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U.S. House bill threatens socialscience funding Joseph Havey Staff Writer

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Participants of the 2014 African Night dance on stage after the conclusion of the fashion show in Talley Student Union Ballroom Saturday. Participants presented fashions from different African nations during the event, which was hosted by the African Student Union.

African Student Union kicks off Pan-Afrikan Week with festival Brittany Bynum Staff Writer

The African Student Union brought a taste of African culture to Talley Ballroom by displaying the African Diaspora through food, cultural acting, festive dancing and singing on Saturday night.

Fola Awopetu, treasurer of ASU and senior in accounting, said the purpose of Africa Night is to inform N.C. State’s campus about African culture.

The event also consisted of West and East African skits related to family lifestyles and a fashion show with energetic dancing concluding

the event. Tyler Allen, senior in biological sciences, and Busola Ola, last year’s ASU president and an alumna of N.C. State, served as the event’s hosts.

Ola flew in from Africa in order to host the event, Awopetu said.

Awopetu said Africa Night is held every year as part of Pan-Afrikan Week. Africa Night will be one of the first main events for Pan-Afrikan Week, following UAB’s kick-off event held earlier Saturday afternoon, according to Awopetu.

About 200 people attended the event, according to Nnenna Akaronu, president of ASU and senior in biological sciences. Last year,

400 people attended according to Akaronu but this year, tickets were sold for $5.

Tova Williams, senior in polymer and color chemistry, said she enjoyed all of the acts in the program. Williams said she has seen many changes in Africa Night since she joined ASU her freshman year.

“The African Student Union reached outside of N.C. State to other organizations, which has created a revolutionized Africa Night,” Williams said.

Presentations included those that added awareness about issues

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Research in the social, behavioral and economic sciences could suffer a 22 percent cut in federal funding if recently proposed legislation is voted into law.

Earlier this month, a House of Representatives committee advanced legislation that if passed will keep the National Science Foundation funding approximately the same but cut deeply into the pool of funding for humanitiesand-social-science research. The current $256 million funding level would be reduced to $200 million.

Tom Birkland, associate dean for research and engagement in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, said the proposed legislation would be a “savage cut,” and that CHASS researchers would only receive about 60 percent of the funding they received in 2000.

“It really beats it up,” Birkland said.

Currently, social, behavioral and economic research funding composes a small 3.5 percent of the NSF’s $7.28 billion budget, and Birkland said the proposed changes would save the agency very little money.

“The problem is that sometimes, Congress doesn’t see the point in social-science research,” Birkland said.

Last year, the NSF awarded a group of researchers to study how Native American communities used legal strategies to effect policy

change, Birkland said.

“Congress looks at that and thinks, ‘What is the value?’” Birkland said. “They think, ‘Do we want to encourage that?’”

But some things are worth knowing simply for the sake of knowing them, Birkland said.

“Astronomy has little practical benefit,” Birkland said. “Congress rejects certain research on the grounds of ‘fiscal responsibility,’ or other ideological grounds. That’s a legitimate conversation to have in a democracy, but why can’t we pursue the science of sociology as well as biology and astronomy?”

Although N.C. State is one of the most innovative universities, continual cuts to funding are making it harder and harder to contribute to society, according to Terri Lomax, vice chancellor of the office of research, innovation and economic development.

“Behavioral sciences are important at N.C. State, especially in CHASS,” Lomax said. “But that research also impacts the College of Management, the College of Education and The College of Sciences.”

Lomax said the more researchers have to compete for federal funding, the less successful they are in discovering new results because they have to spend more time writing funding proposals.

In response to continual cuts to funding, N.C. State researchers have looked to both industry and government agencies that have not typi-

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five or six months ago after receiving an invitation from Chancellor Randy Woodson.

At first, Ferriero believed he was being called to receive an honorary degree from the University, but was later asked to deliver the 2014 commencement speech.

Ferriero said that in considering his speech, he realized that if you were to ask someone to quote a phrase from their own commencement speech, they probably wouldn’t be able to do so. For this reason, Fer-

More than 2,000 people participated in the 16th annual Service Raleigh event Saturday in an effort to promote service in the greater Raleigh community.

Despite the stormy weather, the event attracted its largest number of participants yet.

Students participated in a variety of events such as highway trash pickups and transplanting, which were aimed at improving the Raleigh area and bringing together communities.

Service Raleigh was well prepared for the rain and had a backup schedule in case of inclement weather, according to Gabrielle Robbins, a sophomore in animal science and co-head for the community involvement committee.

At the event, there were a significant number of high school students that participated in addition to college students.

The opening ceremony, originally planned to be held at Harris Field was moved to Carmichael Gym, where it consisted of an introduction and a few guest speakers. Several outdoor events were cancelled due to the rain, but those that could be done

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David Ferriero, the 10th Archivist of the United States, will deliver remarks for N.C. State’s 2014 commencement.

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The United States’ chief official for overseeing the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, will deliver this spring’s commencement address.

David Ferriero, the 10th Archivist of the United States, also maintains the federal government’s most valuable records.

Established in 1934, the Archivist of the United States is the chief official who oversees the operation of the National Archives and Records

Administration.

According to Ferriero, this will be the first time he delivers a major commencement speech, as he has only delivered two graduate commencement speeches in the past.

Ferriero said he was honored to receive such an important and huge responsibility from N.C. State.

“I hold the school in high regards,” Ferriero said. “Duke, Carolina and N.C. State, the three of us are a real powerhouse, not only for the Triangle and North Carolina, but the entire country as well.”

Ferriero said he was asked to speak

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eid Ashby, left, a junior in civil engineering, reads coordinates out loud to Clay Blackwell, a senior also in civil engineering, to input into his group’s theodolite as part of a lab for a surveying class near the Brickyard Wednesday. The goal of this lab is to find coordinates and elevations of specific points in the Brickyard. “The concepts learned in surveying lab have seemingly endless practical applications,” Ashby said.

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indoors were moved inside.

Mitchell Moravec, a freshman majoring in materials science and psychology, said he was in a group of about 10 people who worked with Pan Lutheran Ministries, specifically the PLM Families Together organization, which provides temporary housing for the homeless.

Moravec said he greatly appreciated the program and felt that it opened the door to a more permanent relationship between students and the greater Raleigh community.

Service Raleigh was created 16 years ago through the cooperation of N.C. State’s student government and the Park Scholars. It has gained popularity throughout the years and has brought communities all around Raleigh together in the effort to aid organiza-

Man accused of stealing from N.C. State bookstore Staff Report

A Charlotte resident has been accused of stealing hundreds of dollars worth of textbooks from N.C. State’s bookstore, The News & Observer reported.

Campus Police filed arrest warrants Thursday charging Daniel Frederick Stewart, with nine felony counts of obtaining property via false pretense. According to The N&O, the warrants state that Stewart is suspected of stealing and returning $639 in books in six suspected incidents, and three other incidents in which the values of the textbooks weren’t disclosed on arrest warrants.

According to The N&O, Stewart is suspected of taking some books as early as

January, but documents listed Thursday as the date of the suspected falsified returns.

According to the N&O, records do not indicate if Stewart is employed or whether he is a student at N.C. State or another institution.

Stewart is also suspected of taking about $400 worth of electronics from the University Bookstore, The N&O stated.

Wake County records listed only one current charge of obtaining property by false pretense, one charge of misdemeanor larceny and one charge of shoplifting-concealment of goods.

Stewart was being held on Thursday at the Wake County Detention center instead of posting the $26,500 bail, The N&O reported.

tions, according to Robbins.

One of the goals of the program is to “inspire our volunteers to a lifetime of involvement” and, so far, it has successfully brought back many people from previous years, as well as inspiring many to come back the following year.

Siddhu Vadakkeveedu, a sophomore in biomedical engineering, also participated in Service Raleigh. He was in a group of fewer than 10 fellow biomedical engineers and was tasked with improving the

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riero said he hopes to deliver a speech that is meaningful and memorable.

Ferriero said he will follow President Franklin Roosevelt’s famous advice to “be sincere, be brief, be seated,” as he speaks.

From the Oath of Allegiance to tweets from the White House, Ferriero said he manages 47 facilities that together hold more than 12 billion pieces of paper and 40 million photographs. Of these facilities, 13 are presidential libraries that range from the John F. Kennedy Library to the Jimmy Carter Library and Museum.

Ferriero, a Beverly, Mass. native, received his undergraduate and master’s degrees in English literature from Northeastern University,

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Vadakkeveedu said his group picked up trash and worked on gardening and landscaping projects. Vadakkeveedu said he greatly appreciated the program and said he “plans on doing [Service Raleigh] in the years to come.”

In addition, Vadakkeveedu said that the program was extremely well planned.

According to him, emails were sent out in advance detailing plans in case it

should rain. Furthermore, he enjoyed how well everything was organized and how the groups were made and split up effectively.

Vadakkeveedu said Service Raleigh is a great way for both college and high school students to learn about how to get involved with volunteering, as well as a great way for Raleigh-area organizations to find volunteers interested in specific causes.

and later earned his master’s degree from the Simmons College of Library and Information Science. Ferriero has worked in the library systems of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Duke University, working to lead initiatives to develop facilities, adopt new digital technologies and to re-engineer printing and publications, according to the National Archives website.

As the librarian for Duke University from 1996 to 2004, Ferriero helped raise more than $50 million to expand and renovate the library on campus as well as worked to increase public access to libraries and museums in North Carolina. As NYPL’s director from 2004-2009, Ferriero helped integrate four research libraries and 87 branch libraries that resulted in the largest public library system in all of the

United States, according to an article published in the Library Journal.

According to Northeastern’s news website, as the U.S. Archivist in 2010, Ferriero managed a budget of $454 million and 2,998 fulltime employees, a significant change from the $273 million budget and 2,600 full-time employee count he managed at the New York Public Libraries.

In 2010, Ferriero hoped to instill the principles of Open Government, transparency, participation and collaboration to the National Archives and Records Administration, and he initiated a transformation to restructure the program. These changes have led to NARA’s use of social media tools, such as Facebook and Twitter, to reach a larger audience, according to the National Archives website.

Ferriero said he would be posting on his blog through the Archivist of the United States website in the near future to crowd source for topics of interest.

“I’ll be asking folks for advice on what they would talk about if they were to give a commencement speech in 2014,” Ferriero said. “I’m really looking forward to this.”

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cally provided funding to the campus in the past, such as the Department of Defense, Lomax said.

“We’ve got to get back to being competitive in the U.S. with our federawl funding compared to what’s going on with the other nations across the world,” Lomax said. “If we slip behind, our innovation trade deficit is going to become even worse than it is right now.”

Even t houg h t he NSF should roughly keep its current funding level, Birkland said he thinks social science research was targeted because it can sometimes have uncomfortable results.

“Chemicals aren’t offended by results, but research into racism or sexism may bother people, and it makes fodder in the political debate,” Birkland said. “But I think it’s better to know and debate than to put blinders on and not know one way or another.”

If the new funding bill passes Congress, Birkland said the Raleigh area will be “disproportionately hurt,” “We have three major universities in the Triangle, and constant collaboration goes on within and among those universities,” Birkland said.

“We’re an economic powerhouse not just because of the tech sector, but also because of social science research and economic research. These cuts would be bad for the country, but worse for us.”

The legislation now moves to a vote before the full House science committee. The Senate has not yet introduced NSF policy legislation.

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regarding violence in the Congo and a literacy rate that is less than 32 percent in Liberia, according to Williams.

Candi Wright, senior at Elon University, spoke about her organization Education in Liberia that supported 62 students so far in improving the literacy rate in Liberia.

Wright expressed the importance of going beyond donations and connecting with the Liberian children so that they can obtain a highquality education.

“Clothes, food, and money can be taken away,” Wright said. “Knowledge is something no one can take that way.”

More than six million people have died in the Congo, according to Nogie Nshisso, founder of Congo Future.

Nshisso said the Congo is the heart of Africa and helps produce many products we use in the U.S., such as cell phones and televisions.

Nshisso said there is little being done in the Congo to help these suppressing issues of warfare. The amount of people who have died in the Congo is more than the people who have died in the wars of Iraq and Afghanistan, and people aren’t aware of it, according to Nshisso.

The East African Dance was performed by students from Meredith College and UNC-Chapel Hill Zankilikiwe Dancers were new to the program, according to Williams. Awopetu said ASU usually has West African performances through music and dance for the event.

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UNC Chapel Hill Zankilikiwe Dancers perform during the 2014 African Night in Talley Student Center Ballroom Saturday. The dancers performed routines based on the African Diaspora.

Performances from East Africa, in places such as Ethiopia, were included this year to make the program more diverse, according to Awopetu. Awopetu said that, being Nigerian, she is excited to learn about African cultures other than her own.

“It will be a new experience for me to see a different side of Africa,” Awopetu said. “I’m glad East Africa is being incorporated into the program because it’s a place that the campus community normally wouldn’t engage on its own.”

Pommy Anyu, senior in accounting, said it was her first time performing EthiopianEritrean dance. Anyu said her group had a week of prep-

aration before Africa Night and practiced for hours.

Anyu said she was happy to showcase her culture and be a part of the event.

Deidre Crumbley, associate professor in Africana studies and advisor of ASU, said what Africa meant to her in a poem she read by Countee Cullen.

Crumbley said Africa is more than a country and continues to strive toward development in politics and economics.

“There is much more to the African Diaspora than slavery,” Crumbley said.

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More than 250 people participated in a 5K run on Centennial Campus, which was held to benefit the Special Olympics of North Carolina program Saturday.

Campus Police, which hosted the event, will donate all proceeds to benefit more than 38,000 Special Olympic athletes, according to Campus Police Chief Jack Moorman.

Moorman said the Special Olympic program is an important activity for Campus Police and for police departments across the state and country.

“Across the country, police departments have made Special Olympics their charity of choice, if you will,” Moorman said. “We’re happy to be a part of that here at N.C. State.”

Despite a steady downpour, runners from all over North Carolina ran or walked the course undeterred.

“We’re not worried about the rain at all,” said Leah Connor, a Goldsboro resident. “Last year, it was rainy and cold. This year, it’s just rainy.”

Last year, the race was held on the same day as the Polar Plunge in February. Moorman said this is the first year since the race’s 2008 inception that Campus Police separated the two events.

“We used to have them on the same day, but it made

things difficult because it’s hard to do the plunge and the run both,” Moorman said.

“There’s so much going on.

Plus, we thought we might have better participation in the run by moving it away to later in the year. Ironically, this year, the day of the Plunge would have been a much better day to run than today” Still, that didn’t stop Connor and 30 other members from her church, Oak Forest Church of Christ, to make the drive to Raleigh. Connor’s daughter Brenna has Down syndrome, along with another church member named Joseph. At 31 members, the “I Got This” team was the team with greatest number of members.

“We’ve been coming here since 2010,” Connor said.

“We’re just out to have fun and support Brenna and Joseph. We’re often the ones bringing in the rear.”

Not everyone was purely racing for fun, Moorman said. The race is a part of the Second Empire Spring 2014 Grand Prix Series. Runners who participate in these races accumulate points and are awarded money and prizes at an awards banquet held at the Second Empire Restaurant in Raleigh at the conclusion of the Series.

“A lot of real serious runners participate in this series,” Moorman said. “That’s why you’re always going to have people to show up, even

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on a rainy day. We wouldn’t cancel it because the die-hard runners will still show up.”

Special Olympics is a yearround sports organization for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. The organization offers sports training and competition in 20 Olympic-type sports to more than 38,000 athletes across the North Carolina.

Athletes are never charged a fee to participate, but sometimes, they aren’t able to afford travel costs, Moorman said.

“Proceeds from our race will help the Special Olympic athletes to be able to travel and participate in the events,” Moorman said. “A lot of them aren’t able to participate because of travel expenses, and they don’t have the financial ability to do it themselves.

This is our way to help them out.”

Omar Wiggan, 34, won the race in a time of 17:48.

The top female was Heather Grant, 30, who finished in 21:05.

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Entitlement Cartoon by Christian O’Neal, senior in mechanical engineering

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ou are nothing.

We l le s le y H i g h School teacher David McCullough’s now-infamous graduation speech was titled “You are not special” for good reason.

Will McAvoy’s famous monologue f rom The Newsroom paraphrased t h i s s ent iment t hus : “ … y ou , Michael nonetheless, Helms are without Contributing a doubt a Columnist member of the WORST period GENERATION period EVER period.”

Goading young people with these sorts of taunts is nothing new. Our parents do it to us just as their parents did it to them, et cetera, et cetera.

Some would argue that it’s even necessary. Without these reminders, the thinking goes, young people would develop too haughty a sense of self, too much self-importance, too much of a sense of entitlement.

And therein lies the heart of the problem: entitlements.

“Nothing” that is entitled to a free education is still “nothing.” “Nothing” that is entitled to free healthcare is still “nothing.” Entitlements serve only to aggregate a nation of spoiled nothings. The Greek philosopher Parmenides argued correctly that “… something cannot originate from nothing,” and the evidence is plain enough. People who believe they are entitled to something will do exactly nothing to earn it (otherwise, it would be an earning and not an entitlement).

I had a conversation with a young man in my computer class some weeks ago about this very subject. He prefaced our discussion with a disclaimer: “I believe everyone

is entitled to a free education and free healthcare,” he said.

Sounds good, I suggested, but “free” doesn’t actually mean “free.” Nothing is free. “Free,” I said, is simply a code word for “someone else should pay for this.” Or better yet, “I feel entitled to take that which someone else has earned and keep it for myself.”

I suggested to this young man that he is, in fact, a supporter of guns and slavery.

Wild-eyed and with his face twisted in rage, he told me he was nothing of the sort. I reminded him of what slavery is; it is to be wholly deprived of the fruits of one’s labor.

It is to be held in this sort of perpetual servitude. Professors and administrators don’t spontaneously organize themselves into universities by divine conception or some innate sense of duty; they do it because they expect compensation for their labors; services rendered for fees paid. And if the young man receiving this education isn’t going to pay for it, then it suggests that someone else will.

This young man, by virtue of his “free” education, would receive the fruits of someone else’s labors for absolutely nothing in exchange.

Worse yet: those “someone else’s” won’t have a choice in the matter. If they choose, for instance, not to surrender part of their income to pay for the entitlements of others, then this young man would eagerly sanction the use of the government to confiscate those moneys, by force, if necessary. And they will, most assuredly, use the most powerful tools of their trade to execute this coercion. Guns, ironically, that were paid for by even more funds coerced from the fruits of those who have labored.

This young man predictably guffawed at my logic and started to lecture me

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about “the public good” and “democracy,” how “the majority” have chosen these things.

To which I reminded him that never in the history of this country have we pledged allegiance to the flag and “to the democracy for which it stands.” And just because the majority wants something doesn’t make it morally or ethically right.

The conversation sputtered at this point. Bewildered and breathless, he grasped at every last straw he could. And I smiled at him, because now he was working for his point of view, fighting hard to defend himself.

In not yielding to his sense of entitlement, I stirred the very best in him; a willingness to work for his position.

I encouraged him to refocus this energy not on me, but on his own life. I told him he needs to have nothing handed to him because he has everything he needs inside of himself to generate the wonderful and prosperous life he is undoubtedly capable of — that by earning his way, he would free himself from the perpetual state of servitude that a culture of entitlements sentences us all to.

He still hasn’t spoken to me since, and that’s fine.

I, too, resented the people around me who reminded me that I was nothing. I resented them as I worked hard to prove I was, indeed, something.

And in that, those people who taught me such an important lesson gave me something more valuable than any entitlement I could have possibly imagined for myself. I wish nothing less for that young man.

ntitlement is a loaded word.

When spoken or written, there is a sudden mental jerk that conjures associations with privilege— generally kids living off their parents’ money, spending on credit things t hey didn’t earn for themselves.

On that note, the word “earned” Justine is often Schnitzler falsely used Staff Columnist a s a pola r opposite to “ent it led,” insinuating that both are absolute, unrelated and cannot exist within the same sphere.

This ty pe of thinking excludes the logic, of course, that there are some things in life we have earned simply by being human beings, and are thus entitled to.

Most obv iously, I ca n point to the Declaration of Independence, stemming from John Locke’s theories on human entit lement, which states, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that a mong t hese a re Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”

This statement isn’t meant to be a guarantee—not all people across the globe will necessarily be successful in their endeavors to mold a happy, healthy existence while enjoying the freedoms of a government established under the banner of liberty.

However, the idea and intent behind the opening line is that they ought to be, and it is under that belief that, supposedly, civilizations considered to be progressive operate. Because of this, schools of thought have

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to grow up and make my life better… your education isn’t just about you; your nation is making an investment in you because they believe that you are worth it.”

I am a firm believer of the idea that in the grand scheme of things: no individual person will be important.

Yes, there have been and will continue to be people who have made contributions so significant that they altered how the majority of people live their lives, and we remember these people in the pages of our history books and allow their wisdom to inf luence our actions and help us reach decisions about the problems of the present. However, from a purely objective stance, we are all just people, none of us more or less important than another. That being said, of course, our existence as a human being is the link that connects us and binds humanity together. Sure, we aren’t special when you consider the sheer amount of us, but humanity on the whole, over the course of our life here on Earth, has established that to give our lives a sense of purpose and meaning, we are born with ina lienable rig hts —just like those mentioned in the Declaration of Independence.

Though we, as a society, cannot (and should not) uphold one person above another, we can put in place programs that recognize our greatest investment is in ourselves, for our future as a species. As human beings capable of feeling emotions, creating and destroying, we have earned by our birth within our society as it stands today, entitlement to have a chance for upward mobility.

We don’t deserve a guarantee, but we deserve a shot.

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produced leaders who have sought to make equality of opportunity a reality, notably through the public school system (hereafter referred to as “free” education) and, more recently, universal healthcare, to maintain the idea that people deserve basic treatment to create a nation of healthy citizens (hereafter referred to as “free” healthcare).

Here’s the thing about “free” healthcare and “free” education: They’re not free.

I am a supporter of both wrongly named concepts, and I understand perfectly well that they are not free.

Quite frankly, no one is pretending they are. Here’s a not her t hing—I don’t mind. I don’t mind knowing my tax dollars are going to provide healthcare services to someone who can’t afford them because I believe it is compassionate and part of my job as a human being to help fellow humans. I don’t mind my tax dollars going to fund education because education opens doors too numerous to count and improves the lives of everyone around me.

To quote Jon Stewart, “To the people who are upset about their hard-earned tax money going to things they don’t like: Welcome to the [expletive] club. Reimburse me for the Iraq war and oil subsidies.”

Similarly, author John Green wrote the following regarding “free” education: “…you need to remember that school is not about you.

School does not exist for your benefit or the benefit of your parents; schools exist for the benefit of me. The reason why I pay taxes for schools even though I don’t have a kid in school is that I am better off in a well-educated world.

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University Dining provides healthy eating choices Sara Awad Staff Writer

Sometimes it takes effort for students to maintain healthy, balanced diets while on campus, where the only things catching their eyes are hamburgers and pizza.

According to Lisa Eberhart, Dining and Catering Operations’ registered dietician, the truth is that students need variety. Eberhart stressed the importance of students learning what foods are available to them and becoming more adventurous eaters.

She and other members of University Dining agree that eating a seemingly healthy grilled chicken salad at every meal will cause students to lose out on other nutrients and elements the body needs to survive.

With the help of University Dining, the following list of on-campus food items attempts to show students possible items they can incorporate in their diet. Please note these show the possibilities of what you can put on your plate and may not suit your individual dietary needs and goals.

In addition, moderation is key with any of these options, according to Eberhart. For example, removing sauce or dressing for certain items means sacrificing the flavor of the eating experience, which, in terms of the calories or grams of fat you will save, may not be worth the cost. As such, students should think of the following items as healthy swaps only, according to Michelle Borges, University Dining Nutrition Department Coordinator.

For nutritional advice, please

make a free appointment with one of the nutritionists on campus.

Talley Student Union One Earth:

• Try mixing sushi from the Asian station with sautéed vegetables from the Mediterranean station, or crackling cauliflower from the global station. The chicken crunch roll provides an interesting alternative for those looking for cooked sushi.

• Kung Pao tofu and eggplant with steamed rice instead of fried rice (Asian) • Carrot ginger sa lad (Asian) • Thai salad (request half of the dressing) • Wild rice and apple salad (Global) • Grilled vegetable sandwich from the Mediterranean section (remove the top piece of bread to save on carbohydrates) • Chicken shawarma from the Mediterranean section (excellent source of lean protein) • Apple crisp (a lighter dessert featuring apples and oats from the global section)

Jason’s Deli: • Garden hummus wrap (Remember to check the amount of carbohydrates for wraps using the iPads stationed throughout the dining locations. Wraps do not always mean they are low in carbohydrates.)

• Nutty mixed up salad

Los Lobos: • Selecting any of the bowls will reduce the number of carbohydrates, but getting a taco instead will avoid overloading your diet with carbohydrates.

• When choosing sauces, try guacamole, which is a

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healthier fat than sour cream.

• Lay low on the cheese. (A thumb’s worth of cheese is a good measurement to go by).

• For vegetarians, a beans and rice combination is a great source of a complete protein.

Tuffy’s Diner: • Black bean burger or grilled chicken sandwich in place of a hamburger • Sweet potato tots in place of french fries (note the tots will not replace a full serving of vegetables)

Talley Market: • Grilled chicken pita (Try using only half of the ranch dressing in the packet.)

• Evol bowls • Any light and lean meals (Take caution when choosing a low-calorie meal, such as something that is 100 to 200

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Port City Java • Calories for f lavored drinks can add up quickly, so try to ask for just one pump of flavor or grab a regular coffee or tea instead.

• Don’t let whole milk scare you, as it can provide a great source of calcium.

The Atrium

Delirious: • Delirious offers many toppings for salads, so you might feel comfortable skipping the dressing given the flavor you’re already getting.

Again, don’t go overboard with cheese, and try the spinach. Its darker color indicates increased nutritional value.

• Try a whole-wheat wrap instead of a white wrap.

• For meat toppings, opt for chicken or tuna in place of a more processed protein.

• Choose tomato-based soups instead of creamy ones.

Brickyard Pizza • Drizzle noodles with the tomato-based marinara sauce (tomatoes are healthier when cooked) and add vegetables and chicken for a well-balanced meal that just reaches equivalency.

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Chick-Fil-A • Choose the grilled chicken sandwich on a whole-wheat bun or the char-grilled salad.

• Try a fruit cup instead of fries.

Zen Blossom • Vegetarian Wok Creation with crispy tofu and either white rice or noodles is wolfapproved, as well as the California roll, spicy crab roll and the Tekka Maki Roll.

• Avoid the sauces, since they can be high in sodium.

Wolfpack-To-Go • Hummus and pretzels (great snack option) • Hummus vegetarian wrap • Cereal (high in iron) • Milk (made fresh from N.C. State’s own cows and contain no hormones)

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calories. It might not fill you up, causing you to snack on unhealthy items later. Meals typically fall between 400 and 600 calories.)

• Rice crispy treats, salted caramel corn, or fruit and nut granola (For when you are craving something sweet.)

• For a snack, try fruits or sea salt and cracked pepper chips. (The chips are kettlecooked, low in fat and sugar, and high in fiber compared to other chips.)

N.C. State has seven Port City Java locations. Talley Student Union’s is the only that operates on Sundays, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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Multi-skilled screenwriter brings experience into the classroom Chelsey Winstead Correspondent

Walking through the halls of N.C. State as part of the Film Department is professional screenwriter Mark Millhone. Along with being a professor at N.C. State, Millhone’s resume includes IMDb credits for screenwriting, directing and editing TV, film and online media projects such as “Universal Squadrons,” “Christmas in New York” and “Passengers”.

Currently, Millhone is working as a film professor at UNC-Wilmington and as a columnist for Men’s Health magazine in print and online.

Millhone also published a memoir in 2009.

Mi l lhone’s interest in screenwriting started in high school when he was interested in theatre.

“I was really intrigued with using your imagination and working together to collaborate on a project,” Millhone said. “The problem was I am

sort of a shy person and did not like to act.”

Instead of being featured onstage, Millhone started producing, directing, and eventually writing.

Many people want to work in the film industry; but without the f lexibility of having multiple talents, those striving to be in the business may often fail.

“It is a necessity for making a living in this field,” Millhone said. “More people go to the Olympics than get to make a major Hollywood film feature. People who are going in these fields need to be aware of that, and need to do it out of a sense of great passion and commitment to the stories they need to tell.” ​M illhone’s theory of flexibility has been tried and tested in his professional life.

At a time when he was feeling stagnant in screenwriting, Millhone wrote and shared a lengthy journal article with his writers group. One of the members asked if he would

let him send the entry to a friend, and the article ended up in the hands of the Editor-in-Chief at Men’s Health Magazine. The story ran and Millhone’s career at Men’s Health started. ​“ To write for magazines

“I feel like all the different things that I do are a virtue, a necessity and a problem.”

Mark Millhone, screen writer and NCSU professor

was not in the plan, but it became a good outlet for me and opened other opportunities such as a feature film and the book that I wrote,” Millhone said. ​A fter writing columns for Men’s Health, Millhone was challenged with producing comedic material for their

website. Tasked with making comedy shorts about fitness, Millhone was surprised and confused when given this project. Men’s Health then sent him for training at a leading gym in California. Within the first couple of gym visits, Millhone was again surprised, this time about the personal trainers. “​ I was terrifically impressed with how smart these guys were,” Millhone said. “They could spend an afternoon with you and figure out a plan based on all of your physical weaknesses and sign you up for a year.” ​Basing the voice and character off a trainer he met at the California gym, Millhone was ready to produce his online series “Krush.” The seasoned screenwriter writes, directs, produces and acts in the web series. Although he took on most of the work, Millhone used a handful of interns from both N.C. State and UNC-Wilmington to help edit and promote the

project.

“It was a very satisfying experience as much as through what I learned from my students as well as what I gave them in knowledge,” Millhone said. “It was a tremendously joyful collaboration working with all the students on that project.”

With so much talent, Millhone finds his multiple gifts in media to be necessary abilities that can often be a burden.

“I feel like all the different things that I do are a virtue, a necessity and a problem,” Millhone said. “I think it is really important if you want to be an artist of any kind that you have to be versatile.

You have to have a number of different skills that you can bring to tell a different story, to find a vision and to find an audience.”

Millhone teaches his students that f lexibility is required in the field of filmmaking because new opportunities open up all the time.

“If they want to be a screenwriter, the first thing I tell them is that they need to be cinematographer, an editor, and a director or producer,” Millhone said. “It takes that kind of entrepreneurial, holistic sense to green light a vision, and that is the challenge of any creative person today.”

Millhone strives to prepare his students with the tools needed in today’s industry and also help them get in the mindset required for work in film.

“First thing is to become flexible about what it is that you want to do and to be open to what opportunities come your way,” Millhone said. “Part of it is to really know what you want to do.

There really are no jobs; you shouldn’t be training yourself for a job but instead be ready for opportunities.”

His memoir “The Patron Saint of Used Cars” and “Second Chances: A Memoir” can be found on Amazon. com.

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Noah, directed by Darren Aronofsky, is arguably one of this year’s most controversial films. Though I am no expert on biblical tales, much of the flim’s plotline is the result of an artistic license taken by Aronofsky. However, this movie is intrinsically not meant to be a play by play of biblical events. It is a movie, meant to entertain. ​One of the film’s more impressive aspects is the amount of plot Aronofsky and Ari Handel, co-writer, manage to plunge into its two hour and

19 minute runtime. Based on the events of the original biblical story of Noah’s Ark, God calls upon Noah (Russell Crowe) to erect an ark in preparation for a flood that would end civilization. Noah begins as the film’s protagonist, fending off the greedy and self-righteous king of the land to carry out God’s will.

But the line between good and evil becomes blurred when Noah does anything it takes to carry out God’s plan.

Not only does he let the potential love of his son, Ham (Logan Lerman) die; but once the water rises, he goes so far as to threaten the lives of his future grandchildren in order to prevent the continuation of humanity. This results in severed family ties, vindictive betrayals and an enduring question of morality and

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mercy that pervades the film. ​W hen it comes to the average Hollywood action blockbuster, Noah fits right in.

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The tale becomes almost ridiculous with how many sci-fi and fantasy clichés are incorporated. No wonder the movie is the center of such controversy among members of the Christian community. A magic hand that suddenly fertilizes a barren girl’s ovaries and the growth of a spontaneously blooming forest in a few minutes do not represent the Bible as a realistic or meaningful book.

However, I don’t think this was Aronofsky’s original idea for the movie. As a film, it entertains just as any big budget blockbuster should.

Though the movie can seem like a mishmash of storylines, genres, and special effects, there are also large segments where Noah takes a philosophical and sentimental turn.

At this point, I must commend the actors and actresses for their roles in bringing the film a little more down to earth. Many of the emotionally compelling scenes are lifted by the performances of both Crowe and Jennifer Connelly, who plays Noah’s wife Naameh. Much of the movie’s script consists of crying, yelling, whispering, or a combination of each; and it’s surprising how the cast gives a convincing portrayal of the emotions behind each of these features without overdoing it.

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​It is easy to appreciate the overarching themes surrounding Noah. Religious or not, viewers are able to see that they are both thoughtful and relatable on a personal level. It can be a complex task to discern the right thing to do, both pragmatically and ethically.

Because the film delves into such dark territory, including the death and destruction of the entire world, it is impossible as a viewer to know what the outcome should be. That is what the entire film’s premise is based on, which makes it refreshingly unpredictable.

H ​ onestly, in most films it is easy to predict what will happen in the end. Socially accepted morals usually prevail,

especially in a popular, pseudo-action film such as this.

However, because the Noah’s decisions are complete tossups between multiple evils (religiously speaking) before and after the flood, the outcome is inconceivable. ​Overall, Noah is a surprisingly thoughtful film with a large amount of superfluous fluff that draws a thin line between distracting the viewer and adding another dimension to the film. Whether it’s the dark, gruesome images or a father and husband’s inhumane decisions, the film will leave you thinking about it for quite some time after the credits roll.

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beating their own school record previously set at the ACC Championships.

Williams, Bilis and Boffa also received All-American honors on the 800-yard freestyle relay, accompanied by senior Matt Thomas. The relay team finished with a time of 6:18.4, putting them at eighth place in the event.

Bilis also finished third in the B-portion of the 100yard freestyle — 11th overall — with a time of 42.42, setting an ACC record with his start time. Bilis earned an All-American honorable mention in the 50-yard and 100-yard freestyle events and first team All-American status in the 400-yard and 800yard freestyle relays.

“We finished on a great note, breaking the ACC record and Bilis breaking the 100-yard freestyle ACC record,” Holloway said, “It was just a great way to finish the

second 2-1 win of the night.

N.C. State got off to an uneasy start in the finale on Sunday. Junior righty pitcher Logan Jernigan yielded a run in the first inning, and Miami added on two more runs in the third inning, chasing Jernigan off the mound. Another in the top of the fifth gave the ‘Canes a 4-0 advantage before the Pack was able to respond.

Junior right-fielder Jake Armstrong doubled in the bottom of the fifth, sending junior left-fielder Bubby Riley home for the Wolfpack’s first run of the game.

Two batters later, junior center-fielder Jake Fincher singled, and all runners on base advanced on a Miami throwing error, including Armstrong, who scored to bring State within two runs.

Junior shortstop Trea Turner brought the Pack within one with an RBI fielder’s choice.

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meet, and these guys are a bunch of fighters.”

Boffa, Thomas, and fellow seniors Ian Bishop and Barrett Miesfield combined for nine total All-American honors, three of which were first team awards.

“I wanted to congratulate the seniors,” Holloway said.

“They have been the driving force in this rise in the national rankings.”

Though the team is los-

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ing four great seniors, the future looks bright for the Pack, as State’s underclassmen stepped up big during the three-day event. Schiellerup, the only freshman to compete for the Pack in the Championships, earned honorable All-American status in the 200-yard and 400-yard medley relays.

Sophomore Ch r i st ia n McCurdy earned first team All-American honors in the

200-yard butterfly event with a time 1:42.18, placing him in fourth among all swimmers.

The Irwin, Penn. native managed to improve his qualifying time by .35 seconds and was only .07 seconds behind third place.

Earlier in the season, McCurdy broke the school record in 200-yard butterf ly and earned a gold medal in the event at the ACC Championships.

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The next inning, N.C. State used the long ball to score two more runs. Freshman third baseman Andrew Knizner blasted a home run to left field to open the bottom of the sixth and tie the game at four. After Riley grounded out, Armstrong crushed a 1-1 offering to the same side and handed the Pack its first lead of the series.

Miami answered back over the next three innings, scoring eight runs in the final third of the contest, highlighted by a mammoth blast over the right field wall

by Collins, who finished the game with six RBIs. “I have been concerned for a while,” head coach Elliott Avent said. “It is a tough league. You can get into a little bit of a rut. You lose a couple, then you start doubting yourself and then confidence becomes an issue.”

The Pack will look to end its conference struggles as the team travels to Clemson for a three-game series Friday.

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Sports PAGE 8 • MONDAY, MARCH 31, 2014

COUNTDOWN

• One day until the Wolfpack baseball team travels to Buies Creek, N.C. to take on Campbell.

INSIDE

• Page 6: A review of the film Noah

TECHNICIAN

BASEBALL

Wolfpack swept in third straight ACC series Rob McLamb

Lewis to transfer

Assistant Sports Editor

On Saturday, it was announced that sophomore guard Tyler Lewis plans to transfer from N.C State. Lewis started 18 of the Wolfpack’s 36 games this season, including the final 14 contests. The Statesville native averaged 4.4 points per game and boasted the second-best assist-to-turnover ratio in the ACC at 3.55.

Christian Candeloro

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Softball loses entire series in Maryland due to weather After having Saturday’s double-header postponed due to inclement weather, the two games between State and Maryland were cancelled when rain did not let up on Sunday. Under ACC rules, no makeups will be scheduled.

The Pack’s will return to action on Wednesday when Campbell visits Dail Stadium.

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Staff Writer

N.C. State’s woes in ACC play continued during the weekend, as the Wolfpack was swept by Miami in a three-game set at Doak Field, culminated by a 12-5 loss on Sunday. With the defeat, State fell to 15-11 overall and 3-9 in the ACC. After beginning league play with three wins over Notre Dame, the Pack has lost nine straight conference games, the most since the 2002 squad dropped 10 in a row.

“This [bad start to conference season] happened last year,” junior pitcher Carlos Rodon said after Friday’s game was suspended. “It is definitely a learning experience. Baseball is crazy game, a game of failure, so you have got to have a short memory.”

With the three losses, N.C. State dropped to 6-18 overall against Miami since the Hurricanes joined the ACC in 2004, and 13-30 all-time.

In the first game on Friday evening, Rodon went six innings, allowing one run on four hits while striking out five and walking three. Due to the threat of rain, the game was suspended in the bottom of the sixth inning with the score knotted at 1-1.

The next day began with the reg-

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Freshman third baseman Andrew Knizner bats during N.C. State’s loss to Miami on Sunday. The 12-5 loss dropped the Wolfpack’s record to 15-11 overall and 3-9 in the ACC. The team’s next home appearance will be on April 18 against Boston College at 6:30p.m.

ularly scheduled matchup. Senior pitcher Andrew Woeck was given his first career start for the Wolfpack, but picked up a loss. The right-hander went 5.1 innings and allowed two runs on four hits. Woeck struck out seven batters and walked only one.

However, Miami’s junior pitcher Andrew Suarez was better. The

lefty hurled eight innings with only five hits and one run, leading the Hurricanes to a 2-1 victory.

Friday’s suspended game was resumed on Saturday evening. Junior pitcher Eric Peterson was handed the ball to open the top of the seventh inning with the game still tied at one. The right-hander pitched the

TRACK & FIELD

final three innings but allowed the go-ahead run in the eighth inning, as the Hurricanes’ freshman designated hitter Zach Collins hit an RBI sacrifice fly after back-to-back Miami singles, allowing a Miami runner to score and giving the Hurricanes its

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Perry steals the show at Raleigh Relays State earns best Chris Nobblitt Correspondent

N.C. State hosted the eighth annual Raleigh Relays this weekend at the Paul Derr Track, where more than 4,000 athletes congregated to compete in various track & field events. Multiple Wolfpack student athletes had stand out performances, but sophomore Alexis Perry stole the limelight on both days of competition.

Perry began the invitational on Friday with a record-breaking outdoor long jump of 21’ 2’’, trumping the previous school record of 21’ 1.25’’, set by former State jumper Karimah Shepherd in the 2013 season.

Perry ended the first day of competition by finishing first in the 100-meter hurdle preliminaries. On Saturday, the Durham native left other contenders in the dust with a personal best of 13.39 seconds.

“I came out with a goal in mind, and that was to keep the first-place spot,” Perry said. “I just knew if I pushed out and cranked up my speed at hurdle seven through the end that I would do what I came out here to do.”

The sophomore’s competitive strategy has been working well; at the Carolina Relays on March 22, Perry also came out on top in the 100-meter hurdles.

“The marks she has will be good enough marks to get into the regional championships in Jacksonville this May,” head coach Rollie Geiger said. “We have always looked at her as our hurdler then long-jumper then high-jumper. Now I’m not too sure if her long jump is

a better mark than her hurdle, but they are both great marks.

She is a great athlete, a perfect student and a perfect person.”

Last season, as a freshman, Perry was third in the long jump at the Aggie Last Chance meet and placed fourth in the ACC Championships. Assistant coach Chris Coleman, in charge of sprints & jumps, said he is extremely confident in her athletic ability. “[Perry] is just overall talented,” Coleman said. “Hopefully I can get her out to 22’ by the end of the year. She took it early, she got on the bus early.”

Though Perry had an impressive weekend, other members of the Pack also shined in spite of the dreary weather.

Redshirt junior thrower Tremanisha Taylor set a new school record in discus on Friday with a throw of 179’, blowing her old school record of 175’1’’ out of the water. Taylor has been a consistent leader on the team: the twotime All American also holds the women’s indoor and outdoor shot put record at N.C. State.

Redshirt sophomore middistance runner Graham Crawford rightfully earned second in the men’s 5,000-meter after besting his personal record by over 15 seconds with a time of 13:49.27. Senior distance runner Andrew Colley burst into first place in the 1,500-meter with a breakneck time of 3:44.21 after he passed three runners in the final lap.

“He was seventh [in the NCAA Championships] in cross country, the 1,500-meter is a short event for him,” Geiger said.

“He’ll race later in the year with track in spring in a longer event, even the 5,000-meter or

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Colin Phibbs Correspondent

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Sophomore Alexis Perry jumps into the sand pit for long jump.

Perry grabbed first place in the women’s 100-meter hurdles with a personal best time of 13.39. N.C. State track & field team competed in the 2014 Raleigh Relays at Paul Derr Track Friday.

10,000-meter, but that was a good mark – a good race for him.

“Also a good run last night was by Graham Crawford; a 13:49 is a good mark, and he ran the 5,000-meter but he may drop down to the 1,500-meter.”

On the first day, sophomore distance runner Adrian Ross secured first in the men’s steeplechase with a new personal best of 9:11.17, and redshirt senior distance runner Samantha Norman placed fifth in the women’s at 10:39.37.

Geiger said the Raleigh Relays were a great event for N.C. State, and the city of Raleigh as a whole.

“This is an important event for the community,” Geiger said. “We want exposure to a lot of track & field athletes in high school across the country, so I think it’s great enough for the University to host but also the things that help us, the University, in the process of promoting the track and field program at N.C. State.”

The N.C. State men’s swim team placed 13th overall in the NCAA Championships in Austin, Texas on Saturday. For the first time in N.C. State history, both the men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams finished in the top 20 at Nationals in the same season, as the women finished 16th on March 22.

The 13th-place finish marks the Wolfpack men’s best showing at the NCAA Championships since earning an 11th-place result during the 1979 season.

State had a rough start to the Championships, finishing the finishing the first two days in 16th place with 56.5 points. However, the team bounced back on the final day of the competition, more than doubling its score. State finished the tournament with 113.5 points.

Head coach Braden Holloway said that he was pleased with his team’s performance and perseverance after a slow start.

“It started a little slow for us, but I’m proud of these guys,” Holloway said, “They had to fight for every single point and they didn’t give up at the beginning. After we got off to a slow start we came around and they kept fighting and leading to better sessions each day.”

At the end of the three-day competition, California was in possession of the top spot with a score of 468.5. State managed to garner the best finish by an ACC team, with Florida State finishing one sport behind the Pack at 14th with 105 points.

All nine of the Wolfpack swimmers earned either honorable mentions or first team AllAmerican selections. State earned first team All-American honors in three different events: 400-yard and 800-yard freestyle relays and 200yard butterfly.

Sophomore Simonas Bilis, junior David Williams, senior Jonathan Boffa and freshman Andreas Schiellerup placed third in the 400-yard medley relay, finishing with a time of 2:49.50,

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