Women's Basketball — Technician 3/21/19

TECHNICIAN MA RC H 21, 2019

VOL . 99 | NO. 25

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

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ARMING TEACHERS

A CONTROVERSIAL IDEA

New proposal to arm teachers would create new risks, not solve gun violence (opinion column).

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PARKOUR CLUB

PROFILE ON THE STUDENT ORGANIZATION

NC State’s Parkour Club trains together to perfect tricks, flips, and a variety of stylized moves.

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IN BRIEF:

POLICE BLOTTER 3/20/19

A quick look at the headlines outside of NC State NEWS New University Controller Lori Johnson: balancing NC State’s budget, pg. 3

10:43 PM | SUSPICIOUS PERSON D.H. Hill Library Officers responded to report of person yelling to passersby. Contact made with non-student who was issued a trespass warning.

ECU Chancellor asked to step down The East Carolina University chancellor, Cecil Staton, will leave his job on May 3 after a three-year tenure. Earlier in the year, Staton was criticized when the ECU Foundation purchased a $1.3 million home for the chancellor off campus and a new university branding campaign. The university announced that Staton will remain an adviser to the president and interim chancellor through June 30.

Staton said he did not initiate this resignation but feels fortunate to have led ECU. “There are no limits to what ECU can attain in service to the East, North Carolina, our nation, and our world and we look forward to following the progress of this great university in the years to come,” he said in a statement by the university.

11:27 PM | SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE Council Bldg Officers on patrol made contact with two nonstudents after locating an unoccupied vehicle.

Officers detected the odor of marijuana and received consent to search the vehicle. No contraband located. Non-students were issued trespass warnings.

12:21 PM | MEDICAL ASSIST Weaver Labs Units responded to report of injured staff member.

3:28 PM | MEDICAL ASSIST Clark Hall Units responded to and transported student in need of medical assistance.

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OPINION NC should keep schools gun-free, pg. 6

3:39 PM | FIRE ALARM Northampton Hall Fire and Life Safety responded to alarm caused by cooking.

Supreme Court lessens limits on detention of immigrants

4:10 PM | SUSPICIOUS PERSON Talley Student Center NCSUPD fielded calls in reference to the safety notice published for CFS # 14814.

On March 19, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision that the government may detain legal immigrants without a proper hearing anytime, even months or years, after serving sentences for crimes they have committed. This ruling reversed the decision made by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, which stated that immigrants can only be detained within 24 hours of release from criminal custody. This Supreme Court ruling is widely viewed as a victory for the Trump administration.

4:51 PM | SPECIAL EVENT Reynolds Coliseum Officers provided services for event.

5:04 PM | SPECIAL EVENT Doak Field Officers provided services for event.

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7:21 PM | POLICY VIOLATION Lonnie Poole Golf Course Officer on patrol made contact with non-student operating a drone. Non-student was advised of university policy and left the area without incident.

Flip in the Parkour Club, pg. 10

Wake County students will get Election Day and a Muslim holiday off from school

SPORTS Pack looks to repeat as EAGL Champions, pg. 11

On March 19, The Wake County school board approved the 202021 calendars, which include teacher workdays on Nov. 3, 2020 for Election Day and May 13, 2021, the first day of the Muslim holiday Eid al-Fitr. Many Muslim representatives thanked the school board, emphasizing the message of inclusiveness in the community. “There will be countless other children who will be ecstatic about spending this holiday with their families,” said Mariya Shaikh, a Raleigh parent who advocated for this action. However, students are not getting Eid al-Fitr off for religious reasons, but due to the fact that many people will miss school that day due to students taking AP exams.

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9:15 PM | FIRE ALARM Valley Hall Officers responded to alarm caused by cooking.

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New University Controller Lori Johnson: balancing NC State’s budget Sofia Gonzalez Bartello Correspondent

Lori Johnson was named university controller in late February, after almost 20 years of experience working with NC State finances. The previous university controller was David Price, who retired last spring.

The university controller is responsible for things such as budgeting, tax compliance and financial statements. They also oversee areas such as accounting, cash services and various financial operations.

“The university controller position is basically the steward over all the financial data in the system,” Johnson said. “It’s an important clearing-house in making sure that all the revenues and expenses are correctly reported and disseminated into the financial report.”

According to the university controller’s website, the controller’s office aims to uphold the integrity of the Financial Accounting and Reporting System. They ensure that financial records are correct and available to a number groups such as the Board of Governors and the NC State Board of Trustees, while abiding by all laws and regulations.

“One of the duties of the controller’s office is to help the wheels get down the road

smoothly, so what the controller’s office does and what this position does is enable the train to move down the tracks and to stay on the tracks,” Johnson said.

Johnson said her position is an important part of stewardship shown to the citizens of the state and to the students who attend or support the university.

She said her experience at the university gave her more expertise in how to effectively carry out her position.

“I have been at NC State for nineteen years,” Johnson said. “I originally started in the controller’s office as the financial manager and learned a lot about the financial system. Being there really gave me a chance to work with a number of departments and colleges to understand how things work and allow me to see the big picture of things.”

Johnson’s job also includes communicating with a variety of different departments to ensure all regulations are followed by the school.

“NC State is a wonderful institution,” Johnson said. “I love working here because of all the brilliant things that are being done by all the students and faculty. What I want the controller’s office to do is to enable that work to continue as smoothly as we can while we keep everyone compliant with all of the rules and regulations that we have to

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Lori Johnson, who has been with NC State for almost 20 years, was recently named the new university controller. Johnson previously served as the director of strategic debt and financial management in the finance division of the Office of Finance and Administration.

comply with, both at the state level and the federal level.”

Johnson said she has great hopes and expectations for the future of NC State and plans to continue helping NC State run as well as possible.

“The future of NC State is bright,” John-

son said. “We are going places that I don’t think were even thought of a couple of decades ago, and so I really feel we are in the midst of a partnership of the controller’s office with the different colleges at NC State, and that will help the institution get as far as it can go.”

NC State and NCDOT launch research to combat bridge deterioration Amber Detwiler Staff Writer

In August 2017, two NC State graduate students and a professor in the Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering (CCEE) partnered with the North Carolina Department of Transportation to improve bridge durability and lifespan. With one year of the project remaining, the team shared what their research means for the department, NC State and North Carolina as a whole.

The team contributing to this research includes Zakariya Bourara, a graduate student in civil engineering; Brad McCoy, a Ph.D. candidate in civil engineering; and Rudi Se-

racino, a professor of structural engineering and associate head for undergraduate programs in the CCEE department.

“W hat we a re trying to do is address limitations on existing bridges in North Carolina due to deterioration over time,” Seracino said. “Because of environmental conditions, the performance in terms of the strength or serviceability of bridges deteriorates over time, and they can reach a point where the deterioration is at a level

where you need to restrict the traffic on the bridge.”

Seracino said that traffic is restricted by reducing the allowable weight of a truck that can cross the bridge, reducing the speed limit or even reducing the number of lanes.

“Basically we design this experimenta l progra m, see where to evaluate the research gap in terms of what materials we’re going to be using, address those gaps, design our retrofit, conduct this experimen-

“What we are trying to do is address limitations on existing bridges in North Carolina due to deterioration over time...”

tal program and then deliver guidance on our findings to the DOT,” Bourara said.

Seracino said that this partnership is possible thanks an NCDOT-funded research program in which universities can submit proposals to address various research questions that they have.

“They are funding the project, which allows it to happen and lets graduate students do the work on the projects as part of their research theses,” Seracino said. “They provided us with the beams that we’re testing.

All the beams we are testing came from existing bridges that were in service in North Carolina.”

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NC State awaits controversial Title IX changes after DOE receives public input Jean Brannum Correspondent

NC State is at a standstill with the proposal for changes to Title IX since the public comment period ended, and it is now waiting for the U.S. Department of Education to release a final proposal.

Last November, the department released a rewrite of the Title IX law, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in federally funded schools. Some proposed changes include redefined criteria for sexual harassment and the standard of evidence.

The American public had a period to comment publicly on the changes from Nov. 29 to Jan. 28 and again for 24 hours on Feb. 15.

Janine Kossen, associate director of the Women’s Center said there have been no changes implemented yet.

“Title IX is a statutory law, and what the administration is doing is proposing changes to that,” Kossen said. “These changes have not gone into effect yet.

What they did was they issued a notice of proposed making and then gave a 60day comment period for any stakeholder’s interest to comment on that.”

The Department of Education is reviewing the over 105,000 comments on the changes, according to Kossen.

David Elrod from the Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity said that it is hard to make decisions about the university response when the department issues the final proposal, and that it could be another year before the changes go into

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In addition to both funding the research and providing the beams, Seracino said that the NCDOT also has an advisory team of engineers which provides direction and guidance throughout the project. McCoy said that the NCDOT is providing a total of $300,000 to this project.

“One was a coastal bridge, where deterioration could be because of the saltwater that corrodes the steel reinforcement internally,” Seracino said. “The other bridge is in a rural area, and deterioration is due to runoff from agriculture trucks and fertilizer, which also damages the concrete and can cause corrosion of steel. The bottom line is that the

effect.

“They are currently just proposed,” Elrod said. “They’re not in the final stages yet, and so until we know what those actually look like, the university cannot make concrete decisions.”

The proposed changes would also allow universities to cross-examine accusers of sexual assault, use informal resolution-

people to come forward and seek support, and so the more hurdles you put in their paths, the less likely it is that people are going to come forward and seek support,” Kossen said.

One part of the proposal said the instance of sexual assault must greatly affect a student’s education in order to file a lawsuit under Title IX. Kossen gave her

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such as mediation to resolve cases, and change the jurisdiction.

Kossen commented on the proposed changes, saying that if any of the proposed changes become law, she believes it will be harder for survivors to come forward to speak out about their experiences.

“The barriers are often really high for types of bridges that are affected are across the state. It’s not restricted to a specific nation or a specific environmental condition.”

Since the project started, Seracino said, two NC State undergraduate students have contributed to this research, although the findings will benefit all students in the CCEE department.

“The reality is that the work we’ve been doing applies to bridge systems across the U.S. and worldwide,” Seracino said. “It is producing fundamental research that’s allowing us to train graduate students in innovative research, which results in publications, which is an important aspect of what we do as a research-intensive university. At the same time, the project has very practical applications and has an immediate impact of improving structures in society.”

interpretation and opinion on the change.

“I think this speaks a little bit to the oncampus versus off-campus debate nationally,” Kossen said. “Essentially, regardless of where an incident occurs, it’s more than likely to affect someone’s educational status … I think the concern from national orgs is that the way the language is being

interpreted is that it has to have such a substantial impact that essentially it will be too late, and students will have already dropped out. So instead of addressing the problem upstream, you’re waiting until you’re all the way downstream.”

Elrod claimed that NC State will continue to support survivors of sexual assault and strongly encouraged people to comment on the changes.

“We try to stress that individual comments, as opposed to form comments or form letter type of comments, were going to be seen with a bit more higher regard, and that the Department of Education is going to have to address, in some manner, the comments that have substantial matter,” Elrod said.

Kossen also said the Title IX office, which includes the Women’s Center, supports academic accommodations for victims of sexual assault both on- and off -campus.

According to Kossen, the department must respond to each unique public comment. Elrod and Kossen also mentioned that once changes are announced, the university response will be a collaborative effort between university departments, the General Council and the UNC System.

Elrod said that anyone who comes into the Office of Instiutional Equity and Diversity will be treated equally in sexual assault cases and will continue to gather information from an objective point of view.

Kossen said that she believes overall, NC State, overall, has a good system for supporting survivors.

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Carol Folt selected as new University of Southern California president Staff Report

Just two months after resigning as UNCChapel Hill’s Chancellor, Carol Folt was announced as the next president of the University of Southern California, becoming the first female president in USC’s history.

According to the Los Angeles Times, the USC board members selected Folt unanimously after interviewing more than 100 candidates. Over several months, candidates with backgrounds in business, academics and non-profits were considered.

“Dr. Folt stood out from the very beginning as a courageous and compassionate person who always places the well-being of students, faculty, staff and patients at the heart of all she does,” Board Chairman Rick

Caruso said, according to the Los Angeles Times.

According to The News & Observer, Folt heads to the university amidst multiple scandals at USC. These include multiple sexual assault charges against a gynecologist on campus and the recent college admissions scandal, which involved charges against several USC coaches and an athletics administrator last week.

“I am aware that our community is deeply troubled by a number of immediate challenges,” Folt said in an interview with the LA Times. “I assure you that we will meet these challenges together, directly, decisively and with honesty and candor.”

Folt will assume her new position on July 1, 2019.

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NC State Investment Fund holds over $43 million in fossil fuels

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NC State has come under strict scrutiny from students over the past few months for investing a significant portion of its endowment money into the fossil fuel industry.

According to data provided by the university, the investment totals to around roughly 4 percent.

The university has approximately $1 billion invested into what is known as the NC State Investment Fund. This money is invested in a variety of fields, including one titled “Energy & Natural Resources.” According to a document posted on NC State’s website, approximately seven percent of the fund is allocated for this category as of Dec. 31, 2018.

Libby P. George, director of investments at Foundations Accounting & Investments, provided a graphic via email that specifically outlined the approximately 4.3 percent that is actually invested in “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” as of Sept. 30, 2018.

This equates to just over $43 million.

George confirmed via email that consumable fuels referred to nonrenewable sources of energy, and renewable sources

of energy represented a total of $13.2 million as of June 30, 2018. However, those funds were located throughout the portfolio rather than just the energy section.

Mary Peloquin-Dodd, interim vice chancellor for finance and administration, spoke about the Investment Fund’s breakdown.

“Our portfolio for the NC State Investment Fund is about one billion dollars, and is divided it up between different managers,” Peloquin-Dodd said. “UNC Management Company is our largest manager and at roughly 87 percent of our portfolio.

Our portfolio in total is a highly diversified portfolio, with potentially thousands of different companies and holdings. We tend to look at it in terms of how we discuss our performance really more based on asset classes rather than individual managers.”

In regards to specifics of the portfolio beyond asset classes, Peloquin-Dodd declined to share that information.

“That isn’t necessarily something we would share with any individual, and it’s not something I can necessarily get my hands on anytime soon,” Peloquin-Dodd said.

More information on the NC State Investment Fund can be found online.

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NC should keep schools gun-free North Carolina is once again making headlines for news regarding regressive policies coming out of our General Assembly.

This time, instead of creKevin Moye ating horribly bigoted and discriminatory laws, our Staff Columnist politicians have changed it up with a bill that is reckless and ineffective.

Being advertised as the “School SelfDefense Act,” the policy proposal would create the new volunteer position of a school safety resource officer (SSRO), which would allow staff or faculty to carr y a f irearm on school grounds.

These teachers would need to have a valid concealed carry permit and would be required to complete 16 hours of active shooting training in order to fill the position. To incentivize teachers to take on this responsibility of being an SSRO, a 5 percent salary raise would be offered for those who accept the new role.

T he polic y has been met w it h overwhelming disapproval by both the general public and the educators the policy is most oriented toward. An Elon University/News & Observer poll found that 78 percent of educators in North Carolina believed it was a bad idea to arm teachers. Even when informing the participants that these teachers would receive specialized training, 65 percent of educators still disapproved of the concept.

One of the major concerns with this bill is whether or not it would actually be effective in serving its intended purpose.

Many critics question if teachers who wield these firearms would be capable of minimizing the threat in active shooter situations. A John Hopkins University study found that trained law enforcement have difficulty zeroing in on targets. Lightly trained teachers would likely struggle to hit a moving target in a gun range setting, much less in an adrenalinefilled situation where children’s lives are at risk.

Efficacy is of the utmost importance when discussing a bill as risky as this one.

Storage of these guns would require them

to be in a secure place, inaccessible to students but also readily available to the SSROs in the case of an emergency. Another serious risk that comes with putting firearms in schools is the possibility of a tragic accident occurring. In the event of a school shooting, allowing another unprofessional gunman to insert themselves in the chaos would make these types of situations even more precarious.

Given our nation’s recent history of racialized shootings, like that of Trayvon Martin, there are warranted mounting concerns regarding what may happen in the event of an SSRO being forced to deescalate situations involving disorderly, unarmed students. The bill in consideration enables guns to be carried during any violent situation, not necessarily one involving a shooter.

Research has concluded that students of color are punished more severely than white st udent s for t he same infractions, which is causing polic y ana lysts to wonder if t he presence of guncarrying teachers cou ld jeopa rd ize the safety of kids of color. The question grows even larger when taking into consideration Title I schools, which are more prone to these types of incidents because of the at-risk backgrounds of their students.

Supporters of the bill are attempting to paint it as a simple matter of school safety, but those against the proposal have been quick to point out their hypocrisy.

A true measure to ensure school safety would involve limiting access to firearms for individuals that may carry out these heinous attacks in the first place.

In a state like North Carolina, where it is easier to purchase an AR-15 than it is to buy a handgun, enforcing gun restrictions may be one of the simplest ways to strengthen school safety.

North Carolina legislators should heed the advice of educators by ensuring that this bill does not get approved. Instead of attempting to bring more guns into what should be safe learning environments, we should ensure that there is as little access as possible for firearms to make their way into our schools.

“An Elon University/ News & Observer poll found that 78 percent of educators in North Carolina believed it was a bad idea to arm teachers.”

Thoughts from our readers: A selection of comments sent to us from readers in short form over the past week, with their sources listed below.

In Response to: “I’m a legacy student: It shouldn’t matter”

“NC State acknowledges legacy but it does not get you unfair admission and is not a ‘qualification’ as you suggest! A simple study could confirm that. Being a part of the N.C. State legacy in a family should be an honor for the family and should be honored by N.C State!”

-Terry Leitner, via Facebook In Response to: “NC voter ID law must incorporate more student IDs”

“nah, as long as the ID is free I don’t see how you can argue it disenfranchises voters. Not to mention, basically everybody already has an ID” -Jonathan Murphy, via Facebook In Response to: Jonathan Murphy’s comment

“Most do, sure, but not all. There are plenty of people (mostly low income minorities, something the drafters of this law were acutely aware of when they wrote it) that don’t have acceptable id’s and that face relatively substantial obstacles to getting one. So you’re right that most people have id and this scenario doesn’t apply to most, but your implication that these folks don’t exist is entirely wrong. Seriously, there’s tons of information out there on why this law disenfranchises voters, you’re just choosing to ignore it.”

-Terry Leitner, via Facebook

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It’s time for a real on-campus grocery store I live off campus and have a car, so I have a few options for picking up my groceries without paying too much, such as the nearby Food Lion and Colin Walmart. When I lived on McKnight campus last year, though, Staff Columnist I wasn’t as fortunate; I was just another lost first-year who didn’t even know whether or not there were grocery stores nearby. I’m grateful for having ease of access to grocery stores now, but recent changes on campus mean there are even more first-years on campus who might not know about food options besides dining halls.

As you may know, as of fall 2017, a university policy has required first-years to live on campus. While I disagree with this policy, it’s the reality we have to deal with, and we have to work on accommodating the massive surge of students. There’s a lot to that task: the quantity and quality of housing, class sizes, and of course food.

Until now, calling the grocery options “light” would be an understatement. A convenience store in Bragaw and the Talley Market – which true to its word does carry some “staples” – by no means constitute a full grocery store. Off campus, your options within walking distance are limited as well. Some may point to Target on Hillsborough Street as a reliable grocer, but their selection is limited, and the prices are relatively expensive.

It’s time for a real grocer y store on campus. One that is conveniently located for a bunch of car-less freshmen, with all the fresh meat, produce and other products that you expect a quality grocer to provide. One that is genuinely affordable for college students, first-year

or otherwise. And one that should be able to cater to the diverse dietary needs of the NC State student body, as our dining halls must.

MIT opened a grocery store on its campus late last year to provide convenient and affordable food security for college students. There are other schools doing the same, but it’s an uncommon practice. NC State can and should lead the pack when it comes to students’ nutritional needs.

There are plenty of places an oncampus store could go, the most obvious one being somewhere in Talley Student Union. Other possibilities include somewhere along Dan Allen Drive or Cates Avenue. But we shouldn’t stop there; plenty of exhausted

“When I lived on campus last year, though, I wasn’t as fortunate; I was just another lost first-year who didn’t even know whether or not there were grocery stores nearby.”

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Sunshine Chang, third-year majoring in design studies

STEM students on Centennial Campus don’t have the time or energy to stop at a grocery store all the way on main campus, so a smaller-scale mart there would accommodate even more students.

True, there are C-Stores and dining halls, as mentioned earlier. But these shouldn’t be the only options for students. People should have nearby, affordable opportunities to purchase the goods they want and not have to take a gamble on every meal, hoping something that fits their diet is served. More variety than the standard snack-food fare offered at C-Stores is also needed.

It just doesn’t make sense for NC State to welcome on-campus students without accommodating them appropriately.

Now’s the best time for a new grocery store because the need is greater than ever. It should be affordable, convenient and wellstocked, because a public college student body is a diverse and fickle consumer audience. A lot of students’ lives could be made much easier by the change.

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Flip into Parkour Club Emily Hench Arts & Entertainment Editor

Anyone who has spent time online has most likely noticed the large amount of parkour videos that have popped up over the years. However, parkour isn’t just something online stars can do; in fact, NC State has its own club dedicated to tricking, flipping and freerunning.

Parkour, Freerunning and Tricking at NC State (PFK) has been an active club since spring of 2017. The group typically holds an interest meeting at the beginning of each semester and then holds weekly training sessions for its members to participate in.

In the group’s first meeting of the semester, their interest meeting clarified the definition of parkour, freerunning and tricking. While parkour focuses on efficient movement over obstacles, tricking is more focused on combos of flips, kicks and bends meant to add a particular aesthetic to movement. Freerunning is comprised of both of these, with parkour-inspired movements that are flourished with elements of tricking.

Travis Norona, a fourth-year studyi ng eng i ne er i ng and a member of PFK, also spoke about some more of the parkour-specific terms that the group uses.

“There’s a lot of different parkour terminology [that we use],” Norona said. “Lines are chain moves, or a series of motions.

We’ll typically call our practices ‘trainings’ because we’re training ourselves to be better at the moves we will be trying to advance, the motions and techniques.”

Norona also spoke about some of the more specific moments the group does during their training.

“We do climbing,” Norona said. “Not completely vertical, but just to get yourself up on top of a surface. . . We also do vaulting, which is how you get up and over an obstacle and other variations of that.”

Eugene Zboichyk, a fourth-year studying aerospace engineering and PFK’s president, spoke about what goes into a usual training session from the group.

“We start with a warm-up, just stretching and stuff to warm up our muscles and joints,” Zboichyk said. “Then we’ll typically jog to a spot to start practicing. We usually have a particular move or skill in mind, so we’ll go out and practice it. After about 20 or so minutes, we’ll usually switch to something a bit more freestyle, so you can work on whatever move you’d like to

work on.”

Though the club is able to practice across most of campus, both Norona and Zboichyk mentioned that there are some limitations to where the group can do parkour, such as not being able to go above the first floor of buildings.

Norona also added that they usually aim to end their training sessions with a bit of a creative spin.

“We’ll normally try to end our trainings with more creative lines,” Norona said. “We’ll play a game called Add-On. Someone will start with one move, and the next person will have to do that same thing and add on another move. We’ll then do it for a little bit until we think that it’s satisfying; so, it’s challenging for everyone, everyone gets to think and everyone gets to be a part of it.”

Zboichyk said that this particular activity is a good way to see each of the individual styles utilized by the group’s members.

“Usually people [doing parkour] all have their own distinct styles,” Zboichyk said.

“If you incorporate movements from everybody into a different line, you can start to see new ways of approaching things.”

Outside of t he schedu led trainings, members will often get together to train on their own time, according to Norona.

Norona also said the group is working to bring in professionals to help the club train.

“They’re coming in to help us perfect the techniques we’ve already been practicing during our trainings,” Norona said. “You don’t coach somebody to do something if they’re not ready to do it. I’ve trained with the coaches before; it’s repetitive, but they make it fun. They’re all really good people, and they’ll say ‘this needs to be perfect, and this is how we’re going to get there.’”

Norona thinks that individuals can get a lot out of parkour, both in exercise and accomplishment.

“I think you can gain a lot from the club and the sport,” Norona said. “You can gain a lot from the sport itself by pushing your own limits, and you find out what you’re capable of. That’s why I’ve always loved it.

It becomes no more dangerous than any other sport when you’re certain about what you can do. I definitely look at it as being very healthy; it’s good exercise, and you don’t really notice that you’re doing so.”

More information on the group can be found on their Get Involved page.

“I think you can gain a lot from the club and the sport.”

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Pack looks to repeat as EAGL Champions Tyler Stocum Staff Writer

Having concluded the regular season last Sunday, the NC State gymnastics team looks to the postseason with the EAGL Championships coming up this Saturday in Durham, New Hampshire. All six teams in the EAGL conference compete in this championship meet.

The team is coming off a third-place finish in a quad-meet that featured three other top30 teams: West Virginia, Penn State and Ohio State. The Wolfpack is currently ranked No. 27 in the country.

Senior Caitlyn Fillard has been a top performer all year in the all-around competition for the Pack. In its 12 meets, Fillard has been the top all-around scorer in seven of these meets, for the Wolfpack. The past three meets she has scored 39.000 or better in the all-around.

The Pack has had stellar performances from senior Drew Grantham lately on vault, as she has had the highest score for the Wolfpack in that event the past five meets. Grantham and Fillard have been the two main all-around performers for the Pack this season.

The toughest competition the Pack will have in this meet comes from the New Hampshire Wildcats. The Pack leads the EAGL conference with an average total score of 195.342.

The Wildcats are the only other team close to

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Senior Caitlyn Fillard dances across the floor on Friday, Feb. 22, 2019. NC State won the tri-meet against William and Mary and Western Michigan with a final score of 195.350.

the Pack in this conference, with an average score of 195.100.

Last year, the Pack won the EAGL Champi-

onship for the first time since 2013, and this year it’s looking to repeat for the first time since 1999-2000.

The 2019 EAGL Championship will begin this Saturday at 2 p.m. and is hosted by the University of New Hampshire.

No. 1 Wolfpack baseball travels to Florida to take on Miami Emma Sheppard Correspondent

The No. 1 NC State baseball team (20-1, 5-1 ACC) will travel to Florida to take on the Miami Hurricanes (15-5, 3-3 ACC) in a three-game series this weekend.

Miami was ranked No. 29 in the most recent D1 Collegiate Baseball Poll, after dropping two games out of its threegame series to UNC-Chapel Hill, putting its ACC record at 3-3, with only one other loss to Georgia Tech.

On the other hand, NC State was ranked No.1 in the poll, the first No. 1 ranking in program history. The Pack suffered its first loss of the season to Florida State last weekend, but bounced back on Tuesday with an 11-1 win over Towson.

Sophomore outfielder Jonny Butler continues to show off his talent with two RBIs, a double, a walk and four runs on Tuesday. Junior shortstop Will Wilson also continues to impress with a hitting percentage of .330. He also hit his fifth

home run and a double on Tuesday, allowing four runners to cross the plate for the Wolfpack.

As for Miami, sophomore Freddy Zamora is a top hitter for the Hurricanes with a batting average of .368 and a total of 28 hits on the season, including five home runs. Zamora was recently named ACC Player of the Week.

Two other strong hitters for the Hurricanes are sophomore Alex Toral and freshman Adrian Del Castillo. Toral has a promising swing, with a batting average of .274 and a total of 10 home runs this season. Del Castillo has a batting average of .321 and hit a three-run homer during Miami’s final game against UNC-Chapel Hill.

The biggest struggle for the Hurricanes is keeping a lead. They tend to score early on in their matchups and then allow their opponent to come back and take the lead.

Head coach Gino DiMare said that allowing other teams to have big innings after scoring runs has happened far too many times this season.

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Sophomore outfielder Jonny Butler sprints to first base against Towson on Tuesday, March 19, 2019 at Doak Field. Butler went 4-4 with one double, four runs scored, two runs batted in and one walk in the Wolfpack’s 11-1 win.

As for the Wolfpack, the team seems to have no problem grabbing the lead early on and keeping it throughout the game. NC State will take on Miami at

Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field in Coral Gables, Florida in a series with first pitches at 7 p.m. on Friday, 7 p.m. on Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday.

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Third-seeded women’s basketball kicks off NCAA tournament against Maine Tristan Tucker Staff Writer

The NC State women’s basketball team (26-5, 12-4 ACC) will take on the Maine Black Bears (25-7, 15-1 AEC) in the first round of the NCAA tournament Saturday at Reynolds Coliseum. NC State is the third seed in the Greensboro section of the bracket while Maine is the 14th seed.

Maine and NC State met in the regular season, with the Pack winning handily, 8446. Since the blowout loss, the Black Bears are 18-4 including postseason play. The majority of the Black Bears’ wins since the loss to NC State have been blowout wins, and the last time the Black Bears lost in either regular season or postseason play was Jan. 16, with the team riding a 14 game winning streak.

Although Maine plays in a smaller conference and lost to the Pack earlier in the season, do not count the team out. Maine won the American East Conference dominantly. Maine also defeated teams such as ninth-seeded UNC-Chapel Hill and 23-10 conference rival Hartford twice.

The Black Bears are led in scoring by guard Blanca Millan, who averages 17.6 points per game, which is more than any individual Wolfpack player. Other Black Bears starters include guards Tanesha Sutton, Parise Rossignol and Dor Saar, who all score in double digits per game. Forward Fanny Wadling plays in the middle for Maine and collects the majority of the team’s rebounds.

Meanwhile, the Pack is coming off an ACC Tournament loss to the Louisville Cardinals who then suffered a blowout loss to Notre Dame. Freshman center Elissa Cunane played strongly in both of the Pack’s ACC Tournament games, with the first game being a win over Florida State.

Cunane scored over 20 points or more in both games and collected a combined 15 rebounds.

The Pack will need to rely on Cunane and senior forward DD Rogers to grab many rebounds and score inside to expose the Black Bear’s overall lack of size. Maine primarily relies on 5-foot-10 Sutton and 6-foot-1 Wadling to grab their rebounds, as they average 7.4 and 9.0 per game respectively.

However Millan, the Black Bears’ star guard, has a decent overall skillset. She averages 4.3 rebounds and a strong 2.8 steals per game. Millan is also surrounded

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Graduate guard Kiara Leslie makes a move around Louisville guard Jazmine Jones during the ACC Tournament. Leslie had 10 points during the 78-68 loss to Louisville on Saturday, March 9 in Greensboro Coliseum.

by shooters Rossignol and Saar, who both shoot over 37 percent from 3-point land, while Rossignol shoots an impressive 41.2 percent from beyond the arc.

Luckily, the Pack is a decent 3-point shooting team, shooting 34 percent as a team while only allowing opponents to shoot 32 percent from the same range.

In the previous matchup between the two squads, the Pack held the Black Bears to just 46 points and forced them to shoot a miserable 24.4 percent from 3-point range and just 27 percent overall. Maine’s leading scorer was bench guard Kelly Fogarty, who finished the game with 13 points.

On the other hand, the Pack dominated all around in the previous game, having five players finish with double digit points and

grabbed 50 rebounds compared to Maine’s 26. This blowout game was despite the Pack finishing with more turnovers than Maine.

However, the Pack drew far more fouls than Maine, shooting 16 free throws compared to Maine’s four.

While the Pack can employ many of the same strategies it used to defeat Maine in the previous game, many things have changed since the outing. As mentioned before, Maine is on a 14-game winning streak and will likely play harder than before in order to try and upset the Pack. Secondly, in the previous game the Pack was able to rely on redshirt junior guard Grace Hunter, redshirt senior guard Armani Hawkins and junior forward Erika Cassell for scoring, all of whom are out for the season with

injuries.

However, in the last game Cunane had not yet emerged as a primary scoring option for the Pack and will certainly be utilized more in the first-round matchup. If Cunane can get it going and graduate guard Kiara Leslie and junior guard Aislinn Konig can shoot at an efficient clip, the Pack should have little trouble containing the Black Bears.

If the Pack comes away with a victory over Maine, the team will next play either the sixth-seeded Kentucky Wildcats or the 11th-seeded Princeton Tigers.

The Pack will take on the Black Bears on Saturday at Reynolds Coliseum. The game tips off at 1:00 p.m. and can be viewed on ESPN2.

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of a sold-out crowd inside Reynolds Coliseum Tuesday night, the second-seeded NC State men’s basketball team defeated Hofstra 84-78 in the NIT first round. Junior guard Markell Johnson led the

Wolfpack with 26 points, while redshirt senior Torin Dorn added 19 and redshirt junior guard C.J. Bryce had 18. The Wolfpack will face Harvard at Reynolds on Sunday.

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The bench strikes a pose after a tough shot during the 84-78 win over Hofstra in the first round.

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Sophomore guard Braxton Beverly makes a break for the net during the NIT. Beverly shot 4-10 from the field and contributed nine points to the 84-78 win over Hofstra.

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Head coach Kevin Keatts argues with a call made by a referee.

Graduate forward Wyatt Walker and redshirt senior guard Torin Dorn talk with redshirt junior guard C.J. Bryce after coming back out from a time out.

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Wolfpack men’s tennis comes up short against second-ranked Deacons

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Seniors Igor and Ivan Saveljic shake hands with their opponents after their 7-6 win on Wednesday, March 20, 2019 at J.W. Isenhour Tennis Center. The Wolfpack lost to Wake Forest 4-2.

Ryan Henkel Correspondent

The NC State men’s tennis team lost a closely contested match 4-2 against No. 2 Wake Forest Wednesday afternoon at the J.W. Isenhour Tennis Center.

The Wolfpack (11-7, 2-2 ACC) has had a difficult schedule as of late, facing three teams in its last four matches that wereranked in the top three. Wake Forest (193, 5-0 ACC) who was the highest-ranked team the Pack has faced this season, came into Wednesday’s contest on a three-game winning streak and sitting atop the ACC standings.

The Wolfpack started the match off on

the right foot by securing the initial doubles point after wins from junior Alexis Galarenau and redshirt senior Michael Ogden 6-3 as well as seniors Igor and Ivan Saveljic 7-6 (3).

In singles, No. 18 Galarenau fell in straight sets ()7-5, 6-1 to Wake Forest’s No. 50 Borna Gojo to tie up the team score.

However, freshman Yannai Barkai won the next singles set for the Wolfpack in close sets (6-4, 7-5) to push them back into the lead.

Wake Forest narrowly squeezed back ahead after two evenly matched sets by Igor Saveljic (6-2, 6-7) (4), 7-6 (3) and sophomore Tadas Babelis (6-2, 6-7) (5), 6-4 that each went into an extra set and tiebreakers.

The Deacons closed out the match as Siddhant Banthia defeated senior Georgiy Malyshev in straight sets (6-2, 6-2).

The Wolfpack managed to hang with the high-ranked Deacons as five of the sets went into extra games. The Pack showed

its resolve to compete with such a strong team and this bodes well for the future of its season.

The Wolfpack is back in action Friday as it heads north to take on Boston College at 4 p.m.

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