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Yoga provides pre-exam stress relief Megan Dunton

Vandals cost library $9K in damages

Staff Writer

As final exams steadily approach, many students may experience abnormally high stress. Yoga and meditation are good stress relievers for students during this hectic time, according to medical professionals.

Yoga and meditation often go hand in hand. Both practices work toward achieving a peaceful and calm state through physical poses and breathing patterns. Some poses include the sun salutation, crescent moon, mountain pose, warrior pose and the ever-infamous downwardfacing dog.

These aren’t just trendy exercise programs — there’s science to back up the health and stress-relieving benefits of yoga and meditation. According to the Mayo Clinic, yoga reduces stress by drawing one’s attention away from life’s chaos to calmer thoughts through poses that require concentration and balance.

The institution also said meditation helps people to turn off their constant stream of stressful thoughts and only think about what is going on in that one moment.

Yoga and meditation are also able to affect biochemical processes that lead to a peace and calm feeling. The

Staff Report

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Sandra Rodrigues, graduate student in biology demonstrates the Boat pose Thursday evening.

practices can increase the hormone oxytocin, called the trust and bonding hormone. Yoga and meditation counteract the feelings of stress by reducing the amount of hormones produced by the adrenal gland, which causes the fight-or-flight response. The practices also create a

Remembering those who served beyond Veterans Day Kaitlin Montgomery Staff Writer

Having celebrated Veterans Day on Sunday, students may find it easy to feel as if they’ve properly celebrated the holiday. They thanked veterans and might have even participated in shopping during the Veterans Day sales.

But for many others, there is more meaning behind the national holiday than a few thank-you’s and bargain buys.

“From what I’ve seen with these student veterans, it’s different for each case,” said Samuel Tripp, a former Marine and senior in industrial engineering. “When I started out here it was, of course, about getting the education, the degree and the career, but also wanting to experience some of that college life everybody hears about … what I missed out on while serving four years in the military.”

For Russell Snyder, a former marine and junior in international studies, wrote a book called Hearts and Mines: With the Marines in Al Anbar, to document his experience in Iraq.

“I, as most are probably, am one who is thankful that there have been generations of people willing to risk their lives to serve this country and its interests,” Snyder said. “What disappoints me, though, is that too often these thanks manifest themselves as veneration. The holiday has come to mean not simply veneration of veterans, but of war itself. War is simply not a thing that should be made out to be noble, for its purpose

is destruction. It is only a word to those who have not seen it. But I know it to be evil.”

The differences in understanding between non-veterans and veterans materialize in everyday interactions, not just during Veterans Day. “When I’m around other veterans it’s like there’re no personality dysfunctions,” Tripp said. “We accept each other, plain and simple. When I communicate with a traditional student, though, I probably come off as really weird.”

In order to address some of the problems veterans face and dispel some stigmas and stereotypes, Tripp has worked with the Student Veteran Group on campus and serves as its president.

“We want to look at whatever stereotypes or stigmas the traditional student has. Things like, ‘these people are kind of weird, veterans are weird, veterans are crazy.’ We want to alleviate that,” said Tripp.

N.C. State’s Student Veteran Group consists of about 80 student veterans. Its purpose is to gather and bring together as many student veterans as possible to provide outreach and support with the difficult transition many student veterans face when returning from combat.

“It’s about wanting to make those relationships and those friends but coming up against that communication barrier between myself and a lot of 18- or 19-year-olds,” Tripp said. “It’s rough and it still hits me even in my third semester.”

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sense of calm by decreasing the levels of neurotransmitting hormones including dopamine, norepinephrine, and epinephrine.

Even the University Counseling Center supports yoga and meditation as healthy ways to rid the body and mind of stress. The counseling

center offers several resources for exploring different types of meditation. They also offer workshops, including a yoga class on Dec. 5 from 4:45 to 5:45 pm.

Not only does the Counseling

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Unknown vandals have racked up $9,100 in damages to D.H. Hill Library in a series of ongoing vandalism incidents reported since Monday, Nov. 5, according to David Hiscoe, director of Communication Strategies for NCSU Libraries. Recent reports on Wednesday of more damage to equipment may double the initial amount for repairs, Hiscoe said.

The acts of vandalism include cutting the electrical connections in seven of the library’s 12 group study rooms, stealing sundry electrical and computer cables and the most foolish, Hiscoe said, was finding an emptied bottle of ketchup in a printer.

With 10,000 average users of the library on a given day, Hiscoe said tracking down the culprits will be tough, but said the library is taking measures to inform students about the damages and stay aware of suspicious activity.

Call Campus Police at 919-5153000 to report more damages.

Dean for a Day looks for applications Staff Report If you are a student in CHASS, chances are that you have received encouragement to participate in “Dean for a day,” in which students can switch places with Dean Jeffery Braden for an entire day in the spring semester.

Applications for the competition are available now, and the CHASS Dean’s Office accepts them until Nov. 30.

Laura Wilkinson, former Editor-in-Chief of the Technician and senior in international studies, switched places with last spring.

Wilkinson said that the experience helped her see a different side of campus life.

“I got to talk to a lot of professors that I wouldn’t normally get to interact with,” Wilkinson said, “I had no idea what they do.”

While meetings and administrative duties largely occupy student participants for the day, Braden gets to experience life as a student and attend the classes of the student who wins.

“It’s certainly [interesting] to me because I get to see the college from a very different perspective,” Braden said.

Braden has had an experience stepping foot in the shoes of several CHASS students, many of which have provided very different experiences for him.

“It’s refreshing to get out of the office,” Braden said. “It allows me to go back to work with a clearer vision.”

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Dean of CHASS Jeffery Braden looks over the Technician page printouts with editor Mark Herring, a senior in Spanish and biological sciences during the 2012 “Dean for a Day” experience.

HOW TO APPLY FOR DEAN FOR A DAY: Qualifications: Hange an undergraduate CHASS major When is it due: Nov. 30 When is Dean for a Day: Feb. 22, 2013 Minimum requirements: Have at least two classes that day Application components: 250-word essay, sent to DeanForADay@ncsu.edu.

Include your name, class year, major, email address, phone number and essay.

SOURCE: CHASS DEAN’S OFFICE

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Title IX celebrates 40 years Jake Moser Staff Writer

Title IX, an act ensuring gender equality in education, celebrates its 40th anniversary this year.

Title IX was enacted 40 years ago by President Richard Nixon and was part of the Civil Rights Act. The law is only 37 words and prohibits discrimination against women in education, according to Joanne Woodard, Vice Provost for Institutional Equity & Diversity.

“College used to be a place where women would go to find a husband, graduate and never use their degree,” Woodard said.

Title IX allows women equal access to college and also equal pay after graduation. Since the act, the number of women going to college has evened out and now outweighs male enrollment in many schools.

There are also some misconceptions about Title IX, the biggest dealing with athletics, according to Associate Athletic Director for Compliance Michelle Lee. Athletics is actually not mentioned in the act, but is an area where women tend to be discriminated against.

“The only time people hear about Title IX is in an athletic context,” Lee said. “Athletics is mentioned nowhere in the law, and the reason people think this is because athletics becomes a public stage for the law.”

Lee said Title IX is frequ e nt l y bl a me d w he n men’s athletic programs are dropped, but those decisions have to deal with funding and

CHRIS RUPERT/TECHNICIAN

Joanne Woodard, vice provost for Institutional Equity & Diversity (right), Heidi Grappendorf (center) and Michelle Lee, associate athletic director (left) speak to students and faculty about the importance and effects of Title IX in the Assembly Room of D.H. Hill Library on Nov. 14.

the overall budget of the university, and the act has nothing to do with it.

Another misconception is that Title IX is a “man’s law,” according to the Women’s Center Assistant Director of Leadership Heidi Grappendorf. However, participation among men in athletics has actually increased since the act was passed, and men can utilize, and sue under, the law if they feel they are being discriminated against.

Grappendorf said there are some unintended, negative consequences for women as a result of the act. The percentage of female coaches and athletic directors went from over 90 percent to almost 43 percent after Title IX was passed. This is because women had had separate athletic programs and men took over athletics as a whole once the two programs were merged.

Additionally, men are now at-

tracted to coaching women’s teams due to increasing publicity and salaries.

Grappendorf also mentioned the false notion that Title IX is not necessary and that women have already achieved equal opportunities in education. “Sixty to 80 percent of schools are not in compliance with Title IX 40 years later, and that’s just shocking,” Grappendorf said.

“The misnomer that it’s not needed or necessary or that you don’t need to learn about it is a big issue.”

Women being underrepresented in the science, technology, engineering and math programs is also an issue that Title IX is helping combat. N.C. State is helping erase discrimination in these fields with the Women in Science and Engineering Village, according to Woodard. WISE is a living and learning village attempting to create a

welcoming and supportive environment for women who typically underrepresented in STEM fields.

Title IX demands compliance with at least one of three categories in order for schools to receive federal funding.

First, where N.C. State complies, is equal representation, according to Lee. Universities must have athletic participation among genders proportional to the student body.

N.C. State has a male to female ratio of 56 percent to 44 percent, and an athletic male to female ratio of 57 percent to 43 percent. N.C. State also gives athletic scholarships relative to their student body ratio. The other two ways in which schools can comply is by providing as much educational opportunity and sports teams for women and by issuing surveys in which the gender quality of teams is assessed.

NJ, NY students raise money for hurricane victims from home Alex Petercuskie Staff Writer

This Saturday, Nov. 17 a group of N.C. State students who call New York and New Jersey home will host a fundraiser downtown benefitting victims of Hurricane Sandy.

The event, “Restore the Shore” will take place at Napper Tandy’s Irish Pub from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. and will include drink specials and a performance by Billy Joel cover band The Strangers. Staying true to theme,

Brooklyn Brewery will be on tap for $2.

Rock radio station 96.1 will also join the party, broadcasting the event live.

Although donations are encouraged, cover for the event is just $5. Donations will go toward the American Red Cross.

New York and New Jersey are home to the four N.C. State students responsible for organizing the event, and they have high expectations for their relief effort: Justin Miceli, junior in communica-

tions from Rutherford, New Jersey; Nick Vitale, graduate student from Merrick, Long Island; Courtney Aloia, senior in textiles from Manhattan and Meghan Blohm, senior in textiles from Oyster Bay, New York.

According to Miceli, the small group hopes to raise $10,000. Miceli said Blohm first came up with the idea and then reached out to their fellow “yankees” for support.

Miceli said Blohm also met with Triangle.com and News & Observer in order to get the

CONNECTING CROSSROADS IN NORTH CAROLINA

Daniel Bernard Roumain + Laurelyn Dossett Saturday, November 17 at 8pm • Stewart Theatre

Ticket Central, 2nd floor Talley • 919-515-1100 • ncsu.edu/arts NC State students $5 • NC State faculty/staff $21-$25 • Pre-show talk, 7pm Special appearance by RaShad, presenting Save Your Life Music Support for Connecting Crossroads in North Carolina is provided by the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources, with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts; and by South Arts, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and the NC Arts Council.

word out about the event.

Miceli said he believed Blohm’s house is in rough shape following Sandy, and that his friend, Nick Vitale, has also been affected by the storm’s destruction.

“He took a trip home there last week and I think it was pretty emotional for him because of all the devastation around where he lives,” Miceli said.

Miceli said some N.C. State cheerleaders, athletes and various fraternity and sorority representatives will also attend the event.

Those who want to support the relief effort at Napper Tandy’s will receive wristbands when they arrive that will allow them free entrance to Downtown Sports Bar from 10 p.m. until 2 a.m.

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VETERAN continued from page 1

Student groups are not the only entities trying to serve veterans. Holly Danford, a representative of Veterans Affairs, said that her office works in hope that the University can properly provide for its student veterans.

“When I took over this position in 2010, one issue that we saw [was that] there was no veterans affairs office like you see out here now; it was a cubicle out here in registration and records,” Danford said. “It was fine at the time but with so many of our veterans from OEF [Operat ion Enduring Freedom] and OIF [Operation Iraqi Freedom] coming back from those campaigns they’re having more issues than we were seeing previously. They were returning with issues such as PTSD. There was a lot more to it than just getting their G.I. Bill started, which is the main focus out of this office.”

According to Danford, the Office of Student Veteran Affairs has made strides in providing for student veterans. Creating spaces in which student veterans can come and study or just take a break from the world of traditional students, Danford said she has helped create a positive place where student veterans can find

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Center support yoga and meditation, a new club on campus, the Art of Living Club, also promotes the alternative health practices. Vaneet Goyal, a graduate student in electrical engineering, created the club a year ago.

“The Art of Living Club at N.C. State is actually an extension of a club that is seen around the world that practices techniques that are observed globally,” Goyal said.

According to Goyal, the main focus of the club is to help students live healthier lives through explorations and practices in yoga and meditation. Goyal said healthier and better living can most definitely lead to success in academics.

To help students learn about these alternative health fields, the club offers monthly workshops to teach students techniques to practice both yoga and meditation. The club also meets for weekly yoga sessions. Shikhar Dua, a member of the Art of Living Club and a graduate student in operations research, said he wanted to help improve student life on campus.

“The whole idea behind

refuge.

“We do a lot of work with the Raleigh Vet Center,” Danford said. “They now come on campus to do some counseling, offering any type of counseling for student veterans – things like PTDS, financial, family, marital counseling… you name it.”

While advances have been made on our campus, some veterans say that society moves slower addressing the issues veterans face when returning home.

“It is unfortunately the nature of a soldier to be used and disposed of,” Snyder said. “Their purpose is to engage in a practice in which their death is deemed acceptable, even honorable. Soldiers have always been chewed up by the war machine, replaced by others if they fall and rewarded with bits of ribbon and little else.”

It is because of this sentiment that some veterans believe that Veterans Day is a one-dimensional holiday.

“Who can expect [people] to understand, [people who have] not learned for themselves, what a traumatic, brutal, inhuman thing these veterans were once asked to do,” Snyder said. “Veterans may feel forgotten, but it’s unlikely they will ever forget their own experiences. We are failing them 365 days a year. Our thanks are meaningless if not supported by action, just as the true meaning of war escapes us, as evidenced by the fact we are largely willing to continue the practice or too oblivious to care.”

the club is to help students relieve stress and lead a more happy and fun life on campus,” Dua said. “We help improve their emotional and mental state.”

Both Goyal and Dua practice yoga and meditation as a part of their everyday lives.

For an hour every morning, they practice yoga and meditation together.

“I have experienced many health benefits including better immunity,” Goyal said. “I am also more confident and more happy, and I am able to work hard but I am not stressed.”

After a busy schedule with classes lasting all day, Dua said after meditating he feels instantly refreshed and ready to tackle his studies.

“My meditation always brings a sense of calmness that helps me recover from a busy day,” Dua said.

In the next couple of years, Goyal and Dua would like to see their numbers grow, not to show the club is popular, but that more students want to improve their lives on campus.

“I want to see more students coming and participating in the club and practicing these techniques so that they also benefit from the techniques and lead a more fun and happier life,” Dua said.

CNS students renew annual tradition Staff Report N.C. State’s Forestry Club is hosting its annual Rolleo event this Saturday at Schenck Memorial Forest in Raleigh, N.C. Rolleo, a forestry and timbersports competition, is a tradition of the University’s Forestry Club, which uses it as a means of practice for the Southern Forestry Con-

clave that will take place in the spring.

Travis Howell, Forestry Club president and junior in forest management, said the club has seen a growth in interest over the past year.

“We are excited to host Haywood Community College, Montgomery Community College, University of Tennessee and Virginia Tech as our guests at Rolleo this year,” Howell stated in a

press release. “We are seeing a growing interest in joining the Forestry Club from N.C. State students and for competing at Rolleo from other schools.”

All students, staff, faculty, a lumni and communit y members are invited to participate. For more information, visit http://cnr.ncsu. edu/blogs/news/2012/11/02/ say-hello-to-2012-rolleo/.

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Title IX celebrates 40 years Jake Moser Staff Writer

Title IX, an act ensuring gender equality in education, celebrates its 40th anniversary this year.

Title IX was enacted 40 years ago by President Richard Nixon and was part of the Civil Rights Act. The law is only 37 words and prohibits discrimination against women in education, according to Joanne Woodard, Vice Provost for Institutional Equity & Diversity.

“College used to be a place where women would go to find a husband, graduate and never use their degree,” Woodard said.

Title IX allows women equal access to college and also equal pay after graduation. Since the act, the number of women going to college has evened out and now outweighs male enrollment in many schools.

There are also some misconceptions about Title IX, the biggest dealing with athletics, according to Associate Athletic Director for Compliance Michelle Lee. Athletics is actually not mentioned in the act, but is an area where women tend to be discriminated against.

“The only time people hear about Title IX is in an athletic context,” Lee said. “Athletics is mentioned nowhere in the law, and the reason people think this is because athletics becomes a public stage for the law.”

Lee said Title IX is frequ e nt l y bl a me d w he n men’s athletic programs are dropped, but those decisions have to deal with funding and

CHRIS RUPERT/TECHNICIAN

Joanne Woodard, vice provost for Institutional Equity & Diversity (right), Heidi Grappendorf (center) and Michelle Lee, associate athletic director (left) speak to students and faculty about the importance and effects of Title IX in the Assembly Room of D.H. Hill Library on Nov. 14.

the overall budget of the university, and the act has nothing to do with it.

Another misconception is that Title IX is a “man’s law,” according to the Women’s Center Assistant Director of Leadership Heidi Grappendorf. However, participation among men in athletics has actually increased since the act was passed, and men can utilize, and sue under, the law if they feel they are being discriminated against.

Grappendorf said there are some unintended, negative consequences for women as a result of the act. The percentage of female coaches and athletic directors went from over 90 percent to almost 43 percent after Title IX was passed. This is because women had had separate athletic programs and men took over athletics as a whole once the two programs were merged.

Additionally, men are now at-

tracted to coaching women’s teams due to increasing publicity and salaries.

Grappendorf also mentioned the false notion that Title IX is not necessary and that women have already achieved equal opportunities in education. “Sixty to 80 percent of schools are not in compliance with Title IX 40 years later, and that’s just shocking,” Grappendorf said.

“The misnomer that it’s not needed or necessary or that you don’t need to learn about it is a big issue.”

Women being underrepresented in the science, technology, engineering and math programs is also an issue that Title IX is helping combat. N.C. State is helping erase discrimination in these fields with the Women in Science and Engineering Village, according to Woodard. WISE is a living and learning village attempting to create a

welcoming and supportive environment for women who typically underrepresented in STEM fields.

Title IX demands compliance with at least one of three categories in order for schools to receive federal funding.

First, where N.C. State complies, is equal representation, according to Lee. Universities must have athletic participation among genders proportional to the student body.

N.C. State has a male to female ratio of 56 percent to 44 percent, and an athletic male to female ratio of 57 percent to 43 percent. N.C. State also gives athletic scholarships relative to their student body ratio. The other two ways in which schools can comply is by providing as much educational opportunity and sports teams for women and by issuing surveys in which the gender quality of teams is assessed.

NJ, NY students raise money for hurricane victims from home Alex Petercuskie Staff Writer

This Saturday, Nov. 17 a group of N.C. State students who call New York and New Jersey home will host a fundraiser downtown benefitting victims of Hurricane Sandy.

The event, “Restore the Shore” will take place at Napper Tandy’s Irish Pub from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. and will include drink specials and a performance by Billy Joel cover band The Strangers. Staying true to theme,

Brooklyn Brewery will be on tap for $2.

Rock radio station 96.1 will also join the party, broadcasting the event live.

Although donations are encouraged, cover for the event is just $5. Donations will go toward the American Red Cross.

New York and New Jersey are home to the four N.C. State students responsible for organizing the event, and they have high expectations for their relief effort: Justin Miceli, junior in communica-

tions from Rutherford, New Jersey; Nick Vitale, graduate student from Merrick, Long Island; Courtney Aloia, senior in textiles from Manhattan and Meghan Blohm, senior in textiles from Oyster Bay, New York.

According to Miceli, the small group hopes to raise $10,000. Miceli said Blohm first came up with the idea and then reached out to their fellow “yankees” for support.

Miceli said Blohm also met with Triangle.com and News & Observer in order to get the

CONNECTING CROSSROADS IN NORTH CAROLINA

Daniel Bernard Roumain + Laurelyn Dossett Saturday, November 17 at 8pm • Stewart Theatre

Ticket Central, 2nd floor Talley • 919-515-1100 • ncsu.edu/arts NC State students $5 • NC State faculty/staff $21-$25 • Pre-show talk, 7pm Special appearance by RaShad, presenting Save Your Life Music Support for Connecting Crossroads in North Carolina is provided by the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources, with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts; and by South Arts, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and the NC Arts Council.

word out about the event.

Miceli said he believed Blohm’s house is in rough shape following Sandy, and that his friend, Nick Vitale, has also been affected by the storm’s destruction.

“He took a trip home there last week and I think it was pretty emotional for him because of all the devastation around where he lives,” Miceli said.

Miceli said some N.C. State cheerleaders, athletes and various fraternity and sorority representatives will also attend the event.

Those who want to support the relief effort at Napper Tandy’s will receive wristbands when they arrive that will allow them free entrance to Downtown Sports Bar from 10 p.m. until 2 a.m.

PAGE 3 • FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2012

VETERAN continued from page 1

Student groups are not the only entities trying to serve veterans. Holly Danford, a representative of Veterans Affairs, said that her office works in hope that the University can properly provide for its student veterans.

“When I took over this position in 2010, one issue that we saw [was that] there was no veterans affairs office like you see out here now; it was a cubicle out here in registration and records,” Danford said. “It was fine at the time but with so many of our veterans from OEF [Operat ion Enduring Freedom] and OIF [Operation Iraqi Freedom] coming back from those campaigns they’re having more issues than we were seeing previously. They were returning with issues such as PTSD. There was a lot more to it than just getting their G.I. Bill started, which is the main focus out of this office.”

According to Danford, the Office of Student Veteran Affairs has made strides in providing for student veterans. Creating spaces in which student veterans can come and study or just take a break from the world of traditional students, Danford said she has helped create a positive place where student veterans can find

YOGA

continued from page 1

Center support yoga and meditation, a new club on campus, the Art of Living Club, also promotes the alternative health practices. Vaneet Goyal, a graduate student in electrical engineering, created the club a year ago.

“The Art of Living Club at N.C. State is actually an extension of a club that is seen around the world that practices techniques that are observed globally,” Goyal said.

According to Goyal, the main focus of the club is to help students live healthier lives through explorations and practices in yoga and meditation. Goyal said healthier and better living can most definitely lead to success in academics.

To help students learn about these alternative health fields, the club offers monthly workshops to teach students techniques to practice both yoga and meditation. The club also meets for weekly yoga sessions. Shikhar Dua, a member of the Art of Living Club and a graduate student in operations research, said he wanted to help improve student life on campus.

“The whole idea behind

refuge.

“We do a lot of work with the Raleigh Vet Center,” Danford said. “They now come on campus to do some counseling, offering any type of counseling for student veterans – things like PTDS, financial, family, marital counseling… you name it.”

While advances have been made on our campus, some veterans say that society moves slower addressing the issues veterans face when returning home.

“It is unfortunately the nature of a soldier to be used and disposed of,” Snyder said. “Their purpose is to engage in a practice in which their death is deemed acceptable, even honorable. Soldiers have always been chewed up by the war machine, replaced by others if they fall and rewarded with bits of ribbon and little else.”

It is because of this sentiment that some veterans believe that Veterans Day is a one-dimensional holiday.

“Who can expect [people] to understand, [people who have] not learned for themselves, what a traumatic, brutal, inhuman thing these veterans were once asked to do,” Snyder said. “Veterans may feel forgotten, but it’s unlikely they will ever forget their own experiences. We are failing them 365 days a year. Our thanks are meaningless if not supported by action, just as the true meaning of war escapes us, as evidenced by the fact we are largely willing to continue the practice or too oblivious to care.”

the club is to help students relieve stress and lead a more happy and fun life on campus,” Dua said. “We help improve their emotional and mental state.”

Both Goyal and Dua practice yoga and meditation as a part of their everyday lives.

For an hour every morning, they practice yoga and meditation together.

“I have experienced many health benefits including better immunity,” Goyal said. “I am also more confident and more happy, and I am able to work hard but I am not stressed.”

After a busy schedule with classes lasting all day, Dua said after meditating he feels instantly refreshed and ready to tackle his studies.

“My meditation always brings a sense of calmness that helps me recover from a busy day,” Dua said.

In the next couple of years, Goyal and Dua would like to see their numbers grow, not to show the club is popular, but that more students want to improve their lives on campus.

“I want to see more students coming and participating in the club and practicing these techniques so that they also benefit from the techniques and lead a more fun and happier life,” Dua said.

CNR students renew annual tradition Staff Report N.C. State’s Forestry Club is hosting its annual Rolleo event this Saturday at Schenck Memorial Forest in Raleigh, N.C. Rolleo, a forestry and timbersports competition, is a tradition of the University’s Forestry Club, which uses it as a means of practice for the Southern Forestry Con-

clave that will take place in the spring.

Travis Howell, Forestry Club president and junior in forest management, said the club has seen a growth in interest over the past year.

“We are excited to host Haywood Community College, Montgomery Community College, University of Tennessee and Virginia Tech as our guests at Rolleo this year,” Howell stated in a

press release. “We are seeing a growing interest in joining the Forestry Club from N.C. State students and for competing at Rolleo from other schools.”

All students, staff, faculty, a lumni and communit y members are invited to participate. For more information, visit http://cnr.ncsu. edu/blogs/news/2012/11/02/ say-hello-to-2012-rolleo/.

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‘Gif’ versus ‘omnishambles’

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ell, Internet, you’ve done it again. With social media sites like Tumblr and Reddit, we can find the source of what has recently been announced as Oxford American Dictionary’s word of the year: gif.

For those who rebel against Internet powerhouses or those who couldn’t pass E 115 the first time, the term “gif” means Graphics Interchange Lana Chiad Format. There is no way you Staff Columnist can log into any website and not scroll by a gif — either because it was set as someone’s Facebook status or as a response to a post online. Gifs have replaced the words we cannot find or are too lazy to type and they now represent life in America this year — and quite accurately at that. It’s a word that requires no effort to say

yet embodies everything meant. What’s not American about that?

Meanwhile, over in the UK, Oxford University Press chose the word “omnishambles” as its word of the year, which the Guardian defines as “a word used to describe a comprehensively mismanaged situation, characterized by a shambolic string of blunders.”

For those, like me, who have never heard this word before or who avoided political trends on Twitter earlier this year, this word has a backstory. According to Huffington Post, it was first used in the BBC political satire The Thick of It and slowly grew in popularity, particularly during election season here in America when former presidential candidate Gov. Mitt Romney criticized London’s preparations for the 2012 Summer Olympics. Soon after, the trending Twitter topic, “#RomneyShambles” erupted, sourcing back to the Democratic Na-

tional Committee’s ad campaign for President Barack Obama.

The difference between the two words of the year comes from the majority of the nation represented by each word. Having America’s word of the year be something as mind-numbing as “gif” says more about our country than I think any of us want to admit.

Whether we put it off until after our studies are complete, or if we use it as a distraction to hardly attempt our assignments, the byproduct of our social media obsession might have gone too far. I debated for the longest time whether or not to include the definition of what a gif is in this article solely because it would truly shock me if a student on campus didn’t know what a gif is. Gifs aren’t held within the borders of our country — they are a universal language that apparently now represents every piece of American property.

The difference between our word and the word chosen for the UK is ours is tied to mind-numbing recreation and theirs is tied to political news.

Although to be neutral, competing with a word like “omnishambles” is just unfair. If “gif” makes Americans seem lazier than our stereotype makes us out to be, then “omnishambles” makes those snobby Englishmen look like they can just tag any prefix onto any word and dub it as their own. Of course, this is just coming from a bitter American who prefers words like “bubbly” or “antidisestablishmentarianism” as better candidates for America’s word of the year because they are really fun to say out loud. Perhaps next year we can get “#AmericanRevolution” trending hard enough on various social media websites, and it could beat the UK for 2013’s word of the year.

My foreseen breakup with America

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am, sometimes tackily and maybe foolishly, a proud American. The tacky part is made evident by the fact that an American flag sweater tops my Christmas wish list.

And the fooli sh pa r t…

Well, it was not until recently that I started to Megan think maybe Ellisor my obse sStaff Columnist sion with the United States was foolish.

The majority of my obsession coincides with my competitiveness. I mean, we’re simply the best: back-to-back World War champs, most medals in the modern Olympics, and if Captain America is an accurate representation, the United States is entirely self less and warmhearted.

Unfortunately, I recently learned of a few events that make my favorite country unlikeable – even to me.

L e t me point out that I am not entirely blind to the hatred of the U.S. I am aware that it is commonplace for foreigners to have aversion towards us. But I could not fathom how American citizens could hate their own country until I saw an OpDoc from The New York Times titled “The Fight Over Medical Marijuana.”

In the video, we meet Chris Williams who opened a greenhouse upon Montana’s 2004 legalization of medical marijuana. In March, 2011, the cannabis inside his greenhouse was destroyed by federal agents while a woman who was watching cried, “I

have no access to my medicine. How can they do this?”

Later that year, Williams was sentenced to a mandatory sentence of more than 80 years.

I am not trying to promote marijuana, medical or otherwise. Rather, I would like to say I am on Chris Williams’s side because he followed the law. In fact, the video shows him giving a tour to Montana’s Narcotics Bureau Chief and even laughing with the state Senator.

Although Williams was following state laws, his actions did not comply with federal laws. Under the Controlled Substances Act of 1970, marijuana is still illegal. Therefore, the federal government can inf luence how laws are enforced in the 18 states where medical marijuana is legal.

According to Rebecca Richman Cohen of The New York Times, the Justice Department released a memo in 2009 stating that the federal government “should not focus federal resources on individuals whose actions are in clear and unambiguous compliance with existing state laws.”

Yet this was certainly not the case in 2011 when the FBI cracked down on marijuana growers across the country.

Later that year, the Department of Justice clarified that “medical marijuana patients would be free from prosecution, but not industrial growers.”

Though Williams was offered several plea bargains, he denied them all, believing he deserved his day in court

“...I may have to consider moving elsewhere to uphold my 17 year streak of living in the greatest country of all time.”

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— and if the evidence were presented in the manner in which Cohen displayed in her video, Chris Williams may still be a free man. However, the jury found him guilty. He was later offered a new deal: provided that he waive his right to appeal, the U.S. attorney general’s office would “drop most of his charges so that he would face a minimum of 10 years in prison and pay a $288,000 judgment.”

To this he replied, “This is nothing more than slavery and completely disregards my rights as a citizen of the United States of America. I have declined the offer.”

Now Williams, a law-abiding citizen, faces a minimum sentence of 80 years in prison after being convicted “on marijuana charges and for possessing firearms during a drug trafficking offense.”

This, to me, sounds like a complete waste of time and money. Not only did the federal government have to spend the money to find and convict these industrial marijuana growers, but they now have to use tax dollars to afford their time in prison. These are not dangerous criminals on which taxes should be spent in order to keep them sheltered from society. Rather, they are lawabiding citizens who were unfortunately caught in the government’s noncompliance with its own laws.

I will still maintain that the United States is superior to all other countries, but if events like this recur, I may have to consider moving elsewhere to uphold my 17 year streak of living in the greatest country of all time.

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ocieties change, but sometimes things are better off left the way they were. This is how I feel at the beginning of every semester when little odds and ends all around campus have been rearranged Heather to maxiTroutman mize efStaff Columnist ficiency, or so they say. I, for one, do not consider time wasted on re-learning a changed procedure efficient. I can understand the simplicity of the merger between WolfCopy and the AllCampus Account, but I cannot understand how a formerly free service now comes with a $2 fee.

In semesters past, a print quota could be purchased from the WolfCopy website at no charge. Fall 2012 began with unwarranted change. Printing your first lab report of the semester is already a terrible thing, but a scavenger hunt through pop-up windows to a $2 service fee to print three pages at 10¢ per page is unacceptable and infuriating.

Two dollars is equivalent to 20 pages not printed, a quantity far surpassing the pages I hope to print all semester (keyword: hope). The only alternative to the fee was a deposit into my AllCampus Account at the student service desk in Talley Student Center.

At the risk of sounding lazy, I estimate that I walk almost five miles a day on campus, never directly crossing Talley.

I don’t want to make an extra trip to avoid a ridiculous $2 fee that I have never been subjected to before.

I determined the parties responsible for this abrupt change and sent a concerned email. To my astonishment, I received a response last week detailing changes to the student print program. Students can now purchase a quota of $10 or less at a 25¢ convenience fee. I consider this a 90 percent victory — not a true success but still a notable improvement.

Really, what is $2 worth – half a gallon of gas, a cup of coffee, a cheap American beer or a really bad tip at dinner?

The point here is not the value of a dollar, but the weight of your voice. Complacency crawls into the heart and eats aspiration.

This world belongs to all of us. True, power and regula-

tion reside in the governance of a select few, often above the stipulations of their regulations, yet capitalism and democracy rely on consumers and advocates. A politician without votes is only a onepercenter. Sure, he still possesses economic power, but without customers he is only an eager entrepreneur.

Like fire, power must be fed. We, the citizens, are the fuel. Our opinions, demands and trends influence the system. Collective objection has historically halted many hearty efforts from the Vietnam war to hydraulic fracturing, the construction of nuclear power plants and Yucca Mountain.

Children bicker, whine and complain. Leaders use information to influence others. I hope the majority of our campus community has committed themselves to leadership and positive influence on our social, political and economic systems. I cannot speak for you, but my inclusion in the pack has not made me less of a wolf. I am not one of many.

I am not voiceless or unheard.

I am a participant in the great institution of democracy and I will invest my entire life assuring that my community reflects our best interest.

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rector of NCSU Center Stage, had heard Laurelyn Dossett perform with the North Carolina Symphony and immediately established a connection between the two artists. “[Dossett] was a pretty obvious choice from the beginning,” Tulbert said. “She knows the state and has a passion for the people. We knew they’d be able to tell amazing stories.”

Considered to be one of the most sought-after voices in creative musical collabo-

rations, Dossett writes songs that tend to reflect both the traditional and contemporary stories of the region.

Recently, her song “Leaving Eden” became the title track of the Grammy Award-winning Carolina Chocolate Drops’ new album.

Commissioned by the North Carolina Symphony, Dossett and the symphony premiered her last song cycle, The Gathering: A Winter’s Tale in Six Songs, in November 2011.

Originally from Greensboro and an N.C. Cooperative Extension Gardener, Dossett is well aware of the rich history of the state. This,

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she said, was instrumental in twice, the first time doing the creation of the album. research and getting famil“As we traveled, we ran into iar with the places they visall sorts of people and their ited and writing songs about stories captivated us,” Dos- them. The second time sett said. through, “W hile we they gave a heard many live perfors t or i e s of ma nce of g r ac e a nd “T he C olbeaut y, we l ide” w it h were of ten the help of made aware local talent.

Laurelyn Dossett, of the state’s Student, N.C. singer/songwriter h i stor y of faculty and conflict and alumni perpolarization — the clashes formers, including Thomas of rich and poor, black and Easley, Norm Johnson, Briwhite, native and immigrant, an Jackson, James Nance, gay and straight.”

Eric Burns, Bryant Johnson The duo toured the state and Taylor Threatt, will join

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Roumain and Dossett on the stage this Saturday to create a more local sound.

For Roumain and Dossett, the challenge of performing with different groups each time is a welcome one.

“Every concert is different, but every concert is the same,” Roumain said. “It’s both a conversation and a confrontation.”

Having toured the state twice, Roumain and Dossett said they viewed the experience as a learning process.

“I wake up every morning and ask myself, ‘What can I teach someone today?’”

Roumain said. “This time around, it was more about,

‘What can I learn from someone else?’”

As for what’s next, they feel that future collaboration is a definite possibility, but will depend upon their personal schedules.

“The best works often come from non-commissioned pieces,” Roumain said. “You just have to do what you like with who you like and everything will flow. It’s a musical response of sorts — a musical response to life.”

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nywhere you go, you will be able to find some sort of tea or coffee. They’re staples in every society, as they give us an excuse to sit together and connect over a drink. This Wednesday as part of International Education Week, the Office of International Services and the College of Education put on a tea party devoted to the prevalence of teas around the world and the unique ways different cultures interpret them.

Bangladeshi tea is known as masala tea — here in the United States, we know it as chai. It is made from brewing tea with a variety of spices including cardamom, cinnamon and cloves.

In Bangladesh, tea time is in the afternoon.

“You come from the school or office and you get together with your family members and you have tea and snacks,” Rupa Iasmin said.

One of her preferred snacks was rice puffs with onion and mustard.

Korea has two main types of tea. The first is ginseng, which is made from a bitter herb. The second are syrup teas — they’re made from fruits and are very sweet. Meshu syrup teas taste like plums, while uja is a citrus based syrup tea.

“The good thing about Korean teas is that it’s very naturally made – it’s good for your health,” Jane Kim, a sophomore in animal science, said.

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Egyptian tea is made very strong, hot and with lots of mint.

“Our tea might be different because we boil the tea inside the water for some time,” Marwa Elsayed, a graduate student in chemistry, said. “So it’s more concentrated.”

Tea is often drunk for breakfast or right after lunch with desserts, such as Egyptian baklava or omali, which is made of milk, wheat, butter and sugar.

“Mainly there are three types of Chinese tea – the black tea, the green tea, and the oolong tea,” Jingling Shi, a graduate student in U.S. culture and education, said. The differences between them are the different levels of oxidation of the tea leaves.

Tea is extremely important culturally to the Chinese and has a very long history — Shi even referred to a book that had been written in the Tang dynasty about the art of tea-making.

Thai tea can be several different varieties of tea, but what makes it a “true Thai tea” is how it is served. It is often served iced and mixed with lots of sugar and half-and-half.

In Iran black tea is traditional, and while it can be drunk plain, it is also often brewed with cardamom or cinnamon.

Iranians also put lemon and saffron in their tea.

“In Thailand the day gets quite hot, and so most of our drinks are served cold,” Phacharawalai Kidking, an NCSU alum, said.

“Traditionally, every Iranian drinks tea for their breakfast,” Hassani Guodori said.

Therefore, it’s usually served with traditional pastries such as kolompeh, which is filled with dates and pistachios, and with candied sugar rocks that are put directly into the tea.

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Last January, violinist and composer Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR) and North Carolina singer/songwriter Laurelyn Dossett travelled from the mountains to the coast, meeting with residents of several communities, looking for stories to inspire a unique collection of musical works that reflect the people and places of North Carolina.

The result of that collaboration was an album released in September 2012 called “The Collide.”

This fall, Roumain, Dossett and their band are tour-

ing the state in a run of seven concerts they’ve titled Connecting Crossroads in North Carolina. The final performance of the tour takes place in the venue where it all began — N.C. State’s Stewart Theatre on Nov. 17. Theirs will be the last Center Stage concert in Stewart Theatre before it closes for the Talley Student Center renovation project.

Roumain’s acclaimed work as a composer, lyricist and performer spans more than two decades and has been commissioned by esteemed artists and institutions across the globe.

The Haitian-American art-

ist is a longtime favorite of University of Michigan and Center Stage audiences and continues to act as an artist is renowned for effortlessly in residence for many uniblending funk, rock, hip-hop versities around the country, and classical music. Proving including N.C. State. his musical “I’ve been ambitions working are as diverse w ith Mark as the world [Tulbert], in which he Lori [Jones] lives, Rouand Sharon ma i n’s ré[Moore] sumé boasts for a lmost impressive 10 ye a r s ,” Daniel Bernard Roumain, collaboraRoumain violinist and composer t ion s t hat said. “This include area and names such as Philip Glass, t he people have a lways Bjork and Lady Gaga. Rou- be en s o welc om i ng. I main earned his doctorate in love coming back here.” music composition from the After receiving another in-

“This area and the people have always been so welcoming.”

vitation from the team at Arts N.C. State, this time to consider a state-wide project, Roumain had an idea — collaborate with an N.C.-based singer/songwriter, co-compose a collection of songs, record them and tour them, all the while supporting local public radio, television and community performers at every stop along the way.

“I wanted to challenge myself, and also the idea of a composer working with a singer/songwriter was something that really isn’t done very often,” Roumain said.

Mark Tulbert, associate di-

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Pack prepares for “Death Valley” Daniel Wilson Staff Writer

ACC and Orange Bowl Committees announce opponent and broadcast partner The ACC and Orange Bowl Committees announced the Discover Orange Bowl will feature the ACC Champion, if they aren’t included in the four-team playoff, and an opponent from the Big Ten, SEC or Notre Dame, if the Fighting Irish isn’t included in the four-game playoff.

The 12-year agreement will begin in 2015 and will be played in primetime either New Year’s Eve or New Year’s Day. There will be at least three guaranteed appearances over the 12 years for both the Big Ten and SEC representatives and a maximum of two years with no minimum for Notre Dame. The game will be broadcasted exclusively on ESPN. SOURCE: ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE

Volleyball to play final home matches of the season There are a couple notable changes to the spring depth chart. Daniel Evans, who sat out the spring, is now listed as the starter at quarterback above redshirt freshman Russell Wilson. Tight end Anthony Hill is back as the starter the strong safety J.C. Neal.

In addition, the ACC media ranked the Pack sixth in the Atlantic division.

Below is the depth chart released by the football team.

SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS

Men’s basketball drops Nittany Lions

The men’s basketball team defeated Penn State, 72-55, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Freshman forward T.J. Warren led the Pack in scoring with 22 points, going 9-12 from the field. He also pulled down 8 rebounds in the contest. Junior forward C.J. Leslie also contributed 14 points and 4 rebounds to the winning cause. State shot an even 50 percent from the field and the three-point stripe.

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N.C. State (6-4, 3-3 ACC) will travel to Clemson, S.C., to face off against the No. 11 Clemson Tigers (9-1, 6-1 ACC) at Memorial Stadium, commonly known as “Death Valley.” The Tigers are coming off of a victory at home where they defeated Maryland, 45-10. The Wolfpack defeated Wake Forest last week at CarterFinley Stadium, 37-6.

Since both State and Clemson have large textile schools, the yearly matchup between them has been dubbed the “Textile Bowl” since 1981. Clemson leads the all-time series against the Pack, 51-28-1, but State was the last to taste victory when it defeated the Tigers in Raleigh, 37-13. The Pack will be looking to see its first victory in “Death Valley” since 2002.

“I don’t think that this team will be intimidated or afraid to let everything go in this football game,” head coach Tom O’Brien said. “We’re in a situation where we’ve got a lot to play for, and you always want to be challenged. If Clemson’s the best or near the best in the conference, let’s go see what we can do.”

Graduate student quarterback Mike Glennon and Clemson’s counterpart, redshirt junior quarterback Tajh Boyd, are the top two quarterbacks in the ACC. Both hold the top spots in passing yards and passing touchdowns for the conference.

Glennon will have a tough Tiger defense to overcome on Saturday. Overcoming that would help the Pack obtain victory.

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Coming off an impressive performance in the Sheraton Raleigh Invitational Tournament, the women’s basketball team defeated the Longwood Lancers, 102-49, Thursday night in Reynolds Coliseum. The win marked the first time in 15 years that State has scored more than 100 points in a regular season game.

“I’m really proud of our kids.

They are beginning to get it, to understand what it is like,” head coach Kelly Harper said.

“We had a good mindset during the game, we really executed well and we got to do what we wanted.”

The Pack jumped out to a quick 22-5 lead and never looked back.

Down the stretch, the Lancers began to sink the three-ball, allowing them to come within seven points twice, the last time behind a three-pointer from senior guard Crystal Smith, making the score 29-22 Pack with 9:30 remaining in the first half.

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great showing against the Demon Deacons last Saturday. Redshirt sophomore wide receiver Bryan Underwood led the team with 8 receptions for 76 yards. Redshirt senior wide receiver Tobias Palmer added 7 receptions for 66 yards as well as a 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown to open the second half.

On the other side, Clemson redshirt senior running back Andre Ellington has had consistent success throughout the season. Ellington has rushed for 835 yards and 8 touchdowns as well as 150 yards receiving and a touchdown from Boyd.

The Tiger receiver corps, led by junior wide receiver DeAndre

Hopkins, will look to disrupt the Wolfpack secondary, led by graduate student middle linebacker and team co-captain Sterling Lucas.

Hopkins leads the conference with 14 receiving touchdowns, four more than that of redshirt sophomore wide receiver Bryan Underwood.

“They like to throw the ball deep,” O’Brien said. “They have the one kid that’s 6-5 to 6-6 [sophomore wide receiver Martavis Bryant] and they like to get the ball up high to him, but the other kids can run, and I think you’re looking at a similar receiving core, maybe better than what we saw when we played Florida State.”

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“[Clemson has] good pass rushers,” O’Brien said. “They can bring pressure from anywhere on their football team and [Glennon’s] got to get it back, get it out, make decisions and make good throws.”

Redshirt sophomore running back Tony Creecy and freshman running back Shadrach Thornton both improved their performances in the game against Wake Forest.

Creecy, while only rushing for 36 yards on 14 carries, scored his first rushing touchdown since the game against Miami. Thornton led the team in rushing with 110 yards on 27 carries.

Despite numerous dropped passes, the wide receiver corps had a

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State went on a 22-2 run to end the half, with the only points from the Lancers coming on two free throws late in the period. This run was fueled by tighter defense and smart shots on the offensive end of the floor. The Pack led at the half 51-24, shooting an impressive 55 percent from the floor, while holding the Lancers to just 21 percent.

The Wolfpack dominated in the paint, scoring 34 of its 51 first half points in the paint and enjoyed a 31-16 rebounding advantage on the glass.

“Like Coach has been saying in practice, we are a really good team when we go inside-out, and we saw that tonight,” senior guard Marissa Kastanek said.

The story was the same in the second half, as the team continued to dominate in the paint and on the board, out-rebounding the Lancers 63-33 for the contest.

Junior forward Kody Burke and junior center Markeisha Gatling’s presence were felt by the Lancers, as they were able to grab a combined 15 rebounds and cut through the Longwood defense in the paint.

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cal role for the Wolfpack as 53 of its 102 points were scored from reserve players.

Redshirt sophomore Len’Nique Brown, junior Beezy Williams, freshman guard Ashley Eli and sophomore forward Kiana Evans all finished in double-digits off the bench. A total of eight players from the squad finished with more than ten points.

The Pack finished the game shooting 45.5 percent from the field and held the Lancers to 27.6 percent for

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the game.

“We are a really good team,” Kastanek said. “And when we play our roles, anything can happen.”

Williams led the way with 14 points and was one rebound shy of recording a double-double. All of her points were scored in the second half.

Kastanek and Gatling finished tied for second in points, both adding 13 points. The senior went 2-6 from behind the three-point stripe in 19 minutes of action.

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