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IN BRIEF Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon Brings Thousands to Raleigh
In its third year, the Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon has turned into an annual weekend event in Raleigh, drawing 7,700 runners this year. The run, which includes a 5k on Saturday and a marathon and half-marathon on Sunday, drew runners from all 50 states and eight different countries. Roads from Fayetteville Street in downtown to Centennial Campus were closed for the event. Raleigh saw an estimated $8.5 million in direct visitor spending and rented out more than 11,000 hotel rooms. Source: The News & Observer
Willett wins Master’s after Speith’s Collapse
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A dozen NC State students protested House Bill 2 Friday in front of a bathroom on the third f loor of Talley Student Union. This event was a sitin, one of many protests organized by students across North Carolina universities in response to HB2, which was signed into law on March 23. Students across the UNC System chose central, highly trafficked bathrooms to show their solidarity with the transgender community and bring attention to their opposition
of HB2. News stations and papers from across the state covered the event, such as ABC 11 and WNCN. Lea h Block, a f reshma n studying business administration who participated in the sit-in, said protests can accomplish many important advancements for this issue, such as starting a conversation and providing visibility for the LGBT community. “Sit-ins are great for creating momentum, so if other [schools] see that we’re doing this, it will be more likely for them to join the movement and mobilize,” Block said. “I think a lot of people have
Saturday, high winds kept a flight from landing at the RaleighDurham International Airport. Although scheduled to land at 10:47, the plane flying from Dallas-Fort Worth did not land until around 1 p.m. A cold front in the Triangle caused the high winds, which knocked down trees throughout southeast Raleigh. Roughly 700 Duke Energy customers experienced power outages as a result. Source: WRAL
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Leah Block, a freshman studying exploratory studies, is interviewed by News 14 Carolina and several other local news stations during a bathroom sit-in in Talley Student Union Friday. The bathroom sit-in was in protest of the recently passed House Bill 2, which opponents say discriminates against transgender people by mandating that they use the bathroom that matches the sex listed on their birth certificate.
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In a shocking turn of events Sunday, Danny Willett became the first Englishman to win the Master’s since 1996. Jordan Speith, who was trying for a fourth backto-back win, was five shots ahead on the 10th tee and three shots behind when he walked to the 13th tee. Willett hit it home with a shot into the 14th to about 4 feet and a tee shot on the par-3 16th to 7 feet for a birdie that stretched his lead, clenching the title. Source: ESPN
After seven days of occupying the Allen Building at Duke University, the Duke Students and Workers in Solidarity protesters voluntarily emerged from the building on Friday citing the administration’s “obstinance” and threats to revoke amnesty, according to the protesters’ press release. The sit-in began last Friday to protest the systemic discrimination on campus, in particular an incident where a top-level administrator hit a parking attendant and allegedly yelled a racial slur at her. The DSWS plans to maintain its tent camp outside the Allen Building called “Abele-ville” and “continue to fight for the fulfillment of demands.” Source: ABC 11
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IHOP operates smoothly on its first day in the new location at Stanhope Student Apartments on Hillsborough Street on Sunday, after the IHOP located just 1.5 miles down the road closed Saturday.
Goodbye and hello, Hillsborough IHOP Hessa Al Maghlouth Correspondent
The IHOP location at 1313 Hillsborough St. closed its doors for a final time Saturday. The 24-hour restaurant moved to its new location on the corner of Hillsborough Street and Dixie Trail, under Stanhope Student Apartments. This renovation is one of many taking place on Hillsborough as more businesses on the street are modernizing. Since it first opened in 1968, the old IHOP, with its classic blue roof and A-frame style, has served NC State students and families for almost 48 years.
Many of them paid the restaurant a final visit on its last days to say goodbye. Customers shared their nostalgia and memories as they waited for their tables. Mary Allen Mashburn and her husband of 11 years, Ross Stit, had a special reason for saying their goodbyes to the restaurant. “We have been together for 11 years, and when we first started dating we went to the Long Branch dancing, and we came here afterwards at midnight or whatever and ate,” Mashburn said. “So, we started coming here every
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New repercussions may result from House Bill 2 as more businesses express disagreement with the law. HB2 was passed March 23 and has been criticized as discriminatory against the LGBT community. More than 100 business leaders and CEOs, including those of Starbucks, Bank of America, Facebook and Apple, have publicly denounced the law, signing their names to a letter sent to Gov. Pat McCrory in hopes that the legislation will be repealed, according to a Human Rights Campaign press release. The HRC and Equality NC teamed up to help write the letter, hoping that business leaders would sign it, proving to North Carolina that this bill is against what many companies believe in. “Discr i mi nat ion is bad for North Carolina, bad for America and bad for business,” said Chad Grif f in, president of the HRC, in its press release. The HRC is a national civil rights organization working to achieve lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality.
“Discrimination is wrong, and we believe it has no place in North Carolina or anywhere in our country,” the letter read. “The business community, by and large, has consistently communicated to lawmakers at every level that such laws are bad for our employees and bad for business.” In addition to the many companies and organizations voicing their disagreement with the recent state law, a few celebrities have joined the cause, some of whom are boycotting the state entirely. Music icon Bruce Springsteen canceled his show in Greensboro that was scheduled for Sunday, citing HB2 as his reason. According to The News & Obser ver, Spr i ngsteen announced to his fans via Facebook that he was canceling the event and expressed his support for the advocacy groups fighting for the repeal of the law. “Some things are more important than a rock show,” Springsteen said in the Facebook message. “And this fight
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Yusef Komunyakaa, the 1994 Pulitzer Prize Winner of Poetry, visited NC State to deliver a poetry reading Thursday evening in the Withers Lecture Hall. More than 100 people gathered in the auditorium to listen to Komunyakaa’s performance, which was the culmination of the annual NC State Poetry Contest. Komunyakaa served as this year’s celebrity judge and read through the more than 600 submissions to the contest. Komunyakaa read from among a dozen of his own works, which covered topics ranging from civil
rights, black experience, as well as his own experiences during the Vietnam War, where he served as a reporter with a U.S. military publication, the Southern Cross. He received a Bronze Star for these efforts. After reading from a selection of his works, Komunyakaa was asked about how his poetry could be interpreted with regard to the current political landscape and global events, to which he responded by reading another one of his poems, “Envoy to Palestine.” For Maria Rouphail, a senior lecturer who teaches in the English department, this poem was one of the most powerful and memorable moments of the night. “Komunyakaa makes vivid the
interconnections across time and space among the histories of oppression, exile, servitude and occupation to which poetry can and ought to give voice,” Rouphail said in an email. “Whether in Ramallah, or in the Middle Passage or on the Great Plains, the poet is present with his acute eye, his powerful picture-making words and his conscience.” While Komunyakaa did open up for more questions, members of the audience seemed to be wrestling with their own emotions from the psychological and spiritual weight cast onto them by Komunyakaa through his readings. Threa A lmontaser, a senior study ing creative w riting and winner of the 2016 undergradu-
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ate poetry prize, said that listening to Komunyakaa caused her to revisit certain sights and experiences, calling him an especially
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POLICE BLOTTER April 8 7:56 AM | SAFETY PROGRAM Talley Student Center Officers participated in information fair. 10:04 AM | DAMAGE TO PROPERTY Free Expression Tunnel Staff member reported someone had painted outside the permitted area at this location. 10:28 AM | ALARM DOOR HELD Arctic Hall Officer responded to alarm. Door was secure upon arrival. 12:07 PM | SAFETY PROGRAM Jordan Hall Officer assisted with program for College of Natural Resources. 2:31 PM | HIT & RUN Timber Hall Student reported parked vehicle had been struck and damaged. 3:15 PM | ALARM DOOR HELD Arctic Hall Security responded to alarm. Door was secure upon arrival. 3:17 PM | BURGLAR ALARM Vaughn Towers Officer responded to alarm. Door was secure. 5:15 PM | MEDICAL ASSIST Doak Field Units responded and transported student in need of medical assistance. 5:18 PM | SPECIAL EVENT Doak Field Officer provided law enforcement services at this location.
Halifax St/Franklin St Non-student was cited for driving with no insurance.
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6:13 PM | FIRE ALARM Valley Hall Officer responded to alarm caused by cooking. 6:47 PM | SPECIAL EVENT Talley Student Center Officers participated in event at this location. 6:51 PM | LARCENY Carmichael Gym Student reported book bag with laptop and ID stolen from locker. All items were later found in another locker. 8:00 PM | VEHICLE THEFT Timber Hall Student reported unlocked vehicle was stolen from parking lot. 10:20 PM | SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE Centennial Park & Ride Officer located student in vehicle. All file check were negative and student complied to leave the area. 10:59 PM | ALCOHOL VIOLATION Mackenzie Hall Officer spoke with four students consuming alcohol. All were over 21. No further action. 11:00 PM | SUSPICIOUS INCIDENT Lee Hall Report of suspicious incident. Officers determined student was transported for medical assistance. 11:26 PM | SKATEBOARD VIOLATION Morrill Drive Wolfline bus reported several skateboarders were playing “chicken” with buses. Officers did not located skateboarders.
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ongxia Chen, a fifth-year student studying crop science, and Mengying Wang, a second-year Ph.D student studying plant pathology, pick up some arugula salad to put on their plates at the NC State Agroecology Education Farm Friday. According to Keith Smith, director of the Board of Operations and Sustainability for University Dining, the farm partnered with University Dining, the Sustainability Office and Multicultural Student Affairs to organize an event as a way to reach out to campus partners and inform people about what goes on at the farm. “Food unites people,” Smith said. Smith said the purpose of the event was to bring a diverse group of people together, to make great food, to share an experience and to show interesting things done on campus. University Dining provided most of the food, but the baked carrots were from the farm, and the rest of the food was made locally in North Carolina. In addition to having a feast, students had the opportunity to taste honey and receive a mini-tour of part of the farm. Viral Sanghavi, a graduate student studying computer science, said the event was a “completely different experience from being on campus.” Sanghavi’s favorite part was learning about the inner workings of the farm.
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Valentine’s Day to celebrate. We never had any trouble getting reservations because nobody wanted to be here on Valentine’s Day, they were a lways somewhere else. So we came here because it was a very special place to us.” Mashburn used to take her children to this IHOP the day after Thanksgiving
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evocative presence. “Experience may partly facilitate poetry,” Komunyakaa told the Technician in an interview prior to the reading. “But an engaging poem is also coupled with
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this idea of how queer and trans-identified people look like and what they are ... Sitins are a great way to show the general public we’re just as much a part of society as straight and [cisgender] people.” Me re d it h Bie c he le , a sophomore studying mechanical engineering who a lso par ticipated in the event, is hopeful the protests will motivate admin-
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against prejudice and bigotry is one of them.” Springsteen apologized to the nearly 15,000 fans who
to eat breakfast before going shopping for Christmas presents. She had this tradition with her girls since they were 6 months old. Juan Harris, who has been working at IHOP for four years, described the staff as a family and said she would miss the restaurant’s sense of intimacy. Harris had worked for IHOP for 14 years before she started working at the location on Hillsborough Street. “Sma ll and comf y, it’s
close-knit, and I’m used to it. That’s mostly what I’ll miss,” Harris said. “It’s like a cafe. It’s not like a big restaurant, so I’m going to miss that feeling of comfort and closeness.” The new IHOP opened Sunday, a nd its 3,800 -squa re-foot space has a more modern aesthetic. This new location has more than three times the number of employees than the old location, as 80 new members of the work-
force joined the old crew of 15 employees. Ron Jacobs, the new manager, ta l ked about what makes the new IHOP different from the old one. “It’s a new setup, a new location and it’s part of Stanhope and NC State,” Jacobs said. “I think it’s going to bring a lot to the campus and how they come in and dine in and dine out a little bit differently than they could before.” Will Halpern, a junior
studying communication, visited the new IHOP on the afternoon it opened. The new location is convenient for Ha lpern because he lives in the area. He said he has been to the old IHOP a couple of times at midnight with his friends. “It’s different,” Halpern said. “There’s a little more space. It feels more open, but the old one was very original and had a certain charm to it. You can’t find that here. It was such a
landmark on Hillsborough Street and on campus, and I’m definitely sad to see it go.” The old IHOP is expected to be torn down to make space for a new apartment building. It is considered a landmark and one of the few remaining classic-style IHOP restaurants in the United States. FMW Real Estate will be responsible for the demolition of the building.
craft and a sense of aesthetics. The poem [is] revealed through the imagination … and often refined through work. I continue to define poetry as a distilled moment of confrontation and celebration. Very few poems are merely gifts.” Wilton Barnhardt, a creative writing professor and director of the poetry con-
test, said the most striking moments of Komunyakaa’s performance were when he spoke about his time in Vietnam, a subject that Komunyakaa said it took him more than 14 years for him to begin to write about. “He was never more powerful Thursday night than when he read his poems recalling his time as a soldier,
contemplating how it was so many black soldiers threw themselves atop grenades to save their comrades, or writing of the return home, standing before the black marble wall of the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington reading the names of the lost,” Barnhardt said in an email. “No one who heard him read those poems
will ever forget it.” Anyone residing in the state of Nor th Carolina or attending school in the state is allowed to submit poems for the contest. This year, there were 636 different submissions, as well as 21 finalists. In addition to the undergraduate winner, there were also two other top prizes.
Samuel Piccone, a graduate student in NC State’s Master of Fine Arts program, was named the overall contest winner. Marty Saunders, who is a lso a graduate student in t he MFA program, won the NC State prize for the American Academy of Poets.
istrators to take action. “The administrators’ job is to work for the university and work for the interest of the university, and by extension that’s the student’s,” Biechele said. “If enough students show their discontent and express how harmful HB2 is, hopefully the administrators will act in our best interest.” The sit-in was held in a bathroom across from the Talley Ballroom. Outside the bathroom, a university event welcomed incoming students and their families
to NC State. A concerned mother participating in the welcome event voiced her support for the law, disagreeing with the protesters. She said the bill is nondiscriminatory and expressed that she saw the bill as a solution to a safety concern. HB2 protects women and children, according to the woman. One of the student organizers of the sit-in, Chloe Hol l a nd, a s ophomore studying animal science, dislikes the way this law discriminates against her
friends and loved ones and said that efforts will continue until changes are made. “I don’t think that people realize that it’s not doing any good, that it’s only harming people,” Holland said. “It was passed because people are scared of what they don’t know, and they’re just using a facade of protecting people to cover up their fear.” On Tuesday, UNC System President Margaret Spellings sent out a memo to UNC System chancellors, directing them to comply
with HB2. However, Spellings told reporters that her memo is not an endorsement of the law. Students at the sit-in expressed disdain toward the memo, and many of them wished for Spellings to be decisive in her statements. Similar protests have occurred at Appalachian State University, UNC-Chapel Hi l l, U NC -Wi l m i ng ton and other North Carolina universities. According to Holland, more sit-ins and protests will take place in the future.
HB2 risks $4.5 billion in federal education funding, under Title IX, which could have effects across the state, according to Holland. Title IX was written in 1972 and requires educational institutions to not discriminate bet ween t hei r st udent s based on gender. However, recent discussion in the federal government suggests that it may extend to transgender students. It is yet to be seen whether North Carolina’s Title IX funding will be affected because of HB2.
bought tickets to his show. Many of the fans expressed their support of the cancelation, The News & Observer reported. “As disappointed as I am, this is why we love Bruce Springsteen,” said Steve Eisenstadt, who had tickets
to the show, according to The News & Observer. Local artists expressed their disagreement with the law as well. Chatham County Line, a Raleigh-based bluegrass band, announced last Friday that it was taking down
the North Carolina f lag from its stage until the repeal of HB2, according to The News & Observer. “We bel ieve t hat music should bring everyone toget her,” t he band announced on its Facebook page. “Unfortunately, this
flag does not currently convey that message.” In spite of backlash from business leaders and celebrities, some lawmakers, including Republican Sen. Richard Burr, say HB2 will not deter companies from coming to North Carolina.
“It’s a state issue,” Burr told The News & Observer. “I’ve still got companies talking to me about moving to North Carolina.” So far, McCrory has not expressed regret in his decision or any intent to repeal the law.
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‘Jekyll and Hyde’ delivers transformative experience Adam Davis Assistant News Editor
Perceptions of rage, internal conflict and personal image were on full display Thursday at Titmus Theatre as University Theatre performed “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” a theatrical adaptation of the Victorian-age novella by Robert Louis Stevenson. Performances continued Friday and Saturday and will end next Sunday. The play is about a man named Dr. Henry Jekyll, who experiments with potions and powders to explore what he calls the differences between the brain and the mind. “It’s a fun little experiment on the nature of man,” said Matthew Tucker, a senior studying communication and the actor who plays Edward Hyde #3. “It’s just a man going against the darker aspect of his personality. It’s coming out, it’s taking control and he’s trying to suppress it.” Throughout the performance, Jekyll wrestles with his urges, attempting to maintain his reputation of stature. This becomes complicated when he has ties with Edward Hyde, a man tainted with cruelty and violence. “It’s a classic retelling of the story of good versus evil, man versus beast, dealing with all the internal struggles in the world, and the story of perception,” said Nico Peaks, a senior studying science education and the actor who plays Dr. Jekyll. The play’s cast is somewhat unconventional, with
four different actors playing Edward Hyde. These actors have other roles as well, changing characters at a moment’s notice. “The most important part of this experience, for me, has just been all the character work that we’ve been doing,” Peaks said. “Each of us views things differently. You have the four characters who are each playing Hyde, but they’re also playing these other characters.” Katie Owens, a sophomore studying biological sciences who was in attendance at Friday’s performance, found that having multiple Hydes contributed to the work. “I was surprised by how many Hydes they had … but they made it work,” Owens said. “I would definitely recommend [the play]. I love how thought-provoking it was, and I love how they used music to integrate it into the suspense.” In parts of the performance, the actors seem to be dancing. They move with a concentrated f luidity, all synchronized with one another. This motion is a key component of play, according to Mary Elizabeth Lennon, a senior studying English and the actress who plays Elizabeth Jelkes. “It gave it a really conceptual feel,” Lennon said. “Otherwise, it could be a really stuffy Victorian show, and it just kind of added to the feeling of the bizarre [nature of the play].” Because of the added challenge of choreography, the actors had to put in more physical work than is atypical of other University Theatre performances.
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Nicholas Peaks, a senior studying science education (center), plays Dr. Henry Jekyll, surrounded by the four versions of Edward Hyde: Louis Bailey, a sophomore studying industrial design; Raven Stone, a sophomore studying anthropology; Matthew Tucker, a senior studying communication; and Sydney Smallwood, a freshman studying anthropology. University Theatre presents “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher from the novella “Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” by Robert Louis Stevenson. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde opened Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in Titmus Theatre and runs until Sunday at 2 p.m. The crew includes Jayme Mellema, Joshua Reaves, Laura Parker and Mia Self who designed the set, light and sound and costumes, respectively. Self directed the play.
“We did several movement and acrobatic rehearsals first,” Lennon said. “A lot of the leaning and kind of supporting each other’s weight. We did a lot of work that didn’t go into the actual production just to get used to each other’s bodies and move with each other, which is really tough but really rewarding.” The choreography is also paired with modern music, contrasting against the play’s late-1800s setting. “The modern music and the movement, and the sort of dance choreography … was very interesting,” said
Kinzie Burke, a freshman studying design, who was in attendance at Friday’s performance. Lennon sees the modern music as an aid for relating an older work to modern times. “What [the music] really brings to [the play] is a sense of yes, it’s a classic novel, but these themes are timeless,” Lennon said. “Everyone experiences these urges to really give in to your primal self, so putting this modern music in it … really drives home the idea that this could be anybody. These characters could be found anywhere,
which is pretty cool. Scary, but cool.” In addition, the set conveys a sense of simplicity. Upon further inspection, however, the set is rather complex. The background never changes, instead being used to represent every location. The set’s doors and mirrors are utilized in inventive ways, which Peaks says reflect the play’s themes. “We played up the theme of mirrors, projections, sleight of eye, illusions, those kinds of things,” Peaks said. “Everything is kind of centered around this theme of mirrors having this reflec-
tive, yet shattered feel to it.” All in all, the play combines themes of suspense, morality and introspection to have audience members look back at themselves. “Every character is, in an essence, kind of broken,” Peaks said. “You’re always trying to keep up this image, but it’s looking back at you. It makes you look at yourself. Is this how I think? Am I putting on this image to hold myself up in front of everyone else? Or do I give away to my desires and bestial instincts? We all have a bit of Jekyll in us, and we all have a bit of Hyde.”
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o you like nuclear energy as an electricity source? Do you think nuclear energy Robert s hou ld b e Hayes used knowGuest Columnist ing it generates radioactive waste? Do you think nuclear energy is worth the consequences it has for the environment? I would suggest an informed answer to these questions by educated individuals would in fact be an emphatic yes, even if in a limited sense, and here is why. If you think solar or wind energy is the right way to go and so avoid the use of coal, natural gas and oil, keep in mind that all of these originally obtained their energy from nuclear reactions in the sun (fossil fuels simply obtained this energy a very long time ago). That massive nuclear reactor in the sky is a daily reminder of nuclear energy (of the kind that happens to also be found in thermonuclear weapons). The sun converts most of this energy into gamma rays and a portion of it eventually comes out as visible light. Solar and wind energy is just one of many ways to further
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convert this nuclear energy into electricity. The same argument then obviously applies to biomass and hydro power. You might be tempted to think that geothermal energy is not from a nuclear source, as this energy draws heat from the Earth’s core. Given the age of the Earth, it is not too difficult to show that the heat in the Earth’s core is not from its gravitational formation but rather from radioactive decay of the ubiquitous radionuclides including uranium, thorium, radium and potassium. So in a rather literal sense, all energy is just one form or another of converting nuclear reactions into useful energy. As a result of the ubiquitous radionuclides that have been present since the Earth’s formation, along with those created by cosmic ray bombardment from outer space, everything on our planet is effectively radioactive (and yes, that includes you, the air you breathe, the food you eat and the water you drink). The waste created by making solar panels or wind turbines, maintaining them and their eventual
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disposal is, therefore, technically radioactive (although at background levels similar to the environment). There is clearly a massive difference in scale for the different metrics of waste and associated measures for energy generation. One key point is that these values are all relative. So, any waste form from an energy source could be looked at as a kind of nuclear waste if it is recognized that it is both radioactive and is generated at some point in the process of converting energy from nuclear reactions into useful energy. Although that would be a pretty loose definition, it is still accurate. So, any current energy form we could now use to produce electricity originated in some way or another from nuclear reactions. Given these things, if you support electricity use, you do support nuclear energy to at least some extent, along with its effects on the environment, including its waste. Robert Hayes is an associate professor of nuclear engineering.
What did you like best about Pan-Afrikan week?
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“Probably the pageant because I was in it; the whole process was fun and I got to get on stage and express myself. I feel it brought a lot of people together.”
“The fact that our university endorses opportunities to learn about different cultures, such as Pan-Afrikan week, and cultivates a diverse community is fantastic.”
Ade Adesina sophomore, communication
Amy Thai senior, international studies
“The whole free pizza out in the Brickyard, the free drinks they provided and the entertainment. I like the fact that they accept the different backgrounds and cultures.”
“I like the sense of community that this week builds. A number of various organizations came together and worked together in order to put events on to share our culture and our history during Pan-Afrikan Week. It’s a very collaborative effort, which is great to witness.”
Carson Lee junior, chemical engineering
Nia Doaks junior, communication
“Rapper Dee-1 delivered the sermon at PEACE church because he has a light that is infectious to all who meet him, and the new member presentation of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. because I made one of the best decisions of my life.”
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or better or for worse, we live in an age of mass technological advancement. Nine in 10 American adults own a cell phone while three in four use social media. Our world is dominated by science, yet the general public shows an a larming scientif ic ignorance. Gabriel Six percent of Americans DeCaro personally think that vacAssistant Opinion Editor cines cause autism while 52 percent a re u nsu re ; these rates are higher among younger and less-educated demographics. Forty percent of Americans attribute climate change to natural causes, despite the overwhelming consensus among scientists that human pollution is the root cause. Public scientists, such as Neil deGrasse Tyson, often lament the lack of scientific literacy, pointing the finger at our f loundering educational system. This critique does hold water but it has become trite from overuse. It’s about time that the scientific community looks inward to figure out how to better engage with the general public. The classic scientific communication paradigm has used journalism as the intermediate between scientists and citizens; reporters distill down the messages of the experts and bring them to their readers in a more digestible form. Anyone who has ever played the game of telephone knows just how easily a message can get misunderstood or distorted when it’s passed from person to person. Many times, the final form of this message is clickbait lacking at nuance; I’m looking at you, Popular Science. More concerning, channeling information in this manner lets scientists perch in an Ivory Tower and deliver their research results from on high. An uninformed public will be less likely to rationally and criti-
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pay-walls and creating open source journals is a step in the right direction, the core of the problem is that scientific writing is boring to read. Scientific papers are published in research journals aimed at the target audience of fellow scientists thereby creating a dialect with jargon: scientif ic slang. However, intangible writing dripping in complicated words creates a steep learning curve for greenhorns to the discipline. Even if someone is well-versed in one field, another sub-discipline might sound foreign to them. Scientific style is not set in stone, however. As college students we are the next generation of researchers and can change the way that science writes. Jettisoning the passive voice (e.g., the ball was kicked) as a stylistic staple is a possible first step. Proponents of the passive voice assert that it creates an air of objectivity. However, nobody talks, reads or thinks in passive voice. Not only is it awkward and clunky, but it obscures the inherent element of subjectivity in the practice of science. It can easily be replaced with the active voice (e.g., I kick the ball), which clears the fog of pomposity and ambiguity.
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Langston Hughes (left) and Martin Luther King Jr met on multiple occaisions and frequently exchanged letters. Jason Miller, an English professor at NC State, found that King used seven different Hughes poems in his sermons and speeches.
A lost tape and finding the poetry in MLK’s speeches Maddy Bonnabeaux Correspondent
On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his gripping “I Have A Dream” speech. Until recently, it was unknown that King’s speech debuted on North Carolina soil. Prior to the March on Washington, those same words echoed inside a segregated high school g ymnasium. Unbeknown to historians, the recording was tucked away in a librar y in the small town of Rocky Mount. NC State English professor Jason Miller’s extensive research for his book “L a ng ston Hug he s a nd American Lynching Culture” cata lyzed the discovery. It was then Miller suspected that King referenced Hug hes’ poems in his speeches. Strolling through the aisles in the D.H. Hill Library, Miller picked up the “Trumpet of Conscience” book by King. “After f lipping through the pages, I came to a sermon that said, ‘I have personally been the victim of deferred dreams,’” Miller said. “‘Deferred Dreams’ is one of Hughes’ most popular poems.” Miller found that King used seven different Hughes poems in his sermons and speeches. The t wo men met, frequently exchanged letters, and King had once requested Hughes to write a poem in tribute to A. Philip Randolph, a civil rights activist. The central theme of the poem was Randolph’s profound ability to dream, which helped King view dreams in a positive light. According to Miller, it wasn’t until the 1960s that he viewed dreams as optimistic and inspirational. “It’s really shocking to people, but when K i ng first started talking about dreams in 1959, he talked about them in a negative way, as in shattered dreams and blasted hopes,” Miller
said. “That was a very unusual thing to discover.” Miller’s “Origins of the Dream” shares how King’s dream is traced to Hughes’ poetry. The book reveals t hat K ing wasn’t just a preacher or political figure, but also had the persona of a poet. According to Miller, some of King’s earlier speeches were rhythmic and written in poetic meter. “The overarching theme was that this was a moment when poetry and politics went hand in hand,” Miller said. “What makes Dr. King’s ‘I Have A Dream’ so memorable is the poetic element of it — the repetition, metaphor and the way it’s enunciated.” Dedicated to his research, Miller traced every intersection between King and Hughes. Near the end of his research, he found that King once spoke in Rocky Mount. “I have t h i s g iga nt ic timeline, which is 14 feet long and 3 feet high. It has five different colors on it,” Miller said. “If they shared letters, I’d mark it down.” M i l ler e vent u a l ly lo cated a transcript, though it was plagued with question marks and ambiguous text. An exhaustive search led him to the Braswell Memorial Library in Rocky Mount. Nestled in a rusted box was the reel, marked in pencil “Dr. Martin Luther King speech — please do not erase.” “The reel was cracked, and the end of the tape was dangling, curled and bent,” Miller said. “It stirs up your greatest hopes and your greatest fears; it’s very rare when all of your greatest hopes are realized and your greatest fears are annulled.” The tape was hand-delivered to George Blood in Philadelphia, whose expertise digitized and restored the speech. “It really did take a CSI level of reverberation and
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Jason Miller found a recording of Martin Luther King Jr’s “I Have A Dream” speech delivered in Rocky Mount, NC before King went on to deliver the speech on the now iconic March on Washington. He found the tape in Braswell Memorial Library in Rocky Mount.
“What makes Dr. King’s ‘I Have A Dream’ so memorable is the poetic element of it — the repetition, metaphor and the way it’s enunciated.” — Jason Miller, English Professor
skill,” Miller said. “It was like the archaeology of the human voice, scraping away the dirt and the dust and bringing it back to life.” Ac c ord i ng to M i l le r, people incorrect ly refer to the speech as a rough draf t, when in actualit y the delivery is the fullest expression of the dream. During the March on Washington, King adds “I Have A Dream” to the end of his speech, whereas it’s thematically and organizationally mentioned in Rocky Mount. “It really shows the whole t r aje c tor y of w hat t he speech was moving toward
and what it became,” Miller said. “It’s fuller, more contextual and more dramatic, but obviously what’s not there is the irreplaceable moments of histor y that happened at the March on Washington.” The Rocky Mount rendition includes the iconic end i ng s , “L e t f re e dom ring,” “How long, not long” and “I have a dream.” “I’ve listened to about 150 different sermons and speeches, read transcripts of about 700, and I’ve never heard all three of his most important endings in one place,” Miller said. “It really
is Dr. King’s greatest hits.” Miller spoke with original attendees of the speech, a few of which will be interviewed for the upcoming documentary, “The Origin of the Dream.” “Their stories are amazing,” Miller said. “I’m still shocked to this day how attending a speech has become a turning point in so many people’s lives, driving them to a life of civil service, social responsibility and an active endeavor in trying to make the world a better place.” According to the documentary’s director, Rebecca Cerese, it will be a mix of archival footage, animat ion, dra mat ic readings and audio. The documentary will also feature interviews, including civil rights activists Julian Bond and Andrew Young. The film will address how Hughes and King crossed paths. “It’s an amazing opportunity to add to the historical
record of these two cultural icons,” Cerese said. A clip of the documentary will be presented at the August event, “Experiencing King,” at NC State. Several distinguished guests are inv ited, including artist Synthia Saint James, who did an original painting for the film, and actor Danny Glover, who will perform as Langston Hughes in Stewart Theatre. Currently, Miller is on the road for his 14-city book tour. Last week at Flyleaf Books in Chapel Hill, he encountered an unlikely visitor: the son of the pastor who invited King to speak in Rocky Mount. “His dad and King grew up in the same neighborhood and appeared at the sa me exercises,” Mi l ler said. “We keep learning and gathering as we go; the project keeps evolving and growing at every stop along the way.”
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CONTRIBUTED BY JULIETA SHERK
Professors and students from NC State’s Department of Horticultural Science worked to design and maintain a garden, inspired by the style of Henri Matisse, outside of the exhibit. The project required approximately eight months of work, planning and design.
The art and science of flower arrangements Caroline Martin Correspondent
The art and science of flower arrangements converged this weekend at the North Carolina Museum of Art’s Art in Bloom festival. Professors and students from NC State’s Department of Horticultural Science worked to design and maintain a garden, inspired by the style of Henri Matisse, outside of the exhibit. This was the second annual Art in Bloom festival that incorporates the work of floral designers across North Carolina into the gallery. The festival raises money for the museum’s programming and education departments, along with welcoming spring through flowers and art. The museum was filled with flower arrangements designed by artists from North Carolina, intended to match or mimic certain pieces of the galleries’ artwork through their color schemes, shapes and patterns. The arrangements stood near the work they were intended to mimic so that visitors could have the unique opportunity to compare and contrast the museum’s artwork with the floral artwork. “We were looking for something joyful,” said Laura Finan, the project manager of Art in Bloom. “And this is definitely joyful. The individual florists each had their own emotional interpretation that they take from their work of art, but what we want is to make people happy.” Outside, at the entrance to the exhibit, a garden was designed, grown and maintained with the help of professors and students at NC State. It includes yellow daffodils covering every inch of the bed with bulbs of purple alliums peeping up
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This was the second annual Art in Bloom festival that incorporates the work of floral designers across North Carolina into the gallery.
between them, surrounding a large modern stone statue. This project required approximately eight months of work, planning and design. “All of the plants you saw out there are actually in pots. A garden like that would never happen if we had planted it in the ground,” said Julieta Sherk, an associate professor of landscape design in NC State’s Department of Horticultural Science, and a licensed landscape architect who was heavily involved with the project. “It’s all highly complex horticulture that went into making that magic happen.”
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Sherk worked with her colleague August DeHertogh, a professor emeritus and former department head in the Department of Horticultural Science at NC State. His research and his two books, “The Physiology of Flower Bulbs” and “Holland Bulb Forcers Guide,” were instrumental in making, maintaining and growing of the garden. “There is a lot of science behind this,” Sherk said. “Dr. DeHertogh wrote what he calls the bible and basically it’s the results of his lifetime of research. It’s like recipes. So he has tested and figured out what to do and
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The arrangements stood near the work they were intended to mimic so that visitors could have the unique opportunity to compare and contrast the museum’s artwork with the floral artwork.
how to do it with bulb forcing.” Bulb forcing is a process for maintenance and storage of flower bulbs that the team used for the project in NC State’s greenhouses. The Allium bulbs began their journey in the Netherlands, and arrived and were planted in the United States in November. They were then moved to a greenhouse with low night temperatures in January. The potted flower bulbs were finally placed in the “Moore” statue bed at the NCMA April 4 with the assistance of NC State professors, students and Myatt Landscaping. Student involvement was
important to the project, according to Sherk. “I got a B.S. in biology, so I love the science and being with Dr. DeHertogh in a greenhouse and learning from him — these are things I would never do as a landscape architect,” Sherk said. “So infusing that more science-based information into my design classes has always been a goal. He came and lectured in my classroom and shared his knowledge and enriched my teaching with our collaboration.” Sherk allowed her students to submit designs for the garden, but ultimately hers was chosen
and develop entrepreneurial skills will educating students on social issues. DINNERS WITH PURPOSE FEATURING ROBIN EMMONS 6:30–8 p.m., Talley Student Union Robin Emmons operates the nonprofit Sow Much Good, which aims to raise awareness about injustice and equality in the food system. WEDNESDAY EARTH FAIR 10–2 p.m., Brickyard Exhibits, booths and demonstrations about how to live more sustainably will be on display in the Brickyard.
for the exhibit, drawing inspiration from Henri Matisse. “I’m very highly influenced by Matisse, and I was imagining how later in his life he had arthritis and couldn’t paint so he would use cutouts that have an inkling of that form of what we’ll call a flower or a star,” Sherk said. “I even like to think of it as a splash. That is the spreading of exuberant colors, and I used complementary colors, the yellow and the violet, to make it even more dramatic.”
COMPOST SHMOMPOST 6–8 p.m., Park Shops Room 215 Rhonda “The Worm Lady” Sherman leads an interactive presentation on how students can be involved in composting while on campus. FRIDAY GREEN BRICK AWARDS RECOGNITION BREAKFAST 9 a.m., Witherspoon Student Center Room 126 A celebration of campus sustainability efforts recognizing those who have made NC State more sustainable.
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laspy II and redshirt junior Dakwa Nichols — held out of the Spring Game, some of the younger guys who fans hadn’t seen much of got a chance to shine, most notably sophomore Nyheim Hines and redshirt freshman Johnny Frasier. “They both had some nice plays,” Doeren said. “I thought Nyheim would. Eli [Drinkwitz] dialed up some good plays for him early in space, which was fun for him. Johnny broke some tackles and ran through some contact, which was good for what we hope he can be, and be a glimpse of where we’re heading with him.” Hines was the best performer of this group, carrying the rock nine times for 72 yards
and a touchdown, including a 42-yard scamper in which he left almost every defender in the dust for the longest play of the game. While he is listed as a wide receiver, he saw the majority of snaps at running back, and it will be interesting to see if that trend continues when the season starts. Frasier also made his presence felt, finishing with 17 carries for 66 yards and two touchdowns. His best play came on a 32-yard rushing touchdown in which he bulldozed through two defenders and carried another on his way to the end zone. Redshirt sophomore Brady Bodine also played a fair amount of snaps, finishing with eight carries for 28 yards. Receivers With Samuels and senior Jumichael Ramos sitting out
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this game, this is another position that will be interesting to see how the depth chart pans out. Redshirt sophomore Stephen Louis led the team with five catches for 64 yards and played well with the exception of a third-down drop with a defender in pursuit. Redshirt sophomore Maurice Trowell added six catches for 37 yards and a touchdown and showed off his speed on a 12-yard reverse. Senior Bra’Lon Cherry made an excellent adjustment on a 34-yard catch, the longest passing play of the game, and finished with three catches for 49 yards. New offensive coordinator Eli Drinkwitz seemed keen on getting the wide receivers involved in the game, a position that was fairly absent last season. With Samuels out, the tight ends weren’t very involved in
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the passing offense, as redshirt senior Clark Eyers led the group with three receptions for 36 yards and a touchdown and junior Cole Cook had just one catch for four yards. Offensive Line This group could be worrisome, as it lost three starters to graduation and was without junior guard Tony Adams for the game. However, the first-team group held its own, paving the way for 206 rushing yards and only allowing two sacks on 38 pass attempts. This is a young unit overall who will have the task of protecting a young quarterback, and while it will be hard for it to play as well as it did last season, it will be crucial for it to protect the quarterback and open up holes for the talented group of running backs.
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in school for the education, but instead to see their playing time increase, clearly showing the desire to simply play basketball. The transfer behavior isn’t highly criticized in the media, even though the numbers show it is a greater problem. And although it isn’t publicized, once again the NCAA chooses to interfere in student-athletes’ life as it forces them to sit out an academic year before playing for that team. The NCAA looks at themselves as either a government or a bad business model in putting holds and limits on student-athlete’s careers. They seem to believe they know what is best for each teenager coming into college. While an education is highly valued and incredibly important, playing basketball is the career these student-athletes have chosen. If players are talented enough to make it to the big stage and make the money they need, there should be no limitations holding them back from doing so.
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Offense shines in spring game Daniel Lacy Sports Editor
David Kehrli Staff Writer
The Red team dominated the White team 47-0 in the Kay Yow Spring Game Saturday. Here is a position breakdown for the offensive unit’s performance. Quarterbacks There is certainly a competition here; however, it did not feature any of the quarterbacks on the White team. Redshirt sophomore Jalan McClendon and redshirt freshman Jakobi Meyers both played on the Red team with the rest of the first-team unit, and overall, they each performed well against the second-team defense. Their stats were fairly similar — McClendon finished 13 of 18 for 120 yards and a touchdown, while Meyers finished 12 of 20 for 117 yards and one touchdown — but their style of play was much different. McClendon is more of a pocket passer with the ability to escape if he wants, while Meyers is athletic and almost seemed like he preferred to run, finishing with 10 carries for 40
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Redshirt freshman Jakobi Meyers hands the ball off to redshirt freshman running back Johnny Frasier during the Kay Yow Spring Football Game Saturday in Carter-Finley Stadium. The Red team won 47-0.
yards and a touchdown. “I think I did a pretty good job of commanding the offense and just being a leader on and off the field,” McClendon said. “Running the plays, doing what the coaches asked me to do. Everybody has butterf lies coming into the game, but as soon as I got that first pass off, I was good.” Each had trouble with accuracy, but part of that could be contributed to the treacherous winds in Carter-
Finley Stadium. Either way, the quarterback competition will be interesting to keep track of as we get closer to the start of the season. Based on Saturday’s play, it would seem that McClendon currently has a slight edge for the job. Meyers has a chance to take it due to his athleticism but needs to be more consistent passing the ball. “Both quarterbacks play well at times; both of them have good film to watch,” head coach Dave Doeren
said. “It was a tough day to throw in this wind. Jalan is a little bit more comfortable in the pocket, while Jakobi is more of a runner, so we’ll take our time and see how it goes.” Running backs With four of the top five returning runners f rom last year — senior Matt Dayes, junior Jaylen Samuels, sophomore Reggie Gal-
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Pack baseball edges out Demon Deacons in extras Christian Candeloro Staff Writer
The win-loss statistic can be misleading when evaluating a pitcher. A pitcher can have a great outing, get zero run support and take a no-decision or loss. Such was the case of Wolfpack sophomore Brian Brown on Saturday afternoon. Brown pitched six innings, allowing only four hits and one run (unearned), but took the nodecision in a 3-2 extra-inning NC State victory over Wake Forest. For Brown, it was the second-straight outing in which he had a great outing but came away without a win. Brown struck out five batters and kept the Wolfpack in the ballgame long enough for the bats to wake up. Reliever Wi l l Gi lber t (3-0) earned the win, pitching 2 2/3 scoreless innings, striking out four hitters and not allowing a hit. “That was a great win because we battled so hard,” head coach Elliott Avent said. The turning point for the Wolfpack was in the eighth inning,
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Senior pitcher Will Gilbert pitches the ball. The NC State baseball team lost to Indiana State 11-7 at Doak Field at Dail Park March 16.
when junior first baseman Preston Palmeiro doubled down the right field line against jack-of-all-trades closer Will Craig. Sophomore Joe Dunand singled him home in the next at-bat, tying the game. The game extended to extra innings, where sophomore centerfielder Josh McLain looped a double into right field. Palmeiro
ended it with a two-out walk-off single into right field. The Wolfpack had many opportunities to provide the lefty with run support early but came away empty in all of them. In total, the Wolfpack was 3 of 18 with runners on base and 3 of 8 with runners in scoring position. “Big-time win for us,” Palmeiro said. “It’s always big to win games
when you don’t play your best, and it really proves that we can win in any situation.” The game was a pitching duel between Brown and Wake Forest starter Drew Loepprich for the first six innings, with both teams threatening against the starters but unable to scratch across any runs. NC State had runners in scoring position in each of the first three innings but just couldn’t buy a hit to drive in a run to take the lead. In the fifth, Wake finally took the lead on an RBI single by sophomore right fielder Stuart Fairchild. The run was unearned because the lead-off runner reached base on an error by Wolfpack second baseman Xavier LeGrant. The Deacons tacked on another run in the seventh on a one-out double from senior center fielder Joey Rodriguez. The Wolfpack finally responded in the bottom of the frame, putting runners on first and second before senior Ryne Willard singled into right field to put the Pack on the board. The inning was the best chance the Wolfpack had to tie the
ballgame before do-everything junior Will Craig came on to try and snuff out a Wolfpack comeback. At t he plate, t he Wolf pack avoided Craig at all costs, issuing four walks to the slugger, choosing instead to make someone else in the Demon Deacons order beat them. The strategy worked, as the Demon Deacons were held to just five hits. In fact, it was the Wolfpack defense that nearly defeated itself. The Wolfpack committed five errors, giving the Demon Deacons ample opportunity to take control of the ballgame. Thankfully for the Wolfpack, the Deacons were more than happy to make up for the Wolfpack errors with their own miscues on the base paths. Three Deacons were picked off at second base, each one ending an inning. The Wolfpack takes on the Demon Deacons Monday night in a nationally televised game to wrap up the series. Wolfpack junior Ryan Williamson (5-0, 2.45 ERA) will get the ball to try and nail down the sweep for NC State.
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‘One-and-done’ culture hurts players, not programs College basketball fans live in the era of the “one-and-dones,” and whether they like it or not, it doesn’t appear that anything is going to change in the near future. For those who don’t know, “oneand-done” is the na me g iven to college basketball Kyler Proffitt players who play t hei r f re sh m a n Staff Writer seasons at their respective universities, then leave for the NBA Draft following the season. The topic is debated every year as there are arguments for and against one-and-done players in college basketball. The generating of revenue is the main reason the NCAA forces a high school basketball player to attend one year of college. The schools know they’ll be gaining money
while not having to pay these student-athletes. The media comes down hardest on the players who come to school for one year, just to head to the NBA. Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill took to Twitter after the 2015 NCAA Men’s Basketball National Championship game to condemn the Duke Blue Devils basketball players who were sure to enter the 2015 NBA draft after just a year with the team. McCaskill tweeted, “Congrats to Duke, but I was rooting for a team who had stars that are actually going to college & not just doing semester tryouts.” McCaskill clearly understands these players bring a great deal of revenue to each state and surrounding areas. Any person who is making money off these student-athletes would sure hate to give that paycheck up. Basketball is the only major sport
where it has been proven that an 18-year-old can compete with the league of superstars and veterans. An 18-year-old cannot step foot on an NFL football field and expect to perform at a high level, the player would be physically and mentally immature. No 18-year-old has stepped on an MLB field and performed at a high level — it takes time. The Cleveland Cavaliers selected LeBron James first overall in the 2003 NBA draft. He came straight out of St. Vincent St. Mary’s High School at the age of 18. In his rookie campaign, the Akron, Ohio, product averaged 20.9 points, 5.9 assists and 5.5 rebounds per game. This, along with other examples such as Kobe Bryant, Dwight Howard and Kevin Garnett prove that high schoolers can bolt to the NBA and perform at a high level immediately.
Not only do these players miss out on getting paid, they also don’t care to be fully interested in the team for which they play. It’s hard to be committed when you know where you should be. The Wolfpack has only a single one-and-done player in its history — JJ Hickson. But with the addition of the former No. 1 point guard in the 2016 ESPN Top 100, Dennis Smith Jr., there is talk of another one-and-done player putting on a Wolfpack jersey next season. Smith played his high school career in Fayetteville and suffered a torn ACL before his senior season. Smith enrolled early starting in the spring semester this season. With the incredible talent and potential that Smith has, heading to the NBA after a single season seems to be the best option. If it weren’t for the NCAA, Smith could head straight to the NBA without any
college and do just fine. But because the NCAA believes it knows what is best for each person, players must serve a one-year sentence. Since 2007, on average, only eight college freshmen have been drafted per year, making it a 0.7 percent chance that a player leaves. The real problem with players leaving seems to be transfer behavior. According to Extra Point on NCAA.org, 20 percent of all freshmen basketball players leave their school after just one year, and 40 percent in total are gone by the end of year two. Such is the case with former Wolfpack players Caleb and Cody Martin and Kyle Washington, who transferred after their sophomore seasons. While these transfers are still staying in school, it appears they aren’t
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