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NC State students will show off their short films tonight in the DH Hill Library Auditorium in front of a panel of professors from the departments of Communication and College of Design. The sixth annual Student Short Film Showcase will begin at 7 p.m. The films range from computer animation to experimental pieces. SOURCE: NCSU Libraries
Chancellor Randy Woodson’s son, Patrick Woodson, and the owners of Bida Manda, Vansana and Vanvisa Nolintha, will convert Tir na Nog into a restaurant and a brewery named Plenty. It will also sell books and flowers. Pete Pagano, currently owner of Tir na Nog, said he is closing his Irish pub because he wants to spend more time with his children. However, he will continue to work on his software company, Beverage IO. Tir na Nog will close Nov. 22. SOURCE: WRAL
Budget writer upset that McCrory’s administration did not consult on extending budget contract Gov. Pat McCrory renewed a private prison maintenance contract with a company that is owned by a friend of McCrory’s and a campaign contributor. Nelson Dollar, a Cary Republican and the chief budget writer in the chamber, said the McCrory administration should have met with the legislative committee, Government operations, before extending the extract. The owner of the company is a Charlotte developer and retired banker and has contributed $12,000 to McCrory from 2008 through 2012. One of his companies, TKC Management Services, provides private prison maintenance at three state prisons. SOURCE: News & Observer
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With more than 40,000 attendees present on Franklin Street Saturday night for Halloween activities, police said they did not make any arrests or write any citations. By 11 p.m., the streets were cleared and cleaning crews had picked up all of the garbage so roads could be reopened at midnight. Orange County Emergency services responded to less than a dozen calls, the majority of which were alcoholrelated incidents. SOURCE: WCNC
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Tom Jones, NASA astronaut, has flown four space trips including the STS-80 which is the world’s longest shuttle mission.
Astronaut lands at NC State TOM JONES FLIES ON WORLD’S LONGEST SHUTTLE MISSION, TALKS ON FUTURE OF SPACE TRAVEL
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Tom Jones dreamt of being an astronaut since he was 5-years-old. His interest was sparked after he recieved a $0.25 children’s book about space—a gift from his grandmother. Jones’ book was filled with hand-drawn pictures because, at that time, the high-definition pictures of the cosmos that we’re used to, didn’t exist. Four space trips and 55 years later, Jones spoke to a crowd of roughly 70
in Park Shops Monday afternoon. He showed off his space selfies with planet Earth casually floating in the background. Durning his visit, Jones presented Mia De Los Reyes, a senior studying physics and math , with the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation award. Her accomplishments include working at CERN, a European nuclear research firm, publishing an article on the evolution of galaxies and mentoring the Serious About Math & Science Club at Enloe High School. During his talk, Jones said that not
just anybody can work for NASA. He told the crowd that one of his colleagues had to apply 14 times before finally being offered a position. Fortunately, Jones’ third try was ticket in. Out of 3,000 applicants only 23 were chosen and he was one of them. He was selected in January of 1990. “First time somebody rejects your application, you don’t just walk away from your dream career,” Jones said. “You just keep trying to get better in your qualifications. You get to be
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Former refugee speaks of soap org Sasha Afanasyeva Correspondent
CNN’s 2011 Hero of the Year Derreck Kayongo visited NC State Monday night. Kayongo spoke to a crowd in Talley Student Union to talk about his experiences that lead him from a life of a refugee to the founder of the nonprofit organization, Global Soap. In 2011, Kayongo also received the Refugee Services Award for his organization’s work. Monday’s event was hosted by Goodnight’s Scholars and gathered a crowd of roughly 200. The organization recycles used hotel soap and sends it to people in developing countries overseas. Kayongo hopes that his Global Soap
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U.S. Senator Thom Tillis from North Carolina, along with several other politicians, were accused Monday, of being members of the Ku Klux Klan. INDY Week originally reported that the accusations came from hacker group Anonymous, but the group later denied any affiliation with the list of alleged KKK members. Anonymous is considered to be a hacktivist group, meaning that its members hack to support or condemn various social causes. While Anonymous denies any relation to the accusations, the group announced last month that it plans to release its own list of alleged members. The group claims to have hacked twitter accounts associated with the KKK. Anonymous calls its efforts to expose the KKK members “Operation KKK.” “This account has NOT YET released any information. We believe in due diligence and will NOT recklessly involve innocent individuals,” said the Operation KKK twitter account. Dan Coats, a U.S. Senator from Indiana and one of the accused, said in a statement on Twitter calling the accusation “baseless internet garbage of the worst kind.” Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero was also one of the accused. On Facebook, Rogero said, “Given my background, my interracial family, my public record and my personal beliefs, this would be hilarious except that it is probably being seen by a lot of people who have no idea who I am.” In a YouTube press release last Sunday, Anonymous directly addressed the KKK. “We are stripping you of your anonymity. This is not a threat, but rather a promise. We never forgot your threats to the protestors in Ferguson, and we certainly never forgave you. ” The group plans on releasing their official list Thursday.
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Derreck Kayongo, winner of the 2011 CNN Hero of the Year Award, speaks at a Goodnight Scholars sponsored event about The Global Soap Project in the Stewart Theatre in Talley Student Union Nov. 11. Kayongo, who came to the United States as a refugee from Uganda, started The Global Soap Project when he learned that about 8 million bars of soap are thrown away by hotels across the US every year.
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NC State libraries’ is currently displaying photos from 1973 alumnus Ed Caram, a former photographer for the Technician and Agromeck. The collection highlights campus life during the 1970s. Caram documented the construction of the original Talley Student Union, aerial photos of Harrelson Hall and the Free Expression Tunnel when spray painting was first allowed. Caram’s photographs also highlight historical moments on campus, such as anti-Vietnam and other political protests. He also captured the crowning of the first African-American homecoming queen, Mary Por-
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November 1 1:31 A.M. | ALCOHOL VIOLATION Morrill Dr/Western Blvd Two students were referred for underage possession. Two additional students were referred for underage possession and providing false information.
Today THINK & DO GLOBALLY: FACULTY AND STAFF OPPORTUNITIES FOR GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT Talley Student Union 2 p.m. - 3 p.m. STUDENT SHORT FILM SHOWCASE – 6TH ANNUAL D.H. Hill Auditorium 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
2:14 A.M. | ASSIST OTHER AGENCY Public Safety Center NCSU PD assisted UNC-CH PD in regards to student being transferred for intoxication.
Wednesday FLU VACCINE CLINIC Student Health Center 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
3:09 A.M. | SUSPICIOUS PERSON Witherspoon Student Center Student was referred for underage consumption and sexual misconduct.
WELLS FARGO EXECUTIVE SERIES PRESENTS CINDY WHITEHEAD, SPROUT PHARMACEUTICALS Nelson Hall 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
3:35 P.M. |SUSPICIOUS PERSON DH Hill Library Non-student was arrested after it was determined there was active trespass warning and active felony warrant out of Wake County. Subject was arrested and charged with Second Degree Trespass and Possession of Schedule II Controlled Substance. Outstanding warrant was also served.
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he Louvered Wooden Wolf stands in Talley Student Union on November 2nd. The piece wood art was apart of Talley’s Phase Two was released to the public in June 2015. The wolf is is three stories high and howls upward toward the sky-lit atrium. The Wolf’s only non-wooden feature is the eye.
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terfield. Some of Caram’s other subjects include NC State’s athletics, most notably the 1974 NCAA Championship as well as Wolfpack football, soccer, swimming and track and field. NC State librarian Cathy Dorin-Black organized his 18,000 negatives into a uniformed collection. For those interested in seeing the collection, an appointment must be made through the NC State Libraries website. The digital version of the blackand-white prints can be seen on NC State’s Libraries Rare & Unique Digital Collections site. Caram passed away two years ago. After he graduated from NC State, he went on to write several books on the history of North Carolina including two on German Uboat wrecks off the coast.
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NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE WEEK CALENDAR NC STATE’S NATIVE COMMUNITY CELEBRATES THIS MONTH AS NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH. THERE ARE SEVERAL EVENTS PLANNED WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK TO HIGHLIGHT THEIR HERITAGE:
TODAY Talley Student Union room 4261 from 5–6 p.m. Food and fellowship will take place at the Multicultural Student Affairs Office from 5–6 p.m. Following the reception, Alfred Bryant, founding director of the Southeast American Indian Studies Program at UNC-P, will speak about “The History of American Indian Education” in Talley 4280 from 6–8 p.m.
WEDNESDAY Brickyard, noon The Native American Student Association will sell fry bread, a traditional Native American dish made with deepfried dough and topped with honey or powdered sugar. It will be sold for $5 and will go to benefit their 26th annual Spring Pow-Wow. Talley Student Union room 4101, 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. “Pulse of the Pack: A Native Drumming Workshop” This is an opportunity to learn about the history and significance of the drum in Native American culture. Attendees will learn how to play a traditional southern-style Native American drumming song by the end of the night.
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project will help deal with easily preventable diseases caused by a lack of hygiene. “People are dying of very simple things like diarrhea,” Kayongo said. Global Soap is currently in 92 countries around the world. Kayongo said his goal is to, one day, make that number 10 million bars of soap. Kayongo’s story started in Uganda where he was born. “My parents came out of independence thinking they were going to be teachers,” said Kayongo. “They don’t
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stubborn, determined and you make up your mind. You’re not going to give up until they physically kick you out the door.” As a NASA astronaut, Jones has flown four space shuttle flights: STS-59, STS-68, STS80 and STS-98. STS-80 currently holds the world record of being the longest shuttle mission ever flown, lasting more than 17 days. Jones compared the takeoff vibrations to being in a pickup truck going 50 miles per hour. Accoring to Jones NASA will be ready to launch, within th enext decade, a new spacecraft called the Orion along with a new booster called the Space Launch System. “The Orion and that new booster can go out into deep space,” Jones said. “In the
pay very well to be teachers, so instead my parents said they will become entrepreneurs. My father became a soap maker and my mother become a seamstress for wedding dresses.” In 1971, Uganda faced a military coup that took control of the country and executed a number of mass killings. The violence forced Kayongo his family were forced to flee to Kenya after their village was attacked in 1979. It was there that Kayongo was taken in and cared for by an American woman from Pittsburgh. With her help he eventually made his way to the United States. “I get to the hotel, and there
were three bars of soap,” said Kayongo. “There is facial soap, and body soap, and hand washing soap. I take two bars and put them into my bag for tomorrow. The next day they add more soap. I steal soap for three days. Then I got afraid they will charge me for the soap, so I took it downstairs to the concierge who is African-American. I told him I have been stealing the soap because they keep bringing more to the room. He laughed and said ‘then everyone has been stealing soap.’” Kayongo’s fascination with the hotel soap wasn’t because of its scent or quality but because of the sheer abundance
2020s we would like to see astronaut crews head back to the moon to check out the resources that are there. There’s ice on the poles of the moon that can be used to make water. You can drink the water, you can breathe the oxygen from the water, you can make oxygen and hydrogen propellants from the water itself.” Jones predicts a future with heavier emphasis on mining these types of resources and on learning how to deal with spontaneous asteroids. Asteroids, like the moon, also have rocks with valuable material. Their water resources, metals and organic chemicals will breathe life into a new space-economy for the future, Jones explained. “We are now a space-faring species,” Jones said. “This is lucky for us because the asteroids come visiting our home planet frequently unannounced. And we will be
struck again, so we need to be out in space learning how to nudge rogue asteroids off course in the future.” Jones referenced the Chelyabinsk meteor from 2013 that hospitalized 1,000 Russians upon impact. He also told the crowd that he didn’t want people to meet the same fate as the dinosaurs. “Of course, the people who will be doing these jobs aren’t even in NASA right now,” Jones said. “They are you. The students sitting in this audience and students in high school today and students in middle school today. They will be the ones to accomplish this.” Jones explained that he is hopeful for the future of space exploration thanks to the students sitting in the audience listening to him. “I’d like to see us go farther,” he said. “Beyond the space station and into deep space.”
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of it. When Kayongo questioned the hotel’s concierge about the fate of the unused of partially used bars, the concierge informed him that the soap that wasn’t used would just be thrown out. “I asked about what about the partially used bars of soap,” Kayongo said. “He said they throw them out. I was surprised. Every hotel did that. I go to my room and all of a sudden I get an epiphany. That’s how I began to think about recycling soap.” It was 10 years before Kayongo revisited his idea of recycling soap. After finishing school he began to realize that recycling it would be a unique challenge. Eventually
Kayongo developed a way to repurpose the partially used soap. The used layers of the soap have to be shaved off with potato peelers by volunteers. Then the soap is crushed into a powder and stored in Ziploc bags. After a week moisture is added and then the soap is placed in a machine that compresses it and ass heat, molding it into one large bar of soap that will eventually be cut into smaller ones. Samples of the soaps are sent to lab in Cincinnati where it is tested for pathogens such as E. coli. Once it is determined to be clean, it is sent to various countries. This summer, Kayongo’s re-
cyclyed soap was sent to Liberia to help fight the Ebola virus. During his talk, Kayongo told students that if they learn anything during their time at college, it would be to find a mission in life. “Really pay attention to skillsets and talents that you have,” Kayongo said. “I didn’t think I was going to be a recycler of soap. I thought I was going to go to law school. Life has a way of calling you if you are paying attention. There are things you are born to do that are your destination. If you take your academia and tether that to your destination, you will have the best gift you will ever have.”
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A member of an Native America tribe performs in the mens Fancy Dance competition at the 25 anniversary NC State PowWow in Carmichael on Mar. 21. The event went from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. had cash prizes for the top three dancers in each category of dance.
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ccording to a somewhat apocryphal story, in 1987 then-incumbent Vice President George H. W. Bush was asked Daniel Root about atheists. He reStaff Columnist plied, “I don’t know that atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered patriots. This is one nation under God.” It is uncertain if Bush ever actually said this, but regardless, there are many Americans — particularly the so-called Religious Right — who share this sentiment. Atheism has rightly been called the last taboo, as few groups have been, and continue to be, more maligned than nonbelievers and skeptics. To illustrate an extreme example, the first edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica from 1771 said of atheists, “Many people, both ancient and modern, have pretended to atheism, or have been reckoned atheists by the world; but it is justly questioned whether any man seriously adopted such a principle.” I suppose we have made progress of a type, as I do not think anyone today
would say that there are no true atheists. Indeed, no one would be decrying atheism if it were thought to be an impossible position. Rather, the most common objection used to deny toleration of atheists is something akin to John Locke’s argument. In his “A Letter Concerning Toleration,” Locke formulated a comprehensive system for religious toleration. However, Locke lists four groups for whom toleration should be withheld, and one of those groups is atheists. Locke’s rationale for this discrimination is that “Promises, covenants, and oaths, which are the bonds of human society, can have no hold upon an atheist.” It is the time-honored tradition of saying atheists cannot be moral. John Stuart Mill issued a good rebuttal to this claim in his essay, “The Utility of Religion.” In it he argued that it is not religion itself that makes people moral, but rather the fact that religion is tied to authority, education and public opinion. In fact, there are manifold cases wherein public opin-
ion acts as a stronger motivation than religious sanction. For example, the Bible clearly states that sexual intercourse outside of wedlock is always immoral. However, this does not seem to stop many Christians nowadays. Indeed, casual sex is an epidemic on college campuses even where the majority of students are Christians. The reason for this contradiction is that public opinion, regrettably, condones this sexual deviancy. Against the force of public opinion, religion does not stand a chance. To Mill, “any system of moral duties,” with either a sacred or a profane basis, “inculcated by education and enforced by opinion,” will be sufficient to regulate conduct and ascribe morality. The connection between religion and morality is tenuous at best. In fact, many immoral actions have been perpetrated under the guise of religion. As William Shakespeare wrote, “‘Tis too much proved, that with devotion’s visage / And pious action we do sugar o’er / The devil himself.” Being religious or being atheist
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“Your religion should only matter if either of you think it should matter, which is just a personal stance.” Stephen Scheuerle sophomore, aerospace engineering
does not, in fact, make one moral or immoral. It is probably unrelated. There have been horrible atheists (Stalin), and there have been horrible Christians (Hitler was a Catholic). For every Jesus there is a Socrates; for every virtuous believer there is a virtuous skeptic. As Christopher Hitchens often said, “Name one ethical statement made, or one ethical action performed, by a believer that could not have been uttered or done by a nonbeliever.” Only 10 percent of Swedes believe strongly in God, yet the streets of Sweden are not overflowing with blood. The religious will still argue that America was founded by Christians, so this is a Christian nation. God is on the money and in the Pledge of Allegiance. However, these changes were made in the 1950s and in no way reflect the ideas of the founding fathers. Most of the founding fathers professed Christianity, but they were first and foremost secularists. The First Amendment allows for the protection of all non-harmful beliefs.
America guarantees freedom of, and from, religion in public life. Thomas Jefferson very much championed freedom in religious affairs. He said, “It does me no injury for my neighbor to say that there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.” In fact, in a letter to his nephew Peter Carr, Jefferson encouraged his nephew to use reason to investigate the veracity of religion. He said, “Do not be frightened from this inquiry by any fear of its consequences. If it ends in a belief that there is no god, you will find incitements to virtue in the comfort and pleasantness you feel in its exercise.” The United States needs more people like Jefferson. We must tolerate nonharmful beliefs even if we find them unsavory and tolerate one another’s beliefs. Jefferson said, “Almighty God hath created the mind free, and manifested his supreme will that free it shall remains … and you are answerable not for the rightness but uprightness of the decision.”
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didn’t realize that something was wrong with me until sixth grade. A substitute teacher was there for the day, and we were reading a book about Mary Anna a girl who was forced to Rice relocate with Opinion Editor her family to a Japanese internment camp. When the sub left the room for a moment, someone stood up and said, “You know who looks Japanese? Mary Anna.” He used it as an insult and the class laughed. As far as bullying goes, this comment was considerably mild, something someone who was thicker-skinned than I was at the time would roll their eyes at and ignore. But I wasn’t thick-skinned, and I was still at the phase when I cried whenever I got angry or felt threatened. I went home and histrionically bawled to my mother because I hadn’t recognized before then that people thought of me as separate. Several other things began to make sense. In second grade, my best friend told me I looked better with glasses (they hid the shape of my eyes). At summer
camp in fourth grade, a girl told me my face did not match my body. People commonly came up to me and asked, “What are you?” and I had never known what they meant by that. They still do, actually. Comments regarding my race as I grew older became more elaborate and insulting. It was appropriate that older persons would develop more effective ways of attacking a person’s identity. My grades were the result of my heritage, not the work I put into them. I was called “j*p” and “ch*nk” — the second being the incorrect racial slur. A few of my more irreverent classmates would pull their eyes into slits with their fingers and stare at me until I looked back. It was funnier because I openly objected. I was told by friends, “If you didn’t act like it bothered you, they wouldn’t do it.” Someone a few weeks ago asserted to me that, “All Asians look the same.” Every conversation I have with someone new becomes a countdown. When will they ask me? How much do they care? It happens, inevitably: “What are you?” What am I. What. Sometimes they ask this before they say hello. I never know what to say, because repeating my
race over and over becomes tired and frustrating, as is the response frequented by other ambiguously ethnic people: “I’m a person.” I don’t like answering, because it isn’t a question worth answering. It isn’t worth my breath to explain to others how disconcerting it is to be repeatedly referred to as a “what” and not a “who.” As soon as we encounter new people, we long to catalogue them and mentally place them with others of their kind. Once someone allows you to confidently call them white or Asian or black or Latino or gay or straight or woman or man or trans or mentally ill, you feel like you know who they are. But that is not true. People will tell you that you shouldn’t be offended by what they say. I will offer this: no one gets to decide what you may or may not respond to. No one gets to remove what little agency you have by claiming that what you say does not matter on the basis that they should be able to do whatever they want without consequence. You cannot know who I am just from asking me one question, and to presume you can is to dehumanize me from the moment you meet me.
Exclusion of blacks from jury selection T
he state of North Carolina attracted national attention in 2009 when the then General Assembly passed the North Carolina Racial Justice Act (RJA). The law created a state claim for relief for defendants currently on death row who can show that race was a significant factor in the exercise of peremptory Ziyi Mai challenges in their cases. Staff Columnist The intention of the law was to correct the discriminatory results arising from racial bias in jury selection. But the law is focused on the compensation and correction of inappropriate racial bias rather than a prevention of such a behavior. It therefore has limited effect on correcting the racial factor in selecting jurors. In an op-ed in the New York Times last week, Larry D. Thompson pointed out that prosecutors routinely ignore the Supreme Court’s 1986 decision in the landmark ruling of Batson v. Kentucky. Prosecutors exclude potential jurors deliberately by raising concerns of marital status, manner of dress,
last names and other non-racial reasons. One Monday, the Supreme Court heard arguments in Foster v. Chatman, a case challenging the discriminatory practice in jury selection. A ruling decision will be made in June of 2016. But even if this case were to be in favor of Mr. Foster, a black man who was accused of murdering a white woman nearly 30 years ago, how could that change the practice of racial bias in jury selection? According to a journal article written by Catherine Grosso and Barbara O’Brien of Michigan State University, prosecutors in North Carolina struck eligible black venire members at more than twice the rate they struck eligible venire members who were not black. Yet, no one has been able to do anything about this. Statistical inference of other studies indicated similar results to Grosso and O’Brien’s 2012 paper. Even if there exists such biased practices, prosecutors’ intentions are not observable directly. By law, they and the attorneys have the proper right to question and strike potential jurors with a series of legitimate processes. In addition, the jury
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selection process is not transparent enough to meet the need of keeping the jurors in a closed environment. Media outlets are not able to check if practices of the process are appropriate immediately. This can be narrowed down to a problem where there is no check and balance to prosecutors who are given absolute power to select jurors. Though an external source of checks and balances seem unlikely, potential solutions could be found by carefully examining the jury selection process itself. Prosecutors, attorneys and judges are the main participants of the jury selection process. When a case is called for trial, a randomly-selected panel of potential jurors is seated in the courtroom. A trial judge initiates the process by asking prospective jurors questions to ensure they are legally qualified. Next, lawyers for each side question the potential jurors about their biases and backgrounds. They can remove potential jurors whose backgrounds reflect biases. The stage, known as “striking the jury,” is the one where prosecutors apply non-racial factors to remove potential black jurors. In
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this stage, prosecutors and defense take turns arguing their challenges for cause. If the judge grants a challenge, the juror will be removed from the jury panel. If prosecutors have racial bias, they have strong incentive to remove potential black jurors in order to get the jury to conclude as soon as possible. But the defense, on the other hand, does not have such incentive. Lawyers are not able to make the case to keep a black juror to stay. If lawyers can counter defense prosecutors’ strikes and keep the qualified jurors, this can reduce the probability of removing eligible and proper black jurors. So, modifying the jury selection process slightly in this way might effectively reduce racial bias in jury selection. The roles of prosecutors, law yers and judges are more like filters that separate out those potential jurors whom they think, based on their professional practice, would affect the decision — with personal bias, of course. But this filter cannot be used as a visible filter of color of skin; otherwise, justice will continue to be undermined.
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tudents recently unveiled their intentions of dropping out of NC State come Nov. 10 with the release of Fallout 4, the long-awaited, post-apocalyptic role-playing video game developed by Bethesda. With Anthony seven years since Motroni the release of the Designer game’s predecessor, Fallout 3, the new Fallout 4 is a huge boost for the franchise featuring more appealing gameplay such as base-building, dynamic dialogue and a complete overhaul of the crafting system. James Ellison, a now-former student who studied biology, led the chain of drop-outs and had this to say, “I’ve been waiting for Fallout 4 since it was announced at E3 earlier this year. The shocking news immediately had me jumping into my car and driving to preorder the game. I even shelled out the extra hundred dollars to buy the limited ‘Pip-Boy’ edition.” “There just wouldn’t be any time for school work. Fallout 4 comes first,” said Cain Anderson, who formerly studied mechanical en-
gineering. “I’ve prepared all of my Sunkist, Fritos and adult diapers. Once I slip into a Playstation coma, nothing will break me out.” Catherine Leyi, president of College Students Against Gaming (CSAG), spoke out in opposition of this movement. “I don’t understand why all this commotion is occurring just for a video game? It’s an epidemic that is taking away opportunities from these students all across the nation,” Leyi said. “On a related note, it’s a bad influence on the youth. How are we supposed to build a better future with more and more kids wanting to join the military and shoot each other down because of the ‘Call of Duty’ or the ‘Battlefront’? War will happen. War ... war never changes.” Sources later confirmed that she was recently spotted walking out of GameStop with a pre-order ticket. Leyi has refused to comment since. Without a doubt, this is the worst chain of college dropouts in history, far surpassing the amount of dropouts due to the release of Skyrim, the fifth installment of the Elder Scrolls series in 2011. Thousands of students every day are opting out of their college savings to stock up on Nuka-Cola and Vault-Tech gear.
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onday, several student organizations collectively held a meeting to discuss the controversial Halloween costume party that took place Chauncey in nearby apartments on Bowden Saturday evening. Campus Correspondent police were present at the meeting. Tensions were high after several photos surfaced on social media outlets Sunday morning. Hundreds of students filled the auditorium at Witherspoon Student Center to discuss the anger and discomfort brought upon a large portion of the student body as a result of the party. The party was called “Trailer Park Heaven” and was intended to be a response to the recent “CMT v BET” party held by NC State students at The Retreat At Raleigh. As expected, many African-American students were outraged and disgusted by the “CMT v BET” theme, especially with the event following so closely behind NC State’s Diversity Week — shockingly, they were not alone. Several other minority groups were disgusted by this act and decided that it was time to give white students a taste of their own medicine. The “Trailer Park Heaven” themed party was a jab at the portion of the student body who haven’t quite wrapped their heads around the concept of “It’s a culture. Not a costume.” Invitations to the party read, “It is clear that efforts to educate our white student body on the importance of cultural sensitivity have proven to be futile. The continued choice of those students to ridicule and mock our cultures has left us no choice. This year, we will be hosting the very first ‘Trailer Park Heaven’ party. On the menu will be
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bland, boiled, unseasoned chicken. Don’t worry about pre-gaming. We’ll have plenty of drinks and tons of drugs. Oh, and don’t worry about the party being shut down — they don’t do that at white parties.” Several students filled the apartment donning a variety of “costumes.” One student dressed as a box of Saltine crackers, with a label that read “no salt added.” Another student dressed as a Duke’s mayonnaise jar. Other costumes included serial killers, hillbillies, soccer moms addicted to prescription pills and an assortment of other f lavorless food items. When one gentleman dressed in a bloodstained white t-shirt was asked what he was dressed as, he responded by saying, “I’m a white serial killer. But it’s okay, I’ll just claim insanity.” One female student spent the entire evening intentionally dancing off beat to the music, saying that she had no rhythm. A couple spent the evening publicly displaying their affection for one another while wearing signs that read “Cousins.” In Monday’s meeting, white students argued that the party was racist and those involved deserved to be reprimanded by the university. They stated that the event was offensive because it reinforced many of the negative stereotypes associated with being white in America. Becky Warbucks, a sophomore studying sociology with a concentration in white people said, “This party is totally not okay. I use salt every time I cook, and I know how to ‘whip’ and ‘nae-nae.’” White attendees nodded in unison and mumbled all the other popular dances that they knew. One student was so upset by the party that
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When we wea r geisha costumes, or d re s s up as sexy Indians for Halloween, it’s because we love your culture. For one day, we want to know what it feels like to be you.” Cleopatra Brow n, a n AfricanAmerican student majoring in accounting, responded to the student by saying, “That’s the problem. You think that because you dress up like us for a day, you know what it feels like to be us. You’ll never know
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OSR provides networking, research opportunities Noah Russ Staff Writer
Opportunities in Scientific Research, a student organization, helps undergraduates network with professors and learn about research opportunities at NC State. OSR was originally founded as the Clinical Research Opportunities Association after Laidy Garzon and Arpana Arigala met at an undergraduate research speed-dating event in 2014. Garzon wanted to start a club that would provide students with networking opportunities within clinical research, and recruited Arigala to assist in developing the organization. Unfortunately, the club had too narrow of a focus and saw limited participation during the 2014-2015 academic year. Upon Garzon’s graduation in May, Arigala took over CROA and was left to decide the direction in which to lead the club. She chose to completely reorganize CROA and rename it Opportunities in Scientific Research. “This year she [Garzon] graduated and left me in charge, and we decided to revamp the entire club and change the direction completely,” Arigala said. OSR now focuses on networking with professors and familiarizing students with the research being done on campus. With this new focus, the club has begun to receive more widespread interest. At each club meeting, OSR has a professor come and speak about the research they are conducting. After the professor speaks, members have the chance to ask questions and get advice on how to be a competitive applicant for research positions. OSR also has club meetings where students who have already participated in research come in and give peer mentorship to students who have not yet obtained a position. Through the advice of professors and peers, members learn where the open doors for research opportunities are and how to take advantage of those doors. “That is what our program is primarily about; it’s about opening doors for students to be able to get in contact with research positions,” said Nancy Sun, secretary for OSR.
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The club already has established relationships with several professors such as Carlos Goller, a professor of biotechnology, and Eleanor Hawkins, a professor in veterinary medicine, but is looking to build relationships with more professors from diverse areas of science. Arigala said that having professors from more scientific fields would allow OSR to aid even more students in their journey toward a research position. Although there are other research clubs at NC State, OSR is unique in that it directly connects undergraduate students with research professors while still maintaining a peer mentorship aspect, according to Sun. “I feel like, with professors, students get intimidated by the requirements,” Sun said. “So having students come and talk nonchalantly about what they do makes it more relatable.” Now that OSR is on its feet, the club is looking for ways to improve their organization. Their future goals include expanding membership, hosting more meetings throughout the year and incorporating service opportunities for their members. They are also currently trying to set up partnerships with other local universities such as UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke. Arigala said that OSR believes that the more partner-
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Carlos Goller, an assistant professor of biological sciences, spoke at an OSR meeting on Oct. 6. One of OSR’s objectives is to connect students with professors to discuss research opportunities. At each meeting, a professor is present to speak about their research.
ships they have, the more they will be able to show their members the countless opportunities there are for research. “It’s not just important to show them that they have resources, but to show them how many they have,” Arigala said. “That they
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the opposition into the vicinity of vacuumlike sophomore Cam Steele, who bosses the middle of the field like a playground bully and steals the ball like it’s a firstgrader’s lunch money. Offensively, sophomore attacking midfielder Zach Knudson (6 goals, 3 assists) and freshman right midfielder Julius Duchscherer (5 goals, 2 assists) have carried the scoring burden. Knudson built on an impressive freshman campaign with an even more impressive sophomore season, scoring some ridiculous goals along the way. The pick of the bunch was a superb bicycle kick to equalize against Notre Dame, but his game-winner with three minutes to play against South Carolina — a mazy dribble through what seemed like the entire Gamecock defense — earned him national recognition on Fox Sports. The Pack spent much of the season ranked in the top 25 according to various polls and still owns a top-30 RPI. Its strong team identity has been critical to success. The bad: Simply put, the worst part of the Pack’s season has been in its clinicality in front of goal, where finishing chances simply hasn’t matched the number of chances created. NC State has averaged just 1.56 goals per game, scoring 25 times on 214 shots in 16
games. The team’s goal differential? Zero. The Pack has conceded just as many times as it’s scored this season. Delve deeper into those stats, and NC State conceded first in far too many matches this year, finding itself in a hole against Davidson, Virginia, Louisville, Notre Dame, South Carolina, Duke and Clemson. In some games, State managed to climb out, but going down a goal in 50 percent of games was a huge issue, and it stemmed from not putting matches away in the first half. Only eight of the Wolfpack’s 25 goals came in the first 45, despite typically having territorial dominance and the lion’s share of possession. The Pack has lacked an elite scorer at forward all season, and none of NC State’s four most-played strikers contributed more than two goals and an assist in 16 games. Much of this comes down to a lack of experience, but forwards need to score goals to maintain confidence. “You just keep those guys in front of goal,” Findley said post-match Friday about the lack of offensive production. “You’ve got to do it every day in training, and we spent time on it in practice this week. I thought their runs in the box got better. We create plenty of chances and we just need to finish them. You’ve got to keep those guys in front of goal, keep building their confidence and letting them know we believe in them and know they’re capable.”
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5. (rv) Duke (6-2, 3-1 ACC) Final play controversy aside, the Blue Devils were down 14-3 at halftime, and couldn’t capitalize on Miami’s 23 penalties during their 30-27 loss in Durham. Duke will have chance to get back in the Coastal division race when it takes on the Tar Heels this Saturday in Chapel Hill. 6. Louisville (4-4, 3-2 ACC) Bobby Petrino and company managed to pull out 20-19 win against Wake Forest Friday behind five forced turnovers. The Cardinals have turned it around the past few weeks, winning four of their last six games after starting 0-3 on the year, and face a struggling Syracuse team next. 7. NC State (5-3, 1-3 ACC) The Wolfpack played well on offense, but the defense could not keep pace with Clemson’s offense, allowing a whopping 623 yards and falling 56-41 in Raleigh. NC State has now lost three of its last four games, all of which were in conference play. State will now travel to Boston College to get a much needed win on the road.
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8. Virginia Tech (4-5, 2-3 ACC) The Hokies put together a strong showing this weekend, defeating a defensively stout Boston College team 26-10. For the Hokies to become bowl eligible in head coach Frank Beamer’s final season, they will have to win two of their next three games (Georgia Tech, UNC-Chapel Hill and Virginia) after their bye week. 9. Miami (5-3, 2-2 ACC) Even though the Hurricanes came away with a 30-27 win in Durham against the Blue Devils, they gave Duke plenty of chances to come back after blowing a 14-3 halftime lead. The Hurricanes will try to go 2-0 under interim coach Larry Scott when they take on Virginia next. 10. Virginia (3-5, 2-2 ACC) After starting a dismal 1-4 to start the year, the Cavs have won two of their last three games, including a 27-21 win against Georgia Tech. Next up is a road matchup against the Miami Hurricanes, who won a tough matchup against Duke this past weekend. 11. Georgia Tech (3-6, 1-5 ACC) The Paul Johnson offense has,
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Eliza Butts Staff Writer Philip Rivers The San Diego Chargers quarterback threw for a total of 301 yards Sunday afternoon against the Baltimore Ravens. He threw three touchdowns and had no interceptions. Rivers had a passer rating of 126.1, putting him on the top 10 leaderboard for the league. His first touchdown pass came with 28 seconds left in the first quarter when he completed a pass short left to Keenan Allen. The second touchdown came with just under 10 seconds left in the second quarter when Rivers completed a 13-yard pass to Allen. His third and final touchdown pass came near the end of the third quarter on a 70-yard completion to Malcom Floyd. Rivers and his team could not produce a win; the Ravens defeated the Chargers 29-26. Russell Wilson The Seattle Seahawks quarterback led his team to victory on Sunday afternoon in Dallas. Wilson threw for 210 yards, totaling one touchdown and one interception. Wilson completed a 22-yard pass to teammate Luke Willson with 5:29 left in the second quarter, increasing his team’s lead to seven points. This was the only touchdown of the game by either team. Steven Hauschka The Seattle kicker tallied seven points for his team Sunday afternoon, going 2-for-3 on his field goal attempts and converting his only extra point attempt. Hauschka recorded the first three points of the game with 8:47 left in the first quarter when he completed a 26yard field goal attempt. He missed his first field goal of the year when his 47-yard attempt was blocked by Cowboys’ defensive lineman David Irving with 9:10 remaining in the fourth quarter. Hauschka also completed a 24-yard field goal attempt with just over one minute left in the fourth quarter to win the game for the Seahawks. David Amerson After being released by Washington after the first two games this season, Amerson has played relatively well for the Oakland Raiders, starting four of his five games with the Raiders. He recorded seven total tackles and two pass deflections in Sunday’s 34-20 victory over the New York Jets. Stephen Tulloch The Lions linebacker recorded seven tackles in Sunday’s embarrassing 45-10 loss to Kansas City in London. He now has 64 tackles on the year, good for 10th in the NFL.
After 16 games, the NC State men’s soccer team sits on the brink of a longawaited return to the NCAA Tournament. More importantly, the team has proved a worthy contender to some of the best teams in the country, going toe to toe with Wake Forest, Notre Dame and other perennially excellent programs. With a first round ACC Tournament clash on the road at Syracuse to come Wednesday, here’s the good and the bad from the 2015 regular season for head coach Kelly Findley’s Pack footy squad. The good: Thanks to limited practice time, a woefully inefficient schedule and unlimited substitutions, college soccer teams typically suffer from a lack of identity. In other words, there usually isn’t a collective plan for getting the ball into the other team’s goal beside kicking it in the general direction and hoping for a break. Last year’s version of NC State struggled in this department. Riddled with injuries, the team waffled between sitting deep and hitting on the counter and trying to keep possession of the ball. The ever-changing lineup and lack of depth in key positions killed consistency. Roll the clocks to the present and
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Redshirt senior midfielder Philip Carmon attempts to head the ball into the goal. Carmon took four shots and made one during NC State soccer’s senior night game. NC State men’s soccer lost 4-1 to Clemson on Oct. 30 at Dail Soccer Stadium.
this year’s team is completely different. In 2015 the Pack has largely stayed healthy, and other than forward rotation, the lineup and formation has stayed the same. It’s not surprising the Pack’s shock loss at Duke came when the lineup was shaken up. At 100 percent, the Wolfpack is as committed to a style of play as a team
can get. The group plays out of the back under control, looks to dominate possession and stays disciplined within its 4-4-2, diamond midfield, formation. The team is proactive, rather than reactive, creating overloads on one side of the field to shift an opposing defense before quickly switching the point of attack.
This is facilitated by NC State’s excellent midfield, a quartet as mobile and technical as one can find in the ACC. Defensively, this group absolutely hounds opponents and forces mistakes, typically using the players on the side of the diamond to channel
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Clemson, FSU top ACC heading into matchup Joseph Ochoa Staff Writer
1. No. 3 Clemson (8-0, 5-0 ACC) The Tigers survived their barnburner against NC State this weekend, 56-41, behind quarterback Deshaun Watson’s 437 total yards and six touchdowns. Up next is a highly anticipated matchup against Florida State in Death Valley, a must-win game for the Tigers. 2. No. 17 Florida State (7-1, 5-1 ACC) Florida State played without running back Dalvin Cook and quarterback Everett Golson and flattened Syracuse Saturday, 45-21. Jimbo Fisher will now have to decide to start Golson or Sean Maguire, who passed for 348 yards and three touchdowns, this coming weekend on the road against Clemson. 3. No. 21 UNC-Chapel Hill (7-1, 4-0 ACC) The Tar Heels proved against Pittsburgh Thursday night that they are a legitimate threat in the Coastal division, to the tune of a 26-19 victory. Up next is the Duke team that was upset by Miami in Durham.
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Redshirt sophomore running back Dakwa Nichols strips the No. 3 Clemson defense. Nichols had two rushes for seven yards toward the end of the game. The Wolfpack lost the homecoming game 56-41 in Carter-Finley stadium on Oct. 31
4. (rv) Pittsburgh (6-2, 4-1 ACC) After being down 20-3 in the first half, the Panthers’ comeback bid
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Referees made mistakes in final play of Duke-Miami game The time was 7:41 p.m. in Durham, NC on Halloween night. The Duke Blue Devils football team just scored a go ahead touchdow n w it h a n added successful two-point conversion to give itself a 27-24 lead over Michael the Miami HurMcLamb ricanes w ith si x Staff Writer seconds remaining in a contest of Coastal Division foes. The Blue Devils were just moments away from advancing to a 7-1 overall record and an undefeated mark of 4-0 in the ACC. That was until the most wildly improbable sequence of events that you may ever come across occurred. With six seconds remaining, senior placekicker Ross Martin teed the ball up to kick off to the Hurricanes for the final play of the game. Martin sent the ball downfield with a bouncing squib kick that was fielded by redshirt senior free safety Dallas Crawford at the
Hurricanes own 26-yard line. Upon fielding the ball, Crawford took three steps forward then hurled the ball backwards to the far left side of the field where junior cornerback Corn Elder received the ball. Elder then advanced the ball to the Hurricanes’ 33-yard line where the junior juked and reversed back to the Canes’ 27-yard line and made the play’s second lateral. Five laterals later (including one in which the runner appeared to be down) and the ball was in Dallas Crawford’s hands again; but this time, he was way back at the Canes’ own 3-yard line. Crawford advanced the ball to the 10-yard line before cutting across field to the 19-yard line. Then, as if the Red Sea itself had parted, a window of opportunity f lashed into view. With five Duke defenders focused on Crawford’s progression and two others positioned on the right side of the field, just four Duke defenders remained on the left side to deter five Miami players.
Crawford seized the opportunity and tossed the ball across the field again to Corn Elder. Elder took the ball in stride sprinting up to the Canes’ 20-yard line finding blocks for two of the four defenders. Crawford received two more blocks at the Canes’ 43-yard line before nearly stepping out of bounds. Duke senior running back Shaquille Powell made an athletic play by sprinting nearly thirty yards in an attempt to recover and stop Elder’s advances. However, Elder was too elusive, as the junior put on the brakes and evaded the charging Thomas. The path was then wide open for Elder to run for forty more yards for the gamewinning touchdown. Not so fast, though. Seconds later, head referee Jerry Magallanes came over the loudspeaker to announce a block in the back penalty against the Hurricanes on the return which would negate the touchdown and result in a 10-yard penalty at the spot of the foul followed by an untimed down
for the offense. Immediately afterwards, Magallanes jogged over to the monitors to review the possibility of a Miami runner being down before the third lateral of the play. The problem with Magallanes’ actions were twofold. First, he never speci f ied what M ia m i Hurricanes player committed the block in the back penalty and where this foul occurred. Before anything else occurred, the officials should have notified the coaching staffs and the crowd where the penalty occurred and where the ball would be spotted. Secondly, when Magallanes announced to the crowd that there was a block in the back penalty and then walked over to the monitors, his actions were inexplicably stating that the penalty (wherever it occurred) would stand. This fact is because a penalty cannot be reversed as a result of video evidence. So, never mind the picture, which started trending on social media almost immediately after
the play, of the Miami runner being clearly down on the third lateral of the kick return. That picture was a high resolution view that the officials did not have access to during the game. Upon review, it may have been impossible for the officials to find “indisputable video evidence” to rule that the runner’s knee was down. It was t he improper procedural followings by the referees, rather than the blown call on the runner’s knee that ultimately decided the Blue Devils’ fate. If the officials would have followed the proper procedures, the penalty would have undoubtedly remained even after video review. The touchdown would have then been negated and the Hurricanes would be left with only a desperation Hail Mary chance to win. Despite the officials’ failures, Saturday night’s game between Duke and Miami will live in infamy as perhaps the wildest finish of any game of the entire century.