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James Hatfield, a senior in textile engineering, and Braeden Earp, a sophomore in textile engineering, work on the College of Textiles shack during Shack-a-Thon on Sunday. Shack-a-Thon helps to raise funds for Habitat for Humanity and is held annually in the Brickyard.
Shack-a-Thon raises money, roofs for Habitat for Humanity Harrison Allen Correspondent
Groups participating in NC State’s annual Shack-a-Thon fundraiser, which raises money for Habitat for Humanity, prepared themselves Sunday to spend a week outside as they built their shacks on the Brickyard. This year, 16 shacks will remain on the Brickyard all week in hopes to donate all proceeds to Habitat for Humanity to help build homes for people in need. “We are out here fundraising
so that Habitat for Humanity can provide more houses for these low income families,” said Samantha Cromer, a sophomore in extension education participating with the Interfaith shack. At least two people will have to man each shack for 24 hours a day from 8 a.m. Monday until 5 p.m. Friday. Last year Shack-a-Thon raised more than $37,000 for Habitat for Humanity. This year it hopes to raise just as much, if not more. Each separate shack raises money through various methods to con-
tribute to the cause. “[The Interfaith shack] will have sweet tea and we will be selling para-cord bracelets, hair bows, and I think we’ll also have henna tattoos,” Cromer said. Other groups, such as the Engineering Village, have taken a less conventional route to raise money, selling activities such as games as opposed to physical goods at their shacks. “[The Engineering Village shack] is going to have carnival type games,” said Caroline Law, a sophomore in computer science.
Many of the shacks have separate goals of how much money they would like to raise. “I would like us to have $1,500 by the end of the week,” said Growing Cartagena, a junior in civil engineering who is participating with the multicultural shack. Alex Kim, a sophomore in chemical engineering, said the Park scholars shack had a goal to raise $1,500 as well. Others, however, do not have concrete fundraising goals set.
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NCPIRG, SG seek to increase registered student voters before upcoming deadline Ian Grice Correspondent
In what is predicted to be one of the most expensive national elections in the country, the college student vote will play a significant role in who emerges the victor between Republican candidate and Speaker of the NC House Thom Tillis and incumbent Democratic Senator Kay Hagan. Early voting will now take place ten days before the official voting day, beginning October 24. This is a change from last year’s voting period which began 17 days earlier. Last year’s Republican-led legislature changed the law in North Carolina to shorten the period, which received backlash from students and underrepresented groups alike. Unlike in 2012, when students could vote on campus at the Talley Student Center, the closest early voting site will be the Chavis Community Center, which is 3.4 miles from campus. In July, the Republican-controlled Wake County Board of Elections decided not to name NC State as an early voting site, despite the fact that more than 13,000 people voted on campus in 2012. The race between Tillis, the Speaker of the NC House which
overhauled voting laws in the state, and Hagan, the Democratic candidate who has nationally been cited as one of the senators most likely to lose her seat, has already become one of the most expensive races in the country, according to The New York Times. Hagan currently leads Tillis 42 to 38 percentage points, according to Public Policy Polling. According to Politico, Wake County is the most important county in the senatorial race. North Carolina is a swing state and could determine the Senate majority. Other positions being contested are the seats for the U.S. House Representative districts 2, 4 and 13 as well as seats in the NC Senate and House of Representatives, the Wake County sheriff and several court positions. NCPIRG, a non-profit dedicated to protecting student interests, said its goal is to register 1,500 students and make 30,000 get out the vote contacts. So far, NCPIRG has registered more than 250 students, according to Julie Persinger, campus organizer with NCPIRG. Persinger said the organization is nonpartisan and dedicated to
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On Friday, President Barack Obama announced the White House’s new campaign to stop sexual assault on college campuses, which hopes to raise awareness by enlisting the support of student leaders, college sports leagues and celebrities from across the country. The initiative, titled “It’s On Us,” is a national attempt to spread the message that fighting sexual assault on college campuses is the responsibility of more than just the victim: Every person attending
“An estimated one in five women has been sexually assaulted during her college years.” President Barack Obama
a university should understand that sexual assault means and should speak up when necessary. “This is on all of us, every one of us, to fight campus sexual assault,” President Obama said at the announcement Friday. “We are going to organize campus by campus, city by city, state by state. This entire country is going to make sure that we understand what this is about and that we’re going to put a stop to it.” The campaign emphasizes the danger of the bystander effect by encouraging people to speak up when they see potential red flags regarding sexual assault and violence. One of the tips “It’s On Us” gave to people who made a commitment to the campaign was to “trust your gut” and to speak up when a situation seems potentially harmful. “An estimated one in five wom-
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Jessica Yin, a sophomore in statistics, and Tom Jorden from Sweet Cakes bakery distribute chocolate at their booth during the Chocolate Festival on Friday. The Chocolate Festival aimed to raise breast cancer awareness.
Guests remember breast cancer victims at 11th annual Chocolate Festival Talia Rodriguez Correspondent
Guests sampled chocolates and remembered victims of breast cancer on Friday at this year’s annual Chocolate Festival, an event sponsored by the Women’s Center to raise money and awareness for breast cancer. The festival, now in its 11th year, was held in the Carmichael Gymnasium. While many elements of the annual event remained the same, the festival also sported some new additions this year. “We will have an opportunity for people who identify them-
selves as survivors to be honored over the DJ system,” said Otis McGresham, assistant director of the Women’s Center. “And then we have a small gift from the Chocolate Festival to them, so that’s new this year.” McGresham said there were both repeat and new vendors featured at the festival this year, with a remaining emphasis supporting businesses based in the area. The vendors included Godiva, Lindt and Dove as well as smaller companies from the area such as Insomnia Cookies and Vagasky Truffles. The chocolate samples
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xamining his pinhole lens, Joshua Holder, a junior in biological engineering, checks to make sure it is completely circular. The Craft Center held its annual Pinhole competition on Saturday and Sunday after having students build pinhole lenses on Thursday and Friday. The contest challenges students to capture the campus as seen through the eye of a pinhole camera. The winners of the Judge’s Choice and People’s Choice awards recieve a free class at the Craft Center.
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registering voters. NCPIRG conducted a longitudinal study that found less than a fourth of registered voters actually vote during the election, Persinger said. The study found after the Get Out the Vote initiative,
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registered voters voted 76 percent of the time. The deadline to register is Oct. 10 in the middle of fall break, but it is important to register as soon as possible, Persinger said. “We have been working really closely with the SG,” Persinger said. The student government association and NCPIRG set
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up a table on Wednesdays in the Brickyard to register voters, Persinger said. Students in North Carolina represent 15 percent of the electorate, according to Persinger. Student Body President Rusty Mau, a graduate student in economics, said the Student Government Association partnered with NCPIRG to get students registered to vote. Student Government is publicizing Wolfpack Votes, a customized voter registration tool. Wolfpack Votes creates a completed PDF of a student’s voter registration, all they need to do is turn the printed version into the Board of Elections, Mau said. Student Government plans to arrange transportation to polling location for students. “North Carolina is one of the most important states in the country,” Mau said.
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BugFest crawls back to downtown Raleigh Rachel Smith Correspondent
Saturday, the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences hosted its 18th BugFest, an annual event that attracts more than 30,000 visitors each year and offers guests the opportunity to admire, interact and even taste a variety of insects. Sonia Su, a sophomore in food science, was among those brave enough to sample the buggy dishes featured at the museum’s Café Insecta. “The [bugs] tasted crunchy and you could feel the cricket legs in your throat,” Su said. “My favorite part of BugFest was eating crickets and meal worms and watching the rest of my group eat them too, at
least the ones that dared to.” Café Insecta offered a variety of bug dishes from ice cream, pistachio brittle, fried rice and even grits. In addition to these taboo dishes, there were more than 100 insect exhibits, displays and activities for guests to explore. NC State students and staff were also involved at BugFest. The Department of Entomology, the College of Veterinar y Medicine, NCSU Libraries, and the Department of Materials Science and Engineering all hosted displays dedicated to a variety of bugs and insect activities. On Saturday, all four stories of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences were dedicated to BugFest
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guests could try included an array of cookies, truffles, cakes, fudge, brownies and even chocolate cooking sauces. Guests were invited to dip their confections in chocolate at the festival’s chocolate fountain. Along with chocolate vendors, the festival hosted booths from the Student Health Center to educate guests about breast examinations and the Kay Yow Cancer Fund. In addition, guests bided on items
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“We want to raise the most,” Law said. With defined goals or not, all of the shacks are raising money to support the same cause. Many of the shacks built this year were designed and built with different themes in mind too. Kim, who helped build the Park scholars shack, said the Park scholars were going for a Hawaiian theme. Cartagena, who helped build the Multicultura l shack, said the group wanted to use bright colors to attract more visitors to the shack.
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en has been sexually assaulted during her college years – one in five,” Obama said. “Of those assaults, only 12 percent are reported, and of those reported assaults, only a fraction of the offenders are punished.” Obama said men need to participate in the effort in order to make sexual assault no longer acceptable on college campuses. Student Body President Rusty Mau was part of a group of student body presidents who were invited to the White House for a conference in June to talk more about the planning of the “It’s On Us” campaign, and he has been closely working with the White House and other student leaders to help implement the initiative ever since. Mau said the White House was already working on the initiative at this time, but it wanted to get feedback from campus presidents about how to make the most impact. The campaign will be announced to the NC State student body soon, Mau said. A long with the W hite
and the research center of the museum had insects on display for guests to admire. Roads surrounding the museum featured a carnival as well as informational displays to teach visitors about bugs. “They had lots of little tables spread out throughout the museum that had insects and bugs you could look at and some you could even hold,” Su said. This year, BugFest’s theme was stink bugs. Su said BugFest’s attendees were of all ages, with lots of college students from universities nearby participating in the day’s activities. “There were more families and kids, in my opinion, but there were quite a few college students too.”
such as jewelry and wreaths at the Silent Auction to raise funds for breast cancer research. Alongside vendors and guests, NC State students assisted with operating the event. The student volunteers took tickets, handed out pink bags for samples and hosted chocolate stations. Janna Brown, a sophomore in communication, volunteered with her fraternity, the Iota Phi Chapter of Zeta Tau Alpha. “Our philanthropy is breast cancer education and awareness, so they asked us if we wanted to have a booth here,” Brown said.
“We have a porch so people can be out [on our shack] hanging out,” Cartagena said. Cartagena said the shack would even have couches and a rug on the porch because the builders wanted it to be a place people could come to have a good time and meet new people. Many Shack-a-Thon participants said they choose to partake because they admire and appreciate the charity work that Habitat for Humanity does for those in need. Cromer said the organization keeps people from having to live on the streets or in a homeless shelter. “I think that Habitat for Humanity is a really great
House and college campuses across the country, many other interest groups associated with the college demographic, such as EA Sports, the NCAA and prominent celebrities, have joined the campaign. “So when you are at an NC State football game and you see the ‘It’s On Us’ on the Jumbotron and you go home and you are playing Madden NFL and you see ‘It’s On Us,’ it’s a lot more opportunity to connect with students,” Mau said. “That’s what they are really focusing on, putting the ‘It’s On Us’ message in as many alternative platforms as possible.” NC State is currently in the process of planning, and this week filming, its own public service announcement similar to the PSA available on the “It’s On Us” website. “That key component of this campaign is helping everyone, especially males, understand that we are all a part of the solution and we all have to speak up,” Mau said. “It’s training students to, if you see something that is wrong, if you see something that needs to be changed, having the courage to stand up and say, ‘Hey I spotted this’ can make a difference.”
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Braelyn Yeater, daughter of Monica Yeater, interacts with the exhibit at BugFest on Saturday in the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. The event gave local residents an opportunity to interact with the fascinating world of bugs.
This year, a large number of attendees were students. While many simply came to enjoy the chocolate, many students had personal ties encouraging them to support Breast Cancer. “It’s great—I love chocolate,” said Tiffany Russ, a freshmen in elementary education. “One of my teachers got breast cancer, and one of my friend’s mom passed away from breast cancer a year ago.” Other students such as Savannah Stallings, a freshman in management, came to support the cause even though it has never affected her personally.
organization,” Cromer said. Some participated because they participated in NC State’s previous Shack-aThon fundraisers. “I liked [last year’s Shack-aThon] so much that I wanted to do it again, and I wanted to go bigger and better,” Law said. Others participated in the fundraiser because they simply enjoy doing so. “I think it’s a lot of fun, honestly,” Cartagena said. “I just think Shack-a-Thon is just a great experience.” Money can be donated through participating in booth’s individual fundraisers or online at www.habitatwake.org.
“It’s something that affects everyone,” Stallings said. “It’s a good thing to remember, and it could affect anyone that’s a female in my life at any time. Even though I don’t have it now, it’s sad to think that I might have it one day.” Attendees remembered those who had breast cancer by writing names of loved ones on pink slips of paper and adding them to a banner. McGresham said that chocolate attracts more people, and that the silent auction alone raised $1,200 last year. “Everybody loves chocolate,” McGresham said. “We can get you
in the door with the chocolate and have your attention for the general education piece. It’s just a fun way to get your attention.” The money the festival raises each year is split between the Woman’s Center and the Kay Yow cancer fund. The festival will continue to be a tradition for years to come, McGresham said. “It’s one of our signature programs, one of the expected experiences you’ll get here at NC State,” McGresham said. “It’s grown in popularity over the years, and people seem to appreciate it.”
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Zack Hutchens, a senior in civil engineering, works on the Civil Engineering Shack during Shack-a-Thon on Sunday. “I’ve had a blast out here,” Hutchens said. The annual Shack-a-Thon event helps to raise funds for Habitat for Humanity.
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he Ch i nese ecommerce giant, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, launched a stunning initial public offering at the New York Stock Exchange on Friday, Sept. 19, a nd has become the largest IPO e ver i n NYSE’s history. Ziyi Mai Staff Columnist Alibaba’s shares rose 38 percent to $93.89 per share shortly after its debut, according to Bloomberg, raising $21.8 billion in the first day, more than any company in the U.S. With its many recordbre a k i ng nu m b e r s , investors have reason to believe Alibaba is among the current most valuable companies in the U.S. Conventional wisdom dictates a positive correlation between economic and company growth assures that Alibaba will be profitable in decades to come. China’s continued economic growth will undoubtedly fuel Alibaba’s expansion. Alibaba is undeniably the most successful company in China. In the ecommerce field, its current market share is 80 percent thanks to Taobao, a platform similar to eBay that allows buyers and sellers to do business efficiently online. Taobao also incorporates AliPay, a PayPal-like transaction system that makes online payments more secure. Alibaba has also revolutionized the way small businesses survive and even thrive in China by initiating micro-finance services. Despite its promising future for investors, some potential risks to the firm’s future might not be noticeable yet.
Those risks are different from the ones that Alibaba’s counterparts such as Amazon and eBay face. For American companies that operate mainly in the U.S., regulatory risks have been clearly known due to legal frameworks and a productive industry of legal service. Investors are relatively familiar with American companies and how these businesses are supposed to perform. But Alibaba is not a familiar participant in America’s e-commerce market and isn’t well known among Americans. How the company operates, or what risks it would have in China’s legal system remains puzzling to many investors who intend to invest in its stocks. As Alibaba ambitiously takes on Internet finance, the biggest risk it faces could be from the economic policy and hurdles of the U.S.-owned banks. A libaba and ot her e-commerce companies have been working closely with fund-management firms to provide customers more options of saving and investing. AliPay offers funds with a higher return rate than similar products U.S. banks usually offer, sparking backlash from powerful U.S. banks. These banks have strong government endorsements, and they call for more scrutiny over Internet finance because customers are lured to the innovative and lucrative service Alibaba offers. Given the monopolistic natures of the U.S.-owned firms, they might eventually lobby and press the government to limit the scope of or completely shut down the services that threaten them. Alibaba has been successful in
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the e-commerce field w it hout me dd l i ng with U.S.-owned firms because the field was largely undeveloped at the time Alibaba was founded. But as Alibaba’s ambition and its desire to meet the needs of investors grow, it will expand into different economic sections where U.S.-owned companies might have some control. The conf lict between them will be the unavoidable challenge in the future. From a broader prospective, many American investors believe t h at C h i n a’s h ig h growth rate will persist at least five or six years, creating a stable environment for Alibaba to grow. But empirical studies have shown that there is little correlation between economic growth and returns on stock markets. Finance Professor Jay R. Ritter of University of Florida, said in a 2012 paper that some developing countries such as China and Russia have witnessed dramatic decreases on average real stock returns, while experiencing high growth rate of GDP per capita during the 1990s to 2011. Ritter’s study also showed that shares of Chinese firms listed in the NYSE shrunk 1 percent on average within the span of three years following an IPO, whereas American firms’ shares grew 7 percent annually after IPOs. That said, it by no means indicates that Alibaba is not a fascinating company with much potential. But investors should be more wary of the risks China’s regulatory system may pose to American stocks.
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n intruder who broke into the White House last Friday was an Army veteran previously diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder. When was this diagnosis given? After his first tour in Iraq, years before he was sent in for his second. Omar J. Gonzalez was knowingly sent back to Iraq while harboring a serious mental illness. Our government sent him to be wholly imMary Anna mersed once Rice more in the Correspondent environment that traumatized him in the first place. What is most frightening about Gonzalez’s treatment is that it is not surprising. We are used to hearing stories like his, in which veterans’ needs are fundamentally undermined to fuel the efforts toward the “greater good.” What is worthwhile about this “greater good” if it results in an abundance of broken people, incapable to appreciate or even conceive of what they worked arduously to win? Upon being apprehended by an agent of the Secret Service, Gonzalez claimed he needed to contact President Barack Obama to inform him that the “atmosphere was collapsing,” and that he needed to notify the Ameri-
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can people. Also, the folding knife Gonzalez allegedly “wielded” was found in his pocket, sheathed and out of sight. It likely came in handy since he and his two dogs were homeless, as Gonzalez has been living for the past two years, according to a family member. Mental illness is something Americans take too lightly, a fact highlighted frequently in our responses to current events. Being called to serve a second term in Iraq while lacking proper treatment compounded Gonzalez’s disease. American society so often views mental illness with a condescending gaze, daring it to identify itself as true disease. When people commit suicide and their actions gain public attention, there is no shortage of outcry deeming the victims as “selfish” - see: Robin Williams. Simply because the effects of a disease are not visibly apparent, does not mean it deserves any less attention. Mental illness can be much scarier in many cases. It attacks the mind, the one faculty over which we supposedly have complete control. A Veterans Affairs study conducted in 2013 estimated that 22 United States veterans commit suicide every day. No, people like Gonzalez cannot simply “get over it.” They cannot be expected to be fine for the sake of appearances–for the sake of serving their country. Conditions such as PTSD, de-
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pression and generalized anxiety require treatment just as much as illnesses that manifest corporeally. Otherwise they worsen, and are often debilitating. Symptoms of mental illness can metastasize into physical health concerns, spreading with the voracity of cancer cells. Oftentimes we want to forget what war is. We want to glorify our soldiers and place them on pedestals in order to drive attention away from the horrors they have faced. Soldiers are human. Suffering is often a part of their jobs, and they are frequently unable to put their experiences completely behind them. They should not be forced into doing so. Yet, we’re content in pretending that soldiers are infallible automatons that are capable of sustaining their positions without confronting any psychological repercussions, even in the face of death. Gonzalez’s actions on Friday symptomatized the basically untreated illness he had been living with for years, and now he faces charges for it. Though he could have been offered treatment after his first term of service, his needs were overlooked so that he could fulfill his “duty” to his country as a “well-bodied male.” Omar Gonzalez served his country, despite suffering from scars. And because he was expected to heal on his own, he was subsequently abused by the same system. Surely our veterans deserve better.
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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2014 • PAGE 5
Finding the Greek organization of your choice Elena Durvas Correspondent
NCSU is home to a multitude of different Greek organizations: a total of thirtythree fraternities and twenty sororities dedicated to all sorts of values such as service, culture, academia and faith. Whether or not to go Greek is an important decision, and students join for multiple reasons. Will Pinson, junior in biological sciences and member of Sigma Nu, wanted to follow in the footsteps of his father. “My dad was a Sigma Nu, and I knew a bunch of guys from high school so I kind of just moved into it,” Pinson said. Some students learned about their Greek organization through friends. “I honestly just joined spontaneously,” said Brandon Edwards, a sophomore in graphic design and member of Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity. “I just asked a friend of my roommate’s when a meeting was and it was actually the same night and so I just ended up doing it. It’s not like I looked at fraternities or compared any, I
just chose this one because it was in front of my face.” Major-oriented sororities and fraternities attract students looking to get more into their studies. “I didn’t realize how much I enjoyed my chemistry classes,” said Will Appleyard, a junior in biological sciences and member of Alpha Chi Sigma, State’s professional chemistry fraternity. According to Appleyard, though his fraternity is concerned with science, it’s more than solving formulas together. “We do a lot more than sit around and talk about chemistry,” Appleyard said. “We’ll go to schools and do science experiments for younger kids to try and get them interested in science. We also make great professional connections.” For others, it was about making a personal connection to their group’s mission. “I was looking for a philanthropy I can really relate to, something where I valued the same things that the girls in the sorority valued,” Sarah Gudger, a sophomore in political science, said. Gudger is a recent addition to Alpha Delta Pi, a National
Panhellenic sorority. Alpha Delta Pi supports the Ronald McDonald House, a charity dedicated to providing family-centered care to children and parents in need. Connor Pilgrim, junior in chemical engineering and president of Sigma Nu fraternity, agrees with Gudger. “We got St. Baldrick’s in the spring, that’s usually a really big philanthropy event,” Pilgrim said. “We’d like to be recognized for things that we do on campus more than our social events.” However, joining a Greek organization comes with its stereotypes. The media’s portrayal of Greek life is often radically different from what joining a fraternity or sorority actually entails; but it doesn’t stop people from drawing their own conclusions. According to Pilgrim, he finds himself having to regularly defend his choice. “Not really anyone in my family is or was Greek, or ever went Greek so they weren’t really on board when I joined a fraternity,” Pilgrim said. “There’s a lot more emphasis on doing well academically and doing well professionally than you ever see on TV
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Sigma Nu brothers gather for an intermural game.
or anything like that.” Pinson also strives to combat these stereotypical mentalities associated with Greek life when advocating for Sigma Nu. “I don’t think we’re as
stereotypically like party animals like you would see from Animal House,” Pinson said. “We actually get a lot of stuff done. You literally meet friends there closer than anybody else you know and I
guess we want to be emphasized for our good achievements, like grades, events we throw, and money we raise for charity rather than bad things that might happen.”
Working from home: the pros and cons of virtual internships Page Harris Staff Writer
Internships can provide rewarding and meaningful experiences for students, even virtually. Virtual internships can include situations where the student never works in any type of office setting, or might meet at an office about once a week. Susan Katz, an associate professor and coordinator of the English department internship program, said she finds virtual internships and offers them to students who are enrolled in the curriculum. “Maybe 10 percent of my students are doing virtual internships or that
some portion of the internship they are in is virtual as of right now,” Katz said. Some people might have a virtual internship instead of one where they go to an office because they live too far away from the company they work for, according to Katz. Another reason may be that a main office or building for the company does not exist. Megan Harrison, a junior in communication media, had a virtual internship last summer. “I found the internship online and applied to it through InternMatch,” Harrison said. “When I applied, however, I didn’t realize it was a virtual internship. It wasn’t
until after the interview that they told me if I received the position it would be virtual.” Harrison said she had to do her work virtually because of where the company’s offices were located. “The company has two main offices in New York City and Los Angeles,” Harrison said. “They never told me exactly why the internship was virtual, but they told me it essentially wasn’t necessary to have me come to either city.” Harrison had a writing internship. She was able to write all of her articles on her computer and email them to the editor where they were drafted onto the websites. This came with pros and cons, ac-
cording to Harrison. “Some pros of having a virtual internship was that I was able to have a pretty flexible schedule,” Harrison said. “Also, I could work in an environment that I found most stimulating and fitting for my learning abilities and habits.” Basic communication, though, proved challenging. “Answers weren’t instantaneous, and it was often difficult to have a question answered in a timely manner,” Harrison said. “In addition, because the two main offices are so far apart, I often had a hard time relaying or receiving information from one end to another. For example, expectations or directions
I received from one office weren’t always in concordance with the other office. Hence, this made for unneeded confusion and did affect my work’s precision from time to time. Harrison did say she would consider another virtual internship in the future, but said she hoped her next internship might be in person instead. “It was a great experience and I don’t by any means regret my decision,” Harrison said. “However, I feel it is also important to have face-to-face contact and experience as well, which isn’t as readily provided with a virtual internship.”
Social media app expands student communication Jillian Smith Correspondent
A social networking app is growing in presence and has become a major source of news, gossip and updates for many students. It’s called Yik Yak and is a location-based messaging application similar to Twitter, but with a few key differences that create a more open environment. Yik Yak users post or “yak,” anonymously. There are no names, photos or links to profiles. Nobody knows who posts what, which makes playing the game more open and less biased. According to Wojdylo, a social media blog, Yik Yak has become an incredibly popular app by combining social media with a game in which you can accumulate points. “Yakarma” is the point system that up-voting and down-voting affects. One can gain points when yaks get up-voted and also gain points when the user replies to a yak. These points are not really used for anything though, they mostly show how often the user is on yik yak and how popular the user’s yaks are. Yak’s that are up-voted more than five times save to the “Me” section at the bottom of the
app, according to Wodyjo Social Media. When a yak begins to receive a high number of upvotes, it gets moved to the “Hot” section of the app where it can reach a wider audience. However, no matter how many up-votes a yak gets, it will disappear within three hours of posting. That is not to say the yak will disappear forever. There is now a Twitter profile, “Best of NCSU Yik Yak,” that pulls and tweets the NCSU yaks with the most up-votes. Elizabeth Reavis, a sophomore in biological sciences, uses Yik Yak to get updates and see the various thoughts of students she would not normally be able to interact with. “I get to see the opinions of people I would never see or know about otherwise,” Reavis said. She also said that Yik Yak has become popular among the student body because it is “an easy and fun way to see what is happening on campus.” Reavis said that the anonymity of Yik Yak comes with both advantages and disadvantages. When it comes to Greek life, Yik Yak has become an virtual arena for talking about sororities, fraternities and their individual members. “People feel more comfortable saying things
that are really offensive on Yik Yak,” said Reavis, a member of Sigma Kappa. For some Greek organizations, the number of students interested in rushing that sorority or fraternity can be affected by the image created for them on Yik Yak. While more participants in Greek life are downloading the app, some are deleting it for that very reason. “At first it was a really good way to pass the time in class or while procrastinating on homework, reading all the funny yaks, but I stopped using it when I saw how much Greek life was taking over and I didn’t feel included in the conversation anymore,” said Janelle Ward, a sophomore in business administration. For students like Ward, the changing environment of the NCSU Yik Yak and the heavy Greek influence took away some of the variety of thought and opinion she previously experienced. She also cited an increase in attacks on individual members of fraternities and especially sororities as a major reason she decided to get rid of her Yik Yak account. “It was becoming disrespectful to women all over campus, and I was tired of it and deleted it,” Ward said. But according to Reavis, even though many
students see trash-talking and offensive material on the app, it continues to be popular because of its addictive nature and constantly changing news feed. Justin Patchin, a director of the Cyberbullying Research Center, said he is not surprised by young adults’ attraction to anonymous social media, as it gives them a sense of privacy that we are all concerned with a virtual environment where so many people have access to everything you say or do. While there are some potential problems concerning bullying with Yik Yak, it has also emerged as a great way for students to communicate and get updates. According to the app, people will post about events happening on and off-campus, important news and sometimes just funny things going on around them. Yik Yak is just beginning to be seen around college campuses. It might continue to grow in popularity until it reaches Facebook-sized proportions, it might stay popular on mostly college campuses, or it might simply fade away, like Whisper and many other forms of social media. We’ll see how long the yaks will yak.
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Developing networks: professor aids interns Sarah Keener Staff Writer
For Susan Katz, education exceeds far beyond the classroom. An internship coordinator at NC State, Katz helps students find internships, simultaneously helping them develop professional skills to be successful in finding a fulfilling career after college. With years of experience in the University’s internship program, Katz has made more than 300 contacts with employers connected to large corporations, small businesses, government agencies and nonprofit organizations –all of which offer some sort of internship opportunity to State students through the professional internship course which she teaches. Any junior or senior student with a CHASS major or minor is encouraged to enroll in the professional internship class, English 350. To be eligible, students must have at least a 2.5 overall GPA and a 3.0 in their specific CHASS major or minor. Similar to applying for a job, students in the internship program go through an application process of providing a resume, two writing samples, and two faculty recommendations. Katz works with students needing help in preparing their resumes and cover letters so she can give them feedback before they
start sending out their applications to employers. According to Katz, maintaining good grades and exploring career interests are the best ways to lay a solid foundation in one’s freshman and sophomore years before applying for the professional internship program. “Have a really good GPA, that’s one thing, and have a really good idea of where you want to do an internship, and then demonstrate some kind of connection to that,” Katz said. “It’s kind of a combination of your course work and your ability to demonstrate outside interests relevant to that field you want to go into. It demonstrates that you have started to investigate this career path.” In her 2014 book Start Your Career: 5 Steps to Finding the Right Job after College, Katz divulges helpful tips and advice to aid students in finding their first job after college. According to Katz, Start your Career is a handbook that every college student should read to learn how to begin taking certain steps while still in school, such as searching for internships and future jobs in order to begin planning for life after college. Through an internship, students have the chance to explore a career in a specific field, develop people skills, and most importantly - create a network that will help them
to find a job in the future. “That’s one of the most important things that happens when you do an internship; you start to build that network and that really is one of the most important things that you need to be doing while you’re still in college: building that network,” Katz said. Katz has had students intern with the governor’s office, museums, Indy Week, and the Raleigh Public Record, to name a few examples. Guest speakers chat with the professional internship class about their own careers so that students can develop their own ideas about places where they might like to work. “All the guest speakers and projects [in the class] such as a mock interviews and portfolio-building helped me attain a better idea of how to represent myself,” said Lindsey Schaefer, an NC State alumna who graduated in May with a creative writing degree. “I believe that I learned crucial interviewing and resume skills that helped me get my full time position 3 days before I graduated.” Katz encourages students to utilize the on-campus resources available while they’re still an undergraduate such as their advisors and the Career Development Center. “Once you graduate, nobody is ever going to do that
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Susan Katz, an associate professor of English, helps students prepare for internships and the job search process. Katz has written several books and teaches a professional internship course while serving as the Internship Coordinator.
for you again, so you have to learn to take some initiative and do some investigating,” Katz said. “Make the contacts and be responsible on your own for this because it’s not easy out there. You have to be able to make a plan and work
your plan.” According to Katz, planning and thinking ahead is what will help a student land a competitive position in their desired career field. “For every student who doesn’t make a plan, there’s
a student who has and they’re the one that’s going to get the job,” Katz said. “The more competitive the workplace environment gets, the more competitive the individual needs to become.”
This is Where I leave You full of humor and gusto This is Where I leave You
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It’s funny, it’s honest and it’s probably not what you would expect from the likes of Jason Bateman, Jane Fonda, Adam Driver or Tina Fey. This is Where I Leave You, though not the first of its kind, is utterly touching. After the death of their father, the Altman family gathers at home for a faux-shiva week of sibling rivalry and reminiscing. Being grown up and unhappy seems to be the lot in life for all the Altman kids. Paul (Corey Stoll), the oldest and most responsible, and his wife are unable to conceive a child even with a strict sex schedule and fertility injections. Bateman plays Judd, the protagonist who kick-starts the story with a bang, as he catches his wife in the throes of an affair with his boss. Scenes such as this, when Bateman is at his best, are near perfection because they spiral from one extreme to another in a seemingly effortless way. When Judd first catches his wife in the act, you’re laughing because he’s sitting straight-backed, birthday cake in hand, as he deadpan watches for an excruciatingly long moment at the foot of their bed. But from there, he switches to on the verge of tears, moving as if he doesn’t know what world he exists in anymore. You see more of this classA Bateman in scenes with his fictional but still zany moth-
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er (Fonda), as well as those with Rose Byrne, the familiar friend of Judd’s younger years. Then, there’s always one, the youngest: Phillip (Driver). He self-describes himself as “the family screw-up” while the rest of the family frequently pin him as a man child. When he shows up late for the funeral, yelling “s***” repeatedly as he jumps over passing gravestones, there’s a disappointed, but not surprised, look in his relatives’ eyes. When Phillip brings home his obviously more mature therapist girlfriend (Connie Britton) for the shiva, there’s a collective eye roll. The choice of Driver for this role was pure brilliancy. He is the complete embodiment of a grown child in how he looks and sounds like Martin Starr but with a towering physique. His portrayal as Phillip, though not as overt, is like an extension of his character on Girls. No semiawkward-semi-gross sexual encounters, but Phillip has no problem turning up the volume on the baby monitor so everyone at the shiva can hear the semi-awkward sex of his brother Paul. While Driver is a refreshing surprise, Fey as their sister Wendy comes across as a
surprising letdown. She, like her brothers, is also in her own state of perpetual unhappiness. We discover that her one true love still lives across the street from their childhood home, but he’s far away from Wendy in more ways than one. Fey’s performance is disappointing largely because it doesn’t sync well with the performances of the other actors. It’s almost an inversion of what Fey did in the 2004 film Mean Girls. In Mean Girls, while every other character is an exaggerated stereotype of high school hierarchy, Fey as Ms. Norbury was funny but truthful and realistic. Here in This is Where I Leave You, everyone plays evenly to the swaying keel of personality and grief, while Fey seems to be stuck as an exaggerated figment of a sassy sister. But even this doesn’t eclipse the film’s overall great whole. The idea of adult life just not living up to its hype is realized in all its sad, sweet and wacky forms. Similar films such as The Family Stone or The Best Man Holiday can’t compare to how This is Where I Leave You navigates family dynamics with such humor, flair and gusto.
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Senior oppsite Rachel Buckley spikes the ball against Coastal Carolina Friday Sept. 19 in Reynolds Colliseum. Buckley led the team in scoring with 13 kills. The Wolfpack defeated the Chanticleers 3-0.
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fense. “Offensively and defensively, I think we’re strong,” Buckley said. “The offense can’t happen without the defense. Offensively, we’ve been taking care of the ball, and everyone knew when to go up for the kill. If we keep playing like this, we’ll be good.” The Pack’s offensive onslaught came despite a strong Coastal blocking core, which averages 2.4 blocks per set. The Chants boast two middle blockers standing at 6’5”. Sophomore setter Maggie Speaks said the solid passing game made for easier adjustments. “The passes were really
consistent,” Speaks said. “It’s all about me seeing the blockers and going from there.” Speaks played a full match after sitting or splitting time with junior setter Tanna Aljoe the past two games. Speaks dished out 38 assists in just three sets, along with six kills and no attack errors. “She does a good job of distributing the ball,” Bunn said. “Offensively, she’s a threat at the net because she’s a good size setter, so teams have to be aware that she’s in the front row.” State continued its high level of play against William & Mary in the team’s first Saturday contest. The Pack’s defense held the Tribe (4-9) to a .101 kill percentage in the match. Freshman middle blocker
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Kaitlyn Kearney paced the Pack during the contest with 10 kills. Kearney played with great efficiency, hitting over .300 in all three games over the weekend, earning the freshman a spot on the alltournament roster. Redshirt sophomore middle blocker Morgan Cormier had a strong showing against the Tribe, recording eight kills and four digs. Cormier also led the team with three service aces. Riding the momentum from the first two victories, State finished the tournament with a win over Howard. After losing a tightly contested first set, 25-21, the Bison (7-7) were silenced in the final two frames. After sitting out the match against the Tribe, Speaks re-
corded her fourth doubledouble against Howard with 36 assists and 10 digs. Senior libero Alston Kearns led the team with 14 digs Saturday night. Recording 37 assists in nine sets during the tournament, Kearns was appointed to the all-tournament team for the second-straight tournament. The Pack will compete in its first ACC game of the season on Friday when Syracuse (6-4) travels to Raleigh. Buckley said the squad’s 11game streak will give them an edge in the match. “Great doesn’t describe it,” Buckley said. “It’s definitely the confidence boost we need.”
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offensive weapons at the beginning of the year, but his 3rd quarter 65-yard touchdown reception was just his fourth reception and first touchdown of the season. Underwood was happy to end his touchdown drought and remind fans that he’s still got it. “It was about time after being injured for so long,” Underwood said. “Yeah, I still got the burners.” On the ensuing Presbyterian drive, the Blue Hose entered the red zone for just the second time on the night. On 3rd and Goal from the NC State 14, the Wolfpack defense came up with the stop. True freshman Presbyterian kicker Brandon Morrow came on for the 30 yard attempt, but the kick was off
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the lead. Frazier then began to slow as the young Blue Devil could no longer keep pace with the experienced All American from State. The toll of running with Thompson for a complete race finally got to Frazier as she started to cramp just a couple hundred meters away from the finish line. Sophomore Wolfpack runners Megan Moye and Erika Kemp and freshman Mary Grace-Doggett took advantage of the opportunity and passed Frazier on the final stretch. This would give
the mark. On the next NC State drive, Dayes had another explosive play, as the Maryland native broke free for a 68-yard touchdown run. Senior Niklas Sade’s extra point was good, bumping the score up to 35-0 in favor of the Wolfpack. The Pack capped their final scoring drive in the fourth quarter as junior running back Shadrach Thornton found a hole and sprinted 33 yards for the Wolfpack touchdown. After the game, everyone wanted to know Coach Doeren thoughts on the Pack’s upcoming game against no. 1 ranked Florida State. “We’ve really focused on ourselves for four weeks,” Doeren said. “And we’ll continue to try and fix what’s broken and now turn our attention to a really talented team. They’ll be jacked to play these guys.”
the Lady Wolfpack ownership of the top four positions. The NC State men’s and women’s club cross country teams also participated in the Wolfpack Invitational and performed impressively. The men’s club finished 6th with an average time of 16:14 beating out varsity teams from the likes of NC A&T, Gardner-Webb, NC Central, and Shaw. The women’s club also finished 6th compiling an average time of 19:39. Freshman Rachel Koon ran a time of 18:06, which was good enough to beat the top runners from East Carolina and UNC Wilmington.
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ACC Basketball: a power conference with power coaches
With the addition of the 2013 NCAA Tournament champion Louisville Cardinals, the Atlantic Coast Conference now boasts 15 national championships from its current member schools in basketball. Even more impressive than this statistic is the pedigree of coaches that will be featured in ACC basketball competition this season. The current coaches in the ACC have recorded a combined 161 NCAA Tournament appearances, 30 Final Fours and nine National Championships over their respective coaching tenures. NC State coach Mark Gottfried has been to the big dance 10 times. Although he has never been to the Final Four, Gottfried is the only active ACC coach that has taken an ACC team to the Sweet 16 in a coach’s opening season in the conference. In addition, Gottfried is also the only active ACC coach who has taken his school to the big dance every season in his three years of experience for the Pack. Source: SportsReference.com
Tulloch Takes a Tumble
On a play in the first quarter of Sunday’s NFL matchup featuring the Green Bay Packers against the Detroit Lions, former NC State linebacker Stephen Tulloch swiftly broke through Green Bay’s offensive line to sack quarterback Aaron Rodgers, marking a key defensive stop on third down. Tulloch, an eight-year veteran of the Detroit Lions, then got up to celebrate his defensive accomplishment, as is custom for most of his colleagues. The Miami, Florida native then proceeded to leap into the air only to come down an injured player. Tulloch buckled his knee upon landing, and a mixed look of pure grimace and resentment flushed the linebacker’s face just half a second later, in the midst of his imitation Rodgers’ “Discount Double Check” celebration. Tulloch instantly collapsed to the turf, then, limped to the sideline and was later carted off to the locker room. The team later confirmed that Tulloch suffered a knee injury, and he is listed as questionable for next weeks’ game. Source: NFL.com
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Redshirt freshman linebacker Jerod Fernandez, redshirt sophomore defensive end Drew Davis and senior linebacker Rodman Noel swarm and tackle Presbyterian quarterback Heys McMaths on Saturday. The Wolfpack beat the Blue Hose 42-0.
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The NC State Wolfpack coasted to its fourth straight victory on Saturday with a 42-0 victory over the Presbyterian Blue Hose. State started off slowly as the Pack scored just one touchdown in the first quarter. Redshirt senior running back Tony Creecy put the Wolfpack into scoring position after breaking through the backfield and racing to the Presbyterian 2 for a 44-yard rush. Redshirt junior
quarterback Jacoby Brissett ran the QB keeper from the 1-yard line to complete the drive. With five minutes left in the second quarter, the Wolfpack offense appeared to be sleep walking as the score remained 7-0. With 4:40 left in the half, the Pack hurried offense and began to hit their stride. “We didn’t come out how we wanted to play,” Brissett said. “The nohuddle just got us some easy completions and got us moving around. It just got the blood flowing.” Brissett took over, as he completed six of seven passes and rushed for the first down on 4th-and-1 to put the Pack in the red zone. On 1st-and-10
from the Presbyterian 18, Brissett was looking for pay dirt as he threw a jump ball up to big sophomore receiver in Marques Valdez-Scantling. The Presbyterian corner was completely wrapped around Scantling in the back of the end zone as the ball took flight. The official flagged the Blue Hose for pass interference, but the penalty was not needed. Scantling went up and made a spectacular catch over the Presbyterian defender for the Wolfpack score. With just under two minutes left in the half, Presbyterian was content to go into halftime down by just 14. The Wolfpack had the opposite intent, as redshirt junior Mike Rose tackled the
Blue Hose rusher from behind and stripped the ball. Redshirt senior Thomas Teal was there to help with the recovery and give the Pack possession. The Wolfpack wasted no time after the turnover, as Brissett found sophomore running back Matt Dayes on a 27-yard pass play for another State touchdown before halftime. After the break, the Wolfpack picked up where they left off, as Brissett threw a beautiful long ball to redshirt senior receiver Bryan Underwood. Underwood was projected to be one of the Pack’s biggest
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CROSS-COUNTRY
VOLLEYBALL
NC State dominates in Wolfpack Invitational
Wolfpack wins final season tournament, continues streak
Michael McLamb Correspondent
The NC State men’s and women’s cross country teams opened their seasons in winning fashion on Friday at the 17th annual Wolfpack Invitational in Cary. Several of the Pack’s top runners ran in Friday’s event unattached, which would mean that their finishes would not count towards the final team results. However, even with the separated runners, the Wolfpack handily defeated the rest of the field. The men finished their top five runners at second through sixth and the women with their top qualifiers at first through third, seventh and eighth. Former NC State crosscountry star Ryan Hill was in attendance to cheer on some of his former teammates. In 2009, Hill set the course record at the WakeMed Soccer Park with a blistering finish of 14:35. Hill watched from the sidelines on Friday as he saw not one, but two, participants in the men’s competition match his course record.
Zack Tanner Senior Staff Writer
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The NC State cross-counry team as well as the club team took over the track on Friday, as several runners for the men and women achieved top 10 finishes.
Redshirt sophomore Sam Parsons of State and senior Luis Vargas of Elon were the spoilers of Hill’s record. Parsons and Vargas were running neck and neck the entire way as the two approached the final stretch. With a couple hundred meters to go, Vargas was finally able to separate himself from Parsons and win the race’s individual honor. However Elon’s Vargas would be the only non-Pack runner to finish within the top ten, as the next twelve runners would all be from NC State.
The women’s race also featured a thrilling finish as NC State senior Joanna Thompson and sophomore Wesley Frazier of Duke battled for the lead the entire way. As the two approached the end, Thompson gained a slight lead over Frazier. Frazier quickly responded and passed Thompson looking to control the lead for the final meters. Thompson would not be undone though, as she tracked down Frazier and regained
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The NC State women’s volleyball team won its final tournament of the season in style this weekend, sweeping all three of its opponents, 3-0. With wins over Coastal Carolina, William & Mary and Howard, the Wolfpack (11-1) extended its winning streak to 11 games. “It’s always better to win than to lose,” head coach Bryan Bunn said. Senior outside hitter Rachel Buckley was named MVP of the tournament, her second MVP honor of the season. Buckley notched 33 kills in nine sets over the weekend while committing only five attack errors. “I just decided to play loose,” Buckley said. “Last weekend I struggled, and this weekend I knew I had to come back. I just trusted my training, and I think that led to my success.” In the first game of the tournament, State took on the eventual second place finishers, Coastal Carolina (103). The Pack recorded a season-best .392 kill percentage during the match, including .444 in the second set. “We played very well offensively tonight,” Bunn said. “We moved the ball around well.” Five State players recorded at least seven kills against the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers, including 13 from Buckley. The senior said that she was pleased with the way her team shared the ball on Friday, crediting the team’s tough de-
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