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IN BRIEF BOG meeting attracts protesters

Winter storms leave thousands of students without a reliable food source

Ian Grice Staff Writer

Nearly two weeks of snow days have left many students in the Triangle without food. Schools have been closed eight out of the past 10 teaching days, and for thousands of students in the area, school lunches are the most reliable source of food in their lives. Nearly 43 percent of students in Wake County and its surrounding areas applied for free and reducedpriced lunches in the 2012 school year, totaling about 116,000 students. About 2,000 of these students also rely on take-home food bags, which are given out on Fridays and meant to provide students with enough food for the weekend.

Due to back-to-back winter storms, most of those bags have been undelivered for the past two weeks.

SOURCE: The News & Observer

Majority of young Republicans favor legalized marijuana A Pew survey released on Friday found that six out of 10 people under the age of 34 who identify as Republican are in support of legalizing marijuana, as do nearly half of older Gen-Xers who identify as Republican. Seventy-seven percent of Democrats in the same age group held the same belief. The Pew Research Center found a 14-point gap between Republicans and Democrats aged 35 to 50, with 47 percent of Republicans and 61 percent of Democrats in favor of legalization. Pew noted the numbers could be an indicator of how the issue will be debated in the 2016 presidential election when the millennial vote will be highly coveted.

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Meteorologists predict more bizarre weather

Triangle meteorologists are predicting a week of strange weather. A warm front is set to come in Monday, causing mostly sunny skies and highs around 50 before temperatures drop to the low 40s on Tuesday.

Temperatures are set to jump to nearly 70 degrees on Wednesday, giving Triangle residents a brief break from the past two weeks of winter weather before they brace themselves for a chance of snow again on Thursday.

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Students and faculty members in the UNC System protest the Board of Governors’ decsion to close UNC’s Poverty Center at UNC-Charlotte Friday. Protesters recited prepared speeches and were escorted out individually until the Board took a recess and reconvened in a room closed to the public, but open to a few reporters.

Committee hears case about potential campaign violations

After five months of intensive review of all 240 centers and institutes in the UNC System, the Board of Governors unanimously recommended three centers for discontinuation, including the UNC-Chapel Hill Law School’s Center on Work, Poverty and Opportunity, NC Central University’s Institute for Civic Engagement and East Carolina University’s Center for Biodiversity.

Protesters met the Board at its meeting in UNCCharlotte Friday morning, at one point chanting and cheering so loud the meeting was called to recess and moved to a private room. No members of the public were allowed inside.

The NC General Assembly requested the Board of Governors requested make recommendations for $15 million in cuts to centers and institutes to free up funding for securing faculty.

The three slated for closure will save the UNC System a total of $0, as none of them are currently receiving any direct government funding.

Non-compulsory recommendations to close the centers will be sent to the chancellors of ECU,

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Ian Grice Staff Writer

Student body presidential candidate Gavin Harrison and his vice presidential running mate Meredith Mason spent hours with the Student Government Elections Commission Sunday in a hearing to determine if the pair could be found responsible for campaign violations involving the destruction of competitors’ campaign signs but were not found guilty.

Chair of the Student Government Elections Committee William Stepp said no candidates were found in violation of campaign rules.

Student body presidential candidate Khari Cyrus said several of his and running mate Nate Bridgers’ signs were destroyed over the weekend, and presidential candidate Chris Becker and

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Pullen Road extension to improve travel time

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he crowd cheers on as the dancers onstage perform their moves at Dance Marathon 2015. This year’s Dance Marathon raised about $67,000 for children’s healthcare and research. It took place in Talley Student Union from 7 p.m. on Friday until 11 a.m. on Saturday. The annual event, which started in February 2013, is hosted to raise money for the kids who suffer from various illnesses. Dance Marathon collaborates with the Duke Children’s Hospital and Health Center and Children’s Miracle Network and it has successfully raised about $100,000 in its first two years.

During the next two years, NC State and the city of Raleigh are planning to extend Pullen Road beyond Main Campus to connect it to Centennial Campus, making travel safer for bikers and pedestrians and potentially cutting travel time between the two campuses in half.

If completed, people driving southbound on Pullen will be able to continue straight through Western Boulevard and connect to Oval Drive which leads to the entrance to Centennial Campus.

“There was always this intention to expand Pullen southward to connect to Centennial campus,” said Eric Lamb, Raleigh’s Transportation Planning Office Manager.

The road would take roughly two years to be finished, hopefully open-

ing by 2017, according to Lamb.

Before that can happen, NC State and the city must make an agreement because much of the property belongs to the city of Raleigh. If the city, NC State and owners of a connecting property all agree to enter into a partnership, the city of Raleigh would be responsible for the street’s construction.

“It will definitely improve the travel time from Wolfline between Main and Centennial Campus,” said Michael Ousdahl, the assistant director for planning and operations for NC State Transportation.

Ousdahl said travel time between Main and Centennial Campus is one of the most-voiced complaints the Wolf line receives, and the complaints have become more prevalent with all of the new housing popping up on Centennial, such as the Wolf Ridge Apartments.

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s students walk through Bragaw Residence Hall on their way to Fountain Dining Hall, a piece of caution tape drapes the front of the old Bragaw front desk on Saturday afternoon. This desk was replaced by a new and improved Bragaw front desk, which is now located to the right of the Bragaw C-Store. The construction of the new front desk began after fall break and the destruction of the old one took place this semester. A study lounge will take the place of the old Bragaw front desk.

5:20 AM | Damage to Property Fraternity Court Officers responded to downed tress and power line on four student vehicles. No injuries reported.

7:32 AM | Damage to Property Morrill Drive Officers responded after tree fell on two vehicles belonging to non-students.

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U NC - Chapel H i l l, a nd NCCU. Boa rd member Ja me s Holmes, who led the worki ng g roup t hat decided which centers to recommend, said the group did not take politics into account when choosing and reviewing the centers, and the centers were f lagged individually and objectively without any prejudice to any center or institute.

However, the Board meeting in UNC-Charlotte Friday morning was met by

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running mate Kelly Elder have had signs disappearing all week.

The committee did not find the Harrison and Mason responsible for violating campaign rules, and the pair said the lack of apparent damage

to their signs can be attributed to intensive sign maintenance.

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“The Pullen Road extension would cut down the travel time from Main to C enten n ia l C a mpu s by half,” Ousdahl said.

T his road ex tension would allow buses to avoid many traff ic signals and would cut out time lost in congestion along Western

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Thursday FINANCIAL ANALYTICS PRESENTATION

9:29 AM | Domestic Dispute The Greens Apartments RPD notified NCSU PD of possible domestic dispute.

Non-student was arrested and charged with simple assault on non-student. Both subjects sustained minor injuries.

Second non-student was issued trespass from NCSU property due to dispute.

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hu nd red s of prote sters who were upset the working group by seemingly doing just that. Protesters claimed the Board targeted centers and institutes with vocal directors whose ideology opposed that of the Board.

Protestors in the meeting stood up one by one, reciting prepared speeches urging the board not to cut the centers until they were individually escorted out of the building. Protesters later began to cheer and chant, getting so loud at one point the board members could not be heard through microphones.

The Board called a recess

and moved t he meeting into a much smaller room.

No members of the public were allowed in.

Mark Dorosin, managing attorney of the UNC Civil Rights Center, which was under review, said that the Board was breaking the Open Meeting Law. In 2010, Dorosin won a case against the Wake County Board of Education in a similar lawsuit against a closed public meeting.

During third phase of the review interview, the board singled out UNC-Chapel Hill’s Women’s Center for being in need of additional funding to adequately meet

the needs of students rather than recording it for funding cuts.

The working group found that review methods within the centers were inconsistent across the campuses.

The work ing group recommend all centers and institutes within the UNC System undergo an annual review in addition to a comprehensive review every five years.

The recommendations include a request to chancellors to follow more rigorous guidelines when reviewing their own centers, i nclud i ng task i ng t hem w ith identif y ing centers

that should f ind outside funding. The board is asking chancellors to reduce state funding within their own centers by 35 percent over three years.

Eight campuses opted to discontinue their own centers and institutes during the review process, according to Holmes. Nine aquatic and maritime centers have yet to be reviewed, as the board is planning to consolidate these nine centers into one.

Chancellor Randy Woodson and Vice Provost Warwick Arden left the meeti ng ea rly. U NC - Chapel Hill Chancellor Carol Folt

stayed to advocate for the centers. Folt spoke to the students protesting outside protesting.

“We actually really appreciate the students and the faculty that are outside,” Folt said “We’re all here because we believe in higher education and we know that democracy is messy and it’s loud and that’s what we’re trying to exercise here.”

age was in the Brickyard where each of the candidates placed some of their largest signs, Cyrus said.

Becker and Elder’s sign was removed from the Brickyard and Cyrus’ team’s sign had been destroyed.

“Within a few hours of it being put up in the Brickyard, it had been completely taken down and snapped down the middle,” Cyrus said.

Elder said most of her and Becker’s signs were

misplaced and one was slig ht ly da maged Tuesday. On Thursday, some of their signs were completely destroyed or missing from multiple locations, according to Elder.

“We will definitely want to have further discussion about what this means for campaigning and how we can address this issue this year and years to come,” Becker said.

Besides one or two signs t hat were ta ken dow n,

Cyrus said Harrison and Mason’s signs saw little to no damage.

“After that, I haven’t seen any damage to any other of their signs,” Cyrus said.

“Their sign in the Brickyard is completely f ine, while ours was torn apart and Chris Becker and Kelly Elder’s is gone somewhere.”

Harrison sa id he a nd Mason have been spending time every day checking on their signs and repairing any damage they found,

which can account for why their signs continue to be in good shape while others are being destroyed.

“We have definitely had signs tampered w ith by grounds keeping and students as well, but the difference is that we’ve been out every night making sure our signs are okay,” Harrison said. “We repair our signs on a nightly basis whereas other candidates have let their signs go.”

Mason said she and Harri-

son constructed their signs to be durable and have put hours into repairing signs every day to ensure their quality.

“There are other candidates who have signs that were damaged beyond repair, and luckily that hasn’t happened to us,” Mason said.

Boulevard and Avent Ferry Road.

The Pullen Road extension would have sidewalks on both sides of the roadway and bike lanes, making it usable for all modes of t ra n spor t at ion. T he road would also provide a safer access point for people walking or biking between Main and Centennial Campuses.

“The biggest challenge

that NC State faces on the bicycle and pedestrian end is safely navigating between Main and Centennial Campus,” Ousdahl said.

One of the reasons why the university is treating the Pullen Road extension as a priority is because the road is in the physical master plan, Ousdahl said.

Rou g h l y e ve r y s e ve n years, the university refreshes its physical master

plan led by the office of the architect which manages universit y development.

The plan guides development across NC State’s five campus precincts based on a vision of what NC State will look like in the future.

“We’re a campus of vehicles, buses, pedestrians, bicyclists and skateboarders, and really what the physical master plan speaks to is an equal accommodation of

all those modes of travel,” Ousdahl said.

The extension will improve t ra nsit a nd bi ke circulation and improve overall safety for all modes of travel, according to Ousdahl.

“With us being so close to downtown Raleigh, we need to reduce congestion on campus and continue to incentivize alternative modes of travel besides the

vehicle,” Ousdahl said.

Ousdahl said the Pullen Road extension could be one of the more significant changes for the better on campus.

“We’re really looking at the campus being one campus, a collective unit and that Pullen Road extension really does make that possible,” Ousdahl said.

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Your 2015 candidates for SBP, SBVP The interviews have been edited for length

Student Body President

Chris Becker 1

Tradition wise, I think it’s been said I’m not the most school spirited, because I don’t have photos of me at sporting events and stuff like that, but I really do care and I think that’s shown by last year, Aaron Sugar and I created our own Dance Glow which benefited over 2,500 residents in the first year it was created and it took us six months of dedication in addition to our other duties.

It was something where we wanted to think of a way to bring something that students really don’t think is possible to campus, so we figured what’s one of those things? There was a Glow Run and a Day Glow Concert.

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I want to prioritize my relationships with other leaders of campus organizations, so not making Presidents’ Round Table just a monthly occurrence, and also creating and establishing a functional roundtable to benefit the academic interest. Whether it’s me sitting on the Student Media Board as student body president to get a feel for what’s

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What has been your most significant accomplishment during your time at NC State?

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What are the top 3 goals you want to accomplish if you were elected ?

Khari Cyrus going on, I want to extend myself into those circles intentionally so I can represent the interests of the students.

Second, Kelly and I try to be very realistic. We understand that students expect immediate results. We are trying to establish a culture where students are able to see, along with student leaders, a larger picture, and I think that larger picture entails long-term projects. So one of those for Kelly and I is working to build a strategic plan. And I think one of the things Kelly and I are personally very passionate about is that at Georgia Tech, one of our peer institutions, they have a program called Vertically Integrated Projects Program and I guess we’re really trying to find a way to make something like that applicable to NC State’s campus. So allowing students who come in to immediately find a group of like-minded, passionate, peers who go through this kind of colligiate experience but it’s geared around an academic interest, giving students who come to State something to be incredibly proud about.

Gavin Harrison

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One, there is this new program called You, Me, We … It’s Time to Talk, it’s being pushed through the diversity commission, which I currently serve on and as far as getting it off the ground it’s been a little, it hasn’t had the impact that I’d like for it to have. So I’d like to bring it back and implement it alongside a spring diversity week.

The second thing is I recognize that the Bell Tower is, for me at least, the most recognizable NC State symbol. I see the Bell Tower on ties, or just anywhere across North Carolina and I always think NC State. I don’t know if a lot of people know this, but currently, there are no bells in the Bell Tower; there’s a sound system. And one of the things I would really like to pick back up—and this goes along with our traditions segment of our platform—we would like to raise money so we can finish the Bell Tower. And that’s an official project, there’s a web-

site and everything, ‘Finish the Bell Tower,’ and with that we’ll be raising money to make the structural changes that need to be made on the actual Bell Tower and then purchasing the remainder of the bells.

The last thing I would like to implement if elected is a tangible thing for students so they can see that Student Government is doing something for them. I think revitalizing a UNC rivalry week where we can work with alumni associations, so that goes along with support and collaboration, and then just host programs where we can talk about the rivalry we have with Chapel Hill. I think just exploring ways that we can kind of make that week a really big deal where tons of students come out, kind of similar to Camp Out, in a similar fashion, have students come out and see that Student Government is visible and active, they’re having giveaways, they’re kind of pumping up the campus for the UNCChapel Hill game.

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I think that would go back to being the Director of Tradition. Last year we had quite an interesting year— we definitely were not as efficient as we could have been. This year we had meetings on a weekly basis. As a whole, making sure we are back on track and keeping student interests in mind.

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There are quite a few things. I would like to see tuition and fees not be increased as much as in the past — obviously that is a hard battle to be fought with the Board of Trustees and the General Assembly.

As SBP, I hope to advocate alongside the Board of Trustees and the Chancellor to the General Assembly not to raise tuition and fees here at State. I would like to see UNC basketball tickets guaranteed to all

Campout participants.

I worked obviously very closely with campout and NC State Athletics this year and I think this is something that is very feasible. I would also like to work on the accessibility of dining—there is quite a lot within that. We are trying to get meal equivalencies on Hillsborough.

We are working to change dining hours and to bring down prices in places like Talley, the Atrium and the Oval.

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Student Body Vice President

As candidate for VP, what experiences do you bring to the ticket?

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Kelly Elder 1

I wa s i n St udent Government this year, and a lthough it was my first year, I was the Legislative Secretary which was voted on by the Senate, and I was also the chair on the Committee on Government Relations and Oversight, which is a newly formed committee as well as the committee on rules and statutes which was like a s eme s ter-long c om m ittee to basically go over all statutes. So in addition to Student Government I’m also in Pi Beta Phi and I’ve served as an officer basically since I’ve been initiated. I was the webmaster and the alumni chair where I planned events for the alum and also was in charge of making the website. Then I was the ice president of e vent pl a n n i ng , w h ic h sounds rea l ly f rivolous, but I actually had to do all the managing and contracts and talking to people so basically I am looked upon as a leader in every organization I’ve been in.

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How do your own skills and experiences complement those of your running mate?

Nate Bridgers 2

Well we both are kind of big-minded thinkers, but we know that it takes small steps to get things done so we always have a big picture in mind and whenever we want to accomplish something, we know what the end goal is so we always try to make sure everything that we will be doing will be in line with that goal.

I also think that everyone sees him as a leader within the organizations he has been in as well, so I think the combined leadership styles make us successful together.

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For the last two years I served for the Student Senate. My first year, I was elected by my peers. This past year I was vice chair of leadership and development and secretary of tuition, so I’ve done a lot of work with administrators and pretty much every group on campus, so I have a lot of connections around campus and even went to some faculty senate meetings this past year and listened to them. So as far as working with administrators and being able to reach out so like student help for the recreation center, any of those groups I’ve done a significant amount of work for and I think that as far as working with Student Government I’ve got the connections, I’ve got the experience, I know what’s expected of a vice president position.

Meredith Mason 2

K ha r i a nd I have known each other for a long time; we actually went to high school together. I met him during my sophomore year of high school and we’ve been friends ever since. So Khari and I even last year, too, we served this incident together. We had a leadership mentor program and he was actually considered my big mentor and I was his mentee. So everything I’ve really learned about gover n ment I’ve learned from Khari. So like I said we have a long-standing relationship together, a very good friendship, so I think if anyone out of these candidates, if any two can work together, it would be me and Khari and we’ve proven it in the past.

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My experiences are really diverse. I am a member of Greek life, a Park Scholar, as well a member of Student Government. I have a lot of opportunities to be involved in a many different things. In Greek life I’ve been the director of sisterhood and I have also been selected as a Rho Tau. Through Park Scholars, I have been able to work on the Diversity Academic Planning Committee, so I really have some experience knowing how to train others in being more aware of diversity. Being in Student Government, I served as a senator my freshman year and this year I have been able to work as executive assistant with the student body president and vice president, as well as being a co-director for Wolfpack Pick Up.

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When I first decided that running for student body vice president would be something that I was interested in, I really thought long and hard about who I wanted to pair up with. I feel like it’s important that when you pick a running mate, you pick someone that you know you work well with. The reason that I decided to run with Gavin was because when we first started to think about running, I said, “Hey, I really think we could work well together. Let’s talk about it.” We spent a lot of time just discussing who would fit what role best.

We have been able to work this year very closely on the executive cabinet and we learned that we work well together and we are just a really good team.

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he Board of Governors voted Friday to terminate the Center on Poverty, Work & Opportunity at the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Law, the Institute for Civic Engagement and Social Change at NC Central University and the Center for Biodiversity at East Carolina University.

The board had slated a list of 240 centers across the UNC-System for extensive review and, after months of deliberation, decided to close three centers. The three receive zero dollars of direct government funding, but challenged the ideas pushed by a Republican legislature and a Republican governor in office.

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UNC and director of the Poverty and quality of participation in civic In 2014 the state played a starring center, has been among the most affairs and, thus, its efficacy in ad- role on The Colbert Report after the vocal of Gov. Pat McCrory and his dressing racial, gender, economic, Republican legislature reclassified a allies in the state House and Senate, and other social injustices.

39-inch rise in water level as an eightand in one 2013 letter, compared We’re sure that you all remember inch rise during the last 100 years by McCrory to segregationist Southern North Carolina’s moment in the na- banning the use of accepted climate governors during the 1960s because tional spotlight after pushing draco- models when considering legislation, of his advocacy for tougher election nian Voter ID laws in 2013. as the law made it so that it “shall not laws which made it harder for miPart of the mission statement of include scenarios of accelerated rates nority voters to cast their ballot. the Center for Biodiversity at ECU of sea-level rise.”

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Devan Riley’s SG Endorsement Tonight at 8 p.m., voting for your next group of elected student leaders will begin, and I sincerely hope that you all will take the initiative to exercise this right. Voting for your student leaders should be important to you because of the student fees in which they are entrusted to appropriate and spend.

Next year, you will all give upwards of $14 in Student Government fees, and those who you elect will be in charge of allocating this money back to you. If you vote tonight, you will have had your say in who is most qualified to do this. If you don’t, you will have missed your only opportunity to do so; however, you will still pay your fees in August.

Over the past few years, student leaders have been discouraged from endorsing candidates on the grounds that it provides for an unfair election. To those discouragers I ask this: Who knows better the needs of the office than those who are in it currently?

I echo this sentiment to you all with this letter. No one can better endorse candidates for the executive offices of Student Government’s tomorrow than those who serve today. Furthermore, as your Student Body Vice President, I feel it is my duty to share with you my opinion on the future of Student Government, as you elected me to do my best for the organization, and part

Kelley Wheeler, sophomore in art studies

Will net neutrality really forge an open environment for Internet users?

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n Thursday the Federal Communications Commission approved one of the most intrusive and expansive regulations in the agency’s history—to treat net neutrality as a public utility. To avoid the obstacle of readi ng t h roug h dense legal and Ziyi Mai technical mateStaff Columnist rial, the jargon used here needs a clarification.

According to the FCC, net neutrality is referred to as “the principle of Open Internet,” in which consumers can make their own choices about what applications and services to use and are free to decide what lawful content they want to access, create or share with others. Both Republicans and Democrats agree that the Internet should be representative of one’s right to freedom of speech, but many disagree as to how the principle can be achieved.

When people surf the Internet, depending on how much they pay for the speed to their Internet Service Provider, or “ISP,” they generally think that every website they access has the same speed.

But things don’t work that way.

Different sites use different access speeds; though, the difference is small to such a degree that most people can’t tell the difference.

Almost all ISPs discriminate websites in accordance to the related traffic and charge higher rates for higher speed.

In 2010, the FCC issued a reg-

ulatory order that was intended to prevent broadband ISPs from blocking or interfering with traffic on the Web. Originally, the FCC’s rules prohibited wired ISPs from blocking and discriminating against content, while allowing wireless ISPs to discriminate against but not block websites.

However, In January 2014, the court ruled against the FCC’s ability to enforce net neutrality because the legal framework was considered to be questionable and ambiguous. The FCC might face the lawsuits again this time as the new rules have sparkled fierce opposition from several wireless giants.

Michael Powell, chairman of the FCC from 2001 to 2005, told CNET that consumers would not see much difference in terms of quality and prices in the short run. But as the new rules go into effect, Powell said consumers are likely to see “higher bills from new taxes and fees and expenses related to regulatory compliance.” The FCC’s vote last week will allow it to regulate rates, set terms and conditions of business relationships, granting federal and state governments to impose taxes and fees on consumer bills.

The cost of regulation will end up placing a burden on consumers.

But are consumers willing to pay the extra cost? Certainly, not all of them. But the new rules push the cost to a higher level for all wireless users. Some consumers will have no choice but to pay it eventually.

From an economic point of view, it is not difficult to see

why ISPs discriminate websites based on traffic. ISPs have the technology to transform scarce resources into Internet services for consumers. But different websites have different frequency of visits. Popular social network sites such as Facebook, Twitter and news websites such as CNN have millions of visitors every day, whereas sites that specialize in smaller areas have fewer visitors per day. This frequency of visits can be seen as the force of demand. ISPs are motivated to put more resources and speed to support websites that attract more visitors than those with fewer visitors per day.

The FCC’s rules place constraints on an ISP’s ability to make decisions based on the data that it is more familiar with.

Net neutrality ensures that ISPs treat all websites equally in terms of speeds, but doesn’t make efficient use of resources when considering websites that receive less traffic. These idle resources could have been used in websites where traffic is significantly greater. The increased cost will be transferred to consumers’ due to the monopolistic nature of the industry.

Besides, the more extensive a regulation becomes, the more difficult to implement and comply. The FCC rules give the agency substantial power and leave huge room for lobbying and distorting terms.

Alex Grindstaff’s endorsement The past few years have shown us that our access to an affordable education isn’t as secure as we thought. Our state government’s support for the UNC System has wavered, forcing tuition and fees to rise at our expense. When our attitude toward these student leaders and their abilities is skeptical, how can we expect Student Government to be effective or expect the university to hear our pleas with respect?

You might not be the vote that picks the president of the United States or your U.S. Senator, but you will have a better chance choosing someone who will fight on your behalf for decisions that will affect your college career.

You might be thinking that this election isn’t worth your time or that all candidates are the same and won’t be able to get anything done, but please don’t sit out this election.

Who are administrators going to consult when they’re considering fee increases or changes to services like transportation?

Most likely they’ll consult other administrators and faculty, but when I was a member of the few University Standing Committees, I was the only student in the room. I had to make a decision that would reflect the wishes of over 34,000 students and they were listening. The Student Senator and Student Body Officer you select will be sitting in one of those rooms. One of the reasons SG can be ineffective is because no matter how long we serve, we’re usually replaced each year while administrators remain. Experience and connections with these people are crucial if you want to navigate the university bureaucracy to accomplish anything. Two of the students who surprised me the most were Kelly Elder and Karli Moore. I didn’t know either of them that well but they quickly gained my

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no way political and that the group individually flagged centers objectively with any prejudice.

The evidence clearly says otherwise.

Of the 32 members currently sitting on the Board, most were appointed by the Republican-Controlled NC House and Senate.

However, the real crime here isn’t that the Board of Governors was playing politics, which is still troublesome. The real crime is it has attempted to circumvent the academic freedom of professors and researchers across the UNC System, and in doing so has prioritized its Republican ideology over the welfare of the citizens of North Carolina.

of the job is to ensure a sound future for this government body that does so much for the university.

I will no doubt receive backlash for writing the following endorsement; however, I am my own man, and I am following my heart with these words, and I believe that my endorsement is a completion of my job to you as an elected official. If I go down in the books as a malevolent Vice President for endorsing two wonderful candidates, then so be it, as I am slated to be the worst Vice President in NC State’s history already (And the best. It is incredible how being first works).

With all this being said, I hereby formally endorse Gavin Harrison for Student Body President and Meredith Mason for Student Body Vice President. I feel these two are a union of experience and innovation. I feel they have the expertise it will take to weed out what Student Government is doing wrong and fix it, but at the same time, they will realize what Student Government is doing right and ensure continuation. Please take this endorsement with you to the polls tonight, and know that I have so endorsed only to fulfill what I feel is my obligation to you, the citizenry. I hold in my heart this university, and I pray you all do the same by voting tonight.

With dutiful humility I conclude, Devan F. Riley, Student Body Vice President

trust and I appointed them as chairs of the most important committees in Senate. Each accomplished more in a few months than other student senators and presidents have in their entire careers. Just as I was able to have an impact for LGBT students with the Inclusive Admissions Act last year, these two leaders were able to clean up archaic rules and pass more legislation than I could have hoped for, given how skeptical I was with SG performance in the past.

Student leaders like Chris Becker, Kelly Elder, Cody Long, and Kari Moore have been fighting for students this past year whether you realize it or not. They have shown more passion for advocacy and student issues.

Each have put in the time and hard work to get to know the administrators, faculty and staff that can aid them and us all to find solutions that benefit NC State. Candidates will make all sorts of flashy promises and slogans to get your attention but if you want a year of honest work and a step toward a Student Government that we can be proud of, then these four individuals need your vote.

If you feel that the university overlooks you and that you are a number to them as they go about business, you’re not alone. I met countless students who wanted to make a difference and those with great ideas, but SG was unable to collaborate with the right people. However, the four individuals I mentioned before have more experience than many of the other candidates combined. If you have a concern or an issue with the university, then these four will treat you with the same respect they treated me when I needed them the most. This election is a start, and these four need your help.

We’re the Wolfpack, let’s work together.

Alex Grindstaff former Student Senate President

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Q&A with actor, comedian David Koechner Kevin Schaefer Associate Features Editor

Actor and comedian David Koechner brought his talents to Raleigh this weekend, where he performed three nights of stand-up at Goodnights Comedy Club.

Best known for his roles in “Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy” and “The Office,” Koechner said he will always love performing live and is excited for this show. In an interview with the Technician, he discussed everything from his comedy roots to upcoming projects.

The interview has been edited for length.

The Technician: Growing up, who were some of the most influential comedians in your life and what about them stuck out to you?

David Koechner: When I was growing up, my earliest comic memories would be Abbott and Costello, watching Saturday afternoons with my Dad. That and Marx Brothers.

Then around 13 is when for me it got a little more serious because that’s when “Saturday Night Live” started in 1975, and I couldn’t believe it. It blew my mind.

Around the same time, after SNL, I would watch whatever late-night movie was on. And one night “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” came on. That really blew my mind. That’s when I thought, “Wow, comedy can be smart and funny and illuminating.” So those were my real early influences. It wasn’t a single comic, it was all these groups of comics.

T: I know you studied political science prior to improvisational comedy. Was there a particular moment or experience that made you want to pursue comedy?

DK: Yes, about the third year I was doing the administrative classes in my poli sci degree and they’re very dry and boring and I realized that’s what your life’s going to be.

I also realized around that point, ‘oh, you have to have super ambition in politics and you have to be the smartest person in any room you walk into, and I wasn’t that person.’

I said this is not what I want to do. I quit going to my classes.

It was kind of a chess life move

that I didn’t fully consciously make.

And then I visited a friend in Chicago and went to The Second City, and I saw that they taught classes. Cause I knew all these people at SNL had gone to Second City. A light bulb went off, and I thought, “That’s how you do this.” So I saved my money for a year and then moved to Chicago, started taking classes at the iO Theater and Second City simultaneously. Those were the first steps to the entire journey.

T: Were your parents supportive when you first decided to switch?

DK: Well they didn’t quite understand. They didn’t quite wrap their heads around “What do you mean you’re going to be an actor?” because we had never met one. I come from a small town with 2,000 people and didn’t know anyone in the arts.

And I knew they had to have a timeline. They’re like, “This isn’t a way a person makes a living.” But I knew it was going to work. So I knew they had to have a number, so I said I’ll do it for 10 years. And if it doesn’t work after 10 years, I’ll do something else.

T: With SNL having just celebrated its 40th anniversary, what are some of the biggest changes you’ve seen in comedy just since the time you started?

DK: Culturally, I’d say the single biggest change has been YouTube.

And what people don’t necessarily realize is that some of these YouTube stars, in my opinion, that I guess they’re considered comics or something. That’s just based on the number of hits; the hits are coming from 12-year-olds.

The biggest change is the availability for access to an audience— access from anywhere to become a known quantity, a viable quantity from the Internet. Typically, standups don’t put it on there. They work the room, because you can’t tell if it’s working on the Internet, joke to joke. You can see the hits, and that’s different. Like this is incredibly popular, it doesn’t matter if it’s any good. Whereas if you’re in a club, you have to prove it with laughs.

T: Being an SNL veteran, what was the experience like to participate in the 40th anniversary celebration?

DK: It was a blast. I have a lot of friends still on the show and working on the show and friends who came back to the show. It’s really the coolest high school reunion in the world.

T: When you’re doing standup is there any particular subject matter that you like to deal with, be it politics or social issues?

DK: I don’t do politics or social issues because you’re going to get, especially now, divisive. I’m an entertainer. I feel my job is to find the most universal way of doing that from my perspective. Obviously, I’ve got a life experience of a wife and five kids. That’s certainly reflected in my show. I’ve always done characters, so that’s reflected in my show.

Also Andy Paley and I have written a number of songs together over the years and our latest great collaboration — and we’re both over 50 — is “The Dirtiest Song Ever Written,” which only goes to show that men get more immature as they age. We close with that number. This particular tour, Andy comes out the last 15 minutes of the show and plays guitar and I sing three songs.

T: Do you have a preference of either standup, or television/film?

DK: I like all of them. Each one of them provides a different kind of experience that I find to be joyful. Obviously, live is immediate — that’s so much fun. And it’s a communal experience. Film is a communal experience later, much later, television a month later. Each one has a delayed reaction so you have to enjoy it while it’s happening, but in standup you get to do the experience and the reaction at the same time. I will always do live, always have, always will.

T: Aside from characters like Champ Kind and Todd Packer, are there any other characters you’ve played who have really stuck with you?

DK: Yeah. There’s a movie I did called “Cheap Thrills” - so good. It was a great experience. We shot it in 14 days. It was an amazing cast. We could even tour that thing as a play.

It was so good and one of the most rewarding experiences I’ve ever had.

The other film role that was such a

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treat was playing ‘Nathan the annoying neighbor” in Mike Judge’s “Extract.” I would do that every day.

T: “Cheap Thrills” is a black comedy. What’s it like venturing into other genres?

DK: I don’t describe it as a black comedy. First, because there’s fewer laughs. Really at its core, it’s a twisted thriller and then you end up laughing because you’re so uncomfortable you have to have an expression of that discomfort. There’s a number of people who’ve come up to me and said ‘you should be in a drama.’ And it’s a joy to hear, because I agree with it.

T: When did you first hear about “Anchorman 2?”

DK: First we were going to make it in 2010, I think, and do a staged musical version of the first and

part of the second film on Broadway and then we were going to go into shooting that fall. That would have been so much fun. I think some producers thought they were crazy.

I knew a couple weeks before they announced it on Conan. I wish that was a television show, I really do.

T: You have five kids. Do you see any of them following in your footsteps?

DK: My youngest shows the strongest proclivity for it. She’s a clown. Oh my god, she’s so funny.

She’s got great facial expressions.

She makes everybody in the family laugh. She can demand the spotlight when she wants it, so she might be the one. Each one of them has a great sense of humor.

T: When you’re approached about a new TV show or movie, what things

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Hundreds gather at new comic show in Raleigh Kevin Schaefer Associate Features Editor

In the wake of North Carolina’s so-called “snowpocalypse,” comic fans in the Triangle came out for a special one-day show in North Raleigh this weekend, months prior to the annual NC Comicon in November.

The first-ever Oak City Comic Show took place at the Hilton on Wake Forest Road where retailers, comic creators, fans and cosplayers displayed their love for the culture.

A Dr. Doom cosplayer stood at the door as I purchased my ticket, while a Raphael Ninja Turtle waited in line for one of the guests.

Even a guy dressed as Santa Claus strolled down the lobby.

With tickets at $5 each and free admission for cosplayers, the show brought in several hundred people from around the area. John Gallagher came after seeing an ad on Facebook, working a table selling $1 comics as well as vintage action figures from the late ‘80s and early ‘90s. A Spider-Man figure from the ‘90s animated series stood in the center, next to a yellow-suited Wolverine and a classic-style Magneto.

“I was a longtime collector till about 2006 when I went more digital,” Gallagher said.

“I was trying to create some room in the basement and things of that nature; you run out of space real quick being a collector.”

Organizers of the event said they wanted to create a smaller and more unique experience for comic book enthusiasts in the area, according to Jeremy Tarney, the chief operating officer of Ultimate Comics in Chapel Hill.

“This show is part of the NC Comicon brand,” Tarney said. “As you’ll notice we didn’t call it the NC Comicon one-day show or the NC Comicon Junior. We wanted to make this a unique experience.”

Guests included writer, comedian and WWE champion Mick Foley, “Marvel 1985” and “Wolverine” illustrator Tommy Lee Edwards, and “G-Man” writer-artist Chris Giarrusso. The show’s special media guest was Addy Miller, famous for playing a zombie girl in the opening scene of “The Walking Dead” pilot.

Edwards also co-runs NC Comicon and said he was excited to participate in this show. He said Oak City is partly in response to the upcoming Wizard World Con, which according to him is more “celebrity-driven” and is more geared toward casual fans.

“I definitely am not thrilled

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Lauren Fellows, a senior studying graphic design, dressed as Elsa from “Frozen” and Natasha Marrero, a senior studying art, dressed as Gracie Hart, wait in line for a cosplay contest at Oak City Comic Show on Sunday. The Oak City Comic Show drew hundreds of attendees in its first year, many of whom dressed up and attended both fan and celebrity panels.

about Wizard World Con,” Edwards said. “I don’t do their conventions and they’re a completely different kind of convention than what we put on, but most people that aren’t really hardcore genre comic fans don’t get that, and it does help us to get out to more of the casual fans as well. We’re more educationalbased and more really hitting people that already know the

stuff coming in.”

Tarney also said this show is intentionally less mediafocused than Wizard Con, which will have big-name actors such as Lou Ferrigno and Sean Austin as guests.

“There are a lot of people I know that want to meet the guy who played the original Hulk or who starred in ‘Battlestar Galactica,’” Tarney said. “I’m glad that that

product exists for them, but for us it’s not what we want to do. We want to make sure we have a good alternative to that.”

McKenna Fellows, a senior studying graphic design, walked in and out of the main ballroom in her elaborately designed Elsa costume, looking like a real-life version of the “Frozen” character. She said she recently developed

an interest in cosplaying and that this particular costume took her about a month to construct.

“It’s really cool to see what other people put together and show off what you did,” Fellows said. “Especially with Elsa, little kids are freaking out.”

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do you look for in a script?

DK: I’ve got five kids, [so] basically it’s how much does it pay. Everybody thinks if you’re in Hollywood and you do one project you’re super rich. Nothing could be further from the truth.

T: What advice do you have for aspiring comedians?

DK: Get up and do it.

That’s it. Stage time, that’s the magic. They will let you know immediately if it’s going to work or not, and that goes for actors or comics. In doing it, you learn something.

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the 400 freestyle relay with a time of 2:48.92. NC State was out-touched in the 400 medley by less than sixth tenths of a second to Louisville.

Two of NC State’s freshmen also made their marks on the ACC Championship meet with strong individual performances.

Freshman Anton Ipsen had a pair of impressive individual swims on behalf of the Wolfpack. Ipsen finished first in both the 500 and 1,650 yard freestyle with the respective times of 4:13.87 and 14:48.52. In the 1,650, Ipsen defeated the runner up by over nine seconds Hennessey Stuart won the 200 backstroke for the Pack in his first conference championship meet with a time of 1:39.37 in the finals. Stuart’s time improved from his preliminary session

swim of 1:39.73 where he originally earned a conference, ACC meet and school record.

Other notable swims of the meet include senior Stephan Coetzer’s and junior Christian McCurdy’s second place finishes. Coetzer earned himself an NCAA invitation in his 200 yard individual medley with the time of 1:44.04. McCurdy placed fourth in the 200 IM behind teammates Coetzer and Dahl. In his 400 yard individual medley, McCurdy was barely out-touched by Virginia Tech’s sophomore Robert Owen. His time of 3:41.92 gives McCurdy an NCAA ‘A’ cut.

Both the men and women’s teams will continue the postseason as they prepare for the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships. The women’s championship will be held in Greensboro, North Carolina, on March 19-21. The men will travel to Iowa City, Iowa, on March 2628 for their meet.

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to the Boston College win, along with eight rebounds and a steal. ‘’[Hanlan is] as good as any guard in the country. Period. End of story,’’ Gottfried said. ‘’He’s as good as anybody. He’s deserving of being in that conversation.’’

The Boston College starters carried their team, as the Eagles’ bench totaled only seven points. The Wolfpack bench had 20 points in the game, aided by Washington’s 14.

Offensive rebounding is traditionally a strong indicator for the outcome of a game, but the Pack outscored Boston College in that department with 19 second-chance points to the Eagles’ eight. The Eagles, though, were the more consistent team, shooting 57 percent on the day and 47 percent from behind the arc. Fewer misses lead to fewer second-chance points.

The Pack will look to rebound with a win against Clemson on Tuesday to keep their tournament hopes alive. The Pack lost its previous matchup against the Tigers, 68-57, on Jan. 28 at PNC Arena.

played extremely hard, but their points off turnovers really killed us.”

Brown-Hoskin left the court after tallying 16 points, two rebounds and a standing ovation from the crowd at Reynolds in her final regular season game with the Pack. Wilson finished the game with 15 points, five rebounds and two steals. Sophomore guard Miah Spencer also had a strong game, tallying 12 points, two rebounds and a game-high four steals.

Despite the loss, there was a touching moment toward the end of the game when senior guard Krystal Barrett, despite tearing her ACL earlier in the season, came on the court and hit a three-pointer. Barrett only played 12 games in her final season due to the injury.

“That shot meant a lot to me. That summed up my season,” Barrett said. “I worked really hard to get that shot. After everything I went through, I feel like I

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deserved the opportunity to take that shot.”

Due to the injury, Barrett was strongly advised to limit her physical activity.

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the final game of her college career.

“I’ll probably hear about it from the team doctors about that one,” Moore said. “But it was worth it.

She is a special player and

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Wolfpack dominates in Atlanta, wins ACC NC State lands four star cornerback recruit

The NC State football team landed a commitment from James Valdez, a highly touted four star cornerback according to Scout.com, from Orangeburg Wilkinson high school in South Carolina. Valdez, the 5-foot-10, 175-pound speedster, chose the Pack over schools such as Michigan, Tennessee and South Carolina, who were long thought to be the leaders in Valdez’s recruitment. The South Carolina native gives the Wolfpack its sixth commitment in the 2016 recruiting class.

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Pack women to contend in ACC Tournament Wednesday

After a close loss to the No. 4 ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish on Sunday, the NC State women’s basketball team looks to rebound in this year’s ACC tournament in Greensboro. The historic Greensboro Coliseum will be the site for this year’s tournament for the 15th consecutive season. The Wolfpack women will open play against the Virginia Tech Hokies on Wednesday at 3:30.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY “You can’t fault our effort. Our kids played extremely hard, but their points off turnovers really killed us. ” Wes Moore NC State women’s basketball head coach

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Tuesday BASEBALL VS. EAST CAROLINA Raleigh, N.C., 6:00 p.m.

MEN’S BASKETBALL @ CLEMSON Clemson, S.C., 9:00 p.m.

Wednesday WOMEN’S BASKETBALL VS. VIRGINIA TECH Greensboro, N.C., 3:30 p.m.

SOFTBALL @ ELON Elon, N.C., 5:00 p.m.

Friday WOMEN’S TENNIS @ VCU Richmond, Va., 2:00 p.m.

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WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS @ WASHINGTON Seattle, Wa., 10:00 p.m.

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The men’s swimming and diving team continued its undefeated season as they took home the ACC Championship in Atlanta, Georgia this past weekend. The win marks the program’s 25th ACC Championship and the first one since 1992.

The men finished the four-day meet over 150 points ahead of secondplace Louisville, while Virginia Tech placed third overall with 1,123 points.

The Wolfpack broke several records and junior Simonas Bilis was named the conference’s Most Valuable Swimmer at the meet. Bilis swept all three freestyle sprint events, earned NCAA’s cuts in each swim and participated in every one of NC State’s winning relays. In the 50 free he finished the finals in 19.07, took home first with a 41.94 in the 100, and finished out the sweep with a 1:33.62 in the 200.

The 200 yard freestyle proved to be a very strong event for the Wolfpack. NC State freshman, Ryan Held followed in second with a time of 1:34.15 and senior, David Williams rounded out third place in 1:34.18.

Held’s and Williams’ times also

COURTESY OF NC STATE ATHLETICS

Members of the NC State men’s swimming team dive into the pool at the start of the 200 medley at the ACC Championship Saturday in Atlanta, Georgia. The Wolfpack captured its first ACC championship in 22 years and 25th in school history.

granted them NCAA invitations.

NC State made a huge statement in the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center by winning nearly every relay event at the meet.

The men started out with a first

place finish in the 200 medley relay where sophomores, Andreas Schiellerup, Derek Hren, Soren Dahl, and senior David Williams finished the race in 1:24.07.

The Wolfpack also finished first

in the 800, 400, and 200 freestyle relays, while also breaking the conference and ACC meet records in all three events. The squad of Bilis, Held, Dahl, and Williams earned the fastest time in the country in

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

Pack pounded in road loss to Boston College Adam Reece Staff Writer

The NC State men’s basketball team dropped its sixth road game of the season to Boston College, 79-63, on Saturday in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. The team struggled on both ends of the floor and found themselves in a hole early, as the Wolfpack seemed to be in the midst of a hangover from their upset victory over No. 15 UNC-Chapel Hill on Tuesday. ‘’We had no zip, no energy,’’ head coach Mark Gottfried said. ‘’We were dead.’’

The Eagles were unstoppable offensively in the first half, shooting 65 percent from the field.

Junior guard Olivier Hanlan, Boston College’s leading scorer, had 14 points in the first half to lead his team to a 43-26 score at the break.

Redshirt junior Trevor Lacey was disappointed with his team’s effort on defense. ‘’We didn’t defend them as well as we should have, and we didn’t make any shots,’’ Lacey said. ‘’There’s really no explanation for it.’’

The Pack’s faults in the first half did not rest solely on the defensive end. NC State shot just 36 percent from the field in the first half and 25 percent from beyond the arc.

The Wolfpack’s scoring problems persisted as the team neglected the rim, having committed only four shot attempts from the paint in the first half.

The second half featured a completely different NC State team, as the Wolfpack outscored the Eagles, 37-36. However, the Pack had dug itself in too deep of a hole to come out of from the previous 20 minutes.

NC State shot free throws often in the second half, hitting 13 of 17 from the line.

The Pack improved on the defensive end after the halftime break, as the team held Boston College to 47 percent from the floor, a significant difference from the Eagles’ productive first-half scoring. Even with the Wolfpack playing better defense, the team could only manage to cut the lead down to 12 points.

NC State’s leading scorer in the matchup was sophomore forward Kyle Washington with 14 points off the bench. Washington also added seven rebounds in his 18 minutes. He was followed by redshirt senior Ralston Turner, who had 13.

Turner was uncharacteristic from beyond the arc, only hitting three of his 14 three-point attempts.

Hanlan averaged 27 points per game during the month of February and he contributed 24 points

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

State drops close contest to No. 4 Notre Dame Daniel Lacy Staff Writer

Joe Ochoa Correspondent

Senior day was spoiled Sunday afternoon in Reynolds Coliseum, as the NC State women’s basketball team fell to the No. 4 Notre Dame Fighting Irish, 67-60.

After starting out with a 5-2 lead, the Pack (16-13, 7-9 ACC) gave up a 9-0 run in the opening minutes to give the Irish (28-2, 15-1 ACC) an early 11-5 advantage.

Although trailing by as many as 10 points in the first half, the Wolfpack went on to shorten the deficit to six points and trailed 37-31 at halftime. Redshirt senior guard Len’Nique BrownHoskin and redshirt sophomore guard Dominique Wilson led the Wolfpack in scoring with 10 points

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Redshirt senior guard Len’Nique Brown-Hoskin dribbles past a defender during the women’s basketball senior day game against No. 4 Notre Dame in Reynolds Coliseum Sunday. The Wolfpack women fell to the Fighting Irish, 67-60, in the final public event held in Reynolds Coliseum before the start of renovations.

apiece at the break.

NC State struggled to attack the ball off the glass, getting out rebounded by

a total of 25-16, including giving up 19 defensive rebounds to the Irish.

Despite committing 10

turnovers in the first half, the Wolfpack only surrendered nine points off of turnovers, while scoring 10

points off of the Irish’s six turnovers.

When the second half started, NC State was able to cut Notre Dame’s lead to four with 15:33 left in the game. However, the Irish sparked a change in momentum by getting hot from three-point range, hitting three straight shots from beyond the arc during a 15-4 run over 5:35 span to give them a 56-41 lead.

Despite winning the turnover battle 21-13, the Wolfpack held only a 17-14 edge in the points off turnovers category. Additionally, NC State shot just 38.3 percent from the field and 4-of-20 from three point range, while Notre Dame shot 54 percent from the field and 6-of-16 from three-point range.

“You can’t fault our effort,” head coach Wes Moore said. “Our kids

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