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Cypher rap battle celebrates 5th anniversary

IN BRIEF Democrats pressure Republicans to finalize budget

On Tuesday, the Democratic Party along with a group of moderate, pro-business legislators calling themselves the Main Street Democrats, needled the budget negotiators and Gov. Pat McCrory by sending out news release criticizing the GOP majority for dragging its feet on a new budget. North Carolina legislative leaders are working out the details of a third extension of their deadline to adopt a state budget, which will take them at least into the middle of September. Members of both the House and the Senate said on Tuesday that budget negotiators are making progress. The main hurdle remains efforts by the House to find cuts that they have been reluctant to make.

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At 11 p.m. every Monday, people gather at the Free Expression Tunnel to participate in the energy that is the NC State Cypher. Rappers form a circle and spit bars, beatboxers complement flows, musicians bring guitars, saxophones and bongos and listeners sit on the steps leading down to the tunnel.

But the most recent Cypher marked the half-decade milestone since its start in 2010. The celebration was hosted by key members and founders of Cypher: Eternal the MC, Mike L!ve and Tuscon and deejayed

by Chaundon from Golden Era Music. Speakers were set up, microphones, turntables, plenty of camera-

Eternal the MC, a founding member of NC State’s Cypher, performs a freestyle rap in front of the Free Expression Tunnel during the NC State Cypher’s five-year anniversary on Monday night.

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Tropical Storm Erika threatens Dominican Republic

Tropical Storm Erika is approaching the Leeward Islands, near the Dominican Republic, and forecasters say the storm may gain strength. Erika was centered Tuesday evening about 545 miles east of Antigua and moving west at 20 mph. It had top sustained winds of 40 mph. Tropical storm watches were issued to multiple islands off of the coast of South America.

These watches mean tropical storm conditions are possible within 48 hours.

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Student group has burning love for Sanders Abigail Pugh Correspondent

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who describes himself as a Democratic socialist, is currently riding a wave of support from millennials toward a potential nomination for the Democratic Party in 2016.

NC State Students for Bernie is a student club that aims to rally fellow supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders in his 2016 presidential run and is a chapter of College Students for Bernie. The central organization for student support nationwide, College Students for Bernie, is a grassroots movement with chapters in about every university in the United States, according to club president, Alex Caudill, a sophomore studying political science.

“What drew me to Sanders at first was his authenticity — you can tell he’s not your average politician,”

Study finds black students suspended more than white students

A new report released Tuesday by the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania found that black students are suspended at a much higher rate than white students in North Carolina and other Southern states. The study found that black students make up 26 percent of North Carolina public-school enrollment but account for 51 percent of suspensions and 38 percent of expulsions. The analysis comes out after the Obama Administration issued guidelines in January of last year calling for schools to ease up on zerotolerance policies, promote more equitable discipline practices and stop arresting students for minor disciplinary infractions.

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Caudill said. “He’s not out there for special interests, he cares about people holistically, and he wants to make things better on a system-wide scale.”

Running as a Democrat in the 2016 election, the Independent Vermont senator has piqued the interest of college students far and wide for his policy proposals and sincere, straightforward personality, among other qualities.

“Bernie has a rare level of integrity and a moral compass directed toward saving the middle class, reducing poverty and bringing about institutional equality,” said Jesse Henderson, a graduate student studying natural resources economics and a member of Triangle for Bernie.

Henderson added, “Bernie runs his campaign on small donations from ordinary citizens, so it’s clear that he serves our interests.” This issue was made clear by Sanders at

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Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks at a rally in Phoenix, Arizona, for his 2016 campaign trail.

a rally in New Hampshire Sunday night when he said, “[Other candidates] have the money but we have the people, and when the people

stand together, there is nothing we can’t accomplish. This country be-

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Melissa Barnes has accepted the offer to serve as the director of the Center for Student Leadership, Ethics and Public Service.

“We are delighted that she will continue to share her passion for social justice, civic engagement, equity and inclusion with our students and the global community,” wrote, Mike Giancola, the associate vice provost of the Division of Academic & Student Affairs, in an email to student leaders.

Barnes has served in various roles in the last five years within CSLEPS including most recently serving as the interim director. Barnes has served as the chair of the Service NC State Blood Drive Committee, served on the steering committee that founded the Feed the Pack Food Pantry in 2012 and is a member of the campus National Coalition Building Institution team. Before coming to NC State, Barnes served as the assistant director for Leadership and Volunteer Services at Western Michigan University, as a resident director at the University of Illinois UrbanaChampaign and a graduate assistant in Multicultural Affairs at Ohio State University.

“I am excited and grateful for this leadership role within CSLEPS,” Barnes told NC State News. “I believe in every word of our mission and vision in CSLEPS, and I am thankful for the opportunity work with such a talented team as we work together to bring our mission and vision to reality.

Through our work, we have the unique opportunity to help cultivate socially just leaders and develop partnerships that are truly changing the world.”

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David Roberts and a team of researchers at NC State have developed a harness prototype that utilizes various forms of technology to allow for two-way communication between man and man’s best friend.

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Roberts, along with a research team at NC State, are working toward creating a harness that would allow for more accurate interactions between man and dog.

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differently by nature,” Roberts said. “A huge benefit to technology like this is the ability to translate natural dog communication into something that is more easily interpretable and actionable for dog owners.”

Roberts was sent down the path of discovery and development after he adopted his very first dog in grad school.

“I wanted to be able to understand my dog better,” Roberts said. “So I started to invent all sorts of mathematical arguments in my head to understand what it was that my dog was doing and why.”

The harness, which is still in the prototype stage, is equipped with different types

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ust Cuz Crew members Holly Fischer, a junior majoring in geology and design studies, Destinee Gray, a junior studying animal science, Morgan Huth, a senior studying business administration, and Erin Wiley, a junior studying accounting, perform dance choreography in Wolf Plaza Tuesday. JCC is an NC State student organization that shares and spreads love for dance to interested students. No experience is required to join.

Community classes are typically held every month where a choreography piece is taught to students.

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longs to all of us and not just a handful of billionaires.”

Political action committees, also known as Super PACs, can greatly influence the outcome of presidential elections by raising large amounts of money in support of certain candidates.

The Sanders campaign has taken a firm stance against accepting money from Super PACs. According to Sanders’ website, the average contribution to the campaign is about $31.

“I like to know that I’m guaranteed a voice in the Bernie Administration based on my ability to vote over my ability to donate,” Caudill said.

Vice president of Students for Bernie and a senior studying sustainable materials technology, Nida Allam, added, “When you take money from a Super PAC, your presidency is owned by them. So one day, when the donations are coming from people like us, you know he’s going to be working for us.”

Sanders has proposed a plan for “debt-free public college education,” co-created the Employ Young Americans Now Act, which purports to combat the unemployment rate, and supports raising minimum wage to $15 per hour.

“Bernie has a lot to offer students,” Henderson said.

“His free college plan would allow us to maximize the talent of our workforce, which is great for people and businesses alike, and it allows for

the actual fulfillment of the American Dream.”

Caudill also remarked on Sanders’ emphasis on affordable, more accessible higher education, citing his willingness to “overhaul the education system to make sure that American children are more prepared for the evolving workforce before, during and after their education.”

Sanders has been a longtime advocate for average American people, and his voting records show steadfast support for the rights of minorities. He attended Martin Luther King Jr.’s March on Washington in 1963, was a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee organizer, voted against the Defense of Marriage Act, voted against both Iraq wars and in 2010 held an eight-hour filibuster to stop the extension of tax

breaks for the 1 percent created by the most recent Bush Administration.

“He sees a lot of inherent flaws in the system that most policymakers are unwilling to address, and he’s willing to bite those bullets and take on those problems,” Caudill said.

Sanders’ campaign site details his stance against racial injustice of all kinds (physical violence, political violence, economic violence, legal violence), addresses climate change and the need for environmental responsibility and urges for the implementation of measures to make voting easier for students by creating a national holiday, Voting Day, and establishing automatic voting registration for those 18 and older.

Allam said she would like to see NC State students learn more about Sanders. “At the

Campus Connections event, what I saw was that quite a few students either didn’t know anything about him, or just thought that he’s going to lose to Hillary,” she said. “So what we want to do is show them his actual policies, not just what the media keeps showing about him. He cares about racial equality, women’s rights [and] decent-paying hourly wages.”

Caudill said Sanders is more than just a politician. “He’s not just the radical, superliberal devil that the media paints him to be,” Caudill said. “I want people to see that him winning the primary is not as far-fetched as it’s painted to be in the media.”

Students for Bernie, paired with Triangle for Bernie 2016, is having its first organizational meeting Wednesday in Hunt Library at 7 p.m.

of technology, including an accelerometer, heart and respiratory monitors aimed at monitoring the dog’s environmental and physiological state.

“Looking at the data collected from these technologies, we can determine the dog’s posture, movement and behavior,” Roberts said. “We can also start to characterize things like emotional responses.”

The harness also features a speaker and eight vibrating motors, similar to the ones found in cellphones. These devices are used to verbally and physically communicate with the dogs wearing the harness.

“When your phone is on vibrate, you are able to tell if it’s in your right front or your back right pocket based on where you feel the vibration,” Roberts said. “A dog has this

same ability, and we can train the dog based on where they feel the vibration to do something different.”

Roberts stressed that this means of communicating with the dog is not aversive.

“This is not painful. This is not a punishment,” Roberts said. “Everything we do with dogs is very positive. There is lots of food, awards and affection for participation. We are explicitly trying to identify and eliminate stress in dogs.”

Once perfected, Roberts hopes that this harness will aid working dogs in the military and law enforcement as well as service dogs and family pets.

Callie Scott, of Raleigh, has been accompanied by her guide dog, Mullins, since she was in elementary school.

“I have a visual impairment.

Mullins helps me see,” Scott

said. “Dogs typically communicate their feelings through appearance. This makes it especially hard for me to intemperate how Mullins is feeling.”

Scott said having an alternative way to tell if Mullins is fearful, stressed or even bored would only benefit the relationship she has with her invaluable pup.

“Mullins helps me out every day,” Scott said. “I’d give anything to return that favor, and I think understanding his emotions would help me do that”.

As far as how these emotions will be relayed back to dog owners, Roberts said he and his team are still investigating approaches that will allow people with and without disabilities to maintain awareness of their dogs without being exposed to a big cognitive

load.

“There is a balance that has to be struck between the amount of information we can provide and providing it in such a way that is doesn’t interrupt daily activities and is easily understood,” Roberts said. “We also want the data to be relayed in such a way that is actionable and allows people to make quick and intelligent decisions about their dogs.”

His team has been experimenting with a smartphone app, text message alerts, as well as a speaker on the dog’s harness that could be prompted to say how the dog is feeling.

Roberts said that while he and his team are giving dogs a new voice, it is important to note that their research is not reflective of the K9 character, Dug, in the 2009 Disney movie “Up.”

“At a very high level, yes.

That is what we are doing,” Roberts said. “But, in reality dogs just don’t have the brain function to be able to communicate on that level. We are looking at data about the dog’s physiology, its behavior, and then interpreting what that is saying and communicating it back to the human.”

In 2013, the National Science Foundation awarded the team with a $1 million dollar grant. Roberts said that while he and his team are two-thirds of the way through their threeyear project, he views canine computing as a career long research agenda.

“There are so many interesting questions to ask in this space,” Roberts said. “We are really just starting to scratch the surface.”

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men and even a surface to breakdance on. An expansive Cypher mural was spray-painted by graffiti artists dedicated to the Cypher’s birthday.

“You all are going to get a lot of culture, man,” Eternal said to the dozens of students watching.

“If you didn’t know, hip-hop is more than just rapping. That is just one element.”

The four elements of hip-hop, Eternal said, are rapping, deejaying, b-boying and graffiti art.

The night started off with a handful of b-boys dancing to many classic hip-hop breaks, including one who was a 2012 alumni. They took a minute to speak about how this element of hiphop broke barriers for them.

One of the dancers got on the mic and said, “Whatever country you are from, whatever color your skin is, however you are physically built, hip-hop brings everybody together.”

Graffiti artists Ill Tactics and DJ Elevate then spoke about the art form and their mural. A stylized wolf dominated the wall in honor of the school alongside “5th Annual NC State Cypher” in loud, eye-catching lettering. They had spent the majority of the day painting it, even though it rained earlier that afternoon.

The hosts asked the crowd what they wanted next: dancing, beats or bars. The demand for bars was overwhelming, thus Mike L!ve kicked off the rapping segment that lasted the remainder of the night.

Since its origin here on campus, the University Cypher movement has spread across the state. On Tuesday, UNC-Asheville celebrated its Cypher’s first anniversary as well. There are

News also others at Appalachian State University, East Carolina University and UNC-Chapel Hill.

“Next year we want three times as many people,” said Tuscon, a Cypher leader. “We want brand new people, we want some of the elders to come back. We just want everything to be positive and the movement to continue. The Cypher is forever.”

Key messages and themes are communicated through the Cypher. One of the key commandments that has kept it going for so long is “keep the peace.” No physical fight has ever broken out in the five years it’s been going on. It is a self-contained environment, and if anything appears to be starting up, it gets squashed immediately. Police appreciate the organizers’ efforts to maintain a peaceful environment and keep a respectful relationship with them.

At midnight, the police were called to the Cypher due to a noise complaint. Members of the Cypher spoke with them and compromised by cutting off the sound system and keeping it at barebones vocal projection and beatboxing. An officer said they could’ve charged them with not having a sound system permit but didn’t because of the positive history the police has had with Cypher.

“Think of it this way: If you had brothers, and you and your brothers were wiling out ... if you have a clean slate, then your parents don’t really have nothing to watch you on,” Mike L!ve said. “But if y’all continue to mess up and fight and they would probably nip you in the bud, watch you, and control you a little more. But we’ve always kept the peace, so there’s not much to worry about.”

Another message Cypher pushes is unity and respect. Being accepting and respectful of people from all walks of life is important to the

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Anderson Burrus, a senior studying mass media communication, performs a freestyle rap in front of the Free Expression Tunnel during the NC State Cypher’s five-year anniversary on Monday night. Burrus has been rapping for seven years, and he discovered the Cypher three years ago. “The Cypher is a demonstration of what hip-hop is designed to be,” Burrus said.

“It’s a safe environment where anyone is allowed to express themselves in any way they want.

That’s the side of hip-hop very few people see anymore, and it’s the image we try to promote every Monday night.”

ideal. “Respect the MC” is something constantly shouted out whenever a rapper is being talked over or disrespected.

The Cypher leaders will be hosting a show this weekend called, “A Stand Against Racism.”

“If you looked in that crowd, it was people of all different races, people of all different shapes and sizes,” said Darryl Scoggins, a freshman

studying international business. “And everybody was just together, just jamming.”

“It mixes art with a positive message, something important that gives value to society,” said Jerome Simpson, a freshman in exploratory studies. “I’ll definitely be coming back next Monday.”

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The benefits of teaching children foreign languages

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ne who speaks three languages is called “trilingual.” One who speaks two languages is called “bilingual.”

One who speaks only one language is American.

According to a Forbes Magazine article, less than 20 percent of natural-born U.S. Daniel Root citizens can speak a foreign language. To put this staCorrespondent tistic in perspective, more than 50 percent of Europeans know a second language.

It seems fairly clear why Americans are less likely to learn a second language. The United States — being a largely isolated nation due to its domination of its continent and the geographic separation of other major powers — simply has far less exposure to other languages than Europeans have. It is common for Americans to encounter Spanish speakers, or even the odd French speaker in certain regions of the country, but the overwhelming majority of Americans are fluent in English. Additionally, nearly all official discourse is done in English. Europeans, on the other hand, have far less isolation.

For example, Germany shares a border with the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, Czech Republic, Poland and Denmark. This proximity means that Germans frequently are exposed to Dutch, French, Czech, Polish and Danish. Unlike in the U.S., where the English language has the preponderance of legitimacy, each of these languages has a powerful nation-state backing it. And some countries, like Switzerland, have more than one official language. If Germans refused to do business in another language, their sphere of influence would be severely limited.

English may have become the lingua franca of political and economic discourse throughout the world, but other languages are still widely used in international exchanges. In an increasingly interconnected world, it will not be long before Americans will frequently have to converse with the world outside the Anglosphere.

However, the benefits of foreign language acquisition go beyond mere communication.

Learning a second language in youth provides innumerable benefits to individuals.

Two of the largest benefits are an improved understanding of one’s native language and an increased capacity for further language acquisition.

Grammar rules are surprisingly universal.

And there are a few reasons for this similarity: universal linguistic traits, common origins and contact. Every language has the same goal: to express ideas verbally. So it is understandable that different languages will run into similar problems and develop similar solutions.

For languages that are related, grammar rules are passed along, like genes, through the process of evolution. Almost all of the European languages are derived from Proto-Indo-European, so it should come as no surprise that the grammars of the various Indo-European languages are very similar.

Within this language group further lines of ancestry can be seen as well. English is a Teutonic language — albeit a highly irregular one. Therefore, English grammar is more akin to German, Dutch and Swedish than it is to French, Spanish and Italian (all of which are derivative of Latin).

Yet, English is a curious example. English

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is Teutonic, but it is highly irregular due to the amount of outside contact. English traces itself back to Anglo-Saxon, a language with origins in northern Germany and Denmark.

In 1066, England was invaded by the Normans, who spoke a dialect of French. Because of this bastard birth, English is somewhat of a hybrid between the Romance languages and the Teutonic languages. Nowhere is this clearer than in vocabulary. Almost every word that ends in “-ble” comes from French, and no other language has different names for animals and their meat (e.g. deer is Teutonic and venison is French). Grammatical influences are also seen, such as the two ways of showing possession: e.g. “the king’s son” (Teutonic) and “the son of the king” (French).

Knowing a second language, particularly one in the same language family, helps one understand from where the grammar rules of one’s first language come. And this understanding is not merely academic. If a native English speaker knows French and German, it will be easier for him to remember English grammar. Instead of merely knowing English grammar, he will understand it.

Learning another language in youth will also help one learn other languages in the future. This is especially true of English.

English grammar is a lot simpler than the grammar of many other languages. To list only a few examples, English has no grammatical gender, very few inf lections, few strict syntax rules and almost no subjunctive mood. This simplicity is advantageous in learning English, but it serves as a hindrance for native English speakers trying to learn another language.

A native English speaker has no experience in gender agreement, ubiquitous inflections or a developed subjunctive mood, features common in other European languages. A Francophone can learn Italian fairly easily because of the similarities. An Anglophone must learn an entirely different paradigm when he tries to learn another language.

There is an easy solution. Teach children Latin in elementary school. Latin, far from being a dead language for stodgy Classics scholars, is an excellent framework for future linguistic study. Linguistic theory posits that the human brain is primed for language, i.e. children are born ready to learn a language.

But there is a formative age in the elementary school years. During this time, children become fluent in their language and lose the natural predisposition for expeditious language acquisition.

This is a widely accepted theory, but is it expressed in the American educational system? Not at all. Students in the U.S. are typically required to learn a second language in high school, long after the formative age. The uniqueness of English ensures that studying a foreign language in adolescence or adulthood will be tedious.

But, if children were taught Latin in elementary school, they would have a linguistic frame of reference other than English. Latin grammar is not unique in the way that English grammar is. Knowing Latin would make learning Italian, French, Spanish, German, Greek, Hindustani or any other Indo-European language far easier. And this is not a novel idea. Children in the 19th century were taught Latin and Greek at an early age. Perhaps a dead language is just what we need to bring new life to foreign language education.

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Ayn Rand: still relevant?

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bout 90 years ago, a Jewish immigrant from Russia came to the United States and published a series of novels and papers outlining her philosophy. Objectivism Bryan was her response to the Maxwell growing threat of collecCorrespondent tivism and communism.

Sixty years later, “The Fountainhead” (1943) and “Atlas Shrugged” (1957), together more than 2,000 pages and the scripture of her belief system, still sell many copies each year.

So what, another book. What relevance does this have in my world? The answer is more surprising than you’d think. In the ‘90s, a poll by Congress showed the public choosing Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged” as the second most inf luential book in their lives. The first was the Bible. Alan Greenspan, the economic policy maker for the U.S. leading up to the 2008 financial crisis, was one of her closest disciples. Jay Schalin, director of policy analysis at the NC-based Pope Center for Higher Education, advocates for universities to replace authors classically taught in classes with contemporary writing. His suggestion? Ayn Rand. NC State’s Economics Department hosts the Program for the Study of Free Markets and Institutions, funded by BB&T, which involves classes such as “A Closer Look at Capitalism.”

The required reading is “Atlas Shrugged.”

BB&T currently sponsors $18 million in annual grants for college courses across the Southeast with the caveat that professors “have a positive attitude toward Rand and her teachings” and recommend her texts as reading material.

I’ll cut any apprehension short here: This is neither a conspiracy article, nor is there likely any sly plot afoot. In fact, I wish more companies bought students’ books for free. But a cause of this size is hard to ignore. With hundreds of thousands of followers, large financial backing and an institute erected posthumously in her name, the ideas of Ayn Rand are worth discussing.

In Rand’s world the individual is sacred. Through his creative mind alone, he has achieved salvation from poverty.

His drive and ambition delivered us from squalor and death, not God. Everything is proven through logic, and nothing is taken on faith since faith is irrational. It is only logical to do what is best for one’s self. Selfishness is not only essential, it’s moral. By the magic winds of objectivism does everyone actually benefit, ultimately, from being entirely self-centered.

Acts of charity and altruism are either deceitful, contemptuous or the result of some seriously irrational doofus.

To her benefit, her writing is powerful. Even reading back over her books I feel the familiar gravity pull of the Rand vortex I was taken by in high school — half lust, half black hole. Her popularity among impressionable youth is notorious. Her characters are sexy, aloof and

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answer in short replies that leave their lame company stammering. Her heroes have some hidden knowledge that will lead to the absolution of the world. They speak in girders, and steel and progress.

They’re wholly selfish, and they’re the world’s only hope. None of them have families, or worthy ones at that.

And this is where Rand foul hooks minds. She sanctifies selfishness. She makes self-centeredness a noble cause.

See, being selfish is not bad; in fact, it’s humanity’s only hope. If you’re thinking of others first, you probably made a logical error. Readers feel not just comfortable but noble in their self-centric universe. Those who criticize them just don’t get it and probably haven’t read Rand, or are weak (contemptuous sneer).

Drake summarizes her entire philosophy well and in less words: “Imma do me.”

When mulling over her teachings, it’s important to consider, too, the life of Rand. She was a prolific writer, yes. She was also pretty unpleasant. She had a cult-life following that ostracized its members from their families. She found the genocide of the Indians justifiable. She idolized Will Hickman, a man who kidnapped and dismembered a 12-year-old girl, because he also revoked social norms. She cuckolded her own husband into alcoholism. She despaired at being unable to be her own characters. It’s not fair to deride a great thinker’s argument by pointing out her personal f laws, but a thinker and his or her thoughts are not separate.

Rand had many things right, with which most level-headed people can agree. The human mind is an amazing thing. Don’t believe something just because someone said it’s true. Nothing is self-evident.

Use your reasoning skills. Human ingenuity has no doubt improved things for us. There really is potential for greatness and heroism in everyone. Actually, that last one she didn’t believe. Most people are born “leeches” and “second-handers.”

The dangers of Rand’s thoughts are there too. Blind selfishness is dangerous. Inability to relate or compromise with others is unhealthy and kind of the key identifier of sociopaths. Capitalism is her love child, parts of which have helped lift the world out of a low life span and poverty. It has given us medicine, air conditioning and cars. It has also given us much more: income inequality, corporate greed, political corruption, oil spills, ivory trade, arms dealers, drug trafficking, global warming, ozone destruction and Ashley Madison.

Rand’s thoughts are like a glass of wine with arsenic in the dregs. The first sips are intoxicating. Following it to its end is fatal. In reality it falls short of the utopia it claims. When reading her books and adopting her philosophy, it’s important to consider where the Rand road ultimately ends.

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Flashback feature: NC State’s mascot then and now Noah Russ Staff Writer

1946

In just a little more than a week, Mr. and Mrs. Wuf will be out cheering on the Pack as the football team enters Carter-Finley Stadium for the first time this season. While we are familiar with these two mascots, many students may be unfamiliar with how the mascots we have today came to be.

The first “Mr. Wuf” was actually a mechanical wolf built by mechanical engineering student, Ira Helms Jr. At least, students were lead to believe it was mechanical. In 1946, NC State’s administration was going through an identity crisis and wanted to change the wolf mascot. State, the timber wolf, had just been sold, and Helms was determined to have a mechanical wolf at the next football game to help bolster student support to keep the wolf mascot. However, there was no time to build an actual mechanical wolf.

So at the next game, Helms was inside a crudely built wolf costume while another student walked behind him with what appeared to be a control box, according to the blog of the NC State Alumni Association. No one could see inside the wolf, and no one asked questions. This edition of Mr. Wuf was retired in 1947 after NC State’s loss in the Gator Bowl.

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1947

When NC State officially became known as the Wolfpack in 1947, the first mascot to parade the field at football games was a live timber wolf named State, according to The New York Times. The live mascot was brought to games by students and had a short tenure with the Wolfpack due to his uncomfortability around crowds. After just a few years of service, the timber wolf was sold to a traveling animal show.

SOURCE: NCSU LIBRARIES SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

1975

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“Mrs. Wuf” was created in 1975 to cheer on the newly created women’s athletic program. Just a few years later, the university officially named the mascots Mr. and Mrs. Wuf. It has been said that they were named Wuf instead of Wolf because the seamstress could not fit Wolf on the back of Mr. Wuf’s jersey.

1981

Chris Belton, the student portraying Mr. Wuf in 1981, thought that since the name Mr. and Mrs. Wuf implied they were married; they should actually conduct a marriage ceremony, according to NCSU Libraries. So on Feb. 28, 1981, at a men’s basketball game against Wake Forest, the couple was wed. Chancellor Joab L. Thomas escorted Mrs. Wuf while the Demon Deacon mascot officiated the wedding. There were even two wolf cubs at the wedding, but it is unknown whether they were portraying the flower girl and ring bearer or were supposed to be Mr. and Mrs. Wuf’s children. The couple renewed their vows in February 2011 at another Wake Forest basketball game to commemorate their 30-year anniversary, according to SB Nation.

1960

In the 1960s, Student Government decided it would like to have a live mascot as well as Mr. Wuf, who was now being portrayed by cheerleaders in a somewhat creepy wolf costume. They began to sell 25-cent shares in order to purchase a timber wolf named Lobo III. The animal made its first appearance at the first football game played in CarterFinley Stadium in 1966, according to NCSU Libraries. At the game, the animal howled, making the howl popular among fans. Eventually, a zoology professor discovered that the canine was actually a coyote, not a wolf. When his true identity was discovered, it was time for Lobo III to retire in 1970.

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Tuffy, NC State’s latest live mascot was found in 2010 when Debbie Yow took over as the new athletic director. This was the first live mascot since Lobo III in 1970. Students had encouraged Yow to establish a live mascot once again. As such, the search for Tuffy began. Since wolves are nocturnal animals that are not comfortable around humans (which NC State learned from experience), officials decided to find a Tamaskan dog.

Tamaskans are a mix of German shepherd, Alaskan malamute and Siberian husky. The dog looks almost identical to a wolf but is much better with people. Tuffy’s actual name is Wave; Tuffy is just his stage name. Wave belongs to a local family that has an agreement with NC State to let the dog appear at home football games.

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French press: the simple athome coffee system PHOTOS BY ELIZABETH DAVIS

Sam Roberson Features Editor

With the late nights and long lectures of college life, many students seek the caffeinated boost from coffee. To get the full benefit of the education students are paying for, one must also be awake for classes. If coffee becomes a daily habit, buying by the cup at coffee shops can quickly become a large expense.

Eventually, to keep the caffeine flowing and the wallet in check, it becomes necessary to

start brewing coffee at home. The French press may not be the first system in mind to brew coffee in a dorm or apartment. One might stick to the K-cup system for the convenience factor, but the cost of individual cups can add up, even when purchased in bundles.

What the French press lacks in convenience, it makes up for in simplicity, as the only ingredients necessary are boiling water and ground coffee. With a built-in screen filter, there is no need to purchase coffee filters or any accessories. As long as there are beans in

the cabinet and water on tap, fresh coffee is always minutes away.

The French press may seem intimidating, appearing as a tool meant for the expertise hands of a barista. However, the process is fairly easy. With an electric kettle to boil, the process can take only about five minutes to prepare. After water is boiled, it is poured into the press with the coffee grounds in the bottom. The strength of the coffee can be easily determined by the ratio of grounds to water.

Once the water is poured in the press, the cof-

fee will infuse for three to four minutes.

As a system for college students, the French press works well for its simplicity and cost effectiveness. Even the upfront cost of the system is relatively cheap, as presses can be bought for less than $20. From here, it is up to the users to decide how much they want to invest in their coffee grounds, buying large tubs of coffee from the grocery store or premium beans from their favorite roaster. Either way, it will be cheaper than purchasing by the cup from stores.

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Khalif Diouf, the NYC born and bred rapper and producer known as Le1f, hit the ground running with the release of his first mixtape “Dark York” in 2012. His standout single, the 5kinAndBone5-produced, “Wut,” is packed full of quick quips and lively, bopping horns. With his background in dance and choreography, the music video for the single lives up to the hype as Le1f revels around scantily clad male models sporting Pikachu masks. The rapper got into a small, but notable, Twitter dispute the following year with artist Macklemore, whose hit single, “Thrift Shop,” bears a similar resemblance to, “Wut.” 2013 proved to be a busy year for the producer, as he released his sophomore mixtape, “Fly Zone,’ in January, signed to Terrible Records in February, dropped an EP in March and followed up with another release, “Tree House,” in September. Then, in March of 2014, Le1f performed on “Late Show with David Letterman,” becoming the first openly gay rapper to play a major late night show.

All in all, Le1f is an eccentric yet grounded artist that’s certainly worth a listen.

Check out the music video for, “Wut,” off the “Hey” EP, and ease your way into his style.

Then, come catch him live at the fest on Sept. 11 at midnight at Kings Barcade.

Father

DJ will.im.not Though Atlanta trap music has been around a while, only in recent years has it cracked into mainstream American music. Turn on any commercial, hip-hop radio station to hear the lean-driven drawl of Future or the combination of mumbling, rapping and singing that Young Thug puts out. Though it sometimes seems like it has become a genre driven by radio hits and record labels, some still aim to put out fresh music while not adhering to the same basic formula of modern Atlanta rap stars. Among them is Father, along with the group Awful Records.

While most Atlanta trap stars use strip clubs like Magic City to expose their music to fans, Father has taken a different approach. He and his friends have built a small, rabid following of fans on the Internet. His business approach isn’t the only thing that sets Father apart. Using minimal yet 808-heavy beats that he often produces and engineers himself, Father sits perfectly at the intersection of internet-rap hipster and trap star. He values having fun and making unique music with his friends rather than cultivating an image of toughness. Though his voice can be a little off-putting at first, heavy beats and catchy hooks will eventually have you belting out every lyric at full volume. Above all, Father doesn’t take himself or his music too seriously and asks that his fans don’t as well.

For an introduction to Father, check out his mini-hit “Look at Wrist” that features fellow Atlanta fringe stars Key! And ILoveMakonnen. Other good songs include “Nokia,” “Back in the ‘A’” and “Young Hot Ebony.”

You can see Father perform at Hopscotch Music Festival, Friday at 11:30 p.m. at Lincoln Theatre.

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Johnny Frasier, Reggie Gallaspy.

Dayes, an elusive runner and pass catcher, will be a senior in 2016. Team him up with Frasier and Gallaspy, two powerful 2015 recruits, and the Wolfpack has the combination for another monster backfield next year.

4. Andrew Knizner, Jr. Moved to catcher for the 2015 season, Knizner displayed a knack for the position and has elevated his draft status to a new level. A catcher that is a plus fielder and plus hitter is coveted by all 30 MLB franchises, and he should have no problem finding

a team to select him when he becomes eligible after the 2016 season.

His replacement: Jack Conley, 2016 recruit.

Conley, a 2015 recruit f rom nea rby L eesv i l le Road High School, was drafted by the Red Sox in the 30th round of the 2015 MLB Draft. While he might make this list for a different reason in three years, he has the best chance of the players on the roster to succeed Knizner, should he leave.

5. Holden Fender, Sr. Midfielder The 6-foot-2 Georgia native and senior captain is a vocal leader for the Wolfpack. He has been a crucial part of the team since transferring from UCLA in 2013. Usually a defensive midf ielder,

Fender was named Third Team All-ACC in 2014 and will look to continue his positive uptrend in 2015.

Fender has ex perience with both the Carolina Railhawks U-23 team and the Carolina Dynamo and could find himself headed to a professional team next year should he wish, either in MLS or the NASL. His replacement: Cameron Steele, So. Steele, a sophomore from Cardinal Gibbons High School, appeared in 13 games last season and has gotten a large chunk of the minutes at midfielder for the Wolfpack during the preseason. He seems like a natural fit to just slide right into Fender’s spot when he leaves.

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valuable 3-point threat as a catch-and-shoot specialist for the Wolfpack. Last season, Turner averaged 12.8 points, 3.3 rebounds and one assist per game while shooting 36.7 percent from beyond the arc and a team-leading 83.8 percent from the free throw line.

Additionally, he made 171 3-pointers in two seasons with NC State, including a career-high eight in one game against Tennessee on Dec. 17.

After also going undrafted, Turner signed on with the Charlotte Hornets in the Orlando Summer League. However, he saw minimal playing time, registering just 15 total minutes in two of the Hornets’ five total games, scoring

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zero points on 0-for-4 from the field and registering two rebounds and two steals.

Turner remains unsigned by a professional team but recently posted a highlight video to his Twitter account in attempt to catch a team’s eye.

Following a productive junior year in which he was a part-time starter, Lee saw a severe decrease in playing time in his senior year with his total minutes dropping from 873 to 217.

Additionally, his point total dropped from 8.4 to 2.8 per game, and his rebound total dropped from 2.9 to one per game. This was largely due to the crowded backcourt that added Lacey and Caleb and Cody Martin, as the twins forced Lee out of the rotation in the battle for playing time in eight of the 36 games.

While Lee struggled to get on the court throughout his senior year, he was able to get a gig with the Surrey Scorchers in the British Basketball League. While Lee struggles at times on the offensive end, particularly with his perimeter shooting, he possesses rare athleticism and scrappiness that helps him on the defensive side of the ball. Lee will look to get more playing time on a team that features only an eight-man roster with the season starting Sept. 19.

While the presence of this guard trio will be missed by both the team and NC State fans, these Pack alums have a bright future going forward as they continue their journey across the professional basketball landscape.

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CLUB SPOTLIGHT Nicole Malanaphy Staff Writer The Wolfpack Sailing Club, the oldest NC State club organization, returns to the water with tryouts and orientation sessions in the coming week.

The club has two components: a competitive sailing team and a “Learn to Sail” club for those interested in sailing as a leisure activity.

The club welcomes students of all experience levels.

The competitive sailing team is a part of the South Atlantic Intercollegiate Sailing Association (ICSA) and practices 15 minutes away from campus at Lake Wheeler Park. The team competes regularly throughout the school year at various sailing competitions.

Students interested in becoming members of the sailing team have to attend two on-water training and orientation sessions. One will be held today from 2:30–6 p.m., and one will be held Friday at the same time. Transportation will be provided, and pick-up will be located at the benches in the parking lot of Carmichael Complex at 2 p.m.

“Our senior leaders are hosting several on-water sessions to give new sailors the basics of what they’ll need to make the team,” NC State head coach Dana Magliola said.

“Student leadership and development are cornerstones of our program, and we have a legacy of over 60 years of teaching sailing, so this element of tryouts is very important to us. ” Additionally, interested students also have to attend a classroom information session held in room 2037 at Carmichael Gymnasium Thursday at 6:30 p.m.

Tryouts will be held this upcoming weekend. The first part of tryouts will be a classroom session held in room 2014 in Carmichael Gymnasium from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday. After the classroom session, attendees will be transported to Lake Wheeler for on-the-water tryouts from 1–3:30 p.m. If necessary, tryouts will continue Sunday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Students interested in sailing but not in competing at a collegiate level can attend the first meeting of the sailing club Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in room 2015 of Carmichael Gymnasium.

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Potential pros hone skills at NC State With so many NC State alumni playing in professional leagues, the Wolfpack faithful have seen their fair share of star athletes pass through the university. The Pack has sent players to the MLB, NBA, N F L , M L S a nd Christian WNBA in the past Candeloro two years, and the Staff Writer school is quickly becoming a breeding ground for professional athletes. This year could be no different, with several current State athletes in position to continue their careers at the next level. Here’s a breakdown of who fans might be watching in a pro uniform next season.

1. Cat Barber, Jr. PG With elite speed and a developing jump shot, junior point guard Cat Barber has begun to catch the eye of many national writers for his game. Now that Trevor Lacey has departed to pursue his own professional career, Barber now becomes the most experienced offensive weapon the Wolfpack possesses. If Barber can put up similar numbers to what fans saw at the end of the season, he should be in a good position to capitalize in the 2016 NBA Draft. Questions about Barber’s size may be the only thing that holds him back.

His replacement: Torin Dorn, So.

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Freshman third baseman Andrew Knizner bats during NC State’s loss to Miami March 31, 2014. Now a junior catcher, Knizner returns for another season with the Wolfpack and has professional aspirations.

Dorn was the Conference USA Freshman of the Year for UNCCharlotte last season, posting 12.0 points per game and dishing out 1.3 assists. He will be forced to sit out the 2015-16 season for the Wolfpack but will slot in nicely at the starting point guard position if Barber leaves.

2. Jacoby Brissett, R-Sr. QB Brissett led a dramatic turnaround in 2014, leading the Wolfpack from three wins in 2013 to eight and a Bitcoin Bowl victory

a year later. Brissett has good size and arm strength, and his ability to escape is outstanding. He must cut down on fumbles and increase his deep ball accuracy to be considered an elite prospect for the next level.

His replacement: Jalan McClendon, R-Fr. McClendon, a 4-star prospect in the class of 2014, redshirted last season and will take another season to learn this year but projects to be the starter in 2016. He

has tremendous arm strength and great size (6-foot-5, 212 pounds).

3. Shadrach Thornton, Sr. RB Thornton is a bruising runner and the leader of NC State’s backfield monster this season. Impossible to take down alone, he could find himself on a lot of teams’ draft boards in 2016. Another stellar season in Raleigh could elevate his status even further.

His replacement: Matt Dayes,

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

Lacey, Lee and Turner stay with the game Daniel Lacy Assistant Sports Editor

NC State fans celebrated a stellar basketball season that was capped by a Sweet Sixteen appearance back in March. However, those feelings of joy were lessened when guard Trevor Lacey announced he was declaring for the NBA Draft and guards Desmond Lee and Ralston Turner graduated.

Where are these players now that they have taken the next step in their careers?

Lacey was statistically the best player on the squad last season whose presence was relied upon in the Sweet 16 run. He averaged 15.7 points, 4.6 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game while shooting 43.6 percent from the field and 39.2 percent from 3-point range.

Rather than staying in school to chase another NCAA Tournament appearance with the Pack, Lacey decided to forego his final year of collegiate eligibility in favor of the NBA Draft, largely due to a strong season and the fact that he turns 24 in October.

Although he went undrafted, Lacey earned a spot on the Cleveland Cavaliers’ Las Vegas Summer League team. With the Cavs, Lacey played in five games, averaging 4.6 points, 2.2 rebounds and one assist in an average of 15.8 minutes per game.

However, Lacey struggled against more experienced players, shooting at a sub-par rate of 33.3 percent from the field and an uncharacteristically poor 1-for-10 from beyond the arc.

After not being offered a contract to an NBA team or Developmental League team, Lacey chose to take his career overseas to Italy with the Consultinvest Pesaro in Serie A. With the league set to start on Oct. 4, Lacey is already slated for a starting role at shooting guard alongside former Xavier point guard Semaj Christon.

From the moment Turner transferred from Louisiana State, he proved to be a

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Redshirt junior guard Trevor Lacey attempts a layup against Wake Forest Feb. 3. After the 2014-15 season, Lacey chose to leave school and pursue a professional career.

COMMENTARY

Making a pitch for Major League Baseball in Raleigh The 2015 Major League Baseball season will enter one of its most critical stretches of the year in September.

With the October post-season quickly approaching, teams from the American and National leagues begin their Michael sprints to the finish McLamb in hopes of capturStaff Writer ing an elusive division title or gaining a playoff position as a wild card.

Naturally, as the stakes in the playoff race begin to rise, so follows the interest of sports enthusiasts across the country. That got me thinking, “Wouldn’t it be cool to catch an MLB game in downtown Raleigh right about now?”

Before I go any further, let me give a bit of background about my own baseball fanhood. I would classify

myself as a casual MLB fan. I keep up with the Atlanta Braves throughout the year, and I always tune into their games if they make it into the playoffs. However, rarely do I ever sit down and watch a full Braves game during the regular season. I just don’t have the patience to watch a game that has such small bearings on the season as a whole.

All that being said, Sunday night I turned on my TV and found myself enthralled by ESPN’s night broadcast of the San Francisco Giants vs.

Pittsburgh Pirates game at PNC Park.

The stadium was sold out with a sea of black and gold on hand to witness a regular season game against two of the best teams in baseball. The Pirates faithful certainly showed the national audience why they are considered some of the best fans in the game. I especially enjoyed the vast amount of crossbones flags flying in the stands. And that’s when it began

— I finally started to feel like I was falling in love with the MLB again.

Watching that game got me thinking, what has kept me from really immersing myself in Major League Baseball? Besides, it’s not like I don’t enjoy watching a good baseball game. Catching the Wolfpack down at Doak Field in the springtime is one of my favorite sporting events to attend. So why is it that the MLB doesn’t cause the same amount of stir for me?

I came to this simple conclusion: I’ve never had that special attachment to an MLB franchise like Pittsburgh natives have with their Pirates.

Growing up in Charlotte, I naturally gravitated toward the Atlanta Braves as my favorite MLB franchise because of their self-proclaimed status as the “South’s Team.” As a kid, I even went out to Turner Field for a couple of games with my family. Yet still, I haven’t built that emotional

connection with the Braves like I have with other professional sports franchises.

Perhaps that relationship with the Braves community has been stymied as a result of my own lack of connection with the city of Atlanta. I just don’t have the same feelings for Atlanta like I do other Southern cities like Charlotte, Raleigh and even Memphis, Texas or Nashville, Tennessee.

I suppose another contributing factor comes from my own love for the Carolina Panthers and simultaneous disdain for the Atlanta Falcons. Disliking the Falcons because they’re a division rival makes it a little harder for me to support another Atlanta team in a different sport.

Honestly, I don’t think I’m the only one out there that’s experiencing these types of feelings. I think there are a lot of avid baseball fans in the Carolinas that find themselves

indifferent about the MLB because they don’t feel drawn in by a franchise like they do with the Carolina Hurricanes, Carolina Panthers or Charlotte Hornets.

For quite some time, there have been talks and rumors that the MLB might be interested in expanding the league up to 32 teams. If these talks ever do come to fruition, I believe that targeting a city in the Carolinas as a potential destination would be a very wise decision.

Specifically, given the fact that it would probably be quite difficult for the city of Charlotte to support three professional teams and the already loyal following of the Durham Bulls in the Triangle, I think that the city of Raleigh would be an ideal destination for an MLB expansion club.

Granted, I know that this will probably never happen, but hey, one can dream.