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Protesters to gather at Shaw to demand higher minimum wage

On Wednesday, demonstrators from across the country will gather to demand the United States raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 an hour.

In one of the largest low-wage worker actions in North Carolina, protestors will gather in Raleigh at the Shaw University Quad, 118 E South Street, in an effort to draw attention to the need for a higher minimum wage as well as several other causes. The #Fightfor15 hashtag is being used to represent the demand for living wages, the right to unionize and lower student debt, among other causes. The protest is being held on April 15 at 5 p.m.

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Renowned NC historian dies at 95

William Stevens Powell, a renowned North Carolina historian referred to by colleagues as the “dean of North Carolina history,” died Friday at the age 95. Powell taught history at UNC-Chapel Hill from 1973 to 1986 and was involved with writing and editing more than 100 books and articles related to North Carolina history.

Some of his works include “The North Carolina Gazetteer,” “Encyclopedia of North Carolina” and the “Dictionary of North Carolina Biography.” In 2000, Powell received the North Carolina Award for Literature, and in 2008, he and was inducted into the North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame.

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Take Back the Night returns in 28th year Staff Report

More than 100 people gathered in Witherspoon Student Center Thursday to raise awareness for and speak out against sexual violence at NC State’s Take Back the Night event as part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

The march portion of the event was cancelled due to inclement weather. The speaker portion of the event was moved from outside on the Stafford Commons to the Witherspoon Student Center.

This year’s event marked Take Back the Night’s 28th year at NC State.

“Take Back the Night has been around since 1975, and over the years it’s evolved into an event to empower victims of sexual assault and to empower people who are more likely to be victims of sexual assault,” said Carson Shepherd, NC State’s “It’s on Us” coordinator and a junior studying political science.

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U.S. Army ROTC soldiers start to line up alongside the T-shirts made by students raising awareness against sexual assaults outside Witherspoon Student Center for the march at the Take Back the Night event on Thursday. The march was canceled due to inclement weather.

A cappella groups wrap up semester with spring shows

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Second year of Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon sees 4,000 fewer runners

Although race officials still say the turnout was above the expected amount, 4,000 fewer runners than last year came out to the second Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon that took place in downtown Raleigh Sunday.

About 8,300 people registered to participate in the event, which beats last year’s expected turnout of about 7,500, race officials said. Last year’s inaugural event tragically resulted in the death of two runners. This year, Raleigh resident Bobby Mack, 30, finished the half marathon first with a time of one hour and five minutes. Salome Kosgei, 35, from Kenya, was the first woman to finish the half marathon, with a time of an hour and 18 minutes. Benjamin Ludovici, a 26-year-old New York native, was first to finish the full marathon, with a time of two hours and 41 minutes. Durham native Heidi Bretscher, 28, was the first female to finish the full marathon, with a time of three hours and six minutes.

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Redshirt senior quarterback Jacoby Brissett throws under pressure against Team Red in the Kay Yow Spring Game. Brissett completed 13 of 32 passes for 164 yards with one touchdown.

Red team beat the White team 16-3 on Saturday.

With the semester nearing its end, NC State’s a cappella groups are wrapping up an eventful semester with their annual spring concerts.

NC State’s co-ed a cappella group, Acappology, performed its spring Black and Gold concert in the State Ballroom of the Talley Student Union Sunday. The 14 students of Acappology sang a number of songs and welcomed Elon University’s co-ed a cappella group, Twisted Measure to join them onstage for a few joint numbers.

Grains of Time held its spring concert Saturday in the same location. The performance, titled “Hunger Grains,” played off of the movie “The Hunger Games.” The group performed the song “The Hanging Tree” from the soundtrack “Mockingjay—Part

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Peruvian duo brings puppets to NCSU theater stage Rachel Smith Staff Writer

Peruvian puppeteers Ines Pasic and Hugo Suarez brought their unique performance to NC State’s Titmus Theatre this weekend.

The duo, better known as Teatro Hugo & Ines, skillfully personify their knees, feet, hands, elbows, stomachs and a handful of props into compelling puppets.

Pasic and Suarez created Teatro Hugo & Ines in 1986 and have performed at more than 300 international festivals and theaters around the world.

“I think that we are both crazy people,” Pasic said. “We hadn’t seen anyone do [body puppets]. We began with mime, and I don’t know how this happened. We just said ‘yes, OK.’” In the beginning, Suarez thought that his knee-puppet, cleverly named Ginocchio after the Italian word for knee, would not be worthy of the puppet stage. However, after many hours of practice, Suarez was able to turn his knee into a hilariously troubled ukulele player.

“We spend a lot of hours in front of the mirror, working and working,” Pasic said.

Suarez said his relationship with the mirror is one of love and hate, but that practice and

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Teatro Hugo & Ines performed in Titmus Theatre Friday through Sunday. Hugo Suarez and Ines Pasic are Peruvian puppeteers who have performed all over the world, transforming hands, knees and feet into unique characters.

the creative process are vital when developing a new character.

“First we build the puppet,” Suarez said. “After, we study the plasticity and personality of the puppet and adapt it to a story.”

Pasic said she and Suarez are inspired by ev-

eryday life, and that it is being present in the world around them that allows them to create such rich characters.

“All days of life, this is the biggest miracle and mystery,” Pasic said. “If we are open to this, the inspiration always will come.”

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fter the NC State Alumni Classic flag football game on Saturday, Roderick Cox, who won Alumni Game MVP, shares the MVP trophy with a Wolfpack fan. Cox had two interceptions, one of which was returned for a 90-yard touchdown. The game featured six different decades of Wolfpack football alumni. The White Team was coached by Earl Wolff (’08-’12), who is currently a safety in the NFL for the Philadelphia Eagles. The Red Team was coached by Jerricho Cotchery, who currently plays as a wide receiver for the Carolina Panthers. Wide receiver Owen Spencer had three touchdowns on the day for the White Team, but it wasn’t enough, as Team Red won 28-21. More than $16,000 were raised for the Kay Yow Cancer Fund and the Wolfpack Club’s Kay Yow Endowment.

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One.” The Grains performed throughout the night, but the group made it appear as though members were dying off as the night went on.

“We went all out with the theme this year,” said Brennan Clark, the music director of Grains of Time.

The Ladies in Red, NC State’s all-female a cappella group, performed Wednesday in Titmus Theatre. A high school a cappella group from Chapel Hill joined the women on stage for a guest performance.

At the show, Erin Jones, a senior studying criminology, performed a beatboxing solo and, at one point, helped the crowd learn how to beatbox.

Wolfgang, a co-ed a cappella group with about 18 members, will hold its April Madness A Cappella Concert Saturday at Trinity United Methodist Church in Troy, North Carolina.

NC State’s four a cappella groups—Grains of Time, Acappology, the Ladies in Red and Wolfgang—competed in the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella south quarterfinals competition at Duke University in February.

Grains of Time placed first at the quarterfinals and moved on to the semifinals in Gainsville, Florida.

“We did really well, but we didn’t win anything there,” Clark said.

Accapology won third place at the quarterfinals and also received an award for best choreography.

For Ladies in Red, Jones’s beatboxing won the group an award for best vocal percussionist.

Wolfgang received an award for best soloist at the quarterfinals.

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ogy has been on NC State’s campus for 21 years. Anna Shelton, the vice president of Acappology, said the Black and Gold concert was inspired by the group’s theme at the ICCA competition.

Acappology opened up the concert night with “Rather Be” by Clean Bandit and then the group members proceeded to introduce themselves to the audience of families and students. The members wore outfits of black and gold and kept the energy of the performances up with choreographed dancing and breakout solos to highlight some of their group members’ voices.

“They have a very unique style and they’re very put together. They do cool stuff and have really cool arrangements,” Clark said.

Between the song performances, Accapology members presented their soon to be graduating seniors with superlative posters and talked about their individual contributions to the group and to each other’s lives.

“I think the performance is incredible. They have such diverse talent, and with all the different voices, and their choreography makes for a very amazing show,” said Rachel Raineri, a sophomore studying textile engineering.

After the last song performance listed in the program handouts, members of Acappology surprised the seniors with a goodbye video that displayed photos of them together and their shared memories. After these moments, Acappology sang a song with alumni from the audience on stage.

The Ladies in Red and Grains of Time also said goodbye to their seniors at their shows.

“This was my third year leading the group,” Clark said of Grains of Time. “It is sad to go, but it is definitely in good hands.”

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Pasic also said understanding each other’s rhythm is essential to a good performance on stage.

“For me, the hardest [puppets] to bring alive are the ones when we are working together,” she said. “It has taken a lot of time for us to put together our rhythm and decide who is leader.”

Pasic and Suarez both agreed that even af ter 30 years of working together, they love bringing their puppets to life and sharing each of their stories with audiences all over the world.

As for their favorite puppet, Pasic and Suarez said it would be unfair to choose just one.

“They are like our children,”

Pasic said. “We can’t pick a favorite.”

Alicia Michaels from Apex brought her two young children to Friday’s performance and said she had just as much fun as they did. Michaels’ favorite part of the show was when Pasic used her stomach to create Pancetta, a female puppet who was conscious of her figure.

“Honestly, that puppet was so funny to me because it reminded me of myself and how I’m always worried about my weight too,” Michaels said.

“My kids couldn’t stop laughing either. The puppet’s bellybutton mouth was a hit.”

Throughout this weekend’s performances, the audience members remained engaged, filling the theater with laughter and applause.

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Teatro Hugo & Ines performed in Titmus Theatre Friday through Sunday. Hugo Suarez and Ines Pasic are Peruvian puppeteers who have performed all over the world, transforming hands, knees and feet into unique characters.

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This year’s Public History Conference sponsored by NC State’s History department Saturday featured Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, a Pulitzer Prize-winning professor from Harvard University, and Sarah Anne Carter, a renowned historical author and the director of research at the Chipstone Foundation.

The two scholars presented their collaborative project “Tangible Things,” a book about material culture studies and how that has affected contemporar y historical scholarship.

Carter said it is important to observe material culture because studying it allows people to observe historical objects and ask questions about how history and human perception shaped them.

“Early museums were small rooms filled with curiosities and were designed to reflect the education of the curator,” Carter said.

These museums were a collection of objects that portrayed the culture of the area and its people. Eventually the cabinets began to be classified into categories, which prompted the researchers to ask whether or not humans perceive objects differently when they are separated.

“These categories are not fixed or permanent but are a product of newly emerging

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practices of the 19th and 20th centuries,” Ulrich said.

The scholars found when things are categorized, people’s perception of them becomes limited. Carter used the example of a decorative plate.

“This plate was placed in an anthropological museum, but why is not a piece of art signed by an artist?” Carter said.

One of the goals of the “Tangible Things” project was to create new connections between objects.

“When these objects cross boundaries, we are able to observe new meaning,” Carter said.

The researchers used a comparison between the women’s athletic uniforms from Radcliffe College in the 1890s and the 1920s. After 30 years, there exists a stark contrast between the conservative style of the 1890s and the liberal “flapper” style clothing of the 1920s.

These differences have forced researchers to ask questions about history and what brought about these changes, Carter said. For example, the differences in clothing symbolize increased education equality for women.

“I enjoyed the event, and I think it’s important because objects demand an interdisciplinary perspective in order to understand them and the connections they create,” said

Josh Gunn, a sophomore studying political science.

Many of the objects studied by Carter and Ulrich are random objects that were donated to Harvard’s History department. Ulrich quoted Henry David Thoreau to describe why the items were available to them though the university.

“Why do precisely these objects which we behold make a world?” said Henry David Thoreau.

This quote, presented by Ulrich, is an apt question of the research objects available at Harvard, as there is an assortment of objects available that appear to have no connection other than the fact that they are at Harvard.

This connection is important, the researchers say, because it means each one of these items was donated because it was important to the original owners who believed it held some sort of historical significance.

If these items hold some sort of historical significance then they must constitute some form of our world view, Carter and Ulrich said, similar to the way people created early museums.

T his Publ ic Histor y Conference took place in the first year of the history department’s new doctoral program in public history.

Speakers at the event included Carson Shepherd, the It’s On Us coordinator; Khari Cyrus, student body president; Justine Hollingshead, chief of staff for the v ice chancellor and dean of the division of academic and student affairs; Joanne Woodard, vice provost for Institutional Equit y & Diversity Office; Renee Wells, the director of the GLBT Center, and several others.

“It’s a rally to empower victims,” Shepherd said.

“It’s like a positive empowerment of students on

this campus who have been affected by sexual assault and want to do something about it.”

Peer educators were also present and spoke to the crowd about different opportunities for sur v ivor suppor t a nd by st a nder training.

Attendees also heard survivors tell their own personal stories about sexual violence. Survivors were asked to get on stage and tell their stories in front of the group in an effort to demonstrate courage and let students know they are not alone.

“Ever yone spoke about their personal experiences w it h sexua l assault and their experiences with deal-

ing with it on college campuses, NC State in particular, and just talking about the importance of making campus a safe place for everyone,” Shepherd said.

The Women’s Center also advertised its Clothesline Project at the march. The Clothesline Project is an initiative designed to provide survivors with a way to tell their story by designing and painting their own T-shirt. Each T-shirt was meant to portray a different meaning, offering different situations people at NC State have been through in an effort to bring the issue closer to campus.

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Republicans show ignorance on education, again I

t’s an absurd bill that will likely never pass, but the recent proposal of Senate Bill 593 which would mandate faculty members at UNC System schools to teach four courses per semester, provides yet another example of Republicans’ misunderstanding of the role that public universities play in our country.

Sen. Tom McInnis, a freshman Republican from Richmond County who sponsored the bill, said he wants to improve teaching quality by seeing professors spending more time in the classroom, as opposed to graduate students teaching courses. For the average NC State professor, he wants to see them spending exactly twice as much time in the classroom, and those who do not meet his proposed requirement of teaching

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four courses per semester would see their pay drastically cut.

But the role of a professor extends beyond classroom instruction. Professors conduct groundbreaking research, write articles in scholarly journals, write books, edit journals, maintain laboratories for students to work in, apply for nationally competitive grants, advise both undergraduate and graduate students, run committees, give public lectures and perform other acts of public extension.

That’s not even to mention the economic impact that academic research generates for the state.

T he U NC System General Administration recently released a report that found that UNC System research

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Shooting for the future Over the past few weeks, people across the country have been glued to the NCAA March Madness tournament. Every year, the tournament brings a palpable excitement to the nation. This year though, my third as a public school teacher, I found myself thinking less about who’d take the title and more about what it would look like to bring this same energy and electricity to our effort to deliver on the promise of equal educational opportunity for our kids. For low-income students of color in Eastern North Carolina, the shot clock is ticking.

When I talk to my students in Nash-Rocky Mount, the very same district that served me growing up, I tell them how crucial education was and continues to be in my life. Here in Rocky Mount, kids who look like us, my students and I, don’t always tend to do well. I got good grades in high school, but I still felt unprepared for the rigor of college when I got to North Carolina State. I sometimes looked around the classroom and wondered if I had what it took to be there. But my four years on campus taught me the precious value of hard work.

Thanks to a community of peers and professors who changed the way I viewed both the world and the possibilities for my place in it, I was determined to be part of building a better one.

By the time graduation rolled around, I had applied to Teach For America. Now that I knew what it took to make it through college, I wanted to return home and equip the kids growing up there now with those skills. Three years later, we’re just getting started.

Every year, my kids come to my classroom below grade level.

They sometimes struggle to read or do math, and often feel that they just don’t have what it takes to ever master those skills.

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spending generates $1.5 billion annually in added income for the state and employs more than 22,000 North Carolinians.

McInnis’ bill plays into the extremely degrading debate popularized

by Republican legislators across the nation as to whether professors work hard enough for their pay.

As NC State facultysenate head and professor of history David Zonderman said, “Faculty members aren’t just curled up in hammocks eating bon-bons.”

If the bill were to be passed, we could certainly expect to see a mass exodus of faculty

members and the prosperity that the UNC System brings to the state of North Carolina leave with them.

This isn’t the first time a member of the Republican party has tried to blame those dedicated to teaching the next generation for not doing enough work while trying to balance the budget on their backs.

This attempt to “improve the quality of instruction at the constituent institutions of the University of North Carolina” is clearly a Republican misunderstanding of what professors do and their role in higher education.

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governor, Pat McCrory, sees no problem moving toward privatizing higher education. McCrory said, “If you want to take gender studies, that’s fine. Go to a private school, and take it, but I don’t want to subsidize that if that’s not going to get someone a job.”

And during the past few months, we have seen a Republican-controlled Board of Governors dismiss UNC System President Tom Ross, which we still have yet to hear a dignified reason for. In addition, the board conducted a “review” which resulted in the termination of three research institutes

studying poverty, the environment and civic engagement—areas which if the legislature were better informed about, would much better serve the citizens of North Carolina.

The review, touted under the notion of a cost-saving measure for the state of North Carolina, will save the state a grand total of $0.00.

However, this misunderstanding of higher education is not exclusive to North Carolina’s Republican-controlled government. Wisconsin’s Republican Gov. Scott Walker, a potential GOP presidential candidate, called for a 13 percent cut to the public university system, which would amount for a total cut of $300 million during the next two years for the university system’s 180,000 students.

In Kansas, the Republ ic a n Gov. Sa m Brownback proposed to gut funding for public schools and higher education by nearly $45 million to make up for the state’s massive deficit and proposed tax cuts.

W h i le de s t roy i ng public higher education is not a plank of the Republican Party platform, it sheepishly hides under the goals of fiscal conservatism.

Let’s stop electing leaders who are asking if our professors work hard enough and start electing ones who ask if they are paid enough.

Let’s stop electing people who are actively cutting higher education’s funding and start electing those investing in higher education.

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But I know that’s not true.

So I tell them about my own struggles in the classroom, about how hard I had to work to get the hang of science and how often I felt like everyone around me was smarter and more qualified than I was.

Then I teach lessons in ways that feel familiar to them: “You’re throwing a party. You have a $250 gift card to Burger King to order food, and you can only use 95 percent of the gift card. What would you order and why?” They then break up into groups and solve the problem together, with one person illustrating the math on a graph, another creating a menu, the third adding up decimal places.

As they work together to break down problems, their confidence builds. And if I see them falter as I walk between their rows of desks, I remind them: “It’s OK to struggle. Mr. Williams wouldn’t be here if he hadn’t struggled just like you.

The important thing is that you keep going.”

With another year of NCAA festivities in the books, I hope we’ll think boldly about what it would take to bring this same tenacity, commitment and passion to the pursuit of educational equity for all. We have a responsibility to ensure that more young men and women get the confidence and preparation they need to thrive at our alma mater or any of the other life-changing institutions of higher learning that muscled it out on the court over the last few weeks.

That’s the Cinderella story I want to see. Victory never tasted so sweet.

Christopher Hamby, freshman, First-Year Engineering

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“What are your thoughts regarding the Senate bill that would force faculty members to teach four classes per semester as opposed to the average two and thus take away time for them to conduct research?”

“It should be the choice of the teacher if they wish to teach more classes each semester, and they should have time to do their research as well.”

“I think it’s largely unfair because teachers should be able to create their own schedules around research they know well.”

Gregg Oakley freshman, First Year College

Jo Himes freshman, biological & agricultural engineering

“I feel that one of the biggest sources of NC State’s reputation and funding comes from our great progress in research, so why require faculty to give that up? If anything, there should be some sort of standard that limits who has to give up research and who doesn’t.”

“It would depend on the influence of the research regarding its ability to provide funding to the university, as well as positive publicity that might bring future investments to the Raleigh area.”

“I think it’s better that the professors keep their research time so that they have more information to provide to students on their subject material.”

Katie Lewia senior, marine science

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During these times of grief, we may find ourselves grappling with painful or unfamiliar emotions, and we may be unsure of how to deal with these feelings. I urge you to take care of yourself and take care of others. Please take advantage of the support that is available on campus, and be a source of support for those around you.

Counseling Center counselors are available in confidence and free of charge for students 24 hours a day and can be reached during regular and non-office hours at 919-515-2423. And, if you witness concerning behavior in a student, please submit a referral to our Student of Concern site (http://studentsofconcern.ncsu.edu/) to help us ensure his or her continued success at NC State.

Counselors are also available for faculty and staff by contacting the Faculty and Staff Assistance Program. The FASAP is confidential and provided at no charge to faculty, staff and their dependents. Access counseling services 24/7 through FASAP by calling 866-467-0467, or using online resources at www.guidanceresources.com (webID: fasap).

You can always contact University Police by calling 919-515-3000 or 911 if there is an emergency. Our police encourage the campus community to call if they have any safety concerns.

In addition to these tragic losses, our collective attention has also been drawn to a number of events that have occurred throughout the nation, many of which are indicative of an underlying climate of intolerance and racism on college campuses.

Our campus has not been immune to these issues, and this past March evidence of this type of behavior was uncovered in one of our fraternities. While I can say with confidence that this instance does not reflect the standards of the campus or Greek community as a whole, these actions are an embarrassment for the overwhelming majority of us who identify as members of the Pack.

At NC State, we take seriously our commitment to welcome all people regardless of age, color, disability, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status. I encourage you to help NC State continue to strive to build and enhance a culture that values empathy, respect, tolerance and equality for all. If you witness behaviors that are hateful and contrary to these values, I encourage you speak up when you need to, intervene when you need to, get help when you need to.

The academic year is drawing to a close, bringing with it the successful completion of studies, the celebration of graduation, and the anticipation of the coming new academic year. It is however also a time of converging deadlines, multiple obligations in and out of the classroom, and stress as the year comes to a close. As we approach the end of the semester, remember to offer support to your friends and colleagues. Be there for each other, and we in turn will be there for you.

In the spirit of the Pack,

Mike Mullen Vice Chancellor and Dean Division of Academic and Student Affairs

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Q&A with Clutch bassist Dan Maines Russell Ash Staff Writer

Clutch, the four-piece rock band from Frederick, Maryland, is coming to Raleigh’s Lincoln Theater May 9 as part of its spring tour with heavy metal band Mastodon.

The band formed in 1991 and has been going strong ever since, having released 10 albums and cofounding its own label, Weathermaker Music. The Technician interviewed Dan Maines, the bassist and one of the founding members of Clutch.

This interview has been edited for length.

Technician: Did you start playing bass at a young age?

Dan Maines : Actually no, I didn’t really get into music until I was in high school. I picked up electric guitar from a friend of mine from school and I had been messing around with that for about a year. Some other friends of mine were getting a band together and asked me if I wanted to jam with them. When I got there, there was already somebody playing guitar and there was nobody playing bass, so I thought I’d give that a shot.

T: What music did you listen to before you were in Clutch?

DM: A lot of punk rock. I was listening to some of the D.C. punk bands like Minor Threat, Bad Brains, some West Coast punk stuff and then the New York hardcore bands. I was also listening to what you might call classic rock or heavy metal stuff, bands like Van Halen and Led Zeppelin, and then later stuff like Black Sabbath and Cream. Those were a lot of the inf luences I was into in that period of around 1989 to 1990.

T: Did anything in the punk scene inf luence your style as a bassist?

DM: In 1989, I heard for the first time a band out of Vancouver called Nomeansno, which was a punk three-piece. They had a song called “Dad” and another on the B-Side of a record called “Revenge” that really made a big impact on me as far as how I want-

ed to sound as a bass player.

T: Clutch’s music utilizes a unique mix of punk, hardcore and classic rock ‘n’ roll, especially on the first two albums. What inf luences do you think helped the band generate this particular style?

DM: If we were all on the same page about anything, it was trying something new and really trying to step out of the box of what we had been doing up to that point.

Transnational Speedway League was our first full-length record, and it kind of had two different sounds on it. One was very dark and the other half of the coin was this more light-hearted sound, and the music leaned a little more over toward a traditional rock sound.

I think that was more of the direction we chose to veer toward for the self-titled Clutch record. Going back to what people today might refer to as ‘stoner rock,’ whatever records came out within that time period from ’93 to ’96, I feel like those are the founding albums for that entire genre. Those were albums we were listening to as well and I would definitely count them as inf luences.

T: I read that Bam Margera is a fan of Clutch and even directed the music video for your song “The Mob Goes Wild.” What was it like working with Bam? DM : Chaotic. He’s actua lly pretty focused when he’s working. He had very specific ideas for that video, and I think he pulled them off well. It’s a unique Clutch video for sure. He’s somebody who was actually, from the very get go, very supportive of the band and has helped us out a lot.

T: If you could put a name on your sound, what might it be?

DM: We just call ourselves a rock band. When I think of a rock band, I think of a band that plays music that pulls from multiple genres. I think that’s the nice thing about being in a rock band is you have the freedom to pull from those different categories like jazz, R&B, funk and metal and blend them into a sound. For me, I don’t like to get too specific about how I de-

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Dan Maines is the bassist and one of the founding members of the four-piece rock band Clutch, which is coming to Raleigh in May. “For me, I don’t like to get too specific about how I describe the music for the very reason that we’re always trying to inhabit a wide spectrum of sounds,” Maines said.

scribe the music for the very reason that we’re always trying to inhabit a wide spectrum of sounds.

T: You guys have been in a band together for about 24 years now.

Has it been challenging? Rewarding?

DM: It’s definitely rewarding, sometimes challenging. Luckily, we always got along well. We’re always just four friends who wanted to be in a band to play shows. I think it might have been different

if we were four guys who thought, “Hey, if we get a band together we’d get signed to a major label record and we can start playing stadiums.”

That was never the way this band’s group attitude was like. I think that has more than anything else to do with the longevity of the band. I couldn’t ask for a better job than to be in this band.

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Marvel debuts gritty ‘Daredevil’ series on Netflix Daredevil

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Ever since the disappointment that is the 2003 Daredevil film with Ben Affleck, fans of the character have wanted nothing more than to see a screen adaptation that does him justice. Fortunately, that time has finally come.

Marvel and Netflix released the first season of their “Daredevil” television series this past weekend. With its spot-on casting, dark storylines and film noir aesthetic, the show is everything fans could hope for and more, and I’m only two episodes in.

Opening with a brutal fight scene in the streets of Hell’s Kitchen, the producers immediately establish a vastly different tone from the rest of the Marvel Cinematic Universe with this series. This sequence is then juxtaposed with protagonist Matt Murdock/Daredevil (Charlie Cox) confessing to a priest that he intends to tread along a dark path of vigilantism.

Like ever y other superhero, Daredevil’s origin is grounded in a tragedy which took place during his childhood. After saving an old man from an oncoming truck, the young Murdock is blinded by the radioactive materials inside the vehicle. While his sight is gone, his other senses become superhumanly enhanced.

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Just when he starts getting used to his new lifestyle, he suffers from the death of his father at the hands of gangsters. This propels him to use his abilities to fight those who made his life and the lives of others complete hell.

Whether or not you are familiar with the character through the comics or the Affleck movie, both the tone and scope of this series feel inexplicably fresh, even with the excess of superhero movies and shows in today’s culture. Perhaps it’s the really intimate character drama coinciding with the main action.

Like “Arrow,” “Daredevil” presents Murdock’s origin through

flashbacks which are interspersed throughout the earlier episodes.

The second episode features some really great moments between Matt and his father Jack (John Patrick Hayden), a boxer who will do anything for his son. These scenes provide more insight and depth to the character than they do plot devices.

The pilot focuses on the beginnings of Matt’s lawyer career, in which his first client is an innocent murder suspect named Karen Page (Deborah Ann Woll), who is targeted by the mafia. This of course provides a catalyst for him to also reveal his alter-ego to the world as he wages war against the underworld.

Creator Drew Goddard (“Lost,” “Cloverf ield,” “Cabin in t he Woods”) clearly has a love for the source material and remains as faithful to it as possible. Whether it’s the quick-witted dialogue he gives to Matt’s business partner Foggy Nelson (Elden Henson) or his implementation of themes such as faith, fear and honor, viewers will feel like they’re watching a live-action version of a Frank Miller graphic novel.

Equally impressive is Goddard’s not holding back from exploring the grittiness of this world. Although it’s strange to think that this series exists in the same universe as the Hulk, Captain Amer-

ica, Ant-Man and even Howard the Duck (see “Guardians of the Galaxy”), Daredevil is tonally and thematically different from the rest of the MCU. I also like that Goddard doesn’t make him invincible, as we see our hero get beaten up on more than one occasion.

In the second episode, the character is shown interrogating and torturing a man who has been kidnapping and selling children.

The blood, intensity and sheer violence in this scene is a clear indication that this is not a show for the kiddies, and rightfully so. What I like most about the MCU is that it covers a wide range of audiences.

“Avengers” and “Guardians of the Galaxy” are more light-hearted and family friendly, whereas “Daredevil” is designed for more mature viewers.

On his own, “Boardwalk Empire” veteran Charlie Cox is excellent in portraying Matt as the fearless and emotionally detached character that he is. Though his mask is the result of traumatization, he refuses to allow his feelings to blind him (pun intended). Likewise, supporting cast members such as Henson and Woll are just as believable in their respective roles.

Although I am still early into the show, I look forward to seeing where it will go from here. Marvel’s “Daredevil” displays nearly flawless storytelling, sharply executed action sequences and a comic-book inf luence that will have fanboys mesmerized.

Sports

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MONDAY, APRIL 13, 2015 • PAGE 7

Pack preps for football season in Kay Yow Spring Game Jake Lange Associate Sports Editor

Saturday featured the NC State football team’s first contest on the gridiron since late December, as the Red and White squads, accompanied by perfect weather and thousands of fans, arrived at Carter-Finley Stadium for the annual Kay Yow Spring Game.

Though the scrimmage saw minimal scoring from the offenses, the Red squad walked off with a 16-3 victory over the White team.

“There were some good things out there,” head coach Dave Doeren said. “When we get our full team out there where everyone is healthy, it creates a few more things we can do on offense, but we got out of it what we wanted.

We stayed healthy and a lot of guys got worked.”

The red squad scored all 16 of its points in the second quarter. At the 10-minute mark, grad student tight end Benson Browne caught a short pass from redshirt senior Jacoby Brissett and bullied his way to the end zone for the score. On the team’s following possession, senior running back Shadrach Thornton bolted through the trench for a one-yard touchdown.

The game featured two talents under center—one proven and one emerging.

As expected, Brissett generated excitement for the up-

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Freshman running back Reggie Gallaspy II runs through a pile of players against Team Red in the NC State Spring Football Game. Gallaspy, a freshman who enrolled in January, ran for a game-high 131 yards on 21 carries. The Red Team beat the White Team 16-3 on Saturday.

coming season by reminding spectators of his athleticism.

In the opening minutes of second quarter, the 6’4” signal caller stunned the crowd with a 50-yard laser to sophomore tight end Jaylen Samuels. Brissett played for three quarters and completed 13 of his 32 passes for 164 yards and a touchdown.

It’s nice to know that the Wolfpack will have insurance at the quarterback position this season in redshirt freshman Jalan McClendon.

The Charlotte native boasts a

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Three-star recruit and early enrollee freshman Reggie Gallaspy II may not play as strong of a role this season due to the Wolfpack’s depth at running back. However, the High Point native showed stellar potential in his 21 reps on Saturday. Gallaspy underperformed in the first half, but impressed coaches

and spectators alike after switching to the Red team to start the third quarter. In the second half alone, Gallaspy tallied 120 yards on 13 carries, averaging 9.2 yards per.

Wolfpack fans can expect this first-down machine to have an impressive career with the team.

Rock-solid defense was on display from both sides. The linemen showed a strong performance, keeping the quarterbacks under constant pressure. Among the standouts was freshman four-star

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“As the spring’s gone on, you’re starting to see [Roseboro’s] God-given ability,” Doeren said. “For a big man he is very quick-twitch. He’s a very mature freshman.”

The backfields were effective on both squads. Senior safety Hakim Jones and junior cornerback Jack Tocho led both secondaries in burdening the offenses with consistent pass disruption.

The only two major mishaps came from NC State’s special teams, who were responsible for a 20-yard punt in the first quarter and a missed extra point after the Red squad’s second touchdown.

Wolfpack fans raised over $16,000 at the event. The donations will be split between the Kay Yow Cancer Fund and the Wolfpack Club’s Kay Yow Endowment.

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Pack drops pair, wins third at Chapel Hill Pack softball team drops one, wins two against Virginia in weekend series

The NC State softball team was able to win two out of three games this weekend against Virginia to boost its record to 25-16 overall. The Pack dropped a close contest to the Cavaliers in the series opener, 3-2, but would take the series by winning the final pair of games on the weekend.

State was led by senior pitcher Emily Weiman who was able to toss backto-back shutouts against Virginia.

The Wolfpack’s bats were piping hot in the final two games of the series, scoring a combined 14 runs in the last two games. The Pack will travel to Tuscaloosa, Alabama for its next game against the Alabama Crimson Tide.

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NC State baseball to raise money for cancer research

Through the month of April, NC State baseball is partnering with Vs. Cancer to raise money for childhood cancer research benefitting the V Foundation.

Fans can donate a flat amount or per strikeout throughout the month. The campaign’s goal is $10,000. The team is working together with Great Clips to pursue this goal. Triangle-area Great Clips salons are giving $2 off haircuts when donating in-store to the Vs. Cancer Foundation.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY “When your team plays with heart and guts, as a coach your job is pretty much over. I’ve never been more proud of a ball club.”

Elliot Avent Head baseball coach

ATHLETIC SCHEDULE Wednesday BASEBALL VS. CHARLOTTE Raleigh, N.C., 6:00 p.m.

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Thursday MEN’S TENNIS @ BRYANT UNIVERSITY Smithfield, R.I., 9:00 a.m.

MEN’S TENNIS @ BOSTON COLLEGE Chestnut Hill, Mass., 3:30 p.m.

Friday WOMEN’S GOLF @ ACC CHAMPIONSHIP Greensboro, N.C., All Day TRACK @ VIRGINIA CHALLENGE Charlottesville. Va., All Day WOMEN’S TENNIS @ SYRACUSE Syracuse, N.Y., 2:00 p.m.

BASEBALL @ NOTRE DAME Notre Dame, Ind., 6:05 p.m.

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The NC State baseball team closed out its weekend in Chapel Hill with a win against No. 22 North Carolina after dropping the first two games of the series.

The Wolfpack (20-14, 8-9 ACC) received strong performances from al its pitchers, yet struggled offensively on the weekend until the final game of the series, when the team finally found consistent success against Tar Heel (22-14, 9-9 ACC) pitchers.

The Wolfpack fell victim to a stellar pitching performance from UNC-Chapel Hill sophomore pitcher Zac Gallen Friday night.

The right-hander pitched a complete game, allowing only a single unearned run while adding five strikeouts in the Heels’ 2-1 win. The Pack’s lone run occurred thanks to a throwing error by the Carolina third baseman.

The Tar Heels opened the scoring in the third inning when sophomore right fielder Tyler Ramirez singled the first pitch he saw to left field, driving in the runner from second.

NC State’s pitchers were solid in their own right, allowing only three hits and keeping the Wolfpack in the game, ultimately giving the offense an opportunity to win it.

In the seventh inning, junior center fielder Skye Bolt hit a game-winning home run to right center field.

Saturday night, NC State scored first in the fourth inning when Ratledge blasted a 1-1 pitch to left field, giving the Pack a 1-0 lead.

Carolina answered quickly in the bottom of the fourth inning when Carolina freshman Zack Gahagan hit a ball that took a wild hop right before reaching State third baseman Joe Dunand, allowing him to reach first base safely. After a wild pitch al-

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Senior outfielder Jake Fincher tags first to prevent himself from being picked off. Fincher had two hits and one run in the 6-3 win on Sunday at Boshamer Stadium in Chapel Hill.

lowed the runner to move to second, Tar Heel sophomore first baseman Joe Dudek hit a single up the middle, driving home the runner to tie the game 1-1.

The Pack retook the lead in the fifth inning when freshman designated hitter Shane Shepard hit his first career home run into the trees behind the right field wall.

Once again, Carolina immediately fought back when an inaccurate throw by Wolfpack third baseman Dunand lifted sophomore Preston Palmeiro off first base, allowing the batter to reach safely with no outs in the inning. A sacrifice bunt moved the runner to second with only one out. The Tar Heels would later tie the game when sophomore Skye Bolt drove an RBI single to center field, scoring the runner from second.

The top of the 10th inning saw a controversial call go against the Pack when Dunand was hit by a pitch. The umpire ruled that Dunand leaned

into the pitch and called him back into the batter’s box. Instead of having a runner on first with no outs, Dunand later flied out and the Pack failed to produce offense.

“I didn’t really get one [explanation],” Wolfpack head coach Elliott Avent said. “He said he thought he stuck his elbow out. From what I saw, the pitch was in his batter’s box.”

Three straight walks loaded the bases with no outs in the tenth, when UNC-CH freshman third baseman Zack Gahagan was hit by a pitch, sending a runner home, giving Carolina a 3-2 win over State.

On Sunday, NC State took an early lead in the third inning when a bases loaded walk to Palmeiro scored a run.

Carolina battled back in its half of the third, registering two RBI singles to give the Heels a 2-1 lead.

Just as Carolina had done, the Pack responded in a hurry in the fourth inning. Dunand hit a double to left

field, scoring Willard from first to tie the game.

The Pack wasn’t done as they continued the damage in the fifth inning. Palmeiro hit a single through the right side, scoring Fincher and allowing Ratledge to move to third with no outs. Knizner would then drive in a run of his own on a fielder’s choice, giving State a 4-2 lead.

After the Heels scored a run in the seventh, the Wolfpack headed to the ninth with a one-run lead and looking to add insurance.

They would get exactly that, as a double and sac fly added two more.

The Tar Heels couldn’t respond this time and the Pack won the series finale, 6-3.

Despite dropping the series, the Pack has played good ball lately and the effort is there.

“When your team plays with heart and guts, as a coach your job is pretty much over,” Avent said. “I’ve never been more proud of a ball club.”

MEN’S TENNIS

NC State dominates in weekend doubleheader Taylor Peers Correspondent

After a whirlwind day of competition, NC State men’s tennis won both matches on Senior Day at the J.W. Isenhour Tennis Center.

The Wolfpack (13-9, 3-6 ACC) had an explosive 7-0 win against University of Miami (7-13, 1-8 ACC) and 4-0 win against UNC-Charlotte 49ers (17-3, 1-0 C-USA).

“We had two tough matches to play and we did it at less than full strength,” head coach Jon Choboy said. “The teams we played today were evenly matched. Miami is a talented but young team, and Charlotte has six seniors.”

Seniors Beck Bond, Austin Powell and Robbie Mudge were honored before their match against Miami.

The trio won their singles matches in straight sets.

In doubles, the Pack dominated with juniors Thomas Weigel and Simon Norenius winning 8-2 and sophomore Nick Horton and Mudge 8-5; Bond and Powell’s match went unfinished once NC State won the doubles point.

Horton’s singles match was the only court to go to a third set which he won 6-2. Norenius clinched the Miami match for the Wolfpack with his single’s win over opponent Wilfredo Gonzalez.

“Pretty good all-around singles and doubles effort,” Choboy said. “Our guys did a good job of adapting [to injuries].”

Before the second match of the day for NC State, Choboy and the 49er head coach Billy Boykin decided to only play a shortened format, which ends at four points instead of seven.

NC State once again stole the doubles point in the match against 49ers. Mudge and Horton continued their success with another 8-5 win in

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Sophomore Ian Dempster prepares to make a backhand return during his and teammate Robbie Mudge’s doubles matchup against Northwestern’s Alex Pasareanu and Mihir Kumar Friday, Jan. 16, 2015 at the J.W. Tennis Center.

Dempster and Mudge went on to win the match 6-3, aiding in NC State’s narrow 4-3 victory over the No. 34-ranked Wildcats.

doubles competition, while Powell and freshman Shoti Meparidze lost 5-8 to 49ers Alex Calott and Forrest Edwards. Bond and Weigel had a tiebreaker match in doubles to win overall 8-7.

The Pack boasted its stamina in single play.

Mudge won the first set 6-1 and battled to win the second, 7-5 against Vikram Hundal.

Weigel was on fire in his singles match, winning the first set 6-1 and the second 6-3 against Kamil Khalil.

Horton clinched the final point of the match, coming from a first set win, 7-6, to a second set win, 6-2, against Alex Calott.

Powell’s and Bond’s matches remained unfinished. Bond was only

a point away from winning his singles match. Powell had lost the first set, 1-6, but he won the second set and was in the middle of the tiebreaker when NC State won.

Meparidze showed promise despite his loss of the first set, 4-6. He won the second set, 6-1, and kept up with opponent Paul Cisti. His match went unfinished once NC State reached the fourth match point.

In terms of rebuilding, Choboy is confident, especially after a day like Sunday.

“It’s a bit of a challenge, but we have good freshmen coming in,” Choboy said. “Thomas is strong in doubles and singles, as is Simon. [Overall], we’ve got four returning players, but it’s never easy to replace three seniors

like this. I don’t recall having three impactful seniors graduating like this before.”

Double-headers do not faze the Wolfpack, as demonstrated by their shutout wins Sunday.

“We train pretty hard each day, and we’re in good physical condition,” Choboy said. “It all depends on the intensity of practice, after that, games are just games.”

As for the rest of the season, Choboy said the Wolfpack’s motto will be “Battle through and get healthy.”

The Pack only has three regular season matchups before the ACC championships begin on April 23.