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IN BRIEF Students weigh in on Hillsborough McCrory says he won’t sign religious freedom bill

Gov. Pat McCrory said he will not sign bills that would allow court officials to have religious exemptions from performing certain marriages, particularly same-sex marriages, and give businesses other religious protections. On Monday, McCrory said he would not sign the bill as it currently is written, which offers protection to magistrates and some register of deeds workers to refuse to perform marriages and carry out legal duties based on a “sincerely held religious objection.”

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Trevor Noah to replace Jon Stewart as ‘Daily Show’ host Comedy Central announced Monday that Trevor Noah will replace Jon Stewart as host of “The Daily Show.” Noah, a 31-yearold South African comedian who has appeared three times on the show, will replace Stewart on the show later this year. Noah made his debut as an on-air contributor to “The Daily Show” in December in which he joked about being a biracial South African living in the United States. Stewart announced his resignation in February after 16 years as host of the widely popular political satire. Fans of the show have since expressed support for possible female replacements online, including longtime “Daily Show” cast Samantha Bee, who joined in 2003, and Jessica Williams, who has appeared on the show since 2012. Comedy Central has not yet released a date for Stewart’s departure.

SOURCE: The New York Times

HBO nominates alum for award

HBO and Project Greenlight nominated a teaser-trailer made

by NC State alumna Shequeta Smith for their Greenie Awards competition. The trailer for “The Gestapo vs. Granny” was nominated for Best Comedy in the competition. The video that gets the most likes on Youtube wins the competition, which ends Tuesday at midnight.

SOURCE: Project Greenlight

Ben & Jerry’s gets called out for lack of female-themed flavors

Last week, blogger Amanda McCall called attention to Ben & Jerry’s lack of female representation in its ice cream flavors, sparking an Internet discussion about the ways women are underrepresented in daily life that often go unnoticed. NPR reported that only two of Ben & Jerry’s more than 20 person-named flavors have featured women in more than three decades: “Liz Lemon’s Greek Frozen Yogurt” and “Hannah Teter’s Maple Blondie.” The discussion also called attention to other often unnoticed places where women are underrepresented. A report by the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film released earlier this year found that, of the 100 top grossing films of 2014, only 29 percent of the major characters and 30 percent of speaking characters were women.

SOURCE: NPR

Coleen Kinen-Ferguson Staff Writer

The city of Raleigh held a public work session in Talley Ballroom Monday night to gain input from students and members of the surrounding community regarding new developments and construction coming to Hillsborough Street.

During the workshop session, nearly 30 students discussed their hopes for the future of Hillsborough Street, which included wider sidewalks and increased safety measures for bikers and pedestrians.

A number of Raleigh city councilors attended the meeting, which garnered public opinions through a series of interactive workshops asking community members to provide input about which areas of Hillsborough Street need the most improvement.

“We’re looking to gather some community perspective on what level of density is appropriate for these developments,” said city council member Bonner Gaylord. “It’s going to vary, but I’m excited to learn and listen.”

The workshop encouraged the nearly 30 students in attendance to offer ideas and opinions to the city of Raleigh facilitators who lead the workshop.

“It’s being held on campus because that’s the

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An ariel view of Hillsborough Street and the construction of the Aloft hotel across from the Belltower.

The city of Raleigh held a public work session in Talley Monday night to gain input from students regarding new developments and construction coming to Hillsborough Street.

foundation of Hillsborough Street,” said Jeff Murrison, executive director of Hillsborough Street Community Service Corporation, also known as Live it Up on Hillsborough Street. “Student input

is important.”

Student concerns covered a number of topics, including safety and accessibility concerns for Hillsborough Street-going pedestrians, bikers and

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Students react to fraternity controversies Fraternity reputations suffer after news of recent events Gavin Stone Staff Writer

agreed upon: fraternities everywhere are having major image problems.

On NC State’s campus, the news

Katherine Kehoe News Editor

In light of recent news of Pi Kappa Phi’s responsibility for a little green book found near NC State containing with racist and sexist comments, students across campus have expressed concerns about what it says about NC State and Greek systems as a whole.

Following the news of the book and Pi Kappa Phi’s subsequent disbandment, students took to social media and beyond to discuss and debate the implications of the book and what should be done about it.

Opinions varied widely, with some students adamantly defending the brothers’ free speech and others claiming the book’s content justifies closing the Greek system down entirely. But one fact students mostly

“I know that not only locally but nationally, fraternities are getting a pretty bad rap.” said by a member of Greek life

has already begun to change students’ perceptions about what it means to be in a fraternity.

Courtney Holmes, a junior studying biology, said the news of the book made it hard for her to separate the image of individual fraternities from the idea that all fraternities promote

a dangerous culture.

“After I found out about it, it put a negative light on not just that fraternity but fraternities in general,” Holmes said. “I see them as kind of similar, and they probably have similar traditions.”

Holmes said it is obvious people act differently behind closed doors.

“I’ve been to frat parties, and I have friends in Greek life,” Holmes said.

“The guys I know I don’t really see them like that individually, but when I hear about stuff like that I think about Greek life as a whole.”

Lee Williams, a junior studying environmental engineering, said he doesn’t agree with what was said in the book, but still acknowledges that everyone has their own values and has the right to say what they want in private.

“There’s nothing wrong with expressing yourself in private, but it’s when you start acting on that when

it starts to matter,” Williams said.

“I don’t agree with the things that were said, but I can’t say an opinion is wrong.”

Regardless, Williams said he agrees there is a culture within many fraternities and beyond that deems jokes and comments such as these to be acceptable.

“There’s definitely a culture there,” Williams said. “It’s not strictly fraternities. You can find it in a lot of places. I’m not saying its right, but that’s the way it is.”

Although most students in Greek life at NC State refuse to talk to the media about the recent events, a brother from one of NC State’s fraternities within the Interfraternity Council, who spoke only under the agreement of anonymity, said the situation could have been more constructive if the student who found the book took a subtler approach to dealing with it instead of making herself

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Raleigh Underground to open for one day Staff Report

For one night only, Cameron Village will allow visitors underneath the shopping center to revisit the abandoned remnants of one of the city’s hottest entertainment spots in the 1970s and ‘80s,, Raleigh Underground The Raleigh Underground, also known as the Village Subway was the nightlife hub of Raleigh in its heyday, complete with nightclubs, restaurants and an arcade. The venue now sits empty beneath Cameron Village and not open to the public.

The Village Subway closed in the mid‘80s due to fire code and customer safety

worries, but it has since gained internet fame after a blogger’s photos of the abandoned venue provoked people to flock to social media to share memories from the venue’s glory days.

Cameron Village will open the nowclosed underground once more on May 16 from 8 p.m. to midnight to raise money for the Backpack Buddies and the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle nonprofit organizations. The event will include live music from Crush, a fashion show, video games and more, according to WNCN. The abandoned spot appeared forgotten until Heather Leah, editor of the Raleigh blog Candid Slice, wrote a piece that

sparked curiosity for some and provoked nostalgia for others.

Leah told the Technician in 2013 that she was astounded at how many people were nostalgic for the Village Subway.

After the article was printed, people who hadn’t spoken in years reconnected through the comment section in her piece, she said.

Tickets, which are now on sale, are $125 for VIP admission, which will include reserved seating, free beer and wine, food, valet parking and more. General admission tickets are $85 each and include food and two tickets for beer and wine.

TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW: VIP: $125 Includes reserved seating, a swag bag, free beer and wine, food, and valet parking General Admission: $85 Includes food and two beer or wine tickets

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1:14 AM | Suspicious Incident Carroll Hall Report of unknown subject knocking on door. Officer located RA on duty who was trying to contact occupants concerning loud noise.

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2:32 AM | Fire Alarm Timber Hall Officer responded to alarm caused by cooking.

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4:03 AM | Intoxicated Person Gray Hall Student was referred for alcohol violation.

A pilot’s view

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he meters on the inside of a piper plane are on display at Triangle North Executive Airport. The NC State chapters of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Sigma Gamma Tau Aerospace Engineering Honor Society worked with the North Carolina Soaring Association, the Triangle North Executive Airport, Aviators Unlimited, and the Experimental Aircraft Association to introduce Student Introductory Flight Initiative. It is an opportunity for students to explore their interest in flight at Triangle North Executive Airport. There were numerous aircraft on static display, and the people present could watch aerial demonstrations. They had many different levels that students could choose from, like Discovery Flights for first-time flyers, Glider Flights for high-performance sailplane experience with guidance from the North Carolina Soaring Association. This is the first time this event has taken place, with plans to continue as an annual event.

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10:07 AM | Traffic Accident Student Health Lot Two students were involved in traffic accident.

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Student travels to DC to present letter to White House Sasha Afanasyeva Staff Writer

Michaela Rikard, a senior studying biomedical engineering, was invited to the White House and met President Barack Obama while representing the NC State Grand Challenge Scholars Program last week.

Rikard was chosen out of all 18 universities in the program as one of five leaders to represent the group at the White House, according to David Parish, assistant dean of the College of Engineering and director of the Grand Challenge Scholars program at NC State.

The group delivered a letter to the White House with the pledge of more than 120 engineering deans across the country to educate a new generation of engineers equipped to tackle pressing challenges facing society in the 21st century.

The Grand Challenge Scholars’ trip to the White House coincided with the National Science Fair at the White House Monday, which gave Rikard

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out to be “a hero of sorts.”

“I think things would have turned out better because I don’t think that what was found in the book represents their morals or values,” he said.

Before the book was found or any of the media attention was brought to the Greek system at NC State, all of Greek life was required to attend a seminar about sexual assault, the source said.

“PKP should have been there too, but I guess they didn’t learn anything from it,” he said.

The member of Greek life said although the comments were probably not meant to be taken seriously, they were still offensive and can belittle the real traumatic experiences that people go

an opportunity to meet the president.

“We met with the president before he walked around the Science Fair to see some of the projects,” Rikard said.

Rikard described her experience with meeting the president as a short but positive one.

“We didn’t get to talk to the president very long,” Rikard said. “I just got the chance to introduce myself and shake his hand. The president was very personable and seemed very genuine in his concern for STEM education and asked what he could do to help our program.”

Rikard also met with the National Academy of Engineering.

“On Tuesday, we had a meeting at the National Academy of Engineering, with over 60 deans present who had signed the letter of commitment,” Rikard said.

Rikard was partially chosen to represent the program because of her accomplishments. A White House press release noted Rikard as having “conducted research to improve the use of nanotechnology to detect and

through, such as being raped or drugged.

“I hear things like that at bars,” the brother said. “I’ve heard people say things like, ‘We should go slip something in her drink,’ and I’ll say something to them because you shouldn’t joke like that. I know girls that have actually been drugged.”

The brother said he thinks the apology was strictly the result of being caught.

“I don’t think they would be apologizing if it wasn’t for the university punishing them first,” he said. “They were reactive instead of proactive “ Members of fraternities and sororities around campus and across the country have noticed changing perceptions of Greek communities following the allegations of sexual assault, racism, hazing and other offenses that are continuing to surface in the news.

The fraternity member said

treat cancer, and has worked with the military to help soldiers with amputations that are suffering from complications.”

“Michaela was invited by the White House to attend,” Parish said. “There are a lot of universities across the country that have the Grand Scholars Program. She was just the one selected to go.”

Currently, there are only three students in the program at NC State.

The Grand Challenge Scholars program, which began at Duke University, is designed to tackle issues presented by the National Academy of Engineering.

“It is a program that trains engineers specifically to tackle the grand challenges of engineering as described by the National Academy of Engineering,” Rickard said.

The challenges aim to solve realworld problems.

“One of the Grand Challenges is providing access to clean water, for example,” Parish said.

Getting into the Grand Challenge

he doesn’t feel personally targeted, but expressed concern for the image of the fraternities as a whole.

“I don’t feel like my character has been under attack, but I know that not only locally but nationally, fraternities are getting a pretty bad rap.”

On Wednesday, Chancellor Randy Woodson announced Mike Mullen, vice chancellor and dean of academic and student affairs, will lead a comprehensive review of NC State’s Greek system in collaboration with the four Greek councils on campus.

The review will pay close attention to sexual assault, misconduct, substance abuse, diversity and inclusion.

“The review will ask us to really take a hard look and ask if that community is living the values that they clearly espouse to in their charters,” Woodson said.

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Michaela Rikard, a senior studying biomedical engineering presents a letter of commitment to the Presdient with the Grand Challenge Scholars.

Scholars program is not without its challenges. To be in the program, students must meet five requirements in research, interdisciplinary, entrepreneurship, global and service learning categories of the Grand Challenge Scholars program.

“It is a scholarship program, so there is funding for students who are

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drivers.

“Lighting on Hillsborough Street, especially near areas like Pullen Park and Saxbys, needs to be improved,” said Shivani Gujare, a freshman studying electrical and computer engineering. “It can be very scary to walk in these areas at night because it’s pitch black.”

Students also brought up concerns with sidewalk width, which can hinder pedestrian traffic and cause problems for pedestrians.

“You know there is a problem when two people can barely walk together on the sidewalk,” Gujare said. “It’s too narrow.”

Senior planner Bynum Walter said this workshop was planned to gain commentary from the community as part

selected for the program,” Parish said.

Although NC State’s program is still small, there are more students currently applying.

“We would like to increase the program,” Parish said. “We would like to have more students come and explore their opportunities to become a Grand Challenge Scholar.”

of the city’s urban design plan.

A similar workshop was held earlier this year to discuss the development of the area surrounding Cameron Village.

“People from that workshop identified a wide variety of ideas on how to improve the area,” Walter said. “That’s how we get a range of community ideas—from the community.”

The City of Raleigh is split up into districts, and each workshop discusses a different district. Monday’s workshop offered students a chance to give input regarding the central part of Hillsborough Street, from the Bell Tower to the developing area past Zaxby’s and Daisy Street near the future Stanhope apartments.

“There are a number of new housing projects in the works, which is creating a lot of new residential option for students, adults in the community, as well as commercial space for merchants,” Murrison said.

Monday night’s workshop is just the first part of the Hillsborough Street district development plan. There will be open studio hours on Tuesday and Wednesday morning at the Raleigh Urban Design Center, where community members can come in to see the different ideas for Hillsborough Street.

Facilitators will present at the Design Center to discuss the workshop and the different types of input they received.

“It’s about getting in front of development and change and making this a really desirable place,” said Stanford Harvey, the principal planner of the City of Raleigh.

An official presentation of the workshop’s findings will take place Wednesday night in Talley’s Coastal Ballroom.

“We want to see a better diversity of businesses that students can use and benefit from that also supports the local community,” Murrison said.

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Disability services on the rise at NC State

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987

in Spring 2015

614 in Spring 2007

523 males and 464 females are currently registered with the DSO at NC State

Categories of disabilties in the Disability Services Office (DSO) and their numbers of registered students on NC State’s campus.

ADD/ADHD

Legally Blind Low Vision ADHD/Mental Health Non-ambulatory (wheelchair/scooter) Semi-ambulatory (limited mobility) Respiratory Neurological Learning Disabled Brain Injury Endocrine/Nutritional/Metabolic

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Autism Spectrum Disorder Orthopedic Learning Disabled/ADHD

non-ADA/504 Genitourinary Digestive Multiple Other

Number of DSO registered students sees increases Staff Report

The Disability Services Office at NC State has seen a rise in the number of students it has served in recent years. In the spring of 2007, the

Female 47%

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Male 53%

in 2015 Graphic by Bailey Knight

office served 614 students at NC State. In the spring of 2015, the office served 987 students, an increase of more than 60 percent in eight years.

NC State’s Disability Services Office offers students assistance to meet the educational needs of students with a wide range of disabilities, including ADD/ADHD, deafness, blindness, mental illness and autism spectrum disorders, among many others.

Services for students with autism spectrum disorders have seen one of the largest percent-

age increases within the DSO. With 43 students in the fall of 2014, autism spectrum disorder services have risen 207 percent since 2007 when the DSO served only 14 students.

ADD/ADHD has also seen one of the largest increases in recent years, according to data from the DSO. With 231 students registered at the university in 2007, the 2015 currently sits at 336 students, a 45 percent increase.

More men than women have historically been registered with disabilities at NC State. In 2015, 523 men and 464 women were registered

for services. One of the largest gaps between men and women occurred in 2011, when 164 more men were registered with disabilities at 463 and 298 respectively.

For both men and women, white students make up the vast majority of students registered with disabilities for all years with collected data.

More seniors are registered with the DSO than any other class ranking. The colleges with the largest amount of students registered is the College of Engineering.

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Blogging: A narcissistic phenomenon D

id you just buy a new tube of lipstick? Better yet, have you just potty-trained your 2-year-old? Did you just get married? Did you try your hand at painting that ugly table you found at Goodwill with chalkboard paint?

If you answered yes to any of these, the obvious next step is to go Katherine blog about it—at least, Waller Staff Columnist that’s what the general consensus seems to be working toward.

I knew when a friend created a blog to chronicle her life as a newlywed that this was a more serious problem than I had initially suspected. Oversharing as a trend is in its prime; so many people are insisting that everyone must know everything about everyone. Privacy has become “so last season.”

The far-reaching, booming online world of blogging is a medium that has existed since the 1990s, but it has taken off exponentially since the first generation of social media users have become adults. We have travel, beauty, parent, fashion, personal, business, political, craft, “how-to” and book blogs, just to name a few. People can even be “career” bloggers. Those who garner enough views can be paid to review or promote products and get paid-for ad space. Others freelance for online sites about a variety of topics.

People are rewarded for high levels of narcissism; this has become a cultural phenomenon that correlates with the rise of intrusive reality television, social media and Kim Kardashian’s new “selfie” book. In recent years, the media has trained us to believe that people care about the mundane daily rituals we all undergo. The trials and tribulations of everyday life used to be kept to oneself, occasionally documented in a scrapbook to show family. Now, no one can truly escape constant status updates and incessant oversharing.

The most annoying of the bloggers are the “mommy” bloggers. They began as a group of mothers and housewives seeking camaraderie. The community has produced full-time jobs for some. These

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women are now gaining the credibility to provide vital parenting advice, perhaps wrongly so. These blogs can even become exploitative. For example, look at the detailed descriptions of their children’s potty-training debacles. It has become the new fad to utilize your children to create a career on the Internet.

The medium of blogging has become perverse. Blogs used to promote honesty and bolster the types of communities that the Internet allows. Now, with bloggers paid to promote products and give reviews, the sincerity blogging once represented is diminishing. So many blogs have just become money-fueled, PR platforms.

We’ve been reading for years that logging onto social media leads to de-

Re: Hofmann Forest sale OK, it is great to see that NC State and the College of Natural Resources want to keep the Hofmann Forest in the future. We hope they also will try to continue to support our legacy of 80 years of management of the Forest, not just seek the highest profits in the short run at the expense of long-term sustainability.

So now, to make this new approach really work, NC State and the Natural Resource Foundation should do what opponents of a complete sale contended all along; (1) perform an environmental analysis of the alternatives for managing or selling parts of the Hofmann Forest; (2) explicitly involve forestry, conservation, faculty, and local stakeholders in those analyses and discussions in open and transparent processes; (3) place a working forest conservation easement on all or the vast majority of the Hofmann Forest; and (4) reappoint forestry, conservation, and local interests as a majority of the of the Natural

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“In recent years, the media has trained us to believe that people care about the mundane rituals we all undergo.” pression and anxiety. Looking at the beautiful lives that our peers choose to display and filter can leave us feeling inadequate, and like we don’t quite measure up. Blogging, rather than creating a community of like-minded people, further pits us against one another. It seems like a competition about who has the best blog, the best ideas, the best values or even the best life.

With the current state of blogging, we see very little genuine insight. Most personal blogs are fanciful facades invented by the owner. We are allowing our Internet to be overrun with the fake, airbrushed lives of individuals. Blogging is just another symptom of a cultural inability to develop self-reliance and selfconfidence. If this narcissistic sharing overload is ever done, perhaps we will all stop needing the constant validation of others.

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Resources Foundation Board, as its charter mandates, and as prevailed in the past before a sale was attempted. As an aside, revising the “slanted to sell” Hofmann Forest Facts webpage would be a nice gesture of good faith in reform as well. Dissing the Hofmann legacy on the web—as the most valuable gift the university owns—only destroys trust.

A sincere reformed approach to keeping the Hofmann Forest as suggested above will help advance our mission of teaching and research about sustainability and forest management and protection, increase endowment funding and contributions, and foster long-term goodwill among all stakeholders involved.

Let’s do that in an open and collaborative approach!

Teach what you believe, practice what you teach: forest resource management, conservation, transparency, collaboration.

hile the United States’ national parks enjoyed record-setting attendance in 2014, the number of younger visitors has plummeted. 292.8 million people visited the national parks in 2014, but the number of younger visitors has dropped by half in the past ten years, according to a CNN report.

This statistic is unsettling. We’re supposed to be a generation that prides itself on increasing sustainability and environmentalism, but how can we stand up for a green Tyler Gobin lifestyle if we’re not enjoying it?

Staff Younger people are too “plugged Columnist in” for the outdoors. We think a nice screen saver and background satisfies the need, but images from a computer are poor substitutes for sunlight and fresh air.

Childhood is moving indoors and the millennials might be the last generation that can share stories of active childhoods.

The average American boy or girl spends more than six hours in front of an electronic screen per day, according to a study by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. I remember years of capturethe-flag, kickball, soccer and exploring, while kids of this generation will remember “Candy Crush,” “SpongeBob” and “Clash of Clans.” If we want to continue preserving this planet, permitting children to sit sedentary in front of a screen won’t breed the right mentality for future generations.

Sometimes we need to remember where we came from, and that we’re still mammals—that we’re creatures more comfortable surrounded by nature and other living systems. A popular theory called biophilia hypothesis proposes that we subconsciously have deep connections in nature that are rooted in our longstanding biology. Studies show that human beings have a preference for natural settings over man-made surroundings. Why do you think people hang up photographs and paintings of nature around the office? We need to stop denying our biological tendencies and satisfy our subconscious.

Besides the immense number of psychological benefits that come from nature, the number of biological benefits are also enormous. Time

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“Images from from a computer are poor substitutes for sunlight and fresh air.” epidemics. Get outside. Studies indicate that natural settings are widely effective in reducing ADHD symptoms; they obviously help alleviate obesity and they might even make kids smarter.

But it shouldn’t take a list of the benefits of nature and the costs of spending too much time indoors for us to realize it’s important. The decline in the number of younger visitors to our national parks is a visible side effect of our vast migration indoors, and reminds us that we need to change.

Montana wasn’t exactly a bad place to grow up.

It had to be taken away from me for me to realize how important it was, but I’m glad I know now.

Even though I can’t adequately describe the indescribable effect nature has, I know it’s something good. Our advances in technology far outpaced our natural evolution, and now we’re caught in an uncomfortable position. Work and life more and more frequently require us to keep our eyes glued to screens, so we’re stuck inside when we subconsciously want to be surrounded by wilderness or staring at the ocean. School and life can’t stop, but remember what nature can do.

It’s where we’re meant to be, so don’t forget it.

Have you ever done something that is considered “socially unacceptable,” like going to a social event alone?

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How to be professional and fashionable

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he fragrant blossom of spring harkens picnics

by Lake Jordan, allergies galore and the inability to focus on anything school-related, but the most ominous and terrifying of them all—job interviews.

Whether you are a graduating senior stepping out into the scary world of Katherine adulthood or an Waller underclassman fuStaff Writer riously hunting for summer employment, the anxiety surrounding the inevitable job interviewing process leaves no student untouched.

First impressions matter. Having a great resume is all well and good, but employers are also using the interview to test whether or not you

would be a good fit for their company, and what you wear and how you present yourself is important.

Our parents sagely offer us fashion advice from a bygone era. Once upon a time, a business suit was expected by every employer—this is no longer the case. Andy Teach, author of “From Graduation To Corporation,” explained that over the years, our society has become less and less conservative when it comes to dress code. Teach wrote that while certain industries still require a more conservative style, others are much more laid-back and “collegiate.” Teach argued that this makes what you wear to your next interview much more important than you might think.

The very first thing that you need to do is thoroughly research a company’s culture and the typical dress

“If you are worried about being too casual, then bring along a blazer or jacket to throw on in a pinch” code within the industry. Talk to friends or people you know in the industry and ask for advice. The general rule of thumb is to generally dress nicer than a typical day in the office. If the employees usually sport t-shirts and jeans, than step it up with a pair of nice khakis and a shirt and tie. If you are worried about being too casual, then bring

along a blazer or jacket to throw on in a pinch. Women, similarly, stick to basic and classic clothes. Stray away from busy prints and, when in doubt, choose a solid color.

It’s not just about the clothes; there are many other things you need to steer clear of when dressing for an interview. First, avoid wearing heavy perfumes or fragrances.

Be mindful that many people have allergies. Don’t overload on makeup. Go for a natural look and avoid bright colors. Your nails should be clean and trimmed, with neutral nail-polish, if any. Accessories should be carefully integrated into your look—avoid excessive heavy jewelry and make sure your belt is the appropriate size and in good condition. When in doubt, go for smaller, more classic pieces. Pay attention to personal grooming. Men,

make sure you have shaved or have facial hair that is neat and trimmed.

Clothes need to be washed and unwrinkled—this might be the time to become a grown-up and finally invest in an iron. Don’t wear anything too revealing and make sure your clothes fit. Absolutely cover up those tattoos and body piercings you accumulated through your wild college years.

So let’s freshen up that LinkedIn profile, try your interview skills out on your roommate and most importantly, revamp your job interview style. The change from a world of 1 a.m. pizza runs and Netflix binging to the workforce can be daunting. If anything, until you can fully adjust, dress the part to make the transition as smooth as possible.

Sharing scholarship, research and family Carolyn Thompson Correspondent

From attending graduate school together in Illinois to teaching in North Carolina, assistant professors Kami Kosenko and Ryan Hurley have been a couple for nine years. Their personal and professional lives are intertwined—Kosenko and Hurley both work in the Department of Communication and have done research together, and five months ago they welcomed their son Wyatt to the world.

In an interview with the Technician, Kosenko and Hurley discuss the challenges and benefits of working in the same department at NC State.

Technician: How did you two meet?

Kami Kosenko: We knew of each other in undergraduate school. We both did competitive public speaking for our respective universities, so we were familiar with each other, but it wasn’t until we went to the same doctoral program at the University of Illinois that we got to know each other, and we started our relationship there.

T: What is it like working at the same university?

K: I think it’s great. We feel very lucky to be able to do so. It’s hard enough for an academic to secure a tenure track job at a university, let alone for two to find jobs at the same university and in our case, the same department. We feel very, very lucky, and it allows us to share in the same kind of work environment and the same kind of work issues, share in responsibilities, so I think it’s something that we see as highly beneficial.

T: Have interactions or research with your peers changed at all since you’ve been together?

Ryan Hurley: Everyone here has known us as together since forever, so certainly no changes, but I’m not sure that we’re treated any differently. I believe that we’re both treated as different individuals, which is certainly good. I mean, there are the occasional “Can you tell Kami this,” that might not happen if we weren’t in a relationship when instead a more formal email would go out to Kami instead of passing it informa lly through me and vice versa.

Other than those kinds of rare situations—“pass this on to your partner”—that’s

probably it. It allows us to both to understand the other person’s job quite well, so any issues and/or successes are understandable—like I know what it means to get a publication in a great journal, and I know what good journals are and the work it entails—which is something I’m sure other couples can’t necessarily say.

T: On that note, what research have you done together?

K: We both have our own interest in health and communication, but we approach it differently. I look at interpersonal discussions of health, so how people talk about health in their close relationships, whereas he looks at media representations of health and its effects on consumers of that media.

H : More than that, we have differences in methods where she tends to do qualitative research where I tend to the quantitative types of research, but I think maybe she’s probably heading towards this being one of the benefits too.

K: Yeah, inevitably we talk about our projects with each other cause we’re around each other so much and we both know that we bring different areas of expertise to the table. So when we have project ideas where we can see the other making a clear contribution to that project, I think we naturally turn to each other since we have such easy access to each other. In the past when I’ve tried doing a more quantitative study, which isn’t necessarily in my wheelhouse, I first talk to him about it and if the content of the study is appealing to him, then I’ll ask him to be a part of it and vice versa.

H: Yeah, absolutely, but if it’s not in my area we certainly help each other out here and there, but we only really do research together if there are things we would have similar interest in. I think coincidentally, perhaps, we have overlap in interest areas even though we have very different approaches, which allows us to work together. It allows us to diverse types of research too, because where I wouldn’t typically do a qualitative study, I have now. It’s a method and approach that I’m familiar with now because of working with her, and I think vice versa for quantitative and media effects type stuff.

T: What kind of advice

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Assistant professors Kami Kosenko and Ryan J. Hurley pose with their son in Kosenko’s office. Kosenko and Hurley both hold Ph.D.s from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and now work together in the CHASS in the Department of Communication.

would you impart to people working in the same or similar fields of study—maybe the same company or university?

H: We do work together on things, and that is a benefit, but you also still have to find time to keep separate so that 24 hours a day you’re not in each other’s face.

T: Yeah, at one point in time we were driving to and from school together H: Every day, in the car, and at work, and at home.

K: So we decided that to give ourselves just even a few minutes of time alone that we should drive separately and pay the extra amount for the parking pass, but being able to find some time to yourself I think would be a healthy approach.

H: We still function as individuals within the workplace, and so if I wasn’t interested in a project that she was working on, I wouldn’t be working on it with her, because it wouldn’t be in my realm of interests and same for her. I think our interactions with people and with students—I mean, we’re on different committees.

In fact I think we’ve only been one particular students’ committee that was the same, maybe only one.

We really do function as individuals working at the same place and it overlaps almost coincidentally when we directly work together. It certainly allows for a really

good shared understanding of the work environment and the work experience.

K: I imagine—it really hasn’t affected us per se— but I imagine to keep whatever relational conflicts and tensions you’re experiencing out of the workplace. That hasn’t been the case for us, but I could see how that could trickle over into your work relationship, so I think that would probably be a tip for anyone endeavoring to work with their romantic partner.

T: What are some other benefits of being in the same workplace?

H: I mean you’d take carpool except we stopped doing that. I’ve had you grab things out of my office and mailbox before, so we’ve certainly used each other as couriers.

K: Yeah, we have easy access to each other’s office space and resources.

H: If I forget something at work, she is there to get it and vice versa.

K: I don’t know if this is true or not, but I think to a certain extent it might help the students see us more as people.

H: I would think so too.

They’ve met all three of us.

K: Yeah, they know our family, not just us as individual professors. We brought [Wyatt] to student events on campus before and had students who bought baby gifts for us, and I think in a way

it’s helped us connect even further with our students just because they know us as a couple, as parents and not just as their teachers. I think that’s a benefit, and we can certainly help each other do better at our jobs.

I know he’s stolen various teaching techniques that I’ve developed.

H: Yeah.

K: I’ve taken ideas from him before, so we can kind of test-run those in the classroom sort of for each other.

H: Improve each other’s work, that’s a good point— in fact I definitely note the good things she does and try to do them in my work as well and teaching and research for sure.

K: We can help each other with things with the university that other professors would have to turn to a staff member or have to call on a colleague.

H: I tried to find a room the other day for an honor’s society meeting and a conf lict came up and it ended up getting resolved, but the f irst person I called was Kami, ‘cause she was on campus and could potentially deal with it—of course I know her schedule and exactly what she was doing at that time.

K: Yea h when Mood le inevitably breaks down or stops working, I can say, “Can you check this out? Is it just me?” and he’s right

there.

H : A not her potent ia l drawback though—and it’s a drawback with this job in general—is that work comes home with you. I mean, that happens as a professor as a nature of the job—the research follows you and the teaching follows you—grading and preparation and everything. Furthermore, you live with the colleague who then one of your main shared experiences is work, so then there’s more work talk not at work. I think we try not to do it except for when we need to actually be doing work, but it does make doing work at home also easier because we do work together at home.

K: It’s a lot easier for us to bring work home with us, not only because of the nature of the professors’ kind of lifestyle but also because that’s also something that we share, so it’s so easy for that to dominate our discussions, where for other people I think maybe you would have the come home “how was your day?” discussion and then you can leave work there, but it’s rarely left at that for us.

H: For better or worse, because I think in many ways it makes our work better but in other ways it makes our relaxation maybe worse.

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Advocated for animal rights #pigshavefeelingstoo

Managed to flawlessly educate CNN viewers about race relations while looking really uncomfortable doing it.

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Promoted the UNC school system.

Ruled Wolfpack Students with an iron fist. #persuadingwithcaps

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Tackled the hard-hitting issues impacting students most. #feedthepack

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Sparked a campus-wide debate: Beard or no beard? #teambeardedmau

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Became the face of University Recreation on Instagram.

8 Spoiled his Twitter followers with humorous tidbits to get us through the day.

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Promoted influenza awareness while sporting rolled-up sleeves.

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breaking losses wedged in between two blowout wins last week. The Tar Heels lost in the ninth and 11th innings to Miami (Florida) Friday and Saturday, but bested the Hurricanes 10-3 Sunday and beat Appalachian State 9-0 earlier in the week.

NC State (17-9, 6-5 ACC)

What a great week for the

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ers compose the Pack’s rowing team, and new rowers are always welcome.

“We’re always looking to grow the team,” novice team captain Shannon Robbins said. “The more people you have, the more talent, and it’s always cool and interesting to meet so many different people.”

Many new rowers join as they enter college and end up loving the sport and continuing it throughout their time in school.

Wolfpack, which makes the biggest jump in our rankings. NC State swept Pittsburgh and drubbed Elon and NC A&T in mid-week games.

If the Wolfpack is playing at home, the team is hard to beat. We’ll see if that trend continues against Florida State this week.

Friday night and INF/RHP Will Craig hit his 10th home run of the year and earned the win on the mound Saturday to give Wake Forest the series win in Clemson.

Clemson (13-13, 5-7 ACC)

The Demon Deacons received a stellar outing on the mound from senior RHP Matt Pirro (7 innings, 1 ER)

T he Tigers cont i nued their disappointing 2014-15 campaign with two losses at home to Wake Forest over the weekend. The Tigers aided Wake Forest with two bases-loaded walks during a seven-run Demon Deacon rally on Friday night and will

“I came in and tried out coxswain [member who sits at the stern and steers the boat] and it worked out really well, and I thought I could stick with this,” said freshman Alex Milliron. “I thought, ‘Let me just join the rowing team,’ and I really enjoyed it.”

Although the team has a rigorous practice schedule, the fun and experience make the hard work worthwhile.

“I just like being out on the water. It’s a great stress reliever,” sophomore Robert Tapp said. “If you’re having a bad day, you can just go and pull a hard piece and forget

about it.”

NC State’s novice and varsity teams compete in regattas across the east coast against teams ranging from Massachusetts to Georgia and occasionally compete against scholarship athletes.

With such a broad spectrum of competition sites, the team depends on donations and the payments made by the student athletes.

This past weekend, the team hosted the Millikan Cup Regatta at Lake Wheeler.

The participating universities included Duke, Wake Forest, High Point University and UNC-Wilmington, as well

Wake Forest (19-11, 6-6 ACC)

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welcome UNC-Chapel Hill to Doug Kingsmore Stadium this weekend.

the ACC. They will have the chance to turn it around against Pittsburgh this week.

Virginia Tech (15-14, 6-6 ACC)

Boston College (11-13, 4-7 ACC)

Virginia Tech took the first game at Florida State but late-inning implosions cost the Hokies the series. The Hokies face Georgia Tech this weekend.

Add Boston College to the list of teams that had a terrific week. The Eagles started with a 22-1 drubbing of Northeastern before beating Holy Cross and sweeping Duke in Newark, Delaware.

Notre Dame (16-10, 3-9 ACC)

The Fighting Irish were swept by Virginia in blustery conditions to drop to 3-9 in

as members of the Triangle Rowing Club.

“The regatta has been huge this year,” Smelley said.

“This year every team worth their salt from North Carolina was out here. Scrimmages are the bedrock of how we know where we’re standing at in the season. Now we know to gun for High Point for the rest of the season.”

The NC State Rowing Club team will continue to train for this season and future regattas, focusing on the end goal: the Aberdeen Dad Vail Regatta on the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia.

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Duke (19-9, 4-8 ACC)

The Blue Devils are the biggest droppers in our rankings this week after be-

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burst through the trench and cause even more havoc in 2015. The duo of backs, as well as the speed and strength of Brissett, will make the NC State offense simply incendiary, a strong advantage with offensive coordinator Matt Canada in the driver’s seat.

One of the most vital strengths that a football team can possess is lead-

ing swept by Boston College to drop their ACC record to 4-8. Ace RHP Michael Matuella lost his first game since the 2014 ACC Tournament on Friday night.

Pittsburg h (11-15, 4 -8 ACC)

The Panthers continue to struggle this spring, this week being swept by NC State on the road. The Panthers are just 6-13 in away or neutral games.

ership. When asked about which players have stepped up to take the reins this season, Doeren listed alpha dog Brissett, graduate offensive guard Joe Thuney and graduate tight end Benson Browne on the offense. On the defensive side, redshirt senior safety Hakim Jones, ju n ior cor nerback Jack Tocho and redshirt senior defensive end Mike Rose have taken command.

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Golf finishes second round of Hootie at Bulls Bay The Wolfpack started the tournament Monday with a combined score of 295 (+7). Redshirt senior James Chapman led the pack on the first day with a score of 72. The second day was better overall for the Pack, as it finished with a combined score of 291, bringing its two-day total to 586 (+10).

Sophomore Jacob McBride struggled on the first day, shooting a 78 (+6), but improved on the second when he shot a 71 (-1).

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rotation.

“We’ve got a lot of work to do with some of the young players, particularly in our front seven,” Huxtable said.

“They’re giving us good effort, coming out every day and continuing to improve.”

Huxtable was particularly enthused about the freshmen early enrollees, who graduated high school in the fall for the purpose of undergoing early preparations for their first season as a college athlete.

“They’ve been in the weight room since January, and they’ve been conditioning with our team,” Huxtable said. “At the same time, they’ve had meetings, have been able to start learning the schemes and are getting ahead with their classes.”

Two early enrollees who have generated a lot of excitement are the highly touted recruits in four-star defensive end Darian Roseboro and three-star running back Reggie Gallaspy II. Wolfpack fans can expect this pair to begin making an impact as soon as the season kicks off in September.

Though losing running back Tony Creecy, fullback Tyler Purvis and wide receiver Bryan Underwood to graduation, as well as losing breakout freshman wide receiver Bo Hines due to his decision to transfer, NC State’s offense will be as potent as ever in the upcoming season.

Redshirt senior signal caller Jacoby Brissett is ready to take over in 2015. After throwing for 23 touchdowns and 2,606 passing yards last season, the West Palm Beach, Florida, native is ready to terrorize the secondary and will have NFL scouts swooning when running the offense.

September also awaits the return of the one-two punch combo of senior running back Shadrach Thornton and junior running back Matt Dayes. The pair combined for 1,480 yards and 23 touchdowns, and look to

The water was calm on Lake Wheeler, but the intensity rippled through the members of the NC State rowing club during its first home regatta of the spring season.

The gloomy weather conditions didn’t seem to affect the team’s spirits, as it vibrantly cheered on its fellow teammates throughout the four-hour regatta.

Members of the club have some of the more demanding schedules of non-varsity athletes at the university, practicing more than six days a week, both in and out of the water. Now approaching its 25th anniversary, the club has its sights set on making waves under head coach Samantha Smelley.

Two years ago, Smelley took over the program in hopes of continuing her passion for the sport.

“I coached for VCU in the past, and when I moved to North Carolina, I was interested in rowing, and I had seen an ad for coaching with Triangle Rowing Club, but Sean Stevenson, who helped found NC State’s program, happened to talk to me first,” Smelley said. “And the next thing I knew, I was their coach, and I’ve been with them for two years now.”

The rowing season is split into two different parts: fall season and spring season. Similar to cross country, the fall season focuses more on long-distance races, while the spring season is more closely related to track with sprint distance races. As race distances change over the split season, the team’s goals alter as well.

“When we started at the beginning of the season, the plan was to double the size of the team, to build back up, get strong and hopefully make a grand finals entrance at Dad Vails,” Smelley said. “We doubled the team since fall semester.

We’re in a strong position. We have enough people, we have the boats now to race, and I think we have a really good chance of getting at least one boat in the grand finals.”

Both experienced and novice row-

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Wolfpack alumni participate in Kay Yow Spring Game The 2015 Kay Yow Spring Football Game on April 11 will kick off at 1 p.m. at Carter-Finley Stadium. In addition to the game, many activities, music and food will be available to fans throughout the day. Former Wolfpack players, spanning from the past 70 years, will also be joining the festivities during their annual reunion in the capital city. Some of the former NC State players who will be participating in the game include current NFL players Jerricho Cotchery and Earl Wolff, who will both serve as honorary coaches.

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Pack softball adds games to 2015 schedule On Monday, NC State softball head coach Shawn Rychcik announced that the team added games to its 2015 schedule. The games include a 6 p.m. matchup against North Carolina Central on April 23 at Dail Stadium and a 1 p.m. twin bill on the road against Appalachian State on May 2. These games were added after multiple games were canceled earlier in the season due to inclement weather.

The Wolfpack holds a 2-0 all-time advantage against the Eagles, with both games taking place at home and a 4-1 all-time advantage against the Mountaineers.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY “They’re giving us good effort, coming out every day and continuing to improve.”

Dave Huxtable Defensive coordinator

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Redshirt Junior quarterback Jacoby Brissett scrambles for a 9-yard run during the final home game of the 2014 season against Wake Forest in Carter-Finley Stadium Nov. 15. Brissett threw for 83 yards in the Wolfpack’s 42-13 victory against the Demon Deacons.

Pack preps for 2015 season Jake Lange Associate Sports Editor

Three months ago, a Gatorade-drenched Dave Doeren and his family of players flooded the turf at Tropicana Field in a mob of red and white, hoisting the Bitcoin St. Petersburg Bowl trophy after their 34-27 win over the University of Central Florida in St. Petersburg, Florida. Now, the third-year head coach looks to turn the page and begin the next chapter in preparing for the upcoming football season.

After waiting months in eager anticipation to put the pads on, the NC State football team took the field March 5 to begin spring practice. Since getting back into the swing of things over the past month, coaches have keenly observed their players, old and new, each of whom want to demonstrate experience, athleticism, knowledge, and most importantly, hard work.

“Daily improvement, position by position, player by player; we want to be better,” Doeren said. “We’re trying to work at it in small increments at what can each guy do to improve his game.”

The 2015 Wolfpack parallels last year’s squad, yet features more maturity and experience, having been the NCAA’s third-youngest team in the 2014 season.

The Pack lost a good number of seniors to graduation; however, the departures give the bulk of young players the opportunity to step off and prove that they’re deserving of significant roles.

The Pack will endure some key senior defensive departures from players, including safety Jarvis Byrd, defensive end Art Norman, linebacker Rodman Noel and defensive tackles T.Y. McGill and Thomas Teal.

Defensive coordinator Dave Huxtable recognizes the open gaps in his roster, but embraces the healthy competition from young players fighting to make the

ACC POWER RANKINGS

Cardinals top ACC, NC State jumps to seventh Christian Candeloro Staff Writer

ATHLETIC SCHEDULE Today BASEBALL VS. CHARLOTTE BB&T Ballpark, 6:05 p.m.

Wednesday SOFTBALL VS. COASTAL CAROLINA Conway, S.C., 3:00 p.m.

Thursday BASEBALL VS. FLORIDA STATE Raleigh, N.C., 6:00 p.m.

Friday MEN’S TENNIS VS. CLEMSON Clemson, S.C., 11:00 a.m.

WOMEN’S TENNIS VS. BOSTON COLLEGE Raleigh, N.C., 2:00 p.m.

SOFTBALL VS. FLORIDA STATE Raleigh, N.C., 5:00 p.m.

BASEBALL VS. FLORIDA STATE Raleigh, N.C., 6:30 p.m.

WOMEN’S GOLF @ BRYAN NATIONAL COLLEGIATE Champions Course, Browns Summit, N.C., All Day

Here is the second edition of the Technician’s ACC Baseball Power Rankings. Although the teams fought a war of attrition in league play, they were very successful outside the conference as they combined to go 18-2 against nonconference teams this week.

Louisville (21-7, 11-1 ACC)

The newcomers to the ACC scene look mighty good. The Cardinals received strong pitching performances from junior RHP Kyle Funkhouser (7 innings, 1 ER) and sophomore LHP Josh Rogers (6 innings, 1 ER) on Friday and Sunday and stole a whopping eight bases on Saturday during their sweep of Georgia Tech.

Florida State (22-7, 9-3 ACC)

The Seminoles scored 29 of their 33 runs last week in the seventh, eighth or ninth innings. The ‘Noles used five runs in the final three innings to escape Alabama State last

Tuesday, then exploded in an 11run 8th inning Saturday in a 19-9 win over Virginia Tech. Finally on Sunday the Seminoles treated their fans to a walk-off win after they had trailed by four runs entering the seventh inning.

Miami (Florida) (20-9, 8-4 ACC)

The Hurricanes were also in the mood for late-game heroics. They defeated UNC-Chapel Hill 4-3 Friday night behind a three-run ninth inning, and then sophomore slugger Zack Collins crushed a gamewinning home run Saturday in the 11th inning. They did drop Sunday’s finale at 10-3 and lost 8-1 to Florida Gulf Coast Wednesday, so they drop to third in our rankings.

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Junior left-hander Brad Stone pitches the ball against opponent UNCGreensboro at the game held March 18 at Doak Baseball Field.

Virginia (18-8, 6-6 ACC)

In their first trip to Notre Dame in the program’s history, the Cavaliers swept the Fighting Irish behind a barrage of strong pitching performances and timely hits. Sophomore RHP Connor Jones had career highs in innings and strikeouts in the first day of a doubleheader Saturday. In

the night cap, the Cavaliers brought home two in the top of the ninth to win 4-2.

Georgia Tech (17-10, 5-7 ACC)

The Yellow Jackets were overmatched by Louisville in a threegame sweep. The Yellow Jackets’

offense never gained traction in the cold weather against Louisville’s strong pitching. They stay in the fifth spot because of their loss to Louisville.

UNC-Chapel Hill (16-11, 6-6 ACC)

The Tar Heels had two heart-

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