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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. SOURCE: Raise Up
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Lynn Good, president and CEO of Duke Energy, speaks about “Leading with Energy” at the Executive Lecture series organized by Poole College of Management on Wednesday. She spoke about how meeting the demands of consumers along with caring about the environment by thinking of different sources of energy affects leadership in energy industry. She was interrupted by a protest from students who wanted to bring attention to Energy Freedom Act, which Duke Energy has lobbied against.
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Duke Energy announced that it will give NC State $2.5 million to be used toward researching renewable energy and
attracting and retaining underrepresented groups within the College of Engineering. The announcement came Wednesday hours before a speech by Duke Energy CEO Lynn Good to several hundred students at a Nelson Hall lecture was inter-
rupted by more than 20 protesters. “We greatly appreciate our university’s long-term relationship with Duke Energy and its ongoing support of NC State,” Chancellor Randy Woodson said in a University statement.
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The Gregg Museum of Art & Design will hold a groundbreaking ceremony today at 3 p.m. at its new location, the Historic Chancellor’s Residence at 1903 Hillsborough Street. Before the new location of the museum is fully complete, the museum will add an addition. Construction is expected to be completed by late 2016, and the first shows will open by early 2017. When construction ends, offices will need to be set up and the museum’s collection will have to be moved into the new building. SOURCE: ARTS NC STATE
Alan Turing notebook sold at auction
A notebook belonging to Alan Turing, the British mathematician credited with breaking German codes during World War II and the inspiration for the 2014 movie “The Imitation Game, “ was sold for more than $1 million Monday at a New York auction. It was the first manuscript written by Turing ever made available on public market. Turing was a pioneer in computer science, and the 56-page manuscript was written while he was working with other cryptologists to break the Enigma code used by Nazi Germany’s military in 1942. SOURCE: NPR
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rett Morris, 2013 College of Design graduate, teaches Sarah Hardison , a sophomore studying graphic design, how to screen print T-shirts at the Studio Collective 2015 at Leazar Hall on Saturday. “I love screen printing. Teaching people how to print fires me up more than anything else,” Morris said. This is the second Studio Collective hosted by College of Design . “It is an initiative to showcase all the work we do in an entire year. We want the students to come and see our work and appreciate it as we give back to the community something valuable,” said Ryan Williams , a freshman studying graphic design and one of the organizers of the event.
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Former Democratic Representative Barney Frank spoke Monday at Hunt Library in an author event co-presented by NC State’s Friends of the Library and Quail Ridge Books & Music, a Raleigh bookstore. Frank retired from the House of Representatives in 2013, one year after becoming the first openly gay congressman to get married while in office. Frank Stasio, host of WUNC’s “The State of Things,” facilitated the on-stage interview. Susan Nutter, vice provost and director of libraries administration, introduced Frank as “one SOURCE: WIKI- of the rare politicians that MEDIA actually gave us hope.” The event was one stop in Frank’s book tour, promoting his new book “Frank,” which details the course of his career in American politics from 1967 to his retirement in 2013. “He’s very entertaining and very intelligent,” said Helen Stewart, floor manager of Quail Ridge Books. “His book is a passionate defense of government and how it can be helpful.” The event began with a reference to the first chapter of Frank’s book, in which he writes about his youth and discovering two things about himself: He was interested in politics, and he was gay. “At 14, I was attracted to two things: politics and other guys,” Frank said. The book recalls Frank’s life in politics, beginning in 1976 when he became chief assistant to Boston mayor Kevin White, to his retirement in 2013. He served as a congressman from Massachusetts fourth congressional district from 1980 to 2010. “If I were to have a career in politics, I realized I would have to be a coward,” Frank said about remaining closeted for part of his career. “But I vowed not to be a hypocrite.” Frank came out publicly in 1987. It had little effect on his electoral votes. Throughout his career, Frank showed political support for LGBT rights, abortion access and the decriminalization of drugs, among other issues. “I believe we should stop criminally prosecuting people because they use drugs we don’t approve of,” Frank said. “Using heroin doesn’t make you want to beat someone over the head. Buying heroin, on the other hand, can.” From 2001 to 2009, Frank attempted to pass an act that would have decriminalized small amounts of marijuana. The bill ultimately died in congress.
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A 20-year-old former Wayne Community College student shot and killed the director of a campus print stop Monday morning. The director, the suspect’s former boss who had worked at the college for 18 years, had recently fired Kenneth Morgan Stancil III before he was fatally shot while at work. The victim, Ron Lane, was killed in the print shop after Stancil entered the third-floor print shop with a rifle and shot him around 8 a.m. Authorities are still looking for Stancil, who they believe has left the area but is still in North Carolina, and are pursuing him on an open count of murder. Police have not released a motive for the shooting. SOURCE: News & Observer
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Members from Environment North Carolina, FracTracker Alliance and the Ecologic Institute spoke about the negative impacts of nonrenewable energy sources to about 50 students and guests in Mann Hall Monday night. Throughout the Our Energy Solutions event, speakers advertised the potential for increased renewable energy sources throughout North Carolina and highlighted the harmful effects hydraulic fracking has imposed on environ-
ments and public health. David Rogers, the director of Environment North Carolina, said fracking is the process of drilling down into the Earth and using a mixture of water, chemicals and sand to fracture the rocks to in turn release natural gas. “About 16 Olympic-sized pools of water are used to fracture each well,” said Brook Lenker, executive director of the FracTracker Alliance. “With all that water use comes a lot of waste material, and this is certainly not the only concern.” Lenker went on to list various other impacts and issues associated with hydraulic fracking
including air pollution, water pollution, earthquakes, public safety and even atypical truck traffic in areas where fracking is taking place. “These environmental and public health risks are real,” Lenker said. “Climate and energy are the biggest challenges facing human kind, and it’s time we start making more of an effort towards renewable energy.” As of March 17, North Carolina is open for business when it comes to fracking, according to Rogers. However, partially due to the current low cost of natural gas, not a single company has applied for a hydraulic fracking permit in North
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Students gat hered at Lee Field Monday night to participate in a cricket match hosted by the Delta Sigma Iota men’s South Asian Fraternity as part of South Asian Awareness Week. The week will feature four events that highlight South Asian culture in an attempt to build multicultural awareness. Along with the Cricket event on Monday, the fraternity will hold a South Asian dance workshop Wednesday, sell samosas on the Brickyard Thursday and host a movie screening of India’s Daughter with a discussion next Tuesday. The event was planned by Ma n i sh Sa nd ra, a freshman studying engineering and Delta Sigma Iota’s service chair; and Anand Chokshi, a freshman studying biomedical engineering and the fraternity’s South Asian Awareness Week chair.
“Last year we had fewer people than we wanted, so we really tried to come up with interesting events in order to better share our culture and possibly address any misrepresentations of South Asian culture,” Chokshi said. With only one event last year, the fraternity thought that more events might help increase attendance this year. Organizers chose cricket as the first event because, although it was originally created in the United Kingdom, it has since become the second-most played sport in the world, with a particularly large following in southern Asia. “At least one billion people in the world hear, talk about, or play cricket every day,” said Rajan Amin, a junior double majoring in electrica l and computer engineering who has been playing competitive cricket since 2007. Cricket has an extensive history and complex rule system. The game is divided into overs. Overs are six
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Carolina. Rogers is hopeful that hydraulic fracking will remain nonexistent in the state and that more steps will be taken towards developing North Carolina’s renewable energy sources. “North Carolina has significant potential for renewable energy that is not being used yet,” said Elizabeth Tedsen, a senior fellow with the Ecologic Institute. According to Rogers, North Carolina ranks fourth in the country in total solar capacity, in large part to a number of
“bowls” or pitches. Games can be 20 overs, 50 overs or a five-day long game that features a combination of several 20 and 50 overs. The cricket bats are slightly shorter than a standard baseball bat, with one f lat side used to hit the ball and one wedged side, which isn’t typically used. The cricket ball is hard and solid. Monday’s event didn’t use standard cricket balls because of possibility of injury. Instead, the fraternity used hardened tennis balls. When bowled full speed, it is difficult to track the ball, especially when bouncing on the uneven surface of Lee Field. “Typically cricket fields, or ‘pitches,’ are hardened dirt fields that make it easier to predict the ball movement,” Amin said. Only 11 players allowed on the pitch at any given time. The bowler’s goal is to knock over three sticks where a wicket rests. If the wicket falls, that is an out. The batter’s goal is to hit the ball away from the fielders in order to run to the other
side of the pitch and score. “I enjoy cricket because it is so different, because I grew up with baseball, and it is so much fun to compare the two,” Chokshi said. T he d a nc e work s hop was organized by Delta Sigma Iota, but members of Nazaare, NC State’s premiere Bolly wood f usion dance team, are also assisting to organize the event. The movie screening next Tuesday will address multicultural and a gender issues within South Asia. “India’s Daughter” is a documentar y f ilm made by Leslee Udwin about the 2012 gang rape of a 23-yearold woman studying physiotherapy. The screening is meant to highlight the problem of violence against women, which is currently prominent throughout India. Controversy has surrounded this documentary; the Indian government banned any showings of the film.
policies the state has in place regarding renewable energy and the amount of sunlight available. “Despite being ranked so high in solar capacity, less than .06 percent of the two percent of North Carolina’s current renewable electricity generation is coming from solar sources,” Tedsen said. In addition to this, North Carolina has the most offshore wind potential anywhere in the Atlantic, according to Rogers. “A UNC study from 2009 says that we could power 130 percent of the state’s needs from offshore wind energy alone,” Rogers said. “Given this information, I don’t
understand why we haven’t begun to harness this energy source yet”. Liz Kazal, a field associate for Environment North Carolina said that North Carolina is at a crossroads. “We can decide to go down the path of a clean energy future, or we can continue to invest in fossil fuels,” Kazal said. Today, North Carolina State continues to be led by nuclear power, natural gas and coal, something which all the panel speakers’ hope will change in the near future. “We have tons of clean energy opportunities in here,” Rogers said. “We just need to start taking advantage of them.”
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“This generous grant further advances NC State’s leadership role in developing the critical technologies and diverse workforce needed to drive the engineering and energy industries of the future.” Distributed by the Duke Energy Foundation, the grant allocates $1.5 million of the total gift to establish of an endowment for a center within the College of Engineering called the Future Renewable Electric Energy Distribution and Management (FREEDM) Systems Center. The FREEDM Systems Center is a National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center. It will host a collaboration of research, industry and education leaders working to develop and implement new technologies in renewable electric-energy. “The donation will be used to try and find ways to use cleaner energy so that people can make less of an environmental impact and will allow flow of energy to be reversed,” said Mick Kulikowski, the assistant director for news and national media coordinator within University Relations. The other $1 million is set to be used toward supporting programs and scholarships to help attract and retain underrepresented groups within the College of Engineering. It will also include outreach programs to help attract K-12 students to the prospect of a career in engineering. Duke Energy has committed $4 billion for current renewable energy contracts in the state, and it has announced that it is on track to meet 12.5 percent of its total retail sales by renewable energy or energy efficiency by 2021. Good announced the grant at a luncheon on Centennial Campus Wednesday. Later that day, Good spoke at a lecture in Nelson Hall where she was interrupted by more than 20 student protesters who denounced the company’s blockage of the Energy Freedom Act and claimed the company’s renewable energy commitments were not sufficient. The Energy Freedom Act would open up North Carolina energy markets to the third-party sale of electricity. The bill would also allow renewable-energy companies to build solar or wind-power systems on customers’ own property and bill customers directly for the electricity, even though they aren’t utilities. Several businesses, including Wal-Mart, Cargill, Target, Lowe’s and Family Dollar have expressed support for the legislation and wrote to the bill’s author, Rep. John Szoka (R-Cumberland), the bill’s author, asking him to introduce it. Duke Energy has since opposed the bill and has set up a lobbying team to stop the bill from passing.
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able people from themselves and their country,” Frank said. “But I can’t protect them from their own stupidity.”
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ast Wednesday, a group of more than 20 NC State students stood in on Duke Energy CEO Lynn Good’s lecture in Nelson Katherine H a l l t o protest Waller and conStaff Columnist demn the company’s obstruction of the Energy Freedom Act of 2015, which is currently awaiting approval in the NC House of Representatives. The proposed act would become effective on July 1, and would open up the monopoly market of energy sales in North Carolina to the third-party sale of electricity. The bill would also permit renewable energy companies to build solar or wind-power systems on customers’ property and bill customers directly for the electricity. Current law requires the sale of any power from any independent power producer be made to the local utility, primarily Duke Energy, for distribution and resale. It should come as no surprise that Duke Energy is lobbying to stop this bill. If passed, the bill would also give the North Carolina Utilities Commission the authority to “approve a new schedule of fees or credits for customers who choose to use distributed energy resources, whether through ownership, lease or through power purchase agreement, with a utility or nonutility provider.” This is a double-edged sword, and will allow the NCUC the power to approve a sep-
arate, discriminatory tariff for “net metering” customers. Net metering is a billing mechanism that credits solar energy system owners for the electricity they add to the grid. This potential for a separate tariff paves the way for stripping North Carolinians of the credit they deserve for investing in solar for their own roofs, according to PR Newswire. Additionally, some of the language in the third section of the bill would allow the NCUC to create a separate rate class for rooftop solar customers, thus providing a vehicle for solar taxes. Advocates of the bill have generally overlooked this language, and this indicates a certain blindness in the act’s supporters. Two things should happen at this point: Duke Energy should end its lobbying against the Energy Freedom Act of 2015, and the third section of the bill should face amendments. In addition, North Carolina lawmakers have proposed the Energy Investment Act, which would extend the tax credit of 35 percent of the costs of a renewable energy project until the year 2020. This is the most generous state incentive in the nation. This tax credit has played a major role in boosting North Carolina to the second state in the nation in new solar-energy construction last year. However, is the vague nature of the Freedom of Energy Act a sneaky ploy to lessen this tax incentive? Will the “fees or credits for customers who choose to use distributed energy resources” that will be governed by the NCUC become
tariffs that will restrict the distribution of solar power by making them more expensive for the consumers? These questions need to be addressed, and the specifics of the act need to be elaborated in order to garner the support of the conscientious lawmaker. It would behoove us to consider the whole picture of what our state legislature is agreeing on rather than just pieces at a time that risk confusion or provide vague language that powerful parties may manipulate. This is not to say that reason for taxation does not exist, nor that taxation itself should be abolished. However, the fear of outrageous tariffs is entirely justified. Clean energy initiatives have worked when incentivized, and unclear language may stop significant growth in solar energy use in North Carolina. This bill is important because we need to stop allowing an energy company to have the power to govern our state as Duke Energy does. The Energy Freedom Act of 2015 has the power to rebalance energy distribution in North Carolina. With these benefits comes the potential to create tariffs or taxes that counter the initiative to incentivize clean and renewable power. These words that may seem inconsequential have the potential to take away our rights and liberties, and even cheat us out of money. The Energy Freedom Act of 2015 is well-intentioned, but has been commandeered by the NCUC. It’s important that we take a stand and don’t let lawmakers sneak in the bad with the good.
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“Do you support the concept of minimum wage? If so how much do you think it should be?”
“Yes, I do because if we didn’t have it, some people would be underpaid. I think it should depend on the cost of living in an area and other factors.”
“Minimum wage work is vital for young people to get their foot in the door of the world of work. I think $8 an hour wage would suffice.”
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Kaitlin Johnston freshman psychology
“I believe the minimum wage should increase, but to say exactly how much is kind of hard to say. It should ideally increase steadily, as inflation is increasing the cost of living.” Ezra Knight senior plant biology
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oltaire famously said, “I do not agree with a word you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” Unfortunately, free speech is again under attack. The recent debacle with the French magazine Charlie Hebdo is but the most recent in a line of assaults. In this struggle, the enemy is the culture of political corDaniel rectness. Root Earlier this year, Islamic Guest columnist terrorists carried out an atrocious attack on Charlie Hebdo’s Parisian headquarters. This attack claimed the lives of 12 people and injured 11 more. The source of the terrorists’ motives dwelled with the magazine’s history of publishing cartoons that they claimed were offensive in its portrayals of the prophet Muhammad. In the wake of the attack, many expressed solidarity for Charlie Hebdo by rallying behind the slogan, “Je suis Charlie [I am Charlie].” Inspired by a defiant spirit of freedom, the magazine published what has been dubbed a “survivors’ issue.” The cover of this issue unapologetically depicts Muhammad on the cover holding a sign that reads, “Je suis Charlie,” as a single tear trickles from his eye. And yet, many news companies refused to either print or show the cover, citing a desire
“It is not our duty to censor writing with which we disagree or which we find insulting. Tolerance is vital if truth is to be revealed.” not to offend. Political correctness in American society holds that some topics may not be discussed for fear of being impertinent. There is merit in this doctrine. Harvard psychology professor Steven Pinker has spoken about how this politically correct culture arose as a response to some very big problems. During the early to mid-19th century, many doctrines—particularly in regard to race—were simply rude, insensitive and unacceptable. Profanity, vulgarity, tastelessness, racism and discrimination (amongst other things) should not have a place in a civilized and enlightened society. British author Alfred George Gardiner captured this quite well when he wrote, “A reasonable consideration for the rights or feelings of others is the foundation of social conduct.” From this, it would follow that speech that is detrimental to order and coexistence should be discouraged. The question is whether the caricature of Muhammad in Charlie Hebdo was indeed harmful to either individual persons or society as a whole. It is very hard to point to an injury in fact resulting from this
harmless cartoon. Many people feel that these cartoons are insulting, and they are entitled to feel this way. But one does not have a right not to be insulted. The English philosopher John Stuart Mill discussed free speech extensively in his famous essay “On Liberty.” He said that the benefits of free speech are not for the one speaking, but rather for society as a whole. This sounds counterintuitive, but Mill has a strong argument. The only way that truth may be discovered is through free and open discourse. If a new idea is correct, then society benefits through a replacement or augmentation of previous opinions. And if a new idea is wrong, then society benefits from an exercise in understanding why the received opinion is right. No truth is so firmly situated that it cannot be questioned. Bertrand Russell once said that, “In all affairs, love, religion, politics or business, it’s a healthy idea, now and then, to hang a question mark on things you have long taken for granted.” Truth is not a democracy, as truth exists regardless of whether one believes in it. Yet the way that truth is uncovered is democratic. And through this democratic process, one’s perceptions of reality can be made better to reflect reality as it is. Truth does not always win out in the marketplace of ideas, but in the end, it will triumph. As Freud said, “The voice of reason is small but persistent.” Political correctness can be seen as a barrier to free speech, as it prevents certain claims from being made. Many of the greatest ideas that the human mind has conceived must have seemed revolutionary and insulting in their time. Copernicus, Darwin, Marx and Einstein all broke with the status quo and insulted a great many people. Yet humanity would be the worse without their contributions. In Germany, a democracy, it is illegal to display a swastika. This is likely not a problem, as the swastika (in its current iteration) is a sign of oppression, hatred and everything that is wrong in the human psyche. Likewise, certain things should not be protected as free speech. However, once the floodgate is opened, censorship may go farther than we might expect. The last thing that anyone wants is invidious, Orwellian fascism. It is not our duty to censor writing with which we disagree or which we find insulting. Tolerance is vital if truth is to be revealed. Once again, to quote Bertrand Russell, “Love is wise; hatred is foolish. In this world, which is getting more and more closely interconnected, we have to learn to tolerate each other; we have to learn to put up with the fact that some people say things that we don’t like. We can only live together in that way. But if we are to live together, and not die together, we must learn a kind of charity and a kind of tolerance, which is absolutely vital to the continuation of human life on this planet.”
Kelley Wheeler, sophomore studying art studies
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Patrolling campus with University Police Russell Ash Staff Writer
For ma ny people, t he thought of campus police brings to mind a Paul Blartlike security guard riding around in a golf cart on the lookout for misbehaving students. Accord i ng to Dav id Green, a public safety officer with the NC State Campus Police Department, this is a comical and erroneous Hollywood stereotype. “If that’s a golf cart right there, then I’m really confused,” Green said, nodding toward a running squad car with a V-8 engine. It was in this car that I would participate in a ride along to see what a day in the life of a campus police officer was like. Ac c ord i n g t o G re e n , there’s no telling what’s in store for an officer on any given day. “There really is no typical day,” he said. The first call Green responded to on the ride was a drug call. By the time we arrived at the building where the call was made, there was an officer and two bystanders at the scene where
the smell of marijuana was fairly noticeable. Green explained to me the protocol of situations involving drugs and how they are handled. For s e a rc he s , Fou r t h Amendment rights are a priority to uphold, which protect citizens from unreasonable search and seizures and requires that any judicially sanctioned warrant be supported by probable cause. We didn’t get to see how the drug situation played out, however, as Green was alerted of a medical emergency on the north side of campus. The situation called for what is known as “code,” which alerts that an officer is responding to a felony or medical emergency. Simply put, “code” is when the f lashing blue lights come on. The emergency turned out to be an allergy-related incident. The person reported experiencing shortness of breath and other allergylike symptoms, though no off icial cause was established. Paramedics came to check the person and see if any
further medical action was required. After determining every thing was okay, Green and I followed the person home by the person’s request. The next stop was the Dan Allen parking deck. Though the decks are monitored by video surveillance, cars are still broken into and patrolling the area is still necessary. According to Green, signs of a break-in can range anywhere from the blatantly obvious broken car door window to potentially less subtle indications like a car door that’s been left open. Patrolling the decks can also entail encountering people drink ing a lcohol where they shouldn’t be, or people who go out there to smoke marijuana in their cars. Green emphasized t he importance of the department’s drug policy, noting t hat abusing drugs a nd alcohol can too easily be a detriment to a student’s education, which is of primary importance to the department. “It’s not my job to tell students they can’t hang out and have a good time,” he
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Technician staff writer Russell Ash, a senior studying English, and Officer David Green stand beside the police car after their ride-along on Thursday night. The University Police Department offers the Ride Along program as a way to “increase understanding between officers in the Campus Police Department and the University community,” and to serve as means to educate the community, according to the department’s webpage.
said. “It’s my job to make sure they are safe and aren’t doing anything that might be harmful to their education.” After responding to each call, Green ty ped up his reports into the squad car computer. When there are no pressing needs at a given moment, Green said he likes to use the time to brush up on legal policies and codes. The rema i nder of t he
ride involved a quick walkaround check of Holladay Hall, where the chancellor’s office is, and a call to check out a situation at D.H. Hill Library. Following those two excursions, Green decided called it night. The Campus Police Department offers the Ride Along program as a way to “increase understanding between Officers in the Campus Police Department
and the University community,” and to serve as means to educate the community, according to the department’s webpage. “We’re a department that strives to be educationbased,” Green said. “We encourage students a nd members of the community to participate in the many educational programs we offer.”
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The title of Waxahatchee’s newest album, “Ivy Tripp,” evokes a specific atmosphere, one of nostalgia and nature. The purposeful misspelling of “tripp” speaks to the oddness of the album as a whole. In listening to “Ivy Tripp,” you’ll be going on a journey, but you might be uncomfortable with some of the things you’ll learn along the way. The track, “Poison,” drops the title in its lyrics after the singer conveys, “You paint it celestial, you paint it serene / What do you want, what do you need?” This is what the “tripp” is primarily concerned with—can you do anything, really, to make someone love you? More grunge and less folk with “Iv y Tripp,” Waxahatchee has produced a harsher sound that clashes with the band’s established image. Though overall it lacks the beautiful simplicity of past acoustically-inclined albums, it is able to find intimacy with its listeners in other ways. Though the most recent album doesn’t have something quite as rending as “Noccalula,” its songs hit hard in other aspects. “Ivy Tripp” overflows with sincerity as it tries to conceive of the unbridgeable distance between two people who want to love each other. Frequently concerned with the machinations of intimacy, Waxahatchee narrows their scope to examine a broken relationship as well as the lengths the two involved go to in order to close the space between them. They ignore, repress and continue on as though nothing has changed. As the singer says in “La Loose,” “And I’ll
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try to preserve the routine / And I don’t want to discuss what it means / And you’re the only one I want watching me.” With “Breathless,” Waxahatchee’s album opens with a grating haze of static, the singer’s voice emerging with contrasting clarity. The track introduces the experimentalism frequently featured in “Ivy Tripp.” It is weird and strangely opposed to committing to a set melody. It rejects the notion that instrumentals have to match up with the vocals to make sense. Similarly, “<” begins melodic, but gradually crumbles into a dissonant, intentional mess. The rough, garage-band feel of the instrumentals juxtaposes with the sweetness and poetry of the lyrics and vocals, emphasizing the contrast between reality and the singer’s earnest words. Waxahatchee has always been interested in comparing layers of rust and coarseness with those of harmony and saccharinity. The band revels in relatively crude instrumentals so that they may force the spotlight on the dreamy, guileless lyrics. At times, Waxahatchee pulls back the curtain to demonstrate that they still know how to make the music
that made people like them to begin with. “Summer of Love” is both sentimental and biting. It revels in the ideal of a perfect relationship and slowly settles into the idea that that myth is inhuman and impossible. Quiet absolution comes through strongly here, as it does in “Stale by Noon” and “Half Moon,” the latter being the album’s best song. One of Waxahatchee’s biggest strengths is the band’s firm stance against over-production. Their songs sound real. They sound untouched, authentic and natural. It lends to the candor the band desires to portray. Artists such as Ariana Grande, Sam Smith and Taylor Swift could not perform these songs to the same effect. Beneath their veneers of production and false image, these artists don’t truly expose who they are, and they likely don’t know how to render themselves in a way so as to portray actual people. “Ivy Tripp” is what it is, and the band is unafraid to move forward in a brutally direct, unmistakably genuine way. Always yearning to explore the differences that cause relationships to unravel, “Ivy Tripp” is unremittingly honest and often painful to listen to. That’s part of its beauty.
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The quirks and Spring resurrects an culture of pep band unsuspecting trend SPRING FASHION
Noah Russ
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With its bold red and white polo shirts and upbeat music, the pep band makes its presence known at Wolfpack basketball games. And although it is clear that these pep band members are relentless NC State fans, much of the student body is probably not aware of what it takes to be a member of this energetic band. Becoming a pep ba nd member begins with an audition which is adjudicated by Paul Garcia, the director of the band. Some pep band members also play in the marching band during football season, so they audition for both bands during the summer before the fall semester. For students who do not audition in the summer for the marching band, Garcia holds separate pep band auditions in late September. These auditions are pretty laid back, and students simply set up an appointment with Garcia during which he listens to them play. Garcia is limited in the number of students he can accept into the band, as well as the number of students he can accept into each section of the band, but he says he has never reached that limit. Once the band is finalized, it begins rehearsing throughout the month of October. Unlike the march-
ing band, which holds practice three times a week, the pep band only rehearses one night a week for 45 minutes. But once basketball season begins, the band may perform at various men’s and women’s games three or four times a week. Because of this time commitment, students receive one hour of course credit for participating in the band. This year’s pep band has 140 members, and its sections are split up so not every band member has to go to every game. However, students are allowed to play in the band for as many games as they like. “We average about 100 members for normal games, but when we have big games like Duke and Carolina almost all 140 members will come out,” Garcia said. Unfortunately when the ACC and NCA A tournament s come a rou nd i n March, NCAA requirements cause the band to be downsized to just 29 members. Each school represented at these tournaments is only allowed to have 30 band members present, including the director. With so few spots available for tournament games, Garcia has developed a point system to determine who is able to travel with t he basketba l l team for these games. The system is based upon seniority and the number of games each
member has played at throughout the year. Those who earn a spot to travel with the band face a unique but somewhat challenging experience. While away from class, students must find a way to fulfill their normal academic duties. Garcia tries to ensure that his band members stay on track in this area by giving them a study hall each morning while they are on the road. Lorenzo Melton II, a drummer for the pep band and a sophomore studying zoology, said balancing schoolwork and the pep band requires organization and planning. “My saving grace this s e m e s t e r w a s h av i ng friends sending me notes from class while I was away, and working with me on assignments when I got back,” Melton said. While band members still must work hard in their academics, they do get to have a lot of fun playing at tournaments. Band members received front-row seats to each of NC State’s exciting March Madness games. “Being on the front row of that NCSU vs. LSU game was the most surreal experience I have ever had. It is something I will always remember,” Melton said.
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Every year spring arrives expectedly with the horrific storm of pollen, stressful final exams and beautiful blooms all around campus. However, this spring welcomed something that I never expected to see: culottes. This hybrid of the now popular midi-skirt and Palazzo pants probably could have been predicted in the fashion forecasts, but if you are anything like me, you probably experienced the lack of foresight denial summons. However, upon seeing how culottes are utilized and repurposed in the stores and on the runway, much to my surprise, I am impressed by what they bring to the table, (and to the closet) this spring. Culottes are no longer pants from embarrassing childhood photos ; they are now fashionable and classy yet casual. They can be either free-f lowing or structured, but always hit around mid-calf and nearly always sport high waists. Culottes have a feminist history. They were popularized in 18th century France by the aristocracy and later in Victorian England as trousers in disguise. They were then just a split skirt that allowed women to ride horses and bicycles and to play sports. Culottes this spring face less utilitarian purposes than in the past and are now playing their part as an edgy, vintage fashion statement. The success of your outfit with culottes hinges on what you wear with them. While the pants themselves are comfortable, pairing
a comfy T-shirt is not the answer. Instead, try a structured top or a cropped shirt to balance the abundance of fabric around your legs. A fresh new way to wear culottes is a two-piece outfit: a coordinating pant and crop-top combination. Feeling stylish? Try out a monochromatic look to pair culottes with another spring fashion trend! The versatility of the culottes is this trend’s major strength. You can take this look from the beach to the office, then to dinner after. However, culottes are acclaimed to not look the best on everyone. Contrary to this, culottes come in a huge range of w idt hs, leng t hs a nd pat terns — thus creating a f lattering version for a range of body types. Rather than writing them off as unflatter i ng, i nstead focus on how you style them. The trick of fa shion is to create illusions—for example, tuck in a shirt with cu lot tes to draw at tention to your waist. Put on a pair of heels to leng t hen your legs. This season, it is all about becomi ng contentious of what parts of your body you want your clothes to
draw attention to. Most important ly, tr y them on! Bring a selection of different variations of this spring fashion-must into the dressing room in order to find the best look for you. One thing is for certain: The “cool” is definitely back in culottes. Be brave and rock the culottes trend this spring.
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In 2014, State deployed a midfield trio featuring three of Fender, Knudson and the departed Bajza and Minogue. Steele and Retzlaff saw limited action as freshman, but against UNC-W, both played the full 90 minutes, and neither looked
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Throughout the season, this relay squad performed at high levels. For Williams, this was his last season swimming with the Wolfpack and this relay, but he was fortunate enough to end on a very high note.
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the Fighting Irish are 24-10 and 9-9 in the ACC. 8. Wake Forest (22-16, 9-9 ACC) The Demon Deacons are officially on the NCAA Tournament bubble after losing two games to Pittsburgh over the weekend. A loss to UNCGreensboro earlier in the week doesn’t help their case either. 9. NC State (20-14, 8-9 ACC) The Wolfpack continued its trend of losing close games over the weekend in Chapel Hill. The Pack is now 4-10 in games decided by three runs or fewer. Opportunities to right the ship are there; a road se-
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out of place against a talented and physical Seahawk team. The two local prospects, Steele from Cardinal Gibbons High School and Retzlaff, a Railhawks Academy player, were smart and quick with the ball and weren’t afraid to tackle with conviction. If the spring is any indication, both players should feature prominently in the fall, and while there is still a learning curve given their limited experience, the pair looks
more than up for the challenge. 3. Scoring is still a concern, so the Pack’s forwards must stay healthy. Despite creating chances against the Seahawks, the Wolfpack failed to score from open play. All three of the team’s nominal center forwards, freshmen Ade Taiwo, Tanner Roberts and Ryan Peterson, were sidelined by injury, and the Pack will need this young group to find the back of the net in the fall. “Those guys will be back for the
fall,” Findley said. “They’ve just got a couple tweaks and it’s not worth the risk now. It’s better to just get them finishing strong. Maybe they’ll play next week, but really it’s just about preparing for the [regular season].” Freshman winger/forward Stephen Elias looks like a great prospect, but he’s still adapting to the speed of the game and looks to create, rather than finish, chances. The Pack could find its talisman in
2014-15 Gatorade State Player of the Year Clayton Sparks, who will arrive later this year. The Jacksonville High School forward scored 47 goals and notched 12 assists this past year and will round out a highly rated (when healthy) forward group. With that said, the game isn’t played on paper, so Findley hopes his young recruits can stay healthy and carry the scoring burden come the regular season.
“As a senior it was pretty crazy,” Williams said. “My freshman year, we only had one guy make it, and it’s pretty cool to come basically from nothing to being right at the top and fighting for first in those relays.” “Missing an 18.2 [second] anchor leg is a huge deficit,” Held said. “So we’re all going to have to step up a bit. We’re just going to have to try and make up for Dave’s loss.”
Although the relay will lose one of its main components next year, traditions and superstitions for the team will continue into the next season. “Before a big meet, after warm down at practice in our own pool, we transfer the mojo, which is when we do a handstand in the water and take as many steps as you want, and then when we get to the pool we’re
competing in, we do that first thing, so we transfer the mojo,” Williams said. With such strong performances at this NCAA Championship, the swimming and diving program is gaining recognition and continuing to grow as a premiere program. “It definitely helps in recruiting because if you want to win team national titles, you need recruits and
this has definitely sparked a lot of interest,” Held said. “We’ve already started getting looks at top sprinters in the country. It’s only going to expand from there.” With ACC and NCAA success in the rearview mirror, the relay team will look to reload and prepare for next year, as repeat success is more than a realistic goal.
ries against Notre Dame and a home series against Virginia allow for plenty of chances to gain quality wins. 10. Clemson (18-18, 9-9 ACC) The Tigers took two of three games from Boston College, but they also dropped onerun games to Georgia and Charleston Southern. Clemson, a perennial power in the ACC, is having a down year at just 18-18. 11. Virginia Tech (17-19, 7-10 ACC) The Hokies were swept in a non-competitive fashion by Miami, losing 11-1, 14-4 and 9-1. The week started with a loss to Radford, so it was a terrible week for the Hokies. 12. Boston College (16-18, 6-11 ACC)
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The Eagles have proved dangerous at home, proving it again by winning one game each against Northeastern and Clemson. The Eagles are 7-3 at home but just 5-13 on the road. 13. Duke (22-15, 5-13 ACC) The Blue Devils held tough against Louisville for two games out of the series before being blown out in the third. The Blue Devils face UNCGreensboro and Clemson this week. 14. Pittsburgh (14-20, 6-12 ACC) The Panthers snapped a seven-game losing streak with a 12-1 win over Youngstown State last Tuesday. The Panthers also snapped a sevengame ACC losing streak taking two out of three from Wake Forest.
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Pack shows new ideas in exhibition tie Pack cheerleading places third at Nationals The NC State coed cheerleading squad finished third overall at the NCA Collegiate National Championship which was held in Daytona Beach, Florida. Over 300 teams entered the tournament divided into 28 different divisions as the Wolfpack worked its way to be one of six squads in the final round. The Pack also got fifth and sixthplace finishes in the group stunt as well as the mascot category, in addition to a fifth-place finish in the coed partner stunt. SOURCE: GOPACK.COM
Swimming and diving leads all with five awards at 2015 Wolfies Many NC State teams and athletes were honored at the 2015 Wolfies, with the swimming and diving team leading all with five of the 16 awards. The five awards received were Team of the Year, Coach of the Year in Braden Holloway, Male Performance of the Year in junior Simonas Bilis at the ACC Championships, and both male and female rookie of the year in freshmen Anton Ipsen and Krista Duffield. Redshirt junior wrestler Nick Gwiazdowski and senior pitcher Emily Weiman each received the HC Kennett Award, the highest honors for best male and female athlete at NC State. SOURCE: GOPACK.COM
QUOTE OF THE DAY “If you want to win team national titles, you need recruits, and this has definitely sparked a lot of interest.”
Jordan Beck Associate Sports Editor
In its second-to-last spring exhibition game, the NC State men’s soccer team recorded a 1-1 draw with UNC-Wilmington, Saturday night at Dail Soccer Stadium. A curling corner kick from freshman midfielder Zach Knudson caught Wilmington’s defenders by surprise, ricocheting in off the post midway through the first half, but the Wolfpack failed to hold the lead as a Seahawk player would equalize late in the match. More important than the night’s result, however, was the opportunity to play another competitive 90-minute match, making the game a chance to assess and continue developing team principles for the coming season. “I think the positives were that we could have scored a couple goals,” head coach Kelly Findley said. “I think a tie is a good result. We played everybody. I think we had six freshmen playing for 90 minutes.” With that in mind, here are three takeaways. 1. The 2015 incarnation of the NC State team will be defined by flexibility and fluidity. Findley has deployed two formations in the spring, which most likely signals a desire to alternate between the two depending on the opposition. Against Wilmington, the Pack played the entirety of the game in a 4-4-2, with the midfield four in a flexible diamond shape. “I do like the diamond,” Findley said. “I think it works with our
personnel, and if we can get it right, we’ll be very good in it.” Junior captain Holden Fender held his position in front of the defense, while freshmen midfielders Nick Retzlaff and Cameron Steele played as shuttlers on the left and right respectively, alternating their positioning between central and wide areas of the field depending on the situation. All-ACC freshman midfielder Zach Knudson played at the point of the diamond, but he often drifted into space on the flanks. Last year’s team featured less positional flexibility, as two of the primary midfielders, Michael Bajza and Roland Minogue, were truly central players that focused on passing the ball, rather than dribbling and interchanging positions with teammates. Against Wilmington, the Pack players showed their versatility. Junior Reed Norton, who was fielded as a left back, left mid and striker at different times last season, played center back next to freshman Matias Fracchia. “Reed’s skill set fits there really well,” Findley said. “He’s good in the air, he works hard, he’s a good organizer, he reads the game well, his passing range is good. It’s something we’re looking at.” Sophomore Travis Wannemuehler, who played exclusively as a right or left winger last season, was fielded at right back and was asked to motor up and down the touchline while providing service in the box. Knudson started at attacking mid, but the New Jersey prospect can easily play all four roles in midfield and
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Sophomore winger Travis Wannemuehler celebrates against then-No. 5 Louisville Oct. 3. The Wolfpack defeated the Cardinals 2-1 in Dail Soccer Stadium.
was moved to forward late in the match, interchanging with sophomore Yanni Hachem, who started in the pairing up top. Hachem has also seen time at attacking midfield and on the wing. This emphasis on fluidity, both
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swimming world, these four members of the Wolfpack have an easy demeanor when together as a group. Each swimmer has a role in his or her events and each is able to perform in high-pressure situations. “Our dynamics are really good,” Bilis said. “We know each other really well and all of us are really close. Before the start the race we say a few words and someone pats you on the back and you just know you’re going to go fast.” Relays not only bring more points to the board but also tend to bring out another level in the swimmers. “In relays you have three other people with you, and the crowd is a lot louder and you get to hear it, which is fun,” Held said. Bilis backed his teammate’s view. “I like relays because you’re not swimming alone or only for yourself,” the Lithuanian native said. “Usually in relays you just go faster than individuals.”
1. Louisville (27-8, 16-2 ACC) Kyle Funkhouser continues to dominate hitters and the Louisville offense exploded in Sunday’s finale in a series win over Duke in Durham. The Cardinals are 16-2 in the ACC and face Wake Forest with a chance to further expand their conference lead. 2. Miami (28-9, 14-4 ACC) The Hurricanes have won eight straight games and have emerged as the premier competition to Louisville to be the class of the ACC. Earlier in the season, Miami lost two of three games in Louisville, but they were hard-fought contests that could’ve gone either way. 3. Florida State (26-12, 11-7 ACC) The Seminoles had looked like a contender to be the best in the ACC until a disastrous week. Florida State started the week with a 5-0 win over Florida Gulf Coast before dropping the second game against them by the same score. The bats went silent in South Bend as they were swept by the Irish, scoring just four runs in three games. 4. Georgia Tech (24-12, 9-9 ACC) The Yellow Jackets rattled off two wins against Virginia after dropping the first game of the series. Brandon Gold (seven innings, 3 H, 1 R) spun a gem in the final game of the series to edge the Cavaliers 5-4 in the rubber game of the series. 5. UNC-Chapel Hill (22-14, 9-9 ACC) The Tar Heels won two close games over rival NC State to break from the middle of the pack. The Tar Heels are in a good position for the postseason. 6. Virginia (21-15, 7-12 ACC) The Cavaliers destroyed Georgia Tech in game one of their series, 14-4, before being defeated 11-4 and losing the final game in a hard-fought battle. Virginia’s season so far is a disappointment, but they are still in position to make the NCAA Tournament. 7. Notre Dame (24-10, 9-9 ACC) Notre dame is on the bubble, joining Wake Forest and (maybe) NC State and Clemson after they swept Florida State over the weekend. Add in a win over Valparaiso and
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from a formation perspective and a player position perspective, should help the Wolfpack be a more dynamic, adaptable, and dangerous team this fall. 2. Despite its relative youth, the midfield should be just fine.
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Junior Christian McCurdy rips down the lane during the 200-yard butterfly at NC State’s meet with rival UNC-Chapel Hill Jan. 31 at the Casey Aquatic Center. McCurdy finished first in the event with a time of 1:44.68. The No. 8 Wolfpack men’s team remained undefeated, beating the No. 20 Tar Heels 180-118. The No. 12 women’s team just barely missed topping the No.5 Tar Heel women 146.5-134.5.
Strong dynamics key to historic relay performance Justine Turley Staff Writer
The NC State men’s swim team recorded its highest finish in 39 years, taking eighth overall at the NCAA championships in addition to an ACC championship. During the course of the season, the bedrock of the Wolfpack’s historic performance was its relay team, made up of some of the top individual performers in the country. In their NCAA appearance, the foursome comprised of freshman Ryan Held, junior Simonas Bilis, sophomore Soren Dahl, and senior David Williams earned two runnerup relay titles in both the 400 and 800 yard free relays, nabbing All-America status in the process. These relays marked NC State’s highest relay finishes on the national level in program history. Although stakes are high for relays in the
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