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Male models, party bus to bring student voters to polls Lindsay Smith Correspondent
On Nov. 4, students in need of a ride to the polls will have the option take a party bus equipped with snacks, prizes and shirtless male models courtesy of Cosmopolitan magazine. Universities from across the country applied to Cosmopolitan’s #CosmoVotes party bus contest, hoping to bring the party bus to campus and encourage more students to get to the polls and vote on Election Day. Camden Willeford, the associate director of publicity and communications for Student Government and a sophomore in management, applied to the contest on behalf of NC State. As a major participant in student government, Willeford submitted an application informing Cosmo of the reasons why NC State deserved the bus more than other major competing schools. “This is a huge election,” Willeford said. “We are a pretty big deal, even though we are a southern state—any party could win.” North Carolina is not only a swing state in the upcoming senatorial election, but is also a swing state for presidential elections. The entire United States Congress could be determined by this election, and it is up to all North Carolina citizens who vote. Willeford said it is important to get freshmen and sophomores to begin voting early. When asked what inspired him to enter NC State in the contest, Camden Willeford said, “I do it for the people.” Although the shirtless male model aspect of the bus may tend to excite more females than males, it creates a fun, exciting voting atmosphere for students, Willeford said. Anything that gets more students to go out and vote is worth it.
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Students dress up for a Halloween Bash hosted by the College of Design. McDaids Irish Pub was rented out and transformed into a club which also invited the public to enter, serving as a fundraiser.
Halloween Bash draws crowds to McDaids Pub Rachel Smith Correspondent
Students dressed in costumes and danced the night away with two DJs and an industrialstrength bubble machine at the College of Design’s annual Halloween Bash at McDaids Irish Pub Saturday night. This year’s Atlantis-inspired
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underwater theme, Bash Beneath the Blue, was one of the most well attended bashes to date. More than 280 people attended the event, according to Allison Menius, a senior in environmental design and architecture and president of the Design Council. Students came dressed in costumes, whether they fit the theme or not, rang-
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the struggle between maintaining the tradition of having it in the Pit [and] the integrity of the late-night event,” Menius said. “We decided that it was more important to keep the Design Bash later at night than keeping the location the
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Student researches dwindling cheetah populations in Africa Grace Callahan Assistant News Editor
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ing anywhere from colorful fish to Pokémon trainers. However, this year’s bash had to be moved indoors to McDaids Irish Pub located on Hillsborough Street due to a law the City of Raleigh recently passed that prohibits amplified sounds outdoors past 11 p.m. “In planning the Design Bash this year, we were faced with
John Wilson, who received his Ph.D. from NC State, was among the team of researchers who discovered human activity was the major reason behind the declining cheetah population while at two study sites in South Africa. In the early 1900s, there were about 100,000 cheetahs in the wild. That number has recently plummeted to only about 10,000. The common assumption has been that cheetah populations have been declining due to competition from larger predators such as kleptoparasitism, or prey stealing, according to Wilson. “A cheetah has no chance against a lion,” Wilson said. “A lion will charge the cheetah off its prey, and the cheetah can’t defend itself.” However, new research shows that other predators aren’t to blame, according to Wilson. “We’ve now shown that assumption doesn’t necessarily hold,” Wilson said. “It’s more searching for
the prey that causes them to suffer, and that’s what humans contribute to.” Fenced-in conservation areas and industrial development in South Africa have forced cheetahs to cover vast distances to both avoid people and find any quarry. “If any animal has to work harder to avoid humans, that’s going to affect them,” Wilson said. “Energy that they invest in avoidance of humans, they could have used to feed their babies or to find food.” Wilson said the research he conducted studied energy expenditure, or how hard the cheetahs had to work to find and kill prey. After using GPS points to measure how far the cheetahs walked, the team realized walking to find prey caused all cheetahs to spend massive amounts of energy, according to Wilson. To measure how hard a cheetah works, the team used a doubly-labeled
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Shakti Butler, Ph.D., filmmaker, founder and president of World Trust Education Services, held a talk called “Cracking the Codes: System of Inequity” facilitating Annual Fall Diversity dialogue, as part of the Think and D.E.W., on Thursday at the Costal Ballroom in Talley Student Union.
Speaker challenges diversity status quo Rachel Smith Correspondent
Fi lmma ker a nd t he founder and president of World Trust Shakti Butler spoke to students and guests participating in NC State’s the fifth-annual Diversity Education Week Thursday evening. World Trust is a foundation that works to eliminate social and racial injustice through transformational educa-
tion. Butler’s speech, titled Cracking the Codes: Systems of Inequity, was part of the Fall Diversity Dialogue. Throughout her speech, Butler showed videos, posed questions and encouraged audience discussion about the importance of promoting racial equality. At the beginning of her speech, Butler asked NC State students and community members in attendance to close their eyes,
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take three deep breaths and imagine themselves in their favorite place. Next, she asked the audience members to think of their personal gifts to society. “All of these qualities and gifts that you have are a part of your moral compass,” Butler said. “Sometimes we don’t take the time to take stock of the wonder of who we are
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lison Fowler, a junior in marine science, passes the disc during the Women’s Club Ultimate Wolfpack Invitational Frisbee Tournament on Saturday. Both men’s and women’s clubs hosted tournaments over the weekend, with teams from UNC-Chapel Hill, UNC-Greensboro, UNC-Asheville, Duke, Elon, Appalachian State and Virginia in attendance. The men’s and women’s ultimate teams are two of 44 different Club Sports at NC State, offering students the opportunity to compete in various activities, including cycling, fencing, sailing, equestrian, water polo and rugby.
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water technique, a direct measure of the energy that a cheetah expends over the course of a day. “You catch the animal and inject them with this isotope and follow them over time to get body samples to track the isotope,” Wilson said. “From the excretions of the cheetah, we were able to sample the body water and using this body water, look at the isotope to see how hard the cheetahs work,” Wilson said. Water has a hydrogen and oxygen isotope, and both hydrogen and oxygen by can be lost by breathing or sweating. “Sweating is genera lly pretty constant, but the harder you work, the more you breathe,” Wilson said. “You lose more oxygen the harder you work, and by looking at the ratio of losses between oxygen and hydro-
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Because NC State’s student body is 56 percent male, the Cosmo bus would be a way to increase women voters and their participation in the election, Willeford said. NC State is the largest university in North Carolina, so NC State students could make an impact on the voting results. College students tend to be more apathetic about voting and politics, Willeford said. This election, being so important for North Carolinians, needs to attract as much of the voting population as possible. Logistics for the event have not been fully determined, but Talley is being considered as a boarding site for students. Not only is it further marketing for the new Talley, but it will also offer marketing for Cosmopolitan, as part of its #CosmoVotes campaign, Willeford said. Ideally, students will board at
gen, you can get a really good estimation in kilojoules per day of how hard the cheetahs work.” This is the first time anyone has followed the energetics of a large mammal at such a fine resolution, according to Wilson. “You can basically think of it as there is four things that a cheetah does,” Wilson said. “A cheetah can rest, actually chase the prey, they can play, or they can look for prey.” Even though chasing the prey is energy extensive, it only contributes to a very small part of the day. Most of the chases are very short, about 32 seconds long on average, according to Wilson. Such bursts of energy were taxing, but prolonged walking proved to be much more detrimental to the cheetahs’ success. Wilson’s study suggests that cheetahs were designed to rest near their food source rather than trek for
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miles searching for it. Even though human impact hurts the cheetahs, Wilson said that is impossible to avoid in today’s world. “We can’t take ourselves out of the ecosystem,” Wilson said. “We need to find ways of mitigating it.” Wilson said more thought needs to be put into the placement of human activities to avoid infringing upon the cheetahs activities and making them have to work harder. In an interview with Voice of America, Wilson said there’s a 10 percent chance cheetahs could become extinct within 100 years. “If we want our children to see the wildlife that we have the opportunities to see, we should not only consider our direct impacts on nature but also our indirect impacts,” Wilson said.
Talley or another official location to ride to the voting location designated to all students who registered under their NC State on-campus address, Willeford said. On the bus, food, music and male models will await passengers. Social media played a huge role in securing NC State’s win. NC State’s Twitter and other social media pages cited the hashtag #CosmoVotes to blow up the Cosmopolitan magazine newsfeed with NC State students excited about voting. Between social media buzz and interaction among students, student voters have shown a great deal of interest about voting transportation. “Everyone needs to vote,” freshman Olivia Jansen said. “I think it is a clever, effective and hilarious way to get people to the polls.”
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Johnny Wilson worked with a team of international biologists to research the decline of cheetah populations while working on his Ph.D. at N.C. State. The study investigated the high energy expenditure of cheetahs while looking for prey as a possible cause for the decline. The data collected suggested that the decreasing numbers was in fact due to food stolen by other predators.
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same. McDaids seemed like a logical solution because it is indoors and is still within walking distance for students.” “It is always everyone’s favorite design event” said Annie Gray Gibbs, a sophomore in art and design. “It was interesting to see how many people participated in the theme this year, and all of the costumes were great.” Any NC State student could purchase tickets in advance for $10 or at the door for $12. This year, pre-ticket sales far exceeded expectations of event organizers. “We usually have the majority of our ticket sales at the door, but this year we sold much more in advance than we have in the past,” Menius said. As far as picking the bash’s theme, Menius said NC State students had the final say between a medieval, Day of the Dead or an underwater theme. “As a council, we brainstormed theme ideas, but the true selection of the theme comes from everyone because we hold open voting for the Design Bash theme every year,” Menius said. The students of NC State wanted an underwater theme, and so the Design Council was happy to provide it.” The event, which lasted from 11 p.m. until 2 a.m., was traditionally held in the courtyard between Brooks and Kamphoefner Hall, known as the Pit. Gibbs and Nickolas Gregory, a freshman in design studies, said they considered the move from the Pit to McDaids to be in favor of the event.
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Students pose for a photo-op at Design Bash Saturday evening at McDaids Pub.
“I really liked it,” Gibbs said. “I felt like it opened up the bash to more people, and it also felt like less of an exclusive College of Design event.” Gregory said it was nice being indoors. “Initially, I expected the space to be a little crowed by tables and chairs, but McDaids did a good job of providing enough space and accommodating the DJs and everyone else who was there.” Students left the Halloween bash after dancing the night away with anticipations about the bashes to come. “It is really cool that the College of Design puts this on every year, and that they put so much thought and effort into organizing everything,” Gregory said. “There isn’t anything I would have changed about this year’s bash, and I am looking forward to attending the next few Halloween bashes as well.”
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as human beings. If we are going to work together to create the kind of world that invites other humans to step into their greatness too, then we have to know our collective strengths. We have to have a sense of who we are together, not just who we are individually.” Butler used collective understanding and strengths to approach developing solutions for pressing problems in the world today. Transformative learning is all about understanding people’s deeply embedded assumptions about how they think the world really works and unearthing those assumptions to make
appropriate changes, Butler said. “We are born into a system we did not create,” Butler said. “We’ve stepped into a history we did not create. And, most importantly, we have a responsibility to use our collective gifts to create a racially and socially equal world that we want our children’s children to experience.” Butler shared a TED Talk video with the audience that introduced the idea and dangers of the single story, or rooted stereotypes people have about certain people or cultures. Erin Figgins, a sophomore in human biology, said the most important thing she took away from this event was that people all have single stories embedded into their minds. “We have these preconceived perceptions about things and people that,
in reality, we don’t know anything about,” Figgins said. “As far as doing something about it, I think it’s important to identify these single stories and try to erase them, or at least take a step back and think about why I am thinking about these ideas in that way.” Butler said the event was about planting seeds for future conversations, and she ended her speech with a challenge. “The questions we ask ourselves predetermine the paths we take,” Butler said. “So we need to ask ourselves better questions. How do we create a different tomorrow? How do we find the answers? What are you curious about? And what are you going to do to change our world?”
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NC-Chapel Hill’s reputation suffered another blow Wednesday, when an investigation revealed that the university’s Department of African and Afro-American Studies had g iven students credit for attending fake classes. Such courses had Ziyi Mai padded stuStaff Columnist dents’ GPAs for almost 20 years and allowed them to get UNC-CH degrees they had not completely earned. This investigation is only part of a series surrounding the 2011 scandal, according to The New York Times. Until this report, UNC-CH had not acknowledged that student athletes had been reaping significant rewards from the fake courses. The report maintained that more than
3,100 students, 47.6 percent of them student athletes, received credit by submitting a single and often plagiarized paper and never actually meeting with the professor or other classmates. Deborah Crowder, a nonacademic administrator, was responsible for creating these classes and grading the papers with A’s and B’s after a cursory glance, according to The New York Times. This scandal is just one of many involving college athletes in recent years. In 2011, Taylor Branch, a Pulitzerprize winner, wrote a article in The Atlantic about how the NCAA and universities deny athletes’ their civil rights and forces them to generate revenue without paying them a penny. The root of all these scandals can be attributed to the structures of NCAA and the institutions that support college sports.
College athletics are deeply rooted in the spirit of Mens sana in corpore sano—a sound mind in a sound body. There is nothing wrong with colleges’ encouraging sports as a way to strengthen the body as well as the mind or encourage teamwork. But, perhaps, the pattern of today’s college sports has become too commercialized and competitive. The popularity of college sports has become an objective for corporations that always seek the highest return for their investments. But inserting advertisements or providing sponsorships are normal tactics in a market economy. Many corporations, such as Nike and Pepsi had business deals with national leagues such as the NFL and NBA. Even still, these leagues are not as corrupt as college sports because they follow corporate agree-
ments regarding sponsorship regulations. The NCAA is much different from professional leagues. According to its own regulation, college athletes should not receive any monetary compensation for playing sports for their school. However, most college athletic programs provide tuition waivers, stipends for textbooks or grants for other living expenses instead. The costs that the school absorbs are a tiny fraction compared to the millions of dollars that college athletes will generate for their schools. Such a gap between these athletes’ market prices and actual payoff would cause them to accept money from a third party via sponsorships, if it was not prohibited by NCAA. Student athletes are more than just cash cows for the NCAA and college campuses. They are part of the future
{ LETTER TO THE EDITOR } The Second Amendment More people need education about the Second Amendment and why the Second Amendment was created in the first place. The Founding Fathers created the Second Amendment as a means to protect the people’s rights throughout future generations. They also created the Second Amendment to be prepared for the next revolution. However, gun control laws are taking these rights away. The more gun control laws on the books, the weaker our country gets. Gun-free zones right here at North Carolina State and other colleges is not only an infringement of our law-abiding rights, but it also makes the campus more unsafe. Campus police is a great resource to have. However, they can only respond so quickly. Concealed carry should be supported on campus, not feared. There
have been no incidents since the gun rights in-car campus gun laws were passed. About 99 percent of concealed carry permit holders are law-abiding citizens because criminals will not go through the process to get a concealed carry. Having concealed carry on campus would make our campus and other colleges safer. Off campus, the worst thing to hear is people saying, “The Founding Fathers only had muskets.” Well, that is also saying the First Amendment should only apply to print media and not television or the Internet. The same applies to the Second Amendment, such as AR-15’s and AK-47’s. I would hate to see the day when the next revolution comes to our home country and we are unprepared because of tyranny from our lawmakers. Too many people died for the freedom of the Second Amendment, and my generation and
and need to benefit from a quality education. As students, college athletes are also constrained by academic rules and integrity. The NCAA requires student athletes to be full-time students, as well as retain a 1.8 to 2.0 GPA, depending on how many credit hours they have taken. However, balancing studies with the demands of training, practice and attending games can make even these GPA levels difficult to maintain. Even without the fake classes in UNC-CH’s case, college athletes tend to select less difficult classes with few assignments, lowering the quality of education they receive. Students should not have to choose between playing sports and truly learning in their college-level courses. Professors could consider giving athletes extensions to complete college curriculum,
but apply the same academic standards on them. If students are going to risk a quality education by playing for their school, they should be paid according to their market values. In July, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held a public hearing entitled, “Promoting the Well-Being and Academic Success of College Athletes,” in the hope of pushing the NCAA to change. Although college athletes’ career paths often pertain to sports, they should receive the same quality of education as other students. Athletes will not play forever and need other employable skills and a general education. UNC Chapel Hill, as well as all other academic institutions, need to teach athletes to fish rather than simply handing out A’s.
{ IN YOUR WORDS }
future generations are the only people who can be more educated about our Constitution, and stop tyranny from the government.
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Do you plan on taking advantage of early voting?
Philip Jones junior, computer science
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“Yes, because there is hardly a line and it is so easy!”
“No, because I am from a different county and I normally do an absentee vote for my home.”
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n general, people consider you to be a snob if you are particularly picky about which parts of pop culture you choose to consume, let alone if you critique other people’s tastes for being problematic. Heaven forbid you ca ll it bad or explicitly harmful. But why is being select ive a bad Mary Anna thing? In today’s Rice Staff Columnist soc ia l cl imate, many people stress the idea of general tolerance, stating, “You do what you want to do and I’ll do what I want to do, and we’ll agree to disagree.” I posit that this is a dangerous stance to take. The television network TLC (which, ironically, is an abbreviation for “The Learning Channel”) recently canceled its break-out show Here Comes Honey Boo Boo. You may ask yourself, “For a channel that actively encourages the demarcation of lower-class families, puts minority-group people on
exhibit as if they were zoo animals and highlights the pedophilic nature of child beauty pageants, what could have possibly crossed the line?” The answer? The possibility of child molestation. The exploitative network recently heard allegations that June Shannon (the mother of the eponymous Alana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson) had resumed dat i ng a n ex-boy f r iend who had previously been convicted of molesting an 8-year-old child—a relative of Shannon’s. It is not OK to enjoy the show Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, at least when the enjoyment you obtain from watching the program lies in the disparity between your life and theirs. It is not OK to laugh at behavior that you perceive to be ridiculous because it stems from a background of poverty and lack of social privilege. It is not OK to enjoy a show in due part because it so enthusiastically and aggressively exploits a child. It is not OK to view real people as if they are spectacles and not human beings.
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And yet it takes a debacle that directly indicates the harming of a child—literally one of the worst, most taboo things in American society—to make TLC consider taking the show off the air. Apparently even TLC can’t agree to disagree about the immorality of such a reprehensible action. Though I doubt the network is going to go so far as to withdraw its assertions that the production and mass-marketing of Here Comes Honey Boo Boo would not damage its underage stars in any way whatsoever. To agree to disagree is to continue to allow whatever is being disagreed upon. If one person likes Duck Dynasty and another person dislikes it because it perpetuates patriarchal stereotypes and supports the career of an admitted homophobe, to agree to disagree is to allow harmful messages to continue existing and spreading throughout the collective consciousness of network television while viewers remain relatively unaware. Though we might like to think we go about life unaf-
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addressing the problematic content within those shows. We shouldn’t ignore damaging content simply to protect the opinions that people often hold in ignorance. We should not be afraid to critique the things we consume; they affect us more than we realize.
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Are there too many comic book movies? Kevin Schaefer Associate Features Editor
This past week, the trailer for Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron quickly became a hot topic on social media and in conversation among those eagerly anticipating the film’s release in May. In just three days, the trailer on YouTube had more than 36 million views. And yet, this sequel to the widely popular superhero team-up movie from 2012 is just one of dozens of comicbased blockbusters to hit theaters in the next few years. According to a Screen Rant article published on Aug. 7, more than 40 DC and Marvel movies are set to arrive in theaters over the next six years, including Justice League, X-Men: Apocalypse, Doctor Strange and a Fantastic Four reboot. Despite the enormous success and popularity of these films in mainstream entertainment, one might wonder what fanboys have to say about the number of comic-book movies we are witnessing in today’s pop culture. After all, it’s hard to listen to Jackson 5’s hit song “I Want You Back” without envisioning a dancing Groot from Guardians of the Galaxy. Rick McGee, the owner of Foundation’s Edge, a comic shop on Hillsborough Street, said he has been buying and selling comics since the 1970s. According to McGee, the amount of movies these days has helped usher in a
new wave of younger readers. “The movies have clearly helped bring people into the stores,” McGee said. “Our median age for customers went from 34 to 24 in the last five years.” Unlike a number of commentators on Screen Rant and IGN Entertainment,
“We’re going to get sick of it eventually.” Zack Smith, contributor to IndyWeek
McGee said there’s “no sense of saturation” regarding the number of comic book movies these days. “As far as people and comic movies coming out, not everyone loves every movie of course, and they love to pick them apart,” McGee said. “But they have no problem with the number of them coming out.” McGee also said that because younger readers generally aren’t familiar with a lot of the older story lines, it doesn’t bother them when the movies take significant liberties from the source material. In addition to the sheer amount of films, there’s also the fact that multiple cinematic universes exist. DC and Marvel have their own properties, whereas Sony and Fox own characters such as Spider-Man and the X-Men, respectively, which is “not problematic,” according to McGee.
Jonathan Page, a senior in mathematics and new comic book collector, also doesn’t have a problem with the amount of superhero films these days. “I think it’s good we have variety and multiple cinematic universes,” Page said. “I actually wouldn’t mind having the same character show up in multiple cinematic universes and get to see different interpretations of them.” Page, whose comic reading was heavily influenced by the movies, said he’ll continue to see them as long as the studios release quality films. But Zack Smith, an NC State alumnus and freelance writer at the Indy Week and Newsarama, remains less optimistic. “Here’s what I’m seeing with things right now: Too much of anything is bad,” Smith said. “Superhero movies, by their nature, are gloriously dumb. And you have to have both of that there, the glorious and the dumb.” Smith has been collecting comics since he was a kid, and classic cartoons, such as Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends and Super Friends, had a huge influence on him. Both shows saw their popularity peak during the 1980s. The popularity of comic book movies shows parallels with the Western movies that once dominated the industry, according to Smith. “At one point in the history of television, there was one season where there were 30 Westerns on air at the same
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time,” Smith said. “Most of them lasted just that one season. When you have an awful lot of everything, it all blurs together.” Smith said he gives credit to Marvel Studios for finding a way to do something other than an origin story, as well as expanding into other genres. “The biggest problem for superhero movies is that in the first movie you get a great uplifting story about someone who realizes they can be amazing and stopping bad guys and learning to believe in themselves,” Smith said. “We’re going to get sick of it eventually.” Smith said he intentionally avoided seeing a number of blockbusters in recent years,
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including this year’s The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Due to the trailer looking “overstuffed and awkward,” bad critic reviews and complaints from friends, Smith decided to skip this Spidey flick. For Smith, finding an effective counterpart to balance the amount of superhero movies will require material that is “smart, engaging and
dramatic.” “I think it will be very interesting to see, one, if the glut of superhero movies ultimately leads to crashing into themselves a bit, and, two, if, from there, what kind of films will come to take their place,” Smith said.
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In preparation for the debut of her new album, Rachael Yamagata released an EP of the best tracks from her previous albums. This new compilation highlights what you should expect of Yamagata within the coming months—mainly an album featuring soft-spoken lyrics and dominating acoustic roots. If you enjoy Ingrid Michaelson and Regina Spektor, you are likely to enjoy Yamagata’s work. Although Yamagata’s profile classifies her music as alternative rock, her style leans much more toward indie folk and pop. One of the most wellknown tracks from the EP is the half upbeat, half melancholic “Be Be Your Love,” in which Yamagata reflects on her unrequited love. You may recognize the song from any one of its uses in popular media, such as One Tree Hill, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Brothers & Sisters, The L Word and So You Think You Can Dance. “Be Be Your Love” is catchy and fairly popular because of its familiarity and relatability. Listeners enjoy music most when it resonates with them and Yamagata excels in this aspect, making it the perfect opener for the EP. Yamagata’s second track on the EP, “Elephants,” is strong ly reminiscent of “Morning Grace” by Ritsuko Okazaki, a Japanese song released back in 2002.
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Though it is hard to imagine the songs have much in common regarding inf luences, their simple vocal and musical arrangements and gradual build-ups draw from the same pool of emotional awareness and serene reflection. “Elephants” stands out for its relative quietness and its lack of obfuscating elements. However, despite the gentleness of the song itself, the lyrics convey an entirely different tone, such as when Yamagata sings, “And I am dreaming of them with their kill / Tearing it all apart / Blood dripping from their lips / And teeth sinking into heart.” With lines such as these, Yamagata portrays a character broken down by her pain, still angry but unwilling to fight any longer. Her objections fade into silence as time goes on and they are left unrecognized.
Yamagata’s voice works well in a variety of arrangements. She can grumble angst-ridden ly rics over dulled electric guitar just as well as she can croon over a piano. As a diverse performer, Yamagata could choose to vary up her formula, but why do that when it works so well? Her restraint and selectiveness works to the advantage of the EP as a whole— they lend consistency to a compilation of tracks collected from several albums. Though t he music on Yamagata’s EP is good for a number of situations, it isn’t energetic or particularly buoyant. You can listen to it easily after a breakup or play it on top of an emotional scene in a TV show— but you can’t play it at parties. It should go to say that this isn’t really a criticism, but rather an inherent characteristic of the genre. For all its internal consis-
tency, competent lyricism and pleasant musical arrangements, Yamagata’s EP lacks in originality. It bears similarities to many artists today and seems to lack a lot of the quirkiness present in other albums, such as the anti-folk trills of Regina Spektor. In short, Yamagata’s work is the kind of music you want your local coffee shop to play. If you like the compilation EP, then you’ll doubtless enjoy her upcoming album, given the artistic uniformity she has demonstrated throughout her career. Rachael Yamagata’s EP is free to stream on her website, rachaelyamagata.com. You can also pre-order her new album on PledgeMusic, which comes with perks such as tour updates and a digital download of the album obtainable upon its release.
With Ha lloween right around the corner, it’s only fitting that the newest season of AMC’s The Walking Dead is off to a gruesome, flesh-eating start. As the season five tag line reads “Hunt or be Hunted,” viewers are already seeing significant changes within the show’s iconic characters. Following the chilling cliffhanger at the tail-end of season four, the season five premiere opened with Rick (Andrew Lincoln) and company at the mercy of cannibalistic opponents. The brutality and suspense of this scene only intensifies as the season continues. Upon escaping captivity under the newest villain Gareth (Andrew J. West), thanks to a little help from a ruthless and heavily armed Carol (Melissa McBride), the group of zombie-apocalypse survivors is back on the road once more. Yet while the season premiere displayed some heartwarming reunions among the survivors—particularly the one between Carol and Daryl (Norman Reedus)—the most graphic and disturbing images in the entire series have been featured in the last
couple episodes. Those who have made it through the second episode know what I’m referring to. This method of builidng our hopes up and then crushing them is nothing we haven’t seen before. If viewers recall, the season four premiere opened with a quiet Rick on the farm and ended with a virus infecting the prison’s occupants. For those who have read the comics, it’s clear that showrunner Scott M. Gimple is working closely with Robert Kirkman, the original creator of the comic book series and executive producer for the show, to keep the series as faithful to the source material as possible from here on out, despite opposing approaches from Gimple’s predecessors. From the way Sgt. Abraham Ford (Michael Cudlitz) and his crew look, to the arrival of Father Gabriel Stokes (Seth Gilliam), I have a feeling it’ll be difficult for fanboys to avoid spoiling the rest of the season for their friends. Still, this kind of intensity and relentlessness provides a nice contradiction to the painfully dull soap opera drama that made up the bulk of season two and part of season three. If Gimple hadn’t been promoted, I probably would’ve stopped watching this show by now. Carol is the character who has changed most since the series began. Remem-
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ber when she was a helpless mother suffering at the hands of her abusive husband? Now we see her single-handedly assaulting a prison camp with a rocket launcher and releasing a swarm of walkers on an unarmed opponent. And Carol is not the only one whose humanity is diminishing. Af ter R ick ’s gruesome display of violence in the season four finale, his thirst for vengeance remains unquenched. Despite escaping from Gareth and his
henchmen, the raggedy, gunslinging protagonist has declared that he won’t stop until they’re all dead. The two elements I’m most looking forward to this season are finding out what’s going on with Beth (Emily Kinney), and the apparent return of Morgan Jones (Lennie James), which was brief ly hinted at during a post-credits sequence in the season premiere. The non-chronological storytelling, which Gimple used in the premiere, also deserves recognition. As the events of the group’s escape unfolded, flashbacks of Gareth and his
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people were juxtaposed with these scenes. Here we see they endured the same misery and imprisonment, which they in turn now inflict upon others. Although this is an interesting dynamic, it still doesn’t justify their sadistic nature. That being said, I expect viewers to feel as much sympathy for these guys as they did for the Governor (David Morrissey.) Despite my mixed feelings regarding the recently announced spinoff series, which is currently in development, my excitement for this season of The Walking Dead remains at an all-time high. SOURCE: AMC TV
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Wolfpack squeezes draw out of Orange Jordan Beck Associate Sports Editor
The NC State men’s soccer team pulled out a 0-0 draw against No. 5 ranked Syracuse after going through two overtime periods with ten men Saturday night in Dail Soccer Stadium. The Wolfpack (6-5-4, 1-3-3 ACC) lost freshman midfielder Zach Knudson to a red card in the 91st minute but hung on to force the ACC-leading Orange (13-2-1, 4-2-1 ACC) into its first tie of the season. In doing so, State stays in contention for a spot in the NCAA tournament. “Each side had quality chances,” NC State sophomore midfielder Michael Bajza said. “To go down a man and still get a point is big time.” The opening half was fairly even, with the Pack generally adopting a more pragmatic, defensive approach against the highly ranked Orange. However, State tried to break forward and created spells of danger, unafraid to move the ball purposefully from defense to attack. Syracuse generally played on the back foot for the first 20 minutes, but its overall quality started to cause problems past the midpoint of the first half and got its best chance in the 40th minute, when freshman midfielder Julian Buescher’s looping
shot bounced off the top of the crossbar. When the halftime whistle blew, Syracuse narrowly beat the Pack in shots, 3-2, but both keepers only registered a single save. The game proceeded into the second half with a similar theme, and both State and ‘Cuse enjoyed waves of attacking pressure. Both team’s star freshmen attackers grew into the game, with State’s Knudson looking the most dangerous of the Wolfpack, while Syracuse’s Buescher caused trouble with his clever footwork. Knudson saw a point-blank header denied in the 56th minute by Syracuse goalkeeper Alex Bono, recently rated the second-best player in the country by Top Drawer Soccer. The ‘Cuse junior dropped down to his left well and stopped the attempt. Over the course of the second 45, the game was primarily an even contest, with shots slightly in favor of Syracuse, 7-5, and at the end of 90, the score remained knotted at 0-0, with both defenses repelling attacks confidently and consistently. In particular, State’s freshmen center back pairing of Conor Donovan and Matias Fracchia were peerless in the air and swift to cut out direct balls from the Syracuse midfield. After a few errors in his first
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few games and starting in place of injured senior Clement Simonin, Fracchia, a Uruguayan Under-20 national team member, has found his feet alongside Donovan, a U.S. Under-20 international. “[Donovan] and I knew each other from the national team,” Fracchia said. “Ever since we arrived in the summer we’ve had a pretty good bond.” The entire shape of the game would change just after the start of the first period of “golden goal” overtime, as Knudson received his marching orders after picking up a second yellow in the 91st. Down a man, State sat in and absorbed the copious
amounts of Syracuse pressure. “Our two banks of four did a great job [managing being down a man],” NC State head coach Kelly Findley said. “It showed a different side of our play, more of a grind. The red definitely changed our tactics and forced us to sit deeper.” The Orange managed three shots in the first overtime and four in the second, compared to State’s one and two, respectively. Both sides nearly snuck a winner, as Pack junior midfielder Philip Carmon was denied by Bono after good work from freshman Ryan Peterson in the 106th, while senior goalkeeper Alex McCauley preserved the shutout
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first in the 200 back with a time of 1:59.32. The Wolfpack men also swept the 100 and 200 backstroke events. In the 100, Schiellerup touched first in 48.33 and Stephen Coetzer won the 200 back with a time of 1:48.53. NC State’s Jacob Siar clocked in at 1:49.83 to finish second in the 200. Christian McCurdy had another great meet, winning the men’s 200 fly with a 1:47.01 and Dahl placed first in the 100-yard f ly clocking in at 48.01. Sophomore Kayla Brumbaum impressively swept the women’s breaststroke events finishing first in the 100 breast with a 1:02.55, and rounding out the day with a 2:17.32 in the 200. “Kayla Brumbaum really dominated in breaststroke,” Holloway said. “She’s really gotten off to a great start this season.” Rachel Mumma stayed consistent and took first in the women’s 1-meter (302.00) and second in the 3-meter (271.60). On Nov. 1 the diving team will compete in a quad meet with UNC-Chapel Hill, James Madison and Clemson at the Greensboro Aquatic Center.
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State volleyball soars over Eagles Zack Tanner Senior Staff Writer
Softball finishes fall schedule with sweep The NC State Softball team finished its fall schedule this weekend with a two-game sweep of the Pitt Community College Bulldogs. This allowed the Pack to snag a 7-1 record for the fall with its only loss to the Elon Phoenix. The team managed to block a run for the first four games of the season and outscore its opponents 45-9 over the entire fall season. The Pack will now look to carry its hot fall schedule start to its intense spring season, which starts in February. SOURCE: GOPACK.COM
Rifle goes 1-2 in weekend meet in Virginia No. 17 NC State traveled to Lexington, Virginia, over the weekend to participate in a four-team meet. The Wolfpack managed to win against VMI on Saturday, but fell to No. 13 Army and No. 2 Kentucky the following day. On both days of the competition, sophomore Lucas Kozeniesky paced State in the smallbore rifle category, shooting 576 on Saturday and 580 on Sunday. Kozeniesky’s scores won second and first place, respectively. Senior Dani Foster dominated the air rifle portion of the competition, tallying scores of 588 and 582 to lead the Pack both days. SOURCE: GOPACK.COM
McGetrick earns top-10 tournament finish at Landfall Tradition Senior golfer Lindsay McGetrick recorded a top-10 finish at the Landfall Tradition to lead the Wolfpack women’s golf team this weekend. McGetrick tied for eighth at the tournament, shooting 71-7272 to finish with a three-day score of 215, one under par. The Highland Ranch, Colorado native was one of just 10 players to finish under par on the weekend. McGetrick carded 13 birdies, leading the team to a 12thplace finish overall. It was her third career top-10 finish and her second this month. SOURCE: GOPACK.COM
QUOTE OF THE DAY “You never want to lose that many in a row, no matter the circumstances” Bryan Bunn, Head Volleyball Coach
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The NC State volleyball team ended its seven-game losing streak on Sunday with a 3-1 victory over Boston College. With the win, the Wolfpack (13-8, 2-7 ACC) earned its eighth consecutive win over the Eagles. “You never want to lose that many in a row, no matter the circumstances,” Head Coach Bryan Bunn said. The Pack’s losing streak had been extended to seven straight on Friday when the team traveled to Virginia (13-9, 6-3 ACC). State battled the Cavaliers for five sets before eventually falling, 15-11, in the final set. The loss marked the Pack’s third-straight loss in five-set matches. State got its chance to turn things around when Boston College traveled to Raleigh on Sunday. The Eagles (8-12, 3-6 ACC) were on their final game of a three-game road trip and had lost both games entering the matchup with the Pack. Both teams looked sloppy out of the gate, unable to execute offensively. In the first set, neither team hit above .070. Senior outside hitter Dariyan Hopper was one of the few bright spots, recording five of her game-high 13 kills in the set. Bunn said Hopper’s strong play was vital to his team’s success. “We need her to perform well,” Bunn said. “Not only does she need to be
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Senior libero Alston Kearns gets low to return a serve. The Wolfpack beat Boston College 3-1 Sunday afternoon in Raleigh.
a leader vocally, she has to perform. We need her to step up, and that’s what she did today.” Sophomore Magg ie Speaks took over at setter midway through the first set, which paid off for the Pack. After being down by four when Speaks entered the game, State came back to tie the Eagles at 18 apiece. However, Boston College would eventually take the set, 25-23. “We changed the setter, which changed the rhythm,” Bunn said. “Sometimes that’s all it takes.” State started strong in the second set, jumping out to a 7-4 advantage over BC. The Pack continued to pile on the offense, using a 10-2 run to take the set 25-14.
During the second, State’s attack caught fire, recording a .423 kill percentage and .929 side-out percentage. Bunn said his team’s success came from the players “taking care of the ball better.” The Pack’s defense was also strong during the second, putting up four blocks for the second-straight set and holding the Eagles to a .000 kill percentage. State put up 13 blocks as a team on the night. “We’ve been working on blocking a lot more in practice, so it has paid off,” Bunn said. “We still have to pick up our defense a little more, but that starts with the blocks.” Despite the Eagles jumping out to an early 7-3 lead, the Pack responded with a
run of its own, reclaiming the lead, 11-9. The set remained a back-and-forth battle, until the Pack finally pulled away with a 25-22 victory. In the fourth and final set, the Pack used a 7-1 run midway through the set to distance itself from the Eagles. State eventually took the set, 25-17, and snapped its seven-game skid. “It was definitely nice to get a win,” Hopper said. “We needed it for our confidence, especially for the younger girls.” Match point was converted by Hopper after sophomore Rachel Eppley dove out of bounds to save an errant pass. There were multiple long rallies throughout Sunday’s match, with the
Pack ending up victorious in most of the points. Eppley said the team’s willingness to drive for balls spoke wonders to the team’s perseverance. “No matter what, we always try our hardest,” Eppley said. “The last play proved it.” Eppley came up big for the Pack in the fourth, recording seven of her career-high 20 blocks. Sunday marked the second-straight game that Eppley dug 20 balls. “She did a good job defensively, and that’s why we have her in there,” Bunn said. “She scored a lot of points when serving.” The Pack will look to build on its momentum as the team hosts Florida State and Miami this weekend.
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Pack dominates competition in Atlanta Justine Turley Correspondent
The NC State swimming and diving teams completed a sweep in the ACC season openers against Florida State and Georgia Tech this weekend in Atlanta. The women’s team (2-1, 2-0 ACC) downed the Bulldogs and Seminoles over the course of the competition, posting a 189-106 victory over Georgia Tech before knocking off No. 25 Florida State 164-131. Despite the score discrepancy, State head coach Braden Holloway noted the difficulty of the competition. “It wasn’t our sharpest meet,” said Head Coach Braden Holloway. “It was more of a grind for all of the schools. Luckily, we were able to out-grind Georgia Tech and Florida State and come away with some wins.” During the meet, the Wolfpack took home 18 individual victories and finished first in one of the two relays it competed in. To start off the meet for NC State, Alexia Zevnik, Lauren Poli, Yurie Nakano and Krista Duffield combined to finish the 200-yard medley relay in 1:43.53, placing second overall. The men’s team finished first in the 200 medley, as Andreas Schiellerup, Derek Hren, Soren Dahl and David Williams teamed up to finish with a time of 1:28.56. The Wolfpack continued to show the spectrum of its talents,
finishing first in many events across the boards, taking top honors in sprint and distance events. In the 1000 free, NC State’s sophomore Rachel Muller touched first with a time of 10:10.05 before her teammate Kristin Connors, who finished with a time of 10:15.98. The men also impressed, sweeping first, second and third. Freshman Anton Ipsen touched first in 9:07.47, while Adam Linker came in second (9:18.28), and Austin Snyder brought home third (9:20.78). Ipsen recorded another first place victory in the 500 with a 4:25.36. The women also finished top three in the 500 free. Muller (4:55.70) and Connors (5:00.75) again placed one and two in the event, while their teammate, Kendall Pena finished third with a 5:04.26. “Our distance girls came right back and scored big points,” Holloway said. “That put us back on track to set us up for a win.” NC State junior Simonas Bilis had yet another tremendous performance representing the Wolfpack. For the second consecutive meet, Bilis swept all three of the freestyle sprint events. Bilis started out with his 200 free (1:36.52), then clocked in at 20.00 in the 50 free, and finished his sweep with a 44.35 in the 100. On the women’s side, Riki Bonnema placed first in the 50 freestyle with a time of 22.68, and teammate Lauren Poli finished third in a 22.93. NC State’s Lotta Nevalainen clocked in at 50.47 for the 100 free to place second, while Natalie Labonge fin-
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Freshman Harrison Mitchell executes an entry into the water to garner 2nd place in 1m diving with a total score of 329.10. The Wolfpack won the meet against Georgia 155-143 on Oct. 18.
ished with a 50.51 for third. In addition to having strong swimmers in freestyle events, the NC State women took first and second place finishes in the 100 back.
Ashlyn Koletic won the event in a 55.49, while Zevnik placed second in a 55.78. Zevnik also placed
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