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D.H. Hill Library staff evacuated students and faculty members from its building on Sunday after a staff member received a bomb threat. The threat was later found to be unsubstantiated. According to a statement on the N.C. State University Police Department’s website, police were notified by a staff member of D.H. Hill Library that they had received a call from an unidentified caller stating that there was a bomb placed in one of the restrooms of the library. The library was
immediately evacuated. Several students at the scene told the Technician they didn’t know why they were being evacuated. Students stood outside the library for about 45 minutes, they said. “It’s not unusual for students to not be told what’s happening during a bomb threat,” said Jack Moorman, Campus Police chief. “Whether it’s a bomb or a fire, our goal is only to get people out of the building.” Moorman said Campus Police’s priority was to ensure there was no threat and to reopen the building as soon
as possible. Moorman said Campus Police “takes these threats very seriously.” Campus Police and the Raleigh Fire Department responded to the scene. Campus Police officers conducted a search of the library and did not locate any type of suspicious device, according to the Campus Police statement. The library was re-opened at approximately 5:30 p.m. This case is under further investigation, and anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact Campus Police at (919) 5153000.
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D.H. Hill Library was evaucated due to a bomb threat, at about 4:45 p.m. Sunday.
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Frequent quizzes could improve course scores, attendance in class Lara Hulcher Correspondent
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Senior quarterback Brandon Mitchell reacts after failing to reach the first-down marker on a scramble during NCSU’s 41-21 loss to Maryland at Carter-Finley Stadium Saturday. The Pack dropped its last eight games to fall to 3-9 on the season in Dave Doeren’s first year as head coach.
The somewhat-traditional teaching method of determining students’ grades based solely on a midterm and final exam was recently called into question by a psychology study. However, it’s unclear whether this new method will take wide effect at N.C. State. Psychologists at the University of Texas at Austin released findings from an experiment this month in which 901 students in a popular introduction-to-psychology course took their laptops to class and were quizzed online. The researchers found that frequent quizzing, as opposed to a few large tests and projects, increased both class attendance and overall performance.
Scott Despain, an associate professor in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, teaches Spanish I and gives several small quizzes throughout the semester. Usually, his quizzes only take 30 seconds to a couple of minutes to complete and come directly from the homework, Despain said. “It facilitates students’ success,” Despain said. “I come from a background of learning by doing.” Despain said he was previously a national Future Farmers of America officer. He said the organization’s motto, “Learning to do, doing to learn, earning to live, living to serve,” applied to his classes. “If students want to meet the expectations we have for them, stu-
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New advocacy group in N.C. seeks to better state-wide education policy Joseph Havey Deputy News Editor
A new political group is blurring the lines even further between education and business. Members of the Business for Education Success and Transformation North Carolina, or BEST NC, said they will advocate for public education, including K-12 and higher education, in North Carolina. Several prominent North Carolina business leaders, including Ann Goodnight, SAS CEO Jim Goodnight’s wife, launched BEST NC a few months ago. Currently, the group has 54 members. In addition to Goodnight, members include Jim Goodman, CEO of Capitol Broadcasting; Robert Niblock, CEO of Lowe’s; and Brad Wilson, CEO of Blue Cross and Blue
Shield of North Carolina. Michael Maher, assistant dean for the College of Education, said though it’s difficult to quantify the relationship between education and business, the relationship exists. “It’s hard to deny that if you have highquality schools you attract businesses to your state,” Maher said. “Employees who transfer or are brought in from outside of North Carolina expect good schools and teachers. Additionally, in today’s economy businesses demand a highly-educated and skilled workforce, which is where schools come in.” Michael Walden, Reynolds Distinguished Professor of economics, also said there is a linkage between education and economic
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Freshman in civil engineering Ben Pierce reinforces his groups precision launcher with duct tape before preparing to present it to the judges. Pierce’s group won first place with a bulls eye at the Freshman Engineering Design Day in the McKimmon Center Tuesday.
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Freshman engineering students presented semester-long design projects at the 14th annual Freshman Engineering Design Day on Tuesday. Introduction to Engineering & Problem Solving, E101, students competed for medals among fellow classmates in the McKimmon
Center. Throughout the day, students displayed a variety of projects including arcade games, hovercrafts, bubble blowing machines, fabric buckets and concrete canoes. Each group, which consisted of four to six members, demonstrated the project to judges, who included representatives from N.C. State, Cisco, Duke Energy, Qualcomm Technologies and several oth-
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ers organizations. All judges volunteered for the event. Hailey Queen, an engineering academic advisor, was the lead event coordinator and worked throughout the day to regulate competitions and volunteer participation. “It’s really important to the freshman,” Queen said. “As engineers, we know that a lot of students are interested in
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engineering as a career path because of the opportunity to design, build and use their hands to create things.” For the project, students are placed in groups according to the E101 course in which they are enrolled. This course is mandatory for all engineering students and teaches the basics of teamwork, en-
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gineering concepts and the engineering college curricula. Queen said the course instructors use either random selection to choose groups or have students fill out compatibility surveys. Once students are placed in groups, they are able to select their project preference. “We do try to pick projects that encompass several majors and things that they may see later on but that are also challenging to them as fresh-
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man,” Queen said. Michelle Phillips, a senior in mechanical engineering, is a teacher assistant in an E101 section and has been helping groups with their project throughout the semester. “The engineering fair basically gives engineering freshmen their first shot at a design project,” Phillips said. “It’s the first time they really learn how to work in a team setting as an engineer.” Emily Argabright, a freshman in first year engineering, participated with her group in the challenge to create a concrete canoe. The canoe was judged on its ability to float and hold different increments of weight. Argabright said she hopes to enter the environmental engineering department and was able to use her skill set to help create her group’s canoe, which was named “Carl.” “Environmental engineering is in the civil engineering department and I felt like [the FEDD project] fit more with my department and I thought it would be kind of cool,” Argabright said. “It’s a lot harder than it looks.” Ryan Michael, a freshman in computer engineering, worked with his group to create an arcade game. “I’ve always enjoyed ar-
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Hady Asad, freshman in engineering, resets his team’s Freshman Engineering Design Day precision launcher on Tuesday. in the McKimmon Center. Students compete in the Freshman Engineering Design Day to showcase their engineering skills.
cade games, and I thought it would be really cool to make my own,” Michael said. “It looked more enjoyable compared to the other projects.” Michael said his group spent 10 to 12 hours creating their final product, which was a combination between a pinball machine and a Skee-ball machine. Throughout the day, groups competed against other projects in their category. Judges assigned points based on cat-
egories including effectiveness and creativity. Teams Pinball Wars won the arcade games competition, Rockin’ The Boat won the concrete canoes competition, Cougars won the GE precision launcher contest and Ruby’s Angels took first place in the Rube Goldberg machine category. Jerome Lavelle, associate dean of academic affairs from the College of Engineering, made an appearance at the
event to cheer on the participants. “This is such an important event for students to sort of highlight what they’ve done in terms of engineering and design,” Lavelle said. “If you look around, it also highlights the fact that engineers not only come up with solutions to real world problems but are also exceptionally creative.”
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The Union Activities Board at N.C. State is hosting several “Stressbuster” events this week in preparation for fall exams. Today, starting at 11 a.m., students can grab free exam goodie bags at a giveaway in the Brickyard. The event will last until supplies run out. This event will also take place on Tuesday. Tonight at 5:30, students can “Pet a Pooch” in the Carmichael Playzone, which is located next to the rec center. The Center for Student Leadership,
Ethics & Public Service is hosting a “Strike Out Hunger” at The Alley on Hillsborough Street from 5 – 7 p.m. on Tuesday. Also on Tuesday, the Crafts Center is hosting its own stressbuster from 9 p.m. until midnight. On Wednesday, students can enjoy a Kwanzaa celebration, which will feature Omar Tyree and the Muslim Student Association in Witherspoon 126 from 6 – 7:30 p.m. University Dining is hosting a “State Holiday Meal” in the Dining Halls on Wednesday. Students can enjoy free pizza and a
“Pie-in-the-Eye” contest in the Brickyard on Thursday. This event will start at 11 a.m. and will last until the pizza runs out. Lastly, on Saturday, the Inter-Residence Council’s LAN Party will feature free food and prizes in the First Year College first floor commons from 8 p.m. until midnight. Also, the Cinema in Witherspoon Student Center is offering free holiday movies. Elf will play on Dec. 8 at 8 p.m. and Christmas Vacation will play on Dec. 14 at 10 p.m.
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Binge drinking is bad for critical thinking, study finds Estefania Castro-Vazques Correspondent
Yet another study has found that alcohol isn’t good for college students’ criticalthinking skills, but this one has a twist: Binge drinking is only harmful if a student has low critical-thinking skills to begin with. A new study from researchers at the University of Iowa found that binge drinking is harmful only to college students’ critical-thinking skills if these students already displayed low critical-thinking skills coming into college. The study’s sample included more than 4,100 students who attended college from 200610 at one of 17 institutions: 11 liberal arts colleges, three research universities and three regional universities. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines binge drinking as five drinks for males and four drinks for females in a course of two hours. Although there is no specific research at N.C. State about the effects of binge drinking and critical thinking, Chris Austin, assistant director of health promotion at the student health center, said he wasn’t sure if binge drinking was only harmful to students at the University with low critical-thinking skills. “I’ve known several students that did very well in high school and came on campus and started binge
drinking and had their GPAs drop off significantly,” Austin said. Austin said that there is a lot of research being conducted about alcohol and its effects on the brain because the brain is not fully developed until a person is about 25 years old. Therefore, someone who is a frequent drinker could alter his or her brain functions more permanently down the road. Amir Rezvani, professor of psychiatry and behavioral science at Duke University, studies the effects of alcohol on the brain. According to Rezvani, the reason alcohol has such a profound effect on the brain is because alcohol goes everywhere water goes and the brain contains a high amount of water. Critical thinking comes from the cortex and the prefrontal cortex, the “CEO” of the brain, and binge drinking impairs these areas’ ability to function properly, according to Rezvani. The reason binge drinking is particularly harmful as opposed to drinking in lower quantities is due to the fact that when a person binge drinks, less time is allowed for the liver to process the alcohol, and it becomes more concentrated in the blood and brain, according to Rezvani. Rezvani said he didn’t believe someone with lower critical-thinking skills would necessarily exhibit more
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development. “The modern economy is built on a skilled labor force,” Walden said. “States with welltrained workers are most likely to attract jobs paying good wages.” The group’s members say though BEST NC is an advocacy group, members will not lobby the government. Walter McDowell of Winston-Salem, a retired Wachovia executive, is chairman of the group. McDowell was unavailable for comment but did tell The News & Observer the group won’t endorse candidates or make political contributions. It aims to be nonpartisan, he said. Maher said he thinks it will be challenging to effect change without lobbying.
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Authors of a new paper found that many students who drank heavily during their four years in college had “significantly lower” critical thinking skills upon graduating than those who didn’t binge drink. But that was true only for students who enrolled with already comparatively low critical thinking ability.
damage from binge drinking than someone with higher critical thinking skills. “Regardless of your capacity, if you drink enough, it will have an effect your critical thinking skills,” Rezvani said. Rezvani said the effects of binge drinking depend on several factors, including drinking patterns, the length of the drinking period, the amount drunk and the frequency with which one
“If they will not lobby, how exactly will they promote their ideas for change?” Maher said. “This is a powerful group of individuals however, likely with some influence so perhaps they will be more effective than others have been.” Walden said if BEST NC can present plans and ideas based on agreement from members spanning a wide range of political views, then he thinks this will enhance its ability to have those plans and ideas embraced by elected officials and leaders. “There is a long-standing debate about whether education, particularly at the college level, should be more narrowly focused on skills for particular jobs or broadly grounded in general skills needed for any job,” Walden said. “My own view is that a mix is most useful.” Walden said most employers want gradu-
UNC Campus Security Initiative forum to be held today on Centennial Campus Staff Report
A public forum about campus safety in the UNC System will be held today in the multipurpose room at the James B. Hunt Jr. Library on Centennial Campus. The event will last from 6 – 8 p.m. The forum is hosted by the UNC Campus Security Initiative, an effort launched this semester to review issues of sexual assault and other violent crimes, campus security and crime reporting. UNC President Tom Ross convened the group, which is comprised of administrators, law enforcement, faculty members and students from across the 17-campus system. Chancellor Randy Woodson is a co-chair, along with Harold Martin, the chancellor of North A&T State University. The group works to raise awareness of and help address the threat posed to the educational community by sexual assault and other violent crimes. An advisory
panel of subject-matter experts will also provide advice and information to the work groups. “We know, of course, that it is beyond our power to completely insulate the campus community from the violence that exists in our society, particularly while preserving our historic commitment to access and openness,” said a statement on the group’s website. “If the University of North Carolina is to effectively carry out its three-part mission of teaching, research, and service, we must do everything feasible to promote a safe environment on our campuses and ensure that the rights of individuals are respected.” The review arose after a federal investigation of the handling and reporting of sexual assaults at UNC-Chapel Hill and a State Bureau of Investigation probe of the campus police at Elizabeth City State University, where some crimes went uninves-
tigated. “The University of North Carolina seeks to be a leader among higher education institutions in understanding and implementing the best methods and practices for responding to offenses against persons and ensuring that campus law enforcement operations function in accordance with well-designed policies and procedures that provide safe and secure campus environments, result in appropriate responses to crime, and enhance campus security,” according to the group’s website. “We are committed to becoming an exemplar among higher education institutions for keeping our campus communities informed about crime and security concerns.” At Monday’s event, speakers will be asked to limit their public comments to five minutes. To share written statements, email securityinitiative@northcarolina.edu.
drinks. At N.C. State, it is mandatory that incoming students participate in AlcoholEdu, and, the program is accomplishing its goals Austin said. Austin said the average alcohol awareness test score before completing AlcoholEdu is 55 percent. This score increases to 85 percent after the completion of the program, and Austin said he believes this shows that students become more knowledgeable
after completing it. Austin also said that the number of students calling for medical support due to alcohol-related issues has increased, perhaps due to more information about what to do if someone is showing signs of alcohol poisoning or other alcohol-related issues. “Some people are looking for a magic bullet,” Austin said. “The purpose of this course is not to stop people from drinking, the purpose
ates who can communicate, have reasoning skills and are knowledgeable of economic and business issues. At the same time a student training to be a chemist needs specialized education in that discipline, Walden said. “However, something that I think everyone can agree with is that students should be aware of fields of study that are expected to lead to the best opportunities for obtaining a job,” Walden said. “Also, I think it is useful for colleges and universities to monitor how successful their graduates are in obtaining jobs and reaching certain levels of pay.” Maher said businesses are usually not directly involved in schools or classrooms. Instead, these partnerships come indirectly. “In Wake County there is an organization called Wake Education Partnership, which is an arrangement between WCPSS and local businesses,” Maher said. “Additionally, busi-
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dents need to be involved on a daily basis,” Despain said. Despain said he has organized his class this way every year he’s taught it. The idea and class schedule both came from another professor who previously taught the class, he said. Despain said he still considered changing the course outline when the class size became larger. “Then I had to ask that question again: ‘Would it work in a large class, like it did in a small class?’” Despain said. “And it did. It worked.” Improvements aside, Despain said he thinks he’s in the minority at N.C. State. “It takes a lot of work to run a class like this,” Despain said. “Languages lend themselves to a lot of quizzes.” Divya Tangella, a junior in psychology, said she prefers the more frequent quizzing style. “Having a midterm and final just puts more pressure on the students to cram a bunch
of this course is to have people reflect on their drinking behavior and if they are higher-risk drinkers, to consider being lower-risk drinkers.” Austin said students who choose to drink should consider consuming less than the range of five drinks, spacing drinks out and looking at an alcohol chart or calculator to see what amount of alcohol would lead them to stay less than the buzz level or at a BAC of .055.
nesses often lend monetary or other support to different initiatives such as the Common Core State Standards.” Still, Maher said he thinks treating our education more like a business isn’t a good idea. “Businesses are beholden to their bottom line, and their goal is to turn a profit,” Maher said. “Schools are not in the profit-making business, and we have a different type of responsibility. With that said, there might be some ways, specifically in the way budgets are managed that a more business-minded approach might be appropriate.” Maher said BEST NC could be a great opportunity for North Carolina schools. “This is a group of powerful and influential people and perhaps they can help sway some of the more drastic decisions that have been undertaken by the General Assembly,” Maher said.
of information in their heads instead of giving them multiple opportunities to study,” Tangella said. “And with students having so many classes under their belt, it makes it difficult to study all at once, but with a quiz, we have to manage our time and study often.” Tangella said she has noticed a lot of courses are becoming more diverse, and professors are giving students more opportunities with frequent quizzes. “Students don’t retain information because there is no incentive,” Tangella said. “Yes, there is the incentive to get a good grade, but if there is no quiz tied to it, students find they put the assignment off. Quizzes aren’t weighted as much, causing less stress to the student too.” Brooke Wilner, a sophomore in aerospace engineering, said she prefers frequent quizzing because it forces her to learn throughout the entire semester. “If you have more tests, you study more often,” Wilner said. Wilner said although she finds classes with frequent quizzes more stressful, this
isn’t necessarily a bad thing. “It does increase the stress level of the class, but overall I prefer frequent quizzes,” Wilner said. “I found I put off [work in] my chemistry class, which only had a few tests, and I would just cram and forget the work afterward.” Molly Burchins, a freshman in elementary education, said she also prefers frequent quizzes, because it forces you to concentrate on the material. “Tests are usually cumulative, and it’s an overwhelming amount of information to try and learn for a test,” Burchins said. In addition to better performance in class, the University of Texas study found that frequent quizzing also improved class attendance. According to James Pennebaker, one of the researchers, in the middle of the semester, attendance usually averages about 60 percent for his psychology classes. “In this quiz class, it was 90 percent,” Pennebaker told The New York Times. “If you know you’ve got a quiz, you have to show up.”
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epublicans’ and Democrats’ values are more polarized now than they have been since the Pew Research Center began measuring political polarization. Though part of this is our fault for surrounding ourselves with like-minded people, there may be other factors making us more partisan that aren’t under our control. “Unlike in 1987, when this series of surveys began, the values gap between Republicans and Democrats is now greater than gender, age, race or class divides,” according to a June 2012 Pew Research Megan Center survey. Ellisor The survey found that Viewpoint Editor Democrats and Republicans are now divided by an average of 18 percentage points regarding 48 value questions concerning government, the environment, business and social issues. With an increase of 8 percentage points since 1987, the Pew Research Center said American values and basic beliefs are “more polarized along partisan lines than at any point in the past 25 years.” So what created this political segregation? Part of the problem is our two-party system, which lends itself to polarization. Additionally, most people tend to befriend people who agree with their political views, often leading to increased narrow-mindedness. A study by researchers at the University of Virginia and the University of Southern California suggests that some people are taking this a step further by not only befriending like-minded people, but purposely moving to live near people who share their views. The study shows that people increasingly want to live among people who share similar ideologies. The study’s authors concluded that although factors such as jobs, safety and clean air are more important to people when making the decision to move, they noted that “the desire to live near people of the same ideological group” is “relevant.” But it seems websites such as Facebook and Google are equally, if not more, responsible for the increase in partisanship. These websites use algorithms to filter out the informa-
tion that they don’t think we are interested in seeing, creating what author Eli Pariser calls “filter bubbles.” “Your filter bubble is kind of your own personal unique universe of information that you live in online, and what’s in your filter bubble depends on who you are, and it depends on what you do. But the thing is that you don’t decide what gets in, and, more importantly, you don’t actually see what gets edited out,” Pariser said. In a March 2011 Ted Talk, Pariser talked about how he noticed that his conservative Facebook friends’ posts began to “disappear” from his News Feed. Because Pariser clicked on more of the links posted by his liberal friends than his conservative friends, Facebook filtered the conservative posts out of his News Feed. Pariser, author of The Filter Bubble, demonstrated how Google is filtering search results in his March 2011 Ted Talk by showing screen-shots of what his friends found when they Googled “Egypt” on the same day. Both were Caucasian men located in New York, yet Google gave them very different results. Pariser said Facebook and Google are using algorithms to act as gatekeepers, making information that we are most likely to agree with the easiest to find. But as Pariser pointed out in his March 2011 Ted Talk, these algorithmic gatekeepers do not have the “embedded ethics” that human gatekeepers did. The algorithms are different than gatekeepers in that they aren’t preventing us from seeing any information. They are, however, making it more difficult to find different opinions. We all have access to the same information, but sites, such as Google and Facebook, are propelling us all to information that seems to only affirm our views. In this way, the Internet has made us more politically segregated. The Internet is great for sharing ideas and opinions, but when widely used websites are only showing us what they think we want to see, they are altering our perspectives of reality. Different opinions are out there, but you may have to look a little harder to find them than you should.
very fall season, the U.S. News and World Report releases its annual college guides in the form of a variety rankings. It has become so popular that prospective parents and high school students see Ziyi Mai it as a gold Staff Columnist standard for choosing which college to apply to. It also “exacerbates the status of anxiety” of students, as the prominent author Joe Nocera, put it in a column last year. The U.S. News rankings have won a broad and popular audience because it has appeared for 30 years in first place. Also, the ranking usually puts all Ivy League schools and other private research institutions on top 20 spots, which fits the sense of what people usually think. So what’s the trouble with this ranking? What people commonly do in looking at the ranking is to look at the scores and orders, but few of them pay any heed on the methodology employed on the ranking. In essence, its methodology has changed year to year, which makes it less reliable. The U.S. Ne ws’ newest rankings rely on seven weighted variables, such as undergraduate academic reputation with 22.5 percent, acceptance and freshmen retention rate with 20 percent. One of the measures facing harsh criticism is the undergraduate reputation. This method doesn’t come from hard data, but surveys where U.S. News solicits “peer assessments” from college presidents, provosts and admission directors, as well as
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The odds are in favor for Hunger Games sequel Nicky Vaught Deputy Features Editor
At long last, the mockingjay has returned. Francis Lawrence took over as director, and he didn’t disappoint. With the announcement of the new director came the casting announcements. Unlike the first movie, whose cast was mainly composed of relatively small-time actors and actresses, the sequel saw featured several big names in its credits, which built the hype even more. Stars such as Alan Ritchson, Jeffrey Wright, Sam Claflin, Lynn Cohen and (most importantly) Jena Malone appeared as tributes. Philip Seymour Hoffman appeared as the new Head Gamemaker Plutarch Heavensbee. He brought a much-needed maturity to the movie and maintained the same mysterious air as in the book. Malone played Johanna Mason, the District 7 victor of a previous Hunger Games, who serves as the Katniss Everdeen’s (Jennifer Lawrence) unwilling ally. Everything Malone did was perfect. She is one of the few people who can play a character from a book with more depth than the written character without changing the story. She portrayed Johanna’s snarky and reluctant nature phenomenally. The film would not have been as good without her. Lynn Cohen also really made the film. She played Mags, an old, silent District 3 victor from years past. It really said something about how well Cohen could portray a character to the extent she did without using any words. She didn’t overact or embellish her movements. It was all in her eyes. As for the plot, Catching Fire is one of the few bookto-movie adaptations that
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sticks mostly to the script. A few scenes from the book didn’t make it into the movie, and only one scene (Katniss’ meeting Plutarch) was altered in a noticeable way. The script kept to the book almost perfectly, right down to the night terrors and brutality of the peacekeepers. One concern a few fans had was that Catching Fire would follow the media’s portrayal of the story and emphasize
the supposed love triangle movie kept true to the book and portrayed Katniss as an independent woman with two guys clamoring over her while she tries to deal with more pressing issues. For those who know the ending, it’s a cliffhanger— a major one. As far as the screenplay goes, the portrayal of the final scene could not have been better. We watch the expression in Lawrence’s
change from worried to fearful to angry, and it’s awesome. Unfortunately, right after the screen turns black, a big Hunger Games logo comes up and transforms into the Catching Fire logo. It really takes away from the impact of the scene and of the movie as a whole. All in all, it’s a great movie. I saw it twice in one weekend. Anyone at all familiar with the story will love the film.
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Club dons clown noses to spread joy Sara Awad Staff Writer
No matter how many times their guardians told them not to, members of a club at N.C. State go out of their way to talk to strangers. The Clown Nose Club’s mission is to increase friendly communication among people on campus in creative ways. Members do things, such as wearing clown noses, as a way of starting conversations with strangers, which allows them to act more boldly and break out of their comfort zones, according to the club’s website. President Raul Gonzalez said he has been a member of the club since it started three years ago. “The mission statement of the club was really simple: People matter,” Gonzalez said. The original idea for the organization came from a Pennsylvania State University student, Chad Littlefield, after Cirque du Soleil, a traveling circus entertainment company, visited his campus. Littlefield tried on one of the clown noses the company passed out and started greeting whoever passed by him, from whom he received friendly responses. His antics gave birth to the idea of the Clown Nose Club. Since then, the club spread to N.C. State (as well as Rider University) after Littlefield discussed his club with former State student Alma Buljina, whom he met on an alternative service
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The Clown Nose Club works to encourage friendly exchanges between strangers. This poster is one example of the many ways they bring people together.
break trip in the Dominican Republic. Though membership of the club at PSU has gained a large following, State’s branch remains a fledgling organization, according to Gonzalez. Buljina and the other graduate students who founded the club grew busy after the first semester, so the club became less active. After that first year, Gonzalez volunteered as the club’s new president, but it wasn’t easy, according to Gonzalez. “Not having any officer experience in a university before, I had to learn about all of the university policies and regulations and how to
delegate,” Gonzalez said. “It did not run as smoothly as anyone liked.” The club members didn’t plan major events; instead, they just hosted games at meetings. That policy has changed this year, as the club has sponsored about one event each month, according to Gonzalez. Brianna Reed, club member and freshman in environmental sciences, said she particularly enjoyed the Random Acts of Kindness Scavenger Hunt, which took place on the Brickyard in October. Participants completed 15 tasks in the scavenger hunt, including giving high-
fives to 15 people, getting a stranger to tell them their life story and giving a random person a hug among other tasks. “A lot of people had a confused but amused face … and it definitely made us step out of our comfort zone and talk to new people,” Reed said. “I really enjoyed that and I felt like we were starting to make an impact.” Reed said she also likes the tips she receives at the end of each meeting, such as, “Say ‘hi’ to every person you meet for a week.” “Saying ‘hi’ to a random person can make them feel better and can definitely make them change their
outlook on life. I know. I’ve experienced it before,” Reed said. The first half of any given meeting consists of a fun icebreaker game. The second half has members discussing future club events and other administrative information, according to Reed. Gonzalez said he would like to caution those who think this club is all about the social experience, as it also develops leadership skills through planning events. “All of our members are introverted and seeing them planning out all of these zany ideas has shown me
a lot,” Gonzalez said. “We are learning how to interact with people.” Reed said through the club she has met a lot of new people and learned valuable lessons, but she said she thinks the club needs more awareness to take its message even further. “Our name is CNC and what we do is we bring people joy just like clowns do, minus the clowns but still with the noses,” Reed said. The club meets weekly in room 106 of the First Year College Building, alternating Tuesdays and Wednesdays, with the next meeting set for Dec. 3 at 7 p.m.
Student helps grandparents recreate 55-year-old photo Taylor Quinn Staff Writer
Behind Reynolds Coliseum, one student snapped a photo of his grandparents, who have been together for more than 55 years. The photo was a recreation of one taken 55 years prior at the husband’s graduation from N.C. State. The photo features Erv Thompson, an alumnus, and Sue Thompson, his wife, following his graduation 55 years ago. “My grandparents took the original picture about 55 years ago, so the day before the picture was taken, my grandparents gave me a call and asked if I would be available to take this picture,” Thomas Edwards said. “They kind of explained they had taken the original picture a long while ago, and they wanted to recreate it.” According to Edwards, the original picture was taken in an important moment in his grandfather’s life. “We know that it was the day that my granddad graduated from State,” Edwards said. “My grandmother went to Peace College and was a few years younger than my grandfather.” The couple attended the same high school, but at different times, according to Thomas Edwards. “Both of my grandparents went to Broughton high school, and my grandfather was a senior when my grandmother was in eighth grade,” Edwards said. “My grand-
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Thomas Edwards helped his grandparents recreate a graduation photo taken 55 years ago. Both photos are staged behind Reynolds Coliseum.
mother knew of my granddad, but my granddad didn’t know of my grandmother.” “My granddad was sick the semester that would have been his last at State, so he had to drop out of his courses to recover so it pushed him
an extra semester,” Edwards said. “This extra semester is when he met my grandmother.” Edwards said that, when taking the picture, he caught some encouraging reactions from students passing by.
“When we took the picture, it was near the entrance of Case,” Edwards said. “A bunch of students walked by and saw us taking the picture, and most of them smiled.” Sarah Edwards said comparing the photos made her
realize how much time had passed between them. “I was talking to my grandmother the other day,” Sarah Edwards, freshman in human biology, said. “She was talking about how there was a holly bush or something right
behind them in the first picture, which is a big tree now.” Both the Edwards siblings said they were happily surprised with the response the picture received on Wolfpack Students. “I think it is really cool to see so many students actually care about the tradition at State that we have,” Thomas Edwards said. “And that so many people take interest in knowing that we have such an integrated past of how our ancestors and alumni are still very devoted to the university and are still giving back to the community.” Sarah said it was funny that more people on campus might start recognizing her grandparents more often than they would her. N.C. State is definitely a place that holds a lot of weight in the Edwards’ household, according to the Edwards siblings. “Sarah and I are fourth generation legacies at N.C State,” Thomas Edwards said. “Our dad went to State and graduated with a business degree, and my great-grandparents also went to State,” Thomas Edwards said. “My greatgrandfather was a geology teacher at State.” When the siblings told their grandparents about the feedback the picture had received, the couple was surprised. “They were completely tickled by it,” Thomas Edwards said. “My grandma called me later that day and said that she didn’t know that post was going to go viral. She said ‘You didn’t tell me it was going to go on Facebook.’”
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State drops heartbreaker to Wake Forest Daniel Wilson
per, who led the team with 335 kills somebody that could step up and entering the contest, was sidelined bring us together after each point. with a boot on her left foot. We didn’t have that in that set, but “We missed some kills on the out- we found each other in the next side, but Eve [Davis] came in and set.” did a good job,” Bunn said. “That’s On the brink of defeat, State kept sports for you. There are injuries, close with the Deacs early in the and you have to deal with them fourth set. The Pack created sepadespite the circumstances.” ration with an 8-2 run and mainThe Pack held an early advan- tained the lead for the rest of the set. tage, starting the match on a 5-2 Wake attempted to stage a late rally, run. State continued to inch ahead, cutting the Pack’s lead to three, but but the Deacs attempted to stage a State ended the set by winning four rally with two different 3-0 runs. of the last six points, taking the fiveHowever, the Pack held on, ending point win to keep the match alive. the opening set on “They lost the a 5-2 run as it took third set, but they the eight-point win. came back and Wake took conwon that fourth trol early in the set,” Bunn said. second set with an “Had we played 8-5 lead, but State with that energy answered back with the entire time, three straight points t h at sit u at ion before the teams wou ld n’t have traded points. With Tanna Aljoe, sophomore setter happened.” the score tied at 18 The Deacs apiece, the Deacs’ offense ignited f lexed their muscles with a 6-1 with a 7-2 run to close out the set run to start the decisive final set, with a five-point advantage. but the Pack answered with three Wake’s momentum carried over points in a row to narrow the defiinto the third set as the Deacs cit. The teams traded points until opened with a 4-1 run. The Pack Wake reached match point on a 5-1 managed to tie the score three run. Following its final timeout of times, but Wake powered ahead the set, State rallied and won the with a 13-4 run that cemented its next four points to tie the score, but advantage, winning the final three Wake clinched the match by winpoints of the set to close out a domi- ning the next two points in succesnating period of play. sion to close out the Wolfpack for “We lacked leadership on the good. court,” Buckley said. “We needed
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In its final match of the season, N.C. State (20-12, 11-9 ACC) dropped its fifth straight match, falling to Wake Forest (16-16, 5-15 ACC) in five sets (25-17, 20-25, 1525, 25-20, 14-16). “We had our opportunities, and we didn’t take advantage of them,” head coach Bryan Bunn said. “We made a lot of bad choices, and that’s what cost us the match.” Junior outside hitter Rachel Buckley led the Pack’s offense with 14 kills. Junior outside hitter Nikki Glass, junior middle blocker Alesha Wilson and freshman outside hitter Eve Davis each notched 10 kills against the Demon Deacons. “Buckley stepped up as a leader for us,” sophomore setter Tanna Aljoe said. “She always has, and she was a huge part of our offense.” Glass and Aljoe each recorded double-doubles against the Demon Deacons. Aljoe added a teamleading 42 assists while recording 11 digs for her eighth double-double of the season, while Glass racked up 13 digs. Aljoe said the Wolfpack fought hard to try and pull out the win. “It was such a fight among everybody,” Aljoe said. “We all wanted it really badly because we knew it was going to be our last game.” State played without junior outside hitter Dariyan Hopper. Hop-
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Stocker to transfer from N.C. State N.C. State sophomore quarterback Manny Stocker will leave the program after this semester, according to his father. Stocker, who redshirted this season, played in five games in his freshman season at State, rushing for a career high of 32 yards against Wake Forest. SOURCE: WRAL
Wrestling wins against Buffalo and Binghampton The Wolfpack picked up a pair of wins at the Journeyman/ Northeast Duals in Albany, N.Y. After beating Buffalo 31-7, the Pack took out head coach Pat Popolizio’s former team, Binghampton, 27-9. State finished its tournament by nearly upsetting No. 7 Illinois, 26-15. State’s next match comes next weekend at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational. SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS
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Top: Head coach Dave Doeren walks off the field after the final football game against Maryland in Carter-Finley Stadium on Saturday. The Wolfpack finished its season winless in the ACC after a 41-21 defeat by the Terps. Right: Freshman cornerback Jack Tocho attempts to intercept a pass intended for Maryland’s redshirt freshman wide receiver Amba Etta-Tawo.
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N.C. State (3-9, 0-8 ACC) dropped its final game of the regular season to Maryland (7-5, 3-5 ACC) Saturday afternoon at Carter-Finley Stadium, 41-21. “I was disappointed that we couldn’t send our senior class out with a win,” head coach Dave Doeren said. “It’s been a tough, long season. As the head coach, it’s my job to get this team to play better than we did. That’s something that I’m going to try to make right every day during the offseaon.” In their final game as a member of the ACC, the Terrapins managed to score on their first six possessions. The Wolfpack scored on the game’s opening possession but struggled to find the end zone consistently after that point. “We didn’t do what we
needed to do early in the game defensively,” Doeren said. “We let the quarterback run the football way too effectively. Our special teams put our defense in some bad positions, and we weren’t able to take advantage of some of our opportunities.” Maryland senior quarterback C.J. Brown dominated the Pack’s defense. Brown was 13-of-25 for 259 yards and two touchdowns through the air and rushed for 138 yards and three touchdowns. State graduate student quarterback Brandon Mitchell completed 21 of his 31 passes for 200 yards and two touchdowns in his final game with State. Mitchell also rushed 30 times for 72 yards and another score. State had opportunities in the second half to pull within reach of the Terrapins but couldn’t take advantage of its opportunities. Mitchell said this has been a
constant problem for the Pack all year long. “We’ve been in every game going into the fourth quarter, minus the Florida State game,” Mitchell said. “We’ve been very close to being one of the top teams in the ACC. We didn’t finish our games this year, but this coaching staff can get the program turned around very quickly.” Junior placekicker Niklas Sade converted three extra points on Saturday, giving him the school record for most extra points in a career with 121. Mitchell threw a 54-yard pass to redshirt senior wide receiver Quintin Payton, which catalyzed the Pack’s opening drive. State found the end zone four plays later when Mitchell found redshirt junior fullback Tyler Purvis in the end zone on fourth down. After punting on four of its next five possessions, the
Pack scored with less than two minutes to go before halftime. Senior receiver Rashard Smith caught two passes from Mitchell on the drive, including the five-yard touchdown catch to send the Pack into halftime down 3414. State found the end zone on its first possession of the second half following a 49-yard kickoff return from Smith. After Maryland was called for a pass interference, Mitchell rushed in for the score from three yards out. Mitchell’s second rushing touchdown of the season would be the Pack’s final score of the game. State missed a major opportunity to score early in the fourth quarter. Junior defensive end T.Y. McGill forced a fumble and recovered the ball on the Pack’s 32-yard line to give State a lifeline back into the game. “I wasn’t surprised that the fumble happened,” McGill
said. “We prepared all week on reading our keys, and I knew that the offensive line was going to pull in that direction.” But the Wolfpack’s subsequent drive fell just short, ending with a three-yard loss on fourth down on the Terps’ seven-yard line. State will enter the offseason ineligible for a bowl game for the first time in three years. McGill said the season wasn’t a total disappointment, but the team would have to make the most of its offseason to improve on this year’s record. “I have a positive outlook on the whole program,” McGill said. “We grew more as a team this year. We had a lot of setbacks that we wish wouldn’t have happened during the season, but there wasn’t a day that we didn’t feel like we wouldn’t win. We just have to continue to work hard and compete as a team.”
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Staff Report
QUOTE OF THE DAY “We didn’t finish our games this year, but this coaching staff can get the program turned around very quickly.” Brandon Mitchell, graduate student quarterback
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Redshirt senior center Jordan Vandenberg dunks the ball during the game against Eastern Kentucky in PNC Arena Saturday. Sophomore forward T.J. Warren scored 30 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in the Wolfpack’s 75-56 victory over the Colonels.
Sophomore forward T.J. Warren scored 30 points for the second consecutive game on Saturday against Eastern Kentucky, helping N.C. State power past the Colonels, 75-56. Warren became the first N.C. State player since Rodney Monroe in 19901991 to score 30 points in consecutive games. T he s ophomore a l s o recorded 11 rebounds, a season high, to notch his fourth career double-double with the Wolfpack (4-2). After a quiet first 20 minutes, Warren scored 26 of his 30 points in the second half to power the Pack to its second straight win. The Colonels (6-2) kept the game close throughout, but with the Wolfpack up 54-51 with 5:35 left, State hit a 17-0 run to put the game out of reach. Junior guard Ralston Turner highlighted the run with a slam-dunk off a behind-the-back pass from
junior guard Desmond Lee. Lee had a solid all-around game, scoring five points, six rebounds and five assists. State shot 65 percent from the field in the second half to help it pull away late in the game. The Pack also out rebounded the Colonels, 44-29, and used its size to outscore Eastern Kentucky 44-24 in the paint. Sen ior center Jord a n Vandenberg was a force on the blocks on Saturday. In his second game back from an ankle injury, the 7’1” Australian shot 7-9 against the Colonels on the way to 14 points and eight rebounds in 29 minutes of action. Freshman guard Anthony ‘Cat’ Barber also played well for State. Barber, starting his second straight game, scored 12 points and dished out five assists. Sophomore guard Tyler Lewis scored six points and had one assist in 11 minutes of play. State went into halftime down 27-21 after the Colonels
N.C. STATE VS. EKU BY THE NUMBERS Top scorers: T.J. Warren Jordan Vandenberg Anthony ‘Cat’ Barber Tyler Lewis Desmond Lee
30 14 12 6 5
Top rebounders: T.J. Warren Jordan Vandenberg Lennard Freeman Desmond Lee
11 8 6 6
Leaders in assists: Anthony ‘Cat’ Barber Desmond Lee T.J. Warren Tyler Lewis
5 5 1 1
SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS
used their 2-3 zone to stifle the Pack’s offense. But head coach Mark Gottf ried ’s squad came out of the break aggressively, scoring nine of the second half ’s first 11 points to pull ahead. The game went backand-forth before the Pack solidified its lead, closing the game out on a 25-6 run.