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Education in decline NCSU SEES RAPID DECREASE IN STUDENTS PERSUING EDUCATION DEGREES Grace Callahan Assistant News Editor

In 2010, 151 freshmen were admitted to the College of Education at NC State. In 2014, the university admitted 72.

The amount of students pursuing degrees in education has been rapidly declining at NC State and all of the UNC System schools, according to Michael Maher, assistant dean for the College of Education.

“Not only is NC State producing fewer teachers, but all of the UNC system schools are producing fewer teachers,” Maher said.

The UNC System schools as a whole are the largest producer of teachers for North Carolina, Maher said.

“North Carolina has historically been what we would term a ‘shortage state,’ so the 50 colleges in North Carolina that prepare teachers don’t actually prepare enough

teachers for all of the jobs,” Maher said. “So we already have to import teachers from other states.”

Since 2008, the UNC System schools have had about a 14 percent decline in education undergraduate programs overall, Maher said.

“Some of this is, of course, due to the loss of the NC Teaching Fellows Program,” Maher said.

If North Carolina continues to produce fewer teachers, the university will have to bring more teachers in from outside North Carolina or bring in people who are less prepared, according to Maher.

“We would have to fill classrooms with people who are working on their teaching licenses while they are actually teaching,” Maher said.

“I don’t think that’s a good scenario for children in NC.” Fewer incoming freshmen choosing education as a career path, means the College

of Education has to work harder in recruiting transfer students and high school students, Maher said.

“Part of it is informing individuals about what teachers really do because teaching isn’t really what you think it is,” Maher said. “If you spent a whole lot of time as a student, being a teacher is different.”

Students who are interested in a particular subject and want to impact children’s lives are ideal candidates for pursuing a career in education, according to Maher.

“When you couple those things, the opportunity to make a real difference in students’ lives along with engaging teachers in something that they love is not only an exciting career, but I think it’s a rewarding one as well,” Maher said.

Teachers are some of the most influential people in a child’s life, said Kelly Womack, a senior in mathematics

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“I want to help students to realize that they are capable of achieving greatness because many students easily become discouraged of achievement

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by previous perceptions and experiences,” Womack said.

The largest impact to the College of Education has been on the recruitment side and attracting new

students to choose education as a career, Maher said.

“I think that there are students here at NC State who

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atthew Williams, a freshman in engineering, prepares to hit the ball at a Cru cookout for freshmen Thursday evening, September 4, 2014 toward the net while playing spike ball. The cookout drew freshmen and their Bible Study leaders to Harris Field where they sat on the lawn or played games. In addition to spike ball, students played nine square in the air, corn hole, and threw frisbees. After the cookout, the students went to the Talley Student Union Ballroom for Primetime where Cru’s mission to “Win, build, and send students for Christ” was taught. $6m

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As always, students can expect to see plenty of construction on campus within the next couple of years.

Currently, the NC State Facilities Division has 15 capital construction projects for NC State’s campus coming up worth an estimated $85 million that are about to be in the bid process, which means contractors are attempting to acquire the job from the University. $300,000 is the minimum dollar amount a facility project must cost in order to be considered a capital project, according to Steven Arndt, the associate vice chancellor for facilities.

Projects range from fire alarm upgrades in D.H. Hill Library and the renovation of the Gregg Museum to new locker rooms in the Carmichael Gymnasium.

According to the report there are 10 projects that are in the construction phase. Among these is the $122 million Talley Student Union project.

SEE PAGE THREE FOR INFOGRAPHIC Details on construction costs, location, and schedule.

Arndt said Talley is the biggest project, but the project is wrapping up.

Arndt also said as the construction for Talley finishes, traffic congestion associated with the project will subside.

“It’s as bad as it’s going to get,” Arndt said.

Two other major projects are also in the works; however, they are not NC State Facility projects. The projects are the Close-King Indoor Practice Facility and the Marriot Boutique Hotel on Centennial Campus.

The Wolfpack Club is funding the Close-King Indoor Practice facility, and the hotel is also funded separately from the facilities budget.

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NC State researchers develop drones to assist firefighters Sasha Afanasyeva Staff Writer

NC State students from three different departments joined together in a yearlong competition to create drones capable of assisting firefighters.

The drones will be able to use infrared sensors to find people in a burning building, locate the origin of the fire and detect impending dangers to firefighters. ”The first and most important thing is that this will one day actually help real f iref ighters save the life of a person stranded in a burning building or save the life of a firefighter,” said Mihail Sichitiu, a professor in electrical and computer engineering.

Unlike the majority of research projects at NC State, the firefighting drone will be mainly built by NC State students split into nine teams of three or four, totaling about 30 students.

“What we are doing is developing a drone that can go inside a building on fire as quickly as possible, identify potential people that can still be in the building while at the same time being very safe,” Larry Silverberg said. Silverberg is a professor from the department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and also one of the four NC State faculty members leading the effort.

In addition to using special infrared sensors designed to detect people and pets, the drone will also have sensors designed to detect dangerous areas of a structure that firefighters normally wouldn’t be able to know right away.

“When a building is on fire, the firefighter doesn’t know where the fire started,” Silverberg said. “If a

firefighter is on the first f loor and the fire is in the basement and the f loor collapses, the firefighter can be killed.”

The drone will have special sensors designed to check how hot the floor and ceilings are in order to prevent firefighters from getting injured or killed.

The project will emphasize four components in the fall semester. The sensor package, the airframe, the operator control and feedback package and control module One of the main objectives is to make all the four components relatively inexpensive.

“Firefighters are among the poorer funded organizations, so if we make a drone to help firefighters, it has to be simple and inexpensive,” Silverberg said.

Student teams will compete against each other to build the best components during the fall semester.

Once the four components are completed, the drone will be assembled in spring and will be tested in an actual burning building.

Four faculty members, Rudra Dutta, a professor of computer science, Sichitiu and Edgar Lobaton, professors of electrical and computer engineering, and Silverberg are working on the project and also providing guidance to students participating in the project.

“The four professors all have a lot of experience in algorithms,” Silverberg said.

“The reason this hasn’t been done before is because we have to make mathematical algorithms to make it possible. Three of the four components really involve algorithms. All of us are algorithm people and we also love drones. We think they

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are a lot of fun.”

The firefighting drone project will allow multiple departments to work on it.

“This is a project that brings together three departments: Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Computer Science,” Sichitiu said.

“Inter-departmental collaboration is not as common as it should probably be and this is one excellent example of such collaboration.”

If the results of the project are successful, there are plans to have companies manufacture the drones and sell them to firefighters.

“We have compa nies that are invited that will participate more in the spring and we want this to be picked up by companies who could hire some of the students and get this out as soon as possible so it’s available to firefighters,” Silverberg said. “We have folks who are involved in the Wake County f irefighters and we have companies that could become the suppliers.”

In addition to helping firefighters, the project will also help students who are working on it by creating opportunities for them in the future.

“Another thing is for students to apply the knowledge they learned,” Sichitiu said. “Students told me they are attracted to this because they can apply the theory to the challenge.

The drone industry is a billion dollar industry and this is a great way to prepare them for it by having them have hands-on experience and preparing them to be productive.”

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This year, NC State debuted a new 16 minute video about sexual assault and violence that was presented at summer orientations for incoming students.

As part of the video, students heard from Chancellor Randy Woodson and past students about what sexual assault and violence looks like. Orientation leaders performed several skits in hopes of demonstrating to students what consent means.

In the past, NC State has always made sexual assault part of its orientation agenda. However, the new 16 minute video is one change geared towards raising awareness and prompting students to have conversations about sexual assault.

Justine Hollingshead, assistant to the Vice Chancellor and the Dean and member of the Division of Academic and Student Affairs, said though Congress is likely to pass legislation requiring institutions of higher education to address sexual assault during orientation, NC State has already been giving presentations on this subject for many years.

“It’s a tough topic,” Hollingshead said. “I think that if there’s anything that I could drive home, it’s that it’s the responsibility of all of us to take care of one another. Whether you know someone or don’t, respect the Pack.”

Allyson Kohl, an undeclared freshmen, said the

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don’t realize that not only might they make a really good teacher, but they might actually like it,” Maher said.

Jillian Armstrong, a sophomore in elementary education, wants to be a teacher because she loves working with children.

“The elementary stages are so crucial for development and that’s why kindergarten is so fascinating to me,” Armstrong said.

The political side of education and funding has also impacted the enrollment numbers, according to Maher. “[The] climate certainly has been less than favorable for teachers and that turns people away,” Maher said.

Higher salaries would help to make North Carolina a more attractive state

video helped her gain more awareness about the way sexual assault looks on college campuses.

“It made me aware that it happens,” Kohl said. “People do get sexually assaulted and it can happen to anybody. People should not be bystanders and they should actually do something.”

Along with the video, NC State created other opportunities for victims of sexual assault to acquire access to help and information. Sigma Nu, an NC State’s fraternity, will sponsor an event in September called “Response Ability.”

Speakers at the event will address sexual assault and what students can do to prevent it from happening.

This program will stress the dangers in remaining a bystander and the importance of speaking out against situations that put others at risk.

Response Ability aims to help students to understand that speaking out about sexual assault and violence should not come with shame or guilt.

The NC State Guides App is a tool students can download to stay knowledgeable about campus resources regarding sexual assault, Hollingshead said. On the app, there is information regarding sexual offenses and what measures students should take if they ever witness or fall victim to sexual assault.

Providing fast response to these situations has become a priority at NC State, and providing more training for Resident Advisors is one way in which the university aims to do that. Hollingshead said these training sessions are led by the Office for Institutional

Equity & Diversity and Office General Council.

They inform RAs of Title Nine and other policies regarding sexual assault and violence. At these trainings, RAs are instructed on how to respond to sexual assault incidents and how to report them to NC State Campus Police, where names can be published or remain anonymous.

NC State’s Women’s Center is also creating opportunities to promote conversations and outreach to those who have been involved in sexual assault and relationship violence. During April, Sexual Assault Awareness Month, the center will host an event called “Take Back the Night,” where survivors will speak out about healing and empowerment.

One out of five female students will be sexually assaulted during their time in college, according to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention. These numbers have not only sparked a reaction from college campuses, but a national response as well.

Congress may put in place legislation that will require all college campuses to speak about sexual assault during orientation, but this is something NC State has already implemented.

“When this piece of legislation passes, we can’t just do this one time and check it off our list,” Hollingshead said.

“It needs to be ongoing and that is what we are focusing on at NC State.”

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for teachers, according to Maher.

“We need to offer competitive salaries and possibly competitive benefits so that individuals will look at NC and see a place where they can live and earn an appropriate salary,” Maher said.

Maher said improving working conditions could also help to keep graduates in North Carolina.

“I think another piece that we really need to think about is working conditions in schools,” Maher said. “This includes checking what kind of autonomy they have in their classrooms, if they [are] being supported by their administrators and mentors and if teachers have the resources they need.”

The decreasing number of students isn’t shocking, said Womack. “[What] the lack of people becoming teachers comes down to is the lack of respect others have for the profes-

sion, the lack of pay for the amount of work required, and the overall expectations for teachers,” Womack said.

However, decreases in enrollment for the College of Education should not be ignored.

“I think it’s really important for people to remember that we know the best teachers in North Carolina come from UNC System,” Maher said. “It’s important for people to know that what we do matters and it matters a lot.”

The declining numbers of students enrolling in the College of Education will not impact students who are currently enrolled in the college, according to Maher.

“We will continue as a college to work hard to bring in high quality students who want to be teachers,” Maher said. “Our students will continue to get an excellent education as they work their way through our college.”

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The Gregg Museum provides about 7,000 square feet of space, and the plans call for an additional 16,700 square feet. The addition will provide more gallery and office space.

The project calls for the installation of energy conservation measures in campus buildings, which are Schaub, Biltmore/Robertson, Scott, Pulp and Paper, and Jordan.

Carmichael Gym Locker Renovation $7.6 million

Phytotron Performance Contract $6 million

Facilities plans to purchase the former Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity house, which is located at 3501 Avent Ferry Road. The university plans to use the building to relocate Advancement Service, Foundations Accounting and Investment.

Increasing the capacity and reliability of the University’s 22.9/13.2 kV medium-voltage power distribution system on Centennial Campus. New feeder and substation additions will be required to allow for future load growth outlined in the Universities master planning efforts.

Implement energy conservation measures (ECM) for the replacement and upgrade of building mechanical, electrical, and lighting systems through the reduction in energy consumption in Phytotron.

Six-thousand square feet of office space are expected to be renovated when this project is complete. According to facilities “new walls, doors, ceilings and mechanical systems will be included in the renovation.”

McKimmon Center Roof Replacement $1.06 million Farmers Market Park & Ride Lot $998k The project will add additional parking to the south side surface parking lot at the State Farmers Market, which is located on Centennial Parkway.

Reynolds Coliseum Renovation $35 million Reynolds Coliseum is also expected to be renovated. The project calls for an addition of an Athletics Walk of Fame. The project also calls for more office space for some athletic programs. The project also includes air conditioning to the facility.

Research IV U.S. Geological Survey Up Fit $900k The project calls for new carpet, paint, cubicles in suites 1600, 1800 and 2800 for the U.S. Geological Survey.

Data Center II $1.3 million

Centennial Campus Substation Expansion $3.56 million

Provide critical utility redundancy for the data center located within the Worsley Administrative Complex (Admin II Building).

Electrical, emergency, and cooling systems will be modified to optimize the data center capacity and to minimize risk of single point failure.

The project calls for an increase in the capacity and reliability of the medium- voltage power distribution system on Centennial Campus.

Reuse Water Line Extension $1.2 million The project calls for an extension of the reuse water from the new pumping station on Centennial Campus to the Centennial Campus Utility Plant.

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A new breed and era of the black beauty Winston Churchill once said, “the further backward you look, the further forward you can see.” About this time 137 years ago, Anna Sewell was putting the final touches on her timeless classic Black Beauty. A cherished favorite among pony-obsessed preteens, this gripping autobiography recounting the trials of an average horse at the Catie McVey turn of the 19th century also Guest Columnist marks the birth of the modern animal rights movement.

I’d argue that animal welfare has come a long way since Sewell’s time, but today a new “black beauty” has many asking if the horse community has completely done away with past sins.

The end of summer saw riders around the world holding their breaths in eager anticipation of the 2014 World Equestrian Games.

Four years ago, at the WEGS in Kentucky, a striking young black stallion by the name of Totilas stepped into the bright lights of the competition arena and delivered a performance so breathtaking that it not only shat-

tered records, it completely shifted the momentum of international dressage.

Dressage was originally developed as a training system where a horse is taught a series of increasingly difficult movements designed to strengthen its back and legs, so that it can more safely and comfortably carry the weight of a rider. Originally used to train warhorses, modern dressage mirrors gymnastic competitions, with horses scored individually on their ability to perform athletically demanding movements. Due to the WEG’s longstanding military background, judges traditionally focused on obedience and precision, resulting in technical but relatively unremarkable performances. After the introduction of musical freestyles in the 1994 Olympics, however, progressively greater emphasis has been placed on aesthetics. Totilas, with the shock value of his supernaturally big gaits, set a new bar for showmanship that international competitors have been chasing ever since.

This year’s WEGS in Normandy, France promised to be epic. Competition was fierce,

the U.S. team was finally back in medal contention and the long-anticipated battle of the titans would finally take place: Would Valegro, the reigning Olympic and European gold medalist horse, complete the dressage triple crown, or would Totilas finally return from injury to reclaim his world standing?

As events unfolded across the pond, there was certainly no shortage of dressage drama, but not the type I was hoping for. Just days before competition commenced, three topranked horses were withdrawn due to injury, including the superstar Totilas. Then, following day one of rides, legendary rider Isabell Werth withdrew her brilliant young mare, Rose, due to a sore foot.

Durable is an adjective seldom applied to horses, but this level of injury is unprecedented at the top tiers of dressage and has many questioning the current direction of the sport.

Defenders of modern dressage argue that, as our breeding and training practices improve, we are simply drawing closer to the outer limits of equine athleticism and that equine ath-

letes have just as much right as human athletes to push themselves to, and occasionally past, their physical limits.

Classical dressage proponents, however, are now using biomechanics to argue that traditional movements cannot be ridden with the monstrous gaits we see today without causing physical strain.

As a significant contributor of YouTube views to these record-breaking rides, I personally have little doubt that it’s a desire to please their riders, and not fear, that prompts such impressive performances out of these horses. However, as I watch at my sport’s pinnacle feature progressively younger and inexperienced riders prancing around on horses with dropped backs and tight necks, I also have to question if these rides truly represent progress or just a fad, because as black beauty said himself “to my mind, fashion is one of the wickedest things in the world.”

Scottish independence is not as good as it seems

Educational freedom What is the first word that comes to mind when I say “America?” It could be one of many words, but I consistently hear the word “freedom.”

The Oxford dictionary defines freedom as “the power or right to act, speak or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint.”

According to this definition, one should be able to do, say and think what they want without political limitation or punishment, but I want to reassess this definition in context with American colTyler Gobin lege campuses and against foreign counterparts.

Staff Columnist We can dispute the fact of our “choice” to attend colleges these days, but regardless we are not required by law to attend a university; thus, it is our choice to attend college. The choice to attend or not emulates freedom, but colleges limit that freedom once we’re in. At this point we should choose how and what we want to learn. Generally speaking, we’re not given many choices about our education throughout the first eighteen years, so college often seems our only option.

Unfortunately, universities in the United States still want to hold your hand throughout the process. Busy work due at each lecture or weekly online assignments evidence this. It provides professors with the confidence we are doing our work, and I understand its value and purpose, but it’s too much control. I’m not saying that weekly busy work is pointless, but I’m saying it should not be necessary. It implicitly says that professors don’t have confidence in their students to learn the material by themselves alongside weekly lectures.

Society wonders why students come out unprepared and without the self-discipline, time-management and prioritization skills to succeed in a workplace. Universities are supposed to be a glimpse of the real world, but

if they keep holding our hand, so to speak, and controlling our studying, they prolong the life lessons.

Foreign counterparts have different traditions when it comes to university level education. First, students claim control of their education starting at a younger age. Once in a university, they are fully responsible for their own learning. Professors report which chapters will be discussed in each lecture and maybe recommend some outside academic papers alongside helpful exercises, but none of that is checked in each lecture. There might be one to two larger group assignments throughout the semester, but most of the course is graded by one or two exams. If a student is struggling with the material, he or she is in charge of meeting with the professor and asking for

“Universities are supposed to be a glimpse of the real world, but ... they prolong the life lessons.”

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Furthermore, there is the thorny issue of the North Sea oil. Scottish nationalists have already made a claim to more than 80 percent of Britain’s oil reserves, as they lie within Scotland’s maritime borders.

If independence goes ahead, then Scotland will be heavily reliant on oil and gas revenue to finance its spending plans. Despite this, it will be a complex process to determine how the reserves would be divided up, and it would be a matter for negotiation between the British and Scottish governments after a yes-vote.

It would seem that the film Braveheart has had too much of a lasting effect on the Scots, but there is no doubt that separation from the U.K. will cause more problems than good. As a Brit, I would find it to be a huge shame if the people of Scotland decide on independence in a fit of misguided Anglophobic rage, or because we like to claim Andy Murray as British when he wins. For more than 300 years, Scotland has flourished as part of the United Kingdom—united is how we should stay.

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clarification. Students have the freedom to learn how they want. Schools place the responsibility of education on the students and let them choose if they want to learn or not.

This is real educational freedom. The material is all the same, but the method of attaining the knowledge is completely open to interpretation. This type of freedom would be overwhelming to the average American student. Give most American students three hours of class time a week per class without weekly benchmarks, and watch what they do with the rest of it. This method doesn’t supply a road map to get from point A to point B, but drops you off at A and says find your way to B; that’s freedom.

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due to the fact that people in Scotland do not feel they have proper representation in the U.K. parliament.

It would seem that there are numerous economic and security concerns and a great deal of uncertainty regarding the prospect of Scottish Independence. Alex Salmond, the Scottish nationalist leader asserts Scotland would keep using the pound in a formal currency union with the remainder of the U.K. Despite this, all three main political parties in London have opposed such a deal, stating that it would expose taxpayers to financial risks from what would effectively be a foreign country.

Then there is the matter of European Union membership. It is to the belief of proindependence campaigners that Scotland would remain a part of the EU. This belief appears to be overconfident, according to senior EU officials. To gain membership, Scotland would need to obtain approval by all of the EU’s 28 member states, a number of which may be cautious of condoning support for separatism within their own borders.

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The people of Scotland will vote on whether to secede from the United Kingdom and become an independent country Sept. 18. A YouGov poll taken from this past weekend showed proindependence voters in the lead for the first time since the ScotSophie Nelson tish refStaff Columnist erendum campaign began. The shift in sentiment just weeks before the vote raised the prospect that a split, which seemed unlikely months ago, is now plausible.

For those who are unfamiliar as to why this is an extremely monumental occasion, here is some background: If Scotland votes yes, it would end a union that is more than 300 hundred years old and will have a significant impact on the United Kingdom, Europe and the world. Scotland has had a developed parliament since 1999, which means they have control over issues such as healthcare, education and the judicial system. However, they do not control other things such as taxation or foreign policy. This independence has come about largely

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Regresamos para otro año de periodismo bilingüe BIENVENIDOS RETURNS FOR ANOTHER YEAR OF BILINGUAL JOURNALISM

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lmost two years ago, the Bienvenidos, or “welcome” section of the Technician began as an initiative to publish articles in Spanish and English to allow students to connect with another culture and practice reading skills in another language. The section has grown to encompass features on a variety of topics including everything from Latin Grammy winners to local cuisine to current events in our local and national community.

As a bilingual publication, Bienvenidos allows Spanish language students to practice outside of their classes, and allows native speakers a way to interact with the language of their culture.

Our section will also focus on spreading awareness of the diversity and cultural differences among students of all backgrounds, but especially Latinos

The unsigned editorial is the opinion of the members of the Bienvenidos editorial board, excluding the news department, and is the responsibility of the editor-in-chief.

in the U.S. We at Bienvenidos strive to address these issues and make them more accessible to all members of the community.

When actress America Ferrera visited NC State to speak, we were there. In spring of 2013, we saw Los Mesoneros open the Latin Grammys and take home Rock Album of the Year, one week after one of our writers interviewed them via Skype. In April, we were there when Pulitzer-Prize winning fiction author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Junot Diaz, came to campus during the North Carolina Literary Festival.

As the Latino presence at NC State continues to grow, Bienvenidos will continue to be present to record notable events in our community. We hope to share with the entire

NC State community the importance and relevance of our small community, while also working to educate and write news from the perspective of Latinos.

We at Bienvenidos feel that increased exposure to these cultural topics will help bring global thinkers to NC State.

The Governor’s Office for Hispanic/ Latino affairs reported that from 20002010, North Carolina ranked sixth in states with the largest Hispanic population growth. As the demographic of our state changes, and as the Latino presence at NC State continues to grow, we must continue to educate and inform the NC State community.

Simposio celebra cultura, inclusión

Paula Gordon

Editora de Bienvenidos

En su primer día aquí en N.C. State, estudiantes en el Simposio Latino tuvieron la oportunidad de juntarse en la creciente familia de estudiantes y facultad Latina y formar conexiones que durarán durante el transcurso de su carrera universitaria.

Unas de las metas principales del Simposio es extender el proposito de la Orientación de Nuevos Estudiantes añadiendo una pieza cultural.

El propósito del Simposio es ayudar estudiantes en su primer año a enfrentar retos mientras alcanzan su potencial académica y personal en N.C. State.

Aunque este fue el quinto año del Simposio Hispano, fue el primer Simposio para Nelson Santiago, el Director Asistente de Asuntos Estudiantiles para Latinos. Para Santiago, fue importante no reinventar el ruedo y recrear un Simposio por completo, sino que encontrar maneras de poner su propio sesgo positivo en el programa.

“Buscamos maneras de incorporar más cultura en todo los aspectos del programa, así sea a través de la influencia de la música de distintos países mientras estudiantes caminan a su sección del primer día, o mediante la participación de profesores latinos que hablan con nuestros estudiantes,” dijo Santiago.

A comparación, el Simposio para estudiantes Afroamericanos tiene una historia muy larga. Este Simposio a tomado lugar cada año desde 1983. Con el aumento de la población de estudiantes Latinos en N.C. State, que ha semejado el crecimiento general en Carolina del Norte, el Simposio Latino/Hispano ha podido trabajar para comprender un demográfico variante de estudiantes y satisfacer sus necesidades culturales.

Uno de los aspectos más importantes del Simposio es permitir estudiantes de primer año conocer líderes en todos los departamentos de la universidad que se relacionan con sus experiencias en la cultura que comparten.

Conociendo un líder profesional dentro de la universidad ofrece a los estudiantes profesores para admirar.

“Todo es cuestión de conseguir que están conectado a la institución”, dijo Santiago.

“Es otra oportunidad de retener a los estudiantes, para que se sientan bienvenidos, y para ser una institución in-

durante el primer año que los estudiantes que no asistieron al programa.

Había 25 estudiantes de nuevo ingreso que asistieron al Simposio Latino / Hispana, incluyendo algunos estudiantes no tradicionales. En la ceremonia inaugural, había más de 60 personas en asistencia, incluyendo estudiantes, miembros de la familia, y algunos profesores.

La oficina de MSA utiliza el Simposio como otra forma de llegar a los estudiantes de minorías que están históricamente subrepre-

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ace casi dos años, Bienvenidos, o la sección de “bienvenida” del Technician comenzó como una iniciativa para publicar artículos en español e inglés para que los estudiantes se conectaran con la cultura hispana y practicarán leer en otro idioma. Y así obtener un conocimiento más profundo del lenguaje.

La sección ha crecido hasta abarcar funciones en una variedad de temas, todo desde ganadores de los Latin Grammys hasta varias cocinas locales y eventos actuales en nuestra comunidad local y nacional.

Cuando la actriz América Ferrera visitó N.C. State para hablar, estuvimos allí.

En el otoño de 2013, vimos a Los Mesoneros abrir los Latin Grammys y llevarse el

premio Mejor Álbum Rock del Año a casa, una semana después de que uno de nuestros escritores los entrevistó por Skype. También estuvimos allí cuando Junot Díaz, ganador del premio Pulitzer de ficción y autor de La breve y maravillosa vida de Oscar Wao vino a la universidad durante el Festival Literario de Carolina del Norte.

A medida que la presencia Latina en N.C. State sigue creciendo, Bienvenidos estará presente en todos los lugares para notar los eventos. Esperamos compartir con todo N.C. State la importancia y relevancia de nuestra pequeña comunidad, mientras que también trabajamos para educar y mejorar el curso de noticias Latinas.

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Symposium celebrates culture, inclusion Paula Gordon

Bienvenidos Editor

On their first day at NC State, students in the Latino/Hispanic Symposium had the opportunity to join the growing family of Latino students and faculty and make connections that will last throughout their college career.

One of the primary goals of the Symposium is to expand on New Student Orientation by adding a cultural component. The purpose of the Symposium is to help first year students

bringing in Latino faculty members to speak to our students,” Santiago said.

By comparison, the African-American Symposium has a much longer history and has been held annually since 1983. With an increase in Latino students at NC State that has followed the overall growth in North Carolina, the Latino/Hispanic Symposium has been able to work to understand a changing demographic of incoming students and meet their distinct cultural needs.

One of the most important aspects of the Symposium al-

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Students participating in Latino/Hispanic Symposium pose for a picture at the end of their morning sessions on Friday August 15.

clusiva.”

Según el sitio web del Multicultural Student Affairs, los objetivos principales de estos programas es aumentar el éxito académico de los estudiantes, alentar el multiculturalismo, educar a los miembros de la familia sobre los recursos del campus y servicios de apoyo, y coordinar las actividades que permiten a los estudiantes entrantes a conocerse otros e interactuar con los estudiantes de la clase alta, la facultad y el personal.

Los datos han demostrado que los estudiantes de primer año que asistieron al Simposio tienen mejor desempeño académico y con frecuencia tienen promedios más altos

sentados en nuestra universidad en comparación con la población de Carolina del Norte. Los estudiantes que se auto-identificaron como Hispanos o Latinos conforman sólo 4.3 por ciento de los alumnos de ingreso para este curso académico.

Uno de esos estudiantes, Armando Salazar-Cardoso en ingeniería química, casi no asistió el Simposio, pero después de ir, dijo que fue una experiencia increíble.

Salazar-Cardoso también dijo que conoció a uno de sus profesores en el Simposio, y estaba agradecido por haber hecho la conexión cuando se fue a su primer día de clase.

mos por abordar estos temas y hacerlos más accesibles a todos los miembros de la comunidad.

Como una publicación bilingüe, Bienvenidos permite a los estudiantes de español practicar fuera de sus clases, y permite que los hablantes nativos tengan una forma de comunicarse con el lenguaje natal.

Nosotros en Bienvenidos sentimos que el aumento de la exposición a estos temas culturales ayudará a traer pensadores globales a NC State. La Oficina del Gobernador para Asuntos Hispanos informó que a partir de 2000-2010, Carolina del Norte ocupaba el puesto #6 en los estados con el mayor crecimiento de población hispana. A medida que la presencia Latina en N.C. State sigue creciendo, es nuestro deber seguir informando a la comunidad de N.C. State.

confront the challenges that will accompany reaching one’s academic and personal potential at NC State.

While this was the fifth year of the Hispanic Symposium, this was only the first Symposium for Nelson Santiago, the assistant director of Hispanic/Latino student affairs. For Santiago, it was important not to reinvent the wheel and create a new Symposium from scratch, but to find ways to put his own spin on it.

“We look for ways to infuse culture in all aspects of the program, whether it’s through the influence of music as students walk in on the first day, or by

lows incoming freshman to meet leaders in every college department that relate to their experiences by sharing culture. Knowing a professional leader within the university gives students professors to look up to.

“It’s all about getting them connected to the institution,” Santiago said. “It’s another opportunity to retain students, to make them feel welcome and to be an inclusive institution.”

According to the Multicultural Student Affair’s website, the primary objectives of these programs is to maximize the academic success of students, encourage multiculturalism, educate students

and family members about campus resources and support services and coordinate activities that allow incoming students to get to know one another and interact with upper-class students, faculty, and staff.

Data has shown that first year students that attended the Symposium perform better academically and often have higher GPAs during their first year than students that didn’t go to the program.

There were 25 incoming students that attended the Latino/Hispanic Symposium, including some nontraditional students. At the opening ceremony, there were more than 60 people in attendance, including students, family members and some faculty.

The MSA office uses the Symposium as another way to reach out to minority students who are historically underrepresented at our university compared to the population of North Carolina. Students who self-identified as Hispanic or Latino make up just 4.3 percent of incoming students for this academic year.

One of those students, Armando Salazar-Cardoso, a junior in chemical engineering, almost didn’t make it to Symposium, but after going, he found it to be an amazing experience.

Salazar-Cardoso also said that he met one of his professors at Symposium, and was grateful for having made the connection when he went to his first day of class.

“I learned a lot about the Hispanic community as well as the entire university itself,” Salazar-Cardoso said. “I felt very welcomed by the community.”

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Student launches stock market analysis website Sarah Keener Staff Writer

Ben C. Banks is a 19-yearold in charge of his own website for stock market and financial advice. An undeclared management major, Banks is a freshman that is already building a portfolio to land himself internships and impress future employers.

Already a strong online presence, Banks will soon be bringing forward a new project that will feature writers and editors who will advise and give stock market analysis on a nationwide and potentially global level.

Currently named “The Project,” Banks is working with fellow students across the country to bring forth a one-of-a-kind online resource for people interested in the stock market. The goal is to teach others strategies and provide insight into the financial world while also growing a portfolio for himself and other featured writers.

All website contributors will be students under the age of 22. The project will be a one-stop-shop for future employers to evaluate contributor’s skills while also showcasing how helpful a tool the project can be to those looking to invest in

the market. Banks hopes to run his own hedge fund one day, and believes this website could possibly launch his career in finances and help him reach his career goals.

“You’ll have past content, performance, track records of all your trades and it’ll all be there for everybody to see once the website is launched,” Banks said. “I wanted to educate other people because it is difficult to hit the markets and I wanted to educate myself because if you teach other people, you’ll learn it yourself.”

His current website, www. bencbanks.com, is a technical blog that serves a target audience of people that know at least a little bit about the market, but who really want to learn about how an actual, real-time trader or investor looks at stocks. With a strong online presence, Banks utilizes social media apart from his website like Twitter and StockTwits, a Twitter-like site specifically for stocks.

Banks currently has an online following of 21,000 on StockTwits and 1,600 on Twitter. Banks gets tweets from 40-year-olds commending him on his market predictions and insights. Once his up-and-coming project is released, his bencbanks domain will become more of a blog and less of an analytical

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Ben Banks, a freshman in management, has created a website that helps students better understand the stock market.

platform.

“When this new project is launched, it will probably be the only place I post stock market thoughts and analysis and then bencbanks.com will just turn into a personal blogsite rather than a stock market analysis site,” Banks said.

Banks started his career in

stocks at the age of 12. He was always curious about the way the stock market worked. He bought his first two stocks in Nike and Target when he was 12-years-old and began trading around five years later. He made his first actual trade based on technical analysis, a way of using historical price fluctuations to base trading

choices. Since then, he started posting online in late 2012 and has been a growing resource for advice ever since.

Banks wants his current website to continue to grow, and he’ll continue to produce content to set himself apart so that future employers will take notice.

“That’s one of the main

reasons why I want to do it,” Banks said. “The goal is to create a launching pad for internships through the website. If there’s success, we’ll likely be able to turn it into a company eventually but that’s not a goal that would happen right now.”

Literary Freedom

VOLUNTEERS IN CHAPEL HILL DELIVER BOOKS TO PRISONERS Taylor Quinn Associate Features Editor

A group of volunteers meets at Internationalists Books in Chapel Hill every Sunday to package soft-covered books to be sent to parts of North Carolina and to Alabama. Overf lowing boxes of letters requesting books are read and tended to as fast as volunteers’ hands and money can take them.

Requests come as letters for one specific reason: the book recipients are prisoners.

The Prison Books project is a group that believes in humanity, justice and rights for all people, and thinks sending books to the incarcerated is a good start to achieving that goal.

The Prison Books project started in 2006. Nikita Sheppard, a UNC graduate who had been a volunteer at the non-profit radical book store, Internationalist Books, was one of the group’s founders. According to Sheppard, there seemed to be an increasing public interest around issues related to prisoners at the time.

In addition, a few people who were volunteering at Internationalist Books with Sheppard had come from Asheville, where they had been working on a similar project and really enjoyed their experience.

However, they said they could not get books to all the prisoners they would have liked to.

Sheppard said that once they finalized their idea, they were required by the prisons to have some type of sponsoring bookstore or publisher. Internationalists Books fit that requirement, so they decided to give the project a try.

The group then contacted the National Prisoners Resource List to get the organization added, and the orders started coming in. From there, word of mouth caused a chain reaction and the letters started to flood their workspace.

According to Sheppard, when he was younger, he had been interested in learning about the death penalty, which led to discovering more about the prison system.

“I started to realize that there are much more profound problems with

SOURCE: PRISONBOOKS

The Prison Books project is a group of volunteers who meet weekly at Internationalists Books in Chapel Hill. They deliver books to prisons.

the prison system as a whole in the U.S. and that the death penalty is only the tip of the iceberg,” Sheppard said.

Sheppard went on to explain why the group chose to focus on prisoners and, specifically, to send books to them.

“Prisoners are one of the most exploited and marginalized demographics right now,” Sheppard said. “Prisoners are disproportionately people of color, and almost all prisoners have some kind of economic reason to why they are incarcerated.”

Katya Roytburd has been involved in the Prison Books project for five years. She got involved after visiting a law and social justice conference where the Prison Books project had a table.

“Most of the people in our prisons are mostly not murderers, most people are non-violent drug offenders so let’s be straight up with that,” Roytburd said. “It is an unjust system that locks people up for doing something that in some states is legal.”

According to Sheppard, the struggle to support prison justice connects to so many different social

struggles such the anti-racist, economic justice, capitalist and GLBT struggles.

“I personally think it has the possibility to be the civil rights movement of the 21st century,” Sheppard said, “A way to tie together so many different social struggles and combat oppression and marginalization.”

With that being said, Sheppard believes that books are a good way to start fixing this issue.

“We want to be able to accommodate people no matter where they are coming from,” Sheppard said.

“Books are a great way to support basic humanitarian needs for education and recreation, but also much deeper political purposes of building consciousness.”

According to Sheppard, some prisoners just want novels to pass the time. Others want them because they are studying for their GED, trying to further their formal education or trying to understand the judiciary system.

“One of our goals is to support people’s curiosity,” Sheppard said.

“But we hope that books will help people gain confidence to organize and stand up for themselves or to

challenge the conditions of their incarceration or to challenge the modern society that requires them to be incarcerated.”

Roytburd said that the amount of orders is out of control, but in the heart-warming kind of way. She said that it makes her happy to know that people are asking them for books.

“I love books and I love the idea of people reading them,” Roytburd said. “It warms my heart that people ask for a dictionary. That means that they are not just reading to read whatever; they are reading to learn and understand.”

Roytburd said that the group usually sends three books to each prisoner. If they ask for escapist books, they send such a book, and one thought-provoking book as well.

According to Roytburd, one of Prison Books’ biggest barriers is raising money for postage.

“We are on a shoestring budget, really, really shoestring, this is just a labor of love from everybody, we are actually a negative profit,” Roytburd said.

According to Sheppard, in addition to being psychologically helpful, sending books can also protect prisoners. When a prisoner receives

mail, the rest of the prisoners and guards know that somebody on the outside is looking out for them. Prisoners who receive mail are less likely to be targeted for violence.

“We just want people who are incarcerated to be treated like human beings that are worthy of respect, which does not happen in NC prisons,” Sheppard said. “We want to let prisoners know that we don’t think they are monsters or animals. We think that they are human beings who deserve basic respect and dignity just like the rest of us.”

According to Roytburd, it is not humane to abuse another human being no matter what they have done.

“We don’t even like to lock up animals and put them in pounds or shelters,” Roytburd said, “so locking up our brothers and sisters in cages is not honoring their humanity and that’s something that as a group we believe in.”

Roytburd said that though she would not like to see a violent murderer wandering around, she doesn’t think our prison system is the best way to treat them or cure them.

“Prison systems do not rehabilitate people; it really either breaks people or makes them worse off than they were when they came in,” Roytburd said.

As for long term goals, the Prison Books project hopes to see our country figure out alternatives to incarceration that actually rehabilitate criminals, work better for accountability, don’t leave communities ruptured and aren’t based on an adversarial system of winner takes all.

“We hope that we don’t live in a world where we have to rely on force and violence and putting people in cages for our sense of safety,” Sheppard said. “And that our sense of safety can come from justice.”

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sual awareness of the field massively improve the Pack’s ball movement.

Jaser’s cool play complements the other midfielders around her, such as senior midfielder Jessica Baity’s fast and aggressive style. It also allows junior midfielder Jenna

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has scored three touchdowns so far this season, one being on the ground and two through the air. With Dayes bringing a different dimension to the offense out of the backfield, the Wolfpack can spread the field to give its playmakers—like freshman

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ing the ball past the diving keeper into the lower corner to score his first goal for the Wolfpack.

“I always go to that side and picked it before I stepped up,” Minogue said. “I was grateful when it hit the corner.”

Minogue’s goal capped another strong starting per-

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Kalwa to push wide and drive down the sideline, putting even more pressure on the opposing back line. Having Jaser sit behind Lindberg allows her to help back on defense, and she has shown multiple times that she can defend from the midfield with tremendous acumen.

The Pack has struggled with injuries early on, however, as the offensive unit’s suf-

fered three missing players.

Stengel, the team’s best player last season, recently suffered a knee injury, and sophomore forward Alexa Allen’s ankle injury has kept her sidelined the past few games. ”She’s one of our best attacking players,” head coach Tim Santoro said about Allen.

Stengel is out for a minimum of a couple weeks while

Allen is tentatively due back Thursday. Having these key pieces back in the rotation, along with Saager, Stanko and Lindberg will massively improve the Pack’s goal scoring, which has struggled for quantity in the tough contests away from home this season.

Apart from a 6-0 loss to highly ranked Georgetown, State’s defense has performed well, specifically sophomore

goalkeeper Mackenzie Stelljes. Throughout these opening games, she has come up with key saves in critical points in the game where goals could have changed the match.

Junior defenders Dayna Tomayko and Michelle Oestreich have also logged considerable minutes. This pair’s experience combined with the youth of freshmen Mack-

enzie Graybill and Cailyn Boch and the consistency of Stelljes has led to a back line that will only improve as the season continues.

As the season progresses and the team moves forward, and begins to develop together, expect good things from this young Pack team.

State takes on Western Carolina at the Dail Soccer Stadium on Thursday at 7 p.m.

wide receiver Bo Hines— more room to operate.

“Me being able to play receiver helps us all [running backs] get on the field,” Dayes said. “It’s a good thing for us.”

While Thornton has continued the pace that he started last year, Dayes has seen his role increase tremendously. Dayes only received 63 carries last year compared to Thornton’s 165, but this year he has become more in-

volved. The sophomore from Weston, Florida also returns kickoffs for State and has shown the potential to be a threat in the return game.

This season, the offensive backfield seems to be more balanced than in the past, with Thornton getting 24 carries and Dayes’ 19. This has allowed the two backs to stay fresh in order to do what they both do best when they are in the game. In Saturday’s

game against Old Dominion, the two backs combined for 120 yards and three touchdowns in the second half to lead the Pack in its come from behind win.

“Putting the ball in the end zone and putting the nail in the coffin is big for us,” Thornton said.

Thornton and Dayes are on pace to combine for more than 1,600 yards rushing on offense; a feat that Pack

fans haven’t seen out of a backfield since 2008, when running backs Andre Brown and Jamelle Eugene teamed up with quarterback Russell Wilson to break the 1,600yard mark. These numbers are well within the reach of the dynamic duo.

“With our offense we can score on anybody,” Dayes said. “We just can’t beat ourselves.”

The Pack faces off against

the South Florida Bulls on Saturday and hopes to continue its rushing prowess. The Bulls gave up more than 100 yards on the ground against the Maryland Terrapins last week and State will look to do the same to them this week.

Thornton and Dayes must get touches for the Pack to find success.

formance. Over the past few games he’s played his way into the side with his strong play.

“Roland’s a great passer,” Findley said about his gamewinner. “He’s a confident guy, he wants to win, and I was happy he stepped up and won the game for us with the penalty kick.”

With the lead, the Pack settled in and played more direct, looking to hit the Tribe on the counter, rather than forcing the ball on the ground

where a misplaced pass or touch could’ve resulted in a William & Mary chance, but the half finished 1-0.

Early in the second half, State nearly extended its lead to two, as freshman striker Ade Taiwo attempted an audacious bicycle kick off a Wannemuehler cross. Despite making solid contact, the ball flew inches wide of the post.

With the rain picking up and the clock steadily ticking away, the Tribe raised its

intensity twofold, putting tremendous pressure on State’s defense in the last 25 minutes.

But time and again, the senior center back pairing of Moss Jackson-Atogi and Clement Simonin beat back the opposition’s attack. Senior captain Ryan Metts at right back and freshman left back Caleb Duvernay, a recent starter, also performed with class. Once again, junior goalkeeper Alex McCauley produced a shutout in an

error-free performance between the sticks.

Jackson-Atogi was particularly excellent filling in for the missing freshman standout Conor Donovan, who’s still with the U-20 Men’s National Team in Argentina but returns later this week.

“It’s great that we have guys like Moss to fill in,” Findley said. “He’s a guy with great experience, confidence, and quality. He was a rock tonight.”

The Pack earned the win through tough defending and resolute confidence despite awful conditions for soccer and a strong, “senior-led” opponent in William & Mary.

State looks to build on the two-game win streak as the team travels to WinstonSalem to take on a hardened Wake Forest (2-2) side on Friday.

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TECHNICIAN

FOOTBALL

Freshman Hines ranks highly among peers

Freshman wide receiver Bo Hines has recorded 146 reception yards and 13 receptions on the season for the NC State football team. Not only does Hines lead the team in these categories, but he is also among the top freshman in the country in these statistics. Among freshman receivers in the Football Bowl Subdivision, Hines ranks seventh in reception yards and fourth in receptions for the season.

Hines finished with four receptions for 67 yards in Saturday’s high-scoring contest with Old Dominion, in which the Pack won 46-34.

SOURCE: NCAA..COM

James and Marchand lead Canada to second place finish

Senior Wolfpack women’s golfer Augusta James and former NC State golfer Brittany Marchand represented team Canada in the 2014 World Team Amateur Championship in Japan over the weekend. James and Marchand led the Canadian squad to a secondplace finish in the tournament, losing to team Australia by just two shots.

James finished with a score of four over par for the championship and James recorded a collective score of six under on the tournament.

SOURCE: GOPACK.COM

Wolfpack volleyball players receive alltournament nods

Wolfpack women’s volleyball won the Midtown Classic for the second consecutive year over the weekend.

Along with a convincing win, three Pack players received tournament honors. Senior Rachel Buckley earned tournament MVP for the second year in a row along with making the all-tournament team.

Two other Pack players also made the all-tournament team, senior Alesha Wilson and sophomore Morgan Cormier. The three players all felt “humbled” and look forward to their next game. The Wolfpack squares off with Harvard on Friday to start its play in the Georgia Benson Hospitality Invitational.

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ATHLETIC SCHEDULE Thursday, September 11 WOMEN’S SOCCER VS. WESTERN CAROLINA Raleigh, N.C., 7 p.m.

Friday, September 12 MEN’S TENNIS VS. DUKE FAB FOUR INVITATIONAL Cary, N.C., All Day Friday, September 12 WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL VS. HARVARD Athens, GA., 4 p.m.

Friday, September 12 MEN’S SOCCER VS. WAKE FOREST Winston-Salem, N.C., 7 p.m.

Saturday, September 13 MEN’S SOCCER VS. DUKE FAB FOUR INVITATIONAL Cary, N.C., All Day

QUOTE OF THE DAY “Sometimes you have to win ugly.

I’d say that a year ago there’s no way we would have won that game.”

Kelly Findley, Head Coach

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Junior runningback Shadrach Thornton fights through the defensive line during the game against Old Dominion Saturday. Thornton rushed for three touchdowns during the game. The Wolfpack defeated the Monarchs by a score 46-34, in a come-from-behind performance.

Running backs lead Pack offense Preston Ellis Correspondent

The NC State football team boasts a dominant one-two punch at the running back position this year, with powerful junior Shadrach Thornton and sophomore speedster Matt Dayes leading the Pack’s offensive charge.

The arrival of head coach Dave Doeren last year brought a new system to State’s offense. Although the Pack only managed to win three

games over the course of last season, it did find its two running backs for the future in Thornton and Dayes.

The two backs combined for over 1,000 yards and eight touchdowns in 2013. This was more than half of State’s rushing offense and more than half of its rushing touchdowns.

Dayes and Thornton’s importance has carried over early in the new season and is something Wolfpack fans hope will continue.

The pair provides something of a “thunder and lightning” combina-

tion. Thornton is the power of the two. He has carried the ball a total of 24 times this season and tallied 159 yards on the ground, while his downhill running style also has allowed him to average 6.6 yards per carry. Known for picking up the tough yardage, the talented Georgia native has shown his ability to break off the big gains as well, scampering for a team long 27-yard run so far this season. Thornton has continued his production from last year and is on pace to be the Pack’s leading

rusher at the seasons end.

“I just run with my life on my shoulders,” Thornton said. “It does something when you can physically take the will out of the defensive team.”

Thornton’s partner in crime, Dayes, has shown he is an all-purpose back — racking up 113 yards on the ground and 102 yards through the air. The dual-threat sophomore

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MEN’S SOCCER

Wolfpack drowns Tribe, earns second win Jordan Beck Associate Sports Editor

A penalty kick goal from sophomore midfielder Roland Minogue lifted the NC State men’s soccer team to a narrow 1-0 victory over William & Mary at the Dail Soccer Field.

At times, the field looked more like a shallow swimming pool, as a torrential downpour persisted throughout the entire 90 minutes and turned the game into a sloppy, slippery contest the Pack (2-1-1) had to dig deep to win against a tough Tribe (2-2) squad.

“I think it was a great win,” Wolfpack head coach Kelly Findley said. “Sometimes you’ve got to win ugly. A year ago there’s no way we would’ve won this game.”

The game began, and continued, at a frenetic pace. The poor conditions wreaked havoc on touches, passes and player movement. Fouls, slides and slips were the most prominent features of the match, but both teams played furiously.

Over the opening 20 minutes, the game was end-to-end, as neither team could really get a grip on the match. Since moving to a 4-3-3 formation, State has tried to play with

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Freshman left defender Caleb Duvernay stands up against two William & Mary attackers in the rain. NC State went on to win 1-0 against the Tribe on Monday at Dail Soccer Field.

more control, but the conditions made this incredibly challenging.

“It’s always tough when it’s raining like that,” junior midfielder and captain Holden Fender said.

“We have good players and want to put [the ball] down and play, but at the end of the day you’ve got to get results.”

A result was what the Pack got,

eventually, but it took a mistake from the Tribe defense to get the go-ahead goal. Sophomore winger Travis Wannemuehler received the ball on the right flank and drove toward the middle of the penalty box, evading defenders along the way.

Wannemuehler’s slide-rule pass through the defense found onrushing freshman Zach Knudson, whose

touch past the ‘keeper would’ve given him a tap-in had the Tribe goalie not taken his legs out from beneath him.

The referee made no mistake and pointed straight to the penalty spot, where a confident Minogue stepped up to take, emphatically driv-

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COMMENTARY

State women undaunted by early losses Six games into the season, the NC State women’s soccer team stands at two wins and four losses, but the record on paper does not tell the whole story.

T h re e of t he Pack’s four losses have come by just one goal, and the side’s quality of play Garrett has largely been Melia strong, bolstered by Correspondent a highly-rated crop of young players that, while lacking

in experience, have no shortage of hunger and ability.

Case in point, freshman midfielder Annah Lindberg scored a brace in her first game with the Pack, a 2-1 victory over the UNC-Wilmington Seahawks. Lindberg’s just one of a host of freshmen players getting big minutes under head coach Tim Santoro.

Paired with this new freshman class is the returning dynamic duo, sophomore forward Jackie Stengel and junior forward Brittany Stanko.

The pair directed the Pack’s offense

last season and continued their dominance into the first part of the season. Their leadership’s key for the Pack going forward, specifically mentoring young attacker, freshman forward Kayla Saager.

Saager showed her offensive potential in the first few games of the season, scoring three times in her first six games and proving that she has a natural ability for finding the back of the net. Saager’s run-andgun style complements junior forward Caroline Gentry, as Gentry has a knack for finding a way to connect

with balls in the air.

State’s offense is not the only part of the field in which newcomers are making a huge splash. One particular stand out on this Wolfpack team is freshman defender-turnedmidfielder Franziska Jaser.

Although starting the season at center back, the German U-20 National Team member was quickly moved into the midfield. Her calm demeanor, on-the-ball IQ and vi-

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