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People’s Alliance, an advocacy organization, created Durham Living Wage Project, a campaign that will certify businesses and restaurants if they pay at least the city’s living wage for a family of four: $12.33 in 2015. 22 businesses and 11 nonprofits have signed the campaign, which covers 757 employees. The campaign is in the wake of decisions by Target and Wal-Mart to pay their employees more than minimum wage. The current federal minimum wage is $7.25 an hour and $2.13 an hour for tipped employees. The Republicanled N.C. legislature has shown no interest in raising wages above the federal minimum. SOURCE: News & Observer
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Obama honored the achievements of young inventors and scientists on Monday at the fifth annual White House Science Fair. Demonstrations the president saw include an algorithm to identify new Ebola drugs and a spinal implant and a new method for securing computers against hackers. The White House announced a $240 million commitment from the government and private businesses and philanthropies to help children succeed in science, technology and math. A group of 6-year-old Girl Scouts created an automatic page turner out of Legos that could help paralyzed or arthritic people who might have trouble turning pages in a book. SOURCE: NPR
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NC State’s Engineers’ Council kicked off Engineers’ Week 2015 Friday, with events continuing through March 27 to celebrate the engineering profession and the students within the college. The sixth annual Crown the Engineer pageant will be held at Witherspoon tonight from 7–9 p.m. All proceeds will benefit Relay for Life. There is an attire portion where the contestant will dress the stereotypical part of an engineer’s future profession, a talent portion and a question portion where judges will ask contestants questions related to engineering. The Networking Night will be held Thursday in Daniels Hall, Room 371 from 6:30-9 p.m. The event will provide future engineers with the opportunity to interact and collaborate with current industry leaders. Dinner will be provided and students can join others in their respective majors alongside experienced professionals and alumni in the field. Reservations can be made online. Engineers’ Week will end with a Spring Bash with BME Club on the Oval Lawn at Centennial Campus. Artists including Dr. Copter and the Bourbons will perform a free charity concert for Dysautonomia International. For questions about any events, contact Jackie Yeh or Kayla Wise.
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applied ecology and forestry and an assistant leader at the Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, has been working to test new technology that provides precise radio tracking on small animals, in particular: bald eagles. Movebank is the company that provides and develops the trackers, which cost between $2,500 and $3,000. Due to the high cost associated with the transmitters, the program has been slowed slightly, according to Simon.
A panel of members from the technical and research teams from the Virtual MLK project met in the Caldwell Lounge Tuesday to discuss the finer points of the project from the perspective of its implications for communication research and for the memory of the Civil Rights era as part of COM Week 2015. Virtual MLK is a three-phase project conducted by Victoria Gallagher, associate dean of academic affairs for the College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHASS), and a team of researchers from NC State’s Department of Communication, and aimed at creating an immersive experience of Martin Luther King’s “Fill Up the Jails” speech, which originally took place Feb. 16, 1960 at the White Rock Baptist Church in Durham. King’s sermon has been at risk of being lost to history, Gallagher said. No recording of it exists, and the church itself was bulldozed in the late 1960s to make way for the Durham Freeway, according to NC State News. “There are many public speeches that are not remembered for one reason or another, even though those speeches were, and continue to be, transformative,” said Kenneth Zagacki, head of the Department of Communication. “Thanks to Dr. Vicky Gallagher and her team of researchers, we have what I think is a classic example of this.” The discussion began with a portion of a separate documentary about the speech which placed it in its historical context at the beginning of the Civil
Ted Simons, a professor in the department of applied ecology and forestry, is working to test technology that provides precise tracking of bald eagles. The GPS tracker is a small Teflon backpack placed between the shoulders of the eagle and then nestled into its feathers.
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NC House of Representatives approved a bill Tuesday that will prohibit residents from protest petitioning, stating it slows down growth and hurts economic development. Local neighborhoods use protest petitions when a landowner asks a city council to change the uses legally allowed on a piece of property. Residents who don’t like the proposed new use can file a petition that requires a three-quarter majority vote by the council to approve that change. A proposed Publix grocery store in north Raleigh was included in the debate Tuesday. An amendment was proposed to increase the amount of protestors from five percent of surrounding property owners to two-thirds, which would favor developers, but it was shot down. If the measure passes a second House vote on Wednesday, it will go to the state Senate. SOURCE: WRAL
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Differing tactics in endorsement and financial campaign strategies are what set apart this year’s student body president and vice president elections when it came down to two different tickets: Khari Cyrus and Nate Bridgers against Gavin Harrison and Meredith Mason, with
Cyrus and Bridgers coming out ahead in the runoff election March 5. One tangible difference in the two tickets was the amount of personal funds and donations that candidate spent during the campaign. CyrusBridgers spent $804.44 while Harrison-Mason spent $1445.77 during the week of the campaign and the additional runoff, according to the
campaign expense report. The candidates relied on endorsements from organizations and individuals on campus as a measure of their ability to come through on their platforms. Endorsements were based on relationships that the candidate built in their time on campus, along with the ones they could earn in the week of the campaign. How candidates spent the
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week from 8 a.m. Monday, Feb. 23 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 3 was the difference in the election, according to Zach Goodman, co-campaign manager for Cyrus-Bridgers. “Part of endorsements is knowing people. You’ll say, ‘Hey, do you feel passionate enough about our campaign that you would endorse us?’ Some of them did so without us asking,” said Goodman.
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Rights Movement, before the term “sit-in” had become part of our lexicon. Following the documentary Gallagher broke down excerpts of the recordings of the speech, which captured live sound from the speaker’s perspective at the podium and the audience’s perspective from the pews and the balcony. “You’re hearing emotion in the speaker’s voice in a significant way, because of how the speakers work [in the room],” Gallagher said. “You’re hearing it very up close and you’re getting a sense of what we would call his candor, and the pace and the ‘loud-soft’ that he’s doing. All of that adds to making it a different experience of hearing rather than reading the speech,” Gallagher said. After each portion of the video, audience members were able to identify where they would have been seated in the recreated scene in relation to the voice actor and commented on the differences in sound, which they said were echoes reverberating off the walls, and could get a sense of the size of the building.
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“It was a lot more intense from the speaker’s perspective, and then from the pew perspective, you could hear the echo,” said Beth Cangley, a junior studying communication. Multiple microphones were used to get a clear recording, but because they were recorded in a church, there was a lot of acoustical reverberation which the research team could not get rid of—even using modern techniques to cancel out unwanted sound, according to Justin Drust, the audio director for the Virtual MLK project. “That is part of what is so captivating— when you listen to this it is the sound of the sanctuary itself,” Drust said. The project captures a familiar side of King and brings the audience to an understanding of the early struggle of King’s activism, where he reluctantly faced the responsibility of putting people in harm’s way, said Blair Kelly, associate professor in the CHASS Dean’s office. “It really reminds us that this wasn’t King’s ‘vision for America’ and not that he’s ‘fixing America’ as a superhero,” Kelly said. “He was a person who was reacting to the community and the movement around him.”
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Justin Drust, audio director for the Virtual MLK project, explains the technical work that he did for the project. Recording the speech was the first phase of the project. The second was the creation of a website, and the third phase will combine the audio with a 3-D rendering of the interior of the original White Rock Baptist Church.
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The Harrison-Mason campaign listed more than 70 endorsements on its campaign website, consisting largely of people connected to events on campus such as the Krispy Kreme Challenge, varsity athletes, members of the scholars program and traditions committee and various Greek organizations. Cyrus said listening to students was the best way to find out what they want out of their university. “We didn’t want to go out and tell students we were making changes if we hadn’t actually asked to see if changes were necessary,” Cyrus said. “Being plugged in on campus in various organizations allows you to hear what students are
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For the past year, Simons, Cooperat ive Fish a nd Wildlife Research Unit and Movebank have been working with tracking eagles. Three bald eagles were fitted with a tracking device. One was raised in captivity, and the other two were wild, rehabilitated eagles—only one is still being tracked in the wild. The GPS tracker is a small Tef lon tubing backpack which is placed between the shoulders of the eagle and then nestled into its feathers. The tracker weighs 48 gra ms, approx imately 1 percent of the eagle’s body weight. “The birds seem to do perfectly fine with the backpack,” Simons said. Developments in animal tracking owe many of its
upset about and the types of things that aren’t working for them.” Carson Shepherd, director of University Affairs and ‘It’s on Us’ coordinator, said she felt Cyrus and Bridgers had the best grasp on how to represent the needs of the university. “Out of the six candidates, Khari and Nate were the only ones that truly, actively supported the [It’s on Us] campaign and the cause about sexual assault against women on college campuses, so they truly proved that they are an ally of women on this campus,” Shepherd said. The Cyrus-Bridgers campaign sought student support through mutual friends and social links, according to Owen Webster, a member of University Affairs and the financial director for Engineers Without Borders. “We tried to look at which organizations on campus we had connections to through the
advances to cell phones, according to Simons. The transmitters use similar GPS a nd accelerometer technology found in smart phones. An accelerometer is a device that senses when the phone is tilted and automatically f lips the phone screen to make it right side up once again. “In the tracking device, the accelerometer allows extremely accurate information to be reported back,” Simons said. “The accelerometer is so accurate that it allows the researcher to see when the bird is flying, gliding or walking. It can even pinpoint the specific tree that the eagle is nesting in.” The device also has a solar panel built in that allows researchers to track the eagle for as long as a year, according to Simons. The technology has important future implications, particularly in the field of
radio telemetr y, Simons said. With modern trackers, a large amount of information is relayed back to the researcher. “This data allows us to see where the bird feeds, nests and mates, which can then be analyzed and compared so that we can see what behaviors are usual or unusual for the animal,” said Simons. However, researchers are running into the problem of finding an effective way to store and analyze the amount of data they receive. “I think this research is important because we can learn fundamental practices and patterns of eagles,” said Michael Poehler, a junior studying political science. “I also like the fact that the research is being done on eagles because they are a beloved American bird.”
people that were working on the campaign to see if we had a large group of students that we didn’t have any direct connection with,” Shepherd said. Ideologies are what makes or breaks a campaign, not physical goods, Cyrus said. “People recognize that when campaign season comes around, there are going to be tons of students changing Facebook profile pictures, tons of signs across campus and candidates coming to speak to their organizations,” Cyrus said. “I think it’s easy for students to see through all of that stuff, and I don’t believe it’s what really sways them one way or another.” However, Harrison-Mason’s campaign focused heavily on campaign material. “Financially, we spent a lot on giveaways, a lot on buttons, koozies, the mason jars to get students’ attention, because unfortunately a
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lot of students don’t really care about student elections,” Harrison said. “You really have to get them out there and make them interested in it.” Goodman said the signs made little difference in this year’s campaign because of the snow days and the fact that the campaign period was shortened from two and a half weeks to one. “Obviously, you need a good set of students in Student Government to make sure that money is being handled properly,” Webster said. “Our organization is very heavily dependent on appropriations money from student government and from organizations on campus. In order to do our international projects, like the ones we have in Sierra Leone and Bolivia, we particularly need money from the university because some of these projects can end up having budgets in the tens of thousands of dollars, and appropriations doesn’t even begin to cover that.”
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e didn’t need a little green book to know racism is an issue at NC State. An African-American did not receive an NC State diploma until 1957. AfricanAmericans and whites did not share restaurant tables on Hillsborough Street until 1963. Our first black homecoming queen wasn’t crowned until 1970, and NC State did not have an African-American dean until 1992. That same year our own publication published racially insensitive content prompting Brickyard protests and the birth of the “Nubian Message.” In both 2008 and 2010, rac-
ist and homophobic graffiti The unsigned editorial is the opinion of the members of Technician’s editorial board, excluding the news department and is the covered the Free Expression responsibility of the editor-in-chief. Tunnel, prompting protests blocking the tunnel’s entrance. As of 2013, the Office ments, should not be a sur- tion has sent a letter addressed for Institutional Equity and prise for our campus. To pre- to the entire student body. Diversity found that of 793 tend it is, is to cower behind His silence suggests the full professors, only 20 were willful ignorance. Those who incident is something that African-American. And as of are not personally subjected doesn’t deserve nor warrant today, the Department of Phi- to racism daily can no longer an acknowledgement and selosophy and Religious Studies pretend these sentiments do rious action. has never hired a professor of not permeate our commuWhat will it take for Chancolor. Less than a month ago, nity, and we cannot pin it all cellor Randy Woodson to violent, racist comments sur- on Greek life when the issue make a statement? faced after the student body encompasses the entire uniThe ad mi nist rat ion, democratically elected a black versity community. through press releases and Student Body President. Chancellor Randy Woodson statements from Mike Mullen, Given our university’s his- himself has yet to comment has told us that the university tory, this pledge book, filled publicly on the situation, and is conducting investigations, with racist and sexist com- no one from the administra- but has failed to provide de-
tails. Of only two statements addressed to students, one was exclusively distributed to “student leaders” in which Student Media, the student group with the role informing students of campus affairs, was excluded. It might be that Woodson is waiting until the investigations conclude to comment and provide details and, one would hope, an action plan. But after having known about the contents of the book for five days, Woodson’s silence as the leader of what claims to be a diverse and accepting university, hasn’t given the incident the proper public at-
tention it requires. This is not an isolated incident that can be pinned on one group of students. Implying that the little green book is not representative of our entire community allows many people to continue ignoring the systemic problems when it will take the entire community to make meaningful change. The first step is for Woodson to admit that racism on our campus is more than just this green book and make it clear that this unsurprisingly common racism on our campus is unacceptable.
Panty lines: defining more than where our underwear ends U
pon first examination, it may seem like it should be the biggest non-issue in our society. It serves the practical purposes of protecting our lady parts from chafing jeans, adding a defensive layer whilst on our periCeleste Loia od s a nd Guest Columnist allowing us to get a few extra wears out of our pants before having to wash them. Yet in today’s society, underwear has become so much more than that. Wear underwear with days of the week, you’re childish. Wear granny panties, you’re a prude. Wear no underwear at all, you’re a slut. Stereotypes like these are portrayed in pop culture all the time, making it even harder to escape them. In one episode of “That 70’s Show,” the gang tries to console Donna’s dad after Jackie’s mom has left him, and Kitty chimes in, “You know, I’ve never even seen a panty line on her. You know what that means.” Sadly, we all do know what that means: Prefer to let your lady parts air out rather than conform to a social norm, and you automatically become a slut. Among the many underwear faux pas to which a girl can easily fall victim, the most absurd is the panty line
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grew up as an NC State basketball fan. I’m from Raleigh, and I’ve attended games since I was a young child. I’ll openly admit that I’ve seen ESPN’s 30 for 30 “Survive and Advance” more times than I can count. And even though growing up a s a n NC State fan was definitely not the reason I chose Katherine to at tend Waller NC State, it Staff Columnist sure wasn’t a deterrent. At games, my heart races. The emotional rollercoaster of watching the “Cardiac Pack” play can either be very exciting or a disappointment, and it’s this emotional roulette factor of not knowing which it will be that is a large part of why NC State basketball is so appealing. But in the midst of the excitement March Madness incites, it is easy to become blind to all the problems fandom culture provokes. In the past 50 years or so, sports have become increasingly notable and the subject of countless analytical speculation and glorification. Sports now occupy multiple TV stations, entire sections in the newspaper, multitudes of magazines, websites, radio shows and podcasts. With sports culture becoming so prevalent in our dayto-day lives and provoking the levels of idolatry and hero-worship that it does, many consider it a religion. Joshua R. Keefe, in his 2009 article “Religion, Commodity, or
Escape: Sports in Modern American Culture,” critically dubbed sport culture as something sinister—an “opiate for the masses.” Sports teach us how powerrelationships are constructed, thus culturing us to fall blindly into an oppressive pecking order simply from watching and following our favorite sports team. Varda Burstyn, in her 2005 publication “Sport as Secular Sacrament,” claimed, “in industrial society, sport has overtaken many of the previous functions of an established patriarchal church and organized religion.” The world of sports is a men’s club not only because the free market favors men’s sports over women’s, but also because the culture of sports mimics the traditional power-driven hierarchy that favors men over women. It is alarming to realize the extremely prevalent and transcending culture, which heavily favors men as opposed to women, is inhibiting the struggle of feminism and equality. Additionally, athletics have created bitter rivals that, in the eyes of some, can cheapen our degrees and ultimately distract from the education we receive. Every time I see a classmate, a friend from another university, and yes, even adult fans or alums, taking to social media to bad-mouth players, referees, coaches, fans or a university, I cringe. What should be the fast-paced excitement of a basketball game has become a channel for people to be hateful under the flag of team
allegiance. It continues to amaze me how sports can completely pit intellectual communities against each other. Stop hating UNC-Chapel Hill so much and realize our athletic program has had plenty of scandal as well. The recent bonfires at the Bell Tower following big wins are symbolic of the deeper and often overlooked darkness of the mob culture sports can summon. These rituals are so ingrained in what it means to be a fan that we rarely step back and consider why we perform them. Sports have the ability to exhibit the best and the worst of our character, and I encourage everyone who follows basketball to be reflective in the upcoming weeks as the NCAA tournament draws to a close. Take note of how quick you are to persecute athletes based on their performance and why you are doing it. Step back and evaluate how much you are worshipping players, coaches, and institutions. The NCAA tournament is an excellent opportunity to create dialogue about the implications of sport culture at an individual level and as a campus-wide phenomenon. Let’s work to understand what sports reflect about our society and what we can do to make it better. Athletics has an amazing ability to unify our campus, so let’s use this unification to improve the culture around sports.
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things like what type of underwear we wear and the visibility of, or lack thereof, our underwear. Males do not receive the same scrutiny concerning their underwear from either other males or females. While males may receive flack for wearing tighty whities after their elementary school years, they’re free to choose between boxers and boxer briefs without fear of judgment. Wear underwear with cartoons on them in college? Not a problem. Sag pants to reveal your underwear? No big deal. This double standard between males and females in regard to underwear merely highlights the underlying double standard in society. We live in a society dominated by men—a society where they make the rules. This may seem unrelated to the panty line issue because the panty line issue is a social norm largely enforced by females. However, the day-today criticisms females receive from males, which encourage females to gang up on each other to earn the approval of males, have led to an environment in which females feel it is necessary and normal to tear each other down, whether males are paying attention or not.
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infraction. While many of the other underwear norms are enforced with social sanctions from both males and females, in my experience, it’s only females who concern themselves with panty lines. For those unaware of what it is, a panty line is the underwear outline that can be seen through a girl’s pants, skirt or dress. I can complain to my friend about the uncomfortable wedgie a thong gives me, and she will understand and confide in the fact she equally detests thongs. However, this friend will be the same one to tell me the next day that I need to wear a thong with my leggings because my panty line “is totally showing.” The quote from “That 70’s Show” paired with my friend’s comment that my panty line “is totally showing,” perfectly encapsulates the Catch-22 that females face on a daily basis. If we let our panty lines show, we receive snide remarks from our very own friends and a mix between judging glares and pitying looks from strangers. However, if we’re too perfect and never show a panty line, well, “you know what that means.” Females are already subject to intense scrutiny from their male counterparts. We shouldn’t make each other’s lives more difficult by putting each other down over petty
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What seems like a project that launched overnight is becoming a popular spot on Hillsborough Street. Freshii, a new restaurant located next to Jimmy John’s, opened March 9 and offers students an array of healthy eating options. Freshii opened its f irst store in Toronto in 2005, according to its website. Its menu features a wide selection of juices, salads and wraps. The Hillsborough Street location has taken the place of the old Dunkin’ Donuts. Paul Hutchens, the general manager of this location and an NC State alumnus, said that Freshii is continuing to expand. Hutchens’ father and uncle are the two franchise holders for North Carolina, and his uncle is also an NC State alumnus. “Currently we are building out of Charlotte and the Triangle area,” Hutchens said. “There will be eight more stores coming.” The Hillsborough Street location is the third one in North Carolina and the second that Hutchens and his
family own. The other one they own is in Charlotte, while Freshii’s corporate location for North Carolina is on Elon University’s campus. “T here a re 10 0 loc ations in, I believe, nine countries,” Hutchens said. “There are currently 99 more in development.” Hutchens, along with his father and uncle, knew all along that Charlotte and the Triangle area would be their targeted areas for expansion. Since Hutchens went to NC State he said he always hoped to have a location in Raleigh. “Hillsborough Street was something that we kind of identified with early on as a place that we really wanted to find a location and it just so happened that there became a perfect location after Dunkin’ Donuts moved out,” he said. Hu t c h e n s b e g a n h i s Freshii career working at the location his family runs in Charlotte when it opened in September 2013. He said that his family has been in the food industry for a number of years. His father, John Hutchens, was an executive at Harris Teeter for most of his life and his uncle, James
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Freshii offers its customers a variety of ingredients in its wraps, bowls, burritos and other dishes. “We get here at seven in the morning to prep for lunch. We’re doing four, five hours of prep work throughout the day we’re constantly doing fresh food and we’re doing it quick,” said Paul Hutchens, manager and 2005 N.C. State alumnus. “It’s a healthy option that you can have on the go, everything is made to give you energy as opposed to just filling you up because you’re hungry.”
Hutchens, is a chef, among other things. “They were just trying to find something to invest in together and my uncle st u mbled upon Fre sh i i about four years ago,” Hutchens said. “It takes a little bit of time just to get things
started, finding the right location and so on. There’s a lot of red tape you have to go through.” After sorting out all the details, Hutchens said they successfully opened up their first restaurant. One of the main reasons that he and his
family were attracted to the business was because of the health and pro-economic benefits that came with it. “The youth is really focused on being eco-friendly, and we are very eco-friendly,” he said. “A ll of our utensils and to-go bowls are
made from cornstarch. The company is also not only eco-friendly but healthy too.” Hutchens said it is becoming common nowadays for people to prefer eating fresh and nutritious as opposed to unhealthy and fattening
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Zoe Harrison , a sophomore studying environmental engineering and member of NC State’s Competitive Rock Climbing Club, reaches for a rock on the traverse climbing wall at Carmichael Gymnasium. “I really enjoy the club,” Harrison said. “It’s a great bonding experience and a way to make friends. The best part about rock climbing is that anyone can do it. You don’t have to be an amazing athlete or have previous experience. You just have to get on the wall and give it your best effort.”
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A group of NC State students are headed to the Dixie Rock climbing competition this weekend, but without ropes and harnesses. Instead, they will rely on their strength, skills and determination to make it to the top. Students founded The Competitive Rock Climbing Club, or CRCC, in 2012, and now they are scaling to new heights in terms of more competitions and awards. Although the organization started without much competing or training, this year has been marked as a time of change and achievements. In the past, the students in it said they put little emphasis on the actual training, which resulted in the group disbanding. However, in the fall of 2013, Josh Clark, a senior studying computer engineering and president and coach of the CRCC, gained inspiration to restart the club. “Starting in the fall, I took the helm, and we started working with what we had,” Clark said. “It took a little while, but we’ve started to figure out what really works well for us, and the results
speak for themselves. We’ve earned 19 trophies in the last two years, and we’re aiming for one or two more at Dixie Rock this weekend.”
“We trust each other with our lives every time we climb.” Josh Clark
This weekend, NC State CRCC will compete in the Dixie Rock competition at the Chapel Hill Community Center. The competition is unique for the climbers because the competition includes a few unusual factors. “This is a really fun competition and very family-oriented,” said Kate Rafferty, a senior studying fashion and textile management and Dixie Rock volunteer. “It’s really inclusive for all ages and abilities. This year the theme is team spirit, so that’s another reason why we wanted to get NC State’s team involved, so they can compete against other schools. Duke’s team and Chapel
Hill’s team is going to be there, so it’s another way to be competitive.” Furthermore, Clark explained this is unlike all the other competitions in which CRCC participates because Dixie Rock will not have bouldering competitions. Bouldering is where climbers do not need ropes or harnesses because the climbs are shorter, and they have a selection of at least 10 different climbs to try over several hours. At Dixie Rock, however, they will have six longer routes to climb with only one try at each of them, and they will wear ropes and harnesses. “Dixie Rock is also the first competition we’ve been to that isn’t focused toward college-aged climbers,” Clark said. “We’ll be competing against little kids who compete nationally and older climbers who have been practicing for decades.” The competitive rock-climbing season begins in January and finishes at the end of the semester. During the season, the CRCC practices twice a week at Triangle Rock Club and competes in several competitions, traveling as far as Knoxville, Tennessee. During the off-season, it focuses on training as
well as attending competitions. “Our main focus is training for competition,” Clark said. “Since we introduce so many people to climbing, we also try to give our members an introduction to all aspects of the sport. So, we try to climb outside at least once a semester.” During these two active years, the club has grown in membership. There are now 14 registered members, and according to Clark, a year ago, the club would have been lucky to have two people attend meetings. In addition, levels of experience vary. “Very few people have joined the club with a lot of climbing experience,” Clark said. “For many, it’s their first time ever trying it. In fact, we’ve had several members come climbing for the first time back in August, and they’re winning trophies in competitions now.” Beyond the excitement of climbing and the determination to exceed goals, Clark and Rafferty both agree that the community aspect is the best part. They said that although rock climbing is an individual sport, it’s also about encouraging and motivating other climbers.
“The climbing community as a whole is incredibly supportive and collaborative,” Clark said. “Our club, because we’ve spent so much time climbing together, is even more supportive of each other. In addition, climbers have to be extremely safety-conscious, so it’s no exaggeration to say that we trust each other with our lives every time we climb.” Clark and Rafferty both said that climbing is a sport that is not only physical, but also mental. According to Clark, the climber must look at the selection of holds and features on a wall and figure out how to interpret their hold type, position and rotation to move through them. “Climbing is really empowering and pushes you to explore your boundaries, both mind and body,” Rafferty said. “In this sense, you have to engage your body and mind to maximize your abilities and achieve your goals. Climbing is hard and requires training and dedication to become proficient but the supportive community and overall self-worth I, and others, have gained through climbing is totally worth it.”
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meals. Emily Weaver, a senior double majoring in political science and communication, said she enjoyed her experience at Freshii.
“Overall, it was a good experience,” Weaver said. “W hen I went, it wasn’t busy, but they did make my food fairly fast while I watched them make it in front of me, and the staff was friendly and worked quickly.” Weaver also said she felt
Features that what she got there was worth the price she paid. “I got the Tex Mex burrito, a nd it was good,” Weaver said. “It was the same cost as what I would normally pay for a burrito, it was fresh and a large helping. So yes, it was worth the cost.”
Madison Moss, a junior studying biology, also enjoyed her Freshii purchase, which was a smoothie. “I got the Freshii Green Smoothie, and it was absolutely delicious,” Moss said. “It was light, but at the same time, filling. I would definitely go to Freshii again.”
TECHNICIAN Hutchens said he and his family stand firm in their hopes of openi ng eig ht more locations in the future. “We’re targeting areas that have high foot traffic,” Hutchens said. “This is because t he bra nd is not as well-established as
a Subway or Jimmy John’s or whatnot, and getting into an area where there is already foot traffic means you won’t have to spend as much money on getting billboards and other stuff to advertise.”
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Wolfpack athletes impress at NFL pro day Adam Reece Staff Writer
NFL scouts gathered at Carter-Finley Stadium Monday to evaluate the talents on the NC State football team at the program’s official Pro Day. Monday gave an opportunity to the Wolfpack’s potential pro prospects to audition for a spot on an NFL team. For many, this day is their last performance before being picked up by a professional team. Offensive lineman Rob Crisp and punter Wil Baumann participated at Pro Day despite already having performed these drills at the
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and Tom Izzo are making headlines, Marshall continues to fly under the radar. Easiest Path to Sweet 16 Duke Blue Devils The Blue Devils have been smothering their opponents, defeating 16-seed Robert Morris and 8-seed San Diego State by a combined 48 points. Most Difficult Path to
NFL combine in Indianapolis, Indiana. Baumann was one of only six punters invited to the combine and was happy to know that someone had appreciation for what he had accomplished on the field. “It felt good to know that there was someone out there watching who saw something in me,” Baumann said. “It was good to know that I was doing something right.” Baumann said his workout at the NC State Pro Day was much more enjoyable, as the Pro Day was located on the Wolfpack’s home turf. “Being in your home stadium with all your friends around you definitely makes
you feel more comfortable,” Baumann said. Placekicker Niklas Sade also showcased his talents elsewhere before the Pro Day. The Wake Forest native kicked at the annual EastWest Shrine Game in St. Petersburg, Florida. Sade said he was honored by the opportunity to play in the Shrine Game. “It was a good experience,” Sade said. “We visited the children’s hospital, which was a unique experience that was pretty awesome. Besides that, getting to go out there and competing with guys from other colleges was pretty neat. Talking to scouts every day and getting your face out
there was a great experience.” Joining the NC State players at the Pro Day were a group of select players from smaller local schools, such as Fayetteville State. The participating athletes spent the past weeks training in the weight room and on the field in preparation for the Pro Day. For most, Monday was the players’ only shot to impress NFL scouts in the hopes of making it to the next level. The players went through drills in the Murphy Center before heading down to the field. Some of the on-field drills included the bench press at 225 pounds, the 40yard dash, the vertical leap
and the broad jump. Offensive lineman Tyson Chandler had the best bench press, defensive tackle Art Norman had the highest vertical leap and wide receiver Bryan Underwood had the fastest 40-yard dash and the longest broad jump. No other results were posted, however, as the only people in attendance were the NFL scouts. Defensive back Jarvis Byrd also participated, trying to make the most of his opportunity despite suffering three ACL tears in his career at NC State. Byrd looked very comfortable on the field, showing his leadership ability by jumping to the front of each line and being the first person
through every drill. “It’s a blessing,” Byrd said. “It felt great [getting back on the field]. That was my first time doing defensive back drills in a long time. When I was training, I didn’t want to put too much pressure on my knee so that when I came out here for Pro Day, I wouldn’t be sore, so I feel great overall.” The Pack players hope to hear their names called at the NFL Draft which begins April 30 in Chicago, Illinois.
Sweet 16 - NC State Wolfpack The Wolfpack took the most difficult path to the Sweet 16 of anyone in the Tournament. Needing a lastsecond shot to beat an athletic LSU team and then following it up with a down-to-thewire performance against a two-loss Villanova team, the Pack’s performance this Tournament has been nothing short of dramatic. Most Competitive Region - East Region
This region has the four teams that could all potentially make it to the Final Four. With NC State, Louisville, Oklahoma and Michigan St. all duking it out, anyone has a chance to cut down the nets this weekend in Syracuse, New York. Least Competitive Region - South Region With a region that contains the 11-seed UCLA Bruins, it’s hard to convince anyone that all these teams in the bracket have a legitimate shot at the
Final Four. Even with Duke and Gonzaga, the South Region will be hard pressed to find competitive basketball among all four teams. Biggest Upset - NC State over Villanova After a thriller against LSU in the opening game, the Pack then pulled off the defining moment of the tournament, an upset over top-seeded Villanova. The Wildcats’ loss to the Pack marked the first by a 1-seed in this year’s Tournament.
Best Name - Wanaah Bail, UCLA Bruins Though he’s only averaging nine minutes per game and barely more than one point per game, Bail clearly has the best name left in the tournament. Best Hair - Kadheem Lattin, Oklahoma Sooners Anytime you combine the Mohawk and the Afro into the Frohawk, you are clearly winning the battle of hair on and off the court. Best Uniforms - Notre
Dame Fighting Irish What’s not to like about the uniforms the Fighting Irish have been sporting as of late? Those gold jerseys with the green cursive spelling out “Fighting Irish” are hard to beat. They will be playing against the Shockers this weekend, hopefully showcasing the f lashy gold and green. Zack Tanner and Christian Candeloro both contributed reporting to this story.
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Sixteen superlatives for the Sweet 16 Joseph Ochoa Correspondent
Men’s soccer releases schedule NC State men’s soccer coach Kelly Findley announced the Wolfpack’s 2015 schedule Tuesday. The Pack opens its season Aug. 17 on the road against Campbell. State returns to Raleigh to take on Elon in the home opener Aug. 19 at 7 p.m. Following the home opener, the Wolfpack head on a five-game road trip before returning home for the Sept. 11 ACC opener against Boston College. The Wolfpack’s home schedule includes games against Wofford, Gardner-Webb, Notre Dame, Wake Forest, South Carolina, Appalachian State and Clemson. SOURCE: GOPACK.COM
Pack looks to end Sweet 16 losing streak Since the NCAA Tournament bracket expanded to 64 teams in 1985, the NC State men’s basketball team has made six Sweet 16 appearances. It has lost its last three games, the most recent loss against Kansas in 2012 in head coach Mark Gottfried’s first season as head coach of the Wolfpack. Ironically, State’s first Sweet 16 victory came against Alabama in 1985 when Gottfried was a sophomore for the Crimson Tide. It won the next season against Iowa State but lost in 1989 to Georgetown and again in 2005 to Wisconsin. The Pack has not won a Sweet 16 game since 1986, when Jim Valvano was the head coach, and is making only its third appearance of the century against Louisville this Friday. SOURCE: NEWSOBSERVER.COM
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Best Team Remaining - Kentucky Wildcats The Wildcats may go down as one of the most dominant teams ever if they complete the first undefeated season since the ‘76 Indiana Hoosiers. Even though they seem to play lackadaisical basketball at times, this team is head and shoulders above any other in college basketball right now. Worst Team Remaining - UCLA Bruins The Bruins are the only remaining double-digit seed in the tournament, even though many thought they weren’t deserving of a bid after an extremely subpar regular season. Now they find themselves in the Sweet 16 after one of the worst goaltending calls in history gave the Bruins the 60-59 win over the heavily-favored SMU Mustangs. Best Player - Frank Kaminsky, Wisconsin Kaminsky has been making the most of this year’s Tournament, shooting a combined 59 percent in the first two games and averaging more than 21 points and nine rebounds per game. Most Dominant Team Performance - Arizona Wildcats It would be easy to put the Blue Devils in this category, but the Wildcats are thrashing their competition. With massive 21- and 15-point wins over Texas Southern and Ohio State, the Wildcats have flexed their muscles this Tournament in impressive fashion.
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Head coach Mark Gottfried claps his hands during a timeout in the second round game of the NCAA Tournament against Louisiana State Thursday. The Wolfpack defeated the Tigers 66-65 on a last-second shot by sophomore forward BeeJay Anya at CONSOL Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Most Overrated Team - Oklahoma Sooners While some college basketball pundits saw the Sooners as a surprise pick to make it to the Final Four, the team struggled at times against a solid Dayton team in the Third Round. You have to give head coach Lon Kruger and his team credit for making it this far, however, as a Sweet 16 appearance is nothing short of impressive. Most Underrated Team - Gonzaga Bulldogs
When Selection Sunday came and went, most people picked the Zags to be the first major upset in the Big Dance, but all the Bulldogs have done so far is completely dismantle their opponents. Both of their wins have been by double digits, including a 21-point thrashing of 7-seed Iowa Hawkeyes. Most Overrated Coach - Bo Ryan, Wisconsin While Ryan should be commended for his success this year with his team, the Badgers have
historically faltered in the Sweet 16 during Ryan’s tenure in Madison. The Badgers have only advanced to the Elite Eight twice in six attempts under Ryan. Most Underrated Coach - Gregg Marshall, Wichita State Marshall is only two years removed from coaching the Shockers to their second Final Four appearance in school history, and now has his team in its second Sweet 16 in three years. Though coaching greats such as John Calipari, Rick Pitino
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to this point, everybody that’s left has earned the right to be there and is really good.” Mark Gottfried Head men’s basketball coach
ATHLETIC SCHEDULE Today SOFTBALL AT USC UPSTATE Spartanburg, S.C., 3:00 p.m. SOFTBALL AT USC UPSTATE Spartanburg, S.C., 5:00 p.m. BASEBALL VS. NORTH CAROLINA A&T Raleigh, N.C., 6:00 p.m. Thursday WOMEN’S BASKETBALL WNIT THIRD ROUND @ TEMPLE Philadelphia, P.A., 7:00 p.m. SWIMMING AND DIVING MEN’S NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS Iowa City, Iowa, All Day Friday WOMEN’S GOLF LSU GOLF CLASSIC LSU Golf Course, Baton Rouge, La. All Day SWIMMING & DIVING MEN’S NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS Iowa City, Iowa, All Day TRACK RALEIGH RELAYS Raleigh, N.C., All Day BASEBALL VS. PITTSBURG Raleigh, N.C., 3:00 p.m. WOMEN’S TENNIS AT NO. 36 NOTRE DAME South Bend, Ind., 3:00 p.m.
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Offensive surge lifts Pack to shutout win Jake Lange Associate Sports Editor
The NC State baseball team dealt a swift and brutal blow to the Elon Phoenix in a 14-0 shutout victory on Tuesday night at Doak field. The Wolfpack (13-9, 3-5 ACC) boasted a punishing offense paired with a tight-knit defense to hand Elon (11-12, 3-0 CAA) its first shutout loss in 77 games. “We swung the bats today,” head coach Elliott Avent said. “We’re a team that’s capable of being good offensively. We’ve sputtered at times, but that comes from confidence, not playing enough, and searching for guys to play certain positions.” State grabbed the early lead after dishing out a five-run scoring surge in the second inning. The Wolfpack’s first score came at the hands of Elon’s senior lefty Jake Stalzer, who, with bases loaded, hit freshman third baseman Joe Dunand with a wild pitch. Senior shortstop Joel McKeithan was next at the plate, and the .189-percentage-hitter bombed the first pitch over the left field fence to give the Pack a 5-0 advantage. “Joel is a guy who’s gone through so much, and he’s shown a lot of progress,” Avent said. “When I went home last night at around 7:30, I saw him in the cage hitting. Hard work usually pays off in life in whatever you do, and these kids work hard.” The grand slam was NC State’s first since Feb. 25 of last year against Davidson. The hit also marked the first home run of McKeithan’s college career. The Pack refused to let off the gas, as the NC State batting order continued its offensive in the third inning. “The team was seeing the ball very well by getting in deep counts
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Senior designated hitter Logan Ratledge watches a ball fly into foul territory during NC State’s season opener against Villanova Feb. 13. Ratledge hit 2-for-3 with one RBI and two walks in the Wolfpack’s 14-5 victory against the Wildcats.
and getting on base,” Dunand said. “We just hit when we were in scoring position.” Senior right fielder Jake Armstrong led off with a single homer that skied over the left field wall. A pair of RBIs from junior designated hitter Chance Shepard and McKeithan helped the Pack boast an 8-0 lead heading into the fourth. A successful string of defensive innings from the Wolfpack kept Elon scoreless and desperate. Meanwhile, NC State’s offense remained confident and composed. The Pack continued to pour it on in the fourth inning. A sac fly to left field by Armstrong allowed Ratledge to score, then a double to right center from Fincher sent Palmeiro home from second. After three and two thirds innings pitched, Stalzer left the mound with
a staggering 11.54 ERA, having surrendered eight hits and 11 runs to the Wolfpack. Elon’s woes continued. Late in the inning, the deflated Elon team committed a painful error that evaporated any hope that the team had left. With two outs, Dunand hit a soaring pop fly ball to right center that would have seemingly ended the frame. However, the dazed Phoenix outfielders failed to track and communicate, and the ball did not land remotely close to either of the defenders. The costly error allowed Shepard and Fincher to sprint home for the score, giving State an insurmountable 12-0 lead. The Wolfpack continued to hammer the already defeated Elon team, as Dunand drilled a two-run homer over left field in the sixth inning.
Both sides were scoreless through the remainder of the game, which ended in a 14-0 rout. State totaled 12 hits out of the team’s 36 at bats. Dunand showed a remarkable hitting performance, going 2 for 4 at the plate and knocking five RBIs. Redshirt sophomore Johnny Piedmonte pitched three innings for the Wolfpack, striking out three and allowing just two hits. NC State takes the field again on Wednesday to face the North Carolina A&T Aggies at Doak field at 6 p.m. Christian Candeloro contributed reporting to this story.