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Durham officer shoots man in McDonald’s robbery

Dennis Lawrence Palm Jr., 26, was taken to a local hospital after being shot early Wednesday morning by a Durham police officer at a McDonald’s. When officers entered the restaurant at approximately 4 a.m., they saw a Palm with his arm around the neck of a female employee. Palm repeatedly threatened to kill the woman, and then Sgt. Glen Price fired one shot, striking Palm in the face. No other employees at the restaurant were injured. Price has been placed on administrative leave with pay. The incident is being investigated by the State Bureau of Investigation and the Durham Police Department’s Professional Standards and Criminal Investigations Division.

SOURCE: WRAL

All six K9s from Raleigh PD received ballistic vests thanks to a nationwide Groupon event that raised more than $335,000.

The campaign to raise money lasted about three weeks, and Raleigh City Council approved the donation Tuesday. Vested Interest in K9s Inc., the organization that held the campaign, will be providing more than 350 law enforcement dogs nationwide with the protective body armor in memory of a Pittsburgh PD K9 that died in service. All vests will be embroidered with the sentiment, “In Memory of K9 Rocco, Pittsburgh Bureau of Police.”

SOURCE: Raleigh Police Department

Small probe tweets from comet traveling 100,000 miles per hour toward the sun

The European Space Agency landed the small probe Philae on comet 67P/Churyumov– Gerasimenko last November.

The probe is solar-powered and initially landed away from the sun’s rays. Philae went into hibernation as it traveled into the low temperatures of space.

Its path of travel changed and started moving closer to the sun, enabling Philae to tweet, “Hello Earth! Can you hear me?”

The probe’s mission is to study whether comets could have contributed to the origin of life on Earth. Philae is equipped with a small drill and two mass spectrometers designed to analyze the chemical composition of soil samples.

SOURCE: NPR

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Hillsborough Street was shut down on Sunday June 6th in order to erect cranes. One crane remains in the lot which once held two guys pizza as it continues to help build supports for a new structure. This construction is but one example of many construction sites occuring both on and adjacent to NC States campus.

Construction affects business Zeke Hartner Staff Writer

Several developers have begun work on revitalizing Hillsborough Street in order to bring more business into the area. Although the construction of the new apartments and hotels is expected to increase business and growth in the long run, it presents temporary challenges to the local

business owners.

In order to complete these construction projects, there have been road closures on Hillsborough Street which are harmful to some of the businesses in the area.

Tilo Dawadi, a manager at the Kabab and Curry on Hillsborough Street, said the road closures hurt the restaurant and created a dip in business for the days that the street was shut down to ve-

hicle traffic.

“We’re a destination restaurant; most of our customers come by ca r,” Dawadi sa id. “We were getting calls all afternoon from people trying to figure out how to get here, and most just gave up.”

Dawadi said he was frustrated that the road was closed because he hadn’t been warned that it would be inaccessible.

“We weren’t told about any of

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Abortion legislation refused

Human remains found near Millbrook Road

Raleigh police responded Sunday to a report of a discovery made in the 3400 block of Millbrook Road in a wooded area last month. The remains of the body were located under debris that is believed to have been an encampment.

Evidence indicates the deceased was likely a white male who stood about 5 feet 8-9 inches tall and was approximately 50 years of age or older at the time of his death, which probably occurred several months before the remains were discovered. An investigation is underway and there are no indications of foul play. The body has not yet been identified.

SOURCE: Raleigh Police Department

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The Div ision of Academic and Student Affairs announced Wednesday that the review of Greek Life will begin next week, and RISE Partnerships, an external consulting company, has been enlisted to facilitate the review.

Justine Hollingshead, assistant to the vice chancellor and dean, will lead the review.

Focus groups will be set up next Wednesday and Thursday during RISE Partnerships’ visit to NC State. The focus groups will revolve around Title IX Team, DASA, Office of Institutional Equity and Diver-

sity and University Housing staff groups.

There will be opportunities to spend time with the consultant organization in late July when they return to campus. At that time, they will share their findings, and Hollingshead will set up additional informational sessions.

Poultry virus is a showstopper Coleen Kinen-Ferguson Staff Writer

All public shows and poultry sales, including those at the State Fair, will be suspended starting in August in an attempt to prevent the spread of Avian f lu, state officials announced last week. The ban will run from August 15 to Jan. 15, 2016.

The suspension of poultry shows and sales will be a disappointment to many of those who auction their poultry or bring birds to the State fair for competitions. More than 300 people entered birds in contests at the State fair last year, according to the News & Observer.

In addition, children who raise chicken or turkeys in conjunction with participating in 4-H programs will not have the opportunity to display any of their birds.

State Veterinarian Doug Meckes made the decision to suspend the shows. Eleven other states in the country have placed similar bans on poultry shows, he said.

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Veterinarian Seiche Genger, a first-year resident in the poultry health management program at the College of Veterinary Medicine, carries a supplemental feeder down the center aisle of the chick-filled animal unit.

“If the virus is introduced here, we want to make sure it’s isolated and isn’t spread around,” said Donna Carver, an extension poultry veterinarian and professor in the Prestage Poultry Science Department at NC State.

If the virus is found on any property in North Carolina, the entire area up to 6 miles radius around it will be quarantined.

Birds found to be infected with the virus will be humanely euthanized and disposed of, according to the standards set by the Department of Agriculture.

The virus is not harmful to humans, and no human has ever been infected with this strain of avian f lu, according to according to state officials. Properly cooked poultry and eggs are safe to eat.

The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to review a ruling striking down North Carolina’s 2011 law that would have forced women to undergo a detailed ultrasound and explanation before receiving abortion care.

Due to the Court’s decision the law will not go into effect.

“North Carolinians should take comfort in knowing that this intrusive and unconstitutional law, which placed the ideological agenda of politicians above a doctor’s ability to provide a patient with the specific care she needs, will never go into effect,” said Sarah Preston, acting executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina. “It underscores, for me, the difficulty with the newest law passed [House Bill 465] and how legislators need to think more about these things. We’re very glad the courts have recognized that politicians have no business interfering in personal medical decisions that should be left to a woman and her doctor.”

In December 2014, a threejudge panel of U.S. Court of Appeals declared that the law violated the First Amendment rights of physicians.

They declared it would force physicians to deliver politically driven messages to the patient even over the patient’s objection.

The law would be “transforming the physician into the mouthpiece of the state” and would undermine, “the trust that is necessary for facilitating healthy doctor-patient relationships and, through them, successful treatment outcomes.”

The law was initially blocked in October 2011 following a lawsuit filed on the behalf of several North Carolina physicians and medical practices by the Center of Reproductive Rights, American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of North Carolina Legal Foundation, Planned Parenthood and the firm of O’Melveny & Meyers.

Even though the law would have allowed the woman to “avert her eyes” from the ultrasound screen and to “refuse to hear” the explanation of the images, the provider would have still been required to place the images in front of her and describe them in detail even though she objected.

The North Carolina law would have also applied if a woman did not want to see the ultrasound, and it made no exception for rape, incest, serious health risks or severe fetal anomalies.

The U.S. Supreme Court refused to review a similar law in November 2013, from Oklahoma, allowing the ruling from the Oklahoma Supreme Court blocking the measure as unconstitutional.

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UNC put on 1-year probation Staff Report

He did it for charity

BY KAI F MCNEIL

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hris Peters, citizen of Raleigh, steps forward to throw a cornhole bag following citizen of Raleigh Gus Willis’ toss in the Triangle Breakfast Club’s 6th Annual Capital Cornhole Classic tournament on the 200th block of Fayetteville Street on Saturday. The Triangle Breakfast Club has been hosting this tournament since 2010. All of the money received from sponsors and teams goes toward Inter-Faith Food Shuttle’s BackPack Buddies Program, a program that provides children of low-income families with backpacks filled with meals to take home. The Triangle Breakfast Club raised $12,600 in 2014 and had a goal of $15,000 for this year’s tournament. “I just did it for the charity,” Peters said.

SACS, UNC-Chapel Hill’s accrediting agency, hit the university with a 12-month probation for failing to meet seven accreditation standards, including control of athletics and academic integrity. The sanction followed a second university review that found 3,100 students that took fraud classes during the span of two decades.

It’s uncommon for major United States research universities to be placed on probation by its accrediting agencies. Usually it is smaller, financially troubled universities that experience sanctions. The University of Virginia was given a warning in 2012 after a governance issue; however, a warning is less serious than probation.

The only level more severe than receiving probation is revocation of a university’s accreditation. This step rarely happens and results in a loss of eligibility for federal funds, which usually ends with a college shutting down.

SACS has a total of 18 accreditation standards. The seven accreditation standards UNC failed to uphold are: overall integrity; program content;

control of intercollegiate athletics; academic support services; academic freedom; faculty role in governance; and compliance with provisions in federal financial aid law.

UNC-CH will see no impact on federal funding, including financial aid to students and research grants to faculty.

Because of the scandal, multiple officials have left UNC-CH including former Chancellor Holden Thorp, who resigned. Nine others either resigned, were fired or were placed under disciplinary review.

The university has repeatedly cited its efforts to correct policies and procedures, implementing about 70 reforms in the past few years.

Former federal prosecutor Kenneth Wainstein’s report of the scandal revealed hundreds of fake independent studies and no-show classes in the African and Afro-American Studies department. Athletes were disproportionately enrolled in the fraud classes, which helped them maintain sufficient grades to remain eligible to compete.

The probation followed the NCAA handing out five major allegations against UNC-CH a week earlier.

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Fraternities challenge stereotypes

Send all clarifications and corrections to Editor-inChief Kaitlin Montgomery at technician-editor@ncsu.edu

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POLICE BLOTTER June 16 1:20 PM | Suspicious Person Varsity Dr/Marcom St Anonymous online report of subject chasing individual in wheelchair. NCSU PD and RPD check the area but did not locate anyone matching description.

1:34 PM | Dispute Carmichael Gym Report of verbal dispute between three subjects.

Officers located three students who stated they had been arguing but had worked everything out. No further action taken.

Brenden Parsons With the increased sexual violence within Greek life, reports of rape and sexual assaults, these group’s activities have been cast into the spotlight. In an effort to combat the stereotypes NC State fraternities have created the organization Faternities 4 Family.

Fraternities 4 Family is a campaign to broaden awareness about domestic and sexual violence on campuses and communities and raises money for local domestic violence agencies that provide essential services to victims in their areas.

“We see men and young women on campus are more conscious about this issue, and it’s a campus social issue and societal issue that’s much

Senate passes budget Staff Report

The North Carolina Senate passed its $21.47 billion budget — a 2 percent increase in spending — with a 30-19 vote on Wednesday, according to The News & Observer.

The Senate proposal includes overhauling the state’s Medicaid program, adding new sales taxes and reducing personal income taxes.

Most Democrats opposed the budget, which was significantly smaller than the $22.2 billion budget that the House passed last month, because of its cuts to education. The Senate, the House and Gov. Pat McCrory have agreed on plans to give teachers an average raise of 4 percent, increasing their starting salary to $35,000.

The plan would also add about 2,000 teacher positions in an effort to reduce class size but will cut about 5,000 teacher assistant positions.

The House budget would increase spending by about 5 percent and included a pay raise for all state employees and industry-specific tax credits.

The Senate, rather than offering a 2 percent across-the-board raise for state employees, would fund raises for hard-to-fill and hard-to-retain state government positions.

bigger than this campus,” said Interfraternity Council President, John Steward.

Charles Ullman, NC State alumnus, founded Fraternities 4 Family in 2013 and wanted the organization to teach and encourage first hand responses during a sexually violent situation. Instead of people standing by and take videos or pictures to prove it happened.

“When I was in school, they did not have men talking about domestic violence and what it was and what was not acceptable,” Ullman said.

“In the next few years, we will see a change in perspective — that there is fault on both sides of the issue. We really have to take hold that it is our responsibility to do something about that.”

Fraternities 4 Family began to raise awareness by partner-

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this — we saw all the orange traffic signs go up that Friday, but that was the first we heard of it,” Dawadi said.

However, not all businesses were affected as badly, and many hope that the construction will be a positive change for the area in the long run.

“I think this could really be a good thing for businesses around here, and I’m glad they’re making changes,” said Tyler Mills, part-owner and manager at McDaid’s Irish Pub. “Summer is slow for us any way, so a dip in business doesn’t really affect us.”

Mills said he was informed of the road closures two weeks in advance and that he has had a positive experience with the renovations.

“They’re clean and quick with their work,” Mills said. “They communicate well with us about their schedule, and it hasn’t had too bad of an impact on us.”

The project has divided more than just business owners on the issue.

T he R a leig h Pla n n i ng C om m ission approved a controversial zoning case in late April of a seven-story, 24unit student apartment complex with ground-f loor retail across from D.H. Hill Library.

The objections raised about the approval were concerned with the way the structure’s developers plan to handle t he guidelines w it h t he ma x imum amount of f loors and maximum height of buildings, according to Raleigh Public Records.

Current residents in the area would like to see the number of f loors be dropped to five.

ing with the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity last semester and screened the documentary, “The Hunting Ground,” which depicts the stories of several universities that failed to address and take action against reports of sexual violence on their campuses.

Phi Gamma Delta and the rest of the Greek community participated in a drive last semester collecting anything from teddy bears for child victims of sexual violence, to clothing and toiletries for those who have lost their homes due to domestic violence for the Durham Crisis Response Center. In all, they collected more than 1,000 items for the Center, according to Steward.

Ullman’s company, Ullman and Associates, sponsored a golf tournament last spring

raising more than $600 for the Durham Crisis Response Center. Brothers of Phi Gamma Delta, Alpha Gamma Rho, Sigma Chi and Lambda Chi Alpha all participated and volunteered in the golf tournament.

“I think sexual violence is a growing concern in the Greek community, and every fraternity has started moving toward doing more to raise awareness, specifically to Fraternities 4 Families,” said president of Phi Gamma Alpha, Mark Foley. “With how everything has been in the media and how everything has been lately, sexual assault has really been an eye-opener to not only the Greek community, but the student community as well.”

Ullman applauded the effort of fraternity brothers to com-

bat sexual violence.

“NC State has been the best by far with their fraternities in terms of fundraising and the amount of participation,” Ullman said. “Duke has done a good job, but NC State has knocked it out of the ballpark.”

Ullman hopes Fraternities 4 Family reaches more colleges and universities, but only if it maintains the stamina that it has had at NC State.

“It would be great if everyone did [Fraternities 4 Family], but it’s a lot more important to make sure as many women coming out of the Durham Crisis Response Center get help as possible,” Ullman said.

“This is a start-from-scratch thing that started at State, and it has put NC State on the map and now has state-wide and national interest.”

Video game promotes science, literacy Lindsey Smith Staff Writer

Professors at NC State and East Carolina Universities have been working for the past few years to create Crystal Island, a free educational video game that will increase student’s learning and understanding of science, health and literacy.

At the beginning of the game, the player arrives at an island where the characters are getting sick and the player must figure out what is causing the sickness. The player will then explore the island and go to different buildings to talk to other people and gather information.

This is done to replicate the scientific method, and students use that method to find the cure and source for the disease.

The purpose of creating a video game with an education narrative is to create a story for those playing by getting the computer to intelligently select events to occur, according to Bradford Mott, creator of Crystal Island and a senior research scientist in computer science.

Mott developed the Crystal Island video game while completing his Ph.D. at NC State in 2006.

The game is engaging for students, according to Mott.

“The goal is for the computer to adapt to what that student is playing instead of creating a scripted video game,” Mott said. “The idea that its narrative is centered around learning captures the student’s imagination and makes them want to figure out the mystery of why these people are sick and really brings the work to life.”

Various research schools across the country

have used Crystal Island as part of their teaching material. It was first played at Centennial Campus Middle School in Johnston County and now used across the state in 14 middle schools. Tests were made during a four-week period in Johnston County, determining that the game was successful in improving literacy and science skills in students.

Originally, the video game focused on teaching students about microbiology, based off of North Carolina eighth grade curriculum. Later, due to work on the game continued by IntelliMedia Group, the game allowed for a focus on health and literacy as well as microbiology.

Funding to create the video game came from a variation of grants that include some from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, National Science Foundation and the United States Department of Agriculture. The Department of Agriculture funded the game because of its inclusion of food safety and salmonella poisoning teachings.

East Carolina University was contacted as part of the creation of the game with the grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in order to help with teacher professional development and help conduct testing productivity across Johnston County.

Kieran Riban, a sophomore studying statistics, expressed her enthusiasm for the game.

“I think it’s a good idea, and I like the idea of a first person perspective game because it makes the game more realistic,” she said.

The Crystal Island video game can be downloaded for free at http://go.ncsu.edu/crystalisland

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Raleigh residents rock at ‘Roo Rachel Smith Senior Staff Writer

Nearly 420 miles away from NC State’s campus, the modest city of Manchester, Tennessee, welcomed about 85,000 visitors from all 50 states and more than two dozen foreign countries to the 14th annual Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival this weekend.

Introduced in 2002, Bonnaroo is a four-day, round-the-clock music festival that invites fans to set up camp on a 700-acre farm approximately 60 miles southeast of Nashville.

In addition to showcasing more than 125 artists, including headliners such as Billy Joel, Florence + The Machine and Kendrick Lamar, this year’s festival entertained visitors with comedy shows, vendors, a surplus of delicious food and infectiously good vibes. Nothing short of enticing, this compilation is what made the roughly nine-hour trek from Raleigh to the venue worth it for NC State students.

“Bonnaroo is such a special place,” said Sara Ashley, an NC State alumna.

“I will never forget my time there.”

Part of what makes Bonnaroo so memorable are the handpicked performances. Rather than selecting acts based on the latest pop hits or studio expertise, festival organizers choose performers based on their ability to perform live on stage.

“It’s clear that a lot goes into deciding who gets to perform here,” said Cecil Austin, lifelong resident of the Raleigh area. “I didn’t go to a single show that didn’t have me jumping up and down or on the verge of tears from sheer joy.”

The French name Bonnaroo translates to the “best of the streets.” This name was chosen to honor the Louisiana tradition of music performances on the street.

“They really did have a little bit of

everything, and I feel like all of the musical genres were represented equally,” Austin said. “You really aren’t going to find an Americana rock band like Alabama Shakes performing right before someone like Kendrick Lamar or Deadmau5 anywhere else.”

Ashley said that while she thoroughly enjoyed the shows put on by musicians such as My Morning Jacket and Flying Lotus, her favorite part of the weekend was experiencing the atmosphere.

Bonnaroo’s slogan “Radiate Positivity” proved true, as Ashley said everyone she met and interacted with was friendly and welcoming.

“I got offered bites of homemade ice cream, and hugs and high-fives all around,” Ashley said.

The atmosphere at this weekend’s festival was also full of laughter, as Bonnaroo hosted more than 20 comedians, including Zach Galifianakis, actor and NC State alumnus.

When he wasn’t performing in the comedy tent, Galifianakis could be found crashing musical performances and even hosting an ‘80s throwback superjam show along with actor and director Jon Hamm. During the superjam, Galifianakis and Hamm performed their own rendition of “We Are the World” and introduced artists such as Chance the Rapper, Metallica’s Rob Trujillo and Reggie Watts.

Among the mud, sweat and cheers, there was also a not-so-disclosed drug culture.

Seasoned Bonnaroovian and Raleigh native, Mark Edwards, said that at Bonnaroo, drugs are easier to find than shelter from the sun.

“I am no stranger to drugs, and neither is Bonnaroo,” said Edwards.

“I really do believe that when you have an understanding of your limits, [drugs] help lighten the mood

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Bonnaroo is a four-day music festival tht was first started in 2002. This year, over 85,000 music-lovers from all over the world gathered in Tennessee.

around here. It’s really just another ordinary aspect of Bonnaroovian culture.”

Edwards said he believes the lack of law enforcement within the walls of the festival is what makes drug usage a popular activity amongst festivalgoers.

In an article published by the Chattanooga Times Free Press, Coffee County Sheriff Steve Graves said that out of the thousands in attendance, his department only made 76 arrests and 132 citations. The majority of these charges took place as attendees were entering the festival grounds.

“Most of the arrests are for drugs,” Graves said. “The citations are for misdemeanor drugs or possession.”

Another significant concern for Coffee County law enforcement officers was the tsunami of traffic Bonnaroo brought to the typically quiet city of Manchester.

“We got to Manchester around 8:30 on Wednesday night and ended up waiting more than six hours in traffic on [interstate] 24 before making it to our campsite,” Austin said. “We

were in the car all day, but it was well worth it.”

In addition to the influx of traffic, people who decided to spend the entire weekend camping on the farm had to weather intense heat, large crowds, porta-potties and limited access to showers.

Ashley said even though she didn’t pay to take a conventional shower, which ranged from $5-$10 depending on the time of day, it did not dampen her experience.

In an attempt to remain clean amidst the sweat-inducing and muddy environment, Ashley said she used lots of baby wipes and rinsed off at the mushroom fountain located in the middle of Centeroo.

“Bonnaroo isn’t Bonnaroo if you’re freshly clean every day,” Ashley said.

“Embracing dirt is a part of it.”

The general consensus of those who attended this year’s festival: The good overwhelmingly outweighed the bad.

“Bonnaroo is something you have to experience,” Edwards said. “It is nothing short of nirvana.”

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“It’s not a public health issue, it’s a poultry health issue,” Carver said.

Of f icia ls fear that av ian f lu, which has not yet spread to the southeast part of the country, will enter North Carolina during the winter migration of waterfowl, birds that live on or near water.

When these birds move South for the winter, they carry viruses which could then be spread to poultry and other birds in North Carolina.

“A lot of birds in NC are pastured, which means they potentially have contact with wild birds,” Carver said. “During their incubation period, from when they have been exposed to the virus to when they start showing symptoms, we fear that these birds can be brought to the state fair.”

Geese and ducks carry the inf luenza during migration periods, according to Carver. The influenza virus lives in wet conditions, such as ponds, where they can then infect other types of birds such as turkeys and chickens.

“Backyard spots are more susceptible because those birds are outside all the time,” Carver said.

“We highly suspect we will see it this fall.”

North Carolina is the fourthlargest producer of chickens for meat, and the third-largest producer of turkeys in the country.

An outbreak of avian f lu in North Carolina could have an economic effect on the state if countries importing our poultry products decide to issue an embargo.

“If an embargo like that were to happen in North Carolina, I believe it would lead to a surplus of poultry,” Carver said. “Other states shouldn’t be affected by it, unless avian f lu is found there too. Something like this could happen to any poultry state at any time.”

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The exploitation of rape in ‘Game of Thrones’ “Game of Thrones” spoilers ahead: stopped watching “Game of Thrones” back at the beginning of season four. I gave the show a shot, and, initially, I enjoyed it. With “Game of Thrones,” it is best to delve into t h e s e r ie s expecting the worst to happen. Anticipate that t he cha rMary Anna ac ters you care about Rice w i l l soon Opinion Editor meet t heir demise after you decide to care about them. The show is well known for its graphic violence, complex storylines, ambivalent characters and frank depictions of sex. The series revels in its all-around self-professed sensationalism — its dedication to doing anything and everything without shame.

And I expected the worst.

The luridness of the show didn’t bother me on its own; however, within the context of the story’s progression, much of it felt unnecessary.

“Game of Thrones” relentlessly hammers forth into the minds of its viewers the themes that its sensationalism strives to drive forward.

While we’re meant to be surprised by the recurring violence, sex and combinations of the two, we eventually become desensitized to their being there in the first place.

We know Westeros is a dangerous place. We know this from the primary plotlines.

We don’t need to have rape regularly injected into the story as background noise to receive this particular message.

The highly controversial scene that ultimately caused me to step away from the series featured Jaime Lannister sexually assaulting his sister, Cersei — a scene that George R. R. Martin had intended as consensual in the books.

When viewers questioned the decision to change the scene from reciprocal to nonconsensual, director Alex Graves and showrunner David Benioff refuted the idea that the scene in question was, in fact, sexual abuse. Despite that at one point in an interview, Graves referred to the act in question as “forced sex.”

Despite that Benioff, in the video diary of the episode, said, “It becomes a really kind of horrifying scene … and you see that Cersei is resisting this. She’s saying no, and he’s forcing himself on her.”

What is rape then, if not “forced sex?” The showrunners of the series have repeatedly demonstrated a fundamental lack of understanding of what sexual assault is, in addition to continually demonstrating that they have neither the interest in nor the ability to adequately convey the impact sexual assault has on the victim. They care less about the impact rape has on the women in the show’s universe who are subjected to it and more about provoking audience reaction.

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would have found the scene more palatable. Yet, “Game of Thrones” is rife with these mishandled incidents of sexual violence.

Back in season three, we saw King Joffrey’s butchering of Ros, a character original to the show, who worked as a prostitute throughout the series before her death.

Frequently during her run on the show, she seemed to exist solely to fulfill the male gaze quota for the week and occasionally help advance the plot. Her apparent worthlessness in the eyes of the showrunners is revealed through her relatively inconsequential death. The camera cuts to her skewered, lifeless body — scantily clad of course.

The choice to kill a character in a manner so sexually violent in order to assert a character’s evilness not only trivializes the presence of sexual violence in our society, but is also just bad writing.

It is cheap and manipulative.

The shock experienced by the audience is unearned.

Another more recent example exists in this past season with yet another main female character. In the episode “The Gift,” Ramsay Bolton rapes Sansa, the “puppy dog” the show loves to kick and one of the few remaining Starks. Again, a character the show has already established many, many times over as being evil, sadistic and inhuman rapes a woman to prove what we already know. At the risk of sounding redundant, this is gratuitous; this is lazy writing. Additionally, Sansa was never subjected to this in the books, and assuming that eventually she will end up in the place Martin initially planned for her, her rape is apparently negligible to her character’s arc.

As though the “torture” of Theon Greyjoy weren’t enough to demonstrate how horrible of a guy Ramsay is, the show feels it is necessary that yet another one of its female characters be sexually abused in order to titillate its audience.

In regard to the popular argument that things were like this for women in the time period of history George R. R. Martin claims to portray, this simply isn’t true. Historians have come forth to say that rather than representing a specific era in our own history, such as the Middle Ages, Martin pulls ideas from multiple periods. And though he extracts stories from history as inspiration for his plot developments, like with the War of the Roses, the backdrop for his epic tale most resembles that of typical environments of the fantasy genre. That Martin has adopted a distinctly historical setting in his writing does not hold up, as women weren’t abused so badly even back then. Many viewers groundlessly cite historical accuracy in these cases in order to protect their right to portray women as beaten-down, to add an element of “edginess” to their stories. Why must such tired and harmful tropes exist in this fictional world? It’s frightening that it

is easier for us to imagine a world with dragons than it is to imagine a world where women aren’t regularly raped and threatened by men.

Besides this, the supposedly “historical” environment of Westeros specifically targets women in its depictions of sexual violence. “Game of Thrones” does not depict men being raped, not once. If we’re still adhering to the argument that the show reflects history, this rings distinctly false. Women wear a very specific target on their backs, and at this point, it seems as though the showrunners will mark the next victim of their treacherous environment when the other elements of the show begin to lull.

The differences between the show and the books began as small, yet noticeable, changes but have now grown in size so that the story itself is differentiated by its medium. This past season, book readers have lost their sense of direction, what with the changes made to Sansa’s storyline, the (supposed) elimination of Lady Stoneheart and the burning of Shireen Baratheon (an event Martin confirmed would be in later books). As the changes have grown, it seems evident that the more popular medium, television, has grown even more indiscriminate with how it treats its female characters.

My inability to continue to watch the show stems not from the fact that it includes rape, but that it uses rape merely as a ploy to generate shock in viewers. Within recent seasons, this last one in particular, many members of the audience have noted that the show seems to be retreading old territory, resorting to poor writing and jolting exploitation to keep watchers interested in the sometimes plodding action.

This is not to say that we should ban rape from being discussed in popular media.

Rather, rape as a complicated, traumatizing act that affects people at the level of an epidemic should be addressed with the sensitivity and attention that it warrants. The exploitation of rape in “Game of Thrones” strips its strong, complex female characters of their agency — the series treats rape as a simple inevitability rather than as a horrendous act that men commit because society trains them to think of women’s bodies as their own. You can develop your female characters in more creative, less damaging ways—ways that don’t involve them being reduced to narrow archetypes.

“Game of Thrones” does not use rape as a means to address the systematic oppression women face in the universe and continue to face today, nor does it use it in a constructive way to explore the trauma sexually abused women are forced to confront. It does not use it to criticize the patriarchal customs we all still commonly fall prey to: it uses it as a gimmick. We deserve better.

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What happened to reading books?

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n our modern lives, we are constantly bombarded with all forms of media, whether they be TV, movies, Facebook or even the occasional newspaper. But one form of media seems to lay Kevin Kronk about collectGuest Columnist ing dust as it falls progressively more out of favor with our generation: books. What happened to make us stop reading books?

Anybody alive in the ‘90s and early 2000s will nostalgically remember shows like “Reading Rainbow,” “Between the Lions” and “Wishbone.”

Their wild, artistic and often outlandish intros portrayed reading as an adventure of the imagination. Now that’s something a kid could definitely get excited about.

For a time, during the early days of our youth, this reading zeal stuck around. “The Giving Tree,” “Captain Underpants,” “Where the Sidewalk Ends,” “Goosebumps” and “Harry Potter,” among others, did well to captivate our minds. In elementary school, we had friendly competitions to see who could read the most; our efforts were rewarded with stickers and stars.

And who could forget the scholastic book fairs? Every eye-opening pamphlet page brought a heart-racing desire to buy — of all things — books! Lots and lots of colorful, gripping and thoughtprovoking books. Never again would our passion reach such heights.

Unfortunately, somewhere

along the line, amidst the painful awkwardness of trying to fit in throughout our everso-strange middle school tenure, reading became uncool.

Some brave few souls decided to keep strong and joined Fantasy Book Club, Battle of the Books or other commonly teased reading clubs. But the popularity of the novel amongst young adults would confront an even worse fate.

Three words: high school English. We dreaded reading quizzes more than anything else, and no other assignments were more readily cheated on.

SparkNotes, Shmoop, CliffsNotes, whatever the crutch, it didn’t matter; numerous, obscure questions on every reading quiz ensured several deductions and several frustrated students, thereby turning us off altogether to the simple pleasure of reading.

From here, some of us slowly found our way back to reading novels for entertainment, some found texts that expanded upon their skillset and career path, and a great deal more rarely bothered to return to the feeling of paper in hand. Instead, Netflix, social media and Internet browsing now occupy the majority of a 21st century young adult’s daily routine.

At this point, I almost feel obligated to list all of the benefits of reading, just as so many websites and teachers have done for years; however, it doesn’t seem to do any good.

It’s like a health freak attempting to persuade another into eating kale every day. We know

it is good for us, but well … we just don’t like how it tastes.

The sweet deliciousness of the cake that is TV shows and YouTube videos is much more appealing at first glance.

Getting back into reading, like exercising after a long break, will not be fun. Nonetheless, if you can just bear the initial discomfort, then you will unlock a treasure trove of captivating narratives, valuable knowledge and utterly fascinating facts. A world of its own that is waiting to be explored is waiting for you, and all you have to do is rekindle that childhood desire.

The next step is to figure out where to start. Every single genre, topic, interest and story imaginable has a novel written for it. That’s the true glory of books: Whatever you want to read is out there. Just search online, or, better yet, go to your local library. No need to be afraid of the stereotypical shushing librarian — most of them are actually incredibly nice and helpful.

I challenge you to read just one book this summer.

Choose whatever you like, even a simple children’s novel like “Where the Wild Things Are” or “Charlotte’s Web.” It doesn’t matter if it takes all summer to finish — you may discover your new favorite pastime, and you may even learn a thing or two in the process. So go on, don’t be ashamed, go find yourself.

To quote “Reading Rainbow’s” theme song: “Take a look; it’s in a book.”

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Farmers’ market moves to Hillsborough Street Noah Russ Staff Writer

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The Campus Farmers’ Market at NC State is trying to achieve its old goals while undergoing two changes: moving to a new location on Hillsborough Street and hosting its first-ever summer market.

The campus market was founded in 2009 when students saw the need for locally grown, healthy produce to be easily available on campus. After gaining approval from the university and creating connections with local farmers, the market held its first sale on the Brickyard in April of 2009. Since then, the campus market has become a regular Wednesday afternoon Brickyard event.

The initial goal of the market was not only to provide healthy food options for students, but also to educate the student population about the privilege they have to eat tasty and healthy foods at an affordable price.

“The overarching initial goal of the campus market was to strengthen awareness among our student body for how fortunate our university community is to have such ready access to a wide variety of healthy foods at a

reasonable price,” said Bob Patterson, a professor of crop science.

Patterson’s students often volunteer in the campus market and then discuss with him their observations. From observing students’ reactions to the farmers market, the market appears to be meeting its initial goals. Patterson says students are always pleasantly surprised that they can buy healthy foods from local sources.

The market now hopes to continue to achieve its goals while it operates on Hillsborough Street for the summer.

The recent move to Hillsborough Street was a result of a newly created partnership between Live It Up! and the on-campus market. After hearing the request of the residents around Hillsborough Street for a farmer’s market, Live It Up!, an organization that aims to improve Hillsborough Street, reached out to the campus farmers market about moving to Hillsborough Street for the summer. This partnership allowed Live It Up! to provide a market to satisfy the residents of Hillsborough Street and allowed the campus farmers market to host its first ever summer market.

The market is now held at 2306 Hillsborough St., between Jimmy John’s and the old Hot Box Pizza, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. every Wednesday through Aug. 19.

Because of the new situation, the market faced challenges its first week on Hillsborough Street. Most students who are familiar with the market are

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Campus Farmers’ Market has now moved from its usual location in the Brickyard to 2306 Hillsborough Street next to Jimmy John’s for the summer.

Every Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., vendors will be selling local goods.

The market will run at this location until August 19.

home for the summer, so it was almost like starting a new market.

“The first week we only had five to 10 people come,” said Kyleigh Zelenak, summer manager of the market.

“However, it can take seven to 10 years for a farmers’ market to become wellknown, and it was our first week off the Brickyard.”

Since a brief stint four weeks ago at the Wells Fargo parking lot, the market has seen considerable growth. Last week, more than 50 customers came out to the market. These customers came from a variety of backgrounds, giving the market a more communal atmosphere than it had while on the

Brickyard.

“We had janitors, Hillsborough Street residents, faculty members and just moms with their kids come to the market,” Zelenak said. “This helped to create more of a community atmosphere.”

The arrival of new customers gives the market a new audience to educate about the benefits and privileges of healthy, affordable produce.

Zelenak hopes that having the market on Hillsborough Street for the summer will help people become regular customers of the market even when it returns to the Brickyard for the fall semester.

A conversation with Rupert Nacoste Kevin Schaefer Senior Staff Writer

Rupert Nacoste has a reputation for “coming in hot.” With 27 years of experience at NC State, he’s one of the most popular professors among students at NC State. Each semester students race to enroll in his PSY 311 social psychology course.

Students gather to listen to and share stories of heartbreak, broken promises and love.

As a social psychologist, Nacoste is most interested in exploring diversity-related topics with his students. His latest book, “Taking on Diversity: How We Can Move from Anxiety to Respect,” pulls from his PSY 411 class The Psychology of Interdependence and Race and highlights many of the subjects discussed in the course. In the book, he combines his experiences as an African-American raised in the Jim Crow South in Louisiana, as a Navy veteran with stories from his students in an attempt to better educate the public about Neo-diversity.

Q Could you talk more about this concept of Neo-diversity?

A We used to talk about diversity, and when we said that we meant black and white relations; we meant racial relations. Turns out, America has changed rapidly when it comes to diversity and changed in a multidimensional way. So, what is diversity? It’s not just black and white, and so I coined this phrase “Neo-diversity” to capture what was really going on, and that’s why I do that list.

The Americans with Disabilities Act has had a major impact on who is on our campuses. Now we have students in wheelchairs, blind students, the disabilities services office.

When I got here, DSO didn’t exist, and now it’s one of the biggest organizations on campus. So that’s why Neo-diversity isn’t just one thing; it’s not just black-white, it’s all those

things. Neo-diversity is the situation students encounter when they come on campus.

It’s a situation they have to adapt to, and that’s why also the psychological part of it is Neo-diversity anxiety.

Q In the book you talk about how the American Dream and the civil rights movement are taught like a “sales pitch” in middle and high schools. What steps can the public school system take to better educate its students about this material?

A We’ve got to get away from this idea that they can’t take it.

One of my students said that when they talked about civil rights in her high school classroom they did animated films.

Animated films! Why would you do that?! What we need to do is be more realistic in what we show people.

Now we don’t want to show young people pictures of lynchings. But, we have those pictures because people took pictures. There are things you could say, like this was not easy, this was hard, this was violent!

It’s got to be age appropriate as they move through their education system, so they don’t show up at the university system thinking that the civil rights movement was just fine, it was easy: We had a good time and everything’s good now!

Q You obviously have enough life experience to write a book about diversity solely from your perspective, yet much of “Taking on Diversity” is stories from your students. What made you want to incorporate their voices?

A The book is based on the combination of my life experience and my expertise as a social psychologist, which is a unique combination. So, I started teaching this course called “Interpersonal Relationships and Race.” I started with

the idea of helping students understand the new America and Neo-diversity. Part of my methodology was stories; I wanted to hear their stories and have them write their stories, and then I started to realize how important it was because students live a more diverse life than anyone else in America.

We are 35,000 strong, and everybody is here: race, gender, bodily condition, mental health condition, sexual orientation, everybody. What I realized is that America needs to hear what is really going on.

People literally say to me “Students, young people, are fine.

They’re used to diversity.” And I’m like “No, they’re not!”

Q How did the instances of racism in our nation over the last year affect your classroom discussions?

A I always bring in my class real world events. This past semester with all that was going on, it was hard to pick and choose.

So what I did in this class, I would bring in a concept and ask students “Does that make you think of anything that’s been happening in America recently?” Hands would be flying up. It changed the way I lead the class on certain days. I let them bring it up so I could see what particular things were hitting them: police encounters and all that kind of stuff.

What I think can happen now, and will happen now, is that teachers have so many more things to point to when their students are acting in a naïve way about what is going on. America is really anxious about Neo-diversity, so much so that they are making really awful judgments. For example, Mark Anthony: A Latino-Hispanic male, well known, sings the national anthem at the major league’s all-star game two summers ago, and people are upset because they say “How can someone who’s not American be allowed to sing “America the Beautiful?” Uh,

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Rupert Nacoste is an alumni distinguished undergraduate professor of psychology at NC State. In his book, “Taking on Diversity: How We Can Move from Anxiety to Respect,” he relates stories that people have shared with him about their anxieties in situations involving people who are in some way different than themselves. Nacoste regularly counsels students about their problems dealing with diversity of all kinds, including gender, race, ethnicity and sexualorientation.

he was born in New York City.

What are you talking about?

And that’s becoming an issue, the issue that is what is America is White. That’s a problem.

Q Do you think we can get past that mentality?

A We have to! We’re going to have to because America is becoming more non-white than white; in 2042, it’s going to flip.

It’s already happening, so we either get past it, or we destroy ourselves. It’s that simple.

Q Could you talk more about the discussions that take place in your Interpersonal Relationships and Race course?

A One of the problems in America is nobody’s willing to say anything about their own experiences or their own feelings, because they expect to be attacked. You can’t have a dialogue if you have that tension in the room. It should be a conversation where sometimes you just listen to the other person’s perspective and experience,

and then you get a chance to describe your own perspective and experience; then everybody starts to learn.

I’ve had moments in my class, especially towards the end where people really understand how it works, where students reveal things about themselves: very intimate, very powerful things — the male in the class who raises his hand in the class and says “I’ve never revealed in a public forum that I’m gay.”

There are invisible minorities; students raise their hands and reveal that they’re Jewish.

You realize that we are talking about people, and that’s all.

Q Do you think that our technologically consumed, social media culture is making it difficult to have these conversations?

A Social media is very powerful, social media is very important, but too many people rely on it because it feels — and I just joined Facebook — it feels like they’re in an interaction, but they’re not. So if you start relying on that, you’re in trouble, and you can’t have a real

conversation because it’s just information and not interaction.

Here’s the deal: 40 percent of the students at NC State report being lonely. Think about the context in which they are saying that. 35,000 young people, all about the same age and all at the same level of experience, and you can’t turn to someone and say “hi.” What are you going to do when you leave here?

Q Is there anything else you’d like to say about the book?

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There’s a review on Amazon from a person I don’t know. It really hit me because the way she described the impact of the book on her is what I wanted.

She said “This is a book about diversity without showing hate to anybody.” And she said, “What it did was to help me understand how I can improve myself in terms of how I interact with people.” That’s the goal. Neo-diversity is not going anywhere. It’s going to get bigger and we have to learn how to interact with each other with respect.

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said. “You have to have athletic talent, but experience is something that will put you in a position to be top eight.”

Despite his increased confidence, Addison said his competition at the Championships was as strong as he had ever seen — much tougher than that in his previous trips to Nationals.

“I had spectacular competition,” Addison said. “If the wind had been more still, the guy who finished first probably would have broken the NCAA record. It’s cool to be able to witness feats by others.”

Geiger said many of the

competitors at the NCAA Championships were not just top collegiate performers, but Olympic-level athletes.

“A number of these athletes will make Olympic teams, whether it be the U.S. or other,” Geiger said.

“W hen you look at t he marks that were coming off that track, you just have to say ‘Wow.’ For Jonathan to get a piece of that, it’s incredible.”

After a tough performance at the ACC Outdoor Championships, Crawford battled back for a strong showing at Regionals and a 10th-place finish on the National stage.

“My p e r f or m a n c e at Regionals gave me confidence,” Crawford said. “I kicked hard and passed a

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good amount of people. I was ready for any type of race at Nationals.”

In her second trip to Nationals, Perry finished 13th in the 110m hurdles with a time of 13.14 seconds, the second-fastest in NC State history.

“Alexis Perry making it in the hurdles — what an event that was,” Geiger said. “The hurdles were so fast, and she drew the fastest heat. It was a step in the right direction for her, and I think she’ll make it [to Nationals] in long jump next year too.”

With all five of the Wolfpack eight National contenders ret u r n i ng nex t season, including all three all-Americans, Geiger said he expects greatness from his team in 2016.

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div ision. Junior Pete Renda (84kg) and freshman Malik McDonald (96kg) each earned a victory before falling to their opponents in the loser’s bracket. Fresh-

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man all-American Kevin Jack (66kg) bat t led but failed to earn a win.

Gw ia zdowsk i sa id t he younger wrestlers weren’t expected to do especially well in their first year at the Trials, but the experience gained is a reward in itself.

“It was their first experience in freestyle,” Gwiaz-

dowski said. “I know they didn’t f inish where they wanted to finish, but it was their first tournament. If it’s your first time in the World Team tournament, you’re going to face some rea l ly sk i l led g uys, a nd that’s who they got.”

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Junior Jonathan Addison competes in the men’s long jump at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon. Addison finished fourth in the event with a jump of 26’ 2.75”, earning first team all-American honors and recording the second-best distance in school history.

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Pack competes at Outdoor Nat’ls Freeman out three to four months Sophomore forward Lennard Freeman of the Wolfpack basketball team will be out three to four months after undergoing successful leg surgery to repair a fractured right leg. The surgery was performed on June 3. Freeman will rehab under the supervision of NC State’s sports medicine department and should be ready for the 2015-16 season. Freeman was a consistent producer for the Pack this past year, working his way into the starting lineup near the end of the season.

The forward averaged 3.6 points and a team-high 5.6 rebounds last season.

SOURCE: NC STATE ATHLETICS

Iyevbele breaks school record in women’s 800m Senior mid-distance runner Kenyetta Iyevbele recorded a time of 2:03.01 in the women’s 800m at the Portland Track Festival Monday, setting a new NC State record in the event. Iyevbele broke her own school record by .44 seconds, which she set earlier this year at the NCAA East Regional. The Charlotte native was competing to compete in the USA Championships, which will take place in Eugene, Oregon, June 26-28. Iyevbele’s time was just .01 seconds away from an automatic qualifier, but she can still earn an at-large berth to the Championships.

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Hande earns Academic all-American status Elisha Hande was one of 15 women’s tennis players from around the nation selected to the Capital One Academic all-American second team Monday, marking the first time in NC State history that a member of the women’s tennis team has earned such an honor.

Hande recently graduated from NC State with a degree in economics with a 4.0 GPA. The England native was a four-year starter for the Pack, earning 38 doubles wins, including a match-clinching doubles victory against Wake Forest in the first round of the 2015 ACC Championships.

SOURCE: NC STATE ATHLETICS

Additional kickoff times announced for Pack football NC State announced the kickoff time for the Wolfpack football team’s first road contest against Old Dominion Monday, bringing the total of announced kickoff times to four. State will take on the Monarchs Sept. 19 at 7 p.m. The Pack will open its season with two 6 p.m. home games against Troy and Eastern Kentucky on Sept. 5 and 12, respectively, and will face Virginia Tech in Blacksburg Oct. 9 at 8 p.m. on ESPN. SOURCE: NC STATE ATHLETICS

QUOTE OF THE DAY “You have to have athletic talent, but experience is something that will put you in a position to be top eight.”

Rollie Geiger head track & field coach

Zack Tanner Sports Video Editor

The NC State track and field team sent eight of its members to the NCA A Championships this past weekend in Eugene, Oregon.

Juniors Jonathan Addison and Alexis Perry, and redshirt junior Graham Crawford each achieved a l l-A merica n status in their respective events.

To reach the Championships, the athletes had to finish in the top 12 in their respective Regionals. Head coach Rollie Geiger said making it to Nationals was a great accomplishment in itself.

“Just getting to Nationals is very difficult,” Geiger said. “There are 24 athletes in each event, and every one of them is a very highlevel athlete.”

Crawford and Perry both were named as second team all-Americans in the men’s 1,500m and women’s 110m hurdles respectively.

However, it was Addison who stole the show for State with a fourth-place finish in the men’s long jump, setting a personal best and garnering a firstteam all-American selection in the process.

In the long jump competition, each athlete gets

three jumps in the preliminary and final rounds, with only the best jump counting. Addison said he wanted to set the tone early with a solid first jump.

“I was determined to get a good first jump,” Addison said. “I set a personalbest on my first attempt, which really got my confidence up.”

In the final round, Addison broke his record once again, leaping a distance of 26’2.75”. The distance was the second-best mark in school history and was the best finish in any men’s event for the Pack since 2012.

Addison had been to Nationa ls the prev ious year but failed to reach allAmerican status. The long jumper said his experience this season was much more positive in comparison to his trip to the Championships in 2014.

“I was much more relaxed,” Addison said. “I wasn’t very confident in my ability last time, but this year I felt I was prepared in every way.”

Geiger sa id for most athletes, the experience gained from a trip to Nationals is invaluable when trying to reach that stage a second time.

“There’s no substitute for experience,” Geiger

PHOTO COURTESY OF CHERYL TREWORGY

Junior Alexis Perry competes in the women’s 110m hurdles at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon. Perry finished 13th in the event with a time of 13.14, earning second team all-American honors and recording the second-best time in school history.

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COMMENTARY

WRESTLING

‘Unwritten rules’ should be broken Joseph Ochoa Correspondent

A couple weeks ago, I was watching a recap of a game between the Washington Nationals and the Cincinnati Reds.

After being hit by a pitch, Nationals’ allstar right fielder Bryce Harper took his sweet time making his way to first base.

Reds’ first baseman took issue with the 22-year-old’s actions, causing a conflict which resulted in Harper missing the following the game.

Flashback to 2013 — the Milwaukee Brewers are playing the Atlanta Braves in Wisconsin for a three-game series.

Milwaukee OF Carlos Gomez hits a crushing home run to the deepest part of park and proceeded to trot slowly around the diamond while talking to the pitcher.

When Gomez reached home plate, he was blocked by Braves catcher Brian McCann, who confronted Gomez about his antics. The benches cleared shortly after, causing the game to be delayed.

Tim Keown, a senior writer for ESPN, stated the Gomez-McCann incident was good for the game of baseball.

“Gomez and the Braves have turned a game that nobody cared about into something thought-provoking and hilarious,” said Keown in an article for ESPN.com. “A rare feat. So, thanks, guys.”

Interest in baseball has greatly decreased since the end of the Steroid Era, a time when at least one home run was expected in every game.

Since that time; however, baseball has become a game of etiquette. There have been an increasing amount of incidents like the one at Miller Park, all in the name of enforcing the “Unwritten Rules of Baseball.”

These “rules” have become an integral part of baseball, and lately, players

are taking more action to enforce these unspoken guidelines.

Pelting batters with pitches or blocking runners from tagging home plate after a long home run trot, such as in the case of “Guardian of the Game” McCann, has become common practice.

Now younger players, such as Harper and Yasiel Puig, have become the targets of “setting the example,” via multiple hit-by-pitch at-bats and “chin music” throughout their careers.

Personally, I believe baseball needs more players like Gomez, Harper and Puig to change the culture and to reverse its recent decline in popularity.

Larger-than-life player personalities are one of the many reasons that other professional sports leagues are so successful and popular amongst the general public.

The NBA has celebrities on and off the court, such as LeBron James, Stephen Curry and Blake Griffin, who draw in fans not only due to their high level of play but also because they are able to express themselves how they see fit.

NFL players, despite the violent nature of the game of football, don’t go after flashy players to prove a point.

There may be the occasional big hit, but nothing outlandish beyond that.

Baseball seems to be the only sport where players’ actions are being restricted by other players, even to the extent of causing possible physical harm to those who do something deemed detrimental to the game.

The idea of preserving rules that aren’t really rules is laughable and should not be tolerated anymore. We need more players with “swag” in order to get people to care again.

Fans understand that taking a few extra seconds to round the bases will not change the fact that a ball was home run. Players should learn the same.

NICK FAULKNER/TECHNICIAN

Redshirt Junior Nick Gwiazdowski pins Pitt’s Ryan Solomon to the floor.

Gwiazdowski won the match in a blazing 1:56. NC State beat No. 12 Pittsburgh 27-12 during the beauty and the beast matchup.

Gwiz places fourth at Trials Zack Tanner Sports Video Editor

USA Wrestling held its World Team Trials this past weekend, hosting the top competitors in the nation for a chance to earn a spot on the national team.

Four members of the NC State wrestling team, including twotime NCA A cha mpion Nick Gw ia zdowsk i, a nd assista nt coach Adam Hall competed in the Trials, vying for their chance to represent their country on an international level at the World Wrestling Championships Sept.

7-12 in Las Vegas.

Gwiazdowski finished with a fourth-place result in the Senior 125kg weight class after dropping the true third-place match, marking the third-straight time Gwiazdowski has finished one spot away from a place on Team USA.

“I felt prepared and showed up ready to wrestle, and I felt like I wrestled pretty well,” Gwiazdowski said. “I beat some guys I’ve never beat but also lost to some guys that I’ve beat before.

Coming up one spot short of the National team for the third straight year is kind of a bummer.”

Gwiazdowski recorded two solid victories in bracket play, defe at i ng M ich iga n he av yweight Adam Coon, 12-2, and MMA fighter Tyrell Fortune, 5-0. Coon was responsible for one of Gwiazdowski’s two losses during his two years at NC State.

In the true third-place match, which would determine the fina l spot on the USA roster, Gwiazdowski lost a close bout to Dom Bradley, a competitor he beat in the 2014 Trials.

The t hree ot her Wolf pack wrestlers competed in the Junior

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