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IN BRIEF:

POLICE BLOTTER

A quick look at the headlines outside of NC State NEWS Student Government elections are coming up: here’s what to expect, pg. 3

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President Trump declassifies top-secret congressional memo

President Trump declassified a congressional memo on Friday, suggesting in a tweet that it “totally vindicates” him in the Russia probe due to reliance on anti-Trump research and political bias. The declassification sparked debate and division as Democrats said the memo cherry-picks points to undermine the investigation and law enforcement, while the FBI declared the four-page memo inaccurate and incomplete.

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15 protesters arrested outside of governor’s office after sit-in

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Fifteen people protesting the construction of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline were arrested Friday night after refusing to leave the premises of the governor’s office. Gov. Roy Cooper’s administration issued an environmental permit needed to continue with the project that will extend across the state. Staged by the Alliance to Protect our People and Places we Live, protestors said the pipeline will hurt poor local residents and stall renewable energy projects. Thirteen of those arrested were not from North Carolina.

Re: If your wages increase, you might have to thank Donald Trump, pg. 5

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City of Raleigh first NC city to implement textile recycling program

Starting Feb. 20, the City of Raleigh will offer a textile recycling program through its partnership with Simple Recycling. Raleigh is the first city in North Carolina to partner with the company that sells textiles both domestically and internationally to combat the 85 percent of unwanted textiles that end up in landfills. Residents can leave clean and dry items in an orange bag that will be attached to recycling cans and leave it on the curb during regular recycling days by 7 a.m.

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Third-annual French film festival exceeds expectations, pg. 7

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Smashed Waffles opens first Triangle restaurant on Hillsborough Street SPORTS Wolfpack wins seventh straight ACC game, pg. 11

Smashed Waffles opened its first Triangle location on 2304 Hillsborough St. this past Thursday. The cafe will be open seven days a week from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and to midnight on Friday and Saturday. The Greenville-based company has made their waffles in Pizza La Stella on Fayetteville Street since March and utilizes a food truck called the Smashed Shack. The cafe is expected to be joined by a neighboring Taco Bell Cantina.

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09:15 A.M. | SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE Kilgore Hall Report of van driving around security gate. Two contractors were located and advised to get parking pass from Transportation.

10:49 A.M. | WELFARE CHECK Talley Student Center Officers located student experiencing emotional distress. Student agreed to be transported to Student Health.

12:28 A.M. | TRAFFIC VIOLATION Varsity Drive/Sullivan Drive Student was cited for stop sign violation and stop light violation.

01:35 P.M. | TRAFFIC ACCIDENT Monteith Deck Student struck parked vehicle while attempting to park.

02:54 P.M. | HARASSMENT Peele Hall Report of nonstudent making concerning statements. CBR completed.

03:40 P.M | DOOR ALARM - FORCED Timber Hall Security responded to door alarm and confirmed door was secured.

05:28 P.M. | SPECIAL EVENT Reynolds Coliseum NC State University Police Department provided law enforcement services for women’s basketball game.

05:34 P.M. | DAMAGE TO PROPERTY Sullivan Hall Student reported it appeared someone had attempted to enter vehicle and damaged the weather stripping. Access was not gained and nothing was stolen.

08:15 P.M. | DOOR ALARM - FORCED Caspian Hall Security responded to door alarm and confirmed door was secured.

COVER PHOTO BY GLENN WAGSTAFF Shayne Miel of “The Future Kings of Nowhere ” plays guitar and performs the vocals during night two of Double Barrel Benefit, hosted at King’s in downtown Raleigh on Saturday . Double Barrel Benefit is a benefit concert hosted by NC State’s student-led radio station, 88.1 WKNC . The Future Kings of Nowhere is a Durham-based band that broke a six-year hiatus to perform as the headliner of Double Barrel Benefit.

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Student Government elections are coming up: here’s what to expect Kennedy McCutchen Assistant News Editor

The spring election cycle is underway as filing for candidacy opened Friday morning. Student Government positions are up for grabs, including student body president and vice president, Student Senate president, student body treasurer and student body chief justice.

Filing for candidacy will close Feb. 12 followed by All Candidates Meetings which will be held Feb. 14 and 15. Campaigning will commence Feb. 16.

Board of Elections chair Anna Kate Whitfield, a fourth-year studying political science, is looking to increase voter turnout for the upcoming election, having been encouraged by a steady increase in the last few cycles.

“Things will pretty much be the same as they have been in the past,” Whitfield said.

“They’ll see candidates on campus campaigning, they’ll hear a lot from us about how to go about voting, like where to find the voting link. We’re trying to let as many students know about how to vote and how to get to know their candidates as possible.”

Whitfield discussed how student fees should encourage students to stay informed and participate. For each regular term, students pay $15.50 to Student Government, adding up to $31 a year per student.

“Each student through their student fees

pays Student Government,” Whitfield said.

“And Student Government gets to spend that money on programs for them or initiatives around campus. You get to choose who gets to spend that money for you.”

Lee Daniel, a second-year studying microbiology, is a newly appointed Board of Elections commissioner who echoed how students can make a difference with their votes.

“Student Government has the ability to shape where the money that everyone is paying goes,” Daniel said. “So it’s really important to — especially if you’re heavily invested in some of those resources and offices on campus — to be able to participate in the elections to elect someone who has that same interest and recognizes the importance of and the validity of that office.”

The first draft of the ballot will be published online Feb. 19, and the final ballot will be online on Feb. 21.

Students will be able to vote from 8 p.m. on Feb. 26 until 8 p.m. on Feb. 27 using electronic or paper provisional ballots. Polling locations will also be set up in the Brickyard and near Talley.

Additional open positions include the Union Activities Board president, Inter Residence Council president, Student Centers Board of Directors president, and seats within the Student Senate.

Justin Lindemann, a third-year studying

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Mia Connell, a second-year studying sociology, and her running mate Jackie Gonzalez, a third-year studying political science, embrace after the results of the presidential runoff were announced in Talley Student Union on March 2. Gonzalez and Connell won the runoff with 64.64 percent of the vote.

environmental sciences and political science, serves as secretary for the Board of Elections. Lindemann commented on why students should be engaged in the election cycle.

“I think it’s good practice for national election or state-wide election because I know with people our age, we don’t generally vote as much on important issues that we care about,” Lindemann said. “We talk about it, but we don’t really do much about it voting-

wise.”

If no candidate receives 40 percent of the vote in a single seat position, a runoff election will be held all day on March 1. In the case of a multi-seat position, a one-percent or less margin must separate the last winning candidate and the next largest for a runoff to be called.

A full list of open candidate positions and the intent to run form can be found on the Board of Elections website.

Staff report: Pedestrian tunnel at Carter Finley Staff Report

The North Carolina Department of Transportation granted a contract to Crowder Construction Company of Charlotte to build a new pedestrian tunnel under Trinity Road to connect the parking lots of Carter-Finley Stadium and the NC State Fairgrounds.

The $4.3 million project can begin on March 1 and is expected to be finished by Sept. 15. However, the contract outlines a financial incentive for the contractor for it be ready before the first home football game.

The tunnel will stretch 25 feet across at the popular interchange to make crossing NICHOLAS FAULKNER/TECHNICIAN safer and easier for pedestrians going to The band forms shapes on the fields while they face the visitors side in order to play football games, hockey games and concert their halftime show for Parents and Families Weekend on Oct. 1, 2016 in Carter-Finley events at PNC Arena. The new addition is Stadium.

also expected to ease traffic during big events.

According to the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s news release, the pedestrian tunnel was one of 16 road and bridge contracts awarded by the department. The department first began the project’s feasibility study back in 2012.

As of now, Raleigh Police Department and State Highway Patrol troopers regulate traffic control at crosswalks to ensure safe pedestrian crossings.

Trinity Road will be closed between March 1 and August 1 while the tunnel is being built. A detour route will be provided through Edwards Mill Road, Wade Avenue and Blue Ridge Road for vehicles to avoid construction and delay. Alternative entrances will be available for access to the stadium and fairgrounds.

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Rodolphe Barrangou talks award-winning genome research with

Q&A Rodolphe Barrangou

Freja Carlson Correspondent

Rodolphe Barrangou, an associate professor in NC State’s Department of Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences, will be receiving the 2018 NAS Prize in Food and Agriculture Sciences for his work with Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR).

The NAS prize is awarded to mid-career scientists who have made extraordinary research contributions to agriculture or food production. Barrangou’s work with CRISPR in bacteria has the potential for significant use in food and agriculture, such as virus resistance in yogurt and genome editing in livestock. Technician sat down with Barrangou to discuss his research, background and future.

characterization of the biological function of CRISPR immune systems.

How long has this research been taking place?

First time I came across CRISPR was 2004. Our big claim to fame, and my big claim to fame, came about in 2007 when I and my colleagues published a paper unearthing what the actual function of CRISPR-Cas systems are. Between 2007 and 20ll, my collaborators and I worked together to figure the drive behind the CRISPR-Cas immune system. CRISPR acts a molecular scalpel to cut viral DNA when viruses inject their DNA into their bacterial host. The world of CRISPR changed in 2012 when Jennifer [a colleague] discovered you can take out the CRISPR molecular machine and turn it into a DNA cleaver tool and reprogram

it to cut any DNA you want. That transformed CRISPR from a biological phenomenon into a tool. Within six months of that, other colleagues showed that you could use that scalpel to cut human DNA essentially editing, changed with the letters, of the DNA. You can rewrite the genome. At the same time in food and agricultural services, it’s the harnessing of this biological phenomenon in food manufacturing that helps. Without this technology, the manufacturing of dairy product, especially cheese, would not be the same globally as it is today.

Did you always know you wanted to be in food science?

Academically, it took me a while to find my way to food science. I used to be French, so I had a special relationship with food. I had wanted to do something

What started your research with CRISPR? I came across CRISPR by accident. I was sequencing genomes of bacteria a while back before CRISPR was notorious, let alone known, and you assemble genomes DNA elements that are repeated and difficult to assemble. It’s like assembling a puzzle. I came across CRISPR looking at genomes without knowing what it was or what it did and at the time the CRISPR acronym itself wasn’t even popular. My colleagues and I worked on CRISPR when it was still obscure and unknown.

Who worked with you on your research?

A number of people worked with me. At the time, I was at DuPont. I was working in a research development team in Madison, Wisconsin, America’s dairy-land, and we were working on the development of sericultures used in food manufacturing for the transformation of milk into cheese and yogurt. So there were hundreds of people working on it in the company and there were two certain teams working on CRISPR. One in Madison that I was managing and one in France my colleague and partner in crime, Philippe Horvath, was in charge of. For about a decade we worked together at DuPont on

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biology and chemistry. I did my undergrad in chemistry and my master’s in biological and chemical engineering. Then in the late 90s I emigrated away from France to come to NC State of all places and did a master’s in food science, which is where I discovered food microbiology. I stayed on to do my Ph.D. in genomics. Working up in Wisconsin for ten years is where I found my passion for dairy and continued working on probiotics. I like the pace of the food world. I think over time, people have a better appreciation of how the diet shapes a person’s health and do not necessarily need drugs to promote health. You can use functional foods. So coming up with flavorful, enjoyable, sustainable and safe foods is a great field to be in. We need this technology to help bridge the food gap between people.

What do you teach at NC State?

I teach an Introduction to Biopharmaceutical Science and Advanced Food Fermentation currently. In addition of my teaching duties, my primary appointment is in research so I supervise and mentor, in the terms of teaching, a number of graduate students, postdocs, and staff in the labs. I have about twelve people right now at CRISPR lab performing research so I teach and mentor them on a more individual basis.

What are your plans for the future?

It is amazing to see the pace the past five years of the CRISPR craze, to see the speed in which the technology is being released over a range of fields. You can cure human disease with gene therapies.

You can generate next generation crops in non-GMO ways. You can raise animals better and faster than ever. One of the reasons I love being involved with NC State is because I can be involved with a number of companies. I have been involved with three different start-up companies in the last five years that are all doing amazing things. One is Caribou Biosciences on the west coast who are developing technologies that are CRISPR-based. I am also involved with Intellia Therapeutics.

I got to ring the bell of the NASDAQ for them. And last but not least, there is Locus Biosciences which uses CRISPR as a microbial and sequence-specific antibiotic.

It is moving on extremely well, and we have hired a number of NC State alums.

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Re: If your wages increase, you might have to thank Donald Trump Politics is a game: it has winners and losers, and at the end of the day politics is a contest of interest where concepts such as morality and integrity Shawn Fredericks take second place. My colleague — the assistant ediCorrespondent tor for the Opinion section — wrote an opinion piece that I thought I would add on to, because I feel like there is a perspective missing in her piece.

First, let’s address this false narrative that the tax bill redistributes wealth: as it stands, the oligarchy that is our current administration opened the door for the rich to get richer. Yes it may be true that corporations are raising their wages, although a recent poll says differently; however that is half the truth and a half truth is still a lie.

While these companies did raise their wages and benefits, they used the savings from the GOP tax plan to fund layoffs.

Walmart, on the very same day it announced raising wages, also closed 63 Sam’s Club locations, laying off thousands of workers.

Kimberly-Clark, the owners of Kleenex, also cut 5,500 jobs — approximately 13 percent of its workforce — and is using the savings from taxes for restructuring.

Layoffs are one thing, but there are even more corporate shenanigans; the fact that,

despite rhetoric by business leaders saying they are investing in their workers, they’re actually investing in their shareholders.

Companies gave the proceeds from the corporate tax cut to shareholders through share buybacks. These benefits from the tax plan favor shareholders, not workers as promised by Trump and business leaders.

The rich getting richer is not a shocking concept; it’s capitalism as usual, or as others like to romantically phrase it, “business” as usual. Class conflict is a fundamental part of capitalism. While we do live in a mixed economy, for all intents and purposes, this is a capitalist nation.

Whether you like that or not does not matter — the facts are still the facts.

Wealth inequality, as American history has shown, is intrinsically linked with capitalism. The rich use their economic power to grasp political power, swaying the interest of public servants to serve the private interest.

Second, it’s impossible to evaluate Trump’s policies since it’s only been one year. It is very unbecoming, especially when dealing with economics, to look at short-term consequences of policy. In the words of lauded economist Henry Hazlitt, “The art of economics consists in looking not merely at the immediate but at the longer effects of any act or policy; it consists in tracing the consequences of that policy not merely for one group but

for all groups.”

There is also the fact that Trump has been passed down a good economy, which should be nothing new for the Donald, as he should be used to being handed and enjoying the fruits of other’s labor.

All jokes aside there is short-term good news with this tax plan but that is what it is — short-term — and economics is a long-term game.

Third, I agree that the corporate tax rate should go down; however, lower corporate taxes should be paired with raised taxes for the rich, along with estate taxes which would make the corporate tax cut revenue neutral, reduce waste and move some of the tax burden from the middle class to the rich.

That is, however, a Band-Aid for a very wicked problem. American economics is still in need of reforms. Reforms such as a land-value tax, and other reforms to the economy need to happen so the economy can finally serve the people. As Noah Smith explains in an article in Bloomberg, “A land-value tax, or LVT, is like a property tax, but with a deduction for the value of buildings and other improvements. The tax would reduce land prices and increase the incentive to build more, which in turn will help drive down rents, making a city more affordable.”

The economy is booming, there is no denying that, but there are also some trou-

bling trends that are not getting enough attention. Allison Schrager explains in her article at Quartz, “The economy may be booming now, but there are plenty of reasons to be skeptical it will last. Productivity numbers don’t justify the headline growth figures. Many people think the stock market is overvalued and due for a correction. It has been eight and a half years since the last recession, and the natural oscillation of the business cycle suggests we may be due for another one soon. Low saving rates are often seen before a recession.”

Also, as I was writing this, the Dow Jones dropped 666 points amidst wage growth picking up. The Department of Labor has reported 200,000 jobs were added. Great news, but it all sets the stage for the Federal Reserve to continue raising inflation rates, making credit cards, mortgages and car loans more expensive. In fact, the next hike is predicted to happen in March.

This tax plan is a political victory for the Trump administration and the GOP. Whether this is a win America can celebrate, only time will tell. Yes, thank Trump for the small handout he adds to your check and please save it, but do not let desperation blind you. Wealth is still in the hands of the elite, not the people.

While this tax bill has many winners, it also has many losers, so let’s hold on celebrating until all Americans win.

Don’t underestimate the power of the flu According to a Technician news article in the past week, there have been 66 laboratory-confirmed cases of the f lu among NC State students. It all Shivani started with the spread Shirolkar of norovirus at the beginStaff Columnist ning of last semester’s finals in December. Before you think, “It won’t happen to me,” think again.

Dr. Julie Casani, the medical director of NC State Student Health Services, says that the spread of the flu this year is as bad as it was last year. The total death toll in North Carolina has been recorded as 95

since the season started in October 2017.

People don’t seem to be taking this illness seriously. Being sick often means you get to skip a day at school and sleep your worries away, or even watch reruns of your favorite TV show, but this year, there is a lot more at stake. There are cases of skipped f lu shots when people either forgot to take them, or procrastinated on taking them since they weren’t a priority. The Technician news article from last week mentions that 85 percent of the students feeling under the weather have admitted to not taking a flu shot this year.

The seasonal f lu is highly contagious and can be spread up to six feet away from the source. The viruses involved are

mainly spread through direct contact like touching, or indirect contact like inhaling too close to a sick person.

You may be sick without even knowing it — it takes about one to four days for the signs of the f lu to start showing up and taking their toll on your body.

Symptoms include a runny nose, sore throat, fever, chills and muscle aches. As the virus spreads throughout the lungs and the respiratory system, the body reacts by trying to destroy the infected tissue altogether — in the worst case, shutting down all the organs one after the other and resulting in death.

The best way to protect yourself is to wash your hands frequently and not come

in contact with the belongings of others.

It’s important to be aware and consciously stay away from other people during these times. Everything on campus is in close quarters, and so spreading of the illness is incredibly easy.

Students diagnosed with the flu are having to miss their classes (maybe even for a few days) to stay home. This is quite a blow to their academic routine, as exam season is fast approaching with midterms.

It’s a lot better to responsibly take care of yourself than to knock yourself out for a solid week and miss out on valuable

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New logo, same ole Board of Governors The UNC System — the body that manages and oversees Nor t h Ca rolina’s public universities, including NC State — recently launched a new branding campaign Noah and logo, according to Jabusch a report by WRAL. The Staff Columnist piece notes that, “University system leaders say the new branding campaign will strengthen and unify the system.” Yet the Board of Governors, the System’s governing body, has pursued a series of policies that undermine the strength, unity and independence of the universities it leads.

I have written previously on a law passed by the NC General Assembly regarding campus free speech. Although the law claims to protect free speech on campus, it achieves this protection by threatening disciplinary action on individuals who disrupt speakers invited by on-campus groups, or otherwise inhibit free expression. The law called for a committee under the Board of Governors to establish policies in order to implement

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course work.

It starts out as the average combination of the troublesome common cold and a headache, possibly accompanied by fever, until you realize that it’s much more serious than that. It’s a good idea to take

the law.

The Board passed a policy on Dec. 15 satisfying the law’s objectives, the News and Observer reports. The policy contains similar language to the law, expressing support for free speech, but also “sets out a range of likely punishments for anyone — students, faculty or staff — who “substantially disrupts” the functioning of an institution or “substantially interferes” with the free expression rights of others.”

Like the original law, the UNC policy appears to threaten the rights of students at NC State to protest speakers and causes they disagree with. Notably, the policy still fails to define what constitutes a substantial disruption, obscuring where the line is drawn between lawful and unlawful behavior.

Given NC State’s proximity to the General Assembly, we are a prime site for discourse about the direction of our state and country. Take the HKonJ march, scheduled for Feb. 10, which aims to support wages, education and fair voting policies by marching to the Capitol building in downtown Raleigh. Events

like these underscore the importance of our right to engage in political activities, without fear of punishment for exceeding some arbitrary standard of disruption.

Universities are valuable institutions because of their commitment to expanding free thought. Policies that inhibit or threaten to inhibit speech, even in the guise of defending it, prevent students from adequately representing their opinions, and thereby learning how others see the world. This harms unity, since opposing viewpoints are forced to stay quiet, instead of venting openly, trying to build common ground and mutual understanding.

The Board of Governors has also recently passed a policy preventing centers associated with the UNC System from participating in litigation, according to WRAL. The move targeted the UNC Center for Civil R ights, a litigation service under UNC-Chapel Hill’s law school, which helped disadvantaged North Carolinians with legal issues.

The policy raises questions about the academic independence of the universities in the UNC System, as the WRAL

piece notes that, “Board members who supported the change say the center should focus less on filing lawsuits and more on teaching.” The idea that the board can shut down our universities’ academic institutions merely because they disagree with their practices should alarm us as students who want a broad and rigorous curriculum. The board is responsible for governing our universities, not controlling them.

Our ability to create institutions that seem valuable to our education is one of the hallmarks of NC State and our “Think and Do” mentality. It is debilitating for our governing body to repress our freedom to use our education to make a difference in the community. As students, we must continue to dream up big ideas to improve our education and pitch them to the administration.

We ought to continue voicing our opinions on current events and making our campus an inclusive environment. And finally, those of us who are citizens of North Carolina must use our vote to fight for a board that represents our interests — no matter what their logo is.

immediate action and call a doctor or medical specialist to get your symptoms checked.

Often, students might underestimate their symptoms and go to class anyway, in the fear of losing attendance credit and missing material covered on the exam, but your health is more important. Also, infecting other students in the process is a high possibility.

Taking the risk of not getting a flu shot is not worth it. It only takes a few moments, and you’ll be done within seconds.

Unfortunately, it isn’t 100 percent effective. In fact, difficulties with choosing the viruses to include in the vaccine and other difficulties dropped its effectiveness this year to less than 20 percent. Though the odds seem bleak, it’s better to be safe than sorry. A few minutes of your

time can give you at least a considerable amount of protection from the deadly flu.

Flu shots are available at the NC State Student Student Health Center on Cates Avenue. A Late-Season Flu Clinic has been scheduled for Feb. 14 in Admin Services II for faculty and staff as well. I would recommend getting a shot if you haven’t, as there is still time — don’t let your guard down just yet, it’s not over.

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Third annual French film festival exceeds expectations Sarah Gallo

Assistant Arts & Entertainment Editor

Immigration. Race. Gender equality. Women’s issues. All of these topics and more will be prevalent in the six films shown at this year’s Tournées Film Festival. The third-annual French film festival provides students with a chance to dive headfirst into a culture that is marked by artful, indie films that are both well-made and thought-provoking in nature.

Mostly, however, the festival is bringing a small slice of France to NC State through a medium that proves universal: pop culture. The festival began on Feb. 1 and will run until March 1, with screenings being held in Witherspoon Student Cinema and Hunt Library.

Founded in 1995, Tournées Film Festival marks a national effort to bring French cinema to American colleges and universities. In 2016, NC State got on board, thanks to the Global Training Initiative’s proactive desire to grow and foster a greater sense of French culture here at the university. Becky Cibulskis, program assistant of NC State’s Global Training Initiative, was tasked with bringing the festival to campus immediately after being hired three years ago. After receiving a grant to fund the festival, Cibulskis worked on forming a film committee dedicated to the festival’s success, which has to do with far more than just screening foreign films on campus.

“Obviously it’s focused on French language and French culture, but we have a much broader overall goal of trying to bring international perspectives to NC State students,” Cibulskis said. “We see film as a meaningful gateway to get people in the door who wouldn’t necessarily be interested in studying another language or going abroad, but just to get them to do something they would on a normal evening or weekend, and to bring that international perspective of regular topics that people are talking about.”

The festival’s six films include “April and the

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Displayed are three prominant characters from three of the six films viewed at the Tournées Film Festival.

Extraordinary World,” “Black Girl,” “My Life as a Zucchini,” “Frantz,” “Fatima” and “Mustang.”

Diverse, dramatic and relevant in nature, this year’s lineup is impressive through and through. From the eye-opening depiction of immigration and social class through the lens of an Algerian woman residing in the suburbs of France in “Fatima,” to the use of animation in telling the inspirational story of a child living in a group home after his mother’s death in “My Life as a Zucchini,” the festival did not shy away from difficult topics that deserve to be talked about. Cibulskis explained some of the key differences between French and American films.

“One of the biggest differences between French film and traditional Hollywood film is that there’s not always a happy ending [in French films],” Cibulskis siad. “I think it’s something that, as an American, I never realized I expected out of films until I started not

getting it from other films. When you leave the theater without that happy ending you’re really contemplating things a lot more than you would be otherwise.”

Clearly, the educational and cultural components are what make the festival stand out amongst the many film screenings that take place on campus. Further adding to the festival’s opportunity for educational advancement are the film’s introductions, which are done by knowledgeable professors that offer key background information on the film at hand. This helps students further understand the context surrounding the film being shown, which is vital in terms of understanding and reflection on the film’s layered themes.

Cibulskis explained the importance of exposing oneself to the international perspectives, whether it be by attending this year’s film festival or embarking on another cultural oppor-

tunity for personal growth and advancement.

“I truly believe that if you don’t take the time to see things from a different perspective, or to look at someone else’s point of view, you’re really missing a lot of what exists out there in the world,” Cibulskis said. “Even when you’re talking about something like going to the movies — that is culturally different all over the place — you may find that you’re not right about everything that you think you’re right about, and it gives you the opportunity to explore your own culture in ways that you wouldn’t necessarily be able to do without that perspective.”

Another key face behind this year’s Tournées Film Festival is that of Ilin Misaras, assistant director of the Global Training Initiative, who has worked to ensure the event is a success. For Misaras, who studied French language at New York University and has travelled to France multiple times, French culture lies close to heart. Misaras elaborated on the importance of broadening one’s film-related horizons.

“It’s really interesting, because [French cinema] is so different from American cinema,” Misaras said. “It’s good to get a different perspective and watch a different type of film, even in addition to French films [...] there’s a whole world of cinema out there that students may or may not be exposed to.”

As the film festival is completely free and open to the public, community members are welcome to attend in addition to NC State students and staff. The French community that exists not just in Raleigh, but in North Carolina as a whole, is impressive.

The Global Training Initiative works closely with the France-based SKEMA Business School, which has a location right here on Centennial Campus, immersing many French students into the NC State community.

“I think with SKEMA coming to NC State’s campus there’s a lot more French language being spoken and a lot more of that culture as well,” Misaras said.

The music of life and love: The Birdland All-Stars packs the house at Stewart Theatre Aaron Sanchez Guerra Staff Writer

Tall and charismatic, Tommy Igoe walked out to applause and cheers as his band, The Birdland All-Stars, prepared to play to an audience Saturday night at Stewart Theatre in Talley Student Union. The concert was presented by NC State LIVE and Arts NC State, attracting audiences from in and

around Raleigh.

“We’re going to have a hell of a good time,” Igoe said.

Igoe smiled as he welcomed the crowd.

Being an outsider, he pronounced Raleigh as “rally” before being quickly corrected by the audience, but he would be sure to win their trust with his music.

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Members of The Birdland All-Stars, Mike Olmos on trumpet and Tommy Igoe on the drums, perform in Stewart Theatre on Feb. 3. The Birdland All-Stars are a jazz group comprised of ten of the finest musicians in New York.

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Drugcharge, a hardcore punk band, opens on night two of Double Barrel Benefit in Kings.

Double Barrel Benefit is 88.1 WKNC’s annual fundraiser of the year which features local North Carolina-based bands across two nights. The 15th iteration of the event took place Friday and Saturday.

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Emcee Jooselord Magnus performs during the first night of Double Barrel Benefit hosted at King’s in downtown Raleigh on Friday. During the event, Magnus and his fellow performers dressed in orange prison garb and rapped on stage and in the crowd, making the entire room their stage.

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Shayne Miel of The Future Kings of Nowhere plays guitar and performs the vocals during night two of Double Barrel Benefit, hosted at King’s in downtown Raleigh on Saturday.

Double Barrel Benefit is a benefit concert hosted by NC State’s student-led radio station 88.1 WKNC. The Future Kings of Nowhere is a Durham-based band that broke a six-year hiatus to perform as the headliner of Double Barrel Benefit.

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Tiffany Huff of Pie Faced Girls plays bass guitar and performs backing vocals during night two of Double Barrel Benefit, hosted at King’s in downtown Raleigh on Saturday. Double Barrel Benefit is a concert hosted by NC State’s student-led radio station 88.1 WKNC. The proceeds of the concert from admission and merchandise help the radio station stay open and function during the year.

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Double Barrel Benefit is WKNC’s annual fundraiser of the year which features local North Carolina-based bands across two nights. The 15th iteration of the event took place Friday and Saturday.

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Laylatul Qadr plays guitar for The Muslims during night two of Double Barrel Benefit, hosted at King’s in downtown Raleigh on Saturday. Double Barrel Benefit is a concert hosted by NC State’s student-led radio station 88.1 WKNC. The proceeds of the concert from admission and merchandise help the radio station stay open and function during the year.

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The Future Kings of Nowhere, a Durham-based punk band on hiatus since 2012, returns to the stage for Double Barrel Benefit 15 on Saturday. Double Barrel Benefit is WKNC’s annual fundraiser of the year which features North Carolina-based bands across two nights. The 15th iteration of the event took place Friday and Saturday.

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Pie Face Girls, a three-piece political punk band out of Raleigh, perform on night two in Kings on Saturday.

Double Barrel Benefit is WKNC’s annual fundraiser of the year which features local North Carolina-based bands across two nights. The 15th iteration of the event took place Friday and Saturday.

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Charlotte-based hip-hop artist Well$ raps to his audience during the first night of Double Barrel Benefit hosted at King’s in downtown Raleigh on Friday. Double Barrel Benefit is a concert hosted by NC State’s student-led radio station 88.1 WKNC. The proceeds of the concert from admission and merchandise help the radio station stay open and function during the year.

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The band prepared simultaneously to begin, being prompted to action after an introduction of Igoe hitting just the hi-hat of his drums, steadily and rhythmically. A band of 10 members, The Birdland All-Stars is composed of Tommy Igoe, the bandleader and drummer, Leo Traversa on bass, Ted Baker on the keyboard, Jeanne Geiger on the trombone, Steffen Kuehn and Mike Olmos on the trumpet, Tony Lustig on baritone sax, Tony Peebles on the tenor sax, Christian Pepin on percussion and Drew Zingg on guitar. Hailing from the ends of the east and west coasts with inspirations from around the world, the members all brought different styles, sounds and cultures to the band.

Pepin, the percussionist, hails from Puerto Rico and brought those sounds to the table as he took the crowd’s attention with his bongo solos. Traversa, the bassist, has played with Brazilian groups for decades in New York City and Brazil, being wellversed in the art of Bossa Nova, the lush genre made up of a fusion of samba and jazz. After the first song, Igoe let out a sigh of relief before jokingly wishing the audience a good night.

“Thank you ladies and gentlemen, goodnight,” Igoe said. “We’re going to play the music of life, and of love, and of awesomeness.”

Igoe, who is based out of San Francisco, is a famed world-class jazz percussionist. Having been long recognized for his drumming for over two decades, he boasts of having played on three Grammy award-winning recordings and also having been the principal drummer and conductor of Disney’s Broadway production of “The Lion King.”

He has spent the last nine years playing in his main band, The Birdland Big Band, members of which have had ongoing residencies at Birdland, an iconic jazz institution in New York City.

Of course, Igoe’s life that has been dedicated to jazz is no miracle, as he is the son of Sonny Igoe, a jazz drummer who played with the likes of legends in the birth of American jazz, such as Benny Goodman, Woody Herman and even Tony Bennett.

The band burned with ease through their songs with Igoe stationed right up front with the rhythm section and the brass section elevated slightly behind him. Playing with no intermission, Igoe would make jokes between songs and interact with his crowd.

Every song featured a solo from one or two of the band members, and as expected, an explosive and awe-inducing drum solo from Igoe, for which the rest of the band would quiet down for with an almost religious reverence.

The Birdland All-Stars played their trademark jazz that invoked the spirits of their predecessors but with a twist, since it featured modern characteristics, faster drumming accompanied by other percussion, two saxophonists as well as the electric guitar.

The band also performed Brazilian and Venezuelan pieces, which featured strong use of the piano and bongos, being lively and tropical like their places of origin, the Brazilian song containing elements of samba and the Venezuelan song brandished with the influence of salsa, which also featured a powerful trombone solo from Jeanne Geiger, who stepped out in front of the band to play this solo that was as booming as it was beautiful.

Igoe then spoke about his father and the small, mafia-owned clubs that he would play on the famed 52nd street of New York City, known for the best jazz in the city from the 30s to the 50s. This was a prompt for half of the band to leave their instruments so that it could turn into an acoustic five piece and Igoe could play a sole snare drum with brush sticks to play “Whoopin’ Blues,” a song in the style of Dixieland jazz from New Orleans.

This piece allowed for the more wellrounded and jazz veteran audience members to be brought back to the time of the music, offering music with a swing that audiences would dance to profusely in the 30s and 40s, such as Benny Goodman’s. This intimate moment offered the audience a chance to see the extent of Igoe’s drumming skills, as he made one snare drum sound like a whole ensemble, even still playing multiple solos on it.

The band ended the performance with a piece from Chick Corea, bowing before an audience that was left wanting more.

Jodi Awtrey, a second-year studying biology and a jazz fan, expressed her satisfaction with the concert.

“My socks were blown off,” Awtrey said.

“The drummer is so talented and he had such an amazing technique. He was very passionate about it, and you could see how passionate he was.”

As a friendly character, Igoe invited the audience to purchase merchandise and come say hello to him after the concert along with the rest of the band members. He was able to be reached for comment outside of Stewart Theatre.

“Incredible audience, incredible venue, the energy that we got back was the same that we gave them so it was reciprocal, and they just kept pushing us to higher and higher heights,” Igoe said. “These are one of our favorite venues, with a low stage and high seats. We’ll come back anytime they want us to.”

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Wolfpack wins seventh straight ACC game Kailee Jurnak Correspondent

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NC State senior A kela Maize and redshirt junior Kiara Leslie combined to score 33 points to seal the Wolfpack women’s basketball team’s 72-54 win over Boston College at Reynolds Coliseum Sunday afternoon, marking its seventh straight ACC win, a feat that has not been accomplished since the 2000-2001 season.

“Amazing. They’ve done a heck of a job. I mean they really have. Couldn’t be prouder of them,” head coach Wes Moore said. “One of the proudest I’ve been of a group.”

The Wolfpack (19-5, 8-3 ACC) had a tough first half against the Eagles (6-17, 1-9 ACC), having a tied score of 25-25 by the time the second quarter ended. The third quarter was a turnaround for the Pack though, as State was able to dominate the f loor and was able to hold the Eagles at bay for the rest of the game.

“First half wasn’t a whole lot of fun,” Moore said. “Second half came out and played with a little more energy, a little more urgency. A much better job.”

The Wolfpack started the game strong, fueled by its defense, holding Boston College to only 10 points in the first quarter.

State had a balanced scoring effort with junior DD Rogers, Leslie and Maize each contributing four points, as the quarter ended with State up 17-10.

The second quarter was much of the opposite, as Boston College held NC State to seven points, while it turned its offense up to the tune of 15 points.

Early on in the second quarter, the Eagles received a team technical foul, allowing NC State redshirt junior Armani Hawkins to go to the foul line where she made one basket to increase the Pack’s lead to 18-13.

The Eagles cleaned up their play after that. Shots started to go into the basket and their defense picked up the intensity, especially with a double team on Maize.

The Pack struggled to stay in front of the Eagles on offense and committed seven fouls in the second quarter. The half ended with the teams trading free throws in the last seven seconds and the score all tied up at 25.

The second half started off similar to the first, with a low-post pass into Maize for a bucket. This would be a trend for

the rest of the game. After trading buckets for a couple of minutes, Leslie hit a 3-pointer which started a 7-0 run by herself. She ended that run with an emphatic block and an easy transition layup.

Leslie posted a double-double, scoring 17 points throughout the game and grabbing 11 rebounds, eight defensively and three offensively.

“Kiara Leslie, a double-double, just keeps being solid and consistent. She did a great job for us,” Moore said. “She’s doing a great job. I wouldn’t necessarily say ‘exceeded’ [my expectations] but on the other hand I don’t know if I saw this coming.”

Moore also complimented Leslie’s abilities as a guard and his faith in her to crash the boards instead of getting back in transition defense.

“She’s gotten more under control. She’s making better decisions with the ball.

Knowing when to push the issue and when to attack and when to settle down,” Moore said. “She’s definitely warranted that opportunity and trust. She’s done a great job.”

Leslie’s aggression on both offense and defense is what helped the Pack go on a 23-8 run in the third quarter. With State up 54-39 entering the fourth quarter, the Wolfpack turned to sophomore Aislinn Konig to run the offense. She assisted on multiple plays to Maize who finished with 16 points and five boards. Konig didn’t have the greatest shooting night, as she went 2 of 6 from the perimeter, but finished with a game-high six assists.

Defense and rebounding were huge factors for the Wolfpack in this game.

State shot 46 percent from the field, while holding Boston College to 37 percent to increase its record to 11-0 when shooting over 40 percent and 15-2 when holding teams to under 40 percent. The Pack also improved on their fourth-ranked rebounding margin in the nation, by outrebounding the Eagles 39-26. Defense and rebounding have been the main catalyst of this seven-game win streak.

Maize emphasized this sentiment after the game.

“Definitely defense, focusing on taking away the strengths of players and also out-rebounding our opponent,” Maize said. “We get a lot more possessions, so that’s more points on our end.”

The Wolfpack will go on the road to Florida to face off against Miami this Thursday at 7 p.m.

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Sophomore guard Aislinn Konig scans the floor against Georgetown on Dec. 10 at Reynolds Coliseum. Konig tied a team-high 16 points, along with four assists and five rebounds. The Wolfpack won 63-49 to improve to 8-2 on the season.

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Caraway looking to build on record-breaking season Shrijan Tallury Correspondent

Last season was one for the record books for NC State softball’s sophomore outfielder Jade Caraway. In her first year, Caraway led the team in four categories; batting average, triples, on-base percentage and hits, breaking school records with a .389 batting average and five triples, while tying the school record for hits with 72.

Caraway has always been a force on the field.

She was a varsity starter for four years at West Orange High School in Winter Garden, Florida, where she was named first team All-State every year, Defensive Player of the Year in 2015 and Metro Spring Female Athlete of the Year in 2016, which was also the year she helped lead her team to a state championship.

Not only does she get it done on the field though, but she is also a force in the classroom.

Caraway was a member of the National Honor Society and Student Government Association while in high school, and made the ACC Honor Roll and the All-ACC Academic Team in her first year at NC State. Balancing school and softball is something Caraway has learned to deal with.

“I usually work ahead with my homework,” Caraway said. “I have a planner written out and keep track of everything I have upcoming for the whole semester. I also take online classes, which I find easier, so I can work on them while we’re traveling.”

The Wolfpack will travel to Fort Myers, Florida, for the FGCU Kickoff Classic from Feb. 9-11, which is only three hours outside of Caraway’s hometown of Winter Gardens.

“I’m looking forward to our season opener in Florida,” Caraway said. “It’s my birthday weekend, my family will be there and I’m excited to see how the team comes out.”

NC State went 18-38 last season, and made it to the semifinals of the ACC Tournament.

Caraway is hoping to turn that around this season as team success has always been the biggest motivation for her. While she racks up the individual accomplishments, her only real goal is to get wins.

“I just want to do everything I can to contribute to team success,” Caraway said. “I want to have a winning season, dominate the ACC, win the ACC and play in the postseason.”

Head coach Sean Rychcik echoed these sentiments when discussing Caraway’s work ethic and demeanor toward the game.

“She’s a competitor,” Rychcik said. “Losing is something that she struggles with and doesn’t want to be a part of. She understands the balance though, and as a leader on this team she manages it well.”

Caraway is known to put in the extra work necessary to be great. She shows up to practice early and goes hard in everything she does, but while she takes her craft seriously she’s also fun to be around according to teammates.

“Very focused during practice, but also knows the appropriate times to make jokes and have fun,” sophomore Haley Finn said.

When Caraway’s not playing softball or doing school work, you can find her at the nearest shopping mall or beach.

“I love shopping,” Caraway said. “I love the beach, or anything outdoors really I love to do.

Nothing compares to Florida beaches though, that’s what I miss the most.”

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Sophmore outfielder Jade Caraway runs towards first base after a bunt during the game against ECU. The Wolfpack defended their home, winning the first game 8-1 and tying the second game 3-3 in Dail Softball Stadium on Oct. 6.

While she was able to enjoy those beaches in the offseason, her focus is now on the season ahead. Coach Rychcik’s emphasis with Caraway this year is on dealing with expectations after an outstanding freshman season.

“The sophomore year is a challenge,” Rychcik said. “She’ll have high expectations, people will realize ‘Hey, we’ve got to get her out.’ Now, it’s not as easy, you’re not the nobody now, people are really shooting for you. There are some

challenges for her in the ups and downs, and I think that’s what she’ll need to have a good balance on.”

If her preseason is any indication then Caraway is set for an incredible year.

“She only had one hit in eight games through the fall [last year]. Then she came out and hit like crazy when the season started,” Rychcik said “We laugh because she had four hits [this past fall]. We’re really excited about this year.”

Cunningham leads Pack at Michigan Power Five Alec Sawyer

Assistant Sports Editor

It was another strong weekend for the NC State track and field team, as the Wolfpack had student-athletes set new personal bests in both the Michigan Power Five Invitational and the Camel City Invitational.

A large contingent of Pack student-athletes headed north for the Michigan Power

Five Invitational, hosted by the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. The meet featured quite a few of the nation’s top teams, with seven ranked programs across both the men’s and women’s competition.

The Pack held its own though, with five podium finishes and eight student-athletes setting personal records over the two-day competition. The highlight for the Pack was the women’s 4x400-meter relay team, which broke the NC State record in the

event with a time of 3:46.64. Juniors Gabriele Cunningham and Janel Pate, along with freshmen Jada Griffin and Alexis Postell posted the record-setting time.

Cunningham was also a bright spot individually for the Pack, winning NC State’s only gold medal of the meet in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.25.

For the Wolfpack men, the highlight of the event came in the 200-meter run, where NC State placed two runners on

the podium. Sophomore Dylan Peebles finished second in the event with a time of 21.23, and sophomore Cravont Charleston came in right behind with a run of 21.28, a personal record.

The Wolfpack had two other podium finishes at the Michigan Power Five. Redshirt freshman Tim Bason finished second

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Wolfpack looks to improve upon rough 2017 season Jake Caccavaro Correspondent

The NC State softball team will look to bounce back this year after a disappointing season in 2017.

The Wolfpack finished 18-38 (10-14 ACC) last season in what was supposed to be an improvement upon the previous year’s 23-33 (6-18 ACC) shortcomings.

The Wolfpack lost three players to graduation following 2017; left fielder Tyler Ross, catcher Molly Hutchison and second baseman Molly Martin. Ross was the team’s best hitter, leading the Wolfpack in home runs, RBIs, slugging percentage and a number of other categories while holding a .318 batting average. Hutchison was second on the team in home runs and slugging percentage, and hit .271.

Losing Ross and Hutchison will be a huge detriment to the Wolfpack’s hitting power, as Ross and Hutchison combined for over 50 percent of the team’s long balls in 2016, hitting 21 of the squad’s 39. The Wolfpack returns only one player with over five home runs last year, sophomore first baseman Cheyenne Balzer.

The Wolfpack will be looking for another big year from 2017 All-ACC second team member, sophomore outfielder Jade Caraway, who led the Pack last year with a .389 batting average. Senior outfielder Macauley Prickett will look to build on her good 2017 campaign, as she was third on the team with a .279 batting average and started every game for the Pack.

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in the mile run, posting a personal-best time of 4:06.79. Bason came in just 0.34 seconds behind Joseph Murphy of Indiana, who won the event.

In the field, redshirt senior Joshua Davis placed third in the weight throw. Podium finishes are becoming an every-meet occurrence for Davis, as he has finished in the top three in all five of his appearances this season.

To go along with the podium finishes for the Wolfpack, redshirt sophomore Ben Barrett, sophomore Gavin Gaynor, redshirt freshman Edwin Rutto and redshirt juniors Lauren Evans, Abdur Rahmaan Kelly and Patrick Sheehan all set new personal bests in their respective events.

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Freshman infielder Chandley Garner gauges an ECU Pirates pitch during game one of the double header in Dail Softball Stadium. The Wolfpack would win the first game 8-1 before tying the second 3-3 on Friday, Oct 6.

Pitching will again be an issue for a Wolfpack team that had a 5.93 team ERA and not a single player with an ERA below 4.87. The Wolfpack’s ace in 2017, Peyton Silverman, transferred to Central Connecticut State University, so the Pack is left without a single pitcher with 100 or more innings pitched.

Junior Brittany Nimmo will likely take over as the team’s ace for the 2018 season. Nimmo went 5-12 last year with a 7.17 ERA and will surely be looking for a much better season. The Wolfpack also

returns senior reliever Harli Hubbard, who finished last year with a 10.91 ERA in 25.2 innings pitched.

Head coach Shawn Rychcik returns for his sixth season with the team. After compiling a 109-60-1 record and an NCAA Super Regional appearance in his first three seasons at the helm, Rychcik has seen his team go 41-71 over the last two years.

The Wolfpack has a favorable schedule, as it doesn’t have to face a single preseason top-25 team until its final

three games of the season against No. 10 Florida State.

NC State gets to play Ohio State and Northwestern at home in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge, which takes place on Feb. 16-18, and will travel to Chapel Hill in April for its three-game series against rival UNC-Chapel Hill.

The Wolfpack begins play this Friday in Fort Myers, Florida, against Georgetown in the FGCU Kickoff Classic. The Pack ’s home opener is Feb. 16 against Ohio State.

While the majority of the Wolfpack was at the Michigan Power Five, a handful of long-distance runners headed down the road to Winston-Salem for the Camel City Invitational. Sophomore Elly Henes had the best showing for State, setting a personal record in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 9:11.95. Henes’ finish is the best time any ACC runner has achieved this season, and the sixth-fastest mark in the NCAA. In addition to Henes, redshirt juniors Gianna Frontera and Rachel Bartolomeo, as well as redshirt sophomore Kyle Christ competed in preliminary runs in Winston-Salem over the weekend.

The Wolfpack will continue on its busy indoor-season schedule next weekend, with the team splitting up to head to both the Tiger Paw Invite in Clemson, South Carolina and the Iowa State Classic in Ames, Iowa.

Sophomore sprinter Dejah Arnold hands the baton off to freshman sprinter Gabriele Cunningham at the first exchange in the 4x200m relay at the 2016 Raleigh Relays held at Derr Track on March 26, 2016. The relay team placed 11th overall in the event with a final time of 1:39.05.

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Takeaways from Pack’s big win over Notre Dame Nick Sinopoli

Assistant Sports Editor

The NC State men’s basketball team claimed a wire-to-wire victory over Notre Dame, 76-58, Saturday in PNC Arena, serving as sweet revenge for an earlier 30-point blowout in South Bend, Indiana.

The Wolfpack (16-7, 6-4 ACC) has seen vast improvements since its 88-58 loss to the Fighting Irish (13-10, 3-7 ACC) on Jan. 3. The scoreboard isn’t telling of the 18-point victory as the Pack dominated every aspect of the game, leading by a 30-point margin before garbage time commenced.

The difference between past conference wins is that Saturday’s was NC State’s first convincing win over a respectable opponent. Let’s analyze a few aspects of the victory over the Irish: Yurtseven isn’t the only offensive weapon In 10 conference games, sophomore center Omer Yurtseven has emerged as the centerpiece of the Pack’s offensive attack. His confidence and aggressiveness has obviously increased. Head coach Kevin Keatts has encouraged the Turkish center to shoot early and often. Yurtseven has flourished in the pick-and-pop game, averaging 15.9 points per game in ACC play including 20-plus scoring outings against Clemson, Wake Forest and Miami.

Since scoring 28 in a loss to the Hurricanes on Jan. 21, Yurtseven has slowed down a bit; however, other members of the Wolfpack have stepped up. Everyone knows of graduate guard Allerik Freeman’s 29-point explosion in Chapel Hill, but he’s been inconsistent for the Pack.

The basket has been wide open for redshirt junior guard Torin Dorn as of late.

Dorn has produced 12, 20 and 21 points in the past three games, respectively, and had the hot hand from deep. He’s shot a scorching 54.5 percent from behind the arc, converting 6 of 11 3-pointers in the last three games.

Also, freshman guard Braxton Beverly has garnered respectable contributions.

Against Notre Dame, Beverly was the Wolfpack’s second-leading scorer with 16, shooting 3 of 5 from three. He notched an impressive stat line of 16 points, six

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Sophomore guard Markell Johnson gets around his defender during the 95-91 overtime thriller over UNC in the Smith Center on Jan. 27.

Johnson led the Pack with 11 assists.

assists and four rebounds.

Markell Johnson is back and better than ever Since returning from a seven-game suspension, sophomore guard Markell Johnson has proved to be the catalyst of NC State’s backcourt.

“Markell’s return has helped everybody,” Keatts told The News & Observer.

“Not so much because he can score and he can pass but it’s also taken the pressure off of Al Freeman and Braxton Beverly.

They can play off the ball. They don’t have to worry about handling the ball as much.

He’s made us better in every aspect.”

Johnson is a pass-first point guard and racks up the assists; in fact, after dishing 10 assists on Saturday, Johnson passed NC

State legend Chris Corchiani as the first Wolfpack player to record four straight game with 10 or more assists.

Though Keatts said the Cleveland, Ohio guard would rather pass than score, he’s put the ball in the basket when he’s called to. Johnson scored a career-high 20 points, including some clutch free throws, in the 95-91 overtime win over then-No. 10 UNC Chapel Hill.

Where is Abdul-Malik Abu? Granted senior forward Abdul-Malik Abu nursed a preseason knee injury forcing him to miss six games, he has been nonexistent during the 2017-18 season.

Though he’s started 13 of the 17 games he’s played, the Boston native is averaging a career-low 17 minutes per game;

furthermore, prior to Saturday’s victory, Abu has seen just 24 minutes of action since Jan. 21.

However, in the Notre Dame rematch the senior had one of his best conference outings of the season. He saw a seasonhigh 30 minutes of action and scored 8 points along with five rebounds.

There could be several reasons as to why Abu isn’t seeing the court as much.

Yurtseven’s emergence, the four-guard scheme, a misunderstanding of the system and a possible lingering knee injury are all plausible explanations.

The Pack is riding a three-game winning streak and feels on top of the world; however, if Abu can shake his mid-season slump, his play could propel NC State to the next level.

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35 Washington’s bill 36 Banned pesticide 37 Winter hrs. in most of Michigan 39 Not far 40 Like heroes deserving more recognition 44 Jewel box 45 Hearth receptacle 46 Obnoxious clowns 47 Basketball’s Shaq

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48 Part of TNT 49 Rich soil 51 Pals, in slang 52 Nail-filing board 53 Kentucky Derby flowers 56 “American Beauty” actress Suvari 59 __TV: Turner channel 60 Farm layer 61 Telepathy, e.g.

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