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Lionsgate pulls film production from Charlotte because of anti-LGBT law
A Hulu television series was going to be produced in Charlotte, but Lionsgate canceled production because of HB2. It’s unclear how many local workers the cancelation has affected, but Lionsgate has moved production to Canada. Lionsgate called House Bill 2 “deplorable and discriminatory, and it runs counter to everything we stand for.” The Motion Picture Association of America also condemned the new law. Rob Reiner, director of “The Princess Bride” and “When Harry Met Sally,” said he will not film in North Carolina again until the law is repealed. SOURCE: The News & Observer
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IN BRIEF NC State’s Center for Environmental and Resource Economic Policy conducted a survey among nearly 500 people who recently rented a beach house near the coast, and found they would be less likely to rent again if 500-foot tall wind turbines were placed close to shore. However, those who expressed the strongest objections to having wind farms by the coast were also the ones who expressed strong support for wind energy. North Carolina is considered to have some of the best coastal and offshore wind resources on the east coast. No construction can begin on offshore wind farms until the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management finishes the yearslong process of finding acceptable areas for offshore energy development. SOURCE: The News & Observer
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Jonathan Butler, a University of Missouri-Columbia graduate and the man behind the Mizzou hunger strike, speaks to the crowd in the Sankofa Room in Witherspoon Student Center during TUFF Talks on Monday. “The most common way people give up their power, is not knowing that they have any,” Butler said. TUFF Talks, an event sponsored by Black Students Board of Union Activities Board and reminiscent of TED Talks, is a part of the Pan-Afrikan Week 2016.
Mizzou student speaks about real, fake activism James Twiddy Correspondent
Jonathan Butler, a graduate student at the University of Missouri, discussed the importance of student activism at a TUFFtalk on Monday as part of Pan-Afrikan Week 2016. The University of Missouri has recently received national media attention because of Butler’s activist efforts. Butler’s talk focused on how university students and facul-
ty can be a positive force for change in the fight for racial equality. Butler gave some of his background information and pointed out the difference between what some students consider to be activism and what is actually activism, as he sees it. Butler described how activism has become “trendy” among college students today. He recounted his undergraduate experience and how he felt like he was being an activist—
he joined teams and groups and went to meetings in an effort to be an activist —but it was really just for show. He said there was no substance to what he felt at the time was activism. Butler said this false activism he was originally so proud of was turned around with the murder of Mike Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. He said that he took the protests in Fergu-
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University Police was awarded the Gold Standard in Public Safety Accreditation Saturday for the fourth time since 2003. “It is almost like a stamp of approval for the police department that says ‘you’re doing a great job, you’re doing things the right way,’” said Chief of University Police Jack Moorman. “It can really give members of the community that assurance that you’re not just haphazardly making policies or rules, but you’re in line with what the recommendations for what the best law enforcement practices are.” Most police departments do not get accredited, according to Moorman. He said that many police departments do not bother going through the process because it is very time consuming, and they do not want to bother putting in the work. He also said he believes many do not try to be accredited because they know they would not meet the high standards during the assessments. However, Moor ma n thinks that it is important to put in the extra work to get
the police department their gold standard accreditation. “I don’t see a reason why you wouldn’t want to ensure that you are doing the best that you can to serve your community,” Moorman said. Moorman said that the department updates their policies annually to make sure that they are always staying current. He also said that the process takes a long time and is a lot of work, but since they have been doing this for such a long time that it is not too difficult. “The main thing is it just ensures that the police department is performing in accordance with the best practices and that you’re really on the cutting edge so to speak, but making sure you’re properly handling everything from your policies and procedures to your promotional process to your documentation of records,” Moorman said. Moorman accepted the accreditation award on behalf of University Police at the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement
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White House opens first gender-neutral restroom
The Obama Administration announced Wednesday that it has opened a gender-neutral restroom in the White House for staff and visitors. The White House also allows staff and guests to use the restroom that is consistent with their personal gender identity. SOURCE: CNN
Villanova wins NCAA Championships
The Villanova Wildcats won the NCAA Championship Monday, beating the North Carolina Tar Heels 77-74 in Houston. Villanova forward Kris Jenkins shot a buzzer-beater with four seconds remaining to win the game for the Wildcats. This is Villanova’s second national championship. It won its first national title in 1985.
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Raleigh may be next to join the growing list of cities adopting bike-share programs in order to address the growing need for alternative transportation methods in the downtown area. Bike-share programs have been growing in popularity across the United States and internationally since the middle of the 20th century. While a novel idea, these programs weren’t feasible until new technologies made keeping track of the involved equipment easier. Now major cities such as New
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CNN, BET and Huffington Post news correspondent Marc Hill speaks at an event for Pan-Afrikan Week. He gave his lecture inside the Talley Student Union Ballroom from 7–8:30 p.m. Monday.
York and San Francisco have successful programs, and Raleigh hopes to follow suit. The city recently published a feasibility report that breaks down the costs and benefits of implementing bike-sharing in Raleigh. While the program is aimed at alleviating public transportation needs across the city, the benefits will extend to the NC State community as well. The idea is to have places around city where commuters can come and pick up a bike for a small fee, ride to their desired location and drop off the bike at another bike station. Some cities have membership programs available, and others
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Journalist encourages students to pursue justice Hessa Al Maghlouth Correspondent
Marc Lamont Hill gave a lecture about police brutality, the economy, education and elections at Talley Ballroom as part of PanAfrikan Week 2016. More than 300 people attended the lecture, titled “Fighting for Freedom in an Hour of Chaos.” Hill is a distinguished professor of African American studies, journalist, television personality, social justice activist and author. His latest book, “Nobody: Casualties of America’s War on the Vulnerable, from Ferguson to Flint and Beyond” will be released on July 12. The talk was sponsored by the Society for Afrikan American Culture, the Union
Activities Board’s Black Student Board, the Unit of Interdisciplinary Studies and major Africana Studies, the College of Humanities and Social Sciences and the African American Cultural Center. “They say you can’t read and write, but they make it illegal for you to read and write,” Hill said. “They say you’re lazy, but they make you a slave, they say you’re dirty, but you clean people’s houses. They say you’re uncivilized, but you raise their children. This is the fundamental contradiction of being an African subject in America, and the challenge of the African writer, thinker and freedom fighter has been to get American to listen to itself.”
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POLICE BLOTTER April 5 12:49 AM | ASSIST OTHER AGENCY Off Campus NCSU PD responded at request of RPD after four students were charged with Possession with Intent to Sell and Deliver Controlled Substance. All were issued referrals by NCSU PD. 1:06 AM | SUSPICIOUS PERSON Dan Allen Deck Report of subject making inappropriate comments to passersby. Officers were unable to locate anyone. 5:47 AM | SPECIAL EVENT Off Campus NCSU PD assisted with UNC System President visit at NC Central University. 6:31 AM | FIRE ALARM Witherspoon Student Center Units responded to alarm. Cause unknown. 10:19 AM | TRAFFIC ACCIDENT Friday Institute Two non-students were involved in traffic accident. 10:19 AM | ASSIST PERSON Coliseum Deck NCSU PD responded after non-student reported being unable to exit this location after not being able to pay, due to a credit card error. Contact was made with NCSU Transportation caller and began to have a panic attack before being let out of the deck by Transportation. Caller wished to file a complaint with Transportation and was directed to that location. No medical assistance was needed. 10:23 AM | FIRE ALARM Plaza Hall Officer responded to alarm caused by steam from shower. 11:23 AM | FIRE ALARM Valley Hall FP responded to alarm caused by cooking.
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1:20 PM | CONCERNED BEHAVIOR Off Campus Two students were involved in domestic dispute. Both were issued referrals and concerned behavior investigation was initiated. 1:47 PM | ASSIST OTHER AGENCY Varsity Dr/Western Blvd Officer responded to traffic accident and assisted RPD with traffic control. 2:19 PM | MEDICAL ASSIST Case Athletic Center Units responded and transported non-student in need of medical assistance. 2:40 PM | DISPUTE Off Campus Report of dispute between two passengers of vehicle. RPD was notified and responded. Officers searched for vehicle but did not locate anyone matching description. 2:58 PM | DAMAGE TO PROPERTY Sullivan Hall Student reported window damaged. 3:10 PM | SPECIAL EVENT Off Campus NCSU PD assisted RPD with crosswalk operation. 3:39 PM | SUSPICIOUS INCIDENT Carroll Hall Student reported surveillance camera mounted in ceiling in hallway restroom. Officers determined camera was not operational and appeared to be a prank. Camera was removed. 3:44 PM | WELFARE CHECK Wolf Village Apts. Officers conducted welfare check on student. Student stated he was changing majors and had stopped attending classes.
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gold standard accreditation include having directives that are comprehensive and wellthought-out, as well as having a preparedness program in place so that an agency is ready to address natural or man-made unusual occurrences, according to the CALEA website. Some benefits of the gold standard accreditation, according to the CALEA website,
are developing and improving the department’s relationship with the community, strengthening a department’s accountability and limiting a department’s liability and risk exposure. “It takes a lot of time, but we are making sure we are doing things the right way,” Moorman said The department sends their files and policies to trained experts who assess them, then there is an on-site evaluation that takes place before a department can be accredited, accord-
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charge for the bikes based on the length of time they were checked out. Many of these details are still being considered for Raleigh’s program. The exact location of the bike stations, places where bikes can be picked up and dropped off, is still being decided. The aim will be to have about five dedicated bike stations across NC State’s campuses, according to Kathryn Zeringue of University Transportation. She also added that Raleigh’s ultimate goal is to have three stations every half mile, but the program will probably start smaller than that. For now, University Transportation is looking at the hot spots around campus that would benefit most from bike-share stations. “Some important places to consider are D.H. Hill Library, Talley and Carmichael, and Hunt Library,” Zeringue said. “We believe that the upcoming pedestrian tunnel under Western Boulevard will create demand from Avent Ferry as well.” The public is welcome to join in to the discussion. BikeRaleigh.org is now open for people to suggest and vote on where the initial bike-share stations are installed around Raleigh. There is also a heat map available to show where the stations are highest in demand. Zeringue said that the current most popular choice for a station has already been made clear. “The most proposed spot so far is by the NC Museum
of Art,” Zeringue said. The City of Raleigh released a demand analysis that showed several other hotspots for the bike-share stations. Key locations identified by the demand analysis are the universities in and around Raleigh, the Hillsborough Street corridor and Cameron Village. Bryson Shelton, a senior studying human biology, said that if given the choice, he would greatly prefer riding a bike over taking the busses around campus. “I think it would be quicker and more convenient,” Shelton said. “If this program had been around since I started going here, I probably would have been biking everywhere.” One of the larger questions posed by this bike-sharing initiative is whether the program will be publicly funded, or if the private sector will be footing the bill. Brian Iezzi from the NC State bike sharing project said that this point is still being contested by city officials. “As of right now, the city has not picked a vendor, but will choose between publicly funded or a private supplier,” Iezzi said. He also said the hope for the NC State community is to alleviate some of the pressure on the Wolfline system and offer students alternative methods of getting around campus and beyond. “The bike-share will act as a supplement for the Wolfline and will allow more students to go downtown,” Iezzi said.
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son as an example of true activism. Butler pointed out the juxtaposition between the people of Ferguson who were not as well-off as he was but gave so much, versus college students who were very fortunate but pretended to be activists in order to feel better about their actions. “It was the difference between people who had nothing giving their all and people who had it all giving nothing,” he said. Butler also spoke about how the problems at the University of Missouri are presented in the media as if it was the start of the problem. Butler pointed out that it is important to understand the context of these racial issues and that they are systemic problems that did not begin at the University of Missouri. Butler referenced a Chronicle article
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Lymar Lyons, a senior studying accounting and HR management found the lecture to be enlightening and uplifting. “It was a different side than what most of us are used to seeing — I’m not saying that he’s not like this on TV, but also he was able to be more open than being constrained when being in the public eye on TV. He really kept it real and authentic,” Lyons said. As for where he stood in regards to these issues, Hill said he’s not a pessimist. “I am not at all cynical, I am not at all bitter,” Hill said. “I am incredibly excited to see what we have in this place and at this moment existing. I am incredibly excited by that, but sometimes we can become so engraved with the moment, so excited by what we’ve done, that we lose track of what we have not done.” Hill included inspirational quotes throughout his lecture, encouraging students to participate in social justice movements. “Stop feeling sorry for yourself,” Hill
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titled “10 ways to not be the next Mizzou.” Butler pointed out that the racial problems he faced at the University of Missouri could be happening at any college in the country. “If you aren’t actually observing the environment you’re in, Mizzou is probably already happening,” Butler said. “Mizzou can happen anywhere.” Butler also said it is important for the university staff to help with the students’ desires to face these issues head on. “Everyone has to come together in order for this fight to work,” he said. Butler pointed out that when students are forced to take a matter into their own hands, their academics suffer. Butler thinks it is important for the whole community to work together, otherwise the sacrifices of those who have fought for racial equality in the past will be in vain. Butler wanted it to be clear that anyone could do what he did. “All I did was stop eating, some people got mad, we protested a little bit, and now
I’m here in front of you,” he said. “If you get nothing else from what I tell you today, I want it to be that stories have power.” Many students and other audience members had questions and showed their appreciation for Butler’s efforts. “These events are important to bring light to topics to bring diversity to campus and defeat racism,” said Ashley Hall, a sophomore studying biology. Butler spent a lot of time in church as a child and spoke about how though he learned a lot there, he also saw that even his church community was not absent of injustices. Butler spoke specifically about the negative ways in which the church treated women, members of the LGBT community, and members of other religions. Butler said he learned a lot about humanity as a child in the church. “My humanity lies in my ability to give humanity to others,” Butler said.
said. “Stop feeling bad that you’re alone. Understand that every freedom movement starts with a small number of people and it only looks big at the finish line. Every group had a group of small, dedicated folk that learned to make revolution and a whole bunch of folk that was scared of revolution. You take your three people, take your five people, brave people.” Craig Brookins, professor of Africana Studies, defines Pan-Africanism as the notion that “wherever people of African descent in the world, we’ve been challenged by the same forces that sought to oppress us. Therefore, it’s incumbent upon us to recognize those common enemies that we have with each other more so than the differences we have, and by recognizing those commonalities we can uplift ourselves in thought, in action and really in a liberating way.” Brookins also said he was pleased with lecture. “I am mostly glad because unfortunately we don’t often get an intellectual presentation that is rich with the kind of interdisciplinary knowledge and information that our speaker today brought,” Brookins
said. “I think it’s important for students to hear and begin to understand — It captures what we’re trying to do with Africana studies in terms of our teachings.” Toni Harris Thorpe, program coordinator for the African American Cultural Center, said that what makes this lecture exceptional is that “[Hill] called to action individual responsibility to clarify what we believe, and once we clarify that we have a responsibility to act on it.” Thorpe spoke about the importance of Pan-Afrikan Week. “Pan-Afrikan Week gives us an opportunity to stop and understand what PanAfricanism really is and what it means today,” Thorpe said. “It brings to light the responsibility of knowing the truth and questioning who we learn that truth from and who’s accountable for our intellectual development.” Pan-Afrikan Week ends Saturday and will feature more events that can be found on the Union Activities Board website, uab. ncsu.edu.
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he minimum wage argument frequently works its way into conversation. There seem to be many who think mandating a minimum wage to busiChase nesses will increase wealth McLamb and that the general welfare Guest Columnist of society will improve, but this is not the case. This is my attempt to offer a perspective on minimum wage with which some of you may not be familiar. A wage is not some arbitrary amount that an employer chooses to pay a worker on a whim. If a business doesn’t make money, it will fail; therefore, the employer, by necessity, must pay the worker less than the value that the worker produces in most cases. If a business owner paid an employee more money than the employee was able to earn for the company, there would be no profit, and without profit, it becomes difficult to save and invest in the company. The business would stagnate, become noncompetitive and die. There are companies like Gravity Payments that run the numbers and decide they can afford to increase their employees’ wages just because they want to, but the key difference here is that if they had found that their company could not afford the pay hike, they could have continued with the old rate. With minimum wage laws, the owner pays or faces imprisonment. With all this in mind, let’s say that Joe is capable of producing $10 per hour for a business. The employer has to decide some wage to pay Joe that will allow for profit but also keep him from leaving for better pay at some other business. These two considerations create a limited range of wages from which the employer can choose. Let’s say that the employer settles on $6 per hour to pay to Joe. Now let’s say that minimum wage is increased to $15 per hour, and the owner must pay his employees at least that much under threat of imprisonment. Now the employer is faced with a choice: fire Joe and do the job himself, keep Joe and suffer a loss in profits, or fire Joe and pay for a machine to automate the job. If Joe is fired, he could probably find another job, considering his experience. If the job is automated, no one will ever have that job again (assuming the
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robot performs adequately). If Joe manages to keep his job, he will get a raise. Now let’s consider Joe’s younger sister Sam, who has just started looking for a job. She, like Joe before he got experience, is capable of producing $10 per hour for a company. Unfortunately for Sam, the minimum wage is $15 per hour. For this reason, hiring her would be a terrible business decision because the business would be losing $5 for each hour she worked for them. I’m sure many of you, like myself, have experienced difficulty in finding work without any experience even when applying to unskilled positions, especially as high schoolers. In this way, minimum wage prices the lowest skilled workers out of the labor market. If you can get a job, you know that you will be paid at least whatever the wage f loor is, but the trick is getting that first job when you probably will be costing the company money for the first few months until you can do your job well enough to warrant your pay. Ultimately, you have to decide if forcing businesses to pay workers a minimum amount is worth preventing low-skilled laborers from finding employment and gaining experience. Ask yourself: if increasing minimum wage were a good way to bring people out of poverty, why not just set it to $100 per hour and enjoy a huge economic boom? This perspective on minimum wage law isn’t considered by people very often, so I hope this offers you a new point of view on an issue of which I’m sure you were already aware. When we talk about government interference in the marketplace, we must consider, in the words of Bastiat, that which is not seen. In the case of minimum wage, we can see the increase in the wage f loor, but those who go unseen are people who now have a very difficult time finding work because they’ve been priced out of the labor market and, also, those who have lost their jobs because their productivity didn’t warrant a government-mandated raise.
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ot sure about you, but I definitely went through a phase where all I wanted to do was shop at Hot Topic. I took middle school on in my Converse high-tops and skinny jeans, just radiating Iman a skater glow. It was pretty Usmani standard stuff. Avril Lavigne Staff Columnist was all the rage, pants were bought with holes and each t-shirt needed to have some sort of cheeky statement. Enter: the graphic tee. I entered the graphic tee game at an innocent time. My collection ranged from my school band t-shirts to my favorite “Little Miss Sunshine” number. Attempting edginess came in later, and was, thankfully, short-lived. Nirvana shirts eventually shifted to the lovely graphic tees from one of the least socially aware companies on the block: Abercrombie & Fitch. Everyone knows that Abercrombie is that kid at school who is especially rude to everyone because they just want to be cool. Because of the company’s past need to cater to the “cool kid,” they have made some seriously rude shirts. Personally, I never really ventured far from the ones that simply had the moose on them, simply because I am not actually interested in having shirts that have, “Who needs brains when you have these?” printed over the chest. A great male equivalent that matches the attitude of that women’s tee is one that states, “I NEED a girl with a GOOD HEAD on her shoulders.” This one is particularly impressive with its level of douchiness. If you read a little too fast, you may think that shirt would be owned by a sensitive guy who wants a nice girl but, no. Don’t be fooled, ladies. And to the guys: wearing a shirt with a statement like that probably won’t make the best first impression. Just a thought. Abercrombie isn’t the only company to produce some pretty shady graphic t-shirts. Urban Outfitters is infamous for having shirts that it may see as hipster but nearly everyone else finds offensive. One prime example was the time the company thought it would be a good idea to have a blue and white striped pullover with a six-pointed star in the top corner. To follow that trend, UO used another historical tragedy for fashion when it created a “vintage” Kent State University pullover with intentional blood stains on it. Update: those aren’t for sale anymore. Sure, its products are wildly insensitive,
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“Minimize expenses, maximize education. Taking your taxes to a professional organization shouldn’t be so expensive, and in general the population should be more educated on what goes into actually doing your taxes.” Raul Marita junior, biological sciences
“People should be more educated on how to do their own taxes. Doing your own taxes really isn’t that difficult, but people are scared by the thought of the long, arduous process so they would rather pay a professional to do it for them. If people took the time to learn how to fill out tax forms, it would be cheaper and quicker for them to do it themselves.”
North Carolinians have shown that they care about the wellbeing of the environment, despite their political stance. In my opinion, the environment should not be a political issue, but we have made it one. Keeping the place, our world, clean should not be a question of politics, but of our care and concern for our own well-being. Obviously, we have shown that we care about our coasts
but the really hard part to grasp is the fact that people are still buying things from these stores. It isn’t just a couple people, either. The companies are actually doing well. Ever since the new management (ta-ta, Mike Jeffries), ANF has been steadily increasing its revenue. It isn’t anything like its 2010 glory days, but it definitely isn’t hurting. For the group of students that are in college now, Abercrombie is a thing of the past. However, 20-somethings are still purchasing from Urban Outfitters. Some hipsters probably even seek out malls that specifically have the store, otherwise it would be a trip wasted for them. It shows in its rising stock price, too. I guess people just can’t get enough of its hippie flares and worn-in tees, regardless of the fact that it is the same company that put a shirt stating “Eat Less” out there. Oh, how I would have loved to sit in on the design meeting for that tee. So, here I am thinking, where do I turn to for a simple graphic tee? Abercrombie is way too cool for me and Urban Outfitters’ graphics are a little too loud for my taste. Next up would be Forever 21, another company that plenty of college kids like to shop at because of the cheap prices and mediocre quality. Forever 21’s graphic tee selection is wide and varied, but remember that whole “quality over quantity” thing? Yeah, Forever 21 doesn’t. The shirts aren’t horribly offensive like the previous two companies; I’ll give them that. They are just bad. Looking at one of its graphics is a confusing experience, prompting a whirlwind of questions. There was a time when they came out with two shirts, one stating, “Sorry mermaids only,” and the other saying, “Mermaid University 1972.” What does that even mean? What is with the designer’s infatuation with mermaids? I don’t share the designer’s same appreciation for mermaids, so I don’t know if I could do the shirt any justice. The bottom line is that graphic t-shirts used to be my thing. They were cute and comfortable, not some bizarre way to make a statement about controversial topics. So, for the strange graphic designers who are making these shirts, here is some advice. Play the tape back. Making a shirt that says “Do I make you look fat” on it is probably not going to be a best-seller.
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MARTES, 5 DE ABRIL, 2016 • PÁGINA 5
La visita de Obama causa escepticismo, curiosidad Daniela Abella Corresponsal
El pasado 20 de Marzo el presidente Barack Obama visitó Cuba acompañado de su familia. Fue la primera vez en casi 90 años que un presidente norteamericano visita la isla. Esta visita fue un paso más hacia el acercamiento de los dos países, un mejoramiento de las relaciones que comenzó hace pocos meses desde que se abrieran nuevas embajadas y se restablecieran relaciones diplomáticas entre ambos países. Como mencionó Obama en varias ocasiones y reiteró durante su discurso en Cuba el 22 de marzo, los objetivos de esta visita para los EE. UU. eran claros: enterrar finalmente la Guerra Fría en el Caribe, sustituir la política de contención a la isla por la política de compromiso, acercarse a la sociedad civil cubana, la cual comparte muchos aspectos con la sociedad norteamericana y apoyar y fortalecer la oposición que busca un cambio pacífico al régimen castrista. La visita del Presidente Obama, sus acciones y sus palabras no estaban dirigidas al gobierno cubano ni a los hermanos Castro. Como él mismo expresó en su discurso: “El futuro de Cuba tiene que estar en las manos del pueblo cubano.” Lo dijo en español porque estaba dirigido no al grupo de personas reunidos en el teatro donde se llevó a cabo su discurso de despedida, sino al propio pueblo de Cuba, a la gente común de pie en los que deposita su confianza para que generen un cambio en el régimen de la isla. Obama quería ser escuchado por el pueblo y se rodeó de símbolos y les habló en su lengua. Comió en un “paladar,” citó a José Martí, visitó a “cachita” (la virgen de la caridad del Cobre) y participó en uno de los programas humorísticos más vistos protagonizado por “Pánfilo” un típico cubano que hace humor de los problemas cotidianos de la población y está obsesionado con la libreta de abastecimiento. El pueblo por su parte lo recibió expectante, en un país con serios problemas económicos, falta de
SOURCE: US DEPARTMENT OF STATE
El presidente estadounidense Barack Obama se encuentra con el presidente cubano, Raúl Castro en el Estadio Latinoamericano de La Habana, Cuba. Mientras tanto los miembros de una delegación de los Estados Unidos, que incluye el secretario de Estado John Kerry, asistieron un partido de exhibición el 22 de marzo entre el Equipo Nacional de Cuba y los Rays de Tampa.
recursos y donde la mayor meta de los jóvenes es emigrar, la visita de un presidente norteamericano es una promesa de un futuro mejor. El gobierno cubano por su parte tenía otros objetivos, principalmente poner fin al embargo comercial, facilitar la obtención de créditos y buscar otra fuente de ayuda económica ante una inminente suspensión de los subsidios del gobierno venezolano. En i nnu merables ocasiones tanto Raúl como Fidel Castro han expresado que no tienen intención alguna de modificar el régimen comunista. El acercamiento de Cuba y los EE. UU ha sido a todas luces unilateral ya que en la isla no solo no ha cambiado nada para la población, sino que se han reforzado los discursos antiyankistas y estos han arremetido contra el discurso del actual mandatario Norteamericano desde el mismo día que abandonó la isla para dirigirse a Argentina. José Daniel Ferrer, opositor
cubano perteneciente al “Grupo de los 75” calificó la reunión del mandatario como muy positiva y como una “muestra de solidaridad con quienes luchamos por la reconstrucción de la nación.” Para la periodista y opositora cubana Miriam Ley va la reunión también significó una muestra de reconocimiento y apoyo a los grupos opositores que buscan un restablecimiento pacífico de la democracia en la isla. A la vez que se llevaba a cabo la reunión entre los dirigentes opositores y el Presidente Obama, Michelle visitó junto a sus hijas, la biblioteca en honor a Rubén Martínez Villena en La Habana Vieja donde plantaron dos árboles de magnolias como los existentes en la Casa Blanca e inauguraron un banco en el jardín a modo de recordatorio de la visita del presidente norteamericano y su familia a Cuba. El presidente Obama dio un discurso en el Teatro Alicia Alonso
y los participantes fueron en su mayoría integrantes del Partido Socialista de Cuba, dirigentes y algunos de los más destacados líderes opositores. La Televisión Cubana, uno de los 5 canales que se transmiten en la isla, recolecto opiniones de algunos de los asistentes al discurso en el Teatro Alicia Alonso. La mayoría de estos reservaron su opinión acerca de las palabras que venían del Presidente Norteamericano y cuestionaron sus opiniones e incluso su credibilidad argumentando que lo mas seguro es que cambiara su discurso cuando volviera a USA. El mismo Fidel Castro, una semana después de la visita del mandatario norteamericano publica en el diario “El Granma” una reflexión que se plantea como una respuesta a las palabras del presidente Obama el 22 de marzo. Castro expresa que siente “el deber elemental de responder al discurso de Obama” y califica las palabras del mismo como “almibaradas.”
En sus ref lexiones Fidel Castro plantea duras críticas en contra las palabras de Obama y se niega a tomar la sugerencia del anterior de mirar hacia el futuro. Él recuerda y habla sobre las batallas libradas por la revolución hace 50 años, repitiendo lo que el pueblo Cubano lleva más de medio siglo escuchando sin que semejantes proezas llenen los platos de comida de los cubanos, ni cubran sus necesidades básicas. Ahora todos nos preguntamos acerca del estado de las relaciones entre Cuba y USA. El presidente Obama tendió una mano a los cubanos el pasado 20 de marzo, y Fidel Castro le contesta con una de las frases culminantes de sus ref lexiones: “No necesitamos que el imperio nos regale nada,” citado de las ref lexiones del repertorio de Fidel.
LATINO COMMUNITY EVENT CALENDAR Contra TiempoLunch & Learn
April 7, Witherspoon 356 1–2:30 p.m. Two days before its performance on April 9 in Stewart Theatre, multilingual dance company Contra Tiempo will meet and converse with students about race, class, art and gender relations. The dance company combines salsa, Afro-Cuban and hip-hop dance and original music with theater to inform and connect with diverse audiences through dance.
Mi Placita
Every Wednesday Noon–2 p.m. Outside Talley or in the Cultural Hearth Initially organized by the Multicultural Student Affairs, Mi Placita is a weekly social meeting that invites students to relax with friends, converse in Spanish,
listen to Hispanic music and play dominos.
Lambda Theta Alpha and Lambda Pi Chi.
Service Raleigh
Mi Familia general body meeting
April 9, 7:45 a.m.–1:30 p.m. (SHPE pero otras organizaciones también estarán involucradas) Service Raleigh, originally started in 1998 by NC State Student Government and Park Scholars, is a citywide day in which students and community members work on various projects that serve the Raleigh area. It is the largest student-run service project in the Triangle. Projects vary in tasks including planting trees across Raleigh, packaging food and trash pickups on campus. Registration is now closed but volunteers are still accepted if they come to the Service Raleigh desk at Stafford Commons, in front of Talley Student Union at 7:45 a.m. to be assigned to a project. NC State Latino organizations will be involved including Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, Mi Familia, Lambda Theta Phi,
April 11, Talley 4101
Mi Familia is a student organization with the purpose of providing a forum for NC State students and the community to experience and promote the Latino and Hispanic culture/ community. Its next general body meeting next Monday will include elections for 11 positions on the Executive Board during its General Body Meeting Monday. Positions include president, vice president, secretary, director of finances, social events director and more.
Somos Talentosos April 15, 7:30–9 p.m., Witherspoon Cinema
Mi Familia presents Somos Talentosos, a talent show of the Latinx community that features
dancing, spoken word, music and more. The attire is semi-formal and admission is $2. After the show, Sube Ritmos Latin Dance Team and Mi Familia will continue the night with a Somos after party that begins at 9:30 p.m. in the Washington Sankofa Room.
Copa Unidos
April 16, 9:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m., Miller Fields Juntos Program and the Department of Youth, Family and Community Sciences are hosting the fourth annual Copa Unidos soccer tournament. Copa Unidos brings together about 100 middle and high school students to play in this tournament along with college students from across North Carolina. The tournament serves as an opportunity for students interested in further education to connect with current university students through soccer while being exposed to a college campus.
Unidos Gala
April 16, 6–8 p.m., 1887 Bistro Talley Student Union Unidos is an organization with involvement from NC State, UNCChapel Hill and Duke University. Every year a scholarship is awarded to a student with the purpose of supporting further education in the Hispanic/Latino community. The gala is meant to celebrate the scholarship recipient as well as distinguished members of student organizations and will feature a keynote speaker.
End of year cookout
April 22, time and location TBA (SHPE/Mi Familia cook out) On the last week of classes, Mi Familia and the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers is hosting a cookout to celebrate the end of year and the beginning of summer. Bienvenidos summer!
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NCSU linguistic research is innovative, opportunistic Paola Guadarrama Correspondent
Over the last decade there has been a significant growth in the presence of the Latino community in North Carolina. At NC State in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, two professors, along with their students, are studying the use of the Spanish language in the state. Jim Michnowicz, an associate professor of Hispanic linguistics in the Department of Foreign Languages, has been researching the linguistic and social factors that determine the outcome of the contact between Spanish and English. Rebecca Ronquest, a professor of Hispanic linguistics in the Department of Foreign Languages, has been researching the differences in the pronunciation of the consonants ‘p,’ ‘t’ and ‘k’ in different English and Spanish speakers to measure their level of bilingualism. Michnowicz will be presenting his research in the 8th International Workshop on Spanish Linguistics in San Juan, Puerto Rico April 13-16. Ronquest’s research will be presented during the Current Approaches to Spanish and Por tug uese Second La ng uage Phonolog y conference at Ohio State University April 15-17. What makes this research particularly unique, according to both Michnowicz and Ronquest, is that this is the first time undergraduates have participated in and conducted linguistic research w it h t hem. The underg raduate student contribution of this project originated from two Senior Seminar in Hispanic Studies, Language Variation and Change — FLS 492 — classes. Michnowicz taught one of the classes in spring 2014 where the class focused on Spanish in the state, including loanwords, language use and code-switches. The following spring, the collective research from Ronquest’s class examined the pronunciation of Spanish in the state with a specific focus on ‘p,’ ‘t’ and ‘k’ consonants. After the classes, both Michnowicz and Ronquest invited their students to help further research the topics. Three of Michnowicz’s students came on board after the 2014 semester, Alex Hyler, Sonya Trawick and James Shepherd to continue the research, while five students of Ronquest in 2015 decided to join her: Sarah Chetty, Hannah Hunter, Emily Lait, Chelsea Krieger and Emma Cathell. Ronquest’s Research Since the fall, Ronquest, with the help of undergraduate students and recent graduates, have been working on the consonants research in addition to interviews conducted by the FLS 492 class which served as a measure for the research. “Our speakers read a word list, or what’s called a carrier phrase, where they embedded a word within part of a phrase [during the interviews],” Ronquest said. “So a carrier phrase would be like, ‘I say pot for you, I say dog for you.’ That’s an example of a carrier phrase, where you put the target word in the middle or at the end in our case. Our carrier phrase was, ‘the password is …’ but in Spanish.” To measure the different types of bilingualism, Ronquest explained that the team incorporated three different speaker levels of Spanish. This included secondlanguage learners, heritage speakers and native speakers. According to Ronquest, second-language
SOURCE: JIM MICHNOWICZ
Jim Michnowiz, an associate professor of Hispanic linguistics in the Department of Foreign Languages, along with students from FLS 492 conducted more than 700 surveys in the state to study how English influences Spanish in North Carolina. One of their aspects in the research was to find the use of loanwords, and they found that the words “aplicación” and “parquear” were widely accepted whereas “wáchale” was not nearly as accepted.
“I think it’s important to conduct a study like this because it involves people and information that relates directly to our community in Raleigh and it impacts us.” —Chelsea Krieger, 2015 alumna and team member
learners are those who began to learn a second language in high school or college, native or immigrant speakers are those from a Spanish-speaking country who moved to the United States when they were young adults and have had an education in Spanish and heritage speakers are the intermediate group. Ronquest explained heritage speakers as bilinguals who were usually born in the United States or moved to the U.S. when they were young, growing up in homes where Spanish was their first language. “A lot of heritage speakers have the ability to carry on a conversation and they are very f luent in Spanish, but they maybe don’t know all the sort of technical, grammatical rules that we teach second-language learners,” Ronquest said. “One of the things about heritage speakers is that most people would say that they sound like native speakers and they produce or pronounce Spanish just like native speakers do, but research has found that is not exactly true; they are very close.” Sarah Chetty, a senior studying Spanish language and literature, said she finds this research especially interesting because North Carolina is on the verge of a lot of linguistic change. “It’s interesting to see language change in action because this is a new group of immigrants coming into NC and it’s interesting to see the early stages of language change,” Cheatt y said. “A lso to see how living in NC with a dominant population of English speakers affects native Spanish speakers.” With the consonants being the central topic of the study, Ronquest explained that they are used as markers when distinguishing the differences between the three levels of bilingual speakers. According to Ronquest, the group chose to study the consonants because they are a good measure of how Spanish- or Eng-
lish-sounding a pronunciation is. When looking at English words there is a lot of aspiration, or breath, whereas in Spanish those same sounds are pronounced without any aspiration. The study also compared North Carolina heritage spea kers to those in Chicago. According to Ronquest, Chicago was chosen because of similar interviews and research she conducted. The team found the Raleigh heritage speakers were similar to the native Spanish speakers. However, the heritage speakers had slightly more aspiration especially when dealing with the ‘k’ sound. They also found that Raleigh heritage speakers produced ‘k’ with more aspiration than those in Chicago. “It could just be that the bilingual community in Raleigh is still forming, that the speakers are converging on new dialectal norms or there’s new dialect formation going on,” Ronquest said. “Whereas in an urban area like Chicago that has a much longer history of bilingualism and bilingual communities, they are larger and more well-established than they are here in North Carolina.” According to Ronquest the study is important because it looks at three groups of bilinguals doing the same task and helps answer the question of how native-like her itage spea kers pronou nce words. Taking the research a step further, Chelsea Krieger, alumna and team member, said it measures a level of “native-ness” while helping researchers gain a better understanding of the Spanish language in North Carolina. “I think it’s important to conduct a study like this because it involves people and information that relates directly to our community in Raleigh and it impacts us,” Krieger said. “We hope that this research will be useful to future studies and research in the field of Spanish linguistics or bilingual studies.” Ronquest explained that her re-
search, as well as Michnowicz’s, not only showcases the linguistic research being done in North Carolina but, in general, undergraduate research. According to the pair, there are not many undergraduate students who conduct linguistic research. “I intend to stand up at the very beginning of the talk and say, ‘this study is close to my heart for two reasons: one is because it’s new data on an area we know little about,’” Ronquest said. “And the other that especially makes me smile is because I know who worked on it and that they were able to do such a good job.” Michnowicz’s Research The basis of Michnowicz’s research is to f ind how English words are being adapted to Spanish in the state. Unlike cities such as Miami, New York and Los Angeles where the two languages have co-existed for some time, in North Carolina there is an opportunity to study the growing presence of the Hispanic population in the state. The team, comprised of Michnowicz, Hyler, Trawick and Sheperd, centers on the use of loanwords in North Carolina. Since the spring of 2014, they have conducted more than 700 surveys in the state in order to study the early stages of how languages change once they are in contact. “We did a large-scale quantitative research project were all of the students had to participate and do research that involved only heritage and native Spanish speakers using surveys and new research resulted in data that we could analyze,” said Sonya Trawick, a graduate student studying Spanish and one of the team members. Michnowicz said he and his students were interested in conducting this t y pe of research in an effort to gain new insight about the Hispanic population in North Carolina. He found that his students preferred to conduct research this way because they were able to get hands-on experience in the field rather than writing and summarizing previous studies. Because the research was happening in real time the findings were unforeseeable for both Michnowicz and his students. The creation of loanwords, in this case, occurs when a Spanish speaker borrows a word that is originally part of the English language and adapts it to Span-
ish. According to Michnowicz, the concept of loanwords can be seen with the word “carpet” in Spanish, which in the class is taught as “alfombra.” Spanglish is a popular term for this type of action. Although Michnowicz said that linguists tend to not use this term because when people talk about Spanglish, they tend to talk about the use of code switching or loanwords. “We have found in more extreme examples of loanwords like the word ‘wachale’ are not generally accepted by Spanish speakers in NC,” Michnowicz said. “Versus the word ‘aplicación’ which is very widely accepted. So we can deduct that the word ‘application’ has expanded to being used in Latin America so it might replace the use of the word ‘solicitud.’” Michnowicz said he hopes that t his resea rch w i l l encourage young Latinos in the US, who primarily speak English, to continue to speak Spanish in their day-today lives. “We are trying to point out the benefits of being bilingual and demonstrate why it is important to preserve Spanish specifically in North Carolina,” Michnowicz said. Alex Hyler, a graduate student studying Spanish, said she hopes the research will help people see the benefits of being bilingual. “I had a lot of experience in predental field and volunteering clinics, and a lot of the people that came would be Hispanic and they did not speak English,” Hyler said. “Being able to communicate in a second language is really helpful and it breaks so many barriers” According to Michnowicz, the research has also led to results that allowed he and his students to better understand the unique identity of bilingual speakers in North Carolina . “What we are finding is that the use of these loanwords can also be a mark of identity for a lot of people,” Michnowicz said. “For example, someone’s parents might be Mexican but they are not Mexican, they are American. So how do they mark this dual identity and the fact that they have Mexican roots but they grew up in the United States? One way to do this is to mark yourself as being part of a bilingual community.”
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Donald Sloan looks like he has potential, but after going through five teams in four years, averaging 6.7 PPG for his career, the Nets don’t seem like they want to wait for him to breakout. The scrappy, 5-foot-11 guard Shane Larkin has started 12 games for the Nets this season, but he also hasn’t shown much as a scoring threat, averaging 7.0 PPG this season while playing on his third team in as many years. Philadelphia 76ers I know, the Sixers are a complete mess right now, and it even looks like Jahlil Okafor is trying to abandon ship. The Sixers have many more pressing needs at other positions for them to consider taking Barber in the first round, but he could be a potential second round
steal for the Sixers, who could use Barber and current point guard Ish Smith to make an excellent onetwo punch at the position. New York Knicks Last season, the Knicks were on the market for a point guard to replace Jose Calderon in the draft, but took forward Kristaps Porzingis instead. In hindsight, it has worked out really well for the Knicks, who think Porzingis has the potential to be a star, but Calderon can be attributed to part of the problem for the Knicks. Barber, who averaged 23.5 PPG this season, could be a much needed offensive boost to the Knicks and provide a young prospect to replace the 34-year-old Calderon. Houston Rockets Probably the most obscure choice on this list, the Rockets were only a series away from its first NBA Finals season since the 1994-95 season. The Rockets moved on from point guard Ty
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Lawson, who had a disruptive offseason, and it has shown in the team’s record. While the Rockets do have Patrick Beverley on the roster at point, he is still a very raw player and they don’t have much depth behind him, giving Barber a small window to usurp him as starting point guard. San Antonio Spurs San Antonio is an under-theradar landing spot for Barber, but it makes perfect sense. The Spurs are poised for greatness for years to come, with forwards Kawhi Leonard and LaMarcus Aldridge grabbing the torch from future Hall of Famer Tim Duncan. If Barber gets drafted to eventually replace the 33-year old Tony Parker at the point, who is averaging the fewest minutes and second fewest points per game of his career, the Spurs could have another big three to dominate the league for another decade.
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Baseball vs. Charlotte 6 p.m.
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Why NFL should consider minor league program Kai McNeil Correspondent
What do Jeremy Lin, Joe DiMaggio, Jason Terry and Danny Green all have in common? Most fans would say they could all be considered star athletes in their respective sports or that they have all showed signs of superb athleticism. Besides having excellent hand-eye coordination, each of these major stars has had a career in the minor league before taking center stage in a professional arena. All major sports, including baseball, basketball, hockey and soccer feature a developmental minor league, except football. What if the Nationa l Footba ll League were to construct a developmental league? Currently there are two major professional American football leagues in the world, the NFL and the Canadian Football League. The NFL currently holds 32 teams, three of which are among the top 10 most valuable teams in sports, according to Forbes. The other seven are a mixture of major professional soccer, baseball and basketball teams. All three sports feature a premier developmental league. Soccer has the Premier Development League, basketball has the National Basketball Association Development League and baseball has Minor League Baseball (MiLB). One major advantage of an NFL developmental league would be player availability and an increase in level of play. NFL teams would be able to call up players who have very recent playing experience on a slightly smaller level. In the 2014-15 season, the NBA Development League had 30 players called
up to play on NBA teams. The MiLB circuit features four levels of difficulty that a l low players to develop over time in a moving up the ladder system. If a developmental football league was created, it could allow teams to maintain their level of compet it iveness. Because backups are often forced to take on a starting role for a good portion of the season, they tend to fall short to the play of their predecessor. Meanwhile, a starting developmental player who was moved into a second string or starting position in the big leagues would have very recent game experience. The developmental league would also allow both drafted and undrafted players to hone their skills while allowing fans to see them play on another stage. Imagine if Heisman Trophy winner and NFL f lop Tim Tebow had been given shot at redemption after his rookie season, or if he started his professional career in a league that could have better fostered his fundamental growth. Tebow could have served as Peyton Manning’s backup this past Super Bowl or found the way to transition his playing style to the NFL. The question arises when and where they would play. The NBA D-League teams play from November to April in smaller expo centers and arenas. MiLB teams also play during the MLB regular season at all levels that feature their own stadium or small ballpark. This ensures that when a player moves up, he won’t be playing in an unconditioned season, which could make the transition easier. The NFL developmental league could possibly play
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Freshman Alexis Perry leaps over a hurdle during the women’s 110 meter hurdles at the Raleigh Relays Friday, March 29, 2013. Perry finished with a time of 13.82 seconds and qualified for the finals on Saturday at the Paul H. Derr Track.
Perry hurdles toward success Garrison Rountree Correspondent
As her final season reaches full swing, NC State track and field senior standout and All-American performer Alexis Perry looks forward to more success. A competitor in the hurdles, long jump and high jump, Perry has established elite performances in all three events. The Durham native’s history in track and field began during her middle school years. “I started running track my sixth grade year,” Perry said. “I [began w ith] summer track because in middle school, you can’t run until you’re in the seventh grade. It was at that point that I got into the long jump thanks to [the encouragement of] my language arts teacher at the time. I honestly don’t remember how I got into the high jump.” Within her first five years in the sport, Perry stood out from the rest of the pack, earning NCHSAA 4A State titles in the high jump, long jump and 55-meter hurdles. Her decision to attend NC State was largely influenced by her current jumps coach, Chris Coleman. Coleman is in his eighth season with the Wolfpack and is a former Division II All-American and is in the Division II Hall of Fame. “I met my current coach, Coach
“A lot of it is mental. The other part is running reps in and getting myself into the mindset.” — Senior Alexis Perry
Coleman, when I was in high school at summer track nationals in Wichita, Kansas,” Perry said. “We hit it off there. Then by senior year of high school I went to the NC State track camp. He played a really big part in my coming to NC State.” Since joining the Wolfpack, Perry’s focus has shifted from the high jump to the long jump and hurdles. In 2015, Perry won her first ACC individual title, taking home first in the indoor long jump. In the outdoor circuit, Perry earned ACC runnerup finishes in both the long jump and 100-meter hurdles during 2014. Last spring, she f inished Second team Outdoor All-American in the same events. Her personal bests of 13.14 seconds in the 100-meter hurdles and 21 feet, 1 1/2 inches in the long jump currently rank her second and first, respectively, in the NC State All-Time track and field record books. Her trend of outstanding perfor-
mances has continued this season as well. Just last weekend, she won the 100-meter hurdles at the Raleigh Relays. Despite less-than-ideal conditions, her time of 13.18 seconds was no more than the lean at the finish line away from matching her current personal record. To train for the hurdles, Perry emphasizes the mental aspect of the event. “My hurdles coach Tamara Ards always tells me I have to visualize myself running fast,” Perry said. “I have to put myself in the race, know that I’m fast and [that] I can run fast. A lot of it is mental. The other part is running reps in practice and getting myself into the mindset, so I know when I go to the meet I can run fast and do the same thing.” Perry’s primary goal this season is to put forth her best efforts in an effort to qualify for the US Olympic Trials in the 100-meter hurdles. “I am looking to ultimately break the 13-second mark,” Perry said. “That is the Olympic Trials standard, [and it] would be a really good progression for me personal recordwise. I’m really looking forward to this season. It’s my last time. I’m just giving it all that I left in me.” With an attitude of focus and determination, Perry’s last season for the Wolfpack is sure to culminate in even more achievements.
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Following a disappointing 2015-16 campaign for the NC State Wolf pack men’s basketball team, junior point guard Cat Barber declared for the 2016 NBA Draft. While some people believed that he would change his mind and come back, Barber remained adamant on social media that he was intending to stay in the draft process. With his departure from the collegiate ranks imminent, it’s time to break down the teams that could best use Barber’s ability as a point guard as well as his ability to score. Minnesota Timberwolves Even though the Timberwolves have Spaniard Ricky Rubio at point, many believe the Timberwolves have wasted the potential of the 25-year old and don’t
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Junior guard Cat Barber drives toward the basket for a tough layup in the first half of the game versus Clemson. Barber finished with eight points on 1 of 12 shooting, including five assists and three rebounds. The NC State Wolfpack beat the Clemson Tigers 77-74 at PNC Arena on Feb. 20.
see him in the plans of a roster that has so much young potential. Rubio was never a scorer, as he averaged just 10.2 points per game during his career. While Rubio does have great skills as a ball handler and game manager, Barber could be a valuable offensive asset while he prepares to potentially take the starting point guard role
from Rubio. Brooklyn Nets The Nets have regressed significantly over the last four seasons. The win totals for the team have dropped by at least five each year since its first season in Brooklyn and it currently has just 21 wins through 77 games.
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