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Phishing attacks increase at NCSU Katherine Kehoe Assistant News Editor
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Daniel Harrison, an N.C. State alumnus, marches in front of the Bell Tower for an ROTC Veteran’s Day vigil. The Student Veteran’s Association, which provides a variety of services for former military members, is discussing the possibility of building a veteran’s center if land and funding are available.
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Members of N.C. State’s Student Veterans Association are considering opening a veteran’s center on campus if there’s funding and space available on campus. Tina Nelson, the advisor for the association, said it’s the mission of the SVA to figure out how to make the college experience better for veterans and recommend changes to University administrators. One of these changes would be a veterans center where veteran students could have their own place to study and connect with other student veterans, according to Nelson. Though the project is in the beginning stages, the SVA group trying to approve the center will discuss possible locations at its meeting Friday. If this project does move forward, the group will then look into the specifics of what exactly this vet-
eran’s space will provide and how it will be funded, Nelson said. As of September 2013, 595 N.C. State students are taking advantage of G.I. Bill benefits. Of these, 289 are military veterans while 306 are dependents or spouses. Of the veterans enrolled at N.C. State, 84 percent are male and 16 percent are female, according to the N.C. State Veterans’ Education Office site. Nelson said the center would be an addition to already existing services, such as an optional training opportunity for faculty and staff titled, “Veteran Students in the Classroom.” Nelson leads the program in which she discusses what it’s like to be in the military and the specific problems and needs that veteran students may have. “I go over things like if they have post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain damage and what that is
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Phishing attacks aimed at N.C. State students, faculty members and staff are increasing because attackers are discovering ways to obtain money from university accounts, according to Kerry Digou, Information Technology Manager for Security and Compliance. Within the last 30 to 60 days, institutions of higher education nationwide have noticed a huge uptick in phishing attempts, Digou said. “We’re seeing more of it now because the attackers have figured out how to monetize it,” Digou said. “Your account is worth money to them.” Phishers most commonly send emails posing as an official from N.C. State asking for Unity IDs and passwords. Their goal is to send out as many emails as possible in order to obtain the information of any University member who gets a paycheck through direct deposit, Digou said. If the phishers are able to get into an account, they can change the student or faculty member’s bank account information so the money is directly deposited into their bank account instead, Digou said. However, of the attacks that the Office of Information Technology can verify, about one percent of all phishing attempts at N.C. State are successful in retrieving account information, according to Digou. Stan Martin, director of outreach, communications and consulting for OIT, said when an account is compromised, that email address is often used to send more phish-
ing emails because N.C. State email addresses look familiar and are unlikely to be sent to spam folders. “It really is everybody’s responsibility to take the necessary precautions so their account doesn’t get hacked,” Martin said. “It’s not only them that is inconvenienced, but it also has an impact on the rest of the community because they are going to use that account to hit the rest of us.” OIT is still looking for different solutions to tackle this problem. “The emails are still working,” Digou said. “I don’t know what the solution to that is. We’ve said we will never ask for your information in an email or over the phone, and it still works.” Universities are a soft target for phishing attempts due to how open they need to be about publishing the personal information of students and employees, Martin said. In an effort to combat the rising phishing attempts, OIT has advised students to protect themselves by activating Google’s two-step authentication process, installing antivirus software, avoiding attachments from unfamiliar senders verifying hyperlinks before clicking and, most importantly, never sending sensitive information in an email. Last month, the Division of Human Resources decided to stop allowing online changes to direct deposit information, Martin said. Martin stressed the importance of paying attention to emails claiming to be from an N.C. State official. Many of the phishing emails
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Nuclear energy: a reliable option, speaker says UAB hosts cultural celebration Joseph Havey Staff Writer
Nuclear energy is the most reasonable alternative fuel source and should be considered as a renewable energy source, according to a Tuesday-night lecture on campus. Barry Brook, from the University of Adelaide, South Australia, spoke to about 100 students and professors about his view of nuclear energy and where it fits in the broader energy spectrum. In order to wean ourselves off fossil fuels, we should consider nuclear energy as the only reasonable alternative, he said. “I know it’s a controversial topic, but I think it’s important to take an evidence-based approach to the subject,” Brook said. It isn’t clear how renewable nuclear energy is, and it’s not environmentally friendly because of the radioactive waste generated, according to the environmental advocacy organization Greenpeace. However, uranium is not considered a fossil fuel either, like oil, gas or coal. Brook compared three different models for the future of energy in both the United States and in developing countries: The “Business As Usual” model, in which nothing changes about the makeup of fuel sources, the “Greenpeace” model, which relies almost entirely on renewable energy resources excluding nuclear, and the “Brook” model,
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Finally, the “Brook” model, designed by Brook himself, stresses nuclear energy and renewable energy. Of the three models, this produces the least greenhouse gas on the smallest amount of land. Brook pointed out France’s economy largely runs on nuclear power with great success. “The nuclear reactors of today are not your mother’s nuclear reactor,”
The Union Activities Board sponsored the Taste of N.C. State to showcase different cultures from around the world using food, music and dance Tuesday The event, founded in 2005, is designed to show appreciation for Asian, Indonesian, Hispanic and African cultures represented in the student body. The event was at the West Campus Amphitheater from 4-6 p.m and more than 100 students attended. Joann Ma, a board member of UAB, discussed the importance of celebrating different cultures on campus. “We wanted to host the Taste of N.C. State because we want to promote student diversity on campus,” Ma said. “That’s why we have different student organizations that come out and display their culture and display materials that represent their clubs, so we can promote student engagement.” Specifically the Indonesian Student Association, Asian Student Association and African Student
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Barry W. Brook, Sir Hubert Wilkins Chair of Climate Change at the University of Adelaide, speaks about the effects of fossil fuel on the environment Tuesday in David Clark Labs.
which consists of more than 50 percent nuclear energy. The “Business As Usual” model will consume fewer land resources than the other two models, but will nearly quadruple the volume of greenhouse gases. Oil, coal and natural gas make up the bulk of energy sources—three resources environmentalists are quick to point out as nonrenewable. The “Greenpeace” model will
consume the most land resources, Brook said, because solar and wind farms take up a lot of space. This model will also cost the most because it relies on relatively new technology. “We need to accept that it takes a while to get technologies from the lab into the commercial world,” Brook said. “Many technologies look exciting in a lab, but they are no where near being commercialized.”
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6:19 P.M. |SUSPICIOUS PERSON Varsity Lot Wolfline bus driver reported two subjects asking about drugs and other uncomfortable topics. Officers search the area but did not locate anyone.
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oel Newton, a freshman in engineering, holds the queen of a honey-bee colony in transition, early Thursday morning. As part of the course, An Introduction to the Honey Bee and Beekeeping, Newton and other class members gathered for a hands-on learning experience about the insects they have studied all semester. Many students from the class held and interacted with several thousand honey bees, which were extra docile as a result of the simulated swarm.
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going to look like,” Nelson said. “And what are the specific issues for our female veterans, what resources are available and what they can do differently to show support for these veterans and their families.” Nelson said she has the most participants in this training opportunity near Veteran’s day in November, and about 80 to 100 faculty and staff members have completed it during the last four years. Though this is a high number, Nelson said she hopes to one day target certain areas, such as the College of Engineering, to further inform faculty and staff members. The health center on campus also offers veterans aid through the counseling center. The SVA’s counselors are familiar and have experience helping veteran’s experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder, according to Nelson. Nelson said the Student Veteran’s Association mem-
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are written and designed by people who don’t know English as a first language, so something about the email is likely to appear abnormal. “Sometimes those messages look really legitimate, but sometimes you look at the email that somebody replied to and actually got hacked by,” Martin said. “We’re still
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bers meet at least once a month and hold several events throughout the year, including a potluck every semester during a reading day where veteran students are encouraged to come together, share food and bring their families. The SVA is also responsible for arranging tailgates during football season and because of the SVA’s involvement, student veterans now participate in the unfolding of the American flag across the football field on Military Appreciation Day. The SVA also held a 5k last November, called “Run, Walk, and Roll with Veterans,” in which part of the money raised was donated to Canine Angels, an organization that takes dogs that are going to be euthanized and trains them to be service dogs for disabled veterans. This year’s 5k will be held on Nov. 2, according to Nelson. SVA members will be participating in this year’s Relay for Life event on campus Friday, by both walking for the event and selling barbecue sandwiches.
amazed at the people who are falling for these.” Ph i shers work s olely through the internet and are often located in another country, which makes them very hard to track down and stop, Martin said. “It really is a shell game to be able to track that stuff down, and it takes a huge amount of legal resources to do it, and they know it.” While phishing attempts aimed at universities have spiked in the past t wo
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Union were there to inform students about their respective cultures. “We also have food to bring people out and to let them really taste a certain culture,” Ma said. The Hmong Student Association was another club that was represented at the event. Yeng Xiong, a senior in biological sciences and the secretary of the HSA, said it’s important to become more aware of cultural diversity throughout campus. “I think Taste of N.C. State is just giving everyone a general idea of what is going on [around] campus culturally,” Xiong said. “The University tends to do a lot of events throughout the year but not a lot of them signify a really diverse group of people hosting an event together. I really appreciate that UAB is supporting everyone coming out here and giving everyone a taste of what N.C. State diversity is all about.” The event featured several
months, phishing has been around for a long time, and this is not the first time N.C. State has been faced with problems such as these, Martin said. “The term phishing actually originated in 1996,” Martin said. “It has kind of progressed over time and become more sophisticated in terms of ways of duping people. This is only the latest.”
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Josh Warden, a sophomore in animal science, enjoys some barbecue at the Taste of N.C. State, which showcases foods from around the world. “It gives everybody an idea of what foods they can get locally while still giving them a variety, plus the food’s good and it’s free,” Warden said.
live entertainment acts, such as a DJ, and several performances by dancers and singers. The Production, an N.C. State dance crew, performed too. The crew discussed how they enjoyed spreading Pro-
duction’s name across campus by participating in events such as Taste of NC State. “We love doing campus events, because we can actually connect with the students,” said Ricky Phuong, a senior in design studies and
the leader of Production. Different restaurants from the Raleigh area, such as Chipotle, provided food as did some of the student clubs.
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years, Brook said. “It turns the problem into an engineering problem, instead of a philosophical one,” Brook said. “It becomes ‘what do I do with the waste’ as opposed to ‘can I justify creating this waste that will never go away during our current society.’” Nuclear energ y is also important because electricity usage is on a path to increase, especially if society begins to use fewer fossil
fuels. Electricity is necessary for geoengineering—which alters the atmosphere directly—and for the production of fuels such as methane gas or ethanol. “For a sustainable future, we need an abundant, cheap and low-carbon-producing energy source,” Brook said. “The only realistic way to increase electricity production without raising costs or relying on fossil fuels is through nuclear energy.”
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Brook said. Brook said advancements in nuclear technology has allowed for safer plants and nuclear waste recycling. Previously, nuclear waste took more than 300,000 years to decompose. With the nuclear recycling process, that time could be reduced to just 300
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ast Sunday, former Florida Gov.—and prospective 2016 presidential candidate—Jeb Bush made news when describi ng what his campaign platform might look l i ke . Q ue s t ion s arose about how he might approach the problems regarding Wes Kyatt immigration into Contributing the United States, Columnist and Bush gave a particularly revealing answer: “Yes, they broke the law, but it’s not a felony. It’s kind of … an act of love.” Bush said those who enter the country illegally are trying to “keep their families intact.” Most Americans relate to this sentiment, but the GOP has not—until now. Bush is third in a line of Republican presidential hopefuls making waves with Hispanic and Latino voters by hinting at a strong desire to
reform the country’s broken immigration system and devise solutions for about 11.7 million immigrants residning in the country currently without legal status. In 2013, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) alienated himself from the party by working on a bipartisan-immigration-reform plan. More recently, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) started a buzz when he said, “I think … the GOP needs to be more welcoming of immigrants.” This is a welcome sea of change in Republican immigration politics. In a 2012 presidential-primary debate, Mitt Romney was lampooned when he suggested a policy solution of “self-deportation.” That’s a long way from calling illegal immigration an “act of love.” Of course compassionate conservatism comes from political motivations. President Barack Obama, in his first term, pushed for immigration reform, but acquiesced to GOP insistence that his administration
first enforce existing laws. Naively, the president obliged his opponents, hoping for a “yes we can” styled bipartisan immigration package— but it never materialized on the Republican side. After Democrats were shellacked out of the House in 2010, and with forecasts suggesting Democrats will lose the Senate this November, it probably never will before he leaves office. As a result, Obama deported more than two million immigrants, in the sixth year of presidency, with no immediate chance of reform in sight. By contrast, President George W. Bush deported two million during his entire eight years in office. This illustrates some astute political maneuvering by the GOP. The Republicans can wait until 2016, when their candidate can point to a two-anda-half-year history of party leaders calling for reform. It won’t convert every Latino or Hispanic voter from the Democrat side, but it deprives
Obama a part of his base and reduces the power of immigration as a wedge issue in 2016. Democrats should capitalize on this bait-and-switch now, not later. The U.S. has a long history built on immigration, and a culture that extolls the virtues of diversity and hard work. The fact that the current system is broken is shameful, a fact long recognized by Democrats and liberals. Now, the GOP is making moves to create some space in the debate with an eye toward 2016. After all, none of the Republicans up for election in November are talking like Jeb Bush—Rubio and Paul don’t have to run for any office until 2016. Democrats should put incumbent -congressional Republicans on the spot, and clamor for an immigration reform plan before November. Unfortunately, that’s unlikely. Despite the fact that Obama has become the most heavy-handed president ever about deportation,
Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio) is playing politics so those in his party up for election in November can play it safe. Boehner said as much to Fox News’ Megyn Kelly on Monday night: “I’ve tried to get the House to move on this now for the last 15 or 16 months … our members look up and go … You can’t have immigration reform without strong border security and internal enforcement. How can we trust the president to actually obey the law and enforce the law that we would write?” The Administration is obviously enforcing the current law. What the Speaker said is political malpractice. Strict enforcement was a trade-off to coax the GOP into backing immigration reform. Now it seems like the wiser members of the party are moving in that direction. Perhaps someone should tell Mr. Boehner to stop reading his fundraising numbers and start reading the papers.
Are awareness campaigns simply ‘slacktivism?’
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ollege campuses are targeted as prime environments for social advocates and aspiring activists to proclaim the news of their cause. In a given week walking through campus, a student could likely be approached Josiah a b out nuKeilson merous isContributing sues regardColumnist ing anything from the environment to social justice causes. In the past few years, most college students have, at some point, been asked to engage with an issue by signing a petition or changing their Facebook profile picture. Over this timespan, there were two main Facebook profile picture “movements,” when people changed their picture to a red X in support of ending sexual slavery or a red-andpink equal sign in support of marriage equality. The goal of these endeavors and movements is to concentrate on raising awareness for the importance of the given issue that is being advocated for. Social campaigns like these have always existed, but with the advent of social media and its powerful platform potential, these movements have grown greatly. This growth is evidenced by the wave of people changing their profile pictures to equal signs last year when the Supreme Court was deliberating the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act. One of Facebook’s studies on data trends revealed that during the week of the hearing, an estimated 2.7 million people changed their profile
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eugenics programs in the United States, which forcefully sterilized more than 60,000 people due to racism and pseudoscience. In both of these cases, many citizens were later found to be unaware of the injustices occurring behind the backdoors of their own communities. These examples demonstrate that the first step to solving a problem is to shine a light on the injustice of it. This light may come in many forms and even include petitions or a booth set up on a college campus. Consider how many people the petition site Change.org has empowered. What about the large amount of funds Rally.org raised in support of many social issues and projects? What about further examples of issues, such as the AIDS epidemic? In areas concerning the epidemic, without awareness of the danger of infection, people won’t get tested. This lack of awareness leaves many potentially infected people ignorant to their potential need for treatment. In a case such as this, awareness of the situation is arguably the most important thing. Clearly, awareness alone of an issue doesn’t necessarily resolve it. Although many supporters of awareness campaigns fall into the trap of slacktivism, this doesn’t negate from the value of a campaign’s message. At a minimum, these movements make it more difficult for particular social problems to fester further in the dark. Though changing your Facebook profile picture does indeed offer a degree of awareness and benefit to the cause, only actively fighting for social change will result in further action.
“Absolutely because they’re still taking the courses and putting themselves into it, so they should definitely still receive the same amount of credit.”
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pictures in support of the marriage equality campaign. These types of social media movements have garnered both great support and a number of critiques. The term “slacktivism” became popular among those who felt these social media movements serve only as a platform for “slacktivists.” They describe slacktivists as those who feel they are providing real social value while not providing more tangible support; such as monetary donations or volunteering. These “slacktivists,” of course, anger those who are the true proponents of these social issues that back up their public support of a cause with private action and commitment. Though this anger might be justified to a degree, it also has the potential to be rather hypocritical on the part of the true proponents. If these truly dedicated activists care as deeply about the social issues as they claim, would they not be at least somewhat satisfied to see the issue gaining exposure? Granted, campaigns that concentrate solely on awareness are inherently limited in their capacity to create true societal change. However, to deny the importance of awareness in the process of social change is dangerous. Without awareness, there is ultimately no action. Logically, someone can’t act out against a social problem if they’re unaware that it is an issue. Injustice tends to grow best in the dark, where people remain unaware of what occurs behind the scenes. This unawareness explains, to a degree, many horrific historical events. Consider the Holocaust, which resulted in 11 million deaths, or the
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orth Carolina is just one of two states in the nation that prosecute all 16 and 17-year-olds charged with a crime in Sophie Nelson the adult Contributing criminal Columnist justice system, regardless of the severity of their alleged crimes. Nearly 86 percent of crimes committed by 16 and 17 year olds were misdemeanors, and more than 28,000 youth misdemeanor cases were judged in the adult system, according to the Council for Children’s Rights. There is no valid reason as to why these teenagers cannot be placed within the juvenile justice system, preserving adult courts for the more severe, violent offenders. The juvenile system delivers ageappropriate adjudication, services, punishment and treatment while simultaneously offering young people time to mature. It has been long overdue for North Carolina to follow the other 48 states and revise state law to ensure that adolescents are treated fairly according to their age. A recent ordeal suffered by Raleigh teenager Selina Garcia highlights the absurdity of this law and why the age limit needs to be raised. The 17 year old spent three weeks in jail because the foster-care system could not find a place for her after she was arrested for allegedly fighting on a school bus. She served her
time among adult women accused of selling drugs, stealing and even attempted murder. I doubt there are many people who can say they made it through high school without the desire to punch a classmate and to enforce someone to serve among criminals for such an offense is extremely unreasonable. Proponent of the legislation argue that there are greater costs associated with raising the age limit. In addition to this, there is the claim that the current age limit is an effective deterrent for 16 and 17 year olds as there is a more severe punishment awaiting them. However, these rationalizations are not sufficient enough to subject teenagers to dangerous environments full of violent offenders. According to The Vera Institute of Justice, “While raising the age will add to the workload of juvenile-justice agencies, it will reduce the workload of other criminal-justice agencies and reduce future criminal-justice expenditures.” Furthermore, there could be benefits for the adult prison capital budget from increasing the age of juvenile jurisdiction. The Vera Institute of Justice about 43 prison beds would become available because of a reduction of crime in the future, and because 16 and 17 year olds would get out of the adult prisons.
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Most importantly, raising the age limit will prove advantageous for the person in question. The U.S. Department of Labor Statistics reports that having a criminal record reduces a person’s employment opportunities. Therefore, 16 and 17 year olds under juvenile justice jurisdiction will have much i mprove d e mploy me nt prospects because they will not have gained a criminal record, as they would if they remained in the criminal justice system. Additionally, the absence of a felony-criminal record means that a person may vote, obtain financial aid for college, secure public housing and avoid other col latera l consequences of a criminal conviction. They would have access to additional services within the juvenile system, such as mental health treatment and vocational programs, which will enable young people to develop skills and abilities to succeed in the future. Finally, because the policy change will likely reduce recidivism rates among 16 and 17-yearolds, it will enable young people who might have otherwise re-offended to avoid future criminal justice involvement and thus lead more satisfying and productive lives. Send your thoughts to Sophie at technician-viewpoint@ ncsu.edu.
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quisieran tener una presencia latina en nuestra universidad,” Santiago dijo. “Yo quiero que los estudiantes continuen esta tradición y que cresca con futuros estudiantes.” Mientras tocaba la música, estudiantes bailaron, jugaron dominó, jugaron fútbol y pasaron tiempo con sus amistades. Muchos estudiantes miraban con curiosidad y algunos pararon a preguntar qué estaban haciendo. Mi Placita crea un ambiente cómodo y familiar para nuevos estudiantes latinos y sirve para atraer más estudiantes latinos a la universidad. “Mi Placita es un lugar donde gente puede ir y compartir su amor por la cultura latina. Me encantó que ahora teníamos un lugar para bailar, hablar, y conocer gente nueva,” dijo Guadalupe Arce, una estudiante de cuarto año.
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En una universidad donde 74 por ciento son estudiantes blancos y cuatro por ciento son Hispanos, es muy raro escuchar salsa, bachata o a alguien hablando en español. El miércoles pasado, 4 de abril, estudiantes latinos se reunieron por primera vez al frente del Talley Student Union simplemente para pasar la tarde juntos. Aproximadamente 50 estudiantes participaron en Mi Placita y ellos esperan establecer una tradición de reunirse cada miércoles. Mi Placita es uno de los primeros proyectos de Nelson Santiago, el nuevo director asistente de la oficina de Multicultural Student Affairs. “Se me ocurrió esta idea cuando hablé con varios estudiantes y expresaron que
“Creo que esto es muy importante porque facilita la amistad entre los estudiantes jóvenes y los mayores. Mi Placita permite que los otros estudiantes vean que existen latinos en nuestra universidad y ellos pueden disfrutar y aprender de nuestra cultura con nosotros.” Aunque la comunidad latina representa la minoría en N.C. State, con un lugar como Mi Placita, las voces latinas resonaran en otras comunidades y creará un ambiente en donde otra gente pueda aprender sobre la cultura latina. “Me gusta el tema latino porque puedo desarrollar una conexión cultural con Mi Placita,” dijo Omar Acosta, un estudiante de cuarto año.
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Documentary captures the art of hip-hop Lauren Vanderveen Staff Writer
Tuesday: Teach class at Duke University. Leave Duke at 6 p.m. and fly to Harvard University in Cambridge. Wake up the next morning and teach class at Harvard. Fly back. These were the trials of 9th Wonder, a hip-hop producer and rapper and, subsequently, director Kenneth Price during the making of The HipHop fellow, which premiered at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival on Saturday. The documentary film is an offshoot of 9th Wonder and Price’s first collaboration, The Wonder Year. While screening The Wonder Year at Harvard, Dr. Marcyliena Morgan encouraged 9th to apply for their year-long hip-hop fellowship. He did and the rest, they say, is history. But not before Price was there and ready to make his next documentary film. “There’s a hip-hop archive at Harvard of all places, and 9th is such a dynamic artist,” Price said. “To see him go up there and be a part of that world was something I thought would be a good story to tell.” Both 9th Wonder, also known as Patrick Douthit, and Price hail from North Carolina. 9th grew up in Winston-Salem and studied history at North Carolina Central University before making it big with the group Little Brother. He would go on to work with prominent artists such as Mary J. Blige and Jay-Z.
Meanwhile, Price went to the University of North Carolina at Wilmington for his undergraduate degree and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro for his master’s in media studies. The essential question being asked in their film is: what needs to be done in order to change the current momentum, and widely negative, perception of hip-hop music? “We should celebrate Kendrick Lamar more than 2 Chainz,” said 9th Wonder, who attended the Full Frame screening of the film and led a Q&A session along with Price. But more than whom we choose to worship, where hip-hop lives and breathes needs to be addressed, 9th said. “We can’t let radio be our judge anymore, we can’t let TV be our judge anymore,” said 9th. “I think the biggest thing we can do to help reconcile that is communication between the generations.” To reconcile the generational gap means knowing the history of the music, appreciating who is sampling who and why. And as 9th Wonder said, “It may take a Bobby Bland record to do so.” For his research project as a fellow, entitled “These Are the Breaks,” 9th looked at his own top 10 albums and investigated the original albums that were sampled in them. “You can take it back as far as like old soul music and the civil rights movement and just New York in the 1970s,” Price said. While we see 9th Wonder in the
film taking his students – in the class he co-taught with Morgan – back to classic records, Price uses the same strategy in the structure of his documenting. He segments The Hip-Hop Fellow with quintessential albums like Dr. Dre’s The Chronic, A Tribe Called Quest’s Midnight Marauders, Nas’ Illmatic, Jay-Z’s Blue Print and Little Brother’s The Minstrel Show. Artists and producers – such as Young Guru, Phonte, Ali Shaheed Muhammad – all comment about what the albums meant to them and the relevancy they still have. It’s a resource for the millennials of today who might not understand the impact these albums had on the art form and the listeners back then. Price said, “You have young adults now that weren’t alive when Biggie or Tupac were alive. So basically – and this isn’t a bad thing, it’s just how life is – for their entire growing up, Kanye West is almost like an old school guy to them now.” For Price, it wasn’t about having big names drop knowledge about big name albums. It was about the respective artist’s tie to the subject. Kendrick Lamar’s tie is that he knows and worked with 9th Wonder in the past. But also, 9th was studying Dr. Dre’s The Chronic, but has not actively worked with Dr. Dre himself. “So who has? Kendrick Lamar has,” Price said. “So to hear the impact The Chronic had on him, growing up in Compton, that was what we were after.”
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Kendrick Lamar, an American hip-hop recording artist, speaks in the The Hip-Hop Fellow, which was featured in the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival in downtown Durham.
Price’s collaborations with 9th Wonder snowballed after doing his master’s thesis on The Wonder Year, as it led not only to The Hip-Hop Fellow but also to countless other music videos directed by Price himself. Some of the projects include Buckshot and 9th’s Shorty Left, Phonte featuring Evidence and Big K.R.I.T’s The Life of Kings, and numerous videos for Rapsody. “Music videos can be produced in a small amount of time,” Price said. “You don’t have to worry about audio. You don’t have to record dialogue. You’re not writing a script. So music videos are easier on that front.” Looking back on his time in college, Price said that for filmmakers – more than knowledge or technique – school allows a necessary
experimentation phase. “I lived in Wilmington and worked on big movie sets and realized that wasn’t for me. I tried stop motion animation stuff,” said Price. “I think that was the biggest advantage of going to school all those years, just having that time to make mistakes and shoot projects and work with other people.” Fifty years from now, maybe even sooner, when hip-hop history degrees are offered across the country, when the art form itself will have evolved to its next level, The HipHop Fellow documentary will be a tool and an insight to those future generations.
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Ultimate club sets sights on national tournament Colin Phibbs Staff Writer
An experienced N.C. State club Ultimate team is looking to turn some heads among the Ultimate community as it heads into the final stretch of its season. The team has seen a lot of success this year even though they are in a tough region. Having defeated reigning national champion Pittsburgh, finishing third in the ACC Ultimate Championships, the Pack has seen tremendous improvement throughout the season as it continues to climb higher in the rankings of the Atlantic Coast Region. During pool play of the ACC Championships, the Wolfpack beat No. 4 Pitt, Virginia, and Wake Forest to clinch the No. 7 seed in the bracket. State pulled off the upset in the tournament beating the No. 5 seed, Virginia Tech, in the quarterfinals to take on No.1 UNCChapel Hill, in the semifinals. The Pack fell to UNC, 15-9, but beat No. 4, Georgia Tech, to finish the tournament in third place with a final score of 10-7. The Pack continues to improve its skills, finishing higher in each tournament
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Danny Schmitt, senior in biology, dives for the disc during a tournament last fall. The Wolfpack is ranked No. 31 in the nation.
it participates in. The team had a slow start to the season, placing 10th in the Queen City Tune Up, but bounced back two weeks later, placing seventh in the Eastern Qualifiers tournament. Senior captain Mason Gardner and senior Clayton Carey believe that the team has great potential. The Pack has been working on playing faster and smarter in order to be consistent on offense and
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has seen Mossman’s desire to win increase and believes he has stepped up and become a leader among younger players, hoping that other young teammates will follow in his footsteps. “He has made the biggest leap,” Gardner said. “Last year he was kind of a joker but this year he really wants to win and when the disc is up in the air he wants to jump as high as he can and land on them. His refocus is what we want to get out of the younger guys.” Wolfpack Ultimate is preparing for the sectional tournament from April 12-13. The team is ranked No. 31 in the nation and looking to improve that standing as it heads into sectionals with a high level of confidence due to success in past years. With a win at sectionals, the team would travel to regionals, something State has not missed in Gardner’s four years. “We are on an up curve heading into sectionals,” Gardner said, “With the way we’re playing, we’re good to go to regionals and then it’s a two of three between us, UNC and UNC-W going to nationals.”
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Warren officially declares for draft Luke Nadkarni Assistant Sports Editor
Softball hosts doubleheader against ECU The N.C. State softball team will host its third in-state opponent of the season when the East Carolina Pirates visit Dail Stadium Wednesday afternoon. Game one of the doubleheader is set for 4 p.m. with the second game to follow. In its last outing, N.C. State swept a doubleheader at Syracuse to earn its 11th and 12th conference wins of the year. SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS
Complete schedule of Spring-Game events released A full slate of activities is planned for this weekend in conjunction with the Kay Yow Spring Football Game, which will kick off at 1 p.m. Saturday at Carter-Finley Stadium. Former Wolfpack quarterback Russell Wilson will have his jersey honored, and there will be a barbecue cook-off and a Wolfpack alumni game beginning at 10:45 a.m. Saturday. Parking at CarterFinley is free and lots will open at 8 a.m. SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS
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Sophomore forward T.J. Warren of the N.C. State men’s basketball team elected to forgo his final two seasons of eligibility and enter the NBA Draft, revealing perhaps what was the worst-kept secret in college basketball. Affectionately known as “Tony Buckets” to Wolfpack fans, Warren led the ACC in scoring with 24.9 points per game and also led State in rebounding with 7.1 boards per contest, spearheading a 22-14 Pack team that made the NCAA Tournament for the third time in as many years under head coach Mark Gottfried. Warren played in 35 of State’s 36 games, missing a Jan. 20 win over Maryland due to an ankle injury, and he scored in double figures in all but one of those games, including a pair of 40-point games to close the regular season. “Playing in the NBA has been a lifelong dream of mine, and playing at N.C. State has prepared me well to achieve my dream,” Warren said in a statement released by the University. This marks the second consecutive year at least one State player has left early for the draft. Last season, shortly after the Wolfpack fell to Temple in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, forward C.J. Leslie and guard Lorenzo Brown, who each had one season of eligibility left, both declared for the draft. Brown was taken in the second round by the Minnesota Timberwolves, while Leslie went undrafted. Add to that the graduation of sharpshooter Scott Wood and rebound machine Richard Howell, along with the transfer of guard Rodney Purvis, and Gottfried was tasked with replacing his entire starting lineup.
That’s where Warren came in. With the Wolfpack in search of a leader on and off the court, the Durham native took it upon himself to become the face of the team. He doubled his scoring average, helping the Pack, picked to finish 10th in the ACC, to a seventh-place finish and one of the last bids to the Big Dance. He scored at least 20 points in 31 out of 35 appearances. Simply put, State without Warren this season would have been like Lucky Charms without marshmallows–awful. “I truly believe he was the best offensive player in the nation this year,” Gottfried said in the release. “I am excited for T.J. and want the very best for him. I believe in him and will miss having him in our program.” According to DraftExpress.com, Warren is projected as the No. 18 overall pick by the Boston Celtics. If that prediction holds, he would become the highest pick out of State since Cedric Simmons was taken 15th overall by the New Orleans Hornets in 2006. With senior center Jordan Vandenberg graduating, the onus will be on rising sophomores Kyle Washington, Lennard Freeman and Beejay Anya to pick up the slack in the frontcourt. Washington showed flashes of brilliance offensively, featuring a smooth mid-range jumper and the ability to stretch defenses. Freeman proved himself as a bulldog on the glass, averaging 5.7 rebounds per game, while Anya tied with Vandenberg for the team lead in blocks with 1.4 per game. Moreover, the Wolfpack will add 6-foot-8 Abdul-Malik Abu, the No. 7 power forward as rated by ESPN, along with 6-foot-7 twins Caleb and Cody Martin from the famed Oak Hill Academy, offering a level
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Sophomore forward T.J. Warren reaches for a rebound during the game against Miami in PNC Arena March 1. The Wolfpack fell to the Hurricanes, 85-70.
of frontcourt depth State hasn’t had since Gottfried took over. Additionally, even with sophomore guard Tyler Lewis transferring to Butler, State returns the rest of its backcourt, including rising seniors Desmond Lee and Ralston Turner as well as rising sophomore point guard Anthony “Cat” Barber. Alabama transfer Trevor Lacey also becomes eligible after sitting out this season.
State fans will no doubt miss Warren’s prolific scoring and leadership on the court, as well as his classy behavior off it. But his departure provides an opportunity for someone else to break through and become the next great State player that everyone will talk about for years to come. So, I think I speak for all of Wolfpack Nation when I wish Warren the very best of luck at the next level.
Brissett ready to lead Pack back to relevance Rob McLamb Assistant Sports Editor
Even as the N.C. State football team struggled last season and new head coach Dave Doeren’s fastpaced offense sputtered, there was hope on the horizon at the quarterback position. With the Kay Yow Spring Game approaching, Wolfpack Nation will soon get its first glimpse of the future. The Wolfpack will feature redshirt junior Jacoby Brissett at quarterback this season. The transfer from the University of Florida, who started three games in two seasons in Gainesville, will get the keys to Doeren’s offense and hope to improve not only on last campaign’s 3-9 mark, but also give the N.C. State offense steady play from behind center. Last year, with four different players at the quarterback position, N.C. State threw 14 touchdown passes, including from a wideout, and 15 interceptions. Brissett enters 2014 looking to move the Pack back into the thick of things in the Atlantic Division of the ACC. Doeren’s offense, with its alternating tempo and unpredictability, is something Brissett feels will be a strength for State. With a season on the scout team and the practices in the spring to prepare, the West Palm Beach, Fla., native is acclimated to his teammates and the coaching
staff. “We switch the tempo up,” Brissett said. “I’m pretty comfortable. I think we’re doing well. It’s just about the little stuff. Overall, I think it will really help us to have the ability to change speeds. It’s all about just sending a signal and then going from there.” Brissett is also getting used to the campus and the area. Hailing from South Florida and having spent two seasons at Florida, where he played against No. 1 LSU and No. 24 Auburn in his sophomore season, he enjoys the ambiance and weather in Raleigh. “I love it here, this weather is nice,” Brissett said. “Back in Gainesville, it would probably be about 105 degrees. Everything is good. I am playing now, so that is different. That’s the main thing. It feels good to be out here. I am comfortable on campus and going to school here. There is no better place to be right now than here. Everything I could have asked for is here. The sky’s the limit.” When things fell apart last season, and the Pack ended with eight straight losses, there was an impulse to look ahead to better days in the coming years. Doeren, when asked about the future, would sometimes remind those following the program that Brissett -- the Offensive Scout Team Player of the Year in 2013 -was on the horizon. After seeing
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Redshirt junior quarterback Jacoby Brissett throws a pass during practice as head coach Dave Doeren looks on.
the transfer compete on the field both last fall and in the spring, the second-year coach feels Brissett has what it takes to make the next step on the field and in the huddle. “He is so hard on himself and he plays hard,” Doeren said. “He plays well and he commands the offense. He wants to score every time he’s out there and he’s got a great way about him. He’s also very positive, encouraging and enthusiastic to his teammates. He has a good grasp of what’s going on and gets people where they are supposed to be.” It is exactly the type of self-cri-
tique Doeren spoke of that permeates in Brissett’s assessment of his play. While encouraged by the progress, the redshirt junior is still working to improve. “We are picking it up,” Brissett said. “Now that [the quarterbacks] are getting more time to actually throw and get the game reps, it is getting better. I need to get better. There are plays there and we have got to be able to make them. We have got to get consistent and that’s when I know we’ll have a great team.”
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Daniel Harrison, an N.C. State alumnus, marches in front of the Bell Tower for an ROTC Veteran’s Day vigil. The Student Veteran’s Association, which provides a variety of services for former military members, is discussing the possibility of building a veteran’s center if land and funding are available.
Veterans Association weighs options for a new building Estefania Castro-Vazquez Assistant News Editor
Members of N.C. State’s Student Veterans Association are considering opening a veteran’s center on campus if there’s funding and space available on campus. Tina Nelson, the advisor for the association, said it’s the mission of the SVA to figure out how to make the college experience better for veterans and recommend changes to University administrators. One of these changes would be a veterans center where veteran students could have their own place to study and connect with other student veterans, according to Nelson. Though the project is in the beginning stages, the SVA group trying to approve the center will discuss possible locations at its meeting Friday. If this project does move forward, the group will then look into the specifics of what exactly this vet-
eran’s space will provide and how it will be funded, Nelson said. As of September 2013, 595 N.C. State students are taking advantage of G.I. Bill benefits. Of these, 289 are military veterans while 306 are dependents or spouses. Of the veterans enrolled at N.C. State, 84 percent are male and 16 percent are female, according to the N.C. State Veterans’ Education Office site. Nelson said the center would be an addition to already existing services, such as an optional training opportunity for faculty and staff titled, “Veteran Students in the Classroom.” Nelson leads the program in which she discusses what it’s like to be in the military and the specific problems and needs that veteran students may have. “I go over things like if they have post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain damage and what that is
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Phishing attacks aimed at N.C. State students, faculty members and staff are increasing because attackers are discovering ways to obtain money from university accounts, according to Kerry Digou, Information Technology Manager for Security and Compliance. Within the last 30 to 60 days, institutions of higher education nationwide have noticed a huge uptick in phishing attempts, Digou said. “We’re seeing more of it now because the attackers have figured out how to monetize it,” Digou said. “Your account is worth money to them.” Phishers most commonly send emails posing as an official from N.C. State asking for Unity IDs and passwords. Their goal is to send out as many emails as possible in order to obtain the information of any University member who gets a paycheck through direct deposit, Digou said. If the phishers are able to get into an account, they can change the student or faculty member’s bank account information so the money is directly deposited into their bank account instead, Digou said. However, of the attacks that the Office of Information Technology can verify, about one percent of all phishing attempts at N.C. State are successful in retrieving account information, according to Digou. Stan Martin, director of outreach, communications and consulting for OIT, said when an account is compromised, that email address is often used to send more phish-
ing emails because N.C. State email addresses look familiar and are unlikely to be sent to spam folders. “It really is everybody’s responsibility to take the necessary precautions so their account doesn’t get hacked,” Martin said. “It’s not only them that is inconvenienced, but it also has an impact on the rest of the community because they are going to use that account to hit the rest of us.” OIT is still looking for different solutions to tackle this problem. “The emails are still working,” Digou said. “I don’t know what the solution to that is. We’ve said we will never ask for your information in an email or over the phone, and it still works.” Universities are a soft target for phishing attempts due to how open they need to be about publishing the personal information of students and employees, Martin said. In an effort to combat the rising phishing attempts, OIT has advised students to protect themselves by activating Google’s two-step authentication process, installing antivirus software, avoiding attachments from unfamiliar senders verifying hyperlinks before clicking and, most importantly, never sending sensitive information in an email. Last month, the Division of Human Resources decided to stop allowing online changes to direct deposit information, Martin said. Martin stressed the importance of paying attention to emails claiming to be from an N.C. State official. Many of the phishing emails
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Nuclear energy: a reliable option, speaker says UAB hosts cultural celebration Joseph Havey Staff Writer
Nuclear energy is the most reasonable alternative fuel source and should be considered as a renewable energy source, according to a Tuesday-night lecture on campus. Barry Brook, from the University of Adelaide, South Australia, spoke to about 100 students and professors about his view of nuclear energy and where it fits in the broader energy spectrum. In order to wean ourselves off fossil fuels, we should consider nuclear energy as the only reasonable alternative, he said. “I know it’s a controversial topic, but I think it’s important to take an evidence-based approach to the subject,” Brook said. It isn’t clear how renewable nuclear energy is, and it’s not environmentally friendly because of the radioactive waste generated, according to the environmental advocacy organization Greenpeace. However, uranium is not considered a fossil fuel either, like oil, gas or coal. Brook compared three different models for the future of energy in both the United States and in developing countries: The “Business As Usual” model, in which nothing changes about the makeup of fuel sources, the “Greenpeace” model, which relies almost entirely on renewable energy resources excluding nuclear, and the “Brook” model,
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Finally, the “Brook” model, designed by Brook himself, stresses nuclear energy and renewable energy. Of the three models, this produces the least greenhouse gas on the smallest amount of land. Brook pointed out France’s economy largely runs on nuclear power with great success. “The nuclear reactors of today are not your mother’s nuclear reactor,”
The Union Activities Board sponsored the Taste of N.C. State to showcase different cultures from around the world using food, music and dance Tuesday The event, founded in 2005, is designed to show appreciation for Asian, Indonesian, Hispanic and African cultures represented in the student body. The event was at the West Campus Amphitheater from 4-6 p.m and more than 100 students attended. Joann Ma, a board member of UAB, discussed the importance of celebrating different cultures on campus. “We wanted to host the Taste of N.C. State because we want to promote student diversity on campus,” Ma said. “That’s why we have different student organizations that come out and display their culture and display materials that represent their clubs, so we can promote student engagement.” Specifically the Indonesian Student Association, Asian Student Association and African Student
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Barry W. Brook, Sir Hubert Wilkins Chair of Climate Change at the University of Adelaide, speaks about the effects of fossil fuel on the environment Tuesday in David Clark Labs.
which consists of more than 50 percent nuclear energy. The “Business As Usual” model will consume fewer land resources than the other two models, but will nearly quadruple the volume of greenhouse gases. Oil, coal and natural gas make up the bulk of energy sources—three resources environmentalists are quick to point out as nonrenewable. The “Greenpeace” model will
consume the most land resources, Brook said, because solar and wind farms take up a lot of space. This model will also cost the most because it relies on relatively new technology. “We need to accept that it takes a while to get technologies from the lab into the commercial world,” Brook said. “Many technologies look exciting in a lab, but they are no where near being commercialized.”
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