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Deutsche Bank froze 250 jobs that would be added to its Cary branch as an act of protest to House Bill 2, which establishes the requirement of sex-specific bathrooms. In September 2015, the bank announced the creation of these new positions with an incentive from the state government of $3.3 million. Deutsche Bank expressed concerns over HB2 because it invalidates protection of the LGBT community. Source: WRAL
In response to House Bill 2, porn site XHamster.com has refused to allow website access in North Carolina. Upon visiting the website, a prompt displays the North Carolina state seal along with a rainbow flag and asks the user if they support HB2. Users supporting the law are subsequently blocked from viewing the wide selection of videos. XHamster hopes to have the screen have an online petition against HB2. XHamster claims that it supports equality everywhere and that it will not put money into an area that supports this type of legislation. Source: Huffington Post, XHamster.com
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crimination in state court. It also expands North Carolina’s policy for state employees to cover sexual orientation and gender identity, according to
In February, students were shocked to find out that a beloved professor was caught embezzling thousands of dollars from a student organization. However, professors aren’t the only ones who have access to hefty university checking accounts. A few weeks before, the president of the Native American Student Association was reported embezzling nearly $2,000 from the organization. Around the same time professor Scott Whisnant was reported embezzling, a separate embezzlement report was filed for another employee within College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. The number of embezzlement cases varies semester by semester, according to University Police, but this semester has seen an increase. “This is the largest amount of embezzling we’ve seen in a while,” said University Police Chief Jack Moorman. In 2015, there were no reports of embezzlement in which the university or a department, organization or club affiliated with the university were listed as a victim. In 2016, there have been four cases of embezzlement with six university-related victims. Now, Student Involvement is taking the necessary measures to educate student organization leaders about healthy financial practices. With these concerns, Student Involvement, which oversees these student organizations, held financial workshops almost immediately after Whisnant’s incident was reported. However, with very low attendance, Student Involvement is looking to educate students through online modules about how to man-
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About 700 people gathered in support for Gov. Pat McCrory in front of the state capitol yesterday. McCrory signed House Bill 2, which requires individuals to use bathrooms that correlate with their sex at birth. Supporters advocated for the bill because they thought the Charlotte ordinance that allowed for people to use bathrooms that correlated with their sexual identity created a dangerous opportunity for sexual predators. The rally also attracted several dozen who opposed the bill and showed up to offer support for Attorney General Roy Cooper, who is running against McCrory for governor in the upcoming election. Many of the McCrory supporters said this law protects women and children across North Carolina. Source: The News & Observer
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A group of protesters sit chained together in the street in front of the Governor’s Mansion while the rest of the crowd circles around them during a protest of House Bill 2 March 24.
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Gov. Pat McCrory issued an executive order Tuesday that affects five provisions of the controversial House Bill 2 and will allow local governments
to pass their own nondiscrimination policies The executive order provides support for new legislation that would allow employees to sue their employers for dis-
Sexual Assault Awareness Month kicks off Garrett Hattman Correspondent
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and the NC State Women’s Center is putting on many free and interactive events throughout the month to raise awareness and provide education about topics surrounding sexual assault. “The goal of Sexual Assault Awareness Month is to raise awareness about and to focus attention on ways to prevent sexual violence,” said Lisa LaBarberaMascote, interim director at the Women’s Center. “We all have a role in interrupting the cultural attitudes and norms, which reinforce the rape culture we live in. Ending sexual violence is everyone’s responsibility.” New to Sexual Assault Awareness Month at NC State this year is the “Carry that Weight” event, a campaign inspired by Emma Sulkowicz, a student at Columbia University. Sulkowicz carried her
mattress around campus to protest how the university handled her sexual assault complaint. Students can drop by Stafford Commons Wednesday between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. to take a picture with a mattress to raise awareness. Thursday at 6:30 p.m. in 2203 SAS Hall, University of California at Berkeley alumna Sofie Karasek, a survivor and activist, will speak. Karasek is the director of education and co-founder of End Rape on Campus, an advocacy group working to end sexual assault on college campuses. She will be discussing her role in the documentary “The Hunting Ground: Campus Activism and Ending Rape on Campus.” The events kicked off last Tuesday, with an “It’s On Us” information table set up in Talley Student Union where students were encouraged to sign the It’s On Us pledge, which is “a personal commitment to help keep women and
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CARRY THAT WEIGHT Wednesday, 10 a.m.–1 p.m., Stafford Commons The Women’s Center is hosting an event in honor of Emma Sulkowicz, a Columbia University student who
carried a mattress around with her as long as her rapist continued to attend the university. Students can take photos with the mattress in support of her efforts. CRIME AND PUNISHMENTS: REAL TALK ABOUT SEXUAL VIOLENCE Wednesday, 6–7:30 p.m., SAS 2106 This event will have a speaker from the Wake District Attorney’s Office who will explain sexual violence
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laws and the meaning on consent to students. CLOTHESLINE PROJECT T-SHIRT PAINTING Thursday, 9–11 a.m. and Friday noon-4 p.m., Talley 5210 The Clothesline Project addresses the issue of violence aganist women and provides outreach to men and women affected by sexual violence. At the event, attendees have the
opportunity to paint T-shirts that express their emotions towards sexual assault. DENIM DAY INFORMATION TABLE Tuesday, 11 a.m.–1p.m., Wolf Plaza Member’s of the Women’s Center will pass out information and buttons about National Denim Day, which is on April 29.
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POLICE BLOTTER April 11 2:32 AM | DOOR ALARM HELD Caspian Hall Security responded to alarm. Door was secure upon arrival. 4:34 AM | DAMAGE TO PROPERTY David Clark Lab Staff member reported mirror broken off university owned van. 8:30 AM | FIRE ALARM Western Manor FP responded to arlarm caused by cooking. 10:28 AM |FIRE ALARM Dan Allen Deck FP responded to alarm. Cause unknown. Electronics respoded. 11:08 AM | WELFARE CHECK Wood Hall Officers conducte welfare check on student and determined everything was fine. 11:21 AM | MEDICAL ASSIST Venture Ctr IV Units responded and transported non-student in need of medical assistance. 11:35 AM | SAFETY PROGRAM Jordan Hall Officer conducted program for parent orientation.
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The News & Observer. The order reinforces the law’s controversial provisions regarding gender-specific bathrooms and its support for local governments and private businesses to create their own nondiscrimination policies. McCrory announced in a
2:02 PM | INFORMATIONUNIVERSTY Off Campus NCSU PD recieved a Campus Security Authority (CSA) Report of sexual assaly which occured off campus. The victim/survivor reported to the CSA that they wih to remain anonymous. The suspect was not known to the victim/survivor. Appropirate University personnel were notified.
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2:06 PM | HARASSMENT Stduent Health Center Staff member reported being harassed by former employee. Officers determined the matter was not cirminal in nature. 4:21 PM | LARCENY Talley Student Center Non-student reported items were found to be missing after using valet to par vehicle at special event. 4:40 PM | TRAFFIC ACCIDENT Dan Allen Deck Two students were involved in a traffic accident. 5:28 PM | SPECIAL EVENT Doak Field Officer provided law enforcement support for baseball game. 5:35 PM | SAFETY PROGRAM Public Safety Center Officer conducted RAD training.
statement that h i s e xe c ut ive order was necessary because of confusion surrounding the intent of HB2. The executive order states that “it is the policy of the executive branch that government services be provided equally to all people.” The original law, ratified during a special session last month, described itself as “an
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age a n organization’s continued from page 1 account. W hisnant embezzled money from three student groups: Alpha Zeta, the Animal Science Club and the Agri-Life Council. Former president of Native American Student Association, Rodney Strickland, embezzled from the organization, whose funds are made up of money appropriated by Student Government. Scott Whisnant Whisnant’s next court appearance is May 23 at 9 a.m., according to the Wake County District At tor ne y ’s of f ic e. W h i sna nt faces three counts of felony embezzlement for embezzling nearly $72,000 from student organizations.
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Scott Whisnant, former professor of animal science, was charged with three counts of felony embezzlement.
According to the search warrant, Whisnant’s intent was to use the money to help one of his former students, Lisa Mcphatter,
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oug Lovell, a junoir studying design studies, hands a customer a chocolate milkshake Tuesday in the Talley Market Creamery. The Creamery, located in the Talley Market, features 10 f lavors of Howling Cow ice cream. Unlike the D.H. Hill Creamery, students can’t use their meal swipes to buy ice cream but they are allowed to use Dining Dollars and their all Campus Dollars.
act to provide for single-sex multiple occupancy bathroom and changing facilities in schools and public agencies and to create statewide consistency in regulation of employment and public accommodations.” The law has been commonly referred to as a “bathroom bill,” but it also encompasses unrelated matters, preventing cities from raising their minimum wages or extending protec-
pay for medical bills and purchase a 2015 Toyota Prius. Multiple requests were made to Whisnant’s attorney Christian Dysart, but Dysart did not respond in time for print. University Police seized thousands of emails between Whisnant and Mcphatter dating back to 2011. In an email to Mcphatter, Whisnant told her “not to cooperate with law enforcement.” W hisnant embezzled money between Dec. 26, 2014 and Jan. 7 of this year, according to arrest warrants. Bank records show that Whisnant embezzled $750 from Agri-Life Council, $16,862 from the Alpha Zeta Agriculture Honors Fraternity and $54,255 from the Animal Science Club. Whisnant resigned as a professor from the College of Animal and Life Sciences Feb. 9. Rodney Strickland The president of the Native American Student Association was reported to have embezzled $2,677 from the organization Jan. 25. Brittany Hunt, director of Native American Student Affairs, said the amount embezzled was wrong in the police report, but would not comment on the actual amount that was embezzled. Most of the money has been returned to the Native American Student Association, according to Hunt. The Technician reached out to Strickland for a comment, but he declined. No criminal charges have made against Strickland, but his case is being processed through Student Conduct, according to University Police. Strickland is still listed in NC State’s directory as a student. Br yce Chav is, a sophomore studying economics, is listed as the vice president of the Native
tions from discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation. McCrory’s order went on to insist that the state has a “rich legacy of inclusiveness, diversity and hospitality [that] makes North Carolina a global destination for jobs, business, tourists and talent.” However, the provision in HB2 requiring that individuals use the bathrooms of the sex listed on their birth cer-
American Student Association on the Student Government’s Get Involved page. Multiple requests were made to Chavis to comment on the status of the Native American Student Association and current leadership, but he did not respond by press time. Hunt would not comment on how Strickland had access to the Native American Student Association’s purchasing card. Students are not allowed to have access to purchasing cards, according to Ashru Shah, NC State’s P-Card manager. P-cards are strict ly monitored by the P-card Program office staff. Only NC State professors, employees and some graduate students are approved to use purchasing cards. Before obtaining one, though, they must go through a rigorous training on what can and cannot be purchased with them. In Shah’s three years of working at the P-card program office, she has only dealt with three cases of employees or professors misusing their P-cards. Other cases Robert Watling, assistant dean of business operations for the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, reported an embezzling case to University Police Jan. 26. The report states the offender embezzled $11,792.66 from the college through his P-card. The investigation is ongoing, so University Police could not release his name. However, according to the police report the offender is a 39-year-old white male. He is no longer working for the university, according to Watling. Major David Kelly said the suspect resigned for an unrelated issue, and afterward a review of all of the credit card purchases was
tificate remains unchanged, leading to ongoing criticism from businesses and public figures. The American Civil Liberties Union has been a major critic of HB2, and it has filed a lawsuit against the state. In response to McCrory’s executive order, ACLU of North Carolina Acting Executive Director Sarah Preston said in a press release: “Gov. McCrory’s actions today are a
poor effort to save face after his sweeping attacks on the LGBT community, and they fall far short of correcting the damage done when he signed into law the harmful House Bill 2, which stigmatizes and mandates discrimination against gay and transgender people.”
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Rodney Strickland, a sophomore studying political science, embezzled nearly $2,000 from the Native American Student Association. The report was made Jan. 25.
conducted. Kelly said there was a fourth case of embezzlement this semester where the university was the victim, but the case was closed after the employee was terminated and the victim did not wish to pursue criminal charges. Moving forward Student Involvement is in the process of creating online f inancial tutorials and videos that should be ready to roll by this summer, according to Deborah Felder, assistant director of Student Involvement. This is the first time Student Involvement has created trainings specifically geared toward financial literacy, according to Felder. “The trainings will focus on basic banking skills and what do you consider when opening a checking account,” Felder said. “We recognize that students who are handling these accounts may have
never dealt with managing their own checking account.” She said the goal is to have at least two representatives from each student organization to complete the online tutorials. Felder said educating students on financial literacy is always important, but the trainings were ultimately sparked by these reports of embezzlement. “I can’t get around the fact that there was money embezzled from three student organizations — and it was a large sum of money,” Felder said. “Honestly, I have to commend the student that caught that. It was his practice of looking at the account that allowed him to discover this. Again, I think that looking at that, you have to say all student orgs should be checking their checking accounts.”
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men safe from sexual assault” and “a promise not to be a bystander to the problem, but to be a part of the solution,” according to the Its On Us website. LaBarbera-Mascote hopes that this month’s scheduled events will encourage students to participate, talk about issues of sexual assault with their peers and become active participants in putting an end to the issue. Beyond this month, students can get involved through groups like
The Movement, a peer education group that facilitates workshops on gender equity and social justice. The rest of the month is full of events, workshops and gatherings. This week, the Women’s Center will be hosting T-shirt painting sessions for The Clothesline Project, a national campaign for survivors to express their emotions by decorating a T-shirt. The decorated shirts will be on display at Take Back the Night, which will take place April 21, from 7–9 p.m. Students can stop by on Monday, Thursday and Friday between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. of this week to decorate a shirt.
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LaBarbera-Mascote hopes that April’s events will raise awareness and start dialogue within the NC State community, creating an attitude in which students and faculty will “confront behaviors that reinforce and support sexual violence.” Take Back the Night will finish off NC State’s Sexual Assault Awareness Month in Stafford Commons as the largest event of the month. The first Take Back the Night marches took place in the mid-1970s. The tradition has since been continued as a way for survivors of sexual assault to reclaim the night and share their stories.
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Students listen to an officer while he motivates the NC State community to stop and protest against sexual assaults. “Go out there and let those people know that sexual assault would not be tolerated,” the officer said.
Sigma Phi Epsilon promotes sexual assault awareness Gavin Stone Contributor
Sigma Phi Epsilon is taking an active role in combating the culture that breeds sexual assault by hosting Sexual Assault Awareness Week, with the goal of driving a conversation about the issue. Charlie Gray, president of Sigma Phi Epsilon and a junior studying zoology, said that it’s “no secret” that sexual assaults are a problem on college campuses. According to University Police statistics, there were six cases of “forcible sex offenses” on campus in 2012 and 2013. Both 2014 and 2015 had five rape reports each. In August 2014, an anonymous female student filed a police report accusing a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon of committing sexual assault at a fraternity house, according to The News and Observer. However, after an extensive investigation by University Police, the accusation was found to be false. “Being chapter president I hear all the statistics, false reports [of rape] are very rare and even more cases happen and don’t get reported,” Gray said. “We just felt like it’s partly our problem, even if SigEp isn’t directly doing it, we are associated with that community and we wanted to get people talking. Maybe more fraternities will do more in the future.” The events scheduled for next week include a screening of the documentary “The Hunting Ground” which follows two UNC Chapel Hill students Andrea Pine and Annie Clark who were raped early in their college years and eventually formed an organization to help other victims of assault at campuses across the nation. NC State pitched in to purchase the documentary so that SigEp could screen it on Monday, according to Gray. “[The Hunting Ground] is very gripping
and it’s very explicit in terms of how it portrays the situation,” said Chapter Resident Director of Sigma Phi Epsilon, Tyler Allen. “It doesn’t hold anything back and I think it will be one of the events that hits home with a lot of the students on campus.” Tuesday at Hunt Library, SigEp will hold a panel of survivors and activists on what constitutes sexual assault and how students can make a difference. Wednesday at Carmichael Gymnasium, university police officers will hold a workshop on self-defense tactics. Allen said that Sig Ep’s Sexual Assault Awareness Week shows that its members are committed to fighting this issue, because chances are, we all know someone who has been a victim. “I think this week speaks for itself as to the commitment that [SigEp] has to making sure that this is an issue that is not only addressed but addressed from within a fraternity,” Al-
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len said. “I really think that says a lot to not only have men who are advocating for this but to have an entire chapter of a fraternity advocating for this.” Sig Ep’s Sexual Assault Awareness Week came about after the fraternity’s Philanthropy Board, made up of Mark Hove, a sophomore studying industrial design, and Brentley Hovey, a junior studying chemical engineering, decided to continue their service efforts into the spring. Members of the board approached the Women’s Center several months ago about hosting events as part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, who then collaborated on the content of the events that would make up the week. Last month, the brothers of SigEp took part in a two-hour training session with representatives from the Women’s Center, the Coun-
seling Center and Fraternity and Sorority Life to talk about the types of scenarios that can lead to sexual violence, methods of bystander intervention and resources available on campus to help victims, according to Rape Prevention Education Coordinator for the NC State Women’s Center, Sara Forcella. “We spent time discussing all of their events and ideas to make sure that they supported the culture we are trying to create at NC State, as well as took into account the possibility of triggering past survivors,” Forcella said in an email. Hove said that the brothers were asked probing moral questions meant to challenge them to define what sexual assault is and what they can do to stop it. “I learned that everyone has a lot of preconceived notions and that plays an important role in their decision making so it’s really important to establish a definition of sexual assault and you can’t get there without talking about it,” Hove said. “It’s not something that you can expect to take care of itself over time, you have to be proactive.” Hovey came out of the trainings with a tool to employ if he ever found himself in a situation where a sexual assault may occur: a moral compass, as described by one of the training leaders as a method of closing your eyes and imagining how you would respond if someone that you cared about were in that situation to guide how he treats others. Gray said that the personal involvement of the more than 100 brothers in SigEp was a major concern of hosting the event. “Since we were putting our names on it, we made sure our brothers were knowledgeable about it,” Gray said. “We thought it would be shallow to slap our name on an event without having knowledge of it.”
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n honor of Earth Month, Raleigh threw a lovely little festival on Hillsborough Street Saturday. There were vendors with the crunchiest products around, including Iman beeswax Usmani Staff Columnist hand cream, and organic fruit and vegetables. Amongst the hustle and earthy bustle wandered a fellow student just looking to inform people about the greatness of marijuana. He probably told me his name, but I am blanking at the moment. Let’s just call him Student X. What I do know is that there is an organization hosted on campus looking to inform people about the benefits of legalizing marijuana, the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws. I am not making this up. There is a national organization working on making this happen, and our campus happens to have a chapter. Anyway, Student X walks up and politely asks if I would like to hear more about the benefits of legalizing marijuana. That sounded interesting enough, so I stopped. Here’s what I learned: 1) North Carolina is kind of strict when it comes to marijuana. If you are caught possessing more than 0.5 ounces of the drug, you’re going to jail, and depending on the amount, it could be anywhere from one day to eight months. This is in comparison to other states, specifically Rhode Island, where it is a misdemeanor to have one kilogram (2.2 pounds) of weed. That is a felony in North Carolina. 2) Taxpayers’ money is being spent housing marijuana users when there are other, more violent criminals. 3) Medical marijuana can be a big help. Several videos
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online espouse the benefits of medical pot. One video shows kids having seizures and the effects of medical marijuana on them; it apparently worked wonders. 4) Student X was super excited to share that the usage of marijuana in places that have it legalized has not changed since the legalization, listing countries such as Uruguay and Guatemala. This fact was probably his favorite one. I am not joking when I say his eyes just lit up. After all the great conversation about this debacle, I had a couple questions for Student X. It is great that usage rates haven’t changed in places of legalization but who would honestly report
ization. There are still some holes in his response to the issue, but it does show that you can be a student while being pro-weed. Whether you’re a good student or not is another issue. As for the medical marijuana argument, I had to fact check the information given, and I did come to find that North Carolina attempted to make medical marijuana more readily available for patients in need with HB 78. It was rejected. (Are you picturing that bill falling down the steps from “Schoolhouse Rock”? I am.) The reason that NORML is reaching out to students on campus is to spread the word about the benefits of medical
“North Carolina attempted to make medical marijuana more readily available for patients in need with HB 78. It was rejected. (Are you picturing that bill falling down the steps from “Schoolhouse Rock”? I am.)” that they were marijuana users before the legalization of the drug? Likewise, how do the test scores of places of legalization match up to their test scores before the legalization? Student X didn’t have the facts or figures, which is sad because this could have been great for his argument. He did, however, have a rebuttal for another major factor in the case. People are against the legalization of marijuana because they think it makes you lazy. Understandable. There is research that shows that the THC in marijuana relaxes the neurotransmitters in your brain in order to reach that tranquil and “high” feeling. Student X combats this argument by telling people that he is an engineering student at NC State while also being pro-legal-
marijuana and the fact that North Carolina is one of the states that does not have it readily available for patients. That was interesting to hear because, in my ignorant mind, I thought that medical marijuana was just a thing. It was just there and ready for people who needed it whenever. Not the case, though. NORML is working on getting around to others in order to make a change in North Carolina legislation. Godspeed, guys. Regardless, the organization’s ultimate goal at the festival was to inform people about the benefits of legalizing, and that they did. My brain is just exploding with information about weed when it should be filled with physics for my test today. Thanks, Student X.
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Following in my sister’s footsteps C
hances are that your Instagram feed was a collection of brother and sister pictures this past Sunday for #NationalSiblingsDay. Some siblings choose the recent perfect lighting, perfect smiles, while others reach deep into the archives to give all their followers a journey back to their most embarrassing moments. Either way, social media outlets provide a great Missy opportunity to share your Furman appreciation for the people Staff Columnist who grew up right alongside you. All the laughs and all the tears captured in the photos represent lasting memories that most siblings have the joy of sharing their whole lives. Memories of this time and that other time and every other hadto-be-there moment you’ve created together. From what I hear, the majority of siblings don’t get along all the time. Bickering and arguing and fighting over who could play with what toy or who “borrowed” whose new sweater. For me, it wasn’t like that. We aren’t just sisters. We’re best friends. As the youngest, I’ve had the privilege of watching my sister’s life unfold four years ahead of mine. Whether it was joining a new sport, taking certain classes in high school or even graduating from NC State, being the youngest allowed me to see how situations played out before I had to make any decisions about my own. I learned the do’s and don’ts by using her experiences. It’s like having a test run four years in advance of what works well and what could work differently and how it could work even better. Taking her advice helped shape my life, and I wouldn’t be the person I am today without having my sister as my role model. If she didn’t
join the elementary rec-soccer team, I don’t know if it would be my favorite sport today. If I didn’t see her stay up till the early hours of the morning studying for her honors and AP classes, I don’t know if I would’ve had the work ethic to even take them. If she never decided to go to college 10 hours away from our home, I probably wouldn’t have gotten on the plane either. Things as superficial as getting to wear her perfect eighth grade dance dress that she diligently sought after and hearing about the best place to park in the high school lot to avoid all the congestion may have only made tiny differences in the long run, but hey, they were good differences regardless. Doing similar things just let us make that many more memories together. We weren’t on the same soccer team, but we still share our memories of being on the field. We weren’t in school at the same time, but we are still both part of the Wolfpack. Her life determined mine in every way, big and small. Lucky for me, my sister is the most successful person I know. She moved out after graduating college with a job already lined up and moved into a new apartment, a new city and a new life without me there to watch her every day. Sure, she sends pictures and text messages, and we Facetime every once in a while. We still see each other for occasional family vacations and long weekends. But I have many more gaps to fill now. I can’t always see her as she gets too far on the path ahead of me. I’ve taken a few different turns lately and climbed some different hills, but for the most part I’m able to follow the great set of footsteps she’s left behind for me. I can’t say where we will both end up in the years to come, but at least I know this for certain: We’ll always be sisters, always best friends.
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‘Peter and the Wolf(pack)’: NCSU’s take on a classic Carolyn Thompson Staff Writer
The classic musical composition “Peter and the Wolf ” will be presented April 24 in Stewart Theatre by the Raleigh Civic Chamber Orchestra and features special pieces by two members of NC State’s faculty and guest narrator Harry Shearer, who is the voice of 23 characters on “The Simpsons.” “Peter and the Wolf ” was written by composer Sergei Prokofiev in 1936, and its legacy has evolved, taking on different versions and modifications as well. There will be some modification for NC State, but the composition will remain true to the original work. The Raleigh Civic Symphony and Raleigh Civic Chamber Orchestra is led by Peter Askim, the director of orchestral activities at NC State. Askim said “Peter and the Wolf” is sometimes the first piece of music that people experience. The piece helps listeners become familiar with the instruments of the orchestra. “For instance, there’s a cat in the story; the cat is played by the clarinet,” Askim said. “There’s a duck in the story; the duck is played by the oboe, so it’s a great way for kids to get to know the sounds of the orchestra and get to know classical music, but it’s also a really amazing piece for grown-ups too — it operates on all those different levels.” A lot of people, especially musicians, know the music from past experience, but Askim said it’s a great experience to go through and rediscover it with everybody. “The more that I look at it, the more I find, and I think that’s what a great piece of music will do,” Askim said. “You can hear it a million times, and you can study it a million times and there’s always something new.” The program has three
pieces including “Peter and the Wolf” with narration by Shearer, a solo cello piece performed by Jonathan Kramer and the world premiere of Rodney Waschka II’s “Raleigh Overture.” Kramer is a professor of music and arts studies and has concertized extensively as a recitalist and chamber musician. Waschka is a CHASS professor and composer best known for his unusual operas and his algorithmic compositions. The members of the orchestra are diverse in experience and background. In addition to students, who make up about half of the orchestra, there are members of the community who participate and perform, according to Askim. While the composition involves fun and storytelling, it is more of a challenging piece that the orchestra will perform. Two of the pieces are unfamiliar since the Raleigh Overture has never been played before and Kramer’s solo piece is not very wellknown, according to Askim. “It’s an interesting process that we go through because we have to take those notes that are on the page, those black dots and figure out how to play those and sometimes that process is quite challenging because it’s very difficult rhythms or technically very fast or something,” Askim said. “So that’s kind of over the semester the process we’ve gone through — figuring out, practicing, translating that into sound and now we’re at the point of translating that sound into real emotion and communication.” Kramer’s solo piece was written by Erno Dohnányi in the early 20th century in the style of the late romantics like Johannes Brahms and Richard Strauss, according to Kramer. “It’s very lyrical and has nice melodies, rich harmonies and it’s a nice vehicle for both the soloist and the orchestra to kind of show off the different colors and the
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The Raleigh Civic Chamber Orchestra will perform a rendition of “Peter and the Wolf” with Peter Askim, the director of NC State’s Music Department.
different expressive possibilities of this combination of cello and orchestra,” Kramer said. The solo consists of three sections that go back and forth in an A, B, A manner from a quick tempo and opening melodies to an introspective and slow middle, then back again to the moderately fast speed with collaboration between Kramer and the cello section of the orchestra. Kramer was the orchestra conductor from 1986 to 1996 and moved away from performances to lecture roles, so many of his students don’t know him as a performer. This allows him to put on the other hat and show something else he does, according to Kramer. When Askim got the new conducting job, Kramer asked him if the piece could be put on a program, allowing Kramer to play a piece he’s wanted to perform for over 50 years. According to Waschka, Askim asked if he would write an opening piece for the con-
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Harry Shearer will narrate “Peter and the Wolf.” In the past, Shearer has voiced 23 characters on “The Simpsons,” including Mr. Burns and Ned Flanders.
cert referred to as a curtain raiser. Waschka will be hearing the Raleigh Overture for the first time when he listens to a rehearsal of it by the orchestra. “As a composer you write the piece, and then often performers and conductors do not really want you around in the early rehearsals when
they’re working out technical problems and that kind of thing, but later it can be useful to have the composer there to give some pointers on things,” Waschka said. The orchestra members, faculty and narrator all come together in a classic performance with a special twist for NC State that brings the
community together. “Music is that thing beyond words that can touch us in those places that are so easy to lose touch with,” Askim said.
Peter and the Wolf(pack) Sunday, April 24 at 4 p.m. Stewart Theatre
Women in Computer Science organize hackathon April Smith Correspondent
The student organization Women in Computer Science is hosting its second annual hackathon marathon here at NC State. The marathon, dubbed DiamondHacks, is free and open to anyone interested in the field of computer science. There are 24 hours of coding and two days of computer programming festivities. “Although we encourage participants to sleep, they literally can code for 24 hours straight if they want to,” WICS webmaster Dana Christo said. WICS explains: “a hackathon, by our definition, is an opportunity to come together with like-minded women for collaborative software development in a fun and social environment.” “Our theme this year is heroism,” WICS
ambassador Lauren Brenand programming, we nan said. “What can you want you to do it.” do using computer science No experience is to bring light to issues and necessary to attend change the world?” the hackathon, and According to Brennan, the event is open to compared with other anyone, not just NC universities nationally, State students. Last NC State’s percentage of —Lauren Brennan, Women in Computer year, DiamondHacks women enrolled in the had a small outcome Science ambassador computer science proof about 30 particigram is on the lower end, pants. This weekend, with only 13 percent of current students be- the marathon expects nearly 200 hackers to ing female. Brennan said that most schools show up, with a steep female majority. have around 30 percent women enrollment “We advertised a lot more and partnered in computer science. With inspiration from with Major League Hacking, which helped so UNC-Chapel Hill’s female hackathon, Peal much,” Christo attributed a few specific facHacks, DiamondHacks made its debut ap- tors to the outstanding projected turnout of pearance last year. this year’s hackathon. “I completely revamped “You can create whatever you want,” Bren- the DiamondHacks website and have been nan said. “You can build an app or a website, constantly updating our social media posts whatever you can do with computer science on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram over the
“What can you do using computer science to bring light to issues and change the world?”
last few weeks.” According to Brennan, the new promotion efforts were successful, since students from California, Georgia, Pennsylvania and even the University of India signed up to participate. The event will take place this Saturday and Sunday on Centennial Campus in Engineering Building II. Speakers from many companies like Google, Red Hat, IBM and Cisco will be in attendance to help mentor students, according to Brennan. To register, go to www.ncsudiamondhacks. com and save a spot. Participants have free meals, movies, professional speakers, informational workshops and even games and yoga available to them during the 48-hour event. Hackers and teams will present their final projects at the conclusion of the marathon, and prizes such as drones and company gifts will be awarded for a wide range of categories.
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Flashback Feature: a look at student activism on campus 1963
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Student activism has always been an iconic part of the American college experience. The 1960s brought a wave of activism to United States campuses regarding everything from equal rights to wars. Through historic decisions, both national and local, NC State students have taken to the streets and Brickyard to protest and have their voices heard. Being a few miles away from downtown Raleigh, protests often involved marches and demonstrations in front of the State Capitol. Recently, many college campuses have seen an increase in activism. With the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement and the recent House Bill 2 in North Carolina, students at NC State and around the country have been voicing their opinions. Here’s a brief history of student activism at NC State both recent and from the past, on and off campus.
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A name change was suggested for North Carolina State University to be officially named University of North Carolina, Raleigh. After heavy opposition from students, staff and alumni, the name was officially changed to North Carolina State of the University of North Carolina at Raleigh. North Carolina State University at Raleigh, the current name, was established in 1965.
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An estimated crowd of 6,000 protesters, composed mostly of students from NC State and surrounding universities, marched to the State Capitol after Gov. Robert W. Scott telegraphed President Richard Nixon in support of the United States action of Cambodia.
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Student Body President Cathy Sterling speaks at a protest in the Brickyard against U.S. involvement in Cambodia. Sterling was the first woman to serve as student body president at NC State, and she was involved in student activism on campus.
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An estimated 1,000 students marched down Hillsborough Street from campus to the State Capitol in protest of the Vietnam War. Once at the capitol building, the students led a rally on the steps.
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In fall of 1990, the new East Wing of D.H. Hill Library opened. Students attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony to protest recent budget cuts reducing funds for books and journals.
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Latino students protested the arrival of President Barack Obama when he visited NC State’s campus in 2011, a year after the DREAM Act was killed in the Senate. The DREAM Act, an acronym for Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors, would provide a path for undocumented immigrants to reach conditional residency and ultimately permanent residency.
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Protesters from the student group Fossil Free NCSU interrupted a presentation by Lynn Good, the CEO of Duke Energy, for the Poole College of Management. The protesters aimed to bring attention to the Energy Freedom Act, which was opposed by Duke Energy.
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most sports back then weren’t fully funded, it was difficult to recruit good players who weren’t already committed to Wake Forest. However, everything suddenly changed when the NCAA took the cap off university sports. Now, teams had the money to improve facilities, instruction and equipment. The improved facilities could help convince young, up-and-coming golfers that their program was right for them. “Since then, I don’t think Wake Forest has won another golf championship,” Sykes said. “So all those schools that were dominant in those sports, the domination went
away. All of the sudden, everybody got fully funded, or started working at it. What’s happened is that everyone has caught up really fast. Wake Forest didn’t get worse, everyone else just got better.” One of the things that has improved for NC State is the quality of the facilities. Lonnie Poole Golf Course was finished in 2009, and Sykes worked with Arnold Palmer’s company to help complete it. This is just one of the other jobs he has held since taking the coaching job at the university, such as being in charge of facilities, game operations, the motor pool for athletics and video for athletics. Sykes has accomplished great things for the golf program at NC State but continues to remain humble and deflect success to the players.
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“You just want the guys to have a good time playing and be successful,” Sykes said. “It all changes because the kids change. I find that guys just keep getting better. They work harder, and they’re bigger and stronger than they used to be.” Sykes has raised the program from the ground up and shows no signs of slowing down. For golf fans, this is good news, because he plans on staying a little while longer. “Raleigh is one of the best places in America to live,” Sykes said. “I’m from here, and I’m actually living in the house that I grew up in right now. That’s pretty special. So there’s a lot of reasons I wouldn’t be leaving here.”
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Sykes brings longevity to golf team Cole Bass
Lutz named Special Assistant to Deputy Athletic Director Bobby Lutz, a five-year member of the NC State men’s basketball team’s coaching staff, has taken the role of special assistant to the deputy athletic director for external operations, head coach Mark Gottfried announced Tuesday. Lutz joined Gottfried’s coaching staff when he first began his tenure as head coach of the Wolfpack’s men’s basketball team in the 2011–12 season. Lutz spent the previous year with Iowa State after spending 15 seasons with the UNC-Charlotte 49ers, including 12 as the head coach. His new duties include assistance with personal and academic development of studentathletes, housing arrangements and special projects. SOURCE: NC STATE ATHLETICS
Pack men’s soccer unveils fall schedule
The NC State men’s soccer team released its schedule for the 2016 fall season, head coach Kelly Findley announced Tuesday. The Pack has a pair of road exhibition games on Aug. 14 and Aug. 20 before opening its regular season at the James Madison University Tournament Aug. 26 against Radford. Its home opener is Sept. 5 against North Florida at 7 p.m., and it opens ACC play later that week against Syracuse Sept. 9 at 7 p.m. The schedule features eight total ACC games, ending the regular season with a road matchup against Boston College Oct. 29 at 6 p.m. SOURCE: NC STATE ATHLETICS
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Golf is known as a historic and traditional sport, and it tends to influence those who spend lots of their time around it. The game inspires people worldwide and produces some remarkable players, coaches and people in general. One of these people is Richard Sykes, who happens to be the head coach of the NC State men’s golf team. Sykes is currently in his 45th year as head coach of the team, making him the longest standing coach at NC State by more than 20 years. He has quite the reputation not only at NC State, but in the entire golfing landscape, so much so that he was inducted into the Golf Coaches Hall of Fame in 2001 for his accomplishments. Some of these accomplishments include being named ACC Coach of the Year in 1982, 1988, 1990 and 2000. Additionally, in 1990, he brought the first-ever ACC Championship to NC State. He has not won another title since, but considering how tough it was to win when he took over, one championship alone is pretty outstanding. “Since my first year, we finished last, 110 shots out of first, you can imagine what it felt like to win,” Sykes said. “It was not a culmination of a lot of work, it was just people getting better and better.” Sykes took over the golf team in
1970, two years after he graduated from NC State. He played on the school team in 1965–66, and became a pro at Raleigh Golf Association after graduating. His experience with the game was profuse, but he stumbled upon the coaching job by accident. “I always wanted to,” Sykes said regarding the coaching job. “Al Michaels was my golf coach, but he was also a football coach here. The summer of ‘70–71, Earl Edwards decided to retire, and they named Al Michaels the interim head football coach. So, when they made him the interim head football coach, they asked me if I would take over the golf team.” The man who took the job by chance has now led the team to more success than anyone could have ever imagined, especially back then when winning was tougher, except if you were Wake Forest. “To give you a little history, back then, non-revenue sports had 70 scholarships other than football and basketball,” Sykes said. “You spread them around to different sports as you saw fit. NC State was a swimming school. Wake Forest was a golf school. Each one of the schools picked a sport the other ones didn’t pick.” The Demon Deacons dominated golf because that is where most of its scholarship money went, and because
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NC State men’s golf head coach Richard Sykes is in his 45th year as the team’s head coach. He was named the ACC Coach of the Year four times and was inducted into the Golf Coaches Hall of Fame in 2001.
Looking back at Hurricanes’ up-and-down season David Kehrli Staff Writer
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For the seventh-straight season, the Carolina Hurricanes fell short of making the Stanley Cup Playoffs, this time by 10 points. While players, management and fans alike were disappointed, the team surpassed the expectations of national media and even made a strong playoff push down the stretch. Let’s take a look back on the 2015– 16 season: what went right, what went wrong, what has improved and what needs to be addressed in the offseason. The Canes couldn’t have gotten off to a worse start, losing six of their first eight games, then winning three straight, before dropping 10 of the next 14 games. A big reason for Carolina’s early-season struggles was subpar goaltending.
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Center Victor Rask scans for an open pass during the Hurricanes’ game against the Columbus Blue Jackets Saturday night at PNC Arena. The Hurricanes fell to the Blue Jackets 5-1, thus eliminating the Hurricanes’ playoff chances for the seventh consecutive season.
During that stretch, Cam Ward posted a .898 save percentage and a 2.53 goals against average, while Eddie Lack struggled even more so, with an .865 save percentage and a
3.54 goals against average. But even with those below-average numbers, the Canes outplayed opponents in numerous losses, and if it wasn’t for bad luck, they would have
won many of those games. “The first two months, I think we were 8-13-4 the first 25 games,” general manager Ron Francis said at Tuesday’s end-of-season press conference. “I thought we were better than our record indicated. I thought there was at least a minimum of five games that I thought we dominated the game and didn’t win.” With improved goaltending, the Canes’ record was vastly better starting in December, going 16-84 from a rock-bottom 5-1 loss to the New Jersey Devils Dec. 3 to the loss of defenseman and, at the time, leading-scorer Justin Faulk to injury in early February. The team’s positive run was fueled by the recall of defenseman Jaccob Slavin and forwards Phil Di Giuseppe and Brock McGinn. Though McGinn did not stay with the team, Di Giuseppe and Slavin did, and each made a huge impact. Slavin joined fellow rookie blueliners Noah Hanifin and Brett Pesce
in giving the team incredible play from the back end — it is nearly unheard of for a team to get such strong play from one, let alone three, rookie defensemen. The three, along with Faulk, helped form a strong nucleus on defense that should be the team’s foundation for years to come. “When we brought the young kids in on the back end, when you look from there to the rest of the season, our goaltending was pretty solid,” Francis said. Di Giuseppe formed a line with forwards Victor Rask and Jeff Skinner, and as the three developed good chemistry, they helped to lead the charge offensively, as Skinner in particular enjoyed a huge scoring surge in the second half of the season, finishing the year as the Canes’ leading scorer with 28 goals and 23 assists.
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Walker, supporting cast lead Hornets to stellar season Cole Bass Correspondent
It’s been four years since the Charlotte Hornets, who were then the Charlotte Bobcats, set the NBA record for least number of wins in a season with a record of 7-59. Now, the Hornets are on the verge of completing their best season of the millennium. A lot has changed since that 2011– 12 team, the biggest thing being win percentage. The Hornets enter their final game of the season on Wednesday night with a record of 47-34, and a victory Monday night over the Celtics cemented this as their best record since 2000. Another big change that the Hornets made was their improvement of perimeter shooting. Last year, the four teams that made conference finals accounted for four of the top-five teams in 3-point shooting in the NBA, the other being the Los Angeles Clippers. Head coach Steve Clifford saw the importance of this
statistic and took major action to improve his squad in this area. The offseason was a busy time for a struggling Charlotte team, and the organization made three key acquisitions that have had a significant impact on the success that followed. Jeremy Lin was acquired from the Lakers in free agency, Nicolas Batum from the Trail Blazers and Courtney Lee from the Grizzlies just before the trade deadline mid-season. Lin is remembered by many for the three weeks with the New York Knicks, during which the term “Linsanity” was coined. His fame has dwindled since, but still shows flashes of this version of himself from time to time. Monday night against the Celtics was one of these times, as he exploded in the second quarter for 19 points, six more than the entire Boston team. Batum was the most effective of the three acquisitions, and ranks behind Kemba Walker in gamehigh point performances for the
Hornets. The Frenchman’s skill from behind the arc matches his ability to get it done on the defensive end of the floor, which has been crucial this season with the loss of Michael Kidd-Gilchrist to injury, a player known for his defensive prowess. Lee has also been a great addition and has played a pivotal role in the 3-point shooting improvements the team has seen this year. Last year, the Hornets ranked 26th in the NBA in this category. This year, they rank eighth in the league and third in the Eastern Conference behind the Toronto Raptors and the Washington Wizards. Rookie forward Frank Kaminsky, the ninth overall pick in the 2015 NBA Draft, and Troy Daniels have also been key components in the dramatic improvement of shooting the trifecta. Kaminsky’s confidence grew as the year progressed, and he now launches his three’s with conviction. Daniels is playing in his second season with the Hornets
and is proving why he should stay. He has contributed impressive performances this season, including 28 points off the bench in a doubleovertime win against the Kings. With all of these pieces in place, Walker is finally able to thrive as the leader of this team. Buzz of a breakout season has been surrounding his success this year, but Walker has already proved that he can play with the best of them. He has just never had the support in years past that he has this season. Walker has led the team in scoring every season except for his first, and his 21.1 points per game this season is his best yet by almost four points. The Hornets now have a balance that has led them to this point, and the lack of this balance was a key reason why they were swept by the Heat in the first round of the playoffs last season. Al Jefferson tore his plantar fascia in Game Two, and the team never looked the same without him. This year, the rota-
tion of Spencer Hawes, Cody Zeller and Jefferson gives Charlotte the depth that will allow it to continue to play well even if one goes down with injury. The playoffs now loom large for a team that has failed to win a postseason game since the beginning of the Bobcats era in 2004. The Hornets boast a record of 23-8 since Feb. 6, the third-best record in the NBA in this time period and will look to carry this form into the playoffs. If the playoffs started today, the Hornets would be a six-seed and play the three-seed Atlanta Hawks. Based on how the final two days play out, they could also be matched up with either the Boston Celtics or the Miami Heat, and this just proves how competitive the East has been this year. No matter how everything turns out, however, let’s just hope the finish to the regular season is as exciting as Lin’s hairstyles.