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Starting Monday, the RaleighDurham International Airport is changing its parking system. Instead of the previous hourly and daily rates and the park and ride program, the airport will introduce three different types of parking: ParkEDU Premier, ParkEDU Central and ParkRDU Economy. The ParkRDU Premier will be located on the ground level of the main parking garage between terminals one and two and costs $3 per hour or $18 per day. ParkRDU Central will be located within walking distance of the terminals and will cost $2 per hour or $14 per day. ParkRDU Economy, formerly known as Park and Ride, is available by shuttle ride and will cost $1 per hour or $6–7 per day. Customers will have the option to book parking online beginning May 1. Source: ABC11
Farmers’ market season is back
Local farmers’ markets are reopening in the area for spring this weekend. On Saturday, from 8 a.m. to noon, the Chatham Mills Farmers Market, the Cary Downtown Farmers’ Market and the Durham Farmers’ Market will be open for visitors. Next to locally produced greens and cheeses, these markets will feature live music and cooking demos. The farmers’ market season will continue until April with more markets opening in the area, such as the Carrboro Farmers Market and the Raleigh Downtown Farmers’ Market. Source: WRAL
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IN BRIEF Google Trends search data indicates that the Tar Heels and March Madness were the most popular Internet searches related to North Carolina during the past week. House Bill 2, the North Carolina General Assembly’s bill that repealed parts of Charlotte’s anti-discrimination ordinance, came in second to basketball in popularity. Gov. Pat McCrory blamed the backlash over HB2 on inaccurate news coverage and said that it misleads the public. The topic of transgender bathroom use and HB2 dominated Google’s newsfeed. The search trend data is updated in real time, which means that the popularity of a topic can change at any given moment, according to the interest level. Source: The News & Observer
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Three women watch the competitions at the 25th anniversary of the NC State Pow-wow in Carmichael on March 21, 2015. Four drum circles alternated playing during the contests.
Native American Powwow to return to State Coleen Kinen Ferguson Staff Writer
NC State University Multicultural Student Affairs will host its 26th annual Native American Pow-wow this Saturday in Carmichael Gymnasium, with the grand entry beginning at noon. “The central focus of the Pow-wow is to celebrate the native culture and enrich students,” said Bryce Chavis, a sophomore studying economics and vice president of the Native American Student Association. “Each year has this
same focus; to experience Native American culture and learn about what it’s like to be a Native American.” A Pow-wow is a social gathering of Native Americans that features feasting, drums, singing and traditional dances. Both natives and non-natives are invited to attend. According to Brittany Hunt, the assistant director of Native American Student Affairs in Multicultural Student Affairs, NC State hosts the
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The city of Atlanta offered to host the 2017 NBA All-Star game after the league threatened to move the game from Charlotte after the North Carolina General Assembly passed House Bill 2 last week, which removed parts of Charlotte’s anti-discrimination ordinance. The NBA, Apple, Google and Bank of America have denounced the North Carolina government for creating the bill, which they say opens up doors for people to legally discriminate against the LGBT. According to WNCN, an NBA representative said the organization appreciates the offer but still hopes the league can reach an agreement with the North Carolina government. “We are deeply concerned that this discriminatory law runs counter to our guiding principles of equality and mutual respect and do not yet know what impact it will have on our ability to successfully host the 2017 All-Star Game in Charlotte,” read an NBA statement cited by WNCN. When Charlotte earned the bid to host the 2017 game in 2015, it agreed to spend $600,000 general tax dollars on the game, and the total incentive package equaled about $5.9 million, WNCN reported. Bank of America, which has its headquarters in Charlotte, became the largest United States’ company to call for the repeal of HB2 when it tweeted its opposition to the bill Tuesday. The company’s CEO Bryan Moynihan will add his name to a letter addressed to Gov. Pat McCrory calling on him to repeal the bill. More than 80 company CEOs have signed onto the letter, including Apple CEO Tim Cook, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey.
Acappology seniors go out on a high note Gavin Stone Contributor
Acappology, NC State’s original coed a cappella group, held its f ina l concert of the semester Wednesday night to send off its five graduating seniors with an ode to the struggles of being a freshman. This performance was special, both in style and weight, for the performers. Titled, “Writing is Hard: Stories Through Song,” the performance was the first time the group incorporated a dimension of acting into the show. The instrument-less set list was interwoven with a story about a freshman in a creative writing class struggling to come up with a story. In his rush to finish, the plot shifts from a story about a medieval love connection into a sciencefiction narrative about a space princess who gets kidnapped during a space
rave, then shifts, again, into a story about ghost super fans obsessed with Stevie Wonder. The story ends when the student decides to drop the class and stick to more practical career choices. E a c h n e w n a r r a t i ve f lows into an a cappella rendition of pop hits like Hozier’s “Work Song,” Sam Smith’s “Latch” and Arctic Monkeys’ “Do I Wanna Know?” “It’s organic, you’re creating sound with other people,” sa id Shau na k Turaga, a music director for Acappology and a senior studying computer and electrical engineering. Acappology, established on campus in 1994, has built a reputation for highintensit y performa nces and is able to sustain itself through fan support and charity work. For Turaga, it was his last concert with the group after performing with them since fall 2012.
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Acappology Music Director Shaunak Turaga, a senior studying electrical and computer engineering, sings a duet with Anna Griffin, a senior studying religious studies, at Acappology’s Spring Concert at Stewart Theatre on Wednesday. The concert, called “Writing is Hard: Stories through Song,” is the group’s annual concert in which they honor their graduating seniors as well as invite alumni of the group for a performance to close the show.
“It’s been an interesting journey for me,” said Turaga, who grew up in a musical family that encouraged him to play the piano and the guitar. He said he was always able to use sound to
express himself. “You can do it anywhere, a stairwell, a shower.” With 14 current members from diverse backg rou nds a nd ages, t he group is highly collabora-
tive despite the uncertainty of reloading with new talent every year, Turaga sa id. The g roup meets three times a week for two
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Universit y Police Lt. Dav id Kelly said there have been at least three reports of car thefts within the past few weeks. One of these incidences involved an NC State employee and occurred on Ligon Street. Kelly said the investigations are
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largest collegiate Pow-wow in the state. “So much knowledge of Indian-ness is wrapped up in what the media teaches you, which is often heavily stereotyped and antiquated information, and often evoking the ‘Disney Pocahontas Narrative’ of what Native people are, which is a fallacy,” Hunt said. “Pow-wows give you a glimpse into a part of the reality of our vibrant cultures, and offer a chance for students to develop a more authentic image of our collective experiences.” Planning for the Pow-wow began in December and has primarily involved Hunt and a Pow-wow committee, which is comprised of both the Native American Student Association and the American Indian Science and Engineering Society. “In setting up for the Pow-wow, we worked to contact different drum groups and vendors in the area,” Chavis said. “We also reached out to the native community outside of campus.” Megan Jones, a graduate student studying environmental engineering, said the most important part of the Powwow is uniting different cultures and tribes at one gathering. “The students have had a lot more voice, and stronger roles actually planning the Pow-wow this year,” Jones said. “We try to have students as our lead dancers. This year the host drum group is an NC State group made up of students. They came together and made a drum, and the men beat on the drum while the other men and women sing.” Each Pow-wow begins with a grand entry in which a procession of dancers makes its way into the dance arena. The grand entry consists of the Head Man and Woman dancers as well as a Native American military veteran color guard to carry the American flag and the flags
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of other tribal nations. There will be several dance contests for different age groups, with prizes ranging from $50 to $150 for dancers. Dance categories include traditional dance with elements of Northern and Southern cultures, as well as jingle dress and fancy shawl, which are two different tradition tribal dance styles. There will also be a hand drum contest. According to the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian, the drum is one of the most important cultural objects to the life of a traditional Native American. Drum groups are made up of 10 to 12 members each, who typically come from the same family and sing traditional songs that have been passed down for generations. “I expect there to be participation from all of the tribes located in the state, of which there are eight: the Lumbee, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Coharie, Waccamaw Siouan, Sappony, Haliwa Saponi, Meherrin and the Occaneechi,” Hunt said. “There will also be representation from other tribes across the state and even nation.” Hunt is a member of the Lumbee tribe of North Carolina. “It’s beautiful to see the Wolfpack Community unite to support us in this endeavor along with those from both Native and non-Native communities across the state,” Hunt said. There are currently roughly 25 students in the Native American Student Association and the club hosts different cultural events throughout the year. “The students are here, we’re inclusive and we want more people to be culturally aware,” Jones said. “Be respectful of our culture, just like everyone else’s. Being native isn’t just about lineage and blood, its about being involved in the community and customs as well. We don’t look at your skin color to be a member. Everyone is included in our
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A member of a Native American tribe won the Switch Dance competition at the 25th anniversary NC State Pow-wow in Carmichael on March 21, 2015. Switch Dance is a dance competition in which competitors dance in the other sex’s traditional garb and style.
groups. We’re always willing to teach people about our culture.” During November, Native American Heritage Month, the club holds different native film screenings and guest speakers to celebrate and cultivate awareness of native culture.
Admission is free for NC State students with ID. The public is welcome to attend, with adult admission at $4 and youth admission at $2. Doors open at 11 a.m., and the event ends at 7 p.m.
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Colbey Robinson, a freshman studying engineering, belts a solo during Acappology’s spring concert Wednesday. The concert, called “Writing is Hard: Stories through Song,” was held at Stewart Theatre and featured performances of 12 songs arranged by the group including one honoring the group’s graduating seniors.
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Colorado Pratt, a senior studying psychology and a member of Acappology since the fall of 2013, sings a solo portion of “Latch” by Sam Smith backed by the rest of the group. For his goodbye performance, Pratt was asked to do an impromptu cover of a Justin Timberlake song.
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Anna Griffin, a senior studying religious studies, sings a solo while the rest of the group breaks it down during Acappology’s spring concert at Stewart Theatre Wednesday. The concert, called “Writing is Hard: Stories through Song,” told the story of a struggling freshman English major trying to finish an assignment as told through twelve a cappella performances.
hours, during which they compose and arrange the songs together, figuring out how to achieve the best sound with the range of talent that they have and nail down its choreography, allowing them to form the strong bonds that were on display on this emotional night. The group has recorded five al-
bums, which are available on Spotify and iTunes, and it has a new one in the works. For Travarus Littlejohn, a senior studying psychology who was there to see his friend perform, “Writing is Hard” was a new experience for him. “I had never experienced anything like this, making all the music from their mouths, everything by the people, it’s a new experience for me,” Littlejohn said. “It opened
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me up to other artists who do this type of thing, I really appreciated the work that goes into it. It’s magical.” Ref lecting on his time in Acappology, Turaga described it as a break from the sometimes stif ling environment of a double major in electrical and computer engineering. “It def initely kept me sane,” Turaga said.
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Sarah Ishida, graduate student studying technical communication
The myth of equality I
n the United States, there has long been a belief in the principles of individualism and meritocracy. Americans tend to believe that those in power earned their status, and that if you work hard you can also get there too. We have been told through media and other social inf luences that with hard work anything is posJim Twiddy sible, that America is the Correspondent land of equal opportunity. While this still seems to be the over whelming belief among Americans, there seems to be a shift towards a more realistic perspective.
“The line between the American class system and a caste system is becoming more and more blurred.” This shift is most apparent in the support for the presidential campaign of Bernie Sanders. Many Americans, who are fed up with the economic difficulties they have had to deal with because of the richest Americans, support Sanders because he speaks directly about the problems with Americans’ economic situation and how difficult it is for American workers. The reality of the situation is that the economic success of a given American citizen is in large part out of their control. The American dream of being able to accomplish anything you put your mind to sounds like a nice thing to tell children,
but in reality there are a multitude of social and economic factors that affect what an individual is able to accomplish financially in their lifetime. Those of us here at NC State may have a hard time understanding this because a lot of us live incredibly privileged lives. The truth is that people in the United States are most likely to stay in the class into which they are born. The economic system in the United States is systematically widening the gap between the rich and the poor, making it easy for rich families to stay rich and difficult for poor families to gain income. A child born in an upper class family will likely stay in the upper class for their whole life, just like someone who is born into a lower class family is likely to stay in the lower class for the rest of their life. The line between the American class system and a caste system is becoming more and more blurred. Some of you may think that we are still a country that offers its citizens equal opportunity and that you can indeed achieve anything you put your mind to. I recently encountered an online game in class that illustrates the difficulties that American families below the poverty line face every day. This game is called SPENT, and can be found at playspent.org. In this game you play an American in a low-income family, you pick a job, and you have to make decisions and try to keep from running out of money. The point of the game is to illustrate the difficulties that many Americans face and the compromises they have to make just to live. The game is a little simplistic, but it definitely shows how the American dream can be harder for some to attain than others.
read an opinion piece on Monday titled: “Why I am ashamed to be a North Carolinian.” This caught me a little off guard. Now, I understood what the author was referring to: the infamous House Bill 2 passed by the North Carolina General Assembly Jonathan last week. I cannot say that I Carter entirely blame them for headCorrespondent lining their article as they did. However, I personally do not believe that the passing of one bigoted bill, which will hopefully be overturned in the near future, is just cause to be ashamed of one’s entire state. Let me make this clear, HB2 is a horrendous abomination of legislature that should offend any decent-minded North Carolinian. This bill discriminates against the LGBT community, undermines the power of municipal governments in North Carolina and goes completely against the rights and freedoms our state government is supposed to protect. Nonetheless, I am still very proud to call myself a North Carolinian. During and after the NCGA passed this bill, there were protests from the gates of the executive mansion to the streets of downtown Charlotte. We, the people of North Carolina, know that this bill is against our common interests and denies unalienable rights of the people of our state. I was in attendance at the emergency session of the NCGA last week. I saw politicians push this bill through as fast as they could, trying to dodge as much opposition as possible. I saw the bill read and voted on faster than any legislation that massive in the state’s recent history. I saw evil and fear in the form of crooked southern politicians who care only about their own self-interest. I saw the most executive public servants of my state pass a bill that undid so much work accomplished by civil rights leaders. But all the malice, hatred and fear in the world could not overcome what else I saw that
“I saw determination and hope from the people of North Carolina.” day and the days after. I saw defiance when the entire Democratic caucus stood up and left the Senate chamber, refusing to take part in such malicious legislation. I saw what I hope to be the final statute of hate in an era of lawmaking so dark for my state. And most importantly, I saw determination and hope from the people of North Carolina. Determination to act against these lawmakers from people who are sick and tired of a governing body that takes away their freedoms; hope for reform from human beings who share a common home and who know that this corruption will not go on for much longer. I saw and heard this from the people of this state who were passionate and refused to remain silent. This culmination of hope and determination paired with the industrious persona shared by so many North Carolinians proved to me that this bill does not define who we are as a people. They proved by their reactions that we are not this. They proved that the point we are at in our history right now will be our nadir, and we will never regress this low again. These people, our people, proved that we will not give up or falter in the face of wickedness. They proved that we, as North Carolinians, will not stand for this any longer and that we will fight. This is why I am proud to call this state my home. This is why I love the people of North Carolina so greatly. This is why I’m proud to be a North Carolinian.
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10 days in phonegatory I
f you open up the Internet nowadays, you’re bound to come across them. Maybe your estranged, twice-removed aunt that you’ve ne ver me t sent it to you Logan in an ALL Graham CAPS email, Correspondent or your Facebook “friend,” the one you really need to unfriend, shared it for the third time today. However you come across them, they’re there, thousands of blog posts about going a day or, God forbid, a week without a phone. The testimonials of these experiences seem too good to be true, so I set out to see just how amazing this was supposed to make me feel. And before you start painting a picture of me as a treehugg i ng, phone-hat i ng,
“Dude, just live in the moment” hippie who happily turns in his phone, let’s get one thing straight. I didn’t voluntarily sign up for this social experiment. No, just the opposite in fact. Two Mondays ago, while playing a heated game of racquetball, my phone was stolen. RIP Logan’s iPhone: a moment of silence please for a life taken from us all too early. So there I was, phoneless and looking at spending over a week without a phone until a new one could be shipped to me. I began the week in high spirits. I mean how couldn’t I, with visions of those glorious blog posts dancing in my head? I read one titled “Going a Day Without My Phone Changed Everything” and another which praised the experience saying it “Changed My F---ing Life.” Needless to say, I was excited. “Wow,” I thought to myself, “my life is
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about to change, and not just change, but f---ing change.” But today, a week and two days into my forced experiment I have come to a somber realization: the blog posts are lies, all lies. A week without a cell phone certainly “changes everything,” but not in the way these blog posts claimed it would. Instead, I’ve been lowered to a sniveling mess, unsure of where my friends are and when my homework is due. Waterboarding must be bad, but cell phone denial might just be a better form of torture. The first dawning of this came when my Snapchat streaks were suddenly and ruthlessly taken away from me. RIP Logan’s Snapchat streaks: a moment of silence please for another life taken from us all too early. In a country which prides itself on a fair justice system, there was no justice in this murder. All
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I could do was stand by helplessly as I lost the beautiful fire emojis, and my Snapchat numbers returned to zero. Later in the week, my situation turned more dire as I began emailing my friends to hangout. In the age of text messages bouncing from pocket to pocket, the so-called “instant messaging” of email seemed to take a lifetime. I’ll rue the day when anyone is reduced to constantly refreshing his or her Gmail account waiting for a reply from an email with the subject line “Wanna hang out on Saturday?” Needless to say, my email hangout attempts failed miserably. As the week wore on, I discovered Facebook messaging and GroupMe to be more effective means of communication, yet still painful compared to the old glory of texting. Throughout the remainder of the week, I had nu-
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merous, albeit less comical, issues arise. The hundreds of weekly reminders on my phone prompting me to “finish that homework assignment” and “don’t forget that test tomorrow” ceased to come, and I had to get a real-life alarm clock to make up for my phone’s disappearance. Today, my new phone is just a day away, and I’m counting down the hours until the reunion is complete. Ideally it will be a full-stage reenactment of the opening scene of “The Lion King” when Simba is presented to his tribe. I’m looking at you, University Theatre, to make this happen. With the reunion so close, it’s a good time to reflect and realize that, despite all the pain, perhaps there has been a small grain of learning. Looking back over the week, I’ve realized that smartphones are amazingly
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powerful tools that can do incredible tasks, and without them some tasks become much harder than they otherwise would be. They help us connect with friends and family new and old and keep our lives organized and on schedule. Yet, the blogs on why leaving a phone at home is lifechanging still come up in throngs. Ultimately these blogs and my own experience get at a single point: When you use your phone as a crutch in your life, something that’s more important than anything else, it’s a very bad thing. But when you use it to improve your life, to stay connected and on track, it’s an amazing tool. Used this way, phones can help our society in so many ways and maybe, just maybe, “change our f----ing lives.”
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The North Carolina Museum of Art is expanding its current 164-acre park with forest restorations, additional trails, outdoor works of art, a new streetscape and more. The expansion replaces a former juvenile prison site and will provide more parking areas and gardens. The project is planned to complete by the beginning of July 2016.
NCMA expands largest museum art park in the US Carolyn Thompson Staff Writer
The North Carolina Museum of Art is expanding its current 164-acre park with forest restorations, additional trails, outdoor works of art, a new streetscape and more. The expansion replaces a former juvenile prison site and will provide more parking areas and gardens while keeping a sense of improved sustainability in mind. The construction is slated to be finished by the beginning of July 2016. The museum’s mission is to connect people to art. Dan Gottlieb, the director of planning, design and the museum park for the NCMA, said this museum in particular has a unique asset compared to most being that it has the largest museum art park in the United States. “In developing an idea of a museum park, it’s thinking about how we bring art to a wider spectrum of our community,” Gottlieb said. “Our land presents an amazing opportunity to use nontraditional methods and means to access a much wider audience.” The underlying goal of creating the park is to be a benef icia l addition to the community as well as to transform the land in a positive way, according to Gottlieb. He said to transform the damaged state prison site into an attractive community place, the team must consider how the expansion can be “a good neighbor and a good citizen” to Raleigh residents. T he ex pa nsion of t he NCMA’s park could help attract more visitors, including a more diverse group of people, since parks are used more widely and by a larger economic range of people than galleries, according to Gottlieb. “As far as a very different audience, those that want to recreate, those that want to experience art and nature, it’s gone from zero [people interested] 10 or 12 years ago to more than 150,000 now,” Gottlieb said. “We believe that at the conclusion of this project that we’ll see a very significant bump and more than that, a wide spectrum of the community and people coming from far away who might not go into gallery doors.” Typically a small percent-
age of the population uses art museums in a traditional way on a regular basis, according to Gottlieb. Even art museums in populated metropolitan areas experience these low numbers, but the portion of people that use parks and consider them cultural amenities is larger, particularly with younger people. Design Unif ying both the park and the museum buildings is one of the factors going into the design itself. The park expands this formalized setting into an informal natural setting that interweaves art with nature. “In terms of design, you can think about it as kind of a gradient, if you will, that’s held together with good design between formal and informal,” Gottlieb said. The NCMA space has a newer West Building with a more elegant style that presents works of art. Gottlieb oversaw the construction of this particular building and while it is more formal, it has an exterior of 50 percent glass to allow natural light in. The entrances to the outer gardens can be found inside. This unity between formal and informal will be further extended with the park expansion. “It’s all stitched together with what I hope is an eye to design that has a texture of complexity that is bound together through good circulation and a good kind of experience but changes, if you will, in two directions from formal to informal, traditional to unconventional,” Gottlieb said. Gottlieb also makes use of memory mapping when designing the park expansion. Memory mapping is the hierarchy of what lingers in a person’s memory when they think back on an experience, and this hierarchy could be different from what a museum curator thought they were creating, according to Gottlieb. “When you ask people to draw their experiences or describe it in a different way and kind of put a hierarchy, it sometimes would surprise you,” Gottlieb said. “One thing that is pretty consistent is that experiences with nature frequently are high on the hierarchy of people’s recollection.” Asking people to draw their hierarchy of experiences, including people
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Another consideration for this project’s design and future function is the sustainability of the park and the effects on water in the area. Rachel Woods, the exterior curator of horticulture and sustainability, said the extension team has tried to reduce the carbon footprint of the project, reuse some of the materials and initiate water management.
“Our land presents an amazing opportunity to use nontraditional methods and means to access a much wider audience.” — Dan Gottlieb, the director of planning, design and the
museum park for the NCMA from NC State, has been informative for the staff in thinking of what should take priority in terms of the next steps in developing the place, according to Gottlieb. “The hallmark of a good design for an open space like this is where people can make their own experiences,” Gottlieb said. “It’s more challenging than it sounds to make a space that is kind of experience-neutral but provides a framework for [future experiences].” Rather than focusing on the technical design details of the paths and park design, more people will think of bringing their families to the park, seeing what exhibition is going on at the time, going to a concert or maybe just relaxing for a day, according to Gottlieb. Another part of the unif ying factor for the park expansion is to bring the museum space up to the street front on Blue Ridge Road, which w ill create a new ca mpus entra nce and improve development
in the area. During this, many state properties will be transformed for publicprivate development, according to Gottlieb. “We’re sort of the first kid doing this improvement,” Gottlieb said. “Rex Hospital is doing a good job too, but we’re bringing it up to the urban core and hoping that we will — I know that we are — catalyzing good development around us,” Gottlieb said. Sustainability Another consideration for this project’s design and future function is the sustainability of the park and the effects on water in the area. Rachel Woods, the exterior curator of horticulture and sustainability, said the extension team has tried to reduce the carbon footprint of the project and reuse some of the materials. One initiative the extension is taking on is water management. “We tried to reduce the carbon footprint of t he project and reuse some of the materials that were already on site,” Woods said.
Two new pa rk ing lots will be added during the park expansion, which will increase the amount of surfaces that water cannot pass through. Runoff, or the water that f lows over surfaces, then becomes a consideration in the sustainability of the project. “We’re collecting all the water from those that will go into what we’re calling a water quality band, and then that is sort of a rain garden and then that water then goes a step down to another mechanism called a dissipator where it’s engineered to help the water slowly percolate into the groundwater and reduce the runoff, the surface water that’s running off,” Woods said. All the steps the water takes down is also cleaning the water, which is important since the museum’s water goes to House Creek and eventually to Jordan Lake, according to Woods. Materials are also being reused from the old prison site, such as the concrete for the dissipater, and about 400 trees will be planted. “With the planting, we try to use as many native [plants] as possible,” Woods said. “We were able to preserve I think about eight large ex isting oa ks t hat were on site from the original prison. It was about all
together 400 trees that are going in.” In addition to the actions the extension team is taking to reduce the carbon footprint of the project, Woods said the team is planning long-term goals for the future of the park. “We’re work i ng on a three-year goal plan right now and also a longer term ‘what direction do we want to take the park in,’ so that’s still kind of in development,” Woods said. The construction of the park is slated to be finished at the beginning of July, and the official opening will be in November, according to Woods. The existing park will still be fully accessible from the paved greenway path, the parking lot near the East Building and the main parking lot to the right of the museum driveway. The design of the space overall is geared toward making a memorable experience for the visitors, as well as creating a smaller carbon footprint. “The idea really is to design a place that welcomes people to create their own experiences and feel really good about it, and that feel like they’re in a place that’s celebrating art and celebrating our natural environment as well,” Gottlieb said.
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Meet Brian Marlow: Earth’s premier science comedian Camille Bernon Correspondent
With a love for science since childhood, it was only natural that Brian Malow would poke fun at what he liked the most. Proclaiming himself as “The Earth’s Premier Science Comedian,” he has performed for multiple audiences including comedy shows, radio broadcasting and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. Describing himself as a “science geek,” Malow said he has always known he wanted to do something creative. He first enrolled in a pre-med school, but then he decided to go to a TV-production graduate school and started making videos. Easing into comedy, he found a love for it — so much so that he became a stand-up comedian. His comedic adventure first began 10 years ago, when he decided to launch his own website. From videos for Time Magazine, to radio broadcasting with the famous astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, to performances in front of Apple or Microsoft engineers, Malow has opened a new breach in the science world. “I do love science, and it is important to me that people appreciate it; I want them to see how cool it is,” Malow said. Malow says it is with enthusiasm and passion that he opens science to a broader audience, including those more hesitant of the subject. “He gives people an opportunity to laugh about science
instead of being intimidated by it,” said Michelle Trautwein, an entomologist at the California Academy of Sciences. Beyond comedy, Malow said he works to create bridges between the general audience and the world of scientists by training scientists to be better speakers. The primary method of communicating science includes being clear and knowing your audience, according to Malow. He said that with those two concepts, scientists will enhance their ability to communicate about scientific subjects with a larger audience. “Working with Brian helped me improve my public speaking by miles,” Trautwein said. “As scientists, I think we often focus on details and accuracy, even when speaking to public audiences. Brian made me realize how important it is instead to connect with the audience, engage with them and give them something that piques their interests.” From Malow’s point of view, “science is all about curiosity” but can be a hard subject to get into. However, with science being an essential part of everyday lives, there’s no harm in gaining a clearer perspective of the matter, according to Malow. Malow’s end goal is to show people that science is not necessarily hard or boring, but that you can have fun speaking about science. Marlow explained that while some jokes are just to entertain, they can
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also introduce deeper subjects as well as spark new discoveries on concepts about science. Margaret Lowman, director of global initiatives at the Institute for Biodiversity Science and Sustainability at the California Academy of Sciences, said she admires how Malow “touches everyone — from a shy kindergarten kid to a gray-haired retired professor, Brian had a wit and a charm and great wisdom.” After working at the museum for four years, he is now in the process of becoming a fulltime performer. On Friday, he is leaving the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences to pursue his career in science communication, with plans to publish a book and perform in comedy shows about science. Eager about sharing with an ever-increasing audience, Malow said he is now ready to commit fully to his new projects. Among them, he would like to write a book about his work in creating connections between scientists and the general audience. “There is something in me that likes to teach, and you might learn something from a joke, but my first purpose is to entertain,” Malow said. To beg in t his journey, Malow said he plans to stay in Raleigh to perform more at comedy clubs and be on stage, including at Goodnights Comedy Club. For now, his CONTRIBUTED BY JOHN GILBEY latest sketches are available on his YouTube channel, sci- Science comedian Brian Malow has worked at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences for four years and is now taking a turn in his career to pursue his new freelance encecomedian. projects.
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Drinkwitz excited to join Pack Kai F. McNeil Correspondent
It’s day seven of spring practice at NC State. The cold weather’s subsided and the Wolfpack is practicing once again. The transition from winter to spring is often considered a new beginning. For the Wolfpack, it signifies new player add it ion s , ne w of f se a son workouts and this season it includes a new offensive coordinator. El ia h Dr i n k w it z , new offensive coordinator and quarterback coach, is getting his first taste of Pack football this spring. Drinkwitz was hired as offensive coordinator and quar terbacks coach following the 2015–16 season. Head coach Dave Doeren announced Jan. 11 t hat Drinkwitz joined his staff at State. Drinkwitz took the place of former three-year offensive coordinator, Matt Canada. Under Canada, the Wolfpack was able to finish this past season ranking 31st in offensive rush yards and 56th in total offensive yards for the whole NCAA. Once Canada was dismissed, he
was quickly hired by the Pittsburgh Panthers, he will remain in the NCAA. Before stepping on the green practice fields, Drinkwitz was running up and down the iconic blue turf of Boise State University. Drinkwitz initially joined the coaching staff of Boise State as a tight ends coach in 2014. During the 2014 –15 season, the Broncos ran a spread offense as they passed for 3,926 yards as a team. His two major tight ends, redshirt junior Jake Roh and redshirt senior Holden Huf f, combined for 536 reception yards, and both average more than 11 yards per catch. T h e f o l l o w i n g y e a r, Drinkwitz became the fulltime offensive coordinator and played a significant role the in Broncos’ 12-2 season with his first downs offense ranking ninth and his total offense ranking 15th nationally by the end of his season. Drinkwitz’s coaching history also includes a stint on Auburn’s offensive coaching staff from 2010 to 2011. He then served on the Arkansas State offensive coaching staff from 2012 to 2013. As the season approaches,
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Eliah Drinkwitz is the new Wolfpack offensive coordinator. He previously worked at Boise State and Arkansas State. Drinkwitz replaced Matt Canada , whose contract was not renewed following the 2015–16 season.
Drinkwitz is preparing the quarterbacks and the offense in the spring training season. “We’re still working hard on the process, we’re still trying to figure out who’s gonna be our guys, but man those guys are giving great
effort and great energ y,” Drinkwitz said. He will be a significant factor in this upcoming season’s decision on who will replace former starting quarterback Jacoby Brissett.
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Pack softball blanks Spartans behind strong pitching Taylor Peers Staff Writer
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The redshirt junior designated player Hanna Sommer rounds the bases after getting the Wolfpack’s only score of the night. Despite the help of her home run, the Wolfpack fell to Wisconsin 2-1 in Dail Softball Stadium Feb. 20.
The NC State softball team blanked USC Upstate 8-0 Wed ne sd ay a f ter noon at Dail Stadium behind a stellar pitching and hitting performance from the Pack. The Wolfpack (16-18, 2-4 ACC) battled the Spartans (28-8, 3-3 ASUN) four times prev iously, compi l i ng a n overall record of 4-1, with three of those wins coming in Raleigh. “I think we were really focused today and intentional about what we wanted to do at the plate and in the circle,”
head coach Shawn Rychcik said. “A lot of credit to our players for coming out today and attacking.” Rychcik is approaching 400 wins; he is currently at 396 after four years with NC State and eight years at Boston University. “That’s a product of good coaching staff and really good players,” Rychcik said. “It’s more about the players. It’ll be a nice moment for them as much as it will be for me.” Junior Tyler Ross and redshirt junior Hanna Sommer put the Pack ahead with a 2-0 lead by the end of the first inning with a solo home run a piece.
“I think we came out today with an aggressive attitude and that’s how we need to come out again this weekend,” Ross said. Ross had a three-run blast in the second inning putting the Pack ahead 5-0. Holding the Spartans to no runs, Ross hit one down the middle to score Alyssa Compton. Heading into the fourth inning, NC State was up 6-0. “I went out there with a relaxed mindset,” Ross said. “My first home run set the tone and the second one felt even better.” Ross collected her ACC-
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Gwiazdowski leaves behind impressive legacy at State Joseph Ochoa Staff Writer
With a takedown at the hands of Kyle Snyder of Ohio State in the heavyweight championship bout of the NCAA wrestling championships, senior Nick Gwiazdowski’s illustrious career came to an end. The runnerup finish only tells part of the story of someone that should be considered the best student-athlete in NC State history. Gwiz sits with an imposing record of 110-3 during his tenure at NC State, which puts him second behind former Wolfpack and WWE wrestler Sylvester Terkay for the most wins in program history. Despite the impressive resume in such a short amount of time with the school, Gwiazdowski remains an afterthought in the discussion of who is the greatest athlete to ever walk the campus of NC State? Most people will throw Philip Rivers, Russell WIlson, Jim Valvano or David Thompson on the Mount
Rushmore of Wolfpack sports icons With the wrestler’s thirdconsecutive ACC Wrestler of the Year title, it’s time to consider if Gwiz is the best student-athlete in NC State’s history. To begin, let’s stack him up against one of, if not the most famous coach in the history of the Wolfpack, Jim Valvano. Valvano won 209 games as head coach for the Wolfpack in his 10-year tenure with the Wolfpack, including a national championship against the Houston Cougars. In three years’ time, Gwiazdowski amassed 110 wins for the Wolfpack. Valvano didn’t reach 110 wins at NC State as head coach until early in his sixth season with the team, almost double the time it took Gwiz to do the same feat. It took Valvano until his third season in 1983 to win the most improbable national championship outside of Villanova in 1985. By the end of Gwiazdowski’s third season, he had already won two national titles and was seconds
away from winning his third straight. The New York native also stacks up well against some of NC State’s best football prospects, one in particular is Rivers, who holds many of the passing records at NC State. Despite being one of the most accomplished quarterbacks in program history, the Alabama native was only one game above .500 against the ACC and only garnered 17 wins against conference opponents. Gwiazdowski was a cut above the rest of the conference, and it’s not even close. In his three years at NC State, Gwiz went unblemished against conference opponents, with a remarkable 28-0 record against other opponents in the ACC. Finally, we can stack up Gwiz’s resume against Wilson, who had a modest career with the Wolfpack before exploding onto the scene with the Wisconsin Badgers and the Seattle Seahawks. I’m willing to say that Gwiz’s college career was as
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Redshirt senior and two-time national champion Nick Gwiazdowski hand fights with his opponent during the Virginia Tech dual meet. By the end of the meet, the Hokies were declared the winner with a score of 19-14 in the Holshouser Building Feb. 12.
dominant, if not more, than what Wilson accomplished his first three years in the NFL. In postseason play, Wilson went 6-2 including a victory over the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XLVIII. Over the last three seasons, Gwiazdowski has shown even
greater dominance, with an impressive 14-1 in the NCAA Championships. While the numbers are a bit inf lated because of the matches that wrestlers have in comparison to football players, the dominance is still astounding. In the end, when I tell my
kids and even my grandkids about the greatest athlete whom I ever had the pleasure to witness in my sports writing career, Gwiazdowski will no doubt be right at the top of that list.