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State’s largest union invites UNC athletes to join association Katherine Kehoe News Editor

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The above graph shows the location and frequency of bike theft on main campus during the last three-and-a-half years.

3.5 years, 440 bikes POLICE RECORDS REVEAL TRENDS IN TIME AND LOCATION OF BIKE THEFT Staff Report

A total of 440 bikes has been stolen at N.C. State since January 2011. Through bike theft is the most common type of crime on campus, at times seeming like

it is an inevitable fact of college life, data from Campus Police indicates knowledge of certain trends can help students avoid situations in which bike theft is more likely to occur. More bikes have been stolen next to

Bragaw, Sullivan, Wood and Avent Ferry Residence Halls and next to D.H. Hill than anywhere else on campus. In the past three years, 20 bikes have been

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The State Employee’s Association of North Carolina’s Board of Governors unanimously voted to allow UNC-System athletes who are playing on scholarship to join the association earlier this month. The ruling will allow SEANC to treat athletes playing for scholarship at a North Carolina state school as state employees, but the potential effects the decision will have on N.C. State Athletics remains unclear. The rights of college athletes has been a long-time controversial topic of discussion, but recently gained more media attention when the National Labor Relations Board granted the Northwestern University football team the right to unionize in March. Topics such as compensating athletes beyond their scholarships, giving athletes the rights to their own names sold on memorabilia and profitable TV rights contracts are among those currently being debated in the national spotlight. SEANC made the decision to allow scholarship athletes to join after the NLRB decision regarding Northwest-

ern University scholarship football players, according to SEANC Communications Director Toni Davis. “If student scholarship athletes wanted to be represented by a union or an association, we wanted them to know that SEANC was ready to invite them into our association with open arms,” Davis said. N.C. State Director of Athletics Debbie Yow declined to comment on the effect the decision may have on athletes at the University. “We currently do not understand any of the potential advantages to our student athletes joining the Union,” Yow said in an email. “For that reason, I have nothing definitive to say at this point other than we will continue to do all we can to support our student athletes and that will never change.” SEANC is an association of state employees with about 55,000 members in every agency around the state. “After folks begin to join, the way our association works, we are a membershipdriven association so what we lobby for comes from the priorities that our members describe,” Davis said. Though no UNC-System Athletes have joined at this

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Female speakers notably absent throughout commencement history Karima Boukary Correspondent

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Maya Angelou speaks to graduates at the 1990 spring commencement. Angelou died Wednesday.

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Maya Angelou, the internationally acclaimed author and civil rights activist as well as N.C. State’s first female commencement speaker, died Wednesday morning in her Winston-Salem home. Angelou spoke to N.C. State’s spring 1990 graduation class, stressing the importance of maintaining courage throughout life’s challenges to the class of more than 3,000 students. “Without courage, you can practice no other virtue with consistency,” Angelou said, the Technician reported. “You can’t be consistently kind or true, or fair or loving without courage. Without courage, we can strive for nothing great.” During the speech, An-

gelou also reminded students of the importance of perseverance within their educations as well as throughout life in the face of adversity. “You are beginning to realize the importance of the long hours you have spent reading and rereading, memorizing and rememorizing, solving and resolving,” Angelou said. “You will understand why you sacrificed parties and fiestas and weekends at the beach. You will understand how important you are to us.” Angelou emphasized the symbolic importance of a graduation ceremony and compared the process of acquiring an education to a long, upward climb.

Of the 63 commencement speakers N.C. State has hosted in the past 50 years, only five, or less than 8 percent, have been women, according to N.C. State Registration & Records. Female students currently compose 44.4 percent of the student population. Sixty years ago, females accounted for only 1.2 percent. Although the University opened its doors in 1887, the first full-time female student arrived 34 years later in 1921. Commencement speakers serve as a reflection of the

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David S. Ferriero, archivist of the United States, addresses the graduating class of 2014 May 10 in PNC Arena. Ferriero was one of two honorary degree recipients at the ceremony.

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institution at which they are speaking, and the lack of female speakers at N.C. State reflects the history of the University, according to Ashley Simons-Rudolph, Director of the N.C. State Women’s Center. “Historically as an institution, we’ve been male-dominant,” Simons-Rudolph said. N.C. State didn’t have a female commencement speaker until critically acclaimed poet Maya Angelou spoke in 1990, 69 years after the University began granting admission to women. Angelou, who died in her Winston-Salem home Wednesday, was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama in February 2011. “Young men and women, you have been inclining toward greatness,” Angelou said to the N.C. State graduating class. “This is your chance … You are all we have. There is nothing after you but the things that you leave and the people you will touch.” Simons-Rudolph said students

deserve representation by a voice of social justice, although the current selection process doesn’t use that as a criterion. “We want to have a commencement speaker that respects the diversity of opinions, regardless of gender expression,” Simons-Rudolph said. “I think that if someone is addressing graduates with a voice of social justice, that message can come from any gender embodiment.” Although the numbers of female speakers in relation to men are low, Simons-Rudolph said the gender of the selected speaker is less important than student involvement in the selection process. “I think that commencement speakers are a symbol of the University, one symbol of many,” SimonsRudolph said. “I always favor students increased involvement to ensure that their voice is heard. They are the ones that are graduating.” The Commencement Committee chooses the commencement speakers at N.C. State. Both students and faculty sit on the committee to nominate speakers. The selection is also dependent on who is available and necessary travel expenses. Ultimately, the

chancellor makes the final decision regarding who speaks at each ceremony. Communications professor Edward Funkhouser said the lack of female representation is not surprising. “It does reflect the past,” Funkhouser said, “N.C. State has been a more male-dominated institution.” Though the University’s criteria used to select commencement speakers changes depending on the committee, Funkhouser said there are certain qualities that make for a good commencement speaker, gender not necessarily being one of them. “A commencement speaker should have something to say and be entertaining,” Funkhouser said. “I think there are plenty of women who can do that very well. I would hope that we would have more women speakers in the future.” Although N.C. State has not opened the door for many female commencement speakers, the women who have spoken were wellknown and made valued achievements within their respective fields. In addition to Angelou, female commencement speakers have in-

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Jay Odierno, the U.S. Army Chief of Staff, spoke to graduates at the 2010 winter commencement.

cluded Elizabeth Dole in 1994, Shirley Ann Jackson in 2003, Johnnetta Cole in 2005 and Bonnie McElveenHunter in 2006. Each of these wom-

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point, Davis said joining the association could offer scholarship athletes the potential to have the association advocate on their behalf, as well as other membership benefits. For a $9 monthly membership fee, N.C. State scholarship athletes would have access to a discount database of more than 3,000 statewide member discounts as well as the option to pursue one of more than 15 insurance programs, according to Davis. Davis said, for athletes without full-ride scholarships to the University, the association also offers both meritand need-based scholarships to members. SEANC, unlike some associations and unions, doesn’t

en was serving as either president or CEO of their respective organizations at the time of their commencement addresses.

Earlier this year, football players at Northwestern voted to unionize.

restrict membership to nonmanagerial employees, Davis said. “Our members can be absolutely anyone,” Davis said. “You can be a janitor, you can be the governor. It doesn’t matter. We are here to advocate on your behalf.” Although there are potential benefits for athletes who join, everything beyond the

initial ruling allowing their membership is in the planning and development stage, Davis said. “We are a membershipdriven association, and so if the Board of Governors did not want to move in this direction, we didn’t want to put the cart before the horse and have all sorts of recruiting work ready to go,” Davis said.

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From this point forward, SEANC will be working toward making decisions about how it will go about recruiting members, what the governance structure will be like and how the athletes will fit in, according to Davis. “Now that work really begins,” Davis said.

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Protesters return to legislature, 14 arrested Katherine Kehoe News Editor

Fourteen Moral Monday protesters were arrested in the N.C. Legislative Building at 2 a.m. Wednesday and were charged with refusing to leave Speaker of the House Thom Tillis’ office, but not before ordering pizza and setting up sleeping bags at the scene. The arrests came about seven hours after SergeantAt-Arms Clyde Cook Jr. ordered a cease and desist, but the protestors refused to leave, saying they were prepared to stay all night if they weren’t forced to leave. T he prot e s tor s we re charged with second-degree trespassing, a misdemeanor. Tillis failed to appear in his office during any portion of the protest. Rev. William Barber II, the head of the state NAACP and leading face of the demonstrations, spoke to a crowd of more than 60 people before the protest and was present outside of Tillis’ office, encouraging the protestors inside and speaking to the police and gathered crowd, for much of the evening’s demonstration. The protestors inside Tillis’ office remained until the arrests were made in the early morning. Police asked the demonstrators to leave several times throughout the evening, warning them that they were subject to arrest. “Speaker Thom Tillis and his aides have refused to engage in a serious discussion over the deep and weighty issues, and now they are playing a waiting game in hopes that we will lose heart, pack up and go home,” Barber said in a statement several hours after the sit-in began. “But we are not here to play games. These are serious, life-anddeath questions.” During the sit-in, singing,

During their sit-in at Speaker Thom Tillis’ office, protesters ordered pizza and set up sleeping bags.

clapping and chanting could be heard throughout the legislative building. Several of the people inside of Tillis’ office and many who attended the rally before the protest were members of N.C. Raise Up, an organization advocating to raise the minimum wage and obtain more rights for fast-food workers. “When Martin Luther King marched on Washington, he demanded a $2.50 minimum wage,” said Lindsey Ware, a spokeswoman for N.C. Raise Up. “And in that bill, he said each year it was supposed to go up with inflation. Minimum wage hasn’t gone up in North Carolina in 5 years, and it’s not fair to these low wage workers.” Ware said the organization has been present at many of the Moral Monday protests in North Carolina, as well as demonstrations in other states, including Georgia and South Carolina. “I think the system is

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House of Representatives Sergeant at Arms Clyde Cook Jr., center, speaks to General Assembly Officer C. Honeycutt, far left, and Speaker of the House Thom Tillis’ Executive Assistant William Morales, Jr.

messed up,” Ware said. “I think getting the minimum

wage changed is just a stepping stone to get more stuff

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Black bear case remains a mystery Staff Report

Authorities are at a standstill trying to solve the ongoing investigation regarding the dead black bear that was dumped in the Brickyard April 29. The two agencies investigating the situation, N.C. State Campus Police and the N.C. Wildlife Commission, have made no progress in trying to find who left the corpse on the bench, according to Brent Ward, an officer for the N.C. Wildlife Commission. Though the Brickyard does

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stolen from Bragaw, 18 from Sullivan, 15 from D.H. Hill, 15 from Wood and 13 from Avent Ferry. Avoid locking bikes in more secluded parts of campus with little foot traffic, such as near perimeter residence halls or late at night while at the library. Bike theft spikes significantly in August through November annually, so if there is ever a smart time to leave bikes at home to avoid having them stolen, the fall semester is a good choice. The most bikes ever stolen in one

have surveillance cameras, the videos were ineffective in helping officers learn anything new about the bear’s disposal, Ward said. Last month, officials were able to determine the bear was hit by a car, causing its death. Ward encourages those with any information regarding the bear to report it to the N.C. Wildlife Commission at 1-800-662-7137.

day at N.C. State occurred on Sept. 15, 2013 when five accounts of bike theft were recorded within 24 hours. Times when the University is out of session, such as during Winter and Spring Breaks, also see consistent jumps in bike theft, according to Campus Police. If students are leaving campus for break, they should take bikes with them or move bikes to a safe location. Leaving bike a unattended for long period of time increases the likelihood of having it stolen.

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Academia is a cult

eople walking around in graduation gowns, having photo shoots on a sunny day and swelling the occasion of graduation onto social media have always unnerved me. At the end of my third year, I’ve finally put my finger on the Ishan Raval reason. It’s Staff Columnist not because of some premature anxiety about my own post-graduation life. It’s because the ceremony—in the sense of both ritual and pomp—of graduation makes me feel, more than at any other time, that academia is a cult. Janja Lalich, a sociologist known for her studies about cults, as well as psychologist and cult researcher Michael

Langone, executive director of the International Cultic Studies Association, came up with a list of characteristics associated with cultic groups. This list outlines 15 key traits of cults, of which seven surely hold true for academia, while another four also arguably apply. These include but are not limited to: “The group is elitist, claiming a special, exalted status for itself … ” (modern universities and those educated in them have relied on their supposed claim to enlightenment and refinement to assert their superiority to the supposedly ignorant, uneducated masses), “The group is preoccupied with bringing in new members,” “The group is preoccupied with making money,” “Members are expected to devote inordinate amounts of time to the group

and group-related activities.” So what is it about academia and its function in society that gives it this cultic nature? Well, the institution of education in our society exists primarily for the economic welfare of its members once they leave it. Reduced to its bare bones, it’s analogous to a very complicated and drawn-out sunscreen investment: You buy (or don’t, if you’re not rich enough) a very expensive sunscreen. Then, you spend four years performing tedious forms of labor to apply it. Finally, having applied it (and, with that, having shown that you can perform labor of an equivalent dullness as applying it), you are (considered) hardier than others who didn’t apply it, so you’re entitled to better jobs than them. But there are a few condi-

tions that must be maintained for this process to occur smoothly. The first is that the sunscreen should be regarded by everyone as being scarce, whether or not it is. Or in the terms of education, knowledge, that which can make you a productive member of society deserving of wages, should be seen as scarce—this makes it possible for it to be commoditized as “an education” and sold. Second, if the sunscreen is to be regarded as scarce, the best way to do this is to construct a vault, a gatekeeper institution, within which it is confined. With that, in the case of higher education, we have universities. And third, if the grand farce t hat people more meaningfully (reward-worthily) contribute to society if they’ve applied a certain

kind of sunscreen—and the underlying notion that only tasks that require sunscreen actually are “productive” tasks in society—is to be maintained, elaborate setups and acts of ornateness must inflate this institution with legitimacy, both to itself and to the world. This is why the actual knowledge-creating and disseminating wing of the university, academia, is necessarily infused with a cult-like f lavor. And once a year, the cult comes out, wizard-like and performing liturgy, to celebrate itself and the institution of education it serves. Let’s admit it. It’s only because universities are such an accepted part of our culture that we don’t raise an eyebrow at a few thousand people coming out in gowns and weird hats once a year

to be acknowledged as being smart by a few hundred other people in gowns and weird hats. Graduation is a cult ritual, and demystified, this is what it really amounts to: The knowledge we hold within our confines is sacred and exclusive, as is the act of acquiring it. You, who have paid and worked to acquire it, are now indeed superior members of society: smarter, savvier and thus better deserving of material wealth. Let us pay homage to our institution and the knowledge it holds and what it gives to its members. And to really make people think we’re special, let’s put a mortarboard on our heads for a day.

College rankings should include sexual violence stats Trigger warning: Rape, sexual violence and sexual assault. art of an authentic college or university experience is being able to compare one’s school to those of their peers. Bragging, we bring up the successes of our sports teams, the quality of our parties and where we sta nd in national academia. We take all of t hese things into consideration when Nicky Vaught we decide Opinion Editor which colleges best suit our needs. Once we enter the job world, our employers take into consideration some of the very same things. Very rarely do safety or crime statistics come up, and for good reason. No one wants to talk about violent crimes in casual conversation. In fact, it’s probably safe to say that few people fully know the ins and outs of their campus’s approach to crime and student safety—especially when it comes to sexual violence. Aside from the occasional scandal, usually in which a high-profile athlete has committed some atrocious crime, college students suffer from a serious lack of conversations about rape and sexual assault. Former President Jimmy Carter recently published A Call To Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power, in which he explores the many ways men around the world reduce women to their inferiors. Carter cites

Julie Smitka, junior in physics

Is it privilege or hard work?

al Fortgang, a freshman at Princeton University, has stirred up a controversial debate regarding so-called “white male privilege” since the publication of his column, “Why I’ll Never Apologize for my White Male Privilege,” in Time magazine. Fortgang claims that all he and his Ziyi Mai family have Staff achieved is Columnist due to their hard work, attributing little to their skin color. The tone of the column is furious because people, who he called “detractors,” attributed his success to the fact that he is a white male. “I do condemn them for diminishing everything I have personally accomplished, all the hard work I have done in my life, and for ascribing all the fruit I reap not to the seeds I sow, but to some invisible patron saint of white maleness who places it out for me before I even arrive,” Fortgang said. He rebuked them by writing about his grandfather, who fled from his home in Poland when the Nazis invaded and was put into a displaced persons camp in Siberia, where he did years of hard labor. In a world where the concept of political correctness dominates mainstream media, the courage to challenge it should be praised, regardless of whether Fortgang’s personal view is right. As Judge Learned Hand said, “The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too

sure that it is right.” The dominance of political correctness like this undermines the foundation of a free society. To speak out is to risk being kicked out of college. Highly politicalized, the column polarized the media. Those on the right, such as New York Times columnist John Podhoretz and conservative pundit Shoshana Weissmann, praised Fortgang as a hero. The left, of course, accused Fortgang again of a fundamental misunderstanding of the definition of privilege. Dunni Oduyemi and Parul Guliani, students at Columbia University, responded to Fortgang’s article, pointing out that he “completely misses the point and grossly misinterprets the meaning of privilege.” What is in the center of the debate has less to do with political stances and more to do with the history and the wound that divided this nation: slavery. Connecting that period with politics without any respect to history is ignorant. Jacqueline Battalora, a sociology professor at Saint Xavier University, said Fortgang doesn’t seem to understand this country’s history. In 1790, the first United States Congress determined that, to be a naturalized citizen of this country, one had to be white, a ruling that remained valid until 1952. The immigration laws at that time allowed Fortgang’s family to flourish in the U.S. But at the time the Founding Fathers made these laws, they didn’t even think black people were people at all. It makes little sense to consider what the

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forefathers would think of the U.S. today. Both left and right in the Congress agreed to exclude African Americans as naturalized citizens, paving the way for white American men. Many still may not know that even white immigrants from Europe faced discrimination because of their religious beliefs. In the 19th century, for instance, the Irish flocked to the new world because of a devastating famine striking Ireland. Many Irish people were banned from accessing public service and electing officers in many states just because they were Catholics. White immigrants may have faced discrimination on some levels, but that doesn’t mean they have suffered any hardship to the same degree as African Americans, as they could at least reap the benefits of becoming naturalized citizens. Yes, people of color and women of all ethnicities were once suppressed in this country supposedly meant for immigrants. But the 14th Amendment lays a legal framework for them to fight for their equal rights and privileges. The nonviolent resistance of Rosa Parks changed the landscape of the way that the South treated African Americans. Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton led a movement that has ended up landing women the right to vote. Numerous heroic stories to show that it is better to fight and change what is unjust than to envy those who succeed through their hard work.

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college campuses as among the foremost influential contributors to sexual violence in the United States. On one occasion, he referred to colleges and universities as “breeding grounds” for rapists due to how disproportionately underreported these crimes are. We cannot blame the victims. Women who have been raped or sexually abused in any way are often met with skepticism or hostility. For instance, some students at UNC-Chapel Hill started an “I Stand With Landen” campaign, as they felt as though the school’s honor court was trying to silence Landen Gambill when she claimed an abusive ex-boyfriend had raped her. Seeing how women in these situations are treated, it makes sense other women would feel compelled to keep quiet about their experiences. Fortunately, the feminist organization UltraViolet recently started a petition to have The Princeton Review, which frequently publishes college rankings, to include sexual assault rankings in its future publications. Currently, The Princeton Review ranks schools based on the following criteria: academics/administration, campus life, town life, schools by type, politics, quality of life extracurriculars and social scene. None of these include anything to do with campus safety or sexual assault prevention or reaction programs, but they should. According to UltraViolet, “55 campuses are under federal investigation for failing to take rape reports seriously.” The organization asserts that high school students and prospective college students have a right to know which

colleges have significant problems with sexual violence. Ideally, The Princeton Review would rank colleges based on whether they report all known cases of sexual violence, encourage victims to speak up about their experiences without fear of ostracism, and whether the campus has any sort of (wellfunded) prevention and response program. An obvious concern in ranking colleges on sexual violence statistics might be the possibility of encouraging underreporting, as administrators would want to downplay the rates of offenses as much as possible. However, given that college rankings would include some sort of sexual violence resource for students, such as N.C. State’s Relationship and Sexual Violence Phone Line, it’s possible schools would take the funding of those programs into heavier consideration. Additionally, the people working for those programs would report or publish the statistics, as opposed to other administrators or campus police. The Princeton Review now includes links to campuses’ security pages on its website, which, according to NPR, it did not previously offer. Whether or not students feel safe greatly factors into quality of life, and it’s high time schools took rape and sexual assault more seriously. Though including sexual violence statistics in college rankings will not put an end to these crimes, it will at least force administrators to take them more seriously and will offer incoming students a more holistic knowledge of the schools they consider attending.

“Yes. I’m actually a volunteer for a dom e st ic vio l e nce p l a c e , a n d I t h i n k i t ’s important for us to know.”

“Yeah, I do, mainly because it’s an important issue when looking to go to a college. What student would want to put themselves in an environment where that is possible or more likely to happen ? ” Meredith Kittrell junior, political science

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NC Theatre Celebrates 30th Anniversary Sara Awad Staff Writer

The North Carolina Theatre, the largest professional theater in the state, reminisced Friday as it celebrated its 30th anniversary. The theater staged its first production of “Camelot” on May 24, 1984. According to Lisa Grele Barrie, the president and CEO of the NC Theatre, this show was a result of the work of founder De Ann Jones, a “committed” and “engaged” founding board and financial support from the City of Raleigh. A history of change and success “It definitely got our attention in the sense that for many, many years, Raleigh Little Theatre and probably Theatre in the Park were, ‘the only act in town,’ so to speak, when it came to theater,” said Linda Bamford, the first managing director of RLT from 1983-1991. “And so, with the inception of the North Carolina Theatre, obviously another player came to be, and that added what I would consider a very healthy competition.” One of the goals for the theater involved creating a market for Broadway entertainment in Downtown Raleigh, according to Barrie. “I’ve heard folks say that you could throw a bowling ball down Fayetteville Street on a Friday night because nobody was downtown,” Barrie said. “You could say that NC Theatre played an early role in building out Raleigh’s vibrant arts and culture scene.” The theater also transformed the area economically, Barrie said. “When North Carolina Theatre became an anchor at Memorial Auditorium and started doing bigname musicals that people were eager to see, then it brought lots and lots of more people to Downtown Raleigh,” Bamford said. “This, I would say, really, seriously contributed to the revitalization of Downtown Raleigh and, as a result of there being theater downtown in the evenings, then restaurants began to spring up and of course we have so much now in Downtown Raleigh.” The theater reached a “pinnacle of success” in 1998 with the touring production of “Phantom of the Opera” when the number of subscribers (people who buy season tickets instead of single tickets) increased by 14,000, according to Barrie.

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Above: NC Theatre hosted “The Producers” in 2011. Below: NC Theatre hosted “CATS” in 2013.

“Times have changed considerably in 15 years, so we are now adjusting our success measures,” Barrie said. “We’ve refined our business model and are employing best practices in sales and marketing with a sharp focus on patron loyalty.” In 2004, the NC Theatre Conservatory was launched to train youth for the theater business and stage life, according to Barrie. “The Conservatory creates the artists and audiences of tomorrow because they grow up with a deep appreciation for theater and performing,” Barrie said. “In addition, they learn the important 21st century learning skills like communication, creativity, collaboration and critical thinking.” Two years later, contributions to the theater from patrons, corporations, foundations and government support topped $1 million, according to Barrie. The celebration With a long history of success, including the upcoming awarding of the 2014 Raleigh Medal of Arts to Terrence Mann, who played King Arthur in the theater’s first show, NC Theatre chose to celebrate through a public relations campaign, sharing stories on social media and “engaging the entire NC Theatre community in celebrating the past and envisioning the future,” according to Barrie.

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According to NC Theatre Producer Carolee Baxter, one of her favorite moments at the theater occurred during the opening of “High School Musical.” “The audience started cheering and clapping when the house lights went to half, and I could see 2,300 people there,” Baxter said. “To know that you are about to make that many people happy is quite an ego boost.” Barrie said every show the theater puts on “inspires” her, and because of the anniversary, she said she can put things into perspective and see what the future may hold for the theater, such as a push to create new titles that people can enjoy instead of relying solely on well-known musicals. For example, in 2013, the theater produced “Nerds,” a preBroadway engagement that told the

story of Steve Jobs and Bill Gates. “We really took a risk to produce a show that was a brand new title,” Baxter said. “We pulled it off so seamlessly that we are now setting a new bar for ourselves. NC Theatre also sets the bar high for other theater companies. “It has given us the ability to see the quality of the professional shows that they do down there and aspire to that,” said John McIlwee, director of University Theatre. “I think it has been one of the premier arts venues and organizations of the Triangle. We use their successes as goals for our success.” With a number of theaters spread out across the area, McIlwee said he felt lucky each one could contribute something unique to the arts, whether it’s NC Theatre’s professional musicals or a University

Theatre modern drama. “I think all of the producing theater companies in town wish them another successful 30 years,” McIlwee said.

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Disney’s “The Little Mermaid:” July 29 – Aug. 3 “A Chorus Line:” Oct. 14-19 • 2015 “Nice Work If You Can Get It:” Jan. 20-25 “Billy Elliot:” Feb. 10-15 “Peter and the Starcatcher:” March 10-15 “Next to Normal:” May 1-10 “The Buddy Holly Story:” July 21-26

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Neon Trees delivers knockout concert in Raleigh Sara Awad Staff Writer

Blinding blue lights pierced the darkness of the small but packed Lincoln Theatre Saturday night, as colorfully dressed Neon Trees lead singer Tyler Glenn took to the stage wearing his neon orange glasses, as part of the band’s Fame is Dead tour. Neon Trees guitarist Christopher Allen, bass guitarist Branden Campbell, drummer Elaine Bradley and special guest on keyboard and percussion Aaron Grant joined Glenn as they delighted attendees with new-age, emotional, alternative pop/ rock songs from their recently released third studio album, “Pop Psychology,” as well as with old favorites. The high moments The special effect lighting amplified the fun mood set by many of the band’s songs, such as the first song of the night, “Lessons in Love (All Day, All Night),” which effectively got the audience singing, “All day, all night, I got the lights in my eyes.” Glenn did a great job connecting to the audience with humorous anecdotes through which the audience learned

about his own troubles finding love as he lamented the fact that he was 30 and single, providing the perfect setup for the popular “Love in the 21st Century.” “Animal” made the crowd go wild as everyone started singing the lyrics.

“The concert picked up during the second half as the audience began to loosen up ... ” Though the audience kept dancing to a minimum, Glenn added energy to the crowd, going so far as to get on the floor himself during “Moving in the Dark.” He tried to tell the audience how “intimate” and “passionate” the venue made the concert seem, as it was the smallest room he had played in while on tour. Grant added a nice touch to the concert, especially when he played a beautiful, soft and innocent piano intro during

“Trust” with the lights off, setting a more relaxed mood. Of course, that did not last for long as Glenn quickly threw his jacket to the side when he spun across the stage, revealing to the audience that he could not only sing, but also dance. The concert picked up during the second half as the audience began to loosen up, especially during the hit single “Sleeping with a Friend” and the most anticipated song of the night, “Everybody Talks.” The low moments Though less of a problem when Neon Trees performed, the high volume and poor audio quality and static muffled the lyrics of many songs, making the band sound better on its albums than in concert. Song-wise, “Your Surrender” and “Mad Love” did not live up to the rest of the band’s performances. “Your Surrender” slowed things down (a little too much), although the energy did pick back up with Glenn’s heartfelt solo moment toward the end of the song. As for “Mad Love,” the band tried to tell a story of how love doesn’t always make sense to outsiders by hav-

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Neon Trees lead vocalist Tyler Glenn performs at the 2012 Apple Worldwide Developers Conference Bash.

ing Bradley put her head on Glenn’s shoulder, but Bradley’s vocals sounded sharp and distorted, possibly again due to the poor audio. Opening acts Nightmare and the Cat— a moody indie rock band comprised of lead vocalist Django Stewart, guitarist/ vocalist Claire Acey, guitarist Samuel Stewart, bassist Scott Henson and drummer Spike Phillips—started off

the show. Although not particularly impressive (difficulty understanding the lyrics did not help), Stewart’s vocals seemed promising, and the band showed great chemistry and passion for its music. The band Smallpools, on the other hand, almost stole the show from Neon Trees and will definitely make headlines in the future. The group had a fun, indie

pop sound to it that just made the audience feel good from drummer Beau Kulther’s high energy to Sean Scanlon’s outstanding vocal range evident during his falsetto in “Mason Jar.” Guitarist Mike Kamerman and bassist Joseph Intile rounded out the group, providing a few solos and head banging in true rocker style.

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Michael Fassbender plays the young Magneto in X-Men: Days of Future Past, directed by Bryan Singer. The movie grossed $111 million at the box office in its opening weekend.

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The best scene in the new XMen movie features a young Charles Xavier (James McAvoy) linking his mind to the subconscious of his older self, the wise Professor X (Patrick Stewart). In this moment, viewers see two versions of the same character talking with each other. In order to do what he must to save mankind, Charles has to look to his future self for guidance. It is this kind of imaginative storytelling which makes X-Men: Days of Future Past the best film yet in the series. Though it could have very well been the most convoluted and overstuffed installment, the movie turns out to be a terrifically entertaining and well-directed scifi flick, which appeals to both mainstream audiences as well as devoted X-Men fans. The story opens in a postapocalyptic world where mutants are on the verge of extinction. As the last members of their race are being hunted down by the Sentinels (giant robots which are designed to terminate mutants), Professor X and Magneto (Ian McKellen) unite the few survivors remaining. Knowing they are already defeated, their only hope is to send one of their own back in time to erase the mistakes of the past, thereby preventing the war from ever taking place. With Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) being the only

mutant who can survive the physical transaction of transferring his subconscious to the body of his younger self, the famous X-Men veteran travels back in time to 1973. Wolverine’s mission is to prevent the shape-shifting mutant Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence) from assassinating Dr. Bolivar Trask (Peter Dinklage), the scientist who developed the Sentinel program. But in order to do this, Wolverine must convince the young Xavier and young Magneto Erik Lehnsherr (Michael Fassbender) to work together, at a time when the rival mutants were neck and neck with one another. With a limited amount of time and the fate of humanity at stake, failure here is not an option. The Usual Suspects director Bryan Singer returns to make his third X-Men movie, with his other two being the original and X2. He also cowrote and produced X-Men: First Class, and it is clear he has been eager to tackle this film for quite some time. Singer’s style of filmmaking is absolutely fantastic in Days of Future Past. Not only are the visual effects great, but everything from the positioning of the camera to the choreographing in each scene is dynamic. In particular, a scene that comes to mind takes place during a wonderfully entertaining cameo with Quicksilver (Evan Peters), a mutant who is in essence the Marvel equivalent of DC’s The Flash. As he helps Wolverine and company break the young Magneto out of prison, a slow-motion sequence takes place here which demonstrates some of the most precise camera movements in a

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Hugh Jackman, Michael Fassbender, and James McAvoy star as Wolverine, Magneto and Charles Xavier, respectively, in X-Men:

big-budget blockbuster I’ve seen in recent years. Rather than apply the shaky camera technique that is so popular today, Singer invites audiences to absorb each shot in its entirety. In conjunction with Singer’s style, the screenplay by writer/producer Simon Kinberg tells a coherent and engaging storyline, which is both well-paced and devotes a proper amount of time to each central character. Despite a few noticeable continuity errors with previous X-Men installments, which is kind of inevitable in a timetravel movie on this massive a scale, the script is nonetheless one of the stronger aspects of the film. When I first saw the trailer, I had my reservations about Wolverine being the central protagonist yet again. Although I love the character and Jackman’s iconic portrayal of him, he has already had five movies to shine in. In the comic series which the movie is based on, it’s actually Kitty Pryde (Ellen Page) who is sent back in time. Nevertheless, the movie does a great job of making

Wolverine a team player. While Jackman has plenty of great scenes, there are equally strong performances from supporting cast members. And because Wolverine plays the role of the mentor this time around, the characters who undergo the most development are Charles and Mystique. In addition to the casts of the original trilogy and First Class being united in this film, we also get to see “Game of Thrones” star Peter Dinklage join the movie’s roster of celebrities. This is made all the better by the fact that Trask is made into an intriguing character with realistic motivations, rather than a one-dimensional mad scientist. With a movie this big and a cast that includes everyone from McAvoy to Halle Berry, there are million ways it had the potential to fail. Not only could the story have been too outlandish and crammed, but an excess of big names might have prevented it from having a core group of central characters. Instead, X-Men: Days of Future Past avoids all these

mistakes, resulting in a wildly entertaining thrill ride from start to finish. Despite a number of ups and downs within the franchise as a whole, this film succeeds where previous installments have failed.

Whether it’s the story, the directing, or the all-star cast, there’s something for everyone to enjoy in this knockout of a blockbuster movie.

N.C. State writing workshop acquires new director Katie Liguori Staff Writer

This summer, N.C. State’s Creative Writing department will host its seventh consecutive Young and Teen Writers’ Workshop. This year, the program has a new director: Eric Roe. The workshop started in 2007 as a pilot program for students ranging from fourth grade to twelfth grade, and is designed to engage and challenge budding young writers. Roe, who graduated with a Masters in Fine Arts from N.C. State in 2008, has been teaching in the English department for the past four years. Before returning to N.C. State to teach, Roe spent several semesters at Duke University, Meredith College and Durham Technical Community College teaching English 101 and introductory literature courses. While working at Meredith College, Roe took part in a week-long

summer writing camp for young kids. Roe himself began writing at the age of 11. “When I started writing, I had a lot of people who were very encouraging,” Roe said. “I know how important it is to have somebody there encouraging you and I think this is a really good program for that.” When the director’s position became available several months ago, Roe said he was immediately interested in taking it. Laura Giovanelli, the former director of the workshop, encouraged Roe to do so. With the start of the workshop right around the corner and being completely new to this particular program, Roe says this position has not been too difficult to pick up. “I was fortunate to be handed a program that is very well organized and very well put together,” Roe said. “Laura has been very helpful in guiding me through what I need to do for the program.” Roe says he is hoping to have

around 100 students participate in the workshop this summer. The program aims to keep the class sizes small to ensure that students are receiving the full benefit of it and are able to have more one-on-one time with the instructors. The classes begin later in the afternoon and will involve two different types of writing each day. Classes offered include fiction, poetry and creative non-fiction, among others. This summer, Roe is hoping to reinstitute the practice of taking students to museums on the first Friday of each workshop. On these trips, students will participate in Ekphrastic writing exercises, or writing that is inspired by a work of art, and other forms of art-inspired writing. Roe feels that young writers who want to pursue a career in writing can really benefit from programs such as this. Writing is a difficult field to get into, but Roe believes that if it is something you truly love,

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Skylar Teague, Madeline Yeung, and Alec Simkiss collaborate with one another at a past year’s Young and Teen Writers’ Workshop, put on annually by N.C. State’s creative writing program.

determination is essential. “You shouldn’t quit for anything … it is the writing itself that is the reward,” Roe said. The first cycle of the Young Writers’ Workshop begins July 7, and the

Teen Writers’ Workshop begins July 21. Students who are interested in the program can find further details, as well as the application, on the English department’s website.

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ing to play around helped us and limited the quality in their front two [forwards].” Findley’s attention on transition attacking soon came into play as Duke committed more men forward to break the unyielding N.C. State lines, effectively conceding space behind their back four. By quickly breaking forward when in possession, State found a tying goal through a looping header from senior striker Nick Surkamp. Shortly thereafter, another lightning-quick Wolfpack attack forced the Blue Devils to foul a few yards outside the box, and State sophomore midfielder Michael Bajza curled a free kick past the

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had a successful season as a whole. The junior recorded a team-high 24 wins, including five against ranked opponents. Mudge and Dempster took the court Thursday to face Baylor’s No. 21 pairing of senior Patrick Pradella and junior Mate Zsiga. The Pack team was the underdog of the matchup, ranked 29th in the nation heading into the

diving Duke goalkeeper. State would make it three before half time, as left-footed junior defender Reed Norton swung a dangerous free kick in from the right. The Duke keeper hesitated, and the ball bounced untouched through the crowded six-yard box and into the side netting. Even up by two heading into the second half, the N.C. State team continued to attack at will in the second half. Junior defensive midfielder Holden Fender found himself played through down the right, and the Wolfpack captain managed to slam the ball home from a near impossible angle to go up 4-1. A lthough Duke would score another goal, the Wolfpack was rampant. Particularly impressive was the manner in which the team limited Duke’s offensive

by vigorous defensive pressing while also maintaining possession and alternating the speed of counter attacks. Sophomore right midfielder Travis Wannemuehler earned a penalty after good work on the right, which was easily dispatched by Bajza. To finish the scoring, a wonderfully worked move featuring quick, vertical combinations put sophomore midfielder Yanni Hachem in front of the net, and the Cary native easily slotted home the Pack’s sixth goal. On a whole, the Duke win was a statement of just what this N.C. State team can do when motivated, although the early concession was a warning of what happens when the team comes out flat. Though the loss of star players Nazmi Albadawi, Alex Martinez, and Fabian

Otte hurts the Wolfpack individually, Findley has created a cohesive unit that remains positionally sound, strong defensively, and lightning quick on transition attacks. Although the Wolfpack’s two losses to UNC-Wilmington and Navy showed the team’s imperfections, Findley and his players are capable of a putting together a special season which could see them make the NCAA tournament, a brutally difficult task given the ACC’s quality. “The biggest thing we’ve discovered about ourselves this spring is that if we work hard, we have the ability to get wins,” Findley said. “However, it’s our mentality and our commitment to the team concept that will make us successful.”

contest. Both sets were tightly contested, with the second ending in a seven-point tiebreak. In the end, Mudge and Dempster edged the Bears’ duo to take the opening match, 6-4, 7-6 (7). With the win, the pair tied the N.C. State record for most doubles wins in a single season at 20. The Wolfpack duo could not break that record, however, as the team fell the next day to juniors Gregory Bayane and Chase Melton of California-Berkley, ranked 21st in the nation.

Mudge and Dempster took the first set by a score of 7-5. Both teams battled back and forth with ferocity, with no broken serves through the first 10 sets. The Pack duo was able to break to go up 6-5, and Dempster served out the set to go up 1-0. However, the Golden Bear duo put the pedal to the medal in the second set, burning the Pack duo, 6-2, to tie the match at one set apiece. In the final set, teams held serves through the first eight sets, but the Pack pairing was able to break to take a 5-4

lead. Mudge and Dempster couldn’t close, however, as the Golden Bears responded with a break of their own. After heading to a tiebreak, Bayane and Melton proved to be too much, as they took the final set and the game, 5-7, 6-2, 7-6 (5). Even with the loss, Mudge and Dempster made their mark on N.C. State history, despite not playing together for the entire season.

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athlete. Taylor beat her own school record in the event earlier in the season. Sophomore Alexis Perry will look to build on her stellar year, as she will run in the 100-meter hurdles and participate in the long jump. Perry holds the school record in long jump, and is currently ranked fifth in the region. Distance running is also a strength for the women,

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Wolfpack makes history at Championships Grant garners Academic AllAmerican honors

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On May 22, College Sports Information Dire c tor s of America announced its Academic All-American selections, and N.C. State senior right fielder Kirsty Grant made the cut. Grant was named to the CoSIDA Academic AllAmerican third team, becoming the second player in N.C. State history to receive the accolade. In the 2014 season, Grant recorded the third-highest batting average on the Wolfpack squad at .299 and recorded 41 hits, as well as 14 RBIs. The Ontario native was also 18-for19 on stolen base attempts and tied the school record with three stolen bases in a single game. In the classroom, Grant compiled a 3.852 cumulative GPA in biological sciences. SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS

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The N.C. State women’s golf team wrapped up its season Friday with a 10thplace finish in the NCAA National Championships, the best result in program history. “It was great to have their hard work and their effort being showcased,” head coach Page Marsh said. The Wolfpack entered the four-day event coming off its best team round of the 2014 season. On May 10, in the final day of the NCAA Regional Championships, three of the State golfers recorded scores of 69 to boost the Pack to tie for third place and a berth to its second appearance at Nationals in three years. However, the momentum gained by the State team’s success at Regionals was lost once Nationals began. The Pack golfers struggled heavily in their first day in Tulsa, Okla. as the team shot for a combined score of +27. The rocky start placed the Pack in 23rd out of 24 teams heading into the second day of competition. “I think we had a solid start. We left a few out there on the back, but it’s a four-day event,” Marsh said. “I reminded them it’s a marathon, not a sprint. We always have good finishes. We’re known for that.” Junior Augusta James

did manage to maintain her stellar performance on the first day, shooting a 74 (+4) to tie for 28th overall. At Regionals, James finished with a score of -5, tied for fourth place in the competition. The fall to the back end of the standings proved to be the wake-up call the Pack desperately needed. The State team came out firing on all cylinders on the second day of competition, shooting the second-best team score of the day at +4 and tying the team at 13th in the event. “I was really proud of them today. They really came back and fought hard and played with a lot of determination,” Marsh said. “Today, they were really steady and determined. I still think about things as a four-day event. You break that down shot-byshot; it’s very methodical.” Individually, James and junior Lindsay McGetrick each shot an even par to lead their team. McGetrick sank five birdies on the day, improving her first day’s score by eight strokes. State’s early start at 9:36 a.m. on the second day of competition proved to work in the team’s favor. The calm morning breeze proved to be much more favorable than the 30 mile-per-hour gusts that the team had to endure during its afternoon tee time on the first day. “It’s always nice to tee off early, especially here in Oklahoma,” senior Ava Menendez

said after the second day. “Today we felt a huge difference from yesterday. Not trying to control the wind, but playing with it, was a better mindset for me.” The Pack had an early start on the third day as well, starting the day at 9:25 a.m., and once again, the team delivered. The team walked to the clubhouse at the end of the day with its best result of the 2014 season, shooting a combined score of even par. “We have made aggressive moves forward as a team,” James said. “We’ve improved each day, and that’s important.” James stepped up once again to lead the Pack with a 67 (-3), lifting herself to sixth overall in the individual standings. The junior sank four birdies on the day. “I was happy to be pretty steady today,” James said. “To eliminate the double that I had in the first round the last couple days has helped. It’s not as easy to make the birdies when you’re making the bigger numbers.” Senior Brittany Marchand, who was All-ACC this season, finally showed some life, shooting a 69 (-1) after shooting a combined +12 on the first two days. The State players’ skill on the course prompted another huge jump in the standings. Heading into the final day of competition, the Pack was tied with two other teams for sixth place.

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Senior Brittany Marchand follows through on a drive during the NCAA Divison I Women’s Golf Championships held in Tulsa, OK this past week. Marchand finished 43rd amongst all competitors, aiding the Wolfpack in its 10th-place overall (tie) finish in the tournament, its best finish in school history.

Despite a drop in the standings to 10th after the final day of competition, the Wolfpack managed to set a school record for the best finish at Nationals in program history. Seniors Marchand and Menendez both ended their

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State sends three to NCAA Individuals Zack Tanner Sports Editor

Though the N.C. State men’s tennis team failed to qualify for the NCAA Team Championships, three members of the Wolfpack participated in the Individual Championships this past week in Athens, Ga. Junior Austin Powell and the team of junior Robbie Mudge and freshman Ian Dempster represented N.C. State in the Singles and Doubles Championships, respectively. Though Powell was ousted in the opening round, Mudge and Dempster managed to fight all the way to the Round of 16 before being dropped by their opponent. Powell was the first to take the court at the Championships. The junior was matched against junior Jonny Wang of the University of Southern California, winner of the 2014 Team Championships. Entering the match, Wang was ranked 57th in the nation, while Powell sat at No. 56. The match started off in Powell’s favor. The Muscle Shoals, Ala. native broke Wang’s serve to take a 3-1 lead. However, the Tro-

Today, N.C. State will send 17 of its best athletes to Jacksonville, Fla. to compete in the 2014 NCAA Outdoor Regional Track & Field Championships. Of the 12 female and five male athletes, five are participating in multiple events and four are ranked in the top five in the region in a particular event.

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throwers. Juniors SeQuoia Watkins and Tremanisha Taylor and sophomore Nicole Chavis will all be representing State in the discus throw. Watkins and Taylor rank at No. 4 and No. 6 in the event, respectively. Taylor will also be participating in the shot put competition, and enters Regionals as the top-seeded

The players of the N.C. State men’s soccer team head to their summer teams bolstered by a strong preseason, which culminated in a 6-2 thrashing of the Duke Blue Devils at the end of April. Though the spring preseason was an up-and-down affair featuring three wins, two losses and a draw, head coach Kelly Findley can take great encouragement from his side’s domination of a solid ACC opponent in the final match. “The win came from our hard work defensively,” Findley said in an interview following the Duke match. “We were super organized, they were overplaying, and they gave up space behind. We created goals out of that.” The Blue Devils attacked immediately after the opening whistle with swift individual play, engaging State defenders on the dribble. A poor clearance inside the Wolfpack penalty box was capitalized on, and within five minutes, State was down a goal. The last time the Pack had seen a deficit that early, the match resulted in a 2-0 loss to UNC-Wilmington, However, the Wolfpack recovered. Findley was immediately at the sideline, directing his players to sit deeper in two solid banks of four, allowing the Duke forwards to dribble but preventing any space for them to attack dangerously. “We sat in a bit and invited them to try to play around us,” Findley said. “The moments they took try-

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Junior Robbie Mudge smashes a ball over the net during his and teammate Ian Dempster’s doubles match with Boston College’s Matt Wagner and Aiden McNulty at the J.W. Isenhour Tennis Complex April 4. The duo, along with junior Austin Powell, represented N.C. State in the NCAA Individuals Championship this past week.

jan responded swiftly, winning four straight matches to move in front by two. Despite winning the next point, Powell could not break Wang’s serve a second time and fell, 6-4, in the opening set. During the 2014 season, Powell

went 2-12 after losing the first set. Conversely, Wang was 18-1 when heading into the second set with a 1-0 lead. Wang smelt blood at the start of the second set, breaking Powell’s serve twice to win four straight sets.

Despite battling back to shorten the deficit to 4-3, Powell couldn’t hang with Wang’s serve, falling to the Trojan, 6-4, 6-3. Despite the early exit, Powell

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careers on Friday, and by completing the Championship, the two have played every round in every tournament for the Pack in the past four years. James finished the final day with a 73 (+3), putting her at +4 and 13th for the entire event.

In the men’s competition, distance running will be the main attraction. Redshirt senior Andrew Colley, currently ranked fifth in the region in the 5,000-meter, will look to earn a third trip to Nationals in the event. Redshirt sophomore Graham Crawford is not far behind the senior in the 5,000-meter rankings at No. 7. Crawford is also ranked sixth in the region in the 1,500-me-

ter, and holds the school’s seasonhigh in both events. Sophomore Jonathon Addison will also look to take a trip to Nationals in one of his two events: long jump and high jump. The Raleigh native has four first-place finishes in long jump on the season and is currently No. 13 in the region. The Wolfpack women pride themselves in their powerful