleges in the U.S. is a repercussion of soaring ticket prices, more lopsided games and fewer matchups against longtime rivals. In addition to this, there is the surge of televised games that allow students to keep tailgating long after kickoff. Even the students who do still attend games tend to arrive later and leave earlier, said Richard Southall, director of the College Sports Research Institute, which can be an embarrassing headache for athletics programs. It appears that schools cannot even count on students who purchase tickets to show up at games. According to The Wall Street Journal, the University of Kansas, which had a 3-9 record last season, 74 percent of bought student tickets went unused. College administrators are understandably alarmed as noisy students help create a home-field advantage that can be crucial to the outcome of football games. Furthermore, colleges depend on football to create bonds that will keep students connected after graduation, including season-ticket buyers and donors. To maintain this connection schools will be implementing changes to the game day experience in
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ing women on the street and grabs their butts when they’re distracted. That he thought he could encroach on something so personal as a woman’s body and in such a public sphere is an unforgivable paragon of male entitlement. But it also exists in the women’s movement. Any time someone can only support a cause because it might affect his sister or his mother. Men need to understand that women are not important because they are connected to men sometimes; women are important because (and it sounds so elementary saying this) they are people. Joseph Gordon-Levitt offers a great example of how to use a privileged male voice to bring about gender equality without speaking over women. He posted a video, “Re: Feminism,” claiming himself to be a feminist and asked people—women especially—to reply with what feminism means to them and why they feel it is important. Gordon-Levitt said he would include their responses during a segment in his show hitRECord, effectively offering his show as a platform for women’s voices. The actor also urged people to watch Watson’s speech, again using his influence to direct people to hearing a prominent woman’s voice. Men have a place in feminism, absolutely, but it’s subordinate. Part of supporting feminism is accepting that. We should follow Gordon-Levitt’s lead and use our voices to promote women’s rights.
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2014 • PAGE 5
Tattoo parlor shuts down before 1 year anniversary Sam Roberson Correspondent
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Black Lotus Tattoo of Hillsborough Street sits empty on Saturday night. The tattoo shop recently closed its doors.
After less than a year in business, the Black Lotus Tattoo parlor on Hillsborough Street is no longer in operation. The tattoo parlor, which entered the scene competing with several established parlors on Hillsborough Street, closed in midAugust. Now that the business is shut down, the question remains of what type of business will open up on the 7,500-square-foot property. According to Kay Letterman, the owner of the property, several businesses have already expressed interest. “I’ve gotten interest from an ice cream shop, tobacco store, an Italian restaurant and another tattoo parlor,” Letterman said.
Despite the failure of the most recent business at this location, the new offers have continued to come to Letterman for ventures eager to occupy the valuable real estate that would cater to NC State. “The ice cream shop and tattoo parlor have showed the most interest,” Letterman said. The property is in a prime location for students at NC State as well as the surrounding neighborhood behind Hillsborough Street. It is also one of the few locations on Hillsborough Street to offer ample parking around the vicinity. Although the property has some alluring features, it falls behind in style and curb appeal compared to other areas of Hillsborough Street. Letterman plans to combat this by renovating the building and divid-
ing it up to accommodate several different businesses. “By the time construction is finished, there will be room for three new businesses,” Letterman said. With smaller spaces, the property will hold more businesses and cut the risk of maintaining a larger property as a new business; a problem that Black Lotus faced by having a large space for a type of business that tends to be in more compact areas. With possible renovation on the way, Hillsborough Street could see new businesses soon. The NC State community will decide if it becomes a part of campus, or just another short-lived venture on the ever-shifting turf that is a college neighborhood.
NCSU’s Aerial Robotics Club flies high over the competitors Katherine Waller Staff Writer
On any given Thursday night, one will find the Aerial Robotics Club at NC State hard at work in Engineering Building three on Centennial campus. A laid back atmosphere enveloped the lab as I spoke with RJ Gritter, the recent ex-president of the ARC and senior in Aerospace Engineering. Gr it ter ga zed a rou nd the room filled with f light equipment, airplane simulators and fifteen eager, bright young engineers and explained the recent struggles and victories of the club he has invested so much of his heart and soul into. The ARC at NC State was founded in 1999 and concentrates on building and flying autonomous airplanes. For the past 12 years the club has f lown in an international Unmanned Aerial Vehicle student competition held in Maryland. This past summer, the ARC club won, and Gritter expressed his pride for this honor. “At competition not a single thing went wrong,” Gritter explained, “It was a nice feeling.” NC State is the only competitor in the area. It has been in every competition, and this year, beat 35 other collegiate teams in the international competition. The goal of the competition is to have an airplane that can fly itself, can take off and find waypoints. “The more hands-off, the better,” Gritter said, “we have an imagery system that we use to capture pictures of targets on the ground and
identify the characteristics of the target as well as locate them.” Those are the primary objectives of the competition, and this year a new objective was added—the use of infrared imagery and a “droptask”—the club had to drop a package to a target on the ground. Justin Easter, this year’s president of ARC and senior in computer engineering, described the scene this summer when the club completed the objectives perfectly. “It was absolutely beautiful, we knew we found all the targets because they spelled “fireman”, by the time we landed, we knew it went perfect,” Easter said. Gritter explained that the club emphasizes designing and building the systems themselves, as well as improving them from year to year. Two years ago the club decided to start from scratch and change from the system they had been flying for the past six years. Gritter illustrated the daunting task, “We said we want to build a brand new airplane, camera and imagery system, and we started over and designed all of that from scratch. The first year we flew that plane in competition, we came in second, then we put in a tremendous amount of work and won this year.” Gritter explained that this year the ARC took a step back and refined everything about the new system and the payoff was tremendous. The ARC has around 20 members and is self-paced and self-motivated, the members come in and work whenever they want to. Some work in-between classes regularly,
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The Aerial Robotics Club comes together to build air crafts and have them compete at various competitions. The club operates on a relaxed schedule, students can come in whenever they would like to continue to work on their air craft.
while others come a couple nights a week. Gritter explained what he and the other members have taken from their time in the club. “A lot of what we do in this club are related to your major, whether it’s aerospace [engineering], mechanical [engineering], computer engineering or electrical [engineering]. But it gives you a very firm application for that. It lets you go through the whole process of design and development through the testing of systems. Our members when they graduate are some of the most qualified engineers to work on unmanned aerial systems that there are,” Gritter said proudly, “There are lots of companies at competition who are ready to take our resumes. All of our club members end up with rather good jobs because they have
some unique qualifications.” Gritter admitted modestly that he himself “has a couple things lined up,” on the job front. When questioned about this past year’s struggles, Gritter and Easter exchanged glances, and Gritter began, “Well this is kind of sad to talk about,” and regales the disappointment that he and the ARC felt when they were unable to raise the funds to attend the Australia Search and Rescue Competition. The ARC was one of the 20 teams out of the 88 teams that applied that were invited, and the only team from the United States. The objective of the competition is to find a missing hiker in the Outback and drop a water bottle to them. “The next time it comes around, we’ll be there,” Gritter said.
“A lot of work went into it; it was definitely disappointing to not be able to go,” admitted Easter. Both Gritter and Easter agreed that teamwork is their favorite take-away from their time in the ARC. “Getting to the point of everything working and everyone working well together is the best feeling of accomplishment,” Easter said. Kim Nguyen and Lindsey Reed, both seniors in Aerospace Engineering, shared their experiences in the ARC. They both agreed that the early morning flight tests are their favorite part of being a member. Reed works a lot with the autopilot systems and enjoys seeing her hard work pay off while practicing for competition at flight tests. Nguyen explained the fun, hard and interesting work that encompasses her four
years with the club, as she laughed and shared an inside joke with Gritter from across the room. She said the helpful attitude of the club has helped her learn. Nguyen explained that she has learned everything she knows about systems engineering from her time in the ARC. She explained that she hasn’t learned much about systems engineering within her degree, so her time in the ARC has been invaluable— she said at every company there is a small group of systems engineers. Easter encouraged students of all majors to come and check out the club, “We are accepting of everyone, if you are willing to put in the time.” Gritter said anyone who is interested is welcome, regardless of their major.
NCSU student forecasts fashion according to climate Elena Durvas Correspondent
Have you ever woken up minutes before your class, rushed to throw on the clothes nearest you, then walk outside and immediately regret not checking the weather first? NCSU sophomore in meteorology Katherine McCuiston has a solution. McCuiston runs the twitter page NCSU Weather Girl under the twitter handle @ NCSUwx. Her twitter bio reads, “NC weather can get pretty crazy, but I’m here to help. Meteorology student at NCSU (with a love for fashion) telling you how to dress based on the
weather.” Her weather reports are brief, easy to understand and even provide followers with a little fashion advice, according to Shannon Conroy, a sophomore in biochemistry. Tuesday, Sept 23, she tweeted, “Wear jeans, ankle boots, & cozy shirt. Sweater weather is near!” According to McCuiston, seeing students dressed illpreparedly for the weather, as well as hearing their complaints inspired her to start the account. “I saw a girl walking around campus in November last year, she was wearing a tank top and jean shorts and Uggs and gloves and I was
like, ‘what are you doing?’” said McCuiston. “All you hear people say is ‘oh my gosh it’s so cold!’ I thought I could fix that or at least attempt to try it.” Twitter’s popularity, especially with college students, attracted McCuiston to create NCSU Weather Girl. “The hardest part about having the website is having to shorten the posts. Every week I’m missing one or two characters because of the limit and I have to edit words to fit as much as I can,” McCuiston said. Conroy said she stops scrolling down her Twitter timeline whenever she sees a tweet from @NCSUwx.
“When I looked at it today, she said something about cold weather, so I grabbed a jacket,” said Conroy. According to McCuiston, she’s doing NCSU students a favor by tweeting brief weather updates. “My goal in life is to make the world a more fabulous place,” said McCuiston. “I’m here to help them out.” According to McCuiston, both fashion and weather have been interests of hers from a very young age. McCuiston recalls shopping with her mother and trying on her high heels as a child, but also being fascinated by math and science. “When I was in fifth grade
or so, I could start naming all the Chanel shows and what seasons they were,” said McCuiston. Though McCuiston is pursuing a career in meteorology, she still considers fashion a love of hers that will always be present in her life. “The fashion business is something that would be awesome to go into, but I think it becomes less fun, and you can still dress fashionably every day,” says McCuiston. “Meteorology is really the only science career where you’re not shoved behind a desk and looking at numbers all day.” McCuiston is also involved with reporting for NCSU
Weather and blogging for Pack Fashion, the College of Textiles’ fashion blog. “They are of course geared towards meteorology,” said McCuiston about her Pack Fashion posts. “The next one coming up is about how to look fabulous even when it’s raining.” According to McCuiston, there is one essential article of clothing that is a must- have for fall. “A nice peacoat,” McCuiston said. “And the big color that I think is very in right now is pink; anything pink. I’m not usually a pink kind of person at all, but I see it done and it looks pretty cool.”
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Savor the South: keeping tradition in the kitchen Sarah Keener Staff Writer
Food writers and enthusiasts Debbie Moose and April McGreger contribute to the famous Savor the South cookbook series, concentrating on regional recipes brimming with zest and tradition. Both authors appeared at Quail Ridge Books on Wade Avenue last Thursday to sign cookbooks and discuss their favorite dishes. McGreger’s book Sweet Potatoes and Moose’s Southern Holidays are now available from The University of North Carolina Press in Chapel Hill, NC. McGreger’s compilation of 50 recipes in Sweet Potatoes is impressive and includes the background and history of the beloved orange root in Southern cooking. Founder and chef for Farmer’s Daughter Brand, an artisanal pickles and preserves company in Hillsborough, NC, McGreger places an importance on sustainable agriculture and a hands-on approach to food preparation. She is also a pastry chef at the nationally acclaimed Lantern Restaurant in Chapel Hill, NC, has been featured in Martha Stewart Living and received the Cooking Light’s 2012 Taste Test Award in the Artisanal category. In terms of seasonal and homeg row n f r u it s, t he goal to preparing jams is to make them pesticide-free, organic and tasting like the fruit they are, according to McGreger. She is bypassing mass-produced industr y jams and preserves by packing more fruit and less sugar into her products. Learning how to preserve foods by her mother and grandmother’s side, McGreger realized the importance of passing down
recipes at a relatively young age. Christian Pike, a freshman majoring in food science, equates cooking with an art form all on its own and thinks it’s important to uphold southern traditions and recipes in today’s modern age. “Southern cooking is distinctive. If southern people don’t continue the traditions of southern cooking, it’ll be lost just like any other art style,” Pike said. Melding the literary and culinary worlds together, Moose first realized her love for food writing when her degree from the UNC School of Journalism brought her to the News & Observer, and with it, the opportunity to connect with people through her food column. “Food writing and talking about food is such a wonderful way to connect with people,” Moose said. “You can write about anything, really, when you write about food — anything from quick ways to make dinner to social issues to health to family memories. That makes putting the two worlds together pretty easy.” Well-accomplished on the page and in the kitchen, Moose is no longer an editor for the N&O, but she continues to write an essay column entitled “Sunday Dinner.” She co-authors the column “Homegrown with Carol Stein and Debbie Moose,” and she also contributes to Our State and Edible Piedmont. Though she didn’t realize her love for food and food writing until early adulthood, Moose has always had an appreciation for growing fresh vegetables and sharing quality time with those important to her.
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Debbie Moose and April McGreger spoke at Quail Ridge Books on Wade Avenue. They signed cookbooks and discussed their favorite dishes.
“I did get from my childhood an appreciation for truly fresh vegetables. My father had a huge backyard garden, and we usually picked things from it no more than a day before we ate them,” Moose said. “I remember walking in the garden with him, and us pulling carrots or green onions from the ground, he’d brush off the dirt on his pants leg and we’d eat them right there.” The author of six cookbooks, Moose’s latest addition, Southern Holidays, combines southern recipes with the purpose of also bringing families together for a festive meal to share during the holiday seasons. McGreger will be speaking Wednesday, September 24 at Parker and Otis restaurant from 5-7 pm in Durham, NC. Moose will be speaking Friday, September 26 at O. Henry Hotel in Greensboro,
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Debbie Moose’s Southern Holidays and April McGreger’s Sweet Potatoes are now available from The University of North Carolina Press in Chapel Hill, NC.
The CNR shack, building with logs on bricks Sara Awad Staff Writer
Stroll through the Brickyard and the College of Natural Resources shack will greet your eyes. Unlike other shacks made out of flat plywood, this shack gives off an authentic log cabin feel, from the intricate tree carving on the red door to the bright barn shutters flanking either side. The wood for the shack came from Hill Forest as part of a donation by Thomas Harris, according to freshman in natural resources Kelly Paige Arrup and sophomore in PGA golf management Kevin Martin. Construction of the shack, though, challenged the students. “From what I saw, the logs were massive, and you had to get three or four people to haul them,” Martin said. Maintenance also took time, which included patching the gaps on the inside of the shack along with overall décor, according to Martin. Walk inside and a cozy hammock awaits students, such as Arrup, who has spent
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From left, Micayla Mitchell, junior in parks, recreation, and tourism management, and Kyle Little, take a break from classes at the College of Natural Resources “shack” Tuesday evening, Sept. 23. The log cabin-style structure is the only of its kind dotting the Brickyard during the annual fundraiser for Habitat for Humanity.
nights there battling the cold winds. “It was really cold, and the wind picked up, and it sounded like one of the shacks fell down in the middle of the night,” Arrup said.
Despite the challenges, the shack also brought students within the college together, according to Martin. “You don’t always get to see other people from other majors in CNR,” Martin said.
Still, a rivalry remains with those outside of the college, namely the Poole College of Management, which has kept CNR at second and third place in recent years. If you would like to help
CNR achieve its goal, you may stop by the shack all week to purchase raffle tickets to win handmade cornhole boards, gift cards and T-shirts. Proceeds benefit Habitat for Humanity.
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2014 • PAGE 7
‘Noles and Devils top this week’s ACC power rankings Daniel Lacy Correspondent
ATLANTIC Florida State (3-0): Even without Heisman trophy-winning quarterback Jameis Winston, the No. 1 ranked Seminoles beat Clemson in an overtime nailbiter Saturday, continuing their undefeated start to the season.
Boston College (3-1): Ranked 5th in the nation in rushing and 27th in scoring defense, the Eagles dominated Maine 40-10 last weekend. With the exception of a tough loss to conference rival Pittsburgh, Boston College has been red hot this season and shows no signs of slowing down.
Clemson (1-2): Despite the tigers’ sub-.500 record, they drop only one spot in our power rankings this week. Saturday’s overtime loss to a Jameis Winston-less Florida State team showed that they are a force to be reckoned with, specifically freshman quarterback Deshaun Watson, whose efficient passing makes him a potential long-term answer at quarterback.
Louisville (3-1): After losing a close game to Virginia and dropping out of
the top 25, Louisville ran over an under-matched Florida International team in hopes of getting some momentum back. The Cardinals face six conference teams in a row and end with Notre Dame and Kentucky and will likely need to rely on their 12th ranked defense to get them through those games.
N.C. State (4-0): The Wolfpack’s undefeated start is due in large part to consistent play at the quarterback position from redshirt junior Jacoby Brissett and a lack of opponent strength, but can State’s inconsistent defense survive when No. 1 Florida State travels to Raleigh this weekend?
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Jacoby Brissett throws a 65 yard touchdown pass to Bryan Underwood against Presbyterian Saturday. The Wolfpack defeated the Blue Hose, 42-0.
Syracuse (2-1): Syracuse lost its first game to former-ACC rival Maryland by a pretty good margin Saturday after a strong start to the season. However, it won’t get easier from here as the Orange are set to face No. 8 Notre Dame this weekend and Louisville and Florida State the following weeks.
Wake Forest (2-2): Wake Forest starts off even despite having yet to face an ACC opponent. Freshman quarterback John Walford has played okay against pedestrian teams, but the Demon Deacons have failed to establish any sort of running
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COASTAL Duke (4-0): Though they have yet to play a conference game, the Blue Devils keep blowing out opponents, while showing off a powerful running game and a top-10 scoring defense. They face Miami Saturday to open ACC play, a true test to prove that they are a legitimate candidate to win the conference.
Pitt (3-1): Deciding the order for these next few teams was difficult, but Pitt gets the edge. Despite a close loss to Iowa,
the Panthers beat an underrated Boston College team that shocked USC and have looked formidable all season. They average 304.5 rushing yards per game, good for 11th best in the nation.
Georgia Tech (4-0): Behind dual-threat quarterback Justin Thomas, the Yellow Jackets remain undefeated after close games against Georgia Southern and conference rival Virginia Tech. Although struggling in those games, Georgia Tech managed to find wins behind their 15th ranked rushing attack.
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Virginia (2-2): After playing three ranked teams in four games, 2-2 is not a bad record at all for the Cavaliers. Additionally, they have kept all of these games within a touchdown. They
look to bounce back with what should be an easy victory over winless Kent State.
Miami (2-2): Miami did a good job of staying in the game against the No. 24 ranked Cornhuskers, and freshman quarterback Brad Kaaya has shown plenty of potential but must take care of the football. Things don’t get much easier as the Hurricanes face conference rival Duke this weekend.
North Carolina (2-1): East Carolina 70, Tar Heels 41.
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Brissett faces biggest challenge yet Odds favor the Pack when the Seminoles come to Raleigh NC State has defeated Florida State three of the last four times that the Seminoles have come to Carter-Finley Stadium. All three of the Wolfpack’s home wins have come when Florida State has been ranked nationally. In 2006, FSU entered the game ranked 17th. In 2010 the Seminoles were ranked 16th. The Wolfpack’s biggest upset came in 2012 when Florida State was ranked 3rd nationally. With 2:34 left in the game and the score 16-10 in favor of the Noles, FSU was stopped on third down and redshirt freshman Mike Rose came up with a huge play on special teams, blocking Florida State’s punt. After the Wolfpack took over on the Seminole 43-yard line, Mike Glennon led the Pack downfield converting three first downs on fourth down, one of which included 4th and Goal from the 2-yard line, in which Glennon found then sophomore Bryan Underwood in the end zone to complete the game winning drive. Source: ESPN.com
#RockYour Red: This Saturday’s clash between the undefeated NC State Wolfpack football team and the No. 1 ranked Florida State Seminoles has officially been deemed a “red out.” State students and fans are asked to wear all red in support of the Pack’s challenge against the national champions. NC State players will also wear solid red. The Seminoles last came to Carter-Finley in 2012, ranked No. 3 nationally, but were beaten by the Wolfpack 17-16. SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS
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NC State’s redshirt junior signal caller Jacoby Brissett has exceeded expectations in his first four games, having securely established himself as the alpha dog of the Wolfpack offense in the 2014 season. Brissett will face his biggest test yet Saturday, as the Pack plays host to the top ranked Seminoles. Last year, Brissett was restricted to the sidelines per NCAA regulations, as his transfer from Florida forced him to redshirt. Wolfpack fans can now rejoice, as Brissett’s consistent performances have since faded the memories of Brandon Mitchell and Pete Thomas, last year’s unreliable quarterback tandem. In his first four games under center, Brissett proved himself as the answer to what the offense had lacked in 2013. His debut against Georgia Southern comprised a shaky start in the first half, but a resounding fourth quarter comeback. Brissett epitomized his reputation as a leader in the fourth quarter, after rallying his team to win the game in the final minutes. The late deficit gave the quarterback a chance to show off his ability to stay composed under pressure, as he added a pair of touchdown passes late in the game. Since his one and only interception in the first half of the game, Brissett has thrown 108 consecutive passes without a pick, the second-longest active streak in the nation. When facing the Golden Eagles, Brissett racked up 291 yards and completed 70 percent of his passes (28-40), while throwing for three
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Redshirt junior quarterback Jacoby Brissett runs the ball during the game against Old Dominion on Saturday. The Wolfpack defeated the Monarchs, 46-34.
touchdowns. Brissett faced a similar scenario in his second outing, in which he faced Old Dominion. The Pack once again had its back against the wall in the first half, but the quarterback’s composure combined with a powerful dual-back running game held the Wolfpack offense together in coming out with the win. Brissett developed a strong chemistry with each of his receivers in his performance against the Monarchs. The quarterback’s unpredictability in and out of the pocket caused the Old Dominion backfield to become overextended, as Brissett’s throwing intentions were unknowable since he looked to each route-runner. Brissett finished the game by completing 21 of his 29 pass attempts for two touchdowns and 253 yards. Brissett’s games against South Florida and Presbyterian were onesided, as he scorched both teams
until the coaches rotated him out. The redshirt junior had a heyday in his home state, helping the Pack win 49-17. Brissett mirrored his prior performance, completing 20 of his 29 passes for 266 yards and two touchdowns. Brissett handily swept Presbyterian in the next week’s 42-0 shutout. Before rotating out, he threw three touchdown passes, which included a 65-yard bomb to redshirt senior receiver Brian Underwood. Brissett concluded nonconference play by completing 66.7 percent of his passes for 195 yards. As of now, the South Palm Beach, Florida native leads the ACC in total offense (280.8 yards per game), completion percentage (69.7 percent), passer rating (166.7) and passing touchdowns (10). Brissett also ranks third in passing yards (1,005), completions (83) and yards per completion (12.1).
It is hard to credit Brissett with his stellar performances without acknowledging the abilities of his elite receivers. Freshman receiver Bo Hines (16 rec, 209 yds), sophomore running back Matt Dayes (14 rec, 185 yds) and sophomore receiver Marquez Valdes-Scantling (12 rec, 164 yds) caught the majority of NC States passes and have contributed in making huge plays in each game. Now begins the second act of Brissett’s career at NC State. The Pack did away with the easy cupcakes to become 4-0, and the team now prepares to jump into the deep end of the pool, going head-to-head against last year’s national champions. NC State will face off against the Florida State Seminoles on Saturday at 3:30 pm.
SOCCER
Wake Forest defeats the Pack due to late goal Garrett Melia Correspondent
The NC State women’s soccer team lost 1-0 in its ACC opener Sunday evening at Wake Forest. The Pack started the first of three conference games Sunday, the next being Duke Thursday night and Carolina Sunday afternoon. Sunday’s close loss was a hard pill to swallow for the Pack. Excluding it being a conference loss, the Pack also will be without starting redshirt sophomore goalkeeper Mackenzie Stelljes, who will be serving suspension for a red card earned in the 60th minute. Up until that point, it was a hard fought battle. The Deacons and the Pack tied in shots, 4-4, in the first half. It was a much different story in the second half, as Wake Forest outshot the Pack 3-11 in the second. Although the first half was a battle, the Deacs were able to secure a lot of possessions early, along with quick shots and corners, however fruitless they may have been. The Pack was able to muster a 1v1 that was not converted along with a few corners placed too close to Wakes keeper, Lindsay Preston. Starting in the second half, the bout resumed, until Stelljes received her red card and changed the complexion of the game. Playing a man down put State under a lot of pressure, the objective became no longer to win, but to survive. The pressure from Wake became extreme, the Deacons getting chances left and right, State doing everything possible to maintain the deadlock. State was saved when the first goal of the night was
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Junior Caroline Gentry races with an opposing Catamount as they both ettempt to gain conrtol of the ball. Thursday’s match ended in a tie of 1-1 after a taxing double overtime.
waived offside for Wake, but there was more to come. The goal came in the 83rd, when a stray cross was deflected off a Pack defender into the net. When a goal comes that late in a game, it is often tough to bounce back and find an equalizer, and this game was no exception. Looking forward, the Pack has two tough follow up games that are going to test its resolve. The Blue Devils are 5-4 overall and started conference play with a convincing 3-0 rout over Pittsburgh. The Blue Devils have looked
strong on the road, gaining a 2-0 win at West Virginia and a 3-0 win at Pitt. State’s defense will also be put to the test, as Duke has scored 16 goals in nine games, with four games having three goals each. Along with the Blue Devils rolling offense, they have conceded 10 goals in four shutouts. This Duke team is in form and will be the Pack’s biggest challenge thus far. Three days after the battle with Duke, State turns to face Carolina at home. Carolina, who is 4-2-1 overall, will more than likely not create as much offensive pressure as Duke,
as Carolina has only recorded seven goals. That being said, they have only conceded four goals, even recording shutouts against sides with seven wins. Carolina will more than likely test the Pack’s midfield and also their patience. The game against Carolina will not consist of run and gun play with big saves, but will contain more tactics and patience. The Wolfpack will kick off Thursday at 7pm in Dail soccer Stadium and 1pm Sunday once again at Dail.