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Obama calls for higher reading levels Brittany Bynum Staff Writer
President Barack Obama launched a $200 million, 5-year initiative called My Brother’s Keeper on Feb. 27 to try to reach and uplift young black men and other minorities within their communities, according to the New York Times. Obama began his call to action because of underlying problems revealed in data concerning boys and young men of color. According to whitehouse.gov, 86 percent of African-American boys and 82 percent of Hispanic boys are reading below fourth-grade proficiency levels compared to 58 percent of white boys reading below fourthgrade proficiency levels. African-American and Hispanic young men are more than six times as likely to be victims of murder than their white peers, and they account for almost half of the country’s murder victims each year,
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President Obama announces the Next Generation Power Electronics Institute in the J.W. Isenhour Tennis Complex Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2013.
according to whitehouse.gov. “That is something that needs to be addressed,” said Marshall Anthony, a senior in business administration and chair of the Afrikan-Amer-
ican Student Advisory Council. There are many reasons why a student might read at a poor proficiency level, such as socioeconomic status, resources provided
for schools, caliber of teachers, or home environment, Anthony said. According to Anthony, Obama is entitled to address the issue of reading proficiency because it is closely
related to the president’s own childhood and race. Anthony said, though Obama is launching the new initiative, the president can’t do it alone and there has to be a hands-on effort from everybody. “If we let young men of color fall by the wayside in school, then what options do they have coming out?” Anthony said. Shelia Smith McKoy, director of the African American Cultural Center and a professor in Africana studies, said initiatives like My Brother’s Keeper will make it easier for students of color to access the assistance and support they need. “I hope that N.C. State will take the challenge and interface with those in the community who are interested in My Brother’s Keeper and make the University a place where diversity is celebrated and show that in our graduation outcomes,” McKoy said.
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Student Conduct deals with Lecturer talks computer crime through rehabilitation science and humanities Katherine Kehoe
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While news of students getting in trouble with the law for one reason or another is constantly heard around campus, the way the University deals with those students is spoken about much less. According to Paul Cousins, the director of the Office of Student Conduct, about 600 to 800 students are referred to the Office of Student Conduct every year for disciplinary action due to violations of the Code of Student Conduct. If the offense is illegal under Federal or North Carolina law, the student may also be charged by law enforcement. There are times when students are charged with crimes outside of N.C. State’s campus in which the University is notified by outside law enforcement. Whether or not the University chooses to enforce its own additional disciplinary action depends on the severity of the offense, Cousins said. “The primary reasons that we would get involved would be if there is a real potential impact to the safety of the N.C. State community,” Cousins said. According to Cousins, violence to other people, possession and distribution of felony-level drugs, DUIs on campus and repeated instances of plagiarism or falsified research are all examples of offenses that represent significant risk to the community and could result in a student being forced to leave the University
About 20 students and faculty members gathered Thursday evening in Caldwell Hall while David Rieder, an associate professor in English and co-director of the Circuit Research Studio from N.C. State, presented about how computer science combined with humanities can result in a new form of expression. Rieder spoke about his book, titled Suasive Iterations, as well as the emphasis of his work and its relation to rhetoric. Rieder is an associate professor in English and co-director of the Circuit Research Studio at N.C. State. Rieder worked on a project in which the Xbox Kinect gaming device was modified to display poetry in the shape of the person standing in front of it. “Rhetoric can be described as a way of moving people, as a way of changing the way they think and feel,” Rieder said. “Traditionally it is done with language. What I am trying to do with rhetoric here is change the experience someone has with an object or within an immersive environment, and when that happens, it’s rhetoric.” “It is the kind of work that will be supported in the new Circuit Research Studio, as well as among librarians on campus like Brendan O’Connell,” Reider said. On Tuesday, the Circuit Research Studio opened at the Ricks Hall
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The Student Conduct Office is located on the third floor of Clark Hall. Students are often referred to the Student Conduct Office for marijuana possession and other crimes.
for a certain period of time. However, in an effort to address the root of the problem and help students get back on track, they are
often given “homework” while away, Cousins said.
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Annex in celebration of the new research space designed to bring digital media, engineering and the humanities together. Some attendees from the grand opening also attended Rieder’s presentation. “It’s really interesting,” said Kate Maddalena, a graduate student in English who attended both events. “I think it’s important for students to know that the English department is doing stuff with computers and interpretative work with computer code. [Rieder] is at the edge of that and forging the ground that links computer science with studying language.” In order to make a great number of his projects a reality, Rieder said he had to learn to program as well as learn how to use an open source microcontroller called Arduino. “To do interesting work in what is now called the digital humanities, you really have to have numeracy and literacy, not one or the other,” Rieder said. Rieder talked about how using sensors can be used to create new experiences that form links between the physical world and a virtual world, using the example of a body monitor called Fitbit that tracks physical activities, interprets data from the sensor and uploads it to the cloud in order to be accessed by the user’s phone. “What we are dealing with are four techno-stases,” Rieder said. “Sensors and actuators, microcon-
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Triangle Muscular Distrophy Association aims for $98,000 Chelsey Winstead Correspondent
The Muscular Dystrophy Association of the Triangle Region in North Carolina will be holding the 2014 Triangle Muscle Walk at noon March 15 at Lowe’s Home Improvement in Durham, N.C. This will be the 11th walk held by the Triangle Region branch of the MDA. What started as a small event with 14 participants raising about $4,000 has grown to 600 participants fundraising for the goal
of $98,000. The Triangle Region of MDA covers 18 counties and has 1,200 registered participants who are diagnosed with one of the 43 muscular diseases the region covered. The MDA helps not only those with muscular dystrophy but also people who are diagnosed with autoimmune and motoneuron diseases. Major sponsors of this year’s walk include NuMotion, Genzyme, The Oak Foundation, BodyBu i ld i ng.c om, P r ide
Movement and Kohl’s. The Triangle Region also recognizes Lowe’s Home Improvement in Durham, N.C. as a sponsor for hosting the Muscle Walk. Health Care Service Coordinator and Walk Director Katharine Paulhamus has worked with the Triangle Region MDA for almost three years. This will be her third time directing the walk, and she said she has watched the number of participants double since her first year. Paulhamus attributes much of the walk’s
success to the great teams that fundraise and the sponsors who help make the event possible. Along with directing the Muscle Walk, Paulhamus also manages the MDA clinics at the Duke University Medical Center and UNC Health Care and acts as a personal liaison for all families registered in the Triangle Region of MDA. Paulhamus started as a volunteer for MDA but applied for a professional
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Katherine Paulhamus, director of the Triangle area Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA), organizes an annual fundraiser that will take place March 15. The MDA Muscle Walk is a national event that raises money to research and help families in need.
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n a bitterly cold Wednesday, David McKnight warms a passerby with a variety of cheerful melodies, including the N.C. State Fight Song. He played during lunch hour on Hillsborough Street. “The violin just seemed to be an interesting object from the standpoint of the size, shape and what can come out of it.” McKnight said, “I learned in Charlotte when I was growing up.” McKnight is part of an acoustic folk group called Emery and McKnight, featuring violin, mandolin, and guitar. “We write music and record CDs with artists from all around the Triangle.” The group will be playing at Global Village Wednesday, March 19 from 10 a.m.-noon.
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Cousins said if Counseling suspects a student’s behavior was related to drug and alcohol use or a mental health issue, the student will typically have to be involved in a program such as rehab or counseling while away. “We want some sort of trained clinician to have hands on with that person working with them to try to
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figure out what are the root causes of the behavior or the decision-making and not just dealing with the symptoms,” Cousins said. According to Ronni Margolin, a psychologist for Student Health, the Counseling Center gets a significant number of referrals from Student Conduct to work with students who have gotten in trouble for on-campus offenses. Margolin said there are plenty of services within the Counseling Center for stu-
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dents in order to help them deal with the underlying causes of the misconduct. Group therapy for alcohol and drug abusers and individual counseling to deal with issues such as self-harm or anger management are all types of counseling that Student Conduct has referred students to attend, Margolin said. “We also have psychiatry services available,” Margolin said. “For instance, sometimes people who struggle with bipolar disorder struggle
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with things like managing anger and other feelings, so we have medications that will help with that.” Margolin said even if a student is sent to the Counseling Center through student conduct, sometimes he or she doesn’t want to talk about the circumstances, and the Center is not allowed to tell Student Conduct about the difficulty. “Although we work closely with Student Conduct and try to communicate with them, what happens in therapy is
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confidential,” Margolin said. Cousins said whether it be within campus limits or outside of them, disciplinary actions must be taken when students break the Code of Student Conduct, but the goal is to help students by getting to the root of the misconduct, not by moralizing them. “The conduct process is by-in-large seen as a real punitive, heavy handed ‘it’s the man’ kind of thing,” Cousins said. “Certainly it can be… but the majority is to try and do problem solving with
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people.” Cousins said Student Conduct tries to make the process of dealing with students’ criminal misconduct as holistic as possible to prevent repeat offenses and ultimately help students achieve their goals. “It’s never going to be like ‘so, idiot, you’re drinking beer?’ We know you are drinking beer,” Cousins said. “Let’s talk about what’s going on beyond that. What’s going on with you that brought you here, and let’s fix it.”
Social scientists talk big data, Twitter research Chris Hart-Williams Staff Writer
A panel of three social scientists collaborated Thursday at N.C. State to discuss what’s known as big data and its role in social science research. “Big data” is the term for a collection of data sets that is so large and complicated that processing it using on-hand database management tools becomes difficult. A nt hropologist A lber t Joseph Faas, a postdoctoral research scholar in the N.C. State School of Public & International Affairs; Christopher Bail, a sociology professor at UNC-Chapel Hill;
and Ryan Light, a sociology professor at the University of Oregon formed the panel. The scientists said they agree that data is an integral part of social science research but want outsiders to understand that data is not the motivation to do research. “Inquiry must be driven by theory,” Faas said. Faas said his approach as an anthropologist is to use data to answer questions rather than create questions from data itself. “Data drive nothing,” Light said. Light said there are different interpretations of what big data are. He said there are
scientists in fields outside of the social sciences who might disqualify the data he uses as being big data because of its small volume. “It’s common to refer to big data as the three Vs,” Light said. He defines big data in terms of volume, velocity and variety. According to Bail, there was a big data movement a decade or so ago, and since, as in other fields’ research, it has become integrated into social science research. Bail said since the movement, he thinks the phrase big data has become somewhat of a buzz word. Rather than use big data,
when describing his research Bail said he prefers “computational social science research.” He said in his research he uses computers and data to assist him in gaining needed information. He said the volume of data is not significant. “It’s not about the increase of data volume,” Bail said. According to Bail, he is studying the success of nonprofit organizations to reach the mass public without the help of the media in his current big data project. He said nonprofits dedicated to causes such as the conf lict in Darfur want to know how to best connect to potential
sponsors, and big data research can help them in their strategic planning. Bail said he is also using big data to build an app for a nonprofit. The app will collect data from social media sites so the nonprofit can estimate how many people they connect with through social media and discover what its impact is. According to Faas, he also uses social media to collect data for research, specifically Twitter. Faas said Twitter analysis is one of his big data research practices. He said he requests tweets from the general public in order to gauge the senti-
ment of people based on the words, phrases and hashtags they use. Faas said his past and current research looks to answer questions concerning people’s reactions to disasters, displacement, resettlement and reciprocity. Most recently, Faas said he partnered with a sociologist and computer scientist to study wildfire risk perception using Twitter. The study analyzed an estimated 600,470 tweets. “We feel Twitter is the perfect place to start looking at this,” Faas said.
SAT to return to 1600-point scoring scale Staff Report
Students concerned their essay writing will prevent them from getting into the college of their choice no longer need to worry as the College Board has announced the SAT college admission test will return to the 1600-point system. According to an article in the Washington Post, the SAT is being redesigned for the second time since the 2000s to allow students who don’t excel in writing timed essays an opportunity to be accepted into institutes of higher education. Because SAT test scores have traditionally correlated directly with family income, critics of the test are skeptical
as to whether or not the new design will actually increase the accessibility of attending a college or university. College Board has announced it will offer new test-preparation tutorials online completely free of charge, rather than just costly books accessible only to students of well-off families, in order to bridge the gap between high-and-low income students. Because the SAT will no longer be measured on a 2400-point scale, the essay portion of the test will be optional. The new SAT will no longer take into consideration the so-called “SAT words” that prompted students to learn vocabulary they more often than not used incorrectly. Instead, the test will place an
emphasis on vocabulary that is used in colleges and careers. The rule deducting a quarter of a point for wrong answers will also be removed from the redesigned test. College Board officials said the new changes are aimed to make the SAT more accessible and in more correlation with what students are learning in high school. “It is time for an admissions assessment that makes it clear that the road to success is not last-minute tricks or cramming, but the learning students do over years,” said David Colemon, the president of College Board in a speech Wednesday.
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trollers and processes, internet global communication protocols and cloud based servers, and programs in which large scale data processing and collection can be outsourced.” Rieder also discussed his work with accelerometers and how they can be used as a form of rhetoric. “The data coming out of those accelerometers could be the basis for any possible number of arguments, like to create an immersive computational experience of The Odyssey,” Rieder said. “As a variation of the theme, I could embed the sensors in
wine bottles, like message in a bottle.” The majority of the attendees were faculty members and graduate students. Of the faculty members who attended the presentation, most were from the English department. “What I enjoyed the most about the talk was understanding how this was a fine demonstration of the traditional rhetorical ideas in respect to making the audience feel something and do something and behave in a certain way,” said John Morrillo, an associate professor in the English department. “In this new paradigm of computing, these new sensors and computers are waiting to be used,” Rieder said.
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According to McKoy, the problem with being a minority student at a predominantly white campus is the feeling of loneliness and not having support programs from the campus. McKoy said she would love to see more programs on campus geared toward African-American females. McKoy said it is good My Brother’s Keeper will expand outreach to African-American males, but that N.C. State, as well as the wider educational community, is not doing enough to provide support initiatives for minority students.
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David Rieder gave a presentation about his upcoming book Suasive Iterations and how humanities and engineering can merge disciplines to create new experiences.
The importance of the initiative is to give back to the community by supporting young men early, before they even become high school seniors, Anthony said. Anthony said the AASAC recently planned an inaugural community service initiative to take place in the beginning of May. Members will work as mentors at either the Boys and Girls Club or various middle schools to inf luence and inspire younger generations as a community effort. Chancellor Randy Woodson has been involved with Obama’s initiative since his visit to the White House in January where he partnered with first lady Michelle
Obama in targeting urban schools to help prepare students prior to college, according to Anthony. Anthony said the program is a good start, but it still needs the guarantee of emotional support, finances, tutoring and time commitment in order to make an effective impact. “The program should ensure that my brother does not fall by the wayside,” Anthony said. “As we are climbing on a collegiate standpoint, we have to ensure that we are lifting generations along the way.” Anthony said he found it surprising that the fall 2013 acceptance rate of African-American students at N.C. State decreased to 20 percent,
its lowest point since the 1980s. ASSAC immediately created the African-American Acceptance Rate Action Team that partnered with Tracey Ray, the assistant vice provost for student diversity; the chancellor; the provost; and office of admissions in order to increase the acceptance rates, Anthony said. Since ASSAC partnered with Ray, the acceptance rate has increased. According to Ray, the number of African-American freshmen admitted in December of 2013 is higher than the number reported in December of 2012. ASSAC is planning to work with Ronnie Chalmers, assistant director of admissions, to plan diversity-em-
bracing activities in April. Through diversity activities, Anthony said he is looking for ways to help the African-American community. Anthony said My Brother’s Keeper is not only beneficial for the African-American community but that it will also help the economy thrive and improve the nation. Anthony said people find it hard to relate to minorities because they haven’t had similar experiences, like the feeling of being the only African-American male in a class, and that they need to be guided in what the life of a minority is like in order for change to happen.
Art Pope rejects 11 percent increase to UNC-System budget Staff Report
Art Pope, the state budget director and Governor Pat McCrory’s chief budget writer, rejected the UNCSystem’s budget proposal and sent it back to the Board of Governors to be rewritten, according to the News & Observer. According to the N&O, Pope said the board requested to increase the
budget $288 million, an 11.3 percent over the current year. The proposal included no raises for University employees. Pope said that the state has too many competing priorities, such as raising K-12 teachers’ salaries and Medicaid, to expand the budget any more than his office’s originally instructed two percent increase, the N&O said. Ever since his days in the legisla-
ture, Pope has been a notable critic of the university system. With his current title of state budget director, Pope has significant control over state agencies, which include the university system, according to the N&O. In a memo, Pope stated that McCrory supports the UNC system. According to Pope’s memo, the rising cost of education on both students and the government can-
not continue indefinitely, and the University of North Carolina has a responsibility to its students to operate the school system more cost efficiently. According to the N&O, leaders within the UNC-System are preparing a response for Pope. “We welcome tough questions about how the university proposes to spend public dollars,” Peter Hans, chairman of the UNC system’s
governing board told the N&O “The Board of Governors is asking those tough questions as well. In that sense the state budget director is doing what taxpayers should expect him to do. I also think the university has good answers to those questions and we will make our case thoroughly and realistically.”
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The use of money in public universities I n a memo to the UNC System’s budget proposal for the fiscal year of 2014, state budget director Art Pope called the proposal “simply not realistic.” He sent the proposal back to the UNC board of governors to rewrite it. I t ’s n o t surprising t h at Pop e rejected the budget proposal, given the fact that Ziyi Mai he has long Staff Columnist been a highprofile critic of North Carolina’s highereducation system going back to his days as a legislator. I don’t intend to criticize Pope’s personal ideology and his understanding of higher education, but rather, his rea-
soning, which has many flaws inconsistent with the North Carolina’s higher-education policy and the state constitution. In the memo, he warned that “the spiraling cost of higher education, the increased costs to students and their parents, including growing personal debt, as well as the increasing demands on the state budget, cannot continue indefinitely. The University of North Carolina has a responsibility to its students and to the state to operate and improve the university in the most cost effective and affordable manner as practicable.” But this argument doesn’t stand to the truth and the law. The state of North Carolina has a constitutional requirement to provide affordable
higher education to North Carolinians. Continuous reduction of the budget has caused significant increase in tuition and fees borne by students in recent years. This time, the UNC Board of Governors asked for an 11 percent increase in the budget, stressing that the insufficient funding has made it more difficult for campuses to maintain normal operation. Even an 11 percent increase from last year’s budget is still far from reaching the level that it was before the cuts started in 2008. Nonetheless, the spotlight of the battle will be about how public universities can use taxpayers’ money efficiently and responsibly. From Pope’s perspective, public schools are less likely to use money
properly because the nature of public schools means they allocate resources less efficiently. But there are numerous examples around the world indicating that public universities do better if given a well-designed institutional mechanism that plays a role of oversight. It is the General Assembly’s responsibility to oversee how the UNC System uses its money, but so far, the legislature hasn’t done its part. One of the prominent examples of successful public universities is that of Hong Kong. In Hong Kong, all colleges are funded by the government. Instead of cutting budgets of higher education during the Asian crisis in 1998, the Hong Kong government sustained the funding
for the major universities and maintained higher education as a governmental responsibility. The legislature has a committee that is highly devoted to higher education and monitoring the operation of universities. In Hong Kong’s higher-education system, almost every penny of taxpayers’ money is spent as wisely as possible within the institutional mechanism. On the other hand, without a smart institutional mechanism, even private colleges are as inferior as it gets. In mainland China, the government has strong restrictions regarding how colleges use public funds. For example, a great amount of grants are not allowed to go to faculty’s salary and can only be used to purchase equipment and
other assets. If colleges can’t spend all of the money designated for equipment in a fiscal year, they have to return the money to the government. This system wastes a tremendous amount of money and generates little incentive for faculty to concentrate on research itself. For the UNC System, less money doesn’t necessarily mean the schools automatically adapt to the reduction and use the funds effectively. A low level of funding only leads to sharp cuts in academic activities such as workshops and seminars. A more responsible legislature to oversee how the UNC System uses money and prevent any abuse of power seems to be the answer to end the battle of the budget proposal.
Deconstructing social constructs
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nyone who passed through the Brickyard Wednesday or Thursday morning may have seen me. One of a few, I spent those mornings standing for and calling attention to a table. Sprawled across t he table were some magaNicky zines, butVaught tons, tempoStaff Columnist rary tattoos, sig n s a nd cameras. The front of the table boasted a sign reading, “Students Advocating for Gender Equality.” Otherwise known as SAGE, the organization I co-founded, we set out to reduce the stigma surrounding the word “feminism,” teaching its synonymy with “gender equality” as opposed to “misandry.” On the whole, people were willing to talk to us about our organization and purpose. “Do you believe in gender equality?” we would ask. For tunately, t he most common responses were affirmative. However, a few adamantly disagreed with the idea that all genders ought to be equal institutionally, socially and symbolically. Thoug h perhaps t hey should’ve, those who stood in opposition to us weren’t the ones who most disturbed me. What most concerned me was a response from the somewhat illuminated that only once or twice made its way into conversation. “Gender isn’t real,” someone said. “It’s a social construction.” Hearing this sort of sentiment is a bittersweet victory. On the one hand, this person acknowledges that
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almost a vagina. Typically, parents raise intersex children as one gender or another, rarely as gender fluid or agender. Gender and sex don’t always go hand in hand. There are transgender people—that is, maleidentified people with vaginas and female-identified people with penises—and all sorts of identities in between the binary system of man and woman by which our society currently operates. Though the unattainable ideals of masculinity and femininity are socially constructed and prescribed, gender identity as a man, woman or anything in between resides within the person and is very much real. For instance, someone who identifies as a man aspires to be viewed as masculine. The two (male identity and masculinity) are connected, but certainly not the same. That’s why saying gender isn’t real simply because it is a social construct discounts legitimate feelings, emotions and identities of transgender people as well as cisgender people. When we understand something as a social construct, all that means is it can be changed or even eradicated, but it doesn’t imply that it isn’t real. Perhaps the future holds a world or even just one society in which the concept of gender has long been forgotten. But until then, we must embrace one another’s identities as well as our own, understanding that people make their society as much as society makes its people.
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gender is not mandatory or determined biologically. On the other, it demonstrates a transphobic and incomplete understanding of social constructions and what exactly we can learn from them. A social construction refers to anything that is not innate. Often, we build norms and mores around these constructions. Examples range from gender to virginity to religion. There seems to be some tendency for people to infer that anything socially constructed is unreal. This is a harmful tendency. Take, for example, language. It is an interrelated system of social constructions stemming from a possibly innate necessity for humans (and animals) to communicate. Understanding that language is a social construction doesn’t mean that it is no longer valid or real. If it were, the words you are reading right now would be as meaningless as buh duh hywt sneeep. All it means is that different places across the globe will speak different languages. It doesn’t mean that English is more natural than Creole. It just means that humans at one point or another had or will have a different concept of language than we do now. Gender is no different. For those who don’t know, gender is a social construct in that it is a system of ideologies and behaviors prescribed to us at birth based on the appearance of our genitalia. When we speak of gender in this sense, we usually refer to masculinity or femininity. Intersex people are those born with genitalia that is somewhere between a penis and a vagina. It could be almost a penis or it could be
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Debunking weight-loss myths
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know most of the South wants this brutal winter to be over, but I’m here to tell you that Mother Nature isn’t done. The immediate forecast reveals below-freezing temperatures and a possible wintry mix. But despite the weather, spring bre a k i s next week, and we’re all trying to shed that winter Tyler weight. When Gobin it comes Staff Columnist to weight loss, there are a lot of conflicting myths and debates about what’s best. I am certainly no expert, but I want to tackle a few myths plaguing people everywhere. Myth: Reducing calories reduces weight. The facts state that if you decrease your intake of calories, it will lead to weight loss over time, but people use this information to justify skipping a meal or two. Skipping meals doesn’t lead to faster weight loss. When you skip meals, you’re more likely to overindulge later. If you suddenly start skipping meals and reduce your calories by an excessive amount, your metabolism will slow down and conserve the limited number of calories you’re eating. Instead of attempting to drastically decrease your calorie intake, make a plan to slowly reduce the number by eliminating 100 calories from one meal and another 100 from another.
Find ways to trim the excess calories, and eventually it will lead to trimming your weight. Myth: Exercise offsets prolonged sedentary periods. Life can be pretty easy sometimes because of the luxuries of technology and convenience, but that doesn’t give you the excuse to live a sedentary lifestyle. Exercising is a great start, but there’s
“Don’t waste a workout by spending the rest of the day in front of the TV or computer.” always room to improve. Fit people tend to not only exercise, but take the stairs, walk to the grocery store and find more ways to incorporate movement into daily life. Don’t waste a workout by spending the rest of the day in front of the TV or computer; rather, use it to guide the rest of your day. Countless studies have successfully linked the time spent on your rear end to heart disease, diabetes and an early death. The longer the large muscles in your legs remain stationary, the more harmful blood fats can build up in your bloodstream. To combat this without springing for a standing desk, simply get up for a minute or two every half hour or during every commercial while watching TV. Myth: Cardio is the king of weight loss. This state-
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ment cannot be more false. I am sure everyone has heard of the recent hype about high-intensity workouts and how they promote weight loss among other health benefits. Unlike cardio, high-intensity workouts help people lose weight because they cause more calories to be burned throughout the day. A medium- to low-intensity cardio session may burn more calories during the workout itself than a high-intensity workout, but the low-intensity workout will take longer. Also, the high-intensity workout has other numerous health benefits which include lower cholesterol and increased VO2 max. Myth: The quality of food doesn’t matter. It’s true that there have been people who have eaten a McDonald’s diet and lost weight, and if you want to jump on the bandwagon, be my guest, but I find it easier to let the food do some of the work. A diet rich in fiber from fruit, vegetables, legumes and seeds will cause your metabolism to work harder to break down the food and thus burn some extra calories. Nutritional food takes up more volume and will thus make you full faster. In other words, eating a 1,000-calorie pizza may be easy, but try and eat 1,000 calories worth of fruits and vegetables and let me know how that goes. This list could take up the rest of the newspaper and still not be complete, but I hope I could offer some guidance in a clouded area.
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Features Oysters use sounds to choose their home TECHNICIAN
FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 2014 • PAGE 5
Megan Stitt Staff Writer
Will you choose to settle down in the big city, the calm country or somewhere in between? Your preference is based on a variety of different factors, but do you ever consider the sounds of these places? Oysters do. Ashlee Lillis, a post-doctoral research fellow, researched how sound affects where oysters choose to live — even though they don’t have ears, as she stated in a N.C. State news release written by Tracy Peake. Lillis does this research with her professor, David Eggleston, and in collaboration with geophysicist Del Bohnenstiehl, beginning in summer of 2010 and ending in summer of 2012. “The ocean has different soundscapes, just like on land,” Lillis said in the release, “Living in a reef is like living in a busy urban area: There are a lot of residents, a lot of activity and a lot of noise. By comparison, the seafloor is more like living in the quiet countryside.” Lillis studied larval settlement cues for her undergraduate thesis and as a master’s student. She said that soundscapes “seemed like an avenue of research that is not
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Ashlee Lillis, a doctoral candidate in marine, earth and atmospheric sciences, looks for a “spat”, or larvae that has settled on an oyster, as part of her research exploring how the sounds of reefs can influence the settlement of marine larvae. Lillis said, “being on the leading edge of a new field is really fun, interesting and exciting.”
only fascinating but relatively unexplored.” To test the effects of ocean soundscapes, Lillis and her professors put oysters from hatcheries from the University of Maryland and a hatchery in North Carolina into cylindrical tanks, capable of holding 20 liters, with speakers at the bottom playing sounds that would be heard in different locations in the ocean. They then measured
how many oysters chose to settle. At first they waterproofed computer speakers, but then gained funding to purchase underwater speakers, which Lillis said “can better reproduce the sounds.” N.C. State’s The Abstract put some of the recordings they used, both from reefs and soft-bottom habitats, online. The reef creates more noise; almost a crackle.
Students can listen to them at http://web.ncsu.edu/abstract/science/snap-cracklepop/. According to Lillis, there are more sounds coming from the reef due to a “higher density of sound-producing organisms (i.e. fish, shrimp).” The researchers recorded the amount of settlement, which Lillis defines as the “attachment to hard substrate,” when they played each of the
sounds. The result was that more oysters chose to settle when the sounds of the reef were played. However, sound is not the only factor in oyster settlement. Surface characteristics, physical cues and chemical cues are all factors in choosing where to live. “Sound is one of many signals that may be used, and is potentially used over broader scales than some of the others
because it can travel farther than other cues and may be more consistent,” Lillis said. According to Lillis, the research is far from over. They will test other behaviors based on sound, such as sinking and swimming. Lillis said they also plan to play the recorded sounds in the natural environments in order to test if the initial results “have an ecologically significant effect on natural settlement rates.”
300: Rise of the Empire brings naval wars, comedy to the film 300: Rise of the Empire
Chelsey Winstead Correspondent
Eight years after the bloody blockbuster predecessor, 300: Rise of an Empire picks up the shields and spears of the fallen Spartans to continue the story of the infamous Greco-Persian wars. Union Activities Board sponsored a free preview for students at Mission Valley Cinema on Wednesday, two days before the long-awaited sequel premiered. Directed by Noam Murro with previous screenplay heads Zack Snyder and Kurt Johnston, the cinematography of the sequel follows the graphic novel nature of the original, but this time the blood finds a surface to land on instead of evaporating. The dark shadows and red undertones of Sparta give way to a more vibrant and blue-hue set of Athens as the film shifts its emphasis to the naval battle of Artemisium. It is hard to call this film a sequel. The plotline gives the back story of events leading up to the battle of Thermopylae and shows what was happening to all of Greece when Leonidas took his 300-strong Spartan army to face Xerxes. It continues the story by portraying the historical account of the battle waged at sea be-
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position and interviewed until she got one. Having a background in history and previously working as a museum curator, she said the reason for applying was mainly a desire to change careers but also attributes it to her love for the cause of the organization. During her time with MDA, Paulhamus said she has learned much
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The film, 300: Rise of the Empire, premieres today, starring Sullivan Stapleton Themistokles, Eva Green as Artemisia and Lena Headey as the Gorgo Queen of Sparta.
tween Themistokles of Athens and Artemisia I of Caria. Those not familiar with ancient Greek history will be happy to know the stylized gore and selection of six-packs of the original film have returned. While no one is kicked into a pit in slow motion, death-defying leaps are taken onto warships with soldiers swinging silver bladed appendages left and right. Unlike 300, the camera angles sometime take on first person viewing similar to that of a video game. The
gaming experience does not end there, however, for many of the soldiers look animated during the fighting scenes. At times, I wondered if the Murro intended for the hand-tohand combat to mirror that of Assassin’s Creed, though much should not be expected of a movie filmed in its entirety on a massive green screen. Just a warning, the land layout of Athens varies a bit from Murro’s burning image. The biggest difference in Rise of the Empire is the bat-
tle being on water instead of land. Whereas the warfare in 300 is on foot and often indistinguishable, each day of battle at sea has a different element to make it memorable. The separate battle strategies of both armies help to identify the Persians versus the Greeks, and of course, the muscular Greek men are clothed in blue capes and leather in comparison to the black garb and silver masks of the Persians. Played by Sullivan Stapleton, the Athenian Them-
istokles is the calmer version of Leonidas of Sparta. Though Sullivan is strong in his role of the Athenian warrior, he does not have the same madness of the Spartan played by Gerard Butler in the first film. Themistokles is more approachable by his men and feels more human to the audience. The bass throated roars of Butler are substituted for the tenor cries of Stapleton when leading the men into battle. Overall, the red-robed Spartan leader had more heart than the blue-
about the organization and the diseases it covers. “Each of these diseases deals with how the brain communicates with the muscles and how the muscles are made up,” Paulhamus said. “Another misconception is the people who have these diseases are cognitively disabled, which is not the case. They are very intelligent people. The disability is simply wrapped up in the way the muscles work and the way the muscles develop.” All of the money raised
from the walk goes directly to MDA to help with national research as well as providing services and programs for local families. Part of the funds raised go to MDA camp scholarships for children with these covered diseases to experience a week of unrestricted physical fun at an MDA sponsored camp in Winston-Salem. Funds are also directed to research being done in the Triangle. According to Paulhamus, Duke is working on new research for various diagnoses at this
time and clinical trials and studies are being held at Duke and UNC. “We’re able to do a lot of this research in our own backyard because of the exceptional healthcare institutions we have right here,” Paulhamus said. A variety of people and teams participate in the Muscle Walk each year. Paulhamus says teams are organized into corporate, family and community divisions. The top fundraising team of the 2013 Muscle Walk was
Kevin’s Cruisers. Paulhamus said by recruiting team members, talking to business contacts and inviting them to the Walk, Kevin’s Cruisers went from a team raising a few thousand dollars to one raising $20,000. The fraternity Kappa Alpha Order is a national partner with the MDA and recognizes the MDA as KA’s chosen philanthropy. The chapters of KA at N.C. State, UNC and Duke are registered for the walk this year. Duke’s chapter of KA joined the Muscle Walk
robed Themistokles. Not to be outdone by the semi-naked meat market known as the Greek army, Eva Green gives a devilishly brilliant performance as the cold-hearted naval commander Artemisia. Her white skin, contrasted to her tight, black armor physically compliments her dominatrix attitude as she controls her force with the ferocity of a striking panther. Her Greek counterpart, Gorgo Queen of Sparta, played by 300’s Lena Headey, carries the wisdom and hidden anger Artemisia lacks but is not one to shy away from crossing blades. These two fierce femme fatales prove that men are not the only fighting forces in the Greek and Persian armies. Though the minimalistic script is lacking the thickness of the f lowing bloodshed, 300: Rise of an Empire is not short of testosterone and graphic gore famous in the original. With more comedic relief in the prequelsequel, some moments of intense dialogue were followed by wise cracking one-liners not seen before in the serious Spartans. Moviegoers will learn that the Spartans were not the only men prepared for glory, but may be sad to see they were the only men with true anger and fighting hearts in both films.
three years ago and quickly raised thousands of dollars for the cause. Funds for the 2014 Muscle Walk are currently at $32,103 and rising daily. To donate, visit www.mda.org and go to the “Find a Walk and Register” and find the link for the Triangle Muscle Walk. You can also register as a participant or create a team to walk and be a part of the event.
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The Stick of Truth pleases both old, new fans South Park: The Stick of Truth Developer: Obsidian
Bryce Hart Staff Writer
Although it faced numerous delays postponing its release from 2013 to 2014, including its original publisher going out of business, South Park: The Stick of Truth was released this month with a lot of hype and high hopes. The only other major South Park video game for the Nintendo 64 received bad reviews and thankfully, Stick of Truth does not follow in its shoes. In Stick of Truth, the main character is a new kid in the town of South Park who becomes caught up in the South Park kids’ pretend war of the humans versus the elves. The
new kid is quickly recruited by the humans and taught to fight just as the elves invade. The story of Stick of Truth is absurd but fun, and much of the game’s odd happenings could be played off as the kids playing make believe. The story itself brings in many characters from the show, and even for the most casual fans of the show, the cameos will bring a smile and a laugh. Many side quests are offered to the player while diving even deeper into the world of South Park. These side quests can be hard if the player is not prepared for them, but they have very good rewards. Stick of Truth is a turnbased role-playing game much in the vein of the old Super Mario RPG series. Combat includes precise timing of pressing certain buttons such as when the
weapon flashes. The combat in the game is very deep and rewarding. The weapons are varied, and certain weapons allow the player to do a power attack, which is good against armored enemies, or a regular attack, which is good against most other enemies but very weak to armored enemies. Weapons can also be modified by weapon patches, which add damage modifiers such as burning or bleeding. Certain weapons and pieces of equipment also have bonus stats such as healing the wearer at the end of each turn or giving the wearer more points for abilities when they are healed. Another aspect of combat is the player’s partner. Random kids from the town of South Park will join the party, and they can be swapped out in battle or while walking
around. Each kid has different abilities and a class such as Butters, who is a paladin and can heal or use his hammer for strong attacks. All these aspects put together make combat entertaining and often more challenging than might be expected from a South Park game. Battles will take some thought as to what weapon to use or what partner to bring in. Matt Stone and Trey Parker, the creators of the show, were heavily involved with Stick of Truth’s development, and it shows with all the inside jokes, characters and locations. However, for hardcore fans of the show, some of the jokes are recycled and may feel old and a little less funny. Regardless of any old jokes, Stick of Truth commands an incredible amount of entertainment with its humor.
The items used in the game and their descriptions are hilarious and add insight to the world of the show. Stick of Truth is the first time there has been a complete map of the town of South Park. For anyone who has watched the show, it is incredibly neat seeing the entire town, including trademark locations such as the school or the City Wok restaurant. Along with the detailed map, the game has a lot of places to explore. Very early on, the player can go into Cartman’s room and see his closet full of items he used during the show. As the game progresses, they can do the same for all of the major characters. As the player walks to an early objective, they are stopped by Al Gore, who warns about Manbearpig, just as he does in the show.
The game itself looks crisp and even better than the show in HD. Stick of Truth looks like it was made the same way Stone and Parker make the show and the details really pop. One issue is that at random moments, the game will lag some. This issue has popped up on all versions. However, the version played on the PC only saw a few moments of stutter, but nothing gamebreaking or distracting. Stick of Truth is not only a great South Park game, but it’s a great role-playing game as well. Obsidian has a good track record with roleplaying games, and Stone and Parker’s involvement with the development allowed for good gameplay combined with humor to make a fun and interesting game.
Rhodes races to the finish in sports, studies Chelsey Winstead Correspondent
The life of a college student is filled with deadlines and projects that can overwhelm even the strongest minds. Having a life outside of the classroom, much less a career, takes effective concentration and time management. Luckily, Harrison Rhodes, a sophomore in business administration, excels in those areas and more. Rhodes recently qualified 15th in the NASCAR Nationwide race in Daytona, and he is the only full-time student and driver in the league. Rhodes said his love for racing started when he was 10 years old and was allowed to drive a go-cart owned by NASCAR veteran Bobby Labonte and his son Tyler. After watching Tyler in a go-cart race, Rhodes knew he wanted to try his hand behind the wheel. The Labonte’s gave him the opportunity to race the go-cart at the area track. “It just kind of started from there, and I’ve built up to where I am now,” Rhodes said. Rhodes said he enjoyed playing baseball and basketball as well in middle school, but when he entered high school, he realized he needed to pick only one. “I couldn’t do it all,” Rhodes said. “I had to make a choice, and racing was what I wanted to do.” Life on the track takes a lot of mental stamina, and because racing is not a typical sport to practice, Rhodes said he has to use different methods in preparing for a race. He said he uses racing video games to prepare for racing on a new track, and with advancements to the games, he
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Harrison Rhodes, sophomore in business administration, qualified 15th in the NASCAR Nationwide race in Daytona and is the only full-time college student and driver in the league.
is able to experience almost all the bumps and characteristics on the new track. After driving in several races across the country, Rhodes says his favorite track is Darlington Raceway in South Carolina because of how the track is laid out. “Most tracks you go in high and then you stay in the low part of the line, but at Darlington you go in low and ride against the wall the whole time,” Rhodes said. “It’s pretty intense and is more of a driver’s drive.” Although many of the drivers are physically fit, Rhodes said it is not as physically demanding as other sports, but drivers are exposed to high
temperatures. “It’s 130 degrees and above in the cock pit, and we have on a full driving suit in the car,” Rhodes said. “We sweat anywhere from six to eight pounds during a race. People always ask if I have to pee in the car; it’s the most common question! I just tell them we go before and sweat the rest.” Being a first-generation racer, Rhodes said he leans on his family for support to face the challenge of being a professional driver and college student. “It’s almost harder for people like me to make it in the sport now because most of the young people you see in the sport are older NASCAR
drivers’ kids,” Rhodes said. “So it’s more of a challenge, especially with being in college as well.” Rhodes said he is not naive to the nature of the sport. Even with his recent success in the series, Rhodes understands the uncertainty associated with racing and the importance of going to college. “You could be driving for this team one day, and then after that season, they could say, ‘We don’t want you anymore,’” Rhodes said. “It’s not very dependable. I always planned on going to college and making it work with whatever I was doing racingwise. If I were even to get a
full-time deal for this year, I’d probably just have to decrease my workload, but still be here as much as I can.” Rhodes said a lot of what he learns in the classroom is applicable to how he promotes himself as a racer. “I always say it’s like 80 percent of my time is spent in the business world finding sponsors and making them happy, and 20 percent of it is actually racing,” Rhodes said. Rhodes said he also enjoys living in the state capital because it has a lot to offer. “One of my favorite things about Raleigh is there is just something ever y where,” Rhodes said. “Every restaurant you could think of is
here. I like that there are a lot of options.” Even with his busy racing schedule, Rhodes said he still finds time to have the life of an average N.C. State student. During the fall, Rhodes said he attended a few football games. He said he enjoys rooting for a big school’s team. Having transferred from High Point University, the larger campus offers more of what Rhodes said he wanted in a university. “I like the fact that there’s new faces every day,” Rhodes said. “It’s kind of cool to be able to be in another state but see N.C. State stuff everywhere. It’s like having another family.”
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Clash with Eagles crucial for State’s tournament hopes Staff Report
N.C. State will close out its regular season against Boston College Sunday night at the PNC Arena. The game will serve as senior night for the Wolfpack’s lone honoree, senior center Jordan Vandenberg. The Pack’s game against the Eagles could also be the last time sophomore forward T.J. Warren will play for State at PNC Arena, unless the sophomore decides to stay in Raleigh for another season. State (18-12 overall, 8-9 ACC) will be fresh off a fiveday rest following Monday’s crucial road win over Pittsburgh (22-8 overall, 10-7 ACC), a win that snapped the Pack’s three-game losing skid. Boston College (8-22 overall, 4-13 ACC) lost a close encounter, 74-70, at home Tuesday against Florida State (18-11 overall, 9-8 ACC). The Eagles currently sit at the bottom of the ACC, while the Wolfpack is tied with Maryland in eighth place, just one game behind the Seminoles for the seventh slot. The Pack still has a very
realistic shot of locking up a seventh seed in the upcoming ACC Tournament. In the event of a three-way tie for seventh place, N.C. State owns tiebreakers over Florida State and Maryland after beating both teams at the PNC Arena in late January. Florida State plays against No. 7 Syracuse (26-4 overall, 13-4 ACC) Sunday afternoon in the ‘Noles’ season finale. A Wolfpack win and a Seminoles loss would hand State the seventh seed, regardless of the outcome of Maryland’s game against Virginia. If the Wolfpack is able to clinch the tournament’s seventh seed, it will likely be in the same half of the bracket as Syracuse and North Carolina, both of whom N.C. State came close to beating in late February. The Eagles will have to find a way to contain Warren, something few teams have accomplished t his season. Warren, the conference’s leading scorer (24.2 points per game), is hot off a sensational 41-point performance against Pittsburgh, his eighth 30-plus point game of the season.
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Sophomore forward T.J. Warren drives along the baseline during N.C. State’s game against Wake Forest Feb. 11 at the PNC Arena. Warren led the Wolfpack with 34 points and 10 rebounds, helping State secure a 82-67 victory over the Demon Deacons.
The Durham native also leads the ACC in field goal percentage (.528), and is one of three players in ACC history to lead the conference in scoring and field goal percentage (Tim Duncan and Horace Grant). N.C. State’s freshman guard Anthony “Cat” Barber seems
to be turning things around after hitting a cold streak to begin ACC play. Barber racked up nine points, five assists and five rebounds with no turnovers against Pitt in perhaps his best performance of 2014. Boston College will hope its star duo, sophomore guard
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Syracuse on Feb. 19, helping the Eagles pull off the improbable upset. The Orange’s defense held Anderson, who had nine points against ‘Cuse, well below his season average of 14.3 points per game. But the junior from Lakewood, Calif. compensated by gobbling up 14 rebounds, almost seven more than his season average (7.2). Wolf pack head coach Mark Gottfried will likely use a combination of junior guards, Desmond Lee and Ralston Turner, to keep Hanlan in check while freshmen forwards Kyle Washington and Lennard Freeman will try to suppress Anderson in the post. Lee, one of the Pack’s best on-ball defenders, was held scoreless by Pittsburgh’s defense Monday. The junior has been a largely unheralded member of State’s roster this season, but often draws the opposing team’s most difficult offensive matchup. State’s game against the Eagles is scheduled to tip off at 6 p.m., and will be televised on ESPNU.
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BASEBALL
Cavs, Seminoles top power rankings Christian Candeloro
Women’s basketball tips off ACC Tournament against Orange N.C. State (24-6 overall, 11-5 ACC) will take on Syracuse (22-8 overall, 10-6 ACC) in the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament in Greensboro Friday at 12 p.m. The winner of the No. 14 N.C. State v. Syracuse will advance to the semifinal round to take on the winner of No. 2 Notre Dame (29-0 overall, 16-0 ACC) v. Florida State (2010 overall, 7-9 ACC). Senior forwards Markeisha Gatling and Kody Burke, named first-team and second-team All-ACC selections Tuesday, will hope to power the Pack to victory in the final ACC Tournament appearance of their careers. SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS
Women’s basketball tips off ACC Tournament against Orange N.C. State’s (7-3 overall) women’s tennis team won its 11th straight match at the J.W. Isenhour Tennis Center, as the Wolfpack took out Winthrop, 6-1, Thursday. Check out the full recap at our website, TechnicianOnline.com/ Sports.
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Today WOMEN’S BASKETBALL V. SYRACUSE Greensboro, N.C., 11 a.m. MEN’S TENNIS V. APPALACHIAN STATE Raleigh, N.C., 12 a.m. BASEBALL V. NOTRE DAME Raleigh, N.C., 3 a.m. MEN’S TENNIS V. WINTHROP Raleigh, N.C., 5 p.m. WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS V. LSU Baton Rouge, La., 8 p.m. Saturday WRESTLING AT ACC CHAMPIONSHIPS Blacksburg, Va., All Day SOFTBALL V. PITTSBURGH Raleigh, N.C., 12 p.m. SOFTBALL V. PITTSBURGH Raleigh, N.C., 2 p.m.
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Atlantic Division 1. Florida State The No. 2 Seminoles (10-1 overall) have an extremely deep lineup and are one of the biggest threats to Virginia’s ACC title bid. The ‘Noles are led by All-American sophomore outfielder D.J. Stewart (.395 BA, eight RBIs) and four excellent starting pitchers, including senior right-hander Gage Smith (2-0, 0.00 ERA) and preseason All-American junior Luke Weaver (2-1, 2.12 ERA). Although redshirt freshman pitcher, and Heisman trophy winning quarterback, Jameis Winston is garnering all the media attention, Florida State is loaded with talent and is a lock to compete for both the ACC and NCAA title in 2014. 2. N.C. State The No. 8 Wolfpack (10-2 overall) has begun its season with a slew of blowout wins, and will be in contention to win it all in Omaha. Junior pitcher Carlos Rodon (1-2, 2.14 ERA) surprisingly has pitched in both of the Wolfpack’s losses, but has looked strong on the mound, while freshman third baseman Andrew Knizner (.432 BA, two HR, 12 RBIs) has paced the Wolfpack’s offense. Knizner is in the midst of a 10-game hitting streak, the fourth longest in N.C. State history by a freshman, and has homered in consecutive games after dingers Sunday and Wednesday against Youngstown State and N.C. A&T, respectively. 3. Clemson The No. 19 Tigers started hot by taking six of their first seven. But after a trip to No. 10 South Carolina, the Tigers suddenly found themselves on a four-game losing skid. Sophomore infielder Tyler Kreiger has been a catalyst on offense for Clemson, hitting .375, while freshman catcher Chris Okey, who leads Clemson with 12 RBIs, has lived up to his billing as a top prospect. 4. Maryland A year after finishing with the most conference wins in school history, the Terrapins (8-2) appear to be on track for an even bigger year in 2014. Maryland has received excellent pitching from senior Jake Stinnett (2-1, 1.54 ERA), who threw the seventh no-hitter in Maryland
history against Massachusetts on March 1. 5. Wake Forest Wake Forest has jumped out to a 9-4 record, and has lost several extremely close games. Junior pitcher John McLeod (2-0, 0.54 ERA) has been lights out on the mound, and senior first baseman Matt Conway has provided pop in the middle of the order. Expect the Demon Deacons to contend in the Atlantic Division. 6. Notre Dame Notre Dame has gotten off to a terrible start. The Irish have been forced to replace two former stars, third baseman Eric Jagielo and first baseman Trey Mancini, who both are now playing professionally. However, the ace of Notre Dame’s staff, junior pitcher Pat Connaughton, has yet to make an appearance. Connaughton, a two-sport varsity athlete (basketball), possesses a mid-90’s fastball and had a 1.71 ERA during 10 starts last season. 7. Boston College The Eagles are perhaps the worst team in the ACC. BC has battled to a 6-6 record against small school opponents, and will likely fade away as soon as conference play starts. Sophomore pitcher Andrew Chin has emerged as the definite ace for Eagles and will provide opponents with a difficult pitching matchup. Coastal Division 1. Virginia Virginia is not only the No. 1 team in the ACC, but also the No. 1 team in collegiate baseball. The Cavaliers, led by sophomore pitcher Nathan Kirby (3-0, 0.98 ERA) and junior outfielder Mike Papi (.405 BA, two HR, 12 RBIs), have roared out to a 9-2 record. Virginia has eight starters returning from its fast and powerful lineup last season, and the immense talent on the Cavs roster has been evident early. 2. UNC-Chapel Hill After dropping three of its first four, North Carolina (8-3) has bounced back by winning seven straight. The No. 16 Tar Heels have benefited from the emergence of freshman shortstop Wood Myers (.390 BA, four RBIs) and sophomore pitcher Trent Thornton (3-0, 1.33 ERA). 3. Miami The No. 19 Hurricanes (7-5) opened their season with an incred-
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Freshman third baseman Andrew Knizner throws the ball to first base during N.C. State’s game against Appalachian State at Doak Field Feb. 21. Knizner went one-for-four at the plate and scored a run, helping the Wolfpack defeat the Mountaineers, 6-5.
ibly tough slate, with a series against No. 2 Florida State and the then-No. 23 Florida Gators. Miami managed to earn a split during the six-game stretch, showing that it will be a contender in the ACC. 4. Georgia Tech Georgia Tech knew it was going to need production from its highly touted freshman class if the Yellow Jackets wanted to compete for an ACC title in 2014. Freshman outfielders Ryan Peurifoy (.313 BA, six RBIs) and Keenan Innis (.273 BA, two RBIs) have not disappointed, but Tech looks like a middle of the pack team in the tough ACC Coastal division. 5. Virginia Tech Virginia Tech (6-4) has looked rather unimpressive in the early going. Junior catcher Mark Zagunis, who is expected to be the Hokies’ best hitter, has eight RBIs, but is
hitting just .222. The Hokies will need improved pitching from their rotation and better production at the plate to right the ship. 6. Duke Duke (7-5) is deep on the mound, with junior pitcher Trent Swart (2-1, 1.42 ERA) as the Blue Devils’ ace. Duke also has a dangerous slugger in redshirt junior outfielder Chris Marconcini (.367 BA, three HR, 13 RBIs). The Devils are the surprise team of the ACC so far. 7. Pittsburgh The Panthers (4-5) are entering their first year as members of the ACC, and have looked relatively weak. But despite its early-season struggles, Pitt has received good production from sophomore infielder Dylan Wolsonovich (.345 BA, six RBIs).
WRESTLING
Wolfpack prepares for Saturday’s ACC Championships Zack Tanner Assistant Sports Editor
On Feb. 22, the N.C. State wrestling team left Durham with its 14th dual meet win of the season – one shy of tying the school record – as the Wolfpack took care of Duke, 25-13. The victory over the Blue Devils wrapped up an astounding regular season for State, the team’s best since 1992. However, all of State’s regular season success will be thrown out the window when the Pack heads to Blacksburg, Va., to participate in the ACC Championships on Saturday. Each of the seven ACC programs will send 10 wrestlers to compete for a team championship and an individual spot at the NCAA Championships in Oklahoma City on March 20. The ACC is one of the best wrestling conferences in the nation, but State (14-7 overall, 2-4 ACC) has struggled against in-conference foes lately. The Pack mustered up at least two conference wins this season for the first time since 2008. The Championships will be no cakewalk for State this
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Freshman Chris Wilkes (133) pulls North Carolina’s Trou Heilmann to the ground. Wilkes pulled an upset over Heilmann to help the Wolfpack beat the Tar Heels, 19-16, Jan. 31 in Reynolds Coliseum.
season either, as the team will face strong programs in No. 10 Pittsburgh, No. 12 Virginia and No. 16 Virginia Tech, each of which boast at least seven starters in the top 33. The Cavaliers have ranked men at all 10 weight classes. Though State sports five ranked competitors of its own, inexperience will continue to be an issue for the team. Of the 10 wrestlers
that the Pack will be sending to Blacksburg, six are true freshmen. State’s head coach Pat Popolizio said that while he knows his team is prepared for the tournaments, it’s hard to say what to expect from his young team. “They’ve all wrestled their whole lives in big tournaments,” Popolizio said. “It’ll be exciting to see these guys
compete for the first time in ACC Championships.” Only three members of the Pack have seen action in a previous ACC Championship: No. 20 sophomore Sam Speno (141), No. 16 junior Tommy Gantt (157) and redshirt senior KaRonne Jones (197). Jones will be the only senior in Saturday’s lineup for State. After redshirting the
2013 season, Jones has been a major contributor for the Pack, competing in 18 of the team’s 21 dual matches. “He’s a guy that bought into our [the new coaching staff’s] philosophy,” Popolizio said. “I think he benefited a lot from that change.” Though Jones ended the regular season on a fivematch skid, the Fayetteville native will be competing against only six other wrestlers for five NCAA qualifying spots. Despite the fact that five of his six potential opponents are ranked, Popolizio said Jones can have a quality tournament. “All he needs to do is put together a couple good matches,” Popolizio said. “He has the ability; it just matters if he believes that he can win the tournament.” Gantt has been a consistent performer for the Pack during the season, finishing the year with a dual-meet record of 16-2. Gantt’s sole conference loss this season came at the hands of Virginia’s No. 13 Blaise Butler, the current favorite in the 157 weight class. Gantt finished third at last year’s ACC Championships and just missed the cut for
National qualifying. This year, however, Popolizio said he believes Gantt has the ability to finish on top of the podium. “Last year, he fell short of his goal, and I know that has left a burning fire in him,” Popolizio said. “Right now, it’s the most motivated I’ve seen him and the best he’s been wrestling.” The Pack’s top contender heading into the weekend is No. 3 redshirt sophomore Nick Gwiazdowski (285). Fresh off defeating the top-ranked heavyweight in the nation on Feb. 22, Gwiazdowski appears to be a surefire champion in the heavyweight tournament on Saturday. “He’s really come a long way,” Popolizio said. “To beat the No. 1 guy in the country, that shows that you’re wrestling your best.” With a record of 35-2, including 20-0 in dual meets, Gwiazdowski is a major threat to win the NCAA heavyweight title this season. After his latest victory, the Delanson, N.Y. native said he was “pretty close to” where he needed to be for Nationals.