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IN BRIEF BOG changes degree programs Wanted man fled, naked, from Cumberland Co. courthouse

Jacquail Amear Clemmons, 19, fled, stripping off his shirt as he went, from the Cumberland County Courthouse Wednesday after finding out his bond would be revoked on a charge of breaking and entering. He ran into the woods near Cross Creek, and deputies found his pants on the bank of the creek.

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Triangle region prisons receive new director The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named Shelia Mitchell as the region director of its Triangle Region prisons. In this position, Mitchell will oversee the operations of 14 state prisons in the 17-county area surrounding Raleigh. Mitchell is a 30-year corrections veteran who began her career in 1985 and is a graduate of the North Carolina Department of Public Safety Correctional Leadership Development Program. She holds an associate’s degree in juvenile delinquency and a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice.

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Relief to shippers not yet brought with dredging at Morehead City

The state ports’ biggest shipping customer has been losing $2 million a month since October because the sand-clogged navigation channel at Morehead City is still too shallow to handle fully-laden freighter ships.

However, a dredging operation to deepen and widen the channel is expected to bring some relief

by August, helping the state’s second busiest port get back to normal. Shippers have been lightloading their vessels to comply with restrictions enforced by the local pilots who guide their ships into port. Corps of Engineers cut back on maintenance dredging that might have prevented what port officials say is unprecedented shoaling here, which reduced the navigable depth of the Atlantic Ocean passage to Morehead City by 10 feet last fall. The Obama administration freed up $4.1 million and the state government decided in 2014 to start spending $5 million a year for the operation.

SOURCE: The News & Observer

FIFA executives charged in taking bribes for World Cup locations

Chuck Blazer, a former FIFA executive committee, admitted that he and other officials took bribes ahead of the 1998 and 2010 World Cups, court records show.

Federal prosecutors released a 40page document in which Blazer told the court that he and other members of the FIFA executive committee took bribes between 2004 and 2011 and helped South Africa land the 2010 World Cup. U.S. officials said Moroccan officials paid the bribe to an unnamed member of FIFA’s executive committee that Blazer helped to negotiate. Morocco’s bid for the Cup was unsuccessful and France was awarded the 1998 finals.

When the government cornered him with tax evasion allegations, Blazer reportedly wore a hidden microphone to record other soccer officials at the 2012 London Olympics. One year later, Blazer left FIFA.

CAMPUSES ACROSS UNC SYSTEM FACE CONSOLIDATIONS AND DISCONTINUATIONS DUE TO LOW PARTICIPATION

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The UNC Board of Governors voted to alter four undergraduate and graduate degree programs at NC State, this May, as a result of low popularity and low enrollment.The decision was part of a biennial productivity review showing significantly low participation in women’s and gender studies, Africana studies, business and marketing education, and the research Ph.D. in physiology.

While women’s and gender studies and Africana studies will each be consolidated into a concentration under the interdisciplinary studies major, business and marketing education, and the research Ph.D. in physiology will no longer be offered to new

students beginning fall of 2016.

Though women’s and gender studies, and Africana studies will merge into a single concentration, the programs are still intact, according to Deborah Hooker, director of the women’s and gender studies.

Dean of College of Humanities and Social Sciences Jeff Braden also assures students that no current majors will be affected.

“Students currently in the majors can finish the program with the degree they started,” Braden said. “Nobody will be given a different degree than the one offered when they entered the program.”

For students entering women’s and gender studies, and Africana studies in fall of 2016, transcripts will state interdisciplinary studies as their major with a concentration in “women’s and gender stud-

ies” or “Africana studies,” according to Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Warwick Arden.

In addition, no faculty member’s salary will be affected, and no professors will be let go as part of the consolidation and discontinuation of the programs. The current directors for women’s and gender studies, and Africana studies will become coordinators under the interdisciplinary studies director, and yet will still be able to advise students with the new concentration, according to Hooker.

Other UNC campuses too face similar discontinuations and consolidations — about 56 degree program changes — due to low participation.

The NC State campus-wide review of productivity and efficiency is a continual process that began in 1995, according to Senior Vice

DEGREE CHANGES IN TRIANGLE UNIVERSITIES: North Carolina Central University − B.A. in theatre − B.A. in jazz

North Carolina State University − B.A. in Africana studies − B.A. in women’s and gender studies − B.S. in business and marketing education − Doctorate of philosophy in physiology

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill − B.S. in human biology SOURCE: CHANCELLOR’S OFFICE

Provost for Academic Strategy and Resource Management Duane Larick. The following is a list of programs that have been consolidated

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Legislature gets busy Staff report

The NC legislature, in just a week, has pushed through three of the year’s most controversial bills. With limited debate, proposals were ushered through that would do everything from extend the waiting period for abortions to allow magistrates to opt out of performing ceremonies for samesex marriages.

House Bill 465 (Women and Children’s Protection Act of 2015) Status: Approved by the North Carolina House; McCrory to sign June 4 The controversial abortion bill, which extends the waiting period of abortions, a legal procedure, from one day to three, was approved by the North Carolina

House on June 3, according to The News & Observer. In a statement issued late Wednesday night, McCrory said, “I will sign this bill” because it includes “some very positive progress” that will “protect women’s health.”

The bill would also require the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services to annually inspect clinics where abortions are performed, along with requiring physicians performing abortions on or after the 16th week of pregnancy to send DHSS data on and ultrasound images of aborted fetuses. The bill would also create a buffer for health care providers who object to abortion on moral or religious grounds.

Senate Bill 2 (Magistrates Recusal for Civil Ceremonies) Status: McCrory’s veto overridden in senate; House override vote

pending.

Although McCrory has said he does not favor homosexual marriage, he emphasized in a veto statement that judicial officials must uphold the laws of the state.

State senators overrode Gov. Pat McCrory’s veto of the magistrate bill on June 1, allowing magistrates to be exempt from performing marriages if they claim they have a religious objection to unions between people of the same gender.

The House delayed an override vote on the bill.

The bill is in response to federal court rulings in Oct. that lifted the state’s ban on same-sex marriage.

It would require courts to offer services to same-sex couples for at least 10 hours over three days of the week.

House Bill 405 (the Property

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NC State’s Endowment Fund has chosen The Conservation Fund, a national nonprofit based in Virginia, to handle the land-use negotiations for the 79,000-acre Hofmann Forest.

The fund was one of 14 entities that sought the contract after NC State officials announced in March that they would keep a majority of the forest and generate income for the College of Natural Resources by selling various rights.

Originally, the university had agreed to sell the land in Eastern North Carolina for $131 million to a group that included timberland investors and agribusiness officials. The university now says it wants to conserve as much as 70,000 acres and continue to allow access for students and faculty.

According to NC State News Services, The Conversation Fund will facilitate discussion with interested parties regarding the following opportunities:

• Negotiating a restricted use easement, license or lease agreements on up to 70,000 acres for training purposes related to the military presence.

• Negotiating a multi-decade timber deed on the approximately 56,000 acres of existing pine plantation with requirements for certified sustainable practices, ensuring the continuation of a sustainable working forest.

• Negotiating conservation easements for the approximate 18,000 acre Big Open Pocosin.

• Potential sale of the current 1,600 acre agricultural land with an agreement to continued agricultural use.

• Potential sale of the two mitigation banks, totaling about 450 acres, for continued mitigation use.

• Developing a long-term strategy for the about 4,000 acres south of State Highway 17 near Jacksonville, known as Block 10, that considers its highest and best use.

• Exploring additional conservation prospects.

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PChancellor Randy Woodson speaking at the Summer Meeting of CICEP 2015 in the Duke Energy Hall in Hunt Library.

Hunt hosts economic summit Gavin Stone Assistant News Editor

“Am I allowed here?” asked former UNC-Chapel Hill graduate student, Mark Weinberg, during the reception at the end of the first day of the Summer Meeting of the Commission on Innovation, Competitiveness, and Economic Prosperity in Hunt Library on Monday.

Weinberg, now Dean of the School of Leadership and Public Affairs at Ohio University, was one of many representatives from public universities across the country who convened to discuss effective practices in advancing the role of university in technology-based economic development.

Several features of Hunt Library were showcased to the attendees. Weinberg found the graphics lab to be the most interesting part of the tour. The presenter for this section of the tour, Michael Young, discussed

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POLICE BLOTTER June 3 12:20 AM | Suspicious Vehicle Gardner Hall While patrolling the area, Officer found a student and a non-student sitting in a vehicle on the south side of the building. They stated they were looking for a quiet place to talk.

All files checked with negative results. They complied to leave the area and no further action was taken.

June 2 10:13 AM | Suspicious Person Off- Campus A student reported while running on Method road near Woods Place an unknown male lunged at her with his hands out. She put her hands up and he ran away. The student was advised to contact the Raleigh Police Department which she did.

11:52 PM | Larceny SAS Hall A student reported that he left his skateboard unattended in classroom 1218 at this location on 5/26/2015 and noticed it missing on 5/28/2015.

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a game being researched at NC State that records and tracks intricate aspects of player behavior in order to discover trends.

“I was interested in the extent to which you could model company startup behavior, it would

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eredith Biechele, a sophomore studying Mechanical Engineering does stand-up paddleboard yoga in the swimimg pool at Carmichael Gym on Friday. “It was really fun, it was a real challenge. It’s different than any other yoga class I have ever taken here before.

I am definitely going to come here next week”, Biechele said. University recreation has started a new group finess class “ Paddleboard Yoga” this summer. The classes are held every other Friday at the Aquatic Center.

be interesting to use [the game’s model] to model public sector strategy around a startup company,” Weinberg said.

The tour highlighted focused on three areas, technologybased innovation, industry research partnerships and community-based economic development.

This was the first year that

CICEP was hosted by a university and it gave NC State the opportunity to highlight certain aspects of the Centennial Campus.

“This is just great meeting where we can bring people together where they can see what we’re doing here and we can learn from each other about what each of us brings to the

table,” said Woodson.

Woodson said the unique feature of Hunt Library is its focus on engagement. Woodson is at the end of his two-year term as chair of CICEP. Thomas White, Director of the Economic Development Partnership at NC State, said the main thing that NC State hoped to demonstrate was how

partnership-oriented it is.

“I think they see that’s a reality, a lot of times you express that desire but we actually do it — ‘think and do’ — we live the motto from the chancellor on down, he embeds that value in what we do whether it’s industrial extension,” White said.

White said that even though Centennial Campus is a great

Protection Act) Status: Vetoed by McCory; awaiting decision from House Gov. Pat McCrory vetoed a bill May 29 that would have allowed business owners to sue employees who conduct undercover investigations to expose unsafe or inhumane conditions or to steal money from their employers, according to The News & Observer. The bill sought to limit the practice of obtaining a job for the purpose of filming or stealing information.

The governor said in a veto statement that the bill does not do enough to protect legitimate whistleblowers.

“While I support the purpose of this bill, I believe it does not adequately protect or give clear guidance to honest employees who uncover criminal activity,” McCrory said. “I am concerned that subjecting these employees to potential civil penalties will create an environment that discourages them from reporting illegal activities.”

The bill originally passed with overwhelming bipartisan support in the House and faired well in the Senate, which means legislators will probably have the votes to override McCory’s veto.

resource, the people to make the difference.

“Even with that physical plant you still have to have people to interact, you have to be welcoming and then the other part is that you have to be comfortable going off campus too; we have to be sure we can go to downtown Raleigh or rural areas,” White said.

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or discontinued since 2011: MA in French and MA in Spanish - These two degrees were consolidated into an MA in Foreign Languages & Literatures in spring 2011.

Immunology - The MS, Masters and Ph.D. degrees were discontinued, and instead, a concentration was created in immunolog y under the existing comparative biomedical sciences program in spring 2014.

BA’s in French Language and Literature ; French Language and Literature, Teacher Education; Spanish Language and Literature ; Spanish Language and Literature, Teacher Education; and German Studies - These five degrees were consolidated into one degree titled BA in Foreign Languages & Literatures with a concentration in each under an umbrella degree in the fall of 2014.

The productivity review is a review that begins at the campus level in which faculty members analyze the efficiency of their programs. Their findings are sent and voted on by the campus’ provost and chancellor, and then the Board of Governors makes the ultimate decision of whether or not to alter the degree program, according to Alex Parker, former president of the Association of Student Governments. “[The Board of Governors] like that campuses are going about doing these initiatives on the efficiency of their programs,” Parker said. “If it is coming from that local level from the

campuses, they believe it deserves to be put on the table and considered.”

Despite the low numbers of students w it h the women’s and gender studies, and Africana studies majors, the classes offered are still popular as general education courses, according to Braden.

“It’s very appropriate to offer them as concentrations because these programs have significant impact to students and make an impact at NC State,” he said. “This is the appropriate course of action when a major doesn’t have high enrollment.”

A lt houg h a l l of t he same courses will still be offered, Hooker said she worries about future students knowing that women’s and gender studies, and Africana studies are available as majors.

“The only thing I’m concerned with is the visibility with students knowing it’s available if they’re interested,” she said. “But, the administration of interdisciplinary studies have really promised to highly publicize the program in order to let the students know that they’re there.”

In response to the four changes in degree programs at NC State, Arden said they are important to the efficiency of the university.

“The university tries to maintain a portfolio of relevant and popular programs,” he said. “Part of that is adding new degrees to all levels and continually evaluating the degrees we have and continuing to make sure our portfolio is current.”

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UNC System collaborates on interdisciplinary research Gavin Stone Assistant News Editor

Rachel Smith Senior Staff Writer

The UNC-General Administration along with the Research Opportunity Initiative has expanded interdisciplinary research across the UNC System by awarding six three-year grants to different faculty research teams across the state.

The ROI provides funding for research projects and represents North Carolina’s first financial investment in the UNC System’s five-year strategic plan.

Faculty teams from NC State, UNC-Chapel Hill, UNC-Charlotte, North Carolina Central University and East Carolina University will collaborate on the research.

Harald Ade, distinguished physics professor at NC State, is leading an initiative on carbon material design, processing and manufacturing for defense and energy needs.

Ade said that the primary goal of his project is to “create and find knowledge.” Ade said he plans to do so by using the majority of the grant money awarded to his project to hire more experienced personnel to encourage interdisciplinary thinking.

“The problem normally is that when faculty members get hired by a department, the view of the department ends up being very narrow, and then that [department] doesn’t necessarily appreciate what could be done if they would overlap and collaborate with other depart-

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Professor Harald Ade in his lab. Carbon electronics research began in the 1980s with wide band gap semiconductors. “In many ways the [Carbon Materials Initiative] is the blueprint that we envisioned for carbon electronics, where we invest as an institution and as a state in a materials platform,” Ade said.

ments,” Ade said. “[Hiring these individuals] will be the immediate delivery and return on the investment.

Contributions to industry will be a few years out.”

With support from the 2014-2015 NC General Assembly budget, nearly $9 million were awarded for investments in six areas: advanced manufacturing; data sciences; defense, military and security; energy; marine and coastal science; and pharmacoengineering, according to the UNC System website.

The Chancellor’s Faculty Excellence Program, annou nced by Cha ncel lor Woodson, started the process of sending out proposal requests for interdisciplinary research in fall 2011.

Between these institutions, 73 pre-proposals were submitted for review by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, netting six final proposals.

“[The large amount of preproposals] shows a huge pent up demand for funding in these areas,” said Christopher Brown, vice president for Research and Graduate Education for the UNC System.

In terms of student impact, Ade said these grants offer students an exciting opportunity to participate in interdisciplinary research that will have impacts in society down the road.

“For the students, it would mean getting a broad education in a growing industry,” Ade said The funds provided by the UNC-GA and ROI are meant to be used for recruiting faculty and project start-up costs.

“Whether it’s support for the time that faculty, postdoctoral or students spend, or equipment supplies or services, it’s all related,” Brown said. “It’s all needed to make a big project like this go for-

ward.”

There are a number of places where success can manifest itself in relation to these projects, whether it be applications, invitation to conferences, research dollars and spin-off companies, according to Ade. “Ideally, we want all of the above,” Ade said. “New relationships and new collaborations.”

In addition to providing funds dedicated to the research associated with each project, these grants provide funds for graduate student and post-graduate challenges, according to Michael Jay, UNC-CH distinguished professor and chair of molecular pharmaceutics.

“For the students who come up with really innovative ideas, we can provide funds to help them test those in the laboratory,” Jay said. “It is a way of stimulating innovation.”

TheatreFest celebrates with three shows Rachel Smith Senior Staff Writer

University Theatre showcased Garson Kanin’s “Born Yesterday” May 28, the first of three performances that are a part of the critically acclaimed summer series, TheatreFest.

TheatreFest 2015 will continue to run throughout the month of June, including performances of Stephen Sondheim’s musical “Side by Side by Sondheim” and Frederick Knott’s “Wait Until Dark.”

TheatreFest has been a highlighted event for University Theatre for the past 20 years and was one of the first summer theater productions to exist in Raleigh, according to John McIlwee, the theater’s director.

“It has been a sell out since it started,” McIlwee said. “Its reputation has stayed very intact, and it has attached more audience members to the regular season.

It’s always been rather fun because we hold this event in the summertime,” McIlwee said. “All three directors are participating and these shows are truly entertainment oriented.”

The three shows will run in rotation. Evening shows for the 1946 comedy, “Born Yesterday” will begin at 7:30 p.m. on June 6, 10 and 12. A matinee performance will begin at 2 p.m. on June 14.

There are two stages housed in Thompson Hall: Titmus Theatre and Kennedy-McIlwee Theatre.

The Titmus Theatre will present the Tony Award-winning musical, “Side by Side by Sondheim” on June 4, 5, 13 and 17-20 at 7:30 p.m. with 2 p.m. matinee performances on Jun 7 and 21.

To wrap up TheatreFest, the Kennedy-McIlwee Theatre will present the suspense thriller,

“Wait Until Dark” on June 11-13, 19-20 and 25-27 at 7:30 p.m. and on June 14, 21 and 28 at 2 p.m.

Auditions for this summer’s shows took place in February and were open to the general public.

Holding open auditions not only provides students with the opportunity to work alongside more experienced actors, but it also allows the theater to feature more age-relative characters, according to McIlwee.

“The majority of our cast members are from the outside or are returning alumni,” McIlwee said.

“This way we can produce plays without being concerned that we cast everyone, and we can feature characters with a wider age range,” Rose Dawson of Raleigh said that she is a strong follower of University Theatre and that she particularly enjoys TheatreFest.

“I always look forward to TheatreFest,” Dawson said. “I was able to go to Saturday night’s performance of ‘Born Yesterday,’ and it did not disappoint.”

As far as what University Theatre has planned for the rest of the summer, McIlwee said that a lot of planning is underway.

“We are even already working on TheatreFest for next year,” said Mia Self, University Theatre’s assistant director. “It’s all very exciting.”

Additional information pertaining to TheatreFest shows, times and tickets are available t hroug h Universit y Theat re’s website.

“I definitely do not think that anyone should miss out on TheatreFest,” Dawson said. “University Theatre does such a great job, and I am excited to watch each production because I know that each play will be as entertaining as the last.”

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PUniversity Theatre’s kicked off TheatreFest 2015 Thursday May 28 with the production of Garson Kanin’s “Born Yeserday”

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Supreme Court’s ruling against Abercrombie & Fitch: protection of religious liberty?

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he Supreme Court ruled Monday that Abercrombie & Fitch, the famous clothing retailer, violated civil rights law by failing to accommodate a Muslim applicant wearing the hijab.

According to Politico, Abercrombie & Fitch refused to Ziyi Mai hire SaStaff Columnist mantha Elauf in 2008 as a sales associate due to her hijab violating the company’s “look policy.” At the time, the clothing chain prohibited employees from wearing head coverings, though the company has since changed this policy to allow headgear. Following the incident, Elauf filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

This was not the first time that Abercrombie was brought to legal challenge due to its hiring policy. Under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, employers must provide “reasonable accommodation without undue hardship.” The Supreme Court ruled that employers have the obligation to provide accommodation to employees even if they do not ask for one.

The near unanimous decision, 8-1, was not surprising among the legal community, and it will make accommodation rules cleared for employees and employers. Yet the ruling, along with those anti-discrimination laws, is still a huge obstacle in the labor market, and the balance between religious freedom and private ownership remains inconsistent.

In the business world, private companies should have a high degree of discretion on hiring policy and work ethics. Even in the same industry, different companies may prefer some special set of skills and require job applicants to show

desired personalities that employers think match properly with company goals or characteristics.

As a clothing retailer, Abercrombie & Fitch has strong preferences regarding its employees’ appearance and the way they dress. This is how they appeal to customers in the market. Though we all agree that rejecting an applicant purely based on his or her body shape or appearance is discriminatory, the model industry rarely recruits people who are obese or do not look as physically attractive as models in a conventional way. It is a

“Refusing to hire a person based on her religion does not infringe her right to practice a particular religion.” brutal yet honest reality. Some might consider these behaviors to be a violation of civil rights, but in fact, these are the ways that private companies employ to facilitate what is the best for achieving their goals.

This should be seen as normal market behavior rather than explicit discrimination and intentional targeting of a specific minority and religion.

After the civil rights movement, laws and courts in this country have had a tendency to protect minorities, sometimes overprotect them, even at the cost of abandoning the principles of liberty. Such a change in direction has led to inconsistency in decisions made by courts at different levels. For example, in the EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch case, a lower court’s decision was

in favor of EEOC, and it was reversed when the case went to the Tenth Circuit Court. The Supreme Court, thereafter, reversed the Tenth Circuit’s ruling. If the case were to be reviewed again at a lower court, the outcome need hardly be predicted.

Religious advocacy groups see this decision as championing religious freedom. William Burgess, a senior staff attorney at the Council on AmericanIslamic Relations, told Politico that the decision urges employers to change their hiring policies and not consider religion as a factor in it.

But this case has little to do with religious freedom. Refusing to hire a person based on her religion does not infringe her right to practice a particular religion. The public is usually not aware that the subject that could potentially threaten religious freedom is the government, not a private company, because a private agent has no way to exert coercion on anyone. When the state of Indiana passed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act early this year to provide private businesses with the right to excuse themselves from engaging in activities that they think are in conflict with their religious views, minorities and mainstream media waged a war against the state government by accusing it of discriminating against minorities.

This is a double standard. If courts make decisions following the wind of social movements or change of social values, it is judiciary activism, and the judicial branch will become more political swinging. This is a dangerous trend moving slowly to change judicial power, particularly as the demographic shifts toward minorities.

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Kelley Wheeler, junior studying marine science

Working with natural hair W

hile many students are embark ing on summer adventures that required months of planning, I am getting a late start.

The last summer before my Chauncey sen ior ye a r won’t include Bowden study abroad Correspondent trips across the globe, or swanky internships in New York City. A late start for me means that local internship opportunities may be slim pickings, but opportunities none the less.

As I searched the web for possible options, I couldn’t help but smile at the thought of having the opportunity to work professionally in the fields that interested me.

I was excited to “look the part,” and then a thought crossed my mind: Is my hair appropriate for the workplace?

This summer I, like many other African-American women, will proudly be wearing my natural hair.

Yet, if I am completely honest, when I find myself interviewing for professional opportunities, I often trade my curls and kinks for straight, dark locks. This mode of thinking is not unique — many African-American women and men share this exact sentiment.

For those who are not familiar with the term “natural,” it is a term used to describe African-American hair in its natural state, free from the use of chemical relaxers. Natural hair includes, but is not limited to, dreadlocks, braids, bantu knots, twists, corn rows, Afros and

a host of other things. Many of the styles in that list are not considered work-appropriate. In fact, Hampton University’s Business School was harshly criticized in 2012 for banning students from wearing dreadlocks and cornrows.

In 2007, Jezebel.com covered the story of the Glamour editor who stated that Afros were a “real no-no” in the legal world, and that d read lock s were “t r u ly dreadful.” She continued by saying that the hairstyles were “political” and “have to go.” The idea that natural hair is “political” is an entirely new concept to me, but I can understand why it would make some people uncomfortable.

Thirsty Roots published an article, “Discovering Our Roots: Do I Hate My Hair?”, celebrating the history of black hair. In the 1800s, once slavery ended, whites favored blacks who styled their hair in ways that were similar to their own hair. According to the article, this is where the concept of “good” hair came about. Fast forward to the 1970s, and the world was introduced to Afro-sporting powerhouses such as Angela Davis. The 70s marked a period in which the Afro was certainly political, marking the Black Power movement.

In 1988, Spike Lee’s film “School Daze” shed light on the issues of good vs. bad hair that still existed in the African-American community.

Non persons-of-color on NC State’s campus may or

may not have noticed an increase in natural hairstyles among students in recent years but the trend has taken off exponentially. Many NC State students ditched their relaxed hairstyles and got in touch with their roots. Some of these students will go on to corporate jobs that may or may not accept their hair.

Do not be misled — there is nothing wrong with black women choosing to opt out of the natural hair life. I will be the first to admit that I sometimes straighten my hair and wear extensions.

There is nothing wrong with black women wearing relaxed or weaved hairstyles.

In fact, I believe that the versatility of black hair is one of the things that makes it truly phenomenal. However, the problem arises when black women adopt Eurocentric views about their hair because they are taught to believe that something is wrong with it, or that it’s not good enough.

The belief that natural hair and the many natural hairstyles sported by AfricanAmericans are not professional is representative of a bigger problem in American society. Inadvertently, the society has created this notion that the more congruent and akin African Americans are to white culture, the more legitimate and correct they would be. This notion is simply not correct. In order to unpack these larger issues, we must get to their roots; first, however, one must acknowledge that they exist.

The joy of revolutionary cooking W

e’re all familiar with the stereotype of college students’ fetishism with low qua lit y fo o d : greasy pizza, barbecue chips, subpa r chow Gabe DeCaro mein, etc.

We simply Staff Columnist need to look around campus to discover this phenomenon. At every dining site, you can get a hamburger. C-Stores are stocked with loads of sodas, chips and frozen meals. And if you ever get bored of the Chick-Fil-A in the Atrium,

you can always stop by the two-storied one in Cameron Village. It’s simple economics — various institutions are creating this supply to satisfy a demand.

Often, we find ourselves too busy with homework, vocat iona l development and volunteering to have a decent meal. We tell ourselves that we need to visit the library more than the farmer’s market. So out of ease and convenience, we visit the dining hall, grab some takeout or visit a fast food/fast casual restaurant.

The food is cheap, generally tasty and easily available; we see no immediately apparent

moral dilemma.

Let’s dig deeper. Look at the old cliché, “You are what you eat.” Food is our most intimate connection with the natural world. We consume thousands of calories of it daily, often without thinking of its origin. Those cooked onions on top of your burger are the results of harvesting a plant’s food storage organs, carefully slicing them with a razor-sharp knife, and heating them to get rid of the excess water and caramelize the sugars.

Furthermore, culinary traditions define cultural identities and ultimately who we are. What would France be

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without its food and wine?

Coming from an ItalianAmerican family, I fondly recall my mother stirring the pot of tomato sauce, adding in fresh herbs to taste while periodically batting away my father’s hand to stop him from dipping his pinky in for a premature taste.

The story of food is long and beautiful. The exposition details tales of growing plants and raising animals.

The rising action is full of detailed and varied preparation techniques: cutting, dicing, slicing, mixing and marinating. Near the heated climax of the book, the ingredients hit the frying pan,

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stew pot or wok and undergo chemical reactions that turn notes of flavor into a harmonious symphony. The conclusion comes when the meal is served with friends and family and you eat spoonfuls of your labor.

Convenience eating is inauthentic. For the sake of ease, we jump to the end of the story, missing out on the joy of reading the nuanced book. We miss out on the wholesomeness of the total experience of our food.

In other words, we alienate ourselves with our laziness.

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of picking up a fish, pick up a fishing pole. I have heard scores of people express their desire to learn how to cook and liberate themselves from food alienation. Buy a cookbook, look up recipes online and, most of all, experiment.

Go to the farmer’s market and listen (or at least go to a grocery store). Grab a couple friends and get them to chop onions with you or shell some shrimp. Then take a deep breath, close your textbook and take the much needed time to enjoy a meal.

Don’t just eat, mangia.

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Student receives research honors Carolyn Thompson Correspondent

Alexander Richter, an NC State graduate student holding a doctorate in the department of chemical and biomolecular engineering, has been awarded the $15,000 “Eat it!” award in the Lemelson-MIT National Collegiate Student Prize Competition for his work with agricultural pest control using biodegradable nanoparticles.

The Lemelson-MIT National Collegiate Student Prize Competition awards graduate students and undergraduate teams for their inventions that address problems in both developed and developing economies. Richter, the first student in North Carolina to earn the grant, addresses the problem of global food insecurity.

According to Richter, there are many applications of this technology and the particle system used to make these biodegradable nanoparticles that will increase their effectiveness.

“Since it has a degradable design, it also opens up new markets,” Richter said. “Applications that we see is that this technology can actually result in cost effective crop protection products to increase yields and to reduce the environmental burden on the soil, and in principle, to help feed the growing population of the world.”

The U.S. Census Bureau’s 2014 National Projections re-

ports that the U.S. population alone is expected to increase from 319 million to 417 million between 2014 and 2060.

Improvements in pest management could potentially help future crop yields and the health of the environment.

“In general, I believe technological advances can help society,” Richter said. “They can help society, they can help customers, they can also help the environment, basically having environmentally friendly solutions with technological advances.”

Richter said he has had an interest in the sciences since early childhood. In 2006 he decided to go back to college to pursue engineering education.

“As an engineer, one can solve pressing challenges,” Richter said. “They can pertain to human life. They can pertain to simple problems that certain customers have and companies have, and I wanted to pursue that especially in the field of nanotechnology.”

Richter, originally from Austria, had spend a semester overseas in New York. While there, he worked with Professor Ilona Kretzschmar researching janus particles and particle assembly.

At that point, Richter met Professor Velev, a doctorate holder who is Richter’s current graduate advisor here at NC State.

“He was an invited guest speaker from the same field, and I was very interested in his field, what he’s doing, and his research, and based on that, I

decided to join NC State later as a Ph.D. student and pursue studies in chemical engineering,” Richter said.

Richter has a background and degrees in environmental engineering as well as chemical engineering. Richter said he also decided to pursue studies in nanoscience because it is a field that will impact multiple industries and the environment.

“One problem that nanoparticles currently have is that while they’re highly functional, and one appreciates their function, they may stay active postuse potentially in the environment,” Richter said.

According to Richter, if the nanoparticles go into a wastewater stream for instance, and they are antimicrobial, they may affect bacteria in the wastewater treatment plant or beyond.

“We teamed up with the environmental protection agency, which is actually located here in Raleigh for this project, to develop, in this case, nanoparticles that are functional — they have the same functionality as current nanoparticles — but have a degradable design,” said Richter.

According to Velev, he and his colleagues had been discussing how to replace the non-degradable nanoparticles with biodegradable ones prior to Richter coming to NC State.

“When Alex joined, he was actually the person to bring this to proof of concept,” Velev

said. “That is, before it was just a concept, and he obtained the research results and had been thinking of how to improve it, and how to demonstrate that this works. He had been designing the experiments, so he really made the whole thing already proven as a result rather than being a simple idea.”

Now Richter is trying to scale up this project as cofounder of Benanova Inc., an NC State startup focused on developing sustainable nanotechnology.

The engineering components and entrepreneurial components go hand in hand.

According to Velev, Richter’s ability to collaborate and put together a team is one of the reasons that he’s been so successful.

“If you go outside of your research scope and then start working with people, such as how Alex worked with the environmental protection agency, with companies, other universities, [and] put together a team and bring the expertise of everybody to make sure that you validate your research and that you benefit from everybody’s insight,” Velev said.

According to Richter, there has been a lot of collaborative work and support amongst colleagues, the chemistry department, with Velev, the EPA, the office of international services and more.

“It’s a project that involves many people on many levels, and I also wanted to thank them,” Richter said.

Raleigh hosts eco-fashion conference Zoe Phinazee Correspondent

The third annual Eco-Fashion Show and Conference presented

by Redress Raleigh was held last Friday and Saturday, hosted between the Lincoln Theatre and Contemporary Art Museum. Redress Raleigh is an event planning and marketing company that focuses on sustainable designers.

Founded by NC State graduates Beth Stewart and Mor Aframian, and designer Jamie Powell, they advocate for a more socially and environmentally responsible world. With their fashion show and conference, they are able to showcase designers who use eco-friendly fabric or resources in their collections and educate people on sustainability and fashion.

Seven designers were showcased this year with a variety of women’s, menswear and some children’s wear. Featured designers ranged from Stephanie Trippe, owner of Pretty Birdie Co., who created modern and stylish looks all made from hemp textiles, to Kim Kirchstein, owner of Leopold Designs, who showcased an exotic and bold resort-wear collection with summer dresses in gorgeous orchid-inspired prints combining all natural silk, soy wax and low-impact dyes.

One of the designers, Allison Bowles, is a graduate student at NC State in product development and minoring in business. Bowles founded Artemis Clothing Co., a small brand of women’s dresses designed for the independent dreamer who values locally made products.

“The silhouettes were also inspired by things I like to wear, that are easy to wear,” Bowles said.

According to Bowles, her target consumer is not defined by age.

“I design for any woman who’s easygoing, free spirited and embodies Artemis, an independent goddess,” Bowles said.

All prints were locally printed.

“It’s a lot less waste,” Bowles said. “I also use overstock fabric [unused fabric designers toss], and produce in small batches. I

THE RADAR Your summer class can wait.

The weekend is a time to get off campus and explore the exciting and vibrant city of Raleigh. In case you have been studying too hard to make any plans, here is your guide to fun and entertainment for the next week.

NCMA Summer Movies

The North Carolina Museum of Art will be showcasing outdoor movies on the lawn throughout the summer. This week features cult classic “Dazed and Confused.”

Bring a lawn chair and blanket to enjoy a summer night and classic movie at the same time.

NCMA Amphitheatre, 9 p.m. Friday, June 5

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If you have yet to explore downtown, First Friday is the perfect night to start. Local Museums, art galleries and shops will stay open later and often feature sales and free beverages.

There is always live music on the street and bars and restaurants are bustling with life.

Downtown Raleigh, Friday, June 5

Triangle Restaurant Week

This weeklong festival of local cuisine offers guests a chance to try some of the area’s most renowned restaurants in fixed price three-course meals. The meals are priced at reduced rates, providing those who would normally not always be able to afford a nice dinner the opportunity to taste some of the Triangle’s award-winning cuisine.

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Kim Kirschstein, one of seven designers featured, showcased her resortwear collection with summer dresses made of all natural silk, soy wax and low-impact dyes.

manufacture and sell my products locally as well.”

All the designers’ collections featured eco-friendly material and/or processing seeking to make reusing fashionable. The conference also included various lectures and networking for industry attendants and students.

Tom Snyder, industry liaison at The Center for Advanced SelfPowered Systems of Integrated Sensors and Technologies (ASSIST), spoke as a panelist at the fashion and technology presentation about what kind of technology we would see in fashion in 10 years. “[In regards to] health and activity sensors in undergarments and clothing, we’ll stop using the term ‘wearable’ in regards to adding tech to garments,” Snyder said. “That term will go away once it becomes second nature.”

According to Snyder, sensors will soon be commonly embedded in certain garments such as shoes and undergarments.

ASSIST focuses on improving societal health through development of nanotechnology-based wearable sensors that correlate environmental and physiological

signals to provide information for people to stay healthy.

Jesse Jur, an assistant professor of textile engineering and chemistry, also spoke at the panel. Most of his research focuses on understanding how wearable systems can be designed to improve on their potential in creative platforms for energy harvesting and monitoring of a person’s environmental and physiological states.

“There are two ways wearable systems designed into textiles can help people monitor their environmental state: direct and indirect measurement,” Ju said.

“First, you can apply sensors [like gas, temperature, humidity] into textile parts that are exposed to the environment. Second, you can monitor health vitals that are an indication of how your body is stressed by the environment. A good example here is hydration sensing.”

Cynelsa Broderick, also a panelist at the discussion, talked about her role as the education and outreach coordinator in the NC State University Sustainability Office.

“We’ve been partnering with different student organizations to increase awareness of sustain-

ability,” Broderick said. “The natural resources we need to live are, in many cases, diminishing.

One of the reasons it’s important for students to be sustainable is to preserve resources for the future.”

There have also been educational opportunities on campus such as a 2014 event called “If Your Clothes Could Talk” that included a panel of textile industry experts discussing some of the key issues in advancing the sustainability of textile production.

The NC State College of Textiles addresses how people see sustainability and eco-fashion with an active research in developing more efficient and less wasteful textile production.

“These innovations could help transform the entire fashion and textile industry,” Broderick said.

Kate Annett-Hitchcock, a textile and apparel professor at the College of Textiles, also attended the show and offered advice for students.

“Be very strategic in how you buy, use and dispose of your garments,” Annett-Hitchcock said.

“Try to find new ways to use what you have and reduce waste.”

Pickin’ in the Plaza Raleigh’s annual Bluegrass concert series returns to City Plaza.

Starting this Thursday, every two weeks, a local bluegrass band will take the stage for a free show. Food trucks will line Fayetteville Street, and beer will also be available from local breweries.

Downtown Raleigh, 5 p.m.

Thursday, June 4

Carolina Railhawks

North Carolina’s own semi-pro soccer team will face off against Minnesota United FC this weekend.

Without any local NC State athletic events for the summer, sports fans can get their fix of the world’s most popular sport right here in the Triangle.

Wakemed Soccer Park, Cary, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 6

NC State’s TheatreFest

For an event right on campus, Theater Fest begins this month.

This year’s lineup features three plays, “Born Yesterday,” “Side By Side By Sondheim,” and “Wait Until Dark,” which will run for the month of June. Funded in part by the City of Raleigh, this annual event always impresses and makes for an affordable night of entertainment.

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Students, families and adults of all ages wait in line next to the inflatable slide along Glenwood South Saturday, May 30, for Raleigh’s slip-and-slide event hosted by Slide the City.

Over 3000 people attended to go down the 1000-foot padded nylon slide.

Participants waited over an hour in line to go down the slide, with the whole ride lasting about 30 seconds. Riders purchased single, three-time and unlimited slides for $25, $40 and $60, respectively. While a standard inflatable tube was required for sliders, many people brought their own. Pretzels, donuts, sea turtles and dragons were among the most creative tubes used on the slide.

Hop Along’s new album lives up to the hype Painted Shut Hop Along Record Company

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The draw of Hop Along (and the band’s most distinguishing characteristic) is clearly Frances Quinlan’s unique vocal style. At times, it’s yelly and scratchy; at others, it’s soothing and wispy. Maybe it’s this dynamic that makes Hop A long’s music intriguing and powerful for so many people. Its second album, Get Disowned, was released in 2012 and had a sort of cult following. Missing from the band’s latest album, Painted Shut, are the classical strings that pervaded Get Disowned. Despite this, the albums have similar characteristics. These similarities include minimal guitar and vocal effects, and lyrics that contain strange, yet interesting, subject matter (see “The Knock”). Maybe the most notable difference between the albums is the added production from John Agnello. In the past, he has produced albums for Dinosaur Jr, The Hold Steady, and Kurt Vile.

However, even with the increased production quality, the band still manages to sound raw on Painted Shut. The songs in the album are still heartfelt and sometimes even deeply personal.

Hop Along’s new record displays a variety of different inf luences, which is often characteristic of something innovative.

Sure, comparisons to bands like Waxahatchee and Lemuria are notable, but Hop Along achieves a different sound that no one does quite as well these days. The music is somewhat representative of where the band currently calls home, Philadelphia, picking up on a few emo and punk inf luences which the city is known for.

In fact, in 2013 the band added guitarist Joe Reinhart from the Philadelphia emo band Algernon Cadwallader to their lineup. Algernon Cadwallader was one of the very first bands that began reviving the sound of Cap’n Jazz and its ‘90s emo contemporaries circa 2006. Reinhart’s exultant guitar-playing that was present in Algernon makes itself known in Painted Shut. Even more, the child-like energy that Cadwallader possessed is not lost in Hop Along.

Often, Quinlan recalls experi-

ences from her formative years, like on one of the album’s bests, “Powerful Man,” where she cites the memory of watching a father physically abuse their child.

Though the music on Painted Shut is not strictly punk, Hop Along brings punk attitudes to the mix. For example, in the yearnful “Texas Funeral” Quinlan sings in rejection of the overt coolness of the west coast: “I’m going out flipping the bird to California. Keep your mountains, stars! I followed all the rules.” Or through the suppressed rebellion expressed in “Well-Dressed” with its stark imagery: “It’s built a freeway all around my bed. I saw it once open its great mouth wide, but it was so full of aff licted houses and buildings I can’t remember what it was saying.” It seems laws and rules have been a consistent theme in Hop Along’s music, recalling one of the highlight tracks of Get Disowned, “Tibetan Pop Stars.”

It ends with the refrain: “My love is average. I obey an average law.”

It is almost as if Frances expresses some sorrowful acceptance of authority.

Painted Shut serves as an example that traditional rock instrumentation is still a relevant

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Hop Along’s latest album, even with the increased production quality, still manages to sound raw on Painted Shut.

and visceral mode of musical expression, and overall, the album is the band’s most solid effort yet.

While it displays clear inf luences, Painted Shut should be described as anything but derivative, and honestly I’m surprised at just

how many songs from this album I enjoy.

Favorite tracks : “Horseshoe Crabs,” “Texas Funeral,” “Powerful Man,” “Well-dressed”

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event, and all three seniors earned berths in the National Championships.

In just her fourth shot put event after returning from back surgery, Tremanisha Taylor threw for a distance of 54’0.00”, earning an eighth place and her third-consecutive National appearance.

Thompson and fellow distance runner Kenyetta Iyevbele both earned a trip to Nationals with 10th and fifth-place finishes in the 10,000m and 800m events, respectively.

After a displeasing showing at the ACC Championships, Thompson was determined to bounce back at Regionals. The senior got off to a strong start but fell midway through the race, jeopardizing her chances at a National berth.

However, Thompson said that the fall only made her more determined to reach her goal.

“Up to that point, I was feeling really strong and was running well, but I was a little bit nervous about finishing,” Thompson said. “But once you’re on the ground, and you get back up, you’re only focused on doing what you have to do to get to the end.”

Thompson said qualifying for Nationals was especially meaning ful, as it came during her final season with the Pack. “[Qualifying for Nationals] is always a goal, especially this season,” Thompson said. “It means a lot for Trem and Kenyetta to be there with me.”

Thompson was one of five distance runners to qualify for the National Championships, along with Iyevbele, sophomore Erika Kemp, junior Graham Crawford and freshman Jacob Thomson.

Geiger, who is also the coach of the Wolfpack cross country team, said he was proud of his runners, but not surprised at the athletes’ success in the spring season.

“When we recruit an athlete that is a track and field/cross country athlete, the first thing we look at is track and field marks,” Geiger said.

“If you’re a quality athlete in track and field,

you can learn to run cross country. The reverse is not true.”

Historically, the Pack has had strong performances from the men’s distance runners in the postseason, but failed to replicate that past success so far this season.

Crawford, the Pack’s best male runner, failed to place in the top 10 at the ACC Championships but responded well by earning a third-place finish at Regionals.

“The 1500m on the men’s side is hand-tohand combat,” Geiger said. “What Graham did at Regionals is who he is. The other race [at ACCs] was out of character.”

With Crawford, Thomson and junior Jonathan Addison all heading to Nationals, the Pack has its strongest men’s line-up in a long time.

The State men have not scored at the NCAA Championships since 2008.

During this year’s indoor season, Addison was the lone representative for the Pack at Nationals.

The junior set a personal best in long jump at 25’10.00”, good enough for second place.

The men’s side finished 12th at the Outdoor ACC Championships, but Addison said he believes his team has come a long way since then.

“ACCs were pretty disappointing as a team,” Addison said. “To have three people show out pretty well at the preliminaries, it feels pretty good.”

Junior sprinter Alexis Perry was the Pack’s final qualifier, qualifying for her second National Championship with an eighth-place finish in the 100m hurdles.

The Pack had a few near misses that could have expanded its list of national qualifiers. Junior SeQuoia Watkins and Taylor finished 14th and 15th respectively in discus, with Watkins throwing less than one foot short of the top 12.

“I think next year, the number will be greater,” Geiger said. “After the competition, I congratulated the ones that made it and told the ones that didn’t that it all starts with practice in the fall.”

The eight Wolfpack qualifiers will head to Eugene, Oregon from June 10-13 to compete for all-American honors.

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Torry Holt lands on 2016 CFB Hall of Fame Ballot Former Wolfpack standout Torry Holt was placed on the ballot for the 2016 College Football Hall of Fame Tuesday. Holt is widely considered to be one of the greatest football players to wear an NC State uniform.

The wide receiver was selected as the 1998 ACC Player of the Year and a first-team all-American following his senior season, finishing eighth in Heisman voting the same year.

Holt’s legacy at NC State still stands strong, as he remains the program leader single season receptions (88), career record for receiving yards (3,379), single season receiving yards (1,604), career touchdown receptions (31) and many others. Holt’s No. 81 jersey has been retired, and he was inducted into the NC State Athletic Hall of Fame in 2013.

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Cooke earns all-Region honors Junior David Cooke of the NC State men’s golf team was named to the Division I PING all-East Region team, along with 24 golfers from various schools on the East Coast. Cooke was a consistently strong competitor for State, playing in all 12 tournaments as well as all 34 rounds of the Pack’s season. The junior lead the team with a 72.2 stroke per game average and earned four top-10 finishes during his 2015 campaign, including individual titles at both the Wolfpack Intercollegiate and the Wolfpack Spring Open, both of which were held at State’s Lonnie Poole Golf Course. Cooke finished in the top 30 at both the ACC Championships and NCAA New Haven Regional.

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Scott Thompson selected for US National Team Former Wolfpack long snapper Scott Thompson was named to the U.S. Men’s National Team in anticipation of the International Federation of American Football World Championships, which will be held July 9-18 in Canton, Ohio. Thompson is officially listed as a linebacker on the roster, but will be in charge of long snapping duties. Thompson was a four-year starter at long snapper for the Pack, graduating this past semester. The former Wolfpacker was a first-team all-American in 2013 and was elected to serve on the team’s leadership council that same year.

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Women’s Tennis reels in top-10 recruiting class The NC State women’s tennis team’s incoming recruiting is a promising one, ranking ninth in the nation — higher than any other class in program history. Heading into his second year as head coach, Simon Earnshaw will introduce four highlytouted recruits to the Wolfpack. The class is highlighted by blue chip recruit Bianca Moldovan, the No. 1 American prospect in her graduating class as well as the No. 23 prospect nationally, and top international player Barbara Mancera, ranked No. 700 by the International Tennis Federation. Amanda Rebol and Claudia Wiktorin round out the recruiting class, both of whom were ranked as five-star prospects.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY “I congratulated the ones that made it and told the ones that didn’t that it all starts with practice in the fall.”

Rollie Geiger head track & field coach

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Freshman left-handed pitcher Brian Brown hurls a pitch in the Wolfpack’s first game against No. 4 TCU Satuday in the Forth Worth Regional. NC State took the first game, 5-4, to advance to the Regional final, where the Pack dropped two straight to the Horned Frogs.

Frogs eliminate State in Regionals David Kehrli Staff Writer

The NC State baseball team saw its season come to an end with a heartbreaking 9-8 loss to No. 4 TCU in the NCAA Fort Worth Regional Championship.

A barrage of mistakes erased the Wolfpack’s 8-2 lead as the Horned Frogs defeated State in extra innings of the winner-take-all final.

After winning its first two games of the Regional, the Wolfpack (36-23) secured a spot in the final against TCU (47-12), needing only one win to advance to the Super Regional.

State opened the Fort Worth Regional with a 3-0 win against Stony Brook (35-16-1) behind a combined shutout from junior pitchers Curt Britt and Will Gilbert. The two combined to allow only six hits and four walks, while striking out four batters.

“Gilbert has been unbelievable all year,” NC State head coach Elliott Avent said. “He’s been just like Curt.

Curt and Gilbert have been our most valuable players out of the bullpen.”

Wolfpack batters struggled early against Stony Brook sophomore starting pitcher Daniel Zamora, registering only two hits through the first four innings. In the fifth inning, the Pack began to find success at the plate.

Senior center fielder Jake Fincher

led off the inning with a single up the middle. With one out and Fincher on base, shortstop Logan Ratledge sent a full count pitch over the left field wall to give the Pack a 2-0 lead.

NC State added another run in the eighth to seal the opening contest, advancing into the winners’ bracket.

The Wolfpack faced TCU on Saturday night, with the winner securing a spot in the Regional Final.

Down 1-0 in the fourth, junior second baseman Ryne Willard blasted a two-RBI double down the left field line with the bases loaded and no outs, giving the Wolfpack a 2-1 lead.

The Pack scored another run in the inning on a wild pitch.

Heading into the ninth with State trailing 4-3, TCU brought in one of the best relievers in the country, junior Riley Ferrell. He quickly recorded two strikeouts and the Pack’s chances to win looked dim.

The next batter, Willard, was able to draw a walk, putting the tying run on base. Junior designated hitter Chance Shepard waited for a fastball and belted it over the wall in center field, putting NC State ahead 5-4.

“I knew Ferrell was a power guy,” Shepard said. “He’s going to try to make you get yourself out. Ferrell is going to come at you, and I was looking for that fastball.”

The Pack held onto the lead in the bottom of the ninth, winning 5-4. To

win the Fort Worth Regional, State needed to win just one more game.

NC State played TCU again on Sunday after the Horned Frogs won a must-win game to make the finals.

This game lacked the excitement and competitiveness of the night before as the Pack just couldn’t get much going.

The Pack struggled offensively, failing to record a single hit until the seventh inning. By that time, the team was down 6-0 off of eight TCU hits.

State battled back, scoring in the seventh and ninth innings, but ultimately it dug itself too big of a hole to climb out of as TCU won 8-2.

The two teams met for the final time Monday night in a winner-takeall game to move on to the Super Regionals.

NC State opened the scoring in the third when a Ratledge single to left field drove in a runner. The Pack added two more runs to take a 3-0 lead.

In the eighth, the Pack terrorized Ferrell once again, scoring four runs on two hits and one error.

Heading to the bottom of the eighth, State led 8-1 and fans began leaving Lupton Stadium as it looked like the game was practically over.

Suddenly, things went south for the Wolfpack as TCU scored six runs in the eighth on only two hits. The Pack’s defense produced three errors in the inning and its pitchers struggled to consistently throw strikes.

Despite all the damage done, State still clung to an 8-7 lead going to the ninth.

With a TCU runner on second and one out in the bottom of the ninth, Britt was called for a phantom balk, moving the tying run to third base.

“I’ll watch it over, but he better have flinched more than I thought he had,” Avent said. “If he didn’t flinch, that would be one of the worst calls I’ve ever seen.”

The runner on third from the questionable call would later score on a passed ball to tie the game and send it into extra innings.

In the bottom of the 10th, the game and NC State’s season ended as a single through the right side scored the TCU runner from third, giving the Horned Frogs a 9-8 victory over the Pack.

Despite the disappointing finale, Wolfpack fans can be proud of what this years’ squad accomplished.

This team stuck together when they struggled earlier in the year and ultimately exceeded expectations while giving Wolfpack fans many exciting memories.

“I’ve been a head coach 27 years and been in this game for a long time as an assistant as well,” Avent said. “This was probably as proud as I’ve been about any ballclub I’ve been associated with.”

TRACK & FIELD

Pack sends eight to Nat’l Championships Zack Tanner Sports Video Editor

The NC State track and field team sent 16 athletes to the NCAA East Regional Championships this past weekend, half of whom punched their tickets to the NCAA National Championships.

The eight Wolfpack athletes are the most to

earn a berth in Nationals since 2013.

Head coach Rollie Geiger said that the number was a “step in the right direction” after sending just three athletes to the Outdoor Championships a year ago.

The Regional competition, held in Jacksonville, Florida, hosted the 48 best athletes in each event.

The top 12 competitors would move on to the

National event.

Geiger said he continually encouraged his athletes to focus on the end goal: a National berth.

“In every event there were 48 athletes,” Geiger said. “It’s not about 48; it’s about 12.”

Three State seniors qualified for the Regional

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COMMENTARY

Press conferences are not the place for kids This past week, Curry dominated the headlines with vocality and attention-grabbing play during the NBA Western Conference Finals.

And no, I’m not talking about Stephen Curry, leader of the Golden State Warriors and 2015 league MVP. I’m talking about his two-year-old daughter Riley.

There is no denying the antics Zack Tanner of Riley were absolutely adorable Sports Video Editor during her two appearances next to her father after the Warriors’ Game 1 and Game 5 victories over the Houston Rockets.

The toddler stole the hearts of millions across the country, and even those who have never watched a game of basketball in their lives were talking about Riley crawling under the table and telling her father

to “be quiet.”

However, from the perspective of someone who has attended multiple press conferences during a two-year tenure at the Technician, I believe that a press conference is no place for children.

Riley, while charismatic, was extremely disruptive, making it difficult for the members of the media to do their jobs. Good quotes can make or break a story, and even though Curry may not have had much to say, his words are still important.

However, Riley’s appearance itself is not the real issue. I’m not arguing that she hurt any publication with her antics; if anything, she gave the media a bigger story.

The issue is that allowing children into press conferences sets a risky precedent for different situations in the future.

Curry was spectacular in both Game 1 and Game

5, averaging 30 points in the two games and earning the win in both.

But imagine if Curry and the Warriors had lost one of those games. Imagine if one of those losses was the direct result of Curry botching a play.

Naturally, after a loss, the media is not particularly kind to the leader of a losing team. Tough questions are asked, leading to tough answers from the athlete.

If Riley were present during one of those pressers, then the media would be hesitant to ask the necessary questions. You can’t insult a father in front of his kids.

I’m not saying that Curry would expose his daughter to that kind of unwanted attention, but if more and more athletes bring their kids into the media room, who’s to say someone wouldn’t?