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IN BRIEF Shooting looms over HKonJ Moral March

RPD reports armed robbery near campus Friday

Katherine Kehoe News Editor

The Raleigh Police Department reported that an armed robbery occurred 10:45 p.m. on Friday at the Pullen Park Theatre, which is located close to NC State’s North Campus, near the Honors Quad. The subject was described as a black male armed with a handgun and wearing a dark hoodie and other dark-colored clothing. The subject fled away from campus on foot toward Ashe Avenue. The victim was an employee of the Theatre, according to University Police Chief Jack Moorman. RPD could not be reached for comment as of press time.

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Bald eagle population rises in the Triangle

The bald eagle population, which was close to zero nearly 40 years ago, has seen a huge jump in numbers around North Carolina and in the Triangle.

There are now at least 192 bald eagle nests in the state and likely at least 100 more that have not yet been recorded.

When state biologists released 29 juvenile eagles near Lake Mattamuskeet in Hyde County in 1983, there were no pairs of bald eagles nesting in North Carolina. Following the release, a pair built a nest seven miles from the lake, which brought the first bald eagle nest to North Carolina in more than a decade. Bald eagles are protected under federal law, but due to such a large increase in population, they were taken off the list of threatened and endangered species as of 2007.

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Greensboro driver arrested for storing meth under a truckload of broccoli The Arizona Department of Public Safety arrested Ata Hamed Taha, 39, from Greensboro, North Carolina, for hiding 40 pounds of methamphetamines underneath a truckload of broccoli in central Arizona. The Department said an officer pulled over the commercial truck Taha was driving at around 2:45 a.m. for a moving violation near Black Canyon City. After searching the semitrailer, the officer found a duffel bag containing an estimated $440,000 worth of meth. Taha is being held in Maricopa County Jail on several drug-related charges, including possession of dangerous drugs and control of an illegal enterprise.

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Pierre Lacy, the older brother of hanging victim Lennon Lacy, and Farris Barakat, the older brother of slain Muslim student Deah Barakat, speak outside of the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts at HKonJ in downtown Raleigh Saturday. The annual rally attracted thousands of citizens from across the state who gathered to express their dissatisfaction with a number of policies surrounding topics such as reproductive, workers’, LGBT and religious rights.

Farris Barakat, the brother of Deah Barakat, spoke in front of several thousand people at the ninth annual Historic Thousands on Jones Street Moral March Saturday in downtown Raleigh.

Tuesday’s tragic shooting of Deah Barakat, his wife, Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha, and her sister, Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha was on the minds of many of the speakers and marchers at Saturday’s protest.

“We have to learn to bring peace and justice to this earth so that we can hopefully pay a small price as a bullet to the head,” Farris Barakat said. “That’s a small price to pay for so much amazing glory in the next world.”

A crowd filling up two city blocks marched from the Raleigh Memorial Auditorium to the Capital Building after a pre-march rally at 9 a.m.

The march attracted dozens of speak-

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University Theatre brings ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ to stage Brendan Parsons Staff Writer

The University Theatre opened its doors Thursday night for its first show of the spring season, “Little Shop of Horrors,” a comedy horror rock musical directed by University Theatre director John C. McIlwee and performed by a cast of NC State students.

Composed by Alan Menken and written by Howard Ashman, “Little Shop of Horrors” takes place in a rundown florist shop named Mushnik’s during the 1960s.

A young, awkward orphan named Seymour, who works at the shop, discovers a strange plant after an ellipse of the sun.

Seymour names the R&B-singing, foul-mouthed plant Audrey II, after the love of his life, Audrey. The mutant plant promises Seymour unending fame and fortune on one condition: that he feeds it human flesh and blood.

As the plot advances closer to the climax, Audrey II grows in size, almost reaching the size of a Mini Cooper at its largest.

Alec Haklar, a sophomore and one of the five puppeteers behind this contraption, described how much work is required to successfully maneuver the plant.

“It was tricky, took lots of practice,” Haklar said. “Required a lot of communication with maneuvering the puppet.”

Haklar said it takes about two months to prepare for a show, and in addition to long rehearsals, the puppeteers also have lots of meetings to attend and typically receive one day off per week to rest.

Haklar also said that as a member of the crew, he of-

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Kevin Gahagan, a senior studying industrial engineering, stuffs his mouth with stacked doughnuts during the 11th annual Krispy Kreme Challenge Saturday. Gahagan ended up vomiting throughout the entire race and finished with a time of 1:14:41.

Krispy Kreme Challenge fills hearts and stomachs Gavin Stone Staff Writer

Deirdre An Staff Writer

About 7,000 participants showed up in sub-freezing weather Saturday morning to start their Valentine’s Day off with a daunting test of their gastrointestinal fortitude.

The Krispy Kreme Challenge is an annual

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event, now in its 11th year, put together by students to raise money for the North Carolina Children’s Hospital in Chapel Hill.

This year the event raised an estimated $195,000 for the hospital, which is less than the estimated $200,000 the event raised last year. The committee paid more than $20,000 to the Krispy Kreme on North Person Street for the 84,000 doughnuts prepared for the event.

Participants who successfully completed

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FBI to investigate shooting for hate crime possibility

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A vigil on the Brickyard

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SPORTS Barber leads Pack to upset No. 9 Louisville See page 8.

Students and community members gather in the Brickyard for a vigil honoring the lives of students Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha, Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha and Deah Barakat on Thursday evening. For a full story, visit technicianonline.com

FBI officials opened a parallel investigation to that of the Chapel Hill Police Department Thursday to determine whether the killings of Deah Barakat, his wife Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha and her sister Razan Mohammad AbuSalha constitute a hate crime, The News & Observer reported.

On Tuesday, Chapel Hill Police charged Barakat and Yusor Abu-Salha’s neighbor, Craig Stephen Hicks, 46, with three counts of first-degree murder.

On Wednesday, police said a parking dispute between Hicks and the couple led to the killings, but members of both families said the motivation for the killings was based on the victims’ Islamic faith.

On Wednesday Chapel Hill Police Chief Chris Blue said, “Our investigators are exploring what could have motivated Mr. Hicks to commit such a senseless and tragic act. We understand the concerns about the possibility that this was hate-motivated and we will exhaust every lead to determine if this is the case.”

Dr. Mohammad Abu-Salha, the women’s father, told The

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esearch specialist Rick Santangelo and graduate student Zachary Devries, both studying entomology, care for a colony of giant cave cockroaches in the storage room used for cockroaches in Gardner Hall Monday. This species of cockroach is used by the entomology department for education and outreach purposes and are brought to schools and public events to allow people in the community who may or may not be familiar with insects to observe, touch and even hold them. “Our goal is to introduce people to the beauty and diversity of insects and to help some people overcome their fear of insects, particularly roaches,” Devries said. “I really enjoy work as an entomologist! Insects are such a beautiful and diverse group of species of which we still know so little. I love being able to study them and share what I learn with the community.”

Devries is also researching another species of roaches known as German cockroaches and is working to improve our understanding of the relationship between German cockroach management as well as the health risks, including allergens, associated with them.

CAMPUS CALENDAR Today VICE PROVOST FOR FACULTY AFFAIRS OPEN FORUM 2:30 P.M. - 3:30 P.M. COMMEMORATION OF THE 55TH ANNIVERSARY OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.’S “FILL UP THE JAILS” SPEECH

7 P.M. - 8 P.M. JAMES B. HUNT JR. LIBRARY Tuesday THE SWINGLE SINGERS 8 P.M. TALLEY STUDENT UNION Wednesday VICE PROVOST FOR FACULTY AFFAIRS OPEN FORUM 2:30 P.M. - 3:30 P.M. THE LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS

7:30 P.M. TITMUS THEATRE - THOMPSON HALL Thursday 5TH ANNUAL STUDENT SHORT FILM SHOWCASE 7 P.M. - 8 P.M. JAMES B. HUNT JR. LIBRARY THE LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS 7:30 P.M. TITMUS THEATRE - THOMPSON HALL

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10:01 AM | Dispute Carteret Hall Report of dispute. Officers located the student and determined there was no dispute but student was in crisis. Contact was made with the Counseling Center and student was issued welfare referral. Concerned behavior initiated.

1:35 PM | Hit & Run West Deck Student reported parked vehicle had been struck and damaged.

1:39 PM | Larceny Carmichael Gym Two students reported property taken from unsecured lockers.

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Mark Edwards holds an American Flag from a parking garage at the end of the HKonJ march in downtown Raleigh. The NAACP has organized a “Mass Moral March on Raleigh” for the past nine years and continued to do so this year. Several thousand people showed up to fight for issues such as more money for public schools and a higher minimum wage. Edwards said he attended the march “Because you have to get out a fight, stand up.”

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ers from throughout the state. Supporters cheered for speakers advocating for voting rights, a higher minimum wage, support for historically black colleges and universities, environmental legislation and women’s rights, among other causes.

The NAACP has organized a “Mass Moral March on Raleigh” for the past nine years as a way for groups to come together and protest “immoral” legislation and push for a policy reform.

The march has gained more attention in supporters in recent years. Last year’s march, which was dubbed the largest social movement in the South since Selma, drew tens of thousands at a time when the N.C. General Assembly was

getting national attention for its conservative tax policies, environmental deregulation and social-program cuts.

During the pre-rally, an Imam, or spiritual leader of a Mosque, gave a Muslim call to prayer next to the Rev. William J. Barber II, head of the North Carolina NAACP and the chief organizer of the Moral Monday protests and marches on the legislature.

Barber pointed to Tuesday’s shooting as an example of how hate can be institutionally spread throughout a community.

“Our worst fears, as Job says, have come true when you see some people spew out words of hate, and those words somehow get in the minds of those that are hateful, and they do hateful things,” Barber said.

Calling the shooting hate crime, Barber compared the prejudices against Muslims to the long-standing history of racial discrimination against

black people in the United States.

“We’re not going to label all Muslims like they used to label black men — as vile,” Barber said.

Nearly 50 years after the Selma civil rights movement in Alabama, the HKonJ movement continues to deal with issues of race and institutional racism in the U.S. Protestors marched, sang and chanted with signs displaying hashtags such as #BlackLivesMatter and #HandsUpDontShoot, which have helped shine light on police brutality in the U.S. after news of the deaths of several unarmed black men by police has garnered national attention in recent months.

In early December, about 100 NC State students protested police brutality against black people by staging a “diein” demonstration in D.H. Hill Library followed by a march to Western Boulevard.

The protests were met with racist backlash on Yik Yak, an anonymous social media site.

Barakat said the media has played a role in his brother’s death by contributing to harmful stereotypes surrounding Muslims.

“They paid with their lives because they stood up for something that was demonized in the media,” Barakat said. “Maybe we haven’t stood up enough yet to say Muslims are Americans too.”

Manzoor Cheema, cofounder of the Raleigh-based Muslims for Social Justice, said the shootings were linked to rising trend of Islamophobia in the U.S. Cheema said getting people to participate in social movements is necessary in order to continue working to end discrimination against marginalized populations.

“I think that is the only way we can end Islamophobia and racism,” Cheema said.

An NC State police officer was arrested by Wake County Sheriff deputies and charged with assault and battery Sunday.

Zina Charonda Mungo, 24, of Morrisville, North Carolina, is being held at the Wake County Detention Center and as of press time Sunday night, no bail had been set, according to the Wake County’s bookings website.

NC State University Police Chief Jack Moorman said Mungo has been with the department since summer 2013.

According to Moorman, Mungo has been placed on administrative leave.

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Moorman said officers are typically placed on paid leave while an investigation is pending.

As of press time, the Wake County Sheriff’s Department could not be reached for further comment.

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the challenge ran 2.5 miles from the Bell Tower to the Krispy Kreme on North Person Street, stopping to eat a dozen doughnuts before running back to the Bell Tower in under one hour.

The event began as a dare between students in 2004, but once it got the attention of Sports Illustrated, the creators decided to make it an annual event and donate the proceeds to a good cause, according to the Krispy Kreme Challenge website.

Since its inception in 2004, the Krispy Kreme Challenge has raised about $954,000, according to Brandon Honeycutt, a junior studying agricultural business management and co-director for the event.

The funds go to a program called the NC Children’s Promise Grants within the North Carolina Children’s hospital.

Employees of the hospital propose grants when they see a need in their individual programs in an effort to provide better care and services to children and their families.

NC Children’s Promise Grants has contributed to programs that provide fun and distracting items to help children deal with invasive surgery. Surgery simulation programs improve the skills of surgeons and programs to prepare and support families of patients for the challenges they may face, according to the website.

Participants took on the challenge for different reasons. For Owen Stone, a recent graduate of NC State, Saturday was his sixth time

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News & Observer Wednesday that he rejects the notion that an argument about parking motivated the killings.

“It was execution style, a bullet in every head,” said Abu-Salha in an interview with The News & Observer.

running the challenge. Stone was dressed as an Oscar Mayer hotdog in hopes that it would help him become a Wienermobile driver.

“I’ve done it six times. I usually don’t make it through,” Stone said. “I’m normally puking halfway through the doughnuts.”

Russell Creswell, a sophomore studying life sciences, saw the event as a milestone as he tries to get into better shape.

“This is the first time I’ve ever run a race because I used to be really out of shape,” Creswell said. “I had to lose a lot of weight.”

Among the participants in the race were a group of 20 Wake County elementary school principals who were running to draw support for the second annual WAKE Up and Read book drive. The drive will provide books to nine of the underprivileged schools in Wake County.

Their goal for this year is to collect 100,000 books , according to Tad Sherman, the principal of Wakelon Elementary School in Zebulon, who was attending the race for the first time.

“If kids can read, they can do anything,” Sherman said.

Wakelon Elementary is one of the schools that will be receiving donated books.

“Many of our students don’t have books in their house, so this is building home libraries so they can enjoy reading,” Sherman said. “We’re already at 25,000 books as of last night, so all of our schools are pitching in because of the run.”

Student Body President Rusty Mau attempted the challenge, but was unable to

“This was not a dispute over a parking space; this was a hate crime. This man had picked on my daughter and her husband a couple of times before, and he talked with them with his gun in his belt. And they were uncomfortable with him, but they did not know he would go this far.”

On Friday, President Barack Obama released a statement

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Katie Baldwin of Raleigh eats a triple stack of donuts outside of the Krispy Kreme on North Person Street during the Krispy Kreme Challenge in Raleigh Saturday.

finish all of his doughnuts.

“It’s a bunch of runners united behind such a crazy idea,” Mau said. “I think it’s just a great way for people to get engaged in the campus community as well as to come together for a great cause.”

The organizers joined with the Raleigh Police Department to set up roadblocks and provide security for the event.

Sydney Grice, a sophomore studying political science and public relations head of the Krispy Kreme Challenge, said organizers made sure the route did not interfere with any important events or limit access to businesses.

“We want to help the city of Raleigh and make sure that this race is not stepping RYAN PARRY/TECHNICIAN on people’s toes and preserves Josh Franceschina, a senior studying environmental science, eats a doughnut while wearing a batman costume at the Raleigh Krispy Kreme Saturday. Franceschina was a challenger in the 11th tourism,” Grice said. annual Krispy Kreme Challenge, which was won with a time of 28 minutes and 50 seconds.

calling the slayings of the three students in Chapel Hill “brutal and outrageous.” However, he did not say whether or not he believes the killings constitute a hate crime.

“No one in the United States of America should be targeted because of who they are, what they look like, or how they worship,” Obama said.

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Lela Johnston, a senior studying political science, and Andrew Enloe, a senior studying communication, perform as ‘Audrey’ and ‘Orin’, respectively, during a dress rehearsal of University Theatre’s production of ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ Tuesday, at Titmus Theatre. The 1982 Alan Menken musical runs between Feb. 12 and Feb. 22.

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ten never gets to watch the play, only bits and pieces along the way, never seeing the finished product. But he learns something new every night, and each show brings new people he gets to meet.

Rachel Walter, a freshman studying environmental science, made her debut in University Theatre for this show.

“Auditioning with a group of people for the first time was terrifying, but I am so glad I did it,” Walter said. “The cast is immensely talented and was very welcoming to the newbies.”

Although she has worked in theater since she was 10 and has experienced both community and professional theater, Walter said she has never worked with

a crew and stage management team that was so dedicated and paid such close attention to detail.

“We have worked almost every day for a month, and now all the hard work is paying off,” Walter said. “The performances are so much fun and make it all worthwhile.”

The puppet in the show, Audrey II, grew in size, meaning there were several different puppets used in the show to portray her growth. Jayme Mellema designed the puppetry for Audrey II to convey its homicidal and grotesque appearance.

In addition to designing puppetry, Mellema also designed the scenes and costumes to express the dystopian, ‘60s horror vibe of the play. Mellema dressed the cast in all black, white and gray.

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“[The show] is a style piece,” McIlwee said. “If anyone takes it realistically, they’re having a difficult time with that show.

It is a musical comedy with an edge.”

McIlwee spoke highly of the students he directs.

“Students have heart, and that enthusiasm because they have heart is what sets student theaters apart,” McIlwee said.

McIlwee took a break from professional theater to work at NC State for what was intended to be a two-year stint and instead has ended up working at the university for the past 29 years.

“It was really because of the students,” McIlwee said. “They are interesting, talented and a joy to work with.”

“Little Shop of Horrors” will continue its showings Wednesday through Sunday.

The Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Program Presents

David Schmidtz

David Schmidtz is Kendrick Professor of Philosophy at the University of Arizona and founding director of Arizona’s Philosophy of Freedom. He works in ethics, environmental philosophy, and rational choice. Editor-in-chief of Social Philosophy and Policy, he is the author of Rational Choice and Moral Agency, Elements of Justice, and Person, Polis, Planet; the coauthor of Social Welfare and Individual Responsibility; and coeditor of Environmental Ethics: What Really Matters, What Really Works. For more information, visit www.davidschmidtz.com.

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Lessons we can learn from tragedy T

hursday’s issue of the Technician had nearly every page covered with articles related to Tuesday’s tragedy, and Sara Awad it made me Guest Columnist p r o u d . I t made me proud because t he staf f spent the entire night trying to put together something that would express how the loss of Deah Barakat, Yusor Abu-Salha and her sister Razan affected the NC State and the UNC-Chapel Hill communities, as well as the community at large.

But as one staff member pointed out, there were no responses to the tragedy written by a Muslim.

As a Muslim and former staff writer, I feel compelled to fill that gap, but also feel inadequate. I did not know any of the victims, nor am I very active in the Muslim community at NC State.

But I did attend the vigil held Thursday evening, and what I saw was unity.

It wasn’t just from Muslim brothers and sisters, but

from people of all faiths.

And that is what Islam is all about: coming together as one in submission to God’s will, showing peace and love instead of hatred.

Sure t he w ind howled until it chilled our bones, and put out the f lames that would have lit our candles, but our hearts were warm with an inner light as toge t her we remembered three martyrs who continue to give even in their deaths.

They brought us together, and the world together in prayer. Never would I have thought that I would hear the call to prayer in the Brickyard and stand shoulder to shoulder, praying on bricks.

The prayers reminded us that every life has value, even the lives of those we have never met.

At the vigil, Deah Barakat’s brother, Farris, talked about how pure, white snowf lakes fell during the burial. Even nature showed its testament to the deceased.

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In this tragedy, there is a lesson. Razan was only 19. Yusor was only 21. The oldest, Deah, was only 23.

Despite their young ages, they still made meaning out of their lives by thinking about others instead of themselves. Yusor traveled to Turkey to aid refugee children there. She was set to begin dental school at UNC-CH in August, and Razan had big plans for a career in architecture.

As of press time Sunday evening, Deah ’s dental relief project, Ref ugee Smi les has more t ha n $400,000, far exceeding its goal of $20,000.

With this in mind, I end this column with a quote from Prophet Muhammad (may peace be upon him).

“Conduct yourself in this world as if you are here to stay forever, and yet prepare for eternity as if you are to die tomorrow.”

Erin Holloway, senior studying anthropology and English

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here is this ridiculou s not ion t hat college students should be able to balance all aspects of college effortlessly, w h ich usually leads to a lot of pressure on Annie Grant students to Staff Columnist get it right.

W hen the college experience inevitably doesn’t go the way it’s portrayed in movies or from a nostalgic adult, it’s surprising at first and difficult to handle. If these are supposed to be the best times, and they aren’t going that way, it is understandable that many seek therapy for such things as depression and anxiety.

What isn’t understandable is why talking about therapy is still a social taboo.

Many people in our society experience depression, a n x iet y or bot h, and we must acknowledge this trend. It has become relatively common and it is time that the stigma regarding mental health, e spec i a l ly c onc er n i ng at tend i ng t herapy, officially retires. Progress has been made in this area, but there are still certain connotations that are not challenged and allow for the continuation of misconceptions about therapy.

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Do you think NC State has a chance of making it to the NCAA Tournament?

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“I believe State’s chances are pretty slim. We basically need to win out and hopefully beat a ranked team in the ACC tournament to be guarnteed a slot.”

“State will have a good chance of making the tournament if we beat Carolina this week and all the ranked teams we beat keep winning.”

Shannon Fiore sophomore, psychology

Rollin Jenkins freshman, industrial engineering

“I’m pretty confident they will make the tourney.

There’s been a couple slip up games but something like seven of our eleven L’s are by under five points.

And we play up to our competition with two top ten wins now. I think state won’t only be in the tourney but will make things happen once they are there.”

Nick Davis freshman, engineering

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Culture shock I wanted to take the opportunity to respond to the article “Students face obstacles after studying abroad” from Feb. 11, written by Sarah Keener, since the Study Abroad Office was unable to do so before.

Study abroad is an incredible experience that comes with a variety of challenges.

Facing and overcoming these challenges is what makes study abroad such an enriching and rewarding learning experience.

The challenges that students may face upon return from studying abroad, as described in your article, is known as reverse culture shock. It’s an emotional and psychological stage of readjustment, similar to the initial adjustment to living abroad and affects every student differently.

The Study Abroad Office works diligently to prepare students for the intercultural challenges associated with study abroad prior to departure, while abroad, and then also upon

return.

We often recommend that students battle reverse culture shock by becoming globally involved in their local community and offer a variety of on-campus international experiences for them to do so. Two of these are the International Cultural Leadership Project and the Global Perspectives Certificate.

We believe that cultural exploration and learning should not stop once students return home. These programs offer students a chance to continue intercultural engagement in North Carolina.

relations to speed-dating style friendship mixers. This March, ICLP plans to host nearly two dozen “Cultural Conversations,” giving both domestic and international students the chance to discuss differences between cultural norms and practices. Visit the ICLP website to learn more (go.ncsu.edu/ ICLPconversations).

The Global Perspectives Certificate (gpc.dasa.ncsu. edu) is also a great tool for students to reflect on their time abroad and connect those experiences to their studies, being back on campus, and their future career. The GPC allows study abroad alumni to engage with the community through service work or internationally focused campus initiatives (like the ICLP), while completing internationally focused coursework. Students are guided through the program by a faculty mentor who helps them develop a plan for continued international engagement throughout

The Intercultural Leadership Project is comprised of nearly 800 participants made up of globally minded international and domestic students. The project hosts different kinds of academic, cultural, sporting and service learning events to promote intercultural dialogue on campus. ICLP’s workshops run the gamut from serious and frank discussions about race

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cent according to an annual report released by UCLA’s Higher Education Research Institute. Even the Counseling Center here at NC State has seen a substantial increase in visits. Because it has become relatively common, there should be less of a shock factor when someone talks about therapy and more freedom to discuss it openly.

After all, college is hard.

It can be challenging to balance the classes, jobs, social life, and family dynamics that cause stress. Each and every college student has felt at least slightly overwhelmed, and the majority has probably experienced feelings of anxiety and depression. Because of this, there is no need to be surprised or demeaning when a person says they attend therapy and there is no shame in seeking help from someone trained to offer it.

Dropping the stigma does not make light of people’s experiencing anxiety and depression, but it acknowledges that these feelings do not signify a weak person in need of pity and promotes seeking areas of help when needed. Contrary to what is portrayed about the college life, it doesn’t necessarily constitute the best years of life, and it is OK not to enjoy it. It should be OK to talk openly about therapy without being afraid of an outdated stigma.

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of them said that they would have to leave early to make a therapy appointment. It wasn’t uncomfortable, but the other friend’s reaction certainly implied discomfort. They seemed shocked by the comment and looked at our friend with obvious pity. It was well-intended, but ill-received. The reaction did little to extend comfort or understanding, and instead extended the thought that there is something wrong with a friend who goes to therapy. This small interaction is an unfortunate representation of how many still treat those who attend therapy sessions. There is this idea that people need to have everything together at all times, or else they are weak.

Unfortunately, many who can relate to experiencing different depression and anxiety disorders don’t talk about it for that very reason. The reactions are well meaning, but f illed with discomfort and a stigma that something must be w rong w it h a person if they are seeing a therapist.

This may stop people from discussing it, but it hasn’t stopped t he increase in therapy-goers.

There are more college students who attend therapy sessions for anxiety and depression disorders than ever before. In just the last three years, the number of students seeking help for feelings of anxiety and depression has risen 20 per-

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 Mary Anna Rice Assistant Opinion Editor

Well. They did the best that they could.

“Fifty Shades of Grey” was never going to be a good movie. It was doomed from its conception, what with its casting troubles and its terribly written novel. Nevertheless, “Fifty Shades” is more competent than it has any right to be. Though, this isn’t saying much. It’s about as good as a movie based on an awful, logic-bereft, fanfictionbased novel could ever be.

Director Sam Taylor-Johnson and lead actress Dakota Johnson attempt valiantly to elevate this movie from its abuse-glorifying source material. While they succeed, they only manage to take a horrific narrative and transform it into a blander, toothless version of its parent.

Dakota Johnson is, quite simply, fantastic. And frankly, she deserves so much better than this drivel. She improves upon the terrible character of Anastasia Steele, accomplishing the impossible by making Ana likeable. Johnson carries the entire

movie herself, bravely propelling it forward in a way the threadbare plot could never manage. Johnson imbues “Miss Steele” with agency, something the book neither considered nor cared about.

Opposite Johnson is Jamie Dornan, the regrettable and eponymous Christian Grey.

Grey here is most certainly less abusive and controlling than his book counterpart.

That is to say, here he is still remarkably cruel and manipulative. Dornan delivers everything in a stony voice glazed with a transparent American accent. Although Johnson struggles intrepidly to establish a rapport with her co-star, she strives in vain as Dornan tries his hardest to emulate a sexy brick wall. Needless to say, the chemistry between the two is relatively nonexistent.

Despite Taylor-Johnson cutting about 80 percent of the original novel’s problematic content, the movie still maintains some overt abusive overtones. The director completely drops Ana’s inner monologue (her childlike “inner goddess” and “subconscious” remain silent, thankfully, and Ana’s notorious and inexplicable womanhating goes unmissed), but she was unable to wholly eradicate the abusive nature of the horrid excuse for a human being that Christian Grey embodies.

He sends her expensive gifts, despite

her protests. He sells her car without her knowledge or consent. He lets himself into her apartment because she says something to which he contests. He stalks her all the way from Washington to Georgia. He refuses to tell her more information about what he wants out of their relationship, yet expects total honesty from her. She expresses discomfort concerning her “punishments,” and he all but ignores her in favor of his own desires. There you have it: every woman’s apparent dream man, Christian Grey.

Taylor-Johnson’s direction is lacking, though this may be symptomatic of the clashes she and series author, E.L. James, had on set. We wind up with a lackluster, boring product that infrequently verges on artful. “Fifty Shades” is disappointingly tasteful and severely lacking in what the smut readers were promised. Instead, viewers are constantly bombarded with different shades of grey in an on-the-nose endeavor to engage the masses with obvious, name-dropping, “clever” color schemes.

Get it? Fifty shades of grey?

Unfortunately, the movie doesn’t get rid of the immense misrepresentation of the BDSM community that the books perpetuate. In fact, the notion that only severely disturbed people practice sadomasochism is hammered forth by our favorite sociopath, Mr. Grey himself. When Ana presses

him on why he wants to “punish” her, he replies that he is “fifty shades” of messed up.

One gets the sense that Taylor-Johnson wanted desperately to deviate from the source material. This is evident especially in the very last scene of the movie, a scene that is, in all seriousness, gripping and difficult to watch. The nature of their relationship unravels and Christian continues on as Ana heartrendingly breaks down in tears.

As Ana leaves, we cheer for her, because, in this moment, she is safe.

The ending is tragic not because it ends with the termination of Ana and Christian’s relationship. It is tragic because we know her abuse will eventually continue.

We know the two will get back together.

If this ending served as the resolute end to this story, the narrative would detail a young woman’s escape from a violent relationship. Instead, it acts as a cliff hanger.

Ana’s trivialized abuse is simply an obstacle standing in the way of romance.

“Fifty Shades of Grey” wasn’t a good movie. However, it was a better adaptation than the infamous novel ever deserved. Though Taylor-Johnson and Johnson endeavor in a manner similar to Anastasia to save the movie from itself, they can’t help but be dragged downward by the spiraling undertow that is, undoubtedly, one of the worst things ever to be published.

Quail Ridge Books hosts the Southern Recitation series Jonathan Sciandra Correspondent

Quail Ridge Books is currently playing host to a precession of reputable authors.

Quail Ridge and the Raleigh Review, a local literary magazine, are working together to host the Southern Recitations series, a set of events that started in fall of 2014 and will end in March of this year.

Starting as a blog in February 2010 by NC State alumnus Rob Greene, the Raleigh Review now publishes two literary magazines per year showcasing the work of authors, poets and artists. According to Greene, the Review started as Greene’s own personal blog, but quickly took off after he began accepting submissions from writers.

However, the Raleigh Review is not a business. Volunteers do all the work for the magazine with Greene among them.

“We do it because we love to promote the best work,” Greene said. “There’s just something about putting yourself in someone else’s shoes through their own story or poem and then understanding them a little better.”

The Southern Recitations series focuses on authors writing about their experiences in the South. Some authors are native to the southern part of the United States, while others originate from different parts of the world.

“We were also interested in other people who are sort of transplants to the South and being able to talk about their experience,” said Karin Wiberg, managing editor of the Raleigh Review and one of the organizers of the events.

There is a wide variety of authors taking part in the series. Most recently, authors

Marjorie Hudson and Michele Tracy Berger spoke at Quail Ridge. Born in Illinois, Hudson writes about North Carolina in her two books “Searching for Virginia Dare” and “Accidental Birds of the Carolinas.”

Speaking alongside Hudson, Berger teaches at UNC-Chapel Hill and writes poetry, fiction and nonfiction. The two authors held a reading at Quail Ridge Books on Feb. 14.

As the venue for these events, Quail Ridge Books is no stranger to hosting guests of all kind, including writers, musicians and politicians.

“When you have a more personal connection and you get to know an author, you have a greater interest and understanding of the work,” said Rene Martin, the event coordinator at Quail Ridge Books.

Along with the readings, the authors who come through also host workshops for aspiring writers. These workshops draw a diverse crowd of students and working adults.

The Raleigh Review also offers scholarships to attend the workshops at no cost.

The most recent reading is only the second event in the Southern Recitations series that Quail Ridge Books has hosted, as the events originally took place at a different venue. The partnership has proved fruitful, with the readings and workshops drawing plenty of interest.

The last of the Southern Recitations events will take place on March 14, when poet Joseph Bathanti and writer Gilda Morina Syverson will both be reading.

While the partnership between Raleigh Review and Quail Ridge Books may end with this next event in March, both will continue in their missions to make sure Raleigh is well-read.

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‘Kingsman’ puts spin on modern spy movies Kingsman: The Secret Service Marv Films

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For moviegoers who would love for Colin Firth to play James Bond, “Kingsman: The Secret Service” is the next best thing.

Much like the 007 classics, the film revels in its sheer ridiculousness, sucking viewers out of the real world and immersing them into a super spy fantasy. Combining stellar action scenes with an all-star cast, the movie overcomes its flaws to provide a delightful, popcorn flick experience.

The plot itself is simple. When a member of an elite British spy organization dies in action, veteran agent Harry Hart (Firth) must find a replacement. The recruit he takes under his wing is Eggsy (Taron Egerton), a cocky, reckless teenager and the son of a former Kingsman.

Meanwhile, a corporate madman named Valentine (Samuel L. Jackson) spells trouble for the agency. Before Eggsy can complete his training, he and Hart must foil this villain’s sinister plot and prevent his widespread killing spree.

If that sounds like the most cliche storyline imaginable, it’s because it is, and it’s intentional. Director Matthew Vaughn and company deliver a throwback to the age of fantastical spy thrillers. The film is as much a commentary on these movies as it is on the more gritty ones seen in modern times.

In one scene where Hart visits Valentine in his home, Valentine asks him if he likes spy movies. Hart tells him that he only likes the absurd classics, adding that the ones today are “too serious.”

“Kingsman” is certainly not the latter. Characters perform impossible physical feats, fight with an array of advanced gadgets and are

able to dodge bullets in a manner that would impress Neo from “The Matrix.”

With his previous directing credits including “Kick-Ass” and “X-Men: First Class,” Vaughn has proven himself a master of stylized action sequences. His use of symmetrical shots, cross-cutting and bright colors within each frame coincide well with the film’s energetic tone.

The way the images move parallels the style of the Mark Millar comic book, which the film is based on, allowing Vaughn to produce continuous cinematic flare.

Like “Kick-Ass,” which also stems from Millar’s imagination, “Kingsman” remains faithful to the source material. The script by Vaughn and co-screenwriter Jane Goldman flows nicely, contains witty dialogue and is appropriately paced.

If anything, the film could’ve benefitted from more humor and more surprises. While “Kick-Ass” also plays on cliches, it does so in a more inventive manner and is brilliantly comedic. Though “Kingsman” has its laughs, there are no real surprises in the end.

Coming from more serious roles, Firth steps right into the shoes of the movie’s Obi-Wan figure and it’s clear he has a lot of fun with this one. His catchphrase, “Manners maketh man,” is spot on and correlates well with the movie’s thematic material.

Egerton’s feature-length debut performance is solid, making for some effective chemistry between him and Firth. His character is slick, full of himself and undergoes a befitting arc over the course of the movie toward becoming a hero.

Supporting cast members include Michael Caine as the agency’s director, Mark Strong as another agent, and we even get a Mark Hamill cameo. Needless to say, nerds will love this movie.

While “Kingsman: The Secret Service” could’ve contained more surprises and a less abrupt ending, the final product is an entertaining display of ridiculousness that film lovers can easily immerse themselves in.

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In the realm of Grammys fashion, it’s all about the buzz Some fashion is simply timeless.

That’s why Grammys fashion is still worth talking about.

Though the awards themselves came with some disappointment (enough for Kanye West to nearly interrupt yet another acceptance speech), the fashion was phenomenal.

A perfect Grammys outfit requires the perfect balance Elena Durvas of risk and payoff, along with loads of imagination and Correspondent spunk. The award show is an opportunity for famous artists to “let loose” and wear something racy, silly or simply controversial.

As Beyonce, the queen herself, demonstrated, it’s easy to look beautiful at the Grammys, but hard to be remembered. Although her

black lace Proenza Schouler gown was stunning and laid beautifully on her, she wore it to the Grammys. This would have been an amazing opportunity for Beyonce to break some rules, but instead this look reminded everyone that even your heroes can disappoint you.

Nicki Minaj also pulled a similar move, except that her Tom Ford gown at least had some sparkles and fringe to add a more youthful vibe. Rap colleague Kanye West and trophy wife Kim Kardashian both wowed in luxury threads, Kim in a Jean Paul Gaultier bathrobe and Kanye in a lush red velvet sweat suit worthy of Hugh Hefner.

Iggy Azalea’s anticipated debut at the Grammys might have been hard to forget, but not necessarily in a good way. Her milkmaid braids created a perfect bird’s nest and made it hard to appreciate her perfectly adequate

cobalt cutout gown.

Besides the classic gown choice, singers Charli XCX and Anna Kendrick played the pantsuit card, the former failing. Charli’s Moschino suit made her look like a conservative Playboy Bunny, and satin white never f latters anyone. On the other hand, “Cup Song” queen Anna Kendrick made the smart choice and went classic black with a plunging neckline.

Regardless of the hits and misses our beloved celebrities donned, my personal favorite look was impossible to ignore. Though it’s definitely debatable as to whether or not Rihanna’s pink, poofy Giambattista Valli gown was something you might wear yourself, she achieved exactly what every Grammy guest should hope to achieve through their outfit: buzz. Rihanna’s rule-breaker reputation led me to predict her in a fierce, black pantsuit

or something with dangerously sheer panels— but her dainty, bubblegum pink number surprised everyone way more than black mesh ever could. Thousands of memes of the pop star Photoshopped next to sticks of cotton candy popped up left and right online in seconds after she arrived on the red carpet, and her look was only overshadowed by history almost repeating itself (I’m referring to Kanye, of course). In fact, popular online news source Buzzfeed has already compiled a list of “13 Random Things That Rihanna Looked Like At The Grammys.”

Though the results are always wishy-washy, and someone always ends up disappointed, the Grammys were full of awesome fashion moments. I did secretly hope that Lady Gaga would show up in a rocket ship, but I guess I will just have to wait for next year.

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close to staging a comeback. They were able to cut the deficit to four with 1:20 remaining, putting quite the scare in Wolfpack fans that have been too familiar with their team losing close games down the stretch this season. The Pack entered the game having lost seven games decided by five or fewer points.

However, NC State was able to hang on for the road victory against Louisville, coming away with one of its biggest victories of the season.

“I think my confidence is getting

higher and higher,” Barber said. “Coach keeps telling me, ‘Be you, be Cat.’” Barber came up huge for the Pack, finishing with a game-high 21 points and added four assists and two steals.

Lacey garnered 14 points, including five rebounds and four assists. Sophomore forward Kyle Washington only played seven minutes all game, but Anya came up big in his place, putting up eight points, 10 rebounds, three blocks and two ground shaking dunks that quieted the arena.

NC State looks to capitalize on the upset and will take on Virginia Tech Saturday at 6 p.m. in PNC Arena.

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and sophomores Andrew Knizner and Preston Palmeiro helped the Wolfpack pull away.

The star of the weekend was far and away Palmeiro, who Avent had said in the off season, was primed to break out. The first baseman had seven hits on the weekend, including a fivefor-five outing on Saturday.

“Getting five hits is almost impossible,” Avent said. “He was impressive both days.”

Palmeiro had career highs in hits (on Saturday) and RBIs

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vault, enough for her to notch fourth in the event.

Junior Brittni Watkins, scored 9.900 to give her a tie for second place.

The team followed that performance up with another team season-high with a score of 49.100 on the uneven parallel bars. Sophomore Amanda Fillard, grabbed a score of 9.850 to give her a tie for first place.

After two strong team performances, the Pack struggled in its third rotation on the balance beam. The team still managed to pull off a score of 48.350, as Jarrad and Watkins shared the event title.

(four on Friday) to pace the Wolfpack offense. His three-run blast to right-field on Friday night was his first career home run.

The weekend gave fans their first opportunity to see Knizner’s much anticipated position change from third base to catcher.

The freshman All-American looked fluid in his defense behind the plate, although his throws to second base were off. Knizner has the intangibles to be a successful catcher, he will just need seasoning.

“I thought [Knizner] looked great,” Avent said. “For a guy who converted to a catcher in such a short period of time, it speaks to Knizner’s makeup, his learning curve and the hard work he put in.”

His replacement at third base, freshman Joe Dunand, impressed in his first weekend as a college player. Dunand tripled

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“We got a little tight in the first few routines,” said Johnson. “We regrouped after our third routine and on the last we came back and rocked it.”

The team bounced back to notch a score of 49.225 in the f loor exercise. Jarred was able to notch yet another career high in her performance with a score of 9.900 and tallied her second event title of the night.

“We took our momentum to floor and certainly finished strong like we wanted to,” said Johnson.

“We showed what our team is capable of and more importantly to our team what we are capable of.”

The team’s next event will come against the Kent State Golden Flashes, the Rutgers Scarlett Knights and the UNC Chapel-Hill Tar Heels Friday in Reynolds Coliseum.

on the first pitch of his career and flashed his much talked about glove on several occasions over the weekend.

Saturday night saw freshman right-hander Evan Mendoza take the ball for his first collegiate start and the youngster impressed.

Using mainly a slider fastball combo, the Sarasota, Florida, native was efficient and confident on the mound setting down hitter after hitter. His lone mistake of the evening was a fastball that missed its spot and was launched over the wall in left field.

“My slider and fastball command was good,” Mendoza said.

“I was pretty shocked that that ball got out of the park. I believe I can definitely go longer than I did.”

The Pack will play at home again on Tuesday to face the UNCWilmington Seahawks at 3 p.m.

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Barber leads Pack to upset No. 9 Louisville NC State softball competes in Florida Tournament

The NC State softball team went 1-3 on its road trip to Gainesville Fla. in the Florida Tournament this weekend. The Pack began the tournament with two close losses, 1-0 and 5-3, at the hands of the defending national champion Florida Gators. State bounced back, however, to win, 6-5, against the Iowa Hawkeyes behind the strong bats of sophomore catcher Molly Hutchinson and senior shortstop Renada Davis. The Wolfpack ended the Florida Tournament with another close loss at the hands of the No. 1 ranked Gators, 3-0.

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Pack currently 2-5 against ranked opponents

After the NC State men’s basketball team knocked off the No. 9 ranked Louisville Cardinals on Saturday, the Wolfpack improved to 2-5 against teams ranked within the AP Top 25 Poll, both of which being top-10 schools. The Pack have one remaining game against a team currently ranked in the AP Poll in UNC Chapel-Hill. The Wolfpack will continue to test their response to ranked opponents when the team takes on the No. 12 ranked Tar Heels on February 24th in Chapel Hill.

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In a hard-fought match against a formidable Louisville team, the Wolfpack came away with one of its biggest wins of the year to keep its NCAA Tournament hopes alive, defeating the No. 9 ranked Cardinals 74-65 on Saturday afternoon.

NC State (15-11, 6-7 ACC) led early, but No. 9 Louisville (20-5, 8-4 ACC) went on a 10-2 run to take a 15-9 lead early in the first half.

The Cardinals played aggressive basketball, often using a full-court press tactic on the Pack’s inbound attempts and double-teaming the ball handler, forcing three Wolfpack turnovers in the first half.

However, Louisville missed 13 straight shots in an eight-minute span, allowing NC State to gain some ground in a first half that featured five ties and 12 lead changes.

Despite the field-goal drought, the Cardinals’ stout defense allowed them to take a tight 31-30 lead going into the break.

Sophomore guard Anthony “Cat” Barber led NC State with nine points on 4-of-10 from the field.

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Sophomore point guard Anthony ‘Cat’ Barber drives through the lane against multiple Louisville defenders in Saturday’s game.

Freshman forward Abdul-Malik Abu also had an early impact with five points and five rebounds.

Senior forward Wayne Blackshear had his way with the Wolfpack defense, putting up 14 points on 5-of-6 from the field and 3-of-4 from three point range for the Cardinals. NC State was able to hold Louisville’s most star-studded player, junior forward Montrezl Harrell, to zero points in the first half.

The second half started the same way the first half ended, with the teams going back and forth with four lead changes and two ties in

the first four minutes. The Cardinals continued their aggressive defensive approach with the full-court press in an attempt to force turnovers and wear the Wolfpack down.

“Cat figured it out as the game went on,” NC State head coach Mark Gottfried said. “He used his burst of speed and figured out how to get a layup or create one. Trevor was able to use the ball screen and he could either get some shots for himself or find somebody else. With how [Louisville] defend, that would be our best chance to score.”

The game was tied at 46-45, and off

of a fast break, freshman forward Caleb Martin slipped past the defense to finish on an alley-oop from Barber.

On the next possession, redshirt junior guard Trevor Lacey dished out an assist to Martin for a wide-open baseline three to cap a 5-0 run that gave NC State its largest lead of the game.

Two possessions later, after a free throw from sophomore forward BeeJay Anya on the previous possession, Barber found redshirt senior guard Ralston Turner at the baseline for another wide-open three to increase the Pack’s lead to 55-47 off of a 9-1 run.

The teams went back and forth for the next few minutes, until Lacey was once again able to put Louisville on stilts and increase the Pack’s lead to 62-52 with 5:15 left in the game.

Just after that, the Cardinals’ leading scorer on the year, sophomore guard Terry Rozier, fouled out with 4:56 remaining to put yet another crutch in Louisville’s offensive attack.

“We’ve got to believe we can win,” Gottfried said. “Today we had that look in our eye that we’re going to win the game.”

Despite losing one of their better players, the Cardinals came very

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GYMNASTICS AND WRESTLING

Pack hosts, wins Beauty and the Beast event in Reynolds Spencer Ellis Staff Writer

The NC State wrestling and gymnastics teams were able to grab a pair of victories as the two squads shared the venue of Reynolds coliseum at the Beauty and the Beast event on Saturday night.

The wrestling team topped the No. 14 Pittsburgh Panthers in large part due to three impressive pins.

State came out determined, inspired and was able to jump out to an impressive 15-0 lead against the highly touted Panthers. Two freshmen led the Pack’s attack, as 133 pound Bryce Meredith and 141 pound Kevin Jack were able to pick up two big pins.

“Momentum is huge in a dual meet and that is what happened,” said head coach Pat Popolizio.

“Bryce Meredith going from a tight match to get a fall and then Kevin Jack, with his first time in our lineup, getting a pin, that is how you win these kinds of dual meets.”

Things got a little shaky for the Pack as it would go on to lose four of its next five bouts, as the score would shrink to 1812. Sophomore 165 pounder Max Rohskoph, was the lone bright

spot for the Pack in the middle of the dual meet coming up with a close decision win.

Freshman Michael Boykin and senior Nick Gwiazdowski, were able to shut the door on any chance of a comeback with two dominate wins to end the match and help the Pack grab its second win over a ranked opponent this season.

“I am very impressed with the way the guys competed,” said Popolizio. “Knocking off the No. 14 team in the country is probably one of the biggest wins we have had here at NC State and it was well needed.”

NC State has now won eight of its last 10 dual meets. The Pack will try to continue this streak as it faces off against ACC opponent Virginia to conclude the team’s conference schedule.

The NC State gymnastics team was also able to get a win of its own, topping the George Washington Colonials and the Tribe from William and Mary by scoring its second highest mark of the season, 195.850.

The event marks the third win of the season for the Wolfpack as well as its first home victory. The Pack was also able to avenge a loss earlier in the season to the Tribe at Reynolds Coliseum.

“Overall it was an excellent

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Sophomore Meghan Quinn shows off her floor routine during an exhibition. NC State took home the win against George Washington and William & Mary with a team score of 195.850.

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Redshirt junior Nick Gwiazdowski pins Pitt’s Ryan Solomon to the floor.

Gwiazdowski won the match in a blazing 1:56. NC State beat No. 14 Pittsburgh 27-12 during the Beauty and the Beast matchup.

meet,” said associate head coach Colleen Johnson. “We came out really strong on the f irst two events, the strongest we have probably seen all year. The energy was just awesome and the performance

ref lected that.”

The Wolfpack started the meet off with a season-high team total on the vault with a score of 49.175.

Senior Lane Jarrad, was able to score a career-high 9.850 on the

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BASEBALL

Thursday WOMEN’S TENNIS VS. NORTH CAROLINA Raleigh, N.C., 3:00 P.M.

State opens season with pair of weekend victories

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL VS. MIAMI Raleigh, N.C., 7:00 P.M.

Christian Candeloro

WRESTLING AT VIRGINA Charlottesville, Va., 7:00 P.M. Friday SWIMMING AND DIVING Atlanta, G.A., All day TRACK AT VIRGINIA TECH CHALLENGE Blacksburg, Va., All day BASEBALL VS. ALBANY Myrtle Beach, S.C., 2:00 P.M. SOFTBALL VS. SAINT FRANCIS Raleigh, N.C., 3:45 P.M.

Staff Writer

Drew Nantais Assistant Sports Editor

The NC State baseball team kicked off its season in dominant fashion after winning both games against Villanova and Davidson this past weekend. Freezing temperatures and high wind speeds canceled NC State baseball’s matchup against the Appalachian State Mountaineers on Sunday. The game will not be rescheduled.

The theme of the weekend was young players

and transfers getting their first chances at proving they can become the next crop of stars to play for the Wolfpack.

On Friday night, sophomore pitcher Cory Wilder made his second start of his career pitching five innings and allowing zero earned runs. The righthander was wild early in counts and fell behind hitters all too frequently.

Fortunately for him, he was able to work backward against hitters and leave them without any damage. However, his pitch count ran high as he went deep into counts against batters, and he quickly found himself out of the game.

“He’s gonna have to be better than that,” NC State head coach Elliott Avent said on Friday night.

“He’s going to have to get ahead in counts better than he did to be successful. He’s a competitor and he competed today, but he has to be better.”

Despite the inconsistencies on the mound, there were no such problems at the plate. The Wolfpack pushed across 11 runs in the first three innings to end any chance Villanova had at stealing an opening-day victory.

On Saturday, the Wolfpack faced a tougher foe in Davidson; a much-improved team that competed for a SoCon title in 2014.

The Wolfpack offense picked up right where it left off from Friday night, scoring in the first and third innings before breaking the game opening in the fourth. RBIs from senior Jake Armstrong

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