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Oregon combats student loan debt

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payments would be based on how much a graduate would make.

Collectively, student debt The percentage, duration of in the U.S. totals more than time needed to pay back the a trillion dollars, and some loan, and details on any salanalysts say it could lead ary requirements have yet to to financial disaster for the be determined. economy as a whole in the The program will be called future if it’s not addressed.

“Pay Forward, Pay Back,” and In response to those dire will be crafted by several Orpredictions, Oregon’s state egon education groups. The legislature passed a bill earlier final program will be considthis month ered by the that could 2015 legislachange the ture. way ma ny Although students similar tupay back ition stratetheir college gies are beexpenses. ing used in In a unanAustralia, imous deciO re gon i s Krista Domnick, director of s i on , O rthe first state scholarships and financial aid egon’s state in the U.S. legislature to attempt a decided to develop a pilot change of this nature. This program that could allow new initiative passed in the future students to attend same week that federal subcollege without having to sidized student loan interest pay up-front tuition or take rates doubled from 3.4 to 6.8 out student loans. In this percent. program, students would be In a similar Australian able to go to college for free plan, called “FEE-HELP”, and then pay a percentage the percentage of what one of their income to repay the pays is based off of how much state over a set number of they make. If a student makes years after graduation. less than $51,309 a year, they Although many details are do not have to pay anything. still in the works, the idea When they reach that mark, here is that students would they will have to pay 4 percent not have to be burdened by large student debt because LOANScontinued page 2 Correspondent

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NCSU leads national ranking Chris Hart-Williams Correspondent

N.C. State is in the spotlight after a new national ranking recognized it as a top institution in science, technology, engineering and math education.

U.S. News & World Report reported that N.C. State was the highest-ranked public land-grant institution among top national colleges and universities that award substantial numbers of bachelor’s degrees in the STEM fields.

The new list of the nation’s top STEM

schools was published June 18 in conjunction with U.S. News’ STEM Solutions conference.

Schools on the list ranked in the top half of the 2013 Best Colleges list, which included 281 national colleges and universities, and awarded a third or more of their undergraduate degrees in STEM fields throughout the 2011-2012 academic year. Only 39 institutions of the Best Colleges group made the cut to be on the list.

Last year 48 percent of the bachelor’s degrees awarded at N.C. State were in a

STEM field, placing it 17th overall and seventh among public universities. It was the highest-ranked public land-grant institution on the list.

Dean Daniel Solomon, head of the new College of Sciences, said STEM students at N.C. State get the opportunity to be among other highly motivated students while to engaging in hands-on, cuttingedge research.

Emily Van Schagen, a junior in human biology, said she decided N.C. State

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“As of right now, I don’t see it as a magic bullet to fix any problems ... ”

Tax bill awaits McCrory Tim Gorski Deputy News Editor

After much debate among lawmakers concerning Republican-led tax reform, the House and Senate have signed House bill 998 which has now been sent to Gov. Pat McCrory for final approval.

T he G ove r nor w i l l l i k e l y be in favor of this proposal.

The bill was passed 77-38 in the House and 32-17 in the Senate. Most voters cast straight ballots in support of their respective parties on this bill, and only two Democrats were in favor of the new provisions.

Under this tax plan, corporate income tax would fall from 6.9 to 5 percent and personal income tax would decrease from 7.75 percent to 5.75 percent.

These rates are less ambitious than the original Tax Fairness Act proposed by Phil Berger earlier this year, but are nonetheless a considerable win for Republican legislators.

The implications of Fair Tax oriented plans such as this bill are a polarizing subject of debate among Democrats and Republicans nationwide.

Republican advocates of the tax plan argue that bill would lower tax rates to be competitive with surrounding states and shift the burden of taxes from income to sales taxes.

Republicans emphasize that this plan will benefit small businesses and help stimulate the economy.

Democrats claim that Bill 998 would disproportionally shift the tax burden from high income earners to lower income earners, a strategy which they claim is unfair and not proven to facilitate economic growth.

According to policy analysts, over a third of the total income tax cut applies only to the top 1 percent of income earners who have average incomes of $940,000 a year.

Democrats also criticize the bill for lowering the amount of annual tax revenue, not broadening the tax base and failing to close corporate tax loopholes.

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About 100 protesters were in downtown Raleigh to protest the acquital of George Zimmerman.

Protestors take to streets after Zimmerman verdict Jake Moser News Editor

People in cities across the United States have protested the verdict of the George Zimmerman trial since it was handed down Saturday, and Raleigh is no exception.

Zimmerman, of Sanford, Fla., was acquitted of manslaughter and second degree murder charges Saturday in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old African-American high school student.

Many claim Zimmerman

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racially profiled Martin for walking around the neighborhood where they both lived in at the time. Zimmerman got in his car and followed Martin, against police orders, and they got into

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Ajamu Dillahunt, a leader with rally organizers Black Workers for Justice, speaks at Sunday’s protest.

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a physical altercation. The teenager was shot and killed.

The day after the verdict was announced, about 100 people gathered in downtown Raleigh to protest Zimmerman’s acquittal and bring to light what they called a bigger civil rights issue.

During the protest, speakers compared Martin’s death to the 1955 slaying of Emmett Till.

Till, 14, was visiting relatives in Mississippi when he supposedly f lirted with a white woman. Later, the woman’s husband and others brutally beat Till before shooting him and throwing him in a river.

The defendants were found not guilty of the murder and later confessed after the trial to the press that they had killed Till, but they couldn’t be tried again due to double jeopardy.

The event helped inspire the civil rights movement.

“This is not new for black people in this country,” said Ajamu Dillahunt, a leader with rally organizers Black Workers for Justice, according to the News & Observer.

“Every year since 1955, black men, freedom fighters and

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PHOTO BY DANIELLE SCHMIDT others have been gunned down by the police, the paramilitary and vigilantes.”

Steven Greene, an associate professor of political science at N.C. State and a civil rights expert, generally agreed with the connection between Till and Martin.

When asked if the Zimmerman acquittal is similar to the Till murder he said, “It’s obviously a stretch, but [the Till murder] is a crystal clear case of racial injustice, so speaking to those larges issues, certainly,” Greene said.

People at the rally chanted “Guilty” and held up signs saying, “Stop the War on Black America” among others.

Speakers at the demonstration also mentioned other instances to back up the protesters’ view that the judicial system is not adequately serving African-Americans.

One example noted was the case of Carlos Riley Jr., who is accused of shooting a Durham police officer. He is currently in jail with bail set at $1 million, according to a webpage made by his family.

Supporters say Riley didn’t commit the crime, and that the officer shot himself in the leg while drawing his weapon.

They also discussed Shon McClain, an African-American inmate who was killed

by a correctional officer after an altercation.

Greene agreed with the protestors’ stance that the Zimmerman acquittal is part of a larger civil rights issue.

“Regardless of specific details, most Americans feel deep down that if a black teenager had shot a white adult and claimed self defense, there’s no way we would have seen this outcome—he would have been in jail,” Greene said. “It speaks to larger issues of race in the criminal justice system. There’s pretty good evidence that the color of your skin effects the quality of justice you receive, regardless of if the trial has bought up these issues.”

However, Greene said the case has some unclear points that could skew people’s perception of the trial.

“The problem is, you have to admit—regardless of what happened—there’s ambiguity in this case,” Greene said. “The only person who knows what happened in George Zimmerman, and he obviously has a clear agenda of how he’s going to react to that. From what I’ve read, he suffered some injuries that are, again, going to cloud our understanding of what happened.”

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hris Grubbs, a prospective N.C. State student, plays his drums on Tuesday afternoon in front of the Bell Tower. When asked why he was entertaining Hillsborough Street pedestrians on the hottest day of the week, he comically replied, “to get a tan!”

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of their income.

As their income level would rise, the percentage that students would pay would also rise, possibly to as high as 8 percent of their income.

Currently, it appears that the goal in the Oregon initiative would have all students pay a flat percentage of about 3 percent for approximately two decades.

Some critics, like Sandy Baum, senior fellow at the George Washington University Graduate School of Education, are concerned that the flat percentage rate is unfair to those who make more money.

“The people who make a lot of money end up subsidizing those who don’t make that much,” Baum said in an interview with Time.

For others, there are some limits to this plan.

Krista Domnick, the Director of Scholarships and Financial Aid at N.C. State, said that this plan does not

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replace the current system of financial aid.

“I don’t think it does replace federal student loans, because this covers tuition.

There are many charges beyond tuition that students borrow for,” Domnick said.

She said that even under this plan, there are still many expenses that would require the use of loans for many students. These include dining, books, transportation and health insurance–all of which are considered when calculating potential loans for a student.

Currently, the Oregon initiative only covers tuition.

Another unanswered question is how this initiative will be paid for. The cost is dependent on the size of the pilot program, which is also yet to be determined.

“One of the biggest pitfalls I see is a money source,” Domnick said. “The state’s going to need a source of funding to be able to offer this money up front to the student. It’s obviously a very large pool of money.”

According to the plan, one of the jobs of the joint education groups will be finding funding. The plan would need to be funded initially, but eventually payments deducted from the students who previously graduated could potentially pay for the plan’s continuation, making it self-sustaining.

“As of right now, I don’t see it as a magic bullet to fix any problems, but it’s a good thing to begin looking and to figure out another step forward,” Domnick said.

This step forward could have the potential to help a lot of students get through college without accruing as

much debt, which can be very large for many students around the country.

Ashley Crouse, a fifth year senior in criminology at N.C. State, says she’s had to take out both private and federal loans during her tenure at the University and currently owes about $17,000 in each category.

According to a student loan calculator located on Finaid. org, a student who owed $17,000 in student loans at a 6.8 percent interest rate would have to pay almost $6,500 in interest payments over a 10-year period. If one were to pay the loan over 20 years, they would spend $14,000 in interest payments.

Crouse said she is set to graduate this December and then plans on going to law school in hopes of one day being an attorney.

“That’s why I’m going to law school. I’m sick of worrying about money,” Crouse said.

Domnick said she hopes that a good education will one day be available to all students. She stressed that creative new ideas are extremely important for future students.

“Certainly in the climate we are in right now we have to be very creative and figure out, ‘Is there a better way of doing things?’” Domnick said. “This will be an interesting model to watch.”

The Oregon plan will be put together by the Higher Education Coordinating Commission, the Oregon Student Access Commission, the Oregon University System and the Department of Community Colleges and Workforce Development.

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John Payne was inspired by a trip to the Field Museum in Chicago before creating the 14 replicas in the exhibit.

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The Dinosaurs in Motion exhibit combines art and science in an informative museum experience.

Museum brings new life to old bones Avery Hocutt Staff Writer

The T-Rex shakes its enormous head, then rears to its full height. Its massive jaws crash together, each daggersized tooth gleaming. You gaze into empty eye sockets and hear it roar as the velociraptors behind it toss their heads nervously.

Are you dreaming? Is this some horrible version of Nightmare at the Museum?

No. This is “Dinosaurs in Motion,” the newest exhibit featured at the Natural Science Museum in downtown Raleigh, an installation designed to bring the ancient animals to life through the power of machines.

The exhibit features dinosaur bones constructed from scrap metal and assembled into life-sized skeletons­— with a twist. These skeletons move, thanks to apparatuses

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was the right school for her because it was known for its science programs and competitive environment.

“I feel pretty confident getting a degree from State,” Van Schagen said. “I guess I saw it was a good school, you know. I knew it had a competitive science program, and I wanted to go somewhere that would be challenging.”

Solomon said the University’s reputation as a major

ranging from pulleys to motors.

John Payne, a North Carolina artist and master craftsman, created the 14 replicas.

Payne was trained as a metalsmith and died in 2008 at the age of 58 from a stroke.

Payne was inspired by a visit to The Field Museum in Chicago. After viewing the dinosaur exhibits for hours with his children, Payne saw an opportunity to meld art and science by creating moving replicas.

The exhibit is a homage to Payne’s life and creative spirit and follows the evolution of Payne’s work as he added components to the replicas piece by piece.

When Payne began creating them, the dinosaurs were just static metal sculptures. He subsequently added springs, pulleys and cables so they became more like puppets.

Later, he added gears and

electricity. Finally, he added remote control devices and electric motors, making the last dinosaurs are extremely lifelike. Built with structures such as ball-and-socket joints, these dinosaurs move just as their real-life counterparts would have millions of years ago.

“Personally, I love puppets, but he’s stepped beyond,” said Albert Ervin, museum coordinator of special exhibits and 3D movies at the Natural Science Museum. “If he had lived longer, I can see him making ‘Transformers,’ incredible things.”

Ervin said he’s been pleased with the number of attendees in the one month the museum has been showing the exhibit.

This is the exhibit’s world premier, and the owners, Imagine Exhibitions Inc., hope to take it on a national tour.

Ervin is excited that the replicas have been brought together, since each piece had to be bought individually from the person who owned it.

Though the steel sculptures are extremely heavy, Ervin said the pulleys and other mechanisms enable even young children to move them without a problem.

The museum has made efforts to make the exhibit accessible to all age groups.

For example, a small number of children are frightened of the dinosaurs. For those children, the museum suggests taking them to the other parts of the museum to look at dinosaurs that don’t move before taking them to the exhibit.

The museum also recently had a day where it turned off the sound and lights to make the exhibit more accommodating to small children.

“We’ve done everything we can to make it more friendly,” Ervin says.

Ervin said the creative nature of the exhibit ref lects the inventive spirit of the museum.

“We want people to learn that this whole process of exploring nature can be done in multiple ways,” Ervin said. “It can be done seriously, like a scientist would do it. It can be done playfully, like child would do it. It’s about exploring—playing, having fun and seeing things through fresh eyes.”

In a video interview on YouTube Payne described his creations as being more than machines.

“We don’t try to hide the hammer marks or welding marks…we want to show that it’s [made by] a human pounding with a hammer,” Payne said. “I can feel the creatures that I’m moving.”

school in the UNC System gives the school more credibility nationally.

“We attract STEM undergraduates because students recognize that N.C. State is the science and engineering flagship of the UNC system,” Solomon said.

The creation of the College of Sciences itself illustrates the initiatives being taken at N.C. State to increase innovation within STEM fields and prepare students for the real world, Solomon said.

The new college is a merger of the colleges of Physical Sci-

ence and Mathematics. The College of Sciences officially launched this month and is now home to the physical and chemical sciences, the mathematical and statistical sciences, the biological sciences, and the earth system sciences.

According to Solomon, as science becomes more interdisciplinary, so must the curricula used to prepare students. This interdisciplinary approach is referred to as the “convergence” of the sciences.

“The creation of a broad

College of Sciences will facilitate that kind of interdisciplinary research,” said Solomon. “Many of the great problems facing society – for example in health, in energy, in environmental sustainability – are going to be solved at the interfaces among the physical, mathematical, biological and engineering sciences.”

The new college allows scientific research and mathematical analysis to work more closely together, which will benefit areas such a genetics, nanotechnology and

environmental science.

“The College of Sciences is, of course, less than two weeks old, but the programs that have come together in its formation produce 100 percent STEM graduates and will continue to do so,” said Solomon. “The faculty of the College of Sciences provides a massive amount of core instruction in our disciplines to literally every undergraduate in the University, regardless of major, as well as many graduate students.”

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Multicultural Student Affairs offers symposiums for firstyear students As part of Welcome Week, Multicultural Student Affairs at N.C. State invites first-year students to attend one of its annual symposiums. At these events, current students, faculty and staff members will be on hand to assist new students and answer their questions about N.C. State’s academic success programs and campus opportunities.

Symposium dates for 2013 are Aug. 14-15 with symposiums focusing on AfricanAmerican and multicultural interests; Aug. 16-17 with symposiums focused on African-American, Hispanic and multicultural interests; and Aug. 19-20, with symposiums focused on Native American and multicultural interests.

Each symposium is a part of the Welcome Week calendar of events and allows students full participation without missing any other welcome activities. Symposiums are interactive student sessions which include meals and run for approximately four hours on both days. All are hosted in the Witherspoon Student Center.

Student interactions will include academic success student testimonies; College Life in Raleigh; Who’s Who at N.C. State; Money Matters; Cultural Expressions; How to be “You”; Understanding Self, Others, and Differences; and Shared Experiences.

For more information on these symposiums and specific schedules for each, visit Multicultural Student Affairs’ website at http://oied. ncsu.edu/MSA/

SOURCE: N.C. STATE MULTICULTURAL STUDENT AFFAIRS

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Racism has everything to do with Zimmerman

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ast year, I was in Pennsylvania for the trial of Jerry Sandusky. This year, thanks to another coincidenta l planning of my family’s vacation, I was in Florida for George Zimmerman’s tria l. But whi le t he Megan Sandusky Ellisor case was Deputy Viewpoint Editor almost too uncomfortable to talk about, it would be wrong to avoid discussing the implications of the Zimmerman case.

Because of the lack of evidence and a poorly prepared case, the prosecution was unable to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Zimmerman was guilty of second-degree murder or manslaughter. Zimmerman was acquitted July 13. He is the only living person who knows exactly what happened the night of Trayvon Martin’s death, so it’s pointless to de-

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The furnishings are also better than any space I’ve had as a home.

But the reality of Hunt, as a library, is very different than it’s appearance. It’s not a library in the traditional sense.

People behave differently in the Hunt Library than I have observed in more traditional libraries. I think some of this is due to the expansive spaces. Some of it is also due to the way people behave in groups. Because we look to each other for our social cues, there’s inertia to those trends.

However, this is an issue that is not beyond remedy. It is an issue that can be mended without much, if any, cost.

The noise level in the library is just unreasonable.

It sounds like hyperbole that a library space could be described, accurately, as filled with clamor, but Hunt is. In spite of areas that should be kept quiet by designation, there are issues with that quiet being intruded upon by nearby activities. The etiquette for libraries has traditionally been silence and whispers. This has transformed into loud laughter, shouting and a measure of horseplay. It seems people are not aware of them-

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bate Zimmerman’s innocence as if I know any better than the jurors. But it is important to recognize the role that race played in the murder of Martin and the verdict of the trial.

Although both the prosecution and the defense claimed that this case had nothing to do with race, the racial implications of the shooting and the verdict are the very reason that this case deserves so much attention.

One of the recurring images I have seen on different social media sites in the past week compares the death of Trayvon Martin to that of Marley Lion.

Lion was murdered while resting in his car in a Charleston, S.C., parking lot. He was white and the four men who were arrested in connection to his murder are black. His death has not received the kind of national attention that Martin’s has.

The victims share some similarities — both boys were 17 years of age, and

both were unarmed and not doing anything illegal at the time of their respective murders. However, Lion’s murder was caught on tape while in Martin’s case, Zimmerman was the only witness.

Local Charlest o n a t t o rney Charlie Codon said that the Lion case “ f it a standard, robbery-type case” while Martin’s murder “had all these other factors.”

He called the comparison a stretch.

Elizabeth O’Neill, the South Carolinian mother who created the viral image that compared the two murders, said that the graphic was meant to draw attention to the Marley Lion case. “It doesn’t matter what color

selves. Maybe the issue is that they are more unaware of others. The conduct of patrons in the Hunt Library is often more the sort that should be expected in a student union. Maybe Hunt’s mandate is to be that sort of space. I don’t object to that, but it should not be designated as a library then.

It is as incongruous to serve food or conduct surgery in a bathroom as it is to make a library a noisy space.

I don’t entirely blame the culture on the patrons.

Libraries were once shepherded by the librarians who enforced the silence. I don’t think the Hunt librarians are incapable of this. They are thoughtful and hospitable.

I just think silence in the library is among their mandates. I would ask the people in charge of Hunt to consider this above the importance of promoting the technological novelties. It does not diminish the Hunt Library as a showpiece to make it a quiet space—or even a quieter space.

I would like to see more care exercised in the behavior of guided tours and of unguided visitors. It is good that this new edifice excites people about Centennial Campus and N.C. State.

However, it would be a simple matter for tour guides to ask visitors to respect the library and its silence. It would be equally simple to ask people to be quieter when asking questions. The tour guides should be charged with politely maintaining a quiet atmosphere. If they drew their tours into circles rather than speaking loudly to long rows, it would quiet things significantly. They don’t speak quietly enough for indoor environments let alone a library.

As a graduate student, I tried the graduate lounge as a retreat. While the ambient noise within is comparatively lower than the outside, it is still not what a library is supposed to be. At times

the noise from outside the graduate lounge penetrates it.

The study rooms, which should be a sanctuary from ruckus, are booked far in advance. So the accessibility to silence is stymied if it is not planned well in advance of need. If a student is unable to get into the study spaces, then that he or she has to work in the noisy parts of the library.

Just as there is a right of way on the road, there should be a swath of silence that cuts through the library. There would be nothing offensive about signs that ask patrons to be silent in the library. That used to be commonplace.

A great deal of planning and expense has gone into the Hunt Library. The Maginot Line was similarly, deliberately conceived and constructed. It would be good for this new building if the culture of it could be gently steered so that it could be as effective as it was purposed with no change to its original, thoughtful architecture.

Somewhere between how Hunt is functioning and what libraries used to be is how this library should be. Then the Hunt Library can really matter as a library. I am not nostalgic for the tight-hair-bunned librarians of my childhood, and their incessant shushing. I just want the noise level to not intrude past the earplugs I’ve taken to wearing there.

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The possibility of the fifth dimension

n what space does reality exist? We can sense four dimensions: three-dimensional space and time. Are there any more Anand dimenVardhan sions ? It Mishra Guest Columnist probably is futile to ask this question because we may never know.

This thought, however, puts our very perception of reality in question. Does the world really look like as we see it? “What is the true nature of the world?” is probably a better question. And then, what may be the nature of God? For us, anyone or anything who can perceive more dimensions of reality than us will be “God,” or closer to it, though that person or thing may just be another entity in the infinite possible multiverses.

We might be just like the dog that can’t see the rainbow.

Reality might be “right in front of us,” but we will not be able to sense it because of our inabilities. Indeed, it is quite a painful feeling that

we are doomed to be in the dark. Our mathematics have become advanced enough to show the possibility that there are parts of reality that we cannot know in its full dimensionality, but it probably can’t say what is it that we are missing. I use the word “probably” with care, because it is human nature to try and find a way out of ignorance, and even with all my confidence about our continuation of it, I still hold a fantasy in my heart to sense the fifth dimension.

Mindless optimism, I find, is not just a reason for scientific development. It is also an essential part of human survival. The conclusiveness of our inability to know, rather than being a mere disappointment, is actually quite disturbing and painful. It might be hard for a human to accept that there might be no heaven or hell or reincarnation, that death is the end of it all. Continuation of hope is engineered into the human subconscious — how, I don’t know, but we can still feel it.

It could be said that one day

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we might able to recover the missing orthogonal component of n-dimensional reality that has been lost in our incomplete reconstruction of it in the four-dimensional universe that we sense. To me, it is near impossible, because to reconstruct reality in all its completeness we need to be free from all the prejudices we have about it just because of we are human. So there, we do go back to the ancient thought of disconnecting from the illusory reality that we sense right now.

My only submission is that this reality may not be illusory, but merely incomplete. We must stop seeing the world as colored by the million colors that we know, so that we can take a look at it again and try to see the other colors that we could not see earlier. We must break the shackles imposed on our minds by the sense of space and time. Difficult as it may be — it may be impossible — I still live in this bubble of mindless optimism that maybe one day we might be able to know what lies beyond four dimensions.

“He shouldn’t have been not guilty on all charges.

Personally, I don’t care, though.

Racism is always going to be present, and the legal system is already corrupt.”

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as synonymous with wealth.

Although neither of these scenarios warranted a murder, both illustrate false preconceptions that are unfortunately accepted by many Americans — that blacks should be feared because of their tendency to act violently, and whites should be regarded as having money.

While newspaper headlines have claimed that the Zimmerman verdict sends “the wrong message,” it is not news to the black community that whites have a distinct advantage once any case reaches the legal arena.

To deny that the Zimmerman case has racial implications is to ignore the fact that racism still exists in the United States. Though our laws themselves cannot be racist, people can. And as long as our peers continue to hold racially discriminatory views, a jury of our peers cannot be trusted to make unbiased decisions.

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the neighborhood, and the suspects were only described as young, black males. Along with hundreds of thousands of other Floridians, Martin fit this vague description.

As Lisa Bloom, the lawyer, author and NBC news legal analyst explained in her recent Op-Ed contribution to The New York Times, “By the defense’s logic, all young African-American males in the neighborhood would warrant a call to the police for walking while black — this in a racially diverse, middle-class community that is 20 percent African American.”

Zimmerman approached and subsequently shot and killed Martin based on his illogical fear that he may have been up to no good.

Lion was also racially profiled, but the four black men who were arrested after his murder were not scared of Lion, as Zimmerman was of Martin. The men wanted to steal from Lion, possibly because they saw his skin color

“I feel like it could have been more fair, but after watching some of the interviews from the trial I know why they [the jury] had to make the decision they did.”

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your skin is … Two mothers still lost their son,” explained O’Neill. However, many of the tens of thousands of people who commented on the Facebook photo believed it was “reverse racism” that made Martin’s death more prominent in national news than the case of Lion.

B ot h of these murders have racial implications.

The murder of Trayvon Martin suggests that he was profiled by Zimmerman. While on the phone with a 911 dispatcher as he followed Martin, Zimmerman said, “F***ing punks.

These a**holes, they always get away.” There had been some unsolved burglaries in

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Jack The Radio performs at Amplified Art for their video album, Live At Amplified Art, which is set to release on Aug. 6.

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A crowd cheers on Jack The Radio at its performance at Amplified Art in Downtown Raleigh.

Jack The Radio changes its pace Lindsey Schaefer

the vocals.”

Devil In Here also includes a string section that Danny Johnson, a For most people, work commit- multi-instrumental member of Jack ments begin and end at their full- The Radio, said adds ‘class’ to their time career. Members of Jack The blend of southern- and indie-rock Radio, a Raleigh-based Southern “We were starting to get a sense indie-rock group, aren’t like most of our musical instincts, which is a people. nice thing to have when trying to The band, which includes two define a sound,” Hage said.

N.C. State alumni, As the date of managed to record their album debut its third full-length nears, Johnson says album, Devil In the band is focusing Here, which will be on how to perform released August 6, while going about while working fulltheir everyday lives. time in Raleigh.

“With all of us “It was the fear having full-time and excitement of jobs, it has forced ‘Can we pull this us to question how off?’ that made it to get our music out George Hage, frontman, interesting. The there without hitJack The Radio biggest thing comting the road and ing out of it is the coming back in a fact that we were able to pull it off,” year,” Johnson said. said George Hage, frontman and coJack the Radio was formed in 2005 founder of Jack The Radio. when A.C. Hill, a computer and Jack The Radio recorded Devil electrical engineering major at N.C. In Here live, a decision Hage said is State, and George Hage, a graduate rooted in sound rather than ease. student in communication media, “We wanted to focus on the orig- teamed up to begin writing and perinal form of the song,” Hage said. forming their music together.

“We wanted an opportunity for The band, which has its roots people to sit down and really hear planted in Raleigh, describes its Staff Writer

“Going to school here, we would see a lot of shows with a more Southern influence.”

music as “the type of music to blast from your porch on early summer nights to help inspire the sweltering season to come.”

“Going to school here, we would see a lot of shows with a more Southern influence,” Hage said.

The band plays everything from an electric guitar to a glockenspiel to a banjo. Using variety as a way to bring the music to life, Jack the Radio succeeds in bringing a different tone to each song they play.

Whether you are listening to the bluesy grit in “Truck Stop Man” or more of a smooth alternative sound in “Realize,” each song provides a layered experience and resonates to a deeper place.

It’s that sound that has led the band to perform at 2011’s Hopscotch Music Festival in Raleigh among larger tours and concerts around the country.

“I think it is one of the genres of music, as a group, that we all have in common. To me, Southern indie rock is ... you can throw up any Rolling Stones song and the whole group goes, ‘OK, that works,’” Johnson said.

Jack the Radio will release their album with a show at The Pour House on Friday, Aug. 9 at 10 p.m.

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‘Pacific Rim’ provides visual thrills, lacks story Whatever Brains Kevin Schaefer

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 While the plot is outlandish and unremarkable, Pacific Rim provides solid entertainment for both sci-fi fans and mainstream audiences alike.

The action-packed summer blockbuster, which features giant robots combating extraterrestrial monsters in the midst of an apocalypse, manWARNER BROS. 2013 ages to deliver unique drama, Charlie Hunnam (left) and Rinko Kikuchi (right) play Raleigh Becket and Mako Mori, respectively, in ‘Pacific Rim.’ despite a cliché storyline.

If almost any other filmmaker made this movie, it Transformers movies or this probably would’ve flopped. year’s Man of Steel, Pacific Yet Guillermo del Toro, crit- Rim contains action sequencically acclaimed writer and es that are not rushed or director of Pan’s Labyrinth headache-inducing. Instead, and Hellboy, was able to take a del Toro is wise to allow audipretty ridiculous concept and ences to absorb the images on turn it into something inter- screen, giving the film a very esting. Through precise detail graphic novel feel. he devotes to each shot and Fans of anime classics such elaborately designed images as Akira and Spirited Away he produces, del Toro creates will appreciate del Toro’s triba very anime-like feel, which ute to the genre in this film.

WARNER BROS. 2013 pays tremendous tribute to Although it is live action, PaA Kaiju monster featured in Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Pacific Rim.’ Japanese cinema cific Rim relies heavily upon Although the film relies animation through continuheavily upon action to con- ous CGI effects. chronicles humanity’s war specially designed robotic vey its thematic material, The film opens with a with a race of sea monsters suits that they operate. This it is nonetheless paced very voice-over narration from known as the Kaiju. In or- process involves linking a well, particularly for a sum- protagonist Raleigh Becket der to fight these demonic mer blockbuster. Unlike the (Charlie Hunnam) t hat creatures, humans develop PACIFIC continued page 6

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Whatever Brains’ latest full-length album is aptly titled W hatever Brains (2013). None of the band’s three full-length albums have specific titles, and they each sound stylistically similar without sounding recycled or washed out.

The group’s new album maintains an out-of-control sound that somehow remains purposeful, inquisitive and emotional.

Whatever Brains isn’t trying to be something it’s not. The band has found its niche, and in Whatever Brains (2013) the group works within it to make a politically charged electronic-garage-pop album.

Richard Ivey’s crybaby vocals slowly illuminate through discernable layers of screeching guitar, noisy high-hat, and deep, eerie synth. Whatever Brains (2013) is garage music at its finest.

The moods Whatever Brains sets on Whatever Brains (2013) are part of what continues to make them such a good band.

It’s clear that they are comfortable with their sound,

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 so they simply keep using it and meticulously tweaking it to their emotional advantage.

Like the band’s previous albums, Whatever Brains (2013) features electronic drums when it seeks a minimalist sound, deep synthesizer to set an ominous tone and spastic synth tones for a maniacal sound. None of the moods feel forced, and they seldom feel like recreations of their own work or others’.

Some songs stray slightly from Whatever Brains’ formula. “NPTO” sounds more like the soundtrack for Tales From The Crypt or any early-1990shorror film. It uses spooky, upbeat synth-pop in a key that sounds like murder.

More than anything, Whatever Brains (2013) appears to address the state of politics in North Carolina. It’s an appropriate topic for an album that sounds horrific at times and often conveys dread.

This notion is clear in the introductory song, “Uninhabitable Host.” Beyond the

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Medical marijuana for man’s best friend CVM PROFESSOR SAYS MARIJUANA COULD BE USEFUL IN PAIN MANAGEMENT FOR PETS Kaitlin Montgomery Staff Writer

A professor at N.C. State wants to research medical marijuana for pets, saying such studies could have profound implications for humans.

Dr. Duncan Lascelles, a professor of surgery and pain management at N.C. State’s College of Veterinary Medicine, said it’s time to move forward with researching marijuana as a pain reliever.

About 15 years ago it became clear from scientific research that the body houses so-called cannabinoid receptors. In mammals, these receptors react to marijuana and another substance produced by mammals called an endocannabinoid, which is part of the body’s natural system for relieving pain.

“It makes sense that the body would have cannabinoid receptors and that in nature there are plants that produce substances that interact with these receptors,” Lascelles said. “It’s a system which, given that it’s endogenous [produced from an organ] and it’s partly responsible for pain relief in normal mammals ... [it] would be a neat system to look at and try and exploit.”

However, negative American views toward marijuana and tight federal restrictions made it too difficult for anyone to go through with such a study fifteen years ago.

“At the time I decided not to try and go down that route,” Lascelles said.

But Lascelles said the idea never left his radar and 52 percent of Americans now support the legalization of Marijuana, according to a 2013 survey conducted by the Pew Research Center, compared to 27 percent in support of legalization in 1998.

“I’ve been watching, with interest, the changes over the last few years with the more widespread acceptance of marijuana as a medicinal product under certain circumstances,” Lascelles said.

“Whether that would involve giving cannabis to animals in some form or whether it would be using some of the drugs that have been developed to interact with this system, I don’t know.”

Lascelles said there are two important factors that go into pharmaceutical therapy: efficacy and side effects.

“I think it may be tempting for some people to think ‘Great, I’ll just get some medical marijuana for my dog,’” Lascelles said. “On the other

side of the coin, really we should only be giving something to our pets if we know it’s going to help them or we feel certain it’s going to help them.”

A process to sort out side effects includes everything from psychotic side effects to physical side effects such as wobbliness and drowsiness.

In animals, these can take years to find.

“You can see exponentially there are more and more variables that need to be figured out,” Lascelles said. “Actually, I think it’s pretty bad that there are a number of veterinarians that are giving a variety of different products by a variety of different roots without any bases behind it at all.”

Lascelles said the field of veterinary pain management theory has a long way to go.

“As soon as we, as veterinarians, take on the role of recommending or dispensing something, it’s incumbent on us to make sure that we’re making the very best recommendations,” Lascelles said.

“It’s still in the very early stages.”

Lascelles said another level of complexity is the fact that even after the appropriate extract, drug, root and dose are identified, the problem

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person’s mind to the suit itself as a means of manipulating it.

Following his brother’s death, Becket leaves the program for a number of years until resistance-leader Stacker Pentecost (Idris Elba) re-recruits him. Paired with trainee and love interest Mako Mori (Rinko Kukuchi), this former pilot must stop at nothing to drive a seemingly obsolete special weapon in order to save what’s left of the world Elba and Ron Perlman deliver the best performances of Pacific Rim. Perlman por-

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remains that not all pain syndromes are alike.

“It may be that for pancreatic pain the endocannabinoid system is a good one to interact with, but maybe for osteoarthritis it’s not a good system to interact with,” Lascelles said.

Lascelles expressed great interest in the possible benefits such pain studies might ultimately hold for humans. “[Hu ma n i mpl ic at ion through animal studies] is a huge interest of mine,” Lascelles said. “What generally happens in the development of therapies for humans, particularly when we’re taking about drugs, is a model created in the rodent.”

The model of a rodent with arthritis doesn’t look similar to naturally occurring arthritis in people, whereas arthritis in dogs or cats is very similar to arthritis in humans.

“They are two very different things, and yet it’s that rodent model on which we base all prediction on, whether or not a drug or plant extract is going to be beneficial,” Lascelles said. “I think what we should be making use of is naturally occurring painful disease in animals, in dogs and cats.”

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song title that caricatures life for many Triangle residents living in a GOP-led state, Ivey sings, “Some wormed their ways to the capital/Competent on roads well charted/ But they sound as tired as we feel.”

That introduction sets the tone for a political album that feels betrayed, angry and sad.

A majority of the lyrics refer to politics, but they are nevertheless mocking—another

cally pressured researchers at all levels in his field to get results quickly. He said that approach has prompted many researchers to abandon potentially promising lines of research prematurely.

Lascelles said he does not have an issue with medical marijuana from a political standpoint.

“I think many of the rules and regulations across the U.S. are far too draconian,” he said. “I don’t understand that. Maybe it’s just com-

ing from Europe.”

Lascelles said his only worry would be if people started administering medical marijuana to animals without the necessary background information.

“Of course animals aren’t making that free choice; we’re making the choice for them,” Lascelles said. “It’s incumbent upon us to have all that knowledge to make the right choice for them.”

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trays a black market dealer named Hannibal Chau who sells Kaiju body parts for a profit. Yet even then, Perlman is only there to pay homage to del Toro (having worked with him on Hellboy), and gets a fairly limited amount of screen time.

Hunnam gives a fairly unremarkable performance by playing a standard male hero.

The rest of the cast acts well, but acting isn’t the stand-out feature in this film.

The script by del Toro and Travis Beacham, the man who co-wrote the pathetic Clash of the Titans from 2010, is nothing to marvel at. Guided by conventional plotlines and mixed with

some pretty corny dialogue, it wouldn’t have been sufficient on its own without del Toro’s imagination to make it believable. Through the director’s innate cinematic ingenuity, the script’s flaws are overridden by the film’s visual appeal. As mentioned earlier, there’s never a dull shot, which makes for a visually enticing experience.

Del Toro once again demonstrates his obsession with bizarre fantasy and otherworldly stories. While this film is nowhere near as good as his previous works and would normally fall under the “rent it” category, its spectacular visuals make it worth seeing in theaters.

defining feature of Whatever Brains.

The lyrics are often so ambiguous that it isn’t worth figuring out what they mean, like in “Shimmylust,” when Ivey sings, “I begin our forgotten penchant for shedding layer upon layer of the unconstructive filth/Before now we were bound to our arrangements.”

Those lyrics probably mean something to the members of Whatever Brains, but they are almost indiscernible to an outsider.

The songs are nonetheless

top-notch pieces of electronic garage-punk that deserve more acclaim—or at least more popularity—than they are given. Although they have been featured in Pitchfork, Whatever Brains is not a national-scale band, but they are undoubtedly good enough to be one.

Whatever Brains didn’t drastically change their style for this album, but the composition doesn’t feel recycled.

Actually, it sounds like a perfect death march of beauty, and it’s welcoming to anyone who is willing to listen.

125th anniversary exhibits at library to close Aug. 2 Students have just a few more days to see D.H. Hill Library’s “One Hundred Twenty-Five Years of Shaping the Future,” an exhibition that honors and explores N.C. State’s history as an engine for educational innovation and economic growth for North Carolina and the world.

The last day to see the exhibit, which is housed in the D.H. Hill Exhibit Gallery, will be Friday, Aug. 2.

W hen Abra ha m Lincoln signed the Morrill Act legislation that gave the states seed money for land

grant colleges, he meant for the investment to change the world. In 1887 the people of North Carolina seized that opportunity, establishing the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. For 125 years the school—now N.C. State University—has demonstrated a genius for imagining the future and then doing the thinking, research and work to make that future happen.

Presented through photos, images and artifacts from the University Archives housed in the NCSU Librar-

ies, from the State Archives of North Carolina, and from a host of individuals and groups that love the university, Shaping the Future covers a broad range of topics—from athletics to atomic research, notable milestones to nanotechnology, economics to electrical engineering— that leads the visitor from the New South to the New-New South, and tells the story of N.C. State’s transformative role in that journey.

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coach Dave Doeren, whom Wilson met when Wisconsin played against Doeren’s Northern Illinois Huskies in September of 2011.

“The coach here, Coach D., he’s an awesome coach,” Wilson said. “Just to be around him, he’s a great family man, it seems like, and he’s young.

He’s got a young staff, and they’re doing really well in recruiting supposedly.”

“I just got a great vibe from him and their whole staff.

Just being around their new staff, they’re a young, ambitious staff that really has a drive, something special that you can feel it.”

Football isn’t the only sport that Wilson played while on campus in Raleigh. A twosport athlete, he also played baseball under head coach Elliot Avent and was drafted

in the fourth round by the Colorado Rockies in the 2010 MLB Draft.

The former outfielder and pitcher was among the Wolfpack faithful hanging on every pitch during State’s games in Omaha.

“I was rooting for them so hard,” Wilson said. “They’ve done a tremendous job to get to Omaha, and to play the way they did throughout the whole year is tremendous.” “[Avent is] such a great coach, and he brings so much energy, and he’s so passionate about baseball and his team.”

The Russell Wilson Passing Academy is a two-day football camp for 9-to-17year- olds to develop their football and leadership skills.

Wilson’s experience in overcoming adversity, from the death of his father in June 2010 to being overlooked in the NFL Draft because of his size, makes him the ideal person for his campers to look to

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for advice.

“Growing up, I’ve had some really good situations in my life, some decent ones and not-so-good ones,” Wilson said. “Just to be around [kids], to share moments with them, to share my experience with them– that’s my biggest goal. And let them know to dream in something greater.”

After coming so close to reaching the Super Bowl in his rookie season, the Richmond, Va. native is determined to achieve more in his second season at the helm in Seattle.

“I think that you continue to visualize success, continue to believe in success and continue to work at success,” Wilson said.

“Those things you have to do to be successful. I have those and I’m ready for it.

I’ll do whatever it takes, and we’ll see how far I can take it.”

13,182 yards and 74 receiving touchdowns during his career.

The Holt Brothers Foundation was created in 1999 in honor of Ojetta V. HoltShof f ner, t he brot hers’ mother, who was diagnosed with lymphoma in 1986 and died in 1996 after battling the disease for 10 years.

“She embodied perseverance—working hard— and it’s something that we try to mirror the way in which we go about out business, just based upon her strength and what she showed us as young men, and what we needed to do to reach any dreams that we had,” Terrence Holt said.

The brothers created the foundation to support kids and families experiencing the disease, and to help a lending hand in the process.

The brothers’ mother and their father—a military veteran who served in Vietnam and was awarded the Purple Heart—instilled character and perseverance from a young age, traits they hope to share with the youngsters who attend the camp.

“We had great inf luence from parents who go up, day in and day out, worked hard, and showed us how to provide for a family, and showed us what hard work looked like,” Terrence Holt said. “It had a big influence on us in how we live our lives.”

Terrence said he and Torry envision the camp staying in Raleigh.

“We hope to come back in support our community,”

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son since 2007, and a playoff victory over the Washington Redskins.

Russell Wilson’s muchDespite his accomplishanticipated return to Ra- ments, some were worried leigh went off without a that Wilson’s return to Rahitch. For the first time leigh would be uncomfortsince leading his Seattle Se- able after he transferred from ahawks to the NFC Cham- N.C. State after his junior pionship game, Wilson was year for the greener football back in the town he called pastures of Madison, Wis. home for four years.

“No, I was never worried,” Wilson, who was in Ra- Wilson said. “I had great releigh June 25-26 to direct lationships with people here, the Russell Wilson Passing great friends that I had built Academy camp, is one of through my teammates and the most celebrated athletes everything. There’s amazing in N.C. State history. He fans here too as well, so just amassed more 8,500 pass- to be around here again is a ing yards, 93 total touch- good experience for me.” downs and 682 completions One of the highlights of throughWilson’s out his exceptional three years rookie seaas a starter son in the for the N FL c a me Wolfpack. during MonWilson’s d ay Nig ht passer Football. rat i ng of T he g a me 135.47 featured Russell Wilson, former ranks secpl ayer i nquarterback for N.C. State ond in troductions school hisof themtory. selves and the colleges they But those are just statis- attended, and Wilson’s cretics. They can never quanti- ative introduction, “A whole fy the immeasurable intan- ‘Pack of Badgers,” confirmed gibles Wilson brought to his to State fans that he had not teams in both Raleigh and forgotten his time in Raleigh.

Seattle. Drafted in the third “I tried to find a way [to menround of the 2012 draft, tion both schools],” Wilson the rookie’s hard work and said. “I love N.C. State and I leadership earned the trust love Wisconsin. Both schools of his coaches and the re- are really special. I met great spect of his teammates. people at both schools, both Seattle head coach Pete schools have tremendous Carroll, N.C. State’s defen- alumni, and I just want to be sive coordinator from 1980 a part of both.” to ‘82, promoted Wilson to Since arriving in Raleigh, starting quarterback during the former Wolfpack star last preseason. Wilson led has caught up with new head the team to an 11-5 record, Seattle’s first winning seaWILSON continued page 7 Deputy Sports Editor

COURTESY OF HOLT BROTHERS FOOTBALL CAMP

Former star wide receiver Torry Holt demonstrates how to perform a certain drill at the Holt Brothers Football Camp, which was held in Raleigh at the Dail Outdoor Practice Facility on July 13. Holt was drafted No. 6 overall by the St. Louis Rams in the 1999 NFL Draft.

Holts return to campus Jonathan Stout Senior Staff Writer

Torry and Terrence Holt, known for their contributions on the gridiron at N.C. State and the National Football League, are making an impact elsewhere after hanging up their cleats.

Since retiring, the brothers have created their own company, Holt Brothers Inc., which features Holt Brothers Construction, Holt Brother Development, Holt Brothers Football and the Holt Brothers Foundation, all of which benefit the local community.

On July 13, the Holt Brothers Football Camp was held at Dail Outdoor Practice Facility on campus. The annual camp is also held in Gibsonville, N.C., the brothers’ hometown. 2013 marks the second year for the camp in Raleigh and the 11th year in Gibsonville.

The camp is open to kids from grades one through 12, focusing on stationbased skill drills, one-on-one and conditioning drills. In addition, positional

drills are a focal point of the experience, with former coaches and players on hand to advance campers’ skill levels.

But football skill-building is not the only enrichment the campers will experience during the day.

“What we do is important, because there is a correlation between football and life, football and business,” said Terrence Holt, the younger brother. “We just try to teach the kids to be mindful of that. But most importantly, when the game is done, you’re still a human, and you still want to treat it and act a certain way outside of your sport.”

Terrence Holt was drafted in the fifth round by the Detroit Lions in 2003 as a defensive back and played for four other teams during his time in the NFL. He totaled 242 tackles, 0.5 sacks and eight interceptions. He played from 1999 to 2002 with the Wolfpack.

At State, he blocked seven field goals, four in 2001 that tied the national record set by Hawaii’s Mike Akiu in 1982.

“There’s a lot that goes into the camp,

physically and mentally,” Torry Holt said. “We try out best to simulate those into the kids and give them an idea of what football’s all about—not only football but what life is all about.”

“The kids responded well; it was very respectful. They helped each other off the ground, they patted, they shook each others’ hands, they high fived one another.”

Torry Holt, who attended N.C. State from 1995 to 1998 and played wide receiver, was named the Atlantic Coast Conference Offensive Player of the Year in his senior season after compiling 88 receptions for 1,604 yards and 16 touchdowns, all ACC records. He was also a first-team All-American in his senior season.

In the NFL, he was named to the Pro Bowl on seven occasions, the All-Pro team twice and a Super Bowl champion in his rookie season with the St. Louis Rams. He compiled 920 receptions for

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“ ... just to be around here again is a good experience for me.”

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Turner ready for opportunity after year off Andrew Schuett Deputy Sports Editor

Ralston Turner was at every practice last season. He was in every huddle at every game. He probably would’ve played, too, but he was forced to watch the Wolfpack from the bench to comply with NCAA rules regarding transfer-student athletes.

Turner transferred to N.C. State from Louisiana State University after the 2011-2012 season. The Muscle Shoals, Ala., native has two years of eligibility remaining.

“Ralston is a guy who’s a team player, first and foremost,” Turner said. “I think my role will be just basically do whatever [the coaches] want me to do to win.”

After playing two seasons at LSU, Turner decided to pursue his educational and athletic careers elsewhere. After averaging 12.3 and 9.1 points per game in his freshman and sophomore years, there were plenty of suitors to court him.

One of the coaches hoping to bring Turner to his program was N.C. State head coach Mark Gottfried.

“I was looking for a change and obviously Coach Gottfried was here,” Turner said.

“When I was in high school, he recruited me when he was at Alabama. One of the major factors was I had already had a relationship with him, so

RALSTON TURNER STATS Redshirt junior Height: 6-6 Weight: 205 Averages while at LSU Assists: 1.6 Rebounds: 2.8 Points per game: 10.5 SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS

when I came here on my visit, I felt comfortable with it. So I decided to just run with it.”

Turner’s decision made a certain Wolfpack men’s head basketball coach very happy.

But what has made Gottfried even happier is what Turner has done since he arrived on campus last summer.

“You’d have a hard time on our campus right now finding anybody that would even remotely breathe a negative word about him–from our academic people, to strength coaches, to teachers,” Gottfried said. “He’s a wonderful guy that I think took advantage of a redshirt year as good as you can. He couldn’t have maximized a year off any more.”

“Anything that doesn’t involve shooting, I probably worked on it,” Turner said, laughing. “Obviously I still worked on my shot, but I just tried to do some other things and try to expand in some areas.”

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Redshirt junior Ralston Turner will vie for a starting spot on this season’s N.C. State men’s basketball squad. Turner was forced to sit out last season due to NCAA transfer regulations. game.

Although it is too early for coaches to determine how many minutes each player will get, Turner has been rumored as a potential starter on the wing for the Wolfpack.

Although Turner is solid on both offense and defense, what excites his coaches the most are his intangibles.

“He brings an element of character to our team that we’re all excited about,” Gottfried said. “’Yes sir,’ ‘No sir,’ everything he does. He wants our team to win. He’s a terrific young guy, so even as a coach, you pull for guys like that. You want them to do well, which I think he can.”

One hole Turner may help fill in State’s offense will be long-range shooting. Turner made 34.6 percent of his three-point shots while in Baton Rouge, and according to his coaches his shot has improved since his days in an LSU uniform. The take-home (both words work together as a single unit to modify “message,” so the compound modifier needs to be joined with the hyphen) message: while Turner may not be as automatic as Scott Wood, he’s certainly a threat from deep.

But Ralston doesn’t care about who scores how many points or what player gets the

most love in the media. He knows his role, and he’s more than willing to play his part to help the team.

“I just hope we win,” Turner said. “That’s really all I care about. I’m not focused on individual stuff or this or that—I just want to win.

If you win, it’ll take care of everything else.”

What Turner can provide is perhaps what N.C. State missed the most last season.

Former Wolfpack forward C.J. Williams played the “glue guy” role to perfection in the 2011-2012 season, contributing to his team wherever it was needed the most. But

Williams graduated following that season, leaving the Wolfpack without not only one of its most important players but also its leader.

The State coaching staff expects Turner, along with sophomore g uard Tyler Lewis, sophomore forward T.J. Warren and senior center Jordan Vandenberg, to provide the 2013-2014 Wolfpack with the leadership it so desperately needed last season.

Turner’s most important contribution to the team this year may not be seen in a box score. Leadership can’t be quantified, or its impact underestimated.