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Building a faster network

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For about three years, the N.C. Next Generation Net-

works, which represents UNC-Chapel Hill, Duke University, Wake Forest University and N.C. State, has been in the process of negotiating with private companies to build a gigabit-bandwidth network.

The consortium is inter-

ested in bringing new fiber optic Internet providers to these areas or using existing fiber optic cables to provide high-speed Internet outside a university setting.

In April, the Raleigh City Council approved an agreement with AT&T that would

allow the company to begin distributing its ultra-highspeed Internet service in Raleigh.

The network is part of a nationwide consortium to bring high-speed fiberoptic Internet to surrounding college areas to bring more inno-

vation and opportunities for economic growth, according to Marc Hoit, vice chancellor for Information Technology and chief information officer at N.C. State.

“Universities like N.C. State have really good network quality, but as you move

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For the first time in N.C. State history, faculty and institutions have garnered more than $304.5 million in sponsored awards from industries and the federal government.

The University matched its previous record for federal awards, which stands at $234 million, and set a new record of $35.8 million in industy awards, a gain of 40 percent from the previous record of $25.6 million.

“All of this is all the more impressive in times of flat or decreasing federal funding and is a great testament to the efforts and skill of our faculty, staff, and research support professionals,” said Terri Lomax, vice chancellor of the Office of Research, Innovation & Economic Development.

The Universit y’s sponsored awards did decrease, however, during the federal sequester of 2012 since agencies were late in sending out calls for federal award proposals due to fear that sequestration would set in and they would receive cuts to their agencies, Lomax said.

“The faculty showed how resilient they are, and they are working

across Hillsborough Street and throughout Raleigh, the quality of the network drops,” Hoit said. “This isn’t a problem unique to Raleigh, it’s all across the country.

Earlier this year, Google,

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Centennial Campus to build new hotel Katherine Kehoe News Editor

Lomax said N.C. State has been working really hard on creating new industry partnerships. For example, the University’s relationship with the Eastman Chemical

The University announced its plan to develop a $28 million boutique hotel and conference center on Centennial Campus independently managed and operated under the Marriott Autograph Collection franchise.

The hotel, which is set to open in summer 2016, will include 7,500 square feet of meeting space and conference rooms in addition to the 155 nightly rooms. A further expansion that would add 75 rooms and 7,500 square feet of meeting space is under consideration.

The hotel will overlook Lake Raleigh and sit adjacent to the Park

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Terri Lomax is the vice chancellor of the Office of Research, Innovation & Economic Development.

harder and being more successful,” Lomax said.

This year, the University submitted a record number of proposals amounting to more than $1.32 billion, an increase of more than 25 percent from the previous record

of $1.06 billion in 2010, which occurred at the peak of funding opportunities from the stimulus, according to Lomax.

“This level of activity bodes very well for future funding,” Lomax said.

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The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities has designated N.C. State as an Innovation and Economic Prosperity University.

The designation recognizes universities that support economic development through work with partners in both the public and private sector and emphasizes successes in innovation and entrepreneurship, technology transfer, talent and workforce development, and community development, according to an N.C. State press release.

To receive the Innovation and Economic Prosperit y Universit y designation, a university must conduct a self-study evaluating its efforts to support economic development by identifying both areas of strength and weakness. The study is then sent to the APLU for consideration.

N.C. State received the designation because of “significant strengths” demonstrated by its study findings, according to APLU. Cha ncel lor Ra ndy Woodson is currently serving a one-year term as the chair of the APLU

Board of Directors and has previously served as the chair of the APLU Council of Presidents.

APLU, which represents 219 public research universities, land-grant institutions, state university systems and related organizations, was founded in 1887 as a research, policy and advocacy organization.

“Public universities serve as economic engines for their local communities and states by conducting cutting-edge research to reach new breakthroughs, and by developing the talent to help existing businesses

g row st ronger a nd enabling new ones to develop and thrive,” APLU President Peter McPherson said in an N.C. State press release.

According to McPherson, the 14 institutions receiving the 2014 Innovation & Economic Prosperity University designation are models, demonstrating how public research universities extend beyond the physical campuses in order to creates jobs and improves lives by driving and promoting economic development.

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Proposed construction plans for Oberlin Road near Cameron Village will make the busy street more accommodating to pedestrians, while maintaining road size to

increase traffic efficiency.

The proposal is part of a larger plan to improve the area around Cameron Village. Three new apartment complexes are currently being developed in the area, which are ex-

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Center of Innovation on Centennial Campus provides funding for faculty members from multidisciplinary backgrounds including industrial design, chemical and biomolecular engineering, chemistry, forestry, textiles and materials science.

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Alumni Centers across from the fishing piers, according to Michael Harwood, associate vice chancellor at the Centennial Campus Development Office.

Harwood said the simplest reason for building the hotel is the University’s need for a versatile meeting space within a close proximity to campus.

“We have academic faculty and staff that have a lot of conference and training opportunities that are currently housed off campus,” Harwood said.

Harwood said groups such as N.C. State Executive Education at the Poole College of Management have been going all the way to the Friday Institute in Chapel Hill to meet and hold conferences.

The hotel will also benefit the University’s relationships with its corporate partners, Harwood said.

“Corporate partners here on Centennial Campus need a place for their sales meetings, training and meetings related to their companies where they are bringing in folks from out of town,” Harwood said.

Other Universities in the Triangle have hotels and conference centers on campus, such as the Carolina

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is working to sign master agreements with companies to make it easier for them to fund programs on N.C. State’s campus.

“That way, they can just add a new task instead of just having to negotiate a whole new grant,” Lomax said.

Federal grants accounted for more than 93 percent of this past fiscal year’s sponsored grants. Lomax said N.C. State’s ability to attract

federal grants can be attributed to the University’s eminent researchers who work on both fundamental and applied problems of interest to the federal government “We have also been working at the University level to streamline our processes to make it as easy as possible to submit and manage grants,” Lomax said.

The proposal process begins when a federal agency,

Inn at UNC-Chapel Hill and the Washington Duke Inn at Duke University, which emphasizes the need for a similar space at N.C. State, Harwood said.

The facility will be funded and operated independently, with N.C. State leasing the land to NF II/CEI Raleigh LLC, a partnership of Concord Eastridge Inc. and Noble Investment Group who will own the hotel.

Harwood said it is important for students to know that no money from student’s tuition or fees will be spend on this building project.

“The ways it’s being paid for it will be like any other hotel that needs to support itself,” Harwood said. “It won’t have any access to N.C. State funds.”

The Marriott Autograph Collection is a brand of hotels that emphases having a unique theme and personal expression in each of its facilities, which is why it seemed like a perfect fit to bring to N.C. State, according to Harwood.

“Many hotel brands are very prescriptive about what colors and decorations that you can use so that it fits their consistent style,” Harwood said. “The Marriott Autograph Collection wants every one of its hotels to be different and have a unique idea. The idea for the hotel on Centennial Campus is N.C. State.”

In 2000, the University began working on a similar plan for a version of the hotel and conference center, but was forced to abandon the project after the hospitality industry temporarily collapsed after the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center in 2001, Harwood said.

The economy has finally transitioned back to a stable point, and, after it found the right developer and hotel chain, the University was once again ready to go through with the production plan, according to Harwood.

“This hotel is the latest exciting addition to Centennial Campus,” said Chancellor Randy Woodson in an N.C. State press release. “Not only will it be a place of learning and collaboration, but it will also serve as an important amenity for the campus.”

Harwood said this project has been in the works for a very long time, and the chancellor as well as students and administration are all thrilled to have the finished product on campus.

“It is an amenity that doesn’t exist today that will change Centennial Campus for the better,” Harwood said.

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such as the National Science Foundation or the National Institutes of Health, calls for proposals regarding a specific topic. Faculty members respond to the call by submitting a proposal about the important issue they would address and how they would go about doing it. There is then a review panel organized by the federal agency that ranks all the proposals received. If the rank is high enough, faculty

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announced that the Triangle is a finalist for its Fiber service. Currently, Google provides Internet service in Kansas City and Provo, Utah, and has announced it will begin providing service in Austin, Texas. AT&T currently only offers its gigabit service in Austin, Texas.

While the University has a bandwidth of 20 gigabits, most private service providers near campus provide Internet bandwidths of 20 to 40 megabits. Proposals by AT&T and Google would offer Internet bandwidths of private customers to close to one gigabit, which could provide speeds about 50 times faster for students and faculty members living in the surrounding vicinity.

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receives funding, according to Lomax.

Lomax said she is optimistic about the possible continued rise in funding next year.

“I do expect it to increase next year because of the record in proposals submitted by our researchers this year, since it takes several months for agencies to evaluate them, so the funding often arrives in the next fiscal year,” Lomax said.

Funding has not yet begun for the NNSA Nuclear Nonproliferation grant and the DOE Next Generation Power Electronics National Manufacturing Innovation Institute, which may still increase this fiscal year’s sponsored award total by a significant amount, Lomax said.

“Think of the off-ramp to a small town. As more and more users take that offramp, the cluster around that small town builds and develops,” Hoit said. “In that regard, our university network is analogous to that of a 100-lane highway, and the off-ramps that go off campus will allow surrounding areas to flourish.”

Hoit said the service access to higher bandwidths could provide things such as telemedicine, music lessons and mass videoconferencing that current bandwidth doesn’t allow for off-campus use.

“This offers great benefits to students, but also to faculty members who are looking to outreach across the city and begin entrepreneurial efforts through their own companies,” Hoit said.

From a student perspective, Hoit said higher bandwidth would increase accessibility

of online materials.

Seth Hollar, associate director of Engineering Entrepreneurs Program at N.C. State, agreed that fiber optic service could dramatically increase entrepreneurial opportunities.

“This service would offer an environment for the growth of potential applications that could serve a larger group, and could eventually lead to overall smarter cities, in terms of infrastructure,” Hollar said.

In regard to bringing technology startup companies to the Triangle area, Hollar said creating the right environment is important.

“Good Internet access and upload speeds will especially cater to IT and infrastructure companies, but will not be the end-all be-all for other startup companies,” Hollar said.

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pected to increase congestion and traffic flow.

The proposal aims to give Oberlin Road more of a main-street feel, and is an alternative to a previously suggested road diet plan of cutting five lanes into two on the busy road.

The road diet plan would likely increase traffic congestion, especially because the number of residents and business owners are expected to increase dramatically with the development of the Crescent Resources’ apartments, as well as two other complexes, in the area. The road

diet plan was scrapped after a recent traffic study conducted

by Raleigh traffic engineers revealed narrowing the road to two lanes would likely cause major backup issues.

John Pharr, senior vice president and senior market officer for Regency Centers, the developer for Cameron Village, said his initial opinion of the road diet plan was not favorable.

“To radically reduce the traffic lines from five to two lanes would have created chaos to both consumers and suppliers,” Pharr said.

“Currently over $180 million worth of consumer goods is transacted in the Village on an annual basis, and it needs to adequately flow.”

Researchers plan on conducting another traffic study after the three new apartment developments are built to accurately gauge the effects they will have on the traffic and pedestrian flow on Oberlin Road. The road diet plan is still a possibility in the future, depending on the results of later studies as well as public opinion.

A public workshop was held on April 23, 2013 to determine community interests and concerns over the new project. At the meeting, more than 85 participants determined the current street design is not supportive of walking, biking or public transit. There is limited visibility, which poses a hazard

for pedestrians trying to cross the road, as well as incomplete sidewalks going north of Everett Avenue.

The current proposal aims to finish these incomplete sidewalks, as well as widening them to better accommodate the pedestrians and businesses that line Oberlin Road. It also includes installing highly visible crosswalks and other pedestrian traffic signals to increase safety and efficiency in the area.

“Business owners have responded positively to these changes,” Pharr said. “They were not in favor at all of the initial proposed road diets.”

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neers plan to create sharrows, or shared lane markings, to give cyclists a safe space to travel in the pre-existing lanes.

In addition, power and utility lines may be buried on the West side of Oberlin Road, so there will be no overhead wires on this side of the street. However, this is contingent upon an expected level of high electrical demand in adjacent properties.

The east side of Oberlin will continue to have overhead wires, but the distance between the street and the wires will be increased to reduce clutter on that side of the street.

The proposal also includes a street-scaping plan that will

give Oberlin more of a mainstreet look, with new bike racks, vintage street lamps and street trees to serve as a buffer against the busy road’s traffic.

“The apartment residents are overwhelmingly in favor,” Pharr said. “They want to live and walk to their stores from their residences, so anything that improves the streetscape is very much in their favor.”

The Street Division of Public Works estimates that this section of Oberlin Road will be resurfaced around 2020.

The plan can be viewed in full at raleighnc.gov.

Multicultural Student Affairs looks for director Staff Report

Director for Multicultural Student Affairs Rod Bradley recently announced that he will resign from the position to pursue a job opportunity outside of N.C. State.

Bradley has served as the MSA director for the past two years. Friday will be Bradley’s last day serving in the position.

Tracey Ray, assistant vice provost for Student Diversity, told the Nubian Message MSA is currently in the middle of choosing an interim director to temporarily fill Bradley’s position.

“There are a few possibilities whenever there is a vacancy like this vacancy, a

person who’s internal might be appointed interim,” Ray told the Nubian Message.

“I’m working to figure out where the department is right now and just doing some information gathering.”

The search for a new permanent director for MSA has not yet begun, and will likely not begin until the school year starts so students can be more easily involved in the decisionmaking process, according to Ray. Ray said Bradley’s new position is not related to higher education, but she doesn’t know the exact location.

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ebates held on social media websites almost never end well. The minute someone posts his or her opinion about any controversial topic, people are quick to respond with messages of condescension and flatout d i srespect. This Kevin is especially Schaefer true when Features Editor the person has an opinion considered politically incorrect.

A couple of weeks ago I found a blog post about abortion. Hence, I posted the link to the article on my Facebook page. All I asked was people read it with an open mind,

regardless of their opinions.

Sure enough, I awoke the next morning to see a massive debate in the comments on my post. I have nothing against those who disagree with me on matters such as this, but could they not disagree in a more respectful manner?

Facebook and Twitter make it incredibly easy for people to trash one another without giving it a second thought. The minute you get angry at someone, there is nothing stopping you from sharing your thoughts about that person on the Internet for everyone to see.

What amazes me is how intolerant people are toward others who have a different worldview than the one they have. Have we come so far as

a society that we have to unfriend people on Facebook when his or her political views don’t align with ours?

To give another example, on July 1, conservative Holly Fisher tweeted a picture of herself she captioned: “ATTENTION LIBERALS: do NOT look at this picture. Your head will most likely explode.”

The image was of her wearing a pro-life t-shirt, holding a Chick-fil-A cup and standing in front of a Hobby Lobby.

When I saw someone share this on Facebook, I was disturbed at the majority of comments from both liberals and conservatives. Though there were a number of liberals who hurled insults and obscenities at this woman, plenty of conservatives responded in

an equally pathetic manner. I saw comments from conservatives such as “God please bring your Light to foolish liberals!” Others said that they had no liberal friends to share this with because they are all idiots.

This message goes out to every American regardless of their political party: What good does hate and online bashing do for our country?

Can we not be civil with one another and disagree in a respectful, productive manner?

If you feel the urge to anger someone just for the sake of reaction, I can guarantee you that your actions will be rendered pointless. How do you expect your opinion to be taken seriously when all you do is tweet about how stupid

your opponents are?

Seeing these posts also gets me thinking about what social media has become. When Mark Zuckerberg first created Facebook, he intended it to be a way for college students to network with one another.

Now, it and other social media websites have become global phenomena which people use for all sorts of menial purposes.

As soon as a controversial topic comes up in the media, it seems as though the only things appearing on my news feed are people’s responses to that issue. And with this, many responses tend to be angry, profane and undesirable.

I am a firm believer in standing up for what you believe in.

It is our constitutional right as

American citizens to express our opinions. However, using one’s Twitter account as an outlet for trashing people is an immature and disrespectful way of exercising this freedom. We have the power to think and believe whatever we want. Is it that hard for us to express our views in a way that does not include trashing people on the Internet?

Whether you are liberal, conservative, independent or belong to another political party, think about the best way to convey your views to someone. Ask yourself if engaging in a face-to-face conversation might be more productive than attacking someone on Facebook and Twitter.

Child-immigration crisis must be addressed P

resident Barack Obama recently called the increasing number of children f leeing countries such as Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala a “humanitarian crisis.”

The president requested Congress allocate $3.7 billion to be used to both step up border security and improve the ca re t hat children are receiving in the facilities they’re staying.

Jacqueline It’s time Lee t he fedStaff Columnist era l government implements real reform to the immigration process, as these children’s lives rely on it.

In June, an immigration reform bill failed in the House that would’ve helped many immigrants become citizens faster, according to NPR. It was clear many conservative lawmakers weren’t going to let this happen, and one of their main concerns was that even more families would be inclined to send their children into the United States if they heard they could more easily become citizens.

But it has long been time this process was sped up.

NPR reported that the wait for citizenship can and often does take decades.

With the long wait and such difficult tests—some so difficult many Americans wouldn’t even be able to answer all the questions correctly—the process to become a citizen is too rigorous.

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Act of 2008 ensured that unaccompanied immigrant minors from countries other than Mexico and Canada would not be deported unless decided by an immigration judge. In short, immigration will be handled case-by-case.

Assessing each child’s situation by case seems to be a good option, especially for children who have come to the U.S. to escape violence.

But with so many children crossing the border and the president’s request for money to help with this process being denied so far, I don’t see how it will be possible for all the children coming over to be heard by an immigration judge.

Changes to the immigration process have long been debated, but with this influx of children coming into U.S., it’s time to establish effective reform.

Obama has said parents absolutely should not send their children to try to get into the U.S., and if they do, they’ll be sent back. But, with all these children already here, there’s no telling what could become of them with our sending them back.

The UN Refugee Agency found more than 48 percent of children who left their country to come to the U.S. had been, “personally affected by violence perpetrated either by organized drug cartels, gangs or State actors, and international standards would designate ‘at least half’ of the children as qualified for humanitarian status,” according to The New York Times.

Also, if the deportation process is sped up, what if they try harder, treacherous ways to come into the U.S. and evade law enforcement?

This is a humanitarian crisis and must be addressed. Lawmakers need to compromise for once on this issue to enact meaningful reform. If the fact that thousands of unaccompanied children are crossing the border to stay in our country doesn’t call for immigration reform, I don’t know what will.

The facilities in which the children stay, too, are in need of more funding.

Many of them are becoming way too overcrowded, and resources are thinning.

The New York Times reported that one facility had 150 more people than usual and children were staying in packed cells with only benches to sleep on.

Because it’s a midterm election year, lawmakers are too cautious about passing legislation regarding immigration right now, but lawmakers have to put the priority of helping these children over the controversy surrounding immigration reform and the agenda of the upcoming elections to compromise.

It is going to take a considerable amount of money, as the president has called for, but we are a wealthy country and can help these children with the problems they face.

I cannot imagine the position these children are in, being in a strange place they’ve never been and being so far from their homes and families. All they want is a chance to grow up in a safe community.

It’s time for real reform to the immigration process, and I hope in light of this problem, lawmakers are able to compromise and

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Suing the president could preserve the rule of the law L

a s t mont h, Hou s e Speaker John Boehner announced his intention to seek legislation allowing the House to launch a lawsuit against President Barack Obama about his excessive use of executive orders. According to The New York Times, Boehner’s lawsuit will challenge t he pre sident’s decision to delay imposing Ziyi Mai penalties Staff Columnist on employers who do not of fer health insurance to employees to comply with the Affordable Care Act. “The Constitution makes it clear that a president’s job is to faithfully execute the laws; in my view, the president has not faithfully executed the laws,” Boehner said in a letter to the representatives.

But some Democrats see Boehner’s move as one of the many partisan efforts to stop the president from presiding over his duty.

“This lawsuit is just another distraction from House Republicans desperate to distract the American people from their own spectacular obstruction and dysfunction,” said House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi.

Despite criticism from Democrats, the speaker’s legal action against the president is not based on partisan or political motives. First, the lawsuit will specifically challenge the

fact that Obama changed the healthcare law without a vote of Congress, waiving the employer mandate and the penalties for failing to comply it. Boehner’s lawsuit is meant to protect the law’s integrity simply by asking the president to stop making changes to the law unless Congress votes on it.

Second, Boehner rejects the Republicans’ idea of impeaching the president. Former GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin has joined a growing chorus of Republicans calling for the impeachment of Obama.

They think Boehner has not gone far enough to fight with the president. But the House Speaker disagrees with them, showing that there is little motive to attack the president in a political way.

In Article II, Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution, the president shall be impeached due to “conviction of treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.” What Boehner intends is not to challenge the president’s right to issue executive orders, only his action to change the legislation. In addition, the Constitution solely gives power to the Senate to implement an impeachment.

Thanks to the three-branch political framework, the disagreement can be settled by asking the judiciary branch to have a final decision regarding the constitutionality of the president’s actions. This due process is the core value of the rule of law, regardless of who wins the case. Some political commentators defend Obama’s excessive use of executive orders by citing

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that President George W. Bush also used many executive orders during an era of crises. But issuing executive orders to enforce the law is very different from using them to change the law.

This explicit conf lict between the president and the speaker is just the tip of the iceberg. The executive branch has created hundreds of federal agencies to specify details of laws and how they enforce it, which is equivalent to creating their own laws. During the 1960s and ‘70s, the creation of massive federal agencies that engage in business regulation, environmental protection, food inspection and so on, reflects Congress’ shaking off its obligation to clarify the laws it makes, leaving the executive branch too much room to maneuver the laws. This lawsuit arose because Obama is desperate to achieve what he wants the Congress to progress, but it fails many times.

A lawsuit initiated against the president is rare but inevitable under this circumstance. For one thing, the president should execute the Constitution and the laws faithfully, realizing that Congress is the only institution to make laws. If Congress does not act for whatever reason, the president could do anything to urge lawmakers except get around the Congress to make his own laws.

For another, Congress should not flee from its obligation of clarifying and specifying laws that seem to be ambiguous, the duty of facilitating the executive branch to enforce the laws.

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WKNC’s The Lounge showcases musical talent Taylor Quinn Assistant Features Editor

With 13,413 combined views on its YouTube channel in an eight-month span, WKNC’s The Lounge has been nothing short of a hit.

“The Lounge is a unique and intimate live session in the WKNC break room,” said John Kovalchik, general manager of WKNC and creator of The Lounge. “And we kind of force artists to do things that they don’t usually do because it is such a small space.”

The Lounge is a video series that invites both Raleighbased and national bands to come and perform, encouraging them to perform their songs differently than they were originally recorded, according to Matthew Brown, creative services manager of WKNC. Walt Lilly, a senior in communication, program director at WKNC and co-creator of The Lounge, emphasized that The Lounge is very open to what the artists want to play.

“Our goal is to give artists the freedom to do whatever they want,” Lilly said.

Brown said The Lounge was influenced by a different project that WKNC was doing at the time.

“A while ago we used to do these things called sessions where we had folks come in and we would do a pretty decent recording,” Brown said.

“Then one day as that kind of fizzled out, Walt and John looked at it and said, ‘Wait a minute why don’t we do the same thing but also videotape it?’”

According to Kovalchik, he came up with the idea based on some projects that other college radio stations were doing across the country.

“I pretty much came with the idea to Walt and was like, ‘Hey, I got this idea: I think it would be really cool if we have lots of bands come in and perform. We do that anyway, but why don’t we just have a camera in their face and click record on a laptop?’” Kovalchik said.

The Lounge was officially launched last summer, according to Lilly, but they did a test run first to figure out the production side.

“We started out last summer. We did a test with a member from the band Ghostt Bllonde. He is a friend of ours,” Lilly said. “So we just plugged in a bunch of stuff and just let him do his thing for, like, 20 minutes and just sort of figured it out.”

According to Lilly, a big challenge to getting The

“WKNC is in talks with a lot of artists, record labels and promoters ... ” John Kovalchik, general manager of WKNC

Lounge started was finding equipment to use.

“We spent a long time figuring out what equipment we would use, but then we figured out that all the audio equipment we used for Fridays on the Lawn could just be plugged into an interface

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WKNC’s The Lounge crew sets up its recording equipment for indie rock band Wing Dam in the WKNC lounge on July 7.

to record,” Lilly said. “And we just used the WolfTV cameras.”

Lilly said the team was worried about whether the project was going to flourish.

“Well, when we were first starting out I was really worried that we wouldn’t have enough people to work on mastering the audio,” Lilly said. “But I’m surprised that we are still doing it, and it’s gotten to the point where we figured out how to get full bands set up, and we’ve had a lot of promoters reaching out to us.”

According to Kovalchik, getting bands to perform for The Lounge was easier because of WKNC’s existing connections.

“WKNC is in talks with a lot of artists, record labels and promoters already just

to get airplay on the station and to get regular interviews, so we just went to them and explained the new project,” Kovalchik said. “But actually what we did was we first did a dry run with a friend from Ghostt Bllonde and just had him perform in the lounge essentially like what we had thought in our heads then showed it to bands who were thinking about performing.”

According to Lilly, WKNC hopes The Lounge will give lesser-known artists more exposure.

“The first thought was, ‘Wow, people who don’t even live in North Carolina or care about the music scene at all or know anything about the Triangle can stumble upon the T0W3RS video or the Ghostt Bllonde video,’” Lilly said. “So we are really trying

to broaden the viewership of a lot of the artists that come in and work with us.”

Kovalchik said that in addition to getting exposure for lesser-known artists, The Lounge also brings national acts to the N.C. State community.

“It’s a great way to have these national acts. Usually we grab them while they are on tour, so it’s not like they are coming for this specific reason, but it is something that might make them think more highly of the Triangle music scene and the N.C. State community, Kovalchik said. “They might want to come back here and play more shows here or do more interviews with WKNC.” According to Lilly, The Lounge has had about 13 or 14 bands come in the past

year and is looking forward to having more. Some of the artists featured include T0W3RS, The Love Language, Tweens, Matthew E. White and Jackson Scott.

Kovalchik said he is looking forward to The Lounge’s future.

“It has taken a while to jump off to where it is now, but I’m happy with it, and I guess I didn’t think it would happen, but I’m happy that it did,” Kovalchik said.

WKNC does not post The Lounge videos on a specific schedule, but viewers can look out for at least four videos every month.

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++++ Kevin deMontbrun Staff Writer

Though its storyline lacks innovation, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes mixes its clichés in the best way possible. The film is packed with emotionally rich dynamics between humans and apes and amongst each other, and even though the premise of the movie is nothing new, it includes powerful political commentary, which is especially relevant in today’s world.

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes takes place a decade after the Simian Flu outbreak, a virus created by humans to combat Alzheimer’s disease.

A small colony of human survivors live in San Francisco.

Just beyond the city, in the woods, genetically developed

apes have created their own domain. When the humans need to fix a broken dam near the apes’ territory in order to generate electricity and contact other humans, the two colonies reach a delicate peace.

Yet when the good-natured diplomacy of the few is not enough to combat the transgressions made on each side, the peace is broken, and a battle ensues to decide which species will become the next dominant species of Earth.

The acting in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is commendable. The actors who play humans hold their own, but the acting of the apes is far more compelling. With a mixture of human actors and CGI animators, director Matt Reeves composed exquisite characters that seem, in some ways, more human than the actual people in the film. The ape characters have unique emotions that allow the audience to view each as characters that we should

genuinely care about.

The film’s special effects are striking. Though realism is somewhat expected now in 2014, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes uses its crisp visuals artfully. From the film’s very first shot, a close-up of the eyes of the apes’ leader Caesar (Andy Serkis), the movie’s attention to detail is put on full display.

The imagery also captures the emotional nature of the movie’s themes. The film’s premise is similar to that of Pocahontas (1995) and Avatar (2009). Two groups of intelligent beings meet, and fear and anger cause the two to break into war. However, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes takes this theme to a new level, a level even more humanistic and more politically motivated, addressing issues such as prejudice and even the effects of guns.

The most powerful aspect of the film is that both sides contain those who wish for war and those who don’t.

However, all humans and apes share the desire to protect their own species. Both Caesar and Malcolm (Jason Clarke), a human leading the repairs of the dam, hope to settle disputes between the sides peacefully, but of course these efforts are thwarted by those who believe violence and bloodshed will solve their problems.

One of those who believe war is the most appropriate path is Koba, Caesar’s character foil, who believes that humans are inherently evil and cannot be trusted. Although Koba takes his ideology too far, to the point of hurting not only humans but also his fellow apes, his motive is actually understandable.

Koba was rescued by Caesar from a human lab in which he was tormented. No matter how horrible a character’s actions might be in the film, there is a motive behind his or her thoughts and behavior that creates a complex and realistic character, a character

who is not evil but complex and confused.

For most of the movie, even Caesar agrees with Koba’s resentment and believes that apes are a better species than humans. Soon, he learns that apes and humans are more alike than he had realized, and the overarching moral of the story reveals itself. Being an ape or human does not make one innately good.

Being good makes one good.

Beyond this, there is also the symbol of the gun used throughout the film. Never is there an instance in the film when guns are used and the user ultimately receives what they had originally wanted.

Humans harbor them for protection, but the guns cause distrust between the two species and eventually the apes use the guns against them. At one point, apes use guns to kill the humans and ensure their survival, but the result is the destruction and division of their own species as well. The film does well to

show that guns and even violence in general result in tragedy for all involved, which is an important message.

The ending of the film is also something to be noted.

Without giving away spoilers, the politics of the situation between the two species escalates beyond either of their control, and once certain boundaries are breached, there is no going back. This demonstrates how fragile their peace was to begin with, and that perhaps the outcome for each was truly inevitable.

Though the overall premise of Dawn of the Planet of the Apes may not be an inventive leap for filmmakers, it dives far deeper into thoughtprovoking and emotionally vibrant territory than stories similar to it. The film contains stunning visuals, impressive acting and a beautiful message. It is definitely a summer movie success, and the best way to experience it is on the big screen.

Muslim students share Ramadan experiences Taylor Quinn Assistant Features Editor

The Bhatti house is almost always hectic, but when Ramadan comes around each year, Hamzah Bhatti’s family takes on a slower pace of life.

They replace busy schedules with family time and replace television with prayer.

Bhatti said his mother, taught him about Islam at

a young age. During those teachings, he learned that fasting during Ramadan is one of the Five Pillars of Islam.

According to Bhatti, his family sits down at the dining room table to break fast each evening, which is a much-needed change from the rest of the year.

“Having two older sisters who are also in school or

working, we don’t usually have a lot of chances to get together with our busy lives,” Bhatti said. “But during Ramadan, we make an extra effort to try and get together as much as we can and celebrate the holy month together and fast and eat together.”

Bhatti explained that the time that one eats during Ramadan changes each year because Ramadan depends

on the lunar cycle which usually brings the start date back two to three weeks each year.

Those observing Ramadan this year can eat from 8:45 p.m. to 4:30 a.m., according to Bhatti.

But it can be hard not to overeat.

“You just have to be aware that your eyes are bigger than your stomach and that being hungry all day can

sometimes cause you to over gorge, which is not healthy,” Bhatti said.

Bhatti said that because of the altered dining schedule, one’s sleep schedule can be completely changed.

“I personally stay up all night usually until sunrise and gorge myself with whatever is in the house and fall asleep,” Bhatti said. “My family prefers to sleep at a

normal time and wake up at 4 a.m. to eat a quick breakfast, pray and sleep.”

Despite the change in dining times, his family’s daily schedules stay about the same except for replacing movies and television with prayer and worship.

“Every night after we have

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Theater educator Sue Scarborough knew she wanted to break the boundaries of conventional theater, but she could only see the faintest glimmer of a story unraveling.

Cue Moving Pieces, a play in which the Raleigh Warehouse District serves as the backdrop for audience members to move with the play’s four characters to venues such as Café de los Muertos and the Contemporary Art Museum.

Add in First Night Raleigh, and anything could happen.

“There are lots of people down there and lots of art and lots of people are just talking and making connections,” Scarborough said.

“It’s already exciting, and, so I thought about, what if we would use the First Night and the businesses that are out there, and the backdrop would be of these real locations, and we would put characters in them that could be there…and create a play with things around it—art, music, puppets—as all part of the experience.”

The problem, though, lay in the details.

“I liked that idea, but I really just couldn’t hear it,” Scarborough said. “I could not get to who those people were and what they were saying.”

That’s when she enlisted the help of former student Logan Sutton, who now serves as the play’s director. Sutton played Romeo in a high school performance of Romeo and Juliet put on by Scarborough, which followed the same style of movement but on a smaller scale given the space constraints of a high school, according to Scarborough.

“She approached me and she said this is my idea for a piece that surrounds Downtown Raleigh—a young couple on the precipice of a big decision in their relationship, and I said, ‘Okay, what else?’”

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opened our fasts and eaten dinner, there is a prayer that my family usually goes to called Tarawih, which usually takes up an hour and half of every night,” Bhatti said.

Bhatti said Ramadan has become much harder for him since he began living on his own at school. But with the support of his friends fasting

Sutton said.

Sutton said he developed the characters and the rest of the story by thinking about what young couples often face in their relationships, such as opportunities abroad or graduating from college, but left the ending up to the audience.

Attendees and cast members exchange messages with one another as part of a texting group formed at the start of the play, according to Scarborough. In addition to choosing one of three endings, the messages also allow audience members to provide instantaneous commentary on the action unfolding around them.

“It sounds really silly because the first thing that they tell you when you go to a play is to turn off all your devices … and the first thing we say is turn them up, turn them loud, take selfies, we don’t care,” said Renee Wimber-

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Actors David Godshall and Jess Barbour walk down Dawson Street in character with an entourage of audience members following close behind on Friday evening in Downtown Raleigh.

ley, Moving Pieces producer and director of the Seed Art Share theater company. “We know that the audience is in when their texts have absolutely nothing to do with the actors and they are really about the story. It’s like watching people live-tweet ‘How I Met Your Mother.’”

Ten actors switch out between the four roles because not all of them can perform every First Friday the play runs, Wimberley said. This means the actors sometimes have to perform with people whom they have never rehearsed with.

The public location of the

play made rehearsing at the venues a rare event, according to Scarborough. Instead, they made floor charts and tried to replicate the setup as much as possible.

“One cool thing about the show is it looks different every time because we don’t know how many hundreds of people are going to be in the street walking past us, or if there’s going to be a DJ playing Vanilla Ice next to us, which kind of also happens now. We’ve had fire trucks, a drone fly over, and we had to have actors and musicians that were brave enough and really fantastic in their craft enough that whatever was going on, they could play it,” Wimberley said.

In addition to the actors, the play also requires a 15man creative team, as well as a musical ensemble complete with an a cappella singer, electric guitarist and bass player, according to Wimberley. The musical crew adds an extra layer of commentary and finishes the show with a dancing finale.

“At one point Anne-Claire Niver sings ‘Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow,’ and she sings it three different ways as the story is progressing and that’s kind of a theme run-

with him, both Muslim and non-Muslim, Bhatti said it has become easier.

“Usually I had my parents to help me out and guide me, but now I live on my own and have to watch out for myself, and that has definitely tested me in my faith,” Bhatti said.

Abdullah Dorgham, an alumnus who graduated in 2013, said fasting for Ramadan has become harder for him since he graduated college.

“I would say work is a lot

tougher because you do have that 9–5 and you still have to keep up and take care of what you have to at work while fasting,” Dorgham said. “I would say it’s a lot harder because there are faster days, there is a lot more to do and a lot less breaks.”

Dorgham also described the personal impact which Ramadan has had on him.

“To me, it’s a spiritual cleansing,” Dorgham said.

“It’s the time of year where you get back to your spiritual

“I like theater where the audience is more personal with the experience.”

Sue Scarborough, director of Moving Pieces

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Actress Laura Levine speaks to actor Ian Finley during a scence taking place within a car, audience members sitting in the back seat and trunk space.

ning throughout the whole show as we find out what happens to the main couple,” Wimberley said.

The venues also drive the plot because Sutton said he had to make sure the characters had a reason for going there, which exposes audience members to places they might never have encountered before.

After seeing the venues firsthand, attendees may also purchase items from the venues, such as costume pieces worn by the actors, as part of an interactive playbill found on the show’s website, Wimberley said.

“I like theater where you don’t sit in a dark room and watch actors on stage,” Scarborough said. “I like theater where the audience is more personal with the experience and I like theater that is, to me, very exciting and different.”

Scarborough said she hopes to continue the play’s story in the future by directing another piece with two of the characters this spring.

To purchase tickets or learn more, visit www.movingpiecesraleigh.com. Shows run every First Friday during the summer at both 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. and start at Café de

los Muertos at 300 W. Hargett St.

self that you have always kind of wanted and you really focus on the important things in yourself, and it gives you a sense of perspective. It’s a yearly thing, so every year you kind of go back, you get back to that same spot you always want to be, and you learn to build good habits for yourself.”

According to Bhatti, Ramadan has also changed for him in a spiritual sense over the years.

“With age, my under-

standing of Ramadan has immensely grown and my connection with God grows alongside with my understanding,” Bhatti said.

Dorgham also described how Ramadan has helped him see things differently.

“It puts things in perspective when you are missing the basic needs,” Dorgham said.

“It kind of gets you to complain less and think more about what is important.”

Bhatti said he is looking forward to celebrating Eid al-

Fitr with his family, which is the holiday marking the end of Ramadan.

“It’s kind of like our Christmas,” Bhatti said. “Like I said earlier, my family and I are pretty spread apart, but we all make an effort to get together on this holiday and celebrate it together with extended family, doing whatever brings us closer.”

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Bunn said he expects the battle for the middle blocker slot to be extremely competitive this fall.

“Once they get in the gym,

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zil, 7-1, for having “grit and heart.”

There is a misleading argument that because the United States’ biggest and best athletes don’t play soccer, we are incapable of matching sides like Germany or Argentina.

Mario Göetze, who scored the winning goal in the final, and Lionel Messi, the de facto world’s best player and winner of the Golden Ball as the tournament’s top player, are 5-foot-9 and 5-foot-7, respectively.

These players stand at the peak of world soccer because their backgrounds include a single-minded focus on technical and intellectual player development, which is something that the U.S. lacks.

At the youth level, an overt focus on winning, rather than developing players, typically means bigger, faster and stronger kids are preferred, while those with slower phys-

they’ll instantly start competing,” Bunn said. “It’s going to be a good battle.”

Along with three middle blockers, Bunn also rounded up three outside hitters on the recruiting trail. With starting hitters Rachel Buckley, Nikki Glass and Dariyan Hoppe all in their final years

with the Pack, Bunn said it was necessary to have experienced players to step up after the seniors graduate.

“We expect them to compete this year,” Bunn said.

“They’re coming in very athletic, and they’ve all played at a high level. The game is faster, obviously, when you

ical development but better ball skills can be overlooked.

Though soccer is a simple and inexpensive game, receiving a proper sporting education in the U.S. is nearly impossible without spending thousands of dollars.

The American version of Lionel Messi or Mario Göetze could be playing in a Los Angeles barrio dirt lot right now, but will never have his talent exposed because he cannot afford an $800 club fee.

The gap in development between the U.S. and other countries grows wider as players age, specifically in the collegiate level’s capacity to produce world-class players.

Though the NCAA is excellent for U.S.-dominated sports such as basketball and football, it is inefficient for producing soccer players capable of competing with the rest of the world.

If he were American, Göetze, 22, would be a senior in college, playing a competitive season from August to November.

Instead, the three-time Bundesliga champion and World Cup winner entered Borussia Dortmund’s youth academy as an 8-year-old and debuted professionally for Bayern Munich before his 18th birthday.

He and other young players in Europe compete yearround under the best coaches and against the best players.

Even in top collegiate programs, coaches struggle to overcome NCAA limitations: short seasons, limited time with players by rule and a focus on winning. These restrictions shift focus away from maximizing individual players for professional competition.

The good news is that the missteps can be corrected.

Fourteen years ago, Germany finished in last place in its European Championship group.

In response, the country overhauled its approach to youth development and embarked on a decade-long quest to place the nation back into world soccer’s pinnacle.

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get [to the college level], but we expect them to make adjustments right away and compete right away for playing time.”

The final member of the 2014 recruiting class is Harris, the lone defender of the group. Harris is a talented defender, winning Skyline’s

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Defensive Player of the Year both of the past two years.

Harris is also very skilled at beach doubles, winning a silver medal at 2012 USA Volleyball National Open, a skill that Bunn said contributed greatly to her excellent court vision.

The Wolfpack will start

formal practices on Aug. 8 in preparation for its first tournament of the season, hosted

by UNC-Wilmington from Aug. 29–30.

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Team USA fans show their spirit before the U.S. vs. Algeria World Cup soccer match at Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria, South Africa, on June 23, 2010.

The German federation enforced academy policies, created new guidelines and qualif ications for youth coaches and invested heavily in grassroots soccer, borrowing techniques from the excellent Dutch youth system.

At the World Cup in 2010, a young German team barely missed out on the final, losing 1-0 to eventual champions, Spain, in the semifinals.

Four years later, the team lifted the trophy in Rio de Janeiro.

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This was not a f luke, but a golden generation, or a once-in-a-lifetime gathering of talent. Germany’s World Cup win was the result of a decade of hard work and a unified approach in developing world-class players.

Germany built a sustainable system, the same system that the U.S. can build with commitment and patience.

Soccer arrived in the U.S. years ago, but thanks to the World Cup, attention to it has never been higher, and so the

time is ripe for making meaningful change.

Jürgen Klinsmann, head coach of the U.S. men’s national soccer team, has started leading the way forward and suggesting those changes, a few of which have already been implemented.

The blueprint is laid out, and Germany has proven that it works, but everyone must buy in, from top to bottom.

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2 CBer’s “Back to you” 3 Island near Java 4 Not taut 5 Fabric used in adhesive pads 6 How ties may be broken, briefly 7 __ bar 8 Cuisinart rival 9 Polite address 10 Together, in music 11 New, in real estate ads 12 World Cup shout 13 They may be constitutional: Abbr.

19 Symbol of happiness 21 Ornamental fish 25 “Men in Black” targets 26 Click-N-Go pen maker 27 Tourist draws 28 Memorial tribute 29 Food chain whose employees wear Hawaiian shirts 31 Perfect place 33 Sash often tied with a butterfly knot

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34 [Just like that!]

36 Algerian seaport 38 Zone for DDE 39 Blue shade 42 Follower’s suffix 43 Acrobats’ garments 48 Business outfit 50 A.L. or N.L. honoree 54 Catty remarks 55 Battling it out

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57 Sleepyhead in an Everly Brothers hit 59 “Not a chance!”

60 Lord’s partner 61 “Juno” actor Michael 62 Advanced 63 Sunup point 64 Skirt in a Degas painting 65 iPad download 66 SEC school

Sports

COUNTDOWN

• 44 days until kickoff against Georgia Southern

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INSIDE

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TECHNICIAN

Q&A

Volleyball coach looks forward to new year USWNT to face Swiss in Cary On Aug. 20, the U.S. Women’s National Team will face off in Cary at the WakeMed Soccer Park. Although the U.S. national team has been playing for 29 years, the match will mark the first meeting between the countries at the women’s senior level.

The U.S. is currently ranked No. 1 in the world, as it got into the match with a 7-2-3 record. Switzerland is ranked 19th and is one of six nations that have already qualified for the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup, which will be hosted by Canada next summer. Tickets go on sale to the public on July 25.

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Soccer alumnus passes away N.C. State and the Raleigh community mourn the loss of former N.C. State midfielder Farouk Bseiso, who reportedly died from carbon monoxide poisoning on July 9 while on a family vacation in Prague, Czech Republic. Bseiso was a wellknown standout in Raleigh’s soccer community, as he led St. David’s School to two high school state championships, played for four successful years with N.C. State and played on the Carolina Railhawks U-23 team. Bseiso scored his first career goal with Finnish club, FC Viikingit, less than a month before his death. Bseiso was 24 years old and is survived by Bseiso is survived by his mother, Dimi Sabi, his twin brother, Fayek, and his sister, Dana.

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Zach Tanner Sports Editor

The 2013 campaign was one of hard work and success for the N.C. State volleyball team, yet the season’s end left something to be desired. However, with only three players having departed from the past season’s roster and seven new faces coming to Raleigh in the fall, the Wolfpack’s future is looking brighter than ever.

The 2014 recruiting class includes six freshmen and one transfer student. Middle backers Kaitlyn Kearney and Erica Narel and outside hitter Perry Ramsey, all freshmen, signed with the Pack in November. Freshmen defensive specialist Emily Harris and outside hitter Julie Brown joined soon after the 2013 season, while junior middle blocker T’Asia Black and freshman outside hitter Julie Varga each signed as late as April.

The biggest loss for State during the offseason was middle blocker Brie Merriwether, a four-year starter for the Wolfpack. Though senior middle blocker Alesha Wilson has shown that she can be a solid replacement for Merriwether, a nagging injury bug in Wilson

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N.C. State volleyball head coach Bryan Bunn talks to his team during a timeout against Appalachian State Sept. 6, 2013.

and lack of depth at the position of middle blocker is an urgent problem for head coach Bryan Bunn to face during the offseason.

Kearney and Narel recently wrapped up stellar high school careers, which included three alldistrict selections for Kearney and three state championships for Narel. Both were also selected to par-

ticipate in the 2014 Women’s Junior Volleyball National Championships earlier this month. Bunn said those experiences will help them be better prepared for a bigger role on the squad.

“It helps them a lot,” Bunn said. “It gives them more experience playing at a very high level. They get to compete against the best 18-year-olds in

the country.”

Black also comes to Raleigh with valuable experience; she has played the past two season at Paris Junior College. Black was selected as an All-American and set her former school’s record for single-season blocks during her sophomore sea-

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COMMENTARY

U.S. Soccer must evolve to compete globally Jordan Beck Assistant Sports Editor

PACKTWEETS Phil Steele @CollegeGameday “They made my most improved list and look like a 7-9 win team this year.”

Alex Johnson @SupermanJohnson S/O to all my teammates on the summer league teams. @ jpv14wolfpack @C_Will21 @ ZoBrown7

NBA @NBA TJ Warren keeps scorin’ ... The @Suns lottery pick with 21 pts after 3Q on @ NBATV in the #NBASummer Tourney

Phoenix Suns @Suns Another aggressive move to the hoop by @T24Warren . Whether you call him #WarrMachine or #TonyBuckets , he’s lighting it up.

N.C. State Football @PackFootball Are you ready? #1pack1goal

The 2014 World Cup is done and dusted. As soccer fans worldwide begin another torturous four-year wait, it is time to reflect on soccer’s place in American sports culture.

Have booming television ratings, massive viewing parties and general “soccer mania” signaled the sport’s arrival in the United States? Not exactly.

Soccer has a long and rich American history for both players and fans. However, similar to the preference for the U.S. measurement system over the metric, our Americanized version of the sport makes the world’s game feel foreign to many viewers.

Some say soccer has arrived because USA vs. Portugal drew more than 25 million viewers.

Some say soccer has arrived because 30,000 fans showed up at Soldier Field in Chicago, a place which ironically held soccer matches decades before the Bears played a game there, to watch Team USA eventually get knocked out, 2-1, by Belgium on a Tuesday afternoon.

Soccer arrived a long time ago.

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U.S. fans in South Africa for the 2010 FIFA World Cup are engrossed in a game projected on the big screen at a local “fan park” located throughout the country.

Now, there are just more people on the wagon.

The total number of viewers in the U.S., which includes 16.5 million on ESPN plus Univision, watch parties and Internet streaming, exceeded the entire population of Belgium.

So how did the U.S. lose?

Sporting success is largely tied to a country’s population size and wealth, according to the authors of “soccernomics,” Simon Kuper and Stefan Szymanski, who rank the

U.S. among soccer’s four biggest underachievers.

Despite making it through the nicknamed “Group of Death,” another knockout stage exit is an absolute disappointment for a country with the size, wealth, and participation level of the U.S. The U.S. men’s national team competed well. The team gave up a single goal to the eventual champion, Germany, drew with Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal and defeated

Ghana, but the thoughts that the U.S. has arrived as an international soccer power are grossly exaggerated.

The team’s effort and never-saydie attitude are commendable, but those attributes don’t win trophies.

They are expectations—requirements of winning sides.

No one is praising the German team, which destroyed hosts Bra-

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Wolfpack veterans compete in NBA Summer League Jake Lange Assistant Sports Editor

In anticipation of the 2014–15 season, the NBA annually showcases its neophytes, fresh out of the draft, to compete in the Summer League games in America’s playground, Las Vegas. Seven former N.C. State basketball players are participating among the Rookies, D-leaguers and NBA benchwarmers alike, who are eager to prove their worth as professional athletes to earn a spot on an NBA 12-man roster.

A main benefit of the Summer League is for fans, as well as the media, to preview the top rookies and grasp how well they transition from college basketball to the NBA. Former Wolfpack forward T.J. Warren, who mirrored his deadly scoring from college into his professional unveiling, strongly exemplifies this concept as the No. 14 overall draft pick from

the Phoenix Suns.

The former ACC player of the year played comfortably in his first game by putting on a 22-point performance against the Golden State Warriors on Saturday. He shot 10-16 with four rebounds in his debut.

A gash to Warren’s eye in the first quarter of the second matchup forced him to sit out for the remainder of the game. The Durham native poured concrete over his high-scoring reputation when returning with four stitches over his eye in the following game on Tuesday.

Tony Buckets put his nickname on display when accruing 28 points (12-22) and 11 boards to earn a double-double, which lifted the Suns to a 97-88 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers. Warren’s smooth mid-range jumpers combined with his unguardable attacks in the paint demonstrated his value as a possible starter to Phoenix’s roster.

Former N.C. State point guard Lorenzo

Brown raised many eyebrows in Las Vegas as well. Brown started for the Los Angeles Clippers’ summer league squad beginning with their 2014 debut on Saturday, where he scored 17 points and dished out eight assists.

Brown gave another efficient performance on Monday, leading the Clips to a 91-85 win over the Miami Heat, contributing 22 points, three rebounds and four assists.

Brown’s performances have proven that he is deserving of a spot on LA’s roster, but the 23-year-old may not play a key role when backing up former Wake Forest point guard Chris Paul, former Duke guard J.J. Redick, and two-time sixth man of the year award winner, Jamal Crawford.

Some of veteran Wolfpack basketball fans may be able to recognize the scoring leader for the New Orleans Pelicans summer league team, former N.C. State guard Courtney Fells, who played for four seasons (2004–2009) with

the Pack. The Shannon, Miss., native scored 25 points in his second game, went four for six from behind the perimeter and snatched two steals.

In his next game, Fells remained consistent, scoring 19 points and draining four threepointers. The 27-year-old could make a significant impact to the New Orleans roster if he continues to play consistently as a deep threat.

Another familiar face found on the summer league basketball courts is former N.C. State guard C.J. Williams, who has scored 19 points in three games with the Milwaukee Bucks.

Other Wolfpack basketball veterans competing in Vegas include former N.C. State center Jordan Vandenberg, former N.C. State guard Scott Wood and former N.C. State guard Dennis Horner.

The NBA’s summer league games continue through July 21, as teams have begun to compete in single-elimination rounds.