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NC State plans for Domestic Violence Awareness month Katherine Kehoe News Editor

The first day of October marks the beginning of Domestic Violence Awareness month, and the Women’s Center is partnering with groups at NC State throughout the month to try and teach campus visitors about the realities of domestic violence in the U.S. The Women’s Center, in partnership with the Men in Social Work, will be introducing the theme of the month to NC State with the first of four These Hands Don’t Hurt events on the Brickyard Thursday, according to Otis McGresham, the assistant director for interpersonal violence services

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Distinguished international alumnus and 2007 Nobel Prize winner Rajendra Pachauri delivered a lecture on global climate change on September 29 in the Talley Ballrooom. He addressed the latest findings as part of IPCC’s (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) fifth Assessment Report.

Nobel laureate talks climate at alma mater Shraddha Rathod Correspondent

Rajendra Pachauri, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and NC State graduate, returned to his alma mater to discuss climate change and the human implications that are causing it Monday in the Talley Ballroom.

Pachauri holds a handful of honors and accomplishments from prestigious international organizations, including the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. He also holds an honorary degree from Yale University, spoke at a United Nations conference, is currently chairman

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“We cannot have sustainable development with climate change.”

Rajendra Pachauri

of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and is the CEO of The Energy and Resources Institute in New-Dehli, with which he said he was in the process of forming a study abroad partnership with NC State.

“Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs,” Pachauri said.

Pachauri began the lecture by expressing his joy and nostalgia about being back at NC State.

“It gets better every time I come here,” Pachauri said.

According to Pachauri, the IPCC’s fifth Assessment Report has three working groups as of now: The Physical Science Basis;

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Alumna seeks to end human trafficking

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El jueves pasado, como parte del Mes de la Hispanidad, cinco miembros de Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority Inc. [LTA] hablaron sobre los estereotipos que han roto en la búsqueda de pasantías, investigaciones y oportunidades de estudio en el extranjero. El evento también contó con una invitada distinguida, María Correa, profesora de epidemiología y salud pública. Correa habló acerca de cómo superó los obstáculos y la agitación política en Uruguay en la década de los 70 para lograr un doctorado de la Universidad de Cornell.

El evento abrió con presentaciones de cinco estudiantes. Dos estudiantes presentaron sobre sus oportunidades de investigación de pregrado, dos acerca de sus prácticas y la última sobre su experiencia en el extranjero, en Cuba.

El evento se enfocó principalmente en sus experiencias como las latinas, al superar los estereotipos y prejuicios en campos de estudio dominados por hombres caucásicos. Ciara Del Valle, tesorera de la hermandad y estudiante de último año en ciencia animal, habló sobre su internado en la Unidad Equina de NC State.

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Joanna Foss, a part-time worker for the Institute for Nonprofits with the College of Humanities And Social Sciences and Caitlyn West, an NC State alumnus majoring in public relations, pose with the newly launched ENDcrowd website on a laptop.

Disipando estereotipos con LTA: Estilo Latina OPINION

and advocacy at the Women’s Center.

“We are trying to show people what domestic violence looks like on a college campus,” McGresham said.

At the These Hands Don’t Hurt event, people passing by the set-up will be able to put their handprints on a tarp as a pledge to treat their relationship partners with respect and to not use their hands with the intention of harming another person.

Omega Phi Alpha, a service sorority at NC State, will be on the Brickyard Thursday with the Women’s Center offering to dye attendees’

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“En mi práctica todos los demás era blancos, incluyendo mi gerente. Fue muy divertido para mí porque en realidad me dijeron que la primera vez que me vieron, pensaron que no iba a ser capaz de hacer todo con los caballos y que yo no sería capaz de manejarlos y ensuciarme. Los caballos son animales grandes por lo cual se tiene que ser fuerte; y yo siendo pequeña, simplemente no parecía que fuera capaz de aguantar la práctica,” dijo Del Valle.

Del Valle cambió esa percepción. “[Después] me dijeron ‘nos quedamos muy impresionados con la forma en que manejaste todo’,” añadió Del Valle.

Samantha Peart, estudiante de último año en ciencias marinas y Asesora de Orientación para el Capítulo de NC State de LTA, organizó el evento y relató sus experiencias participando en investigaciones.

“Queríamos mostrar lo que significa ser Latina y demostrar que estamos rompiendo el molde de lo que mucha gente piensa cuando piensa acerca de una mujer latina,” dijo Peart.

Peart dijo que se rompió el estereotipo de lo que significa ser Latina.

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Soon you will be able to help change the world with the click of a mouse.

That’s the philosophy of the upcoming website ENDcrowd, a crowdfunding platform designed to put an end to human trafficking by showing people their contributions matter, according to the group’s marketing manager and NC State alumna Caitlyn West.

On Thursday, Oct. 2, the website will go live to the public, allowing anyone interested to learn about human trafficking and the fight against it.

The website gives people the option to donate to 15 organizations, each of which seeks to tackle an aspect of the human trafficking epidemic, West said. In this way, the website differentiates itself from other non-profit organizations by pulling common causes together.

“We did a really large research of who was involved in the field and what problems were in the U.S.,” said Joanna Foss, the organization’s program development manager and graduate student in public administration. “It helped us figure out where the void was and what we should be doing to address that.”

According to the United States government, human trafficking includes “recruiting, harboring, transporting, providing, or obtaining a person for compelled la-

Of people trafficked

80% are women

50% are minors

Source: U.S. Department of State

bor or commercial sex acts through the use of force, fraud, or coercion.”

Human trafficking makes up the second largest illegal industry in the world (tied with the illegal weapons trade) and generates $150 billion annually, according to the International Labour Organization. However, Foss said groups fighting human trafficking have an estimated one percent of that budget in funds, according to research conducted by ENDcrowd founder Joe Schmidt.

Human trafficking is a modernday form of slavery, according to ENDcrowd. However, human trafficking does not always require moving the victim unlike the name

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In the Sept. 22 issue of the Technician, we reported in the photo caption for the story “Guests remember breast cancer victims at 11th annual Chocolate Festival” that Jessica Yin was pictured. This is incorrect.

Instead, Yu-Ann Chen was in the photograph.

1:10 AM | Concerned Behavior North Hall Officer conducted welfare check on student. On Call Counselor was notified and student was issued welfare referral.

1:31 AM | Unsecured Building McSwain Education Center Officer responded to burglar alarm and found front door unsecured. Sweep of building was conducted and building was secured.

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oseph Binkley, an NC State alumni, currently working with an organization called Sync Fusion, practices his skateboarding skills in front of the Free Expression Tunnel Sunday. The space in front of the Free Expression Tunnel is a regular practice area for many of the skateboarders at NC State. They can be seen practicing during most of the day and their tricks can be amazing to watch.

The skateboarders learn the tricks of the trade from each other and keep improving their skill set.

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1:29 PM | Fire Alarm Western Manor Officer responded to alarm caused by cooking.

1:37 PM | Traffic Accident Fraternity Court Staff member and student were involved in traffic accident.

10:15 PM | Drug Violation Parents Park Officer found two students in possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. Both were issued referrals.

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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2014 • PAGE 3

Google rents 300 Chromebooks free to students Ian Grice Correspondent

Google brought one of its newest products to NC State Monday, as students were able to rent Acer model Chromebooks at Google’s Lending Library set-up on the Brickyard.

Students who rented one of 300 Acer model Chromebooks can keep the Chromebooks until the lending library leaves campus Thursday or they will be required to purchase the Chromebook, according to Maggie Shepard, the assistant manager of the Lending Library.

“The Chromebooks are affordable for students, they

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Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability; and Mitigation of Climate Change.

The IPCC sets up and runs models that takes into account environmental and extraneous factors, such as volcano eruptions, and carefully analyzes the results to figure out how much of climate change is natural and how much is human influenced.

The study found 95 percent of climate change is due to human inf luence. Today, climate change is noticeably warming the ocean and atmosphere, increasing sea levels and diminishing snow and ice.

Pachauri said he personally noticed the massive amounts of ice on Earth while on a trip to the Arctic and Greenland.

“If, as the current indication is, melting does take place, then obviously it would lead to a much larger sea level rise than we have seen in the past,” Pachauri said.

In addition to climate change and its environmental ramifications, Pachauri also emphasized problems with city development, hitting on topics of food secu-

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suggests.

“People often think slavery died with the Emancipation Proclamation, but that’s not true,” Foss said. “In 2000, it was given a legal definition and a name in the United States. Before, it was kind of looped into the Women’s Rights Movements and AIDS, so it’s kind of always been here; it was just under a different name.”

West said students can get involved with ENDcrowd in many different ways, such as donating money or sharing the website on social media.

“You don’t have to go rescue people from brothels… we need people on all fronts because a multifaceted issue needs a multifaceted solution,” Foss said.

Because human trafficking operates as a business, it will continue to exist as long as people continue to make a profit from it, according to Foss.

“We want to see that business effectively going out of business, so you work to stop demand and work to stop the supply,” Foss said. “Our main goal is to make collaboration with antitrust organizations.

Because the problem is so massive, there was no plat-

start at $199, have a battery life of 10 hours, weigh three pounds and don’t get viruses,” Shepard said.

Samerrian Johnson, a Google specialist, said the Chromebook is Google’s version of a laptop.

“Google wanted to create a laptop that was easy to use with a simple interface, something that people could have security with their builtin antivirus, something that was also fast, faster than what people are traditionally used to,” Johnson said.

The lending librar y is housed in a sleek shed with tables for students to congregate around, surrounded by bicycles.

The inside of the set-up showcases a series of laptops, including Samsung, Pixel, HP eleven, HP fourteen and Acer Chromebooks for the students to try inside the lending library, Shepard said.

NC State is one of only six schools on the east coast that the Chromebook Lending Library is traveling to, according to Shepard.

The Chromebooks being showcased range from the $199 Acer to up to $1,300.

Johnson said the Chromebook is optimal for students who use their laptops for typing documents and streaming media.

“The standard versions for the majority of the Chrome-

rity, human health, poverty and the economy.

Pachauri repeated t he theme in his lecture that humans need a regulatory stance on climate change now rather than later.

“Ad apt at ion w i l l not work after a certain stage,” Pachauri said. “We have to reduce green house gases.”

By his prediction, in order to live safely, there should be no emission or even negative emission of greenhouse gases by 2100. He listed strategies to reach that stage including bioenergy and other renewable energies, more forests and carbon capture storage, which is still in the process of being developed.

“We cannot have sustainable development with climate change,” Pachauri said.

Evan Brooks, a freshman in molecular and cellular biology, said he was inspired by Pachauri’s speech, even if the lecture was not a direct call to action.

“I felt that Dr. Pachauri really did an amazing job bringing different perspectives and data together to form a holistic approach to the state of climate change and the global environment,” Brooks said. “The talk seemed like an unintentional call to action, and he has definitely influenced

me to do more to help protect the environment and reverse the damage that we have done already.”

Jack McKenzie, a freshman in biology, said his env ironmenta l science class often talks about the IPCC, so it was an honor to hear from the chairman himself.

“The IPCC was often discussed in my environmental science class so it was an honor to hear from the chairman himself,” McKenzie said. “I now consider myself to be more aware of the empirical findings supporting man’s influence on global climate change.”

Pachauri joked about speaking at a UN Conference with Leonardo DeCaprio and attending a Yale honorary degree ceremony with Paul McCartney, saying he learned never to share the stage with a celebrity because they receive all the attention.

Pachauri concluded his talk with a quote by Mahatma Gandhi.

“Speed is irrelevant if you are going in the wrong direction,” Pachauri said.

“Let’s correct our direction and see that we relieve climate change effectively.”

form to talk to one another, so we wanted to bring people together to learn about it and engage them.”

To do this, the website divides the solution to human trafficking into six categories: awareness, stopping demand, aftercare, prevention,

year reevaluating and revamping the site to promote more fundraisers the year after, according to West.

The project is one in a line of many future endeavors planned by Audacity Factory, an organization dedicated to providing solutions to both domestic and world problems lacking attention, resources or expertise, according to its website.

Joe Schmidt founded Audacity Factory in January. He had a number of successful startups and wanted to take his business approaches to underserved areas of the nonprofit world, West said.

Of those areas, human trafficking made the top of his list after attending a conference about trafficking, where he learned the practice exists in the U.S., according to West.

“It tota lly broke his heart,” West said.

West said the conference made Schmidt think of his three daughters, because about 80 percent of human trafficking victims are female and as much as half of all victims are minors, according to the U.S. State Department.

West said she is excited for ENDcrowd to finally go live Thursday, as well as to see the publics’ response.

Trafficking is the

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most profitable illegal trade at

$150 billion a year

Source: International Labour Organization

research and good business.

Users then navigate to these links for a description of the solution and related philanthropies.

Each organization aims to raise $3,000 to $10,000 by the end of this year, Foss said.

From there, ENDcrowd is planning to spend another

books have 16 gigabyte solid state hard drive with two Gigabytes of RAM,” Johnson said. “They all are capable of having 100 gigabytes of cloud storage for two years.”

Muhammad A k ram, a sophomore in poultry science, said he came out to get a Chromebook because he has heard they are competitive with other top brands and he wants a reliable machine.

“It’s affordable, and the most important thing is that it won’t get any viruses,” Akram said. “I’m pretty sure every computer gets viruses, and I want to see why it doesn’t get any viruses. I have a MacBook pro, and I had a windows computer before

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hair purple, the color of Domestic Violence Awareness month.

Rachel Peterson, the service director of Omega Phi Alpha and a junior in agricultural science, said she hopes people will see the color purple in people’s hair around campus and pay attention to the meaning behind it.

The event on Thursday will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

“We are going to be making people aware of what a healthy relationship and what an unhealthy relationship looks like,” Peterson said.

Many people believe domestic abuse is only physical abuse. However, domestic abuse can come in different forms, such as being overly controlling and verbally abusive, Peterson said.

“There are a lot of different aspects that I think a lot of people don’t think about,” Peterson said. “This is about giving power back

that, but it used to get a lot of viruses.”

Akram said he was ready to take a look at the laptop, but he was not ecstatic about the Chromebook Lending Library initiative implementation.

“The campaign is really good, but the line is too slow,” Akram said. “It took over ten minutes to get the laptop and the deadline is in two days. If you don’t bring it back by the deadline they’ll charge you for the whole laptop. Things could happen, you could get stuck in traffic or inclement weather.”

Cynthia Molina, a junior in international studies, said she wasn’t planning on renting a

Chromebook.

“I heard they don’t have that much memory, and you need memory when you’re at college,” Molina said. “The school already has computer labs all over the place; why get a laptop for two days?”

Lorrie Marcial, a senior in business administration, said she rented a Chromebook because she likes Google.

“They’re a good company, and I’ve used Chromebooks before,” Marcial said. “I’ve been wanting to buy a smaller laptop or tablet for taking notes in class because my laptop is really heavy. They also gave me a T-shirt, which is awesome.”

to people. We want to tell them ‘No you don’t need to take that, you are a human being. You can stand up for yourself.’”

The These Hands Don’t Hurt events will be held four times throughout Domestic Violence Awareness month at varying locations around campus.

On Oct. 15, the Women’s Center will bring the event to the Oval on Centennial Campus, and it will be at the veterinary school on Oct. 27 and 29, according to McGresham.

For the last two weeks in October, the Women’s Center will present its Silent Witnesses exhibit in Talley Student Union, which is modeled after a national campaign that attempts to share the stories of victims who have lost their lives due to acts of domestic violence.

The witnesses are red lifesized plywood cutouts of a uniform, non-gendered shape with a synopsis about the victim written on each witness.

While the national campaign often gives its silent witnesses genders, McGresham said the Women’s Center wanted to keep it gender-neu-

tral. Also, all the witnesses in Talley will be stories from victims in North Carolina and almost all of them will be victims about the same age as most college students.

“We wanted to focus on traditionally college-aged range to connect to the college population,” McGresham said.

The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence states most cases of domestic violence are never reported to police, an estimated 1.3 million women are victims of physical assault by an intimate partner each year and 85 percent of domestic violence victims are women.

In addition, females aged 20 to 24 years are at the greatest risk of nonfatal violence from a partner.

While domestic violence has historically been a problem in the U.S., the topic of domestic violence has been prominent in the news over that past few months due to high-profile cases, such as that of NFL Ravens running back Ray Rice, who was caught on video violently beating his wife in an elevator until she was knocked unconscious.

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It’s On Us leaves a bit too much up to us

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n Sept. 19, President Barack Obama a nd Vice President Joe Biden launched It’s On Us, an initiative to end sexual assault on college campuses.

At its most fundamental level, It’s On Us works as an awareness campaign, as the official blog of the White House phrases it.

Those involved in the campaign, including the president, vice president, actor Jon Hamm and myriad other movie and television stars, present facts and statistics about sexual assault through video. But that’s about as far as it goes.

First and foremost, it’s wonderful that the White House has taken it upon itself to bring awareness to such a prevalent global problem. This sort of campaign joins the likes of Emma Watson’s HeForShe initiative, in that it generates a national dialogue about sexual assault, begging that we reevaluate how we view both perpetrators and victims of various sexual and relationship crimes.

A dialogue is a great start, but the It’s On Us campaign lacks qualitative substance. It feels devoid of anything that could put an

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end to sexual assault.

So far, the only noticeable difference the initiative has made has been to the Facebook profile pictures of a minority of college students who have framed their photos within the It’s On Us logo. Rather like a sect of slacktivists, those who change their profile pictures are only reaching their likely likeminded friends, and it seems as though their efforts only preach to the choir, so to speak.

Aesthetically speaking, the logo does not work. At first glance, it appears only to read “It’s On,” which implies an entirely different — if not completely counterintuitive — message compared to the campaigns intended message of obtaining consent to curb rape.

Just because only a few select people might see their friends’ fancy new profile pictures, It’s On Us has at least done a good job in partnering with the NCAA and EA Sports,

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effectively reaching a largely macho male population — the same population that, historically, has not been part of the conversation, but most needs to be.

Still, efforts such as these do not go far enough to end sexual assault.

A simple look at the campaign’s website demonstrates the tone-deafness and ambiguity of It’s On Us. Aside from its impossible navigation, itsonus.org fails to provide its visitors with any meaningful or applicable information about how to combat sexual assault. Most of the “tips” it offers are vague and rely on the notion that everyone else is a potential perpetrator; we only need to address others’ behaviors and pay no attention to our own potential for sexual assault.

Further, victims must scroll through all of the tips before the site provides its only resource, the National Sexual Assault Hotline number, 1-800-656-HOPE. It seems as

though this came as an afterthought and is the only genuinely helpful tool on the site.

The website also urges visitors to “take the pledge,” which vaguely includes “a promise not to be a bystander to the problem, but to be a part of the solution,” and not much more.

As this campaign comes from the White House, it’s exceptionally underwhelming. By comparison, the California governor signed the “Yes Means Yes” bill into law, which defined consent as a clear “yes” as opposed to the absence of a “no” —perpetuated by the “no means no” mentality—helped to clear up a lot of ambiguities in dealing with sexual assault on a legal basis.

It is on us to stop sexual assault, but apparently that also means it’s on us to figure out how. It’s great that, after multiple campuses have faced sexual assault controversies, national leaders are finally taking some form of initiative and sparking dialogue. However, these same leaders have left us with a vague, unclear vision as to how we should address the problem.

Is Leo DiCaprio a hero or a hypocrite?

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ike pretty much the rest of the female population, I’ve been mildly obsessed with Leonardo DiCaprio ever since he set sail on the Titanic. Typically speaking, I’d be willing to advocate anything he wishes to support vocally. Naturally, I was intrigued to see his participation in the “People’s Sophie Climate March” in New York Nelson City and his subsequent adStaff Columnist dress to the United Nations.

There seems to be a surge in celebrities’ using their fame to voice their opinion about subjects that actually matter: Emma Watson with her speech about feminism, Victoria Beckham with her HIV/AIDS campaign and DiCaprio with the climate. I think it is a brilliant way to raise awareness for causes, and I applaud these celebrities for doing so. DiCaprio’s speech was quite a remarkable performance, and one that at least deserves an Oscar, especially because of the hypocrisy that lies throughout.

The 39-year-old, who was sporting a beard and ponytail that one can only hope was for an upcoming movie, spoke vehemently about lowering carbon emissions and eliminating government subsidies for oil, coal and gas companies. He’s completely right, but can we really respect him as an environmental role model?

DiCaprio owns at least four homes, took a private jet to New York, arrived at the rally in a limo and likes to party on an eight-story, 500-foot-long yacht that he rents from an oilsoaked billionaire. The Mail Online reported that DiCaprio has taken at least 20 trips across the nation and around the world this year alone—including numerous flights on his private jet from New York to Los Angeles and back, a ski vacation to the French Alps, an-

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other vacation to the French Riviera, flights to London and Tokyo, two trips to Miami and a trip to Brazil to watch the World Cup. Sure, he does make some attempt at a green lifestyle. His $4 million apartment is located in an eco-friendly apartment building in Battery Park City. He drives electric sports cars and has occasionally been spotted riding a bike around New York. He has also had his own environmental foundation since 1998. Despite this, his fuel-filled air travel places him among the most serious environmental sinners out there.

The New York Times published an opinion piece, “Your biggest carbon sin may be air travel” in 2013, which detailed how flight dramatically contributes to carbon emissions and ozone depletion.

DiCaprio firmly promotes the idea that the great polluters of the Earth are fossil fuel companies led by people who are motivated solely by greed. That belief, however, can be misleading because although that industry may be everything he says it is, we are the ultimate polluters. We are the ones creating the demand for the goods and services invented, manufactured and transported by the use of fossil fuels. More specifically the industry to which DiCaprio owes his fame is dedicated to conspicuous consumption, from the designer gowns and jewelry they constantly promote on the red carpets of the world to the countless product placements in endless movies encouraging us to spend money.

So as he tries to strike a balance between his celebrity lifestyle and fight for a global cause, we have to wonder if Leonardo DiCaprio is really a hero or a hypocrite when it comes to climate change.

In another world...

James Knight, student cartoonist

Bro’ country? More like ‘No, country’ T

urning on the radio to any country station during the past couple of years has been the ultimate disappointment.

Like many people from the South, I grew up listening to country music, and I love the genre.

Katherine Nowadays, Waller however, I Staff Columnist will happily listen to silence before the atrocities occurring on country radio.

Beer. Trucks. Cutoffs.

Partying in a field of some sort. These tropes sum up the depth of the “Bro’ Country” phenomenon.

Bro’ Country is the mainstream country music that pulls influences from pop, rock and hip-hop. Its ringleaders include the likes of Luke Bryan and FloridaGeorgia Line.

Recently, I went down the Buzzfeed rabbit-hole, and one of the top-trending quizzes was “Which country song cliché are you?”

It perfectly illustrates how Bro’ Country is destroying any artistic credibility that country music ever had.

Country music, now thanks to the Bro’ Country movement, is the butt of a joke.

Not only is Bro’ Country mindless and cliché, but it

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has also become extremely misogynic. I don’t hear women on country radio anymore.

Taylor Swift, Miranda Lambert and Carrie Underwood occasionally have songs that garner attention—but not often. Kacey Musgraves recently won a Grammy for her album, Same Trailer Different Park, and has not had a single song on the country top-ten airplay chart.

Even when they are allotted some airtime, women are misrepresented. For example, RaeLynn’s new song, “So God made Girls,” basically summates a woman’s worth as wearing a “pretty skirt” and being the person to make her man “go to church.” I, as a woman, am worth more than that, and men should want a woman with a little more depth.

The genre that brought women such as Loretta Lynn, who sang “The Pill” and stood up for women’s reproductive rights, and Martina McBride, who brought awareness to domestic violence and encouraged women to get out of abusive relationships through such songs as “Broken Wing,” has been ultimately desecrated by Bro’ Country. Where are the women in country music? Where are the Loretta Lynns, Dolly Partons, Patsy Clines and Tanya Tuckers?

Country songs used to have meaning and make listeners

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feel something. The only reason a country song has made me cry recently was when the entire chorus was “yeah yeah.”

The good songwriters are still out there. Country radio, and by proxy the country music audience, just ignores them. There are still people out there, like me, who want to hear the poetic lyrics, reminiscent of Kris Kristofferson and the woeful sadness of Randy Travis from days gone by.

Country radio has created a mindless genre in recent years, and as country music’s popularity has soared, the music has gotten dumber and dumber.

It is obvious there is no more romantic art left in country music; it’s all about money. The record labels have perfected the moneymaking recipe: songs that glorify reckless behaviors with mindnumbing lyrics and musical arrangements.

Bro’ Country is embarrassing. It humiliates southerners, women and the people who admit to being country music fans.

I’m turning off country radio for now. I’ll keep on humming the beautiful and poetic songs of country music’s past while I try and scourge from my memory the misogynic, artless and thoughtless Bro’ Country of the present.

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Ubicación e industria afecta ranking de educación

Geography and industry affect education ranking

Paula Gordon

From the outside, it looks like a regular city.

But Salinas, California was recently ranked as the second least-educated city in America in a list from WalletHub, which was published by Forbes Magazine, in the same study that reported Raleigh as the second mosteducated city.

Salinas is a city of more than 155,000 people, of which 75 percent are Hispanic, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

The correlation between education levels and job opportunities is no more apparent than in Salinas, which is one of the most important agricultural centers in California.

Many jobs in Salinas don’t require more than a high school education, and it is not a coincidence that these jobs are also filled primarily by Latin American immigrants.

Raleigh has more than 431,000 people in its metropolitan area, with only 11.4 percent identifying as Hispanic. 57.5 percent were identified as white by the U.S. Census Bureau.

Raleigh has become k now n as a g row ing source of jobs in science, technology and engineering since the inception of the Research Triangle

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Desde el exterior, parece ser una ciudad cualquiera. Pero Salinas, California se clasificó recientemente como la segunda ciudad menos educada en los Estados Unidos en una lista de WalletHub que fue publicada por la revista Forbes en septiembre, en el mismo estudio que clasificó a Raleigh como la segunda ciudad más educada.

Salinas es una ciudad de más de 155000 personas, de las cuales 75 por ciento son hispanos, según la Oficina del Censo de Estados Unidos.

La correlación entre los niveles de educación y oportunidades de trabajo no puede ser más evidente que en Salinas, que es uno de los centros agrícolas más importantes de California. Muchos puestos de trabajo en Salinas no requieren más que una educación de escuela secundaria, y no es una coincidencia que estos trabajos también se llenan sobre todo por los inmigrantes latinoamericanos.

Raleigh cuenta con más de 431000 personas en su área metropolitana, con sólo el 11 por ciento identificándose como hispanos. 57.5 por ciento se identificó como blanco según la Oficina del Censo de los Estados Unidos.

Raleigh se ha conocido como una fuente creciente de puestos de trabajo en la ciencia, la tecnología y la ingeniería desde la

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“Todas somos de distintos países, algunas de nosotras somos mixtas; rompimos ese estereotipo de lo que significa ser Latina,” dijo Peart.

Pe a r t t a mbién tuvo la oportunidad de participar en un pu ñado de oportunidades de investigación. La investigación la ha llevado todo lo largo del país, desde Hawái hasta el estado de Washington a Maryland.

“En la Iniciativa Multicultural en el Programa de Licenciatura de Ciencias Marinas en Washington, tomé clases

creación del Research Triangle Park. El área también tiene un alto porcentaje de servicios educativos y de salud de acuerdo con el estudio demográfico de la Ciudad de Raleigh. Los puestos de trabajo disponibles en la agricultura, la silvicultura y la minería cae a menos de uno por ciento de los empleos disponibles.

El propósito de este artículo es poner de relieve las formas en que la educación conduce a un mayor éxito económico para las economías locales en las ciudades más grandes de América. El Instituto de Política Económica sugiere que los títulos universitarios son “sumamente importantes para ayudar a reanimar las economías débiles.”

“En primer lugar entiendo (la lista es) basada en el número de la ingeniería y empleos bien remunerados,” dijo alcalde de Salinas, Joe Gunter en un artículo del Mercury Times el 18 de septiembre.

“Los trabajadores agrícolas, muchos de ellos inmigrantes, no han (recibido) las credenciales de las escuelas secundarias locales, pero de ninguna manera son ellos personas no inteligentes. Son inteligentes, trabajan muy duro, lo que les falta de educación compensan con el entusiasmo y la energía que ponen en la crianza de sus familias.”

Uno de los problemas que enfrentan los jóvenes en Salinas es la falta de universidades de alta

de ciencias marinas, me dieron un estipendio y realice una investigación sobre las ostras conchaphila, las únicas ostras nativas al Pacífico Nortoeste,” dijo Peart.

Peart dijo que siente que es muy importante tener visibilidad en los campos de STEM, como los latinos y específicamente como mujeres.

“Es importante, porque entonc e s creamos un modelo a seguir para que las generaciones más jóvenes admiren y sigan. Es importante que haya más gente en estos papeles; da perspectiva.” dijo Peart.

calidad en el área local situada en el medio de un centro agrícola. Por el contrario, San Jose, California, a sólo una hora de distancia, se sitúa como la séptima ciudad más educada y es la ciudad más grande de Silicon Valley con más que 10 universidades.

El artículo de wallethub.com analizó 150 de las áreas principales metropolitanas en los Estados Unidos basados en el nivel de educación y la calidad de la educación, que se pondera por igual.

De las 10 últimas cuidades de la lista, ocho están situada en California o Téxas los cuales tienen una gran población Latina.

Los criterios miraron el porcentaje de adultos mayores de 25 años con diploma de secundaria o educación superior, así como el número de médicos y el porcentaje de trabajadores en los campos de la computación, ingeniería y ciencias. La calidad de la educación mide el ranking de escuelas públicas del sistema, la calidad media de las universidades, y el número de alumnos matriculados en las 200 universidades por habitante. La mayoría de los datos utilizados en el informe provino de la Oficina del Censo de Estados Unidos, la Oficina de Estadísticas Laborales, GreatSchools. org y US News & World Report.

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El Jueves pasado, 25 de septiembre se dio el comienzo al North Carolina Latin American Film Festival en el Nelson Mandela Auditorium de UNC Chapel Hill. Este evento continuará hasta el 6 de Noviembre y es gratis y disponible al público.

El festival es organizado anualmente por el Consortium in Latin American and Caribbean Studies de UNC Chapel Hill y Duke University. También cuenta con el apoyo de El Centro Hispano, North Carolina Central University, Durham Technical Community College, y PRAGDA entre otros patrocinadores locales y universitarios.

Desde su fundación en 1986 el festival ha sido una manera prolífica de representar la tradición cinemática Latinoamericana en Carolina del Norte.

Ha sido también una plataforma para seminarios, eventos culturales, paneles de discusión, y sesiones de preguntas y respuestas con cineastas importantes de los 26 países que forman parte de América Latina.

Este año el festival tratará de estudiar y demostrar la influencia del sonido y el ritmo en el desarrollo socio-cultural e histórico de una región, en esta manera demostrará la experiencia humana de las gentes latinoamericanas.

Siete Cajas, el film inaugural, pinta una imagen de la vida necesitada de muchos jóvenes en América Latina, y de las trampas que vienen a mano con las

universities in the local area placed in the middle of an agricultural center.

By contrast, San Jose, California, only an hour away, is ranked as the seventh most-educated city and is the largest city in Silicon Valley.

The article from wallethub.com analyzed 150 of the largest metropolitan areas in the United States based on education level and quality of education, which were weighed equally. Of the bottom 10 cities, eight were located in California or Texas, which both have large minority Latino populations. The criteria looked at the percentage of adults aged 25 and older with high school diplomas or higher education, as well as the number of doctors and the percentage of workers in computer, engineering and science fields. The quality of education measured the public school system ranking, the average quality of universities and the number of enrolled students in top 200 universities per Capita.

The majority of the data used in the report came from the U.S. Census Bureau, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, GreatSchools. org and U.S. News & World Report.

Breaking stereotypes with Latin Sorority Miguel Sanchez Staff Writer

Last Thursday, as a part of Hispanic Heritage Month, five members from Lambda Theta Alpha, Latin Sorority Inc. [LTA] spoke about the stereotypes they have broken in pursuit of internships, research and study abroad opportunities. The event also featured a distinguished guest, Maria Correa, professor of epidemiology and public health. Correa spoke about how she overcame obstacles and moved past political turmoil in Uruguay in the 1970s to achieve a doctoral degree from Cornell University.

The event opened with presentations from five student presenters. Two students presented about their undergraduate research opportunities, two about their internships and the last about her study abroad experience in Cuba.

The event primarily concentrated on their experiences as Latinas as they have overcome stereotypes and prejudices in white, male-dominated fields of study.

Ciara Del Valle, treasurer for the sorority and senior in animal science, spoke about her internship at the Equine Unit of NC State.

“In my internship everyone else was white, including my manager. It was so funny to me because they actually told that when they first saw me, they thought I wasn’t going to be able to do everything with the horses and that I wouldn’t be able to handle it and get dirty … horses are big animals so you have to be strong; and me being small, I just didn’t look like I’d be able to handle the internship,” Del Valle said.

Del Valle changed that perception. “[Later] they told me ‘we were really impressed with how you handled everything,’” Del Valle added.

Samantha Peart, senior in marine science and Chapter Orientation Adviser for LTA, organized the event and related her experiences doing research.

“We wanted to showcase what it means to be Latina and show that we are breaking the mold of what many people think of when they think of a Latina,” Peart said.

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Park. The area also has a high percentage of educational and health services, according to the City of Raleigh government demographics. The jobs available in agriculture, forestry and mining hover at less than one percent of available jobs.

The purpose of the article was to highlight the ways that education leads to further economic success for local economies in America’s largest cities. The Economic Policy Institute suggests that college degrees are “supremely important in helping to resuscitate weak economies.”

“First of all, I understand (the list is) based on the number of engineering and high paying jobs,” Salinas Mayor Joe Gunter said in an article from the Mercury Times on Sept.

18. “Agricultural workers, many of them immigrants, haven’t (received) credentials from local high schools, but by no means are they not smart people.

They’re intelligent, work very hard, what they lack in education they make up for in the enthusiasm and energy they put in raising their families.”

One of the problems facing young people in Salinas is a lack of quality

soluciones rápidas. En español, guaraní, y coreano esta película Paraguayana es una gran representación de la diversidad demográfica que existe en los países sureños y es dirigida por Juan Carlos Maneglia y Tana Schembori.

En otros años, NC State ha participado como uno de los patrocinadores del festival. En 2011, dos películas fueron presentadas en el centro estudiantil de Witherspoon, El tiro de piedra y El Infierno, incluyendo un discurso con uno de los directores de la película.

El Consortium in Latin American and Caribbean Studies es famoso por su programa cinematográfico al igual que por sus investigaciones y publicaciones acerca de esta materia. Este semestre UNC Chapel Hill aceptó a una totalidad de 8930 estudiantes, el ocho por ciento clasificado como hispano, según su página de web. El año pasado a comienzos del semestre de otoño, Duke University acepto a 6495 estudiantes, seis por ciento clasificado como hispano. NC State actualmente tiene una gran totalidad de cuatro por ciento de estudiantes hispanos. Aunque es una pequeña diferencia en demográfica constituye una brecha bastantemente significante en la matrícula de estudiantes hispanos.

Este año, el festival incrementará la variedad de sus eventos incluyendo un rendimiento de puntuación en vivo que acompaña una película, rock latino en vivo de la banda L.E.T.A.L., y un carrito de comidas de Dos Perros Restaurant, localizado en Durham.

Peart said they broke the stereotype of what it means to be Latina.

“We’re all from different countries, some of us are mixed; we broke that stereotype of what it means to be Latina,” Peart said.

Peart also had the opportunity to participate in a handful of research opportunities.

The research has taken her all across the country, from Hawaii to Washington state to Maryland.

“At the Multicultural Initiative in Marine Science Undergraduate Program in Washington, I took marine science classes, they gave me a stipend and I did research on Olympia oysters, the only native oysters in the Pacific Northwest,” Peart said.

Peart said she feels that it is very important to have visibility in the STEM fields, as Latinos and specifically as women.

“It’s important, because then it’s like a role model for younger generations to look up to and follow. It’s important that there are more people in these roles; it gives perspective.”

Peart said.

Local universities pair up for film festival Natalie Bohorquez Staff Writer

On Thursday, Sept. 25, the launch of the NC Latin American Film Festival took place at the Nelson Mandela Auditorium at UNC Chapel Hill. This series of events will continue through Nov. 6 and is free and open to the public.

The festival is organized annually by the Consortium in Latin American and Caribbean Studies at UNC-CH and Duke University.

It is co-sponsored by the Centro Hispano, North Carolina Central University, Durham Technical Community College, PRAGDA and other sponsors.

Since its foundation in 1986, the festival has consistently offered a variety of events representing Latin American cinematic tradition in North Carolina. It has also been a platform for seminars, cultural events, panel discussions and Q&A sessions with leading filmmakers of

the 26 countries that comprise Latin America.

This year the festival will explore and demonstrate the inf luence of sound and rhythm in the socio-cultural and historical development of regions, thus demonstrating the human experience of Latin American peoples.

Seven Boxes, the inaugural film, paints a picture of life of many young people in need in Latin America and the pitfalls that come with the quick fixes. In Spanish, Guarani and Korean, this movie is a wonderful multilingual representation of demographic diversity in South American countries. The Paraguayan film is directed by Juan Carlos Maneglia and Tana Schémbori.

In previous years, NC State has participated as one of the sponsors of the festival.

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Marc Celestini, a junior in computer and electrical engineering and Halle Mangrum, a junior in English are the creators of the “Humans of NCSU” Facebook page. The page, which was inspired by the popular “Humans of New York” photoblog has garnered over 1200 likes since it began a month ago. “We felt as if most people have unique stories,” Celestini said. “Humans of NCSU is an avenue to express people’s hidden stories and hidden gems.”

Facebook page celebrates NCSU community Brandon Yunker Correspondent

Walking around campus on any given day, you see hundreds of faces - some familiar, some new. But who is the human that lies behind that face in the crowd? What stories can he or she share?

Halle Mangrum, a junior in English, and her friend, Marc Celestini, a junior in computer and electrical engineering, launched the Humans of NCSU Facebook page to answer that question. The page, is a spin-off of the famous Humans of New York photo blog, started in early September and has already acquired more than 1,000 likes.

“I think people want to be known,” Mangrum said.

The Humans of New York started in the summer of 2010 by Brandon Stanton. The project initially consisted of thousands of photographs of average New Yorkers, but later began to feature short stories and quotes. With more than 9 million followers, the page has spawned several spin-off blogs around the world, from Humans of Switzerland to Humans of San Diego.

Some of those inspired include blogs devoted to Westeros, a fictional setting in George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series, and Springfield, home of The Simpsons.

“We are looking to do something similar to the Humans of New York page, a way to offer more insight into average, run-of-themill people who don’t get their stories heard,” Celestini said. “Students can look at the page

and see people that they might just pass by on the street.”

Creating an entry proves straightforward: find an approachable subject on campus, who, according to Celestini, “puts off good vibes,” interview the subject while taking candid photographs and post an entry to the page, consisting of a photo taken and a quote from the interview.

“You generally have an idea [of a quote] after talking to them,” Celestini said. “Usually it takes about half an hour to an hour to put it all together and upload to the page.”

They use a voice recorder to capture the feel of the interview and the subject because it preserves more of the voice, according to Mangrum.

“There is a moment during an interview that we both realize that we have something; that we have the entry,” Celestini said.

The two work as a team, giving each other advice and sticking to what Celestini calls a “succinct view” of the direction of the page.

“We have this almost secret language where we look at each other and know,” Mangrum said.

The idea to start the page came to Celestini and Mangrum during the summer.

“We were looking for a project to work on,” Mangrum said. “Anything to make NCSU smaller and feel more like a community seemed like a good place to start.”

Mangrum and Celestini keep the questions they ask simple, but in a way that touches on greater topics and ideas someone off of the street wouldn’t typically walk up and ask.

Questions about how people tick, according to Mangum. Neither Mangrum nor Celestini, though, said they would consider themselves courageous.

“It’s kind of a like going up to someone and telling them a cheesy pick-up line,” Celestini said. “It took convincing ourselves to just go out and do it.”

Mangrum and Celestini said that the page does present a few challenges.

They approach about twice as many people as they actually interview, according to Celestini. Some people are just busy, and some just don’t want to be interviewed.

Other challenges deal with what to include in an entry. It can be difficult to find a photo and the right quote from a 15-minute interview to sum up a person, according to Celestini.

“You are looking to have a vibe but also something that is relatable,” Celestini said.

Another challenge stems from the fear of rejection. The concern lies with when you first put up a picture and quote that it is wellreceived. Another is when a person or story doesn’t receive as much acknowledgement as others, according to Mangrum.

“You do the interviews and you start to care about certain people and their stories, and then you see that those entries aren’t as liked [on Facebook] as others,” Mangrum said.

Celestini said, for him, the likes on Facebook don’t matter very much, but he does use it as a metric.

Challenges aside, they do not take away from the experience of running the Humans

of NCSU page. Mangrum said she enjoys the experience because she gets to hang out with her friend and has an excuse to meet new people.

“Most people won’t go up to someone and talk to them and ask someone about themselves,” Mangrum said.

The reward comes from seeing their work appreciated, Celestini said. It’s about the people and their stories, but it’s also the photography and quotes extracted that make it art.

“People will look at the page and tag each other and are proud of how they are portrayed,” Celestini said.

Celestini and Mangrum said they look forward to interviewing more people and expanding the community. Ideally as the page grows, more people will begin to comment and start conversations with another, creating a “dynamic and multi-dimensional feel,” Mangrum said.

“The people you interview think about big things and express an interest in sharing,” Mangrum said. “We had one person talk about death. It is nice to know that you aren’t alone in thinking about these things or in feeling a little insecure or freaking out or whatever.”

So as you walk around campus in the middle of a typical week, passing faces in a crowd, the strangers that you encounter may not be as strange or as different as you would expect.

There may in fact be some quality, a human quality, which two faces and two souls share with another. And that is a special kind of community to share in.

Engineer turned entrepreneur STUDENT CREATES SPIN-OFF OF POPULAR BOARD GAME Kevin Schaefer Associate Features Editor

For NC State student Alex Gregory, his interest in board games went from being a fun hobby to a potential career in the last few months.

Combining his love for the medium with his own ideas for making it better, Gregory created his own spinoff of the popular Mafia and Werewolf games earlier this year and recently launched a Kickstarter campaign for it.

The Lounge: A Mafia Game is a multiplayer and interactive game and comes with its own card set that Gregory developed. Gregory has been part of a group on campus for two years that meets in the quad once a week to play Mafia.

“Originally I had just been making the cards for our group, but I decided about halfway through that, ‘Hey, this might be something other people might be looking for, because it’s a fairly popular game’,” Gregory said.

Gregory, a senior in electrical and computer engineering, said for a long time the group would use regular playing cards, which according to him made the process less efficient. That’s when the light bulb went off.

“I thought it would be nice and easier if we had just a set of cards with the rules on them without having to denote each time this is this and that’s that,” Gregory said. “It was hard to get new players because you would have to explain what each card was. And they didn’t know what the rules were, so they were trying to focus on that...So I got the idea of making our own set of cards.”

Gregory said he made a prototype with a 108 card set this January, that the group began playing with shortly after. Once he got the idea to market it as a product, Gregory said he lacked the entrepreneurial experience to know what steps to take next.

“The first thing I did really was just a lot of research,” Gregory said. “I didn’t have any idea what I was doing when I started out. I spent a lot of time looking at other people and what they had done and just kind of getting a feel for what the market was.”

While he eventually decided on going the Kickstarter route, Gregory said he looked at everything from selling the product online to using on campus resources. One resource, he said, particularly has helped him tremendously.

“I’m actually in a class now that’s replacing my senior design,” Gregory said. “It’s an entrepreneurship senior design. So instead of having a company come in, you form your own group and create your own product and kind of get to prototype and almost launch.”

Gregory said he handled most of the Kickstarter campaign, art work and business side of things, but friends, family and the members of his club have supported him along the way.

Woody Barlow, a senior in computer science, has been playing Mafia with this group for a couple years now. Barlow said that Gregory’s game is significantly more innovative than a lot of other Mafia spin-offs he has seen.

“With all of the custom roles that Alex has created, every game is a new experience,” Barlow said. “Cards have so many unique interactions that there’s always some interesting new strat-

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Alex Gregory, a senior in electrical engineering, has created a card game called, “The Lounge: A Mafia Game.” The game is based on the popular Mafia and Werewolf games and has a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for the project.

egy for staying in the game. I’ve played games like Werewolf and Resistance, which claim to be based off the same game, but none of them deliver the consistently unique gameplay experience you get from the one hundred plus roles in The Lounge.”

Bryan Allen, a junior in electrical engineering, said he’s been playing Mafia for six years. The Lounge makes the experience of playing much better than it was before, according to Allen.

“Before he did it, we were just using regular playing cards, so Alex came up with something official,” Allen said.

Gregory said one of the primary audiences for this product is college students, mainly because of its accessibility and that it’s designed for groups of people. According to Gregory,

he’s also seeking out conventions where he can promote the game.

“It’s a great way to interact with people and it’s an easy game to pick up,” Gregory said.

Upon graduation, Gregory said he plans to go to graduate school for either his MBA or Master’s in electrical engineering. However, he is not opposed to pursuing board games as a career.

“If the opportunity presented itself, I would definitely take it,” Gregory said.

FIND OUT MORE To find out more about the game, visit Gregory’s Kickstarter campaign at https:// www.kickstarter.com/projects/971008843/ the-lounge-a-mafia-game-0.

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counted, rushing for 155 yards and a touchdown.

Virginia Tech (3-2, 0-1) - Heading into Saturday’s matchup with Western Michigan, the Hokies had lost two straight to East Carolina and Georgia Tech. However, after a 35-17 victory over the Broncos, Virginia Tech made it clear that the team is still a competitor in the Coastal division.

Duke (4-1, 0-1) - Of all the undefeated teams heading into Saturday, Duke had the lowest strength of schedule. However, the Blue Devils blew their chances at an undefeated season with an ugly 22-10 loss at Miami. Fortunately for Duke, the team will have a bye week to regroup before visiting undefeated Georgia Tech on Oct. 11.

Pittsburgh (3-2, 1-0) - After an early conference win over Boston College, the Panthers have been on a skid of late. Pitt dropped its latest contest with Akron in embarrassing fashion, losing handily to the MidAmerican Conference squad at home. Unfortunately for the Panthers, Saturday’s matchup with Virginia will not be an easy one.

UNC-Chapel Hill (2-2, 0-2) - This team has been unbelievably disappointing all season.

After a close call with San Diego State, the Tar Heels allowed East Carolina and Clemson to put up a combined 120 points. The UNC-CH defense has looked absolutely dreadful all season, allowing 44 points per game, which ranks at 126th in the nation.

If Wannemuehler can keep making correct decisions, beating defenders and contributing goals and assists, State’s attack will massively improve.

What is Zach Knudson’s best position?

With the departures of winger Alex Martinez to the MLS and center attacking midfielder Nazmi Albadawi to the Carolina RailHawks in the summer, State lost its two most potent individual attacking threats, but through the addition of Knudson, who joined the Wolfpack in the spring, head coach Kelly Findley has replaced two players with one.

Equally adept in central midfield or on either flank, Knudson has grown into State’s primary individual offensive catalyst. Against Tech, the Players Development Academy standout scored a tremendous solo goal, running nearly 60 yards with the ball at his feet from right to left before slotting the ball past

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Freshman attacking midfielder Zach Knudson races towards goal against a Virginia Tech defender. Knudson scored one goal in the Pack’s 3-2 defeat to the Hokies.

Lundgaard into the lower corner for his third goal of the season and is tied with senior striker Surkamp in points (8), but provides far more than goals and assists.

Despite the importance of his movement, passing and dribbling, Knudson has yet to be fielded in a consistent position. In State’s 4-3-3, he has played both as a left interior midfielder and as a winger in the front three.

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shifty slot receiver was a key member in an offense that went on to score 41 points on the night.

The offense received most of its horsepower from talented junior running back Shadrach Thornton.

In the second drive of the first

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While versatility is part of his game, State must find the best application of his considerable skill set.

Is he better attack ing through the middle, providing energy and creativity, or is he more effective assist ing a nd f inishing from the f lank, with more freedom to attack in transition?

Can State’s defense cope without Clement Simonin?

quarter, offensive coordinator Matt Canada organized a drive entirely dedicated to the Wildcat formation and left Thornton to take the helm.

The power runner was unstoppable when running up the gut against the Florida State defense and gained 41 yards on five carries in the drive.

Thornton capped off the surge with a three-yard push into the end zone.

Thornton rushed for 90 yards in the contest with two touchdowns.

While freshman center back Conor Donovan has performed solidly for the Wolfpack, his partner for most of the season, senior Clement Si mon i n, ha s dominated. The Frenchman is comfortable on the ball, possesses a fantastic passing range and defends the box with authorit y.

However, he’s sidelined due to injury, forcing head coach Findley to turn to his

The Hinesville, Georgia native was a punishing runner all afternoon and proved that by averaging 4.7 yards per carry.

Although the defense forced three turnovers from the Noles, the squad played porous defense overall which consisted of countless missed tackles. The defense gave up 365 yards passing, 203 yards rushing, as well as 56 points. The team just couldn’t find a way to get off the field on

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Against Virginia Tech, freshman Mattias Fracchia got the start and for 58 minutes looked every inch the highly rated defender identif ied by NC State alum and US U-20 National Team head coach Tab Ramos, but his error in the 59th minute: miscommunicating w ith junior goalkeeper Alex McCauley, failing to clear the ball and then fouling and conceding a penalty while earning himself a red card, showed he still needs time to find his feet in this State side.

Senior Moss JacksonAtogi will have to step into the defense, and while the Raleigh native is an accomplished and experienced veteran, his skill set isn’t well-suited to mesh with Donovan’s because they don’t contrast. Both are primarily “stoppers” who run down opposing attackers, block shots and defend in the air, but State’s passing game requires a player with passing range to activate the f lanks with quick diagonals. One of the two must contribute in this area.

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Brissett, Fernandez earn ACC Players of the Week honors Two NC State football players earned nods in the Atlantic Coast Conference’s Players of the Week awards, theACC.com announced Monday. Redshirt junior quarterback Jacoby Brissett and redshirt freshman linebacker Jerod Fernandez were named Co-Offensive Back of the Week and Linebacker of the Week respectively for their performances against No. 1 ranked Florida State.

Despite suffering a 56-41 loss, both players featured prominently.

Brissett threw for 359 yards and three touchdowns and ran for another 38 yards. Brissett’s second touchdown pass came after he eluded what appeared to be two certain sacks and earned “Top 10 play” status on ESPN’s SportsCenter. Brissett has now thrown 156 passes without an interception and leads the ACC with 13 touchdown passes. Fernandez intercepted 2013 Heisman Trophywinner Jameis Winston twice, leading to 10 Wolfpack points.

SOURCE: THEACC.COM

Former Pack midfielder Albadawi scores only goal in RailHawks’ win

Professional soccer side Carolina RailHawks earned a 1-0 win over Indy Eleven in front of a sellout crowd in downtown Indianapolis Saturday night. Former NC State men’s soccer team midfielder Nazmi Albadawi, who was signed by the RailHawks in January after competing for the club’s Under-23 team, scored the go-ahead goal in the 53rd minute.

With the win, the RailHawks take sole control of fourth place in the hunt for the North American Soccer League’s playoffs.

SOURCE: RAILHAWKS.COM

ACC announces NC State vs. Boston College kickoff time

The Atlantic Coast Conference has announced a 3:30 p.m. kickoff time for the NC State-Boston College matchup Saturday, Oct. 11 at CarterFinley Stadium. The game takes place over the NC State fall break and is the first game back in Raleigh for the Wolfpack after the team travels to face Clemson on Saturday. State is currently 4-1 after falling to No. 1 Florida State 56-41. Boston College is 3-2 on the year after falling 24-21 to Colorado State last weekend.

The Eagles have a bye this weekend before heading to Raleigh.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY “We played our hearts out. I’m thankful to our students and fans.

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Redshirt junior Jacoby Brissett evades Florida State defenders while looking to throw downfield on Saturday. Brissett finished with 359 yards through the air and three touchdowns while also earning 38 yards on the ground. Freshman wide receiver Bo Hines is tackled while running with the ball against Georgia Southern on Aug. 30. Brissett passed to Hines eight times in Saturday’s 56-41 loss to FSU.

Despite loss, Pack proves it belongs Jake Lange Associate Sports Editor

Although the Pack did not emerge victorious in Saturday’s matchup against the No. 1 Florida State Seminoles, no Wolfpack fan should hang his or her head in shame, as there are plenty of takeaways from the game that prove that the Pack is one of the top contenders in the ACC. Redshirt junior signal-caller

Jacoby Brissett played an outstanding game, as his dynamic playmaking ability raised eyebrows from college football spectators throughout the country. Brissett threw two touchdowns and over 200 yards in the first quarter alone, which helped build the 24-7 lead over the defending national champions.

The young quarterback completed 32 of his 48 passes and finished the game with 359 passing yards for

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Men’s soccer faces lingering questions after last-minute defeat For nearly two-thirds of Friday night’s home contest against ACC opponent Virginia Tech, the NC State men’s soccer team looked completely comfortable.

A pair of stunning goals from sophomore winger Travis Wannemuehler and freshman midfielder Zach Knudson saw the Pack (33-2, 0-2-1 ACC) cruising to victory up 2-0 while playing some of its best soccer to date.

However, it took just a single minute for the Pack to implode, losing its lead, a player to a red card and its momentum, before eventually conceding in the final minute to lose 3-2.

With nine games left in the season, there’s still time Jordan Beck for the Wolfpack to rattle Associate Sports off a string of victories and Editor push for a tournament bid.

With that in mind, here are three questions that will determine the rest of the season.

Can Travis Wannemuehler maintain his good form?

Despite being a regular starter and featuring in all 17 games last season, the winger hadn’t scored a goal until Friday’s game against Virginia Tech (6-3-0, 2-1-0 ACC).

Despite showing glimpses of his potential, Wannemuehler always seemed like he couldn’t keep up with his own creativity and struggled with his decision-making.

The last few weeks have seen a complete turnaround, and Friday’s match was easily his best for the Wolfpack so far. Wannemuehler torched the Hokies’ defense and opened his account for State in stunning fashion in the 23rd minute.

The Evansville, Indiana native skipped past pressure, played a 1-2 pass with redshirt senior striker Nick Surkamp, chested the ball down and hit a dipping half volley off the bounce with the outside of his right foot. The shot neatly arched over the Hokies’ 6-foot-5-inch freshman goalkeeper Ben Lundgaard and into the net.

Just a few minutes later, Wannemuehler nearly scored another top class goal, cutting inside from the right and bending a shot toward the far corner with his left foot, but the ball just sailed over.

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three touchdowns. Having rushed for 90 yards in the matchup, Brissett proved to have the ability in making timely plays with his legs.

Defenders simply could not take down Brissett outside of the pocket. On one of the most notable plays of the game, Brissett was able to break off two tackles before throwing a touchdown pass. On other plays, the young phenom’s juking ability left defenders in the dust.

Brissett frequently connected with his favorite target in the high-powered offense, as freshman wide receiver Bo Hines hauled in catch after catch. Hines finished the game with eight receptions for 103 yards and a 54-yard touchdown, his first of the year, which he scored on a swift stop and go route through busted coverage by the Seminoles backfield. The

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Florida State, Georgia Tech top power rankings Zack Tanner Senior Staff Writer

ATLANTIC No. 1 Florida State (4-0, 2-0) - The Seminoles narrowly avoided their fourth loss in five games to NC State in Raleigh on Saturday with a 49-17 comeback in the final three quarters. Despite two close calls in two consecutive weeks, Florida State’s playoff hopes remain alive and well. However, with games at Miami and Louisville, as well as a visit from No. 9 Notre Dame, a berth is far from guaranteed.

Clemson (2-2, 1-1) - The Tigers rebounded from their heartbreaking loss against No. 1 Florida State by spanking UNC-Chapel Hill, 50-35, in Death Valley. Freshman QB Deshaun Watson had the game of his life, throwing for 435 yards and six touchdowns. Clemson now ranks ninth in the nation in pass yards per game.

NC State (4-1, 0-1) - The Wolfpack let a 17-point first quarter lead slip from its grasp, losing in a 56-41 shootout with the defending national champions. Despite the loss, NCSU earned its first vote in the AP poll and proved its offense, led by junior QB Jacoby Brissett, can hang with any team in the ACC. The Pack will have its chance to make a statement in the conference when it travels to Clemson Saturday.

Louisville (4-1, 2-1) - The Cardinals earned a solid conference win over Wake Forest Saturday, using a 13-point fourth quarter to take the contest, 20-10. The Louisville defense was dominant, causing two huge turnovers that set up both Cardinal touchdowns and held the Deacons to only 100 total yards of offense.

Boston College (3-2, 0-1) - Who are the Boston College Eagles? Are they the motivated squad of men that took down the No. 9 Southern California powerhouse, or the meek group of players that lost at home to Colorado State on Saturday?

Until the Eagles see more ACC competition, they take a hit in the rankings for inconsistency.

Syracuse (2-2, 0-0) - The only team in the ACC yet to play a conference game, the Orange has not impressed in its four non-conference games. No. 8 Notre Dame took care of business in Syracuse on Saturday, leaving the Orange on a bit of a skid heading into its first ACC game against Louisville.

Wake Forest (2-3, 0-1) - The Demon Deacons could not find any sort of offensive rhythm against Louisville on Saturday, converting only two of 16 third downs and netting minus-22 yards of rushing offense. The Wake squad continues to struggle mightily, and a winless

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Redshirt sophomore David J. Grinnage runs the ball up the sideline against the Florida State defense on Saturday. State lost 56-41.

conference record seems extremely probable for the Deacs.

COASTAL Georgia Tech (4-0, 1-0) - One of the two undefeated teams left in the ACC, the Yellow Jackets have shown that they are the clear leaders of the Coastal division. With a powerful offensive line, Georgia Tech boasts one of the best rushing attacks in the nation. Fresh off a bye week, the Jackets will take on Miami in primetime Saturday.

Virginia (3-2, 1-0) - The surprise of the ACC continued its impressive run Saturday by stomping Kent State, 45-13, behind a 31-point second half. With both of its losses and their one conference win coming at the hands of ranked opponents, the Cavaliers have proved they have put their ugly 2013 campaign far behind them.

Miami (3-2, 1-1) - What a win over reigning Coastal division champion Duke on Saturday night. The Hurricane defense caused major problems for the Blue Devils, holding Duke to two third downs and snagging two picks. Junior RB Duke Johnson came up big for Miami when it

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