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TECHNICIAN APRIL 16, 2018

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IN BRIEF:

POLICE BLOTTER 4/12/2018

A quick look at the headlines outside of NC State NEWS Technician print paper reduced to once a week, replaced with online production, pg. 3

Second Amendment rally attracts hundreds in downtown Raleigh On Saturday, several hundred people gathered on Halifax Mall to show their support for the second amendment. Many wore apparel and held signs expressing their opinions on the issue. The rally included speakers, many of whom expressed alternate suggestions on how to end the issue of gun violence that do not include gun control.

Some of these suggestions included more security in schools and better mental health resources.

SOURCE: ABC11

‘Live and Local’ celebrates spring on Hillsborough

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The Live and Local festival took place Saturday to celebrate the warm weather with food trucks, performances and activities for the Raleigh community. Over 30 local artists and craft makers attended the event to display and sell their work like jewelry, clothing and ceramics. The event also featured a performance from one of NC State’s a cappella groups, Accapology.

National Walkout Day: A potential path to walk upon toward safety, pg. 6

SOURCE: WRAL

Oberlin still closed for construction, drivers rerouted Construction has now moved to another section of Oberlin Road as construction crews continue to repair a Raleigh water line. Over the past few weeks, Oberlin Road has been closed between Clark Avenue and Groveland Avenue; the construction will now cause Oberlin Road to be closed between Clark Avenue and Hillsborough Street.

Construction will move to Hillsborough Street this summer. Crews hope to have the project complete by the fall.

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT LGBT event provides second chance at prom, pg. 10

SOURCE: WRAL

Wake County elections continue despite redistricting challengers SPORTS Cheerleading takes home two national championships, pg. 12

On May 8, Wake County voters will go to the polls to vote in the primary elections for the state House of Representatives in districts being challenged as unconstitutional in court. A request to block primary elections in the Wake County districts was denied by a three-panel judge on Friday. Challengers have been arguing that lawmakers violated the state constitution when they redrew Wake County voting districts mid-decade when federal judges had not told them to do so.

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12:50 A.M. | FIELD INTERVIEW D.H. Hill Library Officers conducted ID checks after public hours in the library and made contact with nonstudent who had a warrant for their arrest and was in possession of marijuana. Nonstudent was arrested and trespassed.

5:57 A.M. | SUSPICIOUS PERSON Terry Companion Vet Med Center Staff member reported nonstudent wished to visit their pet outside normal visiting hours.

Nonstudent left the area prior to officer’s arrival.

1:38 P.M. | SUSPICIOUS PERSON Caldwell Hall Officers responded to report of person possibly under the influence. Contact made with nonstudent who was trespassed.

10:15 P.M. | SUSPICIOUS PERSON North Hall Officers responded to report of person lying in the lot. Area checked. Unable to locate.

11:41 P.M. | DOOR ALARM - FORCED Hudson Hall Security responded to door alarm and verified the door was secure.

12:26 P.M. | SUSPICIOUS INCIDENT Jordan Hall Staff member reported finding blood in the area.

Units responded and contact made with student who advised they were experiencing frequent nose bleeds.

12:58 P.M. | TRAFFIC ACCIDENT Weisiger-Brown Athletic Facility Two students were involved in a traffic accident.

3:10 P.M. | SUSPICIOUS INCIDENT Lee Hall Officers responded to report of a fraudulent parking pass. Matter referred to NCSU Transportation.

3:57 P.M. | SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE Engineering Building II Officers responded to report of a suspicious item.

Officers discovered a cardboard box which was determined to be trash and was disposed of.

5:59 P.M. | SAFETY PROGRAM Public Safety Center NC State University Police Department conducted safety program.

6:31 P.M. | SAFETY PROGRAM University Club NC State University Police K-9s participated in safety program.

COVER PHOTO BY NICK FAULKNER The cheerleading team makes a formation during a timeout in the 51-45 women’s basketball ACC Tournament win over No. 18 Duke on March 2 in Greensboro Coliseum.

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Technician print paper reduced to once a week, replaced with online production Mary Dare Martin News Editor

With the growth of online news consumption through websites and social media, NC State Student Media Board of Directors and Technician staff have decided to cut the production of the student newspaper’s print paper to once a week for the 99th volume.

Technician’s print paper currently publishes twice a week on Monday and Thursday and publishes content online throughout the week. Starting next academic school year, the print paper will only come out once a week.

Jonathan Carter, a third-year studying political science and editor-in-chief of Technician, said the decision was influenced by understanding how readers want to access and read their news.

“Basically, we are meeting the consumer where they want to be met,” Carter said.

“We need to make it as easy as possible for the NC State community to consume the content that they need, and we’re doing that by going down once a week in print and focusing our efforts on social media and digital production.”

Patrick Neal, director of Student Media Advising, said that another one of the main reasons for this change is a lack of print newspaper readership.

“A student who reads a paper newspaper … there are a lot fewer of those students now,” Neal said. “They have been replaced by students who are getting their news online. Our online readership for Technician surpassed out print readership I think two or three years ago.”

Reducing the number of print newspapers Technician produces a week will help the newspaper’s staff focus on and have time for other work.

“From an editorial standpoint and my position as editor-in-chief, the main benefit I think from going down to once a week is that we can prioritize our time during production nights,” Carter said.

“The amount of content is not going to go down, if anything, it’s just going to go up.

We’re going to be prioritizing our website, our social media platforms, Instagram, Facebook and Twitter, and hopefully start moving toward content that is going to be social media only.”

Neal said another benefit to only printing a physical newspaper once a week is

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A Technician newsstand sits on the Brickyard next to the Atrium. Once the 2018-2019 academic year begins, Technician will switch from producing print publications twice a week to producing them only once a week.

reducing the amount of paper that is recycled by Technician.

“It is a lot less paper that we are recycling,” Neal said “That’s going to really reduce our footprint in that way. So, we’re going to be sending a lot less paper to recycling, which is always good.”

Additionally, the decision to reduce the print production to once a week was influenced by Technician’s budget.

“One of the main reasons … is the cost,” Carter said. “With the scenario that we’re going with, we are saving a lot of money by going down once a week and cutting our

circulation to 4,000 [papers] per week.”

According to Neal, dropping down to a once a week print newspaper will save about $25,000 in printing and distribution costs only. Technician’s staff pay will not be affected.

“We are not cutting Technician’s personnel in any way,” Neal said. “They will have the exact same number of positions, exact same number of hours and that’s what the expectation is. While that one print edition is going away, that’s not just lost activity. That’s going to be redirected energy in other directions so they’re still

going to need the exact same amount of people they’ve had in the past.”

In terms of Technician’s staff, the only section that will change significantly is the design section; however, there will still be the same amount of work for designers to do.

“The only thing that’s going to be different is, obviously, with making an additional print newspaper you’ve got a lot more of the design staff centered on page layout,” Carter said. “We’re going to shift design’s mission from a lot of page layout and a lot of graphics to predominantly making graphics. That doesn’t mean there are going to be fewer positions available for designers. That means the positions are going to be different and more centered on graphics.”

To accommodate the paper’s social media growth, three additional staff members, including another social media editor, a marketing manager and an additional video editor, will be added to Technician’s Editorial Board for the 99th volume.

Carter said that the only negative of dropping down to print production once a week would be losing the nostalgia of picking up and reading the print newspaper.

According to Carter, Technician’s production during the summer in terms of content will remain the same, but there will be no print production during the entire break as there has been in the past.

“As far as working there, the process, everything’s going to be the same except the making of a physical print paper,” Carter said. “Historically, Technician has produced once a week in print over the summer, we’re still going to produce once a week of content but it’s going to go on our website and on social media.”

Continuing his position as Technician’s editor-in-chief for the 99th volume, Carter said that he is excited to lead the paper into this new era.

“This is something that Technician is not only ready for and capable of doing, but needs to do,” Carter said. “I emphasize the ‘needs to do’ just because our community wants to consume news and entertainment and photos and multimedia and everything that we produce, not in a physical print format, [but] where they can access it easily and where they can get more of it. For those reasons, I am very excited to oversee this change.”

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Lulu eGames funds student entrepreneur startups

Graduate student David Majeski, right, of Tueri, explains the device to an interested prospect at the eGames Expo.

Zaynab Khalifa Staff Writer

Earlier this month, the 10th annual Lulu eGames, NC State’s startup competition, awarded over $100,000 dollars in prize money to first, second and third place student winners who have begun to use the money to fund their startups.

Selected by judges from 178 teams and going through two rounds of the competition, the winners in six categories presented their ideas on stage to students, faculty and investors. Macy Thomas, a senior brand manager with NC State’s Entrepreneurship Program, says the competition helps students get their ideas funded.

“That’s really important, especially for students at an early stage,” Thomas said. “They need that few thousand dollars it takes to get their companies off the ground.”

However, according to Thomas, the companies competing at Lulu eGames are more than just entrepreneurial ideas.

“Some of [the students] have paying customers already,” Thomas said. “Some of them have agreements and partnerships.

[Lulu eGames is] an interactive way for you to see the different ventures that are coming out of NC State.”

The Daugherty Endowment category, which recognized companies that had licensed NC State technology in the past three years, awarded the first place prize of $25,000 to asthma management company VitalFlo. The second place prize of $15,000 went to Sentinel Biomedical, a company that looks for solutions to canine cancer, and third place went to software company NExS. VitalFlo, which helps patients predict when asthma attacks will occur, was started last April after the team won $20,000 in the 2017 Lulu eGames.

One of the big winners of the competition, Tueri, a bicycle safety and security device company, took home three awards and earned a total of $16,000. Tueri won first place in the New Venture category

as well as in the Design and Prototype category, and the company received the judges’ choice award.

David Majeski, a graduate student studying microbial biotechnology and business and the creator of Tueri, came up with the prototype for the safety device with a group of students in 2016.

“I was hit on a bike twice during my freshman year [of college],” Majeski said.

“Even though I wasn’t seriously injured, I stopped biking around campus.”

Majeski continued to work on the device, which is a bicycle headlight, turn signal and brake light attachment that can convert into a bicycle lock.

“Right now, Tueri is a third or fourth priority for me,” Majeksi said, as he is focused primarily on his graduate studies.

However, Majeski says he will continue to develop the safety device that not only improves the security of the bicycle, but also allow cyclists to communicate with motorists on the road.

“I want to develop a true prototype that

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I can test for durability,” Majeski said after winning at the competition. “I will probably drop it over and over.”

Other big winners of the startup competition included HyPower Solutions and Aeva.

HyPower Solutions, which was created by the same team as Mitramag Canine (the third place winner in the Design and Prototype category), won third place in the Built on a Cloud category and second place in the Design and Prototype category, receiving a total of $5,000. The company created a more efficient method of energy storage by using hydrogen as fuel.

Aeva received $7,000 for second place in the New Venture category. The startup is designing a way for distilleries, wineries and breweries to speed up the aging process of alcohol and increase profits.

Students interested in learning more about the 2018 Lulu eGames can visit NC State’s Entrepreneurship website.

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Recently named Goldwater Scholar talks future pursuits with

Q&A Madison Maloney Andre Corbett Correspondent

One of the most distinguished undergraduate awards of its kind, the Goldwater Scholarship is given to college second- and third-years studying the natural sciences, mathematics or engineering and planning to do research in those fields.

This year, 211 recipients from the United States were chosen from a pool of 1,280 applicants including NC State’s own Madison Maloney, a third-year studying aerospace engineering. Technician had the chance to speak about the Goldwater Scholarship process and her future plans to work for NASA. Has it settled in yet that you are a Goldwater Scholar?

I don’t think that it really has. I got the certificate in the mail yesterday and a letter from the chancellor. I really wasn’t expecting to win the award so I don’t think it has fully set in but interviews like this are kind of making it real now.

How long was the whole process for you from start to finish?

I started to apply for the university endorsement back around September or October because the university gets up to four endorsements for the award, then over break — over Christmas break — I kind of refined, reworked my application and submitted it for national consideration in January. I found out the last Friday in March.

What was the hardest part about it?

I think kind of learning how to put my story down on paper because the Goldwater is something where they don’t want to see you just check off boxes; they don’t want to just see bullet points on a resume.

They really want to know about you as a person, why you are pursuing the things that you are pursuing, and what your plans are to get from point A to point B. Kind of telling that story was what I learned the most throughout the process but it was a really enjoyable process and something that I think I benefited from greatly even had I not won.

How important was this to you on a personal level? Was it something that you were always planning on pursuing?

Yeah, it’s pretty special to me because

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Madison Maloney, a third-year studying aerospace engineering, received a prestigious Goldwater Scholarship.

it’s something that I wrote down on paper my freshman year at NC State and something that I wanted to work towards. I’m a Park Scholar so since I’ve been at NC State, there have been three other Park Scholars — Mithi De Los Reyes, Chris Cooper and Vishwas Rao — who’ve all won the Goldwater so I had them to look up to and having them as an example really motivated me to pursue this so I knew this was something I was working towards all along. You can apply as a sophomore or junior but I did not apply as a sophomore so I knew this was my last shot so it is really special.

Speaking of pursuing, I hear that you are also interested in pursuing a career at NASA. What, or who, influenced you most in deciding that you wanted to be a part of such a historic organization?

This is a story that I really love to tell.

Back in probably 6th or 7th grade, I became really interested in human space exploration from watching a variety of movies like “Apollo 13” and “October Sky” and then also I’ve always been drawn to challenges and it represents a lot of the best of humanity; people coming together to achieve a challenging goal. It’s really exciting on behalf of humanity really so it’s something that I was interested in but being from eastern North Carolina,

you know, there’s not really much space industry out there. I didn’t know any engineers as I was growing up but I knew I was good in math and science and I had this interest.

I knew I wanted to be involved in human space exploration, be an astronaut or work for NASA but I didn’t tell many people initially because I thought it may have sounded a bit outlandish given the context. But that all changed around my sophomore year in high school when Christina Koch — who is from Jacksonville, NC, and actually graduated from NC State — was selected as an astronaut candidate. I can clearly remember reading the headline when she was selected and running and telling my parents and from that point on to me it kind of transitioned from this dream that I kept to myself to this thing that I was pursuing full throttle at all times because I had seen somebody who had been there and done that.

Since that point, Christina has really been my inspiration and she is kind of a mentor to me now. We communicate every once in a while and check in so I’ve been very blessed to look up to her but I think — you know, it’s been a dream of mine for a while but it really became real when she was selected as an astronaut candidate because I was at point, sopho-

more year in high school, where I had to start thinking about what I was going to pursue in college and that kind of really solidified it for me.

What do you hope that young girls take away from your success and your aspirations?

Just that they can do what they want to do and if that’s not engineering, then it’s not engineering but if somebody can look at what I’ve done — especially a young girl — and say ‘you know maybe I can do it,’ then that makes my journey all the more worthwhile if somebody thinks they can go for what they want to go for; they can consider these fields. For them to be able to know that someone else is doing it, I think is really, really important and it is something that I’ve tried to help with a lot back in my home county, Pitt County — I’m from Greenville originally.

I’ve tried to reach out back home so I’ve spoken with school groups of girls that are looking into different fields; I’ve mentored a student doing a project based on space exploration. I’ve just really tried to do what I can to give back to that community in that sense and try to be a role model as much as possible because I know how important it is — especially at that stage in your life — to be able to have the confidence to pursue that sort of thing.

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National Walkout Day: Census citizenship A potential path to walk question: Inappropriate or informative? upon toward safety Friday will mark the 19th anniversary of the Columbine High School shooting. As a recent Technician news article noted, NC State students will walk out of class at 10 Shivani a.m. to stand in the Court Shirolkar of North Carolina in soliStaff Columnist darity with the victims and survivors of numerous other school shootings. The protest to make a call for gun reform is being organized by Jena Phillips, a second-year studying political science, since she and her peers do not feel safe at school.

These students are not alone. Just last night, a friend of mine was recounting something that had happened in one of his lectures. A fellow classmate accidentally dropped their laptop on the floor, and the sound echoed throughout the otherwise quiet room. My friend, along with several other students, was startled since the noise uncannily resembled that of a gunshot being fired. It’s crazy how the first thought running through their minds was an active shooter.

As I wrote in a column after the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in February, gun reform and stricter ownership laws are needed, but it’s taking a surprisingly long time for the nation to prioritize lives over the right to own guns.

Large-scale walkouts are probably what we need to start getting across the sheer magnitude of the problem. Students have begun movements throughout schools and cities all around the United States to call for restrictions on gun access.

On March 14, one month after the Parkland shooting, thousands of students walked out of class to protest gun violence.

At the March for Our Lives rally, students in Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia walked up to the streets in front of the Capitol to make their voice heard to the lawmakers.

Originally and until not too long ago, I was convinced that mere walkouts would not do anything to change policies that are as good as set in stone, in agreement with a fellow columnist. All law enforcement would need to do was endure a couple of hours of chanting slogans, and they could simply go on with their ways. In fact, less than a week after the Stoneman Douglas

shooting, the Florida House voted down a motion to take up a bill that would ban assault rifles.

However, this incident seems to have been the last straw and has stirred up an untamable rage within teenagers who won’t back down until something is done about a problem that has been prevalent for a long time. In part because students wouldn’t accept inaction by their legislators, Florida eventually passed a significant gun control law in early March.

As of now, public marches, such as the one in Washington, seem to be the only way for thousands of people to directly communicate with those in charge and get things moving, so to speak. Protests and public dissent have the power to put social pressure on government officials.

They give large groups the opportunity to take part in an issue that’s collectively impacting them and actively take a stance.

The more they happen, the more they are talked about and the harder they are to ignore.

Since the Parkland shooting has exhausted the patience of many, walkouts and marches related to gun reform are unlikely to fade away in the near future, and so they have the ability to send an urgent message to propel the rest of the population. Thus, the higher the number of NC State students to walk out on Friday, the more the impact the movement will have.

Phillips mentioned another reason to organize the walkout was to increase awareness on how to react in the case of a shooter. Students are advised to move away from the shooting and to a safe location as soon as possible. Hiding or taking shelter is also a means to protect yourself.

However, all of this is certainly easier said than done. It makes more sense to avoid an active shooter situation altogether rather than escaping an ongoing one. While it won’t solve the root problem, the walkout is a step in the right direction and will get more students involved in this matter.

Students at NC State will walk to the Court of North Carolina, where they will sit in protest for approximately one hour.

Taking part in the march is a sign that you’re still angry about the large number of shootings that have taken place, and you haven’t just accepted that this is how it is and will continue to be.

Although it will take place two years from now, the 2020 census has already been marked by controversy, specifically over its addition of a question about citizenship.

Multiple cities and states, inSarah cluding North Carolina, are Pohlman joining together to sue the Staff Columnist Census Bureau and Commerce Department in order to remove the question from the 2020 census. The controversial question reads as follows: “Is this person a citizen of the United States?”

The participant of the census has a total of five options to answer this question. There are four “yes” answers including “born in the United States,” “born in Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, or Northern Marianas,” “born abroad of U.S. citizen parent or parents” and “U.S. citizen by naturalization.”

There is only one “no” answer which reads, “not a U.S. citizen.”

There have been many arguments that the inclusion of this question is unconstitutional, purposefully intimidating and discriminatory.

After listening to these arguments I think that many of these critiques seem to be based on incomplete knowledge of the census’s purpose and history. This debate over the citizenship question is unnecessary, and we might learn more about our country’s demographics if the question is included in the 2020 census.

The U.S. Constitution gives Congress the power to implement the census in “such manner as they shall by Law direct” every ten years.

Its purpose is not only to take count of Americans, but it is also for the purpose of reallocating funds for communities and adjusting the seats in the House of Representatives.

The Census Bureau is then granted the power to add, delete or adjust questions to the census after going through an extensive process that takes years to complete. There is also a common belief that the citizenship question has not been seen since 1950; however, I researched for myself and realized that this widely cited argument is not the full truth.

Beginning in 1970, there have been two forms that the Census Bureau releases to the public — a long form and a short form. The long form is released to one out of six households, while the short form is meant to be completed by all remaining households, and the citizenship question has been seen on the long-form census, but not the short form. The citizenship question has not been asked to all American households since 1950.

However, the long form of the census still had the question. Even as recent as 2000, the citizenship question has been present. The citizenship question was not included in the 2010 census simply because there was no long-form version.

Since the question has been seen on our census multiple times since its creation, why are we debating its appearance on the 2020 version?

There is also no need for fear for citizens or noncitizens to respond to the survey since the Census Bureau cannot share respondents’ information with anyone or any agency. According to the United States Census Bureau, “by law, the Census Bureau cannot share respondents’ answers with anyone — not the IRS, not the FBI, not the CIA, and not with any other government agency.”

North Carolina is home to many immigrants, with 7.7 percent of our population being foreign born, so this issue has a significant bearing on our state. But whether you are a citizen or noncitizen, the government cannot use your information for any other purpose than the census.

The inclusion of this question will not harm its respondents, no matter their citizenship status.

Finally, the census is also an extremely useful tool to see how our country has changed, and the Census Bureau has cited this as their reasoning for including the citizenship question on the short-form of the 2020 census. The Census Bureau says that “a question about a person’s citizenship is used to create statistics about citizen and noncitizen populations.”

During the last couple decades our country’s demographics have changed, as have those of our state, and the data gained from the census can show these trends. After the results of the census, federal funds can be allocated to the respective groups, communities and school districts that need them most. Gathering the number of noncitizens in a population could actually create the opportunity for funds to be granted to create programs and services to help noncitizens.

Our state plans to go through with its lawsuit, but the lawsuit seems to be a waste of time and resources. If the respondents’ privacy is legally maintained, the question has been around for years and we can gather useful statistics, why is North Carolina fighting the question from being implemented?

It will be interesting to see if the question will or will not appear on the 2020 census. However, no matter the outcome, it is necessary to know the entire truth of what the inclusion of citizenship question entails before deciding if you believe the census’s citizenship question is inappropriate or informative.

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A Christian view on gun control Gun violence is a recurring tragedy — a tragedy that is continually caused

by America’s personal attachment to the idea of possessing a gun. This fascination with gun ownerShawn ship has placed this nation Fredericks in a more dreadful position Staff Columnists in the area of gun violence than other nations. Vox has reported that America has way more gun deaths than other developed nations, and has far higher levels of gun ownership than any other country in the world.

The solution to gun violence is still being argued; however, when social issues of this significance are being discussed, faith is not a part of the discourse, even though it is integral to many individuals’ worldviews.

America is, purely demographically speaking, a majority Christian nation, with the religious landscape survey by the Pew Research Center reporting that 70.6 percent of Americans identify as Christians. According to Pack Poll, 52 percent of NC State students identify as Christians — lower than the na-

tional average but still the majority religion on campus.

Christianity is the religion I believe in, and, as a Christian, when looking at the devotion to guns Americans have, I cannot help but think of the second commandment which reads, “You shall not make for yourself an idol.”

Gun ownership has become so vital for some people that owning a piece of metal is tied to the idea of having true freedom.

Pew Research Center has found that for most gun owners, owning a firearm is tied to their sense of personal freedom. As a Christian, freedom for me does not come from a piece of metal but from my belief in Jesus Christ as my savior, which should also be true for those who are pro-gun advocates and identify as Christian.

Guns have been idolized to such a degree that some Christians, judging by the numbers, do not see how their idolization and attachment to guns has made them blind to the real human suffering surrounding gun violence, something Jesus Christ would not tolerate.

Jennifer Copeland, executive director of

the North Carolina Council of Churches, articulated how people of faith need to make sure material things do not come before their faith, according to a News and Observer article titled “The 2nd Commandment outweighs the 2nd Amendment, thousands of NC churches say.”

“As people of faith, we should always guard against those things that become more important to us than the God who calls us to abundant life. How much more so, should we call out the idols that hold out false promises,” Copeland said.

Any Christian must understand that material possessions are temporary; materialism can only satisfy the soul marginally. The soul, however, is eternal. When attachment to provisional possessions — whether they be guns or money — override the responsibility toward our faith, then the soul has fallen into a darkness that is overbearingly difficult to overcome.

To be clear, gun control is not just a Christian issue and there is a need for faith leaders from all spiritual walks to be heard on the issue of gun violence. Spirituality can be divisive but that is not the goal of spiritual-

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Sindy Huang, third-year studying biological engineering

ity. Real spirituality is about bringing people together through a common cause and realizing that we all, no matter our place in the world, have a common destiny.

I am not alone in this view. Richard Parker is the author of “Lone Star Nation: How Texas Will Transform America.” In his op-ed, “Why Christians Must Support Gun Control,” he reminds people of faith of our shared duty to humanity.

“All the people of the Abrahamic faiths share the same duty — to protect the innocent,” said Parker. “The Jewish bystander is to rescue a person in peril. Islam requires the protection of all innocent lives. I fear that if we fail in this, bulldoze our churches and let the machines of war and profit win over faith, then God will never forgive us. For that would be the worst sin of all.”

We as people on this earth, but especially as people of faith, have a responsibility to one another. Without this vital realization, I fear society will continue to be cursed with tragedies such as gun violence. These wicked problems affect the spirit of the people and it is through spiritual consideration that these problems can be solved.

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Senior outfielder Josh McLain lays down a bunt against Notre Dame on Friday at Doak Field. McLain went 4-5 with one home run and two RBIs as the Wolfpack lost 12-8.

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Senior outfielder Josh McLain beats the throw to first base against Notre Dame on Friday at Doak Field. McLain went 4-5 with one home run and two RBIs as the Wolfpack lost 12-8.

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The NC State baseball team lines up for the national anthem before the game against Notre Dame on Friday at Doak Field. The Wolfpack lost the opening game of the series 12-8.

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Junior infielder Evan Edwards puts out a Notre Dame batter at first base on Friday at Doak Field. Edwards went 1-3 with one RBI, one run scored and one walk as the Wolfpack lost 12-8.

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Head coach Elliott Avent shares a laugh with the umpires and Notre Dame head coach Mik Aoki before the game on Friday at Doak Field. Notre Dame won the opening game of the series 12-8.

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Junior outfielder Brett Kinneman takes a swing against Notre Dame on Friday at Doak Field. Kinneman went 2-6 with one run scored as the Wolfpack lost 12-8.

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Freshman pitcher Nick Swiney delivers the ball to home plate on Friday at Doak Field.

Swiney gave up one hit, three earned runs, and two walks as the Wolfpack lost to Notre Dame 12-8.

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LGBT event provides second chance at prom Elanor Davis Correspondent

The GLBT Community Alliance (GLBTCA) hosted the Second Chance Prom in Witherspoon Ballroom on Saturday to promote inclusion in high school proms and dances. The event has come back after a one-year hiatus, and GLBTCA hopes to make the prom an annual event.

Brandon Coates, a fourth-year studying psychology and member of GLBTCA, spoke on the details and message of this event.

“The GLBT Community Alliance has been doing it for a number of years now, and basically the real purpose for this event [is focused on] any queer kids or queer people who didn’t get to have a prom that was something for them,” Coates said. “So they could be them-

selves or bring the partner they wanted to bring or just expressed themselves the way they wanted to, so we decided to create an event that would fill that role and be able to be a prom event that someone could present, dress and bring whoever they want to bring without fear of being judged or anything like that.”

The prom had an outer space theme decided by a vote within the GLBTCA. Witherspoon was filled with spacethemed decor. The food included fun items like savory star- and moon-shaped sandwiches while the drinks presented an even wider selection of funky, astronautlike beverages.

The drinks, food and festivities all took a backseat to the feeling of inclusion and happiness felt by the promgoers as they danced and talked freely.

Melana Sachpatzidis, a second-year

studying communication, talked before the event about how the Second Chance Prom resonated with her.

“I’m hoping to see a lot of people showing up with the partner that they want, do what they want, dressed how they want, to be more diversified then the original prom,” Sachpatzidis said. “I want everyone to feel included. It’s a safe place for everyone.”

Sachpatzidis said the event gave her opportunities her high school prom never did.

“I grew up as a lesbian in a really heteronormative setting and no one told me ‘okay you have the choice to wear a suit,’” Sachpatzidis said. “So all three years of prom I was wearing a dress, but now it’s like this Second Chance Prom told me ‘hey, I can dress how I want, bring whichever partner I want and you know you can

do anything. If you want to be traditional you can, and if you don’t then don’t.’ This is what this [event] is for. I feel like that’s really nice that, in fact, I’m going to come up in a suit for the first time ever. It’s like remaking the memory the way I want it to be remade.”

Adrian Chamberlin, a first-year studying fisheries, wildlife and conservation biology, volunteered at the event. Chamberlin said she approved of the idea that Second Chance Prom should be a place to not worry about labels.

“It should be able to be a fun event that everyone should be able to come to and just have fun,” Chamberlin said. “Prom is for everyone. That prom shouldn’t be something that you have to put on appearances for [or that] you have to put a part of yourself away for. Prom is for everyone.”

Graduate linguistics students talk sign language, deaf culture Aaron Sanchez Guerra Staff Writer

The world of nonverba l language matches the complexities of its verbal counterpart. The linguistic variances that spice and diversify all speakers of verbal language also exist in the users of sign language.

Facilitating a discussion on this topic were the Linguistic Diversity Ambassadors of the linguistics department of NC State, who held an event titled “American Sign Language: Dialects and Deaf Culture” on Thursday in Winston Hall.

The dialogue connecting this to American Sign Language was led and explained

by Alison Eggerth, a graduate student studying linguistics. She explained the struggles faced historically by users of sign language.

“There was a method invented by Alexander Graham Bell called oralism,” Eggerth said. “It said that if you signed, you won’t be able to learn English as well.

It called for deaf people to sit on their hands and be forced to read people’s lips.”

Prior to ASL, oralism was a method used in deaf education that forced oral language comprehension and produc-

tion.

“ASL wasn’t even recognized as an official language in the United States until the 1960s, so it creates a dichotomy between the people who were raised in the oralist method who said ASL was bad and didn’t use it, versus now, now we have TV shows and movies that celebrates ASL and deaf culture.”

The event covered the benefits, basic facts and myths surrounding ASL. Important topics like that ASL is a linguistically complete language with its own grammar and that not all deaf people can read lips were covered.

Eggerth explained the details of ASL further, moving her hands with her words expressively as she demonstrated the different signs of the alphabet.

“ASL grammar would ask the question, ‘Where is my car?’ like ‘My car where,’” Eggerth said. “The tone that people communicate in signing is determined through non-manual signing, like facial expressions and movements.”

Deaf culture was explained in the event by graduate linguistics student Katie Conner, who explained the practices of deaf individuals in different situations.

She outlined how rude it would be to break eye contact while communicating

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KellyNoel Waldorf, a graduate student studying English and a language diversity ambassador, explains that there is variation within American Sign Language during a panel called “American Sign Language: Dialects and Deaf Culture.” The panel took place on Thursday in Winston Hall.

through signing, and how it was important for hearing people to explain and contextualize noises to deaf people instead of expecting them to react to them.

“You can’t always rely on lip reading,” Conner said. “That’s not necessarily a

quality every deaf person is innate with.”

A comic strip was shown of a boy explaining that he was leaving a party with his deaf father, which meant an extra 45

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From here and there: visiting Duke professor talks about diaspora through deportation Aaron Sanchez Guerra Staff Writer

Jill Anderson, who holds a Ph.D. in English with a specialization in MexicanAmerican literature from the University of Texas, sat in a Mexico City restaurant and overheard English being spoken. Upon recognizing the English as similar to her own, she approached a young waiter who was speaking to someone else and found out that he was originally from Chicago.

That waiter had been one of hundreds of thousands who had arrived illegally in the United States as a child, part of a demographic commonly known as “Dreamers,” who had been deported to Mexico or were essentially forced to migrate back.

Since those encounters early on, Anderson sought after a postdoctoral fellowship at the National Autonomous University of Mexico where she was able to do research in documenting the experiences of duality of young people that had been deported to Mexico or were returned migrants.

Anderson spoke at NC State on April 11 in an event titled “Deportation Diasporas: Removed to a Country that was Never Home” that was sponsored by the Department of Sociology and Anthropology.

Her work, which culminated in a now out of print book titled “Los Otros Dreamers,” which translated to “The Other Dreamers,” tells the in-depth bicultural and bilingual stories of the Dreamers of the other side, some of whom have criminal histories with minor or major infractions.

Anderson’s book states that these individuals matter, too, and that they are disproving the incorrect assumption that a criminal conviction constitutes an identity.

“We’re bringing together all of these stories,” Anderson said. “The reason for the inclusion of deported youth with former

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minutes. This humored the reality of deaf people having to sign to individual people in gatherings when saying goodbye, which would in turn, take longer than simply being able to communicate a goodbye verbally.

KellyNoel Waldorf, a graduate student studying linguistics, covered the dialects of sign language. She explained how people who are hearing but sign may sign at a different rhythm than deaf people

gang activity and criminal activity is to challenge what people think a Dreamer is.”

Anderson is the co-founder of Otros Dreams en Acción (ODA), translating to Other Dreams in Action, a nonprofit that has facilitated and documented the literary and artistic development of Dreamers in Mexico. It is part of a network of organizations that responds to the new Latinx diaspora caused by deportations from America.

A hyper-militarized border and a perilous immigration system has sent young people with much potential across the border to find a living in a foreign nation to be dropped off at one of 12 “repatriation” points in the country after being deported.

ODA is one of the organizations that welcomed deportees in Mexico City to give them resources to help them as they are received by their birth country and are faced with starting new lives.

“Under Trump, the number of deportations haven’t gone up but the interior removals have,” Anderson said. “Those are the numbers of people who are deported crossing the border and are deported after living here after a very long time.”

ODA has also assisted the Dreamers with applying for visas to enter the United States again.

“In the book, Luis talks about how he was deported, found a payphone, called his mom back in the United States, and asked what to do,” Anderson said. “His mom told him to go to Guerrero, and he asks, ‘Well, where’s Guerrero?’”

Anderson detailed how a handful of the people she has worked with have faced robbery, extortion and kidnapping from cartels concentrated along the regions near the United States border.

Poch@ House, a space for returnees and deportees in Mexico that Anderson helps

operate, works to help them re-establish themselves. Poch@, coming from the word “pocho/a,” a derogatory term for Mexicans who mix Spanish and English, is reclaimed and used for good in this place.

Genesis Torres, a third-year studying psychology, commented on the importance of student activism related to the work of ODA. “It’s an injustice, and we’re called as fellow humans to look after one another in this way,” Torres said. “As students, as ‘estudiantes,’ we need to get involved and take action in our communities to care for immigrants and fight against local legislation that can harm them, undocumented

or not.”

Anderson sighed after speaking for a prolonged time on the topic of deportation diaspora and challenges of trauma and mental health issues that are associated with deportation and forced migration.

“Poch@ House and ODA want to create programs that will create opportunities to become English teachers or be part of the tourism industry,” Anderson said. “We’re trying to work with alternatives to exploitative jobs the Dreamers encounter.”

that sign, and they may not always understand each other.

Sign language, like oral language, expectedly varies greatly by national regions and other nations. She explained how ASL was more similar to French Sign Language than to British Sign Language and Australian Sign Language.

The nuances of African-American Sign Language were detailed as well.

“Features that are included in African-American Sign Language are bigger manual sign spaces, and you get similarities to spoken African-American English, such as ‘He trippin’,’ and other

words,” Waldorf said. “You can see some of those linguistic characteristics crossing over.”

Claudia Pollex, a second-year studying communication and psycholog y, expressed disappointment with the lack of courses teaching sign language at NC State.

“NC State is the biggest university in North Carolina, and there are rather large deaf communities in Charlotte, Winston-Salem, Greensboro, Raleigh, a lot of the big cities” Pollex said. “I think it says something by the university not having American Sign Language classes

to the 200,000 plus residents in North Carolina who are hard of hearing or deaf.

I think it’s important as the biggest university that we allow hearing people like me to have access to ASL and be able learn it.”

Like all the traits that make people diverse members of their communities, linguistics holds a range of unique qualities that make it an agent for diversity, and they are also an avenue for discrimination, although a more succinct form of it.

This is the reason for the imperative part they play in multidisciplinary education of diversity across university campuses.

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Marchers make their way to Halifax Mall to defend the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA) on Oct. 1 following President Trump’s decision to end the program. Speakers included those who depend on DACA and Congressman David Price, who condemned the president’s actions. The event was organized by two NC State students and took place on the major streets of downtown.

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Cheerleading takes home two national championships Jake Caccavaro Staff Writer

The term “blue blood” is typically associated with college football or basketball royalty; teams that have a longstanding tradition of excellence. On the gridiron you’ve got Ohio State, Alabama, Notre Dame and more. On the hardwood, the programs of Duke, Kentucky and Kansas, among others, come to mind.

However, there is no rule stating that “blue blood” is exclusively reserved for those two sports.

With three national championships in the last three years, NC State’s cheerleading program has firmly cemented itself as a blue blood of collegiate cheerleading.

“When you have seven national championships … you know you’re one of the top programs,” said Jason Ybarra, an assistant coach for the Wolfpack. “When you have stunts that are named after your program, when you have people reference you from a national level.”

In early April, the Wolfpack brought home two national championships, one in the small coed cheer division and one in the game day division. For small coed, this year’s championship was the second in the last three years, as the Pack also won it in 2016. This year was the inaugural year of game day being a championship division, so the Wolfpack is officially the first team to ever win a game day national championship.

Justin Hefner, a graduate student member of the small coed team, summed up the cheerleading squad’s performance with one key word: us.

“We chose us,” Hefner said. “We’ve had ups and downs as a team … and finally we

choose us and that is when everybody comes together.”

The small coed division consists of 16 females and four males, given three minutes to perform their routines. According to Gianna Rizzi, a fourth-year studying biology, the Wolfpack’s small coed team was sort of a mini all-star team within the program.

“We decided to take the talented members of large coed and the talented members of small coed and put them together for small coed so it is kind of like superbuilding a team,” Rizzi said.

The Pack’s decision to form a small coed “super team” paid off in the end.

After finishing in third place in the preliminary round, trailing Oklahoma State and Louisville, the Wolfpack narrowly edged Oklahoma State in the small coed division, tying the Cowboys with a raw score of 96.03, but ultimately prevailing due to the judges’ deduction of 1.25 points from the Cowboys’ score as a result of minor miscues during the performance.

Although disappointed to place lower than expected in the preliminaries, Ybarra said the squad knew it was close to winning.

“We knew we were within reach,” Ybarra said. “We knew what we needed to do to move up those two spots.”

The Pack’s small coed team had confidence that even if Oklahoma State and Louisville both hit their routines as expected, the Wolfpack had an end-all, be-all routine to win.

“Even if they were to hit their two routines,” Ybarra said. “We felt like we could go back there and still win it.”

The game day routine consists of thirty team members, comprised of members of

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The cheerleading team throws up their wolfies as the stadium lights up Wolfpack red after the 77-64 win over UNC-Chapel Hill in the Greensboro Coliseum on March 1 to head to the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament.

the cheerleading squad, dance team, band and a featured twirler. For a short threeminute span, the game day group brings to life the hype and excitement of a normal game day, performing cheers, the NC State fight song and “Red and White.”

Keaton McDaniel, a second-year studying agricultural science, described the game day division as something a person with little cheerleading expertise would recognize most.

“Game day is more of the traditional sideline performance,” McDaniel said.

McDaniel also laid out how the Pack’s game day team wanted to set the bar high from the get-go.

“All season we used the phrase ‘set the bar,’” McDaniel said. “Our goal was to go out, do our routine, hit it to the best of our

ability and set the bar for the game day division.”

And set the bar they did, dominating from start to finish. The Pack came in first in the preliminary round by almost three points more than the next closest contender, North Texas, and held off the Mean Green in the final round, winning 94.60-93.67.

When asked about the magic of the season, Ybarra had one word to assess his teams’ magical run.

“Indescribable,” Ybarra said. “That’s the only word.”

The magic of the season might be indescribable, but when talking about the NC State cheerleading program, two words come to mind: Blue blood.

Wolfpack to battle Heels in Durham Ethan Barry Staff Writer

The NC State baseball team will travel to Durham Bulls Athletic Park in Durham to face the UNC-Chapel Hill Tar Heels in an unconventional nonconference game Tuesday night.

The Wolfpack (28-7, 13-5) and Tar Heels (24-12, 12-6) have had very different seasons, especially compared to preseason ex-

pectations, but both teams have played very well recently to set the stage for a massive game that doesn’t count in the conference standings.

“It’s Carolina, so the rivalry’s always there,” NC State sophomore shortstop Will Wilson said. “It’s going to be a great atmosphere. We had a lot of fans out [Saturday night against Notre Dame], so I think they’re going to come with us and it will be a great atmosphere to play in.”

The Tar Heels came into the season expected to be one of the best teams in the country, but struggled for about a month, including losing series to Louisville, East Carolina and Florida State. The Heels have since turned it around and won three ACC series in a row.

They are firmly in the NCAA Tournament, but still want to get back in the race to host a regional, and need quality wins to do that. Tuesday is an excellent chance to

collect a high-quality, nonconference win that the Heels will need in order to be considered as a regional host.

The Wolfpack came in with tempered expectations on the season, and has blown every realistic expectation out of the water so far. Right now, the Wolfpack is a consensus top-six team in the country, and is ranked No. 2 in three different polls. The

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Four Takeaways: NC State Baseball Jason Bacherman Staff Writer

The NC State baseball team pulled off another ACC series win this weekend, this time against Notre Dame. The Wolfpack has yet to drop an ACC series this season, and sits atop the Atlantic Division standings with a 13-5 conference record and a 28-7 overall record. Here are some takeaways from the season so far: Offense continues to roll The Pack plated 33 runs against the Irish this weekend, and owns an ACC-best .304 team batting average. On the season, the team has an absurd 270 runs this year, also tops in the conference, and has powered its way to a blazing hot start and a No. 2 ranking. Even when the pitching falters, the bats have carried the team.

Junior outfielder Brett Kinneman has been the main story all year, but the contributions have been excellent all across the board. Kinneman is still slugging a conference-best .690 with 13 home runs, but senior center fielder Josh McLain has been impressive in his own right, batting a team-high .335 while striking out just 15 times in 167 at bats.

Brian Brown is really good He may not have an ERA under 1.00 anymore, but senior left-hander Brian Brown has used his funky delivery and off-speed

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Wolfpack leads the conference, and has a full two-game lead in the Atlantic Division, which boasts perennial national powers in the likes of FSU, Clemson and Louisville.

NC State is as much of a lock to host a regional as is possible at this point in the season, and is in excellent position to host a super regional as well. The Pack needs to strengthen its nonconference resume, which is why the game against the Tar Heels is so important.

“If you think about it, it really prepares you for down the road,” Wolfpack senior right fielder Brock Deatherage said. “It’s going to be a regional atmosphere. It’s going to be a good fan base from both sides.

Just being able to do this and play against a rival like this, and a good team, it’s a good feeling for us.”

Kyle Datres leads the Heels with a .368 batting average, while Michael Busch is the Heels best offensive player. Busch has a .331 average with nine home runs and 43 RBI.

stuff on his way to an impressive 1.09 ERA in 57.2 innings pitched. He was brilliant Saturday against the Fighting Irish, throwing his first career complete game while allowing just one earned run on eight hits and two walks while striking out eight batters.

Brown’s control has been solid this season, as he’s walked just 17 batters this season compared to 53 strikeouts. His dominance and ability to keep opposing hitters offbalance has been critical to the Wolfpack’s success this season.

Series opener woes It’s tough to argue with the results as NC State has won all of its conference series thus far, but it’s worth mentioning that the team has lost four series openers in a row. Against Notre Dame Friday, the Wolfpack plated eight runs but still lost, 12-8. The bullpen was shaky, giving up 10 runs in just six innings of work.

In the previous three series openers, the Pack scored a combined eight runs, and it was an encouraging sign for Wolfpack fans to see the offense come alive Friday. With two tough series against UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke coming up, it’ll be important for the Pack to put it all together in a series opener.

Tough stretch ahead It’s going to be a battle for the next two weeks for the Pack. The Wolfpack has already been great against tough ACC competition, but NC State will face No. 20 Pitching wise, Tar Heels head coach Mike Fox relies on his depth in the bullpen. The lowest ERA on the team who has started more than two games is Austin Bergner, who has a 4.22 ERA. There are five pitchers who have thrown more than 21 innings who have an ERA lower than 3.00, and the Wolfpack will likely see a mix of those five pitchers, highlighted by Brett Daniels and Josh Hiatt, who have a 1.11 and 2.28 ERA, respectively.

On the other hand, Wolfpack head coach Elliott Avent has a team that mashes its way to victory. The Wolfpack has four players in the top-15 of the conference in the home runs, led by junior left fielder Brett Kinneman, who leads the conference with 13 home runs and 45 RBIs. Just for good measure, the Pack also leads the conference in team batting average, slugging percentage, on-base percentage, runs and home runs.

On the mound, the Wolfpack has a 3.45 team ERA, good for fourth in the ACC. Avent will have all hands on deck to pitch against the Heels, likely including sophomore Mathieu Gauthier, and freshmen

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Then-sophomore pitcher Brian Brown warms up between innings during the game against Wright State. Brown would only allow three hits and two walks during the game on Feb. 27, 2016, at Doak Field at Dail Park, allowing the Wolfpack to win 6-1.

UNC-Chapel Hill four times, No. 8 East Carolina at home in a midweek tilt and the ACC Coastal Division leader in No. 10 Duke. The Pack finishes up the season with a home series against Wake Forest and a trip to Tallahassee to face Florida State.

A lot can happen in the final month of the season, but NC State has put itself in a good position for the final stretch. If the offense keeps rolling and the pitching remains consistent, a strong finish could be in order for the Pack.

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Sophomore infielder Will Wilson prepares to bat against UNC-Charlotte in Doak Field at Dail Park on Feb. 21. The Wolfpack beat the 49ers 9-6 for their fourth win this season.

David Harrison, Reid Johnston and Nick Swinney, who will be charged with getting the ball to sophomore Kent Klyman and redshirt senior Joe O’Donnell to close out the game.

“It’s just fun for the players, and it gets you ready for if you’re in postseason,” Avent

said. “The Durham Bulls is a great environment, and it’s big for the fans. [Fox] was looking for another game, and I say ‘why not?’ It’s good for our players. It’s a good environment, it’ll be good down the stretch.”

The game will begin at 6:30 p.m. and will be broadcast nationally on ESPNU.

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Directors’ Cup standings show Yow’s commitment Madison Bell Staff Writer

As of April 12, NC State is in fifth place for the Learfield Directors’ Cup, which measures the overall success of college athletics programs. In 2009-10, the Wolfpack was in 89th place in the Director’s Cup. Athletics Director Debbie Yow was hired the next year and the Pack finished 67th. Since then, the lowest the Pack has finished is 41st.

Yow catches flak from fans but she also gets love. The hiring of men’s basketball head coach Kevin Keatts went well in his first season with the Pack, and Dave Doeren decided to stay after the football team’s first top-25 finish since finishing 25th in 2010 with Tom O’Brien and Russell Wilson, days after a scare when Tennessee pursued Doeren after the regular season ended.

One thing Yow has also done well is build the nonrevenue sports with little to no attention, outside of the loyal members of the fan base who live and breathe everything NC State Athletics.

Nonrevenue sports boast a long list of

notable accomplishments encompassing many sports on campus.

The men’s swimming and diving team won five events at the NCAA Championships and finished fourth overall.

The wrestling team had a national champion, redshirt senior Michael Macchiavello, who was one of three wrestlers in the semifinals and one of two to compete for a national championship.

The volleyball team had its most successful season in program history and won its first NCAA Tournament matchup ever.

The men’s soccer team hired a new coach, George Kiefer, who led the team to the NCAA Tournament in his first season, after the team had missed the tournament every year since 2009.

You get the point, and those were only some of the nonrevenue accomplishments in the past year. Yow has taken NC State Athletics to great heights, and has done a great job of getting the athletic department as a whole back to a competitive level comparable to the history of NC State.

Yow has a different way of approaching things compared to other athletics direc-

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After renovation, the new court in Reynolds Coliseum features a large Mr. Wuf at center court and a brand new score board along with new courtside seats. Reynolds will now hold just over 5,000 fans for games or around 6,000 for concerts. The renovations to Reynolds Coliseum were completed in September 2016.

tors. She embraces the high standards that Wolfpack fans have, and enjoys interacting with fans, even those of other schools.

Just check out her Twitter if you want some proof.

If anything, Yow needs to be thanked for

her dedication to making NC State Athletics better as a whole, revenue and nonrevenue sports included.

NC State fans can say without a doubt Yow has left the athletics department in better shape than she found it.

NFL Draft Profile: Justin Jones

Ethan Barry Staff Writer

Former NC State defensive tackle Justin Jones will look to be one of four former Wolfpack defensive linemen selected in the upcoming NFL Draft, which takes place April 26-28.

Jones came to NC State from Austell, Georgia, and South Cobb High School. He was a four-star recruit and picked the Wolfpack over offers from multiple power-five teams including Michigan State, Louisville and Duke.

After playing in primarily a reserve role in his first two seasons, Jones was an All-ACC honorable mention selection his junior year.

His senior year he recorded 2.5 sacks and 8.5 tackles for loss.

While that may not seem like much, as a defensive tackle, Jones’ role is to attract multiple blockers to free defensive ends and linebackers, and allow those players to collect tackles and sacks. Without Jones and defensive tackle B.J. Hill, defensive end Bradley Chubb would not have been able to set the school record for sacks and win ACC and national awards.

After the season, Jones was invited to the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Alabama. Jones was credited with two tackles in the game. Jones

was then selected to attend the NFL Combine held in Indianapolis, where he ran a 5.09 40-yard dash, good for top 20 among all defensive linemen. He had 24 bench press reps of 225 pounds, a 29-inch vertical jump and a 104-inch broad jump.

Lance Zierlein from NFL.com says that Jones’ strengths include good overall play strength and upper body power, an ability to split through double teams and keeping his hands busy. Zierlein says his weaknesses are his relative lack of size (he measured at 6-foot-2, 312 pounds), sticking to blocks too long and his pass rush.

Zierlein projects Jones to be a fifth to sixth round pick.

According to RotoWorld, Jones has had interest from the New York Giants, Arizona Cardinals and Los Angeles Chargers, among others. At the NC State pro day, held at Close-King Indoor Practice Facility next to Carter-Finley Stadium, New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick led the defensive lineman through some drills.

He may have been interested in any of the four defensive lineman, including Jones, although as Belichick himself noted, he won’t have a chance to draft Chubb because they are drafting too low. The Patriots have drafted two Wolfpack players during the Dave Doeren era already, offensive guard

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Then-junior defensive tackle Justin Jones forces his way past the Florida State offensive line. The Wolfpack fell in a 24-20 loss to Florida State on Nov. 5, 2016, in Carter-Finley Stadium.

Joe Thuney and quarterback Jacoby Brissett.

Jones is likely a day three pick in the draft, which is when rounds four through seven are held. The Giants hired a new general manager, Dave Gettleman, who developed a reputation for his love of “hog mollies,” big linemen on either side of the ball, during his time with the Carolina Panthers. In

his first draft with the Giants, Gettleman will surely look to draft some “hog mollies,” which Jones fits the profile of.

No matter where he gets drafted, every NFL team needs six to eight defensive lineman they can rely on per game, and Jones will have an opportunity to be a rotational lineman for many years, if not a starter.

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34 Brian of ambient music 35 DDE’s WWII command 36 Renter’s document 37 Stinging comment 39 Complains 42 Like the Magi 43 What the beverage cart blocks 45 Sellout letters 46 Brit. pilots’ squad 47 Hamburger meat 50 Beach or Backstreet follower, in music 51 At any point 52 Subway charge 54 Mark McGwire rival 58 IHOP handouts 62 Furthermore 63 Beatles’ Shea Stadium performance, e.g.

65 Casino card game 66 Steinbeck migrants 67 Jekyll’s alter ego 68 Little League airer 69 Nervous 70 One of an inning’s three, which can follow the first word of 17-, 29-, 47- and 63-Across

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By Jake Braun

DOWN 1 Bedside toggle switch 2 Angel’s overhead circle 3 “The __ the limit!”

4 Prosecutors: Abbr.

5 Prosecutor’s first piece of evidence 6 Russian pancake 7 Back out 8 Home of primary 30-Down gods 9 Fresh from the factory 10 Part in a play 11 Nights before 12 __ Virginia 14 Handy 18 Down with the flu 22 Yemeni money 24 Knighted Guinness 26 Pack again, as groceries 27 “We’re live!” studio sign 28 Human trunk 30 Like Odin and Thor 31 Egypt’s capital 32 Op-ed piece, say 33 Often submerged shipping dangers

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Saturday’s Puzzle Solved

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38 Lunar symbol for a very long time 40 Books’ opening sections 41 Couch 44 Green-eyed monster 48 Absolute ruler 49 Actress Shields 50 Tree that sounds like a summer vacation spot

SOLUTION TO MONDAY’S PUZZLE

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53 Pres. pardoned

by Ford 54 Jewelry protector 55 “Sadly ... ” 56 Car sticker fig.

57 Whirl around 59 “So Sick” R&B artist 60 Pakistani language 61 “Cancel that deletion” 64 Sugar suffix

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