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Juniors C.J. Leslie, forward, and Lorenzo Brown, guard, and senior forward Richard Howell scream after a dunk by freshman guard Rodney Purvis to end the ACC Tournament first-round game against Virginia Tech Thursday, March 14, 2013. The Wolfpack defeated the Hokies 80-63 in the Greensboro Coliseum.

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University announces commencement speaker

McCrory outlines education plan

Sara Awad Staff Writer

Philip Freelon has been chosen to speak at this year’s spring commencement ceremony.

Freelon graduated from the University with a degree in environmental design architecture in 1975 and earned his master’s degree in architecture from MIT. After graduation, he founded Freelon Group, Inc. and is currently the firm’s current president.

Freelon’s architectural designs helped him aquire notoriety, and in 2011, he caught the attention of President Obama after he led a team COURTESY OF FREELON GROUP of designers in the construction of Phillip Freelon, an architect and alumnus, designed the Smithsonian the Smithsonian National Museum National Museum of African American History and Culture. Freelon has of African American History and been described as a “tranformative alumn” due to his work.

Culture. Freelon is the lead architectural designer of the future Gregg stages of speech planning, but he did According to Hunt, all of the Museum of Art & Design for the say he may discuss transformation, speeches are surprises. However, he University. as it has been a key theme through- said he would speculate that FreeMany national magazines and out the University’s 125-year anni- lon might focus on the “influence journals have also recognized Free- versary. of design on life.” lon, as well as professional associa“The transformation I’ve noOther notable achievements in tions like the American Institute of ticed is the emergence of Centen- Freelon’s career include his receipt Architects. nial Campus,” of a Loeb Fellowship, recognition Enrollment Freelon said. “It as a LEED Accredited Professional SOME OF FREELON’S Management was just a no- and obtainment of the 2009 AIA PROJECTS a nd Ser v ice s tion in the early Thomas Jefferson Award for Public Vice Provost ‘70s, but now it architecture. Freelon’s projects have • District of Columbia Public Libraries – Anacostia Library and University is just an amaz- also taken him across the country • District of Columbia Public Registrar Louis ing transforma- to cities such as Washington D.C., Libraries – Tenley Friendly Library Hunt said he tion.”

Baltimore, San Francisco and Phila• Harvey B. Gantt Center • Mississippi Civil Rights Museum believes FreeDue to the Af- delphia.

• Morgan State Center for Built lon was chosen rican-American Freelon has served as an adjunct Environment because he is a influence in his faculty member at North Carolina • Museum of the African Diaspora “transformawork, diversity State University’s College of Design SOURCE: FREELON.COM/PEOPLE/ tional alum.” may also be an and has been a visiting critic/lecPRINCIPALS/108 Freelon said he element of his turer at Harvard, MIT, the Univerwas very excits p e e c h , b u t sity of Maryland, the University of ed to hear the Freelon had this Utah, the California College of the news. to say about the word: “Diversity is Arts, and the New Jersey Institute of “It’s both a surprise and very such an abused term. We might say Technology, among others. humbling, and I am quite moved the inclusion of tapping into the Currently, Freelon serves on the to be asked,” Freelon said. broad resources of our constitu- faculty of MIT’s School of ArchitecFreelon said he is still in the early ency.” ture and Planning.

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Tim Gorski Staff Writer

In an effort to bring industry and manufacturing jobs back to North Carolina, Gov. Pat McCrory proposed many important, yet controversial educational policies.

His plan aims to introduce new pathways into a high school education, hold schools and teachers responsible for grades, introduce new technologies into schools and set higher expectations for students at all grade levels.

The General Assembly passed Senate Bill 14 three months after McCrory’s inauguration, and the law actualized many of the goals of the McCrory administration.

Its provisions enact a system that offers two different degrees for high school students to choose from: One degree offers students vocational preparation for a career or community college, and the other an education suited for pursuing a four-year university degree.

These options have been implemented to both eliminate the

necessity for remedial courses at the college level, and facilitate more career specific skills for those who do not plan on going to a university.

Although this idea fulfills the goal of preparing North Carolinians for industrial jobs, experts theorize that this method may present problems.

According to Lance Fusarelli, head of the educational leadership program at N.C. State, this policy is not a good idea.

“What happens to students who don’t think they want to go to college, obtain the non-university type high school diploma and then decide later they want to go to college?” Fusarelli said. “I suspect this would hurt their chances of admission because they would be the holders of a lesser diploma.”

This policy, which increases emphasis on vocational or technically oriented careers, passed amid a controversy surrounding the governor’s opinion of the value of liberal arts education.

Critics responded harshly to comments made by McCrory on the popular conservative radio show “Morning In America” about

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POLICE BLOTTER

MOVIE: LIFE OF PI Witherspoon Student Cinema, 7 p.m.

Tuesday 8:14 P.M. | MEDICAL ASSIST Carmichael Gym Units responded and transported student in need of medical assistance.

MOVIE: LIFE OF PI Witherspoon Student Cinema, 9:30 p.m.

9:46 P.M. | TRAFFIC VIOLATION Main Campus Drive Student was cited for speeding.

Saturday POPULATION MEDICINE FORUM Vet School, 12:15 to 1:10 p.m.

9:54 P.M. | TRAFFIC VIOLATION Main Campus Drive Non-student was cited for no operator license.

LEAH LEITSON PRESENTATION Craft Center, 7 to 9 p.m.

Wednesday 5:33 A.M. | MEDICAL ASSIST Leazar Hall Units responded and transported employee in need of medical assistance.

9:39 A.M. | SAFETY PROGRAM McKimmon Center Employee struck parked vehicle causing damage.

10:09 A.M. | LARCENY Avent Ferry Technology Center FP provided and Automated External Defibrillator class.

10:47 A.M. | TRAFFIC ACCIDENT McKimmon Center Employee struck parked vehicle causing damage.

12:40 P.M. | LARCENY Bookstore Investigation of earlier incident revealed additional shoplifting incident. Student was cited, referred, and trespassed for March 11 incident.

1:19 P.M. | MEDICAL ASSIST Carmichael Gym FP transported student in need of medical assistance to Student Health Center.

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MOVIE: LIFE OF PI Witherspoon Student Cinema, 7 p.m.

Circle of life continues

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NCSU CENTER STAGE PRESENTS TOMÁŠ KUBÍNEK Titmus Theatre, 8 p.m.

PHOTO BY CHRIS RUPERT

red-tailed hawk eats a squirrel outside Patterson Hall Feb. 28. Red-tailed hawks are common throughout the United States. “The hawk landed in a tree right here and there were a lot of birds making a lot of noise, so we looked around and saw the hawk and the hawk was looking backwards over his back at a tree over there after about a minute or two the hawk just took off straight as an arrow to that tree and flew into the tree with his claws out and grabbed the squirrel and after about 20 seconds or so of them wrestling around the hawk fell backwards upside down with his wings spread out holding onto the squirrel with his claws and the squirrel was holding on to the limb so the squirrel was holding onto himself and the hawk finally he couldn’t hold on any longer and fell to the ground and the rest of it is he’s lunch for the hawk.” said Ricky Blanchard, an observer.

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History conference aims to address race relations in the South Ravi Chittilla Deputy News Editor

The Department of History will play host to its final conference of the academic year, discussing the issues of race, gender and the history of the south next week.

The conference, titled When Innocence Constitutes the Crime: Race, Memory and Identity in the South, will bring together scholars versed in the topics of slavery and Jim Crow Laws. The conference will place special emphasis on the case of Emmett Till, a 14-yearold, African-American boy who was murdered in 1955. The case is often considered a pivotal event motivating the Civil Rights Movement.

Micah Khater, a sophomore in history and French, is coordinating the conference.

Khater said she first became interested in the subject of race relations in the south when she took a sophomore seminar class in Southern history with

Katherine Mellon Charron, an associate professor of history.

“Every time we read a new article or book in class, I kept finding that what we learned in high school is quite oversimplified,” Khater said. “It sugarcoated a lot of the identities we had as a region in the United States.”

K hater organized t wo workshops led by faculty members at the University, which together, comprise the conference. On Monday, Blair L.M. Kelly, an assistant professor of history, will lead a discussion titled The Shadow of Death: Race, Crime, and the Execution of Corrine Sikes, which will cover the execution of an AfricanAmerican woman in Pennsylvania and parallel nature to many convictions of blacks in the south.

James E. Coleman, a professor of law at Duke University, will give a public lecture on Tuesday emphasizing legal systems prior to the Civil Rights Movement, when courts were comprised of all-white juries.

“We’re delighted to have Coleman who is a very prominent public figure who wrote

a lot of opinions during the history, teach the lessons of Duke lacrosse case and how the past and encourage the race played a factor in the application of these truths trial,” Khater said. to the present.

Wednesday’s workshop “This play marries scholwill feature Charron, who arship with public outreach will lead a discussion about and public history, and that’s the role of motherhood and what I really wanted this congender in the South and its ference to be,” Khater said. relationship “This is not with the just another CONFERENCE NAACP. academic SCHEDULE On conference • Monday, March 18: Blair L. Wednesday where we sit M. Kelly, 2 to 3:30 p.m. night, Titdow n a nd Withers 331 mus Theatre ta l k about • Tuesday, March 19: James E. Coleman, 7 to 8:30 p.m. will host the t hese pa- Poe 216 pl ay “D a r pers. It is • Wednesday, March He : The about reach20: Katherine Mellen Charron, 2 to 3:30 p.m. Story of Eming different Withers 331 mett Till,” by demograph• “Dar He: The Story of Mike Wiley ic s a c ro s s Emmett Till” by Mike Wiley Productions, 7 p.m.

Productions. campus, - Titmus Theatre Wiley is a and people SOURCE: NCSU DEPT OF HISTORY playwright see how inwho stars in terdisciplinmany of his ary society works, many of which are really is.” one-man plays.

Partnering with the De“The diversity in his act- partment of History, Coling, how he is able portray lege of Humanities and Social so many different roles is Sciences, and the University incredible in itself,” Khater Honors Program, Khater was said. able to secure funds to put the Khater said each work in conference together. the company’s repertoire was Khater said her goal for the designed to inspire audiences conference is to promote the to examine America’s racial importance of race relations

in our society and to bring the topic to the forefront of discussion.

“I’ve often heard this mantra that racism is dead since we’ve elected a black president,” Khater said. “Race is still a huge factor in our politics, in our legal system, everywhere you look, especially in North Carolina” Charron, who served as Khater’s faculty mentor, praised her for her efforts.

“I have been teaching since 2005 and never have I seen such an effort from an undergraduate like I’ve seen from Micah,” Charron said.

“I think it is very rare for an undergraduate to take this kind of initiative.”

For Khater, this conference is just one small step toward a greater understanding not just of racism or academia, but the growth of society as a whole.

“Let’s begin a conversation, because if we don’t know where we come from, how do we know where we are going?” said Khater.

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weekend!

Leah Leitson

Responding to Touch: Thrown and Altered Porcelain Fri, Mar 15, 7pm • The Crafts Center A presentation by noted North Carolina potter Leah Leitson, chair of the Art Department at Warren Wilson College. FREE

Tomáš Kubínek

Certified Lunatic and Master of the Impossible Fri & Sat, Mar 15 & 16 at 8pm Titmus Theatre Tomás Kubínek’s exuberant oneman show is equal parts comic brilliance, virtuosic vaudeville and irresistible charm.

Olga Kleiankina,

Piano Faculty Recital Sun, Mar 17, 4pm • Titmus Theatre Dr. Olga Kleiankina, along with the piano minor students at NC State, will present the delightful music of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition and Tchaikovsky’s The Seasons. $5 NCSU students

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funding education based on the amount of jobs graduates get as opposed to the number of people in certain colleges.

“If you want to take gender studies, that’s fine,” McCrory said in the interview. “Go to a private school and take it, but I don’t want to subsidize that if its not going to get someone a job.”

He moved on to express that since technically oriented careers are in higher demand, they therefore deserve more funding.

In a n inter v iew w it h WRAL, Senator John Stein stated, “Universities are much more than job factories ; they’re also about broadening minds.”

Moving forward, McCrory’s plans to increase the use of virtual education to teach the students of tomorrow and reform teachers’ salaries to

reflect their effectiveness in the classroom.

Fusarelli said that although virtual education one of McCrory’s goals to expand is an appealing idea, precautions must be put into place to for it to be successful.

“With respect to virtual schools in K-12 education, these schools must be monitored with appropriate oversight by the state Department of Public Instruction,” Fusarelli said. “Otherwise, you have public money flowing ‘who knows where’ for “who knows what.”

On the issue of pay reform, Fusarelli and many other educators are in agreement with McCrory, and it seems that pay system overhaul may be the one educational policy many can find agreement.

“The argument that you can’t accurately measure teacher performance and that salary should be tied to a salary scale that rewards years of teaching no longer has merit,”

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N.C. State to host Triangle Youth Leadership Conference Jessica Hatcher Staff Writer

High school students from all over North Carolina will be at N.C. State today for the 4th annual Triangle Youth Leadership Conference. The conference is a product of Triangle Youth Leadership Services, a completely student-led organization advised by the Park Scholars.

Participants will have the opportunity to stay overnight in the Avent Ferry Complex, because the conference will run until Saturday. This is the first time the conference will last for two days.

“We really wanted to grow the conference, and lengthening it was the first step to doing so,” said junior Devan Riley, the general director of TYLC and accounting major.

“We’re really excited about this year,” said Joseph Bond, TYLS’s communications director and sophomore in communications and political science.

“Even though we’ve had to hustle because this is our first

time doing a two-day conference, we’re all really excited.

We’ve worked really hard and we hope the high-schoolers enjoy it,” The conference was established by Adam Dunn, a senior in physics, and Steven Mazur, a senior in chemical engineering, when they were freshmen. Dunn and Mazur created the conference to empower and motivate high school students to initiate change in their communities, which remains the goal of the conference.

A la nna Propst, sma l l groups organizer and panelist and sophomore in political science, explained that at the conference, students will be assigned to a group where they will participate in icebreakers and team building exercises. At the end of the conference, students will use the knowledge they gained from the conference and work together to engage in ideas and do real-life problem solving. At last year’s conference, students were asked to present plausible solutions to

issues like homelessness, voter apathy and environmental degradation.

This year’s guest speaker will be Kevin Miller, a senior majoring in international studies. “Miller is a dynamic speaker and he’s young,” said Bond. “He’s done a lot of interesting things and I think he has a lot of interesting perspectives to share. We’re hoping that the high school students can relate to him and really be inspired.”

Miller, who is a Caldwell Fellow and StartingBloc fellow, has helped found a nonprofit organization called Que Lo Que, a global citizenship initiative, worked at the Unreasonable Institute, co-taught an English class for women leaving the sex trade in Costa Rica and has spoken at TEDx. He is currently working with Pennies 4 Progress, a non-profit venture, HUB Raleigh, and the Superhero Experiments, a personal blogging project.

When asked about his accomplishments, Miller responded, “It’s not about me

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The Triangle Youth Leadership Conference will give high-school students a chance to interact with college students who have taken on leadership roles and who have made an impact in their communities.

or the conference. What I care about is getting the kids to think or be moved to go do something.”

Panelists for the conference will be Propst and Barton Strawn, an MBA candidate who graduated with his undergraduate degree from N.C. State in 2010 and founded the

Lumina Clothing Company.

The conference will also feature Jessica Ekstrom, founder and CEO of Headbands for Hope and senior in communications, as a workshop presenter.

Riley explained that the “long-term vision for the conference is not only to

teach the attendees leadership skills, but also to be a point of pride of the university. We’d really like to be something that the university is proud of.”

PETA sets up shop on the Brickyard PHOTO STORY BY CHRIS RUPERT People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals sponsored an exhibit on the brickyard Thursday afternoon to promote animal rights. The Glass Walls exhibit is part of a nation-wide, which PETA began in Septimber 2012. The exhibit featured an in-

flatable barn, which housed information about factory farms.

PETA provided prizes for students who walked through the inflatable barn. N.C. State was one stop on PETA’s innaugural factory-farm-awareness tour, and he exhibit will be on campus

A student reads a sign comparing the similarities of humans and fish at the Glass Walls Exhibit on the Brickyard.

Caged prop chickens with clipped beaks simulate the living conditions of chickens in factory farms. “You can see an immediate reaction from students. A lot of people will ask how to change because a lot of people don’t know what really goes on [in factory farms],” said Joanna Drzaszcz, tour administrator for the exhibit.

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until today 3 p.m. “College is a time in a student’s life when they go out on their own, they make their own decisions about what they eat and who they support” said Kenneth Montville, a college campaigns assistant for PETA.

Renee Urban, a freshman in animal science, talks with a PETA representative. “I might consider becoming vegetarian. I like how they gave me recipes,” Urban said.

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Fans fight to resurrect ‘Veronica Mars’

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ove it or hate it, there’s no denying the continued growth and success of Kickstarter. Every few months, it seems that some site record is being smashed or some new form of project is being launched. This week, one of the most exciting Kickstarter projects launched: the funding of a Veronica Mars feature film.

A revival of the detective show that was cancelled sevJordan eral years ago, the project isn’t Alsaqa just exciting on a personal Associate Features Editor level for this huge fan of the show. It’s exciting because of what it potentially means for television production in the future.

The funding goal for the Veronica Mars movie was $2 million. Within four-and-ahalf hours, the project had already become the fastest Kickstarter project to reach $1 million, with the funding goal being reached within

the first 24 hours. With the rest of the month to reach new monetary heights, the project is on track to become one of the most successful projects of all time.

This is a project started by the creator and stars of the show after long negotiations with Warner Bros. to even get permission to try. The studio’s logic was that there wasn’t enough interest to warrant financing a movie. That’s clearly not the case, and early next year, the proof of that will hit theaters. This project will show other networks that there’s a way to involve fans in financing some of their critically-acclaimed, but low-viewed shows. Veronica Mars was cancelled in 2007 and it still proved it had enough fans willing to put up the cash to spend more time with the characters.

How many shows like Veronica Mars are on today? It seems like every year cult shows like Arrested Development and Awake are taken off the air too soon. What if NBC, which would rather have a show they can renew than pay the expenses of producing a bunch of new shows, could turn to the few million viewers of Community or Parks and Recreation to help fund a new season?

The Veronica Mars Kickstarter is going to set the bar for this kind of project. It’ll show how much fans are actually willing to put up. Would a $10 million goal for a show still on the air be that ridiculous if this project can make $2 million in a day?

Some people are wary of corporate entities becoming involved in Kickstarter. For whatever reason, there’s a sense that the site should

“The Veronica Mars Kickstarter is going to set the bar for this kind of project.”

“remain indie.” The problem with this mentality is that it leaves out so many awesome venues for crowdfunding, something that cult TV show fans have longed for. If the networks can’t justify funding a new season, there’s no reason why the fans can’t have the option to do it themselves.

And I’m not trying to say this sort of system would be perfect. If it did happen, it would take a while for networks to find the right balance, to understand what shows would need this option and what shows wouldn’t. Also, the risk would always exist that a show would be funded only for the new season to never materialize.

Regardless, the potential for Kickstarter continues to present itself in new and exciting ways. For a huge television fan like me, the possibility that I could help decide the fate of my favorite shows someday is pretty cool. For now, though, I’ll just get ready for a return to Mars Investigations in Neptune, California.

Liberty lies in the heart of every one of us

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ast week on the Senate floor, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul reminded the American people of Franklin’s saying, “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary sa fet y, deserve neither libert y nor safety.”

Senator Pau l spent Ziyi Mai approxiStaff columnist m a t e l y 13 hours filibustering Obama’s nomination of John Brennan to lead the CIA. The tactic is rarely used in the Senate, but Senator Paul said an “alarm” had to be sounded about the threats imposed by our own government. He promised to speak “until the President says, no, he will not kill you in a café,” by which he meant use drone strikes against American citizens on the U.S. soil.

Not surprisingly, Brennan’s nomination was confirmed, but Senator Paul’s filibuster has successfully grabbed national attention on the issue that has been ignored by most of the mainstream media.

Rand Paul has been widely misunderstood as someone who “pulls political stunts that fire up impressionable libertarian kids in their dorm,” according to a Wall Street Journal editorial. But Paul’s finger pointing is far more than just a rant on Obama’s national security policy, it’s a constitutional principle concerning whether or not the Fifth Amendment is violated.

In a testimony last Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Attorney

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General Eric Holder did not entirely rule out using drone strikes against Americans.

But he said it has never been done previously and he could see it being considered only in an extraordinarily extreme case. Holder has inspired the question: What constitutes an “extraordinarily extreme” case?

The Fif th Amendment states “No person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law except in cases rising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger.” The underlying concept is that government may not behave arbitrarily and capriciously, but must act fairly according to the established rules. All provisions in the Fifth Amendment aim to limit the power of government to take action against individuals.

We may not know if the list that Holder provided to the committee is comprised of the circumstances matching the Fifth Amendment, but we do know that using drone strikes to kill Americans is without due process of law.

At the heart of the issue is the right of the executive branch to be able to designate “enemy combatants” in the absence of a congressional declaration of war. Many Americans are unaware that the U.S. constitution delegates war powers to the Congress, not the president.

Congress also has the additional powers “To declare war, grant letters of marquee and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water” and “to make

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How influential do you think the Pope is in the 21st century?

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“Not as much here, but in the region that he is in, pretty influential there. “

“I feel like the Pope isn’t as influential as he was in the past.”

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rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces; To provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the union, suppress insurrections and repel invasions.”

Each of these enumerated powers in the U.S. Constitution clearly indicates that Congress, not the president, is charged with keeping the nation safe and making the decisions to engage in violence. Even Alexander Hamilton — an opponent to executive power — agreed with this, writing in 1794 that “war is a question, under our constitution, not of Executive, but of Legislative cognizance.

It belongs to Congress to say — whether the Nation shall of choice dismiss the olive branch and unfurl the banners of War.” Senator Paul was talking all by himself on the Senate floor. On one level, it shows the power of a single senator to make a difference. On the other hand, it’s a sad statement that people on both the right and left remained silent, including most mainstream media.

Thanks to the filibuster, he has made the American people aware the government so often abuses its power if more people don’t speak out.

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SBP – who cares?

Here we go again; upper-level undergrad students running around campus flyering, displaying catchy logo advertisements and ultimately seeking to Ryan build Thomson their réGuest columnist sumés by becoming the next Student Body President.

For decades, this general trend of outlandish claim-making and grandiose platforms of the imagination has done little to alter policy at N.C. State. Voting for a candidate only further inflates their ego and encourages them to consider a career as a full-time politician or elite CEO. In all reality, these figure heads are but a rubber stamp for the administration which serves the political function of claiming student body actually participated in the decisions of the university.

This makes the ‘leader of the pack’ but a branded court jester to keep students focused on trivial spectacularism, rather than concerned about their quality of education.

This observation of petty theatrics could be applied to the larger student government generally – however, it is worth mentioning that some of them control student appropriation funds, which certainly has a degree of decision-making power.

Given this year’s rat race performance from the appropriations committee, a significant portion of student funding was cut from this year’s and

next year’s budgets of certain student organizations across campus (despite fees increasing). Beyond that, most decision-making policies are formulated behind closed doors in the stratosphere above the students’ and faculty’s heads.

When we come to terms with the fact that individual students have less than 1/100 percent policy power on campus (relative to the state legislature, large private donors, Board of Governors, and Board of Trustees), a social movement becomes a necessity. Preferably, something that restores the student interest to the center of the university and has a lasting effect by altering the financial and grander policy structure.

It is worth mentioning three SBP outliers within our university’s recent history: Cathy Sterling, who led a colossal anti-war demonstration in a flower dress (1971); Darryl Willie with help from Andrew Payne (2001), who also coordinated a sizeable movement; and the Pirate Captain (2005). Payne, as a previous UNCASG president, has remained a devoted student advocate and served as a representative at last year’s Feb. 10 BOG tuition hike meeting. During the event, he was dragged from the building and arrested (on charges which were quickly dismissed). Shortly thereafter, UNCASG President Tom Ross and the board passed the 8.8 percent hike before sneaking out the back door when droves of chanting students gained access to the room.

Granted, the Pirate simply exposed the mockery of student government by receiving 58 percent of the vote and Mr. Piavis was eventually forced

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to expose his identity — his running plank was certainly worth the honorable mention in the tuition fight. Both Sterling and Willie helped lead sizeable student demonstrations from the Bell Tower which engulfed the capitol in students with specific demands. However, their leadership cannot be seen as the driving force of something much larger than themselves, but rather as an example of what a SBP is supposed to be — a representative of student discontent.

In light of the new BOG five-year plan, Governor McCroy’s recent asinine commentary and expected cuts to the national education budget to be felt in next year’s tuition hikes, let’s view the upcoming grim electoral season for what it is: a puppet show of careerism in N.C. State’s 11th hour as a public land-grant university.

Why not try something new and consider taking alternative forms of political action. Perhaps we could consider voting on something that actually mattered, such as a vote of no confidence to the Board of Governors, requesting Mr. Woodson’s pay raise and Mary Easley’s paycheck to help overcome cuts in financial aid, for more class sections with better faculty appointments, banning sweatshop apparel, amending the current PRR, becoming a fossil fuel free university, elect a new 2013 Board of Trustees, or even something as simple as making all University meetings open to student participation.

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Raleigh band ‘Running with the Pack’ runs on heart gains momentum Clifton Golden Staff Writer

Saints Apollo came from humble beginnings – Jonathan Koo and Autumn Brand were the only members in the simplistic folk duo. However, after the unusual choice to recruit other local musicians off of Craigslist, the band has grown into a popular Raleigh quintet known for their rich melodies and beautiful harmonies.

Saints Apollo began in early 2011 with Koo on acoustic guitar and Brand on violin, but the desire to flesh out their sound came quickly. “We needed a bit more to make it interesting,” Koo said.

So the band began to scour the Internet in search of new members and found Rachel Broadbent, who plays piano, and Kaitlin Grady, who plays the cello. “Technology has been really…instrumental in getting us together,” Koo said. “We ended up finding Rachel and Caitlin entirely through Craigslist.”

Broadbent and Grady fit in perfectly, and it wasn’t long before the quartet produced their first self-titled EP. Saints Apollo featured bouncy folk tunes like “Ain’t Lyin,” a track driven by robust piano rhythms and a catchy chorus.

Saints Apollo’s contemporary approach to folk music follows in the footsteps of acts like Mumford & Sons and The Lumineers – it doesn’t need complicated song structures or exhaustingly dense lyricism, because its strength lies in its dynamic melodies and passionate approach.

“For me it’s simplistic, it’s just pop,” Koo said. “Not Top 40 pop, but we add some interesting instruments to the mix. The messages are simple to understand.”

But even as a quartet, the band felt there was room to

grow, which led to the addition of drummer Andrew Fetch. Fetch joined the band after, as Koo put it, “persistently [showed] up to a lot of shows and [asked] to play with us.”

While the group had auditioned percussionists before, none had stuck. Fetch, on the other hand, clicked with the group and became the permanent drummer for Saints Apollo. The band has begun work on its debut full-length album at K-House studios. “We’re about half-way through this 9-track album,” Koo said. The tracking is set to end in mid-May. While the group is undecided on whether or not it’ll be adding a sixth member to take over on bass, their current quintet continues to f lourish in our local community. The local scene features a deep and diverse talent pool, but Saints Apollo seems to know how to stand out among a lineup.

“We’ve played with a lot of hard-rock and alternative bands,” Koo said. “We’ve certainly had some oddly matched shows. Our music isn’t always quite in the same niche, but this is an interesting market with opportunities everywhere.”

At their show at Kings on March 16, the band will open for Dark Water Rising, a soulful group that blends R&B and rock music, a stark contrast to Saints Apollo.

“We look out for more of the interesting gigs,” Koo said. “None of us are career musicians per se.

This is like our alter-ego.”

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Running with the Pack is a documentary chronicling the evolution of NCSU’s men’s basketball team. It begins with the creation of the team and then focuses on the team’s two NCAA championships and several former coaches.

Running With the Pack Producer: Tor Ramsey Director: Chris Corchiani

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Running with the Pack, a documentary about the history of the N.C. State men’s basketball team, has hits and misses.

The documentary was directed by Chris Corchiani, a star college athlete at NCSU from 1987-91, and produced

by Tor Ramsey, a former team manager for N.C. State. It was released last December with the intention of retelling the stories stored in the walls of William Neal Reynolds Coliseum and in the hearts of many N.C. State fans.

Unfortunately, even with such an engaging premise, the documentary occasionally fell short.

Running with the Pack

includes footage of games dating back from 1911 to the current Gottfried era, which did showcase the progression of basketball. However, the final product is a scattered memory-board. Some of the pieces of our history are very prominent while others are lacking.

The documentary is organized into sections that include the pre-game years, the team under coach Everett Case, the first NCAA championship win and the team under Jimmy Valvano.

The pre-game years, which date from 1911 to 1946, introduced the invention of basketball. It then followed the story of the students of 1908 who requested a men’s basketball team be created on campus. It also brought in some interesting history about how the World Wars halted construction of a coliseum on campus.

After this, the documentary does a wonderful job of encapsulating the spirit and teamwork of not only the players, but the NCSU fans.

While the order of events was slightly scattered and there were typos and sloppy editing work, the fervor behind the basketball program and N.C. State in general could not be ignored.

For example, Running with the Pack covers how the NCSU basketball team became a huge success from about 1947 to 1966, mostly due to the coaching of Everett Case who suffered only one home loss in his first three years.

Reynolds Coliseum was also finally built and N.C. State led the nation in game attendance for the next 10 years – the film captured this excitement well with quotes from Jim Hunt, the former governor of North Carolina.

“When the Pack got going and the game got close, the place exploded,” Hunt said.

“I’ve never felt anything in my life like the excitement, the magic and the thrill of basketball in Reynolds Coliseum.”

It was clear from the documentary which periods of coaching were memorable, as it explained which coaches had a great impact on the game and the way it was played. For instance, a section of Running with the Pack introduced N.C. State former coach Norm Sloan and told about how the team went on to win their first NCAA tournament championship in 1974.

Running with the Pack also told the story of the “Crazy Italian Guy,” Jimmy Valvano and how under his coaching, the team went on to win another NCAA tournament championship in 1983.

Because of their incredibly close games they earned the name “The Cardiac Pack.” It captured the inspiration of the moment by including Valvano’s famous speeches, like his much quoted line, “Don’t ever give up, don’t ever stop fighting.”

Running with the Pack may have been lacking in the quality of its editing and its cohesion, but it made up for it with the amount of passion and emotion that it was able to capture. It told the amazing success stories of the N.C. State men’s basketball team, following their progression from students that were playing in a small room to the team they are now, playing in front of 19,722 fans in PNC Arena.

“I owe this athletic department every thing,” Chris Corchiani said in Running with the Pack. “They gave me the four best years of my life...playing for the best fans around.”

Students showcase ‘Riddick-ulous’ talent Taylor Quinn Staff Writer

On Sunday evenings, SOMAD breathes life into Riddick hall as students in the group showcase their unique talents.­ For three hours, students present poetry, visual art and music, or just talk about their day in front of a room full of their peers.

SOMAD stands for Spectacular Open Mic Artist Display and was created by Nick Casale, a sophomore, who said he got his inspiration from open mic events in Charlotte, his hometown.

“I go to the Evening News Open Mics in Charlotte, and I wanted to create a similar community here,” Casale said.

With the help Katie Perry, vice president of SOMAD and a senior in Spanish literature and philosophy, the group has become a haven for students who want to express themselves. “It’s a place to show us what you think is really cool,” Casale said.

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Sophomore Nicholas Casale plays an original song at the Spectacular Open Mic Art Display (SOMAD) in Riddick Hall on Feb. 4. SOMAD is a club that Casale founded in order to create a place for people to present anything they have created. Previous performers have played music, read poetry, given reflections on their weeks, brought food, shown videos and more. The group meets every Sunday at 6 p.m.

just about anything. “People perform static art, play music, read poetry, show videos or photography or just talk,” Casale said.

According to Casale and Perry, the only two rules

of the club are that performances have to be less than 10 minutes - unless it isn’t a busy night, in which case performers can take as long as they need — and that everybody has to showcase something if

they come. “Everyone has to perform, but if you don’t have something prepared at least tell us about your day,” Perry said. “We want anyone with passion to come, and people can be shy, too — it’s a really

good environment because it’s not too big and we all just become friends.”

Casale and Perry agreed that an important part of the event was that each performer is celebrated — they

take pride in encouraging people to be themselves and stress that the event is a judgment-free zone. “Everyone claps before and after the acts, and sometimes during,” Casale said.

Therefore, a wide variety of acts are performed each week, and essentially anything is considered acceptable. “People showcase everything from poetry to game boy chip tune music,” Perry said. “We had one guy sit under a desk for ten minutes and watch our reactions.”

As for Casale and Perry, they participate in the fun every Sunday as well. Casale writes songs and poetry and paints. Perry reads short stories, films videos, writes travel stories and reads what she describes as “angsty” poetry. “We appreciate beauty and art, and if you do too, you should come show us what inspires you – beautiful or disgusting,” Perry said.

SOMAD meets every Sunday evening from 6-9 p.m. in Riddick, room 450.

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Ghost orchids back from the dead

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This is a ghost orchid, an endangered species of flower native to Florida. The plant photosynthesises through its roots and therefore must grow on the sides of trees.

Keith Davis stands with his ghost orchid. He is the first person to successfully breed the flower in captivity and was awarded the First Class Certificate from the American Orchid Society for his efforts and research.

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- some orchids are literally microscopic while others are considerably large.

Ghost orchids, surprisingly enough, do not have leaves.

Instead, the roots of ghost orchids contain the chlorophyll to perform photosynthesis.

Therefore, the roots must be kept above ground and so ghost orchids are typically found growing on the sides of trees.

While ghost orchids grow on other plants, they are not considered parasitic; rather, they are epiphytic. A parasite feeds off of the host for nutri-

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Ghost orchids, the extremely rare flowers known for their pale ethereal bloom, had never before been bred in captivity. Orchid enthusiasts pursue the plant with such fervor they had even attempted to grow them using a procedure similar to in vitro fertilization, and many are collected illegally. However, Keith Davis, who graduated from NCSU in 1979, has recently discovered how to grow and protect the endan-

gered flower.

Davis’ interest in orchids began after a fortunate find at a yard sale. Davis was able to purchase 12 orchids for $1 apiece to fill the greenhouse at the high school he was teaching at in Corpus Christi, Texas. Unfortunately, all 12 orchids died within a few weeks.

That initial purchase and letdown led Davis to encounter other growers and different species of orchids, which furthered Davis’ curiosity about the plant. Orchids vary drastically in size and shape

ents, while epiphytes only use the host for support.

Davis encountered many difficulties in his pursuit of the ghost orchid. Their rarity makes obtaining seeds a daunting task, and even finding the seeds does not guarantee success.

Davis’ mindset when working with the ghost orchid helped him with his breakthrough. Davis said that he told himself that if something grows in nature, there has to be a reason. If that reason can be found, then it can be applied in a lab. Davis’ deter-

mination paid off, and after years of research he unlocked the flower’s secret.

“There are long periods of dry weather where they grow naturally,” Davis said in his article A Ghostly Pursuit.

“The plants survive because roots are buried in the moss and lichen on the host tree. I later discovered that this dry period is vital to getting the plants to bloom.”

Davis used this discovery in order to choose his host plant, the mockernut hickory. Not only did the hickory bark prove to be a durable sub-

stance to grow the orchid on that would not rot as quickly as other barks, the moss growing on the bark aided the survival of the orchid.

Like most plants, the first year is a vital stage of development for ghost orchids, and the plants are easier to manage afterward. “After their first year, ghost orchids do very well in their environments and are easy to maintain,” Davis said. “The first year is easily the determining factor – many of the plants are so fragile that less than one percent tend to survive.”

Davis used Spanish moss to help form a unique microenvironment around the roots of the ghost orchid, which helped them get through that first year. Ghost orchids also require a two month dry period to bloom where they receive very little moisture and Spanish moss proved to be an excellent source of that specific amount of moisture.

In 2007, Davis entered his ghost orchids into a competition held by the American Orchid Society. The AOS awarded Davis’ orchids the highest level of award possible, the First Class Certificate.

Davis has written several articles on ghost orchids that delve into the details of his research, many of which can be found online.

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March madness special: Best bars in Raleigh Daniel Neal Staff Writer

With the ACC and NCAA tournaments quickly approaching, many fans may want to take in the game at a local grill or bar. There are many choices to pick from when deciding where to watch the game.

On campus, the Wolves’ Den provides students with a convenient place to watch N.C. State athletic events.

There are a few screens located around the dining area that will show the game. The food at Wolves Den arrives fast but if you are looking for something other than typical fast food, you’ll have to go somewhere else.

The campus cinema also shows athletic events. The atmosphere in the cinema can differ depending on how many students are in attendance and the Wolfpack’s opponent. However, you won’t get anywhere close to a full meal.

The best restaurants to watch sporting events are off campus. If you are searching for decent food and a TV to watch the game, almost every restaurant on Hillsborough Street will meet those requirements. If you really want a great experience, you’re going to have to pick a place that has separated itself from the others.

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is difficult, but a few places rise above the rest of the competition.

Village Draft House Village Draft house is one of the best sports bars in the area, according to Google rankings. Located in the Cameron Village Shopping Center, their extensive menu will be sure to satisfy whatever you are looking for in a restaurant.

According to Village Draft House’s website, “Our extensive menu features award winning hand-pattied burgers, excellent sandwiches, dinners, and appetizers including our signature Pickle Chips.”

The restaurant also has

great entertainment available. According to their website, “The atmosphere is relaxed and the conversation good. The game is always on because we have large f lat screen TV’s everywhere and more satellite subscriptions and sports packages than you can shake a remote at.”

If you have your parent’s credit card, Village Draft House is the place to go. The food and entertainment are great, but there aren’t many college budget friendly options on the menu.

Mitch’s Tavern Mitch’s Tavern is a studentfriendly place to watch N.C. State events. With large servings of good food and walk-

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The food at Mitch’s is unique; their menu contains gluten-free soups, chilies and gumbos and includes vegetarian and vegan friendly options. The price is very reasonable – most dishes start at about six dollars. The entertainment at Mitch’s Tavern is great, and during games there will be plenty of Wolfpack fans present to create an intense atmosphere.

Sammy’s Tap and Grill Sammy’s Tap and Grill also provides students with a great place to watch the game and

eat. Their food is more expensive than Mitch’s but less than Village Draft House.

Located across the street from the Avent Ferry Residence Hall, the restaurant has 57 LCD TVs that show almost any game.

According to their website, Sammy’s plays host to several fan clubs. “Sammy’s is the home for NC State Wolfpack fans, the Georgia Bulldog Club, the Triangle Nebraska Cornhusker Club, the Pittsburgh Steelers - Steel Triangle Club, the West Virginia Mountaineer - RTP Chapter.”

Any of these off-campus locations will offer great food and an energetic atmosphere for students to enjoy March Madness.

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State slams Hokies; advances to quarters Jeniece Jamison Sports Editor

Three Wolfpack wrestlers earn bids to NCAA Tournament Juniors Joe DeAngelo and Nijel Jones, along with freshman Sam Speno, will all travel to Des Moines, Iowa next week for the NCAA Wrestling Championships. DeAngelo and Speno each earned automatic bids on Wednesday. Jones, Speno and DeAngelo will compete in the 165, 133, and 125 pound classes, respectively.

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Baseball takes on Demon Deacons in weekend series The No. 17 N.C. State baseball team will hit the road this weekend for a threegame series against Wake Forest. The Wolfpack (14-4, 1-2 ACC) are coming off two straight shutout wins against Quinnipiac and Old Dominion, but lost two of three games it played against Clemson this past weekend. The Demon Deacons (11-8, 0-3 ACC) lost all three games it played against North Carolina this past weekend.

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The Wolfpack men’s basketball team wasn’t necessarily in the position it expected itself to be. It came into the tournament as a five-seed after dropping its last regular season matchup to Florida State and Virginia’s win against Maryland. But the Pack was able to make the most of its misfortune of not receiving a first-round bye in the ACC Tournament. It opened the postseason by defeating Virginia Tech handily, 80-63.

In their previous meeting, the Hokies took the Pack to the edge of a loss. State edged out a slim victory, 90-86, in overtime.

The game remained close for the majority of the first half. The two teams exchanged the lead a total of 10 times, but State was able to break away late in the half. An alley-oop from junior guard Lorenzo Brown to freshman forward T.J. Warren gave the Wolfpack momentum going into the halftime break with the score at 38-32.

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Junior forward C.J. Leslie dunks the ball during the ACC Tournament first round game against Virginia Tech Thursday, March 14, 2013. Leslie had 15 points and 7 rebounds in the Wolfpack’s 80-63 win against the Hokeis at the Greensboro Coliseum.

fore the game. Despite the illness, Leslie scored 20 points and added 14 rebounds.

Leslie said the Pack didn’t get it done defensively in Charlottesville.

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past, we’re no longer focused on that game. We’re on to the next one, so we have to do what we have to do against Virginia,” Leslie said.

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was held to 15 points in the game and only six in the second half.

“I basically fed off the energy of my teammates, they did a great job of helping me off the screen and driving,” Brown said.

“I thought we did a much better job of helping him than we did the first game we played Virginia Tech, but Lorenzo Brown made up his mind he was going to do a good job and I thought he did,” head coach Mark Gottfried said.

Brown also had 12 assists, which is the most by an N.C. State player in the ACC Tournament. It also tied the sixth-best mark in an ACC Tournament game.

Senior forward Richard Howell was a man on a mission in Greensboro Coliseum. He posted a double-double of 22 points and 12 rebounds. He led the charge in what was a dominating performance by the Pack on the glass. State outrebounded the Hokies, 40-25. “I thought Richard was, as he always is for us, he’s Mr. Reliable, dependable, he’s there every night,” Gottfried said.

With the win, State advances to take on the fourth-seeded Virginia Cavaliers in the quarterfinal round of the tournament. The ‘Hoos defeated the Pack, 58-55, in the teams’ only meeting on January 29.

However, State was shorthanded in the previous game in Charlottesville, Va., as Brown sustained an ankle injury early in the game,.

Coach Gottfried also said junior forward Calvin Leslie was sick be-

The N.C. State women’s tennis team lost its first match of the season against the VCU Rams on Thursday afternoon. The 4-2 loss was the first loss of the season for the Pack (9-1 overall).

“I thought VCU did a great job. They came in and made a great effort and congratulations to them for the win,” said head coach Hans Olsen. “It wasn’t our goal to have a perfect season so I think we have learned a lot from every match and wins and losses are just part of sports.”

Play began with three doubles matches. VCU won two of the three matches to clinch their doubles victory and secure the first point of the match. The third doubles game was left unfinished. After doubles play concluded, the teams participated in six games of singles play.

Senior Tatiana Illova picked up the first singles victory of the day.

Illova dominated her opponent, winning by a score of 6-0, 6-1.

The win marked the Slovakia native’s ninth victory of the season.

Illova’s win tied the teams at one point each.

“I was just really focused on every single point,” said Illova. “My mind was really calm and I just wanted to get done quickly so I could support my teammates.”

Junior Joelle Kissell broke the deadlock by beating VCU’s Cindy Chala 6-3, 7-5. Kissell held control for much of the first set

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Sophomore tennis player Sophie Nelson returns a volley at the net in a doubles match with senior Chloe Smith against UVA on Tuesday, March 14, at Dail Outdoor Tennis Stadium. Nelson and Smith lost the match 8-6.

and took a commanding 5-3 lead in the second set before Chala came back to tie it at 5-5. However Kissell was able to retake control of the match and finish off Chala with an ace. Kissell’s win was the final win of the day for the Wolfpack.

Freshman Rachael James-Baker and sophomore Elisha Hande finished next. Both games ended within four minutes of each other and both lost in straight sets. JamesBaker was able to put up a strong fight in the first set that ended 7-5.

However, her opponent was able to dominate the second set, winning the set 6-1. Hande’s match came down to a set two tiebreaker where she eventually fell.

After the first four singles matches ended, VCU was up 4-2, which meant State had to win the next two matches to stay alive in the overall match.

Sophomore Nicole Martinez lost her first set 6-4 before fighting back to win the second set 6-2. In the final set, Martinez took a commanding 3-0 lead, but the Rams’ Olga Terteac fought back to tie the match at 3-3 and again at 4-4 before taking a 5-4 lead. Despite her best efforts, Martinez eventually fell, hitting the final shot of the match into the net.

“It was a really hard fought match,” said Olsen “We lost the first sets on three of the courts and got off to a good start in the second set

just the way we would want to do it. Sometimes from a loss we will be able to learn a little bit more.”

Senior Chloe Smith’s match was tied 4-4 in the final set when VCU earned the victory. Smith’s match was left unfinished as the Pack received its first loss of the season.

“Everyone was a little sad that we lost, but you just have to learn from it,” said Illova. “It’s good experience.

We just have to keep our heads up and get ready for our next match.”

The Wolfpack’s next match will be at home versus Brown University on Saturday March 16th at 1:00 PM. Next Thursday, State has another home match against rivals UNCCH at 4:00 PM.