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N.C. State placed a new design on the field for the Homecoming football game against UNC-Chapel Hill, sparking a debate among ACC football fans from across the state.
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Fans react to ‘stolen’ Homecoming design Jake Moser News Editor
A composite image showing the resemblance between N.C. State and East Carolina University’s midfield football designs started an online de-
bate during the weekend and re-sparked the “this is our state” dispute. After Saturday’s Homecoming game, UNC-Chapel Hill football players made headlines when they stomped on N.C. State’s new
midfield design, which consisted of the strutting wolf ’s head within an outline of North Carolina. However, the move also mocked the University’s “this is our state” slogan and drew attention to what some people
said amounts to plagiarism. “I found it hilarious that N.C. State stole our midfield logo, and I guess they just want to be like us and actually have some form of success,” said Jeremy Lauffer, a freshman at ECU. “We have
the outline of North Carolina as our logo because it’s our state. Are they teaching any sort of creativity at State or do they steal everything else at that school too?” According to Chris Boyer, senior associate athletics di-
rector at N.C. State, the midfield design was based on an existing merchandise design used for bumper stickers and other items. The athletic department was also aware of
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Universities violate Researchers use crowd-funding for projects Supreme Court ruling Estefania Castro-Vazques by claiming patents Correspondent
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Universities across the country are increasingly trying to claim credit for its researchers’ work. N.C. State officials said this isn’t the case at the University, but there are still exceptions to the rule. In 2011, the Supreme Court case Stanford vs. Roche made it unconstitutional for universities to take credit for patented inventions received by researchers working for that school. However, certain institutions, most notably the University of California System, are rewriting their faculty patent rights agreements and claiming that the institutions themselves should own the patents, according to Inside Higher Ed. According to the American Association of University Professors, the reason for universities taking credit for inventions is because the faculty members of an institution are not seen as independent but instead as members of the University which they are working for. Therefore, they should accredit their work to the institution, not themselves. PATENTS continued page 3
As federal grants become scarcer, researchers across the country are turning to a new source for funding. Crowd-funding is a technique used to gather funds by asking for small amounts of money from several sources rather than gathering a large sum from one source alone, and for some researchers, it is the answer to the funding problems caused by the sequester. Crowd-funding at Georgia Tech has become such a major tool to generate funds for research that one of its university employees, Allison Mercer, created a website for it, according to the Georgia Tech news center. The website is peer-re-
viewed, so donors know the money will be used “exactly as described,” Mercer said. Terri Lomax, vice chancellor for the office of research at N.C. State, said crowd-funding could help struggling researchers because government entities are reluctant to fund numerous projects. “The recent sequestration in Congress has restricted the budget of the federal agencies, so they are much more cautious of [giving out funding] right now,” Lomax said. Because of the limited monetary resources available to researchers, crowd-fundARCHIVE/TECHNICIAN ing has grown in popularity Open Hardware Makerspace set up a 3D printer in the at other universities, as well. Emerging Issues Commons at Hunt Library Monday. Though Lomax said that crowd-funding isn’t a major source of generating funds of such funding methods. istry, used crowd-funding in at N.C. State, she said people In fact, Walter Weare, an can certainly take advantage assistant professor of chemCROWD continued page 3
Researchers develop crop-monitoring drones Sasha Afanasieva Staff Writer
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drones to improve agriculture in North Carolina. The drones will be used to monitor the he alth of crops from the day crop s are planted to the day they are harvested. Unmann ed aerial vehicles are use d for a wide variety of app lications from surveillance to mapping archaeological sites. “You monitor the issues related to water, issues related to nutrients and issues related to pesticides to h elp determine where you need to crop-dust or irrigate,” Silverberg said. Afte r the drones find an area th at requires attention, such as a section that is low on water, o nly that area will be irriga-
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Matthew Hazard, Adam Propst, Dan Edwards and Chris Bovais stand with a UAV in southern California. Drones such as these will soon be used agriculturally, according to researchers.
ted, rather than irrigating an entire f ield and wasting resources. “You are getting a bird’s eye view and that is extrem ely valuable in targeted irrig
ation, targeted pesticides a nd targeted nutrients,” Silverberg said. “ Targeted means you don’t need to put pesticides everywh ere, and that saves a lot of m
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Students who plan to take the Medical College Admission Test in 2015 or later will be facing a longer and possibly more difficult test. The MCAT will see major changes starting in 2015, and the test will now include sections in biochemistry and behavioral and social sciences. This will be the first time in 25 years that the Association of American Medical Colleges, will make revisions to the exam. The MCAT will last a total 7 hours and 10 minutes, an increase from the currently allotted 5 hours and 10 minutes.
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2011 to purchase a spectroelectrochemical cell, according to an article published in a science abstract on the N.C. State website. The group became involved with the SciFund Challenge on Rockethub.com, a website engineered for the sole purpose of collecting funds through crowd-funding, according to Weare. “It’s a great way for young scientists to fund the preliminary work they need to do in order to apply for a larger grant,” Weare said in the article. “It’s a great way to bring the process of science into the public eye and get citizen scientists and non-scientists alike excited about all kinds
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“You are getting a bird’s eye view and that is extremely valuable in targeted irrigation, targeted pesticides and targeted nutrients,” Silverberg said. “Targeted means you don’t need to put pesticides everywhere, and that saves a lot of money.” Silverberg is not alone in the project. Gary Roberson from the biological and agricultural department and Scott Ferguson from the mechanical and aerospace department are also working on the drone project. “Gary Robertson understands agricultural technology and Scott Ferguson focuses on understanding and assessing new technical or engineering markets,” Silverberg said. “My expertise is in the technology of UAV’s and autonomous systems. All of these unmanned vehicles
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of research and scientific possibilities.” Asking for only $500, Weare raised not only the necessary funds, but $348 extra within two weeks with the help of 21 funders, according to the Rockethub website. Regardless of what methods researchers used to fund their work, it is important that all available options are explored to be sure no researcher must retire their idea, which can happen when monetary resources cannot be procured. “Every so often there are researchers that have great ideas but just can’t find the places to go to fund them,” Lomax said. N.C. State researchers have several methods to procure the needed funds for their research, all of which are
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listed on the N.C. State research development website. Lomax says that University researchers have both internal and external funding options. However, internal means account for a very small portion of the funds needed, and they will most likely rely on external resources to support their research after using internal funds to obtain preliminary data. External funding options are comprised of federal grants, contracts and gifts. Because federal funds are limited, limited-submission grants are often put in place that allow only a small number, sometimes only one, of researchers to apply for a specific federal grant per school. At N.C. State, the researchers chosen to compete
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for these limited-submission grants must first win an internal competition among hopeful fund-recipients, according to Lomax. Lomax said that the N.C State research office is now looking to work with different agencies that it hasn’t emphasized in the past as well as working to procure funds from industries to increase the funds available to researchers at the University. For now, however, resources for research are still going steady, according to Lomax. “Our researchers have been doing a great job and our funding for research continues to increase, but we’re worried that it will slow down because of what happened in Congress,” Lomax said.
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N.C. changes lethal injection protocol Staff Report
The N.C. Secretary of Public Safety, Frank Perry, signed a new protocol regarding lethal injection procedures on Oct. 24, moving from a three-drug injection to a single-drug method. This occurred before a hearing regarding the ethical nature of the death penalty, which was scheduled this week, to be argued in front of the N.C. Department of Correction. The case has now been removed from the argument calendar, according to The News & Observer. Pentobarbital, which has been used by other states, is meant to be administered un-
are autonomous.” Though the research project is not funded, work has already begun. “What we are doing is that we are studying what specific technologies like platforming, sensing, data management and business opportunities can be facilitated to help agriculture in North Carolina,” Silverberg said. Unlike drones associated with spying or military, the drones developed at N.C. State will concentrate on Researchers at N.C. State are using drones for irrigation and other agricultural processes. helping farmers produce more at a lower cost. How- about the agricultural apDaniel Mellinger, an N.C. in quadrotors is from N.C. ever, some concerns exist, plication of the drone tech- State alumnus, became one State.” and there is already some leg- nology. of the main researchers for However, despite the useislation in the works aimed at “There is no real contro- the most advanced quadro- fulness of drones in activirestricting drone use. versy in agriculture,” Silver- tor drones in the world at ties ranging from pizza de“Controversy comes in be- berg said. “Consumers want Penn State. livery to crop monitoring, cause people are unsure of lower costs and farmers want “He basically has built the the concerns are real. Just how this works in other ap- higher yields. This is great for most sophisticated quadro- recently, North Carolina plications,” Silverberg said. everybody and important for tors in the world,” Silverberg placed restrictions on UAV “People don’t understand the agriculture, and the drones said. “He did undergrad use, limiting it only to state technology, and we haven’t will be over private land, so at N.C. State and research and regional personnel unput in regulations to make there is nothing controversial at Penn State. He is one of less approved by the Chief sure we do this the right way.” about the agricultural appli- our grads. It’s nice to know Information Officer for the Silverberg was optimistic cation.” that the number one guy Department of Transporta-
der the new protocol. Its threedrug predecessor was called into question by prisoners, who sued the N.C. Department of Correction for cruel and unusual punishment in 2007, according to the N&O. This was the second big win for death penalty supporters in N.C. this year—the N.C. General Assembly also repealed the 2009 Racial Justice Act, which gave inmates the possibility of changing their sentence to life without the possibility for parole if they could provide evidence that their race was the cause of sentencing, according to the N&O.
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tion. “Anytime a new technology develops that didn’t exist before, there is going to be a need for the people to adapt to the new technology and that means regulations that did not exist today,” Silverberg said. “The question is which regulations apply here since no one has any experience with the technology.”
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ECU’s midfield design before the Homecoming game and the design was not slated to be the next University Athletics logo. “There are certainly similarities [between the two designs] and we understand why people are concerned, but we didn’t want to replicate ECU,” Boyer said. “We certainly respect other field and court designs featuring state outlines, including ECU’s and UNC’s use of our state outline, but the concept of using state outlines and the logos of the respective state universities in field and court graphics is not new or unique to any one school.” Matt Hill, a sophomore in Biology at N.C. State, said the state outline being featured in a design can be used by any team in North Carolina. “I don’t think any school from N.C. can claim that logo idea,” Hill said. “ECU
uses it for football [and] UNC uses it for basketball, so I don’t see why we can’t use it for our football team as well.” Will Barr, a junior in political science, agreed with Hill and said using the outline of a state with a mascot has previously been used by other schools. “I’m down with anything that upsets the ECU crowd. Having lived near Greenville my entire life, hearing about them nonstop got pretty old, and it’s not even original to them,” Barr said. Patrick Limer, a junior in political science at N.C. State, said the original design could have come from a lack of creativity. “It’s probably not a good idea to use a similar style to the one of ECU, but as far as logos are concerned, when incorporating the ‘our state’ slogan, there are only so many ways to go with creating one,” Limer said. “Perhaps there just weren’t enough creative thinkers sitting around the table to
with the Princeton Review to offer students a class to help get ready to take the MCAT. Flick said 75 to 80 percent of students who use all the tools that N.C State offers get into their desired graduate program. This puts these students at approximately twice the national average. Flick said that the class is not designed to reteach students what they have learned throughout college, but rather to teach them how to take
the test. According to a report by the Chronicle for Higher Education, the number of medical school applicants increased by 6.1 percent to about 48,000 in 2013. The number of students enrolled increased as well, exceeding 20,000 for the first time.
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ECU fans said that the design placed on N.C. State’s 50 yard line is a copy of the above design.
come up with a whole new idea.” ACC sports fans also debated N.C. State’s use of the “this is our state” slogan online this weekend. Hill posted two pictures on Facebook Saturday showing an N.C. State and a Mississippi State billboard with the same “welcome to our state” slogan. Also, Barr posted pictures of Iowa State University and Mississippi State University using the “this is our state” logo. Boyer, who started working with the University in early 2013, said he wasn’t aware that other schools were using the same slogan. “I was unaware that anoth-
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er institution had used it or something similar to it prior to N.C. State Athletics until recently,” Boyer said. “But I am not sure that diminishes its impact and marketing potential with our specific fan base and target markets. I do know several other schools have replicated it since we launched it here as well.” Boyer also said that when hundreds of Universities try
to advertise “similar products or services,” there is bound to be some overlap. “I like the idea of [the slogan], but I think it would go over a lot better if we weren’t the third or fourth best, this season at every major sport in the state,” Barr said. “I think Mississippi State used it first which made sense because they were better than the [other] big, state school, Ole Miss, in basketball,
football, and probably even baseball.” Limer agreed, but still has his doubts about using another school’s slogan. “It may not be classy to replicate another school’s slogan, but this is a whole separate state and we rightfully made a claim to it as ‘our state,’ [but] we just need to defend that claim a bit better,” Limer said. Vand e
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“The number one thing is that they can fix the GPA issues, but if they can’t pass the MCAT, they may not achieve their dreams,” Flick said. Flick said that medical schools only accept 40 to 45 percent of applicants each year. Although the MCAT may be intimidating for students pursuing a medical degree, N.C. State offers a variety of resources to help students prepare. N.C. State has partnered
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fore spend more time reading, questioning an author’s argument [and] breaking down an article into claims and support, which are all skills that are tested heavily on the MCAT.” A clinician’s bedside skills and ability to empathize with the patient is a huge part of being a doctor, but also
Although the writing section of the MCAT has been removed, Nicholson said the length of the test is still a factor in considering when to take the exam. Nicholson said she urges students, if possible, to take the test before the 2015 changes increase in length. Dr. Anita Flick, director of N.C. State’s health professions advising, said the MCAT is a vital part of applying to medical school.
United States Patent and Trademark Office’s current backlog is more than half a million applicants. “The United States is a First-To-File country, leading a lot of applicants to opt for provisional applications. Once your application is in, it’s just a case of waiting for the examiner to get to it. It can be a long wait,”
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caretaker, according to the AAMC. The MCAT will add social science oriented sections to encourage atypical applicants to apply to medical school and to find applicants who have the ability to understand a wide variety of topics, not just medical knowledge, according to the MCAT prep guide. Nicholson said the new test will be more difficult, regardless of the other changes.
patent requires a substantial amount of patience and work by the researcher after they have made an invention. David Zwicky, engineering services librarian at N.C. State, brief ly described the process of applying for a patent. “You first do a patent search to try to get a sense of whether or not your idea is novel and non-obvious. Then you make a series of decisions about your filing strategy.” According to Zwicky, the
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General Council, all members of the University conducting researching must notify the department of their invention. The researchers must also sign patent agreements notifying that they are aware of the University’s policies. A researcher who is a part of the institution must have their work reviewed by the vice chancellor for Research and the Intellectual Property Committee who will decide whether or not the researcher’s invention should be submitted for a patent. The process of gaining a
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N.C. State’s patent policy clearly says that any work conducted independently by the researcher without the use of university tools and supplies belongs solely to that person and not to the institution, according to William Cross, director of the Copyright and Digital Center at N.C. State. “The basics of N.C. State’s policy regarding patent rights are essentially if you make it,
partners in sharing the credit as well,” Cross said. According to Cross, there are imminent dangers of giving intellectual property to universities instead of to researchers. “Every time you lock up intellectual property you run the risk of limiting the ability of the public and the tax payers to have access to that information to improve their own lives and industry and innovation and those sorts of things.” Cross said. N.C. State has a very specific policy regarding patents. According to the University
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you own it,” Cross said. However, Cross mentioned some examples where this might not be the case. “If you are making something under your scope of employment as a student or you are making exceptional use of university resources, then the patent belongs to the institution,” Cross said. Cross said he believes other universities could justify taking the rights of N.C. State researchers. “I can imagine other universities saying they are partners in bringing a product to market so they should be
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The BME Symposium showcased student team projects from both N.C. State and UNC-Chapel Hill. There were 12 teams from N.C. State alone. Each team created a device that would help those with debilitated health get the help they needed. The event was held at the North Carolina Biotechnology Center.
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he N.C. State Athletics Department unveiled a new midfield logo for Saturday’s Homecoming game against UNC-Chapel Hill. The logo, a red-colored state of North Carolina with a wolf’s head in the middle, was meant to tie to the University’s “This is our state” campaign, according to Chris Boyer, Senior Associate Athletics Director for External Operations. As expected, N.C. State received backlash from UNC-CH students for claiming the state as ours, but the University received harsher criticism from students at a school we have yet to play: East Carolina University. ECU fans berated the new midfield logo because it is very similar to the midfield design that their university has been using for years. “While we were aware our Homecoming field
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. stencil was similar to the current ECU field design, this specific N.C. State stencil design was based on an existing N.C. State bumper sticker design,” Boyer said. But this isn’t the first time the University has been accused of creating slogans and images that are strikingly similar to those of other institutions. In August, reports surfaced stating that N.C. State’ men’s basketball introduction video appeared to be practically identical to Louisiana State University’s 2010 football intro video. LSU’s video says, “It is a pantheon of concrete and steel. It is a city that rises defiantly in the delta alongside the father of waters. It is the
cathedral of college football.” The N.C. State video says, “It is a pantheon of concrete and steel. It is a city that rises defiantly in the Triangle alongside the famous tobacco road. It is the cathedral of college basketball.” The parallelism continues throughout the rest of the video. To see the full comparison video, search “Death Valley N.C. State remix” on YouTube. Not only did we copy our video and midfield design from other schools, but we also stole our slogan. In 2011, Mississippi State posted billboards that read “Welcome to our State” and subsequently used “This is our state” as
its logo. The following year, N.C. State began using the same slogan. “It is not unprecedented for marketing slogans to be used by more than one entity,” Boyer said. This lack of originality is pitiful at best. If a student at N.C. State turned in an assignment in which he or she copied the work of someone else, that student could face expulsion. But if the University requires students to produce original work, why shouldn’t it hold the Athletics Department to a similar standard? Win or lose, any true Wolfpack fan will support N.C. State, but we at the Technician would rather lose with dignity than win touting the slogan taken from another school.
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he UNC-System and higher education in North Carolina have been taking a lot of heat since t he Republicans took control of the legislature and governorship. Ziyi Mai In January, Staff Columnist t he ne w l y elected Gov. Pat McCrory said on a radio talk show that he wanted to change the way the UNCSystem was funded. What he meant was to revamp the curriculum of general courses in the UNC-System and measure the effectiveness of education by looking at how many graduates get jobs. Another curriculum attack came in late October. This time it was from the right-leaning John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy, and it has brought even more attention to campuses. The Pope Center released commentary that attacked UNC-Chapel Hill’s general education courses. Jay Schalin and Jenna Ashley Robinson, the authors of the proposal, called UNC-CH’s current curriculum “incoherent,” as it offers more than 4,000 courses from which students can choose to fill the 41 required credit hours. The authors of the report pointed out that many of the courses are too trivial and narrow, claiming that they don’t help students develop the professional skills needed in their future careers. They propose an “optimal” alternative curriculum that reduces the number of available general education courses to approximately 700. The remaining courses fall into one of these two categories: reasoning or ideas and cultural knowledge. The Pope Center’s proposal emphasizes reasoning, civil society, western civilization, American history and moral-
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ity, which is a decent proposal without question. But the study is somehow confused with what an average college student should learn compared to what high school students already learn. High school graduates are expected to have basic knowledge of reasoning and the history of the West (specifically, the history of the United States). Not everyone goes to college, but everyone is part of society and able to exercise their rights to vote regardless of their level of education. Thus, t hese subjects should be taught to everyone in high school. F o r e xample, the Constitution, rule of law and the court system are the most important components of a civil society. Learning these fundamental concepts at early age helps foster a people who know how to resolve their differences in the court rather than through violence, how to respect court rulings even when judges are wrong and how to exercise and protect everyone’s equal constitutional rights. In an interview, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia strongly suggested that high school students should be required to read the Federalist Papers because he argues that knowing how the Constitution works is a citizen’s obligation. This demonstrates how the Pope Center’s proposal should be applied to public high schools and not just college students. The study bashes the faculty members for the numerous trivial courses by saying that “many [professors] regard [the curriculum] as a means to advance their own department’s courses and even their own narrow fields of research.” But UNC-CH is one of the top-tier research
universities in the nation, and many top research universities offer even more trivial courses. Teaching and researching are closely related. Students who have ambitions to seek truth in these top-tier colleges are able to be exposed to courses taught by world-class professors. These “narrow and trivial” courses might trigger students’ thinking about their future and serve as guidance to their career. Furthermore, the subjects of the classes themselves are not necessarily the most important part of education. Ins te ad, it ’s the way that courses are taught, the reading materials and the clash of d i f fe rent ideas through discussion that matter the most. Much of the knowledge that students gain in college has little to do with their future careers. But the way of thinking and solving problems benefits them for the rest of their lives. The authors of the study are also concerned that college students might fall into false theories and eccentric ideas delivered by professors. That concern is totally overstated. As they point out, there are 4,700 courses available for students to choose. Given that amount, there is competition for students between departments and faculties. If only a few students enroll in a course, it’s more likely to be taken out of the curriculum. Even if a theory or proposal is wrong, such as Marxism, it still needs to be studied and discussed so that we understand why it is wrong and what disasters it could cause. What one should fear is not false theories, but the freedom to choose between right and false.
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German law that took effect Friday now offers a third gender option on birth certificates. If the child shows both male and fema le characteristics, parents can leave the gender section of the birth certificate blank, Megan thereby creEllisor Viewpoint Editor ating an “indeterminate sex” category. People of indeterminate sex are often referred to as “intersex.” “They are known as ‘intersex’ people because they have a mixture of male and female chromosomes or even genitalia, which have characteristics of both genders,” according to BBC. But being intersex is not the same as being a hermaphrodite, in that hermaphrodites have reproductive organs of both men and women. “When you’re born with intersex, it’s not about having both forms of genitalia,” said Dr. Anand Saggar, lecturer at St. George’s University of London. “It’s normally a disorder of sexual development, which means that you either have too small a penis of what you think should be a boy or too large a clitoris for what you think should be a female.” Experts estimate that as
many as one in 1,500 people have these characteristics. In effect, the new law tells parents of intersex children that they do not have to choose to put their child through sex assignment surgery. So long as the parents of an intersex child don’t force the child into having sex assignment surgery, the child can choose later in life if he or she wants to be a “he” or a “she.” And they don’t ever have to decide if they don’t want to — intersex people can continue to be labeled as “intersex” their entire lives. German passports will soon allow intersex holders to mark themselves as “X” rather than “M” or “F,” according to the interior ministry. Australia and Bangladesh have recognized a third gender on passports since 2011. New Zealand began offering this option in 2012. Germany took a step in the right direction by passing this law, as it removes this pressure from the parents. But just because the law said it’s okay to be of indeterminate sex doesn’t mean it is suddenly culturally acceptable. The passing of this law will lead to many cumbersome situations due to the fact that so many aspects of our culture rely on a gender binary. Joining sports teams or Greek Life requires a male or female gender identity. Even simple tasks such as using public re-
strooms or following genderspecific dress codes require people to choose between being male or female. Furthermore, it is not yet clear how this will affect Germany’s marriage and partnership laws. Current German laws say that marriage is between a man and a woman, and civil partnerships are for two people of the same sex. While speaking with Saggar, CNN’s Jonathan Mann raised the concern that the new law may further stigmatize the child because not only did the child “go through these predicaments with their bodies,” but “now it’s going to be on paper for the world to see.” Addressing any controversial issue such as gay marriage or intersexuality can lead to the stigmatization of a group of people. In many human rights campaigns, the citizens accept the controversial group before the government does. For example, the majority of U.S. citizens are in favor of legalizing gay marriage, yet it remains illegal. For this reason, it is commendable that Germany’s government is ahead of its citizens in being accepting of a third gender. Despite the possibility for stigmatization, it’s better to make people aware of intersexuality than to act as if it doesn’t exist.
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SPANISH CONVERSATION GROUPS Spanish Club hosts drop-in Conversation Groups. Beginner group 5:15 - 6:00; Intermediate group 6:00 - 7:00. Practice your Spanish in a relaxed setting! Withers Hall main lobby, 5:15 p.m. to 7 p.m. CUBA SUMMER STUDY ABROAD INFORMATION SESSION Attend an information session about the summer 2014 study abroad program in Cuba. This is a unique opportunity! Very few U.S. students get a chance to study in Cuba due to the political and economic embargo the U.S still has in place (although it is gradually weakening). Even if you are not certain that you want to go to Cuba this summer, it would be worthwhile to stop by and find out more about the program. Withers 331, 7 p.m.
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BEST DANCE CREW AT NCSU Come and see performances from Just Cuz Crew, DanceLife, Sube and more! Best Dance Crew at NCSU is a campus wide competition for one night of amazing group numbers and the best talent N.C. State has to offer! Tickets $8 at the door. Titmus Theatre, 5:30 p.m
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Four N.C. State dance teams will come together to throw down and claim the title of Best Dance Crew this Saturday at Titmus Theatre. Among them will be performing Sube Ritmo, N.C. State’s only Latin dance team. Sube Ritmo uses Latin dance styles of merengue, bachata and salsa, all of which are closely tied to music styles from different regions in Latin America. This year a group of 20 members will be performing at Best Dance Crew. For Sube Ritmo, it’s a fun, engaging event that draws in people who may not necessarily want to go see a primarily salsa performance, but are exposed to a variety of styles as a result. The competition, which is in its fifth consecutive year, is partially funded by the Inter Residency Council and donates the proceeds of the ticket sales to charity. According to director Danielle Roman, who is also the president and choreographer of DanceLife, this year the team that wins will be able to donate to a charity of their choice. DanceLife, an organization of all female members, 17 of which will be performing on Saturday, has organized the event for years. For Roman, the biggest reason to do the competition, other than for the fun of it, is the sense of community it creates among the dance teams. The event gives them an opportunity to
Obesidad: Un problema más grave al sur del Río Grande Paula Gordon Asistente editor de Bienvenidos
El viernes pasado, el Congreso Mexicano pasó un proyecto de ley que aumentará impuestos para la comida basura y bebidas azucaradas. En una conferencia de prensa el mismo día, Enrique Peña Nieto instó al Congreso Mexicano a aprobar nuevos impuestos para alimentos menos saludables. El proyecto de ley aumentará el precio de comidas como dulces y patatas fritas alta en grasas saturadas, sal y azúcar un 8 por ciento; un impuesto adicional de un peso todavía se está debatiendo. Mexicanos beben las mayores cantidades de Coca-Cola del mundo con 43 galones por persona al año, lo cual es 40 por ciento más que el ciudadano medio de EE.UU [según…] Peña Nieto pidió más medidas para luchar contra la obesidad en su país, afirmando enfát ica mente que “No podemos seguir de brazos cruzados frente a un exceso de peso real y la epidemia de obesidad . . . la vida de millones de mexicanos están literalmente en riesgo.” Su campaña contra la obesidad insta a un cambio de cultura que reemplazaría al estereotipo de una siesta de una hora de duración con una hora de ejercicio diario. Activistas de obesidad en todo el mundo han estado buscando los impuestos sobre los alimentos y las bebidas como una forma de animar a la gente a cambiar su dieta y reducir la cantidad de comida que engorda y bebidas que consumen, según The Guardian. El problema de la obesi-
dad en los niños es particularmente preocupante. Las dietas que consisten principalmente de alto grado en grasas, alta en azúcar y alto contenido de sal, alimentos pobres en nutrientes, en combinación con los niveles más bajos de actividad física, se citan como las principales causas de la obesidad infantil en los países de bajos y medianos ingresos, como México, donde alrededor de un 9 por ciento de los niños tienen diabetes. Los niños obesos en todas partes son más propensos a tener presión arterial alta y el colesterol alto, problemas para respirar, aumento del riesgo de diabetes tipo 2 y problemas en las articulaciones, así como una gran cantidad de problemas sociales y psicológicos que pueden continuar en la edad adulta. El gobierno mexicano ha decidido afrontar el problema mediante la aplicación de los impuestos que se han diseñado para instar a la gente a cambiar sus hábitos alimenticios, a pesar del potencial daño económico que los impuestos podrían causar. En un futuro próximo, el gobierno planea introducir una marca nutricional para indicar alimentos más sanos a la venta en los supermercados. Países como Australia, Hungría y Samoa han implementado con éxito los impuestos hasta un 10 por ciento el consumo de bebidas azucaradas y dulces. Samoa ha puesto a impuestos a las bebidas azucaradas desde 1984. En México, el dinero recaudado por el impuesto se destinará a programas de salud y un mayor acceso al agua potable en las escuelas.
show the dance community what the teams have been working on while unifying everyone in a friendly competition that goes to a good cause. “We all do different things, but it brings crews together, gets us to work together, and we all appreciate each others’ different styles and makes us more of a community,” Roman said.Rebecca Stubbs, a senior and co-director of Sube Ritmo, with junior Liliana Galván said they really value the competition. “I think it’s always good to push yourself in the dance community and I think this is an opportunity even though we don’t do the same styles we all have a desire to win and all in all, dance wins,” Stubbs said.This year, Sube Ritmo has been performing at events, such as the Clemson pep rally, Salsabor, Latino Family day and other events in downtown Raleigh. This will be the third year that Sube Ritmo will be performing in DanceLife’s funded competition. For Social Chair Rafael Chanis, who participated in the last Best Dance Crew competition, it’s a great way to celebrate diversity through the styles represented by the other dance teams. “I loved it when I saw it. After you perform you get to see the other crews and get to see how they do it . . . everybody just gets into it, the crowd gets into it, it’s really good,” Chanis said. The directors of Sube Ritmo made it clear that Latin dancing isn’t just for profes-
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Sube Ritmo, the only team that dances a Latin American genre, will be at Best Dance Crew NCSU, a dance show and competition that will be at Titmus Theatre this Saturday.
sionals or Hispanics, and everyone is welcome to learn at their workshops, which will begin again in the spring. “These workshops are meant to be, like, if you have two feet and you have the will, you can dance,” Galván said. For this competition, Sube Ritmo will be performing two dance pieces in distinct Latin rhythms: bachata and salsa. To find out what songs they’ll be performing to, you’ll have to go to the Titmus Theatre on Saturday. Tickets can be purchased from a member of a participating dance team or at the door on the night of the event for $8.
Obesity: A bigger problem in Mexico Paula Gordon Deputy Bienvenidos Editor
Last Friday, the Mexican Congress passed a bill that will increase taxes on junk food and sugary drinks. In a press conference on the same day, Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto held a press conference urging the Mexican legislature to pass further laws to tax unhealthy foods. The bill will increase the price of foods which are high in saturated fats, sugars and salt, by 8 percent, and an additional tax to put a one peso tax on sugary sodas is still being debated. Mexicans drink the greatest quantities of Coca Cola in the world at 43 gallons per person a year, which is 40 percent more than the average U.S. citizen, according The Guardian. Peña Nieto called for more action to fight obesity in his country, stating emphatically that “We can’t keep our arms crossed in front of a real overweight and obesity epidemic . . . the lives of millions of Mexicans are literally at risk.” His anti-obesity campaign urges for a change in culture that would replace the stereotypical hour-long siesta with an hour of daily exercise. Ob e sit y c a mpa ig ne r s worldwide have been looking to food and drink taxes as a way to encourage people to change their diet and reduce the amount of fattening food and drink they consume, according to The Guardian,
The problem of obesity in children is particularly troubling. Diets consisting largely of high-fat, high-sugar, highsalt, nutrient-poor foods, in combination with lower levels of physical activity, are cited as the main causes of obesity in children in low and middle income countries such as Mexico, where about 9 percent of children have diabetes. Obese children everywhere are more likely to have high blood pressure and high cholesterol, breathing problems, increased risk of type 2 diabetes, and joint problems, as well as a plethora of social and psychological problems that can continue into adulthood. The Mexican government has decided to face the problem by taxes that are designed to urge people to change their eating habits, despite the potential economic harm that the taxes could cause. In the near future, the government plans to introduce a nutritional stamp to indicate healthier foods on sale in supermarkets. Countries such as Australia, Hungary and Samoa have successfully implemented taxes as high as 10 percent on sweetened drinks and sweets. Samoa has been taxing sugary drinks since 1984. In Mexico, the money raised from the tax will go to health programs and greater access to drinking water in schools.
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Laura Stevenson and The Cans reign at Kings Taylor Quinn Staff Writer
Laura Stevenson and The Cans stole the stage with vocal talent and adorable stage presence Sunday night. Stevenson’s dainty and dynamic voice coupled with the band’s strong power chords created an ear-pleasing product on the stage. Stevenson’s songs echoed beaut i f u l ly t h roug hout mid-sized Kings Barcade, which made for an intimate atmosphere. The audience’s faces ref lected the pleasing sounds—they concentrated intently on Stevenson and the band (I even spotted some open mouths and glazed eyes). The band sounded absolutely wonderful. Stevenson’s voice wowed the crowd, effortlessly hitting high octave notes unknown to most live
singers and reeling listeners in closer as she lowered her volume. The Cans, made up of a guitarist, bassist, accordionist/keyboardist and a drummer, supported Stevenson’s voice in the best way. The Cans were tight and on point, and it was obvious that each one of the musicians was feeling each note he or she was playing. Smiling and joking with each other throughout the show, the band’s chemistry was on the stage. Its attitude conveyed to the audience that the band was doing what it loved. The range of songs spanned from all three of its albums. The band made sure to play its two most popular songs, including “The Healthy One” and “Master of Art.” Most of the crowd sang along with those two songs, which intensified the energy the venue
already held. After Laura Stevenson and the Cans’ part of the show, Tim Kasher took the stage and Stevenson and her band mingled with the crowd. Ironically, most of the audience left after Laura Stevenson and the Cans even though they were only openers. Although Stevenson performed clean and powerfully, Kasher performed sloppily. He banged on his guitar and spoke—not sang—his songs. The instruments sounded out of tune, and it seemed as though Kasher was under the influence of something other than just alcohol. His banter was unclear and confusing, similar to how the music sounded. Some bands can pull off the “sounds horrible but still sounds cool” show, but I felt Kasher was not one of them. The overall experience
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Laura Stevenson (left) performs at Kings alongside her band, The Cans. Although Laura Stevenson and The Cans didn’t headline the Sunday show, it highlighted the night.
of the show was a good one though. Laura Stevenson and the Cans cancelled out any downfalls with their over-
whelmingly vibrant show. The only complaint that I would have with The Cans’ performance would be that it
wasn’t longer than Kasher’s.
The psychology of fear: Irrational yet persistent Kaitlin Montgomery Staff Writer
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A mong spiders, heights and clowns, the world can seem like a scary place. Halloween has passed, but fears always find a way to creep into our minds. Amy Halberstadt, a professor of psychology, flushed out what exactly a fear is and hypothesized what exactly might set off someone’s fear factor. “Before you know anything about fear, you have to know how to identify one,” Halberstadt said. “There’s an identifiable eliciting stimulus. Usually people who are afraid try to either freeze or get away, and it’s often associated with
having a lack of power.” Halberstadt said that recognizable expressions such as heat to the face, flushing, shallow breathing and heart palpitation are just a few of the things our body uses to let us know we’re afraid. “Personally, I think we construct some of our fears,” Halberstadt said. “We have some innate fears, but also many of our fears that we may think are innate are actually constructed or taught to us.” According to Halberstadt, there are certain temperamental characteristics that make us more prone to be fearful. “We have some people being more cautious than others in their approach to things,” Halberstadt said. “That could be a way in which people who are less open and willing to approach things might become more fearful in a certain circumstance. More often than not, people are socialized into being more fearful.” Halberstadt said TV shows regarding crime are just one example of people being socialized into a fear. “Crime has actually gone down, but on TV it’s being maintained at a very high level. So the more you watch those things on TV, the more likely you are going to be worried about crime,” Halberstadt said. “We can see that our fears are sometimes very much cultivated by culture.” Though worry and fear may seem interchangeable, they are actually separate emotions, according to Halberstadt. “While fear deals with having a lack of power and fight or f light, worry is a more broader and vaguer term. It’s much closer to anxiety,” Halberstadt said. “Worry is not a specific eliciting stimulus like fear, but more than likely a worry can develop into a fear.” Ethan Thompson, a freshman in psychology, said watching various documentaries and horror movies about the unexplored ocean was the beginning of his worries. “I am terrified of being in the open ocean,” Thompson said. “I started to worry after watching films about
the abundance of life in the ocean that we haven’t even discovered yet. Now I can’t even handle being in the ocean.” Thompson said he isn’t afraid of other bodies of water, but “with the ocean, there’s no telling what’s beneath the surface.” Jackson Roberts, a sophomore in communication, said worrying about wearing contacts developed into a full-fledged fear. “I feel like if somehow I was able to touch my eye long enough to get one in, I wouldn’t have the courage to be able to get it back out,” Roberts said. “Sitting at the eye doctor for an hour trying to get the contacts in resulted in nothing but induced and reactionary tears. The fact of having something foreign on my body that I can’t control disturbs me.” John Walsh, a sophomore in engineering, said his fear of dogs and wolves began with an incident that occurred as a child. “I remember when I was four or five being at some party my parents were invited to,” Walsh said. “One girl brought out her dog, which kept escaping its leash and running around. At one point, the dog decided to start jumping near me and knock me down [while] nibbling at me. The adults look over and start talking about how cute the scene was until I let out a bloodcurling scream when the dog bit me multiple times.” According to Walsh, that experience was the first of many that contributed to solidifying his fear. “After being knocked over again by a dog in the park, I remember on the car ride home my parents playing, ‘Peter and the Wolf,’ on cassette,” Walsh said. “Right as we arrived home, we shut the car off at the point in the song where Peter is cornered by the wolf.” Walsh said that at the age of 20, he’s still trying to overcome his fear. “I volunteer at the Wake County SCPA,” Walsh said. “I’m no longer a little boy that widens his eyes and hides when I see a larger dog, but I still get chills knowing that I’m a proud member of the Wolfpack.”
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prepared,” James said. “We know what to expect where in the past, it was kind of a new thing for us.” Strategic mistakes had prevented the club from advanc-
ing past regionals. In tournaments where clubs play four one-on-one matches, it is beneficial for teams to bring more than four players in order to pick the ideal matchup. James said that the team plans to bring six members to this season’s tournaments in order to avoid mistakes
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that have doomed the Pack in the past. After Saturday’s divisional tournament, the table tennis club will prepare for the second divisional tournament in February. The team is seeking a berth in the NCTTA National Tournament in April.
was trapped in a bind, and State rallied behind them to turn games around and take the victory. With Sasser and Overman graduated, Easley and Anthony Tzamtzis signed to minor league ball clubs, and junior pitcher Travis Orwig redshirting due to an injury, the Pack is left diminished and vulnerable. Rodon’s performance last season showed that he can pitch late in high-caliber matchups, especially with his 10-inning outing against UNC-Chapel Hill in the ACC tournament in Durham. The other two projected weekend starters, junior Logan Jernigan and sophomore Brad Stone, have yet to show such longevity, especially against ACC opponents. In two appearances against conference opponents, Jernigan threw for 5.1 innings with no decisions in either showing. Stone finished with a 1-2 conference record with a 6.48 ERA in nine appearances. The Pack’s most experienced reliever, senior Andrew Woeck, compiled a 6-1 record and a 3.09 ERA in 26 appearances last season. Other than the starting pitchers, no other pitcher came out more than 15 times last season. Though State returns a potent offense that earned the team 50 wins last season, the prowess of the Pack’s pitching will need to propel the team to another College World Series bid.
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NFL Roundup
Honorable mentions
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Player of the week Russell Wilson Quarterback: Seattle Seahawks: 19-of-26 for 217 yards and two touchdowns
Philip Rivers Quarterback: San Diego Chargers: 29-of-46 for 341 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions Rivers went 29-for-46 with 341 yards through the air with two scores and two picks Sunday against Washington, including a fourth-quarter interception by former N.C. State cornerback David Amerson. The Chargers fell to the Redskins in overtime, 30-24.
After Seattle fell behind 21-0 with more than two minutes remaining in the second quarter, Wilson led the Seahawks to a comeback overtime win against Tampa Bay. The second-year quarterback completed 19 of his 26 passes for 217 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions. Wilson also rushed six times for 36 yards and another score in the 27-24 victory.
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Jerricho Cotchery Wide receiver, Pittsburgh Steelers: seven catches for 96 yards, three touchdowns
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PLAY OF THE WEEK • Former Wolfpack kicker Steven Hauschka converted three extra points and two field goals, including the game-winning, 27-yard kick to defeat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in overtime, 27-24.
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The 10-year veteran nabbed seven catches for 96 yards Sunday against New England, scoring three touchdowns for the Steelers. Cotchery’s three scores were more than his touchdown total for 2011 and 2012 combined. Despite Cotchery contributing his best performance of the season, Pittsburgh dropped the contest to the Patriots, 55-31.
DAVID AMERSON: CORNERBACK, WASHINGTON REDSKINS
MIKE GLENNON: QUARTERBACK, TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS
• The Redskins’ rookie cornerback recorded six tackles against San Diego and added an interception that set up a field goal that moved Washington ahead by 10 midway through the fourth quarter. The Chargers rallied to tie the game at the end of regulation, but the Skins took the victory in overtime, 30-24.
• In his fifth start behind center, Glennon led Tampa Bay to an early 21-0 lead in the second quarter. The 6-foot-6-inch quarterback finished with 17 pass completions for 168 yards and two touchdowns in his third straight game without a turnover. The Seahawks rallied to win the game in overtime, 27-24.
BASEBALL COMMENTARY
Club Sports Spotlight: Table Tennis Club
Baseball ends fall season in stalemate
Zack Tanner
The N.C. State baseball team concluded its intrasquad Fall World Series with a 3-3 tie in an eight-inning scrimmage between the Red and White teams Tuesday night. Junior outfielder Jake Fincher went 2-for-3 with a double, two steals, a run, an RBI and a walk for the White squad. Senior pitcher Andrew Woeck surrendered a run on three hits and a walk and struck out four batters in four innings on the mound for the White team.
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Sade named Groza finalist
Junior second baseman Logan Ratledge lays down a bunt against William & Mary during the Raleigh Regional of the NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament June 2 at Doak Field.
Junior placekicker Niklas Sade has been picked as one of the 20 finalists for the Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award. The Wake Forest native has connected on all 19 of his extra point attempts and ranks second nationally with 17 field goals out of 19 attempts. Sade is second in the conference in scoring with 70 points and is one of three ACC kickers in line for the award. SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS
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Thursday WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL VS. CLEMSON Raleigh, 7 p.m. WOMEN’S TENNIS @ITA NATIONAL INDOORS New York, N.Y., All Day. Friday SWIMMING AND DIVING VS. DUKE AND MIAMI Raleigh, 2 p.m.
Pitch not so perfect: A spring of uncertainty Daniel Wilson Staff Writer
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fter the other revenue sports failed to meet expectations, the fan base at N.C. State found its saving grace through the baseball team. Members of the highDaniel Wilson l y t o u t e d Staff Writer sophomore class shortstop Trea Turner and pitcher Carlos Rodon helped the Wolfpack earn its first College World Series bid since 1968. Now that the fall season has concluded, the team will strive for another trip to Omaha. The Pack will need to rely on a healthy offense in the upcoming season. With Tar-
ran Senay, State’s leader in home runs and RBIs in 2013, gone from the roster, the team will look to Turner and junior outfielder Jake Fincher as the team’s catalysts. Turner, who missed 11 games due to injury last season, and Fincher, led the team in hits with 84 and 83 respectively, giving Senay and junior catcher Brett Austin many opportunities to drive in runs for the Pack. However, Austin’s numbers depleted as the season ended with no rest behind the plate. State recruited junior college transfer Bubby Riley to pick up the slack left from the departure of Senay and Grant Clyde, the Pack’s third baseman who caught fire during the second half of the regular season. His productivity at the plate will play a crucial role in the Pack’s success as he
joins Fincher in the outfield in 2014. State also added valuable freshmen that will see extended playing time in the spring such as first baseman Preston Palmeiro, infielder Markel Jones and catcher Kyle Cavanaugh. Despite all of the questions of how much State will produce offensively, the number one cause for concern in the 2014 campaign is how well the bullpen will perform. The Pack lost its three best relievers from last season: Grant Sasser, Chris Overman and Josh Easley. The three combined for an 11-3 record with a 1.05 ERA and 15 saves in 111 innings. Head coach Elliott Avent turned to the bullpen to shut down opposing teams when the Pack
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With the first divisional championship approaching, the N.C. State club table tennis team has high hopes for the 2013-2014 season. The tournament will take place Saturday, and it’s the club’s only tournament of the fall semester. The Wolfpack Table Tennis Club is a member of the National Collegiate Table Tennis Association and plays in the Carolina division of the midAtlantic region. The Carolina division features teams such as Christopher Newport, Old Dominion, William & Mary and in-state rival Duke. “Duke is our biggest rival,” graduate student and team captain William Scott James said. “Usually, the divisional tournament comes down to us and Duke yearn in and year out.” State bested Duke in the last two divisional tournaments, and James said he expects State to continue its dominance against the Blue Devils. On Saturday, the Pack will travel to nearby Apex for the first of two Carolina division championships. James said he predicts a third straight firstplace finish for the team. “We should win in all honesty,” James said. “Based on our player ratings, it would definitely be an upset if we lose.” In last year’s two divisional tournaments, the Pack’s Ateam finished 6-1 with its only loss coming at the hands of Old Dominion. Though the Pack has en-
joyed recent success in the divisional round, it has failed to advance past regionals. In last season’s Regional Tournament, the Pack swept Millersville before falling to Virginia Tech, Virginia, and Maryland. However, James is extremely optimistic in this year’s outlook. He said he believes that this team can not only break through the regional tournament, but have success at the national level as well. “This is the best team we’ve had in a long time, possibly ever,” James said. “I would definitely say that we have a strong chance in making nationals.” The addition of French national player Lucas Charpentier has bolstered the already strong Wolfpack roster. Charpentier is in the United States as a transfer student through SKEMA, a French business school with a satellite on State’s Centennial Campus. “He’s really strong,” James said. “He has a rating of around 2,400, which is top notch and probably the best you’ll see in North Carolina.” The Wolfpack boasts two other players with ratings at about 2,000 : graduate students Lu Jian and Anran Wang. In last season’s divisional tournament, Jian finished 6-1 with a ratio of 1.376 points scored per one point allowed. James said another reason he believes the team will have more success is because of the members’ experience. “[This year], we are more
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