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IN BRIEF Ty Dolla $ign late, kicked off stage University of Missouri football team goes on strike
About 30 University of Missouri football players have gone on strike, saying they will not play another game until University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe steps down. The players said they were standing in solidarity with the Concerned Student 1950 movement, which has been calling on the university and Wolfe to address systemic racism on campus for months. The University of Missouri football team tweeted a photo of the student athletes linking arms with the caption, “We are no longer taking it. It’s time to fight.” Wolfe gave no indication he has any intention of stepping down but agreed in a statement Sunday that “change is needed” and said the university is working to draw up a plan by April 2016 that promotes diversity and tolerance. SOURCE: NPR
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Right as he began performing his hit single “Blasé,” Ty Dolla $ign’s anticipated concert at The Ritz was cut short Friday night after the rapper started encouraging the crowd to yell “f--- the police.” Ty was performing as the Union Activity Board’s PackHowl After Show artist. The artist, whose show began at 8 p.m., did not come on stage until 10:28 p.m. due to a delayed f light. Ty’s disc jockey hyped up the crowd by asking, “Who’s ready for Ty Dolla?” periodically for more than an hour before Ty finally appeared. The rapper performed about 10 songs before the venue turned off his mic and turned the lights on. Without realizing the venue was deliberately cutting him off, Ty yelled for them to turn the lights back off.
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A crowd of NC State students and other fans sing along with rapper Ty Dolla $ign at The Ritz concert venue for the Pack Howl concert hosted by the NC State Union Activities Board Friday. Maria Arfeen, a senior studying nutrition science, got to the venue early with her friends to get a front-row spot for the show. She said that she has “been a fan of Ty Dolla $ign since [his song] ‘Paranoid’ was released.”
Unarmed missile fired off California coast causes panic, confusion
The bright and colorful light that streaked across California’s sky Saturday night turned out to be an unarmed missile that was test-fired from a Navy submarine off the coast, officials said. The lack of information regarding the streak of light just after sunset led to a number of panicked calls to police and lit up social media as people posted photos and video of the celestial sight. Launches such as this are conducted on a frequent basis according to Cmdr. Ryan Perry, a Navy spokesperson. Information regarding such tests is classified prior to the launch, Perry said. SOURCE: WRAL
SouthPark mall to use Christmas tree in display after all
After hearing feedback from customers, SouthPark Mall in Charlotte announced Saturday it will now include a traditional Christmas tree in its holiday display. In a tweet Saturday, the mall said, “We’re adding key elements to the Santa set this week & listening to our customer feedback, we will now include a traditional Christmas tree.” SouthPark Mall initially announced that when children visited Santa at the mall this year, they would be doing so under a faux glacier, instead of a Christmas tree. The shopping center said the change was an effort to make the Santavisiting experience “fresh and exciting.” SOURCE: The News & Observer
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OPINION First Impressions, Part XVI
State Professor talks immigration patterns, American assimilation Conor Kennedy Staff Writer
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NC State’s Student Government banned smoking within 100 feet of the buildings on campus. Previously smoking was banned within 25 feet of buildings.
Student Government expands smoking ban Conor Kennedy Staff Writer
NC State’s Student Senate passed a new No Smoking Bill Wednesday that extends the ban on smoking from 25 feet away from all buildings on campus to 100 feet—but the Senate doesn’t know how it will enforce the rule. The motion passed with a vote of 32 senators in favor and seven in opposition. But several senators raised questions about how the new regulation would be enforced. While it was determined enforcement through a fine would be impossible, some suggested the use of signs and public accountability might be the best available alternative. Students have expressed concerns about secondhand smoke from cigarettes and vaporizers on campus. Several schools in the area, including UNC-Chapel Hill, have already set a
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“To be an American is to, in essence, accept the very promise that there is a rule of law that applies to everyone equally”
precedent by extending their ban to 100 feet, which is the furthest North Carolina regulations will allow a ban. “[UNC-CH] is effectively a no-smoking school now because of how their buildings are spaced, and that is what I am trying to do with this bill,” said Sen. Mick Sugar, the bill’s sponsor and a senior studying zoology. “This is a bill to promote a cleaner campus environment.” At the meeting the Student Senate also voted on continuing to fund the new Coach’s Corner Project to help produce a statue of four distinguished NC State coaches to be placed outside a newly refurbished Reynolds Coliseum. The statue would feature Everett Case, Norman Sloan, Jim Valvano and Kay Yow. The project’s overall budget is slated at $220,000. The additional funds would bring the Senate’s contribution
contextual issues and debates associated with immigration. To understand immigration in the United States, Khater said we must consider the idea that at one point there were no restrictions that applied to the number of people who could immigrate to the U.S. One of the first regulations to concern immigration came about in the 1880s in the form of racial quotas. These limitations were part of the beginning of a process that would create a sense of alienation among Americans, according to Khater. “To be an American is to, in essence, accept the very promise that there is a rule of law that applies to everyone equally,” Khater said. Khater explained that, through the implementation of racial quotas, a sense of “other” was created among nonnorthern European white immigrants. With these laws, race and ethnicity became central arguments that qualified a person’s “Americanness.” White Irish-Catholic immigrants also once faced dis-
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- Akram Khater, university faculty scholar and director of the Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Dispora
North Carolina legalizes industrial hemp
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Men’s basketball cruises in first exhibition game
The NC State Executive Education program hosted a “Wolf Pack Your Lunch” discussion about the facts and myths commonly associated with immigration Friday. The monthly event, “WolfPack Your Lunch,” is an hourlong interactive event where students and faculty can learn about topics critical to growth and innovation in the Research Triangle and North Carolina. This month’s speaker was Akram Khater, university faculty scholar and director of the newly named Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies at NC State. Khater presented on the outreach programs of the center and his research, as well as the
Industrial hemp was made legal in North Carolina last week as a result of Gov. Pat McCrory not vetoing or signing the bill after allowing it to sit on his desk for weeks. The text of Senate Bill 313 states: “The General Assembly finds and declares that it is in the best interest of the citizens of North Carolina to promote and encourage the development of an industrial hemp industry in the State in order to expand employment, promote economic activity, and provide opportunities to small farmers for an environmentally sustainable and profitable use of crop lands that might otherwise be lost to agricultural
production.” The bill also mandates the creation of the North Carolina Industrial Hemp Commission. This entity will have the responsibility to “establish procedures for reporting to the Commission … for agricultural or academic research and to collaborate and coordinate research efforts with the appropriate departments or programs of North Carolina State University and North Carolina A&T State University.” Lee Edwards, a farmer from Kinston, North Carolina, told The Charlotte Observer he is eager to begin producing hemp. “Hemp really gives us a crop during the summertime that is a viable
cash crop to us,” Edwards said. “We’re in a perfect geographical location for the production of hemp with our climate.” Hemp can be used in a wide range of products from clothing and medicine to a more environmentally friendly alternative to concrete. As a result of the 2014 Farm Bill, it is legal for individual states to produce hemp for academic research, but any other use of hemp still falls under the same classification with marijuana, heroin, DMT, LSD and ecstasy as part of Schedule I of the 1970 Controlled Substances Act signed into law by President Richard Nixon, which still determines the actions of the DEA. Hemp contains only 0.3 percent
THC, the psychoactive chemical in Cannabis, whereas recreational marijuana can contain up to 30 percent, according to a recent study of Colorado’s pot market. Despite this fact, many lawmakers still consider hemp to be synonymous with marijuana, or at least the first step toward full marijuana legalization in North Carolina. The N.C. Sheriff’s Association supports the legislation because industrial hemp farmers would need a permit, administered by the new Industrial Hemp Commission under federal rules, which would allow authorities to know where the legitimate growers are, according to The Charlotte Observer.
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lana Curle, a 6-year-old from Willow Springs, North Carolina, gets her face painted at the men’s basketball fan fair. The fan fair took place before Sunday’s men’s basketball exhibition game against California State-LA at PNC Arena. This was the first time Curle was able to come to the fan fair with her whole family, as her mother normally has to work, and the fair and game was open to the public free of charge. The fair had photo opportunities with Mr. and Ms. Wuf, face painting and autographs from NC State cheerleaders and basketball team members.
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Ty Dolla $ign performs at the UAB After Show at The Ritz in Raleigh Friday.
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After getting the message, Ty jumped into the crowd, where his DJ pou red a cooler of water on him and the audience. After that, Ty threw the mic onstage and stormed out to the parking lot to take pictures and sign autographs for his fans. “He was very vulgar and disrespectful towards the
venue, in my opinion,” said Elizabeth Collins, a sophomore studying biological sciences. Mir.I.am and DJ Angel Baby, both from K97.5, a Raleigh-based hip-hop radio station, opened for Ty for the first hour. Mir.I.am graduated from NC State in 2006 with a degree in Communication – Media. “I love t r y i ng to do stuff for my alma mater,” Mir.I.am said. “They didn’t
announce [the concert] too, too far in advance, but it’s still a really good turnout for Ty Dolla $ign because he’s a new artist, and to still be able to get this many people in the building is a good thing.” Mir.I.am hosts a show on WKNC 88.1 called “Real RnB Radio” from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturdays where she plays music from some of her favorite artists, including Whitney Houston and TLC.
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total to $5,000. “[I] think this is a waste of money,” said Sen. Jon Riggs, a member of the Government Operations Committee and a senior studying animal science. “They can continue to raise money privately—get this out of Student Government,” said Sen. Mitch Moravec, a member of the Appropriations Committee and a senior studying psychology. The bill was rejected with a vote of 18 in favor and 22 in opposition. The Student Senate also unanimously elected three new assistant treasurers: Reema Tha k kar, a junior study ing mathematics education, Jennifer Nguyen, a freshman studying chemistry and Saishakti Reddy, a freshman studying first-year engineering.
crimination because they did not fit the norm of white Presbyterianism at the time and were even sometimes referred to as negroes, according to Khater. Irish people were eventually accepted into the American norm through a process called naturalization. This process occurs over generations as members of the ethnic group assimilate into American society. This could mean that certain ethnic groups that were once persecuted would then turn around and persecute others because the social dynamic had shifted. “The rhetoric used against the Irish ended up being used by the Irish against others,” Khater said. The example of the Irish shows how once
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a certain ethnic group becomes naturalized, they begin to feel like a part of the American norm and thus begin to feel an aversion to those they consider “other.” Not all social dynamics shift predictably though. When certain Middle-Eastern groups began immigrating to the U.S., as early as the 1800s, they were considered “white” or “normal” due to their Christianity, according to Khater. However, the social dynamic shifted after 9/11. Now, most immigrants from the Middle East have a difficult time becoming naturalized because there is such a strong misassociation of violence with their people. In this way, we can see how general perception can have such a strong impact in blocking a group of people from assimilating into American society. “Some Hispanic groups have had similar experiences based on general opinion,”
Khater said. These groups may have experienced a tough time assimilating into U.S. culture because of my ths about Hispanic immigrants being lazy, unwilling to learn English or otherwise an economic drain. Khater said the truth of these issues is very different. Many immigrants are extremely industrious, taking on tremendous risk in order to earn more money and provide a better life for their families. The reality of the situation is that many immigrants merely want to come to the U.S. to work and then eventually return to their home countries. “Seventy-five percent of immigrants learn to speak the language within five years,” Khater said.
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First Impressions, Part XVI
Sarah Ishida, graduate student studying technical communication
Does religion even matter in life? I
know I am writing about a topic that has led to many serious controversies. As per Pew Research Center’s forum, Religion and Public Life, 8 in 10 people identify themselves with a religious group. That leads to 84 perAbhishek cent of the world’s populaKaradkar tion believing in or followCorrespondent ing religion. Well, religion is indeed a big thing not only in the United States, but also throughout the rest of the world. Millions of dollars are spent on religious activities in the name of charity and social service by religious organizations. But does being in a particular religious group really make a difference in life? Does it solve the problems the world is facing today? Going into historical background, it is seen that religion has had a huge inf luence over masses in all parts of the world. In those ancient and medieval ages, due to lack of science and technology, people were not only amazed by, but also feared, the unpredictability of nature. Most of the population practiced agriculture, and it was necessary for them to be dependent on nature for survival. Due to an absence of scientific ideas, it was the various religious theories that ruled over the masses. People often found security and community bonds by practicing religion. But in this modern age, thanks to the scientific community, we have made this world a better place. We have explained so much about natural phenomena and now our curiosity and scientific quests have led us to understand for the most part the origin of the universe, our evolution (here, there seems to be a divide between science and religion) and even understand human psychology, which can give us many answers to human behavior. In spite of these myriad scientific explanations and technological inventions, still we are God-fearing people. Many might not believe in religion, but they do believe in God. Even great physicists like Albert Einstein believed in the existence of some powerful force beyond the control of humans.
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This unknown powerful force is what we call God. Now, different religions believe in different forms of God, but this concept has been the same in many of them. Religious theories compel people not only to believe in God, but also to fear God. This is where there occurs a sharp contradiction between science and religion. Science, on the other hand, develops the notion that nothing is to be feared and that everything can be explained in a scientific way. So far, in the past 400 years, we have successfully discarded many antiquated theories that religion professed in the name of God in order to dominate the masses. Still, the question remains: Why do so many people follow religion? Not to say that we should stop following religion. But today the world is facing so many problems that religion cannot solve. In many cases, science can. History reminds us that it is often religion that has divided people and even led to some terrible conf licts, such as the Crusades. But on the contrary, today’s technology, such as computers, the Internet, social-networking and telecommunications have connected people and made this world a global place. The spread of scientific education has primarily empowered people. We have observed conf lict between science and religion for centuries. Even today, both contradict one another on topics such as evolution, the beginnings of the universe, the existence of God, etc. But it is important to understand that science has repeatedly given justified answers to the many problems in the past. The hard work of the scientific community has shaped the world for centuries. Many scientists believe in God, but not in any religion. Having faith is a good thing, but gone are the days to blindly follow what religion preaches us in the name of God; science has more convincing, concrete answers. It is better to be a rational individual while still having faith in God and remembering that we are not the only dominant species in this universe. We should stay humble and connected to each other, to our beautiful planet.
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rom “Finding Nemo” and “The Incredibles” to “Toy Story 3” and “Inside Out,” I love just about every Disney Pixar movie. I would’ve done Missy anything for a chance to Furman swim with Dory or go to Correspondent infinity (and beyond, of course) to help Buzz save the day. All the colors, all the characters and the cute, yet timeless themes somehow make each film one that you could never be too old for. Never have I ever thought that I would be so lucky as to star in my very own sequel to a Pixar classic, but this past week for me has definitely been “A Bug’s Life.” Every girl’s dream — not. How the population of ants in my room can go from zero to a billion in 15 hours, I still don’t understand. (OK, I’m pretty sure it was somewhere in the hundreds, but when they’re all over your desk and window and right next to the bed you sleep in every night, it feels a lot more like a billion.) I woke up and went to class, and everything was as normal as the long lines at Starbucks for pumpkin spice lattes. When I got back, I found that apparently some ants had decided to sneak in and throw a party — ants that had most certainly not been invited. Being the paranoid, insect-hating girl that I am, my initial reaction was to completely freak out. Ants. Everywhere. I wanted to wake up from whatever nightmare this was and pretend it wasn’t real. But it wasn’t a dream, and they really were everywhere. Not because I had spilled a bottle of apple juice or had left a lollipop lying around or something. I guess it was because of the rain and the not-so-tightlyinstalled windows of my residence hall. The world may never know. Regardless, it was gross, it was scary and it was a really, really big problem. Once I got out of my frozen state of panic and realized standing there and wishing it wasn’t my room that got invaded by the ant army wasn’t going to do anything, I tried killing a bunch. I would squish and stomp and squash, but there were so many that it hardly made a dif-
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or in January, in time for the start of the second semester. The symptoms of SAD can seriously impact college students’ abilities to focus on their classwork and examinations. However, there’s a lot people can do to ease symptoms of seasonal depression. Most SAD cases can be attributed to the lack of sunlight in the winter. It’s getting dark earlier, and the cold weather keeps many people indoors for longer periods of time. The Mayo Clinic states that a drop in serotonin related to lack of sunlight can trigger depressive symptoms in people. So, fellow Wolfpackers, even if it’s cold: You have to go outside. Walking around campus already helps, as exercise also benefits mental health. But sitting in sunlight is crucial for helping SAD. If you’re also stressing about finals, that can worsen depression. Try stress-relieving activities, call and talk to a friend or simply just take a break from whatever is stressing you out. Even short breaks can be helpful to your mental health. For more severe cases of SAD, light exposure therapy is a good option. And there’s nothing wrong with seeking therapy or other mental health treatments if you need those. Seasonal depression can be very serious. Brace yourselves, Wolf pack. Winter is coming. It’s natural to experience depressive symptoms during the winter months. Yet, those symptoms don’t have to majorly impact your life.
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et’s be clear, I’ve always hated winters. I think they’re too cold, especially here in North Carolina, Kathleen and way too dreary. Yet Maxwell these past few winters have Correspondent been worse than usual for me. Winter of my high school junior year hit me hard. One cold, rainy day, I decided I was just going to stay in bed. Before I knew it, I had essentially hibernated my way through the winter. I was sleeping more than normal, lounging in bed all day and neglecting my responsibilities. What I thought was my own sheer laziness was actually a sign of something more serious: seasonal affective disorder, otherwise known as seasonal depression. Seasonal affective disorder is actually much more common than people believe. According to the American Academy of Family Physicians, 4-6 percent of Americans have serious seasonal depression, while another 10-20 percent have milder symptoms of the disorder. Symptoms of SAD include irritability, excessive tiredness and oversleeping. Seasonal depression has a big impact on college-aged students. The average onset of SAD is between the ages of 18 and 30. For college students, the late fall and winter months, which are typically when SAD occurs, are crucial. The symptoms of SAD usually begin in September, when the school year is starting, and they progressively get worse. The peak of SAD happens right around finals, in December
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ference. I speed-walked to the front desk, thinking the whole way there that the ants would take over, that all my stuff would be ruined and that I would have to move out. Dramatic much? Well, yes, but you try having your room explode in insects. Then you can judge. Aside from some unreasonable impatience that I admit to in hindsight, the faculty at NC State got my situation under control a lot faster than I thought was possible. The front desk employee was not only helpful, but also calm and collected despite my urgency. He called the residential director, and she was there to help me within minutes. She personally came up to my room to check out the ants and explained thoroughly what I needed to do to fix the problem. She even submitted a work order for me. Since it was 11 p.m. when I noticed, obviously maintenance couldn’t exactly come right away. Luckily, I found another place to stay, but University Housing offered an emergency room just in case. The next morning, the pest control guy knocked on my door to “expelliarmusstyle” spray them away. (All right, he didn’t actually say that, but who doesn’t love a Harry Potter reference?) By that night, there were only a few crawlers left and shortly they were all gone after a follow-up visit. It’s essential to be able to fix problems on campus quickly, especially regarding housing, to ensure that the students are getting the full potential of what they are paying for. Room and board isn’t cheap, and it’s not fair when a student has to share a room with a billion ants. University Housing must and does understand that the safety and the well-being of the students are priorities, not options. A disaster turned into a manageable issue, thanks to NC State’s efficient Housing staff and system. Even though I much rather would have lived out a day in the life of Nemo or Woody, I guess meeting Flik and his friends wasn’t the worst thing in the world. That being said though, it better never happen again. Ever.
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Goalball: the sport designed for the blind Maddy Bonnabeaux Correspondent
Bells echoed in the courts of Carmichael last Friday as students competed in NC State’s f irst goalball event. Wearing blindfolds a nd k neepads, students dove across the courts in anticipation of blocking or throwing a ball filled with bells. They were participating in a unique, fast-paced sport, originally intended for blind World War II veterans. In 1946, physicians Hanz Lorenzen a nd Sepp Reindle created the sport in pursuance of rehabilitating ser vicemen that had completely lost their vision. Since then, the sport has risen in popularity among both blind and sighted individuals. Goalball was first played at a Paralympic level during the 1976 Paralympic Games held in Montreal, Canada. “Goa lba l l is a u nique Paralympic sport, as it is the only sport developed for athletes with a disability,” said John Potts, the USABA goalball high-performance director. “Every other sport competed at the Paralympic Games is an adaptation of an able-bodied sport.” The objective of the game is to roll the ball past the opposing tea m into t he
goal. Players use their bodies to block the ball from entering their goal and attempt to remain silent in hopes of hearing the ball approach. “There a re on ly t hree athletes on each side of a court,” Potts said. “While the game pace is very fast and the athletes play aggressively, providing an exciting spectator experience, it isn’t difficult for someone not experienced with the sport to follow the movement of the players and the ball.” Potts’s directorial position with USABA includes the selection of the national and junior national coaching staffs and also occasionally serves as a coach on the men’s national team. “When I came to goalball, I had very little experience with the sport,” Potts said. “When I became more involved with the sport and the athletes, the sport grew on me quickly. It’s been a great experience.” One of goalball’s upmost qualities is that it’s just as enjoyable to watch as it is to play. The event took place in basketball courts 1-8, starting at 4 p.m. The games were 30 minutes long, divided into two halves of 12 minutes. The championship round started about 6:30 p.m. “First, the matches aren’t
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The Swedish national goalball team plays in the 2004 Athens Paralympic games. The sport was originally designed for disabled veterans after World War II and has grown internationally since its inception.
long,” Potts said. “They take about an hour for a full match. This is great for someone who doesn’t have the time or patience to sit through a longer game in another sport. Additionally, the rules are very straightforward, making it simple for someone to understand the sport quickly without having to figure out a lot of complex rules.” Registration for goalball was open for everyone. “ T he pu r p os e of t he event is to gain traction; if
more people get interested, we could make a goalball league,” said Justin Hall, a junior studying communication and event leader for goalball. Locally, Bridge II Sports in Durham hosts a competitive goalball program from August–March. Although this program is solely for visually impaired players (as originally intended), volunteers with full vision assist the program. Parissa Fathullahzadeh, program coordinator for Bridge II
Sports of Durham, holds admiration for the sport. “I actually just learned about goalball this year, but it is such an intense sport,” Fathullahzadeh said. “It is really impressive to watch the strategy, fast-paced nature of the game and intensity of the sport at that level. Athletes have to defend a ball that can travel up to 65 mph that they can’t see.” Bridge II Sports’ goalball program plays at the Governor Morehead School for the Blind on Thursdays
from 6:30–8 p.m. Practices consist of skill enhancement through various drills. “My favorite thing about goalball is that it is so different,” Fat hu l la h z adeh said. “It is crazy to experience a sport where you can’t see anything; your vision is completely blacked out, and goalball requires a lot of concentration through the use of your hearing.”
Speaker to address students with disabilities Samuel Griffin Correspondent
Allies for Students with Disabilities, a student-run organization, is working with the university-run Disability Services Office to better accommodate students of varying disabilities at NC State. Allies for Students with Disabilities focuses on promoting awareness and connecting students with disabilities to the resources they need.
“Nationally, about 11 percent of undergraduates are registered with having a disability and are receiving accommodations for having that disability,” said Christopher Boggs, a graduate research assistant for mechanical engineering at NC State and a member of ASD. “At NC State, that number is more like 3 percent, and so we really want to try and increase the amount of students that are getting accommodations for disabilities.”
Boggs said the definition for disabilities is broad, covering anything that would limit a person’s normal access to everyday resources. Under this definition, disabilities range from something as simple as a broken wrist to complex mental conditions like posttraumatic stress disorder. Boggs said disabilities can be categorized into physical disabilities that can easily be seen, like a broken bone, and invisible disabilities, like diabetes or autism.
“General awareness is key to improving care for students with disabilities,” said Matthew Burch, a graduate studying materials science and engineering and a member of ASD. “Many NCSU students don’t seek help because of the stigma against asking for it. There is still a large social stigma against students with a disability at any university, including NCSU. Slowly bringing awareness to the fact that 1 in 10 students has a disability and would qualify for help from the NCSU Disability Service Office would lead to a vast improvement in the general well-being of students with disabilities.” One of ASD’s main goals, along with the Disability Services Office, is to provide students with resources that help them with the registration process to apply for disability accommodations. ASD also provides a place for students with disabilities to come together to speak about their experiences. As part of this, ASD organizes guest speaker events where successful professionals living with disabilities share their experiences with an NC State audience. One of these events is taking place Tuesday at 5 p.m. in Witherspoon Student Center. Ed Summers, a blind software engineer and senior manager at the SAS Institute in Cary, will be speaking about the importance of disabled students in a university. “[Summers] is an inspiring role model for students with disabilities themselves and also for the entire NC State community,” said Marcia Gumpertz, assistant vice provost for Faculty Diversity and professor of statistics at NC State. “People with disabilities such as vision loss, hearing loss, activity limitations and learning disabilities are seriously underrepresented in higher education and in the professions, in part because of misconceptions about our abilities to serve in these capacities.” The event is open to the public. The goal of the event is to let Summers converse with students with disabilities about his experiences getting his education and start-
ing a career despite the complications that come with disabilities. Summers will also speak about a program he has worked on with IBM that is meant to connect differently abled students with mentors who can help them with their situations. Boggs said the Disability Services Office works to identify the right accommodations needed for a student based on the type of disability the student might have. “A lot of professors tend to go through information really fast and it’s hard to really focus on that when you have something [a disability] going on in the background that makes it difficult to pay attention or process information,” Boggs said. “There are a lot of inexpensive things that can get done that make bigger impacts in the classroom environment.” Boggs gave a list of examples of different accommodations for disabled students ranging from text to speech programs, speech to text programs, posting notes online, priority registration for disabled students and special seating for disabled students, all of which can help close the gap between students with disabilities and students without. Boggs himself suffers from moderate to severe dyslexia and ADD, and he uses a smartpen to digitally record lectures while he writes in order not to miss out on any notes in class. ASD is open to all students and encourages differently abled students to reach out to the organization and participate in the club. More information about the organization can be found under the “Get Involved” tab of NC State’s website.
Tuesday at 5 p.m. in Witherspoon Student Center: Ed Summers, a blind software engineer and senior manager at the SAS Institute in Cary, will be speaking about the importance of disabled students in a university.
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Inside the minds of da Vinci and M.C. Escher Katherine Hughes Correspondent
The North Carolina Museum of Art will feature the “Codex Leicester,” a personal manuscript from Leonardo da Vinci, for a limited time. Accompanied by an exhibit of work by artist M.C. Escher, the museum focuses on ideas of innovation and how logic and reasoning can be incorporated into art. The “Codex Leicester” is da Vinci’s only manuscript in North America. Currently owned by Bill Gates, the “Codex” has been displayed in museums around the world from t he Chateau de Chambord in France to the Phoenix Art Museum. However, this is the first time in seven years it has been debuted, and the North Carolina Museum of Art was chosen as one of three locations in the United States to display the manuscript on this limited tour. According to David Steel, the curator of the exhibit, the Bill Gates Foundation chose the museum to host the “Codex” because they felt that the NCMA, being in the Research Triangle area, was the center of a “community of innovation.” Innovation, thinking and design are the main themes that come across in the “Codex” exhibit. It provides a look into the detailed observations, speculations and hypotheses of a man who is considered one of the greatest minds in history. Questions and explanations about topics of the physical world—from water and how it moves, to building canals and questions of Earth’s functionality—are written out in da Vinci’s impeccably neat, mirrored handwriting across a series of 36 pages, with detailed drawings and notes in the margins as well. In the museum’s ex hibit, “Leonardo da Vinci’s Codex Leicester and t he Creative Mind,” the pages of the manuscript were displayed each in its own glass casing. Visitors could walk up and closely analyze the pages, being able to read them right at eye level. Though da Vinci wrote in Italian and backward, under each display the words are explained in a brief description that describes the ideas he wrote about as well as their connection to the rest of the work. The museum features tablets, called Codascopes, where guests could look at an individual page in a translated version to get a deeper look into da Vinci’s thoughts. Leonardo often talked about these topics in both a scientific and a philosophical way. Chris Vitiello wrote in a review for Indy Week, “ … his poetic moments are just as instructive, if not more so, in their fusing of
art and science into inspired inquiry.” The room was dark to minimize light exposure to the pages, giving off the illusion that each page was glowing in its display, intensifying the feeling of importance about what you were looking at and who this person was. “People should come away w it h seeing how his brain jumps from one thing to another,” Steel said. “You can understa nd how Leona rdo thought, and this was the man who invented thinking on paper.” The “Codex Leicester” accompanies another ex hibit at the museum titled “M.C. Escher: Nature, Science and Imagination,” which displayed the works of M.C. Escher, an artist from the early 1900s. Escher was k now n for his mat hemat ica l ly i nspired woodcuts, graphic designs and tessellations. In this exhibit, which was more visual in nature than da Vinci’s, guests can walk through a number of rooms, each with various works by the artist, ranging from a number of different mediums and a variet y of techniques. Accompanied with some of the f inished works are sketches of drafts where he practiced drawing specific sections of the picture, helping viewers see the progression of how each piece came together to make the final picture. Escher focused so much on small details that even pictures that are just pencil sketches on paper have intricate designs, and when looking closely, you can see took careful and organized planning. In the exhibit, there is a description of Escher that said the artist felt he had more in common with mathematicians than his fellow artists, and guests can see that by his emphasis on geometrics in the designs of his pieces and the way each work seemed calculated down to every line. By going through the exhibit, guests get a strong sense of what went on in the mind of Escher when he approached his pieces and learned who he was as an artist. Steel, who is the curator of the Escher exhibit as well, said there is a strong similarity between the two shows and the two artists. “They are both keen observers of the world around them and use mathematical logic to view the world, and we can see that in the way they think on paper,” Steel said. When the opportunity to display the codex was presented to the museum, Steel said he knew this would be a great addition to the Escher exhibit. The exhibits demonstrate how two artists from completely different eras both can show
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A page from Leonardo da Vinci’s “Codex Leicester.” The notebook of the Renaissance polymath is currently owned by Bill Gates. The Codex is currently on display at the North Carolina Museum of Art.
innovation and design in the displayed works. In both, he said we are seeing how these men think and can see the value of what thinking on paper was. Both artists used logic and reasoning in artistic ways to express different elements of the world around us. A quotation displayed on one of the walls of the museum by Escher read, “When you read Leonardo’s notes, you can hear him speaking like a lonely, wise and melancholy great man … I seem to recognize the same silent wondering as my own.”
See “The Worlds of M.C. Escher: Nature, Science, and Imagination” and “Leonardo da Vinci’s Codex Leicester and the Creative Mind” on display at the North Carolina Museum of Art until Jan. 17.
M.C. Escher, Hand with Reflecting Sphere (Self-Portrait in Spherical Mirror), 1935, lithograph, 12 1/2 x 8 3/8 in., Collection of Rock J. Walker, New York, © 2015 The M.C. Escher Company, The Netherlands. All rights reserved. www.mcescher.com
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defensive play, grabbing an interception and returning it to the Boston College 46-yard line in a topsy-turvy few minutes of action. The first half ended without any more scoring or drama and a 14-0 Pack lead, but the visitors would quickly put more daylight between the two sides in the second half. In the third quarter, freshman running back Reggie Gallaspy II delivered a 35-yard run untouched for a touchdown thanks to great blocking from the offensive line to put NC State up 21-0. Graduate student safety Hakim Jones and sophomore safety Josh Jones each picked off passes in the
third quarter from Fadule, but the Wolfpack offense was unable to convert the turnovers into points. Freshman kicker Kyle Bambard added a field goal to the Wolfpack’s lead to make it 24-0 with 4:14 left in the fourth quarter. On its next drive, Boston College managed to score a touchdown on a pass from Fadule; the two-point conversion was also a success. However, with only 1:21 remaining, the final outcome was ever in doubt, and after recovering an onside kick attempt, NC State saw out the 24-8 win. “I challenged our team at the beginning of the season,” Doeren said. “I said there were two games we needed to win to show progress. It had been 12 years since we won at Wake and 10 years since we won here in Boston. We were able to accomplish both this
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season, and to me that’s great progress for our football team.” Freshman punter AJ Cole had a 72yard punt in the fourth quarter, the ninth longest in school history. The Wolfpack defense had a bounce-back day with seven sacks and 13 tackles-for-loss. Graduate student defensive end Mike Rose and sophomore Bradley Chubb led the way with two sacks and 4.5 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks and 3.5 TFLs, respectively. The Wolfpack takes on No. 17 Florida State this Saturday in Tallahassee, Florida. “Our goal is to be better than we were a year ago,” Doeren said. “Last year we won seven in the regular season. We have to keep fighting and swinging to see if we get there.”
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lead 12-5 before taking another timeout. Consecutive kills by Kearney helped the Pack edge the score toward the end, but Syracuse powered through to 25-17. NC State came out strong in the third set rushing to a 12-5 lead with a change in setter, from Speaks to freshman Becky Porter. Syracuse went on a four-point run to shorten the lead to 13-10. A kill by Brown forced an Orange timeout at 16-11. A kill by freshman Teni Sopitan kept the Pack ahead by four, 18-14. State pushed through to take the set 25-20. Freshman Kassie Kasper began
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Pack smothers Eagles in Boston Ethan Caldwell
Women’s basketball dominates Wingate in first exhibition
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The NC State women’s basketball team dominated Wingate in its first exhibition game of the season, blowing out the Bulldogs 72-37 at Broughton High School Sunday afternoon. Redshirt junior Dominique Wilson led the Wolfpack with 18 points and shot 4-of-8 from 3-point range. The Wolfpack controlled the game from start to finish, as the game only had one lead change. The Pack led for more than 39 minutes of the game, outscoring Wingate 22-8 in the first quarter, 19-10 in the second quarter, 21-12 in the third quarter and 10-7 in the fourth quarter. The Wolfpack tips off its season against Villanova at PNC Arena Friday. SOURCE: GOPACK.COM
Gwiazdowski wins at Bill Farrell Memorial Tournament NC State redshirt senior wrestler Nick Gwiazdowski continues to dominate his weight class, taking first in the 125kg group at the Bill Farrell Memorial Tournament in New York this weekend. The back-to-back NCAA national champion overcame 2009 Junior World champion Dom Bradley 1-0 (shot clock point) to take medalist honors. The win secured Gwiazdowski a spot in the U.S. Olympic Team Trials, which will be held in Iowa City April 9 – 10. Gwiazdowski will compete for his third national championship this year. The NC State wrestling team begins its season in Troy, New York, this weekend. SOURCE: GOPACK.COM
A stingy defense and explosive offensive performance combined for a near-shutout, as the NC State football team trampled Boston College 24-8 in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, Saturday. Following the hard-fought loss to Clemson, the newly crowned No. 1 seed for the College Football Playoff, the Wolfpack (6-3, 2-3 ACC) earned bowl eligibility for the second-straight season with the win against the Eagles (3-7, 0-7 ACC), which was State’s first victory after going winless in the last five attempts in Chestnut Hill. Facing the No. 1 rushing defense in the country and competing without junior running back Matt Dayes, who suffered a season-ending foot injury against Clemson, the Pack leaned on a committee of running backs led by do-it-all sophomore Jaylen Samuels. “We knew that their defense was really good, so we had to play topnotch,” Pack head coach Dave Doeren said postgame. The running game generated big runs of 35, 23, 13 and 12 yards to contribute to a total of 139 yards and two touchdowns. The Wolfpack’s offensive staff put additional focus on deep throws as well, as redshirt senior quarterback Jacoby Brissett pushed the ball downfield,
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Sophomore defensive end Bradley Chubb makes a tackle in the game against Boston College Saturday. Chubb totaled 3.5 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks in the Wolfpack’s 24-8 win in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.
completing 14-of-27 passes for 212 yards with one touchdown and one interception. The Wolfpack began slowly with the ball and a methodical 11-play drive down the field, turning it over on a fourth-down interception at the Boston College 10-yard line. The first quarter ended scoreless and beyond a few dropped passes from Wolfpack receivers, there were few scoring opportunities on either side. That changed in the second quarter, however, as the Pack opened with
an 83-yard touchdown strike to freshman receiver Maurice Trowell. Brissett delivered the ball 60 yards in the air for the longest touchdown pass of his career so far. On the next possession, the Wolfpack defense caused another threeand-out, with smothering run defense and solid pass defense. The Wolfpack’s offense was aided on the next drive by a roughing the passer penalty on the first play. Junior Jumichael Ramos made a huge leaping catch for 33 yards over a smaller Boston College defensive
back on a high pass from Brissett. Ramos’ catch set up Jaylen Samuels’ 5-yard touchdown run with 8:46 remaining in the half. On the next defensive series, freshman defensive tackle Eurndraus Bryant recovered a fumble from Boston College quarterback John Fadule and returned it 14 yards before fumbling and turning possession over. But graduate student cornerback Juston Burris made an impact
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Men’s basketball cruises in first exhibition game Drew Nantais Assistant Sports Editor
The NC State men’s basketball team opened its season Sunday at PNC Arena with a convincing 71-54 w in over the Ca lifornia State University-Los Angeles Golden Eagles. The Wolfpack opened the game with a 12-2 run led by the starting lineup of junior Anthony “Cat” Barber, redshirt junior Terry Henderson, sophomores Caleb Martin, Cody Martin and Abdul-Malik Abu. Head coach Mark Gottfried chose to go with a smaller lineup, opting for the Martin twins over juniors BeeJay Anya and Lennard Freeman. “We’re definitely not the same team as last year,” Abu said. “But we keep the same principles. We like to get out and run and just execute.” Got tf ried chose to go w it h a more defensiveminded starting lineup, as the Martin twins, Barber, Henderson and Abu bring more f lexibility to the table on defense. “We’re very long and athletic,” Abu said. “We’re a bunch of guys who like to have fun, get stops and get out in transition.” The first two off the bench
for the Pack were Anya and freshman wing Maverick Rowan. Rowan’s first action in a college game seemed a bit rocky. He missed his first two shots and looked a bit lost on defense. Eventually, Rowan got it together on the defensive side of the ball. Obviously being a freshman there’s going to be a learning curve for Rowan, especially since he arrived to camp so late in the summer, but the fourstar recruit still notched eight points on his debut. After sitting out last season due to NCA A rules, We st Vi rg i n ia t ra n sfer Henderson made his debut for the Pack Sunday. Henderson didn’t light up the scoring sheet, totaling just five points of 1-for-6 shooting in 25 minutes of action, but rust is to be expected given he hasn’t played a competitive game in more than a year. Abu and Barber led the Pack in the first half. Crashing the boards and scoring with his back to the basket, Abu showed he is ready to take on an increased role for the Wolfpack in his second year. Abu tallied 13 points and six rebounds in the first half for State. Barber started off a bit sluggish
but regained control, as he recorded four assists and 11 points before the break. “I feel great right now,” Barber said. “I’m the guy that everybody’s counting on. I feel like my confidence is high right now.” The biggest threat for the Pack from beyond the arc came from Caleb Martin. Shooting 2-for-6 from three-point range, Martin showed off his improved shooting and conf idence when ta k ing long-range shots. Anya and Freeman provided an excellent post presence off the bench. Freeman looked quicker and more agile than last season, grabbing boards and scoring easy putbacks for the Pack. New for the 2015-16 season comes a shortened shot clock, from 35 to 30 seconds, and the quickened pace of play was noticeable in the Wolfpack’s first exhibition. Look for more shotclock violations to occur in the first-half of the season as players and coaches are still adjusting to the more uptempo style of play. One of the biggest questions entering this season was the Wolf pack ’s lack of a backup point guard, but Gottfried and co. have
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Junior guard Anthony “Cat” Barber throws a hard pass into the paint, allowing for a quick layup and two points. Barber led the team with 21 points and six assists. The Wolfpack won its exhibition game against California State-LA 71-54 Sunday in PNC Arena.
found one in Cody Martin. During the few minutes Barber came out of the game, Martin was the f loor general for the Pack. With t he 6-foot-7 sophomore running point, the Pack did play a bit slower on offense
as it lost Barber’s quickness and speed, but Martin proved he can provide solid play as the backup point guard this season. Barber finished the day with 21 points on 8-for-14 shooting and six assists.
Abu finished with 17 on 6 -for-12 shoot i ng, fa l ling one rebound short of a double-double. The Wolfpack officially opens the season Friday at PNC Arena as it hosts William & Mary.
Volleyball loses on road vs. Syracuse and Boston College Taylor Peers Staff Writer
The NC State volleyball team dropped two games this weekend, falling to Boston College and Syracuse 1-3 on its road trip to the Northeast. The Wolfpack (14-11, 3-10 ACC) lost its four-set game against the Eagles (11-14, 3-10 ACC) in Power Gym Friday night, breaking the Pack’s seven-match win streak against BC. Both teams came out full throttle in the first set as the score tied 14 times and the lead changed four times. Halfway through, State
and Boston College had 14 apiece before the Eagles scored three unanswered points. Senior Morgan Cormier had the Pack set up for set point with her kill before the Eagles took the set 26-24. The Wolfpack started strong in the second set, taking a fast 9-8 lead. State continued the lead to 16-11 before Boston College forced an NC State timeout after making the lead only two points. Sophomores Perry Ramsey and Kaitlyn Kearney scored key points for the Wolfpack. Ramsey’s kill at 23-19 kept the Pack ahead, and Kearney’s consecutive kills clinched the second set victory 25-20.
In the third set, the Pack’s offense couldn’t match the Eagles, and State lost the set 2512. The Wolfpack did better in the fourth set, keeping Boston College within a few points despite the Eagles maintaining the lead. At 15-13, Boston College went on an eight-point run before taking the set 25-15. Sophomore Julia Brown led the Pack with 15 kills with freshman Blayke Hranicka right behind with 12 on the match. Junior Rachel Eppley had 17 digs. The Wolfpack then traveled to Syracuse 18-7 (9-5 ACC) to take on the Orange Sunday afternoon.
State and Syracuse battled for control early on in the first set, tying the score several times before the Orange took a seven-point lead 136. Syracuse extended its lead to 19-11 forcing an NC State timeout. Kills by Ramsey, Brown and Speaks shortened the lead, but Syracuse took the first set 25-17. The second set started similarly with NC State trying to break the Orange’s run, taking a timeout at 4-9. The Pack’s offense made several attack errors, allowing the Orange to
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