Signs of Change — Technician 3/26/18

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IN BRIEF:

POLICE BLOTTER

A quick look at the headlines outside of NC State

3/22/18

NEWS March for Our Lives exemplifies student activism on international level, pg. 3

Armed apartment invasion in Raleigh causes injuries On Saturday night around 8 p.m., three men, two who were armed, forced themselves into a Bashford Road apartment. Police are still investigating and reported that a 25-year old man was shot and another was “pistol-whipped.” Police are searching for a purple Acura that the men left the scene in, and the investigation is still ongoing.

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Students lead March for Our Lives in Raleigh

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Thousands of students, teachers and citizens participated in a sister march to the larger March for Our Lives rally in Washington, D.C., in response to recent school shootings across the nation. Beginning at 9:45 a.m. on Fayetteville Street, protestors marched by the governor’s office and the State Legislation Building. Speakers as young as 12 years old and from all backgrounds and statuses encouraged people to vote on the issues of gun control and school safety.

EDITORIAL: Students must use current momentum to enact real gun reform, pg. 6

SOURCE: TECHNICIAN, WRAL

NC substitute teacher removed from elementary school for duct-taping students

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An Onslow County School substitute teacher was removed from the school system after they covered four students’ mouths with duct tape. An assistant principal immediately intervened and no medical attention was necessary. The school principal issued a statement to the families that the teacher has been permanently removed.

Art project exposes injustice within the criminal justice system, pg. 8

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Bomb threat investigated at Durham mall SPORTS Pack swimming says goodbye to a special senior class, pg. 11

Police responded to a bomb threat at The Streets of Southpoint on Sunday afternoon. A call from a Virginia phone alerted Durham officials of the threat in the Nordstrom department store around 3 p.m.

The Nordstrom store remained closed as police on the scene waited for the arrival of a bomb squad around 6 p.m. All of the remaining stores at The Streets of Southpoint remained open.

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10:06 A.M. | HIT & RUN Carmichael Gymnasium Student was cited for hit and run.

11:00 A.M. | DRUG VIOLATION Bayview Hall Officers responded to report of student possibly in possession of marijuana. Contact made with student who was in possession of marijuana and was referred to the University.

12:00 A.M. | WELFARE CHECK Tucker Hall Officers made contact with student possibly experiencing emotional distress and issued welfare referral.

7:44 A.M. | SPECIAL EVENT Beef Education Unit NC State University Police rendered law enforcement services for event without incident.

8:42 A.M. | TRAFFIC ACCIDENT McKimmon Center Nonstudent operating a vehicle struck and damaged a light pole.

1:12 P.M. | SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE Research Annex West Officers responded to report of persons occupying a vehicle. Contact made with staff member and nonstudent who advised they were eating lunch.

No action taken.

2:39 P.M. | SUSPICIOUS INCIDENT Engineering Building II Officers responded to report of items belonging to a nonstudent which were thought to be potentially dangerous. K-9 conducted a search of the items and determined there were no explosive devices. Remainder of building searched and no other suspicious objects located. Nonstudent was trespassed.

2:49 P.M. | WELFARE CHECK University Towers NC State University Police Department and Raleigh Police Department conducted a welfare check on student possibly experiencing emotional distress.

Contact made with student who was determined to be OK. 3:35 P.M. | DRUG VIOLATION Carroll Hall Officers responded to report of the odor of marijuana. Unable to locate the source of the odor.

COVER PHOTO BY SAMUEL GRIFFIN Protesters marched to the U.S. Capitol in the March for Our Lives in Washington, D.C., to advocate for stronger gun laws. The event was partially organized by survivors of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, which happened on Feb. 14 and resulted in the death of 17 students and staff.

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March for Our Lives exemplifies student activism on international level Mary Dare Martin News Editor

Isaac Bjerkness Assistant News Editor

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Alicia Thomas Assistant News Editor

Survivors and those affected by gun violence and mass shootings led hundreds of thousands in the March for Our Lives protest on the streets of Washington D.C. and in cities across the world Saturday to demand change in gun legislation.

The March for Our Lives rally was organized by students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School who, in the wake of the deaths of 14 classmates and three staff members, began protesting gun violence on a national level.

David Berke, the parent of Alyssa Berke who currently attends Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, said that he thinks what makes this rally different than those prior is that people are fed up with the same endless narrative.

“I think at this point people have just had enough and unfortunately it happened in our community,” Berke said. “Our community is behind our kids 100 percent, so I think with the support of the parents and the strength of these children, and just the nation being tired of seeing this on the news every week, they can make change.”

Ariel McLemore, an alumna of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and second-year at the University of Central Florida, said she was not surprised by the actions taken by her former classmates.

“Students at Douglas, we have that capability to do that,” McLemore said. “We have a lot of smart, capable, high-achieving students that want to make a difference. It takes one shooting for it to start a movement.”

Across the globe, there were more than 800 sibling marches in addition to the march on Washington D.C. Rory McCarthy, a senior at Annapolis High School in Annapolis, Maryland, said she attended March for Our Lives in D.C. because she wanted to protest in the nation’s capital.

“This is the country’s capital, this is where all the big guys meet,” McCarthy said. “These are the people who make our decisions and the closer we are, the better.

I support all of the sister marches but it just

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Protesters flooded Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. in support of the March for Our Lives, an event held on March 24 partially organized and featuring speakers from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Similar marches occurred across the United States and overseas.

so happens that I live close enough that I felt really good about being able to come to the D.C. march.”

Dani Herman, a kindergarten teacher from Denver who attended the march with her infant son, said she traveled to D.C. because she wanted to see change for the safety of future generations.

“I just felt like enough is enough,” Herman said. “We can’t be quiet and at this point, it’s his future, he has to be able to go to school and be safe, and, for that, it’s worth it to get on a plane and come here and show Congress that they have to do something.”

The march was attended by a variety of different people including students, teachers, parents, grandparents and others who were looking to demand stricter gun laws.

Many carried signs or wore the color orange, which is the official color of gun control advocacy. Tristan Jones, a junior at Findlay High School in Findlay, Ohio, said his sign reflects what he believes should be done about gun violence.

“I would like to see some change that will result in saving lives and change in the mentality of people in America,” Jones said.

“My sign says, ‘Kids over guns not guns over kids.’ I want to say that young people’s lives are the most important and that should be reflected in our legislation.”

Anna Crisp, a teacher at Robbinsville High School in Robbinsville, North Caro-

lina, is new to teaching and has already experienced effects from the ongoing fear of school shootings in the United States.

“It is my first year teaching, and I have already been involved in four school lockdowns since I started teaching in December,” Crisp said. “People teaching in the school systems and people who have kids in schools are ready for change however they can get it.”

Students also shared how their experience with gun violence has impacted them, their friends and the nation as a whole. Dawson Cohen, a senior at American Heritage High School in Plantation, Florida, has friends from Marjory Stoneman Douglas and has felt the impact from February’s shooting.

“My school is about 15 miles away from Marjory Stoneman Douglas, and I have seen how gun violence and shootings have impacted a lot of my friends,” Cohen said.

“I have friends that have friends who were killed in the shooting. It has been really difficult on the people where I am from. It has made a mark on our lives.”

Many attendees wanted to show support for Parkland students, like Becca Greenhouse, a graduate student at George Washington University. She viewed her time volunteering as a way of honoring those impacted by gun violence in schools.

“I think that volunteering is just one of the ways to show support not only for

Parkland students, but students in general,” Greenhouse said. “I think it is amazing that something this large of a scale was put on by students. It’s not only a response but tells of bravery and courage of this generation.

They are fighting for our country, and that is amazing.”

Protesters heard from speakers at the march who are survived the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School including Jaclyn Corin, David Hogg, Sarah Chadwick and more. Other speakers affected by gun violence, two as young as 11, shared stories of their experiences with gun violence and demanded that action be taken to prevent it in the future. Celebrity musical guests also performed, including Demi Lovato, Ariana Grande, Jennifer Hudson and Miley Cyrus.

Emma Gonzalez, who was the last Parkland student speaker at the event, said that it only took six minutes and 20 seconds for the shooter to alter the lives of the community forever. After she spoke, she remained on stage for four minutes in silence.

“Since the time that I came out here, it has been six minutes and 20 seconds,” Gonzalez said, breaking her silence. “The shooter has ceased shooting, and will soon abandon his rifle, blend in with the students as they escape, and walk free for an hour before arrest. Fight for your lives before it’s someone else’s job.”

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NC State alumni make up one of the largest volunteer groups serving in the Peace Corps Freja Carlson Staff Writer

The Peace Corps has volunteers from all over the country, but NC State has the 12th largest volunteer base. With the variety of opportunities NC State provides, students are given access to volunteer opportunities while pursuing their degrees which has led to more student interest in joining after graduation.

NC State alumna Anna Martin is an NC State Peace Corps recruiter having formerly spent time with the Corps in Africa. She now shares with students why they may want to consider the Peace Corps after graduation.

“Sometimes I get blank stares in the classrooms from people because they never thought about using their skills outside of North Carolina or the U.S.,” Martin said.

“When they hear there is a chance for them to use their skills in a unique way, I often hear from them a week later wanting to know how they can use their agriculture or engineering skills outside of the normal realm.”

Martin hosts a variety of different information sessions with other volunteers that have served in different areas to give students more information about what it is like to serve abroad. She also emphasizes that there are many opportunities on campus that encourage students and give them a taste of what it is like to not only travel abroad, but to volunteer abroad.

“There are so many different opportunities around campus that encourage students to go abroad, such as the alternative spring breaks where they can serve abroad, or even opportunities to serve in the RaleighDurham area with different communities,” Martin said. “There are a lot of different op-

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portunities that introduce NC State students to serving in other countries.”

Adam Culley, the assistant director of CSLEPS, is in charge of the Alternative Service Break program and attests to the fact that the trips are a good stepping stone for students looking to serve abroad.

“The alternative service break trips are not voluntourism trips, but experiences where the focus is to immerse students in learning about the different communities they are staying in,” Culley said. “Students learn about the different social justice issues associated with different communities and

engage in service-learning experiences.”

For students interested in traveling abroad who cannot spend a whole semester abroad due to class schedules or other outside factors, the trips provide students a chance to glance into what it may be like to experience other communities without the initial longterm commitment.

Culley and Martin both encourage students to study abroad if they have the chance, go on one of the alternative service break trips or spend time volunteering in their communities.

The Alternative Service Break trips also

have an academic learning angle to them since students must prep for the trips beforehand to learn about leadership, budgets, and how to make meaningful connections. The skills and information learned through these trips are ideal for preparation to potentially joining the Peace Corps after graduation where they are able to utilize these skills as well as skills associated with their majors.

To learn more about these opportunities students can find alternative service break information at the CSLEPS website and email peace-corps@ncsu.edu to ask specific questions regarding the Peace Corps.

Jewish studies minor on the horizon Connor Fraley Correspondent

Change is in the works at NC State as its selection of degrees is set to expand with the addition of a new minor in Jewish studies.

As early as next spring, students at NC State will be able to explore and pursue their interests in the field and receive an academic credential for their efforts. A

minor would consist of five classes from a pre-approved list of courses that relate to some facet of Judaism in history, language, religion or social interaction.

Bill Adler, distinguished university professor of religious studies, spoke to this property of the subject.

“Judaism is such an area that overlaps so many different disciplines,” Adler said. “It’s just like religious studies in general; it is by nature multi-disciplin-

ary. … Studying any religion forces you to look at it from many different angles.”

Adler also wants students to study what they find interesting and to take classes that fit their personal preferences.

“We would like students to be able to tailor their coursework to their specific interests so if they have political science interest they can take courses that are oriented in that direction,” Adler sad.

“If you’re interested in studying Middle

Eastern history, you might want to know about the origins of Zionism and the founding of the Jewish State.”

Although a topic like Jewish studies does not appear to offer much value to a prospective student, Adler explained the draw of the topic.

“I would say, though it seems a little arcane for some students, it’s connected

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Composting and waste bins implementing change for University’s waste footprint Kelly Granger Correspondent

New composting and waste bins placed in Talley Student Union and Witherspoon Student Center have an impact on reducing NC State’s waste in the last two months by saving waste from sitting in landfill streams and impacting the landscape in a negative way.

The new waste bins were first placed in Talley because the vast amount of people that come and go through that building on any given day. Nessa Stone, the operations manager for Waste Reduction and Recycling, was the one who initially placed these bins in Talley to begin the project.

“Talley is kind of like a flagship building for campus standards for a building, design and construction.” Stone said. “I think the implementation there first is important, and it touches so many people on a daily basis. The next progression was to move the program to Witherspoon and help them update their bin standards to include the composting.”

Part of the strategic plan for the University is to expand composting on campus. Trying to find the most cost effective and strategic locations around campus to implement is important to the Office of Waste Reduction and Recycling.

Adam Bensley, the waste diversion coordinator for Waste Reduction and Recycling, works alongside Stone to implement the new waste bins around campus.

“At Talley things are going great,” Bensley said. “One of the reasons that things are so successful at Talley and that it is

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with so many contemporary issues,” Adler said. “As a minority group, people are interested in this question of how minority groups fit into whatever nation they happen to find themselves in. Judaism is a perfect example of that. There is this question about how Jews navigated in a non-Jewish world.”

Until the program gets bigger numbers, the minor would draw on existing classes. Verena Kasper-Marienberg, a history professor involved with the program, would like to see something like a senior seminar as part of the program.

“From every specialty, you gain now

now moving to Witherspoon is that we have a lot of support from campus enterprises, TJ Willis especially. He’s a real champion for waste diversion and kind of oversees Talley and Witherspoon for certain aspects of it. If the program is to successfully work in Talley, then it can work in other, less visited locations as well.”

The project originated in 2009 in dining halls, like Fountain, Clark and Case, due to their excessive food waste from food preparation and uneaten food.

“Dining halls were a huge proponent when the programs first started to reduce their waste and create a composting program around their needs and it’s expanded through interaction with students and faculty and staff,” Stone said.

More recently, Stone added composting bins to restrooms for the paper towels to be put in.

“The restroom composting of paper towels is a great way to introduce composting to people who may have not of experienced composting in their daily lives,” Stone said.

Since adding the restroom composting, the waste collection has expanded in the last two months alone from being picked up on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays to being collected up to six days a week.

This has doubled the compost pickup for Talley alone. Students have done a better job at being cautious with what they are throwing away thanks to the new waste bins that have signage informing students and staff where the waste is going.

Waste Reduction and Recycling, essentially recycling organic waste, is go-

ing even further than just recycling the waste that they gather to compost.

“The compost process is actually turned back into soil amendments and reused on campus,” Stone said. “That material is actually finding another purpose, which is a different step in the recycling process.”

Bensley also commented on how composting is a positive alternative to landfill waste.

“In the landfill, it just sits there,” Bensley said. “It’ll breakdown and produce methane gas and is always there. With

composting, it gets a second life and is a really, really important soil amendment.

We use it in flower beds, landscape like Court of North Carolina and the turf grass as well.”

Because of student support, composting efforts are aiming to expand across NC State to areas such as residence halls in the near future. Waste Reduction and Recycling wants students to have the best recycling options to have better accessibility and expand waste reduction options across campus.

a chance one time in your college time to actually intensely study a subject,” Kasper-Marienberg said. “Not just in one course, not just brief ly, not just in one paper, just really go into depth in a topic. And whatever that is, that is a value in itself just to that you have a chance to really read yourself into a field and that you have an expertise in something.”

At present, the program is an interdisciplinary academic initiative, but the transition is more of a move on paper as many students have already taken up an interest in the subject. A transition would allow interested students access to a credential for pursuing their curiosity.

“We see that, consistently, students take several courses that kind of follow up on each other so there is a consistent

interest, but they cannot make it in a minor for now,” Kasper-Marienberg said.

“That’s unfortunate because they might take those classes but some they take for no credit or limited credit for different programs.”

This curiosity reaches across the entire history of Judaism.

“Many people, especially when we look at Jewish history, see centrally… the Holocaust and know maybe a little bit about Judaism but very little about what happened between Biblical Israel and the Holocaust; this period is kind of very overlooked,” Kasper-Marienberg said.

Students from all majors are welcome and encouraged to add Jewish studies as a minor in the near future to help f lesh out their academic experience.

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New waste and composts bins can be found in Talley Student Union and Witherspoon Student Center, brought in by the Sustainability Council at NC State. The organization exists to reduce waste and advance sustainability on campus.

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EDITORIAL: Students must use current momentum to enact real gun reform Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

North Park Elementary School. Umpqua Community College. Sandy Hook Elementary School. Virginia Tech University. Columbine High School. Tucson. Chicago.

Detroit. Los Angeles. Baltimore. New York City.

In many communities, gun violence and the fear that comes with it have become almost as normal as paying the bills at the end of the month. From 1999 to 2016, 26,000 children and teenagers under 18 have been killed by gunfire, and gun-related injuries are the third leading cause of death for children, according to The Washington Post. In other communities, people are more and more frequently learning firsthand the true devastation that guns can cause.

The one thing that remains the same across all of these communities is the impact that gun violence has on the younger generation; children, hoping to make it to adulthood. According to the Brady Campaign, “Every day, 46 children and teens are shot in murders, assaults, suicides & suicide attempts, unintentional shootings, and police intervention.”

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Every student has the potential to be affected by this issue. Students, many of whom are in the thick of everyday gun violence, are working hard to educate themselves, hoping they live long enough to enact change.

As the rally cry of the March for Our Lives was shouted across the world, it is high time that everyone, not just those who have already been affected by gun violence, joins the movement led by students, for students.

It is important to remember that this is not a new problem, nor is it a new movement.

The shooting at Columbine High School in 1999 sparked debates on access to guns, but led to very little actual policy change.

The shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012 was thought to be the catalyst needed for stricter regulations to be passed yet, despite gaining national attention, the movement that followed resulted in little to no change on a federal level.

Moreover, marginalized communities — particularly communities of color and low income communities — that face gun violence on a daily basis have historically had

their calls for help in reducing the number of weapons on the street fall on deaf ears.

Where other movements at least had the benefit of media coverage, these people have only had each other to turn to.

What makes this milestone in the movement different from past attempts is the fervor with which students — the population most directly affected by gun violence — have risen up with clear, concise demands for common sense gun reform. Platforms such as the March for Our Lives not only reinforced the need for gun control within schools, but also a more broad application within city streets.

In Florida, as a result of relentless student lobbying, a person must now be 21 to purchase any kind of firearm; moreover, they have to wait three days to do it. This is a first step, sparked by young and powerful voices.

So what else does advocacy that works look like? Voting is considered to be the strongest tool in the social movement toolbox. In North Carolina, gun money runs deep. Senators Thom Tillis and Richard

Burr are two of the biggest beneficiaries of the National Rifle Association. In fact, Burr received more money in 2016 than any other candidate in the U.S. Congress. Although neither are up for reelection this midterm, U.S. Representatives as well as members of the NC General Assembly are.

Every member of the General Assembly is up for reelection during the upcoming midterm election cycle. Furthermore, each member’s full voting history is available on the General Assembly’s website and sample ballots are also readily available. Finding out where candidates stand on gun control is not only easy, but vital in casting an informed vote.

NC State hosts students from all North Carolina districts and many other states.

Whether your ballot is cast in your home district or in Raleigh, you have an influence on this election and this issue. If you turn 18 on or before election day, which this year is Nov. 6, then you are eligible to vote in the primaries — you are eligible to influence this issue. Twenty-six thousand people in the last two decades never received that chance.

Admissions should encourage high school students’ participation On Feb. 26, the University Admissions Office released a statement regarding prospective NC State students saying that “peaceful protests by high school students who seek to find solutions to the tragedy of Joseph school shootings will not have Rivenbark an impact on their admission Correspondent decision.” The message was released a month ago, but given recent events, its impact is more relevant than ever.

By sending this message to the prospective students of NC State, the Admissions Office has done two main things: they have demonstrated that they care immensely about current issues and have incentivized peaceful protest in order to pave the way for a solution to be found, while also paving the way for future successes if this measure is taken into further contexts and different issues.

Their decision comes after the Parkland, Florida shooting, and the national outcry to find a solution to gun violence. It’s even more appropri-

ate given that this Saturday, the March for our Lives took place in Washington, D.C., with over 800,000 participants, in addition to 800 separate marches throughout the nation, including in Raleigh. The march aims to promote awareness for the issue of gun violence and pushes for better gun control laws and gun reform to help prevent future shootings.

NC State did not take sides on this issue in their message to students. It instead focused on encouraging students to work toward a solution, without giving any implication as to what that solution should be.

This is ideal. In its message, NC State has managed to encourage (or at least not punish) civic engagement among high school students, while also not taking a stance to support a specific proposed solution. For an issue like gun violence it may seem silly to not take one side or another, but it sets a helpful precedent for more divisive issues where admissions may decide to ignore punishments resulting from applicants engaging in peaceful protest.

NC State admissions doesn’t need to stop at just gun control. High school students can be directly affected by issues like birth control, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, sexual assault, and many more. Simply the fact that many high school seniors are voting-age citizens of the U.S. entitles them to be able to express their opinions on any issue they deem relevant without fear of ruining their chances for college.

Admissions needs to release a follow-up statement specifying that peaceful protests regarding issues beyond gun violence will not have an impact on admissions. A statement like this can help encourage peaceful civic engagement and protesting among high school students, as well as broadening the spectrum of the issues which NC State cares to work toward a solution on.

Lastly, NC State can do more than just not penalize prospective students, it can even go so far as to reward prospective students who participate in such protests. NC State admissions should view speaking out about issues as a show of a healthy involvement in the community and value it much

like they would any other extracurricular activity when considering a prospective student; making it a positive contribution towards their application.

NC State admissions, and all other university admissions, need to prefer students who speak out strongly for what they care about. Speaking out about issues that affect them as a citizen and a future voter is a fantastic example of making an impact in a healthy democracy. Protests are an excellent form of civic engagement and should be acknowledged.

NC State admissions is in a unique position to incentivize behavior that will help us all. More than that, if the admissions office truly prides itself in finding solutions, it should recognize their opportunity to pave the way towards a solution on gun violence and any other issues that high school and college students care deeply about.

By encouraging students to get involved in public debates, admissions can shape future students to truly become the next generation of leaders for our society.

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Students: In order to preserve our future, we must protect our present Hundreds of thousands of people, packed tightly on a three-quarter mile stretch of Pennsylvania Avenue.

Hours of standing, chanting, jostling, waiting, with a whole congregation of peoAditi ple searching for justice just Dholakia outside the Capitol Building.

Opinion Editor The March for Our Lives on March 24 in Washington, D.C., was a rally cry heard across the nation — across the world.

And while the crowd consisted of a people diverse in race, class, gender and, perhaps most widely, age, the speakers on stage all had two things in common: all of them were under 20 years old, and all of them had been personally affected by senseless gun violence.

Cameron Kasky, Trevon Bosley, Delaney Tarr, Sarah Chadwick, Edna Chavez, Alex Wind, Zion Kelly, David Hogg, Naomi Wilder, Mya Middleton, Matt Post, Christopher Underwood, Jaclyn Corin, Ryan Deitsch, Aalayah Eastmond, Sam Fuentes, Alex King, D’Angelo McDade, Matthew Soto, Emma Gonzalez.

These speakers — students, children, ranging in age from 11 to 19 years old — have been, and will continue to spearhead change in this country and around the world.

That children are the future is a notion that has existed for generations, across political party divides and socioeconomic boundaries.

Children are, after all, theoretically malleable; they’re learning and experiencing the world in real time, while relying on adults, or those with more experience and knowledge, to put everything into context for them. It is this reliance that has given said adults the illusion that in providing context, they can control the narrative in which their children live.

However, as much as adults consider children to be the future — insofar as to carry out their wills and demands — what we’re seeing today is children being forced into quasi-adulthood. These are children who are taking a firm grasp of the present and using their own knowledge and experience to put events in context and instigate change.

This kind of youth-led action and activism is not a new thing, particularly in this country, and especially not for marginalized communities and communities of color. Children have been underestimated by adults for practically all of history, but, as the Supreme Court stated in their ruling for Tinker v. Des Moines, “Students don’t ‘shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate.’”

Just as youth-led movements have led to landmark changes around the country throughout history, the March for Our Lives and the students organizing it have already been the catalysts for positive change in the fight for gun control.

In the 40 days since the shooting at Marjory

Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, the majority Republican legislature and Republican governor Rick Scott in Florida have already passed a law tightening restrictions around the purchase and use of guns in the state. Although the law doesn’t address many of the concerns students still have about the use of guns, it’s certainly a step toward reform.

On a national scale, the President announced Friday, just one day before the March for Our Lives, that his administration is working to issue a ban on bump stocks, a gun accessory that allows semi-automatic weapons to mimic automatic fire. These steps, miniscule as they may be, are only being taken because of the relentless advocacy and even lobbying of students from Parkland and across the country who have been permanently affected by gun violence or the fear thereof.

In their speeches at the march, the survivors from Stoneman Douglas emphasized repeatedly that the march, and this movement as a whole, is only the beginning of a revolution taking hold of the nation. “The march is not the climax of this movement; it is the beginning … We must protect, educate and inspire the future,” Kasky said.

Alongside Stoneman Douglas students, speakers from communities historically ravaged by gun violence in cities like Los Angeles, Chicago and Brooklyn reminded march attendees that they and their peers have grown

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up with constant fear and paranoia, not only within their schools but also within their communities and outside of their homes.

Zion Kelly, whose twin brother Zaire was a victim of gun violence in New York, recognized the way the fear of gun violence permeates the everyday lives of children across the nation. “I am here to represent the hundreds of thousands of students who live every day in constant paranoia,” Kelly said.

At the end of the day, it is children who, at the expectation of upholding our future, carry the burden for change, and thus must be the ones to organize and lead efforts to achieve said change. Why today’s adults are so surprised at the way the children, upon whom they have placed the burden of the future, are taking such fierce hold of the present, is beyond me. One thing is for sure: this truly is just the beginning.

This movement is a movement that is by students, for students, all of whom have been or have the potential to be affected by gun violence. In the words of Christopher Underwood, an 11-year-old speaker who, at age five, lost his older brother to gun violence, “For me, I would like to not worry about dying.”

Students should not have to be concerned about whether or not they will die in school, outside of their home, on the playground, in the streets. At this point in their lives — our lives — getting an education and living out every moment should be the utmost priority.

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Art project exposes injustice within the criminal justice system

Sarah Gallo

Assistant Arts & Entertainment Editor

Sherrill Roland was watching a movie at home with his mother when his phone rang.

While not typically answering calls from unknown numbers, Roland answered the phone because it had a Washington, D.C., area code.

He had a few friends there. Unbeknownst to Roland at the time, it was a phone call that lit the fire of a two-and-a-half year fight for justice, the truth and, ultimately, freedom.

Roland, who recently graduated from UNCGreensboro’s School of Art with a master’s degree, granted students the opportunity to hear how he turned a wrongful conviction into a powerful art and social justice project on Thursday evening in Talley Student Union.

“Firsthand, I would like to say that my story isn’t rare, but sharing it is,” Roland said. “And I don’t think anybody who’s been through this has seeked a way of dealing with it like I did as therapy as well. Just know that I am rep-

resentative of many more who are right now incarcerated for something they didn’t do.”

Roland was originally convicted of four felonies – which was later lessened to four misdemeanors – that he didn’t commit. He noted that he does not disclose what the convictions were for, as he didn’t commit them and disclosing that information feels like another loss of control, which is something he has only recently started to get back.

As an artist, Roland found much healing in conducting The Jumpsuit Project, a social experiment of sorts in which he wears an orange jumpsuit around campus at UNC-G in order to break stigma, and get people talking about the wrongful incarceration and oppression within the criminal justice system. Sarah Williamson, the president of the Sociology Graduate Student Association, talked on why it is important to talk about injustice.

“Being aware of injustices, whether that’s in the criminal justice system or inequality in pay, is something we want to think about and be

aware of,” Williamson said.

The Jumpsuit Project was born from a long journey toward acceptance, which Roland laid out on Thursday evening.

After receiving an initial call from law enforcement informing him that there was a warrant out for his arrest, Roland was shocked. He thought, “this can’t be right.”

The officer told him he had to come to Washington as soon as possible to turn himself in. If he didn’t, he would live day-to-day worrying about whether or not he would be taken into custody anytime his I.D. or driver’s license was scanned.

Roland was just about to attend his first day of graduate school at UNC-G. He arrived in Washington in the middle of the night to turn himself in for a crime he knew he didn’t commit. After arriving, the process was not what he expected in the slightest.

“I thought I was able to keep most of my clothes on, but they stripped everything,” Roland said. “I got fingerprinted, [and] I got

handcuffed and was put in the interrogation room – this was all at 4 o’clock in the morning. I just got off a flight – this was confusing to me. Everything happened [so fast], and I got put in a cell with no mats or cushions and waited until they collected everybody in that precinct.”

The day after appearing before the judge, Roland had to catch a flight back to North Carolina. He had to make it to classes the next day. Left without his belt, shoestrings, wallet or cellphone, all Roland had in his possession was a $20 bill his public defender gave him which was just enough for a cab to the airport.

After the first hearing, the court had nine months to reach an indictment in which, he explained, “a jury could decide my fate.”

After those nine months, Roland’s felony charges were lowered to four misdemeanors – and his fight for justice was just beginning.

It was the fall semester of his second year of grad school, and at the time Roland had a class

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Panoramic Dance Project represents a united, dancing Wolfpack Aaron Sanchez Guerra Staff Writer

As dancers kick, shuffle, spin and run off the stage in unison, the Panoramic Dance Project focuses on teamwork and takes on a unique and accurate interpretation of the Wolfpack.

In their performance on Thursday night, 13 dancers stood militantly under disembodied blue lights in what looked like blue denim shirts. Suddenly, as the lighting switched to red and blue, their shirts appeared red and blue, too. Standing behind a lone dancer up front in the colorful darkness, they looked like a kind of jury in a celestial, abstract courtroom of dance.

An NC State academic dance company, the Panoramic Dance Project’s name contains ambiguity that allows for different possibilities of what it could entail. According to its definition as panoramic, it offers audiences a wide, sweeping view of all the aspects of the performance; its craft, emotion and its story.

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of students to teach. So, when he found out he had to go back to court mid-semester, he had to get creative – he told his class he was taking a vacation for his 28th birthday.

“Nobody asked questions, nobody knew this entire time [...] not even close members of my family knew that I was dealing with this,” Roland said.

He lost in court. Looking back, Roland said he realizes he never had a fair shot – as an African-American man appearing before a judge, who had already seen multiple cases that day, the cards were stacked against him

The performance resembled a dream more than anything else, containing a soft range of lights under which dancers moved with intense speed and force. The dancers achieved this feat silently, creating a pleasant range of moods and tones that left a quiet and receptive audience impressed.

Morgan Broadnax, a first-year studying communication, was among many students to experience the performance, which is a part of Arts NC State and was held at Stewart Theatre again on Friday night.

“I honestly didn’t know what to expect based on the title, but it was a lot to take in,” Broadnax said. “They made this performance their own, and did some things that seemed random to me, but it worked, it fit.”

The Panoramic Dance Project boasts diversity of many kinds, which should be no surprise coming from an NC State dance company. The

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“Human error is real,” Roland said. “Just because you’re on the judge stand doesn’t mean you’re perfect. You are also capable of making a mistake, reading it wrong. And at the rate they read African-Americans wrong in Washington, D.C., I had no idea that I was facing more than my opponent.”

Originally sentenced to jail for 10 months, Roland was released from Central Detention Facility after two weeks for exceptional behavior. Roland said that in jail he wasn’t looked at as a person. He, like the other inmates, was viewed as “just a number.”

In order to get through the long hours of the day while in jail, Roland took to reading An-

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Students in Panoramic Dance Project perform “Intro to Self” at Stewart Theatre on Friday.

The Panoramic Dance Project is an NC State academic dance company that performs a wide variety of dance genres on and off campus.

drea Davis’ “Policing the Black Man: Arrest, Prosecution and Imprisonment,” a book he had to read in secret, in addition to the Bible.

He was searching for answers and, at the time, was losing hope.

After Roland’s name was cleared and all charges were dropped, Roland was searching for a way to heal, trust and move forward in his life. For Roland, who went back to UNC-G to finish his master’s in art, this meant walking around campus in an orange jumpsuit – a project meant to get people talking about the criminal justice system and wrongful incarceration.

The Jumpsuit Project first had to get approved by UNC-G, resulting in an intensive background check and restrictions Roland had to follow when wearing the jumpsuit – one of

which said he was only allowed to walk straight to his destination when wearing the jumpsuit on campus.

“Whenever I was in that jumpsuit on campus I had restrictions as if I was locked up in Washington, D.C.,” Roland said. “So, my studio space on the top floor of the art building was my cell. The art building was my block.

Anytime I was in my cell or my block I was allowed to wear orange shorts or my jumpsuit.

Anytime I left my block I had to go straight to my destination.”

Williamson noted why students should take social justice issues of all kinds seriously.

“It’s something a lot of us don’t think about on a day to day basis, because it doesn’t directly affect us – but it’s something intricately woven into our lives,” Roland said.

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Sherrill Roland who was wrongfully convicted of a crime, talks about his experience in the presentation, the Jumpsuit Project, in Talley Student Union on Thursday.

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Faculty, alumni, professional artists lead community in art expression across mediums Bryan Cambra Correspondent

D.H. Hill’s Fishbowl Forum has grown in popularity with students due to its large, adjustable workspaces, easy access to the Creamery and open view of Hillsborough Street and the evening sky. With this in mind, it seemed natural for it to be the location of choice for an art and writing workshop.

“Art United: Fostering Equity and Inclusivity through Writing and Art” was a poetry and illustration workshop that took place on Thursday. The event was organized by Belle Boggs, an English professor, and led by poets Tyree Daye and Leila Chatti — both of whom are NC State alumni — and Kristen Radtke, a graphic memoirist and editor for Sarabande Books and TriQuarterly Magazine.

Prior to its debut, Boggs said that she has been motivated to put together a workshop focusing on poetry and graphic art for over a year.

“Around that time, we had a lot of issues arising on campus with campus culture and aggressions,” Boggs said. “I began to think about the usefulness of a workshop like this to make a space for students to express themselves and communicate to other students about what their experiences were on campus.”

Several English Master of Fine Arts students were sought out by Boggs to help facilitate the event. One of them, Threa Almontaser, talked about her pivotal role in the workshop’s conception. “[Boggs] asked if I would be willing to write a letter added to the proposal explaining my experience at State as an undergrad when it came to open culture, especially after the Chapel Hill shootings and the Trump election,” Almontaser said. “I feel like the students at

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performance contained a beautiful union of ethnicities and cultures, but also of different artistic interests and personalities.

Adrian Haywood, a first-year studying business administration, praised his fellow dancers for their rich characteristics.

“It’s such a versatile group,” Haywood said.

“We have Afro-Cuban influences, we have Latinx dancing influences, we have tap dancing, singing, guitars. We have a wide array of different talents, different races and different backgrounds.”

He described the experience of having to put himself out there to a crowd that witnesses his intimate movements and expressions, a side of him that not many people he knows gets to see.

State got a little more amplified — the stares and the remarks I was getting — so I wrote about my experience inside and outside the classroom on campus.”

The workshop started with some introductions from Chatti, Daye and Radtke where they showed the audience some of their craft; Chatti and Daye read poems from their most recent collections — Tunsiya Amrikiya and River Hymns, respectively — and Radtke shared a few pages from her graphic memoir “Imagine Wanting Only This.”

After they finished, they had the participants follow suit. The attendees were split into two groups depending on whether they wished to draw or write poetry.

Once the participants found their stations, the group leaders asked icebreaker questions, which served to both ease everyone’s nerves and jumpstart their imaginations before the crafting sessions began.

To kick off the poetry session, Daye led with a modified version of a lecture from his Beginner Poetry class, which focused on the balance between imagery and emotional narratives within writing. This was followed by a prompt involving randomly selected words and a phrase for the participants to construct a poem from.

Chatti led the second half of the workshop with a lecture focusing on balancing the generic and specific details used in narrative poems, especially in relation to the writers’

personal experiences. Her exercise focused on having the participants unashamedly explore their identities as they perceive them and conveying them in their writing in a way that can be visualized, if not understood.

Each person wrote a poem for both prompts.

Meanwhile, Radtke’s group worked on graphic memoirs that captured pieces of their lives and personalities using variations of illustration and photography.

Once the crafting sessions completed, everyone reconvened and were given more time to work on their drafts. The poets in training were even encouraged to seek out participants from outside of their group to collaborate with, intending to have them inspire each other. Several students produced entirely new drafts during this time that complimented their teammates’ work.

The attendees spent the final half hour of the workshop volunteering to share the drafts

they completed in front of everyone. The participants’ satisfaction with the workshop was completely visible by the end; each project, including those made by people unfamiliar with their chosen medium, was met with raised eyebrows and well-deserved applause, especially from Boggs and the group leaders.

Once the volunteers finished, Boggs, Daye, Chatti and Radtke gave everyone closing remarks with knowing smiles on their faces.

For three hours they, along with the facilitators, allowed these people to feel at home in an environment that can often feel foreign or even hostile. While the light faded from the evening sky by the workshop’s end, it never left the eyes of the attendees.

The participants sent the work they completed to Boggs after Art United’s conclusion.

All of it will be featured at a follow-up gallery at Hunt Library’s Teaching and Visualization Lab on April 10 at 7 p.m.

“At first, it was really difficult but the further you go into the year, the more easy it gets, and the more connected you feel to the piece and the people that you dance with,” Haywood said.

“It honestly becomes very therapeutic after a while, and it gives you this sense of liberty and lets you explore different parts of you that you never knew about.”

The show began with a solo performance

by Brooke Yannayon, a fourth-year studying communication, featuring the intersection and harmony of tap dancing, singing and spoken word poetry, with varying rhythms from different genres being demonstrated.

The performance was marked by different genres of music unified by the seemingly endless acrobatic and unpredictable dancing done by the group. Two groups would be performing different dances, while some would run away and others would dive in from offstage, literally,

to join a group in perfect rhythm and motion.

In place of an intermission, the performance had two solpo acts from Katie Quinn, a thirdyear majoring in international studies, who sang and played the guitar, demonstrating remarkable mastery of instrument and voice outside of dancing.

The routine absence and appearance of stage lights would present a new selection of the 13 dancers, a new tale being told by the interpretative dancing that was a melodious blend of modern and hip-hop among other influences unknown to the nondancing layperson.

Daniela Patiño-Zabaleta, a second-year studying business administration, believes that being part of the Panoramic Dance Project informs her 10-plus years of dancing rather than the other way around. Her Colombian background has given to proficiency in the majority of Latin dancing, but her dancing in

this group is different.

“Thanks to the director, Ms. Francine Ott, I have been able to explore dancing at a different level,” Patiño Zabaleta said. “And when I say this, I mean I stopped focusing less on movement and motions and following steps, and instead I started exploring emotion.”

Patiño Zabaleta highlighted how Ott, a dance lecturer and the dance director of the Panoramic Dance Project, has a background in mental health counseling and takes the time to know each dancer personally so that she may go above and beyond in inquiring about their personal lives and health.

“With Panoramic, and specifically with Ms. Francine Ott, I have been able to explore my human experience through dance,” Patiño Zabaleta said. “So it’s not just about how pretty it looks, or how the steps follow, but also the emotions that are behind the choreography.”

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Pack swimming says goodbye to a special senior class Alec Sawyer Assistant Sports Editor

Now a perennial powerhouse, the NC State swimming and diving team has fortified itself as one of the nation’s premiere programs, thanks in part to a trio of outgoing seniors that has helped to shape the Pack as much as any class before.

The names of Anton Ipsen, Ryan Held and Hannah Moore fill the Wolfpack record books, as the three have combined for 42 AllAmerican honors and 10 school records during their time with the Pack.

Ipsen, Held and Moore also have a combined 30 first-place finishes at the ACC Championships in relays and individual events, as well as one individual gold medal at NCAAs thanks to Ipsen’s national championship in the 1,650-yard freestyle this past weekend. Held has four national championships as well, all coming in relays.

The Pack men, fronted by Ipsen and Held, have won four straight ACC titles and have also finished fourth at NCAAs each of the last three seasons. For the women, Moore has helped to lead the Pack to four straight top-20 finishes at the NCAA Championships and an ACC title in 2017.

Held, who may best be remembered for his teary-eyed gold medal ceremony at the 2016 Olympics, is the Pack’s most decorated swimmer of all time. He has a whopping 23 ACC titles, winning seven events in both 2017 and 2018. Held swept the 50- and 100yard freestyle events at ACCs each of the past three years, and was named Most Valuable Swimmer at ACCs his final two seasons.

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Junior Ryan Held takes a break during practice in the Carmichael Aquatic Center on July 7, 2016. After being called a “no-name swimmer” at the trials, Held commented on how he’d like to make a name for himself. “I think hopefully I can prove myself worth enough to be on that night relay and start making a name for myself. It’s kind of hard to believe as a 21-year-old that this is honestly just the start of my career. Most swimmers don’t retire until 28 or 29 so I still have a few Olympic games in me to train for. Hopefully.”

Held also has national success, garnering 24 All-American honors including the 50 and 100 free in all four of his years with the Pack.

Held was part of gold medal relay teams in 2016 and 2017, and won both the 400- and 800-yard freestyle relay at NCAAs this year.

Held also has an Olympic gold medal, as he was part of the United States’ winning

4x100-meter freestyle relay team in Rio. He holds four individual records at NC State, in the three sprint freestyle events as well as the 100-yard butterfly.

Ipsen, a 2016 Olympian as well, capped his career off in the strongest way imaginable with a national championship in the 1,650 free, an event he was an All-American in all

four years at NC State. Ipsen was also a fourtime All-American in the 500-yard freestyle, and took the honor in the 400-yard individual medley his last two seasons as well.

Originally from Denmark, Ipsen entered the ACC in fashion in 2015 and never looked back. He swept the distance freestyle events at ACCs his freshman season, which he would go on to do two more times. He holds the program record in all three of his regular events, the 500 and 1,650 free as well as the 400 IM. Moore started her college career at Michigan, but transferred to the Wolfpack for her final three years of eligibility. She garnered All-American honors eight times, culminated by a third-place finish in the 1,650 free at her final NCAA Championships.

Moore, like Ipsen, holds the NC State record in both distance freestyle events as well as the 400 IM. In 2014, the year before this senior class got to NC State, the Wolfpack men finished second at ACCs and 13th at NCAAs. The women finished fourth at ACCs and 16th at the national meet.

Since then, with Held, Ipsen and Moore leading the charge, the Pack has set program highs at NCAAs on both the men’s and women’s side of things. In addition, NC State won both the men’s and women’s ACC Championships in 2017 for the first time since 1980.

Held, Ipsen and Moore are certainly not the only seniors leaving the Wolfpack after the program’s most successful four-year stretch, but their impact will have an effect on the program for years to come.

Pack women wrap up strongest season this decade Ethan Barry Staff Writer

The NC State women’s basketball team’s season ended with a record of 26-9 after its first trip to the Sweet 16 since 2007, losing to Mississippi State 71-57 Friday.

The Pack came into the year with low expectations and likely looking at a rebuild season, after losing four senior starters from last season. After four ACC games, the Pack was 12-5 overall and 1-3 in the ACC, including two losses at home, the only two losses the Wolfpack would suffer at Reynolds Coliseum all season.

Sitting at 1-3 in the ACC, NC State won seven conference games in a row, the longest winning streak since the 2000-01 season. The streak was highlighted by a 65-56 win over No. 10 Florida State at Reynolds Coliseum. After the streak was snapped by a four-point loss at Miami, the Wolfpack won three more games in a row, including a 73-54 over rival UNCChapel Hill.

The regular season concluded with a 22-7 record, and 11-5 in the ACC. The Pack clinched the fifth seed in the ACC Tournament. NC State defeated UNC for the third time of the season, 77-64, in the first round.

The Wolfpack returned the next day

and exacted revenge on Duke. After losing 69-56 at the beginning of January in Durham, the Pack defeated the Blue Devils 51-45 in Greensboro at the ACC Tournament. The Wolfpack lost in the semifinals of the tournament to No. 1 seed Louisville 64-59.

Likely because of its win over Duke in the tournament, the Pack was selected as a four seed in the NCAA Tournament and hosted the first and second rounds at Reynolds Coliseum for the first time since 2007. The Wolfpack dominated 13-seed Elon 62-35 in the first round to advance to face five-seed Maryland.

NC State defeated the Terrapins 74-60 to advance to face Mississippi State in

the Sweet 16. The Pack hung around with the top-seeded Mississippi State Bulldogs into the third quarter, but didn’t have enough to beat the defending national runner-ups, who had lost once all season. The season came to an end with a 71-57 loss.

Senior center Akela Maize had a breakout season, averaging 10 points, 5.5 rebounds and 1.9 blocks on the season.

She was named to the All-ACC defensive team. Senior forward Chelsea Nelson was the only returning starter and had a massive final season in Raleigh, averaging 12.9 points and 9.4 rebounds.

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Wolfpack storms back to take game, series from Georgia Tech

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The NC State baseball team clinched its third straight ACC series victory by erasing a 5-0 deficit to top Georgia Tech 9-6 Sunday afternoon at Doak Field.

The Wolfpack (20-4, 7-2 ACC) used a six-run eighth inning and two home runs from junior first baseman Evan Edwards to mount a comeback against the Yellow Jackets (13-11, 3-6 ACC).

“What makes it more special to me, and more impressive to me, is the fact that we got off that bad start Friday night,” head coach Elliott Avent said. “After Friday night’s game, to get down the very same way, with some balls that find grass and we’re not picking the ball up a couple times, which I thought was kind of uncharacteristic of us, and to come back because of Friday night was even more impressive.”

Senior left-hander Brian Brown (4-0, 0.48 ERA) found the bases loaded in the second inning with no outs after an error by sophomore shortstop Will Wilson, a walk and a bunt single. Georgia Tech grounded into a double play in the next at-bat, but scored one to go up 1-0.

NC State threatened to get the run back in the bottom half of the second. A two-out single by sophomore third baseman Dillon Cooper moved senior right fielder Brock Deatherage to third. Senior center fielder Josh McLain couldn’t find a hole and ended the inning with a grounder to shortstop.

The Yellow Jackets broke through in a big way in the fifth. With two outs and nobody on base, the Yellow Jackets hit back-to-back bloop singles and then another error by Wilson allowed Georgia Tech to score it’s second run of the ball game.

Brown hit the next batter, loading the bases with two outs and then gave up a three-RBI single that was bobbled in right field by Deatherage. The bloop hits and errors aided a 5-0 lead for the Yellow Jackets.

With its back against the wall, NC State got back three much-needed runs in the fifth inning. After singles by McLain and junior outfielder Brett Kinneman, junior first baseman Evan Edwards hit a two-out, three-run home run to left field. The opposite field blast brought the Pack within two runs at 5-3.

After giving up a one-out single in the seventh, Brown was taken out for redshirt

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Junior outfielder Brett Kinneman hits a home run against Georgia Tech on Sunday at Doak Field. Kinneman went 2-5 with one home run and two RBIs as the Wolfpack won 9-6.

junior Nolan Clenney (2-0, 1.50 ERA).

Brown pitched 6.1 innings, giving up five runs, none of them earned, seven hits and struck out three. After he recorded the first out of the inning, sophomore Kent Klyman (2-0, 1.35 ERA) came in to finish the seventh.

“My fastball command has been doing pretty well,” Klyman said. “I just try to keep them off-balance.”

The Wolfpack struck again in the eighth inning with Edwards’ second home run of the game. This deep shot down the rightfield line made the score 5-4 and infused momentum into the Pack dugout.

“I was seeing the ball really good,” Edwards said. “I just got a fastball I could handle in the first at bat and the second home

run he was throwing nothing but changeups and coach just told us to sit back on it.”

Edwards finished 3 for 4 with 4 RBIs and now has eight home runs on the year.

Freshman catcher Patrick Bailey kept the inning alive with a two-out single, followed by a walk from senior Shane Shepard to move a runner into scoring position. Cooper lined a clutch double down the rightfield line to score pinch runners freshman Devonte Brown and sophomore Lawson McArthur to put the Pack up 6-5.

McLain scored Cooper on an RBI single and Kinneman launched a two-run shot deep to right field to give NC State a 9-5 lead. It was Kinneman’s 12th home run of the season while his RBI total sits at an equally impressive 34.

Klyman gave up a home run in the ninth inning, but the Pack held on for a 9-6 comeback win to take the rubber match from Georgia Tech. Klyman was credited with the win, his second of the season. His ERA sits at 1.35 as he’s become one of the top bullpen options for the Pack.

“You lose sight of the fact that it was a 9-6 game, each team with one walk,” Avent said. “Usually when you get those kind of games, there are some walks and I think both teams were very, very impressive today and we made some good at-bats at the end of the game.”

The Wolfpack takes on George Mason Tuesday at 3 p.m. at home and then travels to Blacksburg, Virginia, for a conference matchup with Virginia Tech.

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Wolfpack closes challenge on a loss to Kennesaw State

Kailee Jurnak Correspondent

The NC State softball team faced defeat in its second game of the weekend against Kennesaw State Sunday, falling 8-2 at Dail Softball Stadium to end the five-game Homewood Suites by Hilton RDU/RTP Challenge.

Overall, the team had a successful weekend, winning three of five games.

NC State defeated Niagara twice, 9-1 and 9-7, and beat Kennesaw State (22-11) 4-3 in the first matchup against the Owls.

The Pack ’s (18-13, 3-5 ACC) first loss during the challenge was against Marist with a close score of 2-1.

“Today, [Kennesaw State] just hit it a little bit more and was able to capitalize on our mistakes,” head coach Shawn Rychcik said. “The second and the fifth inning were their big innings and we just didn’t take care of the ball and it leads to runs when you have a good team. That’s going to cause some problems.”

The Wolfpack gave up a home run to the Owls to start the first inning. The Owls pushed off of the early momentum, getting three runners on base. With bases loaded, the Pack was able to shut it down quickly before anything else could happen.

Unfortunately for the Pack, the first inning didn’t produce any runs and the Owls took full advantage in the second.

Many errors fed the Owls’ run. A missed

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Nelson collected 10 double-doubles on the season and set the ACC tournament record with 22 rebounds in a single game, which came against Duke. Twenty-two rebounds is the second-highest singlegame performance in school history.

Redshirt junior guard Kiara Leslie transferred from Maryland and added an experienced, well-rounded scorer and defender to the Wolfpack lineup. She was second on the team with 12.7 points per game and 5.9 rebounds.

Leslie had a double-double against her former team in the NCAA tournament, with 21 points and 11 rebounds. She then set her career-high with 27 points against Mississippi State.

Sophomore guard Aislinn Konig was the fourth player to average double-

pop f ly gave the Owls two bases. A bunt created an opening for an out, but the ball bounced off of junior Cheyenne Balzer’s glove leading to a run and the batter taking second base.

The Pack made a pitching change, as freshman Kama Woodall relieved senior Harli Hubbard. It didn’t slow down the Owls as another runner made it to home plate. The Owls gained four runs, leading the Pack 5-0 through two innings.

Despite not being able to respond in the bottom of the second, the Wolfpack came together in the third inning.

The Pack’s defense tightened up in the third inning, and offensively freshman Chandley Garner made it to base followed by a home run from sophomore Haylee Kobziak, cutting down the score to 5-2.

“Honestly, just to get my bat out in front. That’s it,” Kobziak said. “When I don’t hit, it’s because my bat is not out front. I just tell myself to get the bat out in front and hit the ball up the middle.”

Following its performance in the third inning, the Pack closes the fourth inning three-up, three-down.

The top of the fifth put the game to bed as the Owls gained three more runs, increasing their lead against the Pack to six runs. The last innings saw no runs, ending the game 8-2 in favor of Kennesaw State.

Kobziak stayed positive as she looked toward the future of the team.

“We just need to keep hitting the ball hard and stay confident,” Kobziak said.

“We know what to do. We know how to play and we have a strong defense and we hit the ball well. We just need to stay

figure scoring for the Pack this season, with 10.3 points. She shot 34 percent from behind the 3-point line and set the program record with 91 made 3-pointers for the season.

Redshirt sophomore guard Kaila Ealey may have had the most difficult job coming into the season, replacing Miah Spencer. Ealey did a phenomenal job, starting all 35 games and averaging over 33 minutes per game. She averaged 8.9 points and led the team with 4.2 assists per game.

Defensive identity was a huge part of the team’s success this season. The Pack allowed 57.2 points per game this season, third in the ACC. NC State also out-rebounded opponents by 9.5 rebounds per game, good for second in the ACC. Head coach Wes Moore has taken the program to heights that haven’t been seen in over 10 years. He will look to take the team even further next year with the return of Ealey, Konig and Leslie.

Redshirt junior guard Kiara Leslie holds Duke to the perimeter during the 51-45 win over No. 18 Duke on March 2 in Greensboro Coliseum.

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Sophomore outfielder Angie Rizzi sprints away from home plate towards first base at the NC State vs. Niagara softball game at Dail Softball Stadium on Friday. The Wolfpack defeated the Eagles 9-1.

confident in ourselves and continue to do what we do best.”

The Wolfpack will be returning to Dail Softball Stadium this Tuesday against South Carolina-Upstate at 5 p.m.

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Takeaways from the Pack’s hottest start since 1999

Alec Sawyer

Assistant Sports Editor

Off to its best start since 1999, the NC State baseball team sits at 20-4 and 7-2 in the ACC, having won each of its three ACC series to start the season.

The Wolfpack is coming off of a 2-1 series win over Georgia Tech at home, capped off by a comeback 9-6 win Sunday. Here is a deeper look at the Pack’s blazing hot start: Evan Edwards came to play It’s never known how a junior college transfer will perform when he starts playing Division 1 baseball, but Pack junior first baseman and designated hitter Evan Edwards has made the most of his time at NC State so far.

Edwards has solidified his role in the starting lineup after starting the season as an occasional starter, and has belted eight home runs and tallied 20 RBIs in 23 appearances for the Wolfpack. Edwards is batting .347, the thirdbest mark on the team, and has an impressive OPS of 1.155, which is second to only junior outfielder Brett Kinneman who is having a season for the ages.

Edwards slugged two home runs in Sunday’s win, and has been one of the most vital pieces of a Wolfpack offense that entered the weekend fourth in the country in home runs and fifth in batting average.

Brett Kinneman is entering Golden Spikes Award territory Kinneman is on an absolute tear this season, and has garnered an abundance of national

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Junior infielder Evan Edwards reaches to catch a throw during the double-header game versus Georgia Tech on Friday in Doak Field at Dail Park. Although losing 13-4 to the Yellow Jackets in the first game, the Wolfpack came back to win the second match-up 5-2.

attention. After an incredible opening month to the season, Kinneman was named the D1 Baseball National Player of the Month, and has also picked up multiple ACC Player of the Week awards so far.

Kinneman has launched 12 home runs this year and is also up to 34 RBIs. Entering the weekend, he was the NCAA leader in both categories, and is also batting a team-best .353.

The Golden Spikes Award is given to college baseball’s best player, and Kinneman’s name has to be gaining momentum for the honor.

Raleigh Regional?

The ACC has been awarded at least five regional hosts for the NCAA Tournament each of the last two seasons, and right now the Pack is a likely candidate to have postseason baseball

come to Raleigh.

NC State sits atop the ACC standings right now with a 7-2 conference record, and is two games better in conference than it was at this point in 2016 when it was awarded a regional after finishing 15-13 in conference play. With 20 wins and a sweep on the road against Clemson, the Pack has positioned itself nicely to bring the NCAA Tournament back to Doak Field.

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