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Bloomberg drops out of presidential race, endorses Biden

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Former mayor of New York City Michael Bloomberg dropped out of the presidential race on Wednesday, March 4, and announced his endorsement for former Vice President Joe Biden. A senior adviser to the Bloomberg campaign said Bloomberg will put his resources behind Biden’s campaign, as he felt Biden stood the best chance of winning the presidency. Bloomberg, who is worth an estimated $55 billion, entered the race in November and spent hundreds of millions of dollars of his own money to fund campaign ads which flooded social media, television and radio. Biden has signaled publicly that he will welcome Bloomberg’s financial support. Meanwhile, advisers for Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ campaign have said they will reject any independent assistance from Bloomberg.

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2020 International Festival canceled due to coronavirus The 34th annual International Festival canceled its plans for the upcoming weekend after state and local leaders confirmed North Carolina’s first case of coronavirus in Wake County Tuesday, March 3.

North Carolina’s only reported case of coronavirus thus far occurred after a man traveled to a nursing home in Washington state that has seen an outbreak of the virus. This event is not the first in the Triangle Area to be canceled since the initial coronavirus outbreak in January, as Raleigh canceled the Chinese New Year Festival in late January. The event, which was originally set to take place at the N.C. State Fairgrounds, has been rescheduled nearly a year out, for Feb. 26-28, 2021.

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Q&A: Local artist Christina Munsey curates atmospheric EP, pg. 8

SPORTS Scouting Wolfpack women’s basketball’s potential ACC Tournament opponents, pg. 11

On Tuesday, March 3, the Raleigh City Council took a preliminary vote to replace the previous council’s restrictions on short-term rentals. As it stands, the legislature bans most people from renting their entire homes on sites like Airbnb and requires that property owners stay in their homes while rooms were being rented out. Under the new rules, short-term rental property owners will pay lower fees, and accessory dwelling units, which The News & Observer describes as “backyard cottages,” will be implemented for short-term rentals.

The vote succeeded 7-1. The council will take a final vote following a review of the rules by the city’s Planning Commission and a public hearing, which will be held at a later date.

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COVER PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY NATALIE FOLSOM Since neither had the majority vote, there will be a runoff between Melanie Flowers/McKenzy Heavlin and Carlie Higgins/Powell Braddock on Thursday, March 5, 2020 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

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SG election goes to runoff between Higgins, Flowers Boz Kaloyanov News Editor

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On Wednesday, March 4, the results of the spring 2020 Student Government election were announced, with the student body president and vice president election going to a runoff between Carlie Higgins/ Powell Braddock and Melanie Flowers/ McKenzy Heavlin.

Runoffs are called when none of the student body president and vice president tickets receive over 50% of the vote in initial elections. This year’s runoff will be held Thursday, March 5 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. through the GetInvolved website. Results will be announced March 5 at 9 p.m.

According to a presentation by the Board of Elections, 4,644 students voted in the election. Of these, 1,901 students voted for Higgins, a third-year transfer student in political science and communication, and Braddock, a first-year studying chemical engineering. Flowers, a third-year studying communication, and Heavlin, a second-year studying electrical engineering, received 957 votes.

Both referendums on the ballot passed by large margins. The first, Case Cody Constitutional Pronouns Referendum, replaces all instances of “she/her/hers” and “he/him/his” in the Student Body Constitution with “they/them/theirs.”

The second, dealing with a proposed Justice Department, removes references to the Student Conduct Board from Student Government documents, ref lecting the body’s independence. In its place, a new Justice Department will be formed, which will provide judicial review over nearly all actions taken by Student Government. A Technician editorial on the second referendum can be found here.

Flowers said she is fairly confident about their chances in the runoff.

“I think the other two tickets have given us a lot of their support, so I feel very good coming into this for runoff for the next 12 hours,” Flowers said. “I feel like they [Higgins-Braddock] put up a very good strategy to get the most amount of votes, but I also feel like we have a lot of support here on the other side, and I am really excited to take them on.”

Heavlin agreed with his running mate.

“All the other tickets put up a really good fight, and we look forward to working with them in the future as well,” Heavlin said.

Higgins said while she was a little anxious for the runoff, she was thrilled to see how well her campaign did.

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Carlie Higgins, a third-year studying political science and communication, and Powell Braddock, a first-year studying chemical engineering, celebrate making the runoff ticket for student body president and vice president in the Student Involvement Center on Wednesday, March 4, 2020.

“I’m a bit overwhelmed,” Higgins said.

“I was not expecting that. I know our supporters will be there. We’ll be ready.

I mean we won by 20%, so I’m confident in us. I’m just really excited and really thankful for everyone that came out and supported us.”

Higgins said she is ready to face off against her opponents, Flowers and Heavlin, in the runoff.

“I wish them the best in this fight,” Higgins said. “They’ve done a great job, and they’ve been nothing but kind this entire time.”

Braddock was grateful for the support her campaign received.

“I’m astounded that I’ve received the support of so many constituents, and I’m really happy that I get to support my school in this position,” Braddock said.

Two students were running uncontested for student body officer positions. Student Body Treasurer-elect Garrison Seitz, a second-year studying civil engineering, said he was grateful for the Board of Elections’ work throughout the election cycle.

Student Senate President-elect Coleman Simpson, a f irst-year graduate student in agricultural leadership, was extremely satisfied to see both referendums pass.

“I’m super excited that the referendums passed,” Simpson said. “I think they’re going to make us a more effective advocacy body, and I’m super excited to serve the student body next year in Senate as the Senate president. I’m ready to gear

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Melanie Flowers, a third-year studying communication, and McKenzy Heavlin, a third-year studying electrical engineering, celebrate their candidacy making the runoff ticket for student body president and vice president in the Student Involvement Center on Wednesday, March 4, 2020.

up and talk about tuition and fees with administrators.”

In addition to revealing the student body president and vice president election results, the elected senators for the different colleges were also announced, as follows: Graduate and Lifelong Education Senators (4): Evan Curcio Cassie Newman James Withrow Miles Calzini Wilson College of Textiles Senators (2): Carson Kraycik MK Frye College of Natural Resources Senators (3): Ann Winstead Brady Dillingham John Laney Division of Academic and Student Affairs Senators (3): Jacob Best Tiara Caldwell Ashley McKeel College of Sciences Senators (5): Molly Vanhoy Emily Oppold Mayce Mattox Catherine Johnsen Abigail Koreneck* Shriya Ramesh* College of Humanities and Social Sciences Senators (7): Sara Luber

Kennedy Sain Mallory McMahon Conner Paszko Brooks Gaster Tony Ramsey Connor Clary* Sia Olomua* Henry Swartout* College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Senators (6): Max Hagaman Omar Jaramillo Tilley Anne Hanvey Malachi Curtis Ethan Renfro Thomas Jackson* Charlie Gantt* Poole College of Management Senators (5): Graham West Candace Bowden Jack Best Matthew Jenkins Thomas Walsh College of Engineering Senators (9): Abby Finan Hannah Buck Alex Carruth Vincent Mendenilla Jack Halasz Ragen Willaford- Menefee Berra Karg Nathan Ellis Jacob Schmiedl* Malek Abedrabouh* *Candidates are eligible to participate in the runoff election.

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Last session of Wellness Wednesday promotes goal-setting Jean Brannum Staff Writer

The last session of Wellness Wednesday, which was held March 4, focused on setting achievable goals and finding motivation to set goals.

Wellness Programs Coordinator Alexis Steptoe said humans set goals to challenge themselves or simply make improvements in their lives. Among the wellness elements, establishing a social network is a popular goal for students.

“Socialization is one that we actually see a lot with the wellness’s coaching program,” Steptoe said. “A lot of people are seeking out that social element.”

Steptoe said there are many pitfalls that can occur with goal setting, the most common barriers being time and stress.

“Stress is one of the main reasons that people actually don’t complete their goals, and they fall through with their goals,” Steptoe said.

Steptoe said the SMART goal method can help students lay out goals that are both attainable and beneficial, but Wellness and Recreation built upon this method and created the SMARTER goal method. The acronym stands for: specific, measureable, attainable, realistic, timely, evaluate and reward.

Steptoe said people need to find ways

evaluate their progress in a goal, whether it be by looking at test scores or progress in a skill. The evaluation can either lead to rewards or readjustment, which consists of making changes or modifications to a goal to make it more obtainable.

“I always highlight that reward does not have to be monetary or food based,” Steptoe said. “A lot of times, people will be like, ‘I’m going to go get a cupcake,’ or ‘I’m going to buy a new pair of boots.’

Yes, that can be a reward. Reward can also be the feeling of accomplishment, knowing that, ‘I tried something really hard, and I made that thing happen.’”

Making a goal measurable and timely by establishing deadlines can especially help when setting a financial goal, according to Steptoe.

The workshop also included worksheets to create SMARTER goals and a personal evaluation of the six wellness elements: purpose, community, physical, social, emotional and financial.

Steptoe said the Wellness Evaluation portion of Wellness Wednesday is a good tool to figure out where goal-setting is needed and what aspects of your life need attention by seeing these areas visually.

“There’s a star where you can say, ‘I want to do more of this,” Steptoe said.

“I don’t actually eat three good meals a day. I find myself skipping a meal at

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breakfast because it’s a hectic day, so then we can use that to filter into setting a goal around getting that well-balanced nutrition.’”

Taslim Ur Rashid, a graduate student in chemical engineering, has attended five Wellness Wednesdays, and said he enjoyed them all. His favorite was “Maximize Your Money with Tech.” One of his goals is to work on his dissertation.

Steptoe said other resources that can help with goal setting include the Counseling Center, personal training and campus events. A sleep challenge will happen in April, called “Pack to Sleep,” which is similar to the Hydrate the Pack Challenge.

More information on goal setting can be found on the Wellness and Recreation website.

Extraordinary Opportunity Scholarship Initiative to raise funds Amber Detwiler Staff Writer

On Feb. 17, Chancellor Randy Woodson announced the launch of the Extraordinary Opportunity Scholarship Initiative.

Krista Ringler, associate vice provost and director of the Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid, said this initiative was created as a part of the last two years of The Campaign for NC State in hopes of bringing focus specifically to student scholarships.

“The focus is to provide scholarship support to undergraduate students to help cover the cost of attendance,” Ringler said.

“It’s an opportunity for us to try to bring some focus to this and raise some funds in order to create scholarship opportunities for students who are under-resourced.”

Ringler said 72% of undergraduate students at NC State complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), with more than 50% qualifying for needbased aid.

“We’ve been able to see that resources from the federal government for financial

aid and resources from the state for financial aid are not growing at the rate that our students need them to grow,” Ringler said. “We’re also in a time where we are trying to increase enrollment access from populations that we know are going to have increased need … Other resources aren’t closing the gap, and NC State has realized that the only way to really tackle this issue is for us to tackle it as an institution.”

Ringler said support for this initiative has been provided by the Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid, University Development, the Chancellor’s Office, the Provost Office and deans of various colleges.

“Funds for this will primarily come from donations to the university, and that could be from anyone,” Ringler said. “It could be from current students, from parents, from faculty and staff, from alumni, from companies that want to support NC State.

Anyone who wants to support NC State students can give to this initiative and the funds will be used to provide need-based

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First Year First Term Survey shows record low participation Cassie Englund Correspondent

The NC State Division of Academic and Student Affairs released the results of its semiannual First Year First Term Survey for the fall 2019 semester in February.

Spring 2019 marked the first survey issued by DASA to both fall and spring semester students, as opposed to past surveys, which didn’t include Spring Connect students in the results. Traditional first-year students are contacted and asked to complete the survey along with first-term transfer students.

According to DASA Office of Assessment Assistant Director Samantha Rich, this year’s survey saw a record low in student participation, with only 23% of students contacted completing the survey.

“We’re disappointed that the response rate is going down,” Rich said. “What we try to do to combat [low participation] is to get good incentives. We partner with New Student Programs to provide incentives for students.”

Madeline Williams, a second-year studying business administration, was a Spring Connect student during her first year after spending the fall semester abroad. She did not take the survey and was unaware of its existence. “[DASA should] implement it in classes, maybe,” Williams said. “Most students are in class, so that would probably reach a wider span of people, especially because not everyone checks their email.”

The survey, which Rich said has been administered since 2009, has a range of questions relating to topics such as level of confidence in ability to handle stress and the extent to which one has become involved on campus. DASA asks students, primarily through email, to complete the survey six weeks after they arrive at NC State.

While data analysis is a goal of the survey, according to Rich, another purpose is to identify students who may be struggling in order to connect them with resources on campus which may be able to help. The survey indicates to participants which answers may be shared with oth-

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scholarship support to undergraduate students.”

Alan Taylor, assistant vice chancellor for principal gifts, said the opportunity to donate to this initiative will be a focus

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ers in the event of concerning responses.

During data analysis, DASA uses the term “trigger” to flag responses that may indicate a need for outreach to a student.

This year, 4% of first-year respondents, translating to 44 students, had responses which triggered further action as a result of the survey, according to Rich.

“It [was] 44 students that we were able to reach out [to] and provide intervention or some sort of support so we can help them meet their needs or meet their goals, academically and with their mental health,” Rich said.

The year-to-year data remains rela-

tively consistent, according to Rich, and some responses have relatively high responses each time the survey is administered.

“Students’ confidence in their ability to graduate on time scores haven’t changed much since 2015,” Rich said.

In the fall 2019 survey, 93% of firstyear respondents reported being either very confident or somewhat confident in their ability to graduate on time. Rich said transfer students report lower confidence. Other categories have seen a decrease in recent years.

“In 2019, students’ confidence in their

ability to cope with stress has gone down a little bit,” Rich said.

A particularly high increase has occurred in students who said there was a group on campus which supports an identity which is important to them, with a 10% increase since 2014 and mean scores also going up, according to Rich.

In light of decreased survey participation, Rich said DASA will focus more on trend data rather than responses from individual survey sessions, meaning it will focus more on the changes over the years as opposed to single-year data.

of the NC State Day of Giving this year on March 25.

“NC State has always been a university that has been affordable and accessible to North Carolinians,” Taylor said. “The goal for this is to ensure that NC State remains affordable and accessible to all students in really all 100 counties, specifically the rural areas of North Carolina.”

Ringler said anyone interested in donating or learning more about the initiative can go to The Campaign for NC State website.

“We hear stories of students not coming here and going other places because their financial aid package was greater somewhere else, even though they may have been accepted to NC State, which is

a hard thing,” Taylor said. “So when you hear those stories, it breaks your heart, and you want to do something about it … For me personally, I’m a first generation college student. I got two degrees from NC State; I work here now. This is a place that is special to me, and I want to ensure that the next generation can walk the same bricks you and I walk on.”

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N.C. Residency Determination Service needs to be addressed As a n i nternat iona l student who luckily happens to be a U.S. citizen, I immediately got access to a number of perks, like FAFSA and out-of-state Shilpa Giri tuition, which made the transition to college a bit Staff Columnist easier in terms of finances, especially in comparison to other international students. However, while I was busy celebrating, I failed to understand that there are a number of students out there who are in situations where they very clearly deserve in-state tuition, but are denied this because of a number of silly loopholes in the system.

To qualify as a legal resident of North Carolina, students must not be a tax dependent of non-North Carolina parents or guardians, among other conditions. Most immigrant children’s parents unfortunately fall under the category of “non-North Carolina parents,” making it all the more difficult for these students to claim in-state tuition. While it is possible for these students to claim North Carolina residency after establishing independence from their parents, the process is extremely confusing, tedious, complicated and something no student enrolled in college should have

to go through.

For North Carolina, this isn’t an inconsequential issue either. According to a report by the Duke Law School, “North Carolina is home to about 800,000 immigrants. Of the 1.45 million children in North Carolina public schools, roughly 55,000 are immigrants.” This is a significant number, and many of these students, despite living in North Carolina for most of their lives, are still forced to pay out-of-state tuition fees.

The National Immigration Law Center states there are at least 20 states and the District of Columbia “that permit certain students who have attended and graduated from secondary schools in their state to pay the same tuition as their ‘in-state’ classmates at their state’s public institutions of higher education, regardless of their immigration status.” However, North Carolina does not happen to be on that list, denying a number of immigrant students their right to cheap and affordable higher education.

Immigrant students are also not eligible for federal funding, so when they’re forced to pay out-of-state tuition fees, they often realize that they will not be able to afford college, and abandon their hopes of pursuing a higher education. Whether or not you like it, immigrants form a major compo-

nent of the U.S. economy and population, so it is as important to take care of their youth as it is for U.S. citizens.

In addition to immigrants, there is another category of students who are unfairly denied in-state tuition. These are the students who satisfy all conditions to claim North Carolina residency but did not graduate from a high school in North Carolina. Because these students have not physically been living in North Carolina for the past 12 months before enrolling in college, they are denied in-state status, irrespective of the fact that most of them own real estate in the state, file regular taxes, etc. Furthermore, living on-campus will not allow them to fulfill the criteria of living in the state for 12 months, students have to be living off-campus to be able to claim residency.

According to the North Carolina Residency Determination Service, “While North Carolina welcomes out-of-state students it considers the privilege of providing a reduced in-state tuition rate to be a taxpayer benefit.” Based on this, even students who are dependents of immigrants but are not green-card holders and citizens who are taxpayers but did not graduate from a North Carolina high school should be allowed to qualify for in-state student status.

Unfortunately, reality dramatically differs from this statement, and there is a dire need to enforce a number of changes to remedy this situation. Firstly, all states should allow students graduating from secondary schools in their state to pay instate tuition, including North Carolina.

The paperwork students need to complete to be able to claim in-state residency should be revised to be less complicated and tedious, something young college students can easily fill out. Thirdly, I would personally recommend any student who has legal issues like this to take advantage of NC State’s legal services to ensure mistakes aren’t made during the application process.

According to the National Immigration Law Center, “In-state tuition is not the same as free tuition. It is a discount, but in fact the money paid by these students often increases school revenues because it represents income that the institutions would not otherwise receive.”

The future of this state and country is dependent on the quality of education the youth receives, and it is imperative that North Carolina works to ensure all of its students are able to afford a quality education. If that means changing up the rulebook, then so be it.

NC State needs to invest in plant-based meats On Feb. 25, The News & Obser ver repor ted last week that a tractortrailer carr y ing catt le overturned near Winston-Salem. The accident killed 21 cattle on board, Mariana according to the fire deFabian partment. The animal Correspondent rights group PETA urged North Carolina officials to put up a billboard that read “I’m Me, not Meat. See the individual. Go vegan.” with an image of a cow on it. The billboard is unlikely to be approved, but there are no recent updates on it.

A similar advertising issue occurred during the 2020 Super Bowl earlier this year. PETA tried to release a Super Bowl ad with animals kneeling which were inspired by Colin Kaepernick, former 49ers quarterback who kneeled during the national anthem in 2016 to speak out against racial injustice. PETA faced severe backlash, as it seemed they were comparing African Americans to animals and not shining a light on the Black Lives Matter movement.

The tractor-trailer accident isn’t a onetime occurrence for the meat industry.

More than 100 wrecks in 2019 involved animals that were being hauled to slaughterhouses. That doesn’t include the animals that have been butchered due to the production of meat. Animal Kill Clock reports that over 9 million animals have been killed for food this year just in the United States.

This cattle wreck made my thoughts wander while scrolling through Twitter, and I noticed that Disney was trending.

Being the Disney fan that I am, I assumed it was probably another film that a trailer had been released for. Upon clicking the twitter thread, I realized it was something much larger than I had imagined. Disney had announced something monumental: They are now partnering with Impossible Foods to make their menus more vegetarian-friendly and accessible for all park visitors.

Impossible Foods has gained its claim to fame in the past years as one of the first companies to offer plant-based meat that has the same characteristics as animalbased products. The great thing about

Impossible meat is that you still gain the protein that comes with eating meat without the destruction of animals or the environment.

Many people consume red meats to gain their protein for the day; however, there have been studies that are consistent with the idea that repeated consumption of red meat is linked to heart disease. In 2012, the National Institute of Health released a study that adds to the evidence that eating red meat on a regular basis may shorten your lifespan. The findings suggest that meat eaters might help improve their health by substituting other healthy protein sources for some of the red meat they eat.

There are other benefits to plant-based meat as well. According to Global Citizens, this Impossible meat allows for major investments, brand recognition and consumer preference. Big brands like Burger King and Disney have already invested and are beginning to serve such products.

It is important to note that Global Citizens also said the majority of people who eat plant-based meats are not vegans or

vegetarians. Instead, they’re omnivores who want diversity in their diets.

Here at NC State, we are lucky to have vegetarian and vegan products for our students, seeing as they are becoming increasingly popular. While living on campus, I have been exposed to the many different dining options that NC State has to offer. Fountain Dining Hall has recently added a salad bar for more diversity in meals. NC State Dining started a sustainability initiative by implementing composting across campus, takeout meals in reusable containers, recycling at all campus locations and more.

However, though it has been a decade since NC State expanded on vegan and vegetarian options for our students, we still have progress to make. If it is feasible, NC State should try to start implementing Impossible meat as another option for students. It could be worked into a tested program by the nutrition scientists on campus and from there weaved into dining options. With these options, NC State could add more to its sustainability campaign, make students happy and produce more revenue. I say it’s worth a try.

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Divestment is not the answer Feb. 13 marked Global Divestment Day, a day designated to celebrate and promote organizational and financial independence from the fossil fuel industry. Proponents Garrett highlight the importance Gunter of slowing climate change Correspondent by pulling money from the fossil fuel industry to show their organizations’ disapproval of the oil industry’s contributions to climate change.

At NC State, students involved with the Climate Reality Project showed support by holding a meeting to educate students on what divestment is and how NC State is participating. NC State holds over $43 million in the fossil fuel industry of a $1.3 billion endowment, and supporters of divestment would like to see NC State liquidate all positions in these industries.

In the view of those involved with the Climate Reality Project, investment in these industries wrecks the environment, and profiting from these investments is morally wrong.

It’s no doubt that climate change is a reality; the earth’s average surface temperature has warmed approximately 1.62

degrees Fahrenheit since the late 1800s.

While it’s up for debate how much of this change is natural, it’s quite clear that increased concentrations of greenhouse gases resulting from the combustion of hydrocarbons cause part of change. And this change contributes to an array of negative consequences; ocean levels are rising from melting ice caps, which will cause destruction of coastal cities.

NC State students care a great deal. It’s not uncommon to see booths in Talley run by students advocating for policy changes directed toward regulating the industries directly responsible for creating greenhouse gasses. The opinion and news sections of Technician have no shortage of columns about climate change and how something must be done to stop it. But is divestment the best solution?

NC State obviously cannot cripple the fossil fuel industry singlehandedly, but as many organizations divest, the fossil fuel industry will suffer. Our school profits from the growth in value of energy sector investments, and it is my position that investment in and usage of fossil fuels is not immoral nor something to be ended on principle alone.

The investors responsible for manag-

ing the NC State endowment reported a 12-13% return in 2018. NC State educates thousands of engineers and scientists who go on to develop technology that makes the use of alternative energy more viable, and money made from investment in the fossil fuel industry represents a portion of the money used to pay for these students’ education. We use profits from the fossil fuel industry to educate engineers who make using other forms of energy more feasible.

Additionally, divestment as a method of decrying the use of fossil fuels does not address the net good which comes from using them. Using fossil fuels such as oil, coal and gas makes the cost of living as low as it is. While solar and wind energy gain traction, only a few of these projects exist without government funding because they are significantly more expensive than traditional forms of energy. Because alternative energy is typically not as cheap as oil and gas, we don’t use it as much. Keeping energy cheap is crucial to maintaining and bettering everyone’s standard of living; every good or service depends on energy in some way.

It’s no secret that ending climate change will be expensive; experts estimate that

approximately $50 trillion is needed to meet the Paris Agreement’s target. Those in favor of divestment and ending climate change argue that the cost is worth it, and that we must preserve the planet at all costs.

The costs of climate change alarmism will be paid by the poorest people in the world, and the richest will benefit. To say that mitigating coastal flooding in 2200 should receive the same spending priority as fighting hunger or malaria right now is foolish. A life which can be saved now by growing cheap crops using fossil fuels outweighs a life saved from a f lood 180 years from now. But the well-intentioned environmentalists do not view it this way.

Every time an enraged environmentalist cries, “Do something!” there is a cost.

This is not to say that divestment for purely economic reasons isn’t justified; the managers of the University of California system reportedly chose to divest for financial reasons. Whenever the oil industry is no longer profitable and investments do not appreciate, I support divestment.

But divesting as a way of denouncing fossil fuels only limits NC State’s funding and therefore limits our positive impact on North Carolina and the world.

Raleigh residents: Appreciate what your city does for you When I heard construction was coming to Hillsborough Street, I got excited. I know this is an unusual reaction for an NC State student who lives off campus and commutes to Ben Wolf school each day. ConstrucCopy Desk Chief tion and development have been no friend to me in the past. I have been thwarted from cutting across campus during business hours by the gate on Dan Allen; I have seen the huge, ugly tarps blocking Thurman Drive, which force me to travel all the way up Sullivan to Lee Lot to visit the residence halls; and perhaps worst of all, I have seen the various student housing projects over the years which buy up spaces that could foster local businesses or farmer’s markets and instead pump out “luxury” apartment complexes that are totally unaffordable for students.

However, like the majority of NC State students, I am not a native resident of Raleigh. We all bring the experiences we have in our hometowns to bear when considering new initiatives for this city. I am from Charlotte, and as such, I have some experience with infrastructure disasters.

Perhaps most notoriously, our outer belt,

the Interstate 485, took a grand total of 27 years to complete, with the last section finally opening in 2015.

When I first moved to Raleigh in fall of 2018, I was immediately blown away by the traffic circles on Hillsborough, which I learned later had been newly installed.

Compared to south Charlotte’s Highway 51, Pineville-Matthews Road, traffic f lowed so much more smoothly during rush hour and was organically slowed the rest of the day, making the street that much more walkable. The walkability of Hillsborough also takes cars off the road, creating a positive feedback loop. In Charlotte, you need a vehicle just to cross the street.

I’ve heard concerns that the construc-

tion, which is slated to begin this year, will slow down traffic on Hillsborough even more than its current steady crawl. This is not guaranteed; however, improvement upon the current situation is. The construction in question involves an underpass being carved out under Hillsborough Street at Blue Ridge Road. If you attended last year’s North Carolina State Fair, you may have noticed the fairgrounds sit right on this intersection. You may have also noticed it took 20 minutes to cross the street, and traffic was backed up for miles whenever the train came through.

This intersection needs work, and Raleigh residents, your city is doing something about it, completely unasked. When you whined about its expansions coming

a little too close to your clubhouse pool, it revised those plans. As a native of a city which built a light rail that no one uses, I could tell you a thing or two about the importance of that kind of communication and connectivity.

That’s not to say Raleigh doesn’t have its problems. Housing is still a disaster; in last year’s mayoral election, all six candidates cited affordable housing as one of the biggest issues plaguing this city. But somehow, it seems to keep finding ways to make being a commuter awesome. Raleigh is working hard, staying grounded, and most importantly, it’s listening to you.

Y’all don’t know what it looks like to be stuck in the dark ages — so quit crying about progress.

This intersection needs work, and Raleigh residents, your city is doing something about it...

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Q&A: Local artist Christina Munsey curates atmospheric EP T H E R A DA R Events to keep an eye on for the week of March 5 FIRST FRIDAYS AT THE GREGG: IRISH SESSIONS GREGG MUSEUM OF ART & DESIGN FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 5:30-7 P.M. Free Local musicians will be performing traditional music from Ireland, Scotland and Cape Breton, Canada.

This will be played as a way to celebrate art of all different kinds for First Friday, Raleigh.

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Christina Munsey is a local Raleigh singer-songwriter creating music that combines the sounds of Halsey, Billie Eilish and Lennon Stella. Eighteen-yearold Munsey recently released a single titled “crystal skies” on Feb. 7, which is the lead single off of her upcoming EP “for me, or for you” to be released on Friday, March 6. Munsey discussed her sound, inspiration and future with Technician.

How would you describe your sound?

I think my sound is electronic pop with hints of R&B. It’s very vibey and atmospheric.

Who do you use as inspiration?

I definitely think I draw a lot from Halsey and Billie Eilish. I think they have very unique and distinct sounds that I really look up to a lot.

How would you describe your process?

My songwriting process is always different. Sometimes I’ll just be in my car, and I’ll hear rain falling on my roof, and I’ll hear a melody. Other times, I’ll pick up a guitar and play a few chords and just

come up with something. I find inspiration in a lot of things. I think that I draw a lot of inspiration from real experiences.

That’s probably the biggest thing for me.

I never really know what to write about, but lyrics come very naturally, and I just let whatever comes out come out.

Can you talk a little bit about your recent singles and your upcoming EP? Like I said, a lot of my inspiration comes from real experiences that I’ve had over the last two years, especially for this EP. I had a lot of relationships fall through, and I guess there was just a lot going on like mentally and emotionally.

I drew from that and created this album, and it’s taken about a year. I’m really in love with it.

What is the inspiration behind the title “for me, or for you”?

The title actually came from an interlude on the album called “for me or for you pt. 1.” The interlude talks about a new beginning, which I thought most resonated with the whole feel of the album, so I decided to use that as the title.

What is your goal moving forward?

I definitely want to do shows, but the thing that I’m focusing on right now is

just to keep releasing music. I have a lot of original songs and collaborations that I’m super excited for. I’m focusing on that, and then when live shows come into play, I would definitely be down to do that.

How do you think your school and your music play off each other?

I do online school. I went to public school freshman year, but I decided to seriously start pursuing music, and I thought the only way I could really do that is to teach myself. I think they definitely do conflict with each other. I have a lot of days where I’ll be at the studio for a minimum of 5-6 hours. I’m constantly soaking in music business books and learning about licensing and copyrights, and I just think it’s a much better option because I’m doing music 24/7.

I think it’s important to focus on my music and teach myself independently.

Do you have plans for a full-length album in the future?

Yeah, definitely. Right now, I’m working on three more singles that I’m planning to release as a second EP, but I definitely want to have a full-length album.

[The second EP] will come out around September or October.

WELCOME TO WAKANDA FASHION SHOW MARBLES IMAX SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 2-6 P.M. $15; Kids under 12 free A fashion show inspired by the designs from the Marvel movie “Black Panther” at the Marbles IMAX. There will be vendors at the event as well as live performances and more.

EXHIBIT: TOY BOOM! NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF HISTORY MONDAY-SATURDAY 9 A.M. TO 5 P.M., SUNDAY 12-5 P.M. Free The North Carolina Museum of History will be having an exhibit that centers around the toys created and distributed around the Baby Boomer Era of the late 1940s-60s. The exhibit will have environments themed after TV westerns, creative toys, dolls, space age and more.

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NCFC’s Pack Pros: Different roads, same destination Nicholas Schnittker Assistant Sports Editor

There has always been a strong connection between NC State soccer and North Carolina FC, dating back to when the club was known as the RailHawks, and the upcoming USL Championship season is no exception.

With four players — Nazmi Albadawi, Conor Donovan, Caleb Duvernay and Manny Perez — currently on the NCFC roster having played college soccer at State, a strong contingent of Pack Pros helps make up the core of NCFC’s current squad.

“It’s awesome,” Albadawi said. “It’s the most Wolfpack guys we’ve ever had. We always have a couple of Wake Forest guys, or UNC or Duke, but it’s awesome having Conor Donovan, Caleb Duvernay and now Manny Perez, all very good players that deserve to be here.”

The most senior of the four, Albadawi is already a club legend and fan favorite. After making his return from FC Cincinnati halfway through last season, the midfielder became the club’s all-time assist leader and has been around for some of the most exciting moments in its history.

“My wife is also from here, also an NC State grad as well, but we were so happy to come back home,” Albadawi said. “We love the city of Cincinnati, but it is different with your own family and being around all your friends. It was a tough situation there … and so as soon as we got the opportunity to come back, my wife and I were ecstatic.”

During his rookie season, Albadawi started for the RailHawks in their third win over the LA Galaxy in as many seasons. That game saw the likes of USMNT legend Landon Donovan and Ireland and Premier League legend Robbie Keane come to Raleigh for a U.S. Open Cup match.

“We had a very, very, very strong team,” Albadawi said. “That was one of the most fun years I’ve had as a pro, just because it was my rookie year, and you don’t really have any expectations; you’re just out there playing for fun, just happy to be out there.

That was definitely a very memorable game for me.”

As Albadawi has grown from a great college player into an exciting rookie and now a seasoned pro, the Raleigh native has had the opportunity to go around the world playing the game he loves while representing his grandparents’ home country, Palestine.

“It’s probably the coolest thing I’ve done in my career, seeing what it means to the people over there, the Palestinian citizens,” Albadawi said. “It means the world to them. They’re going through a whole lot.

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Manny Perez, Caleb Duvernay, Conor Donovan and Nazmi Albadawi each played for NC State sometime between the years 2010 and 2018, and now play for North Carolina FC.

Seeing what they go through and seeing what a lot of my teammates go through really inspires me to be better and to see how grateful I am for everything I’ve been given growing up here.”

This season, Albadawi is set to be the club’s captain, as announced by head coach Dave Sarachan at the team’s annual media luncheon.

“I grew up supporting this club,” Albadawi said. “I used to come to the games when I was younger and watch the games.

Even when I was at State over the summer, when I had the opportunity to, I trained with the first team. I’m very invested in the club, and it’s an honor to be named captain.”

Donovan and Duvernay both arrived at NC State as freshmen in 2014, but the duo’s relationship goes back before NC State, as the two played on youth teams together.

“We were actually roommates, too, which made it even better,” Donovan said. “We walked to class together and everything, so we have that off-field relationship. The on-field relationship also grew even more.

As freshmen, having that familiarity with each other was massive.”

From there, the pair’s careers diverged, as Donovan was selected 22nd overall in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft by Orlando City SC. His career was derailed by an injury just 10 minutes into his MLS debut, when he tore his ACL. Donovan moved around between Orlando’s B team and the Pittsburgh Riverhounds, both on loan from Orlando, before settling in Edinburg, Texas with Rio Grande Valley FC, where he played in 2018 and 2019 before signing with his hometown club, the NCFC, this offseason.

“Obviously the injury was terrible,” Donovan said. “The medical staff I worked with at Orlando, and then I also ended up working with Rob Murphy at NC State, who did an amazing job for about two months with me and even longer still to help me get back. From a physical standpoint, it was a long journey … I’ve grown a lot and I’ve seen a lot of different things, been around a lot of different environments, been around a lot of different teammates and learned a lot of lessons. It’s been a long journey, but [playing for NCFC is] something I’m extremely excited about.”

Duvernay remained at NC State for all four years of his eligibility, playing 67 of a possible 69 games across his college career.

After his senior season, where he played alongside Perez in his freshman season, Duvernay was selected in the third round of the 2018 MLS SuperDraft by the Portland Timbers, who did not sign him.

“It was a guaranteed trial, and they just

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Scouting Wolfpack women’s basketball’s potential ACC Tournament opponents Jake Caccavaro Assistant Sports

This weekend, the No. 10 NC State women’s basketball team will make the short trip to Greensboro for the ACC Tournament. As the No. 2 seed, the Wolfpack (25-4, 14-4 ACC) will get a doublebye into the quarterfinals, where it will take on the winner of No. 7 seed Georgia Tech vs. No. 15 seed Pittsburgh. Here’s what to look for as NC State attempts to win its first ACC championship in nearly 30 years.

Quarterfinals: Georgia Tech (19-10, 10-8 ACC) The overwhelming favorite to face the Wolfpack in the quarterfinals is Georgia Tech. The Yellow Jackets already beat NC State once, marching into Reynolds Coliseum and emerging with a 65-61 win.

Georgia Tech guard Francesca Pan scored 30 points in that game, as the Wolfpack had no answer for her all-around game.

Pan played over her head that afternoon, shooting 11% higher from the field and 20% higher from deep than her season averages. If either of NC State’s guards, senior Aislinn Konig or junior Kai Crutchfield, can slow Pan down, the Yellow Jackets will have to rely on any of their three players scoring 10-plus points per game.

6-foot-4 forward Lorela Cubaj scored just one point and grabbed two rebounds in the game against NC State, but she’s averaging 10 points and 7.8 rebounds per game. Slowing her down again will be no easy task for sophomore center Elissa Cunane and junior forward Kayla Jones.

Semifinals: Duke (18-11, 12-6 ACC) or Boston College (18-11, 11-7 ACC) NC State is likely to face the No. 3 seed Blue Devils for a rubber match or the No. 6 seed Eagles, who have improved significantly since the two teams played in the first ACC game of the season. Led by ACC Coach of the Year Joanna BernabeiMcNamee, Boston College won eight of its last 10 games to finish the year, surging into the ACC Tournament after starting conference play 3-5.

The frontcourt combo of forwards Taylor Soule and Emma Guy is lethal, scoring 14.2 and 13.4 points respectively, while also averaging over a combined 14 rebounds per game. Both of them like to do their work down low in the paint, as neither has hit a single 3-pointer on the

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The team comes together after the alma mater to celebrate one more time before heading to the locker room after the 76-68 win over UNC in Reynolds Coliseum Sunday, Jan. 27, 2020.

year. Cunane and Jones will have to be ready for a battle in the post if Boston College advances to the ACC semifinals.

The Eagles play a two-in, three-out offense, and their three out are lethal shooters. Guards Makayla Dickens, Cameron Swartz and Marnelle Garraud have combined for 135 made 3-pointers and shoot at a 33% clip on high volume. None of the Wolfpack guards can afford to lose the Eagles’ shooters in transition.

The most likely ACC semifinals scenario for NC State is a rubber match with Duke. The Wolfpack narrowly took the first game 63-60 inside Cameron Indoor Stadium, and the Blue Devils repaid the favor at Reynolds Coliseum with a 70-65 win. Duke guard Haley Gorecki is one of the best players in the country, and she’s played her best against NC State. Gorecki scored 45 points in the two games and created problems the Wolfpack has not been able to solve. Despite throwing Konig, Crutchfield and wing Jakia BrownTurner at Gorecki to try and slow her down, nothing has worked.

Gorecki’s bag is deep, and she’s going

to get hers in a potential rubber match.

If NC State wants to win, it needs to stop Duke’s supporting cast. In the Wolfpack’s win, only two other players scored more than five points, and it took them 28 shots to score 26 points. However, in the Wolfpack’s loss, three other players scored 10plus points, and they did so efficiently, with 52/67/83 splits. NC State can’t afford for a number of players other than Gorecki to have good games as well.

Championship: Louisville (27-3, 16-2 ACC) After a mini two-game losing streak, the No. 1 seed Cardinals are back and as good as they’ve been all season. Since sixth woman Yacine Diop returned from Senegalese national team commitments, Louisville hasn’t lost; the Cardinals have won six games in a row, including a 66-59 win over NC State when the Wolfpack was ranked No. 4. With ACC Player of the Year Dana Evans running the offense, Louisville’s elite shoots 46% from the field and 35% from downtown.

Evans averages nearly 18 points per

game and shoots 42% from deep, but she’s only one part of the Cardinals’ twoheaded scoring backcourt. Jazmine Jones averages 14.1 points per game on wildly efficient 55/38/76 splits and creates serious matchup problems for the Wolfpack.

Jones scored 19 points on 7-for-11 shooting in the teams’ prior matchup, and she’s too big for guards Konig and Crutchfield, but too fast for wing Brown-Turner.

Down low, Louisville has the behemoth that is Kylee Shook. Standing 6-foot-4 and immovable in the post, Shook wrecked Cunane the first time these teams met. The first-team AllACC Cunane had the worst game of her career, shooting just 1 for 12 from the field and failing to score inside the paint, as Shook affected every one of her shots.

Shook blocked seven shots that game and earned a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds, dominating all game in the post. No buckets will be easy buckets for the Wolfpack in a potential ACC Tournament championship game, and every defensive possession will require 100% effort.

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NC State wrestling earns 7 byes at ACC Championship Jaylan Harrington Video Editor

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Virginia Tech’s David McFadden struggles against NC State’s Thomas Bullard on Friday, Feb. 14, 2020 at Reynolds Coliseum. Bullard beat McFadden with a score of 2-1.

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didn’t sign me after that,” Duvernay said.

“I took a year, tried out here the following year; I was finishing up school at State while I was doing that. Then they signed me here, and they were able to work with me to finish up my degree, which was really nice.”

In Duvernay and Perez’s lone college season together, 2017, the Wolfpack made the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2009, and the team has replicated this feat every season since.

“It was [NC State men’s soccer head coach George Kiefer’s] first season there, and he came in telling us that was his goal, for us to make the tournament,” Perez said. “As a player coming in, I wanted to respect that, and I wanted to value that and help the team, and I’m sure the team wanted it as much as the coaches did.”

Following his stellar freshman and sophomore seasons, Perez left the Wolfpack to sign for 50-time Scottish League and one-time European champions, Celtic. While he has yet to play for the Hoops, the move to a European club is a dream come true for the 21-year-old.

“I’ve always wanted to play in Europe as my goal as a kid,” Perez said. “To be

able to sign with a team in Europe, especially Celtic, is just a dream come true for me, honestly. It was something I was very excited for, and it’s life-changing. It’s brought the most out of me as a professional, and it’s really opened a lot of doors for me as well.”

In their years at NC State, NCFC’s four pack pros combined to make 156 appearances, and the four of them created many memories both for their teams and the NC State faithful.

When looking back on their time with the Pack, three of the players, Albadawi, Duvernay and Donovan, cited golden goals they scored as their favorite moments.

“I scored against South Carolina to win in overtime, so that was pretty cool,” Donovan said. “It was my first goal, and it was an overtime goal. I think overtime is a pretty cool concept in college soccer, so to score and then just end it like that with 10 seconds left was pretty awesome.”

Albadawi ’s overtime game winner against North Carolina on his senior night in November 2013 was his favorite memory, while for Duvernay, a conference matchup saw the defender score a game winner against Boston College, one of just two goals from his time with the Wolfpack.

“We played Boston College, and it was

NC State’s wrestling squad heads to Pittsburgh for the 2020 ACC Championship on March 8. Redshirt junior No. 2 Hayden Hidlay and redshirt junior No. 12 Tariq Wilson earned NC State’s lone oneseeds at 157 and 141 pounds, respectively.

Hayden Hidlay’s looking for his thirdstraight ACC title and is in a strong position to three-peat. Hidlay walked all over his ACC opponents this year, putting up a combined 45-6 score against them, and that doesn’t include his fall against Duke’s Eric Carter.

Tariq Wilson’s year was a little less dominant, but he only dropped a single conference bout, a 7-3 decision loss to Virginia Tech’s Mitch Moore, with Wilson narrowly avoiding a disastrous pin that would’ve sent the team match to criteria.

He beat the tournament’s two-seed, Zach

Sherman, in a 6-0 decision in NC State’s match against UNC. NC State earned two seeds at five weight classes, with redshirt freshmen No. 18 Jakob Camacho and No. 3 Trent Hidlay, No. 25 sophomore Deonte Wilson, and redshirt juniors No. 10 Thomas Bullard and No. 12 Daniel Bullard.

Trent Hidlay burst onto the wrestling scene this year, posting a 22-3 record.

Hidlay has three victories over top-five opponents. He’s got a wall in his way of an ACC Championship, though, in Intermat’s No. 1 wrestler at 184 pounds: Hunter Bolen. When the two faced off in February, Hidlay struggled with Bolen’s strength and couldn’t get to his legs for a takedown, losing a tight 3-1 decision.

Redshirt junior Nick Reenan will not wrestle for the Pack at 197 pounds. Reenan’s had a rough year moving up in weight after suffering a knee injury last

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in overtime, 1-1,” Duvernay said. “I scored to stay alive. Perez currently rooms with the winning goal, took off my shirt and one such rival, Alex Comsia, who played ran at the crowd. That was probably my for North Carolina. While Perez has a really close relationship with the former Tar moment.”

All four players still feel a connection Heel, he won’t let a Wolfpack win over to NC State. Whether it’s soccer or any North Carolina go unnoticed.

“I’m always joking around with him, other sport, the guys still keep up with telling him about the Wolfpack. t he 1- 0 w in t hat “It’s fun because I grew up supporting we had,” Perez said we can talk about in reference to the State games,” Althis club. I used to come game the pair atbadawi said. “After tended together in State beat Duke, we to the games when I 2019. “We’ve always were all coming in very happy.” was younger and watch gone after it when we play each other.

The former playthe games... I’m very I think I played him ers have even addthree times as I was ed a new member invested in the club, at State. That comto their pack with petitive aspect was midfielder Steven and it’s an honor to be always there, and it Miller, who played at Colgate in his named captain. -Nazmi was fun for me. I’m sure it was fun for college days, and Albadawi him.” is now study ing Donovan said it for his MBA at NC best, describing the State.

“We consider him a Wolfpack guy now Wolfpack soccer program as a “brothtoo,” Albadawi said. “He reps the Wolf- erhood.” These four might not have all pack too as well, so we have a very good played at NC State at the same time or for the same coaches, but they have somecontingent here.”

With a squad full of talent from all thing that brings them together on and around the ACC, it should come as no off the field: the shared experience of surprise that the rivalries have managed playing in the red and white of NC State.

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Men’s basketball faces Wake Forest in season finale Tristan Tucker Staff Writer

The men’s basketball team faces its final challenge of the regular season, as it prepares to take on the Wake Forest Demon Deacons Friday, March 6. After an 88-69 loss to No. 12 Duke, the Wolfpack (1812, 9-10 ACC) must topple Wake Forest (13-16, 6-13 ACC) if it has any chance to make a case for the NCAA Tournament.

While beating Wake Forest does not guarantee the Wolfpack a spot in the big dance, it does serve as a must win, as a loss would all but eliminate the team from the tourney. If the Pack is able to defeat the Demon Deacons, it will need to make a convincing enough run in the ACC Tournament in order to compete in March Madness.

The Wolfpack has already defeated Wake Forest once this season, but the Demon Deacons have looked much better in recent games, knocking off Duke at home much like the Pack and defeating Notre Dame before a disappointing loss to UNC-Chapel Hill on the road. A big part of this re-energized Wake Forest team is the emergence of center Olivier Sarr, who put up 25 points against the Blue Devils and 30 against the Fighting Irish.

Despite losing to the Tar Heels, Sarr put up yet another strong performance, notching a double-double in just 24 minutes. The 7-footer is also a plus-16 in conference play, which is surprising because Wake Forest has only won six conference games, and only a couple of other players have positive net ratings. Sarr also leads the team in offensive rating, along with blocks per game.

After allowing Duke’s Vernon Carey to have two strong games recently, and giving up 30 points to UNC-Chapel Hill’s Garrison Brooks, the Pack will have its hands full with Sarr. Even though redshirt junior forward D.J. Funderburk is scoring well inside and redshirt freshman forward Manny Bates is coming off his first career double-double, the defense on big men has been questionable at times, as of late.

Another player the Pack will need to lock down is Wake Forest guard Bran-

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year. Reenan was ranked No. 27 at his weight when NC State took on Virginia.

He was forced to injury default to No. 7

don Childress, who posted 30 points on 5-for-6 shooting from downtown in the first matchup between the two teams. Last season, the two teams split their season series, with Childress combining for 25 points in those two games. The guard averages 15.1 points and 4.7 assists per game, and is coming off a 24 point, nine assist showing against the Tar Heels.

Wake Forest is a better scoring team than the Pack, with guard Chaundee Brown joining Sarr and Childress as double-digit scorers for the Demon Deacons. No player on the Wolfpack scores more per game than Sarr or Childress, though this is one of the only areas in which the Demon Deacons outrank the Pack, and Wake’s scoring is a moot point when considering the team allows ACC rivals to score nearly 74.3 points per game.

While the Wolfpack could surely stand to improve its ball-handling and placement on the court, the Demon Deacons rank as one of the worst teams in the ACC in terms of ball control. Seven players on Wake Forest average over one turnover per game, while the Wolfpack has three players that average more than one steal per game. This sets the stage for a sloppy game by the Demon Deacons, though Wake Forest has played well against the Pack in recent years.

This also sets up a point guard duel between NC State senior guard Markell Johnson and Childress. Johnson has continued to be inconsistent following his career-high performance against Duke in mid-February, scoring 21 against North Carolina but just 27 points combined in the three games against Florida State, Pittsburgh and Duke. If Johnson can shut down Childress and outscore the opposing guard, then the rest of the team should have little issue out-rebounding and out-playing Wake Forest.

The Pack returns to PNC Arena less than a week after defeating the Pittsburgh Panthers, with the game against the Demon Deacons being set for a 7 p.m. tipoff Friday, March 6. The game can be streamed on the ACC Network and can be listened to on Wolfpack Sports Radio. Live updates will be posted on @TechSports on Twitter.

Jay Aiello with a right knee injury. Sophomore Tyrie Houghton will take the mat in his place as a six seed. Houghton is 15-10 on the year, but winless against ACC foes.

He draws third-seeded Brandon Whitman in his first bout — Whitman took a 7-0 decision over Reenan in February.

Redshirt freshman Jarrett Trombley

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Redshirt junior guard Devon Daniels attacks the basket against North Carolina forward Garrison Brooks on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020 at the Dean E. Smith Center. The Wolfpack lost 85-79.

is a dark horse to take the 133-pound crown. Trombley had a strong first year wrestling for NC State with a 18-7, 3-2 ACC record. Those two losses came from top-seeded No. 6 Micky Phillippi (a 4-0 decision) and two seed Jamie Hernandez (a 1-0 decision). Trombley’s definitely got a chance against any of his opponents,

so don’t be surprised if he ends up taking 133.

The ACC Championship is at 11 a.m. on Sunday, with the championship bouts starting at 7 p.m. The ACC Network Extra will carry the early bouts, with the championship round getting broadcast on the ACC Network.

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COMMENTARY: Need more ambassador trips Bryan Danner Staff Writer

On Feb. 2, the NC State women’s basketball team beat Duke 63-60 in Durham.

This was an exciting game with plenty of fans; however, half of those fans were cheering for the red and white.

The annual ambassador trip is an event that allows alumni and members of the pep band to go to a game around the Triangle for women’s basketball with transportation and admission being provided.

Most might think that bringing a bunch of fans from the opposing team would make the game worse for the home crowd, but I think it makes the overall experience better. Duke’s women’s basketball is not as popular as NC State’s, and it is easy for Pack fans to show up to the women’s basketball games with such a good team and an established program.

However, for sports that are not as popular yet, maybe having an “ambassador trip” is not a bad idea. These types of trips could do so much for the school’s reputation and for the popularity of the sport.

There was no doubt this game became

a lot more exciting for both sides since there was more of a crowd. The fact that the game was so close also contributed to the “hostile” atmosphere.

As someone who went on this trip, I can confirm that this was a great experience, and that the Duke staff was very welcoming. If we could do a similar experience for other sports here at NC State, I believe we could present the generosity of the Wolfpack and show them our teams are well established.

A good example of something similar was the wrestling match against the Tar Heels, which had one of the best turnouts in Reynolds history. Both Tar Heels and Wolfpack fans were there to cheer on their respective teams, and it turned out to be one of the most entertaining wrestling matches of the year.

This intense rivalry match also increased the popularity of the wrestling team and showed how entertaining of a sport wrestling is. Other less popular sports should take after this and encourage their opposition to bring fans along, even if there are incentives to come.

Soccer or baseball would be great teams to start a similar trip. There is enough fan

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NC State fans celebrate on the court after the Wolfpack’s 88-66 upset win over No. 6 Duke on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020 at PNC Arena.

support to get a large number of people, and the teams are normally very successful.

With the location of NC State in relation to some other ACC schools, there is

no reason that this shouldn’t be a more frequent event. Duke, UNC and Wake Forest are in direct driving distance, and busing fans to support their teams is a great investment.

This week in sports: March 5-11 Bryan Danner Staff Writer

Friday, March 6 7:00 p.m. Men’s Basketball vs. Wake Forest (PNC Arena)

The Wolfpack (18-12, 9-10) will be playing its last home game against the Demon Deacons (13-16, 6-13). The Pack beat the Deacs earlier this season 91-82 in WinstonSalem. The basketball team will also be celebrating its seniors: guard Markell John-

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son, guard C.J. Bryce, graduate forward Pat Andree and graduate forward Danny Dixon.

Sunday, March 8 Noon Softball vs. Notre Dame (Dail Softball Stadium)

Saturday, March 7 1:00 p.m. Softball vs. Notre Dame (Dail Softball Stadium) The softball team (14-6), which celebrated its best 15-game start in program history, will take on its first ACC competition this weekend against Notre Dame (12-6) with a doubleheader. The Pack will also play the Fighting Irish again Sunday at noon. Senior left fielder Tatyana Forbes seems to hit everything, gathering a .538 batting average so far this season.

3:30 p.m. Softball vs. Notre Dame (Dail Softball Stadium) 4:00 p.m. Gymnastics vs Minnesota (Reynolds Coliseum) The Wolfpack gymnastics team (12-6, 6-2 ACC) will have a home, nonconference meet against Minnesota (5-3). This dual meet is the last meet that will take place in Reynolds this year and is right before the quad meet taking place at College Park.

Dual meets are a great way to learn the sport, as there are just two teams to focus on.

Tuesday, March 10 Noon Softball vs. Norfolk State (Dail Softball Stadium) The Wolfpack will play the Spartans (5-8), who will play five other games this weekend. Similar to the rest of the softball schedule, there will be a nonconference game between ACC games. The game against Norfolk State comes before the Virginia Tech series next weekend. The team will look to continue its record-breaking season.

6:00 p.m. Baseball vs. UNC-Charlotte (Doak Field) The undefeated baseball team (12-0) will come back to Raleigh to play the Niners (8-5) after a trip to Virginia. Similar to softball, series against ACC teams are broken up by nonconference games. Junior infielder Devonte Brown has started off the year in excellent fashion with a .432 batting average, starting all 12 games.

Wednesday, March 11 6:00 p.m. Baseball vs. North Carolina A&T (Doak Field)

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