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NCSU Transportation changes parking rules NEW WOLFLINE ROUTES, BUSES ADDED TO MEET DEMAND Viggy Kumaresan Correspondent

In an effort to reduce the congestion of traffic on campus, University Transportation has implemented new rules regarding parking on campus. It has also added new Wolfline routes and six new buses.

One of the biggest changes is the new rule about carpooling passes, according to Michael Ousdahl, transportation planner of N.C. State’s Transportation Department.

Students who live within a half-mile of a Wolfline stop will no longer be eligible to obtain carpooling passes.

“We performed a statistical

analysis to compare home locations and where students were carpooling from, and we found that there was a clustering of students near Avent Ferry Road and Hillsborough Street, places where students should be taking the Wolfline or walking,” Ousdahl said.

Ousdahl said a similar rule al-

ready exists at UNC-Chapel Hill, and this way, the students who live south of I-40 would still be eligible for the program.

Another change will involve the scratch-off permits, or daily permits. Previously, each carpool member was issued four of these scratchoff permits to use for emergencies

throughout the academic year, when the carpool had conflicting schedules. Now, each member will have six scratch-off permits, but the members will have to park in the Varsity Lot. Ousdahl said this was done to re-

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Summer START eases transition to college lifestyle Gabe DeCaro Correspondent

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On the Oval’s lead-chef Adam Smith surveys the small garden recently implemented by University Dining on the third-floor terrace of Tower Hall. The produce from the garden, including tomatoes, cucumbers, squash, basil and peppers, are being incorporated into meals produced in the kitchens just three stories below.

University Dining goes green with rooftop garden Coleen Kinen-Ferguson Staff Writer

Head chefs of On the Oval, located on Centennial Campus, started

a rooftop garden in late April that is quickly growing in size and sustainability.

The chefs created the garden to provide fresh produce to the Uni-

versity Dining operation, and those involved use organic gardening techniques with an em-

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Summer START is a campus initiative that seeks to help incoming freshmen transition from high school to college lifestyle by giving them the opportunity to take summer classes, live in residence halls and engage in campus activities.

When START began five years ago, it was a fledgling program consisting of no more than 47 students and two graduate assistants who also acted as residency advisors, program coordinators and even cooks on the weekends.

But now, with more than 250 students representing nine countries, 24 mentors and assistance from dining and housing, START has grown significantly.

“We are finally at a place when campus is fully engaged during the summer, ” said Owen Hooper, the original graduate assistant

and now full-time coordinator of START. More than just living and learning on campus, the program helps form a support network for students with the help of mentors.

“What we tell the mentors is to help students figure out their own goals for success and to connect them with campus resources,” Hooper said. “Being former START students themselves, mentors can easily empathize with the students’ transitions and all the challenges and questions that come with the change.”

“START is a double transition program. Mentors learn to use leadership skills gained through the program in their future endeavors and responsibilities while the students learn how to manage their time and adapt to college life.”

Hady Asad, a Summer START mentor and sophomore in mechanical engineering, said, “Being a stu-

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NY Public Library system looks to Hunt for inspiration Katherine Waller Staff Writer

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Provost Warwick Arden poses in his office in Holladay Hall Tuesday afternoon. Arden has recently been promoted to interim senior vice president of academic affairs for the UNC-System.

The James B. Hunt Library has recently received significant attention as an innovative model for libraries all over the world.

The New York Public Library system has been among the libraries to take notice of Hunt Library. The New York Public Library located on Fifth Avenue and its branch across the street are scheduled for renovations, and they are turning to N.C. State’s Hunt Library as inspiration for new spaces with modern technology to help engage the local community.

Gregory Raschke, associate director for Collections and Scholarly Communication Administration at N.C. State, said the Hunt Library is so attractive to the New

Provost accepts new role in UNC-System Grace Callahan Correspondent

Warwick Arden is ready to tackle a new role in the UNC-System. Currently serving as provost and executive vice chancellor of N.C. State, Arden oversees the faculty and academic programs at the University.

Appointed in June to serve as the interim senior vice president for academic affairs, Arden stepped into this role for the 17-campus UNC-System this month.

This position will include work-

York library because of its modern, colorful and engaging atmosphere.

“It’s not brown, it’s not gray, it’s colorful, inspirational and exciting,” Raschke said.

The integration of technology

makes Hunt Library particularly appealing to designers in New York, especially the visualization

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duce the creation of false permits, which had increased in recent years.

Pay lots will still be available for emergencies.

Ousdahl said the department calculated the demand by using monthly ridership reports, and it found that some of the routes need-

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technology and the large display walls that are integrated throughout the entire building.

The collaborative space that the design of Hunt Library provides is a very high priority for the New York Library, Raschke said.

“The creative and collaborative places that people can get together and use 3-D printers, get group study rooms, look at spreadsheets together, write on the walls and those kind of things— the connective, collaborative feel that Hunt provides,” Raschke said.

Patrick Veaton, who led the design team for the Hunt Library at N.C. State, emphasized that the service the Hunt staff provides is what sets it apart.

“We get a lot of librarians

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ing with the UNC General Administration and President Tom Ross in the management of the system’s academic programs and policies.

“We have a lot going on at N.C. State,” Arden said.

“I’m very dedicated and am focused on working hard to

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ed a higher frequency of buses. To help with this, six new buses will be added to the routes along Avent Ferry Road, the Southeast Loop and Gorman Street. In addition, four of the older buses on the Engineering route will be replaced with newer ones that have an increased capacity of 70 passengers per bus, as opposed to the previous limit of 65 passengers.

“We are listening to what riders

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are saying and tailoring our resources to meet the demand,” said Christine Klein, a spokesperson for University Transportation.

Klein that in 2011, an international student wrote in the Technician about the need for a Wolfline route from Gorman Street to Centennial Campus, primarily for servicing other international students.

Klein said this was on the timeline already, but because the demand

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was higher than the department had predicted, it rushed the implementation of that route.

Now, the Southside Circulator, Bus #10, which had relatively lower ridership, has been rerouted to serve the Varsity Lot, then to go along Gorman Street, Avent Ferry Road and Centennial Campus.

But Ousdahl said he is continuing to look at the numbers, and he is happy with what he sees: about

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17,500 riders every day, and as of the end of the last school year, 2.9 million transits by bus.

“As the system grows legitimacy, it becomes more of a symbol of pride, and one that will hopefully become nationally recognized and have N.C. State as the shining star, especially for alternative transportation,” Ousdahl said.

from all over the country and internationally that are really interested in the fact that we only have one service point, where at a traditional academic library you would have several service desks scattered all over the building,” Veaton said. “But at Hunt we depend on our staff to roam around and help the patrons where they are instead of having the patrons get up and have to come to the desk.”

With the New York Library mimicking Hunt Library, Veaton said he suspects other libraries globally will soon follow suit.

Raschke said Hunt Library has become inf luential around the world. Tour groups from all corners of the Earth and universities all over the United States have signed up for guided tours and attended a recent conference at Hunt Library about designing libraries in the 21st century.

Hunt Library is no stranger

to inquiries of the design details, according to Veaton.

“We will start to see bits and pieces of Hunt start to pop up in libraries all over the world,” Veaton said.

Raschke said it is Susan Nutter, director of libraries at N.C. State, who really deserves the credit for the inspiration that Hunt has become. In a Wall Street Journal article, Nutter explained the importance of innovating library design.

“They can look at their research data in ways that can help people understand it better,” Nutter said.

Libraries no longer just for housing books “I think that like any institute, libraries have to adapt to the times that they’re in, and so the more innovative and the more responsive to their community, the more value that they can provide, and the better off they are going to be,” Raschke said.

The value of Hunt Library

lies in the value it has for its community, according to Raschke. Visitors now have places where they are provided the tools, technology and expertise that all come

together to improve the ability to research, learn better, manage data and visualize research in a completely new way.

“The more valuable a li-

brary can be to their community, the more they are going to benefit in terms of funding and support,” Raschke said.

maintain our momentum.”

Despite soon having to juggle both of these positions, Arden does not foresee the new position to have any adverse effect on his ability to handle his responsibilities at N.C. State.

“It’s very important to me that I’m not distracted from that,” Arden said.

Similarities exist between both positions, which Arden

plans to use to his advantage.

In his position as provost and interim senior vice president, Arden will be dealing with the academic side of student affairs and the approval of relating programs and policies.

“I hope to expand my knowledge and to bring insight into how things work back to N.C. State,” Arden said.

Prior to his positions as

provost and executive vice chancellor, Arden also served as the dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine.

Arden also stresses the importance of new academic research collaborations and the advancement of students’ success.

“The success of our students is a widespread goal across all of our campuses,” Arden said.

The search for a permanent senior vice president will continue even as Arden steps into the role.

Current senior vice president Suzanne Ortega has accepted a leading position with the Council of Graduate Schools in Washington, D.C. Through his appointment to this new position, Arden is optimistic of the impact it will bring to N.C. State and

the rest of the UNC-System universities.

“I want to develop a deeper understanding while gaining tools that will be helpful in my work at N.C. State,” he said. “I have the opportunity to make a significant contribution to higher education.”

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Hunt Library has received numerous awards for its technological capabilities.

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phasis on sustainability and up-cycling.

On the Oval’s lead-chef Adam Smith and sous-chef David Johnson, who both play an integral role in the garden’s maintenance, started the garden.

“It increases our awareness and appreciation for food because we had to grow it,” Smith said. “We had to wait the whole 60 or 70 days for it to come to fruition, and we’re able to put it into the food, which creates an elevated dining experience. There’s nothing like food coming straight from the garden.”

The garden has grown in size since its start in April, and much of the produce grown from it goes straight into dishes served at On the Oval.

The garden is located on a side rooftop right above On the Oval.

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dent, it was a brand new experience and everything was catered toward you and making sure that you had a good transition and the support you need to feel comfortable. As a mentor, instead of you having people out there to make sure you succeed, you are the one who has to go out of your way to make sure others succeed.”

According to Hooper, because about 33 percent of

chini, squash, peppers, cucumbers, tomatoes and other plants. According to Johnson, the kitchen no longer needs to buy fresh herbs as the garden produces enough for On the Oval’s kitchens.

Smith and Johnson have been raising awareness for their project by educating students and Oval employees about where their ingredients come from and how they can be used in their meals.

“The recipe really begins with a seed growing from the ground,” Johnson said. “Not with pots or pans or anything like that.”

Smith and Johnson are educating their employees on sustainable, organic gardening techniques. By using a hydroponic watering system that allows the roots of the plants to soak up water when needed, they have been able to save 70 percent of their water supply. It also collects rainwater to supplement this, and the staff recycles old busboy tubs and bins to grow fruits and vegetables in.

Currently, On the Oval employees perform most of the work in the garden. Sous-chef Johnson has taken the lead on gardening, educating other On the Oval employees about proper techniques and gardening care. Johnson is also responsible for mixing different types of soil together to ensure it is nutrient-rich and 100 percent organic.

“You can go out and buy pre-mixed soil, but they’re not always all organic material used,” Smith said. “We’re able to use soil and compost that’s 100 percent organic.”

The kitchen has also begun composting leftover food materials, and much of this has gone into the soil used in the garden.

This has been implemented in stages, with employee drink cups, stems, food cores and other materials composted at On the Oval. Materials used in the garden are recycled, reused and upcycled, ensuring that all efforts, from the kitchen to the garden, go full circle.

Both Smith and Johnson said they want to increase student involvement on the project, and plan on recruiting soil science and agriculture students to help with the garden. They would also like to see their garden grow to include other University Dining operations, such as the food court in Talley Student Center.

Smith went on to talk about the therapeutic benefits of the garden, and the impact it has had on working at On the Oval. “When you’re up there it’s just a whole different atmosphere,” Smith said. “It’s the best conference room in the world.”

University Dining has invested about $1,000 in the garden, which Smith believes will be a one-time fee.

“That might seem like a lot, but a lot of that is preliminary investment that will all be used next year,” Smith said.

“We’re going to be able to garden with that for years to come.”

START students are in the College of Engineering, the majority of the mentors are engineering students. However, mentors still represent a wide variety of groups on campus. Hooper said, “We have student senators, Caldwell fellows, students in Honors and Scholars and students in Undergraduate Research.”

As a mentor, Asad helps facilitate programs that introduce students to campus resources such as the library, gym and health center. These programs foster student understanding of the seven

dimensions of wellness and encourage well roundedness in order to transition into a healthy college lifestyle.

Such programs include weekly “Wellness Wednesdays,” cooking classes, yoga sessions, networking workshops, service trips to the Carolina Tiger Rescue and even a trip to the Civil Rights Museum in Greensboro, N.C. As an incentive for students to attend more programs, START now offers a certificate of achievement in leadership and wellness that “broadens [their] knowledge of personal wellness as a col-

lege student at N.C. State.”

Fu r t her more , s e ver a l facets of the program help foster a small community within START that provides students with a solid social foundation as they enter the 36,000 strong Wolfpack. “I graduated high school in a class of 72 and then moved into Lee Hall that had more people than my middle school and high school combined and onto a campus larger than the county,” Hooper said. “I think about this as we try to expand the program.”

Various social activities are

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Because of space limitations, the garden utilizes “teepee” trellises for vine crops, such as this cucumber plant, to grow upward rather than laterally.

included within the schedule, too, such as pool battleship, weekly movie nights selected from student polls on Facebook and an open-mic night hosted by the Multicultural Student Affairs office.

Hooper said he envisions a Summer START program that reaches more than 10 percent of the incoming freshmen class and offers more courses to help give students an interdisciplinary perspective.

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Owen Hooper, accelerated summer academic programs coordinator at the summer START program, poses for a portrait inside Park Shops.

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Lobbying for reason E

arlier this month, the Supreme Court began hearing arguments regarding the Burwell v.

Hobby Lobby Store s and Conestoga Wood Specialties (colloquially referred to Justine as the HobSchnitzler

by L obby Staff Columnist case), which challenged the Affordable Care Act’s birth-control mandate. Hobby Lobby, a privately held craft store chain founded and run by a conservative Christian family, cited personal religious beliefs as grounds to launch a legal battle against the mandate, which allows employees to use its health coverage for certain kinds of birth control.

On June 30, the Supreme Court ruled that Hobby Lobby, a corporation, is entitled under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act to deny coverage under its healthcare plans for birth control it finds to be morally questionable when relating to its own personal religious views.

This extends, in writing, to corporate entities that are “closely held,” according to The New York Times, and whose holders can demonstrate “true religious objection.” It is important to note that the decision was written extremely narrowly, so as to, in theory, relate only to birth control. This way, as some commentators pointed out, the possibility of corporations run by people who do not believe in vaccination coverage or blood transfusions denying such services to employees wouldn’t become a reality.

Although that is a vital and necessary distinction, it only makes the victims of this ruling even more obvious: women. Women use emer-

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gency contraception and intrauterine devices, not men.

Women use these methods of safe, legal birth control, approved by the medical-ruling bodies of the United States, for a host of reasons, all personal. These reasons are not all related to the single act of preventing pregnancy. It is 2014. We simply do not have time anymore for erroneous, vague moral objections rooted in fear rather than scientific fact.

If believing that emergency contraception falsely causes an embryo to be diverted from the uterus is enough to guarantee personhood under the eyes of the law for corporations, we are sliding down a slippery slope.

Indeed, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who wrote the dissenting opinion for the ruling, warned that the “decision (of startling breadth) would allow corporations to opt out of almost any law that they find ‘incompatible with their sincerely held religious beliefs.’”

The major error, of course, is that against the official word of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the family behind Hobby Lobby believes emergency contraception is an abortifacient, and that belief affects employees. It isn’t wrong by any means for the Green family to hold that view, but it is wrong for that view to dictate what care they will offer women of the company in terms of contraceptive benefit. This 5-4 Supreme Court ruling sets a dangerous precedent. Beyond the realm of contraceptive objection, it opens the f loor for “closely held companies” (of which there are tens of thousands in the U.S.) to file complaints of greater depth and scope. “Closely held companies” are those with a limited number of stockholders.

From here, the country could see waves of companies and corporations filing against policies that “religious objection” could be claimed for: from anti-discrimination to minimum wage laws, to cite Ginsburg and her colleague, Justice Sonia Sotomayor.

There is always the question of the effectiveness of the so-called “Sherbert Test” is to determine how religious a corporation is. Where is the line? One might argue that because Hobby Lobby stocks mixed fibers, it is directly contradicting its Christian beliefs: Leviticus 19:19: “Do not wear clothing woven of two different materials.”

Of course, Hobby Lobby might argue that although they don’t wear mixed fibers (though I’m sure they do— “antiquated” biblical laws tend to be ignored by even the most vocally devout) it’s their customers’ choice to purchase it.

Not unlike, perhaps, the choice of a female employee to decide if she wants to use an IUD or take emergency contraception. Similarly, Hobby Lobby imports most of its products from China, a country notorious for its onechild policy, which has led to generations of women getting abortions to avoid breaking the law.

Furthermore, Hobby Lobby, most damningly, covered emergency contraception prior to filing a lawsuit. In order to become a more truthful plaintiff, it dropped coverage. Finally, Hobby Lobby’s retirement plan has stock holdings (more than $73 million worth) in pharmaceutical companies that make the very contraceptive products it claims to oppose, according to Mother Jones.

Hypocrisy should never be mistaken for a Christian value.

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ob Rhinehart, an entrepreneur living in San Francisco, became fed up with the cost and time put into preparing and eating meals.

To solve his problem, Rhinehart created a mixture he calls “Soylent,” which contains “35 nutrients required for survival.” For an entire month, Rhinehart drank his blended drink of nutrients in lieu of having regular meals.

Rhinehart has received much media attention, from the likes of The Colbert Report and The New York Times.

On Rhinehart’s blog, Jacqueline “How I Lee Stopped Staff Columnist Eating Food,” he said he had even more energy drinking Soylent than when he ate regular meals.

Rhinehart said it made him full and that he even craved it sometimes, preferring it to regular meals. He claims he physically felt and looked better and healthier after his month-long trial.

I sure hope more people don’t find themselves too busy to prepare meals or think it’s too much of a hassle.

In the promotional video for Soylent on Rhinehart’s website, where the mix is available for purchase, a

woman is depicted being able to keep working on her laptop while at her job. She drinks Soylent to nourish herself instead of taking the time to get a meal or bring one to work.

Sure, people are busy with their work and everyday lives, but taking the time to eat a meal is not only necessary, but it gives a person time to take a break and refuel. I wouldn’t want to go through a long workday without going to get food and having a break.

Soylent’s website asks, “What if you never had to worry about food again?”

Worry about food? I enjoy food and cooking. I look forward to cooking for myself, and make it a social event with friends when we have time. I like to put thought into what I choose to eat and make healthy, tasty decisions.

Of course, sometimes I, as well as many others, have a limited timeframe and have to settle with fast food over something a little healthier, but I still enjoy eating.

Growing up, my family tried as often as it could to sit down and eat dinner together. We weren’t able to every night, of course, but we’d try to eat together as often as possible.

I know that sitting down for dinner with my family and having the chance to enjoy a good meal brought us closer together. It gave us a chance

to spend time with each other and helped us to communicate with one another. I have great memories of being little and having meals made by my parents, and us all talking about how our days went.

It doesn’t seem good to me that people can think of eating as just a hassle and would want to replace it with this new product. I’d hate for people to lose the sense of communication and time for interaction that sitting down for a meal with family or friends provides.

In an article titled, “8 reasons to make time for family dinner,” CNN reported that a study done by researchers at Brigham Young University found that sitting down for family dinner helped parents relieve their stress from work.

I don’t even want to think of how boring it would be to drink this liquid instead of eating a good sandwich, fresh vegetables or the occasional cheeseburger. I hope more people don’t feel they’re so busy that they have to look for an alternative to taking the time to eat.

Food does not hold just a utilitarian purpose in our lives. It helps us connect and relax and experiment with tastes. Yes, we need nutrients to survive, and Soylent can help with that, but it will never replace the importance of food in our lives.

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a nye West ’s 2010 single, “Power,” includes a lyric in which the rapper claims, “I just needed time alone with my own thoughts.” What he meant was that he needed to isolate himself to rise above public criticism should he want to remain his creative self.

However, a study in the July 2014 issue of the research Nicky journal Science, “Just Vaught think: The Opinion Editor challenges of the disengaged mind,” suggests West might actually have needed something more than just his own thoughts.

The 11-experiment study found that the participants did not enjoy spending time alone, which entailed 15 minutes of no cellphone usage and no sleeping, and were willing to experience painful electric shocks just to distract themselves from their own trains of thought.

“Most people seem to prefer to be doing something rather than nothing, even if that something is negative,” stated the abstract.

This seems, at first, of evidence of the extent to which technology is rotting our brains and turning us into thoughtless zombies.

Thankfully, the researchers included a wide demographic in one of the experiments, which demonstrated that

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people ages 18 to 77 all sought to distract themselves from their own thoughts, regardless of their extent of technology use.

So maybe we can’t blame this on technology, but surely it plays a role, right? Maybe it does, but probably not as much as we want it to.

More often than not, people turn to their cellphones or tablets to relieve them of any sliver of boredom.

For instance, when Angel Olsen opened for Iron and Wine at the North Carolina Museum of Art June 28, she failed to engage her audience, to say the least. Many people in the crowd turned to mobile social media apps to relieve their boredom. At least one couple even checked their LinkedIn accounts, if that illustrates just how boring Olsen’s performance was.

People can complain that social media neutralizes the life experience and that it takes people away from living in the moment. It’s a tired argument.

But could it not be the case that the ability to communicate with almost anyone in the world at any given time does not detract but enhances our human experience? We social creatures have never in our entire history been able to communicate with one another as modern technology allows, and this is only the beginning.

If we have the option to talk to a loved one thousands of miles away instead of some

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stranger or someone we don’t like, there is no good reason to choose the latter.

A new study from Boston University found Facebook use among married people to be positively correlated with divorce rates.

Even those who acknowledged this finding as a matter of correlation not causation, such as Anne Miller, who wrote the Ozy article, “Quit Facebook, save your marriage,” and those who commented on the article, inclined to blame the social media site for divorce rates.

Maybe an argument could be made that Facebook offers too easy an outlet for a spouse who would otherwise turn to his or her partner in an effort to communicate their relationship troubles.

But that’s a stretch. Facebook is not causing divorces, only offering an outlet for unsatisfied spouses to communicate with other, more enjoyable people.

In the same way, people didn’t want to be shocked because they couldn’t have their phones. They just wanted a distraction from themselves.

Surely, if the shock study had occurred about 10 years ago, participants would have been denied books and would have yielded the same results.

Perhaps, it is against human nature to enjoy being entirely alone. Technology hasn’t changed us (yet), only how we deal with boredom.

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Noreen Naiman, an instructor of biology at NCSSM, works with students participating in the school’s three-week Summer Accelerator program.

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NCSSM paves path for research Kevin Schaefer Features Editor

Among the multitude of high schools represented at N.C. State, the North Carolina School of Science & Mathematics stands out as one of the most academically invigorating. With multiple educational programs and a research-based curriculum, NCSSM is developing new ways to provide higher-level education to its students.

One of these programs is the Summer Accelerator Program, which extends the NCSSM’s higher-level courses to a global audience. This summer, the program offers aerospace engineering, which enables students to both design and launch their own rockets.

Aaron Plourde, the director of the NCSSM Communications office, described the program as one of the many tools the school uses to provide opportunities for higherlevel education.

“NCSSM is and has always been a cost-free school open to qualified rising juniors who are residents of North Carolina,” Plourde said. “What is new this year is that NCSSM now offers a fee-based summer program, Accelerator, which extends NCSSM’s high-level learning opportunities to students from all over the world. With a growing need for the kind of eduction we deliver, our goal is to provide world-class, STEM-focused learning to as many students as possible.”

The Summer Accelerator is a blended three-week summer program, meaning it is partially taught online.

This allows students from anywhere in the world to be a part of NCSSM. Courses within the program, such as

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from the novel and signing customers’ copies of her numerous books, McMillan answered questions from the audience and discussed aspects of her career and writing process.

One audience member asked McMillan how she felt about being classified as an African-American female author. She answered by telling how she wrote the New York Times about the situation.

Music of the World, attempt to bridge the gap between the humanities and sciences. In this course, students analyze the connection between music and math so students can compose their own work.

“There’s a growing demand for high-caliber education,” Plourde said. “As college bound students look for opportunities that provide a well-rounded education, there are things that differentiate us as a school. We have a very strong, rigorous academic program. We have a focus on STEM curriculum. But we also take a holistic approach to education, ensuring that students gain knowledge and experience in the fine arts, sports, humanities, interdisciplinary courses and health and wellness.”

Through programs such as Summer Accelerator, NCSSM heavily emphasizes academic research to prepare students for the future. Plourde said that by having students participate in hands-on activities, they then have a means of applying their various skills.

“I think part of what we do well is to give students both a deep knowledge and understanding of subjects through classroom learning while also allowing them to apply what they have learned,” Plourde said. “Some of the ways we do that is through providing several research opportunities, by providing hands-on learning in areas like engineering and technology and through the many clubs, extra-curricular activities and academic competitions we help make available to all students.”

Plourde also said the diversity among the NCSSM student population is essential to the school’s growth.

This year, 312 students graduated, representing all

of North Carolina’s congressional districts and 72 of the state’s 100 counties. Plourde said these numbers are generally consistent from year to year, which is a result of the school’s recruiting methods.

“NCSSM is legislatively mandated to take students as equally as possible from all of North Carolina’s congressional districts,” Plourde said. “We recruit students from all corners of the state so that NCSSM is fully serving the educational needs of all of North Carolina.”

In addition to the Summer Accelerator, NCSSM also provides higher-level education through its online and distance-education programs.

The online program is offered to juniors and seniors in North Carolina. According to Plourde, students who are interested must submit applications before they are able to take various courses through the NCSSM system.

“Additionally, we also serve students through distance education,” Plourde said.

For distance education, a student may really want to take calculus, but there is not a calculus teacher in his or her school. According to Plourde, NCSSM offers distance education and partners with that school district and can provide high-level courses to students across the state so they can take the courses they desire.

“A central part of our mission is to provide a high-level, holistic education with a focus on STEM to qualified and motivated students, no matter where they come from in North Carolina,” Plourde said.

Ankesh Madan, a recent N.C. State graduate and NCSSM alumnus, discussed how the school prepared him for both college and all of his fu-

McMillan challenged the Times by asking how it had the authority to call literature written by females “chick lit.”

She said she asked why the Times didn’t call works written by white-male authors “dude lit.”

Her humor never faltered.

When asked what she would be if she were not a writer, McMillan responded by joking, “That is like asking me what I would be if I was not black. I don’t know!”

When signing book copies, a fan asked for the bracelet she wore during the reading.

After a moment of shock, McMillan furrowed her brow, handed the bracelet to the fan and said, “You better wear it,” after which she broke into a huge grin.

The store associate laughed and expressed the disbelief about the exchange, to which McMillan smiled and said, “I gave her the bracelet because she asked for it.”

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The Summer Accelerator is currently offering aerospace engineering, where students design and launch their own rockets.

ture endeavors.

“I grew up in Asheboro, a small city with not as much exposure to certain educational programs,” Madan said. “NCSSM opened my eyes to the world a little bit.”

Madan graduated from N.C. State in May with a degree in materials science and engineering. He will be attending Duke University in the fall to work on his doctorate. In addition, he is currently working on a startup program that he hopes to continue in the future.

“The research started at NCSSM,” Madan said. “I have another five or six years ahead of me. I learned that I liked research at Science and Math, but I realized I liked the business side as well while I was at State. I hope to get my MBA as well while I’m at Duke. That way it would be a combination of the two so I can go into an entrepreneurship after that.”

Madan said he would love to work with startup programs as well as commercializing technology. His

goal is to improve the level of communication between the scientific community and the general public.

“There is a lot of incredible research that is done every day but that never sees the light of day,” Madan said.

“Scientists are notoriously bad at communication or at least communicating the impact of their work to the general masses. I want to bridge that gap in some way.”

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N.C. State alumna runs for re-election

NC’S YOUNGEST-ELECTED OFFICIAL SERVES ON THE SOIL & CONSERVATION BOARD Sara Awad Staff Writer

N.C. State alumna Jenna Wadsworth, who made history as North Carolina’s youngest elected female official, spoke Monday to incoming CHASS students about the meaning of a CHASS education.

At age 21, Wadsworth won the position of Wake County Soil & Water Conservation district supervisor in November 2010 when studying political science and women’s and gender studies at the University. Now, Wadsworth spends her time campaigning in hopes of being re-elected on Nov. 4.

As supervisor, Wadsworth puts the lessons she learned growing up on her grandparents’ farm in Johnston County to good use.

“Farmers are really, I would argue, the first real conservationists, environmentalists, because they realized the value of land and they knew that if they did anything to destroy it, that obviously would ruin their ability to be productive, to put food on the table for their family, for their friends and for their neighbors,” Wadsworth said.

To carry out Wake County Soil & Water’s mission of preserving the county’s natural resources, Wadsworth allocates funding received from cost-share programs, such as the North Carolina Agriculture Cost Share Program and the Community Conservation Assistance Program, to projects requested by county landowners. Projects can include the construction of rain gardens or installation of compost manure systems.

Other days, Wadsworth visits public and private schools to teach students of all ages about environmental education.

“It’s really amazing talking to them, especially when you hear them say they’ve taken to heart the kind of lessons they’ve learned about conservation and you hear them say they want to do something,” Wadsworth said. “They want to clean up the environment, or reduce fossil fuels, stop littering, so that’s really a rewarding experience. Helping

to create the next generation of environmental stewards is something I’m proud of.”

Wadsworth’s own interest in conservation began while she was attending the N.C. School of Science & Math-

“I feel like it kind of translates to helping other people make a difference in their communities,” Jenna Wadsworth, district supervisor for Wake County Soil & Water Conservation

ematics, where she took courses in environmental ethics and environmental policy. In December, the school appointed her to the Alumni Association’s Board of Directors.

If re-elected, Wadsworth said she hopes to secure more grants for environmental education to bring more raised beds, greenhouses and outdoor classrooms to schools. She’s also working on bringing mobile soil trailers stocked with handson materials for students to use and further enrich their education.

Other plans call for more easements, which would protect areas from future development. Wadsworth helped secure an easement for Mac Country Acres after the passing of its owner, Caroline MacNair.

“It’s one of the few big farms right here in the Raleigh city limits, and so [MacNair] wanted to do something to commemorate her love of the land and her service to Soil & Water and so she actually worked with us, and our staff worked tirelessly as she was getting sicker and we got an easement,” Wadsworth said.

“This is very special to me because it’s a beautiful piece of property and it kind of goes with everything we want to work for in Soil & Water.”

Not only will the easement preserve the land, but it will also protect water resources because it lies next to a tributary, according to Wadsworth.

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N.C. State graduate Jenna Wadsworth is working on the Wake County Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors with various projects to help protect natural resources. Wadsworth is involved in other political projects in addition to this part-time position.

As supervisor, Wadsworth said she learns more about how to make policy as opposed to the theory of making policy taught in her political science classes at N.C. State.

“I really enjoyed that from an intellectual standpoint, learning about political structures, which is part of the reason I went into political science with a concentration in American politics… because I think learning the history and really synthesizing the history of the American political system and American government is how, as good leaders, we figure out what people who came before us did right, what they didn’t do right and what we might be able to improve upon,” Wadsworth said.

One of her favorite projects involved partnering with the N.C. Foundation of Soil & Water, the U.S. Marine Corps and the Navy as part of the Market Based Conservation Initiative. The program works with landowners who have land underneath a military training route for aircraft that run through Wake County.

“This military training route is crucial to national

security because there is no other MTR like this in the entire country… and so what we did with this partnership is farmers and landowners who had land under the MTR could submit bids to be able to pay in a program that would allow them to actually be compensated by the Marine Corps and the Navy to be able to keep their land in the current modes of production,” Wadsworth said. “I really enjoyed this because it was a little bit different than what you would typically think of Soil & Water doing…”

Wadsworth, the student, the activist, the philanthropist Even before her days as supervisor, Wadsworth involved herself in a number of activities during her time at N.C. State.

She attended national environmental movements, such as Power Shift, and helped campaign for John Edwards and Secretary of State Elaine Marshall.

Wadsworth worked as a legislative intern for the General Assembly, co-chair for the N.C. House of Representatives Finance Committee and deputy finance director under former Gov.

Bev Perdue.

Through organizations such as Teen Democrats (where she served as president for two years) and Young Democrats of North Carolina, Wadsworth said she found herself meeting public servants and youth who sparked the activist in her and shared her enthusiasm for “changing the world for the better.”

“I was interested in what politicians, or as I’d like to think of them, public servants, could do to make the lives of citizens better,” Wadsworth said.

This enthusiasm, combined with her women and gender studies major and political roles, propelled Wadsworth to voice her beliefs in equality and feminism.

She now volunteers with the International Visitor Leadership Program, where she speaks to delegations from countries across the world about youth engagement and activism, voting, finance, progressive nonprofits, agriculture and water rights and women and minorities in politics.

“There was one woman from Africa who was just so impressive and she and I felt like we had this sort of kin-

ship…but she ended up going to medical school and law school and ended up running for office and I think ended up being one of the first women elected in her village, so it was really amazing to get to hear from her afterward,” Wadsworth said. “I really enjoy my work with that group because I feel like it kind of translates to helping other people make a difference in their communities, too.”

Wadsworth participates in other philanthropic activities such as running a nonprofit she co-founded called the New Leaders Council, attending meetings of the Young Elected Officials Network and picking up trash at cleanups in the area.

“I guess what drives me is knowing that my work with Soil & Water, or with my nonprofit, or with international affairs, all of these things, or with the N.C. School of Science & Math, all of these things are things that make a difference,” Wadsworth said.

To follow Wadsworth on the campaign trail visit jennawadsworth.com or send an email to jenna@jennawadsworth.com.

Acclaimed author visits Quail Ridge Books & Music Chelsey Winstead Staff Writer

No one needed to silence the crowd when New York Times bestselling author Terry McMillan took the mic Tuesday night. All eyes were on McMillan when she visited Quail Ridge Books & Music as part of a 14-city book tour promoting the paperback edition of her latest novel, Who Asked You? McMillan was introduced to the idea of writing through a creative writing class taught by Professor Ishmael Reed at the University of California-Berkeley, according to her website. Through the class, McMillan was able to workshop an early draft of what became her first novel, Mama. McMillan entered Mama in a fiction contest and won the chance to have her manuscript published and meet an agent.

McMillan’s success continued to flourish from there. Her works include New York Times bestsellers How Stella Got Her Groove Back, Waiting to Exhale, Breaking Ice: An Anthology of Contemporary AfricanAmerican Fiction, Disappearing Acts, A Day Late and A Dollar Short, It’s

Okay If You’re Clueless, The Interruption of Everything, Getting to Happy and Who Asked You? McMillan opened with personal anecdotes answered by laughter from the crowd as it connected with the beloved author in person.

From mentioning her outfit choice and her affection for her “fun but cheap” bracelet to sharing the fact that she will see her son for the first time this week after two years, McMillan allowed the audience to feel familiar with her and break down the celebrity wall.

The novel portrays the story of a mother leaving her two sons in the protection of her own elderly mother, tasking the older woman with raising her two grandsons.

With other worries such as a sick husband and a son in prison, the last thing the elderly woman needs is two more children to rear. McMillan identifies this situation as a second shift because two-thirds of a person’s life is over but he or she is faced with raising a child again.

“I have the utmost respect for these grandparents,” McMillan said.

“I do not know how they do it.”

McMillan enlightened her eager

audience about the reason she chose the particular writing structure for Who Asked You? and why she included the children characters as narrators.

“I wrote the story from 15 different character points of view,” McMillan said. “I thought that children often do not get a say. A lot of people do not listen to them. People often do not listen to how the children feel, especially when it comes to being abandoned.”

According to McMillan, much of the children-related themes in Who Asked You? stem from personal aspects of her life.

“I do know people in my family who have been foster parents and they should not have been,” McMillan said. “I know children know two things: one, when they are loved and two, when they are not. They are not stupid, and they have feelings, and sometimes the reason they do not get to express the feelings verbally is because no one asks them. Sometimes they express the feelings in whole other ways.”

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Terry McMillan, author of The New York Times bestseller Who Asked You? spoke at Quail Ridge Books Tuesday. McMillan, who also wrote the novel How Stella Got Her Groove Back, held a book signing after speaking.

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Turner named recipient of 2014 Brooks Wallace Award Zack Tanner Sports Editor

On June 28, the National College Baseball Hall of Fame awarded the Brooks Wallace Award to former N.C. State shortstop Trea Turner, honoring Turner as the best shortstop in college baseball during the 2014 season. With the honor, Turner became the first member of the Wolfpack to ever receive the award.

The Brooks Wallace Award was created in 2004 to honor former Texas Tech shortstop Brooks Wallace. In 1985, Wallace lost his battle with leukemia at age 27. The award was given annually to the nation’s most outstanding player, but was changed to include only shortstops in 2009.

Turner, a three-year starter for the Pack, was a finalist for the Wallace Award in 2013, but fell short to Alex Bregman of Louisiana State. This season, however, the former Wolfpacker beat out Vince Conde of Vanderbilt and Blake Trahan of LouisianaLafayette to take home the award.

During his junior season, Turner recorded eight home runs and 36 RBIs with a .321 batting average. His outstanding play also warranted

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Junior shortstop Trea Turner throws the ball during the 3-0 victory over Michigan on Friday February 28, 2014 at Doak Field. The National College Baseball Hall of Fame announced Friday that Turner is the 2014 recipient of the Brooks Wallace Award, which recognizes the nation’s best college shortstop.

a first-round draft pick, as the San Diego Padres selected the Lake Worth, Fla., native with the 13th overall pick.

In just three years, Turner claimed the school record for stolen bases with 117.

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His 57 as a freshman was the best ever by a first-year State player. The junior ended his career fourth all-time in ACC history for stolen bases, and shares the single-game conference record with five stolen

bags in one contest.

Turner now plays for the Eugene Emeralds, a Class A short-season affiliate for the Padres. In 20 games, Turner has recorded 16 hits with a .205 batting average.

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Marsh’s squad failed to qualify for the Regional Championships. But in the following 13 years, the Pack advanced to the first round of the NCAA Championships 12 times and to the National stage twice.

Marsh said the key to her team’s continued success is the great student-athletes she has been able to work with.

“It’s all about the players you have around you,” Marsh said. “Their passion to reach the goals is unmatched, and I feel like our goal is always to give our very best on each day.”

Under Marsh, the State women’s golf program has continued to achieve new heights. In 2012, the program made the NCAA Championships for the first time in school history. That year, the team set a multitude of records, including best three-day team score (858), most team wins (three) and highest national ranking (No. 13).

However in 2011, the team broke its nine-year streak of Regional appearances after finishing seventh in the ACC. Marsh said she encourages her players to continue to look forward and to not dwell on what happened in the past.

“I stress often that you

can’t let any moment define you. You have to learn from it and then move forward,” Marsh said. “As a player, I always said that my score did not define me, whether it was a low one or a high one. It’s all about what you’re doing the next day. How are you moving forward and being dynamic? How you handle the disappointment, that’s what defines you.”

The Pack showed its perseverance once again in its 2014 campaign. In the previous year, the team had missed a berth to the National Championship by just one stroke.

State followed up on its shortcoming by earning its best ever finish at Nationals in the following season.

Marsh said that although she was looking forward to getting back on the course next season, she would not look ahead to make predictions.

“I’m very much a golfer; I take things one hole at a time,” Marsh said. “You can’t look ahead. You can only hope that your players take advantage of a strong dynamic plan that will put them in the position to play well. Sports are simple; you can still not have a good day doing all the right things. But you definitely up your odds if you have a strong action plan, you have a better chance to succeed more days than not.”

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Page Marsh’s 14 years of success Brissett Named on Maxwell Award Watch List N.C. State junior quarterback Jacoby Brissett has been named on the watch list for the 2014 Maxwell Award. The award was named after Robert W. “Tiny” Maxwell, who built his career around football by contributing to the game as a player, sportswriter and referee. The award has been given to America’s College Player of the Year since 1937. Brissett is one of three ACC quarterbacks on the list, which include Florida State sophomore signal caller Jameis Winston, who led the Seminoles to a national championship win, and Duke redshirt senior quarterback Anthony Boone, who led the Blue Devils to a Chick-fil-A Bowl appearance against Texas A&M. SOURCE: GOPACK.COM

Buchanan Gets First Start in the Big Show Former Wolfpack pitcher Jake Buchanan made his major league debut with the Houston Astros on Saturday, June 21. Buchanan was called up to the big show to fill in for Brad Peacock, who did not start due to food poisoning earlier in the week.

The Gastonia native started and spent 4 1/3 innings on the mound at Tampa Bay. Buchanan allowed two runs in the first but found his groove after striking out four in a row in the second and third then holding eight Tampa Bay batters hitless in the fourth inning. Although he gave a strong effort, Buchanan was credited a loss after the 0-5 loss to the Rays.

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Warren Makes Summer League Debut on Saturday Former N.C. State forward T.J. Warren will headline the Phoenix Suns’ summer league roster in his NBA showcase debut, which begins on Saturday at 5 p.m. and continues through July 21st in Las Vegas, Nevada. The ACC player of the year was selected as the 14th overall pick in the NBA draft and will be performing with fellow first rounder, former Syracuse guard Tyler Ennis, who was picked 18th overall by the Suns. The Suns’ 12-man summer league roster will also include former Duke center Miles Plumlee, former Duke guard Seth Curry and former Gonzaga guard David Stockton.

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When N.C. State reinstated its women’s golf program in the spring of 2001, the Wolfpack called on former UNC-Chapel Hill standout Page Marsh to take the helm. Ever since the team’s first season under Marsh, the program has reached new heights in the form of 12 NCAA Regional appearances and NCSU’s first two showings at the NCAA Championships. This past season, Marsh and the Wolfpack women earned a 10th-place finish at Nationals, the best result in school history.

From a young age, Marsh was exposed to the game of golf through her family. Marsh’s mother worked with amateur golf committees, and both of her sisters played competitively.

Marsh’s family has always had an affinity for golf, which she has passed down to her own daughters.

“I love the game, and I love competitive golf,” Marsh said. “I always stress to my daughters to find something that they feel passionate about. Passion leads to happiness.”

After a strong high school career, Marsh took her talents to Chapel Hill to become a four-year starter for the Tar Heels. A native of Jamestown, N.C., Marsh said she was happy with where she landed for her college career.

“I was very fortunate to earn a degree and to play in the ACC and to play within my state,” Marsh said.

Marsh had a very decorated career as a Tar Heel. In her four-year tenure with the team, Marsh recorded 15 top-10 finishes, including three individual tournament victories, and earned all-ACC honors during her junior and senior years.

However, Marsh’s college career didn’t start off as she had hoped; the Jamestown native failed to

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qualify for her first tournament.

Instead of letting her early failure derail her entire career, Marsh continued to work hard and persevere.

“My career did not start the way I desired,” Marsh said. “But every year, I tried to give the best that I could; I was brought up that way.

I always remind my players, if you work hard and you give what you can, success is a byproduct.”

Despite her time at that bue college down the road, Marsh said when she was offered the head coaching job at N.C. State, she was eager to accept the opportunity.

“To have the opportunity to restart the program at State within the ACC and for N.C. State to give me that opportunity was much appreciated,” Marsh said. “Players that were there in the early ‘80s were my peers and friends. For other female golfers to not have that opportunity, it was a sad day. It was a real privilege for me to carry forward again and

honor the memory of those players from the early ‘80s.”

Prior to taking the job as the head coach of the Wolfpack, Marsh enjoyed a long and successful career as an amateur golfer. The Carolina grad is a six-time North Carolina Women’s Amateur Champion and was named as one of the 10 best amateur players in the nation on two occasions by Golf Digest.

Looking back on her career, however, Marsh says her fondest memory was when she took to the course with her dad by her side.

“He caddied for me when I won the North and South on [Pinehurst] No.2; all my family was there,” Marsh said. “It’s my favorite golf course in the world, and to have a major amateur event in your home state and to get to win it with your family there, that’s just really special.”

Shortly after accepting the head coaching job at N.C. State, Marsh

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was inducted into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame for her achievements during her college and amateur careers. Having lived in North Carolina for nearly all of her life, Marsh said the mention was a true honor.

“I pinch myself every time that I think back to those moments,” Marsh said. “It was a really special night.”

Marsh said although her award was nice, she had to give thanks to all the women who had come before her.

“I followed in the footsteps of all the pioneers of women’s sports, so it was easier for me than it was for them,” Marsh said. “It makes you really think about things, like how many people it took for me to be where I was at that moment.”

During her first season at State,

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Head coach Page Marsh chats with junior Augusta James during a match this past spring.

After being drafted by the Chicago White Sox, former N.C. State catcher Brett Austin begins his journey into professional baseball with the Kannapolis Intimidators in the South Atlantic League.

“I’m very excited to be a part of the White Sox and the Kannapolis Intimidators,” the Charlotte, N.C. native said. “It is nice being close to home as well. I’ve got family showing up at the games here, and it’s nice to see them every once in a while, so I can’t complain.”

Chicago selected the Wolfpack co-captain in the fourth round with the 108th overall pick in the second day of the Major League Baseball Draft after selecting former State left-handed pitcher Carlos Rodon with the third overall pick the day before. Rodon has yet to reach a contract agreement with the White Sox. “I was a little relieved that it was finally over because I was getting worried there on the second day,” Austin said. “The White Sox called me at about 12 p.m. that day and jokingly said that they wanted to keep me and Carlos together, but I didn’t think too much about it.

Later on, they called me and told me they took me in the fourth round. It’s cool that I’ll probably get to catch Carlos for a few more years, but he needs to hurry up and sign.”

Austin finished the 2014 college season with a team-high .344 bat-

ting average along with five home runs, 31 RBI, 74 runs and 12 doubles. Despite his success at the plate, State finished the year with a 32-23 overall record and a 13-17 record in the conference, well short of its No. 5 preseason ranking.

“Personally, I thought [the season] was a letdown,” Austin said. “We didn’t do what we were capable of doing for a talented team we had, but that’s baseball, and those kinds of things happen.”

As of Saturday, Austin has played in six games with Kannapolis and boasts a .208 batting average with four runs, two RBI and two doubles.

“It’s been a little bit of a transition getting used to the speed of the game,” Austin said. “It speeds up on you with all these guys throwing hard, and I’ve been learning to relax and slow things down. I’m working hard, getting better every day, and taking everything day by day.”

Although Rodon is holding out on signing his contract, Austin has a familiar face with him on the Intimidators team. Kannapolis infielder Christian Stringer played with Rice when the Pack defeated the Owls in the 2013 NCAA Raleigh Super Regional to advance to the College World Series. Stringer, the White Sox’s 16th round selection in the 2013 MLB Draft, hit three home runs and had four RBI in the twogame series and currently sports a .280 average with three homers and 12 RBI for Kannapolis.

“The first day I met him, we introduced ourselves, and I noticed he looked really familiar,” Austin said.

“He said that we played against each

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Junior catcher Brett Austin throws the ball before the N.C. State 3-2 victory over East Carolina on April 2 2014. Austin has recently begun his professional career with the Kannapolis Intimidators.

other in the Super Regional. I gave him a hard time about that, but that was a funny moment when we found out we played against each other.”

With his college career behind him, Austin continues to look ahead, but he cherishes his time as a member of the Pack.

“N.C. State was a blast,” Austin

said. “I had a wonderful three years there. I needed that time to mature physically, on and off the field. I can’t say enough good things about N.C. State, especially going to the College World Series. That was an once-in-a-lifetime experience, but it’s time to start the next chapter of my life.”