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Pearl Jam, Boston cancel concerts in response to HB2

In response to House Bill 2, which restricts rights of the LGBT community to only using bathrooms that correlate with their gender, rock bands Pearl Jam and Boston canceled shows across North Carolina. Pearl Jam canceled a show at PNC Arena that was scheduled for Wednesday.

Boston canceled three upcoming shows in Raleigh, Greensboro and Charlotte. Pearl Jam and Boston are among the many concerts that have been canceled in response to HB2.

Source: WRAL

‘Moral Monday’ leader removed from airplane due to derogatory remarks

Moral Monday leader the Rev. William Barber was removed from an American Airlines flight Friday after he responded to a comment from another passenger.

Apparently, the passenger who made the comments toward Barber said that he had a problem with Barber’s purchasing two airline seats for himself. Barber’s derogatory retort made crewmembers call the police. Moral Monday is a social awareness movement where political leaders in North Carolina try to raise support for a variety of social injustices, including voting rights, environmental causes and public education.

Source: WRAL

Duke leaders speak out against HB

Duke University President Richard Brodhead, Provost Sally Kornbluth and Chancellor for Health Affairs A. Eugene Washington wrote a statement on Monday that rejects the new North Carolina law that limits rights of the LGBT community. In their statement, university leaders addressed House Bill 2, saying that Duke University does not tolerate acts of discrimination and that they will continue to work to make Duke an inclusive environment. Leaders also addressed economic issues within the university because of HB2. Concerns over the “bathroom bill” have caused prospective students to question attending a university in a state with such discriminatory laws and is keeping some alumni and staff from further involvement with the university.

Source: The Washington Post

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University to focus surveys on campus sexual assault

IN BRIEF UNC System President Margaret Spellings is visiting NC State Wednesday as part of her tour of all 17 campuses in the UNC System. Spellings started in her position as UNC System president March 1. She served as Secretary of Education during the George W. Bush Administration from 2005 to 2009. Students are planning to gather on Stafford Commons Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. to protest Spellings’ visit and the passing of House Bill 2.

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Amelia Fujikawa, a senior studying environmental sciences, Tyler Boquet-Caron, a junior studying environmental technology, and Annie Lopez, a junior studying biological and agricultural engineering, accept the Student Organization Award of Distinction on behalf of the NC State Stewards. The LEAD Awards took place Monday night in the Talley Mountains-Piedmont Ballroom and recognized student leaders and organizations.

LEAD Awards celebrate student accomplishments Staff Report

NC State student leaders and organizations were honored for their passion, vigor and creativity at last night’s Leadership, Engagement and Development Award Ceremony in Talley’s Mountains-Piedmont Ballroom.

Awards were separated into four categories: Debra S. Moore Service Awards, Wolfpack Leadership Challenge Awards, Student Organization Outstanding Achievement

Awards and CSLEPS Awards.

The 2016 award descriptions and winners are as follows: Debra S. Moore Service Awards Outstanding Student Volunteer This award recognizes a student who has been involved in service to the community throughout their college career.

Winner: Veronica Catete, graduate stu

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NC State will administer a new survey this fall that will collect information and opinions from graduate and undergraduate students about the campus climate as it relates to sexual assault, according to Amy Circosta, interim vice provost of the Office for Institutional Equity and Diversity.

NC State’s Campus Climate Surveys have dealt with sexual violence-related questions in the past, but they are only conducted every five years and they cover a wide range of topics.

Circosta said in an email that these surveys were used to assess the university’s outreach, prevention and response initiatives related to sexual violence, but they needed to be updated to provide greater accuracy.

“Unfortunately, the response rate for the most recent Student Climate Survey was lower than expected, which makes the

data less reliable,” Circosta said.

The new survey will be based on the Campus Climate Survey Validation Study, which coincided with the launch of the It’s On Us campaign laid out by the White House Task Force to Protect Students From Sexual Assault in 2014.

NC State’s Title IX Team officers and the Office for Institutional Research and Planning are currently reviewing various questionnaires that have been developed and tested by experts in the field to determine the best practices in administering such a survey, according to Circosta.

The current projection is that the new survey will be conducted every two or three years, a timeline that the Student Senate felt was still too infrequent to collect sufficient data on sexual assault. The most recent survey, conducted in spring 2015, dealt primarily

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Students map out gender neutral bathrooms Corey White Correspondent

The GLBT Center and its Volunteer, Internship and Practicum Program are sponsoring a new project at NC State which maps out all 254 bathrooms on campus to create a reference of each bathroom’s

accessibility.

The project, called “Safe to Pee,” was started by Victor Eduardo, a freshman study ing statistics and Graecie Vrchota, a senior studying social work.

When most people go to the bathroom, they do not have to worry about if it is wheelchair accessible,

if it is single occupancy, or if the sign is also written in Braille, they said.

But because some people do have to worry about these things, they decided to create the “Safe to Pee” project.

The current map of gender neutral and/or single sta l l bat hrooms is out

of date, so “Safe to Pee” launched a scavenger hunt to identif y those bat hrooms in 16 buildings on campus.

“Ideally we will end up with a map of all the gender inclusive bathrooms and it will end up on our website,” said the GLBT Center’s Program Coor-

dinator Andy DeRoin.

DeRoin went on to say that the map could serve as a reference to future construction projects so that more gender inclusive bathrooms could be built in places where they aren’t already, making campus

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Somos Talentosos es sobre más que talento Jordan Arroyo Corresponsal

Inclusión era el tema más importante durante el evento “Somos Talentosos” el viernes pasado. Mi Familia, el grupo cultural latino del campus, organizó dicha producción. El evento incluyó actuaciones musicales, artes marciales, poesía hablada, parodias y bailes. El motivo de Somos Talentosos fue de celebrar el fin de año y presentar los talentos que los estudiantes poseen.

Este es el cuarto año de Somos Talentosos, según Jorge Pacheco Santiago, el presidente de Mi Familia y estudiante de cuarto año estudiando educación de tecnología, ingeniería y diseño. Sin embargo este año, Pacheco Santiago dijo que quería crear un evento más grande y más elaborado que los anteriores.

“Quería crear un evento que festejara todos de los logros de Mi Familia en conjunto. Pero este siendo mi último año en NC State, quisiera asegurarme que este evento tuviera más atracciones,” dijo Pacheco Santiago. “Pienso que he tenido éxito con eso en el pasado. Trabajé muy duro para asegurarme que todo estuviese perfecto.

El Cinema de Witherspoon fue decorado con globos coloridos, el escenario fue iluminado con luces amarillas, y la vestimenta fue formal, ya que el tema del evento fue Sábado Gigante. Los estudiantes del campus llenaron el teatro y las familias de los participantes asistieron para dar su apoyo.

“Don Gabriel,” el anfitrión del

evento, empezó por llamar varios países latinos y esperando el aplauso de la audiencia. Gabriel Carrión, un estudiante en su primer año de ingeniería, siendo el anfitrión dijo que el propósito de “somos talentosos” era presentar el éxito de la comunidad estudiantil y al mismo tiempo promover la inclusión.

“Para mí, no es un evento que apoya la tolerancia de los hispanohablantes como una cultura distinta, pero es sobre la inclusión de los estudiantes como estudiantes normales,” dijo Carrión. “En realidad, este evento está abierto para todos los estudiantes del campus que deseen participar.”

Para los estudiantes que participaron en Somos Talentosos, el evento significó un número de cosas diferentes. Por ejemplo, Angélica Rodríguez, una estudiante que es parte del grupo de baile latino Sube Ritmo y una estudiante de cuarto año estudiando ciencias biológicas, dijo que estaba emocionada por presentar sus bailes.

“Estoy emocionada de presentar un baile en particular,” dijo Rodríguez. “Es una combinación de tango y bachata, que es muy interesante porque los dos bailes son tan distintos.”

Ella se presentó con su grupo Sube Ritmo y también presentó una danza del vientre ella sola. Ambas representaciones fueron populares con la audiencia y recibieron muchos aplausos.

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“Build The Wall” is written on the wall leading out of the Free Expression Tunnel on Monday. Another person added “DON’T” in front of the message.

NC State prohibits chalking on vertical surfaces.

#TheChalkening: Trumpisms show up on campus Gavin Stone Staff Writer

As students walked to class Monday morning, several locations on NC State’s campus were covered with pro-Donald Trump messages written in chalk, sparking more dialogue about the presidential candidate prior to Tuesday’s new round of primary elections.

The messages, each accompanied by #thechalkening, read, among other variations, “make America great again” (or abbreviated MAGA), “build the wall,” “secure our borders” and “NC State supports Trump.”

In front of the Caldwell Hall stairs, the pro-Trump chalk had a message for those who would be offended by their statements.

“End political correctness. If this offends you you’re part of the problem.”

This was later countered with a message reading, “I’m offended by idiots” and “YOU are the problem.”

The hashtag has caught on nationally at universities such as University of Illinois, Ohio University, University of California-Santa Barbara, DePaul, University of Michigan, Kansas, Connecticut, College of William and Mary and Tulane, sparking debate over the limits of free speech.

Nearly all of the pro-Trump messages were countered by anti-Trump messages which simply turned the statements into negatives or rebutted them. Near a heavily chalked message reading “build the wall” in Spanish, accompanied by #LatinosforTrump, was a message reading “Muslims are friends not terrorists!”

Also among the counter-chalkening were pro-Sen. Bernie Sanders messages, such as “feel the Bern.”

The university prohibits chalking on vertical surfaces.

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dent studying computer science Outstanding Student Organization This award recognizes an NC State student organization that has made a difference to the local community through service and volunteerism during the academic year.

Winner: Kappa Omicron Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Outstanding Service Program This award recognizes a one-time event or ongoing project that has had a great impact on the community or an agency during the academic year.

Winner: Wolfpack Pick Up Outstanding Philanthropy Program This award recognizes a student led fundraising event in which the proceeds were donated to a non-profit or charity to support their work in the community.

Winner: Dance Marathon Wol f pack L eadersh ip Challenge Awards The ‘Model the Way ’ Award This award recognizes an individual, program, or organization that promotes core values when setting and

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Grainne Rafferty, a junior studying sociology, sees the American presidential campaign from an objective point of view as an Irish student studying abroad at NC State.

“I guess everyone has their freedom of speech or whatever, but I think it’s a little much,” Rafferty said. “Everyone has the right to say what they want.

Everyone has an opinion, and you have the right to disagree with that opinion.”

Rafferty was surprised that he would have support among college students.

“He is charismatic in a weird way. I guess he’s not likable, but he doesn’t beat around the bush. He says what he thinks, and that is very different,” Rafferty said. “Everyone is thinking something, but because it is not politically correct, they don’t want to say it.”

Rafferty said that the political conversations in Ireland, where Trump owns Interna-

achieving their goals.

Winner: Emma Cathell, a senior studying social work and Spanish The ‘Inspire a Shared Vision’ Award This award recognizes an individual, program, or organization with the passion to make a difference. Their ability to look into the future and plan for it in the present makes them stand out above the rest.

Winner: Society of Women in Engineering The ‘Challenge the Process’ Award This award recognizes individuals, programs, or organizations that continuously look for new ways to challenge the status quo. Innovation, experimentation, and risk-taking are hallmarks of the applicants for this award.

Winner: UAB-Diversity Activities Board Committee The ‘Enable Others’ to Act’ Award This award recognizes individuals, programs, or organizations that bring people together in an atmosphere of respect, trust, and dignity.

Winner: Mark Tate, a senior studying business administration The ‘Encourage the Heart’ Award This award recognizes individuals, programs, or organizations that take great pride in the work they do,

and spend time celebrating and rewarding the efforts those who make great things happen. Leaders encourage the heart by infusing hope and determination into hard work, and recognize their peers with high praise.

Winner: Tianna Soto, a senior studying psychology Student Organization Outstanding Achievement Awards Outstanding Student Organization Program This award recognizes a student organization that has made a significant and meaningful contribution to students, the NC State and/or the surrounding community, and benefits its membership through support, scholarship/education, or activities.

Winner: Society of Afrikan American Culture for SAAC Week Student Organization Award of Distinction This award recognizes student organizations who reflect an effort to advance the social, moral, cultural, intellectual, and leadership development of individual members and/or the university community.

Winner: NC State Stewards Student Teamwork/Collaboration This award will be presented to the organizations that made meaningful contributions to NC State community

tional Golf Links and Hotel among other properties, are much less polarized.

“In Ireland, there are conservative and liberal parties, but I feel like here the parties are really conservative and really liberal. There is really far right and really far left,” Rafferty said. “I think the media in America is really powerful. I think they sway a lot of opinions, which is interesting.”

The rhetoric from the Trump campaign has been heating up in response to perceived slights from the Republican National Committee, which Trump has accused of manipulating the rules of the election in order to shorten Trump’s delegate lead and force a contested convention in July where Trump could be denied the party’s nomination, despite having the most delegates.

Two first-year master’s students studying social work, Alexia Montague and Michele Fidler, were also struck by the ground-level conversations going on around campus.

Montague said that as an

African-American, she is concerned that if Trump can so quickly turn people against undocumented immigrants, other minorities could be at greater risk were he to win the presidency.

“Personally, I am for immigrants, especially when they are fleeing for a reason,” Montague said.

Fidler added, “It’s just sad to see that our nation has prided ourselves on giving people opportunities and we’re not even going to let people come here and have a shot.”

On the motivation for “the chalkening” Montague said that it was likely to legitimize Trump as a candidate while so much of the Republican Party is trying to undermine him.

“I think it was to send a message, to make it known that Trump does have supporters and that they are here on campus. He’s legit, and so are they.”

Jonathan Carter contributed to the reporting of this story.

through their collaborative programming efforts either throughout the year or a single successful program.

Winner: National Association for Mental Illness on Campus and the Order of Omega Outstanding Online Presence This award recognizes groups with an impressive online presence.

Winner: Alumni Association Student Ambassadors Program Outstanding Student Organization Advisor Award This award recognizes an adviser who has had a positive impact on a student organization and the University community; consistently contributing his or her time and energy to improve the organization, and takes great strides to help the organization’s leaders.

Winner: Rebekah Dunstan, NC State Stewards adviser Outstanding New Student Organization This award recognizes an organization new to the campus since April 1, 2015. The organization demonstrates a progression of growth, improvement and achievement throughout the year as indicated by their programming and membership.

Winner: Girls Engineering Change

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with the respect between students and between students and faculty, according to a presentation given by Nancy Whelchel, associate director for survey research for the Office of Institutional Research and Planning, on March 28.

The previous model for the Campus Climate Survey had low participation, which made the data insufficient. This sparked Student Senate to pass the Sexual Assault Climate Act on April 6 in a unanimous vote, calling on the university to reevaluate its efforts to combat sexual assault on campus.

The bill addresses the lack of attention that the university administration, and subsequently the student body, has paid to the issue of sexual assault in the past, despite the recent adoption of the national It’s On Us campaign in November 2014. It also urges the university to optimize its efforts to confront the issue of sexual assault by using the resources made available by the White House Task Force.

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Emma Cathell, a senior studying Spanish and social work, receives the Model the Way Award at the LEAD Awards event Monday evening in the State Ballroom of Talley Student Union. Cathell is also editor of the Bienvenidos and Features sections of the Technician.

CSLEPS Awards CSLEPS Advocate Award Awarded to advocates that have supported the mission of CSLEPS. Winner: Campus Enterprises CSLEPS Award for Excellence Given each year to an NC State senior who demonstrates outstanding leadership and service to the center and helps to advance its mission.

Winner: Amanda Dango, a senior studying mechanical engineering Visionary Leader Certificates Awarded to members of the NC State community who complete the Visionary Leaders Certificate Program. Students must have

completed a minimum of 12 Leadership Development Series workshops, performed at least 20 hours of civic engagement, fulfilled a leadership component and developed a comprehensive portfolio.

Winner: Maylisa Nicholson, a graduate student studying physiology and poultry science and Salomé Froment, SKEMA participant Ronald C. Butler Visionary Leader Award Recognizes one Visionary Leadership Certificate program graduate for their outstanding commitment to their own leadership development.

Winner: Salomé Froment, SKEMA participant

The solution put forth in the bill is to conduct the comprehensive survey every semester.

Ian Grice, public affairs director for WKNC and a supporter of the bill, said he hopes the bill will encourage the Title IX Team to conduct the new survey more often in the hopes that students will be able to see the results of the survey during their time on campus and hold the university accountable.

“I think the biggest problem with [the old survey] is the time,” Grice said. “It was every five years so students don’t see the change that happens because the students that participate in the survey will be graduated by the time new data is collected. Is the campus getting better or worse?”

According to University Police statistics, there were six cases of “forcible sex offenses” on NC State’s campus in 2012 and 2013. Both 2014 and 2015 had five rape reports each.

Twenty-seven universities in the United States have adopted more robust surveys of campus climate based on the White House Task Force’s recommendations, including UNC-

Chapel Hill, according to Grice.

“Chapel Hill knows their sexual assault numbers on their campus whereas we don’t, and that shouldn’t be the case,” Grice said.

The benefits of an effective survey, according to the bill, would be the acquisition of “prevalence rates (how many unique people have been victimized during a given period of time), incidence rates (how many times assaults have occurred over a set period of time) and [a sense of] students’ perceptions of the campus climate around sexual assault.”

However, Circosta said that while it is “critical for NC State to understand our current climate related to sexual violence,” a two- to three-year cycle for conducting the survey would be most effective because it will still provide the university with appropriate insight while “recognizing the extreme sensitivity of the topic and avoiding potentially unnecessary re-victimization through the survey process” and “overtaxing students with surveys, which can lead to lower response rates.”

Source: NCSU Student Involvement

Students for Sensible Drug Policy lights up on campus Inez Nicholson News Editor

NC State established the f irst chapter of Students for Sensible Drug Policy this semester, thanks to the efforts of Brian Messina, a junior studying psychology and sociology. SSDP is a student-led organization with the goal of ending the War on Drugs.

“Obviously that is a pretty hefty goal, so we’re working on a smaller scale and looking to change campus policies,” Messina said.

Other goals of SSDP include spreading awareness about NC State›s Good Samaritan policy, drug education and harm reduction, reducing the stigma around drug addiction on campus and encouraging honest and open discussions about drug use.

The Technician sat down with Messina to talk about

how he came to be at the helm of SSDP, as well as its impact on campus and his plans for the future of the group.

What kinds of things are you guys looking to do to change policies on campus? What are the current policies?

We would like to see a change to the housing policy that mandates eviction after the first drug marijuana offense. Ideally, the discipline policy for other drugs would closely resemble the discipline policy for alcohol.

You said you want to decriminalize all drugs. Do you really mean all drugs?

Yes, all drugs. Though some drugs are undeniably high-risk and potentially harmful, criminalization is not an effective way of deterring drug use. Drug

addiction is a mental health issue and should not be treated as a criminal problem.

What is NC State’s Good Samaritan policy?

NC St ate’s G o o d S amaritan policy states that in the event of an alcohol overdose, neither the individual who has overdosed or the individual who calls 911 will face consequences, provided that they call 911 for help.

What are you doing to accomplish your goal of harm reduction and reducing the stigma around drug addiction?

We plan to educate the campus community about the safest ways to use drugs, and serve as an outlet for ha r m reduc t ion k nowledge. Drug use is a reality on college campuses, so we are doing what we can

to help students make safe choices about their use. We want to facilitate an open discussion about drug use, and show the campus community that responsible and safe drug use is possible.

Though we only hear about horror stories of addiction and overdose, the majority of drug users use responsibly and safely.

What got you into all of this?

I have persona lly seen the harmful effects that the War on Drugs has had on individuals around me, and wanted to take action to make drug policies more sensible, and end the War on Drugs. Lives are being ruined for nonviolent offenses, and people are dying everyday as a result of the War on Drugs.

How do you hope to see this group grow within the

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Brian Messina, a junior studying psychology and sociology.

next year?

I hope to a see our chapter of Students for Sensible Drug Policy facilitate drug education, harm reduction and activism both on and off campus. I’m looking

for ward to seeing many more students participate in a more honest and open discussion of drug use on campus.

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more transgender inclusive.

In every bathroom, volunteers recorded gender, occupancy, wheelchair accessibility, Braille writing on signs, safety bars by toilets, door width, public access, locks on main doors, number of toilets, number of sanitary napkin bins, changing tables, showers and any additional notes.

The project will continue until all 254 buildings have been mapped.

“We st a r ted a nswer i ng questions about the accessibility and what was in the bathrooms,” said Mitchell Moravec, a senior studying

psychology. “There’s things I don’t even think about when I’m looking for a bathroom and they’re make or break for someone else.”

Hayden Youngquist, a senior studying electrical and computer engineering, said knowing about where genderneutral bathrooms are is important.

“For people who a ren’t comfor table i n gendered spaces or feel that they need to use single use bathrooms, it’s good for them to know where those resources are and what’s available to them,” Youngquist said.

Youngquist believes singleuse bathrooms are becoming more prevalent because, “people are a lot more aware now of t he communit ies

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that are using these spaces.

They’re more aware of the trans community and people with social anxiety and people who need special facilities, like changing tables.”

P re side nt-E le c t of t he GLBT-Community Alliance, J Hallen, a junior studying business administration, said the cause is incredibly important for them.

“For trans students, like myself, it’s impor ta nt to know where there are single occupancy bathrooms,” Hallen said.

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An appeal to your sense of humanit(ies and social sciences) A

s a College of Humanities and Social Sciences major, I have received my fair share of judgmental stares when I tel l people of Aditi my inclinations Dholakia toward humanCorrespondent ities at an agriculture and engineering university; never mind that this university is just as renowned for its humanities and social science disciplines as it is in its STEM disciplines. STEM superiority, as I like to call it, is especially prevalent in the weeks leading up to exam time, as students mentally compete with one another to see who has the heaviest workload.

It’s no secret that there’s some contention and competition (whether friendly or not) between those majoring in one of the STEM fields and those majoring in one of the humanities or social sciences. In January 2011, President Barack Obama released a statement essentially saying that more money needed to be put toward pushing students to study in the STEM fields; he allocated $250 million toward improving STEM-specific education across the country to get more students involved with better education.

In this increasingly technologically advanced age, I can understand why schools everywhere want to push students into one of the STEM disciplines. It’s important for this country to keep up with the rest of the world, scientifically speaking. With this increased attention toward the sciences and mathematics, however, comes a decrease in attention toward the humanities.

What is important to keep in mind in this constant push toward STEM with diminished allocation of funding toward t he humanities and socia l sciences and what people are forgetting is that these disciplines are not mutually exclusive. That is, STEM researchers cannot achieve prestige in their field without at least a basic understanding of language and rhetoric; conversely, humanities and social science

researchers cannot be taken seriously in their work without knowledge of statistics, basic mathematics and approved research methods.

It’s confusing to me, then, as to why so many students — whether STEM or CHASS — express such abject aversion to the supposed “opposing” fields. As a double humanities major myself, I can acknowledge that STEM students do have a more time-intensive workload when it comes to problem sets, labs and practical application. I can also vouch for my own disciplines and say that although I don’t have 10 impossible-to-solve math or science problems, it is rather difficult to write two to four fully articulated papers with different subjects a night.

It’s extremely diff icult to quantif y a work load ; some work, although easy, is incredibly time-intensive, while other work is difficult, but perhaps requires less time to complete.

That the STEM students — more often than not, engineers — feel that their workload is foremost in time intensity, as well as difficulty, discredits the time and effort other students (humanities students) put into earning their degrees.

I could go on about the relative unfairness of job security in the STEM fields as opposed to the humanities or social sciences. I could also go on about income levels — it is true for the most part that those working STEM careers get paid more than those in humanities and social sciences.

What it really all boils down to, though, is that during exam time, instead of complaining off of one’s high horse about how much work one has in comparison to others, it may be beneficial for students to collaborate and help each other out to get the best results possible. This conf lict between STEM fields and humanities and social science fields only allows for one more avenue of division, discrimination and exclusion amongst people.

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Zeenat Aasim Nadvi, freshman studying engineering

Regressive left at Emory University O

n March 21, students at Emory University found “Trump” written in chalk all over their campus. The Chase McLamb Washington Guest Columnist Post repor t s that 40 –50 students, in response to their fellow classmates expressing support for a contender in the presidential election, began a protest.

According to the Emory Wheel, their student newspaper, protesters could be heard shouting: “You are not listening! Come speak to us, we are in pain!” throughout the Quad.

Students moved to the Administration Building, shouting, “It is our duty to fight for our freedom. It is our duty to win. We must love each other and support each other. We have nothing to lose but our chains.”

These students claim that other students expressing their support for a political candidate with chalk creates an unsafe environment. It is my personal belief that students thrown into these fits of raging victimhood when confronted by opposing opinions are mentally unfit for the intellectual diversity of college campuses, let alone that of the real world. This is certainly no defense of Trump; I don’t like Trump. The difference between the Emory protesters and myself is that I am capable of articulating my contentions with Trump without screaming like an upset child. I do, however, have something I think may help them through this tumultuous time: “General Trigger Warning for College — Opinions.”

This type of behavior should be

laughed at, not taken seriously.

Sadly, we must pay close attention, waiting on bated breath, to the reaction of the administration at Emory University. This is because these types of college protesters, which are growing alarmingly common, are only placated by a few things: the resignation of the chancellor, tighter speech policies on campus or smaller areas in which free expression is allowed. I’ve written two articles on this subject, titled “University Echo Chambers” and “Struggle for Free Speech,” highlighting the severity of college speech codes. We can see these types of policies being implemented all across the country due to the appeasement of these delicate souls. This is a trend that must be resisted with tooth and nail in order to restore true freedom of speech on college campuses.

The Emory Wheel interviewed Emory University President James W. Wagner. He asked, “Was it really just a message about a political preference, a candidate preference or was it a harsher message?” He continued, “And I will tell you, those who met with me were genuine in their concerns that it was the latter.”

He also said that the Freedom of Expression Committee was meeting to discuss whether those responsible for “the chalking” were in violation of Emory’s policy.

Is it off-putting to anyone else that the “Freedom of Expression Committee” at Emory University was meeting to determine if writing a presidential candidate’s name in chalk was in compliance with

their policies? A more fitting name for that committee would be “the Speech Police.” It’s completely possible that the investigation of those dangerous chalk markings could all have been part of a strategy to mollify the protesters without necessarily taking sides; however, this is dangerously close to granting validity to their claims.

This is what the regressive left looks like: those who would take the classical liberal stance, “I disagree with what you say but will defend to the death your right to say it,” and substitute it with the modern progressive stance, “I disagree with what you think, so I want to use policy and law to criminalize your expression of that thought.”

In closing, I want to thank all the students of NC State for braving the dangerous Trump chalk around campus over the past few days. I know it’s been difficult, almost as difficult as looking at Bernie bumper stickers, but I’m proud of you all for conducting yourselves in a much more respectable manner than those protesters at Emory University. To my knowledge, there have been no calls for censorship of this expression, and although I disagree with Trump, I’m proud to be part of a community that allows for diverse opinions. As I’ve said before, intellectual comfort isn’t intellectual at all, and college, as a market of ideas, should always allow for free speech, uncensored and unrestricted.

Saudi Arabia’s threat to U.S. reveals the truth W

ith the United States being seen as a superpower in the world, few countries are able to post an imminent threat to it, neither in economy nor in national security.

Yet Saudi Arabia, a key U.S. ally in the Middle East, would be the exception, intervening in the Ziyi Mai Staff Columnist legislation process by threatening the U.S. economy.

According to The New York Times, on Sunday, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir threatened the Obama administration and members of Congress that Saudi Arabia will be forced to liquidate its holding of treasury securities and other assets worth $750 billion if Congress passed a bill that would allow American citizens to sue foreign governments that have connections with the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Suspicions that Saudi Arabia financially supported terrorists involved in the 9/11 plot have been widespread, despite official denial. Congress conducted an inquiry into the attacks and “cited some evidence that Saudi officials in the U.S. at the time had a hand in the plot,” according to The New York Times.

Oddly, the Obama administration has been actively lobbying Congress not to pass the bill, giving the impression to the families of victims and survivors that the president has consistently sided with the monarchy over U.S. citizens.

The 9/11 bill itself is in response to a lawsuit that families of both victims and survivors in the attack filed against the Saudi government, but was later dismissed due to the sovereign immunity of Saudi Arabia. The bill would open the gateway for U.S. citizens to be able to challenge foreign governments in an American courtroom.

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Even if the bill were to pass, however, it would not have real impact on foreign governments because it is not easy for U.S. courts to hold foreign government responsible. When a lawsuit is brought up, foreign governments have no responsibility to even appear in the courtroom and could just ignore the case entirely.

In fact, Saudi’s motive of issuing the threat arises from information disclosed from the bill, not the bill itself.

According to CNN, former Sen. Bob Graham, the co-chair of the 9/11 congressional inquiry, told CNN reporter Michael Smerconish on Saturday that “the Saudis have known what they did in 9/11, and they knew that we knew what they did, at least at the highest levels of the U.S. government.”

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dis were not involved at all, why did they impose an irrational threat that could be devastating to its economy, especially given the low level of oil prices?

The United States’ government might not be willing to risk the U.S.Saudi relations at any level going back 20 years, because no country intends to challenge the world’s largest crude oil producer and exporter. But this time is very different. According to data collected by the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the U.S. has taken over Saudi Arabia as the world’s largest producer in petroleum and other liquids production. This means the United States will be gradually off the hook relying on importing oil from the kingdom for a long period of time. In addition, other western countries such as Canada, Mexico and Norway can also be substitutes of oil exporters to Saudi Arabia.

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needs its strategic ally in the Middle East to fight terrorism. As the most powerful Sunni state in the Middle East economically and militarily, Saudi Arabia certainly facilitates the U.S. military action in the Gulf. However, Saudi officials had not been strongly engaged in fighting the Islamic State group until Secretary of State John Kerry sought a coalition of Saudi, Jordan, Turkey and the U.S. It is counterintuitive that Saudi officials don’t have much motivation to fight the Islamic State group, even as the threat is at their front door. Saudi Arabia’s ambiguity and hesitation make it harder for the outside world to eliminate rumors and suspicion of its connection with terrorism.

The reaction of Saudi Arabia to the 9/11 bill reveals its fear of its suspected connection with the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The United States by any means should not submit and be threatened by a foreign government that openly intends to hide the truth.

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Somos Talentosos is about more than just talent Jordan Arroyo Correspondent

Inclusion was the most important theme at the event “Somos Talentosos” this past Friday. Mi Familia, the Latin culture group on campus, organized this production. The event included musical performances, martial arts, spoken word poetry, skits and dances.

Somos Talentosos was to celebrate the end of the year and to showcase students’ talents.

This is the fourth year of Somos Talentosos, according to Jorge Pacheco Santiago, the president of Mi Familia and a senior studying technology, engineering and design education.

But this year, Pacheco Santiago said he wanted to create an event much larger and much more elaborate than the events of the past.

“I wanted to create an event that was going to celebrate all of the achievements of Mi Familia, but this year, because I am in my final year at NC State, I wanted to ensure that this event would have even more attractions,” Pacheco Santiago said. “And I think that I’ve had success with that. I worked very hard to make sure that everything would be perfect.”

Witherspoon Campus Cinema was decorated with multicolored balloons, the stage was illuminated with yellow

lighting and the dress code was formal attire, as the event’s theme was Sábado Gigante. Students from the campus filled the theater, and the families of the participants came to give their support.

“Don Gabriel,” or Gabriel Carrión, was the host of the event, and he began by calling out various Latin American countries and waiting for applause.

Carrión, a first-year student studying engineering, said that the purpose of Somos Talentosos was to present the success of the student community as well as to promote inclusion.

“To me, this isn’t an event that supports tolerance of Spanish speakers as a distinct culture, but it’s about the inclusion of those people as normal students,” Carrión said. “In reality, this event is open to all of the students on campus to participate in.”

For the students who participated in Somos Talentosos, the event meant a number of different things. For instance, Angelica Rodríguez, a member of the Latin dance group Sube Ritmo and a senior studying biological sciences, said that she was excited to present her dances.

“I’m excited to perform one dance in particular,” Rodríguez said. “It’s a combination of the tango and bachata, which is very interesting because those two dances are so distinct.”

She performed with her group Sube

Ritmo as well as a belly dance on her own. Both were very popular with the audience and received a lot of applause.

Sube Ritmo began with Latin dances at the beginning, but as their performance continued, they danced to songs by groups from the United States as well. They danced to songs by Pitbull, Jidenna and Beyonce.

“My favorite parts were the dances by the group Sube Ritmo, of which I’m a member, and the martial arts because I used to do them when I was a kid,” Carrión said.

The second dance group was from Heritage High School, and four students presented a “Dance of the Flags” from various Latin countries. Rodríguez said Somos Talentosos was more than a presentation of talents, but a learning experience as well.

“I learned a lot about the Spanishspeaking culture,” Rodríguez said.

“I know a lot about Puerto Rican culture, but there are so many more parts that are distinct and beautiful to learn about. I hope that the people who came, leave the event with more knowledge of the differences between distinct Hispanic communities.”

There was more during the talent production than just dances. Florecita Cruz Canseco, the administrative secretary of Mi Familia and a junior studying polymer and color chemis-

try, participated in a comedy skit for the audience named, “Children of the Conversation.” Her skit was a commentary on romantic relationships.

“To be honest, I don’t like speaking in front of groups of people,” Cruz Canseco said, “but Somos was offering an opportunity for me to improve, so I took it.”

There were also several singers and poets who performed at Somos Talentosos. Students Leah Anderson and Angie Rodríguez sang a duet, and Lucia Malaver performed a solo with the song “It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World”

by James Brown. Furthermore, students Emilie Mathura and Dina Ibrahim sang both “Sweet Pea,” by Amos Lee and “Work Song” by Hozier.

The event also included some conflict as well. During the first of the two conflicts, Cristiano Mendez and Rosario Domingo tried to complete their songs before a “lion” attacked them and pulled them off stage. (Editor’s note: Don’t worry — there wasn’t an actual lion, it was only a person in a costume.) There wasn’t a winner, either, because both of the singers were “eaten” by the end of the act.

Another instance of conflict was between two practitioners of martial arts. The act began with Alberto Moreno, a senior studying business administration, alone on stage. He searched for a participant from the

audience and called upon Travis Stump. He instructed him to hold onto a wooden board. He broke several wooden boards with his hands and feet before a challenger, Leah Anderson, who also practices martial arts, wanted to compete with him.

Anderson broke two boards at the same time with her elbow, which seemed to impress the crowd. However, the competition ended when Moreno broke three boards with his hand.

Somos Talentosos ended with the presentation of the “Nelson Award” — in honor of the former Assistant Director for Hispanic Student Affairs Nelson Santiago — to Melissa Betancur, who is a recent graduate currently working as the program coordinator for Multicultural Student Affairs. Mi Familia also presented a video in recognition of the students in their final year of studies at NC State.

Then, starting at 9:30 p.m. after the talent showcase, there was an “After Somos Dance” with the Spanish radio station La Ley NC 101.1 FM providing the music.

“Somos Talentosos is the sum of our year, and it’s a chance for the Latino community to showcase various things,” Pacheco Santiago said. “This year, it just happened to be talent.”

Nuevas Raíces graba la historia de migrantes para el futuro Caitlin Neal Escritora de personal

Inmigración, cultura, financiamiento, género, educación y identidad son solamente algunos de las decenas de temas que son incluidos en Nuevas Raíces archivos digitales. Nuevas Raíces es un archivo digital que conserva las historias de los inmigrantes que se han establecido en Carolina del Norte.

Según el sitio oficial de Nuevas Raíces, más de 130 entrevistas se han grabado presentando individuos de 11 países diferentes.

Directora y fundadora de Nuevas Raíces, Dra. Hannah Gill, inició el programa en 2008 con un curso que imparte en UNC-Chapel Hill titulado “Las Perspectivas de los inmigrantes de Latinoamérica.” Según Gill, la clase de estudios globales apoyado por El Proyecto de migración latina y APPLES - servicio de aprendizaje, incluye el entrenamiento de estudiantes bilingües en la metodología de historia oral y la conducción del servicio de aprendizaje.

“El curso permite a [los estudiantes] hacer conexiones y establecer relaciones con residentes extranjeros,” dijo Gill.

“La historia oral es importante porque permite a personas narrar sus propias historias de primera mano. Es importante que la historia de Carolina del Norte refleje las perspectivas y

las historias de muchos de sus residentes latinos.”

Gill dijo que el impacto duradero del programa Nuevas Raíces es proveer una historia precisa de Carolina del Norte y sus residentes, ser utilizado por los investigadores y ser una oportunidad para otros oír las perspectivas de los emigrantes de primera mano.

Laura Villa Torres ha sido la Asistente de alcance para Nuevas Raíces desde el junio del 2015. Ella enfatizó la importancia de abrir la perspectiva de un grupo nuevo de personas que ha sido establecido lentamente y ha crecido cambiando el paisaje de Carolina del Norte. Según Villa Torres, actualmente 91 por ciento de los jóvenes latinos menores de 18 años en Carolina del Norte nacieron en los Estados Unidos.

“Es un tiempo asombroso y emocionante para explorar cómo los padres inmigrantes y niños de los EE.UU crecen y viven en este estado,” dijo Villa Torres. “Nuevas Raíces trae esas historias a la superficie y las destaca. [Este programa] nos hace reflejar en lo que podemos hacer para esta transición sea una que permita que las familias latinas y comunidades prosperen y vivan feliz y con dignidad, integradas con el resto de las comunidades en Carolina del Norte.”

Según Gill, ella alienta a sus

estudiantes que conduzcan entrevistas de historia oral como haciendo preguntas abiertas, proveyendo la oportunidad al entrevistado a guiar la conversación, estableciendo una relación con el entrevistado para aumentar la confianza y un mayor nivel de intercambio, siendo preparado y informado de las herramientas de grabación y entendiendo el proceso que involucra las transcripciones de una entrevista.

“Creo que una de las cosas más importantes de historia oral es que la persona que habla es la persona que es entrevistada,” dijo Gill. “Las mejores entrevistas son donde hay una relación entre el entrevistador y el entrevistado, [cuando] hay confianza entre ambos individuos hay un nivel de intercambio que es mucho más alto si se tiene esa relación.”

Después de que los estudiantes concluyen los ensayos de investigación, que derivan de las entrevistas, El Programa de historia oral del sur y El Sistema de bibliotecas universitarias mantienen los archivos para el futuro uso.

A principios de año, Nuevas Raíces y sus socios- El Proyecto de migración latina, El Programa de historia oral y Las Bibliotecas universixtarias, lanzaron un nuevo sitio web patrocinado por La Dotación nacional de las humanidades.

El sitio muestra los archivos digitales bilingües con navegación disponible en diferentes categorías incluyendo: año, tema, país de origen y individuos.

“Hay muchos investigadores que están trabajando con historias orales porque las pueden ser utilizadas conjuntamente con los artículos de revistas, libros o otros fuerzos de archivos para proveer una representación más precisa de la historia de Carolina del Norte,” dijo Gill. “El lanzamiento del sitio web hace Nuevas Raíces disponible a nuevas circunscripciones regionales, nacionales y público regional del norte y sur de la frontera de EE.UUMéxico.”

Como una estudiante doctoral en el Departamento del comportamiento de salud en la UNC-Chapel Hill, Villa Torres dijo que tiene mucho interés en el tema de migración y salud y que usa Nuevas Raíces porque es un recurso accesible.

“Nuevas Raíces es increíble; colecta las historias de latinos que han llegado a Carolina del Norte y cambian el estado por siempre,” dijo Villa Torres.

“Tengo suerte ahora porque puedo trabajar con el archivo de historia oral, mientras promuevo su uso con muchas poblaciones interesadas incluyendo maestras de K-12, la comunidad latina y investiga-

New Roots

Catalina Morris, graduate student studying technical communication

dores.”

Aunque fundado en un salón de clase, Nuevas Raíces da la bienvenida a cualquier persona que le gustaría contribuir historias. Si desea estar mas involucrado, puede ver la página web: newroots.lib.unc.edu y contacte a la directora Hannah Gill a través newroots@ unc.edu.

“En cien años cuando historiadores y otros estén interesados en las vidas latinas en

Carolina del Norte y como todo eso empezó, Nuevas Raíces será, sin duda, el punto de referencia,” dijo Villa Torres.

“Es un buen ejemplo de algo que se puede extender a otros estados en los Estados Unidos que están experimentando una transición similar con latinos y otras poblaciones.”

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Mediocampistas de los Railhawks muestran pasión, raíces globales Paola Guadarrama Corresponsal

Al inicio de su temporada primavera con un récord de 3–0, el futuro del equipo profesional de fútbol basado en Cary, los Carolina Railhawks, se ve prometedor. Contribuyendo al éxito de esta temporada son centrocampistas Nazmi Albadawi, Marvin Ceballos y Alex Pérez. Aunque son de orígenes diversas, los jugadores han encontrado una pasión compartida a través de su profesión en el deporte de futbol.

2013 graduado de NC State y nativo de Raleigh, Nazmi Albadawi se unió a los Railhawks en 2015. El es conocido en la comunidad de NC State por marcar el gol final para ganar el juego contra el rival, UNC-Chapel Hill, en 2013.

Albadawi continúa su legado como un jugador valioso en los Railhawks marcando seis goles y teniendo tres asistencias en su temporada de 2015. Recientemente durante la segunda semana de la temporada primavera 2016, Albadawi fue seleccionado por La Liga Nacional Americana de Fútbol para ser parte del Equipo Nacional de la semana.

“Cuando jugué por primera vez, me enamoré con el deporte,” dijo Albadawi. “Recibo un salario para jugar el fútbol cada día, esto es algo que siempre soñe. Éste es mi equipo natal, el que veía desde pequeño, y ahora tengo la oportunidad de jugar con ellos. Ahora puedo jugar para mi familia y amigos cada fin de semana.”

Siendo el deporte más se-

guido en el mundo con un estimado 3,5 billones de fanáticos, la inf luencia alcance culturas numerosas.

Albadawi expresó que parte de lo que disfruta del deporte es su interacción con compañeros de equipo y competidores diversos por el lenguaje de futbol.

“Una de las razones que me encanta mucho el fútbol es porque es un deporte que atrae a mucha gente de culturas diferentes a jugar juntos,” dijo Albadawi. “Aún si la personas tienen dificultades hablando inglés, es a través del juego que encontramos la manera de entendernos” Número 7, Marvin Ceballos es el mediocampista más reciente a los Carolina Railhawks, uniéndose al equipo este año. Fue el primer jugador de su país en marcar un

gol en un torneo de FIFA. Con este gol fue que ganaron el partido contra Croacia en la Copa Mundial de el 2011.

Y el año pasado, jugó para el equipo de NASL de Indianapolis, Indy Eleven.

Ceballos, originalmente de Guatemala, siempre ha tenido una pasión para el fútbol desde una temprana edad.

“Mi padre también fue jugador, entonces tengo el fútbol en mi sangre,” dijo Ceballos. “Es una bendición de haber tenido esa dicha de tener a nuestros padres como ejemplo a seguir. De niño para mi el fútbol era todo, y hoy continúa ser mi mundo.”

Compañero de centrocampista, Alex Pérez, se unió los Railhawks en 2015.

Originalmente de Madrid, España, comentó que viajar para su profesión y mudarse

a un país nuevo puede llegar a ser difícil. Durante su carrera profesional, Pérez ha jugado para equipos españoles y búlgaros antes de mudarse a los Estados Unidos.

“Siempre es una decisión dificil, alejarte de tu familia y de tus amigos, esto requiere un esfuerzo,” dijo Pérez. “Al final te acostumbras, y sabes que el futbol es asi. Sabes que es un sacrificio y lo tienes que hacer.”

Aunque se encuentre muy lejos de sus amigos y familiares, Pérez dijo que él ha sido capaz de formar una buena relación con el equipo de los Carolina Railhawks, que es importante para poder tener una temporada exitosa.

“Creo que tenemos una buena unión entre todos, y al final, en el campo se refleja si no tienes una buena

unión dentro del vestuario,” dijo Pérez. “Ahora se están dando buenos resultados porque también tenemos un buen equipo. Entre todos nos apoyamos, le toque a quien le toque jugar.”

Con la actual primavera en pleno apogeo, los fanáticos tendrán múltiples posibilidades de ver a los Railhawks — incluyendo a los centrocampistas, Albadawi, Ceballos y Pérez —jugar en su estadio, el Wakemed Soccer Park en Cary.

“Es importante el apoyo de la gente durante un partido,” dijo Pérez. “En cuanto más aficionados vayan al campo, más fuerza sentimos en la cancha” El próximo juego de los Railhawks será el 7 de mayo contra los Fort Lauderdale Strikers a las 7:30 p.m.

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Sube Ritmo empezó con bailes latinos al comienzo, mientras su presentación continuaba, ellos bailaron canciones de grupos norteamericanos también; como canciones de Pitbull, Jidenna, y Beyoncé entre otros.

Otro grupo de baile de la escuela secundaria de Heritage que consistía de cuatro estudia ntes presenta ron un baile con las banderas de diferentes países latinoamericanos. Rodríguez dijo que Somos Talentosos más que una presentación de talentos, fue también una experiencia de aprendizaje.

“Aprendí mucho sobre la cultura hispanohablante,” dijo Rodríguez. “Sé mucho sobre la cultura puertorriqueña pero son muchas más partes distintas y bellas a conocer. Espero que los que asistieron, dejaran el evento con más conocimiento de las diferencias entre las distintas comunidades latinas.”

Hubo más a ver durante el evento que solamente bailes. Florecita Cruz Canseco, la secretaría administrativa de Mi Familia y una estudiante de tercer año estudiando la química de polímero y color; participo en una parodia llamada, “Niños de la conversación.” Su parodia fue un comentario sobre relaciones románticas.

“En realidad, no me gusta hablar en frente de grupos de personas,” dijo Cruz

Canseco, “pero Somos ofrece una oportunidad para mejorar.”

También hubo muchos cantantes y poetas en Somos Talentosos. Las estudiantes Leah Anderson y Angie Rodríguez cantaron un dueto, y Lucía Malaver cantó sola la canción “This Is a Man’s World” de James Brown.

Además, las estudiantes

“Somos Talentosos fue el resumen de nuestro año.”

—Jorge Pacheco Santiago

Emi lie Mat hura y Dina Ibrahim cantaron canciones incluyendo “Sweet Pea” de Amos Lee y “Work Song” de Hozier.

El evento contubo conf licto también. Durante el primero de dos conf lictos en una “ Batalla de Karaoke,” Cristiano Méndez y Rosario Domingo intentaron completar su canciónes antes de que un “león” los atacara y removiera del escenario. [No se preocupen; no hubo un león real, solamente fue una persona en disfraz.] No hubo un ganador ni un perdedor porque los cantantes fueron “comidos” al fin del acto.

Otro momento de conf licto fue entre dos personas que practican artes marciales. El acto empezó con Alberto Moreno, un estudiante de cuarto año estudiando administración de empresas, solo en el es-

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cenario. Él invitó un participante de la audiencia y escogió a Travis Stump para sostener una tabla de madera. Moreno rompió varias tablas con sus manos y pies antes de que una contendiente, Leah Anderson, que también practica artes marciales, quisiera competir con él.

Ella rompió dos tablas al mismo tiempo con su codo, lo que pareció impresionar a la audiencia. Sin embargo, la competencia terminó cuando Moreno rompió cuatro tablones con su mano.

Somos Talentosos concluyó con la presentación del “Nelson Award” — en honor al ex- director asistente de Asuntos estudiantiles hispanos — a Melissa Beta ncur, que recién se graduó y es actualmente la coordinadora del programa de Asuntos estudiantiles multiculturales. Mi Familia también presentó un video en reconocimiento a los estudiantes en su año final de estudios en NC State.

“Somos Talentosos fue el resumen de nuestro año, y es una oportunidad para la comunidad latina de presentar diversas cosas,” dijo Pacheco Santiago. “Este año, no fue nada más que talento.”

Después de la conclusión del show a las 9:30 p.m., hubo el “Ba i le Después de Somos” con la radio hispana La Ley NC 101.1 FM proveyendo la música.

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an average of 45 minutes longer than your typical NBA game. And fans’ viewership of the NBA continues to increase as it learns to adapt to the world around it.

Drawing fans to a stadium to watch a team that doesn’t know how to win for three long hours is getting harder and harder. The solution is simple: Do whatever you have to do to trim the time of games, and let players express themselves the way they see fit.

A prime example in another sport is Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton.

He was known this past season for his MVP performance, but what he was also known for was his infamous dab and touchdown dances. In doing this, he brought culture back to the game. While he ticked off a lot of people, he also made the game enjoyable for Panther and NFL fans alike.

Like Newton, all Harper is asking to do is be able to express himself — whether it be through bat flips after a home run, a little bit of dancing here and there or simply taking just a couple of extra seconds running the bases. Whatever the case may be, the idea certainly can’t hurt the game.

“We’ve romanticized the game’s past so much that we’ve forgotten about its future,” Astros shortstop Carlos Correa told SoleCollector.com. “Since its beginnings, baseball has been guided by an invisible hand.

A set of unwritten rules that all players are

expected to adhere to.”

The message is clear: Professional players want the game to change, but in doing this, is there a certain line that still shouldn’t be crossed?

In 2012, at 19 years of age, Harper was selected to the All-Star team and chose to wear golden cleats. Many baseball fans and announcers looked down on this type of thing because he was so young and had not spent enough time in the professionals to earn that honor.

Announcers even said during the game that veteran Chipper Jones should’ve been in Harper’s ear before the game demanding he take the cleats off because he was “out of line.”

In the minds of these players, baseball is about more than just a game they play, it’s their lives and their careers.

In basketball you can dunk on someone and then yell and flex your muscles.

In football, a defensive lineman can sack a quarterback and then get up and mock their dance. So, a baseball player flipping a bat after crushing a home run shouldn’t be an issue.

The officials of the league are scared to let the professionals express themselves because they don’t want to lose control of the game, and fans know how certain officials like their control.

America’s pastime is in trouble, and the only way to improve the situation is to embrace today’s culture and allow that to impact how the professionals play.

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school, I just worked my arms as fast as I could, which wastes a lot of energy. After being here, my strokes have gotten smoother and longer, propelling me forward just as fast, if not faster, with less effort.”

Held is very dedicated to his sport and works hard to be the best that he can be. He says what drives him is the competition.

“I cannot stand people beating me,” Held said. “If it’s not first, then it’s a failure. It sounds a bit

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Originally from Madrid, Spain, he said that traveling for his profession and moving to a new country can be difficult. During his professional career, Pérez has played for Spanish and Bulgarian teams before coming to the United States.

“It’s always a difficult decision to make to have to leave your friends and family, but in the end you become accustomed to it because you know it’s part of the sport,” Pérez

bad when I say it out loud, but I always strive to be better than my competitors; out-train them, make smarter decisions than them, even eat better than them.”

All of his hard work has paid off, with him helping NC State win the ACC Championships and placing fourth overall in the NCAA Championship.

Right now, Held is on track to graduate in 2018, but believes that he will stay on and train as a pro until the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

“My ideal race in the Olympics would be the 100 freestyle,” Held said. “I just don’t have the speed yet for the 50 free and the 200 free is

just slightly too long. The 100 free is like Goldilocks, perfect distance, perfect speed.”

This is the race that he will be training hard for over the next four years in preparation for the Tokyo Olympic tryouts. Besides working toward being an Olympic swimmer, Held’s dream after college is to earn a spot on a U.S. International swimming team.

Held’s young career is just beginning, and he has the potential and competitive drive to make it to the big leagues.

said. “You know that it’s a sacrifice that must be made.”

Although being away from friends and family, Pérez stated he has been able to form a good relationship with the Carolina RailHawks team, which is important for a successful season.

“There is a good relationship in between the players, and in the end, it is notable on the field if you do not have a good relationship with your teammates off the field,” Pérez said. “That’s why we are having good results on the field because we work well as a team, we all support each other no matter

who is playing.”

With the current spring season in full swing, fans will have multiple chances to see the RailHawks including midfielders, Albadawi, Ceballos and Peréz play in their home stadium, the WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary.

“The fans support is really important during a game,” Pérez said. “When there are a lot of fans on the stands we feel stronger on the field.”

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Baseball loses luster as sport culture changes Baseball is filled with traditions, hot dogs and loud fans and is noted as America’s pastime. It has survived numerous economic down hauls in America and has continuously stood as a major sport. While Kyler Proffitt it is labeled as Staff Writer our pastime, many fans and players alike believe it is stuck in the past. So why is this an issue?

The game is said to have origins dating all the way back to the 18th century in America.

Variations of the game were being played throughout the century and even during the American Revolution. In September 1845, a group of New York City men founded the New York Knickerbocker Baseball Club.

One of the members, Alexander Joy Cartwright, coded a new set of rules that would form the basis for modern baseball. This included a diamond-shaped infield, foul lines and the three-strike rule.

Now, nobody is saying the game is stuck this far in the

past, but Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper isn’t shy in describing how old the game is.

“Baseball’s tired; it’s a tired sport, because you can’t express yourself,” Harper told ESPN’s Tim Keown. “You can’t do what people in other sports do.”

Every year, legends are retiring and new players are entering the field, bringing a new sense of culture to the game.

This, along with the progressive nature of the United States, has pushed for baseball to adapt to the ever-changing world.

In baseball, if you flip the bat or take too long running the bases after a long home run, you or your teammates are almost guaranteed to be hit by a pitch next at-bat. As a result of this, pitchers help to hold the culture of the game in their hands.

The world is changing, and baseball needs to catch up before it is too far in a hole in which there is no chance of ever climbing out.

In 2014, the average length of an MLB baseball game was just more than three hours. That is

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Held takes unique path to stardom Rachel Clark Correspondent

Sophomore swimming sensation Ryan Held began his swimming career when he was just 8 years old because of his mother’s influence.

The Springfield, Illinois native only started because his brother was a swimmer, so his mom signed him up as well because it was convenient for her to drop both boys off at the same place. He kept swimming in the off season to stay in shape for soccer, which was his main sport at the time. Then, in seventh grade, he broke his leg playing soccer and swimming became his main sport.

“My favorite swimming memory is from my club team when I was a senior in high school,” Held said. “My relay won the YMCA and set the record, the national record in the 200 freestyle relay. That race is probably my most cherished memory because our facilities weren’t that great and we had a small team, but our team of four guys committed all season, really put in the effort and by the end, it just paid off, winning a national title.”

His journey to NC State is an interesting one, considering how far away he is from his hometown.

“I didn’t even know NC State existed before I was being recruited,” Held said with a laugh.

He mentioned that he was

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Sophomore Ryan Held soars into the water at the NCAA Championships. The NC State men’s swimming and diving team placed fourth in team standings, including a first-place finish in the 400-meter relay in which Held participated.

looking at Midwestern colleges like Notre Dame, Kentucky and Indiana. He had gotten an email from NC State but pushed it to the side, not really knowing anything about the swim program here. When Wolfpack swim coaches kept emailing him, Held decided to email them back, just to see where it would go.

“The coach immediately responded with this big huge email,” Held said. “I mean, he basically wrote me this book of an email telling why I should come to NC State.”

Held came for an official visit and loved it, but his decision came down to Notre Dame, Kentucky and NC State. His visit with Notre Dame seemed to have changed his views about going there.

“I didn’t have the trip I thought I would for Notre Dame,” Held said. “Maybe it was an act of God, but when I went, is was thunderstorming, windy and miserable. We went to watch a prestigious Notre Dame football game, but I hated every minute of it because the weather was so awful.”

However, his visit with Kentucky was a different story.

“I had a great time at Kentucky,” Held said. “It was probably the most fun trip I had, but they just didn’t have the team I was looking for. There, I would’ve been one of the stars of the swimming team, but you can’t win on just one person, you have to be a whole team.”

He really started taking an interest in NC State after the

NCAA championships because of the impressive times the swimmers were getting and their rankings, which for him really sealed the deal.

“My whole career was just me and a bunch of football guys who joined the swim team for fun,” Held said. “We lost every meet, and I really wanted to be a part of a team that did well as a whole.”

NC State has a whole team of swimmers who were not only talented and as driven as Held, they could push him to that next level. He also said that the coaching staff at NC State really impacted his decision.

“The coaches here have definitely made me a smarter swimmer,” Held said. “In high

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Thon Maker decision could start new trend Kyler Proffitt Staff Writer

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Carolina Railhawks midfielder Alex Pérez, originally from Madrid, Spain, charges forward while dribbling through the defense against Deportivo Toluca Fútbol Club March 26. The Railhawks lost to Deportivo Toluca, 3-0, in a friendly match.

Railhawks midfielders display passion, global roots Paola Guadarrama Correspondent

Opening their spring season with a record of 3-0, the future of Cary-based professional soccer team, Carolina RailHawks, is looking bright. Contributing to this season’s success are midfielders Nazmi Albadawi, Alex Pérez and Marvin Ceballos.

Although coming from diverse backgrounds, the players have been brought together through their profession and sport, soccer.

2013 NC State graduate and Raleigh native, Nazmi Albadawi joined the RailHawks in 2015. He is known by the NC State community for scoring the game-winning goal in overtime against rival UNCChapel Hill in 2013.

Albadawi continues his legacy as a valued player on the Railhawks, scoring six goals and having three assists in their 2015 season. Most recently in the second week of the spring 2016 season, Albadawi was se-

lected to the National American Soccer League Team of the Week.

“When I played for the first time, I fell in love with the sport,” Albadawi said. “I get paid to go play soccer every day, which is something that I’ve always dreamed of. This is my hometown team which I grew up watching, and now I get to play for them. Now I get to play for my family and friends every weekend. It’s such a bonus.”

Being the most followed sport in the world with an estimated 3.5 billion fans, soccer’s influence reaches numerous cultures. Albadawi, expressed that part of his enjoyment of the sport is his interaction with diverse teammates and competitors through the language of soccer.

“One of the reasons I love soccer so much is it’s a sport that brings tons of different cultures to play together,” Albadawi said. “Even if people are having trouble speaking

English, it’s almost like you’re able to understand each other through the game.”

Number 7, Marvin Ceballos is the most recent midfielder addition to the Carolina RailHawks, joining the team this year. He was the first outdoor player of his country to score a goal in the FIFA tournament, which was the game-winner against Croatia in the 2011 World Cup and last year played for Indianapolis’ NASL team, Indy Eleven.

Ceballos, originally from Guatemala, has had a passion for soccer since he was young.

“My father was a soccer player, so soccer runs in my blood,” Ceballos said. “It’s a blessing to have had the fortune to have my father as an example to follow. Soccer for me was everything growing up, and today it continues to be my world.”

Fellow midfielder Alex Pérez joined the RailHawks in 2015.

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The loopholes are exposed and Thon Maker has officially declared for the 2016 NBA Draft.

So, why is this important?

Maker, born in the Republic of Sudan, moved to the United States when he was young and bounced around from state to state before settling at Orangeville Prep in Canada.

He worked hard and doubled up on classes in hopes to reclassify to be able to play college basketball in the 2015–16 season and move up to the 2016 NBA Draft. But, after “graduating,” Maker returned to his prep school in what would be considered his “post-grad” year after high school.

The rule to be eligible for the NBA draft is that a player be 19 years old and a year removed from graduating from high school at the time of the draft. Nowhere does it state that a player actually has to attend college a year before entering the draft.

This is going to open up a whole lot of options that players never realized before, and will potentially cause NCAA officials to close this gap with excessive force on the athletes.

Maker is a 7-foot-1, 218-pound center. He has yet to spend a year in the pros, but NBA general managers will have to make a tough decision on his draft stock come June 23.

He also has not spent a year in college, and therefore, has not shown what he is able to do against strong competition. This is significant because he has officially beaten the NCAA’s system of forcing players to be used in the college basketball system of money making.

The world is about to recognize a more players doing the same thing in the coming years.

In participating in this type of decision making, the players are obviously not getting paid for the year they spend after graduating high school, but they also aren’t getting exploited by the NCAA for their talent.

This could have a major impact on the NCAA. It is expected that following Maker’s decision, more and more basketball players will choose this course of action.

If players have an extra year after graduating high school to continue to play basketball, while not having to take collegiate-level courses, it is

expected they will do so. In doing this, they may also have the opportunity to work somewhere and make money, unlike the NCAA, which doesn’t give any compensation to its players.

The potential for schools to miss out on many recruits is also very possible. Teams like Florida State, Arizona State and Indiana were trying incredibly hard to recruit Maker and were each hoping to land him. Now, instead of one school getting him, they all have to return to the drawing board.

While this could help players, it also has the potential to hurt players. Talent to fill a college roster is easy to find in high school gyms across America. But finding those players who will make it in the NBA is a different story.

Overall, only three out of 10,000 high school basketball players make it to the NBA, making it a .0003 percent chance that a high school player makes it to the NBA someday.

When players jump straight from high school to the NBA, as Maker is doing, only .03 percent succeed. While this number is bigger, there still are incredibly small odds.

But the upside to this is the cases in which it has paid off, and there are plenty of those examples, including superstars LeBron James and Kobe Bryant. The possibility of going from college to the NBA is only 1 percent better than jumping from high school to the NBA. Therefore, the odds for players to make it, whether they jump from high school or college, aren’t much different.

There is a possible outcome that may change the ability for players to do this and also may once again change the way fans look at the NCAA. The NCAA could come down hard and essentially require players to spend one year in college before entering the NBA draft.

This would be incredibly tyrannical and give the possibility for athletes and their parents to strongly oppose the system. The NBA can either force a player to attend college for a year, or it can allow players to go pro straight from high school.

Whatever approach is taken, the NCAA should tread lightly on the matter due to the already opposing views of the exploitation of college athletes. Maker has opened up a gate; the next step is figuring out if high school basketball players will flood through that gate or continue to fall victim to the NCAA.