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Modern dance company Lucky Plush Productions’ performance of Cinderbox 2.0 intrigued audience members with a hybrid production of modern dance and theater at Meredith College’s Jones Auditorium on Friday and Saturday. According to assistant director and choreographer of Lucky Plush
Anna Argentine, freshman in fashion and textile management
Production Julia Rhodes, the idea for the performance sprung from her fascination with reality television. “I was struck by my late-night attraction to the worst of the worst of it,” Rhodes said. “The shows cause tension in the audience
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Kiplinger’s acknowledges N.C. State as best-buy university Jess Thomas Staff Writer
N.C. State is recognized for its affordable value for both in-state and out-of-state students, according to a recent study published in Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, The list consisted of 100 public universities, which it ranked according to the best value they provide for in-state and out-of-state students. The rankings of the list were determined by admission rates, fouryear graduation rate, average debt at graduation and net cost. N.C. State placed 16th in the nation for in-state students and 15th for out-of-state students. The average cost of attending N.C. State is $9,338 for in-state students and $22,793 for out-of state students. Krista Domnick, the director of the Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid at N.C. State, said her department assists the university by taking into consideration the financial needs of students. “The Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid ensures that the university community is aware of the financial needs of students when
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N.C. State and NASA continue relationship in light of budget cuts
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Members of the Ukranian Association of North Carolina gathered outside the State Capital building Saturday afternoon to rally support for their fellow compatriots who are currently facing a political upheaval.
Ukrainians rally to raise awareness Ravi Chittilla Assistant News Editor
About 45 people gathered outside the State Capital in protest of the ongoing Ukrainian crisis Saturday afternoon. Vasyl Shymonyak, president of the Ukrainian Association of North Carolina said the protest was not just to show support for the Ukrainian people, but to raise awareness of the state of Ukrainian politics and collect funds to support the Ukrainian people. “We wanted the public to know what is going on in Ukraine so that they will pressure authorities to take action to make sanctions against members of the ruling Ukrainian government,” Shymonyak said. According to Oleh Wolowyny, a retired professor from UNC-Chapel Hill who continues to work as a research fellow, Ukrainian Americans are frustrated with how the Ukrainian people have been treated
Despite cuts in NASA’s budget, the funding that N.C. State continues to receive from the federal agency is responsible for more than $17.8 million in research and training grants at the University since July 2008. At its peak in 1966, NASA funding amounted to 4.4 percent of the entire federal budget. In 2012, as of fiscal year 2012, that has decreased to 0.48 percent. In other words, for every two dollars the federal government spends, NASA receives a penny. However, despite NASA’s financial situation, Liana Fryer, director of planning and communication for the office of research, innovation, and economic development and said that N.C. State’s relationship with the agency continues to grow in a variety of disciplines, including research in astrophysics, materials sciences and plant biology. According to Fryer, of the $17.8 million, $10.3 million of went to researchers in the mechanical and aerospace engineering departments. Fryer said that N.C. State is also the lead institution in the North Carolina space grant which is a network of academic institutions created to foster development in North Carolinian space-related industries. This organization of 20 academic, governmental and private sector partners has garnered $12 million for North Carolina’s economy. These grants have served to finance many projects across a wide variety of disciplines. For example, Fryer said two research teams from N.C. State sent their experi-
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$6 million clubhouse opens on Centennial Estefania Vasquez-Castro Staff Writer
After a year of construction, N.C. State’s new $6 million Carol Johnson Poole Clubhouse opened earlier this month, according to Campus Enterprises and clubhouse officials. The clubhouse opened in phases as the previous facilities were emptied starting in December, according to Chip Watson, the clubhouse general manager and an assistant coach for the men’s golf team. Before the clubhouse was built, the golf programs were housed in a series of trailers and had indoor hitting rooms in a structure that was originally designed to hold machinery, according to Robert Wade, director of the N.C. State PGA Golf Management Program. Though the structure was refurbished, Wade said it did not
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The Carol Johnson Poole Clubhouse opened earlier this month. The Player’s Retreat dining area is open from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. The clubhouse was set to open this past December.
compare to having a real clubhouse. “It was kind of like trying to teach physics without a physics lab,” Wade said. “There’s lots of theory, but un-
til you have a place like that, you can’t really enhance the learning.” Watson said he was also relieved to finally have a place near the golf
course available for the golf teams to use. “We kind of lived in the trunk of our cars,” Watson said. “But now we have a place that’s right there where we practice.” The clubhouse has both a golf-pro shop that is run by Carolina’s Golf Group and a restaurant run by Player’s Retreat, according to Watson. There are also several groups benefitting from the new clubhouse, including the PGA program of the College of Natural Resources, the turf grass program and the N.C. State women’s and men’s golf teams, according to Watson and Wade. “We needed a place that brought all the user groups together for the golf course,” Watson said. “And it’s exciting to have this facility with all of the different groups here.” According to Watson, the College
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The Carol Johnson Poole Clubhouse opened earlier this month. It is located on Centennial Campus near the Lonnie Poole golf course.
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of Natural Resources has an office and a teach-and-learning area at the new clubhouse for its PGA program, which was designed for students who want to be golf course managers or operators. The turf grass program has a large classroom at the new clubhouse that can hold about 50 students, according to Watson. The men’s and women’s golf teams have a lounge, locker rooms and coach’s offices on the bottom floor of the clubhouse, according to Wade
and Watson. Watson said he believed the opening of the golf course about four years ago was the beginning of N.C. State’s emergence as an eminent golf school, and the opening of the clubhouse would further benefit recruitment efforts. “The golf course was good, but without the clubhouse it wasn’t complete,” Watson said. Wade said he believes new generations are learning to play the game in different ways with all the technology that is now available and is excited that the clubhouse holds an area for a launch monitor, which will allow golfers to take practice swings
and get feedback from a computer radar about their smash factor, golf swing, speed and swing angle. Watson said the building has received a lot of traffic, and that the covered veranda area, complete with an outdoor fireplace, has already become a hotspot to have a late-night snack while watching golfers finish games. A series of events are being scheduled to showcase the clubhouse, including an open house for people who donated money and a media open house leading up to a grand opening event with Chancellor Randy Woodson when the weather becomes warmer.
“They are going to be shocked and amazed by how awesome it is,” Watson said. Wade said that there has been a decrease in the number of people playing the game of golf, and he asks that students think of ways to get more people playing. He said he understands golf can be intimidating and expensive, but now is the time to change that situation. “We welcome any student to come over and try it out and have an experience to see why people fall in love with the sport,” Wade said.
ments on the last shuttle launch back in July 2011. One experiment investigated bone loss while the other explored how plants react in microgravity. Kalyani Joshi, an undergraduate researcher who worked with Imara Perera, the principal investigator of one of the plant biology experiments, said she was appreciative of NASA support as it gave her the opportunity to conduct interesting and dynamic research as an undergraduate. “NASA f und ing ca n continue to promote undergraduate research so that students have the opportunity to see class material applied to real life,” Joshi said. Stephen Reynolds, a professor of physics, said he has received more than 30 NASA grants in the past 25 years to support his work. Reynolds said he received
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funds from NASA and observing time at the Chandra X-ray Observatory to analyze the satellite data obtained from x-rays emitted from supernova. Reynolds said the academic relationships with NASA, “an efficient way to use your tax dollars to get a lot of science done.” However, Reynolds said his work has been personally affected by the reduction in NASA’s budget. Reynolds said the sequestration has altered his own research plans and said he has had to renew a proposal for a two-year grant that was prematurely cut. Still, Reynolds said he is very grateful to the taxpayers for their indirect support of his work and said he takes all the opportunities he can to inform them about it. T he NA SA a nd N.C . State relationship has also made headlines outside of the research laborator y. In July, N.C. State alumnus Christina Hammock was one of eight astronauts selected out of a pool of 6,100 for the 2013 Astronaut Class.
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because we often know that the shows are scripted, but we want very badly for them to be real.” Unlike traditional dance performances, the Cinderbox 2.0 dancers had conversations with each other on stage and broke what in theater is traditionally known as the fourth wall by acknowledging the presence of an audience. “Breaking the fourth wall is used as an effort to connect to real people,” Rhodes said. “I wanted the theater to be one room, one space.” Anna Argentine, a freshman in fashion and textile management, said the unusual combination of dance and theater was unfamiliar, yet captivating. “It was really interesting to hear the dancers speak,” Argentine said. “It added a new level that is not there in most dance performances.” At some points, the choreography and dialogue appeared rehearsed and technical, while at other times the dancing and conversations between performers seemed whimsical and spontaneous. According to Rhodes, the idea behind her choreography is to make the audience question what is real, what
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in their homeland and hope the United States will place economic and legal sanctions on members of the Ukrainian government to deter them from their current course of action. The Euromaidan, the name given to the wave of ongoing demonstrations, which first began in November, originated when Ukrainians first demanded integration with the European Union. However, since then, the demands of the Ukrainian protesters have evolved to include the resignation of President Viktor Yanukovych and his government, and for the country to hold new elections. Wolowyny said the Ukrainian spirit represented the “total societal rebellion against the current government.” According to Wolowyny, the U.S. government has already seized the VISAs of certain Ukrainian officials, but he said he hopes that Congress will act to do more. Wolowyny said he hopes the U.S. realizes the strategic importance of Ukraine in the region, and that if Ukraine were to fall, it would likely
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(L-R) Benjamin Wardell, Marc Marcaranas, Francisco Avina, Melinda Myers and Meghann Myers hold Cassandra Porter during a dress rehearsal of Cinderbox 2.0 in the Jones Auditorium at Meredith College on Friday January 24, 2014. The dance production examines the relationship between scripted and unscripted moments in the media world.
is scripted and what makes something successful or a failure. Rhodes said that during rehearsal she encouraged the performers to embrace their mistakes and to not ignore the ones they make onstage. “Sometimes I would even say and do things to confuse the dancers while they rehearsed,” Rhodes said. “The goal was to provoke unknown experiences and see how they react. It incites a deeper sense
of reality in the performance as a whole.” Before the performance began, Rhodes held a pre-show discussion in a room near the theater where she explained her vision for the performance, as well as gave some background about herself and the dancers. Argentine said she appreciated the choreographer holding a pre-show because it helped her understand the show’s complex themes as
allow Russia to gain even more dominance in the region and a bigger role on the world stage. Andriy Shymonyak, a junior in history and political science at N.C. State and the son of Vasyl Shymonyak, said he is hopeful the U.S. sanctions will pave the way to a peaceful resolution. “Up to this point, almost all support has come from individuals—many of whom are Ukrainians living abroad,” he said. “I think U.S. sanctions have the potential to help bring this conflict to its conclusion—to prevent further violence and ensure that radical elements do not gain power.” Wolowyny said the struggle has evolved into one concerning the people’s democratic rights and civil liberties. On Jan. 16, the Ukrainian Parliament voted on anti-protest bills into law by hand-raise as opposed to the proper voting method, which is completed electronically to ensure that every member of Parliament casts his or her vote. Shymonyak said many news reports have now revealed photographic evidence that shows that rather than the 235 votes cast by the ruling party, only about 120 were in attendance.
The protests in Ukraine, which began as peaceful demonstrations, turned violent, and there have been an estimated six to nine deaths. Wolowyny said the government has abused its authority by committing human rights violations. “Students have been arrested just because they took part in these peacef u l demonst rat ions” Wolow yny said. “They have been threatened at their universities. They have been coerced, some of them have been arrested and beaten by the police. Some of them have escaped and told their story.” Wolow y ny s a id t he Ukrainian people are now ready to put everything on the line for the sake of freedom. “We’ve had enough. We’re going to fight even if we’re going to die,” Wolowyny said. Wolowyny said the protest in Ukraine share elements with those that erupted in the Middle East, which resulted in the Arab Spring. “I was frustrated by the passivity of the people, by the psychological baggage of the soviet times.”
well as the creators’ vision. “I don’t think I would have enjoyed the show as much without the pre-show because I would have spent too much time trying to understand the symbolism,” Argentine said. Rhodes said she spent time performing in the San Francisco Ballet before she found her true calling in the less structured, more emotional form of modern dance. “Ballet just wasn’t me,” Rhodes said. “I didn’t want
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considering increases in tuition and fees,” Domnick said. Domnick also said tuition increases do occur, but that the state government does what it can to help keep costs down for students. “The public institutions of North Carolina are required by the General Assembly to keep tuition expenses as low as practically possible for residents of the state,” Domnick said. In addition, Domnick said by keeping tuition at an affordable rate, N.C. State will continue to remain an institution that is accessible to students regardless of
to be a product of somebody else’s vision.” According to Rhodes, the show is named Cinderbox 2.0 because it is a new and improved version of the original show that she began working with in 2007. Both Cinderbox and Cinderbox 2.0 were created as an attempt to portray her ideas about reality culture. Rhodes said the name “Lucky Plush Productions” has no significant or senti-
mental meaning other than the fact that it is unique and makes people curious. “I wanted a name that wou ld stick w it h you,” Rhodes said. “I wanted a name that would make people wonder and want to learn more.” Cinderbox 2.0 was an Arts N.C. State event, but it was held at Meredith College because Stewart Theater in Talley Student Union is currently closed for renovation.
their socioeconomic status. According to Domnick, for the 2012-13 academic year, 68 percent of undergraduate students applied for financial aid and 52 percent of them demonstrated financial need. Domnick said that last year undergraduates had received an average of approximately $8,672 in scholarships and grants, while the average loan amount per student was $5,118 The average overall student loan debt for graduating seniors from N.C. State was $23,697, which is below the national average, Domnick said. Domnick said she provides information regarding the impact of expected costs to various committees. “The Director of Scholarships and Financial Aid
serves on the university’s Tuition Review Advisory Committee and the Fee Review Advisory Committee to provide information to committee members demonstrating the expected impact of increased costs,” Domnick said. Reema Thakkar, a freshman in mathematics who moved to North Carolina from New Jersey, said one of the reasons that she decided to attend N.C. State was its reasonable tuition costs. “When I decided to go to State, I knew it was a good school and had good programs academically, but then I also found out that the cost of attending was reasonable, which only reaffirmed my decision,” Thakkar said.
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he American dream isn’t dead. Not by a long shot. It’s true that a university education costs more than it used to, and it doesn’t provide job seekers with the competitive advantage it once did. This is because we’ve moved into an “information Michael age” where Helms knowledge Guest Columnist workers constitute a much larger portion of the workforce. It’s also because a university education has become a coveted birthright for much of the United States’ middle class, and the resulting abundance of young, eager graduates entering the workforce each year diminishes the value of the education they worked so hard for. Wealthy people have always had more control over our political climate than poor people. As far back as our republic has existed, wealthy people have skewed the political climate to their favor. In fact, there has not been a time in U.S. history when the vote was as accessible as it is now—a vote that does not distinguish based on color, race, gender, literacy, socioeconomic status or the ownership of land. No, the American dream is alive and well. If anything has changed, it’s our cultural expectations of education, employment and the value of the dollar. And we have, for the most part, the middle class to blame for this; a middle class that has produced a generation of children who have been spoiled, coddled and fed a bunch of nonsense about equality and their inherent greatness. To quote Will McAvoy, the “Worst. Period. Generation. Period. Ever. Period.” Education was indeed a part of what propelled the success of our parents and
their parents too, but I believe the more-important common thread that determines success is a willingness to start at the bottom, to work hard and to overcome obstacles with creativity and determination. Past generations understood that careers weren’t earned by college degrees, but were instead built on a foundation of hard work, determination and sacrifice. Our parents cultivated success at a time when many goods were still being manufactured nationally—before the widespread outsourcing of American manufacturing to offshore manufacturers. Our parents cultivated success at a time when kids didn’t expect to go off to college, and they certainly didn’t expect to do it with a brand new car and a credit card. It’s true that our parents—the product of parents who lived through the Great Depression—know far more than younger generations about living within their means. They also had no notions about the “equal opportunity” piffle that the current President is going on about— more mindless nonsense to distract attention from his complete failure to comprehend the most fundamental aspects of economic common sense. The idea of “closing the income gap” is as ridiculous now as it was at any point in U.S. history and entirely antithetical to the dream of “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” Since when did it become the responsibility to people who cultivate success to fund those who are unable or unwilling to do the same? Some people are better at certain things than others, and these people will cultivate more success in their careers. The sum of one’s abilities, one’s skills and one’s willingness to work define his or her potential and the free market values these contribu-
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tions to society accordingly. “The system” is equal in that anyone can offer a product or service on the free market, and that’s as equal as it should be. “The pursuit of happiness” comes with no guarantee, and the freedom to pursue that happiness comes with the risk of failure. If someone wants more, they need to stop whining about inequality and meet the challenge head-on. We’re afraid to talk about these difficult subjects now for fear of “stifling peoples’ creativity.” We’ve stopped inculcating a sense of competitiveness in people—a key driver for self-improvement. By telling our young people higher education is a birthright, we obliterate any sense of the privilege higher education represents. By coddling them from any possible failure or hurt or pain, we don’t give them the coping and adapting mechanisms that are so essential to laying the foundation of a good career. No, the American dream is alive and well! The only question that remains to be seen is who from the upand-coming generation will rise to the challenge. Who will take the risks, and who will cultivate their rewards accordingly? Who will refuse to make excuses about why something can’t be done and, instead, find new and innovative ways to make their dreams come true? And like every generation that came before, these leaders will epitomize the American dream.
rom my earliest days in the United States public education system, the concept of the American dream was touted as the country’s calling card. I, like many of my peers, had grandparents or great-grandparents who had left other nations in search of something Justine be t ter. My Schnitzler own grandAssisstant father’s famOpinion Editor ily left Russia prior to the Russian Revolution, knowing that life in the U.S., in many ways, would be more difficult than the place our family had lived for hundreds of years. But what made the move a reality was the hope that even through the language barrier and unspoken segregation into cities and towns supporting similar populations of people, there was an opportunity to change social status and financial standing through hard work. In Russia, my family’s fate was largely predetermined. In the U.S., the possibilities were, in theory, endless. A little less than 100 years after my great-grandparents left Europe, by almost all accounts, my family had achieved the dream. Both of my parents are wage earners, and I am attending a fouryear university. My education offers me the chance for upward mobility, and if it were not for the hard work of my elders throughout the entire 20th century, I would have a more difficult time attaining the education that, for the most part, is so vital in today’s society for prosperity and quality of life. The concept of the American dream is still meant to hold true, however, for those immigrating to the U.S. today. What’s changed in 100 years? The U.S. has never been a socialist state, and is not
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post-2010 crash have gone to the richest 1 percent of earners, meaning the divide between wealthy and poor is at its highest level in a century. The magazine phrased it best: “Although some degree of inequality is good for an economy, creating incentives to work hard and take risks, the recent concentration of income gains among the most aff luent is both politically dangerous and economically damaging.” We have passed the point of inequality being good for the growth of our nation’s wealth. Now, we are in a constant loop of feeding the monster of income gap. The idea that those born poor are destined to be poor, and are always poor by their own fault, is, quite frankly, disgusting. The system is f lawed. Those who scoff at the fight to close income inequality and cry out in the name of unregulated economic enterprise, it seems, are almost always doing well financially. It is all well and good to make sweeping generalizations about those struggling to break out of the mold the failed system has built around them from a position of relative economic stability. It is easy to say that those failing to move upward are simply not trying hard enough, or that they do not possess the skills necessary to succeed. Some do not. Equality of outcome is not guaranteed, nor should it be. Equality of opportunity, however? Absolutely. The ugly honest truth is that for many, many people, their cards were marked in the name of unregulated American capitalism years before their birth. Those who have been cheated by the system know the American dream isn’t attainable by virtue of our economic values, at least not in the same context it was 100 years ago.
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one today. Capitalism has driven the U.S.’s economy since its conception as a nation, under the pretense that a capitalistic nation does not stifle the business giants, job creators and creativity that are crucial to the expansion of an economy. This is true—to a point. Completely unregulated capitalism is not an American value. Regulations exist for the purpose of not allowing gains to be made by one person or corporation at the expense of another. Yes, corporations exist to make money, but when they do so as entities protected by the U.S. government and allowed to pay meager amounts in taxes while becoming bloated with unfairly accumulated capital, the poor get poorer. I am continually amazed by political candidates, from both sides of the aisle, who claim to stand for the small businesses and independent innovators, while failing to address legislation that allows massive corporations to pay mere slivers of their determined income taxes. Small businesses aren’t getting these tax breaks, and neither are the families who run them. What does this have to do with those working to achieve the American dream today— those new immigrants to the U.S. and families trying their hardest to break out of poverty? It boils down to whom our current system favors its design. Over the previous century, the U.S. quickly passed through the so-called “golden age of capitalism” following World War II into the age of Reagonomics, which loosened the reigns of regulation in the name of free enterprise. The socioeconomic gap between wealthy and poor widened to the point of no return. The Economist reported this week that a whopping 95 percent of gains from the economic recovery
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Jack Ryan tries to recruit new generation of fans Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit Paramount Pictures
Richard Fenimore Correspondent
It is no secret that Hollywood succeeds from rebooting popular franchises, as these films are often wellreceived. What this formula relies on, however, is the associations made by moviegoers and their past experiences. Nobody needs an explanation when it comes to the names of Superman, Batman or the recently revealed Terminator expansion. So tell me, then, who is Jack Ryan? Unless you are an avid reader of the late Tom Clancy or a veteran of the Cold War era of film, the name lacks resonation, particularly with the under-40 crowd. Four different actors, in five different films, have played Ryan. Ryan is the hero of 13 Clancy novels, and the first movie to feature the character was The Hunt for Red October
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in 1990. Ever since Ben Aff leck starred as the protagonist in The Sum of All Fears 12 years ago, the franchise has since been put on hold, until this most recent installment. This baggage, combined with the generic spy movie checklist and seemingly perfect lead role makes for a fairly predictable outcome. The film begins with Ryan (Chris Pine) as a Marine in the war in Afghanistan. After surviving a helicopter crash that forces him to retire, the CIA recruits Ryan because of his exceptional abi lit ies in pat-
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tern recognition. The story then moves forward to the present day with Ryan working on Wall Street. Here he is assigned to look for suspicious activity in the financial market that would indicate a Russian plot to crash the American economy. From here, the movie follows the standard thriller formula with an assassination attempt, the unveiling of the mastermind behind the attacks design, the inevitable blown cover by a romantic interest, and the climactic scene where Ryan prevents the destruction of Wall Street by driving a bomb into the river. In the end, the film sets the stage another sequel. Still, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit maintains a list of redeeming qualities. Its approach to the spy world puts it in a modern setting when compared to its cold war counterparts. The idea of economic terrorism toward the United States is uncannily timed and original in
place of the traditional style popularized by James Bond. The film also stays true to point in avoiding cliché romanticism with an excellent delivery from Kevin Costner as Ryan’s boss Thomas Harper, explaining that “this is geopolitics, not couples therapy.” Action movies should provide adrenaline rushes and not so much the side plot of the significant other. The biggest problem with this film is the sheer invincibility of Ryan. Pine portrays a character with an apparently unlimited skill set. From an economics major, to wounded soldier, to tactical spy, Ryan is not a believable character. Apart from this, Pine does a good job at playing the part of the spy hero. Kenneth Branagh both directs and stars as the antagonist, Viktor Cherevin. The villain he portrays here appears to be somewhat intelligent and non-blundering, which we have seen far too much of. The only questionable casting choice would be Kiera Knightly as Ryan’s love interest. With a strained American accent, she feels far too awkward in the movie’s
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fast-paced environment. Overall, Jack Ryan makes an impression and is sure to become recognizable once
again to the popular crowd. However, if you were to wait until it came out on Blu-Ray, nobody would blame you.
Numans’ first EP delivers energy and surprises Numans Numans
Megan Stitt Correspondent
It begins with fresh, clear strums of a guitar, and then the beat of the drum comes in, steadily reeling the listener in to the catchy tune. “Monet” is the first track on the self-titled EP by the band Numans, and with its upbeat mood and clever lyrics, it’s a great start to the album. The band is composed of four members from around the Triangle: Theodore “Teddy” Wilson, on guitar, synth and vocals, Austin Morel on guitar, Andrew Scott on bass, and N.C. State’s own Lucas Kessler on the drums. The energy from the guitar in “Monet” continues throughout the rest of the album. Maybe it’s just that the album art includes a car, but this is an album that I would love to take on a road trip. I could listen to this album driving down the road for hours with the windows rolled down on an adven-
ture, even though the song “Seattle” talks about taking a plane or a train. Thoughtful lyrics that will catch you by surprise are sprinkled throughout the album. You’ll have to listen to it a couple times to catch them all. “Monet” even references Charles Darwin and Rachel Ray, though those certainly are not the last of the clever lyrics on this album. All of the songs begin with a bit of guitar, except for the last track, “Lonely City.” Instead it begins with the
“The album has an overall indie feel with its crisp guitar and deep bass.” PHOTO COURTESY OF JOHN STAVAS
sound of the drums (though quickly accompanied by the guitar soon afterward). Despite its title of “Lonely City,” it is the perfect beginning to a late-night anthem of friends, a uniting feeling fur-
thered later in the song with what seems like the chant of crowds singing in response to Wilson. “Much of the inspiration for the EP came from what was going on in our worlds at the time that the songs
were being written,” Kessler said. “All of us were going through major transitions—some good and others bad—and I think that the EP somewhat reflects how we saw ourselves and others.” Kessler said “8 AM,” which is
the second song on the album is his favorite. “It was one of the first songs we performed as a band and has changed the most since being written,” Kessler said. “It’s simple, but really fun to perform live.”
The album has an overall indie feel with its crisp guitar and deep bass. Numans’ self-titled EP dropped Dec. 15 and is free through the website bandcamp (www.numans.bandcamp.com).
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Student musicians go public Taylor Quinn Assistant Features Editor
After playing together for just a single day, the members of Numans knew they were meant to make music together. The band Numans consists of four friends, most of whom are in college. Theodore Wilson sings and plays guitar and keys, Austin Morel plays guitar, Andrew Scott plays bass and N.C. State student Lucas Kessler plays drums. “The group formed in June 2013 after meeting to jam on some songs Teddy [Wilson] wrote toward the end of his senior year in high school,” Kessler said. “That same evening, we were able to perform the three songs at an open mic in Carrboro and enjoyed the experience so much, so we kept going with it.” Wilson goes to UNC-Chapel Hill, Morel goes to UNC School of the Arts, Scott is in his final year at Chapel Hill High School and Kessler is a sophomore in creative writing at N.C. State. “While balancing schoolwork and meeting most weekends to work on our music seems like it would be difficult, I don’t think Numans really adds any pressure to our lives,” Kessler said. Kessler said the group incorporates different genres into its music, but one genre is more prominent. “While I think we like to incorporate different genres while writing, most of our
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From left to right: Teddy Wilson, Andrew Scott, Lucas Kessler and Austin Morel. The four comprise Numans, an indie-rock band that brings its music to venues all over the Triangle.
songs have a strong pop feel to them,” Kessler said. As far as getting their music out to the public, Kessler said it was not as difficult as they thought it would be. “Getting exposure has actually been a lot easier than we expected,” Kessler said. “While I don’t think our name is broadly recognized, even locally, we’ve had a pretty easy time hopping on bills at venues like The Cave, Deep South, Slims Downtown and the Local 506.” According to Kessler, the band is pleased with how many shows it is booking
with bands that travel the country. “A l so, a few tou r i ng bands have reached out to us through Facebook, and we’ve been able to perform with them on their dates in the Triangle,” Kessler said. “Just this month, we played four shows in fewer than 10 days, including two with a band traveling from Florida.” Though the band members said they are grateful for the shows, Kessler said the group needs a break. “Following that quick series of shows, however, we have decided to take a several-
week-long break from performing to relax and work on music,” Kessler said. “We may have some shows scheduled for March, though.” Kessler said he and the band hope for audiences to enjoy their shows. “All we can really hope for is that people leave our shows having had a good time,” Kessler said. “Even though some of our songs are deeply personal to the band, we write them all so that people can dance and enjoy themselves while listening.” As for the group’s future, Kessler said making music
is enjoyable to the members of the band, so they will continue to do it. “We will continue to write songs that make us and the people who enjoy our music happy and begin performing in more cities across North Carolina,” Kessler said. “We’re all best friends, and making music is our favorite thing to do, so Numans feels as leisurely to all of us as going to the movies or hanging out.” Kessler said he doesn’t know exactly where the band will go, but for now, being in the band is rewarding for all
of them. “I think all of us would agree that both making music and seeing people or hearing about people enjoying it is the most fulfilling part about being in a band,” Kessler said. “We really like getting supportive emails from people who have listened to our EP through Bandcamp Discover and talking with new people after our performances.” For more information about the Numans, visit the band’s bandcamp page.
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Frontman Teddy Wilson records his part for the band’s self-titled EP, which is Numans’ debut album.
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Luke Nadkarni three-point land before Sunday’s game, kicked off State’s comeback by nailing a pair of threes. State continued to creep closer until Lee’s layup gave the Pack the lead. The game went back-and-forth from that point forward until the end of regulation. “We had a lot of different players step up and make big plays and contribute,” Gottfried said. “I can go down through just about everybody in the lineup; they made important plays for our team.” With State trailing 7270 in the final minute of regulation, Warren missed a jumper, but Lee was there for the put-back to tie the game at 72 apiece with 16.1 seconds left. Golden’s three-point attempt at the buzzer missed everything, forcing the extra session, where the Wolfpack prevailed thanks to Warren’s floater and hardnosed defense. State returns to action on Wednesday night as it hosts Florida State. Tipoff at PNC Arena is set for 9 p.m.
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N.C. State’s women’s tennis team opened its season in an emphatic manner, refusing to drop a single set in either singles and doubles play in identical 7-0 victories over North Carolina Central and East Carolina on Friday at the J.W. Isenhour Tennis Center in Raleigh. The Wolfpack started the day with its match against Central in the morning, kicking things off by easily taking the doubles point. Freshmen Liza Fieldsend and Natalia Janowicz were first off the court for the Pack, defeating Central’s Lynsey Cover and Tamara Jeremic, 6-3. State’s No. 1 doubles team, consisting of juniors Nicole Martinez and Elisha Hande, finished next with a 6-2 win over Rebecca Wood and Ekaterina Nekrasova, and the No. 2 team of senior Joelle Kissell and junior Sophie Nelson completed State’s doubles sweep, defeating Mia Ramic and Aissa Muamba, 6-1. The Wolfpack carried its
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momentum into singles play. Top seed Kissell was first off the court with an efficient 6-1, 6-1 victory over Wood, followed by Nelson’s 6-3, 6-0 win over Nekrasova at No. 3. Hande clinched the match for the Pack at her No. 4 slot by defeating Ramic, 6-2, 6-0. “Today went really well,” Kissell said. “I wanted to get out there and go for my shots. It felt good to be on the court with my team again.” Sophomore Rachael JamesBaker, playing at No. 2 for the Pack, pushed that lead to 5-0 by knocking off Muamba, 6-2, 6-3, and Janowicz impressively blanked Jeremic, 6-0, 6-0. Sophomore Taylor Zaytoun finished things off for State by defeating Cover, 6-0, 6-3. “Starts of points were really good,” head coach Hans Olsen said. “Our serves and returns were really on point and movement looked really good. Some of our players had to face a little adversity, but we settled ourselves down.” It was more of the same for the Wolfpack in the nightcap against ECU. The Pack swept the doubles point for a second time, led by Kissell and Nelson’s 6-0 win over Dana Gray
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Freshman Natalia Janowicz hits a backhand volley during N.C. State’s match against East Carolina. Janowicz and her teammate Taylor Zaytoun won their doubles match, helping the Wolfpack defeat the Pirates, 7-0.
and Maria Storozheva, 6-0. The other two matches were slightly more competitive, with Fieldsend and James-Baker defeating Melis Tanak and Emily Groeneveld of the Pirates, 6-3, and Hande and Martinez teamed up again to beat Michelle Castro and Nicole DeLuca, 6-4. The Pack kept up its winning ways in the singles competition. Fieldsend was first off the court at No. 4, de-
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off the Pirates by defeating Gray, 6-2, 6-4. “I think that we’ve been working very hard mentally and physically,” Olsen said. “It didn’t seem like a culmination of the preseason preparation, but rather a continuation of the process.” The Wolfpack returns to action Saturday as it hosts Missouri. Match time at Isenhour is set for noon.
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Wolfpack dominates inaugural Beauty and the Beast event N.C. State’s wrestling and gymnastics teams each took home wins on Friday night in Reynolds Coliseum, with both squads competing simultaneously in the first-ever Beauty and the Beast event. The wrestling team took down Campbell, 34-10, and the gymnastics team posted a team score of 194.050 to take home first-place. Check out the full recap online at technicianonline.com/sports.
Wolfpack thrower sets new school record at Hokie Invitational Wolfpack junior Tremanisha Taylor set a new indoor school record in the women’s shot put with a throw of 54’04” at the Hokie Invitational on Saturday, besting her previous school record of 53’07” set last season. Taylor was one of eight State athletes to take home first-place honors at the twoday event in Blacksburg, Va. SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS
Pack swimming & diving teams taken down by Golden Gophers N.C. State’s men’s and women’s swimming & diving teams both fell to Minnesota during a two-day meet in Minneapolis, Minn. The men’s team (6-3 overall), ranked 21st in the nation, lost 192-159 to the No. 14 Gophers, while the unranked women’s Wolfpack squad (4-4 overall) was beaten 190-156. State’s swimmers combined to win five of eight relay events and nine individual titles. SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS
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WARREN’S LATE BUCKET RESCUES WOLFPACK AGAINST GEORGIA TECH
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Sophomore forward T.J. Warren scored with 6.2 seconds remaining in overtime to help give N.C. State a wild, 80-78, overtime win against Georgia Tech on Sunday afternoon at PNC Arena. Warren, coming off of an ankle injury against Duke on Jan. 18, led the Wolfpack (13-7, 3-4 ACC) with 20 points and six rebounds and was one of four State players to score in double figures. Junior guards Ralston Turner and Desmond Lee had 12 and 11 points, respectively, and sophomore guard Tyler Lewis chipped in with 10. With the score tied at 78 apiece with 30.6 seconds remaining, N.C. State head coach Mark Gottfried called timeout to design a play. The Wolfpack dribbled out most of the clock, and then fed Warren, who drove into the lane and hit a runner to put the Pack on top. Warren said the winning play couldn’t have been drawn up any better. “It was perfectly executed,” Warren said. “We did it exactly as the coaches told us to do it.” State trailed by as many as 11 points in the second half, and the shot capped a come-from-behind victory. The Wolfpack overcame a huge day from Georgia Tech senior center Daniel Miller, who led his team with a game-high 21 points and 14 rebounds. The Jackets owned the Pack on the boards, outrebounding State 42-21 and ending the day with 18 offensive rebounds. Seconds later, Georgia Tech’s sophomore guard Trae Golden
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Junior guard Desmond Lee drives to the basket during the game against Georgia Tech in PNC Arena Sunday. Lee scored 11 points, including the game-tying put-back in the last minute of regulation, in the Wolfpack’s 80-78 overtime victory against the Yellow Jackets.
was whistled for an offensive foul on the other end, turning the ball over with 2.5 seconds left. The Jackets (11-9, 2-5 ACC) immediately fouled Turner on the inbounds play, but the junior missed both free throws to leave the door open for a last-second comeback. Tech ran an full-court inbounds play, reminiscent of Valparaiso’s game-winning play against Mississippi in the first round of the 1998 NCAA Tournament, but sophomore guard Chris Bolden’s heave clanged off the rim at the buzzer. The Jackets led 40-35 at the half,
shooting 13-of-26 from the field. They also shot 10-of-14 from the free throw line and had four threepointers. The Pack led for much of the first half, but Georgia Tech forged ahead on two free throws by sophomore guard Marcus Georges-Hunt with 7:44 before halftime. State didn’t lead again until a layup from Lee with 7:11 remaining in the second half. State’s defense stiffened after halftime, limiting Tech to 15-of-39 shooting in the final 25 minutes. For the game, State shot 32-of-60 and
5-of-13 from three. “I’m stubborn because I like to stick with my [man-to-man] defense,” Gottfried said. “But today we went zone, and I felt comfortable with it. Sometimes you have a hunch and you bet a bunch.” Miller’s jumper with 15:56 remaining in regulation put Tech up 52-41, its largest lead of the game, but from there the Pack began to slowly chip away at the lead. Lewis, who was three-for-25 from
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Wednesday MEN’S BASKETBALL V. FLORIDA STATE Raleigh, N.C. Thursday WOMEN’S BASKETBALL V. NO. 6 MARYLAND Raleigh, N.C. Friday MEN’S TENNIS V. INDIANA Bloomington, Ind. SWIMMING AND DIVING V. UNCCHAPEL HILL Chapel Hill, N.C. WRESTLING V. UNC-CHAPEL HILL Raleigh, N.C. TRACK AT BOB POLLOCK INVITATIONAL Clemson, S.C. TRACK AT HILTON GARDEN INVITE Winston-Salem, N.C. Saturday MEN’S BASKETBALL V. UNCCHAPEL HILL Chapel Hill, N.C.
QUOTE OF THE DAY “We had a lot of different players step up and make big plays and contribute.” Mark Gottfried, head men’s basketball coach
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Wolfpack exterminates Yellow Jackets Rob McLamb Assistant Sports Editor
N.C. State had all five of its starters finish with double-figures in scoring, led by junior guard Len’Nique Brown with 17 points, and the Wolfpack made nine three-pointers en route to a, 80-73, victory over the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at McCamish Pavillion in Atlanta on Sunday. The win improves the No. 23 Wolfpack to 18-3 overall and 5-2 in the ACC. State used a hot start from behind the arc to build a 15-6 lead six minutes into the opening half. Senior guard Myisha Goodman-Coleman led the Pack from three-point range with a four-for-10 afternoon and finishing with 16 points. Foul woes for N.C. State helped Georgia Tech stay in the game. The Yellow Jackets rallied to bring the game within three points at halftime and led by a point with 14:39 remaining in the game when senior guard Tyaunna Marshall hit a jumper. Marshall finished with 23 points, seven rebounds and seven assists for Tech. “It was a big win,” N.C. State head coach Wes Moore said. “The foul trouble bit us. To top it off, we had Myisha in foul trouble. She was hot and hit some big threes for us early in the game. We weathered it, we’re able to hang in there, and then the second half showed a lot of toughness.” After Georgia Tech took its last lead of the game in the second half, the Wolfpack used a 15-4 run over the next nine minutes
to open up a nine point lead with less than six minutes to play. The Yellow Jackets used a full-court press defensively on N.C. State, but the Pack handled it effectively. “Len’Nique played 39 minutes against the press all day long, unbelievable performance,” Moore said. “In first half, I thought we did a great job of burning the press. Fortunately, Len’Nique, and [junior guard] Krystal Barrett for that matter, both of them did a good enough job of handling the ball to get it down the court and we were able to build a little bit of a lead. They did an awesome job. I couldn’t be prouder. This is a big, big win.” N.C. State had 22 assists on 26 field goals. Brown led the team with six dishes on the afternoon. The senior also added seven rebounds, second on the team only to senior center Markeisha Gatling’s eight. Heading into the matchup, Marshall and Tech’s freshman guard Maela Davis were a concern for Moore and the Wolfpack due to their ability to score and pass. State had issues with Marshall, but was able to contain Davis, limiting her to five points on two-of-10 shooting from the floor. “Coach stressed how good they were in practice and he had us pressuring the ball and denying them the ball,” Brown said. “I think that [Barrett] and Myisha did a great job on both of them, along with us collapsing and helping out. We had help all around.” N.C. State will attempt to inch closer in its attempt to reach the 20-win plateau in the regular season for the first time since the 2006-07 campaign when the Pack hosts na-
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Junior forward Kody Burke takes a jump shot during the eighth annual Hoops 4 Hope basketball game against Georgia Tech in Reynolds Coliseum on Feb. 17, 2013. The Wolfpack women fell, 79-70, to the Yellow Jackets.
tionally-ranked Maryland in Reynolds Coliseum on Thursday in the final-ever regular season ACC game between the two schools, with tipoff
set for 7:00 p.m. State leads the overall series 41-35 but the Terrapins have won seven of the last eight between the two.