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College of Sciences offers Honors Program in Biological Sciences Biology students with honors will be able to opt to continue in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Honors Program or can choose to enter the inaugural Honors Program in Biological Sciences. The Department of Biology will join the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences this summer to form the new College of Sciences. Along with students in biological sciences, genetics, microbiology and zoology majors will have their own honors programs as well. All programs will require two semesters of undergraduate research and eight hours of honors coursework.
International students — and Mrs. Wuf — celebrate diversity
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N.C. State is home to 3,600 international students who represent more than 130 countries. Mrs. Wuf joined the international community at the fifth annual End of the Year Party hosted by the Office of International Services (OIS) last week. Approximately 600 people came out to enjoy food from three caterers — Barry’s Cafe (American fare), Virgil’s Jamaica (Caribbean food) and Kaplan Catering (South American cuisine). The event also featured the fourth Annual OIS Invitational Donut Eating Competition where teams of two had to complete a dozen Krispy Kreme doughnuts with the fastest team walking away as champions. The 2013 winning team, Tahmid Latif and Adnan Choudhury from Bangladesh, completed the challenge in 1 minute and 37 seconds. Mrs. Wuf made a special appearance and posed for pictures with her international fans. Rana Gurarslan, a PhD student from Turkey in the College of Textiles, attended the party for the second year in a row with her daughter and husband. “I am glad OIS organizes a party like this because it is a great way to see friends and enjoy some time together before summer”. This year’s party was held on the afternoon of Friday, April 19th at the Centennial Campus Oval. For more photos, see http://oisevents.wordpress. ncsu.edu/.
Laying out the principles of being a good principal
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Elizabeth Dhuey from the University of Toronto gave a talk about the importance of leadership in education Wednesday at Nelson Hall. Specifically, Dhuey discussed the importance of
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Finding life in molecular dynamics Tim Gorski Staff Title
Italian physicist and professor of Structure of Matter at the University of Rome, Giovanni Ciccotti, traveled to N.C. State’s campus to give a lecture about the complexities and challenges of molecular dynamics simulations Wednesday. Molecular dynamics is a contemporary study and its origins date back to the late 1950’s when theoretical physicists devised methods of modeling complex interactions between atoms and molecules. The applications of such models at that time did not look promising, but modern technology has created more opportunities for the field. “[It] was hard in the past to create a model which could be using the technologies they had in the 1970s,” Cicotti said. He illustrated this point by telling a story in which a colleague of his made a model for a weather system which could predict the weather in an hour based on given conditions. The only catch was that it would take the computer about two weeks to do the computations, rendering the model useless. However, due to Moore’s Law,
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Giovanni Ciccotti, Professor of Structure of Matter from the University of Roma, talks about Molecular Dynamics simulation. Molecular Dynamics refers to the movements between atoms and molecules. This event took place in Riddick Hall on Wednesday April 24.
which states the power of computer circuits doubles every two years, computers now have the ability to do much more complex computations at a faster and more economically feasible fashion. This computational ability has given physicists, such as Ciccotti, the capability to develop models
which are used in fields such as material science engineering and plasma physics. Molecu la r dy na m ic s models are also useful in modeli ng biolog ic a l s y stem s a nd the behavior of biomolecules. The event featured in depth discussion about the esoteric inner work-
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ings of molecular dynamics which are incomprehensible to the laymen. Nevertheless, it is not difficult to see how a theory of such encompassing scope can be applied in the scientific and engineering discoveries and inventions of the future.
NC Student Power Union plans MayDay march Jake Moser Staff Writer
to protect the farmland and the villages,” Gibbs said. Mike Burchell, assistant professor of biological and agricultural engineering and extension specialist, works alongside Gibbs to restore farms and streams. Burchell and Gibbs, along with other experts, are putting a variety of different systems in place to protect the county and surrounding areas. The planning and designing of the restoration project has been in progress for over four years and the researchers plan to break ground with their main project later this year, according to Burchell. By the completion of the project, a
Students are taking matters into their own hands next month in an attempt to stop the General Assembly’s assault on higher education. The North Carolina Student Power Union, a group founded by college students across the state, will lead a protest on May 1st criticizing Pat McCrory’s proposed budget, which recommends over $140 million in cuts to the UNC System, among other measures. The NCPSU, alongside other groups, will also be protesting proposed legislature, like a bill that would require student voters (who are claimed as dependents by their parents) to return to their home county in order to vote. Otherwise their parents will forego their tax benefits, meaning this law would effectively limit student voting. Hannah Allison, a graduate student in social work and NCPSU member, says unity and student representation are major themes of the demonstration. “For me, it’s about folks coming together to fight for a North Carolina that we want to live in — a state that provides for its people,” Allison said. However, Taylor McLamb, chair of the College Republicans until the end of the semester and senior in political science at N.C. State, supports McCrory’s budget, while her views don’t necessarily support other CR
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Institute for Emerging Issues hosts tax reform debate The Institute for Emerging Issues will host a tax reform debate, “Financing the Future,” on May 7 from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Emerging Issues Commons in the Hunt Library. North Carolina’s economy and population have changed dramatically over the last century, yet its financial systems have remained relatively stagnant. Tax reform is a complicated and often contentious issue, and North Carolina has once again begun weighing the prospect of reforming the state’s tax system. The Institute for Emerging Issues, in partnership with the Civitas Institute and the N.C. Budget and Tax Center, will host a debate on this issue, featuring national experts on the subject of taxation and finance. Central to the debate is the future ability of North Carolina to retain talent, foster economic growth and finance needed infrastructure.
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N.C. State researchers protect farmers, soil, environment Jessica Hatcher Staff Writer
Members of N.C. State faculty are working to protect farmland in rural towns on the coast of North Carolina. Sea level rise has caused an increase in saltwater intrusion for farmland areas in North Carolina like Hyde County. This is problematic because it affects crop efficiency and the amount of usable farmland. Hyde County is home to “some of the best farmlands in the country,” according to Mac Gibbs, the extension director for Hyde County. High yields of corn, soybeans, wheat, and cotton are all produced there,
Gibbs said. The county has very low elevation, with the highest point in the county only 14 feet above sea-level, and the majority of the county lying between three and five feet above sea-level, according to Gibbs. “Sea-level rise is real and it’s been happening for years. We are seeing a loss of farmland from the saltwater intrusion,” Gibbs said. Gibbs explained that most crops cannot grow successfully in soil with high salinity, and the ones that do grow very slowly. Major storms, like hurricanes, are also contributing to “more flooding further inland than in the past,” Gibbs said. “With all of these forces against us, we had to come up with a way
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continued from page 1 K-12 principals and their role in students’ success in the classroom. Her research paper, How School Principals Influence Student Learning, examines students’ math and reading test scores, as well as other nonnumeric values to quantify the effectiveness of principals in Canada and North Carolina. The North Carolina General Assembly introduced a bill earlier this month that would allow students to be represented by an attorney at
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any stage of a student conduct meeting. The bill’s primary sponsors are House Republicans John Bell and Jonathan Jordan, and Democrats Rick Glazier and Nathan Baskerville. Gov. Pat McCrory signed into law the 911 Good Samaritan Bill this month. The bill states that intoxicated minors cannot be prosecuted for alcohol possession if they call 911 in the case of a medical emergency. According to a Medical Amnesty Initiative press release, intoxicated young people tend not to contact law enforcement during a medical emergency, and this law should effectively save lives. North Carolina is the 11th state to enact such a policy.
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arley Brown (f rom left to right), a senior in political science; London Dietz, senior in communications; Chelsea Markus, senior in business administration; and Ashley Weddle, junior in fashion and textile management make and serve blueberry pancakes to Ben Bushong, freshman in oceanography, during the semi-annual Chi Omega Pancake Dinner on Wednesday, April 24. The event, which is held to raise funds for the Make-AWish foundation, was organized by Molly Lowe, sophomore in nuclear engineering and physics. Entrance to the buffet-style dinner cost $7, and raffle tickets were given out at the door.
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members’ opinions. “Education still remains a big part of the budget. Yes there were cuts that were made, but NC is a broke state,” McLamb said. “Obviously I’m a student as well, I’m in liberal arts classes, I’m in that realm and I defi-
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Rushdia Mereen, an orgnaizer of the Quebec Student Movement, delivers the keynote speech at a Student Power Union Conference.
nitely get where people are coming from.” The demonstration will start at the Bell Tower at 1:30 p.m.
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large area of farmland in Englehard, NC will be protected from saltwater intrusion. This large area of farmland is already protected by a dike that is 14 miles long. The dike affects 10,000 acres of farmland at 7 foot elevation, Gibbs said. Besides the dike, other measures are being taken to protect the historic towns of eastern North Carolina. Burchell explained that they are also trying to convert unproductive farmland back to wetlands. Dra i nage water f rom farms, which contain excess nutrients and sediment, will
The protesters plan on marching to the Civitas institute, a conservative think tank, for a mini-rally, then meet with other May Day
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be diverted back to those wetlands. Doing this will save farmers money on pumping costs while also rehydrating the damaged wetlands and improving the water quality of the Pamlico Sound, according to Burchell. However, this conversion won’t be detrimental to farmers. Farmers can receive pension for turning their land back into wetlands, and most of the land will also serve as areas for hunting, which can also bring in extra revenue for the farmers, Burchell said. “Rehydrating the wetlands and surrounding lands will also diminish the potential for devastating fires in the surrounding lands with peat soils, common in the adjoin-
ing Alligator Farms National Wildlife Refuge,” Burchell said. Saltwater headed towards farmland can also be directed into the wetlands to prevent further saltwater intrusion. “We’re trying to do these types of things as a win-win situation. We want to protect local ecosystems and protect the farmers,” Burchell said. Another problem facing the county is that the current infrastructure is very old. “A lot of it was actually built between 1835 and 1860, so we’re dealing with a drainage system that is almost 200 years old,” Gibbs said. “Our ultimate goal is to make sure that we produce food and fibers as efficiently as possible. We all eat food and need clothing,” Burchell said.
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he funny thing is I didn’t even want to work at Technician in the first place. For most of my freshman year, I was content with bouncing back and forth between class and home. I didn’t really make an effort to engage in campus life, at least not beyond hanging out with friends and playing games. Then, a friend from high school told me that the paper was in need of writers and Jordan that they thought I would Alsaqa be a good fit because I was a Arts & creative writing major. I was Entertainment Editor skeptical; I’d never once considered journalism as a possibility. However, I decided I might as well see what it was like. And hey, getting an article in the paper would be cool. More than three years and 150 articles later, I’m glad to say that joining the staff of Techni-
cian was the best decision I made in my time at N.C. State. More than any class I took or student group I joined, I never had more fun than on the third floor of Witherspoon. It wasn’t perfect. There were long production nights when time seemed to stand still and ambitious packages that fell apart due to a new advertisement suddenly popping up. But the bad was always outweighed by the good. I got to write about some of my favorite topics, help design some impressive layouts and meet many of the best friends I’ve made in college. Speaking of which, it may be a bit self-indulgent — and who cares if it is, this is my farewell column — but I need to give a few quick shout outs. First, to Rich Lepore, the
previous Arts & Entertainment Editor and the person who kept me motivated to return on a weekly basis. Second, I have to thank Young Lee. We ran Features together this year and I was lucky to get to call him my partner. He’s a talented writer and someone I could always count on to pick up the ball when I fumbled it. Lastly, I want to wish the incoming Features Editor, Will Brooks, the best of luck. Working with him this semester made it clear he was the best choice to take over not only the Features section, but Arts & Entertainment, the section I hold most near and dear. I know he’ll do a great job bringing creative ideas to the table. Speaking of A&E, that’s the hardest part of
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leaving. I’ll see the friends I’ve made, hopefully keep writing wherever I end up for work and still get to talk to new and interesting people. But leaving Technician means leaving one of the best platforms of creativity I’ve so far been able to work in. I was given a chance to write reviews on video games, movies and comic books on a regular basis. I got to help make designs I’ll still shamelessly show off years down the road. More than anything, though, I got to put forth my opinion on a wide variety of topics in the hopes that it would help show the student body where they could find entertainment. I’ve written about some of my favorite shows and games in my time with Technician, subjects I have a genuine passion for. If someone else has read my work and discovered a passion for something they might never have otherwise, then all the long nights and troublesome interviews were worth it. And if not, I still had an absolute blast.
Chest-thumping our way (of life) through martial law
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must begin this column by correcting a mistake in my previous one. Last week, I suggested that the bombings in Boston on April 15 constitute terrorism. Such a judgment on my part is unjustified. It may well turn out Ishan Raval to be terrorDeputy ism, but until Viewpoint Editor we find out who was behind the bombings and know the motive to be ideological, calling the bombings terrorism would be assigning cause where none is known. We should remember this when talking about the Tsarnaev brothers. Despite their trials-by-media, despite President Barack Obama ascribing blame to them, they are actually only suspects right now. And in such circumstances, we must not forget that one is innocent until proven guilty. As Glenn Greenwald details for The Guardian, the government and media are prone to pointing certain fingers before they should — from “accused (but exonerated) anthrax attacker Steven Hatfill to accused (but exonerated) Atlanta Olympic bomber Richard Jewell to dozens if not hundreds of Guantanamo detainees,” plenty of examples show this. But if we don’t k now whether the bombings constitute terrorism, and possibly even if we do, concerns about militarization, our liberties and a disquieting status quo stand out. To capture a wounded 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who may have been responsible for the bombings, which may have been terrorism, the state imposed martial law in the Greater Boston area and shut it down. In a gross spectacle of power,
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homeland is the battlefield” and that we are in a state of permanent war. The second important matter is even more unsettling — that people are fine with this, and in the case of Boston, even celebrated it. So sold are we on the all-justifying absoluteness and magnitude of the war on terror that we seem limitlessly willing to forgo liberty for security — a trade after which, as Benjamin Franklin said, we merit neither. Also outrageous is the extent to which we are willing to digest modified pictures of truth. After the capture of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, President Obama said that the nation owes a debt of gratitude to law enforcement officials. But in reality, the lockdown accomplished nothing but sending the nation into a state of awe. It was only after the lockdown was called off that Tsarnaev was caught hiding under a tarp in a boat in a backyard in Watertown … by the owner of the boat stepping out for a smoke. The capture that followed could have been accomplished just as easily without any of the militaristic excess that was deemed natural to implement before it. But that’s not how reality was constructed by the media and the government, and so, in line with post-9/11 newspeak, we found it perfectly reasonable for there to be tanks on the streets of Boston and other measures which accomplished nothing but showing how much our country has been militarized. War, it seems, is peace; ignorance begets a feeling of strength, and given the flagwaving reactions in Boston and on the airwaves on Friday, extremism has been thoroughly normalized.
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military helicopters f lew through the sky, while tanks and armored vehicles took to the streets. About 9,000 militarized police were joined by SWAT teams to find Tsarnaev. They took over public areas for “staging” and conducted warrantless house-to-house searches, sometimes removing residents from their houses at gunpoint, under the assumption that anyone could be an enemy. For me, the most important matter isn’t whether there were “exigent circumstances” or “probable cause” to justify such measures. If there weren’t, the operation was a violation of the Fourth Amendment and an injustice to those dependent upon the day-to-day functioning of the city to make ends meet. Rather, first, that such measures could at all be taken is important. The spectacle that surfaced on Friday was the manifestation of the paramilitarization of the United States that has been in the making since 9/11 (if not since the drug war). It was also the most obvious glimpse yet of a total paramilitarized surveillance state, of which more and more signs have been visible over the years — from the surveillance and crackdown on the Occupy movement, to 10,000 drones planned to watch us from the sky by 2020, to the government granting itself legal power to extra-judicially kill, indefinitely detain and keep a record of the private data of American citizens. The display of force seen in Boston was the result of a logic, an ideology, that developed (or was developed) after 9/11, according to which anything can be done in the name of counter-terrorism. To repeat what Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) unsettlingly said last week, we’ve been trained to believe that “the
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hat if I said t hat ever y single smartphone company has the wrong idea of the ideal user experience? Touch is the prime user interaction technolog y adopted by the manNaman ufacturMuley ers who Staff Columnist make smartphones, GPS devices, music systems, even the self-checkout system at the library. I beg to question, why? How many mechanical sets of actions can your limbs, including your hands, perform? I mea n, everything from opening a bottle of water (systematic pressure and turn) to turning pages of a book (simply holding the pages gives you an idea whether you have one or two pages in hand). All of these actions are possible with high-density nerve points that your hands have. When you hold a bottle of water and tilt it, the water gushing through the bottle gives you a gauge of when you need to put your mouth under-
neath it. These are brilliant dialogues that things around us have with us which we are too carefree to notice. But while interacting with our devices, it is hip to say, “At the touch of your fingers...” It seems a bit of a waste for the millions of nerve cells in our hands to only touch with them. In your daily life, how many actions do you perform that involve touch? I personally use it only to check whether paint is wet or not. Yet, stateof-the-art devices that use touch technology are being called “intuitive.” Bret Victor, a former designer at Apple, wrote “A Brief Rant on Future of Interaction Design”. In the viral a r t icle, he proposed ideas against touch technology that were lauded by the Internet community. His idea of interacting with devices is to make them intuitive for humans. It is the job of the machines to learn what the human wants to do and not the other way around. Devices must be intuitive enough that humans do not have to spend time trying to figure out how they work. Only devices that succeed in this are worthy of the title “intuitive.” A lot of current user interface designs now work with motion. Motion is a better
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expression by humans than touch. Movement is an active representation of the choices made by a human brain. The Microsoft Kinect is currently the most mature commercialized motion-sensing technology. Let’s put it this way: If you are an artist, would you prefer to paint on a canvas or use the paint app on your smartphone? Every single stroke of the brush on the canvas is a dialogue with the painter. The amount of pressure applied on the stroke, every bristle of the brush that touches the canvas, gives the painter invaluable feedback. Compare this to the feedback presented by the app on the smartphone. Alternatives to touch technology are being researched. Tangible user interface is a field of research taken up at MIT. User interface design is as much a hardware problem as it is software. Unless we build better hardware platforms, we cannot build better software platforms that can interact with humans. This is a prime reason why I believe machines are far from taking over the world — they wouldn’t know how to open a jar of pickles. Send your thoughts to viewpoint@technicianonline.com.
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‘Heidi Chronicles’ explores social issues Nikki Stoudt
just another role. “Heidi Holland isn’t like any other character I’ve ever In the last show of the played,” Quetti said. “She’s season, University Theatre’s so real. There’s a huge difproduction of The Heidi ference between being in the Chronicles is striving to make ensemble for Arabian Nights an impression on audiences. and portraying someone so Running for three weeks relatable.” and a total of 13 performancThe Heidi Chronicles was es, the cast and crew have written by Wendy Wassermade the production into a stein in 1988, and won the conversation-starter. 1989 Pulitzer Prize for DraThe story shadows Heidi ma. Along with the show, Holland as she graduates University Theatre hosted a from high school in the 1960s forum to address the themes to her career as a success- of feminism and female roles ful art historian more than in society. Entitled “Women 20 years later. Though most — where are we going?” the of the characters are women, forum explored the past there are two important male and present experiences characters — Peter Patrone, and struggles of women, a gay pediatrician, and Scoop beginning in the height of Rosenbaum, a magazine the women’s movement in editor who has many affairs the 1960s, as portrayed in and with whom Heidi has a The Heidi Chronicles. Topcomplicated ics included friendship. workplace The play’s inequalmain themes ity and disdea l w it h crimination, the changdiscussed ing roles of by a distinwomen durguished paning Heidi’s el of women Diane Quetti, junior in life. It defrom around communication media scribes both the Triangle. Heidi ’s ar The panel dent feminism during the was made up of Allison 1970s and her sense of be- Bergman, assistant director trayal and isolation during of University Theatre, Heidi the 1980s. Grappendorf, assistant diDiana Quetti, a junior in rector for leadership for the communication media, plays Women’s Center, Jan Morgan, the title role in University a parent coordinator from Theatre’s production of The Old Town Elementary, Lisa Heidi Chronicles. For Quetti, Bass, an assistant professor the character is more than in the College of Education, Life & Style Editor
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Peter, portrayed by Patrick Narmi, and Heidi, portrayed by Diana Quetti, meet for the first time at a high school dance. “Before going on stage every night I felt completely overwhelmed with energy,” Narmi said, “not due to the fact that this is my first college production, but all my friends back home and at other universities sent nonstop messages of support and love.”
Janet Rakes, a career counselor in the Poole College of Management, and Deborah Brown, a lecturer in the Poole College of Management. Leanna Taylor Hall, a senior in business administration and coordinator of the forum, said she was motivated to put together the event because of the female influences around her. “I chose to host the event to explore the true life experiences of women who have lived and endured the perceived inequalities by our society,” Hall said. “Really,
to tell the tale of women who have struggled to find their identities in the process.” It was Quetti’s performance that kick started the forum, according to Hall. “Every time I hear [Quetti] perform the ‘Women—where are we going?’ monologue, I am driven to be true to myself, my goals and my values,” Hall said. “Every time I hear her say ‘I thought the point was that we were all in this together,’ I find myself nodding my head with cold chills and feeling that I should keep striving for and expecting a
change.” Quetti said t hat even though women have come a long way since Heidi’s time, women should always work to grow as valued members of society. “As women, as people, we should be proud of the progress we’ve made toward equality,” Quetti said. “I want the audience to realize they have the power to make a difference. I want them to learn that obstacles test you but make you stronger.” Both Hall and Quetti said female progression is a joint
endeavor. “We can support each other as women without conforming to the expectations of others,” Hall said. “The fact that generations of women have faced obstacles, battled discrimination and stood up for themselves … they’ve paved the way for the women of our generation, that we may achieve greatness without the overwhelming battle of scrutiny because of our gender.” The Heidi Chronicles ran through last Sunday, April 21.
‘Save Rock and Roll’ shows off a new side of Fall Out Boy Nicky Vaught Deputy News Editor
It has been a long wait for Fall Out Boy fans. Five years have passed since the group released their moderately successful studio album, Folie à Deux, and embarked on a self-imposed hiatus. During the five-year period, bassist Pete Wentz crafted electronic music with Black Cards, singer Patrick Stump put out a solo album, Soul Punk, and guitarist Joe Trohman and drummer Andy Hurley played in a heavy metal band, The Damned Things. During the hiatus, the band released a greatest hits album featuring two new songs, “Alpha Dog,” and “From Now On We Are Enemies.” These singles, laden with overdriven guitars and fast-paced drums, promised a modern punk rock future for the band. Back from their hiatus and with a new album, Fall Out Boy does not make good on that promise. Instead, Save Rock and Roll borders more on the “pop” side of pop punk, featuring synthesizers, rap verses and uncharacteristically uninventive lyrics in some cases. Before releasing the album, Wentz explained rock n’ roll finds its origins in musicians disregarding conventions and playing the music they wanted to play, warning fans that the album would be very different. Stump, in explaining the
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album, remarked that when everyone else in the room is shouting, the most “punk rock”thing to do is whisper. However, with rock these days looking more like the radio-friendly Vampire Weekend, fun and Passion Pit (all fine bands), this album isn’t so much a whisper as it is just another shout. The first single and second track on the album, “My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light ‘Em Up),”a revived and rewritten song from the band’s demo days, indicated the possibility of a new, but not completely foreign sound. “Light ‘Em Up” works as a single in the same way “I Don’t Care”worked in 2008. After about two months, Fall Out Boy released another single, which would serve as the first track on the album. “The Phoenix” is reminiscent of “Alpha Dog” in its intense, fast-paced nature. Sadly, the opening track is less than indicative of the album. The third song, “Alone Together,” marks a decline in the lyricism for which the band is so renowned. Cliché and repetitive, the gist of the song is in the lyrics, “Let’s be alone together/We can stay young forever.” Give me a break. Unfortunately, other songs
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matched the third track’s lack of remarkability. For instance, “The Mighty Fall” serves only as a shell song to feature rapper Big Sean. “Where Did the Party Go,” both in its lyrics and dancey instrumental structure, sounds like it belongs more on Soul Punk than a Fall Out Boy album. Easily one of the best songs on the album is “Just One Yesterday,” which features the upcoming singer-song-
writer, Foxes. Stump and Foxes blend terrifically as they sing about a budding, but empty romance bound to fail. The second best song on the album is “Young Volcanoes.” While it does border on the same clichés as “Alone Together,” the song’s emphasis on the verses rather than the chorus makes up for this negative. The song invokes a great deal of imagery and metaphor to create a sense of inspiration and positivity, a
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message not uncommon in past albums. Though most of the album lacks any actual rock and roll, two tracks, “Death Valley” and “Rat-a-Tat,” provide a new, but familiar punk rock vibe. The former includes a semi-dubstep break, which is expected given Wentz’s time with Black Cards and feels natural in the song. “Rat-a-Tat” prominently features Courtney Love,
an unexpected cameo that gives the song a somewhat edgy feel while maintaining a preoccupation with becoming irrelevant. The final song, “Save Rock and Roll,” is the standout best song on the album. I have yet to listen to it without getting chills at some point. Fall Out Boy teams up with Elton John to deliver a rock ballad heavily reminiscent of past hits, such as its reference to “Sugar We’re Going Down” and repeated sampling of a line from “Chicago Is So Two Years Ago.” The rock ballad encompasses the main message the band seems to want to share (“In a world full of the word ‘yes’/I’m here to scream ‘no’”). If Fall Out Boy had written and composed every song to the quality of “Save Rock and Roll,” the album would have been their best yet and perhaps the best punk rock album of the last decade. Unfortunately, that isn’t the case. The few good songs on the album hardly make up for the low quality of the others. Save Rock and Roll deserves a listen, but diehards will almost certainly set aside their pre-ordered copies and instead stick to listening to From Under the Cork Tree for nostalgia’s sake.
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N.C. State has 64 home runs on the season and is only two away from tying the school record set in 2007. The winning pitcher was once again sophomore Emily Weiman. The right-hander improved to 25-16 on the season and has not allowed a run in her last 19.2 innings. “It makes winning a lot easier when we don’t give up any
runs,” Rychcik said. “Emily top of the first inning with a wasn’t perfect today, but Elon single, also knocked in two is a good-hitting team and runs with a bases-loaded hit she did a w it h t wo good job outs in the of getting fourth inthem out.” ning to exJunior tend State’s rightfielder lead to 7-0. Scout AlbThe ertson also Wolfpack Head coach Shawn Rychcik added to w i l l conthe offenc lude it s sive barrage with three RBIs. regular season this weekend Albertson, who drove in the with a three-game series in second run of the game in the Chestnut Hill, Mass. versus
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Kissell named All-ACC for second straight season For the second straight season, N.C. State junior Joelle Kissell has been selected to the All-ACC Women’s Tennis Team as announced Tuesday afternoon. Kissell became just the third player in program history to earn back-to-back All-ACC honors, and the first since Kylie Hunt accomplished the feat in 1994 and 1995. She posted an 18-11 overall mark this season and is 14-5 in dual singles matches – all of which have been played at the No. 1 spot in the lineup. She also collected seven wins against ranked opponents on the year. SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS
Men’s basketball opponents for 2013-14 released N.C. State’s 2013-14 ACC men’s basketball opponents were announced by the conference office on Tuesday. The ACC will have an 18-game regular season once again. The opponents were broken down as two permanent home/away partners, two repeats, five home only and five away only. New conference members Notre Dame, Pittsburgh and Syracuse will begin play in 2013-14. North Carolina and Wake Forest continue to be the Pack’s primary men’s basketball partners. The Pack will also face Miami and Pittsburgh both home and away. Boston College, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Maryland, and Virginia will all visit PNC Arena in 2013-14. The Pack will travel to Clemson, Duke, Notre Dame, Syracuse, and Virginia Tech. The 2014 ACC men’s basketball tournament is scheduled for March 1216 at Greensboro Coliseum. SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS
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Former defensive back David Amerson catches an interception against Boston College Saturday, November 24, 2012. Amerson returned the interception for a 55-yard touchdown in the Wolfpack’s 27-10 win over the Eagles at Carter-Finley Stadium.
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Former quarterback Mike Glennon goes to pass the ball as junior offensive tackle holds back a defender during the homecoming football game in Carter-Finley Stadium Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012. The Cavaliers routed the Wolfpack 33-6.
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Former saftey Earl Wolff makes a tackle against Boston College Saturday, November 24, 2012. Wolff had 10 tackles in the Wolfpack’s 27-10 win over the Eagles at Carter-Finley Stadium.
Former players wait to hear from draft Daniel Wilson Staff Writer
The NFL draft starts tonight at 8 p.m. with the Kansas City Chiefs picking the first of 254 total selections over three days. All 32 teams will be choosing from a highly talented crop of college prospects. Colleges from around the nation have some of the most highly touted prospects in the draft class, such as Texas A&M offensive tackle Luke Joeckel, Alabama defensive back Dee Milliner and West Virginia quarterback Geno Smith. N.C. State is no exception. The Wolfpack has three players that consistently appear in many draft analysts’ mock drafts: quarterback Mike Glennon, cornerback David Amerson and safety Earl Wolff.
Mike Glennon The 6-foot-7 quarterback in-
herited the starting job in 2011 after Russell Wilson transferred to Wisconsin, and responded by scoring over 60 touchdowns in the two seasons he was behind center. His arm strength, a major asset of his game, helped him excel in tough situations such as his 259yard, two-touchdown performance in the 17-16 upset over the then No. 3 Florida State Seminoles and when he exploded for 493 yards and five scores in Clemson against the No. 9 Tigers in a 62-48 losing effort. However, his pocket-passer tendencies made him a sitting duck behind the line as he was sacked 36 times in the 2012 season. There are two possible scenarios for Glennon following his selection — being drafted by a team that doesn’t have a solidified starter, and compete for a starting job in training camp, or sit behind an entrenched starter, like Green Bay Packers’ all-pro quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who backed up future hall
of famer, Brett Farve. Rodgers was drafted No. 25 overall in 2005 and took over after Farve’s retirement in 2008. Just last season, former N.C. State quarterback Russell Wilson, who was drafted in the late rounds of last season’s draft, beat out Seattle Seahawk free agent signee Matt Flynn in training camp and led the ‘Hawks to an incredible rookie playoff run.
David Amerson After exploding with 13 interceptions in 2011, Amerson had his numbers slashed and was beaten by many receivers in 2012, only picking off five passes. The 6-foot-1 cornerback makes up for what he lacks in speed with his size and his physicality. Amerson will likely switch to safety to counteract his lesser agility, but he is still one of the more highly coveted defensive backs. Defensive backs are like wide receivers — one can never have too many.
Josh Norris, a draft analyst for NFL.com, has Amerson drafted 85th overall in the third round to the Washington Redskins, whose only benefactor in the secondary is 10-year veteran DeAngelo Hall.
Earl Wolff Wolff was not on many teams’ radars when the 2012 season ended, but his stellar combine performance raised his draft stock exponentially. His 4.44 timed 40-yard time was second out of the safeties, but his 11-foot-2 broad jump tied him with LSU free safety Eric Reid for third amongst all draft prospects. WalterFootball.com’s Charlie Campbell has Wolff slated to be drafted by the New Orleans Saints 75th overall, in the third round, in his latest mock draft. Norris, however, has picked Wolff to depart for Philadelphia at 101. Both teams need secondary help.
Wolfpack, Tar Heels tangle on the diamond Pack rises above Phoenix Luke Nadkarni and Daniel Wilson Staff Writers
The No. 6 N.C. State Wolfpack (33-10, 14-7 ACC), which led the ACC Atlantic Division at 15 straight wins, the nation’s longest winning streak, will put that streak on the line this weekend when No. 1 UNC-Chapel Hill visits Raleigh for a three-game series. The series begins Friday at 6:30 p.m. at Doak Field at Dail Park. Since dropping the middle game of a series against Maryland on March 30, the Wolfpack has not lost a game. State is coming off of a walk-off 4-3 win over Davidson on Tuesday. In its last ACC series, the Pack swept the then No. 15 Georgia Tech on the road in Atlanta. The Tar Heels (39-3, 17-2 ACC) were riding a similarly impressive win streak until Tuesday. Carolina had racked up 14 straight victories until they were upset 9-8 by UNCWilmington. Despite that result, UNC still holds the top ranking in college baseball, as well as the lead in the ACC’s Coastal Division. Head coach Elliott Avent will use the same rotation that earned him the sweep of Georgia Tech. Senior right-hander Ryan Wilkins will start on the mound for the Wolfpack on Friday, with sophomore lefty Carlos Rodon, who pitched a complete game last Saturday, getting the start in game two. Freshman left-hander Brad Stone gets the call for Sunday. Rodon’s 95 strikeouts lead the ACC among pitchers. “[UNC] probably has one of the best, if not the best lineups in college baseball,” Wilkins said. “You just go out there and make good pitches, and that’s all you can do.” The significance of the series is not lost on the Wolfpack faithful. On
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Sophomore pitcher Carlos Rodon pitches against Appalachian State University Friday, February 15, 2013. Rodon suffered his first loss of his collegiate career falling to the Mountaineers 6-3 at Doak Field at Dail Park.
Monday, it was announced that all three games had sold out. From a Tar Heel’s perspective, the last series in Raleigh was not a pleasant one. Unranked N.C. State, with a record barely over .500 at the time, swept a three-game series with UNC, including a 10-2 demolition in the series finale in 2011. Last season in Chapel Hill, the Heels took two out of three tightly contested games, and also beat the Pack in extra innings in the ACC Tournament in Greensboro. State’s recent success has coincided with the return of sophomore shortstop Trea Turner from an ankle injury. Turner, who set the N.C. State career stolen base record during the Georgia Tech series, is
batting .438 this season, which leads the team as well as the ACC. He also leads the team in home runs with six, despite having missed 10 games due to his injury. “You go through some things with injuries,” Avent said. “Then you find a way to win some games. Through winning, your team gets a little toughness. From toughness, you get confidence, and you find different ways to win.” Another State player to watch this weekend is senior first baseman Tarran Senay, who will get his last crack at the Heels. Senay leads the team in RBIs with 45, and drove in nine of those in the series at Georgia Tech on his way to being named ACC Player of the Week. Senay is also
third on the team in fielding percentage at .991, behind sophomore catcher Brett Austin and senior outfielder Bryan Adametz. “It’s gonna be a ride,” Senay said of his last UNC series. “It was fun, and hopefully this weekend will be enjoyable, just like the last three weekends and the past four years.” The Tar Heels are led offensively by third baseman Colin Moran, whose 10 home runs are good for second most in the ACC. Moran leads the conference in RBIs at 65, as well as in total hits with 57. Starting pitcher Benton Moss is third in the conference with 57 strikeouts. “It’s going to be a fun weekend.” Avent said.
The surging N.C. State softball team extended its winning streak to six games with a comprehensive 11-0 victory in five innings over the Elon Phoenix at Hunt Baseball Park in Elon Wednesday night. With the win, N.C. State’s 13th in its last 15 games, the Pack improve to 27-18-1 on the season. The victory over Elon marked the ninth time this season the Wolfpack has won a game shortened by the run-rule. State started off with a bang by sending nine batters to the plate in the first inning. The Pack tallied five runs in the opening frame, culminated by a threerun blast by junior first baseman Leah Jones and N.C. State never looked back. The team had 11 hits and four bases on balls to only three strikeouts. “We did a really good job of coming out and getting on the board early,” head coach Shawn Rychcik said. “This was a game we needed to come out and take care of business and we did that.” “I was happy to see us get out like that early.” Last season’s ACC Rookie of the Year Renada Davis also bashed a two-run homer in the fifth inning. The sophomore shortstop leads the conference and is second in the nation with 21 home runs on the season.
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