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NC Fracking permits temporarily halted

Superior Court Judge Donald Stephens has halted the approval of gas drilling operations in North Carolina until a higher court weighs in on the legality of the appointment of several boards that manage state resources and the environment.

The decision will pause the Mining and Energy Commission from approving drilling units for fracking until the state Supreme Court decides a separate case dealing with how the state panels are formed. Before the judge’s order, no drilling units had been approved. Stephens issued a preliminary mandate that stops the commission from accepting or processing applications for drilling units. He also delayed proceedings in the lawsuit filed against the state’s Mining and Energy Commission.

SOURCE: WRAL

Nonprofit developer announces plans for East Raleigh project

DHIC Inc., a nonprofit developer, plans to revamp more than 19 acres of housing east of downtown, removing years of private and public investment near the College Park neighborhood. On Thursday, the public can voice its opinion on the redevelopment project at the “community design” meeting holding a “community design” meeting for its Washington Terrace plans from 6–8 p.m. at the Tarboro Road Community Center.

DHIC will show early models of the redevelopment plan at the meeting. The nonprofit bought the Washington Terrace apartment complex early in 2014 and plans to build affordable housing. DHIC would demolish and rebuild the community, increasing the number of housing units. The nonprofit intends to preserve at least the current number of “affordable” units and plans to build the units to accommodate a variety of income levels.

SOURCE: The News & Observer

Avett Brothers to open for the Rolling Stones

The Avett Brother’s announced on Tuesday they will be performing at NC State’s CarterFinely Stadium as the opening act for the Rolling Stones on July 1. The Concord, North Carolina natives are among a number of big-name openers to perform with the Stones’ on their 2015 Zip Code tour. Tickets for the show are still available. The majority of the available seats are in the lower section of the stadium, where tickets cost about $250 each.

SOURCE: The News & Observer

U.S. Military rescuers end operations after Nepal earthquake

More than 300 U.S. Marine, Army, Air Force and Navy personnel who were involved in rescue efforts in Nepal after major earthquakes struck the country ended their operations Wednesday, officials said. The April 25 and May 12 earthquakes in Nepal killed at least 8,622 people and damaged more than 756,000 houses and properties.

The U.S. military personnel assisted in search and rescue efforts in urban areas and flew relief goods to mountain villages.

SOURCE: WRAL

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Supporters walk to end pancreatic cancer Rachel Smith Senior Staff Writer

Hundreds of supporters and survivors of pancreatic cancer participated in the PurpleStride 5K on NC State’s Centennial Campus Saturday morning.

The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network hosted the event, and PurpleStride Raleigh-Durham raised $208,298 in funds to help provide personalized support for patients and support research grants and advocacy efforts to increase federal pancreatic cancer research funding.

“I am here to continue waging hope for her,” said Lisa Allen of Greensboro as she pointed to a picture of her mother. “I lost my momma to pancreatic cancer seven years ago, and I knew that coming here and running in honor of her would be a good way to celebrate a

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Participants of Sunday’s PurpleStride 5K hold up sashes with the campaigns slogan, “Wage Hope, Fight It, End It.” Pancreatic cancer is currently the fourth leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States.

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Artsplosure, the annual Raleigh arts festival, expected more than 80,000 people downtown during the 36th anniversary. Artists showcased their work and wares during the three-day festival May 15–17.

makes stops at the JC Raulston Arboretum, Brickhaven Drive, the Westgrove Towers apartment complex and the Westgrove Park-and-Ride parking lot, located just north of the Blue Ridge Road and Western Boulevard intersection.

Paylor said that Route 2, the Hillsborough Shuttle, will adopt the stops at the arboretum and Brickhaven

On April 25, an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 struck Nepal killing more than 8,000 and injuring more than 17,000. As a response to help the volunteer efforts of organizations such as the Red Cross, UNICEF, Oxfam and the International Medical Corps, The Nepalese Students’ Association at NC State set up a stand for two days, on Wednesday, April 29 and Friday, May 1, to raise awareness about the incident and encourage support.

Wednesday’s fundraiser was held in front of D.H. Hill library and Hunt library. The association did not collect cash money that day but offered students the opportunity to donate to organizations online.

“We had our laptops and iPads out with the links to the donation sites so that people could login and donate money to one of the organizations,” said Birendra K.C., president of the Nepalese Students’ Association and a graduate student studying parks, recreation and tourism management.

“We wanted to have the fundraiser transparent because if it were cash money, we would have to give it to the organization, so we just had them look at all the links to support the effort.”

The next day’s fundraiser was in the gateway in front of Engineering Building II. In addition to providing computers to donate through links, the association also collected cash that day.

“Due to the weather, most of the

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Artist festival showcases skill Ian Grice Senior Staff Writer

Artsplosure, Raleigh’s arts festival, hosted hundreds of regional artists who worked alongside national artists to expose the public to an explosion of artwork that they normally wouldn’t see.

More than 80,000 people were predicted to attend the arts event for its 36th anniversary.

The event covered several blocks downtown with an art market, Kidsplosure, food track and live music stages.

The art market had more than 180 visual arts and crafts exhibitors, with artists from across North Carolina and the United States. Stalls of artists sold everything from paintings to craft brooms.

Kidsplosure centered in Moore Square and showcased multiple interactive educational activities and entertainment for children and their parents. Some of the activities and entertainment included a chess center, a piano and a giant sand sculpture of a birdhouse castle.

Specially commissioned, largescale, interactive visual art installations were placed throughout the festival.

Dan Nelson’s 58 portrait sculpture titled “Points of View” drew crowds.

The artwork, originally created for Grand Rapids, Michigan, revealed “meta-images” from different viewpoints and was was surrounded by crowds throughout the festival.

Nelson collected emails from onlookers who wanted a similar sculpture in Raleigh.

The Student Art Exhibition showcased two- and three-dimensional art-work of Wake County public and private middle and high school students.

There was live music stages on Fayetteville Street where there were ongoing performances by national and regional jazz, blues, and alternative musical acts, the majority of whom had not played in Raleigh, and emerging local and regional performers.

Unique variety performers were placed around the event included aerial-ists, a puppeteer guitarist, a windup doll street performer and others.

As the festival winded down, aerialist equipment toppled onto an unidentified man in the audience and was taken away in an ambulance, ac-cording to The News & Observer.

Wolfline Route 4 terminated Rachel Smith Senior Staff Writer

Zeke Hartner Correspondent

Due to poor ridership, Wolfline’s Route 4 Westgrove, as well as the Westgrove Park-and-Ride parking lot closed May 8, at the end of last semester.

Kim Paylor, transit manager, said

the primary goal of NC State’s transportation office is to be as effective with the students’ dollars as possible, and the Westgrove route was not meeting this goal.

“It really hasn’t been a high-performing ridership route,” Paylor said.

“We’d love to adhere to every student’s request, but we can’t. We have to go with ridership majority, and we have to do what’s best economically.”

Currently, the Westgrove route

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late Mother’s Day.” Participants of the timed run and awareness walk wore purple as well as sashes with the cam-paign’s slogan, “Wage Hope, Fight It, End It,” in honor of those who have experienced pancreat-ic cancer.

“We are here to wage hope, fight it and end it,” said Stefan Chase, honored speaker and WNCN anchor.

“This is what all of this is about.”

Allen, who wore purple from head-to-toe, said that while it’s wonderful to see such a flood of supporters, friends and family members of those who are currently fighting the disease, she wished more survivors could be in attendance.

With a five-year relative survival rate of just 7 percent, pancreatic cancer is the fourth-leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States.

Nepal quake garners student support

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Raleigh, North Carolina

The Raleigh Hemp Society made a significant step in March when the Student Senate passed the Hemp Growth and Research Act. With this bill in hand, the RHS now has leverage that it can use to show NC State administrators that the students have recognized

the benefits of hemp.

The bill asks that NC State begin the process of registering with the NC Department of Agriculture to join the 19 other states (reporting on exact numbers varies) that have legalized hemp production for research in pilot programs under Section 7606 of the 2014 Farm Bill. “[Researching hemp] is not something that NC State can do

on their own, it’s something that we would have to get approved by the Department of Agriculture first,” said Zack King, president of the North Carolina Association of Student Governments who sponsored the bill.

Hemp can be used in a wide range of products from clothing and medicine to a more green alternative to concrete, but though it

is legal for individual states to produce hemp for academic research, 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

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POLICE BLOTTER

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May 19 5:02 AM | Suspicious Person Metcalf Hall Report of suspicious subject.

Officers made contact with security staff making rounds for the night. No further action taken.

9:06 AM | Fire Alarm Fox Science Building FP responded to alarm caused by contractors working in the area.

9:20 AM | Utility Problem Kappa Delta FP responded after contractors struck a gas line. The utility company was contacted and responded to manage the leak.

Practice makes perfect

1:38 PM | Traffic Accident Dan Allen Deck Two students were involved in traffic accident.

3:59 PM | Safety Program Joyner Center Officer conducted program for new employees.

4:21 PM | Larceny Page Hall Staff member reported cell phone had been taken.

5:27 PM | Information University Off Campus Staff member reported laptop stolen from vehicle while on business trip in CA. Theft was reported to San Francisco PD at time of incident.

6:42 PM | Traffic Violation Dan Allen Dr/Sullivan Dr Student was cited for stop sign violation.

8:25 PM | Fire Alarm Tompkins Hall Units responded to alarm caused by contractors working in the area.

8:47 PM | Fire Alarm Cates Steam Plant University Police, University Fire Marshall, RFD Eng 5 and Ladder 7 responded to a fire alarm activation and water flow alarm on the 2nd floor. The sprinkler head had activated and was dumping several hundred gallons of water. There was no fire. The cause of activation was a water flow generator had malfunctioned casing hot water and steam into another generator that caused the sprinkler system to activate.

There was no reported damage at this time. Electronics and Facilities was notified to fix the sprinkler system.

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harles Mitchell, a sophomore in First Year College, dives into the pool at the Willis R. Casey Natatorium of the Aquatic Center in Carmichael Gymnasium Monday. Mitchell was practicing his diving technique as part of his practice for NC State’s swimming and diving team. Mitchell enjoyed ending the first day of summer classes with a good practice. “I love representing my school and being part of the Wolfpack,” Mitchell said. Mitchell has been diving ever since he was 8 years old. Todd Desorbo, the associate head coach of the swimming & diving team, said, “We have a big group starting a year-long push toward the Rio Olympic Games in 2016. NC State is becoming a training ground for Olympic hopefuls.”

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Drive beginning this summer. In addition, Route 6, Carter Finley, will also serve these areas over the summer.

Students looking to park in park-and-ride lots will still have plenty of options, according to Paylor.

“It was kind of like we were being redundant with the Westgrove lot because it’s so close to the Carter Finley Park-and-Ride lot,” Paylor said.

“The two lots are probably about three minutes by car from one another.”

The Carter Finley Park-and-Ride lot is currently accessible by Route 6. However, during the summer, stops will not be made at the Carter Finley Park-and-Ride lot. They will resume at the beginning of the fall semester, according to Paylor.

In addition to the Carter Finley Park-andRide lot, students have the option of parking at the Food Lion on Avent Ferry Road, and a new park-and-ride lot is being constructed near the Farmer’s Market off of Centennial Parkway, according to Paylor.

“We’ve covered a huge area at Carter Finley with the park-and-ride over in that area, and we are going to have this new park-and-ride on the other side of campus,” Paylor said. “This way, we are able to sufficiently serve the east and west

side of campus.”

As for the students living in the Westgrove Towers apartment complex, Paylor said the Westgrove area will continue to be served by Wolfline with the addition of a stop near Pylon Drive and Blue Ridge Road.

“We know that there are students that live out there, and we don’t want to just leave them,” Paylor said. “This is also why we are partnered with GoPass. It is free to the students, and you are able to use Capital Area Transit and Triangle Transit. They are both out there in that area and they serve”.

Mikayla Gray, a senior studying English and film, said that the Westgrove route is the only bus that runs to her apartment.

“It’s not going to affect me since I’m graduating, but it seems pretty bad for the people who still wanted to take this,” Gray said.

Paylor said student feedback like this is important to the transportation office.

“We want the students to know that their feedback is vital to us, and that we’re not making these decisions on our own merit,” Paylor said. “On our website, there is a feedback form that they can voice their opinions through. We also would encourage students to complete our occasional surveys.

As far as the 2015-16 route information, Paylor said the schedules are not yet set in stone and that further decisions should be made come late May.

people didn’t want to donate their money through the links,” said K.C. “They much rather wanted to give cash, so we decided to take cash on Friday. We collected $319.25 after about three to four hours.”

K.C. said the student body was very helpful as a community.

“It was exam time, so most of the students who came to Engineering Building II were taking exams; however, they stopped by and generously supported us—we are very thankful for their support,” said K.C. The Nepalese Students’ Association has not decided on a specific organization to which the cash donations collected will go.

In addition to hav ing students donate online and taking cash donations, the association distributed leaflets with all the links for people to donate.

“For the people who did not have time we gave them leaf lets so that they can donate whenever is possible for them at home or library or anywhere they feel comfortable,” K.C. said.

The Off ice of International Services (OIS) at NC State created and edited the leaf lets, helped with the distribution and set up tables. Alexis McCloskey, programs coordinator for OIS, and OIS assisted the Nepalese Students’ Association throughout the entire process.

“Given that the timing of the earthquake was right before exams and the Nepalese Students’ Association is a rather small student group, The Office of International Services helped the students set up support stations on the Brickyard and on Centennial Campus to raise awareness and support for the earthquake victims,” McCloskey said. “We also assisted the students by sharing information about the crisis with our campus

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the actions of the DEA. The Hemp Growth and Research Act passed without a detractor, something that does not happen often, according to King. Of the 53 voters present, 15 abstained.

Though the Senate has passed the bill, King still sees legislative action to be several years away.

“It’s more of a lobbying and ‘voice of the students’ type thing saying where we stand to promote this issue more than it is something that is going to be impactful in the next year or two just with the way the sessions are set up,” King said.

King offered to help the president of the Raleigh Hemp Societ y, A nd rew Klein, to draft a piece of legislation to present to the Senate in January.

“I feel that any movement toward growing hemp is a great thing,” Klein said in a text. “The fact that the students are interested and making moves to get things done is exciting.”

President Barack Obama’s signing of the 2014 Farm Bill opened the door for hemp production for academic research but only if hemp is first legalized by the state.

“It’s going to take both student interest and support from faculty to convince our government to

partners to raise awareness a nd encou rage suppor t across campus.”

As for future plans, the Nepalese Students’ Association wants to continue supporting those in Nepal.

“We will be having some kind of meeting with the Nepalese Student Associations possibly within the next week to decide where the money will go and if there is any other project we can help to boost assistance in addition to donating any amount of money,” K.C. said.

Once the decision is made about where to donate the money, the OIS will be posting the results on its Facebook page.

Overall, K.C. says the NC State student body has been very supportive.

“It is really great when you have such a helping and supporting community around you,” K.C. said. “They wanted to help, and I think many of them did donate money through one of those organizations I mentioned. They said ‘I was thinking about you and your family and all the people who are suffering from this devastating incident,’ which meant a lot to us, particularly in that situation.”

The Nepalese Student Association consists of Nepalese students at NC State and represents Nepal in campus activities, while at the same time promoting the unique socio-cultural aspects of Nepal to NC State’s community.

“In the past, the Nepalese Students’ Association organized “Nepalese Cultural Night” and participated in the “International tea and coffee event” during the Internationa l Education week,” said Palpasa Mandandhar, vice president of the Nepalese Students’ Association. “NSA also helps newly enrolled Nepalese students at NC State adjust to the life here. In addition, we try our best to provide support to Nepal in times of need.”

pass a bill that was in line with Section 7606 of the 2014 Farm Bill,” Klein said.

NC State’s student body carries particular weight on this issue because the university’s undergraduate agricultural and textiles programs, the programs that stand to benefit the most in terms of research grant money, are consistent ly listed among the best in the United States.

Gov. Pat McCrory signed the pro-hemp legislation H.B. 1220 into law last summer, which allows for the use of cannabidiol, a compound found in marijuana and considered a “hemp oil.”

However, House Bill 1220 states that the hemp extract must be acquired from “another jurisdiction.”

Other supporters of hemp legislation among NC lawmakers include Congressman Walter B. Jones, who has sponsored a bipartisan bill to remove federal restrictions on the domestic cultivation of industrial hemp, and Congressman David Price who voted for the final passage of the 2014 Farm Bill and supported a later appropriations bill prohibiting the DEA from taking enforcement activity in contravention to the Farm Bill provisions.

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Hundreds of participants get a running start in Saturday morning’s PurpleStride 5K on NC State’s Centennial Campus.

Participants of the timed run and walk came together to wage hope and raise awareness about pancreatic cancer.

Currently, the only treatments for pancreatic cancer involves invasive surgery and intensive chemotherapy, according to PCAN. “I was diagnosed less than a year ago on June 5, and it was then that I was told my cancer was inoperable” said Joel Smith of Chapel Hill. “I have been through a lot of treatment, and we have seen a lot of positive changes. I just wish the road to recovery was easier and the final outlook was more in my favor.”

It is estimated that 48,960 Americans will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer this year. Approximately 40,560 will die from the disease, according to PCAN. Allen said that PCAN recently published a study that predicts by 2020, pancreatic cancer will surpass breast and

colorectal cancer to become the second-leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States.

“This is why events like this are so important,” Allen said.

“We need to continue raising awareness and funds, especially since pancreatic cancer research is so poorly funded”.

Sunday’s 5K was not the only PurpleStride event. Each year, in communities across the country, thousands of people participate in more than 56 PurpleStride events.

These events contribute millions of dollars toward the mission of advancing research, supporting patients and creating hope.

“I can’t wait to come back next year,” Smith said.

“Hopefully then, we can all speak about new research and newer, better treatment methods. Events like this that raise awareness and donations are what are going to get us there.”

Raleigh plan to strengthen city’s art and culture Sasha Afanasyeva Staff Writer

The City of Raleigh announced a five-to10-year plan to strengthen arts and culture in the city of Raleigh. The final plan will be adopted this fall.

“Arts Plan is a five-to-10-year strategic plan for the development of the arts throughout the city,” said Jerry Bolas, executive director of the Office of Raleigh Arts. “It will guide city investment, policy and guide city partnerships to grow the arts throughout the city of Raleigh.”

Although the arts plan is still in development, the city of Raleigh is encouraging citizens to participate in the plan development.

“People can offer ideas for the plan by visiting our website www.raleighartsplan. com,” Bolas said. “We are looking for all kinds of ideas. You can see other people’s ideas and comment on them and build on them. When there is a draft plan in the late summer, you can comment on that because we will need feedback on that.”

The plan will help extend the arts beyond downtown Raleigh into areas around the city, Bolas said. In addition, it will provide benefits to NC State.

“One impact on NC State could include increasing partnerships,” Bolas said. “The city of Raleigh funds through my office grants to the NC State University Theatre.

So this could lead to increased funding or

more grants and partnerships with other parts of NC State to increase the arts.”

Hillsborough Street will also see improvements as part of the plan.

“We have strategies to increase the presence of arts along Hillsborough Street that would impact the quality of life in the neighborhood,” Bolas said. “For example, right now my office is working on having public art as part of the Hillsborough Street improvements.”

Hillsborough Street is undergoing improvements, which include expanding it out further west and adding new roundabouts, and the Arts Plan intends to add to the improvements, according to Bolas.

Students see the Arts Plan as a positive

change to Hillsborough Street and NC State.

“I think it’s a really good opportunity to bring the community together by showcasing art from local artists,” said Hannah Carraway, a sophomore studying arts studies.

Although the plan is not fully complete, there are ideas on where to go with it.

“We don’t have a plan yet, but there are areas that we are looking specifically at,” Bolas said. “One of our biggest issues is figuring out how can we take or expand the arts beyond downtown and reach the entire 144 square miles of the city.”

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Esse quam videri: humility as a virtue R

ecently, I was sitting nex t to a f r iend of mine, William Crumpler, on a rocking chair; our conversation went something along these lines : I popped t he question, “What Gabe DeCaro d o e s i t Staff Columnist mean to be humble?”

He sat for a while in pensive silence before I added, “I ask because you’re the master of humility.”

Bashfully, he responded, “No, I’m not.”

I retorted, “That’s exactly what I meant.”

He chuck led a nd a nswered me with his own question: “Well, why do you want to know?”

“All of the other virtues— c ompa s sion, pr ude nc e , charity—all of those are relatively straightforward.

But for me, humility has always been some elusive medium between total selfdeprecation and wanton arrogance, and I’ve never been able to quite pin it down.”

“You’re right. It is a rather hard distinction to make. At the end of the day though, it’s all about keeping your ego in check.”

“How does one go about doing that?”

“As you said, the secret is to find a center ground between the extremes. On one ha nd, it’s per fect ly reasonable to take stock of your accomplishments, realize what you have done and occasionally celebrate.

That doesn’t make you an egoma niac ; t hat si mply makes you a human being looking to build your own identity based off of your actions.”

“Yeah, you wouldn’t want to become one of those people who’s always talking about their awards, scholarships, grades or whatever.”

“As is the case with most things, there is a time and a place. During a conversation, you should never want to try and ‘one-up’ somebody, or steer the course so that it honors your accomplishments. Not only are these actions impolite, but they tend to overinf late your ego.”

“I see. Then on the other hand is the counter force, something that takes you dow n a few pegs. W hat helps you manage?”

“I always remember that somewhere out t here is someone better than me.

S ome b o d y i s s t ronge r, smarter or faster than me.”

“But can’t that have the adverse effect of crushing your spirit and making you feel insignificant?”

“Yes, it can. And at times it should. It is okay to doubt yourself. A smug assuredness of where you are in life leads you down a path of arrogance. If you’re ever complacent with yourself, you will never be able to grow.

Then what fun is life?”

“I’m following you there. I guess ego is really just a delicate balancing act, teetering between overconfidence and crippling insecurity.”

“You need to find a sense of rea lism. Hu mi lit y is taking a good long look at

yourself in the mirror and asking: ‘What am I good at?

What do I suck at? What do I value?’ Humility is asking those questions to assess where you’ve come from, where you are and where you’re going.”

“I’m following you there.

So to be humble is really just to be rather than to seem?”

“That sounds nice, but then again, a lways keep looking for a better answer.”

‘Mad Men,’ the cure for the common TV show R

eviewer Todd VanDerWerff posited in his retrospective look at the pilot of “Mad Men” that the series strives to answer two questions over the course of its seven, now completed, seasons: “Who is Don Draper?” a nd “W hy do we want Mary Anna w h a t w e want?”

Rice Now that Opinion Editor t he ser ie s has concluded, can we answer these questions? Not entirely, no. The character of Don Draper—a man whose false name indicates doubly his tendency to hide who he is, with “don” and “drape”— remains as transient as ever.

He strives for American ideals, fails to meet his own expectations and runs away when he can no longer ignore the growing hole in his chest.

However, in the end, Don is a fully realized character because he maintains his own singular identity while also managing to embody our own propensities for self-loathing and self-immolation. Dick Whitman is the man himself; Don Draper is who we as a society collectively long for.

His character is the result of his attempts to reconcile these conflicting identities.

“Mad Men,” at its core, wants to portray people, not characters. This is where it differs from most other television shows. It wants to understand why its characters do the things they do, and it allows events to happen organically. Plot points occur because the characters will it, not because the showrunners forcibly will them into action.

One of the most important things “Mad Men” does is treat its female characters as human beings rather than just women. Few shows tackle society’s inability to recognize women as human with such fervor. The series is almost certainly the most feminist of the prestige dramas.

In fact, it’s likely one of the most feminist long-running shows to ever air on popular television. While some are quick to claim sexism because “Mad Men” frequently portrays misogynist people doing misogynist things, these people fail to detect the irony

between the show’s personal outlook and the beliefs of its characters.

A show itself isn’t sexist simply because it somewhat accurately portrays the attitudes of its time period. This irony comes to the forefront of the show in season one’s episode, “Babylon,” in which a man describes seeing a woman come up with an idea

“He strives for American ideals, fails to meet his own expectations and runs away when he can no longer ignore the growing hole in his chest.” to be like “watching a dog play the piano.” The misogyny in previous episodes, which was insulting but distant— in addition to not being dissimilar to attitudes still commonplace today—turns into something more repulsive, a dehumanizing sentiment that systematically reduces women to sexual objects. It is fitting that the conclusion of “Babylon” features a female character standing stationary while gripping a bird’s cage, a present she did not ask for, but was forced upon her nonetheless.

As “Mad Men” progresses, Peggy and Joan, our main female protagonists, confront obstacle after obstacle in the workplace because of their gender. Peggy, despite possessing a Don-like talent in advertising and frequently adjusting her identity to best suit her environment, is unable to emulate Don’s meteoric rise as a creative director. Joan, in actively presenting her femininity, gains status gradually, only to have it abruptly taken away from her when Sterling Cooper is absorbed by McCann. Though the men who were absorbed gain enviable positions and attention, Joan is shunted because her role is reset to what it was at the beginning of the series; the men resume treating her as a glorified secretary.

The series treats its female

characters as people first and women second, while, true to the times, the characters around them do the opposite, at least initially.

It does the same with its characters of color. Shirley, a black woman in a sea of white men, says to her boss when she gives her notice, “Advertising is not a very comfortable place for everyone.” In a society that treats people of color and women as fundamentally lesser beings, it is often uncomfortable to observe how closely these circumstances parallel our own.

Some view “Mad Men” as a sneering observation of the past, a remote slight against an easy target. I disagree. “Mad Men” eviscerates these attitudes, yes, but it also simultaneously reflects how we continue to perpetuate them in modern society. It tears down those ideals of the American dream and questions why we still want the same things today as we did back then. As we are now, we continue to make the same mistakes as Don; we chase after beginnings only to become disenchanted, though we might not always have his ability to escape. “Don Draper” is the manifestation of a hollow image, a physical advertisement that promises greatness only to collapse under the pressures of reality. We cannot fill that shell, as such ideas of perfection and happiness cannot exist in permanence. We cannot live within an ad.

The narrative of “Mad Men” is one that we need.

It concludes that none of us can be Don Draper—nor should we want to be.

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s I sat in the movie theater on Friday evening, I anticipated “Pitch Perfect 2” wou ld entertain me w it h catchy tunes and edg y humor l i ke Katherine its precursor. I did Waller Staff Columnist not expect almost two hours of tone-deaf humor and f lat, unfunny stereotypes. Most attempts at humor were racist, homophobic or sexist and garnered few laughs from the audience. I found myself very uncomfortable, as did several others in the theater.

This movie follows the casua l ly racist comedy trend Hollywood has been going for lately. Movies such as “Get Hard” and “The Heat” have recently had similar monotonous, racist humor. But viewers seem to enjoy it, as “Pitch Perfect 2” made about $70 million during its f irst weekend, compared to the $65 million that the first installment made during its entire domestic box office run.

This is on the heels of the divisive controversy over First Lady Michelle Obama’s commencement speech at the Tuskegee Institute over Mother’s Day weekend, which outraged many. Right-winged critics were quick to immediately invalidate her speech, claiming that it was an at-

tempt to attain more black voters for the Democratic Party, that the “black experience” she described was not actually experienced by her and her husband and even that she needed to stop complaining because affirmative action was the only way she got into Princeton.

I read and heard comments from people insisting that the first lady had offended them.

The response to her speech and views on the hardships faced by black Americans is shock ing. W hile I do believe her speech was entirely misinterpreted by ma ny, t h i s cont rovers y para lleled w ith the success of the “Pitch Perfect” sequel indicates that racist jokes are more palatable to the public than a discussion about the effects of racism in our society. It is essential that a level of discourse on these social issues find its way into the mainstream; however, Hollywood shirks this responsibility by parading dated philosophies and interpretations of minorities in its recent comedies.

Instead, we are pressured to find stereotypes funny rather than given initiative to abolish them. As a society, we criticize people such as Michelle Obama for pushing a “liberal narrative” by speaking up about bigotry.

The past few weeks show that many see discussion of social inequality as palatable only when it favors groups of power. Our first lady validating the “black experience” and encouraging graduates to persist

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against the odds in a commencement speech receives outrage, while racist humor in a movie aimed at an audience of teenagers and young adults is simply met with an eye-roll, relatively good reviews and $70 million in the box office. Recent buzzwords and trends throughout the United States show how d ispropor t ionately society approves of certain issues based on the demographic they represent. For example, the recent “dad bod” phenomenon shows that people are more willing to accept a man’s lessthan-perfect body and does absolutely nothing to help counter the superficial and impossible standards that women face.

The off-color humor in these Hollywood blockbusters shows that a portion of America is refusing to acknowledge the gravity of the current racial atmosphere of the U.S., especially in light of the riots and protests that are occurring in Baltimore and Ferguson, as well as in many other places throughout the country.

It is much easier to put people in neat little boxes rather than to reevaluate discriminatory ideologies, a reason why we witness so much discrepancy in the “socially acceptable” methods by which Americans address racial inequality and stereotypes. These are serious issues that warrant serious discussion. We should not repress these concerns with uncomfortable and unfunny humor.

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Old poems for new times: NC’s Poet Laureate Kevin Schaefer Senior Staff Writer

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Before delving into his extensive poetry career and rich family history, Shelby Stephenson sat outside in his backyard next to his dog, Cricket, effortlessly naming each and every bird that chirped nearby. A lover of nature, he uses the sights and sounds on his farm in Benson, North Carolina, as a source of inspiration for his writing.

Stephenson is North Carolina’s newest poet laureate, a title which he said many people he knows had no idea existed.

“This is a world that people who write headlines in the newspaper don’t really know about,” he said about poetry culture.

Gov. Pat McCrory offered the position to Stephenson last December, after the previously elected poet laureate Valerie Macon sparked a huge controversy within the literary community. People were upset about the fact that Macon was a government employee with scarcely any published poems to her credentials. She resigned after just one week.

As the governor searched for a replacement, Stephenson’s name kept popping up in lists of top candidates.

Now residing on the same farmland where he grew up, the 76-year-old North Carolina native said he has been writing poetry for as long as he can remember but, as a child, had no exposure to any famous poets. He also never took a writing class.

“I don’t know where it comes from,” Stephenson said. “I never read any poems growing up—I heard the sermons and the mother goose rhymes.”

Today, Stephenson’s farm is 10 acres, cut back from the 68-acre property he grew up on. Throughout the years, he has witnessed the changing of cotton and tobacco fields to neighborhoods and developments in his hometown of Benson. But those aren’t the only changes he’s seen.

Like countless other southerners before the Civil War, Stephenson’s great-great grandfather George was a slave-owner, living on the exact same farmland. In 1851, this man sold a 10-year-old girl for just more than $400.

Now, five generations and more than a century and a half later, Stephenson turned this part of his family’s history into an extensive poem titled “Family Matters: Homage to July, the Slave Girl,” published in 2008. Written from the perspective of a 10-year-old slave, Stephenson was at first hesitant to write the poem.

“I wondered if I could write it from her point of view,” he said. “I don’t know if I succeeded, but I tried to write myself out of it.”

Prior to beginning his writing career, Stephenson was unsure of what he wanted to do when he finished high school.

Growing up, he said that while he didn’t dislike school, he would rather be catfishing.

However, when his father asked him what he would do upon graduation, Stephenson looked him in the eye and said, “Daddy, I think I’ll go to college.”

Obtaining his bachelor’s degree in English from UNCChapel Hill in 1960, Stephenson worked jobs at both radio and TV stations. He met his wife Linda while working at AT&T Long Lines.

It was not until graduate school at the University of Wisconsin that Stephenson

said he became a voracious reader, spending Saturday nights at libraries immersed in the works of Oscar Wilde and William Faulkner. During one of the numerous poetry readings he attended, Stephenson said he “accidentally” ran into Robert Frost.

“You hear the music in Frost,” he said.

Dorianne Laux, poetry professor in the Department of English, said Stephenson is one of her favorite poets, describing his work as “sometimes whimsical and always beautiful.” Quoting from his poem “October Turning,” she described it as one of her favorites.

“Poetry is mouthfuls of language, musical, like his ‘humpthroated fishhawk,’ and ephemeral like his ‘dream under feathers’ and unsettling, like the ‘masks fixed in cornshuck brooms,’” Laux said. “All of it pressed together to make a kind of rich, closely-woven fabric of the worlds that live both outside and within us.”

Stephenson spent most of his career as a professor at UNCPembroke and as the editor of Pembroke Magazine. The school invited him to come and speak there just before they hired him.

“I read poems and sang some Hank Williams songs, and they hired me, and I worked there for 32 years,” he said. “I had thought teaching was for sissies, but I did it, and I really loved it.”

Since becoming NC’s poet laureate, Stephenson has juggled an endless amount of panels and talks at various schools. Just last week he went back and forth between Greensboro, Goldsboro and his home in Benson. A few weeks ago he gave a talk to students at Leesville Middle School.

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Shelby Stephenson, North Carolina’s new poet laureate, shown standing in the home where he was born on his farm in Benson, North Carolina. Gov. Pat McCrory appointed Stephenson as the new poet laureate in December. His published works include “Finch’s Mask” (1990), “Plankhouse” (1993), “The Persimmon Tree Carol” (2002) and “Possum” (2004).

“The weird thing is the familiar thing: I didn’t realize I’d have to really manage a calendar,” he said. “I’m happy to do it, but I’d never thought I’d be asked to do so many things.”

Later this month, Stephenson will board an airplane to be recognized in a ceremony at his alma mater of Wisconsin, the first time he will have flown in more than a decade.

While the transition of his quiet life on the farm to traveling literary figure has been sudden, Stephenson says he is motivated by his duties as poet laureate.

Laux said almost every state in the country now has a poet laureate and that the poetry community is growing. More students are declaring majors and minors in the creative writing program, in addition

to attending author signings on campus.

Carlene Kucharczyk, a graduate student in NC State’s MFA in poetry, said these opportunities expose people to poetry that normally wouldn’t be exposed.

“Poetry has changed in many ways, but it’s still the language that best captures and encapsulates the emotional history of the world— the kind of history you don’t find in textbooks, but inside the book of the human heart,” Laux said.

Stephenson says it is inevitable that whenever he checks his email, another appearance request will be waiting in his inbox.

“It shows that the arts, and writing and people’s desire to tell their stories, all of that’s very much alive,” Stephenson

said. “I would do it without the laureateship.”

Despite never taking any kind of formal writing class, Stephenson has published enough poems throughout the years to fill more than a dozen books. He published his first, “Whales Are Hard to See,” in 1973.

As he continued to identify the ravens and mockingbirds that flew by and pointed to the house where his father once lived, Stephenson said his writing stems mostly from the sights and sounds he experiences in his daily life.

“Poetry became personal to me,” he said. “My subject is culture—the people, family, the drama of life, the living. We’re finite, and mortal and don’t know the unknown unless we write about it in words.”

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Mr. President, Stop the Iran Deal Now! Iran is the world’s leading exporter of Islamic terror and our greatest enemy. Your deal fails to keep Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. It’s time for a reset.

Iran’s constitution commands it to conquer the world through Islamic jihad, and Iran increases its bloody Middle East conquests daily. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei regularly leads chants of “Death to America” and “Death to Israel.” Can we afford an agreement that actually paves the way for a nuclear-armed Iran?

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The North Carolina Museum of Arts will kick off its Summer Concert series this weekend with the Brooklyn-based quartet, Lake Street Dive.

Now in its 19th season, the outdoor concerts have become a summertime favorite of Raleigh locals and students alike.

All shows take place in the NCMA park ampitheatre in the nation’s largest musuem park.

The Lake Street Dive plays a soulful, jazzinspired style with an upbeat pop feel. The band blends these old and new styles to give something fresh and exciting to live preformances.

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1. End Iran’s nuclear program. This means shutting down Iran’s Fordow and Arak nuclear facilities and Iran’s terrorist aggression makes it the greatest ceasing all centrifuge-enabled nuclear R&D. Iran threat to world peace—and America’s greatest enemy. refuses. Why? The Islamic Republic has sown seeds of global jihad for 2. Export Iran’s nuclear stockpiles. Iran has no decades, killing thousands of Americans, Europeans, peaceful need of its extensive nuclear stockpiles and South Americans, Arabs and Israelis worldwide since should ship them away. It refuses this. Why? 1982, including the deaths of 241 U.S. Marines and 58 3. Abandon development of Intercontinental French peacekeepers in the 1983 Beirut barracks Ballistic Missiles. ICBMs have only one purpose—to bombings. Today, Iran sponsors terrorist proxies, such deliver nuclear bombs long distances, as far as to the as Hezbollah, which controls Lebanon and militarily U.S. Yet Iran refuses even to admit development of backs Iran’s control of the Syrian government. Iran has such missiles. Why? also achieved dominance 4. Permit “anytime, in Iraq by helping the “The deal we’ll accept is that they end anywhere” inspections.

Iraqis battle the Islamic Iran must agree that State, and most recently it their nuclear program.” nuclear inspectors can has seized control of President Barack Obama, October 22, 2012 visit any suspicious site Yemen through its Houthi without warning. Iran agents. Suddenly Iran has refuses to allow this. Why? graduated from being the largest state sponsor of 5. Slow easing of sanctions. Any softening of Islamic terrorism to the major Islamist colonial power economic sanctions must be spread over years, only as in the Middle East. Most distressingly, Iran proudly benchmarks are met. Iran insists on instant sanctions trumpets its intention to “annihilate” Israel, a goal it relief. asserts is “non-negotiable.”

6. Abandon terrorism and colonialism. Iran must Despite Iran’s record of terror attacks against the U.S cease its global terror campaigns and its sponsorship of and our allies worldwide, and its open hostility to violent colonial aggression.

American values and objectives, the White House now 7. Severe punishment for any violation. Any proposes a nuclear arms agreement with Iran that falls agreement must facilitate true instant “snapback” of shockingly short of Mr. Obama’s 2012 promise to economic sanctions in case Iran violates this “prevent them from acquiring a nuclear weapon.” agreement.

Not only does the proposed “Iran Deal” fail to stop What’s our alternative? President Obama and Iran from acquiring nuclear armaments, it permits Secretary Kerry seem desperate to make the Iran Deal— Iran to continue developing nuclear weapons a weak negotiating posture that has led to weak terms. technology over the next ten years. Even more If we are to make a good deal, we must insist on the frightening, Iran denies agreeing to many key conditions above and be ready to walk away. No deal is provisions that Secretary of State John Kerry claims better than the current proposed deal, which does not are essential to it. fulfill Mr. Obama’s promise to the American people. This What’s wrong with the “Iran Deal”? Iran has a long deal, in allowing Iran to keep its nuclear infrastructure history of lying about its nuclear activities and and continue nuclear weapons research, is sure to start cheating on agreements. Iran ratified the Nuclear Nona nuclear arms race in the Middle East, starting with Proliferation Treaty in 1970, yet has been developing Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Turkey. What’s more, when nuclear weapons—and lying about it—for decades.

Iran begins to cheat on this agreement—which is Iran also has ignored a U.N. Security Council demand likely—it may force Israel to take unilateral military that it suspend nuclear enrichment activities. In short, action, since a nuclear-weaponized Iran is an existential Iran is a bad actor on the world stage and can’t be threat to the Jewish state. Those who criticize the trusted. President Obama promised in 2012 that “The proposed “Iran Deal” are often accused of wanting war deal we’ll accept is that they end their nuclear with Iran. In fact, it is Iran’s current nuclear weapons program,” which is the deal most Americans want. development that is provocative and bellicose.

Here’s what that deal must look like: If we want to avoid military action against Iran—which most Americans do—we must negotiate an agreement that truly prevents war. It’s time to set aside the current deal—which Iran has not even agreed to—and start again. We must continue a harsh sanctions regime until Iran realizes we are serious about preventing their acquisition of nuclear weapons.

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Snapshots into the future of spring graduates Emma Cathell Co-Features Editor

Many students ask one another about summer or post-graduation plans, but may not really know how their peers feel about them.

This collection of 2015 NC State graduates are only a few shells in the ocean, but they do give an idea about what some of the transitions the recent graduated class is facing and what their experiences are with them.

Joseph Moo-Young, who graduated with a degree in chemical engineering and textile engineering, will attend medical school at UNC-Chapel Hill in the fall.

“I’m just in a daze from everything that’s happened over the last four years,” MooYoung said. “It was a lot of fun but a lot of work. I’m happy for everything I was able to experience here.”

Out of everything Moo-Young has ahead of him, he is excited to apply his knowledge of medicine to his future patients.

“Medicine is obviously a huge field, and it’s more than just diseases that you see in a book,” Moo-Young said. “It’s a person right in front of you. You have to see what you can do to work around all the barriers to bring them to a place of better health and improved life.”

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With his degrees in engineering, Joseph Moo-Young will begin medical school at UNC-Chapel Hill in the fall.

Overall, Moo-Young said medical school is going to prepare him for his future career as a physician. “[My hopes are] continuing to build upon all of the knowledge that I’ve gained here,” Moo-Young said, “and growing not only as a physician but also as a person who cares about other people and cares about making the world a better place.”

Ashley Butler, a graduate with a degree in animal science, will attend NC State College of Veterinary Medicine in the fall.

“This was my first dream, so it’s really exciting,” Butler said. “I find it so crazy that I can remember being 10 years old and playing animal doctor with our dogs at home.”

Although Butler has come this far and is going to veterinary school, she said she realizes that the next step will not be easy.

“Vet school is going to be tough for sure,” Butler said. “I thought I studied a lot in undergrad, but you’ve got class basically from 8–5 and then putting in a lot of hours studying at the library.”

Butler’s lifelong dream of working with animals is becoming more of a reality as she enters the veterinary program at NC State.

“I really hope that I can come out and be a well-rounded veterinarian when I’m done,” Butler said, “and that I can take the knowl-

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Ashley Butler, a graduate with a degree in animal science, will attend the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine to pursue her dreams.

edge I’ve spent four years cramming into my head and actually be able to go out and put it to use and help animals and help people, and do what I’ve always wanted to.”

There are also several untraditional students at NC States such as Jason Dinice, a graduate with degrees in Spanish and economics, who are older than the “typically aged” college student.

“I’m relieved because I’m 28,” Dinice said.

“I’ve been at this for a while. I’m probably more relieved than people graduating when they’re supposed to. I started school two years for engineering, and then I stopped and took a few years off and worked and traveled.

My parents are definitely happy.”

During his senior year of college, Dinice was a full-time student and had a full-time job at a restaurant, which he said was very difficult and exhausting. He said he is going to take a break this summer.

“I’m traveling to Spain for a music festival, and then after that, I’m going do all the things I haven’t been able to do like see my friends, go to trapeze class, go on a real date and go to more fun concerts,” Dinice said.

Dinice said he will miss school and has appreciated his classes because he enjoys learning and he enjoys his majors, but said he’s ready to step out of the school zone.

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Jason Dinice worked a full-time job while completing his degrees. Now, he will be enjoying this summer with travlieng and trapezing.

Gino Lerebours, a graduate with a degree in statistics, will pursue a doctorate degree in biostatistics at Harvard University.

“College gives you a place where you feel like you have a structure and that you’re working toward something,” Lerebours said.

“But at the same time, it also gives you this uncharted land—this exposure to all these new and different things that can be really exciting.”

Lerebours said he will experience both of these sides at Harvard.

“I’m happy about going to an amazing school and getting a degree that can let me do pretty much anything, more or less, within the field of statistics and will prepare me to be at a level where I can actually make an impact that I think is positive,” Lerebours said.

However, Harvard will also be a growing experience for Lerebours.

“I’m someone who has been born and raised in North Carolina in the Triangle,” Lerebours said. “But this will be something completely out of my comfort zone: living in a big city, being around all these intimidating, brilliant people, and seeing what I’m capable of, to see if I’m even smart enough to pursue a Ph.D. I’ll find those things out, and it’ll be terrifying.”

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Gino Lerebours graduated with a degree in statistics and will pursue a doctorate degree at Harvard University.

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with and beat any team in the country when firing on all cylinders. The biggest question surrounding the Pack isn’t regarding talent, as five players recently earned 2015 All-ACC honors, but rather if the team can put together and reach its potential.

The Pack is trending in the right direction and seems to be peaking just in time for the ACC Tournament. While most experts predict NC State will make the 64-team NCAA Tournament field, the Wolfpack can help itself by earning a win or two in Durham to bolster its resume and seeding.

The team opens ACC Tournament play

Thursday at 11 a.m. against Notre Dame (3519, 17-13 ACC) at Durham Bulls Athletic Park.

The Irish won the series against the Pack two games to one earlier this season.

Notre Dame boasts one of the top pitching staffs in the conference, ranking fourth in ERA and supported by a defense with the best fielding percentage in the ACC. State takes on No. 8 Miami (42-13, 22-8 ACC), which swept the Pack in March, Friday at 7 p.m. Miami holds the top team batting average in the conference led by junior third baseman David Thompson, the ACC leader in home runs and RBI. The Wolfpack wrap up pool play Saturday at 7 p.m. against Virginia. The ACC championship game is Sunday at 1 p.m.

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Senior Renada Davis went 2-for-3 from the plate, earning two runs and driving in two more. The team captain also extended her hitting streak to 13 games.

In the second game, Weiman dominated top-seeded James Madison, allowing just one hit and striking out eight en route to a 2-0 victory. With the victory, Weiman topped 30 wins for the third-straight season.

With the win, the Pack entered the regional final undefeated for just the second time in school history.

After beating Fordham, the Pack beat JMU in the losers’ bracket, the Pack and the Rams

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met for the third time. The result was the same: an NC State victory.

However, this game was much tighter than the previous two. Tied 1-1 in the bottom of the sev-enth, junior first baseman Maggie Hawkins drilled a walk-off home run for the history books.

Hawkins played phenomenally throughout Sunday’s game, going 3-for-3 from the plate and driv-ing in both of State’s runs.

From here, NC State enters 16-team tournament for the NCAA Championship. The Pack will travel to Eugene, Oregon to face the No. 2 Ducks in a best-of-three series.

Though Oregon will be a formidable opponent, the Pack is playing its best ball at the right time and will surely make things interesting.

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BASEBALL

SOFTBALL

Seahawks sign T.Y. McGill Recently graduated defensive tackle T.Y. McGill was signed as an undrafted rookie free agent by the Seattle Seahawks Friday. McGill participated in the Seahawks’ minicamp last week as a tryout for the position. McGill started 21 games for State throughout his four year career, accumulating 131 tackles and 10 sacks during his tenure with the Pack. With McGill’s signing, Seattle now has four NC State graduates on its roster: McGill, quarterback Russell Wilson, offensive lineman J.R. Sweezy and placekicker Steven Hauschka.

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Wolfpack to face Michigan in ACC/Big Ten Challenge The ACC announced the matchups for the 17th annual ACC/Big Ten Challenge May 13 with NC State slotted to host Michigan on Dec. 1.

The Wolfpack is 6-9 in the Challenge since its creation in 1999, going 1-6 in the past eight years. In 2012, State fell to the Wolverines in the Challenge; the all-time series between the two teams in 3-3. Last season, Michigan posted a 16-16 record, missing the NCAA Tournament, but returns its top six scores from the 2015 season.

The ACC/Big Ten Challenge will consist of 14 games spread over three days, all of which can be seen on the ESPN family of networks.

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Mumma to participate in World University Games Redshirt junior diver Rachel Mumma earned a spot on the USA diving national team Tuesday for the 2015 World University Games, which will be held July 3-14 in South Korea.

Mumma is the first NC State diver to participate as a member of the national team. The junior finished fourth in the one-meter dive at the 2014 USA Diving Winter National Championships in December to qualify for a chance to make the team and secured her spot on the roster this week.

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Jake Fincher, a senior outfielder, holds his swing during the baseball game against Davidson on Feb. 14 on Doak Field. Fincher had three at bats with one hit, one run and one runner batted in. The Wolfpack took down Davidson with a commanding 8-3 score.

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Sophomore catcher Molly Hutchison strikes the ball at Dail Softball Field on Oct.19. Hutchinson drove in two runs on a double in the third inning of the game. The Wolfpack defeated Campbell 4-0 in game one and 1-0 in game two.

State bats heating up in postseason David Kehrli Staff Writer

Following an up and down season, the NC State baseball team travels to Durham as the 6-seed in the 2015 ACC Tournament, looking to secure a spot in the NCAA Tournament field.

After struggling to find consistency during the regular season, at times squandering quality opportunities and committing costly mistakes, the Wolfpack (31-20, 15-14 ACC) has turned its season around, winning 10 of its final 12 games bypass the play-in games in the ACC Tournament.

For much of the season, State struggled to register runs with runners in scoring position, leaving too many on base. The team failed to bring those runners home in clutch situations when it mattered the most, resulting in painful losses after outplaying the opposition.

An end of the season turnaround seemed improbable less than a month ago, as the Pack dropped a series opener 8-3 to Virginia (33-19, 15-15 ACC), giving the club its ninth loss in 12 games.

Rather than giving up on its dim

NCAA Tournament hopes, the team revealed its character with a pair of thrilling walk-off wins to steal the series from Virginia.

The Virginia series began a ninegame winning streak for the Wolfpack. During that time, the club improved its hitting with runners in scoring position and stranded fewer on base, while the already solid pitching staff stepped its play up a notch.

After sweeping ACC counterpart Wake Forest—highlighted by a 19-1 drubbing of the Demon Deacons—the team faced its toughest competition of the year when No. 2 Louisville (42-14, 25-5 ACC) visited Doak Field to close out the regular season.

NC State gave one of the nation’s top teams all it could handle, playing Louisville to three closely contested games, including a 3-2 upset over the Cardinals in Game 2.

The Pack’s victory clinched its place in pool play of the ACC Tournament, giving the club three more opportunities to improve its NCAA Tournament resume.

Despite losing the Louisville series, the Wolfpack proved it can play

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The NC State softball team made history this weekend, winning its NCAA Regional to advance to the Super Regional for the first time ever.

The Wolfpack (38-20, 13-8 ACC) entered the Harrisonburg, Virginia Regional as the 2-seed and defeated 3-seed Fordham twice and topseed James Madison en route to a perfect record.

Early in the season, most State faithful would not have expected this to be the year for the Pack to earn a berth in the Super Regional.

A 3-6 start to the season followed by mediocre play early in the conference schedule gave little hope for much more than an early exit in the Regional round.

However, the State team found its groove late in the season, winning each of its final eight regular season games, six of which were shutouts. Senior starting pitcher Emily Weiman (31-15) tossed her third career no-hitter against Appalachian State on May 2.

The Wolfpack bats came through strong at the end of the season, recording at least eight hits per game

in each of its final eight regular season games.

In the ACC Tournament, the Pack proved its late-season run was not a f luke, ousting 4-seed Louisville in the first round before falling to No. 9 Florida State in the semifinals.

The late-season surge landed State in its third-straight NCAA Regional and the team’s fifth in program history. The Pack earned a favorable draw, as the top team in the pool was James Madison, ranked 15th out of the 16 regional hosts.

Fordham and Binghamton, two teams that State defeated in the regular season, rounded out the Harrisonburg Regional field. Both teams attended the Hyatt Place Invitational in Raleigh from March 13–15, and both were shut out by the Pack.

The Pack opened the Regional tournament with an offensive explosion, dropping Fordham, 12-5, in the first game to advance to the winner’s bracket. Trailing 5-4 heading into the bottom of the fifth, State knocked in six runs to essentially seal the game.

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Five Pack baseball players earn All-ACC honors The ACC announced its all-ACC selections Monday, and the NC State baseball team landed five members on various all-conference teams.

Senior outfielder Jake Fincher, sophomore infielder Andrew Knizner and freshman first baseman Preston Palmeiro each garnered spots on the all-ACC second team, while senior Logan Ratledge earned third-team honors and freshman left-handed pitcher Brian Brown made the allfreshman squad. These selections mark the 19th consecutive year that head coach Elliott Avent has had at least one of his players make an allACC roster.

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While we were away: the state of Pack athletics Daniel Lacy Nicole Malanphy Staff Writer

Taylor Peers Staff Writer

In the four weeks since the last issue of the Technician, NC State students fought through exams while the Wolfpack spring sports teams were fighting through the closing weeks of their seasons. The Technician sports staff takes a look back at the highlights of NC State athletics while we were away.

MEN’S TENNIS

ATHLETIC SCHEDULE Thursday BASEBALL VS. NOTRE DAME Durham, North Carolina, 11 a.m.

Friday BASEBALL VS. MIAMI Durham, North Carolina, 7 p.m.

SOFTBALL VS. OREGON Eugene, Oregon, 9 p.m.

GOLF @ NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP Tampa, Flordia, all day Saturday SOFTBALL VS. OREGON Eugene, Oregon, 3 p.m.

SOFTBALL VS. OREGON Eugene, Oregon, 6 p.m.

BASEBALL VS. VIRIGNIA Durham, North Carolina, 7 p.m.

GOLF @ NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP Tampa, Flordia, all day

WOMEN’S TENNIS

Assistant Sports Editor

The NC State men’s tennis team season has come to a close after the Wolfpack fell to the No. 30 Tulsa in the first-round of the NCAA Championships last weekend in Fort Worth, Texas.

The loss followed the team’s early exit from the ACC Championships against Florida State.

The ACC Championship began with the Seminoles taking two of the three doubles matches in tiebreakers.

Sophomore Nick Horton attempted to bring the Pack back with a 6-3 victory in his singles match, but the Seminoles seized the contest with a win against senior Austin Powell.

Two weeks later, the State team traveled to Texas for the NCAA match against Tulsa. The Golden Hurricane took both doubles matches and the first singles match to gain a 3-0 lead; snapping senior Beck Bond’s 10-match winning streak in the process.

The Pack fought back hard, but Horton fell 6-4 in the final match, securing the win for Tulsa.

Although the team suffered a loss in the NCAA Championship opener, this will be the fourth year in a row the Wolfpack has made an appearance in the NCAA tournament, a new record for the program.

The NC State women’s tennis team was defeated by to No. 6 Georgia Tech during the second round of the ACC Championship after advancing the day before with a win against Wake Forest.

Despite the upset over the Demon Deacons, the Wolfpack did not qualify for a spot in the NCAA Championships, ending the team’s 2015 campaign.

The Wolfpack claimed the lead early on against the Deacons, with seniors Elisha Hande and Nicole Martinez taking the first doubles match, 8-2, and sophomore Liza Fieldsend and senior Sophie Nelson taking the second doubles, 8-4.

Fieldsend continued to excel, winning her singles match along with freshman Tayla Stenta.

Hande secured the Wolfpack win with a 6-4 win, allowing the team to advance to the second round with a 4-2 victory.

The next day, the Wolfpack went up against Georgia Tech, losing 4-0. Hande and Martinez won their second doubles match of the tournament, while Fieldsend and junior Joanna Nalborska dropped their single matches to ranked opponents.

dison each taking silver medals in the long jump on the first day.

On the final day, Perry finished second place on the 100m hurdles and sophomore Erika Kemp took silver in the 5,000m race, helping the women earn 59 points and a seventh overall finish in the championships. The men didn’t perform as well, finishing 12th overall with 33 points

MEN’S GOLF The NC State men’s golf team’s season has ended after a sixth-place result in the NCAA Regionals held at Yale University.

Despite entering the final day of competition in control of second place, the Wolfpack finished just one stroke away from gaining a spot in the NCAA Championships.

Junior Carter Page finished tied for fifth and created a career best with a score of 207 (71-6868).

Senior James Chapman finished his NC State career with a career best as well, tying for 17th with a score of 211 (71-70-70).

The NCAA Regional was the seventh appearance in eight seasons for State.

TRACK & FIELD

WOMEN’S GOLF

The NC State track and field team has kept itself busy with plenty of competition, with major events such as the Duke Twilight and ACC Championships.

At the Duke Twilight on May 7, a handful of Wolfpack athletes enjoyed strong performances.

On the men’s side, student assistant Kris Kornegay-Gober took first in the high-jump with a mark of 7’0.50”.

For the women, redshirt sophomore Megan Moye set a personal best time of 2:08.53 in the 800m run en route to a third place finish. Sophomore Paisley Simmons also set a personal best, this one coming in the 200m dash with a time of 23.43 en route to a first place finish.

At the ACC Championships, the Pack started off strong with juniors Alexis Perry and Jonathan Ad-

The NC State women’s golf team has earned a place in the NCAA Women’s Golf Championships for the third time in the program’s history.

NC State will travel to Bradenton, Florida, to compete against 24 other talented teams May 22–27.

The NCAA Regional was held at the Wolfpack’s own Lonnie Poole Golf Course May 9. The Pack battled its way to claim third place, shooting the best team score, 291, on the final day of competition.

Rachael Taylor, Vivian Tsui, and Lindsey McGetrick stole the spotlight tying for fifth, 22nd and 30th respectively. Taylor ranked second among the field with 14 birdies in the tournament.