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SG bill to recognize LGBTQ students Josué Molina Managing Editor
Members of the Student Senate passed Resolution 98, the Inclusive Admissions Act, which calls for the University to include an option on admissions applications allowing prospective students to disclose their sexual orientation and gender identity. The senate passed the bill with ease Wednesday, and although its writer Alex Grindstaff, a senior in biological sciences and College of Sciences senator, said he was hoping for unanimous support, he still dubbed it a “land-slide victory,” and that it was. The bill passed with 34 votes in favor and five votes in opposition. Three student senators abstained and 13 student senators were absent during the vote. Grindstaff said the bill is an effort to make the University a more welcoming environment for members of the GLBT community. However, as indicated by the voting record, not everyone supported the bill. Some people argued against the bill on the grounds that it could potentially delay the admissions process or cause uncomfortable situations for members of the GLBT community, according to Grindstaff. However, the resolution stated that the question about sexual orientation should be optional. “Some people that were uncomfortable with the GLBT issue—any GLBT issue—were kind of using the excuse that [members of the GLBT community] may be uncomfortable, and they don’t want to be asked that question,” Grindstaff said. According to Grindstaff, it’s hard
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Justine Hollingshead, the director of the GLBT Center, addresses the student Senate, Wednesday. Hollingshead was promoting a bill to add gender identity and sexual orientation to N.C. State’s application.
to address the issues affecting the GLBT community because it’s difficult to know how many of these students there are on campus. Grindstaff said the best way to reach the GLBT community will be including these questions in the admissions application. “We can’t go in and ask these students ‘how do you feel?’ because we don’t know who they are,” Grindstaff said. “So volunteering this information allows them to get back to us and provide feedback. ‘Why are you uncomfortable? And what can campus do for you?’” Grindstaff said he worked with Justine Hollingshead, the director of the GLBT Center, to write the bill. He said Hollingshead helped him
with the language of the bill, and she also provided information about what resources are available for the members of the GLBT community. Hollingshead said she provided background information from schools across the country that have similar types of policies in place regarding collecting demographic data pertaing to sexual orientation and gender identity. According to Hollingshead, fewer than 10 schools in the country provide these questions on their applications. At the senate meeting, Hollingshead spoke about the GLBT Climate Survey, and she also said she answered questions some of the student senators asked during the debate of the bill.
According to the 2012-2013 GLBT Climate Survey, people in the GLBT community are considered an “invisible” minority because it’s difficult to gather basic demographic information about this community. The GLBT Climate Survey also said the campus environment could use improvement. “While participants reported having an overall positive experience at N.C. State, the responses to qualitative survey questions showed specific needs, which should be addressed on campus, including the presence of anti-GLBT people and groups on campus, the prevalence of anti-GLBT mindsets on campus and a lack of benefits for participants’ partners,” the Climate Survey said.
The next step, according to Hollingshead, will be talking to administrators about what this bill looks like from an “operational stand point.” Though Hollingshead said she doesn’t see the options appearing anytime soon, she said this is a productive way to start a conversation about making them happen. “When you are a member of a minority community it helps for you to feel like you are included,” Hollingshead said. “It’s just one component of who you are, but it can be critical to also send the message that everyone at N.C. State matters because we are capturing that information.”
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Joe Klein, a Time Magazine reporter speaks at N.C. State.
Time columnist talks politics and citizenship Mona Bazzaz Staff Writer
Intense partisanship can result in government shutdowns and filibusters, but to one world-renowned journalist the problem doesn’t end there. It leads to a decreased sense of citizenship as well. Joe Klein, a Time magazine political columnist who has covered 10 presidential elections, spoke to students and other University affiliates Monday as a part of this year’s Harrelson Lecture Series. The harrelson lecture series has been active for almost fifty years, and Klein, the distinguished speaker for 2014, drew a crowd of more than 100 people. The topic of Klein’s lecture was “Politics Lost: The Search for Sanity in an Era of Political Consultants, Talk Radio, Cable News and the Blogosphere.” One of the topics he
covered was citizenship and how Americans are losing grasp of what that idea truly means. He described how the United States is becoming more divided as a nation and how the citizens can resolve this issue. One of these dividing issues, according to Klein, is the polarization of politics. “There are lots of moderates among the people, but no moderates among Congress,” Klein said. He spoke about how this representation is a huge factor for why the United States has lost some of its “connectedness” as a nation. Klein also found issue with the media and said “television has ruined everything.” “Television began inf luencing politics in 1960, when there were a series of debates between Nixon and
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N.C. State’s Constructed Facilities Laboratory can easily be missed among the huge buildings typical of Centennial Campus, but the research that has been generated and the objects that have been tested inside it and have turned the lab into a nationally-renowned workspace. The CFL, which was founded in 1995, is a graduate-research facility in the Department of civil-construction and environmental engineering, according to Lab Manager Greg Lucier who has worked at the lab for more than 10 years. The primary goal of the lab is to conduct experiments that support structures, materials and geotechnical research in the department, but the lab often sees third-party action as well. According to Lucier, the lab tested the wooden beams in RaleighDurham International airport’s new terminal, helicopter blades and the foundational steel bars for the World Trade Center’s replacement: the One World Trade Center in New York City. Though Lucier said similar labs can be found all around the world, there aren’t many of them that can compare to the CFL. Lucier estimated there are probably a dozen labs with capabilities equal to or greater than the CFL in the coun-
try and that only one other lab in the Southeast has similar capacities. “We have a unique set of capabilities here in terms of large-scale testing, the way we can interact with traditional research and industry and in terms of how we run and manage our work,” Lucier said. Lucier said he and other faculty members, researchers and students almost always test the steel, concrete and wooden objects “all the way to failure,” but it’s what happens to the objects up until that point that really matter. “Failure is very interesting because you learn from studying it, but in civil and structural engineering in particular, the goal of the design is to prevent a failure,” Lucier said. “We’re often looking at how things crack, deform and move well before they get to the point where they fail. We want to understand how a structure behaves during its service life under the loading it typically sees.” Lucier said third-party projects aren’t typical for the lab, but they are interesting. “We focus on traditional research and experiments where professors or principal investigators come to us in support of some broad research effort,” Lucier said. “The lab experiment could possibly be a large experiment but only a small part of the research.” However, the lab is also sought
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after by “industrial clients,” which include engineering or architecture firms, construction companies, and the North Carolina Department of Transportation, Lucier said. The lab has even tested materials designed to repair nuclear power plants across the southern United States. “These clients might have a new product or a new system or need to figure something out about a problem they have in the field,” Lucier said. “Maybe they designed something, and it didn’t work out well. In that case, we would do a test, and we would report the results to that industrial client.” The lab usually works with traditional materials such as concrete, steel and wood, which are used for civil engineering projects, according to Lucier. However, CFL staff have also been increasingly their use of new materials, such as carbon fiber, glass fiber and different composites for repairing or improving civil infrastructure. “We’ve gotten into exotic tests like testing bullet-proof glass for mineresistant vehicles simply because of the large forces required to test 5-6 inch thick glass, and because we have the capability,” Lucier said. Lucier said he’s seen the CFL grow since his arrival and foresees more growth in the future.
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“Since I’ve been here we’ve increased our activity level tremendously,” Lucier said. “We’ve gotten busier and added more staff and students, and as we move forward we’re looking forward to growing even more. In the civil engineering field, we’re looked at as one of the premier facilities in the country
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Kennedy that were televised,” Klein said. “People who listened on the radio thought Nixon won, and people who watched on their televisions believed that Kennedy had won.” This was the first real example of how images in the media have impacted politics because people interpreted the candidates’ messages dif-
for a lot of these specialized testing needs, and that’s something we want to continue.” One of these students who has taken advantage of the lab’s growing presence is Ph.D. Armita Mohammadian, who works at the CFL studying the kinetics of corrosion of steel in concrete as well as passivation and depassivation of steel in concrete. An academic advisor in Mohammadian’s home coun-
try of Iran who received his Ph.D at N.C. State, told her about the CFL and doctoral programs at the University. “It’s a unique situation in the lab because there are a lot of international people working together doing great work,” Mohammadian said. “It’s a really friendly environment, and they give you a lot of independence as long as you’re safe and trained to work on the equipment.”
ferently, according to Klein. Klein spoke about how the journalistic world has evolved since he was a child. He said the proper perspective for a journalist was formerly skepticism but has now turned into cynicism. “Cynicism is what passes as insight for the current media,” Klein said. “There has been laziness among journalists, and the vast number of media outlets available to the public has caused them to have drastically different
views.” He also reiterated that this has been the golden age of marketing, which is a fundamentally “un-American” principal. “America was the first place that what you believed was more important than who you were,” Klein said. “The things that we had in common are more important than the things that divide us. The principal of marketing is the opposite. The media has divided us as a people,
John Holtvedt, a junior in civil engineering, prepares one of the four concrete bowling balls he created with other students in the Constructed Facilities Laboratory.
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Mohamed Nafadi and Omar Khalaf Alla, graduate students in civil engineering, check for cracks in the concrete after 30,000 pounds of stress had been put on the structure in the Constructed Facilities Laboratory, Friday.
and we have lost the habits of citizenship.” Klein said he saw the restoration of citizenship after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. “After 9/11, something changed among the people,” Klein said. “People came together and people have become closer to each other, cared about each other and became citizens again.” Klein said he became extremely interested with the military and what they were doing. He spent a lot of time
overseas in the war zones and became close with a number of soldiers, Klein said. “This generation of troops is coming back with problems, but also skills that we need to lead us and show us how to be citizens again,” Klein said. “Ninety percent of returning troops said they wanted to continue serving in their communities.” Klein stated that it was really important that citizens don’t just thank soldiers, but understand that “we still
need them.” Greta Humphry is a firstyear Fashion Textile Management student who attended the lecture as a part of the University Scholars Program. “I really appreciate how Klein wasn’t afraid to establish his own stance on certain topics and share them with the audience,” Humphry said. “Most times, the speaker tries to remain objective.
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he Wolf line experienced approximately 14,000 “average weekday boardings” in spring 2011, according to N.C. State’s 2012 Campus Mobility Plan. T h a t ’s a n Travis Toth incredibly Contributing vague term Columnist to use on a final report, but regardless, it shows that a whole bunch of people use the Wolfline. If that’s going to continue to be true, the system needs a bit of revamping. Recently, the University spent upward of $300 million on Hunt Library and Talley Student Union. These modern structures utilize cutting-edge technology, yet something as functional as a public transportation service seems no more than an afterthought. If you weren’t sure which stop was yours, you’d have to rely on the bus driver calling out the stop’s name via a crackling intercom. Not only are these audible cues difficult to understand on a crowded bus, but sometimes the driver entirely forgets to give them. Other times, a Wolf line adviser will be conversing with the driver; and because the intercom doesn’t turn off, this conversation becomes the whole bus’ business. There’s nothing wrong with having a chat on the job, save taking the driver’s mind off the road, but this disturbance can be quite frustrating to those patrons of the bus who are trying to finish their last bit of homework, listening to some sick jams or just plain uninterested in how the driver’s kids are. Wolfline buses should have a digital board mounted inside to display the name of each stop, as well as an automated recording to verbalize
this information. This isn’t even remotely cutting-edge technology—they already have this type of setup at UNC-Chapel Hill. Speaking of archaic technology, Wolfline drivers have to keep track of each student who enters the bus using a handheld counting device. Sometimes this proves challenging, so they have to stop the f low of traffic so they can keep count. Don’t get me wrong; I’m not blaming them. If I had that many average weekday boardings, I’d have a hard time, too. Not only is this practice grossly time consuming, but if the data are being used to plan stops or monitor average weekday boardings, they’re incredibly flawed. A counting device dependent on human behavior screams human error. A sensor designed to monitor inf lows and outflows would be much more accurate, and the driver would be free to concentrate on the road. With that said, the bus routes themselves don’t even make sense. Why do I have to go all the way around campus to get from Nelson to Varsity? Circular bus routes are inefficient. I’m sure most of us have witnessed mass hysteria trying to catch the bus at Carmichael. Six of the 11 Wolfline buses stop there, according to the Wolf line Transit Guide’s System Map & Frequencies. This overlap causes incredible amounts of traffic and confusion, yet is advertised as having options. I wouldn’t call having six buses that take me to the gym but only one that takes me home a good thing, unless the people planning these routes are secretly trying to tell us we need exercise. Instead, the routes should be relatively linear with a
bus going in each direction. Then, this kind of unnecessary overlap wouldn’t happen, and the bus from Nelson to Varsity would be much quicker. S om e m i g ht a r g u e , “wouldn’t we have to build another bus stop on each side of the road?” Yes, we probably would; however, the entire Wolfline service only costs about $6 million a year, according to the FAQ on its website. Compared to Hunt and Talley, are a couple of new bus stops and digital boards really extravagant expenses? The inefficiency of the Wolf line dissuades people from using public transportation. Fourteen thousand average weekday boardings sounds like a lot, but the N.C. State Transportation “About Us” webpage boasts that it maintains about 19,000 parking spaces. Think of all the great things we could do with that land, yet we’re stuck with hideous concrete monoliths such as the Dan Allen and Coliseum parking decks. People should want to ride the bus. It’s quick, easy and keeps excess cars off the road. Fewer drivers mean there’s a smaller chance of two inches of snow causing another campus-wide gridlock. Finally let me say, occasional rivalry jokes aside, I’m not much of a sports fan. Because of this, I’m a bit nitpicky about the “Go Wolfpack” signs on the outside of the buses. This space could be readily available for more useful information such as the route number, route direction or the time. Even so, if it has to say “Go Wolfpack,” shouldn’t this message of camaraderie be emblazoned on a bus we can be proud of?
Erin Holloway, senior in English and anthropology
N.C. State should offer cooking class
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ow many of you actually cooked yourself dinner last night from scratch? And I mean something that required more than assembling a sandwich, reheating leftovers or throwing something in the microwave. Did you seriously take Tyler a nu mber Gobin of i ng re Staff Columnist dients and turn them into something more than just palatable, but actually delicious? For the majority of students, I can guess the answer is no because most college students lack the necessary skills to properly prepare themselves a meal that they look forward to as much as one from a restaurant. Cooking entails more than simply assembling food into something resembling a meal, but transforming ingredients into something delicious. Preparing your own masterpieces can save you money and improve your health, and yet many students still see the kitchen as a foreign battlefield without the necessary tools to navigate it. Dorm-residing students are partially exempt due to their jail cell-like living quarters, but those with
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easy access to a kitchen don’t have an excuse. If N.C. State takes it upon itself to teach the basics of fitness and exercise, then why doesn’t it offer classes to teach basic culinary skills? Requiring basic fitness and wellness classes is unnecessary, but the University has made these a requirement. Why doesn’t it teach students how to take care of themselves in the kitchen as well as in the gym? Some might suggest that cooking skills are supposed to be acquired in high school in some foods class or maybe through family, but the same argument can be made for fitness knowledge. Aren’t exercise fundamentals supposed to be taught in high school physical education or through parents and guardians? I’m not asking N.C. State to offer classes that rival the Culinary Institute of America, but maybe classes that rival the nearby civic center. The classes can be offered to students, and if they don’t fill up (which I doubt would happen), they can be extended to the general public. They could give people the confidence to properly cook meat and assist students to turn once unpalatable vegetables into edible delicacies. Like most 100-level fitness classes, the culinary classes would simply cover the basics.
Currently, culinary schools are separate entities that require complete commitment to a specialized school to capitalize on a possible interest. Classes outside the University are expensive and often short-lived, whereas a semester-long introductory class would create kitchensavvy adults ready to conquer the kitchen. And if the basics of culinary instill a sense of fulfillment, then it gives students the chance to venture to the correct institution. We know the path to successful health and weight loss includes more than just exercising, so why are we ignoring the obvious? Cooking is more than just a path to good health—it can also instill a sense of accomplishment that can transition elsewhere. Successfully transforming a set of ingredients into a delicious dinner can do wonders for your self-esteem and confidence, just like visual or performing arts. Furthermore, the classes could create a fun escape from the normal drag of sitting in lecture halls and give students a chance to apply what they learn immediately and share their knowledge with friends. If the University feels responsible for educating students about basic health and wellness, then it should also offer students the opportunity to learn how to conquer the kitchen.
Don’t blame Hagan, ACA for healthcare problems
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eople don’t like political ads. I don’t like them either,” says a woman in a political ad sponsored by Americans for ProsperJacqueline it y. W R A L Lee reported Staff Columnist that AFP has spent more money on political ads than any other group since the 2014 election cycle began. This particular ad shows a woman talking directly to the camera saying, “[Obamacare] just doesn’t work.” The woman asks people to call Sen. Kay Hagan and request that she “Stop thinking about politics, and start thinking about people.” Hagan has f ired back, saying, “The North Carolina Legislature has made healthcare reform entirely about politics by rejecting a state-based exchange and Medicaid expansion.”
This ad has one purpose: to scare people about the Affordable Care Act and gain enough opposition to Democrat leaders to make sure they’re not reelected. The financial supporters of the advertisement are David and Charles Koch, the leaders of Koch Industries, which Forbes named the secondlargest private company in the United States. The New York Times reported that the Koch brothers spent an estimated $20 million on the ad campaign, nearly seven times more than the $3 million the Senate Majority PAC planned last week to spend a response advertisement. This is an astounding sum of money to spend on advertising that wrongly manipulates the American people. The ad doesn’t propose any alternative solutions, and it certainly doesn’t use any statistics or sources to back up its claims.
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The woman in the ad says, “Millions of people can’t see their own doctors, and millions are paying more and getting less.” It’s not accurate to blame Hagan when, according to The News & Observer, Gov. Pat McCrory and the Republican-led legislature denied federal aid that would’ve expanded Medicaid to as many as 500,000 people. It also rejected having a staterun marketplace to sell the insurance and left that job to the federal government, so the marketplace will not be as suited to North Carolinians. The legislature is making the transition to the ACA more difficult for citizens instead of “thinking about people,” as the ad requests. North Carolina Health News reported that “[North Carolina] has had some of the most robust enrollment activity in the country.”
North Carolina’s enrollment number is greater than that of some states with bigger populations, such as Michigan and Illinois. This shows that many North Carolinians want to have a plan under the ACA, but many still need cooperation from the legislature to receive the plan and assistance they need. If it had been more cooperative with the federal government and implementation of this system, North Carolina might’ve had plans better suited for its citizens. McCrory and members of the legislature need to stop politicizing the ACA and start working with the federal government to assist people with adjusting. An ad sponsored by AFP in Michigan made very serious accusations about the healthcare system that have been proven incorrect. It criticized Democratic Rep. Gary
Peters by showing cancer patient Julie Boonstra giving an emotional story about her treatment, claiming her medications under her ACA plan are “unaffordable.” Detroit News reported this month that when Boonstra identified which health plan she was on, it was found that she will actually save about $1,200 this year. With this healthcare shift, people need facts and information that will help them determine what healthcare plan they should be on. This ad exploits Boonstra’s story and people with similar conditions with the goal of getting what AFP and Koch brothers want politically. AFP has repeatedly shown ads that make inaccurate claims. I’m not saying the ACA is perfect; it has definitely had its flaws with the website rollout. Still, it’s too soon to de-
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Nutritious options on campus Sara Awad Staff Writer
In college, food can be a struggle. Yes, a crunchy, juicy, fried chicken sandwich from the Atrium might be the quickest thing you can grab before your next lecture, but there has to be a healthier option. So maybe you want to shed a few pounds or maybe you’re just one of those obsessed health nuts, but if you want to do your body a favor, you’ll have to get creative and organized. First, when you go into the dining facility of your choice, don’t just walk toward the most appetizing smell; take a look at the menu and choose items that are “Wolfapproved.” The little paw print denotes that the food contains either less than three ingredients or contains no trans-fat, less than nine grams of sugar, one nutritionally redeeming quality and less than 600 calories for entrees (less than 240 calories for snacks) with
less than 30 percent of the calories coming from fat. Second, modify your order. For example, if you order a salad, ask for dressing on the side so you can control the amount of dressing you consume or avoid the bacon, according to Lisa Eberhart, Dining and Catering Operations dietician. “Some of it is a science and some of it is an art,” Eberhart said. Even at the dining halls, which have the largest variety of options, you don’t have to eat what is right in front of you. University Dining Nutrition Department Coordinator Michelle Borges said students should combine different foods from the dining hall to create their own concoctions. According to Borges, there is a wide range of variations that can be made at the dining halls. For those who don’t want to eat inside the dining hall, to-go boxes allow you to take whatever you can fit inside
the box in addition to a piece of fruit for the same price as eating in. “The beauty of going to the dining hall and filling your to-go box with ingredients you want to use later is that you don’t have to buy all that stuff,” Eberhart said. “Students can get a whole pepper, a whole onion, and a whole bunch of humus…There was this cool recipe at this conference I went to and all it was was pita bread, and then humus, and then some leftover fresh vegetables from their salad bar. So they sautéed the vegetables, they put it on top of the pita bread and the hummus, put salad greens on top of it and then put balsamic vinegar on it and then you ate it like a salad and it was really good. So that would be a simple thing you could do just in the dining hall.” A to-go box saves time in the morning as well, according to Borges, who said one of the nutritionists recommended stocking to-go boxes with breakfast items available at dinnertime in the dining
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If an apple a day can keep the doctor away, what results should students expect from a healthy well-balanced diet? Borges discusses the options available to students and encourages them to be creative to form healthy combinations from the dining halls.
halls, should students want those extra minutes of sleep. “I think in general people need to look at variety. There’s not one specific food that’s a healthy food, and variety really does help people build a better diet,” Eberhart said. Variety comes in the form of a diet filled with fruits and vegetables, lean protein sources (which don’t necessarily have to be meat) and
quality, whole-grain carbohydrates. According to MyPlate, a government website dedicated to proper nutrition, people should make half their plate fruits and vegetables, at least half of their grains wholegrains and switch to fat-free or low-fat (1 percent) milk. It also helps to track your meals through mobile applications such as MyFitnessPal, which lists the nutritional in-
formation of all of the foods within the dining halls, according to Eberhart. The application provides dietary guidelines such as daily caloric intake for users based on their health goals, height, weight, age and fitness levels. The general nutritional recommendations taken from MyPlate below use the average height, weight and fitness levels of college students as reported by the CDC.
Hibernian Pub reopens as a neighborhood hit Chelsey Winstead Correspondent
After suffering two destructive fires, The Hibernian Pub on Glenwood Avenue has opened its heavy wooden doors for diners to experience a short getaway in a true Irish pub. The immediate atmosphere of the long-awaited Hibernian is dark and sultry. The dark varnished wood of the bars and tables is accented with deep red walls and benches. Vintage photos and Irish advertisements adorn the red and green walls contributing to the homey feel. Instead of a modern steel and simplistic design, The Hibernian welcomes groups big and small to a friendly neighborhood pub where comfort is guaranteed. Though the beer menu does not offer a great variety of international or Raleigh- area drafts, the bartender can describe the choice of bottled brands behind the counter. Conveniently, the three bars- yes, three- feature the same draft lines, easing the fear of another bar offering a different tap. Price-wise, the bottled beers are $3-6 and the drafts range from $4-6. Several televisions in the main dining areas are perfect for watching the NCAA Tourney or other sporting events throughout
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The Hibernian Pub has three locations in the Triangle area. The closest one to campus is located at 311 Glenwood Ave., which just reopened after a kitchen fire burned the location down.
the year. The layout breaks down the restaurant into three indoor dining areas centered on the three bars. On those few, warm spring days, sliding glass windows open to let in a fresh breeze and some natural light to the otherwise dim décor. If you want to enjoy a beer and a great night outdoors, the pub offers a rooftop deck that wraps the street front. The
crackling fireplace entices the cold customer in for a bowl of Irish stew and a stout, and the bookcases serve as a means for privacy in the upstairs booths for date nights. With the entire restaurant decorated by an Irish designer, the authentic feel won’t disappoint. From the hostess to food runner, the wait staff is eager to make your dining experience exceptional. They
are ready to answer any questions and do not disappear into the restaurant corridors for long. It is easy to see the wait staff gets along, and the friendly conversations between bartenders and patrons further embody the inviting feel. The menu offers a variety of Irish cuisine that does not disappoint. Featuring traditional dishes such as bangers and mash, corned beef
Infamous: Second Son is a hit for the series and the console Infamous: Second Son
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Bryce Hart Staff Writer
After its launch in November, exclusive AAA game releases slowed down significantly for the Playstation 4 or included many games made for several platforms. Infamous: Second Son came out this month and sets a new standard for Playstation 4 exclusive games. With an amazing openworld to explore and very fun powers to explore it with, Second Son is not only fun but a remarkable example of what the next generation can do. Infamous: Second Son takes place in 2016, seven years af-
ter the events of Infamous 2 for the Playstation 3. The story revolves around an Akomish Native American in Washington, named Delsin Rowe, who is a delinquent in his tribe and gets in trouble with the law in general. After the events of Infamous 2, the majority of the population is wary of the conduits, people with superhuman powers, and has labeled them “bioterrorists” with the intent to stop them all using the newly formed Department of Unified Protection. Through a series of events Delsin discovers he can copy the powers of other conduits by touching them and sets off to Seattle to help his tribe. Delsin’s internal struggle between rebellion and his new need to be responsible with his powers makes for an interesting conflict early on and throughout the game.
The game’s main villain, the brutal and cold Brooke Augustine, is smart and efficient in making the game’s climax a wild and satisfying experience. Augustine is also the catalyst for Delsin’s trip to Seattle and constantly tests him while he’s in the city. Delsin’s brother, a sheriff named Reggie, is very hesitant to accept Delsin’s new powers until he sees they are the only way to help the tribe. The banter between Delsin and Reggie is great and provides some very entertaining moments f leshing out Delsin’s character while showing his motivations when questioned by someone he cares deeply about. However, Second Son has a problem with throwing away other interesting secondary characters too quickly. While main characters like Reggie and Augustine are kept in the
spotlight and always made interesting, even fascinating characters you meet early on like Fetch, a conduit with the power to manipulate neon using it for vigilante purposes, are cast aside too quickly. The real draw to Second Son comes with the powers and open-world gameplay in Seattle. Delsin gains four sets of powers in the game and the first two, as the second two are slight spoilers, are smoke and neon. The powers show their differences well, as smoke works with explosive power and neon gives Delsin speed boosts and precision shooting. Using neon, the player can run up the side of buildings, run at a very fast speed, jump very high and hover over to a different building, which gives an amazing sense of
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and cabbage and Shepherd’s pie, it is easy to find a hearty meal to appease the most Celtic appetites. If you are looking for a lighter dish, the Hibernian serves several salads and sandwiches to suit your fancy. I highly recommend the Lamb Burger with pub fries as well as the Mac and Cheese. The prices for entrees are good for a date or special occasion, but may be hefty for those on a college budget. The name of the pub’s mascot, a toucan, is often a source of curiosity for patrons, and, according to the wait staff, an old advertisement for Guinness read, “If one can a day keeps the doctor away, what can two cans of Guinness do?” The play on words created the picture of the namesake bird with a mug of Guinness balanced on his beak. The pub’s website says, “Hibernian derives from the Latin term ‘Hibernia,’ which means ‘one who comes from Ireland’ or ‘cold wet land.’” Overall, the reopened Glenwood Hibernian is welcomed back by frequent patrons. The food is delicious and the friendly staff will hopefully leave you coming back for more. This is not the best place to go if expense is a problem, but the Hibernian is a great venue for a group outing or dinner with the family.
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NCSU researcher studies supernovae The NuSTAR system allows new opportunities in astronomy Dane Hall Staff Writer
There are certain astronomical bodies that, upon initial inspection, seem entirely too huge and complex to fully understand. Supernovae, or stars that have died and exploded, are one of these bodies. Thankfully, many scientists and researchers are directing their efforts to better understanding supernovae, as this knowledge could ultimately help us understand how other things, like how the very planet we live on, came to be. One such team that has been making great strides recently is based out of the California Institute of Technology and includes N.C. State’s own Stephen Reynolds, a professor of physics. Utilizing the NuSTAR (Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope ARray) system, the team has peered further into the core of supernovae than ever before. Reynolds belongs to the part of the team responsible for interpreting the results of the data. “We know a lot about supernovae and the X-rays that they produce, but typically, only from material that’s extremely hot,” Reynolds said. “One may think that everything after such an explosion is hot, but actually that’s not the case. A few days after the star explodes, material is rushing out into space and expanding so fast that it gets very cold and becomes invis-
ible to traditional X-ray satellites.” However, the material rushing from the supernova eventually collides with other matter, which causes it to slow down and heat up again. This renders the material visible to X-ray satellites. NuSTAR has several major advantages over this previous generation of X-ray satellites. The first is that this method concentraits the on radioactive titanium produced in the explosion, whic h emits X-rays at all temperatures. “We don’t know what the innermost, cold material is doing, and that’s what we can see because of our process,” Reynolds said. “This radioactive decay to produce X-rays doesn’t require that this stuff be hot.” According to Reynolds, his also allows the team to more accurately pierce the curtain of obscuring material around the supernova. “After not too much time, half the stuff you’re looking at isn’t the exploded star itself, but all the stuff it has run into,” Reynolds said. To capture all of these extremely high-energy X-rays, a new system had to be devised. X-rays do not behave like visible light, even though they are both forms of electromagnetic radiation. Visible light can be bent and focused with a lens, but the same methods fall short for X-rays, which tend to just pass through lenses unaltered. “What was figured out a
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Stephen Reynolds, a professor of physics, is partcipating in supernovae research with a team based out of the California Institute of Technology. The team is using the NuSTAR system which enabled them to observe supernovae at a new level.
long time ago is that you can get X-rays to reflect at very shallow grazing angles,” Reynolds said. “Spectacular mirrors for the low energy Xrays have been built that can do that. The problem is, as the X-ray energy gets higher, it’s hard to get X-rays of different energies to reflect in the same way.” The solution has been dubbed Multilayers, which refers to many nested, cylindrical layers of materials that reflect different wavelengths of X-ray. The lightest materials make up the inner layers and reflect
the less energetic X-rays, while the densest materials make up the outer layers and reflect the highest energy Xrays. These layers focus the X-rays into the sensor of the telescope. Using this new technology, the NuSTAR team is uncovering information about new and old supernovae alike. Even Cassiopeia A, the second youngest supernova in one of our neighboring galaxies and one of the most heavily researched, has more information to offer under the gaze of this new telescope. For example, the NuSTAR
satellite has revealed the distribution of the radioactive titanium in Cassiopeia A is not even and spherical. This fact supports a theory developed recently about the sloshing motion on the interior of stars. The satellite can do more than just detect the position of radioactive titanium, though. It is sensitive enough to detect the motion that these atoms are undergoing. “The energies of those Xrays are very particular, so you can actually measure Doppler shifts, which can tell you about the material
approaching or receding,” Reynolds said. “So we’ve got a snapshot of just how the material on the inside of this supernova is moving around, and that should help us understand just how massive stars explode.” However, with this new knowledge comes the necessity of abandoning older, more established models that no longer hold up. This is simply the way forward in the scientific world, and the new models that are created as a result will help us better understand the universe we live in and how it works.
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f low. Even with the smoke powers that don’t rely on mobility as much as neon, Delsin can use air vents to launch himself high in the air and then hover over to another building to do it again. Each power includes a skill tree to let the player enhance and modify what the powers can do. Some skills are locked by the karma system and a lot of the skills just include general upgrades to damage or carrying capacity. The karma system in Second Son could have been a very interesting and strong point of the game but it falls a little short. Delsin is given very large choices during the game’s story that can have very large effects, but the choices don’t always seem to line up with Delsin’s character. For example, one way of getting evil karma is to kill civilians or protestors, and regardless of Delsin being delinquent early on in the game, it is made obvious he would never do something this evil. Even though the major evil story choices are a little tamer than killing civilians, the game makes it seem like the only way to get extra evil karma is to do some pretty evil things out of line with Delsin’s character. Second Son truly shows off the power of a next generation console, and the lighting used in the game is amazing and the graphics and textures of Seattle look incredible. Oftentimes the reflection off a puddle almost looks real, and the parts of the game that take place at sunset or sunrise can create some very striking scenes.
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WOMEN’S TENNIS
Hokies use singles success to sprint past State SOCCER
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Jake Lange Correspondent
The N.C. State women’s tennis team endured a crushing 5-2 loss against the Virginia Tech Hokies Sunday afternoon at the J.W Isenhour Tennis Center. The loss at the Isenhour indoor facility ended the Wolfpack’s 11-game winning streak that dated back to last year. This was also the first loss for the Wolfpack after winning the doubles point this season. “I think we had a couple of courts where we really brought a lot of pressure and good competitive intensity,” head coach Hans Olsen said. “But we’ve got some courts to improve on.” “They were not missing any desire, motivation or fight. There were a couple of performances that we’ve got to make some improvements on to try to put pressure on six courts of singles.” Doubles play began with an 8-2 loss by State’s No. 1 doubles team of junior Elisha Hande and junior Nicole Martinez to Virginia Tech’s No. 1 team with sophomore Ilinca Stoica and sophomore Kelly Williford. But N.C. State (7-6, 1-5 ACC) bounced back as No. 2 team junior Sophie Nelson and senior Joelle Kissell de-
feated their opponents, 8-6. The Pack outlasted the Hokies (10-7) to scrape by with the doubles point when the Wolfpack’s No. 3 team of freshman Liza Fieldsend and sophomore Rachael JamesBaker dominated with an 8-2 victory. After sliding by in doubles, N.C. State hit a brick wall in singles play. Williford avenged her loss at No. 1 doubles, beating Martinez at No. 3 singles, 6-0, 6-2. Fieldsend was next off the court with a 6-1, 6-4 loss at No. 4 singles to the Hokies’ sophomore Raluca Mita. James-Ba ker was then defeated at the No. 2 slot by f reshma n Fra ncesca Fusinato 6-1, 6-4. Virginia Tech clinched the match after State’s freshman Natalia Janowicz was defeated by freshman Sansitha Nandakumar 6-3, 6-1 at the No. 5 spot. Hande dominated her opponent early at the No. 6 spot, winning the first set, 6-2. But the tables turned in the second set, as the Hokies’ junior Carol Kahoun delivered a shocking comeback, winning the second set, 6-4, and taking the third set tiebreak by a score of 10-4. The showdown matchup was at the No. 1 singles court between Kissell and Stoica. Stoica, ranked No. 66 in the nation, won the first set 7-5,
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same in the second. Their distribution can always improve, but neither of those guys have had enough games for anyone to complain about [their distribution] right now.” The performance was far from perfect, and the Wolfpack will certainly look to improve play in the attacking third of the field. But considering the quality of
State’s opponent, Findley can look to the clean sheet as a statement of intent, especially since the Pack struggled to close out games throughout its 2013 campaign. “To get a shutout against [Charlotte] is the thing I’m most pleased with,” Findley said. “That’s something we’ve talked about all spring. When we can be as excited about defending as we are about attacking, then we really have something and I thought we did a good job of that today.”
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Senior Joelle Kissell hits a backhand against East Carolina’s senior Melis Tanik at the J.W. Isenhour Tennis Center Jan. 24. Kissell’s 6-0, 6-1 win helped the Wolfpack defeat the Pirates, 7-0.
frustrating Kissell with wellplaced shots to the corners. But Kissell did not let up. After a slow start in the second set, Kissell bounced back and won the set 6-4 by hitting powerful serves and swiftly moving around the court, answering every shot Stoica hit her way. “She had a killer forehand,” Kissell said. “Anytime I went there, I was on the defense, so I had to really work a point to get it to her backhand so that I could take more offensive opportunities.” In the third set, Stoica battled a lower back injury. After a series of close games between the two, Kissell came out with the win, taking the third set, 6-4. “Every time you step on a
tennis court it can go either way,” Kissell said. “Ranked or not ranked, you have to be ready to play, especially in the ACC.” Kissell is on a path to making school history. With Sunday’s win, Kissell passed former Wolfpacker Julia Roach with 57 career victories in singles. The senior is now second on the all-time victories list and is only a few wins away from passing the all-time leader, Jenny Sell, who holds the school record of 59 career singles wins. The Wolf pack ’s next matchup will be against Wake Forest Friday at the Jacqueline Dail Outdoor Tennis Stadium.
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Tyler Lewis, will provide leadership for the Wolfpack next season, while a large group of underclassmen provides the muscle to build on the success of the 2013-2014 season. Freshman forwards Kyle Washington, Lennard Freeman and Beejay Anya will have to develop quickly in the offseason to give State the inside presence it needs to win games. Washington will need to add strength to his unbelievably athletic frame and Anya will be expected to adopt the tried-and-tested “Warren/ Vandenberg weight-loss regime.” The members of State’s 2014 recruiting class will
also be expected to contribute immediately upon arrival. Power forward Abdul-Malik Abu should give Gottfried a formidable option off the bench, mixing aggressive, high-motor play with a dependable mid-range jumper, while small forwards Caleb Martin and Cody Martin provide size and 3-point shooting on the wings. In the year after State lost six players accounting for 85 percent of its offensive production, Gottfried’s gang exceeded expectations, playing as team instead of as five players on the same court wearing the same color jersey. In doing so, N.C. State gave its fan base a renewed sense of optimism that its future will be brighter than its illustrious past. Not bad for a rebuilding year.
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Resolute team defending and a tap-in goal for junior midfielder Holden Fender secured a 1-0 win for N.C. State over the Charlotte Eagles, a professional team from the United Soccer League, Saturday afternoon in Raleigh. A win is a win, but for head coach Kelly Findley, Saturday’s game at the Dail Soccer Stadium was not about the final score. Instead, it was an opportunity for the Wolfpack; the first of six games in the spring to apply the tactical philosophy Findley’s team has practiced for the last two-andhalf months. From kickoff, the game moved at a frenetic pace with neither side gaining the clear-cut upper hand. Both teams started in 4-2-3-1 formations and moved the ball well out of defense, although the Eagles chose to pressure the Wolfpack quickly and high up the field, forcing a few inaccurate long passes from the Pack. “The amount of pressure we were under [was significant],” Findley said. “They were pressing with three, four, even five guys at a time which affects service into the front guys. So I don’t think we had the right numbers getting forward at times, but that was also in part because they’re a very good team and hard to play against.” However, the Wolfpack defended solidly, staying compact and denying the Eagles room to play. The central defensive pairing of seniors Moss Jackson-Atogi and Clement Simonin continually soaked up pressure, while veteran holding-midfielder Fender and his midfield partner, sophomore Ro-
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Sophomore midfielder Holden Fender dribbles across the pitch during N.C. State’s ACC opener against Pittsburgh at Dail Soccer Field Sept. 6, 2013. The Wolfpack beat the Panthers in overtime, 1-0.
land Minogue, made key interceptions and provided reliable offensive distribution to their teammates as the Pack looked to break into space behind the Eagles’ back four. Minogue was excellent in possession, coolly distributing to open teammates and providing a calming influence in the center of the park. “Roland is young, but he had some starts last year so it’s good to get him some experience,” Fender said. “He’s very calm, very poised on the ball for somebody his age, and that’s always good.” N.C. State’s tactics nearly paid off in the 25th minute, when sophomore attacking midfielder Michael
Bajza sent a close-range shot zipping off the crossbar after good combination play down the right. The breakthrough would come only three minutes later off a long throw-in from senior forward Nick Surkamp. After a melee in the box, the ball fell to Simonin, whose closerange shot was turned in by Fender. “Usually that throw-in play is kind of a cluster,” Fender said. “It’s great that it actually worked in our favor this time. The ball popped out, Clement hit it on target and I just happened to flick it in. It was more ‘right place, right time’ than anything else.” The Eagles continued to test the
Wolfpack’s defensive resilience with strong combination play and surging runs, but the quartet of senior right back Ryan Metts, center backs Simonin and Jackson-Atogi and junior left back Reed Norton remained disciplined and organized throughout. Norton, a recent transfer from Georgia Southern University, impressed despite playing in a new position. Originally a left midfielder, Norton now plies his trade as part of a rebuilt defensive line. “I think every coach has different expectations and plans tactically,” Coach Findley said. “It’s taken him [Norton] a little bit of time to get up to speed, but I think he showed today that he can defend, be in good positions and still be dangerous going forward.” Both teams spurned chances in the second half, and the Eagles poured forward in the last 15 minutes in an attempt to salvage a draw. But State managed to make big defensive plays when required to finish off its opposition. Findley said the win is a huge confidence-builder for his team, which finished in ninth place in the ACC last season. “We still have stuff to learn from,” Fender said. “But, at the same time, when you get a shutout against a professional team there aren’t many things you can complain about.” However, questions still remain for the Wolfpack, specifically regarding which player will replace former goalkeeper Fabian Otte. Juniors Alex McCauley and Joe Mills split time in goal Saturday, and Findley said he was impressed with both ‘keepers. “I thought both of them did really well,” Findley said. “I thought McCauley came and defused a dangerous situation in the first half and Joe did SOCCER continued page 7 the
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An incredible late-game collapse ended N.C. State’s tumultuous season Thursday, silencing a campus that had been upbeat since State slipped into the NCAA Tournament March 16. An unlikely NCAA Tournament berth, thanks in large part to a semifinal run at the ACC Tournament, seemed to re-energize State’s students, giving them hope that the Wolfpack could yet make national headlines with a series of trademark upsets in the tourney. Thursday night’s loss extinguished that hope. But despite the torturous nature of State’s demise, the morning after saw many student supporters in a surprisingly cheerful mood. As always, Wolfpack fans were supportive of their team and filled social media feeds with encouraging posts. Outsiders can say what they want about State fans, but they always back their teams to the hilt, regardless of circumstance. Of course, there were still a few Wolfpack fans stuck deep in a blind rage of bitterness, myself included. Most of our disappoint-
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ment was borne out of disbelief for the Pack’s inability to make free throws down the stretch Thursday. But our sadness also took root in perhaps one of the worst kept secrets in the recent history of Wolfpack athletics. We knew N.C. State’s star had probably played his last game in a Wolfpack uniform. N.C. State fans received a confirmation of their worst fears Monday afternoon, with ESPN and Yahoo reporting sophomore forward T.J. Warren will forgo his junior and senior seasons in Raleigh to enter the 2014 NBA Draft. However, the Wolfpack basketball program has not yet received word from the sophomore star about his potential jump to the professional ranks. As of this moment, T.J. Warren is still an N.C. State player. But although Warren tweeted Monday he is “undecided” about his future, many expect the Durham native will leave N.C. State for the greener pastures, and millions of dollars, of the NBA. After winning ACC Player of the Year and leading the Wolfpack in points (24.9) and rebounds (7.1), Warren has nothing left to prove in Raleigh. He gave his all for the Wolfpack, and his 24 jersey should
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Junior guard Desmond Lee pumps up the PNC Arena crowd after sinking a 3-pointer during the Wolfpack’s game against Miami March 1. Lee scored 10 points, but State lost to the Hurricanes, 85-70.
join those of Julius Hodge, Tommy Burleson, Tom Gugliotta and John Richter (fellow wearers of the 24 jersey) in the rafters of PNC Arena. Wolfpack nation will miss Warren and graduating senior center Jordan Vandenberg, who underwent a startling transformation of his own during the summer of 2013, developing into a reliable starter in head coach Mark Gottfried’s rotation. But despite the loss of two key
starters on the frontline, many State students and fans are upbeat about the future of Wolfpack basketball. State’s coaching staff deserves massive amounts of credit, helping the Pack maximize its potential on the court to receive its third straight NCAA Tournament bid. A pair of guards, rising senior Ralston Turner and rising junior BBALL continued page 7