Pack Team on High Beam — Technician 2/26/18

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IN BRIEF:

POLICE BLOTTER 2/21/18

A quick look at the headlines outside of NC State

Former NC State basketball coach tied to FBI probe, report says

NEWS SG campaigning comes to an end as elections begin, pg. 3

Mark Gottfried, former NC State basketball coach, was in contact with an associate of an NBA agent who had been disassociated from NC State, according to federal documents. The agent and associate are involved in the FBI investigation regarding college basketball corruption. Dennis Smith Jr., a former NC State guard, is among the list of players who received thousands of dollars from the sports agency ASM Sports.

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Seat argument at NC movie theater leads to shooting

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A shooting occurred during a showing of “Black Panther” at a Greenville movie theater Friday night. According to Greenville Police, one shot was fired into the ceiling, but the situation was treated as one of an “active shooter.” No one was harmed in the shooting. Shameeka Latrice Lynch turned herself into the Pitt County Detention Center on Saturday. The case remains under investigation and additional arrests are likely.

Introvert or Extrovert: Self-expression on campus is important for all, pg. 5

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Pyeongchang holds Winter Olympics closing ceremony ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

The 2018 Winter Olympics concluded in Pyeongchang, South Korea, with a closing ceremony that ended in an electronic dance music party. North Korea and South Korea, who appeared under a unified flag during the opening ceremony, each entered under their own flag and wore different jackets. Norway came out with the top medal count at 39 medals, while the United States fell into fourth with a total of 23 total medals.

Backstage: Tara Mullins brings expression and collaboration to the dance floor, pg. 10

SOURCE: THE NEW YORK TIMES

Raleigh faith-based shelter destroyed by fire “Plant a Seed,” an outreach ministry that provides shelter for those without a home, was ravaged by a fire on Saturday. Brenda Jackson, the owner of the home, was preparing for a cookout with other ministry members outside when the fire broke out. Raleigh firefighters are working to determine the cause of the fire. No one was harmed during the fire.

SPORTS Kinneman leads Pack to sweep of Paladins, pg. 12

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11:14 A.M. | HARASSMENT James B. Hunt Library Nonstudent reported person soliciting money.

Area checked. Unable to locate.

11:45 A.M. | HARASSMENT Carroll Hall Student reported receiving unwanted text messages.

8:35 A.M. | TRAFFIC VIOLATION Main Campus Drive/Oval Drive Staff member was cited for a stop sign violation.

9:03 A.M. | TRAFFIC VIOLATION Main Campus Drive/Oval Drive Nonstudent was cited for stop sign violation.

9:05 A.M. | HARASSMENT Nelson Hall Staff member reported ongoing harassment by a student. Contact made with student. Concerning behavior report filed.

9:22 A.M. | TRAFFIC VIOLATION Main Campus Drive/Oval Drive Staff member was cited for stop sign violation.

1:34 P.M. | ASSIST OTHER AGENCY Main Campus Drive/Oval Drive Raleigh Police Department requested assistance from NC State University Police Department pursuant to apprehending a staff member who had an arrest warrant for hit & run and assault with a deadly weapon after an incident off campus.

Staff member was arrested without incident and appropriate notifications made.

12:47 P.M. | LARCENY Student Health Center Student reported secured bicycle was stolen from bike rack.

3:35 P.M. | TRAFFIC ACCIDENT Lee Hall Two staff members were involved in a traffic accident.

7:18 P.M. | FIRE ALARM Talley Student Center FP responded to alarm caused by a smoke machine used in a theater production.

COVER PHOTO BY NICK FAULKNER Senior Nicole Wild launches into the air during her beam routine. Wild had a 9.875 on Feb. 17 in Reynolds Coliseum.

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SG campaigning comes to an end as elections begin Kelly Granger Correspondent

Student Government candidates were out in full force this past week using a variety of techniques in hopes to win over voters. Their campaigning is coming to an end, as voting is set to open at 8 p.m. Monday.

In this year’s election, candidates looked back at previous leaders for advice and insight on the most effective ways to campaign. Student body president candidate Jess Errico, a fourth-year studying mechanical engineering and aerospace engineering, contacted a two-time NC State student body president for encouragement and campaigning tactics.

“Tony Caravano was a student body president twice from 2003-2005, and I was able to sit down and talk with him recently when he was in town,” Errico said. “I got to talk with him about what he saw as being the challenges of the role, the areas that people are most unprepared for and how to prepare for them, and then also had that chance at the end to talk campaign strategy as well. He has certainly provided some insight to what it was like to be study body president and the whole campaign atmosphere.”

For Mia Connell, a student body president candidate and third-year studying sociology, a campaign on a much larger scale caught her attention.

“I saw Barack Obama during his first tour when he visited my home town,” Connell said.

“He just spoke very candidly and he kind of tried to focus on speaking on a very natural level, and I think that that is something that candidates struggle with because they talk in ways that people don’t understand. Definitely

seeing how natural he was is just something that people respond a lot to.”

Many of the candidates have found it meaningful to interact with on-campus groups and organizations by speaking at their meetings and getting to know them one-on-one. Candidates were present at busy locations on campus, including the Brickyard, Centennial Campus and Fraternity Court.

Student body president candidate Alberto Quiroga, a fourth-year studying aerospace engineering, ran for student body president last year. Quiroga discussed the fundamentals of campaigning he learned from experience and how he intended to use them in his campaign.

“Visibility, honestly, making sure your face is out there,” Quiroga said. “Making sure your voice is out there and that students know who you are. We want to make sure that we are visible on campus, that we’re walking around and avoiding being secluded in one area.”

Quiroga finds it important to not only increase visibility, but improve approachability, as well.

“We are walking around Talley, we’re walking around the Brickyard and we’re walking around Centennial to make sure these students can see us and they know that they can easily approach us,” Quiroga said.

Word of mouth has helped candidates make sure their name is known around campus.

Student body president candidate Taylor Pulliam, a third-year studying political science, has been utilizing this strategy throughout his campaign.

“I think the best thing we’ve done is just talking to people, and I especially think that social media has helped a lot,” Pulliam said.

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NC State students running for student body president, vice president and Student Senate president placed signs outside of Talley Student Union. Voting opens on Monday at 8 p.m. and closes Tuesday at 8 p.m.

“Me and Cat [Duble] are both very outgoing people with a large friend base that can vouch for us to show how much we care.”

Although campaign methods are important, candidates had to keep in mind the campaign rules and procedures in the midst of it all.

Board of Elections chair Anna Kate Whitfield, a fourth-year studying political science, is responsible for the campaigning rules, upholding an adequate structure of voting procedures and providing resources to candidates on an unbiased basis.

“The biggest one for me is expense reports,” Whitfield said. “I’m a really big stickler for the deadline, which is 5 p.m. both Mondays and 8:15 p.m. on the Tuesday of the voting day. I know it sounds like a simple thing for them to turn in on time, but if they are late then they get a warning and three of those are disqualification. They have a spending limit, so we monitor just to make sure they’re not spending more than other candidates. It’s just a way to keep it fair.”

Voting will begin on Monday at 8 p.m. and on Tuesday at 8 p.m.

Union Activities Board prepares for upcoming events, committee responsibilities Emily Waddell Correspondent

The Union Activities Board, the organizer of programs such as Pan-Afrikan Week, Diversity Education Week and the homecoming concert, is preparing for its upcoming installment of TUFFTalks and a new leadership team.

The board, composed of seven committees, will be undergoing a presidential change this upcoming spring election cycle. An additional 18 open positions will be up for grabs for the 2018-2019 school year, including executive vice president and committee board chairs.

Kamrie Risku, a fourth-year studying political science and sociology, currently serves as

the organization’s president and will be completing her time as president with the organization’s current event installments.

“The legacy that I wanted to bring was to challenge what we were doing in a positive way and making sure every event was of the highest caliber,” Risku said. “I wanted to leave a legacy of questioning what we were doing in the past.

A lot of that means hard conversations and late hours sometimes.”

Risku is preparing for upcoming TUFFTalks, run by the Speakers and Professional Development committee. The new committee is looking to provide professional opportunities for students and address important issues through its speaker series.

“We are gearing up for TUFFTalks,” Risku said. “It’s our spin on the TedX series where we have a guest lecturer that we bring in, as well as student speakers.”

UAB has seven programming committees, including the Black Students Board, Diversity Activities Board, Leisure and Recreation, Concerts and Entertainment, Films, Marketing Ambassador Committee, and Speakers and Professional Development.

“They all have a distinct way in which they program,” Risku said. “For example, while they don’t primarily focus on black students, the Black Students Board, they really try to educate on the African diaspora during PanAfrikan week where they try to foster com-

munity in that sense, while also educating other students.”

Risku also discussed the responsibilities of the Diversity Activities Board.

“Diversity really focuses on the broader picture; that’s why they have Diversity Education Week,” Risku said. “They can bring in as many aspects of diversity as possible while the chair can take on their own role as far as there being a group or project that the committee is interested in, while also keeping in mind how diversity is multifaceted, and figuring out how to broaden that.”

The Union Activities Board frequently hosts

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Caldwell Fellows celebrates 50th anniversary, announces class of 2021 Georgia Burgess Correspondent

This past week the Caldwell Fellows program not only celebrated their 50th anniversary, but also named their class of 2021. Alumni from all over the United States and the world traveled to NC State to help conduct interviews and to attend the first Caldwell Fellows Alumni Conference in celebration of the program’s anniversary and achievements.

The Caldwell Fellows Program was started in 1968 by H. Smith Richardson and Robert Greenleaf when these men founded the Center for Creative Leadership and awarded grants to five North Carolina universities to start leadership development initiatives on the campuses. Of the five programs that were started, the Caldwell Fellows program is the only one of the five to remain actively operating and committed to the original vision.

“The Smith-Richardson Foundation got their money out of Vicks VapoRub, and they thought ‘we’ve got good money, what’re we going to do?’” said Janice Odom, director of the Caldwell Fellows program.

“And they thought we need more leaders in the world that are the kind of people that we want to see the world developing into, so they developed the Center for Creative Leadership.”

The Caldwell Fellows program focuses on developing community leaders that will be able to serve in their fields of interest, whether that be at NC State or in their future careers. This mission stems from the program’s original vision when it was created half a century ago.

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regular events throughout the year.

“We also like to do our recurring events like Chords and Coffee, the Trivia Nights and Karaoke so that students can consistently have something to really go to and have a community that they see every last Tuesday of the month,” Risku said. “We want to make sure we balance tradition while making sure that innovation is happening.”

Casey Brannigan, a first-year studying management, looks to her inbox to find out about Union Activities Board events throughout the month.

“I feel like I don’t really notice signs but with-

vision of leadership and it is still what we are based on: servant-leadership, which is not the same thing as service,” Odom said.

The program does come with financial support and stipends for the fellows, but according to the fellows and the staff, the program is not about the financial aid.

“I would describe it more as a servantleadership program,” said Kelsey Shevlin, a fourth-year Caldwell Fellow studying statistics. “It does come with a financial stipend and tuition support, but it is more a program than a scholarship.”

Based on these values, the program has named their class of 2021 this past week, which was particularly special this year as the selection activities overlapped with the first-ever alumni conference held by the program.

“It was our first year opening up the weekend to as many alumni that wanted to come or was possible instead of just the amount of interviewers that we need,” Shevlin said.

“We had about twice as many alumni come in for the weekend than we normally have.”

In selecting students out of the pool of applicants, Odom discussed what can make a student stand out from other candidates.

“This program is not a prize for the fact that you have had good breaks and done well in school,” Odom said. “It’s really more of an investment in you, so we choose people that we think that we can develop into strong leaders with the capability to do that good, that really hard and well-informed work.”

Sam Fedeler, a fourth-year Caldwell Fellow studying physics and computer science, also discussed what the program looks for in candidates.

“We are not just looking for the individ-

ual,” Fedeler said. “Community is really important to us, so, for example, during our selection day we do group interviews as well, and I got to work some on that as a senior interviewer, and in that, we really look at how potential Fellows engage with each other because that’s really important.”

The Fellows and staff are excited for the new class and are looking forward to seeing how the community develops, however, the decisions were not easy.

“I think the hard thing about selection is

out emails I probably wouldn’t go to as many events,” Brannigan said.

Brannigan recalled enjoying the homecoming concert hosted by UAB last October.

“I went to the 2 Chainz concert as part of the homecoming celebration and even though students had to pay for that, it was really fun,” Brannigan said. “A lot of people went to that and knew about it. I feel like a lot of the appeal to going to events surrounds the food, music and social aspects.”

There will be an upcoming TUFFTalk this Wednesday at 7 p.m. in Talley Student Union’s Stewart Theatre.

Upcoming UAB events can be seen on the online calendar found here. The application website to get involved with UAB can be found here.

Students wait in line for free popcorn before the UAB showing of “Thor: Ragnarok” on Feb. 15 in Witherspoon Student Center. The Union Activity Board hosts movies several times a month, some of which were recently in theaters, and some early release movies as well.

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New members of the Caldwell Fellows and their families meet each other and listen to presentations in Talley Student Union on Sunday to welcome them and give them an idea of what to expect while they are part of the organization. The Caldwell Fellows is an organization focused on developing strong leadership and service.

it’s not like there are 25 more people on this campus that should be Fellows, and nobody else should be,” Odom said. “It’s like that’s where we draw the line because we keep our class size intentionally at 25 because it is a learning community and if you get a lot bigger it’s hard to do that.”

The program’s administrators are looking forward to the next 50 years and the development of their mission and values through the development of student leaders on NC State’s campus.

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Introvert or Extravert: Self-expression on campus is important for all In today’s fast-paced and evolving world, there is a variety of subjects about which people are caring to discuss and put out their thoughts, especially on a college campus. However, Shivani it is not all that take part Shirolkar in these hot arguments.

Staff Columnist Sometimes, it’s anxiety or the fear of being disagreed with that could be the reason not to be speaking out. A very primitive example is to actually raise your hand to say something in class — 48 percent of students restrict themselves because another student might judge them.

Knowing myself, nine out of 10 times, if I need to ask or talk about something with my professor, I still choose to hang around after the lecture is over, rather than say what I need to in the classroom.

This doesn’t seem to be the best of practices, as I realize, but starting small can go a long way; there are several places on campus to start allowing yourself to be heard. This can help you create an appropriate atmosphere at college to best serve your needs.

As I read in a recent Technician news article, the African American Cultural Center (AACC) holds a weekly discussion on Friday afternoons called What’s on the Table. It’s an informal environment

that gives NC State students a chance to express themselves and get across their points of view regarding different issues.

I think programs like these are a great platform for people to analyze what they feel about something and bring it up in the presence of other individuals who may or may not agree. However, the AACC strives to maintain a safe and judgement-free zone while this event is being held, which makes students feel welcome to share their thoughts.

In the article, a student mentioned that the most important thing they liked about What’s on the Table was the fact that all the participants, including the organizers, were usually quite vulnerable. This allowed other people to be comfortable enough to open up and trust their peers.

Being vulnerable enables us to trust, and that’s exactly what What’s on the Table is going for — a place where you can express yourself and trust that you will be heard, and not ridiculed.

A similar event I read about, called Feminist Fridays, is held in Talley Student Union. Hosted by the Women’s Center, this event is a student-facilitated discussion about a wide range of topics related to equity across cultures. Topics such as body positivity, cultural relativism and gender gaps in the workforce are among the many that are spoken about.

Fri Momin, the student programmer for the Women’s Center mentioned that the program isn’t just for women, but for anyone and everyone to come forth and give their inputs on feminism.

The idea of feminism is gaining quite a lot of social consideration, and there are many who are passionate about various aspects about it, so this is an engaging way to interact and share your thoughts.

Another student stated that the Women’s Center created a friendly and supportive environment, and so it’s also an educational way to meet new people and make friends.

This semester, I needed to enroll in a course called College Student Development (ECD 220) as a part of my requirements to become a Resident Advisor on campus. This course, along with my responsibilities as an RA, has forced me to get out of my shell and reach out to people. Taking on courses and positions that push you to express your thoughts in public can help develop communication skills for your future career. Although being introverted is an inherent personality trait, it’s important to be able to articulate opinions, especially at work.

NC State has been encouraging self-expression since the 1960s, when the University promoted the Free Expression Tunnel on Main Campus as a place for students to

spray-paint graffiti on its walls. This was a concept that intrigued and fascinated me in my freshman year, since there was something new to look at every single day.

Students spray-paint opinions, promote events, support organizations or just leave their mark. Though this permission was an attempt to cut down on illegal graffiti around campus, it’s being used for many forms of artwork today.

I will also mention that writing for the Opinion section in Technician has helped me by giving me an opportunity to voice my thoughts — this platform had been beneficial for me by stimulating personal growth. I didn’t even realize there were ideas I had an opinion about until I started looking up different sides of stories, analyzing them and writing about them.

Self-expression can be unfamiliar and scary; I have always found it difficult to put forth what I think due to the constant anxiety of self-doubt and secondguessing. However, my time at college so far has given me experiences that have opened my eyes to the knowledge that learning is not impossible. I still feel weird about raising my hand in class, but then I remember that Rome wasn’t built in a day. With time and the right resources, self-expression and communication can enhance your life with opportunities to give and receive insight.

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Education is the answer to misinformation DIGITAL AGE POSES NEW CHALLEGES IN DETERMINING WHAT IS TRUE

We live in a society more and more inf luenced by the interconnectedness of social media and other online platforms. Unfortunately, with this interJoseph connectedness has come Rivenbark an increased amount of Correspondent misinformation in the form of fake news and conspiracies. They represent a threat to our society’s ability to have reasoned debates, since if separate parties live in separate realities, we will never be able to find a common ground.

To combat claims like these, we need to have a serious talk about the idea of conspiracies and fake news. We as individuals, future leaders and mature members of a younger, more impressionable demographic must combat the spread of misinformation by educating each other and those around us. We need to educate students on how specifically they can fact-check claims, and in doing so we need to create a culture that brings more skepticism to unsubstantiated and false claims.

You probably already know that on Feb. 14, 17 students died in Marjory Stoneman

Douglas High School. What you might not know is that in the aftermath of the shooting, not everyone exactly admires the students’ courage to speak out on the issues they feel strongly about.

Some are even spreading the lie that David Hogg, one of the more vocal students from Florida, is a “crisis actor” who goes to tragic events and pretends to be a witness. It’s even to the point where on Feb. 21, the number one video on YouTube’s trending section implied David Hogg was a crisis actor. The video showed Hogg at a L.A. beach being interviewed to show that he traveled the U.S. to seek out news coverage and act as a victim.

A quick google search can pretty much debunk any notion of David Hogg being a crisis actor. Websites like factcheck.org provide clear evidence that Hogg was in L.A. for summer vacation. But the idea that a video like this can gain so much traction is particularly concerning considering that YouTube has an audience of roughly 1.5 billion users a month.

YouTube even touts that it reaches more viewers between the ages of 18-34 than any cable network in the US. This video attempts to discredit students whose friends died less than two weeks ago. It is a disgusting and disturbing display of the extent of human cruelty, and unfortunately, it is not as uncommon as would be hoped.

Social media sites like Facebook and YouTube are having trouble removing posts that promote the crisis actor theory from their platform. On Saturday, even President Trump retweeted an account that had pushed the theory.

All it takes is a brief search to expose logical f laws in these theories, a behavior simple enough to be taught to the public. But sometimes it’s not that easy, sometimes conspiracies can’t exactly be “proven” wrong since they can claim that anyone, even fact checkers, are in on it.

In order to prevent arguments like this, students need to be taught in their high school civics classes the importance of using fact checkers and looking up more

“Just because a post has 100,000 likes doesn’t mean it’s true.”

sources on the subject, a practice everyone should follow. We all need to start looking at the things we read with a little more scrutiny. Just because a post has 100,000 likes doesn’t mean it’s true, it means others believe it. It takes effort but it provides security in your beliefs.

Education and practicing it like this can help create a culture of sturdy beliefs in a world with so many f limsy options.

An education that promotes seeking out more details before blindly following an idea could decrease the appeal of theories like this.

Misinformation can be disrespectful to begin with, but it can become dangerous if spread. Take an example like the 2016 “Pizzagate” conspiracy where a North Carolina man walked into a pizza place in Washington, D.C. with a rif le and began to shoot the floor because he thought it was part of child sex ring.

We as active members of society must educate ourselves. Likewise, children who will one day walk into a world of our creation must be educated through school on how to tell fact from fiction online. If we don’t, the situation can only get worse, and we could lose the value of a fact forever.

National Eating Disorder Universities should Awareness Week reminds allow free speech, us to practice self-care not domestic terror Charlotte Rogus Guest Columnist

To many, this week is just another ordinary week of classes, homework, and social activities. For me, it is a celebration of how far I have come in my personal journey with anorexia nervosa. Feb. 26 through March 4 is National Eating Disorders Awareness (NEDA) Week, which aims to educate the community about eating disorders and other mental illnesses. Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of all mental illnesses, and since about 20 percent of college students report having or previously having an eating disorder, this is a critical topic to address.

I believe that teaching people how to

love themselves and embrace their bodies are important components, not only in batting mental illnesses, but for people in general to live happier lives. Though 30 million people in the U.S. suffer from eating disorders, just about everyone has had negative thoughts about their appearance or wish they could change certain aspects of themselves.

Everyone has their own idea of what the “perfect” person should be, and that if you somehow attain “perfection”, all of your problems will be solved. “If you could just lose a little more weight you’ll be happy,” is what I used to tell myself.

The problem was, the more weight I lost, the more unsatisfied and unhappy I be-

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Imagine walking your normal route from class to the Atrium. As you enter the Brickyard, you are greeted by the sight of racially charged signs, torches and angry men Kevin yelling offensive chants.

Moye Some colleges know this Staff Columnist sight or similar scenes all too well. One of our Triangle counterparts just barely avoided this fate.

On Feb. 21, a “Rally for Nationalism” was expected to occur on the campus of UNC-Chapel Hill. A counter-protest run by students and faculty was quickly established in response to the impending nationalist rally; however, the nationalist rally did not materialize.

While this episode of political mishap on college campuses was avoided at UNC, it still revives the conversation of where the line is between free speech and hate speech, and what kinds of speech should be permissible on campus.

Hate speech is defined by the American Bar Association as “speech that offends, threatens, or insults groups, based on race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, disability or other traits.” This perfectly encapsulates the essence of what racially-motivated rallies are trying to achieve.

Free speech is and should always be an inalienable right to citizens of the U.S., but we must also realize that getting an

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came.

After taking time away from school to heal, I have come to appreciate my body and all that it does for me. I think everyone can benefit from self-love, so this NEDA Week I want to share some simple steps that I believe can spark a positive change within ourselves and within one another.

Offer compliments that go beyond the surface. Complimenting a person solely on their appearance is nice but can reinforce the idea of needing to look a certain way. I was complimented on my appearance more when I was struggling with my eating disorder than at any other point in my life. I was incredibly sick, but since there is a positive association with weight loss, I received more praise than concern. Instead of complimenting your friend on something superficial, try saying something like “You are such a good listener,” or “I’m so glad we’re friends.” This way you are complimenting the core of the person, which I think is more meaningful.

Change your way of thinking. Despite what the media and health industries want us to believe, there are no such things as “good” or “bad” foods. The carbohydrates in a banana are the exact same carbohydrates that are in a piece of cake, and if I choose to eat cake over a banana that does not mean I have failed as a person. Instead of assigning foods a moral value and feeling guilt or shame after eating, fuel your body with a variety of foods that you enjoy. I know that I need protein, starches and lipids, and my body

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doesn’t care if I get those from a salad with chicken and nuts or from frozen yogurt with chocolate sauce.

Self-care is an important aspect that many people tend to neglect. Be mindful and set aside time to focus on you. Paint your nails, take a hot bath or shower, read a book, or watch a favorite TV show.

Taking a break from your busy schedule and doing something relaxing can help reduce anxiety and stress.

Most importantly, love and nurture your body. It is your home, allowing you to do the things you love. I hated my body and tried to change it as much as I could through intense restriction and exercise. Only when my body started to fail me did I realize how much I took it for granted.

If you notice a change in yourself or in a friend such as depression, unusual eating habits, excessive exercise, and brittle skin, nails and hair, the NC State Counseling Center has a wide variety of resources and can give you more information on the subject.

Gaining an appreciation for my body was one of the best things I could have ever done, and I’m slowly working to get back the strength that I lost. Our bodies are amazing, so next time you look in the mirror, instead of critiquing your body, celebrate it. Notice all the things you love and embrace them. We need to start building ourselves up, not tearing ourselves down.

This NEDA Week, I challenge you to try and do one or more of the suggestions above as well as check out the events happening on campus. It’s on us to change how we view our bodies, and I think it’s high time we start to love and cherish them.

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education without fear of being emotionally traumatized should also be an inalienable right. This is exactly what happened to University of Virginia students last year when white supremacists tried to disguise their domestic terrorism under the veil of free speech.

These types of protests can weigh on a person’s mental health in the long- and short-term. The short-term problems are ones that we all accept and realize such as feeling unsafe on your own campus and having strong feelings of discomfort.

Less known are the lasting effects that these violent protests can have on a person.

A recent study of Ferguson, Missouri protests has shown that people who are subjected to violent protests have the potential of “developing features of an acute stress disorder.” While college is a stressful environment, students should not have to be worried about developing stress disorders from encounters with literal fascists and supremacists.

Events that are able to cause this level of emotional damage to students just trying to receive an education should in no way be tolerable by universities. In the case of UVA, many students felt like their university failed them because of the administration’s refusal to remove

the protesters from the campus. Some students believed that the protests warranted immediate changes in the university policies that would ban these types of rallies from occurring again on campus.

While I do believe that the ideas these rallies are trying to spread are abhorrent, I still respect the right for these ideas to be spoken about in a civilized manner.

It is not the actual content of these rallies that makes them frowned upon, but rather the violent atmosphere that surrounds these protests which causes the harm.

Spea kers who hold odious beliefs should be entitled to the same rights as speakers with societa l ly accepted beliefs. Far-right speaker and former Trump aide Sebastian Gorka spoke at UNC in November 2017. Gorka’s appearance was much different than the protests we have grown accustomed to. At his speech, no lives were put into jeopardy and no emotional trauma was inf licted on students.

Peaceful discourse should be the gold standard for people who wish to spread massively controversial opinions on college campuses, and the bare minimum for what universities are willing to tolerate in speech like this that blurs the lines between free and hateful. Otherwise, our universities are betraying their highest priority, creating a productive educational environment for us: their students.

“Events that are able to cause this level of emotional damage to students just trying to receive an education should in no way be tolerable by universities.”

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Sophomore Drew Grantham performs a leaping split on the beam. Grantham had a 9.825 on Feb. 17 in Reynolds Coliseum.

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Sophomore Drew Grantham hits the vault. Grantham had a team-high 9.875 during the meet Feb. 17 in Reynolds Coliseum.

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The team sits waiting for award announcements Feb. 17 in Reynolds Coliseum. The Pack put together a season-high team score of 196.575 in the meet.

Junior Caitlyn Fillard runs up to high five assistant coach Bob Starkell after her 9.825 on the bars Feb. 17 in Reynolds Coliseum. The Pack put together a season-high team score of 196.575 in the meet.

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Freshman Katie Cox performs an exhibition on the bars Feb. 17 in Reynolds Coliseum. The Pack put together a season-high team score of 196.575 in the meet.

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Freshman Katie Cox poses prior to her exhibition floor routine Feb. 17 in Reynolds Coliseum. The Pack put together a season-high team score of 196.575 in the meet.

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Senior Chelsea Knight performs a back handspring during her beam routine. Knight had an impressive 9.950 on Feb. 17 in Reynolds Coliseum.

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Backstage: Tara Mullins brings expression and collaboration to the dance floor Kelsey Ward Correspondent

In an unusual office — mirrors paneling an entire wall, a matte black f loor scuffed from quick feet and decorated with old tape — Tara Mullins watches on as her company of modern dancers works with a guest instructor in the Carmichael 2307 dance studio.

“Look at these ladies, they’re so amazing; they give me so much,” Mullins said.

For two years, Mullins has been the director of the NC State Dance Program, taking over after director and mentor Robin Harris retired. In a short time leading the program, Mullins has been acknowledged for her dedication to teach her passion — dance — with a nomination for the Office of Faculty Development’s Outstanding Teacher of the Year award.

“It’s great to have the arts represented in that way,” Mullins said. “A lot of times people don’t know that we have such a vibrant arts life on this campus, so to have that [nomination] just brings more attention to the arts.”

Mullins is passionate about the NC State dance program, which she admired along with previous director Harris’ artistry since 1993 when she saw her choreograph for the first time. Hired as assistant director of dance in 2012, the two worked together until Harris retired in 2016 and Mullins filled her shoes. According to Annalise Boese, a third-year studying English literature and program dancer, the transition has been very successful.

“She’s taken it on and made it her own,” Boese said. “She’s made [modern] dance more attemptable and understandable to those who don’t understand modern. She has a high caliber of artistic work and she’s brought her own philosophy to the program [...] a philosophy of meaningful, purposeful art.”

Mullins performed professionally in Washington, D.C. following her studies, but she much prefers to choreograph and watch her pupils put their hearts into something that previously existed as mere vision. Her productions exhibit an elaborate collaboration between her and her 24 dancers, and sometimes even other arenas of the university.

There is no dance degree offered by NC State, but Mullins said she sees that as an advantage. Her dancers are also students, studying everything from environmental engineering to animal science to politi-

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Tara Mullins, director of the NC State Dance Program, instructs a student on Feb. 21 in the dance studio at Carmichael Gym. Apart from teaching dance courses, Mullins choreographs for both NC State dance companies, teaches a Master Class series and creates interdisciplinary projects. She has also recently completed two films, one of which has been chosen to screen at multiple film festivals.

cal science.

“I really enjoy working with colleagues all across campus, finding new ways to incorporate movement and dance,” Mullins said. “I’m trying to have them realize that it is more than we think; it’s more than just a hobby.”

In 2017, the company performed “Dancing Chemical Reactions,” which beautifully portrayed the movement of chemical reactions. And beginning in 2015, the company worked on a research project called “STEM Majors, Arts Thinkers,” showcasing the diversity of educational backgrounds within dance, which resulted in a paper being published last year.

“Her choreography is very meaningful in a way that she doesn’t do things just to do them,” Boese said. “Everything she does is backed in research and emotional content. It’s very even-layered.”

A great deal of Mullins’s other choreographies are inspired by her Sicilian heritage. It’s not a place that she calls home, but it’s where her grandparents did and that moves her to pay tribute to the relationship, whether distant, she has with her ancestors. One dance she choreographed for the NC State company was called “Against the Railing” and was about her grandmother immigrating as a teenager to the United States.

Before finding her place at NC State, Mullins attended James Madison University and Arizona State University, where she graduated in 1996 and 2003, respec-

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Habitat for Humanity chapter aids Raleigh community

Emily Hench Correspondent

From building houses to fundraisers, these students are seeking to help get families across Wake County the leg up they need.

Habitat for Humanity at NCSU is a chapter of the worldwide charity of the same name. By working closely with the Wake County chapter of Habitat, members strive to build affordable housing for families across Raleigh.

“What we do as a chapter is to help bring volunteers out to the build sites,” said Neil Cornwell, a third-year studying biomedical engineering and the group’s current president.

“We promote their mission on campus, and we also fundraise throughout the year.”

With most of the chapter’s activities focus around builds on Saturdays and events on campus, student participation plays a big role in what the group does.

“We work on an event-to-event basis,” said Tyler Bendl, a third-year studying biomedical engineering and the group’s current vice president. “We know people’s schedules can get hectic throughout the year, and so, with our volunteers, sometimes it fluctuates at the beginning of the year. We have a lot of students, not a lot of tests going on, and then it kind of filters out, but we love volunteers, and as much or as little as you can volunteer is really helpful to us.”

One of the group’s most notable recurring events is Shack-a-Thon, held every September in the Brickyard.

“Shack-a-Thon is our biggest event and takes a lot of preparation,” said Katarina Smith, a second-year studying business administration and the group’s current secretary. “At the moment, we also have a T-shirt contest for the design of next year’s Shack-a-Thon T-shirt; there’s flyers for it all over campus.”

This semester, the group is planning an allnew, large-scale event, to be held right here at NC State.

“Anytime Habitat Wake goes to build a house on-site, they prefabricate all the walls, so we

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tively, with a bachelor’s degree in dance and a master’s of fine arts in dance degree.

It wasn’t all jazz hands and toe tapping.

“We danced a lot,” Mullins said. “We were in the studio until almost 10 o’clock at night, for both degrees; technique class twice a day — ballet, modern or jazz — then we took classes like anatomy, kine-

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Cameron Hill, a fourth-year studying information science at UNC Chapel Hill, Molly Ashline, campus organizer with NCPIRG, and future homeowner Tami Ali lift up a truss for a roof for her home at a Habitat for Humanity build site in Holly Springs on Nov. 17, 2017. Members of The NC State chapter of the North Carolina Public Interest Research Group, including Ashline, helped fellow volunteers to build a home for Habitat for Humanity as part of Homelessness & Hunger Awareness Week.

don’t just show up and build every part of the house on the build site,” Cornwell said. “What we’ve talked to Habitat Wake about is, well, let’s fabricate all the walls on the Brickyard for three houses, and then those walls will be taken to the worksite, and those volunteers will put those walls together to make a house for a family.”

This new event, called the Brickyard Blitz, will be held on April 6.

“We’re reaching out to student groups on campus, at the athletics department and big name officials at the university,” Cornwell said. “We hope that we’ll have students from different organizations and groups, NC State officials, all working together on the Brickyard

over the course of a day to build three homes on the Brickyard.”

Habitat for Humanity at NC State is always looking for new volunteers and have reached out to the student body in a variety of ways all across campus.

“We’re always looking to recruit new people,” Bendl said. “We have emails sent out every week, but really, at the beginning of the year, that’s when we really try to recruit new freshmen and students, we’re at student involvement events, we’re at Packapalooza trying to reach out, the CSLEPS service and leadership fair, just stuff like that.”

Going forward, the chapter is looking to

get more students on campus involved in its events and hopes to be able to help more families across the Raleigh area.

“Our chapter here at NC State is supporting Wake County, and so I’d personally like to see the support for Wake County grow,” Smith said. “Also, I’d like to see more people come out on Saturdays. At the moment, we have one house that we’re working on. If we potentially had several, if we had the funds to do that, we could have more volunteers and get more people involved.”

For more information about their events, Habitat for Humanity at NCSU can be contacted at ncsuhabitat@gmail.com.

siology and lighting for costume design.”

Mullins’ focus as a graduate student was in dance and community partnerships, which led her to a final project called the “Hero Project,” which worked to integrate arts programming with homeless teenagers.

Naturally, her focus on communityoriented arts moved her to found her own dance company after graduating from ASU. The Z. Mullins Dance Company ran from 2006 until 2011, doing projects

with elementary schoolers and the greater community in North Carolina, Florida and Virginia.

Mullins’ ambition, passion and dedication has driven her abundant career as a dancer and dance educator, even though she didn’t truly start training in dance until she was in high school and enrolled in classes at the local studio. Her fall into dance was quick, but without hesitation, and she felt supported along the way.

Now, she hopes to continue providing

that same support to young dancers at NC State as they take on the world as both people and artists.

“Some of them will go on and continue to dance, some will go on to perform, some will just be arts activists, and some will encourage dance for their families,” Mullin said. “I just really love being in here with them and creating work.”

Winners of this year’s Outstanding Teacher of the Year award will be announced in March.

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Kinneman leads Pack to sweep of Paladins Alec Sawyer Assistant Sports Editor

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Behind yet another offensive outburst, the NC State baseball team finished off a weekend sweep of Furman on Sunday with a 9-0 victory at Doak Field.

The Wolfpack (7-1) outscored the Paladins (3-4) 28-2 in the three-game series, and has now scored at least nine runs in five straight games.

Junior left fielder Brett Kinneman homered in his third straight game Sunday, finishing the series hitting 9 for 14 with four home runs, eight RBIs and six runs scored.

“I’m just being fortunate to have guys getting on base in front of me,” Kinneman said. “All of our guys, one through nine, have been having great at-bats all week. Just as a team, it’s much easier to hit individually when the whole team is hitting well.”

Senior right fielder Brock Deatherage also carried some of the load offensively Sunday, going 3 for 4 with two RBIs and two runs scored, including his third home run of the season in the fifth inning. Freshman shortstop David Vazquez went 2 for 4, picking up his first career hit in the fourth inning before launching his first collegiate home run in the seventh.

Vazquez tallied three RBIs and scored twice.

“It’s hard to swing the bats that good this early,” said head coach Elliott Avent. “[Kinneman]

is special for me to watch every day. I just think that he’s a great baseball player. Not just a great baseball player, but he plays the game the right way. That guy has done it since he’s been here.”

Freshman left-hander David Harrison (0-1, 4.91 ERA) started on the mound, and struggled with his command despite not allowing any damage on the scoreboard. Harrison lasted just three innings, striking out four batters and allowing only two hits but also walking three hitters; throwing only 29 of his 55 pitches for strikes.

Junior righty Nolan Clenney (1-0, 1.35 ERA) picked up his first win at NC State, tossing 3.1 scoreless innings in relief of Harrison. Clenney also struggled with his command, walking four batters. Sophomore lefty Kent Klyman (1-0, 0.00 ERA) closed things out for the Pack, throwing 2.2 scoreless frames, but walked two.

For the Paladins, lefty Matt Lazzaro (0-1, 7.00 ERA) started and took the loss, allowing six earned runs and 10 hits over four innings of work.

“I thought they pitched good,” Avent said.

“Nine walks. That’s disappointing, and three hits. That explains it. Nine walks, you should probably give up a lot more runs than zero, and we will if we continue to do that. That’s one thing we haven’t done this year, walk anybody.

Today that was disappointing.”

After an empty first inning, State scored in four consecutive frames to jump ahead to a 7-0 lead through five innings. Deatherage and redshirt sophomore third baseman Dillon Cooper scored in the second, both coming around on

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Sophomore Brett Kinneman , an outfielder in NC State’s baseball team runs to first base at the Wolfpack’s game against George Mason University on Mar. 15, 2017. The Wolfpack earned a strong lead in the first inning of the game leading the Patriots 5-1. The game ended with a 7-3 win for the Wolfpack.

sacrifice outs from junior catcher Jack Conley and Vazquez, respectively.

Kinneman blasted a 1-0 pitch over the wall in right-center field in the third for his fourth home run of the series. Junior designated hitter Evan Edwards also came around to score in

the third inning, tagging-up from third on a sacrifice fly off the bat of Deatherage. Hitting a home run in three straight games is an impressive feat, and something Kinneman isn’t sure

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Wolfpack defeated by No. 4 Notre Dame in regular-season finale Kailee Jurnak Correspondent

The No. 22 NC State women’s basketball team was defeated by No. 4 Notre Dame 8667 to end the regular season Sunday in South Bend, Indiana. Throughout the entire game, NC State was never able to even win a quarter to gain some momentum against the powerful Fighting Irish.

Even before the game, the Wolfpack (22-7, 11-5 ACC) knew it was going to be a tough match against the Fighting Irish (27-2, 15-1 ACC). The Irish have been notorious this season with protecting the home court, having not lost a single home game.

During the first quarter, the Wolfpack was hot on Notre Dame’s heels, only trailing by one point at the end of the opening frame. The be-

ginning was a slow start relative to the rest of the first quarter, running down two minutes on the clock before the first basket was made by redshirt sophomore guard Kaila Ealey to give the Pack a 3-0 lead. The fourth quarter was also a close affair, with the Pack being outscored by only two points.

The proximity in points in the first and fourth quarters make it evident that the second and third quarters were detrimental to the Pack’s success. The middle of the game is what put the Pack far behind on the scoreboard, with Notre Dame outscoring State 49-33 in the middle frames.

Even though it was a tough loss, it was by no means a bad loss for the Pack. In previous seasons, Notre Dame has been a powerhouse

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Redshirt sophomore Kaila Ealey drives toward the interior during the 74-61 win of the Play4Kay game on Feb. 18 in Reynolds Coliseum.

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What we have learned from Pack softball’s strong start

Jake Caccavaro Correspondent

The NC State softball team has won six of its last seven games and is on a roll after starting the season 4-4.

The Wolfpack (10-5) is coming off a weekend that saw the team win four of five at the Homewood Suites by Hilton RDU/RTP Invitational at Dail Softball Stadium in Raleigh, including tossing two no-hitters. Here are four takeaways from the first quarter of the season: Sam Russ has been a revelation The Wolfpack’s superstar freshman outfielder from Charlotte has been the Wolfpack’s best player so far. Russ is hitting a team second-high .421 on the year, is tied for the team lead with 16 hits, is second on the team with 10 runs, is tied for team lead with a .500 on-base percentage and has maintained a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage.

Russ has also been a demon on the basepaths, nabbing a team-high seven stolen bases in just as many attempts. Her aggressiveness on the basepaths has been huge for the Wolfpack, which only has six stolen bases combined from the rest of the team.

So far on the year, Russ hasn’t just been the best player on NC State; she’s been one of the best players in the entire ACC. Heading into play on Sunday, Russ was in the top 10 in the ACC in batting average, on-base percentage, stolen bases, runs and hits.

Jade Caraway picking up where she left off

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he’s ever done before.

“I don’t know, I’m not really sure,” Kinneman said. “Maybe when I was younger, but that might be the first time for that.”

NC State added two more runs in the fourth inning, the third straight two-run frame for the Wolfpack. Vazquez led things off with a double and came around to score on a sac fly from senior center fielder Josh McLain. Kinneman added the other run to make it 6-0; singling, stealing second and scoring on an Edwards double.

Deatherage added the lone tally in the fifth inning, sending just the second pitch from

Sophomore outfielder Jade Caraway had an excellent 2017 season for the Wolfpack and is building even further on that success. The sophomore is third on the team with a .348 batting average, first on the team with 13 runs, tied for first with 16 hits, third on the team with a .456 on-base percentage and is the only player other than Sam Russ to have more than two stolen bases, with four.

After a record-breaking 2017 season, it would be easy to forgive Caraway for a slight return to Earth, but the complete opposite has happened. Caraway has ele-

vated her play from All-ACC second team in 2017 to a strong contender to be named to the All-ACC first team so far in 2018.

Newcomers’ contributions have been vital Highlighted by the play of Russ, the Wolfpack’s freshmen have been key contributors to the team’s good start. Aside from Russ, third baseman Timberlyn Shurbutt has been excellent, hitting .311 on the season, leading the team with five doubles, and racking up 11 RBIs, secondmost on the team. Shurbutt also has a ten-

dency to come up big in key moments, such as her sixth-inning grand slam in an extra-innings win over then-No. 22 Ohio State on Feb. 16.

Freshman catcher Lily Bishop has hit three home runs and freshman infielder Chandley Garner has smacked a home run as well. Bishop is third on the team with 10 RBIs and Garner is fourth with eight.

Sophomore pitcher Devin Wallace, who transferred in from Coastal Carolina, has been phenomenal as the Wolfpack’s ace in 2018. Wallace tossed a no-hitter against Wagner on Feb. 23 and has just a 2.02 ERA on the season. Wallace has limited opposing hitters to a miniscule .181 batting average against her and has been the most important player for a Wolfpack team that had its fair share of struggles with pitching last year.

Outfielder Jade Caraway , a sophomore majoring in exploratory studies, tosses back a ball during a game against UNC-Wilmington on April 19, 2017 in Dail Softball Stadium . Despite their efforts, the Wolfpack lost to the Seahawks 6-0 for their twenty-ninth loss this season.

Living by the long ball The Wolfpack lost its top two home run hitters from 2017, but that hasn’t stopped the team from hitting dingers in 2018. The Wolfpack has already smacked 10 home runs on the year and is on pace for 36.

Bishop has hit three home runs on the season, Shurbutt and junior first baseman Cheyenne Balzer have smacked two home runs each, while senior infielder Alyssa Compton, sophomore infielder Haley Finn and Garner have each hit one.

The Wolfpack’s home runs tend to come at opportune times. Shurbutt’s grand slam against Ohio State helped propel the Wolfpack to an upset win, while Bishop’s two-home run game against Elon on Feb. 21 broke the game open for the Wolfpack and her other home run came in extra innings to beat Ohio University Sunday.

Furman reliever Nik Verbeke over the rightfield fence for his third home run of the season, matching his total from 2017 in just eight games this year.

Vazquez fully connected on a 1-1 pitch in the seventh inning, launching the ball over the wall in deep left-center field for his first home run to put the Pack up 9-0. Conley scored on the long ball after hitting a single through the left side of the infield.

“It feels great. It’s the best feeling in the world,” Vazquez said. “I saw he had two fingers on the slider grip, so I knew it was some kind of slider or slurve coming up the next pitch. Lucky for me I just saw it and he left it hanging. Put a good swing on it.”

NC State will get right back to it Monday, as the Wolfpack hosts Air Force at Doak Field at 2 p.m.

percent while the Irish shot nearly 47 percent.

A 17-percent difference that created a large dent in the Pack’s chances.

The Irish’s offense was solidified by Jackie Young and Arike Ogunbowale, with the two scoring half of the Irish’s 86 points. Young scored 22 points and Ogunbowale had 21 points for a combined attack of 43 points.

Wolfpack senior forward Chelsea Nelson and Ealey led the offense against the Irish, scoring 15 and 18 points, respectively.

The Wolfpack’s defense was overwhelmed by the Irish as the Pack was out-rebounded in both defensive and offensive rebounds. Nelson did have seven rebounds, the most in the game.

With the regular season over, the Wolfpack moves onto the ACC Tournament this week in Greensboro. The Pack holds the five seed and will begin play Thursday morning.

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amongst women’s basketball. The Irish always have an impressive winning record. During the 2015-2016 season, the Irish were 16-0 in the conference and ranked third in the nation when they played the Pack. Last season, with Notre Dame ranked second, the Wolfpack did defeat the Irish by eight points in Raleigh.

The Wolfpack’s shooting percentages Sunday were steady for the team. The Pack shot around 43 percent in field goals and 83 percent from the foul line. The Irish had a slightly higher field-goal percentage but had a lower foul-shot percentage. The only big difference in shooting was at the 3-point line. The Wolfpack shot 30

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Takeaways from NC State baseball’s hot start Jason Bacherman Staff Writer

It’s college baseball season again, finally. After earning its third straight NCAA Tournament bid last year, the NC State baseball team and head coach Elliott Avent are off to a 7-1 start this season. The team has been impressive in the early going, especially on the offensive side of things.

The Pack hasn’t played any premier competition yet, but the strong start is an encouraging sign for the Wolfpack faithful. Here are some takeaways from the first week and change of NC State baseball: Piedmonte and Brown are the stalwarts of the rotation Graduate student Johnny Piedmonte and senior Brian Brown are both back in Raleigh for their last seasons as members of the Wolfpack and both bring a wealth of experience and success.

Piedmonte paced the pitching staff last season, throwing a strong 61.2 innings to the tune of a 2.77 ERA in nine starts and six relief appearances. The towering right hander boasts a 2.08 ERA in two starts this season and has walked just two batters and struck out 12. His sturdy command and control will be key for

the Pack, especially in ACC play.

Brown, the Pack’s other starter, doesn’t necessarily throw hard, but his secondary stuff is more than exceptional. Last season, the lefty struggled some with his control, walking 4.3 batters per nine innings, but has walked just two and struck out 13 in 13 innings in 2018.

The third weekend starter is to be determined, but Brown and Piedmonte are a formidable duo atop the rotation.

Brett Kinneman is really good at baseball Junior outfielder Brett Kinneman had a renaissance freshman season in 2016, batting .296 and slugging .526 while driving in 33 runs and launching six home runs. He followed that up with an impressive sophomore year and now, in his junior year, it’d be a tough task to find a player off to a better start.

He’s batting .455 on the year with a mindboggling five home runs and 17 RBIs in eight games. His slugging percentage is sitting at an even 1.000, and he’s walking more than he’s striking out. Clearly, the production will level off, but his play thus far has been excellent and a key part of the Wolfpack offense.

Solid production from freshmen and newcomers It’s no secret NC State has some injury is-

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Junior lefthand pitcher Brian Brown pitches at the Florida State vs. NC State baseball game on April 9, 2017 at Doak Field. The Wolfpack won 8-4.

sues. Senior starting second baseman Stephen Pitarra had surgery on his leg and will be out four to six weeks. Sophomore pitcher Dalton Feeney is out for the season, while sophomores Brad Debo and Will Wilson are both also nursing injuries.

Despite the injuries, some new faces have stepped up. Redshirt sophomore Dillon Cooper, after receiving just 12 at bats last year, has taken the reigns at third base and is hitting .370 with solid defense. Freshmen J.T. Jarrett

and David Vazquez have filled in admirably up the middle at second base and shortstop, respectively.

Freshman pitcher Reid Johnston and redshirt junior pitcher Nolan Clenney have performed well out of the bullpen. Johnston boasts two saves and a 2.00 ERA in three appearances while Clenney holds a 1.35 ERA in 6.2 innings.

With a less-than-ideal injury situation, it’s good for Avent to be able to rely on freshmen and new players for the time being.

Pack softball beats Ohio in extra innings to win RDU/RTP Invite

Robert Brooks Correspondent

The NC State softball team won a close 4-3 battle in an extra inning against Ohio Sunday to clinch the Homewood Suites by Hilton RDU/RTP Invitational title at Dail Softball Stadium.

NC State (10-5) went 4-1 in the tournament, with wins coming against Delaware St, Wagner twice and Ohio. While the tournament did not provide the most loaded field, the Wolfpack should be excited about the win and how its performance could indicate a strong rest of the spring. Both offense and defense were clicking, and the Wolfpack showed some real toughness to help pull out the win.

“Our at-bats were outstanding today with 10 hits, and we had several line outs so the quality of our at-bats were great,” head coach Shawn Rychcik told NC State Athletics. “Our defense was outstanding. I really like the way we’re playing right now and when we play the way we’re supposed to it improves our team as a whole.”

The championship game was tied 1-1 until the fifth inning, when NC State sophomore

outfielder Angie Rizzi scored on freshman Timberlyn Shurbutt’s sacrifice fly to give the Wolfpack a 2-1 advantage. The Bobcats quickly tied the game once again in the sixth with an RBI double from Katie Yun. In the top of the extra eighth inning, freshman Lily Bishop hit a two-run homer to give the Wolfpack the 4-2 lead that would eventually lead to the victory. The Bobcats did their best to comeback in the last half with one run, but the comeback attempt would end there. Wolfpack senior Alyssa Compton ended the game as she calmly gloved a grounder and threw over to junior Cheyenne Balzer at first base to end the game and win the invitational.

Sophomore starting pitcher Devin Wallace continued to be a bright spot for the Wolfpack as her record improved to 5-3 on the season with a 2.02 ERA. Another sophomore, Jade Caraway, has been one of the Wolfpack’s most productive hitters with a strong .348 batting average and a team-leading 13 runs.

NC State will continue its season by traveling to Boseman Field in Wilmington to face the UNC-Wilmington Seahawks on Wednesday at 4 p.m.

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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 game one 8-1 and tying game two 5-5 in Dail Softball Stadium on Oct 6., 2017.

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CHILD CARE NEEDED Female needed to drive two kids from Cary Academy to home (25 minutes drive) on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays (most importantly, Tuesdays and Fridays) at 3:15 p.m. Pay is $25 per time. Email solim002@yahoo.com or call Mona at 919-741-0450.

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SPRING BREAK BAHAMAS SPRING BREAK $189 for 5-Days. All prices include: Round-trip luxury party cruise. Accommodations on the island at your choice of ten resorts. Appalachia Travel. www.BahamaSun.com 800-867-5018

TRUCK FOR SALE 1996 Chevy S10 4x4 - 4.3L V-6 - 185K miles - 5 speed manual, recent clutch and Cooper radials. Bed liner and fiberglass camper shell. $4,500. Good work truck or beach/mountain vehicle Email Gary and gdbabb@gmail.com

CHILD CARE NEEDED Childcare Avent Ferry United Methodist Church Childcare for approximately three hours on Sunday mornings (9:30 - 12:30).

Email dcorbin9449@gmail.com 919-835-3688

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