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Woman reports sexual assault at off-campus fraternity
At approximately 12:30 a.m. on Monday, a female student reported being sexually assaulted at an off-campus Delta Sigma Phi fraternity party by an unknown white male. The party was located at 1526 Tryon Road. The woman reported that the incident occurred Sunday at only approximately 1 a.m. The suspect was described as having brown hair. The female reported that she did not know the suspect, and there were no weapons used, displayed or implied during the incident. Any person with information regarding this or any other crime is urged to contact the University Police by calling 919515-3000. SOURCE: Wolf Alert
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Chosen for his reputation in the field of nonprofit research based on his award-winning work related to the people’s motivations for getting involved in public service, Richard Clerkin was named the new executive director of NC State’s Institute for Nonprofit Research, Education and Engagement named at the beginning of the year. INPREE connects students to the nonprofit
community through the nonprofits minor program, the relatively new Social Entrepreneurship Initiative and the Community of Nonprofit Scholars . For the past year, Clerkin has been the interim director of the institute, and he has been working with the institute since joining NC State’s Department of Political Science and Public Administration in 2005. “In the interim, [Clerkin] did a fantastic job of continuing the operations of the institute plus reaching out to our stakeholders and the
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Tom Ross forced to step down
In memory of King, people march through downtown Raleigh In reverence of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. and his holiday, more than a thousand people marched in downtown Raleigh. With regard to the recent racial tensions in the U.S. , marchers yielded signs bearing the slogan “Think, Act, Serve,” as well as information about the late reverend. The marchers, members of the “40 Days of Peace” movement, aimed to draw attention to King’s peaceful tactics. The event brought about discussion amongst marchers concerning police brutality, racial profiling and how King would view today’s society. Marchers hoped that conversations of King’s ideals would help spread positive ideas to today’s generation. SOURCE: News & Observer
Hopscotch Music Festival under new management
Hopscotch, one of downtown Raleigh’s biggest annual events, will be under new management, though visitors of the music festival likely won’t witness many changes in its 2015 iteration. Hopscotch, making a profit for two of its five years running, has, in the past, featured alternative bands such as Mastodon, Spoon, and St. Vincent. Negotiations between Travis Janovich, originator and proprietor of Etix, and Greg Lowenhagen, co-founder of Hopscotch, are nearing finalization. Though Lowenhagen will not maintain monetary possession after the sale, he will remain the director of the festival. SOURCE: News & Observer
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Tom Ross, president of the UNC System, which manages the public universities in North Carolina speaks in the Walnut Room in Talley Student Center April 2, 2013. Ross will step down as system president at the end of the year.
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Timothy McCoy, a member of the Durham Fire Department talks about smoke detectors to volunteers on Saturday, January 17. This event was organized by the American Red Cross Society and volunteers spread awareness about fire safety to residents in downtown Raleigh.
Red Cross Club aims to prevent house fires Marcus Blyden Correspondent
The Red Cross Club at NC State, working with the American Red Cross, visited several neighborhoods in Wake County Saturday to educate people about fire safety and to test and install fire alarms for residents living in homes particularly prone to house fires. Over the course of the event, volunteers visited more than 300 homes in Wake County and installed about 200 alarms in homes with a high risk of catching fire. Red Cross Club President Apita Waters said the event is important for the Red Cross because of the sheer number of lives that were lost during the past year due to house fires. Seven people die and 36
people are injured from home fires in the United States every day, according to the American Red Cross. “One of the best things we can do is install fire alarms in people’s homes and check the batteries in them,” Waters said. Each year, the American Red Cross holds a home fire preparedness event during Marin Luther King Jr. weekend where volunteers make an effort to encourage people to be better prepared for disasters. Lu Esposito, the regional communications officer for the American Red Cross, said this year marked the launch of the American Red Cross’s fiveyear fire prevention campaign. The campaign’s goal is to visit communities demonstrated as being prone to fires
in the past and ensure working fire alarms are installed in the homes, according to Esposito. “We know which zip codes are more likely to suffer fatalities from fire, so we targeted those zip codes to go out and make sure people have working fire alarms,” Esposito said. Attendees consisted of the members of the American Red Cross, first emergency responders from around Wake County, Raleigh-area businesses, faith-based organizations, civic groups and public volunteers. About 120 people participated in the event to install 500 smoke alarms. “We were shooting for as many people as possible so we could reach as much territory as possible,” Esposito said. The American Red Cross’s statistics showed nearly 100
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UNC System President Tom Ross has been forced to vacate his position by the UNC System Board of Governors, but will serve in the role for one more year, The News & Observer reported Friday. Ross and the Board made a joint statement after a two-hour closed session Friday morning. “The Board believes President Ross has served with distinction, that his performance has been exemplary, and that he has devoted his full energy, intellect and passion to fulfilling the duties and responsibilities of his office,” the statement said. “This decision has nothing to do with President Ross’s performance or ability to continue in the office. The Board respects President Ross and greatly appreciates his service to the University and to the State of North Carolina.” Board Chairman John Fennebresque of Charlotte told reporters after the meeting that Ross’ age had nothing to do with the board’s decision and refuted any notion that Ross’ departure was political. However, Fennebresque did not give other reasons, saying only that it was the board’s opinion that it was the right time to begin to transition to another leader. Not everyone welcomed the announced change, including Attorney General Roy Cooper. “I’m deeply concerned that the forcing out of President Ross is another blow to higher education in North Carolina at a time when we need universities to lead in innovation and critical thinking,” Cooper, a Democrat, said in a statement. “He has led the University system through difficult times, striving to give students the skills they need for tomorrow’s jobs.” During his tenure, Ross led the system through systematic budget cuts, the athletic scandal that has placed UNC-Chapel Hill in the national spotlight and now wrestling with a Republican-led Board of Governors which has expressed increased skepticism about university funding in North Carolina.
Ultrasound research could lead to new cancer treatments Marcus Blyden Correspondent
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NC State researchers have developed a new technique that would allow ultrasounds to penetrate bone or metal, which could have implications for medical professionals hoping to use ultrasounds for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes such as treating brain tumors or monitoring blood flow to the brain. Tarry Shen, a Ph.D. student and the lead author of a paper on this project, and Yun Jing, an assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and senior author of the paper, have designed the
technique that uses metamaterials with aluminum membranes to cancel out the distortion caused by the bones, allowing the ultrasound to see past bones as if they don’t exist. Ultrasounds emit high frequency acoustic waves that bounce off objects and return the wave to the ultrasound equipment. The equipment, in turn, creates an image from the translated waves. However, bone and metal have characteristics that block ultrasound waves. These materials are called aberrating layers, and the technique developed by NC State’s researches takes these layers into account and works to offset them. “Think of this design as a -1 and
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Tarry Shen, a Ph.D. student studying mechanical engineering, and professor Yun Jing have designed new complimentary metamaterials that can be used to offset the acoustic distortion that usually occurs when attempting to ultrasound through solid materials such as bone.
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the skull is a +1,” Jing said. “They would cancel each other out.” This technique addresses the problem that the acoustic waves from an ultrasound have to be able to reach the affected area without being scattered and reflected by the bones in the body. “Theoretically, you can focus ultrasounds to treat brain tumors without having to open the skull,” Shen said. Before this research, it was difficult to use ultrasounds for clinical treatment on brain tumors due to the fact that when the ultrasound waves hit the skull, they would reflect back before reaching the brain, weakening its efficiency. “The same way light bounces off an object, sound bounces
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people in North Carolina lost their lives to house fires last year. Coach of the Carolina Panthers Ron Rivera’s home accidentally caught fire and caused about $500,000 worth of damage at the beginning of this month, according to ESPN. “It’s one of the big goals of the American Red Cross to stop people from having that happen to them,” Waters said. For this event, volunteers were grouped into teams of four people. The groups were sent into 21 different areas within Wake County. Each group consisted of two installers, a documenter and an explainer, who would relay to the owner of the house what the American Red Cross would be doing. “If they have an alarm, we will test their alarm, and if they don’t have one, we will install one for them,” Esposito said. Esposito said it is surprising how many homes don’t have working fire alarms. Many of the homes in these neighborhoods had a high risk of catching on fire, but many people do not fully understand the importance of having a smoke detector in a high-risk home, according to Esposito. “Most people suffer a home fire only once, thankfully, in their lifetime, but they may not think about it until they need it and then it’s too late,” Esposito said. Waters said she wanted the club to participate in an event that would directly benefit the community. “The fire safety event was just the perfect opportunity for that,” Waters said.
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off the skull,” Jing said. This new ultrasound technique has the potential to improve the transmission of ultrasound through the body so that it can be used in non-destructive surgery, such as cutting off tumors or killing cancer cells. The technique has the potential to reduce the risk of surgery for cancer patients and eliminate the recovery time, suffering and pain that comes with major surgery. Because ultrasounds use only sound waves, the treatment would not have as many side effects as other cancer treatments. “With Tarry’s research, we can have 90 percent acoustic wave propagate through the bone and other tissues before the target which may make clinical experiments possible,” said Dingjie Suo, one of Jing’s graduate students. Using this new technique would also help with ultrasound imaging, which uses high frequency sound waves to look inside the body and help with diagnosis, monitor blood flow
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and see the body’s internal organs. Not only is it useful in the field of medicine, but the fact this new technique allows ultrasounds to penetrate through metal has the potential to help find cracks in the wings of airplanes. “Usually you would have to take off the surface of the plane to find the location of the cracks, which would be expensive,” Yun said. Allowing these ultrasounds to pass through metal would make finding these faults in the plane much easier, potentially saving lives, according to Yun. Shen said the research took about one year to complete up to its current point, and there is still more work to be done before the technique is ready to be implemented for professional use. “There is still more to go, but we have the concept,” Shen said.
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Raleigh plans new bike-share program Conor Kennedy Correspondent
Raleigh’s Office of Transportation Planning is currently working on a proposal for a city bike-sharing program similar to NC State’s student bike-borrowing programs WolfWheels and Quad Bikes. Bike-sharing systems allow users to rent a bike for a small period of time to get from point to point, returning the bike shortly after it is borrowed. Raleigh’s bike-share proposal is similar to the Quad Bikes program currently available to students living in the Honors Quad. This is different than the WolfWheels rental program, which allows users to rent bikes for extended periods of time. The Raleigh bike-share proposal will likely implement a membership fee as well as an hourly fee after the first 30 minutes of a ride, according to Jennifer Baldwin, the Bicycle and Pedestrian Coordinator for Raleigh’s Office of Transportation Planning.
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community,” said the Dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences Jeffery Braden. “I’m confident that he will continue to advance and further expand our understanding and support for nonprofits in North Carolina.” Clerkin will be working with Braden to find resources to help sustain and advance the institute. Funding for the institute comes primarily from private fundraising, foundations and grants, Braden said. INPREE’s goal is to prepare students for their future roles within a nonprofit com-
The reasoning behind the free 30 minutes is to promote shorter rides in order to differentiate the system from a standard rental program, according to Baldwin. Baldwin said it is possible the program will also include a student membership option, which would be offered on a semester-long basis. The Raleigh bike-share proposal is still in its planning phases. A feasibility study recently determined that a bike-share is plausible in Raleigh, which prompted the Office of Transportation Planning to build a business proposal that will be brought to city council in February, according to Baldwin. The project is scheduled for completion sometime in the spring of 2017 and calls for 30 stations spread throughout the city and surrounding area, with each station containing 30 bicycles. Baldwin said the program’s biggest expense would come from the operating costs of moving the bikes and keeping the system balanced,
which could cost about $500,000 per year. “For our capital expenses we are looking at about $2,000,000 for 30 stations to purchase the necessary equipment and install it,” Baldwin said. The capital expenses would come from either the city operational budget, a federal grant or a combination of the two, according to Baldwin. The operational costs would be obtained from a variety of sources including various prospective partners, such as NC State and other schools in the Raleigh area, as well as user fees. NC State’s WolfWheels rental prices range from a $3 per day to $99 for the semester. Quad Bikes is free, but is only available to students within the honors program who have completed the bike-share training session. The bike-share training session is a short program during which users are educated about system etiquette. Both the Raleigh bike-share proposal and Quad Bikes are in the relatively early stages of implementation. The Raleigh bike-share is still
in the planning phase, and the Quad Bikes pilot is about two years old. NC State’s WolfWheels program, sponsored by University Recreation, has been around since the spring semester of 2010 and offers students both short-term and long-term rental options. Bike-share programs have become popular all over the United States with functional systems in place in cities such as New York, Boston and Seattle. NC State’s first free bike-sharing program was introduced two years ago by NC State seniors Brian Iezzi, studying textile engineering, and Carlos Vega, studying civil engineering. Already in its second year, the Quad Bikes pilot has been fairly popular, according to Vega. “Students have been very receptive, and there is at least one person using the bikes every day,” Vega said.
pany, regardless of the specific cause with which they ultimately choose to work. The institute is currently working on implementing a curriculum by next fall that would teach grant-writing to better prepare students for fundraising, as funding is one of the main dilemmas most nonprofits face, Clerkin said. “[INPREE] serves as a catalyst for better understanding nonprofits which is a large sector of NC’s economy,” Braden said. “Ten percent of the work force in the U.S. are paid employees of nonprofit organizations.” The nonprofit workforce was also the third largest of all U.S. industries behind retail trade and manufacturing in 2010, according to Grant Space. One of the factors of the institute is the nonprofits minor. The purpose of the nonprofits minor is to increase the capacity and leader-
ship in the nonprofit sector, Clerkin said. “Students come in because they are passionate about an issue, and we help them to contribute to addressing that issue,” Clerkin said. “The minor is a clear way for us to do that.” CONS provides opportunities, such as forums and workshops, for faculty and students to interact with nonprofit leaders in the community. Cassi Zumbiel is a graduate assistant at INPREE, a graduate student studying public administration and is an active participant in CONS. She has worked with Clerkin as both an undergraduate and graduate student. “I have seen that he tries to give students every experience possible,” Zumbiel said. “He is really hands-on and always takes time for his students, even after being made interim
director of the institute.” Clerkin said CONS is a program where academics can discuss their research with nonprofit practitioners to try and help translate theories into practice. For example, CONS brought in a professor from UNC-Wilmington to speak about using film to help tell the stories of various nonprofit causes. About a year ago, a collaboration between leaders at the institute began the Social Entrepreneurship Initiative as a way to offer opportunities for students to hear from experienced leaders about how to make connections for future work, whether it be in the private or public sector, while maintaining socially responsible ideals, according to Clerkin.
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Sensationalism spurs confusion I
remember first learning about Martin Luther King Jr. in my kindergarten class around this time of year 15 years ago. I was taught that he was the reason my class consisted of many different races and nationalities. We read the “I Have a Dream” picture book as a class. I immediately Katherine revered him along Waller Staff Columnist with the rest of my fellow five-year-old classmates — after all, he and I share a birthday, so he must be the greatest man who ever lived. Growing up, the people we learn about in school all contain a superhuman power we are conditioned to admire—rightfully so—for their profound and impactful accomplishments. We grow up, we discover the humanity in everyone—our parents are no longer perfect, nor are our favorite actors, and we even find out our favorite president whom we did our second grade poster project about was kind of a jerk. Upon coming to college the same happened with Martin Luther King Jr. Suddenly I began hearing faults and other less than positive things about a man who, like everyone else, was human. Some of these rumors began by either the FBI or other people and agencies looking to tarnish his reputation as a martyr. There were rumors about sexism within the civil rights movement, and even
reports from his children saying that he would not have theoretically supported gay rights. With any public figure who, like King, has attained a near worshipful idol status, people look for negatives quite ferociously. Plenty is fabricated to create a sensational headline, or to create a resentful attitude toward someone’s success or public image. It’s like how most of us love slowing down to observe a car wreck. We get pleasure out of things that break up our mundane routines. Have a family member in the hospital? That’s just an excuse to gab on about the drama of the whole situation, maybe even an excuse to get out of work. Some horrific event has taken over the media? That’s just another topic of conversation and reason for your productivity to fall. As long as we are not directly affected, for the most part, bad things bring us some degree of pleasure. For example, Bill Cosby’s image, which so harshly juxtaposed his plentiful rape allegations, caused sensationalism that many got pleasure out of whether it be a new punch line of a joke or a new exciting train wreck to watch. It makes me take a step back and realize how it is truly appalling that we ache for drama so much that we could derive pleasure from something that caused so much pain. Sensationalism has become a deciding factor in our moral dilemmas and our personal truths. Social drama in the media, though important for bringing attention to
social issues, would be much more effective if the celebrity factor were removed. People will attach a stigma or crime to a person and either condemn that person or decide that “if they can do it, I can do it, too.” Let’s focus on the people who make the laws as opposed to the people who break them or commit injustices. Our legal and political system has the ability to be sensational if people would pay it more attention. Maybe an intrusive public eye would encourage decisions in our favor. No person is perfect; we need to take things we hear about famous people or historical icons with a grain of salt. Let’s remember King as a man who tried to move mountains, along with many, and died chasing a noble cause. What merit is there in trying to find the worst in a person and fixating on it? Martin Luther King Jr. should be remembered not as the man who allegedly committed adultery, but as the man who deeply impacted and forwarded civil rights. He was a spark that helped open the door for others suffering from social injustices including women and the LGBT community. No person in the public eye will ever be perfect, so let’s revise what we decide to fixate on. A mistake or indiscretion that someone makes in his or her life should not overrule a life dedicated to a noble cause.
Erin Holloway, senior studying English and anthropology
No health coverage for drunkards I
t’s been a full year now since the major provisions for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or “Obamacare,” have been phased in. Its goal was to lower the number of uninsured people and to expand the sector for public and Tyler Gobin private health Staff Columnist insurance. If the government can be held responsible for our health if something goes wrong, I want to propose an idea to make the policy a little more accountable. Let’s say your team just won a big rivalry game and you finished a project earlier that day. Everyone is in great spirits, especially you without the stress of that project hanging over your head. You’re 21 years old, legal and free to go downtown and enjoy the night with the rest of your friends. The cab ride is short and uneventful, but that’s the last thing you remember before waking up the next day in a hospital bed. Unfortunately, this happens too often and is not exclusive to the college population. People will lose control, drink too much and have to be admitted to the hospital for alcohol poisoning while also incurring costs to the hospital while they recover. Luckily with the new Obamacare, your friends, who were able to enjoy the night responsibly, end up sharing the burden of your hospital bills with you due to a public health insurance company that receives their money from the federal government that insures you. We’re all taking care of one another. This sounds great, but in reality, the people who keep themselves healthy and
Overcompensation isn’t a bad thing T
hroughout my life, I have always heard people say they are annoyed that black people have their own television station, award ceremony or even month. These people sometimes go so far as to say that these things are the Taylor Quinn sole reason racism sti l l ex ists, t hat Associate black people actively Features Editor separate themselves from mainstream society. And to those people I say: Open your eyes. Overcompensation is everywhere, and from historically oppressed groups, it is valid. Feminism has become a culture. Musicians sing about it, celebrities talk about it and many people incorporate its values into their lives. But, sometimes people overcompensate and take feminism to a new level, for example, a girl getting angry at a guy if he opens the door for her. Overcompensation is needed to elicit change, as nobody is going to pay attention to a behavior at first if it is not exaggerated.
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The LGBT community has its own award ceremonies and television network as well. I have not heard nearly as many people complain about this as complain about the black community’s claim to those same things. This is disturbing because there are still laws discriminating against the LGBT community and none still in place against the black community, yet people are still uneasy about the fact that the BET network exists. The LGBT community used to hide. For those who identify as LGBT, making themselves visible in multiple places is pivotal to achieving equality. Overcompensation is needed here as well. Body positivity is another subject that has been exaggerated. Long before we were hearing “All About That Bass” on the radio, bigger people were severely oppressed, but because of the celebration of curves in the media, this problem has been getting better. We didn’t necessarily need Nicki Minaj to proudly say “I got a big, fat a--” and “F--k those skinny b-----s” on her popular track, but I believe it helped. All of these groups were once considered so low in society that it was necessary for them to separate them-
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Reading the letters to the editor today was a great example of the capacity of most people to get upset about things that don’t matter. It is amazing that alumni from over ten years ago are writing in to express shame and disappointment over this. I read the Technician nearly every day and, astoundingly, my life continued unaltered, uninterrupted even, when there was no Daily Tar Hell. It’s worrisome that, with my graduation coming up, I might also become fixated on trivial things years after I leave NC State. Is graduation the end of the line? I’ve been at NC State since 2007 and not once have I considered this an integral part of experience
selves and celebrate who they are in a big way to get people to notice that they want change. They had to average what society thought of them with what they thought of themselves to better the public opinion. And when you have a really low public opinion to begin with, you have to display a really high opinion of yourself to have that average be, well, average. Also, besides all of that, it is finally OK for these groups to be public about their achievements and not get chased around by an angry mob (most of the time) for doing so. So, I say celebrate. Why not? I would imagine the people in these groups who have lived and died during their oppression would love to see the new generation celebrating themselves. These groups missed out on many celebrations, so they have some catching up to do. And back to those people I mentioned in the beginning, I’m taking a wild guess, but I would say their ancestors were always celebrating. So, move over and let the next group put their streamers up. A little party never killed anybody.
here; what’s worse is the idea that our rivalry with UNC-Chapel Hill is crucial to our identity and unity. I’ve embarrassingly endured the dumb quips that come with introducing a UNC-CH friend to the “tradition-keepers” of NC State, and vice-versa. If you like satire and mockery, try explaining to an international student why we hate UNC. Rivalries breed absurd traditions, habits and notions. One student wrote in a letter over this: “Carolina is no Taliban, though I hate them just as much.” The Taliban. A terrorist organization. Astounding. I would love seeing the students I go to school with hate with such zealous, real foes. Like inequality. Or homelessness. Or the Taliban. I would love to be able to sit in a bar and watch NC State play without hearing fellow Wolfpackers talk about adopted hate. Unlike these letters of resentment over infringement of resentment, I will in fact continue to read the Technician for the same reason I have been for eight years, because it keeps me informed of the progress, research and global contribution going on at NC State. Amazingly, some great things going on here at NC State are collaborations with UNC-CH. Dances with the devil. Sorry, Taliban. Bryan Maxwell BAE Graduate Student
My name is Harry Barbee. I am an alumnus of North Carolina State University. I want you to know how pleased I am with your decision to not run the Daily Tar Hell. For a long time I have been incredibly perturbed by what feels like a compulsory ideology of the NC State student body: to absolutely detest anything and everything about UNC Chapel Hill. In my view, this ideology is not only immature and unwarranted, but most importantly, it is a detraction from potential collaboration between two outstanding universities. Whether NC State students like it or not, UNC-CH is an incredible university that produces rigorous knowledge through outstanding research, and, to be clear, notable athletes. Too often do I witness NC State students and alumni engage in ruthless demagoguery that aims to adulterate the value of UNC-CH as an academic institution, all because they just so happen to play against NC State in sports. There is a time and place for respectful athletic banter, and journalism can certainly be a part of that. However, given the context, I think it would be naive to argue that the Daily Tar Hell is published with the intention to playfully tease. It is clear to me, as it has always been, that the purpose of this regular issue in the Technician is to provoke unnecessary hatred and layer the ego of a student
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out of the hospital are giving a way out to those who don’t. The costs of alcohol-related accidents, emergencies and hospital bills are costing society $223.5 billion annually according to a Centers for Disease Control study. Most of this is caused by binge drinking and increasing healthcare and criminal justice costs. So if the government wants to posit laws to influence the economics of our choices, I say they don’t cover the drunk. If someone drinks too much and has to be admitted to the hospital to be given IVs and watched over by trained nurses, he or she should be responsible for paying those bills without the help of health insurance. The legislation of this policy would include benchmarks like how high your blood alcohol content must be in order not to be covered by your health insurance and it would also only include the acute costs of the binge drinking. Only those hospital bills incurred that night would be on your bill. But the policy would also have an upper limit. If something as severe as surgery is required, then your health insurance would kick back in to its regular coverage level and help you like normal. People, it seems, cannot make the smart decision without some sort of incentive. I think seeing the costs might help them make the smarter decision. Hospital administration and IVs are not cheap. Doctors and nurses make a decent living, so let’s stop wasting their time with something that is completely preventable. Alcohol can make a summer day at the beach better, it can complete a day of skiing or it can serve as a commonality for people from different countries. There is nothing wrong with alcohol, but there is a lot wrong with how we
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Looking at married couples in college Russell Ash Staff Writer
College is typically the place where people go to build relationships, figure out who they are and what they want to do with the rest of their lives. For many college students, it is not the place to go to think about marriage. However, The News & Observer ran an article earlier this month discussing a study that looks at the beneficial effects of getting and staying married. The article states that those who consider their spouse or partner their best friend are about two times more satisfied with life than other couples. Brittany Bradish, a junior studying animal science and who is also engaged, said she sees the best friend aspect as critical for a longterm relationship. “I feel like it’s very important,” Bradish said. “I like that in that you feel like you can really talk to them about anything. It’s like my best friend from when I was little. If I need to call her and tell her about anything in the world, I feel like I can, and it’s the same way with him.” Theodore Greenstein, a sociology and anthropology professor at NC State, said research shows that not only marriage, but any kind of union, such as cohabiting, also
generates the beneficial effects which the article addresses. “One of the things we have to realize is that it’s not solely the legal act of getting married, it’s having a steady life partner,” Greenstein said. “Whether that person is legally married to you or not doesn’t seem to be the determining factor.” Despite the apparent connection between marriage and overall happiness, statistics show that modern adults are delaying getting married more than ever before in the United States, according to Greenstein. “The ages at first marriage for both men and women are at an all-time high, and are very high in most Westernized countries,” Greenstein said. Greenstein says he suspects these numbers not only reflect the decision by many to delay marriage, but also likely suggest that many will never get married. “Traditionally, family sociologists assumed that the increasing ages at marriage in the U.S. reflected not a retreat from marriage, but simply delay,” Greenstein said. “Today, however, I suspect that the increasing age at marriage reflects not only that those who marry are doing so later in life, but that many are simply never marrying.” Jeremy Berg, a senior studying nuclear en-
gineering, said the generational change has a lot to do with how people view marriage and what they expect from it. Berg is married to Nicole Abbott, a senior studying psychology. “I think previously, people were more willing to get married, but more willing to be divorced,” Berg said. “Now you’ve got people who aren’t necessarily as willing to get married because they’re not going to want the divorce.” Abbott agreed that there is more hesitancy in getting married for modern youths, and that it might have to do with not feeling the need to get married in light of other options. “There are more alternatives that are more accepted by society, like living together,” Abbott said. Greenstein made similar observations about the increasing acceptance of cohabitation as a likely contributing factor to people deciding not to get married. In addition to the desire to avoid commitment, Berg said he could recognize a few things that might reasonably deter someone from taking the next step. “I think that there are a lot of tangible and respectable fears when it comes to this kind of thing,” Berg said. “The fear of commitment, obviously, there’s the fear of being tied down and the fear of just the unknown more
than anything else.” Bradish also said the fear of being tied down might have something to do with the current generation’s attitude toward marriage. “I guess people seem to look at it as more like you’re tied down, like that person is kind of holding you back from stuff,” Bradish said. Bradish said she does not share such fears and said her experience with her partner has been just the opposite. “Our personalities are a little bit different,” she said. “He’s a little more outgoing than I am, so we kind of push each other to do new things.” She said such new things include scuba diving and even spearfishing. “It’s like all this stuff I would have never thought I would be doing, we’ve kind of done that for each other,” Bradish said. Berg and Abbott also said they were neither nervous nor afraid of taking the next step. “I could see why some would rather wait until they’re done with college or they know where they’re going to be for a job or where they’re going to be for a couple years, and from there look for a more permanent kind of a sense,” Berg said. “It worked in our specific case and we just kind of went for it.”
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Bradley Cooper plays Chris Kyle in “American Sniper,” the latest film from Clint Eastwood.
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Kevin Schaefer Associate Features Editor
“American Sniper” is one of those movies that leaves audiences speechless, and that’s exactly what happened both times I saw it opening weekend. That kind of effect is rare, especially in today’s culture. In the same vein as films such as “Saving Private Ryan” and “Black Hawk Down,” “American Sniper” delivers relentless, brutal war violence for the bulk of its two-hour running time. Based on a true story, the film blends both fact and mythology, making for an exhilarating cinematic experience. Bradley Cooper stars as the titular protago-
nist Chris Kyle, a Navy SEAL who, over the course of four tours in Iraq, acquires a reputation as one of the deadliest snipers in the United States Military. In addition to the terrorists he guns down, Kyle is also responsible for taking the lives of women and children. When Kyle comes home from the war, he is unable to readjust to a life of normalcy and is compelled to return to war. His life as a soldier takes a toll on his marriage and ultimately his state of mind. As gritty as the battle sequences are, there’s just as much emotion displayed in the interactions between Kyle and his wife Taya (Sienna Miller). One scene features her telling him, “I need you to be human again!” This kind of internal conflict is prevalent throughout. Director Clint Eastwood combines aspects of his earlier films with those of more recent ones such as “Million Dollar Baby” and “Gran Torino.” While he presents Kyle as a largerthan-life warrior much like the gunslingers he
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and John Wayne used to play in classic westerns, he spends just as much time delving into more realist themes. Early on in the film, Kyle’s father sits him and his younger brother down and preaches about the nature of good and evil. Yet the more time he’s at war, the more he questions how black and white things are. Making life and death decisions turns out to be harder than he imagined. Cooper proves truly deserving of his Oscar nomination for Best Actor in his portrayal of Kyle. Not only does he nail the Texas accent, but his performance presents a character and not a caricature. Despite his unmatched fighting skills and reputation as a “legend” among his fellow soldiers, Kyle still has faults and complexities that Eastwood and Cooper do not hesitate to explore. Likewise, screenwriter Jason Hall captures the reality of war in addition to the internal struggles Kyle deals with. His dialogue is crisp,
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Mary Anna Rice Assistant Opinion Editor
I don’t know that I’ve listened to anything quite like what I’ve heard of E.N Young’s new album, “Live Love Stay Up.” The sample I received consisted of one song in three different iterations: the original song, “Eye of the Storm,” an acoustic revamp and a dub version. “Live Love Stay Up,” Young’s sophomore album, similarly comprises three genres: reggae, acoustic and dub. This decision
is unique, brash and smart. Though the album features only a few songs, it is able to gain three times the mileage out of the showcased material. Still, this doesn’t come off as frugal or tired; it serves as a demonstration of Young’s flexibility as an artist and talent as a producer. The featured track of the album, “Eye of the Storm,” is a reflection of classic reggae. Some of the pop-inspired, pseudo-reggae stuff seems rather frivolous in comparison to Young’s expression of sorrow in the modern age—take Magic!’s “Rude,” for example. To this extent, Young takes obvious inspiration from reggae’s roots, including its usual riffs and frank discussion of social issues.
“Eye of the Storm” examines the prospect of finding solace in times of difficulty—the calm center of the hurricane, so to speak. The topic is maybe too typical. It’s relatable and relevant, but the topic doesn’t breach anything resembling a new idea. The idea of finding peace amidst troubling times is one that reggae, as a genre, is all too familiar with. The dub version of “Eye of the Storm” initially seems too similar, too derivative of the original song. However, as it progresses, the vocals all but disappear and the instrumentals become alien and bass-heavy. The focus alters to feature Young’s prowess in musical production and arrangement, rather than fur-
ther demonstrating his vocals or lyricism, which he previously exhibited. This is where Young wisely draws the line between simple recycling and clever innovation. Though at heart the tracks share lyrics and melody, he carefully retools them to highlight different aspects of the genres he demonstrates and, in addition, the various aspects in which he, himself, excels. Both the original and dub forms of the track emphasize Young’s dedication to the reggae genre. He expresses the importance of true-to-form reggae melodies and instrumentals as well as the importance of reggae in developing genres, like dub. While “Eye of the Storm” in its original iteration echoes back to a reggae golden age, its addition to the dub genre reflects the graduation of dub-step from its reggae precursor. Perhaps the iteration that best expresses Young’s variability as a performer and musician is the acoustic version of “Eye of the Storm.” Though this rendering strips the original track of its reggae elements, it succeeds in spite of this. The prominent bass, characteristic of the reggae genre, is substituted for staccato piano—and it works. At times, Young’s devotion to the message of “Eye of the Storm” comes through at the expense of lyricism. The discussion can come off as clunky and pandering at worst, as heard in lines such as “It was like bills and money / My girl don’t think it’s funny / Trying to find a way to survive.” The lyrics of “Eye of the Storm” lack the specificity and subtlety to be great. Although the sample’s arrangements are clever, the same cannot be said about Young’s lyricism—at least in this small portion of the album. This aspect may be lacking here, but the rest of the album may succeed in this regard upon its release. Despite this, because of the variety present in the album, one is certain to find something that appeals to them personally upon listening.
realistic and made all the better by the film’s cast. The juxtaposition between Kyle’s time at war and his life back home is especially well executed. It’s as if the character feels more at home on the battlefield than he does with his wife and kids. Additionally, the sound crew deserves true recognition for making viewers feel as if they really are in the midst of a war zone. Whether you see the movie in IMAX or a standard theater, the sounds of rapid gunfire and grenade blasts will no doubt puncture your hearing. Since Eastwood’s last film, the uninspiring Broadway musical “Jersey Boys,” it’s refreshing to once again see him tackle a story much more in conjunction with his usual line of work. “American Sniper” is a reflection of the idea of the American hero, combined with the grittiness of modern day war films. It’s hard-hitting, well-acted, well-produced and, Oscar nominations aside, well-deserving of at least one viewing.
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Pack comes back, defeats Deacs on road Daniel Lacy Staff Writer
After a tough road loss to the formidable No. 6 Louisville Cardinals, the NC State women’s basketball team overcame a first-half deficit to edge Wake Forest 78-70 Sunday in Winston-Salem. The Wolfpack (12-6, 3-2 ACC) started off slow, shooting just 1-of-6 from the field. The Demon Deacons (9-10, 0-5 ACC), conversely, came out hot from the field, shooting 4-of-6. Wake maintained the lead for the entire first half, expanding the margin to 13 points with 3:37 remaining in the period. However, NC State caught fire at that point, and the team went off on a 9-2 run to close the gap. At the half, Wake led 36-30. The Deacs shot 14-of-31 from the field over the first, with freshman guard Amber Campbell leading the way with 10 points. After shooting poorly early, the Pack ended the half on 6-of-11 shooting, improving its previous total to 37.9 percent. On the upside,
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it had seven of its eight players contribute to the scoreboard. On the downside, only three of those players made more than one field goal. Those players included sophomore guard Mia h Spencer, who shot 3-of-5 for six points, sophomore forward Jennifer Mathurin, who shot 2-of-4 for six points and redshirt sophomore guard Dominique Wilson, who led the way with seven points on 2-of-4 from the field and 2-of2 from the free-throw line. Slowly but surely, NC State continued to close the gap in the second half until it was finally able to take the lead with a free throw from Wilson with 11:59 left in the game. Wake was able to regain the lead and hold it, until sophomore guard Ashley Williams hit a big three to put the Wolfpack in front 53-50. After that, Wake Forest cut the deficit to two on a pair of occasions, but NC State didn’t slip up, maintaining the lead for the remainder of the game and leading by as much as nine against its longtime rival.
The Demon Deacons were forced to foul late in the contest, but the Pack responded by making 12-of-13 free throws in the final eight minutes to seal the victory. Spencer led NC State with 20 points on 6-of-12 from the field and 8-of-10 from the free-throw line while adding six rebounds and four assists. Wilson was just behind her with 18 points on 5-of11 from the field and 6-of-7 from the free-throw line. Mathurin added 15 points and seven rebounds. Junior center Carlee Schuhmacher fouled out but put up eight points and seven rebounds, including a team-high five offensive boards. The Pack will look to sweep Wake Forest as the Demon Deacons come to Reynolds Coliseum Sunday, Feb. 8 at 2 p.m. NC State’s next game will be against another longtime rival, No. 12 UNCChapel Hill, as the Wolfpack looks to win the home rematch that takes place on Thursday.
were able to make one more push out, which I thought was very important. I was proud of our guys that we answered a run.” Despite missing one of its
primary producers on the offensive end and its primary on-the-ball defender, big performances team-wide vaulted State to a difficult win. Gottfried noted the diffi-
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Wolfpack staves off Seminoles Adam Reece Staff Writer
Gymnastics drops close meet to Washington The NC State gymnastics team hosted its second meet of the season this past Friday in Reynolds Coliseum. Although the Washington Huskies defeated the Wolfpack in a close 195.550 to 194.150 finish, NC State recorded five top-three finishes during the meet. Wolfpack junior All-American Brittni Watkins ended the meet with a first-place finish on the vault and a close second place on the uneven bars. Watkins also won the all-around competition in the meet with a score of 39.200, while teammate Michaela Woodford followed in second with a score total of 37.525. SOURCE: GOPACK.COM
Pack football grabs two new commitments The NC State football team received two commitments to be a part of this year’s recruiting class. Vernon Grier and Jakobi Meyers made their commitments on Sunday January 18th. Grier is a 5’11” wide receiver from Mallard Creek High School. He is rated as a three-star prospect by 247sports. With the top three receivers gone, he may see some playing time this season. Meyers is a 6’0” quarterback from Lithonia, Georgia. He is rated as a two-star prospect by Scout. Starting quarterback Jacoby Brissett is entering his final season at NC State, so Meyers will compete for the starting job following next season. SOURCE: SCOUT.COM / 247SPORTS.COM
Wrestling loses to No. 3 Missouri The NC State wrestling team had its four game winning streak snapped Sunday as it faced off against the No. 3 ranked Missouri Tigers, 24-10. The Wolfpack fell behind early to the Tigers due to a forfeit in the 133 pound weight class and were never able to rebound to grab the lead. Freshman Chad Pyke, sophomore Max Rohskopf and senior Nick Gwiazdowski were the only members of the Pack that were able to pick up wins that night. The Pack will try to rebound from its fourth loss of the season as it takes on the Kent State Golden Flashes Saturday at Reynolds Coliseum .
A shorthanded NC State men’s basketball team recorded its first road win of the season Saturday, defeating the Florida State Seminoles in Tallahassee by a score of 72-63. After dropping a heartbreaker in Raleigh to UNC-Chapel Hill Wednesday night, the Pack (13-6, 4-2 ACC) took to the road, continuing its brutal stretch of ACC contests against the Seminoles (99, 1-4 ACC). NC State shot 56 percent in the first half and led by 12 at the break, but the Seminoles fought hard in the second half, closing the gap and forcing State to make tough shots down the stretch. “If you have any desire to be in the NCAA Tournament, which we do, you have got to find a way to win on the road,” NC State head coach Mark Gottfried said postgame. The Wolfpack handled its business, but did so without starting sophomore point guard Anthony “Cat” Barber, who sat out the game after learning of a death in the family the day before. Gottfried applauded his young floor general’s maturity in dealing with the situation. “I appreciate [Cat],” Gottfried said. “This morning at breakfast he was still grieving. He didn’t want to hurt our team.” Freshman Cody Martin replaced Barber in the lineup, and from tipoff the team roared out of the gate, amassing a 19-point lead in the first half that eventually dwindled to 12 as the Wolfpack’s shooters cooled off. In the second, State clung to a lead that quickly diminished, and after weathering the Pack’s firsthalf storm the Seminoles managed to tie the game at 60 with 2:55 left in the game. The Wolfpack’s fade in the second was most likely a consequence of the brutal stretch of ranked ACC teams faced in the previous
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Redshirt junior guard Trevor Lacey jumps for a layup during the game against North Carolina Wednesday. The Wolfpack fell to the Tar Heels 81-79 at PNC Arena.
week and a half, which included Virginia, Duke and UNC-Chapel Hill. Needing to regain momentum, Gottfried turned to a familiar lategame threat: redshirt senior guard Ralston Turner. The Alabama native came off a screen and hit a contested three-pointer to give the Wolfpack a three-point advantage and propulsion to see out the game. NC State finished off the game with sharp free-throw shooting and efficient scoring to maintain
separation. The team shot 12-of-18 from the line over the course of the contest. Scoring for the Pack was more balanced than usual, as six different players scored at least seven points. Redshirt junior Trevor Lacey led the way for the Pack with 17 points and five assists. Turner was close behind with 15 points. Freshman Caleb Martin and sophomore Kyle Washington each added eight points in the win.
Cody Mar tin scored seven points on three-of-four shooting, including a dunk to seal the win. Gottfried was understandably relieved by the team’s ability to stave off a potential comeback and making a last push, despite the obvious fatigue built up by the schedule’s difficulty. “More than anything, I am proud of the way we responded after they made their run,” Gottfried said. “Sometimes that is hard to do. We
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QUOTE OF THE DAY “Miami carved Duke up like a side of fries. We better get ourselves ready.” Mark Gottfried, Men’s basketball head coach
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Track & field impresses at VT Invite Drew Nantais Staff Writer
The NC State indoor track & field team concluded a stellar performance, including several top-five finishes, this past weekend at the Virginia Tech Invitational. The team competed in a variety of events over the weekend, including triple jump, hurdles, shot put, pole vault and relays. After the first day of action concluded, the Wolfpack had nine top-five finishes, and junior runner/ hurdler Alexis Perry and junior jumper Jonathan Addison each recorded personal bests in their respective events. Perry posted one of the better highlights of the night after a first-place finish in the final heat of the 60-meter hurdles, posting an 8.24, marking her best time yet. Addison placed third in the 60-meter dash with a career-best 6.79. Paisley Simmons finished second in the women’s 60-meter dash after posting a 7.60, her second-best time of the season. Redshirt junior Nicole Chavis extended her weight throw winning streak to four after recording a 66.15-foot throw. On the men’s side, redshirt senior Jule Rich and redshirt freshman Joshua Davis each placed in the top five. Rich placed first, throwing a season-high 61.11 feet, while Davis finished fifth after a 60.375-foot throw. In the women’s triple jump, freshman Javonne Antoine had a solid outing posting a 40.325-foot mark, a career best for the freshman out of Beltsville, Maryland. Three members of the Pack recorded impressive results in the 500-meter run. With a ninth-place finish, freshman Abdur Rahmaan Kelly recorded a 1:05.32 time while
fellow teammates Jon Knight and Clay Jones each finished at the top of their respective heats. Knight and Jones also recorded top-10 finishes in the 1000-meter distance run. Junior Brian Davis posted a solid time of 1:04.49 in the 500-meter run, finishing fifth, while sophomore Will Krehnbrink finished first in his heat after recording a time of 35.00, good enough for a 10th-place finish overall. After the second day came and went, the Pack finished with seven student-athletes placing in the top-five, with a couple receiving national marks to boot. Perry earned first-place finishes in both the long jump and 60-meter hurdles, with her 20.10-foot mark in the long jump tying with Kentucky’s Sha’Keela Saunders for the best mark in the nation. Addison had a second-place finish with a distance of 24.10 feet, and sophomore Tiana Patillo placed fifth overall and second in her own heat after posting a time of 56.95 in the 400-meter run. Davis finished sixth in the men’s 400-meter run after posting a time of 49.21 seconds. Rich posted a distance of 50.475 inches in the men’s shot put, earning another top-five finish for the Wolfpack, and Rich’s sixth top-five finish this season. The All-American Watkins continued her stellar season by placing second in the women’s shot put with a 60-foot throw. Also competing was redshirt sophomore Alyssa Dunn with a third-place finish. In the men’s 200-meter, freshman Quashawn Cunningham placed fifth with a time of 21.59 seconds, while on the women’s side, Simmons finished the meet with a strong time of 24.66 seconds. “We are trying to get better each week,” NC State track & field head coach Rollie Geiger
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Sophomore sprinter Jonathan Addison flies towards the finish line of the 100m dash during the 2014 Raleigh Relays at Derr Track March 28, 2014. Addison qualified for the finals with a personal best time of 10.74s and finished eighth in the finals with a time of 10.92.
said. “We are trying to prepare ourselves for the conference championships. I fully expect all of our athletes to get better each weekend. We will compete again next week to give everyone another chance to keep improving.” Up next, the Pack is scheduled to compete at a pair of events this weekend. NC State will compete at the Hokie Elite back in Blacksburg, Virginia, and the Bob Pollack Invitational in Clemson, South Carolina.