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Moral Monday on July 29, 2013 had its largest turnout since the weekly protests began. Teachers were amoung the majority as recent budget cuts have eliminated pay raises.
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Moral Mondays’ fitting finale FINAL PROTEST FOLLOWING LEGISLATIVE SESSION DRAWS MORE THAN 5,000 Pro-choice advocates stage vigil outside Governor’s Mansion Avery Hocutt Staff Writer
Pro-choice protestors stood outside the governor’s mansion for a demonstration and candlelight vigil to protest a bill that they say restricts access to abortion centers in North Carolina. The bill requires abortion clinics to adopt regulations that have historically been applied to ambulatory surgery centers. Currently, only one abortion center in the state meets the new requirements. The bill also requires pregnant women to take abortion medication under a doctor’s supervision, allows health care providers to opt out of performing abortions if they object, and eliminates abortion in-
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“Wow,” said woman in a wheelchair as Moral Monday protestors filed past her on their way to protest at Halifax Mall at 5 p.m. Monday. The commenta r y was doubtlessly referring to the size of the crowd, which the police have confirmed to contain over 5,000 people. The protestors gathered to voice their displeasure with laws enacted by the Republican-led House and Senate during their most recent session, including ID requirements and other restrictions for voting in future elections, cuts to education, and abortion restrictions.
The protest, the 13th of its kind, took place even though legislators left Raleigh after signing the 2013-2015 state budget. “Touch your neighbor and tell him, [lawmakers] may have run from Raleigh, but they’re going to run into me,” said Moral Monday leader Dr. William Barber II. The budget cuts education by $120 million, eliminates teacher pay raises and tenure, cuts teachers’ assistants, and eliminates funding for programs such as North Carolina Teaching Fellows. Gov. Pat McCrory also signed a bill on Thursday that requires abortion centers to meet the same strict standards as hospital surgical
centers. Opponents said the measure could cause most of the state’s clinics to close. The legislature also passed the Restore Confidence in Government Act on Thursday which requires voters to show government-issued photo ID cards at the polls, shortens early voting by a week, eliminates same-day voter registration during early voting, and allows any registered voter to challenge another voter’s eligibility. Like previous Moral Mondays, the atmosphere of the final demonstration was one part church service and one part protest. Pastors and rabbis from several denominations, each representing a different area of North
Carolina, offered prayers asking for divine guidance and help. Speakers expressed their confidence that their God supported them in their endeavors to gain rights for the poor, sick and marginalized. “To every legislator who voted for a law, policy or bill that will bring harm to even one North Carolinian, we say, God of justice, have mercy,” Barber said. The central theme of the demonstration was education. Teachers from across the state flocked to Raleigh to express their outrage with the new education restrictions, carrying signs with slogans such as, “First in flight,
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Education hit hard by deep cuts Unpaid internships deemed unfair
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Tim Gorski Teachers across the state have expressed outrage at a $20.6 billion state budget that cuts funding for schools, eliminates teacher pay raises, cuts teachers’ assistants and ends teacher tenure for K-12 educators. The budget, signed by Governor Pat McCrory on Friday, reduces state spending on education by $120 million, eliminates all teachers’ assistant positions in grades one through three, and requires remaining teacher assistants to work fewer hours and fewer days. Additionally, it cuts 20 percent of all assistant principal jobs, 15 percent of nonteaching jobs such as custodians, and 5 percent of school support staff such as guidance counselors. Combined with discretionary cuts, 15,000 to 18,000 school employees across the state are expected to lose their jobs. The budget also eliminates tenure, which prevents veteran teachers from being fired quickly or arbitrarily. Instead of tenure, teachers will be employed in one-to-four-year contracts and receive merit pay based on effectiveness. Teachers with master’s degrees will no longer receive higher pay than teachers
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Internships offer students opportunities to gain on-thejob experience and perhaps a job offer. But the expansion of unpaid internships, coupled with a recent federal court decision, has led many interns to question the fairness of this practice. Government experts estimate that firms take in more than 1 million interns annually, both paid and unpaid, to find new prospective employees while accomplishing necessary, yet often menial, tasks. According to the research firm Intern Bridge, about half of all internships offered to undergraduates each year are unpaid. While these opportunities offer some benefits, including strengthening one’s resume and potentially obtaining a job offer, courts have recently ruled these benefits, in many cases, are not adequate substitutes for a fair wage.
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In a recent suit filed against t he Fox Enter ta inment Group by a former intern, a New York federal judge ruled that the unpaid interns who assisted in the production of the movie Black Swan were entitled to at least minimum wage. Since this ruling, at least 15 similar suits have been filed on similar grounds against other entertainment companies, including Gawker, Atlantic Records, Warner Music Group, NBC Universal and the Hearst Corporation. Just last month, Charlie Rose, a prominent talk show host and journalist, agreed to pay approximately $60,000 to unpaid interns to settle a class action lawsuit brought against him and his production company by 189 unpaid interns. The main argument in these cases has been that interns have been doing the same entry-level work as regular employees but are
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onveniently located on centennial campus, Lake Raleigh offers students the ability to fish, boat, and explore the trails. There is also a disc golf course and plenty of wilderness to explore as well. Hidden somewhere around the lake is a rope swing where students can hang out, swim, and play on the rope swing. Here we have George, Senior in mechanical engineering, getting some nice air time off the rope swing on Saturday June 29, 2013.
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As higher education continues to become more important globally, many international experts say it may be time to test how much students are actually learning while in college. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, an international think-tank based in Paris, has a plan to accomplish this goal. The OECD said it would test students at higher education institutions around the world and then rank individuals, countries and universities globally. The plan, known as the Assessment of Higher Education Learning Outcomes, would test students’ knowledge of economics and engineering, as well as generic skills through hypothetical problem-solving exercises. The test would have many goals, but according to the OECD’s website, OECD.org, the test could help higher education institutions learn their strengths and weaknesses. Carrie Zelna, Director of the Office of Assessment at N.C. State, agrees that academic assessment is a critical part of improving higher education. “The importance of academic assessment is, very clearly to me, all about improving and enhancing the academic experience for stu-
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A group of undergraduate researchers from N.C. State and across the globe gathered at the McKimmon Center Wednesday to share their work with the public as part of the University’s 12th annual Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium. All undergraduate students attending N.C. State, or those who conducted research with a University faculty member, were eligible to participate in the event. A total of 265 student researchers and their faculty mentors participated this year. Of that number, 116 came from N.C. State, 136 came from 45 schools in the United States, and 13 came from nine institutions in China, Puerto Rico and Taiwan. As part of the event, students from other institutions spent the summer doing research with N.C. State faculty. Two poster s e s sion s , one at 1:15 p.m. and the other at 2:30 p.m., were held, followed by a reception and awards ceremony at 4 p.m. when student researchers received certificates and awards for their work.
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with less advanced degrees in the future. The budget also eliminated funding for programs that train and recruit potential teachers, including the North Carolina Center for Advancement, the High School Teach-
Student researchers’ presentat ions were judged based on the nature of their hypothesis, the quality of their research and the their responses to the judges’ questions. Dr. Christopher M. Ashwell, director of the Undergraduate Research Division of Academic & Student Affairs, said presenting at the symposium is one of the best ways students can take advantage of being part of the large and complex research community at the University. “N.C. State has emerged as
a leader among land-grant Research One institutions in providing opportunities to undergraduates to work beside some of the world’s best faculty researchers,” Ashwell said. “Our university provides unparalleled opportunities to engage in cutting-edge developments in a host of disciplines.” Most of N.C. State’s colleges were represented. Spencer Rhodes, a junior in meteorology, worked with Sandra Yuter, a professor of marine earth and atmospheric sciences, for his research of
a type of snow pellet called graupel, which causes models to over-estimate snowfall. “What we wanted to find was a better relationship between the vertical structure of storms that are producing graupel,” Rhodes said. Rhodes said a better understanding of how graupel forms would help meteorologists make better predictions in future snowstorms. Randy Avent, interim associate vice chancellor for the Research Development Office
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excluded from pay under the guise of education or job experience. The United States Department of Labor says unpaid internships are only legal in a for-profit company in the context of an educational training program in which the employer derives no benefit from the work of the intern. The Fair Labor Standards Act outlines the standards used to evaluate the fairness of these working arrangements. The work of the interns in the Black Swan case was deemed to be worthy of at least minimum wage based on these standards. Despite this, many experts and students alike say unpaid internships provide useful opportunities and experiences that cannot be found elsewhere. According to Woody Catoe, assistant director of Student Career Services at N.C. State, internships and other job-related experiences are imperative for those who are interested in a good career, whether they are paid or unpaid. “Gaining hands-on experience is absolutely essential for those who are taking
ing Cadet program, the North Carolina Teacher Academy, the Professional Standards Commission and the North Carolina Teaching Fellows. Funding for the N.C. Science Olympiad, a nonprofit organization with the mission of attracting and retaining K-12 students to areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, was also cut.
McCrory defended the budget in a statement on his website, saying that it “incorporates fiscally-responsible tax reform and lays the foundation for economic growth and job creation.” Educators, however, disagree. “The worst part is the complete disregard for the poor,” said Megan Mayo, a Spanish teacher at Greensboro Col-
lege Middle College, during this week’s Moral Monday demonstration. “There is no other way to get out of poverty than education.” Education was the central theme of the most recent Moral Monday protests. Protestors wore “Public-Ed Red” to indicate their outrage over the education cuts, and teachers from across the state were bused in by the North
Carolina Association of Educators. At the same time, the NCAE has announced plans to challenge the budget in court, saying that the budget cuts and other provisions will cause teachers to leave the state in pursuit of better opportunities. “You are placing a sign on each school’s door that says, ‘Quality educators need not
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John Norwood and Nathanael Morgan, both seniors in agricultural engineering, attended this year’s 12th Annual Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium held at N.C. State’s Mckimmon Center. They found that cows produced less milk when their body temperatures were at an elevated temperature. Norwood and Morgan created a mobile sprinkler system that could be used to cool off the cows, thus allowing them to produce more milk.
dents so they learn what it is we feel like they should be learning in a particular curriculum,” Zelna said. The ALEHO exam would not be the first standardized test the OECD has administered. The Program for International Student Assessment, first introduced in 1997, tests mathematics, science and reading amongst 15-year-old students around the world. They have tested them every three years since implementation and then ranked every participating country accordingly in each of the academic areas. For higher education, however, testing may prove more difficult, and the OECD itself admitted that there could be some issues. “Constructing an assessment that is valid across institutions, cultures and disciplines presents numerous scientific and practical challenges,” it said on its website. “Amongst these are how to take account of the institutions; differences between national systems of higher edvucation; variations in the duration and content of programs; cultural and linguistic diversity; and the accounting for the value added by institutions.” Andreas Schleicher, the OECD’s chief education advisor, said that he thinks the test could still be successful. “We had great doubts that it would be possible to de-
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their career development seriously,” Catoe said. “Employers now expect to see this in resumes. Its primary value is that it shows the employer that a student has validated their career interests in a real work setting.” Many students attest to the helpfulness of unpaid internships in career development and professional networking. Hannah Ringley, a senior in fashion and textile management, is currently in London for an unpaid internship with the suiting company Byrne & Burge. Hannah said that so far her work has been rewarding, and she has gained a great deal of experience in pattern drafting, cutting and hand tailoring. “I’ve been able to work with three different tailors in the industry, and my boss has great connections to the cloth mills and designers in Milan. [The internship will] give me lifetime connections, and I’m learning things that I would never otherwise get to learn in fashion,” Ringley said. As part of her internship, Ringley helped make a suit for the lead singer of Mumford and Sons, a regular customer of Byrne & Burge. She said experiences like these are hard to come by in her field without a college degree and a good deal of work-related experience.
apply,’” said NCAE president Rodney Ellis in a twopage letter sent to lawmakers criticizing the budget. According to research by the National Education Association, North Carolina ranks 48th in the country in teacher pay and per-student spending, only Mississippi and West Virginia spend less.
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surance coverage for city and county employees. Opponents say the bill endangers women’s health and restricts women’s rights. Protesters at Tuesday ’s vigil, which was organized by Planned Parenthood of North Carolina, waved signs and chanted, “Pat, Pat, Seal Your Fate, Biggest Liar in the State,” referring to the fact that Gov. Pat McCrory signed the bill despite promising not to restrict abortions during his campaign. After signing the bill on Monday, the governor released a statement defending his decision. “This law does not further limit access, and those who contend it does are more in-
terested in politics than the health and safety of our citizens,” McCrory said. On Wednesday, McCrory left the governor’s mansion flanked by four armed guards to deliver a plate of cookies to protestors. He reportedly went as far as the middle of the street between his mansion and the vigil, called over Chapel Hill resident Jamie Sohn, and handed her the plate. The protestors did not take this as a gesture of goodwill, Many found it patronizing instead. “I heard he was heading out the door with a box of aprons, but someone told him that was too obvious,” one commenter said on Planned Parenthood’s Facebook page. “At least he didn’t pat them on the head and ask them
to run along,” said Adam Linker in a Progressive Pulse article. Protestors said McCrory wouldn’t have made such a gesture to a group of majority-male protestors. They conveyed this sentiment in an on-the-spot slogan, “Pat, Pat, Shame on You, You Wouldn’t Give Cookies to a Bunch of Dudes.” They returned the cookies uneaten with a note reading, “Will take women’s health over cookies!” Anti-abortion advocates, meanwhile, have praised the bill. “We are very happy with the governor’s signing of SB353,” said Barbara Holt, President of North Carolina Right to Life. “This law accomplishes the goals we set out to achieve this session.”
last in education” and “I’m a teacher, not a tester.” Lindsay Furst, an English teacher from Asheville and a member of the North Carolina Association of Educators, spoke out against measures that she said would cause vast numbers of qualified teachers to leave the state in pursuit of better opportunities. “Teachers are also parents and spouses and homeowners, and they need to eat,” Furst said. So far Moral Monday been dismissed by many Republican legislators, including Gov. McCrory, as a group of malcontents and outsiders. Sen. Thom Goolsby, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, has called Moral Mondays “Moron Mondays” and described protestors as “mostly white, angry, aged former hippies.’’ “The circus came to the State Capital this week, complete with clowns, a carniva l barker and a sideshow,” Goolsby wrote in a guest column published in the Chatham Journal on June 12. However, protestors at
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of Research and Innovation, said research was one of N.C. State’s three main missions. “We have a tendency to do more applied types of research that have greater impact on economic development and creating jobs,” Avent said. “In addition to the more applied research development where we try to make an impact on the economy, we also do a lot of basic
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velop a test that works across languages and cultures,” Schleicher said in an interview with The New York Times. “Now we believe it is possible.” Shreye Saxena, a junior in electrical and computer engineering at N.C State, said he could see many possible issues with an international standardized test. “The problem with standardized tests is that they hold all universities to the same metrics for success,” Saxena said. Saxena said every university has its own set of goals, and generic testing could be the wrong way to assess performance. “It is comparing apples to oranges, and unfairly so,” Saxena said. “I would wager that N.C. State would place very high on the ALEHO assessment, while Wake Forest may place lower. It implies that Wake Forest is a ‘worse’ institution, or that their students aren’t receiving as good of an education, when that is clearly not the case.” Zelna said that it could be possible for there to be some problems with an international test, but that she didn’t want to jump to any negative conclusions about OECD’s
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More than half of the people arrested at Moral Mondays have been in the 55-64 or the 65-74 age groups according to the Civitas Institute, a conservative think tank.
the 13th Moral Monday remained determined that their movement can overcome what they see as regressive policies. Speakers asserted that in protesting these policies, demonstrators at Moral Monday are continuing the work of civil rights activists like Martin Luther King Jr. and Medgar Evers. “My ancestors killed Jim Crow. Now we’re going to kill Jim Crow’s children,” said the Rev. Andre Knight. Barber assured the crowd that Moral Mondays are not ending, but would instead be “going on the road,” traveling from county to county in an effort to raise awareness
and advocacy for the Moral Monday causes. Barber said the protestors’ first stop will be Asheville on Aug. 5. Furthermore, every arrestee from the previous 13 Moral Mondays has pledged to register 50 voters before the November election. With more than 900 arrestees, this will create 45,000 registered voters if each arrestee can meet his or her quota, according to Barber. “[These laws] are just temporary,” Barber said. “The only thing that is permanent is the pursuit of justice. We don’t go home to weep. We go home to work.”
research. We have some very exciting programs that are going on across the colleges, bringing colleges together [and] working on hard problems and grand challenges in a very interdisciplinary way.” Travis Morton, a junior in physics, began research more than two years ago aimed at solving the problem of excessive nuclear waste. “Nuclear waste is a growing problem,” Morton said. “There is a lot more being produced, and it’s really hard to deal with because of
its long half life.” Morton said he hopes his research will allow him to better understand the bonding of molecules in nuclear waste and identify innovative ways to reduce it. “Participation in research ... gives every student the opportunity to gain an edge in admissions to graduate school, to find a first job, to build a career, and—perhaps most important—to become first-hand participants in the process of discovery,” Ashwell said.
methods without more information. If this test were to be implemented, she said that her concern would be about how it could help the university. “For me, what matters the most is our ability to use that data on campus to be able to talk about our programs and how we’re doing,” Zelna said. Zelna said some testing organizations just release an overall score to the university. She said that generalized data like that does not help much, but more detailed results could be used to address specific areas of the educational process. “If we’re going to ask you, the student, to take a test, I want, as an assessor, to be able to do something with that information on campus,” Zelna said. Zelna said that test-taking can be very difficult for some students, and therefore hopes that if this test is implemented it would help universities become better at what they do. “I would want this test to be meaningful at N.C. State,” Zelna said. While a number of organizations currently rank the world’s universities, most of them base their rankings on research. ALEHO hopes to specifically assess teaching and learning. Saxena said he does not
know how AHELO will be able to truly accomplish that. “Someone who got a 2,400 on the SAT and went to Harvard will probably do well on the test, but it is very difficult to say that Harvard is the reason why that person did well rather than [having] an intrinsic skill set,” Saxena said. “A much better indicator of institutional strength could be comparing [a] student’s scores from the day they enter college to the day they graduate.” As it turns out, N.C. State already has plans for something like that. The Office of Assessment is exploring a program called General Education Assessment that gauges students’ writing, reading, math and critical thinking skills. This could allow the university to track trends and evaluate some strengths and weaknesses. General Education Assessment is still in the pilot phase, but ideally it could eventually test the same students as freshmen and seniors, and thus provide more exact data on teaching and learning here. Meanwhile, the OECD said it will make a final decision on whether to move forward with the AHELO program in November.
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ov. Pat McCrory and the North Carolina General Assembly have once again caused controversy in our state, this time with regard to perhaps the single most controversial issue in American political discourse. Senate Bill 353, which McCrory signed Monday, limits abortion coverage under health insurance plans and prohibits abortions “when the sex of the unborn child is a significant factor in seeking the abortion.” It also requires abortion clinics to meet the same standards as ambulatory surgery centers, which could force most abortion providers in the state to close their doors. When McCrory signed the bill, he broke his 2012 campaign promise to not add more restrictions to abortion. This further popularized the term liar in association with our governor. In addition to breaking his promise McCrory and the General Assembly passed Senate
The unsigned editorial is the opinion of the members of Technician’s editorial board, excluding the news department, and is the responsibility of the editor-in-chief. Bill 353 in a deceptive manner. They tried to keep the whole abortion part of the bill under the radar by tacking it onto a bill about motorcycle safety. The first sentence of the bill describes it as “An act to modify certain laws pertaining to abortion,” but the same sentence later ends with “to increase penalties for unsafe movements by drivers that threaten the property and safety of motorcyclists.” By trying to hide these abortion restrictions in unrelated bills, we can’t help but be leery of the NCGA’s larger anti-abortion agenda. The latest controversial action that has occurred in relation to the bill came Tuesday while Planned Parenthood supporters maintained a vigil in front of the Executive Mansion. One day after signing Senate Bill 353, the
governor came outside to greet the protestors with a plate of cookies. He pointed directly at Chapel Hill resident Jamie Sohn and handed her the cookies. According to Sohn, McCrory said “These are for you. God bless you, God bless you, God bless you.” While the governor’s intentions may have been good, his attempt at reconciliation was not well-received by the protestors, who immediately placed the cookies at the gate of the mansion with a sign that read “Will take women’s health over cookies!” Due to the fact that McCrory had just signed the very bill they were protesting on Monday, many protestors saw his gesture as a condescending, “Let them eat cake” gesture, and the protestors expressed their displeasure with an impromptu chant of,
“Hey, Pat, that was rude. You wouldn’t give cookies to a dude.” We acknowledge that abortion is an incredibly emotional issue; institutionally speaking, the Technician is neither pro-choice nor pro-life. On our staff, as with the public at large, there are good and honorable people on both sides who believe with every fiber of their beings that their position is right. We can respect that, and we believe the issue deserves an honest debate. It’s time for us dispense with all the Trojan horses we’ve seen from the governor and the legislature up until now. This isn’t about Sharia law, or motorcycle safety or even health standards for clinics. It’s about severely restricting abortions in North Carolina as a step toward outlawing them entirely. Let’s have that debate. To have any other debate, in our view, is far worse than having no debate at all.
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hat do North Carolinians and Egyptians have in common? After our state’s most recent legislative session, we can add one thing to the list: political dissatisfaction. And while any comparison between anti-Morsi Erik activists Vosburgh (who ousted Staff Columnist the Egyptian president in July) and Moral Monday protestors is a stretch at best, the seeds of dissent in our state have been planted and nurtured by our elected representatives. So how did it come to this? What has happened in the past weeks can be traced back to the most recent election cycles in our state. As usual, voters have been electing whichever off icial they think is best. And equally routine, representatives have been outwardly advertising that they cater to the preferences of voters in their district while simultaneously working on their own agendas. But corporations are able to vote in their own way by shopping for policies behind closed doors through campaign donations. In turn, those dollars are used to justify their candidate in the public eye. In other words, they have the power to mold candidates and voters equally in their favor. This has been the case not only in our state, but in the entire country ever since 2008 when the Supreme Court de-
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cided that both individuals and corporations can legally make outright campaign contributions. While some say the power of a huge campaign war chest is exaggerated, the fact that candidates dedicate so much of their time to fundraising efforts is no coincidence—they know it works. And when you begin to look at the piles of cash spent in election years in this state, the relationship between wealth and power becomes painfully evident. According to followthemoney.org, almost $ 80 million was donated to campaigns for various of f ic e s i n North Carolina’s 2012 election cycle, a figure that excludes donations made to the presidential campaigns. My punch line: The blame for the narrow-minded policies enacted in our state’s most recent legislative session falls just as much on the companies that financed the policymakers as it does anyone else. To be more specific, these are some of the main players behind all of the outrage: Reynolds Tobacco (owner of American Spirit and other brands), BB&T, Bank of America, Piedmont Natural Gas, Duke Energy, Coca-Cola, Wells
Fargo, Time Warner Cable, Wendy’s/Arby’s Group, State Farm Insurance, Nationwide, SAS, Alex Lee Inc. (owner of Lowe’s Foods), Wal-Mart, Variety Wholesalers and many more. Some of these companies have directly (or indirectly, through the North Carolina Republican Party) donated tens of thousands of dollars to the campaigns of North Carolinian legislators who either sponsored or cosponsored some of the most infamous bills introduced ove r t he course of t he most recent legislative session. For t he s a k e of word limit, this list is incomplete, but there are many websites that document these transactions. Moral Monday protesters have been doing us all a service by kicking up the dust that this issue deserves, but you don’t need to be holding a sign to protest. In a free market, you vote every time you make a purchase. It’s true that many of these companies are large, international and have a big consumer base, but in a state of more than nine million residents (many of whom are dissatisfied), we must be able to chip away at the bottom line somehow.
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Underground village provokes memories
Taylor Quinn Staff Writer
Cameron Village shoppers have walked above abandoned music venues since the 1980s. Unbeknownst to many, this once-bustling collection of nightclubs beneath the shopping center remains underground both figuratively and literally. During the 1970s and 80s “Village Subway” sat underneath Cameron Village. The collection of venues drew a variety of musicians and packs of listeners until it was abandoned and left to decay beneath shops, restaurants and a growing population. The abandoned spot appeared forgotten until Heather Leah, editor of the Raleigh blog Candid Slice, wrote a piece that sparked curiosity for some and provoked nostalgia for others. “I was one of those people who had no idea anything was underground,” Leah said. “Then a friend of mine two years ago showed me some blueprints. We weren’t even certain they were real, but then we found them on Google and were really excited.” Leah, an urban explorer, wanted to explore the shops but couldn’t figure out where the entrance was. She said she had no idea the piece, which now has more than 2,200 likes on Facebook, would garner so much attention. “I had no idea that so many people would be nostalgic for it,” Leah said, “Then WRAL called me because the story blew up, it got really big–over 250,000 readers.” Leah said the News & Observer, WRAL and other me-
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Heather Leah, Editor-in-Chief of CandidSlice.com, released an article with the above photos she took beneath Cameron Village. Leah said she did not expect the article to gain as much attention and excitement as it did. The article on Candidslice.com recieived over 2,000 shares on facebook.
dia sources contacted her. “I was shocked, and then WRAL said that we would do the interview down in the tunnels,” Leah said. “It was like a dream come true, you know?” When Leah ventured into the abandoned area she said the iconic entrance—present in many pictures from Village Subway’s heyday— caught her eye, among other remnants of the past. But mostly, Leah said, there wasn’t much left. “People keep contacting me asking me how to get down there, and I’m, like, I can’t tell you,” Leah said. Leah said she was astounded at how many people were nostalgic for Village Subway and how much it meant to them. People who haven’t spoken in years are now re-
connecting through the com- Leah. “It would be really nice ment section on Candid Slice. if they at least opened the “They are all like ‘Do you main entrance part.” rememMany ber so and who so, oh my reached God!’ and out to t hey a re Leah said all meetbudding, ing for nowlunch and famous stuff. It’s acts crazy,” played Leah said. beneath Leah Cameron Heather Leah, Candidslice.com said she is Village interested more to see if something will come than 30 years ago. Someone from the recent publicity. A sent her a picture of a ticket documentary and reopening with actor Steve Martin’s sigof the underground venues nature, and another person have been discussed. claimed actor Bette Midler “Maybe they will reopen once visited the venues. it down there a little bit, and Dave Adams, a local musithen people can go down cian during Village Subway’s there and at least see it,” said heyday, was part of the music
“People keep contacting me, asking me how to get down there, and I’m like, ‘I can’t tell you.’”
scene down in the subway. He recalled the budding acts that became famous after playing there underground. “They had R.E.M and Joan Jett play down there before both got big,” said Adams, “It was awesome.” Acts that to played in Village Subway included The Ramones, Duke Ellington, Sonic Youth, R.E.M., Black Flag, Jimmy Buffett, Dead Kennedys, The Police and a range of other famous acts, according to Leah. Adams was the keyboard player and singer for several bands in the 70s, including Glass Moon and a popular local band named The Fabulous Knobs. He usually played in The Pier nightclub—one of three that sat below Cameron Village. “When we first started
playing there they had a little stage that was on the left side as you came in, and then they decided, ‘Oh we need a bigger stage because we are going to have bigger acts,’” Adams said. “So they built a bigger stage on the other side. It was great. Adams recalled the atmosphere of Village Subway’s venues being diverse and expansive. “The atmosphere was really free and open,” Adams said. “They had all types of music there, from jazz to international groups.” The Bear’s Den was another of the three venues underground. It was preceded by the Nightgown, Raleigh’s only jazz club, which hosted “Rock Night” once a week. Adams said he played nearly every time. “It was a big place for jazz in Raleigh,” Adams said. “I saw so many good jazz bands down there. The best one I saw down there was Weather Report, and I saw Miles Davis, too. It was the place to play.” Adams said Village Subway-goers oftentimes had to keep a lookout for bands they wanted to see, because shows were not announced far in advance. “You just never knew when somebody big was going to be there—a lot of times they would announce it the day before,” Adams said. “It was a mecca for people to come and play, you know, and it was always packed.” Adams, among many others, said he would love to see the subway revived. “I got to see some really good bands and had a lot of fun,” Adams said.
‘Unchained’ puts modern twist on a familiar story Kevin Schaefer Staff Writer
Although DC Comics’ “New 52” comic assortment has had ups and downs since its launch in 2011, Superman: Unchained, a series in that assortment, is easily one of the best comic series of the modern age. The first two issues of Unchained, released in June and July, are modern stories that remind Superman fans why they love the classic hero, and comic book legends Scott Snyder and artist Jim Lee provide a wealth of entertainment for longtime readers and newcomers alike. The plot follows mysterious crashing satellites on Earth and leads readers to question the satellites’ origins. They appear to be the work of either a new cyber terrorist organization called Ascension or imprisoned villain Lex Luthor. With the fate of the world at stake, it is a job only Superman can accomplish. The defining component of Unchained is the manner in which Snyder and Lee revitalize the character’s mythology like never before. A postersized image of Super man
searching for the satellites’ source is included in the first issue that presents some of Lee’s best work while holding a significant amount of story. As captivating as the images on the large sheet are, it also brings into light aspects of the character that have been brushed aside in other stories. What makes Superman such an iconic hero and popculture figure is that he’s larger than life. Any time that gets toned down–which has happened in both the comics and film adaptations–the character becomes much less captivating. Both Snyder and Lee demonstrate their understanding of the character’s origin, and they each strive to reconcile aspects of older and newer versions of the character. While the New 52 version has replaced his red underpants with a red belt and a more armor-based suit, Superman retains the ideals and morals he developed growing up in Smallville. Snyder and Lee’s depiction of Lex Luthor is another fan-pleaser. While Luthor has never really been portrayed poorly, scenes where he is featured make the book
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all the more intriguing. At first glance, the legendary supervillain is seen reading a copy of The Illiad while being transferred to another prison. His deviously smart mind and self-absorption add the perfect element to this already invigorating tale. Although Clark Kent (Superman) does not work for the Daily Planet newspaper during Unchained, he is still a hard working reporter. Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen also get some great scenes together, which both pay homage to classic Superman stories while also bringing fresh and exciting to dialogue, making this comic engaging toward a broad audience. In addition to the main storyline, a miniseries at the end of each issue provides a solid amount of intrigue that correlate well with the overarch-
ing plot. Dustin Nguyen’s art here reflects the darker and more mysterious elements of Snyder’s script. (What kind of “miniseries?” We need just a detail or two more about what it is to judge how well it might or might not “correlate” with the body of the book) Snyder is also wise to have Superman reference other Justice League members in the first issue, making this story a fitting and fundamental component of the New 52. W hether you’ve been collecting for years or have never picked up a comic book in your life, Superman:Unchained offers an incredible amount of depth and imagination to engage readers of all kinds. It’s stories like these that illustrate the artistic value of the medium.
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Jazz enthusiasts set out to reinvigorate Durham STORY BY GRANT GOLDEN | GRAPHIC BY RICKY PHUONG
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hen it comes to North Carolina’s music scene, many think of the burgeoning indie-rock scene that erupted in the ‘90s. Bands like Superchunk, Ben Folds Five and Squirrel Nut Zippers heralded in a new age of North Carolina music, but long before the state received that indie acclaim it was home to iconic jazz musicians like John C olt ra ne, Ni na Simone and Thelonius Monk. It’s not clear where along the road the Triangle lost its flair for jazz, but projects like The Art of Cool are trying to reignite that spark. The Art of Cool Project is a non-profit group based in Durham that has been providing intimate jazz concerts for the past two years. Now Durham’s jazz scene is bustling, and The Art of Cool has found itself on the verge of something big. Cicely Mitchell and trumpeter Al Strong, two jazz enthusiasts bound and determined to shine a light upon the untapped resources of North Carolina’s jazz scene, founded the Art of Cool. The two recently started a Kickstarter campaign to help fund a large-scale jazz festival to be held in Durham in April of 2014. The festival plans to bring in internationally acclaimed artists such as Maceo Parker, a saxophonist from Kinston best known for his work with James Brown and Parliament. Mitchell and Strong believe a big-name festival could help shed the negative stigma some North Carolinians associate with Durham. “What you see on TV and what they’d like to say about Durham is ‘You’ll get shot’ or ‘Someone will hurt you if you go downtown,’ but I’ve been here for over 10 years and never had an incident.” Mitchell said. “We feel like there’s a need for something like Hopscotch that’s more Durham-centric.” But Art of Cool didn’t begin around the massive jazz fest, the Art of Cool comes from humble beginnings at Durham’s LabourLove art gallery. “Al was looking for an intimate venue that he could play at that wasn’t a restau-
rant, somewhere without the pressure of packing it out. So we got creative and decided to do these pop-up shows at art galleries.” Mitchell said. From that point forward, the project began to snowball into something glorious. Jazz enthusiasts came to enjoy art, and art enthusiasts who came were introduced to the world of jazz. Art of Cool highlighted the “hip and cool” aspects of Durham, eventually becoming a staple of the city’s Third Friday events. Shortly thereafter, Mitchell and Strong found demand for events at Raleigh’s First Friday. While the town hasn’t been quite as receptive to the venerable jazz market as Durham has been, the group still continues to provide internationally known artists on a local level. “I love the people in Raleigh, but it’s an indie town, so it was hard to break through—but there’s still people who have love for us,” Mitchell said. The latter part of Mitchell’s claim is evident in the caliber of shows that this group continues to put on at venues like The Pour House. Australia’s future soul act Hiatus Keyote will be playing there on Aug. 15, and t he g roup also plans to bring Grammy-winning bassist Derrick Hodge to quaint venues like Durham’s Casbah. To put it simply, Art of Cool has been reinvigorating North Carolina’s jazz scene by highlighting the stellar outlets and artists that are already set in place. The group received backing from the Durham Chamber and Downtown Durham Inc. as a part of Start-Up Stampede, a 60-day project to help start-up companies improve their trade. Since the Stampede, Mitchell and Strong have been busy pitching their festival to countless corporations and receiving strong community support. “A lot of this stuff didn’t just happen,” Mitchell said. “The Kickstarter and all of these
things are building blocks we’ve built over the year. We roll it out with the Kickstarter to push people to give and feel comfortable giving.” “We realize we’re young and people don’t know who we are, but we’re letting people know we’ve got American Tobacco behind us, we’ve got North Carolina Central University partnering with us, we’ve got Maceo booked,” she said. “We want people to know we’re in it for the long haul.” The Kickstarter project will end on Aug. 5, and the festival has just recently moved past the halfway mark. With only $13,000 of their lofty $25,000 goal raised, the group still remains hopeful. “We used Kickstarter because we’re trying to make bold statements and trying to be trendsetting” Mitchell said. “We’re not expecting to have our line items filled by grants, we’re not a traditional nonprofit. We just got our first grant not too long ago, so all of our money is literally from the community.” While Maceo Parker will be headlining the first night of the festival, the group has commissioned an original piece from the highly acclaimed music director Miguel-Atwood Ferguson, which will make for another pillar for the event. Ferguson will lead an 11-person ensemble in a tribute to North Carolina’s late, great jazz musicians like John Coltrane, Roberta Flack, Nina Simone and Thelonius Monk. It will feature Grammy-caliber soloists while maintaining its North Carolina roots. “We’re hoping that it’s more than music,” Mitchell said. “It’s about a cool, hip culture that you don’t really get to see on television for Durham.” The Art of Cool Project is serving as a rallying cry for jazz enthusiast all over the state. While festivals like the upcoming Hopscotch and Mountain Oasis may be receiving tremendous promotion and hype, the state is still home to one of the most rich, diverse and talented jazz scenes that one could wish for.
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negate any home-field advantage our opponents might otherwise enjoy. Additionally, the Wolfpack’s nonconference schedule is on the soft side. The Wolfpack will open on Aug. 31 against Louisiana Tech, a team that finished 9-3 last season but did not play in a bowl game. The Bulldogs lost their 2012 starting quarterback to graduation and their coach, Sonny Dykes, to the University of California, so they figure to be in flux as well. The Pack then faces FCS opponent Richmond the next week before hosting Clemson, the overwhelming favorite to win the ACC, in an ESPN Thursday night game
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Mason, Long Beach State, Colorado, West Virginia and Georgia Tech. In 1999 W hit tenburg joined the Wagner basketball program as head coach and led the team to a 67-50 overall record in his four years leading the team. He led the Seahawks to the first round of the NCAA Tournament in his final season there.
on Sept. 19. State’s other two nonconference games are against Central Michigan and East Carolina. I’m not normally a fan of scheduling soft. I feel that BCS programs that schedule other power conference teams will always be better off in the long run. My dad always used to tell me that the best way to get better is to play those who are better than you. But in State’s case, with a new coaching staff, a new offense and a new quarterback, it might not be such a bad thing. There is no substitute for winning. There will be growing pains, but better they happen in the first couple games than when UNCChapel Hill comes to town. The conference schedule is, as usual, a mixed bag. The
Wolfpack caught a bit of a break with expansion as new Atlantic member Syracuse, a mediocre football school, replaces preseason Coastal Division favorite Miami on the schedule. In addition to the entire Atlantic Division, the Pack will host the rival Tar Heels, picked third, and travel to Duke, picked seventh, from the Coastal. As cliché as it sounds, every game is winnable. With the schedule State has, there’s no reason why they can’t go to a better bowl game than last season or prove the writers wrong and exceed their preseason prediction. ACC football is always a Forrest Gump-esque box of chocolates–you never know what you’re going to get–and this season should be no different.
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Following his four-year stint at Wagner, Whittenburg spent seven seasons as head coach at Fordham, posting a 69-112 record with the Rams. “We are very excited to have Dereck joining our staff,” head coach Mark Gottfried said. “He brings a wealth of not only experience, but of knowledge and love for N.C. State. He has many strengths as a former head coach, including relating with players and their families. We look forward to having him be a
mentor to our players, and having his experience on our staff.” In addition to his playing career in the NBA, Whittenburg has served as a regional scout for the Utah Jazz. Whittenburg most recently worked for ESPN serving as a college basketball analyst and producer of the film Survive and Advance, part of the network’s “30-for-30” television series documenting the 1983 team’s unforgettable run to the national championship.
Omaha. Since joining the Kettleers, Fincher has appeared in 24 games for Cotuit as of July 30, and is batting .291 with 10 runs, 10 RBIs and a teamleading 14 steals. “Playing in the Cape Cod League is a pretty good achievement,” Avent said. “It’s a hard league to be successful in. It’s full of the greatest college players in the country. It’s quite an achievement to play there, but to make the All-Star team there is quite an honor.”
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When the All-Star rosters were announced on July 20, Fincher ended up as the starting center fielder for the Western Division, joining Vanderbilt sophomore outfielder Rhett Wiseman and Georgia junior pitcher Jared Walsh as the Kettleers’ AllStars. “I didn’t know if I would have had the requirements for enough time,” Fincher said. “I was more surprised than anything that I was starting and not a reserve, and I was ecstatic that I got to start in center field for one of the best summer leagues’ All-Star game.” “As soon as I found out
[Fincher was an All-Star], I called him, and he was tickled to death,” Avent said. “He was proud that he was representing their program as well as our program. It’s something he’ll never forget. The whole summer has been fun for him. He has improved his game, but to make the All-Star team was something special.” Fincher hit a one-out double in the top of the first inning, stole third base two plays later and scored the first run of the All-Star Game on the next play. He finished the game 1-for-2 as the West fell to the Eastern All-Stars, 9-3.
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Fincher also stole 14 bases on the season, placing him third on the team behind Since helping N.C. State sophomore shortstop Trea earn its first College World Turner and senior outfielder Series bid since 1968, sopho- Brett Williams. more outfielder Jake Fincher “Jake Fincher is one of the has been playing in the Cape guys that makes our team go,” Cod League for the Cotuit said N.C. State baseball head Kettleers coach Elliott in Marston Avent. “He’s Mills, Mass. b e e n t h at Despite w ay si nc e delaying his h e ’s b e e n 2013 Cotuit here. He’s a debut due high-energy to commitguy, he plays Junior right fielder ments with with a lot of Jake Fincher the Wolfpack passion, and in Omaha, he plays to Fincher batted his way into win.” the Friendly’s Cape Cod Fincher made his mark League All-Star game. driving in the game-winning “I’ve been playing hard ev- run against Rice in the first ery day,” Fincher said. “I’ve game of the Raleigh Super never played games every day Regional as well as the tylike we’re doing. I’m really ing run in the ninth inning trying to polish my game so of the second game against I can get ready for the spring.” the Owls. The Charlotte native ended “He did a lot of great things the 2013 campaign second on for us, but the main thing that the team in both batting av- he did was that he brought a erage (.313) and runs (50). lot of energy into the dugout Staff Writer
“... to make the All-Star team there is quite an honor..”
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Junior right fielder Jake Fincher sprints from third to home during the first round of the Raleigh super regional against Rice on Doak Field Saturday June 8, 2013. The Wolfpack defeated the Owls, 4-3.
and into the game,” Avent said. “Guys that play the game that hard at that level,
they rub off on the rest of the players.” Fincher was 13-for-39 with
Whittenburg hired as assistant Staff Report
In a very real way, Dereck Whittenburg’s career has come full circle. On Monday, the Athletic Department announced that Whittenburg would return to N.C. State as senior assistant to head basketball coach Mark Gottfried and director of player development. It marks his third tour of duty as an assistant coach with the program. Whittenburg is a basketball legend at N.C. State. His jersey, No. 25, hangs from the rafters of PNC Arena thanks to his contributions playing under former head coach Jim Valvano from 1979 to 1983. Whittenburg is perhaps best known for his mid-court heave in the final seconds of the 1983 NCAA National Championship game. Former Wolfpack great Lorenzo Charles grabbed the pass in midair and laid it in, giving N.C. State its second national championship in school history. “I’m very excited to return home to North Carolina
five runs and five RBIs in the postseason prior to the College World Series but
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time away from Raleigh, was short-lived. He returned to the State basketball program in 1985, and from 1988 until 1991 he served as an assistant on Valvano’s staff. Whittenburg went on to serve as an assistant coach for George
As students prepare to return to campus, the N.C. State football team has been working hard in Raleigh for most of the summer determined to improve on last year’s 7-6 mark, and first-year head coach Dave Doeren will look to bring the success he had at Northern Illinois to Carter-Finley Stadium. After last season’s loss to Vanderbilt in the Music City Bowl, few Wolfpack fans were ecstatic about 2013. Quarterback Mike Glennon is now with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and several other contributors, including David Amerson, Earl Wolff, Sterling Lucas and Tobais Palmer, also moved on. As in many years past, many fans of the red and white predicted a rough 2013. But the writers gathered at the ACC Football Kickoff in Greensboro last week, thought the Wolfpack faithful were being a little too hard on their team. They collectively picked State to finish third in the Atlantic Division behind Clemson and Florida State. With the ACC expanding to 14 teams for 2013 and beyond, that’s the top half of the division—not too shabby for a team with a new coach and a yet-to-be-resolved quarterback competition in a BCS conference. As we learned last season, preseason predictions don’t mean much. A positive for the Pack is its schedule. Eight of its 12 games will be played within the friendly confines of Carter-Finley, with a short bus trip to Duke and a slightly longer one to Wake Forest also on the docket. The only two regular season games for which State will leave North Carolina are trips to Boston College and Florida State. Pack fans have always traveled well to in-state road games, which should help us at least partially
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Former guard Dereck Whittenburg drives past a defender during the 1983 season. State clinched its second national championship that season, defeating heavily favored Houston.
State,” Whittenburg said in a news release announcing his arrival. “Coach Gottfried and I have a lot in common – we’ve played college basketball at a high level, we’ve both experienced winning a national championship and we’re both passionate about NC State. I’m grateful for
the opportunity to work with Coach Gottfried and his staff. I’m confident knowing that I will be contributing to his continued success.” After his collegiate playing career with N.C. State, Whittenburg was drafted by the Phoenix Suns. His professional career, and his
N.C. State 2013 Football Schedule Date: Aug. 31
Date: Oct. 5
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Opponent: Louisiana Tech
Opponent: Wake Forest
Opponent: Duke
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Homecoming
Location: Raleigh, N.C.
Location: Raleigh, N.C.
Location: Raleigh, N.C.