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IN BRIEF Melissa HarrisPerry to speak this evening

MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry will speak this evening at this year’s Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration at 6 p.m. in the Talley Student Union Ballroom. Harris-Perry is the presidential endowed chair in Politics and International Affairs and director of the Anna Julia Cooper Center on Gender, Race and Politics in the South at Wake Forest University.

In addition, Harris-Perry is a columnist for The Nation and the national contributing editor of Essence. She is the author of “Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America” and “Barbershops, Bibles and BET: Everyday Talk and Black Political Thought,” which won the 2005 W. E. B. Du Bois Book Award from the National Conference of Black Political Scientists and 2005 Best Book Award from the Race and Ethnic Politics Section of the American Political Science Association. Harris-Perry is also a trustee of The Century Foundation. The event is free and open to the public.

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Female student assaulted while jogging on campus

A female student reported that she was assaulted by a white male when he grabbed her shirt while running on the Centennial Trail near Capability Drive at the Varsity Drive Tunnel at about 5:50 p.m.

Sunday evening. According to Patrol Sergeant Steve Barham, she reported to University Police that she was able to escape from the suspect’s grasp. Barham said the incident investigation was ongoing as of press time. The suspect is described as having a pale complexion and unshaven face, 5 feet 9 inches tall and wearing a black hoodie with black pants.

The suspect was described as possibly being in his 30s.

SOURCE: WolfAlert and Patrol Sergeant Steve Barham

George Zimmerman arrested again on assault charges

George Zimmerman, who was acquitted in 2013 for the shooting and death of Trayvon Martin, was arrested late Friday and charged with aggravated assault with a weapon. He was accused of throwing a wine bottle at a female in his home, according to the police report.

His bond is set at $5,000. This is Zimmerman’s third run in with the law since the Martin case. In a road rage incident in September 2013, he reportedly threatened a driver. In September 2014, Zimmerman was questioned by the police after his wife called 911 for fear of domestic violence and has since filed for divorce. Two months later, Zimmerman was charged with aggravated assault against his girlfriend at the time.

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Sophomore forward Beejay Anya blocks a shot during the men’s basketball game against No. 2 Duke in PNC Arena Sunday. Anya had 14 points and 4 blocks in the Wolfpack’s 87-75 victory over the Blue Devils.

University expands social work in rural North Carolina Ian Grice Staff Writer

NC State’s Department of Social Work is pioneering a new workforce program designed to address the shortage of mental health professionals, particularly those who serve young people, in rural North Carolina.

The federal Health Resources and Ser vice Administration awarded the program a three-year, $1.1 million grant to help connect graduate students to underserved young people ages 16 to 25.

“The United States has a shortage of people who can provide mental health and addiction treatment services to young adults – particularly in rural areas,” said Jodi Hall, assistant professor and director of field education in the Department of Social Work at NC State and principal investigator of the research.

The grant’s research study will explore the effectiveness of the enrichment program. Investiga-

tors will follow the scholars over time and observe how effective the intensive training was in their ability to secure employment and continue to work in integratedcare settings.

The Department of Social Work created the Behavioral Health Scholars Education and Training initiative to address this problem.

The program is centered on integrating mental and physical health care, Hall said.

The BSHET initiative is open to students in the final year of their master’s in social work degrees who express an interest in working in an integrated care setting after graduation. The scholars are awarded a $10,000 stipend for their work in the program.

This year, there are 18 behavior health scholars in the program, and additional spots will added each year as the program progresses. Next year, 30 positions will be available.

Karen Bullock, a professor and head of the Department of Social

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Students on NC State’s first Cuban study abroad trip pose for a photo during their three-week trip to the island last summer.

US-Cuban relations to bring more attention to study abroad programs Katherine Kehoe News Editor

Although the United States’ decision to reestablish diplomatic relations with Cuba has many symbolic and economic implications, academic opportunities for students in Cuba may not be influ-

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enced far beyond expanding due to increased attention and popularity.

However, along with making transactions within the country simpler for students, the change will bring an unprecedented historical element to study abroad opportunities that could attract a greater number of students to Cuba, ac-

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Sigma Pi recognized for suicide-awareness efforts Casey Oldham Staff Writer

FEATURES Sci-fi con celebrates fourth anniversary

The Triangle Survivors of Suicide presented NC State’s Rho chapter of the Sigma Pi fraternity $2,000 Friday for its suicide prevention efforts through its volunteer work in Triangle

“They helped to make our run a community event and not just a campus event.”

Larry Bernstein, executive director of Triangle SOS

Survivors of Suicide’s annual “I Will Survive” walk.

The Triangle SOS is a Raleighbased organization dedicated to raising awareness, preventing suicide and providing a support group for people who have lost loved ones to suicide.

Sigma Pi will be donating the

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funds to the NC State Counseling Center, according to Dylan Ebert, the Sigma Pi brother in charge of organizing the event and a sophomore studying psychology.

Sigma Pi works with Triangle SOS because it shares a deep personal connection with the organization’s mission, according to Ebert.

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ans storm the court after NC State defeated No. 2 Duke in PNC Arena Sunday. The Pack defeated the Blue Devils 87-75. Duke has lost four of its ast five games in PNC Arena, three to NC State and once to Mercer during the 2014 NCAA Tournament. The most recent win comes almost two years after the No. 20 Wolfpack defeated the No. 1 Blue Devils, 84-76, on Jan. 12, 2013. The win brings NC State to 3-1 in the ACC.

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Work and co-investigator of the research, said because social work encompasses the largest field of mental health service providers, the program will seek to train social workers to be mental health providers.

“We anticipate over the next five years to see a significant amount of mental health providers retiring, so we are preparing for that workforce shortage,” Bullock said. “As individuals are retiring, there will be a need for qualified

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In December of 2010, a suicide within the fraternity “shook the brotherhood to its core,” spurring the fraternity’s long-term suicide prevention and awareness advocacy efforts within the Triangle community, Ebert said.

“A death like that in a brotherhood of 80 men has a powerful effect,” Ebert said.

The board of the Triangle SOS is composed of people from throughout the community, including Caleb Risher, a freshman studying civil engineering, and Frank Brinkley, a university police officer.

The board extended an Ebert a member invitation in hopes to access more students, particularly those involved in Greek life.

“If we have students talking to other students about

graduates to replace those who are.”

To prepare for the workforce, the scholars participate in a higher level of contact hours and receive intensive, high-impact clinical training in addition to more training in evidence-based interviewing skills.

Scholars in the program are placed in practicum sites across the state. Clinica l placements i nclude WakeMed Hospital, Holly Hill Hospital, Duke University Medical Center, the UNC hospital system and the NC State Counseling Center, among others.

the issue and getting them behind it, we will see better results,” Ebert said. “Just the word ‘suicide’ makes the room uncomfortable with most students, and we need to stop that. We need to erase the stigma around it.”

Brinkley is the Crisis Intervention Team Coordinator for NC State. The Crisis Intervention Team helps to train officers to assist persons who are in crisis or are mentally ill and connects people with long-term help.

The Raleigh LGBT Center and HopeLine, Inc. are also included in the board’s representatives. HopeLine, Inc. is a hot line for people in distress to call to speak with trained professionals equipped to help them through the crisis.

Somebody attempts suicide every 32 seconds, and every hour someone’s attempt is successful, according to Larry Bernstein, executive director of Triangle SOS. Bernstein praised Sigma

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The clinical placements provide an experience similar to a medical residency. Graduate students will function as practitioners. They will be responsible for completing assessments, making referrals and providing clinical intervention, according to Bullock.

During the clinical placement, students receive a caseload of clients while they are also spending time in the classroom learning about the different theories, methods, approaches and competencies. For 20 to 24 hours a week, the students in the placements are applying what

they learned in the classroom to reality, face-to-face with the patients, according to Bullock.

Pam Wheeler, a lecturer and the grant manager, said the initiative will seek to fill the financial and service gap in rural communities that don’t have proper coverage.

Wheeler said the grant will help add mental health providers for children, adolescents and young adults to hopefully treat and cure problems while the patients are still young.

“We think that initiatives like this one can help to promote mental health, behavior

health and substance abuse treatment and intervention,” Bullock said. “People are very comfortable with attending to their physical health, but not so much their mental health, and not so much substance abuse.”

The program seeks to access people in a variety of different racial, ethnic and gender groups to find evidencebased practice approaches for diverse populations, Bullock said.

“We don’t want a onemode-fits-all in terms of how we access and work with individuals,” Bullock said.

Intervention and preven-

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tion are both critical parts of the mental health process and are both important areas the program will focus on, according to Bullock.

“If you can get to people early enough before they have shown signs of impairment you can intervene in effective ways so that a person will possibly not progress toward impairment,” Bullock said.

“Oftentimes, we overlook prevention and go right to intervention, but if we focus more on health promotion and prevention, there are things we can do to ward off some of these tragedies.”

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Sigma Pi brothers Dylan Ebert, Alec Lasek and David Lettney recieve a $2,000 award from a memeber of the Traingle SOS honoring the fraternity’s commitment to suicide prevention and awareness. The fraternity plans to donate the money to the NC State Counceling Center.

Pi for its work to make the “I Will Survive” run a successful effort in spreading awareness.

“They helped to make our run a community event and not just a campus event,” Bernstein said.

Due to Sigma Pi’s help, this year SOS was able to double

the money they were able to donate back to Sigma Pi to give to the Counseling Center.

SOS also hopes to send brochures out to classes to raise awareness about mental illness and how to spot a person or peer in distress, what to do and where to get help.

Sigma Pi is hosting a 5K called “Break the Silence” on March 21. Last year the fraternity raised more than $7,000 and had an attendance of roughly 400. This year, Sigma Pi hopes to raise even more and expects about 500 participants this year. The run will be hosted on Cen-

tennial Campus.

The brothers who were present to receive the award were Ebert, David Lettnney, the fraternity’s president and a senior studying chemical engineering and Alex Lasek, a senior studying civil engineering.

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cording to Nicholas Robins, a professor of history and the head of the Cuban study abroad program at NC State.

“It’s not just about studying history, it’s about being part of history,” Robins said.

“People are really going to be able to see a process of change, really be part of a process of change in relationship between these two nations that no one has been able to do in over 50 years.”

On Dec. 17, U.S. President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raúl Castro announced the beginning a process to normalize relations between the two nations. The U.S. has not had formal diplomatic relations with Cuba and has upheld an embargo which made it illegal for businesses in the U.S. to do business with Cuba since the Cuban Revolution in 1959.

Robins, who founded and directed the Cuban Studies program at Tulane University prior to his arrival at NC State, said there are still many complex logistical elements that would make drastically increasing the number of academic programs in Cuba difficult for universities to do quickly.

“Cuba is a very complex environment to work in,” Robins said. “I don’t think that this change is going to lead to an explosion of academic programs in Cuba.”

Students were among a limited number of groups allowed to travel prior to

Obama’s decision to lift the Cuban embargo, so it is possible that changes to the diplomatic relationship between the two countries will increase the popularity of already existing programs, Robins said.

As far as the administration of the program goes, the change in regulations should make spending money simpler for students in Cuba. The major restrictions American students faced affected how they could spend money within Cuba.

“One of the things that is going to happen is people will be permitted to use credit cards and debit cards in Cuba as they would in any other country,” Robins said.

As the U.S. and Cuba thaw out their relationship, parents are likely to feel more comfortable about sending their students to Cuba, as opposed to a less controversial nation, Robins said.

As part of the change, the U.S. is removing Cuba from the State Department list of nations that sponsor terrorism, a statement that had little relevance to reality prior to Obama’s announcement, according to Robins.

“The whole change will make parents a little more comfortable,” Robins said. “I think students are often more excited about going down there than their parents are.”

NC State sent its first group of students to Cuba to study abroad last summer. The group of 12 students was given the opportunity to study the environmental history of Cuba and Cuban language and culture at the University

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of Havana for three weeks.

The program is set continue this summer and hopes to see an increased student interest going forward in light of the diplomatic progress, Robins said.

Gabriel DeCaro, a senior studying nuclear engineering who attended the study abroad program, said easing up on the financial restrictions in Cuba would make living in Cuba simpler for students, as the country currently has two different currencies.

The first currency, the moneda nacional, is the currency the Cuban people are given by the government under communism. The second currency, the Cuban Peso (CUP), is a tourist currency fixed to $1 U.S. to one CUP. “I had three different currencies going on everywhere,” DeCaro said. “It was a bit annoying at times, and converting got pretty difficult.”

Now that the U.S. and Cuba are beginning to repair their relationship, DeCaro said he hopes it will eventually get easier and more comfortable for students to get to Cuba, as last year’s group of students had to take a charter airline to get to the island which was “kind of sketchy.”

With transactions and program administration becoming simpler and the fermentation of everything that’s going on in Cuba, now is an excellent time for other students considering studying abroad to think about going to Cuba, Robins said.

“The timing really couldn’t be better,” Robins said.

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‘Whitification’ of black issues he statement “I don’t see race” is, in fact, one of the more racist things you can say. A difference exists between valuing each person’s life equally regardless of race and pretending that race does not matter, and it is intensely Mary Anna problematic that so many Rice people conflate Assistant Opinion Editor the two.

Since Darren Wilson’s acquittal following his shooting and killing Michael Brown, racial tensions have risen, and hashtags such as “#AllBlackLives” and “#BlackLivesMatter” became popular on social media.

Another reactionary hashtag popped up following the success of the others: “#AllLivesMatter.”

While tags such as “#BlackLivesMatter” attempt to bring attention to issues at hand and emphasize the racial components of the matter, the response demonstrates the immediate frustration many white people experience when forced to examine racial relations as well as the tendency of countless people to ignore race rather bluntly as a factor in social problems.

This instance serves as yet another indicator of how commonly many white people appropriate black issues to simultaneously support a cause at their own convenience and, frankly, make issues of racial inequality about themselves.

The culture of the United States largely maintains white as the default, and that anything other than white is different in a bad, abnormal way. Many believe and insist that Mexican immi-

grants deserve less than white U.S. citizens solely on the basis of heritage, that a football team should be able to keep using a widely recognized racial slur as its name and that Asians are “all the same,” that race-specific police brutality has more to do with black Americans’ inherent criminal nature than deep-seated racism. And the list goes on.

Though marginalized races are individual and respectively unique from one another, they still fall into the category of “Other,” and are subject regularly to assimilation (“whitification”) or complete dismissal. A person of color must renounce any stereotypically race-specific behavior if she wants to be taken seriously by a large portion of the population. Even those who “act white” according to societal expectations still face stigmatization due to the color of their skin.

Recurrent tropes in entertainment are telling regarding general societal perspectives. For black people, we see the ignorant black gangster, the harmless buffoon and the token black best friend.

The Asian community can claim the smart Asians who wish to honor their family and the foreigner whose accent is perceived as funny. The down-on-theirluck Mexican worker who must turn to his white friend for financial help makes all too many an appearance, as well.

These now-clichés wouldn’t be offensive as isolated incidents, but as they constitute what people genuinely come to accept about persons of color, they become casually harmful.

It is unsettling that the people who initially established the concept of race and assigned levels of worth based upon these distinc-

tions — white people — are so willing to ignore the malicious sentiments of the past, especially as they claim that it “does not matter.” Race does matter, whether we acknowledge it or not. To turn a blind eye to those who have had fundamentally different experiences than you is to trivialize the difficulties they have had to confront.

When good-natured white people go to protests sporting signs that read such things as, “I am Mike Brown,” or, “I can’t breathe,” they only add to the oversight of racial issues. These behaviors work as a hijacking of black voices in the activist sphere, which only serves as yet another misappropriation of black issues.

In the U.S., to say “I don’t see race” is roughly equivalent to recognizing only one race as valid. We might claim that producers cast Scarlett Johansson over an actual Japanese woman in the role of Motoko Kusanagi merely due to her acting capabilities. We might claim that the disapproving atmosphere concerning President Barack Obama at some Republican conferences only occurs due to disagreement with his decisions in office. We might claim that George Zimmerman murdered Trayvon Martin in an honest endeavor to protect his property. We might claim that Michael Brown was shot and killed simply because Darren Wilson was doing his job. We might venture to say that none of these instances have anything to do with our societal perception of race.

But we’d just be lying to ourselves.

Erin Holloway, senior studying anthropology and English

Terrorism won’t put an end to satire O

n Wednesday, waging weaponry against word processors, two brothers, ages 32 and 34, attacked the office of the popular French satire magazine, Charlie Hebdo, and murdered 10 members of the magazine’s staff and two police officers.

According to the Telegraph, these two men are part of a new trend in Islamic extremism Gavin Stone in which former losers Staff Columnist (they worked a series of minimum wage jobs, tried to become rappers and were avid pot-smokers) are “born again” as psychopaths and are inspired by their newfound faith to kill. In this case, they kill to avenge the honor of their prophet, which they perceived as having been damaged by these cartoons.

In actuality, the magazine hasn’t targeted the character of the Prophet Muhammad himself in their cartoons but his followers and their interpretation of Islam. For example, Charlie Hebdo published a cartoon showing a Muslim man threatening to decapitate the Prophet Muhammad and calling him an infidel for claiming to be the Prophet, implying that radical Muslims are killing their prophet and what he symbolizes by being so extreme.

What satire offers is rational thought as a medium of expression, and when done right can reflect an unexplored side of an issue. To attempt to silence or kill people who perform satire does not make what they say untrue but demonstrates fear of what they have to say.

Many Muslims in the political sphere have spoken out against these attacks.

Most reassuringly, The New York Times reported that the leader of the Lebanese Hezbollah group, Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, said Islamic extremists have insulted Islam and the Prophet Muhammad more than those who published satirical cartoons mocking the religion.

Charlie Hebdo has been grilling religion, political ideologies and public figures since the ‘60s. Again, this is not because it prints anything that is false, but because it highlights things that are true.

In 2006 the magazine caused a firestorm of criticism, which led to lawsuits after reprinting Danish cartoons that depicted Muhammad crying because “it is hard to be loved by idiots.”

This isn’t the first time Charlie Hebdo has been the victim of violence. In No-

How low fertility rates, demographic change affect Europe I

n many developed nations today, women are no longer dependent on men in terms of economic or social status. Being independent from men also changes women’s lifestyles. A straight woman can choose to remain single or get married only when a man Ziyi Mai would add valStaff Columnist ue to her life. It seems that one consequence of women entering the labor force is that fertility rates decline over time.

Studies have shown that the reproduction rate needed to maintain a stable labor force and population in developed countries is 2.1 percent, but all of the developed nations expect the United States have a total fertility rate lower than 2.1 percent. According to the CIA World Factbook, the U.S. has a total fertility rate of 2.01 percent, with immigrants and Hispanic population leading the birth rate. Western European nations have total fertility rates far below 2.1 percent: Germany, 1.43, Netherlands, 1.78, Spain, 1.48, Italy, 1.42, and United Kingdom, 1.9. In many of these countries, especially in the Mediterranean European countries, the driving force of population growth is mainly the result of immigrants from the Middle East and North Africa.

In Spain, for example, the total fertility rate has fallen more than 50 percent, to 1.48 children

per female, which is one of the world’s lowest birth rate. The low birth rate and the rapid aging of population threaten the labor force and the economy.

Countries such as Spain have to open doors to welcome immigrants to offset the declining birth rate. According to Joel Kotkin, a contributor of Forbes, about 450,000 immigrants arrive in Spain annually. At the same time, more than 580,000 Spaniards are leaving the country.

In contrast to Germany, a country with a productive labor force and competitive manufacturing industry, Spain’s economic pillars are real estate and tourism, which only require low-skilled workers. When the housing bubble burst, Spain’s unemployment rate reached 25 percent, and its unemployment rate for those under the age of 25 topped 50 percent.

Even worse, these western European countries manage a giant welfare machine that depends on population growth to pay out pension liabilities.

Nordic states are able to main a welfare state because they have highly skilled and productive labor force, along with policies that in favor of families. But the Mediterranean countries lack such a labor force and industry.

Even when immigrants fill the gap of declining birth rate, they earn low wages but still receive a high standard of welfare. Therefore the welfare system would easily run out of funds given the steady low fertility rates.

Mark Steyn, the author of the

book “America Alone: The end of the world as we know it,” prophesized that the demography is the most basic root of all problems happening in Europe.

“They [Muslims] open up a new front somewhere on the planet with nary a thought.

Why? Because they’ve got the manpower,” Steyn writes. “Because in ‘70s and ‘80s, Muslims had children while Westerners took all those silly doomsday tomes about ‘overpopulation’ seriously.”

We still do this today. With fertility rates in the Muslim world greatly outperforming those in Europe, cultural conflicts and clashes are inevitable. What should be more worrisome is whether or not the change in demography would ultimately bring changes to the institutions and the universal values in the West. Rankings of Freedom House’s survey of personal liberty and democracy around the world show that five of eight countries with the lowest “freedom” score were Muslim. Of the 46 Muslim majority nations in the world, only three were free. All these about demographic changes in Europe could explain why journalists in Charlie Hebdo consistently ridicule Islam and that some radical right-wing political parties have gained momentum in elections in France, Spain and Germany.

Historian Aronld J.Toynbee may be correct in saying, “Civilizations die from suicide, not murder.”

{LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Wolfpack NationIn elated response to yesterday’s victory over #2 Duke’s (previously) undefeated basketball team, I have chosen this excerpt from Rudyard Kipling’s “Law for the Wolves” to share with you in our joy.

Please read it and keep it in your heart, and may it ignite your soul as we prepare to be victorious over the Tarheels on Wednesday.

“NOW this is the law of the jungle, as old and as true as the sky, And the wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the wolf that shall break it must die.

As the creeper that girdles the tree trunk, the law runneth forward and back; For the strength of the pack is the wolf, and the strength of the wolf is the pack.”

May the spirit of the Wolfpack ever be with you,

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vember 2011, extremists firebombed its offices after the magazine announced that the Prophet Muhammed was to be the magazine’s guest editor for a week .

Depicted was a cartoon of Muhammed saying, “100 lashes if you’re not dying with laughter!”

After the firebombing, the attackers hacked the magazine’s website to leave the message, “You keep abusing Islam’s almighty Prophet with disgusting and disgraceful cartoons using excuses of freedom of speech. God’s curse be upon you!”

The political situation between Islam and secular France is much more contentious than it is in the United States, as their communities are essentially segregated — but by choice. Neither side really wants to be in contact with the other.

French police and fire departments are not wanted in Islamic neighborhoods, referred to as “no go areas” for non-Muslim French people. France also has the largest Muslim population in Western Europe, with roughly 6.5 million followers of the faith.

All of this tension shows the courage that Charlie Hebdo has, though some see this courage as stupidity. The Financial Times’ Tony Barber wrote a column in which he took great pains to ensure the reader that he was not condoning the attacks but that the Charlie should have used more “common sense” in order to avoid provoking violence. Former White House Press Secretary Jay Carney struck a similar chord in 2012 when Charlie published more cartoons depicting the Prophet saying, “We have questions about the judgment of publishing something like this.”

This stance castrates the spirit of the freedom of speech, which contends that no ideology or person is beyond criticism.

How can satire exist in today’s world without addressing the most glaring black hole of humorlessness of Islamic extremism?

What Charlie Hebdo does, much like “The Daily Show,” “The Colbert Report” and “South Park,” is empower the masses to think for themselves. If we allow threats of violence to stop people from publicly speaking out against extremism, like we nearly did when Kim Jong-Un tried to stop the release of “The Interview,” then extremism has won.

The 2011 attack didn’t stop Charlie Hebdo from printing, and hopefully they plan to print more copies than ever this coming Wednesday.

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Sci-fi con celebrates fourth anniversary Kevin Schaefer Associate Features Editor

Science fiction and fantasy enthusiasts from the Triangle area gathered at the Cary Embassy Suites for the fourth annual illogiCon, a science fiction convention. The three-day convention consisted of author signings, panels, merchandising and a cosplay contest.

NC State English professor John Kessel returned to the con as a guest and did a reading from his upcoming novel on Sunday. Guests of honor included New York Times bestselling author Jacqueline Carey and Hugo awardwinner Christopher J. Garcia.

Kessel said he has been going to conventions since he was about 19 years old. He enjoys illogiCon for its emphasis on writing and reading science fiction and fantasy, which is something he values greatly.

“I tend to prefer cons that have at least some emphasis on writing and reading and not just on media,” Kessel said. “The media cons draw some huge numbers of people, but I’m not as much into that.”

IllogiCon started in 2011 when a group of friends decided to launch a convention geared specifically toward members of the Triangle area.

“Usually we’d have to travel to Greensboro or Charlotte, and we just decided to make our own,” said illogiCon dealer room coordinator Justin Andrews. “A bunch of us got together, threw our money together, started it up and have been running it ever since.”

Unlike some of the larger conventions such as NC Comicon and ConCarolinas, illogiCon is relatively new and had just a few hundred people in attendance this year. Many attendees and guests agreed that the quieter atmosphere is enjoyable.

“Each con has a different feel to it,” said illogiCon guest Garth Graham. “IllogiCon is very laid back, very open and has a very friendly atmosphere.”

Graham is a comic book artist with a de-

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Maggie of Sedulous Studios poses as a barbarian from “Skyrim” at illogiCon. She is a full-time sculpter and works with the 105th, a group that makes costumes.

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John Kessel, an English professor who specializes in sci-fi writing, reads an excerpt from a yet-to-be-published piece at illogiCon. IllogiCon took place from Jan. 9 - 11 and drew fans interested in all varieties of sci-fi media.

gree in industrial design from Virginia Tech.

During the convention, he promoted his web comic “Star Power,” which he has been working on for the last couple years. As a lifelong science fiction and fantasy enthusiast, Graham has been doing web comics for the last decade and works as an independent artist.

With more than two dozen panels this year,

topics ranged from social issues in science fiction to feminism to comics to cosplaying as an art. One in particular focused on how comedy has a place in science fiction and fantasy. During this panel, comic book writer and North Carolina native Jeremy Whitley discussed how his comics exhibit humor.

“I write this series called ‘Princeless,’” Whit-

ley said. “It’s all about a princess who’s locked away in a tower, by herself, waiting to be rescued, and she decides to rescue herself. I work in a medium which came from people being funny and which people in it now are afraid of being funny.”

The other guests at this panel also talked about how comedy is essential to the genre today, especially with an overflow of more dark and cynical material.

In addition to the guests and panels, the cosplay contest was another highlight. Multiple participants eagerly came dressed as characters from “Doctor Who,” “Star Wars,” “Star Trek” and many other shows and movies.

Natasha Marrero, a senior studying film and French, came dressed as Jack from the popular video game “Mass Effect.” Marrero recently started attending cons and has a strong interest in cosplay.

“This is my first illogiCon and my second con ever,” Marrero said. “I’ve always been interested in just dressing up, and Halloween is my favorite holiday.”

Since attending NC Comicon in November, Marrero and a friend of hers plan on attending additional Cons in the future to compete in more cosplay contests. She said the costume she made for illogiCon this year took her almost the entire month of December to complete.

“The whole thing was a tattooed body suit that I hand painted,” Marrero said. “I made pretty much everything myself except the pants, which were from the thrift store.”

Regarding the smaller atmosphere of illogiCon and the more personal aspects of it, Andrews said he and the other organizers would like to maintain that, but that the feel will ultimately depend on how many people attend in the future.

“I’d like to keep that,” Andrews said. “But as we grow there will come a time where we’re just too big.”

‘Unbroken’ lacks emotional depth of true story Kevin Schaefer Associate Features Editor

Unbroken

Legendary Pictures

 “Unbroken” suffers from the same problem as countless other Hollywood biopics: It’s too watered down. Despite strong performances and a number of sharply executed scenes, the fact that it leaves so much out of the real story makes it a missed opportunity.

Based on the book by Laura Hillenbrand, the movie adaptation chronicles the life of Olympic athlete turned World War II pilot Louis Zamperini (Jack O’Connell) and his incredible story of survival. After his plane crashes and he and two of his men spend 47 days at sea, Zamperini is captured by Japanese forces and remains a prisoner of war for the next two years.

With the exception of a few f lashbacks from his childhood and the scenes where he’s stranded at sea, the bulk of the film showcases the torture Zamperini endures under the sadistic Japanese officer Watanabe (Takamasa Ishihara). These scenes are brutal, prolonged, and with a little more blood and realism

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would have garnered an R rating for the film.

The exposition is definitely the weakest part of the movie. Zamperini’s brother is unfortunately made into more of a caricature whose only purpose is to spit out philosophical ad-

vice which inspires Louis. Even with a script co-written by the Coen brothers, these scenes are rushed and underdeveloped, making it difficult to really pinpoint Zamperini’s motivations for surviving.

Angelina Jolie steps into the director’s chair for the third time, proving she has what it takes to create a visually aesthetic experience.

This is also thanks to the work of Oscarnominated cinematographer Roger Deakins (“No Country for Old Men,” “Skyfall”).

Opening with the heart-pounding plane crash sequence, Jolie quickly establishes the film’s level of intensity and gritty tone.

Dim lighting and close-ups of beatings make viewers all the more sympathetic toward Zamperini and every other prisoner under Watanabe’s captivity. It’s essential that we see these scenes in order to begin to grasp what this man suffered.

However, Jolie’s approach is far too narrow and prevents the movie from capturing the real heart of Zamperini’s story. While the book delves into themes of redemption and faith, which are crucial elements of this man’s life, the film focuses solely on his endurance.

Nevertheless, both O’Connell and Ishihara deliver knockout performances. Moments where Watanabe (nicknamed “The Bird”) gets right in Zamperini’s face terrify viewers even more than when he beats his prisoner within

an inch of his life. Ishihara’s demeanor and physicality give him a powerful screen presence and capture The Bird’s relentless sadism.

Likewise, O’Connell is sure to acquire a number of roles in the future. Despite the script not giving his character strong motivations, his performance is enough to make audiences desperately want to see Zamperini make it out alive.

There are one-note films that work. War movies such as “Black Hawk Down” and “Lone Survivor” focus solely on the brutality of military combat and the brotherhood that develops through it, and rightfully so.

But with “Unbroken,” there’s so much more to tell than simply the hell Zamperini endured. The film simply condenses Zamperini’s emotional toll to a post-script during the credits.

Had the filmmakers really wanted to tell the full story of Zamperini and not just popped out a dramatic blockbuster in time for Oscar season, something like an HBO miniseries would’ve been a superior medium.

If anyone wants to learn about the depth of faith that Zamperini carried and his own redemption through forgiveness of his captors, he or she should pick up Hillenbrand’s book, because the movie doesn’t do his life justice.

Album explores environmentalism and science Mary Anna Rice Assistant Opinion Editor

The Rap Guide to Wilderness Baba Brinkman

 Baba Brinkman’s “The Rap Guide to Wilderness” is one of the most infectious and enjoyable pieces of propaganda you can listen to.

Perhaps “propaganda” is too strong a word, though it is unusual how forward the album is in its agenda.

Though “The Rap Guide to Wilderness” lacks subtlety, this cannot necessarily be a criticism, as its transparency is integral to the album’s cause. It is refreshing to listen to an album so dedicated and blunt concerning the message its artist desires to put forth.

Baba Brinkman, a contributor to the lesser-

known genres of literature rap and science rap, is used to (and good at) integrating his personally held beliefs into his work. The tracks simmer with Brinkman’s fervor and are laced with complex notions of the nebulous relationship between nature and mankind in the modern age.

Brinkman’s lyricism is key here. He conveys his ideas fluidly and intriguingly. “The Rap Guide to Wilderness” is incredibly astute in this regard. Though certain lines are somewhat clunky and seem thrown in for the sake of the album’s message rather than for the best of the track in question, the lyricism at its best is both incredibly funny and relentlessly honest.

An example exists within “Party of Life,” when a human is described as a late party guest who decides, “We get to choose who stays and who’s thrown out!” In response, the fungi says, “Yo, take the mic away from the

drunk guy.” The tracks are clever, regularly making use of devices such as alliteration and analogies.

The album itself acts as an embodiment of the ideas he wishes to depict: a marriage between today’s technology and the nature many people forget and ignore.

At its heart, “The Rap Guide to Wilderness” is about reconciliation. Brinkman stresses the significance of man and nature coming together in a larger way. He does not claim that civilization should renounce technology, but rather that humans should respect nature and enjoy it in addition to enjoying the technological provisions we are provided with.

In “Tranquility Bank,” he criticizes those who flout scientific advancement in the name of environmentalism: “So don’t listen to backto-landers, / Thinkin’ they’re savin’ the planet by takin’ us ass-backwards.”

Brinkman seems determined to clarify

myths surrounding environmentalists, and as such focuses on resolving what many believe to be mutually exclusive causes: environmentalism and technological advancement. This idea comes to the forefront of “Bottleneck,” which even includes the line, “Environmentalism combined with scientific exploration,” in its explanation for why atoning for past transgressions with our available means is integral to our survival and well-being.

“The Rap Guide to Wilderness” indulges in a sense of essential interconnectedness. Brinkman relays the album’s fundamental thesis in the last track, “Seed Pod:” “So what’s it gonna be? When the future computers engrave our legacy / Is this the time when the wild came back, or does it remain an age of infamy?”

The album is bitingly smart; and though at times it is a bit too on the nose, it forms a unified piece of work that both relays a powerful message and makes for an entertaining listen.

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Mary Anna Rice Assistant Opinion Editor

Another year of movies has passed, which means that we’re only a few weeks away from seeing which movies in 2014 will come away with Oscars. Despite another year of “Transformers” and plenty of other atrocious sequels, 2014 also provided moviegoers with some truly worthwhile films. With that in mind, here are our picks for the 87th Academy Awards.

Best Picture: “Boyhood” Richard Linklater’s “Boyhood” is one of the most ambitious and artful films of the last decade, and possibly of all time. Made over the course of 12 years with the same core cast of people, the film is a fantastic display of both dramatic and visual storytelling from one of the 21st century’s greatest auteurs.

Best Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu, “Birdman” While “Boyhood” deserves best picture, the vision behind “Birdman” is what makes this film such a memorable experience. Alejandro González Iñárritu incorporates satire, social commentary and masterful displays of filmmaking into his wildly entertaining spin on the superhero genre. In the same way Ang Lee’s direction makes “Life of Pi” such a masterpiece, Iñárritu’s vision makes him equally deserving of the best director award.

Best Actor: Michael Keaton, “Birdman” Casting Keaton as the lead in this film is one of the best things the producers did. Not only does the character of Riggan Thomson parallel Keaton in multiple ways, but the actor’s performance is easily the best of his career.

Best Actress: Rosamund Pike, “Gone Girl” The only word to describe Pike’s performance in the latest David Fincher thriller is mesmerizing. Especially given some of her

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last roles were in the abysmal “Wrath of the Titans,” it’s exciting to see her blow audiences away as this film’s psychopathic femme fatale.

Best Supporting Actor: Ethan Hawke, “Boyhood” The chemistry between Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette is one of the things that makes “Boyhood” work so well. Both longtime Linklater collaborators, their work both individually and collectively further contributes to the film’s believability.

Best Supporting Actress: Patricia Arquette, “Boyhood” Some of the best moments in “Boyhood” are with Arquette. Her embodiment of the character is what causes viewers to sympathize with her as she struggles through multiple marriages and raising two children. It is a truly real performance.

Best Original Screenplay: Wes Anderson and Hugo Guinness, “The Grand Budapest Hotel” We at the Technician are crossing our fingers that this will be the year Wes Anderson will finally receive a much-deserved Oscar.

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“The Grand Budapest Hotel” is quite possibly his best creation yet, and much of that is a result of his beautifully written script, with story help from Hugo Guinness. It’s witty, humorous and as quirky as anything else one would expect from the mind of the director of “The Royal Tenenbaums.”

Best Adapted Screenplay: Gillian Flynn, “Gone Girl” It’s always a good sign when an adapted film is scripted by the same writer as the source material. Gillian Flynn shows her love for the characters and story of this film with a script that’s as cunning and dynamic as the novel it’s based on.

Best Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki, “Birdman” Emmanuel Lubezki, also the cinematographer of “Gravity,” demonstrates technical mastery in “Birdman” by shooting it as if the entire film were a single shot. This kind of innovation and brilliance makes it almost a guarantee that Lubezki will bring home this Oscar for the second year in a row.

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Best Visual Effects: “Interstellar” While “Guardians of the Galaxy” delivers eye popping visuals throughout, Christopher Nolan’s “Interstellar” easily tramples any other science fiction blockbuster of 2014.

The space scenes evoke the essence of Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey,” making “Interstellar” one of the year’s most cinematic experiences.

Best Original Score: Hans Zimmer, “Interstellar” Hans Zimmer is no doubt the John Williams of this generation. Even when he has done scores for bad movies, his music has always been top-notch, and the one he composed for this film is no exception.

Best Animated Feature Film: “The Lego Movie” “The Lego Movie” is the kind of film that brings out the kid in all of us. How can you not come out of it singing the “awesome” theme song? This movie is clever, funny and provides some of the best animation in years.

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Pack grabs pair of conference wins

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I thought would hit bars were the ones that hit bars. The other two had the potential to hit bars, but one missed an easy skill and the other hadn’t competed in three years.”

Freshman Chelsea Knight had a nice outing on the first two events, posting the secondhighest score on her team in both.

“Chelsea is good,” Stevenson said. “She was three-for-three tonight.”

The Pack was uncharacteristically shaky on the balance beam, posting a score of 47.950, the program’s lowest since 2011. While only one gymnast fell, no single routine looked completely confident. Stevenson said his team’s performance was not expected.

“We were all over beam, and I have no idea why,” Stevenson said. “They looked great in the gym every day. I liked that everyone fought to stay on—no one gave up.”

Junior Michaela Woodford, the Pack’s second all-around competitor, posted a decent score of 9.650, but the fact that she was able to perform was the real story. Woodford was participating in just her second all-around meet since being named EAGL Rookie of the Year in 2013.

“We love having [Michaela] back,” Stevenson said. “She has that personality that picks everyone up. She’s out there doing everything she can to be that kid that does great things for you.”

Woodford said she still needed some work to be back to her true form, but she was ecstatic to get back on the floor.

“It’s the best feeling in the world,” Woodford said.

In the final event, the floor exercise, State had another rough outing. Once again, there was no real swagger in the team’s routines. Instead, it appeared that the gymnasts were going through the motions, which resulted in missed stunts and lower scores. State totaled 47.600 for the event.

“I was very disappointed in floor,” Stevenson said. “You just don’t miss three routines.

The same kids that missed, they haven’t missed three routines combined in two weeks of practice.”

State will return to action Friday night when the Washington Huskies travel to Reynolds.

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Just days after a 73-59 win in its ACC home opener against Virginia Tech, the NC State women’s basketball team returned to action Saturday at Reynolds Coliseum and dominated Clemson 76-50.

The Pack (11-5, 2-1 ACC) once again got off to a fast start, leading 22-9 just nine minutes into the game. Early on, the Tigers (9-8, 1-3 ACC) full-court pressed the Pack, which at times made it difficult, but the Pack exploited holes in the defense and took advantage.

NC State’s shooters lit up from beyond the arc, going 4-of-6 with three-pointers from four different players, and halfway through the first half, six different Pack players put points on the board.

With the full-court press tactic clearly not working for the Tigers, they were forced to go back to half court, man-to-man defense to try to slow down the driving Wolfpack.

As the half progressed, the Pack continued to capitalize on its lead, improving to 6-of-9 from beyond the arc and shooting 12-of-20 from the field en route to a 32-14 lead. The Pack closed the half on a 13-6 run to expand the lead to 45-20 at the midway point of the game.

As a team, NC State played lights out on both sides of the ball, shooting 57.1 percent from the field, including 8-of-12 from threepoint range, while holding the Tigers to just 29 percent from the field, a team that has a respectable 40.3 field-goal percentage on the season.

“We shot the ball really well in the first half,” NC State head coach Wes Moore said.

“We won the rebound battle, and defensively, we did a great job of recognizing players’ strengths and really playing the scout out.”

Sophomore guard Miah Spencer led the Pack with 12 points on 4-of-6 from the field, 2-of-2 from beyond the arc, and added six rebounds and four assists at the end of the half. Junior Carlee Schuhmacher followed close behind with 11 points on 4-of-5 from

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Redshirt senior guard Len’Nique Brown-Hoskin drives through Virginia Tech defender Vanessa Panousis Thursday in Reynolds Coliseum. Brown-Hoskin finished shooting 33 percent from the field with 9 points. The Wolfpack improved to 10-5 on the regular season.

the field, including a three-pointer and two rebounds.

“Confidence is big, and I’ve had a lot more confidence ever since Christmas break,” Schuhmacher said. “I’m just getting more comfortable at this level. I’ve been working a lot in practice.”

After a red-hot first half, the Pack cooled off in the second, as the team only shot 28.6 percent from the field, still maintaining a 57-41 lead with 10 minutes remaining in the game.

However, NC State picked up the pace after five straight points from Spencer, giving her over 500 points on her career and giving the Pack a 62-41 lead. This made her the third active Pack player with over 500 points, joining senior guards Krystal Barrett and Len’Nique Brown-Hoskin.

“It came up fast; I thought I had 400 just two days ago,” Spencer said. “I feel like it’s nothing without my teammates and my coaches. They push me so hard in practice.”

For the remainder of the game, the Pack didn’t allow its lead to fall under 18 points.

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As a team, NC State finished 25-of-57 and 10-of-22 beyond the arc, while holding the Tigers to 21-of-64 from the field and 4-of-23 from beyond the arc.

In addition to passing the 500 career point milestone, Spencer posted a career-high 25 points on 8-of-12 from the field and 3-of4 from beyond the arc and added eight rebounds and a team-high seven assists.

Schuhmacher put up 18 points and seven rebounds. Sophomore forward Jennifer Mathurin finished the game with seven points and 10 rebounds.

“We’re a little bit depleted numbers wise with Krystal Barrett and Chloe Jackson out, but our goal has always been to make the NCAA Tournament,” Moore said. “Every game is going to be critical, and one game could be the difference maker.”

The Pack looks to continue its winning streak as it travels to face a formidable No. 6 Louisville team Wednesday at 7 p.m.

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Pack rains threes, drowns Devils Wrestling posts 3-0 record at Pitt Duals The NC State wrestling team coasted to a three-win showing at the Pitt Duals Sunday in Pittsburgh. The Wolfpack won 28 of its 30 matches on the day, knocking off Lock Haven 32-2 in the first match of the day, crushing Eastern Michigan 36-6 and finishing with a shutout 42-0 victory against Bloomsburg. NC State recorded seven wins by pin, three by technical fall and another two major decisions. With the trio of victories, State improves to a 10-3 season record. The Pack will travel to Oklahoma Friday night and will face No. 6 Missouri Sunday.

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Pack runners help team USA win in Edinburgh Former NC State cross country star Andrew Colley and phenom freshman Ryen Frazier placed top-10 finishes in their races to help Team USA win the Bupa Great Edinburgh Cross Country Challenge on Saturday. The best score being the lowest, Team USA took the overall victory with 121 points. Great Britain trailed with 189 and Team Europe followed with 223.

Each team’s top four finishes in each race determined their score. The biggest challenge for each competitor in the race was the adverse weather conditions. During the races, the runners battled slick surfaces, as well as snow, sleet and hail.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY “The crowd was great. They gave us energy when we scored; the energy to get the rebound.”

BeeJay Anya, center, men’s basketball

ATHLETIC SCHEDULE Today MEN’S TENNIS Raleigh, N.C 7 P.M. Wednesday WOMEN’S BASKETBALL AT NO.6 LOUISVILLE Louisville, K.Y., 7 P.M. MEN’S BASKETBALL V. UNC CHAPEL HILL PNC Arena,7 P.M. Friday TRACK AT VIRGINIA TECH INVITATIONAL Blacksburg, VA. All day MEN’S TENNIS V. NORTHWESTERN Raleigh, N.C., 4 P.M. WRESTLING AT OKLAHOMA Norman, O.K. 7 P.M. WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS V. WASHINGTON Raleigh, N.C., 7 P.M.

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Seattle may be the home of the 12th man, but on Sunday, PNC Arena was the home of the sixth man.

Trevor Lacey scored 21 points, BeeJay Anya added 14 points and six rebounds, and the NC State men’s basketball team rolled to an 87-75 upset victory against No. 2 Duke Sunday afternoon in front of a deafening crowd in Raleigh.

“The crowd was great,” sophomore forward BeeJay Anya said.

“It was the sixth man on the court for us. They gave us energy when we scored; the energy to get the rebound.”

The Wolfpack (12-5, 3-1 ACC) shot 55 percent, including 62.5 percent from three-point range, while the Blue Devils (14-1, 2-1 ACC) uncharacteristically struggled from the field, shooting 37 percent as a team while connecting on just 7-of 27 three-point attempts.

“I’m really proud of our team,” NC State head coach Mark Gottfried said. “We beat a very, very good basketball team.”

Over the course of the first half, NC State found its rhythm, marrying tough interior defense with tremendously efficient shooting.

The Pack shot 52 percent from the field and 5-of-8 from behind the arc before the halftime buzzer.

Going into the game, State’s biggest concern was handling Duke freshman center Jahlil Okafor.

Given the Pack’s struggles in the post, Okafor’s combination of size, rebounding and polished moves in the paint was Duke’s best chance to knock State out of the contest.

“I’ve watched a lot of college basketball and I haven’t seen a guy like Okafor in a long time at our level,” Gottfried said. “He’s different. He forces you to do so many different things defensively.”

For a little more than five minutes, it seemed there was no stopping the Duke big man, as he went 4-of-5 from the field and snagged four rebounds, but NC State adjusted well, double-teaming the 6-foot-11-inch frosh in the post and gambling on smart rotations to pressure Duke’s accomplished shooters.

The tactic produced dividends, as Okafor went scoreless from the field from the 14:29 mark through the rest of the half, and the Blue Devils’ spot-up shooters were wildly inef-

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Redshirt junior guard Trevor Lacey drives to the basket during the game against No. 2 Duke on Sunday. Lacey had 21 points in the Wolfpack’s 87-75 win over the Blue Devils at PNC Arena.

ficient, going just 3-of-12 from beyond the arc.

“We had a great defensive effort,” Gottfried said.

Duke led for nearly 75 percent of the first half but went just 1-of-10 from the field to close out the first period, allowing the Pack to jump out to a four-point lead, 37-33, at the break.

On the opposite end, the NC State bigs found their scoring touch, with Anya, sophomore Kyle Washington and freshman Abdul-Malik Abu combining for 17 points and seven boards.

Despite the halftime lead, flashbacks to the Pack’s loss to No. 3 Virginia earlier this week, in which State trailed by just one at the half but lost steam in the second, had to be on everyone’s mind.

The Wolfpack had different plans.

“We play all our games to win,” senior Ralston Turner said. “It’s not like we go out there expecting to lose. Regardless of the opponent, we want to play hard. We’re aiming to win the game.”

NC State went on a tear in the second half, opening up a 19-point lead by the 5:43 mark. Anya was particularly impressive over the stretch, recording eight points while battling against Duke’s Okafor down low.

The State big man posted a careerhigh 14 points on 6-of-8 from the field to go along with six rebounds and four blocks.

“I’ve played against Jahlil [Okafor] so many times since we’ve been growing up,” Anya said. “Today I just tried to go out there and do the best I could and we came up with

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Freshman forward Cody Martin and sophomore forward Kyle Washington run to mid-court after the men’s basketball game against No. 2 Duke in PNC Arena on Sunday.

the victory.” wSpeaking of blocks, NC State’s “SWAT team” was out in full force against the Blue Devils, recording 10 rejections. The Wolfpack ranks 12th nationally in blocks per game.

Duke mounted an 11-0 run with five minutes remaining, cutting State’s lead to eight before an Anya putback dunk rekindled the formidable lead. In that time, however, the Pack’s leading scorer, Lacey, exited the game with a vicious leg cramp.

With its leading scorer out of the game, Duke making a comeback, and plenty of time left on the clock, the tension in PNC Arena was palpable.

Duke freshman guard Tyus Jones hit a pair of free throws with 2:00 left to make it an eight-point game, but NC State found an extra gear and closed the game out, with sophomore Anthony “Cat” Barber, senior Ralston Turner and freshman Cody Martin all making critical free throws down the stretch.

Senior guard Desmond Lee entered to give State an extra ballhandler against the full-court press and managed a pair of transition jams that nearly brought PNC’s roof crashing down.

Nine of NC State’s 10 players that saw time scored points, and the Pack outscored Duke 40-26 in the paint.

“We’re used to seeing Trevor make big shots, Ralston make big shots,” Gottfried said. “But we got some production out of our interior guys, which changed our team.”

When the buzzer sounded, fans stormed the court in Raleigh, celebrating a second win over an undefeated Duke team in the last two years.

NC State has won three of the last four meetings when Duke has come to PNC Arena and will now turn its sights toward a Wednesday night home showdown with No. 18 UNC-Chapel Hill.

GYMNASTICS

Denver edges Wolfpack in low-scoring affair at home Zack Tanner Senior Staff Writer

The NC State gymnastics team had a rough start to its 2015 campaign, falling to the No. 20 Denver Pioneers, 194.500-192.025, Friday night at Reynolds Coliseum. Friday’s score marked the team’s lowest in nearly six years.

Despite the shaky performance, head coach Mark Stevenson was optimistic in the face of defeat. The 2015 State roster is stacked with fresh faces and inexperienced athletes. At least two freshmen started in each of the four events for the

Pack.

“I feel pretty good about our team,” Stevenson said. “We’ve got a really young team, and if we stay healthy, we’ll continue to get better as we go on. I think we can be really good.”

The Pack started the night on a high note, putting forth a solid performance on vault. The team score of 48.875 was the team’s highest of the night and its only score above 48. Junior Brittni Watkins’ score of 9.825 paced the team, while three others recorded scores of 9.775.

Watkins, one of the Pack’s few upperclassmen, was the team’s top

performer in 2014, earning AllAmerican and EAGL Gymnast of the Year honors. The junior has acted as a pedestal to which the younger gymnasts can aim.

“It’s excellent for the younger kids,” Stevenson said. “We have three upperclassmen that go out and do their job. Now we just have to get the younger kids to step up and be a part of that.”

Watkins finished with an allround score of 38.800, good for second place next to Denver senior Nina McGee. After the first rotation, State held the advantage, 48.875-48.600. How-

ever, this would be the Pack’s only lead, as the team struggled mightily on the uneven bars. Bars was the team’s worst event last season, and the score of 47.600 suggested that the team was not yet comfortable in the air.

The State lineup on bars included three gymnasts making their debuts on bars and one with just four meets worth of experience. While two of those four made unfortunate falls on their routines, Stevenson was still pleased with the progress he saw from his young team.

“I think bars was very well done,” Stevenson said. “The four kids that

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