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Grave site finds new life away from stadium Rachel Smith Assistant News Editor

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Chancellor Randy Woodson summarizes the history of Talley Student Union to a crowd. The Chancellor and the crowd were celebrating Talley Student Union’s Grand Opening on Wednesday, Sept. 9th.

After much anticipation, Talley officially opens Emma Lampe Correspondent

The long-awaited Talley Student Union celebrated its grand opening Wednesday with a luncheon, public ceremony and open house.

A single trumpet got the attention of the crowd as Chancellor Randy Woodson spoke about Talley Student Union and its namesake, Banks C. Talley, Jr.

Following Woodson, student leaders introduced and publicly welcomed and thanked the namesakes of spaces in and near Talley Student Union, like Thomas H. Stafford.

Aerial dancers performed over the side of the balconies, representing the versatility of the open space above the lobby. Following the performance, members of the NC State marching band came and

played the fight song. The band then closed the ceremony with the alma mater, uniting students, alumni, faculty and staff.

The speakers at the event spoke of the shared experiences and emphasized that the new Talley Student Union is a place for all members of the NC State community to come together.

“This is our space. This is our pack. This is our union,” Khari

Cyrus, Student Body President, said.

Woodson highlighted the idea of Talley acting as an open, safe ground.

“Here at Talley Student Union, we seek to create a safe and inclusive environment for the campus community,” Woodson said.

While most of the attendees

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Triangle remembers 9/11 this weekend Inez Nicholson News Editor

The 14th annual anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks is this Friday. The Triangle is offering many opportunities to commemorate the date.

The Red Hat Amphitheater will host a Day of Service Evening Commemoration from 6:30-8 p.m. where local leaders will speak, live music can be enjoyed and there will be service projects at stations throughout the amphitheater to wrap-up the fourth annual day of service.

Attendees are asked to bring a nonperishable food item to donate to ‘fill-the-truck’ for the Urban Ministries of Wake County food pantry.

More than 40 causes will benefit from volunteers’ work, including Raleigh Rescue Mission, Note in the Pocket, Urban Ministries of Wake County, Carolina Tiger Rescue, Ronald McDonald House and AnimalKind.

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On April 7 members of the wolfpack held a moment of silence and cherish the memories of Olivia Spurlock at the candlelight vigil held in Harris Field on Monday evening. Friends and acquaintances of Olivia shared fond memories of her at the vigil and encouraged people to reach out to those in need.

Olivia was a sophomore in mechanical engineering and an RA in Sullivan Residence Hall.

NC State commemorates World Suicide Prevention Week Alix Vo Correspondent

FEATURES Mr. and Ms. Wuf: finding Mr. and Ms. right See page 6.

SPORTS Wolfpack seeks second straight victory See page 10.

Around the world today, millions of candles will be lit to remember those lost to suicide. This week is World Suicide Prevention Week with Sept. 10 being World Suicide Prevention Day. The Nation’s Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) on Campus, the NC State Student Health Center and other sponsors are holding its 5th Annual Candlelight Vigil tonight in Wolf Plaza.

The event will start off at 5:30 p.m. where students will learn about the warning signs of sui-

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cide and paint the Free Expression Tunnel. At 7 p.m. the Vigil will start with a screening of the “Share Your Story” film and the candle lighting will begin at 8 p.m. The event will close with an open mic, allowing students who wish to share their story or one of someone close to them.

Angel Bowers, Assistant Director of Outreach at the NC State Student Health Center, said the event is a balance of campus partners sharing their services and support to students.

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concerns so students never have to be alone,” Bowers said.

NAMI on Campus is an NC State student organization that hopes to educate and increase students’, faculty and administrators’ awareness of mental health issues. They also promote existing mental health services on campus and assist students in receiving care from these services.

“One of our main goals is to reduce the stigmas surrounding mental illnesses and surrounding suicide, because no one talks about it,” said Avi Aggarwal, the president of NAMI,

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For the past 49 years, thousands of students and NC State fans alike have unknowingly passed by and through a grave site on their way to cheering on the Wolf Pack at Carter-Finley Stadium.

Last mont h, 12 unmarked graves, which were situated on a wooded hill just outside the stadium near gate six, were excavated and re-interred at Oakwood Cemetery.

“It is really interesting to think of where [the graves] were,” said Robin Simonton, executive director at Oakwood Cemetery. “I am just intrigued by the fact that the players walked through that area to get to the practice field, and also by all the people that have cut through that area to get inside the stadium.”

Records of a gravesite in this location first appeared in 1938.

Some of the graves contained shards of broken glass, indicating that the coffins were likely covered with glass— a style that predated the Civil War, according to Simonton.

“That give us the clue that they, at the latest, were buried in the 1850s or 1860s,” Simonton said.

Field investigations to locate the unmarked burials were conducted in November of last year.

It was initially estimated that only five people were located in this area; however, upon excavation, it was discovered that seven additional graves had to be relocated. “[The excavators] dig down until they see remains and dirt discoloration, which is typically in the shape of a coffin,” Simonton said. “In this case, there were a lot of skulls and a lot of jaws. All of these remains and discolored soil was brought with them here.”

After the graves were excavated, remains and discolored dirt were put into open 16 by 24 inch pine boxes and moved to Oakwood Cemetery where the graves were re-interred in the order in which they were found.

“We don’t put lids on the new coffins,” Simonton said. “They have obviously been through a very disruptive process so we try not to put them in anything that is unnatural. They go back to the ground which they came from.”

Once the ground settles at the new burial site in Oakwood Cemetery, a monument that says exactly where the graves came from and when they were moved, will be placed next to the site, according to Simonton.

The monument will also disclose that the identities of the individuals who were relocated from the Carter-Finley grave site are unknown.

“It is kind of a guessing game at this point,” Simonton said.

“Since we there was never any direct documentation that makes us think that it was perhaps people that don’t usually show up in documentation, such as slaves.”

Simonton said that given its proximity to the former location of the AME church; she believes this grave site could have been used for slaves.

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were honored guests and a lu m n i, ma ny st udent s gathered in the lobby and around the balconies to be a part of the grand opening.

“It was really, really cool,” Estelle Rohr, a junior studying nutrition science, said.

“I’ve never seen that in person before. I feel like the event lacked advertising, and not many students knew about it.”

Jud it h K i ng, a sen ior study ing biolog ica l sciences, said she wished a few others had spoken at the event as well.

“Dr. Stafford is so well known; I would have liked to have heard one of his speeches,” King, said.

Students at the event expressed their excitement about the new Talley and the resources they will be able to find inside.

“I think it’s amazing…it gives you something to be proud of,” Brooke Peery, a senior studying biological sciences, said.

Peer y sa id t hat she is much more likely to go to Talley now for both food and for the CSLEPS offices, one of the many student organizations housed in the new union.

However, the wait for Talley Student Union to reopen was a long one, and some beloved features of the old Talley are missed.

“The wait was understandable, but I wish they still had the Wolves’ Den,” Peery said.

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said. “Over 90 percent of people who commit suicide are diagnosed with a mental illness.”

She also mentioned that internationally, other organizations will light candles at 8 p.m.

“We want to show that there are people here who care about one another and who support each other,” said Alyssa Elliott, the vice president of NAMI. Aggarwal mentioned that one of their goals is to create a conversation about suicide and mental illness.

“I think the Vigil is like metaphor: we’re lighting these candles; we’re bringing light to the issue and creating a safe environment

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for people to come and share since it is a sensitive subject,” Aggarwal said.

K ha r i Cy r us, Student Body President, said he lost a friend to suicide during his sophomore year.

“Essentially, I felt as if I failed him as a friend, so I told myself that in order to ‘make it up to him’, I’d make sure I did everything in my power to remove the stigma around menta l hea lt h,” Cyrus said. “I’d also want to offer myself as a resource for anyone going through a tough time.”

For more information about suicide prevention, contact the NC State Student Health Center. To learn more information about NAMI, check out their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ NAMI.NCSU.

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“Hopefully one day, s om e on e w i l l c om e forward with new family records, or a family Bible and we will be able to piece the history back together,” Simonton said.

These graves were relocated because the WolfPack Club has intentions of creating a path through the old grave site area.

The burial site is not the first to appear near Carter-Finley Stadium.

In March of last year, a cemetery, which was positioned just northeast of the stadium, was claimed by and relocated to the Lincolnville AME

Church’s cemetery just off of RBC Center Rd. This f irst relocation was made before the construction for NC State’s new indoor practice facility.

While the 12 people that were relocated last month will no longer be alongside the thousands of fans expected to cheer on the Wolfpack this football season, they are still in good NC State company as their new burial site is just a stone’s throw away from burial sites of Jim Valvano, former head basketball coach and Lorenzo Charles, former NC State basketball player.

“We can only hope they were state fans,” Simon75004 ton said.

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Terrorism isn’t spelled M-u-s-l-i-m The unsigned editorial is the opinion of the members of Technician’s editorial board, excluding the news department, and is the responsibility of the editor-in-chief.

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hen you open up a dictionary and read a definition, you think of it as the gospel: perfectly correct and immutable.

But words are more nebulous than that; they ebb and change over time depending upon how people use them. Terrorism is a posterchild of this trend.

In 2005, a United Nations Secretary General report defined it as an action “intended to cause death or serious bodily harm to civilians or non-combatants with the purpose of intimidating a population or compelling a government or an international organization to do or abstain from doing any act.”

Although the UN provides this nice formal definition, to develop a fuller notion of ter-

rorism, further investigation is necessary.

In our minds, the “terrorist” is an objectively evil person who stands in opposition to the American Way. This puts us on the moral high ground, a rather precarious place to be. By painting the “terrorist” as categorically bad, we eliminate further nuance and empathy in our analysis.

The act of naming a terrorist is similar to beet juice staining everything on the dinner plate. This metaphor illustrates that any ideologies or ethnic groups associated with the specific terrorist sect become equally

tainted. Muslims all over the globe deal with this daily. They are painted as the ‘Other’ motivated simply by a violent religious philosophy and a hatred of America. This is not just unfair to call all Muslims terrorists, it’s bigotry.

When Dylann Roof killed nine innocent people in the name of racism, still media outlets were reluctant to label him a terrorist. When you search “What does terrorism mean?” in Google, the definition that is spit back at you is “the use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims.”

So why are news outlets hesitant to label Roof as a terrorist when he so completely fits a mold? It seems that we tend to reject the notion that terrorists can be homegrown — a notion that reeks of xenophobia. We are slow to label fellow (white) Americans as terrorists and jump at the opportunity to throw the term at those we consider ‘Other.’

Perhaps the most elegant working definition of terrorism comes from The Oxford English Dictionary (third ed.): “at its simplest [terrorism is] any act designed to cause terror” -- even while we insist that it means whatever we want it to.

9/11 course opens doors for reflection “Literature of 9/11,” an English course taught at UNC-Chapel Hill by Professor Neel Ahuja, has sparked a nationwide controversy af ter Alec Dent, a freshman studying journalism, criticized the course in an Kevin Schaefer article for The College Fix, a Staff Columnist conservative news website.

In a Daily Tar Heel article which ran last week, Dent was quoted as saying, “The reading list was one of the first things that stuck out to me.

It seemed to be sympathetic towards terrorists.”

Following in Dent’s suit, the University’s College Republicans are now petitioning for UNC administrators to get rid of this course altogether, saying that it is being “used to indoctrinate students against the very civilization that supports our studies.” Some of the course’s required readings include “Poems from Guantanamo: Detainees Speak,” a collection of poems written

by Guantanamo detainees; “Sand Opera,” a collection of poems on torture, race and war; and “Stuff Happens” by David Hare, an anti-war and anti-government play which portrays America as the antagonist.

What struck me the most about Dent’s assertion that this course aims to brainwash students is when he said in the Daily Tar Heel article, “You don’t have to read ‘Poems from Guantanamo’ to realize they’re sympathetic to the prisoners there.”

First off, if you’re going to condemn a course for its controversial material, you should at least read the books which you’re arguing against. The sources which Dent used to make his argument were primarily from reviews of these books on Amazon and from Blinkness reviews (UNC’s version of RateMyProfessor) of Mr. Ahuja when he made points about the professor.

Yet beyond this, despite the good intentions of Dent

and his student Republican supporters — all of us want to honor the victims of 9/11 as best we can, politics aside — the logic that they use is rather backward. Beyond the assumptions which Dent makes about a course he has not taken or about books he has not read, he seems to think that we are better off ignoring an entire perspective of a major event in history.

9/11 is a tragedy of indescribable magnitude in which countless innocent lives were taken. All of us likely remember where we were when it happened and the unimaginable horror of watching those planes crash into the buildings. Now, 14 years later, our hearts continue to go out to the friends and family of those victims, victims of an act of pure hatred.

That said, if we are to truly honor those victims and recognize this period of our nation’s history, we must look at it from multiple angles.

Dent seems to think that by reading books from an antiAmerican perspective, we ourselves might be warped into this way of thinking. I’ve read and seen my fair share of anti-American books and films, and I am no less a patriot because of it. The 1966 film “The Battle of Algiers” portrays the Algerian rebels as “freedom fighters” rather than terrorists and the French regime as oppressive. I’m not saying I agree with films such as this, but they are important to look at if we are to gain even a remote understanding of the horrors of events such as 9/11.

Curious to see some of the comments on Dent’s original article, I came across one from Neil Garrett, a UNC graduate, who had taken this course, and who said that it was one of the best he had taken in college. He said that in addition to readings such as the ones on the syllabus for this semester, they also looked at “various memorials and how people cope with and respond to tragedy”, and said that the course in no way caused him to “feel in any way sympathetic toward terrorism.”

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James Mulholland, an associate professor in the English department who has taught a 9/11 literature course here at NC State, believes that it is important that this course exists. At one point while teaching the course, he taught a graphic narrative called “American Widow” by Alicia Torres, a woman whose husband died at the World Trade Center on 9/11.

“One of the things that ‘American Widow’ thematizes is that not all 9/11 victims feel the same way,” Mulholland said. “They don’t all respond to the politics or the emotions of being a 9/11 survivor in the same way. A class like literature of 9/11 is about showing that to students. I’m very interested in how art and literature represent the terrorist attacks of 9/11.”

In regards to Dent’s points about how the course at UNC indoctrinates its students with anti-American philosophical concepts, Mulholland stated that a course’s syllabus does not necessarily reflect the ideas of a professor.

“For a syllabus, inclusion isn’t advocacy,” he said. “Just because a professor includes something on the syllabus doesn’t mean he or she agrees with it or expects students to agree with it. That’s the point of a university debate.

Whether we think about it or not, 9/11 will always remain an important American and world historical event, and just like other important world and American historical events, we should use art and literature to understand it even after the event is supposedly over.”

Though I have not taken it, I believe courses such as “Literature of 9/11” provide us with an opportunity to reflect upon tragedy and its cultural impact. To do this, observing controversial materials are essential to our understanding of these events.

While we can never truly comprehend the innate hatred which drives people to terrorism, looking at this issue from their point of view seems to me one of the best ways to combat extremism.

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Don’t flee, get help S

aturday marked the beginning of tailgate season at NC State with our first home football game. Like most Wolfpack footba l l ga mes, it was a beerfunneling, flask-hiddenin-cowboyboot and flipKatherine cup of a good time.

Waller A s I ob Staff ser ved t he Columnist fanfare and frivolity rampant in the dusty fair-ground parking lot, I felt a raindrop. Looking up, I saw dark, menacing storm clouds as the imminent storm intensified. My iPhone weather app had overlooked this.

The subsequent monsoon and thunderstorm barely made a ripple in the news, but Tuesday brought word of 34 alcohol-related student conduct violations from the first home football game. Instead of warnings or PSAs about the proper protocol to handle future dangerous weather conditions, we instead saw more monotonous reminders to resist drinking or (the horror!) face imminent student conduct hearings.

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Having recognized the danger of the storm on Saturday, students tensed in fear as police officers attempted to move the festivities inside. Many students scurried away from safety propositions because they were drinking illegally.

Perhaps our underage students did not remain outside in the downpour and lightning due to a general feeling of invincibility. I tend to think it more has to do with a simple truth we have ingrained in us early on—that while lightning strikes are rare, ALE “strikes” and underage drinking tickets are exceedingly common.

Students are cultured to flee rather than seek help, to risk danger to avoid a citation instead of prioritizing their personal safety. It’s easy to get in trouble, students think. It isn’t as easy to be struck by lightning.

I don’t want to write another opinion piece on how the drinking age should be lowered to enable safer drinking habits. I don’t want to rehash all the rhetoric out there of this nature. But I stand by the idea that the invulnerability experienced in young adulthood, that people insist is compounded by alcohol use, is not to blame. Instead,

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the true danger lies in the fear and intolerance generated in our systems that stigmatize underage drinking.

Our alcohol laws are similarly problematic in the way that abstinence-only approach to sex education is.

Ignorance of safe drinking practices cannot be lessened by the weak teachings from online “Alcohol Edu” when the primary exposure college students have to drinking is watching peers quickly consume large quantities of alcohol.

If underage students could speak freely to parents and even doctors about drinking habits, then we might witness more concern being directed toward individual health needs. This Saturday, I saw a female student unconscious while paramedics worked on her in what I can only assume to be an alcohol-related fallout. College students rarely learn the difference between “drunk” and “way too drunk.” The true health dangers lie in the lack of practical knowledge.

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Mr. and Ms. Wuf: finding Mr. and Ms. right Julia Colon Correspondant

For nearly as long as there have been team sports in America, there have been mascots. In the beginning, mascots were comprised of mostly live animals. NC State once had a live wolf that was brought out on the field during football games.

Once people began filling the role of mascot, the job shifted from token captive animal to hype man in a suit.

On September 8th, the search for the man and woman to portray Mr. and Ms. Wuf began.

In order to keep the secret identities, Mascot coach Kristen Bolinger, asked that then contestants and current mascots names not be used because they haven’t been officially selected yet.

“We’re looking for the ultimate fan,” Bolinger said. “That’s what Mr. and Ms. Wuf are, so we want that in the person we put in their suits.”

The tryouts brought a diverse group of former cheerleaders and NC State super fans alike.

“All the mascots here can get the crowd going absolutely wild like that,”

a student waiting to audition for the role of Mr. Wuf said. “It’s crazy. That’s talent right there. I want to be able to do that, to make 35,000 people go crazy, you know?”

Candidates for the mascot spot were asked to run through a set of gameday scenarios and then taken for a stroll around Talley Student Center to be tested on their ability to interact with the fans. The most essential part of the tryout process though, was the students’ portrayal of the Mr. and Ms. Wuf characters.

“Ms. Wuf, she’s definitely the sassy Southern lady,” Bolinger said. ”A little bit spunky, little bit mischievous… but very feminine and very motherly.

She’s definitely sassy but she doesn’t mind being silly and having fun.”

Her male counterpart, according to a current Mr. Wuf, “…is a bro. A jock.

He’s super macho, he’s a manly man.”

One of the distinctive features of a mascot at any school or corporation is that the identity of the person in the suit is kept shrouded in mystery.

“Lots of people have built relationships with Mr. and Ms. Wuf, so it’s important to us that whichever [Wuf] they’re meeting, it’s the same charac-

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A student trying out for the role of Mr. Wuf leaves Carmichael Gym to be tested on his ability to interact with fans.

Mascot tryouts were held on September 8th, 2015.

ter,” Bolinger said. “It has less to do with the individual in the suit and more to do with keeping the tradition of the character alive.”

When asked what the best part of

being a mascot is, a current Mr. Wuf answered, “the fact that it’s hard to get places because everyone wants to stop and take pictures with you.”

Another current mascot empha-

sized that the job is a huge time commitment, but it’s a lot of fun.

“We live a life like Hannah Montana,” she said. “It’s the best of both worlds.”

Fear the Walking Dead: AMC revives the zombies Samuel Griffin Correspondent

“Fear the Walking Dead,” AMC’s TV spinoff of their popular show, “The Walking Dead,” came onto the air with a bang, hitting record breaking views for a cable series premiere at a whopping 10.1 million views. The series, based in the universe created by comic book writer Robert Kirkman, follows a new cast of characters surviving the initial zombie outbreak in Los Angeles. “Fear the Walking Dead” is AMC’s second spinoff after “Better Call Saul,” the network’s spinoff of “Breaking Bad” which aired back in February of this year.

“Fear the Walking Dead” is a new take on the Walking Dead universe with new characters, a new setting and a time period never before seen in “The Walking Dead.” The show features the beginning of the zombie outbreak where no one really knows what is going on.

The story has so far focused

mainly on a small family of four and out of this small cast, the standouts are the characters Madison, played by Kim Dickens who is best known for her role as the lead detective in the movie “Gone Girl,” and her son Nick, played by Frank Dillane. These two characters are portrayed effectively in the series’ first two episodes.

Kim Dickens’ performance as a no-nonsense guidance counselor and strong-willed mother makes her a joy to watch, and the character of her son Nick has an even more interesting role to play.

The pilot of “Fear the Walking Dead” has an interesting challenge in that it has to portray the zombie outbreak as it is happening, and an event as huge as the end of the world does not happen quickly. The show is a bit of a slow burn compared to its predecessor, which featured a giant horde of zombies in its pilot as opposed to Fear’s measly two in its first episode. The pilot is filled with many hints toward the impending zom-

bie menace for the audience while they watch the characters slowly piece together what is happening.

Some of these hints are quite clever, such as showing how less and less kids are showing up at the school where the main characters work and/or attend due to a “flu.”

Others are a little cheesy, such as a student raving about government cover-ups and sounding like a twobit conspiracy theorist. The show does this best when it frames its opening scene with the character of Nick Clark.

Nick Clark is a heroin addict, giving his character a lack of credibility. In the show’s opening scene, Nick awakes from a drug trip to witness one of his friends turned into a zombie and eating her fellow junkies. The scene is extremely well paced and tense, in some ways mirroring “The Walking Dead” opening scene in which its main character Rick Grimes wakes up dazed in a hospital.

Nick’s character is very reminiscent of the character of Charlie in

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the playoffs.”

With junior quarterbacks Kyle Romano and Bennie Coney both returning from last season’s nine-win performance, the Colonels will have plenty of experience in the pocket. Although Romano started the game, Coney had the better performance Saturday against Valparaiso. Coney completed 11-of-20 throws for 153 yards and two scores, while

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the 2015 4A State Championship MVP and was both an All-American and Scholastic All-American in the 2014 and 2015 seasons. As a freshman, the collegiate level swimming scene is new to Ress and some adjustments are necessary to compete on this level.

“I’ve never lifted weights before, so the first day I was

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Along with its practices, the team participates in two days of strength training which they call “lifts.”

“Lifts is like every other sport; we have an hour with our lift coaches and the strength coaches will work us out,” Collins said. “We do

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Romano was more accurate, completing 8-of-10 passes for 102 but no touchdowns.

Sophomore running back Kentayvus Hopkins, another returning player for the Colonels, carried the ball seven times for 60 yards and one touchdown.

“Their tailback makes their offense go,” Doeren said. “He was a preseason All-American.

He averaged 5.8 yards per carry and had 20 touchdowns last season.”

However, the most experienced player on the Colonels’

offense is senior wide receiver Jeff Glover. Catching five passes for 95 yards and two touchdowns Saturday, Glover provides an offensive threat the Pack needs to keep in check.

The Wolfpack comes off a stellar performance in its opening game against the Troy Trojans. Senior quarterback Jacoby Brissett looked poised as ever, completing all but two of his 23 throws for 196 yards and two touchdowns.

“I’m very proud of the execution we had on offense,” Doeren said. “We were able to

control the clock and execute on third and fourth down. The way we threw it and caught it was very efficient.”

Junior running back Matt Dayes is coming off a career day, totaling 191 all-purpose yards and two scores. With senior running back Shadrach Thornton serving the final game of his two-game suspension, Dayes will receive the majority of the carries on offense against the Colonels.

Defensively, the Pack looked much better than last season; however, the defense did seem

shaky at times after allowing several big plays to the Trojans last week.

“There were four plays that took away from a pretty good defensive performance,” Doeren said. “It was a good learning experience for those guys.

We can’t be a defense that gives up 150 yards on four plays, and they know that.”

The coaching staff is preparing the team for Saturday’s matchup, and Coach Doeren feels his staff is doing its job right.

“You get what you empha-

size,” Doeren said. “It’s something we talk about, and one of the foundations of our program is not beating ourselves.

That’s on the field and off the field.”

After Saturday’s contest with the Colonels, the Pack hits the road for the next two weeks to visit Old Dominion and South Alabama. The Pack returns to action at Carter-Finley Stadium Oct. 3 for its ACC opener against the Louisville Cardinals.

feeling so sore,” Ress said. “I like all the energy the coaches and swimmers put into every little thing they do, and I’m so excited to do a meet like that because I want to experience that for myself.”

A side f rom Ress a nd Schwarzenbach, other notable swimmers have joined the Wolfpack for the upcoming season, including junior Virginia Tech transfer Joe Bonk.

“I grew up in Raleigh watching NC State swim-

ming,” Bonk said. “When I was younger, they weren’t exactly the top of the ACC or upper echelon by any means, so I didn’t have the best opinion of the team.”

While at Virginia Tech, Bonk was both an ACC and NCAA All-American and part of the ACC Championship winning 400 medley relay in 2013. Despite his success with the Hokies, Bonk chose to continue his swimming career with the

Pack at the beginning of his junior year.

“I’m happy that I’m here right now,” Bonk said. “The program and especially the sprint program, is unparalleled in the NCAA. It’s the best place to train. I’ve been with the team for three or four months now, and I’m seeing gains that I haven’t seen in three or four years.

I’m so proud to be here right now.”

The recent change and ad-

justments in both school and swimming environments has also brought high expectations for the junior transfer.

“Expectation wise, I just want to be pushed every day,” Bonk said. “I expect every day to be pushed farther than what I think I can do and I expect the coaches and my fellow swimmers to push me to my full potential and make an environment that’s all about winning and all about getting better together.”

After losing sprinters such as David Williams last season, Bonk will serve as quick replacement for the Wolfpack. Ress will help the team in the IM, freestyle and backstroke events. The Pack has proved its speed and versatility over the past few seasons and continues to build upon its strong team foundation.

everything, just like the other sports; we squat, we jump we run, etc. so that happens twice a week.”

Wit h footba l l se a son starting up again, the team works hard to keep the crowd pumped up with the help of the mascots.

“The atmosphere of Carter-Finley is great,” senior flyer Nigeste Carter said. “It’s loud and exciting and espe-

cially this year we have a lot of night games so it’s really exciting.”

After football season finishes in November, the team transitions into competition mode, focusing more on routines at practice instead of game day cheers and crowd appeal.

“Football is fun because you get to cheer on your school and be in front of all

the fans, and competition is where we get to show the athletic side of the sport and what we’ve been working on all year,” Smith said. “Competition is a little harder on the body, but it’s fun to showcase more of the sport aspect of it.”

Two of the most important facets of cheerleading are teamwork and trust, which is something the NC State

cheer squad prides itself on.

“We have such a family aspect on the team, everyone loves each other and respects each other,” Collins said.

“When practice is good it’s really good, and when it’s bad it’s still pretty good because we know how to pick each other up.”

Head coach Harold Trammel has been working with the team to get it ready for

the season and succeed when it does head to nationals in the spring.

“It’s a rea l ly ta lented g roup,” Tra m mel sa id .

“Their ability to put in work where it needs to be done is going to be what takes them to the next level.”

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FANTASY FOOTBALL Joseph Ochoa Staff Writer The 2015 NFL regular season kicks off Thursday night when the New England Patriots take on the Pittsburgh Steelers. In addition, fantasy football will officially be underway as well. With that in mind, here are some fantasy predictions for the NFL season.

Biggest bust: QB Cam Newton, Carolina Panthers While the Panthers quarterback has finished in the top 10 in fantasy scoring on multiple occasions during his first four seasons, Newton was dealt a major blow to his fantasy stock when his top receiver from 2014, Kelvin Benjamin, suffered a seasonending ACL tear. Including the fact he’s been the most hit quarterback since entering the league in 2011, things do not bode well for the former Heisman Trophy winner in 2015.

Best rookie: RB Melvin Gordon, San Diego Chargers While recent history has given me pause on most Wisconsin running backs, i.e., Ron Dayne and recently released Montee Ball, I suspect Gordon will be the exception to my rule. Both Dayne and Ball were heavily used running backs while playing for the Badgers, accounting for over 5,000 career rushing yards, while Gordon was seldom used during his first two seasons and did his most production during his final year in Madison.

Biggest fantasy sleeper: QB Sam Bradford, Philadelphia Eagles Many experts have stated Bradford is one of the most accurate quarterbacks…when he’s healthy.

With the help of an offensive line that made Nick Foles a viable starter, last year’s leading rusher DeMarco Murray on the field and a spread offense similar to the one Bradford played in college, this could be a recipe for points galore.

Running back who will struggle: Alfred Morris, Washington football franchise The Washington running back is going to have his hands full with Kirk Cousins as his starting quarterback; Morris is now a second running back at best. Since rushing for the second most yards in 2012 with 1,613 yards, Morris’ yards total has dropped off the following two years with 1,275 yards in 2013 and 1,074 yards in 2014. With Cousins at the helm, Morris will be more than likely to see eight-man fronts this season.

Best alternate wide receiver: Andre Johnson, Indianapolis Colts The only reason I consider Johnson a No. 2 fantasy wide out is his age.

Johnson was able to produce for the Texans despite having the likes of Matt Schaub, David Carr and Ryan Fitzpatrick throwing him the ball. The 34-year-old will now have Andrew Luck throwing him the ball. With an offense that tallied over 5,000 passing yards last season, this offense will give the former all-pro a renaissance year.

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Wolfpack seeks second straight victory Drew Nantais Assistant Sports Editor

Coming off a convincing win in its season opener, the NC State football team looks to continue its success Saturday at Carter-Finley Stadium against the Eastern Kentucky Colonels.

The Wolfpack (1-0, 0-0 ACC) and Colonels (1-0, 0-0 OVC) meet after both teams crushed their opponents in the opening week of the season. The Pack trounced Troy 49-21, while Eastern Kentucky dominated. The Colonels mark the second nonconference opponent State faces this season, and the Pack’s last home game before ACC

play begins.

The Colonels hail from the Ohio Valley Conference in Division 1-AA, right below Division 1-A where the Wolfpack competes. Finishing a respectable 9-4 last season, the Colonels were the second best team in the conference, only behind the Jacksonville State Gamecocks in the standings.

“It’s a really good Eastern Kentucky team,” NC State head coach Dave Doeren said. “They scored 52 points in their opener and are the 14th ranked team in the FCS. It’s a team that has a lot of tradition. I think the secondwinningest program as far as trips to

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Swimming success continues to grow

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The NC State swimming and diving team has continued to grow and find more success in the last few years than it has in the recent past. Last season, the men’s team won the ACC Championship for the first time in 23 years with recordbreaking swims.

The men’s team continued to dominate at the NCAAs with several individual top times and successful relay finishes, including the secondplace 400-yard freestyle relay.

This recent success has brought a spotlight back onto NC State’s program and sparked interest from top

recruits both nationally and globally. Some of these top freshmen include Patrik Schwarzenbach from Salenstein, Switzerland, and Justin Ress from Cary.

“I’m looking most forward to dual meets,” Ress said. “I’m so excited to start the dual meets and know what it’s like to swim for something bigger than yourself. NC State excels academically and the team is headed down the right path with [head coach] Braden [Holloway] and the coaching staff. I love them and the energy the team has as well.”

Ress was named Age Group Swimmer of the Year in 2014, was

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Freshman Anton Ipsen put on a breakneck pace on the 1000m freestyle for the win in the heat, helping lead to an overall win against Georgia on Oct. 18, 2014. Anton finished the heat with an impressive 9:01.

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NC State cheerleading squad preps for competition Nicole Malanaphy Staff Writer

The football team is not the only one practicing to impress the fans at Carter-Finley Stadium this season. The NC State cheerleading team has been hard at work getting ready to lead the crowd and motivate the Wolfpack to victory.

The cheer squad participates in

football games, men’s and women’s basketball games and competes at the National Cheerleaders Association collegiate nationals in Daytona Beach, Florida.

Unlike many Division I sports, the cheer squad does not recruit athletes but instead holds tryouts in the spring and fall. Spring tryouts are held in late April and fall tryouts are held in early September.

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“Most people come to spring tryouts because they know when they’re applying to college if they want to cheer or not,” senior backspot Daniel Smith said. “We mainly have fall tryouts for those who decide to go to NC State later than most.”

Tryouts take two days to complete and consist of a brief interview, evaluation of running and stand-

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ing tumbling skills, evaluation of stunting skills and the learning and performing of a band cheer.

During the summer, the team attends camp in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina to work on skills and to try to win a bid to NCA nationals.

The team practices four times a week in the Close-King Indoor Practice facility, which recently became available to the team this

past August.

“Usually we practice three times a week but right now it’s four since we’re getting ready for football season,” senior flyer Kara Collins said.

“We practice pyramids, chants and making sure the first-years know what to expect before we go out in front of 60,000 people.”

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