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Michele Leonhart, who has served at the helm of the Drug Enforcement Administration since 2007, is stepping down in mid-May following revelations about “sex parties” involving prostitutes overseas and other misconduct among its agents.

Leonhart has come under heavy criticism on Capitol Hill since an inspector general report last month documented a series of episodes in which agents hired prostitutes dating back to 2005.

During last week’s hearing, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee released another report which found that agents were having sex parties with prostitutes paid for by Colombian drug cartels as early as 2001. The report also described “literally dozens” of such parties at residences paid for with U.S. government funds.

The reports by the inspector general and DEA show that the agents who attended the parties received suspensions between two and 10 days, which leadership in the committee has called “unacceptable.”

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North Carolina officials are advising dozens of residents near Duke Energy coal ash dumps not to drink or cook with water from their wells after tests showed contamination with toxic heavy metals. Though similar readings were self-reported from Duke’s own monitoring wells ringing its dumps, both the company and state health officials said last year that there was no evidence the chemicals were coming from the coal ash pits. Many residents living near the plant in the closeknit rural community of Dukeville have long been concerned that Duke’s coal ash might be making them sick.

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The Division of Academic and Student Affairs and NC State Student Government will be hosting a screening of the documentary “The Hunting Ground” followed by a panel discussion at 6:30 p.m. in the Witherspoon Student Cinema. Since its release, the documentary has garnered national attention for the way it highlights the impacts and administrative handlings of sexual assault on college campuses. The goal of the event is to create a new conversation about gender equity at NC State.

The screening is a Scholars forum event.

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Queen & Disease Clinic Technician Deniz Chen dissects a honeybee drone in Thomas Hall. The Queen & Disease Clinic provides a broad range of analytical tests that can be conducted to evaluate the reproductive proficiency of queens and drones and overall colony health.

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The Queen and Disease Clinic at NC State, which was started by David Tarpy, a professor of entomology at NC State, has garnered a reputation for its in-depth analysis about the honey bee queen’s reproductive quality and colony health.

According to Deniz Chen, a research technician for the clinic, the clinic was initially started to help beekeepers make decisions about which queens to buy and where the best place to buy them would be.

“Dr. Tarpy started it as a service for beekeepers to essentially analyze their queens for them and help them make informed decisions both in queen breeding

Several professors and students have raised important questions about modern day food safety and the transmission of food-borne diseases through extensive research efforts about the topics done at NC State in recent years.

The research, such as the work conducted by Frederick Breidt, a professor and microbiologist in the department of food bioprocessing and nutrition, has garnered national attention and has been used by the Food and Drug Administration.

“There is a lot of food safety work going on here,” Breidt said.

For the last 10 years, Breidt has been working on the safety of fermented and acidified foods, publishing about 20 papers about the processing conditions needed to assure vegetable bacterial pathogens are killed in a variety of vegetable products, primarily acidified food products.

Breidt’s papers have been used by the FDA, the federal department that regulates food production and ensures safe practices.

“We’re trying to work with the FDA to establish food regulations that make sense and our based on science, not politics,” Breidt said.

Right now, Breidt has one of his Ph.D students working on probiotics survival in pickled vegetables and has one student working on acid resistance of E. coli O157:H7, an extremely acid-resistant microorganism. The students will be presenting their work at the upcoming American Society Microbiology

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Fuzion cafe adds new vibe to Hillsborough hookah lounge scene Carolyn Thompson Correspondent

Fuzion Cafe and Lounge, a hookah bar that recently opened next to the Freshberry Frozen Yogurt Cafe on Hillsborough Street, offers a combination of sweet treats, coffees, cafe food and hookah, all while maintaining a calm and relaxed atmosphere.

The new location opened its doors at the beginning of the year.

Fuzion started off by looking at other hookah lounges in the area and taking the good and bad pieces to pull together the best combination with cleanliness, quality and elegance of the lounge, according to Zach Stone, the manager of Fuzion and an NC State alumnus.

While there are already hookah lounges along Hillsborough Street, Stone said that Fuzion hopes to fill a different niche.

“We’re not one of the really up-beat lounges,” Stone said. “We like to keep things a little bit calm. We spice things up every

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Nine students were taken to a hospital Tuesday afternoon after a Wake County school bus and a car collided on Wade Avenue in Raleigh. A spokeswoman with the Wake County Public School System said no students were injured in the crash, but the nine were taken to a hospital as a precaution. The crash happened on the eastbound lane of Wade Avenue between St. Mary’s Street and Glenwood Avenue.

The bus was carrying students from Lacy Elementary School.

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raham Briggs , lead tenor in Jazz Ensemble II and a senior studying electrical engineering , leads a solo at the jazz concert Tuesday in Titmus Theatre. Students prepare all semester in the jazz studies course taught by Wes Parker, director of Jazz Studies. The concert featured music by “Dizzy” Gillespie, Hank Mobley and studio lab combos.

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Some of NC State’s most active student leaders were honored Tuesday night at the inaugural Student Leadership Engagement and Development (LEAD) Awards, in the Talley Student Union ballroom.

Mike Mullen, the vice chancellor and dean of academic and student affairs, addressed the crowd of more than 100 and thanked the student leaders for their work and impact on campus, in the local community and around the world.

The banquet was hosted by Student Leadership and Engagement and the LEAD Committee.

The following students, organizations and advisors received awards: Roshaunda Breeden, the Coordinator of Diversity and Student Involvement for the Poole College of Management, won the Center for Student Leadership, Ethics and Public Service Advocate Award; Lau-

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once in a while with a belly dancer that comes in every couple of weeks. We’ll have DJs.” Stone said that the belly dancer usually comes on the weekends depending on her availability, and the DJs will come on Thursday events that Fuzion hosts.

Most of the crowd comes in on Fridays and Saturdays.

The coffee, desserts and drinks offered contribute more to the generally calm mood of the Fuzion lounge.

Some of the food offered on its menu includes appetizers, coffee milkshakes, breakfast and sandwiches.

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The space is mostly lit with blue lighting and is styled with a clean blue and black look, though the lighting color can change. The lounge has several couches and chairs and emphasizes a more cafe atmosphere.

“It’s more emphasized here,” Stone said. “The owners are of Moroccan descent, so they’re somewhat big on coffee and tea and stuff like that. They wanted to really mesh it together.”

A business that offers hookah is usually paired with another service or theme for customers, like Fuzion’s cafe and lounge.

“They pair really well together, so it’s common in a lot of hookah lounges to try and pair things togeth-

er with the hookah,” Stone said. “People come in here, and if they’re not big on the hookah part, they can have coffee or tea.”

Along with Fuzion’s vision of offering something different, they also considered the advantages of this location for their business. The proximity to campus was the main reason for setting up Fuzion on Hillsborough Street, according to Stone.

Fuzion’s audience varies with the university being nearby, as well as people f rom Ra leigh who wa l k along Hillsborough Street.

Stone said it’s a mix between the college crowd and graduates.

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With finals around the corner, students will be under a lot of stress and want a nice place to study, and the D.H. Hill library will often become crowded. Fuzion stays open until about one to two a.m. usually, according to Stone.

“During exam times, if they’re trying to study during the day, we offer a quiet setting,” he said. “If people come in here, and they’d like to study, we can turn down the music or anything like that. If they need a pickme-up or something like that, we have coffee.”

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and managing hives that already have,” Chen said.

The goal of the clinic is to help beekeepers improve breeding methods so that their hives can be sustained for an extended period of time, according to Chen.

“If you’re a queen breeder, it’ll help you improve your breeding methods,” Chen said. “Better queens will create improved offspring so in the field they’ll make better honey and do more pollination. They’ll also be less likely to die and suffer colony collapse disorder.”

In addition, Chen said the clinic will help beekeepers create more efficient queens and also check the beekeepers queen to see if it’s failing.

Chen also said that one of the goals of the clinic is to help beekeepers reduce the cost of maintaining a large number of hives.

“Queens cost $25 each, and say you’re a beekeeper with a hundred hives, that works up to be a lot of money,” Chen said. “What we can do is help you make an informed decision by testing a small sample of your queens for you and tell you whether you need to spend that money or not.”

Moreover, Chen said that the clinic will begin offering a genetic diversity measurement of all the bees contained in a particular hive.

“We remove the spermathecal, which is the structure that contains all the sperm from the males the queen has mated w ith,” Chen said. “We analyze that to determine the genetic diversity measurement which is very important as to how well a hive is doing.”

Chen said that the clinic primarily caters to beekeepers, but it also does analysis for academic researchers who need bees analyzed.

Ravi Dixit, a senior study-

ing microbiology and human biology, said one of the main reasons that honeybees are so important to the ecosystem is their contribution to crops and food sources.

“Honeybees are responsible for $15 million of crop value,” Dixit said. “They are also responsible for 80 percent of all the pollination that occurs [and] pollinate a wide range of fruits and vegetables.”

Dixit also said one of the reasons honeybees are so widely researched is because they are dying from something called colony collapse disorder.

“Honeybees are dy ing pretty fast, which is why they are being researched.

They’re dying from colony collapse disorder, which is when worker bees disappear from the colony, and this has been a major problem because there’s no proven reason as to why it’s happening,” Dixit said.

ganization Award. The Feed the Pack Food Pantry also won the Student Organization Award of Distinction.

The final five awards of the night, the Wolfpack Leadership Challenge Awards, were modeled after James Kouzes and Barry Posner’s awardwinning Book “The Leadership Challenge.” The Model t he Way award went to Greater Good, a student organization founded by Erin

Roberts and Morgan Green to focus on sustainable textile products and processes and the ethical treatment of textile workers. The Inspire a Shared Vision Award went to WKNC’s station manager John Kovalchik. The Challenge the Process Award went to John Turner for founding Open Hardware Makerspace working to increase student privacy. The Enable Others to Act Award

went to the It’s On Us campaign to end sexual assault, lead by Carson Shepherd.

The Muslim Student Association won the Encourage the Heart Award for their strength and leadership following the tragic killings of three NC State students and alumni in Chapel Hill this February.

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ren Coombs and Christopher David won the Ronald C. Butler Visionary Leader Certificate and Erin Beasley won the Ronald C. Butler Visionary Leader Award.

Deborah S. Moore Service Awards went to: Danielle Lindquist for Outstanding Student in Public Service,

Feed the Pack Food Pantry for Outstanding Student Organization in Service, Juntos Nex t Generation Mentorship for Outstanding Service Program and Dance Marathon for Outstanding Philanthropy Event. The Outstanding Student Organization Advisor Awards went to Tiffany McLean of the College of Natural Resources Ambassador Program and Nelson Santiago

of Mi Familia. WKNC won Outstanding Student Organization Online Presence.

The Homecoming Committee of Alumni Association Student Ambassador Program won the Outstanding Teamwork/Collaboration by a Student Organization Award and the Outstanding Student Organization Program Award. The Beta Theta Pi fraternity won the Outstanding New Student Or-

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meeting this year.

“These pathogens are very difficult to get rid of because E. coli comes from cows in particular, and we have a lot of cows in this country,” Breidt said.

One hundred years ago, understanding food safety was much simpler. The food system that we use now to feed the population is enormous, Breidt said.

“Food safety was not as much of an issue even though we had less in the way of knowledge and less in the way of refrigeration because people were closer to farms,” Breidt said.

Today, if a customer buys pro-

duce from a nearby grocery store, it could have come from Columbia or Argentina, or even somewhere farther. The way the food supply is changing and adapting to this need to feed so many people creates new ecological niches for bacterial pathogens.

“The food supply chain is big and getting bigger,” Breidt said.

According to Breidt, researchers must take that into account and try to figure out where the opportunities for these pathogens are before these new economical niches for bacteria evolve and become unpredictable.

“It’s going to take us a very long time to solve it, but as soon as that’s solved, we’ll have other questions because the conditions would have changed by then,” Bre-

idt said.

The bacterial pathogens that Breidt and his team are studying are known to cause serious illness and death, and the E. coli that Breidt works with closely, kills children.

“When you go to the grocery store you want to have the confidence that the food you buy is going to be safe,” Breidt said.

There are several other scientists at NC State working to ensure food safety, such as Sophia Kathariou, a professor of food science and microbiology, and Lee-Ann Jaykus, a professor of food science, among others.

Kathariou is currently studying bacterial pathogens, such as listeria, and the genetic pathogenicity of those organisms. The patho-

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genicity refers to the ability of an organism to cause disease.

Jaykus is researching how the Norovirus, the most common cause of food-borne illness, is spread and how to prevent it.

Norovirus spreads quickly from one person to the next through contaminated food and water.

“Any time you can try to prevent people from getting sick from contaminated food, you’re improving public health and in turn improving people’s lives,” Jaykus said.

To prevent the spread of the Norovirus, people should wash their hands carefully before preparing food and be sure to rinse all fruits and vegetables, according to Jaykus.

Several food researchers at NC State participated in writing a

series of articles on food safety for Un iversit y C om mu n ic ations leading up to World Health Day on April 7. Posters included Danisha Garner, a graduate student studying food, bioprocessing and nutrition sciences; Hannah Bolinger, a graduate student studying food, bioprocessing and nutrition sciences; Liz Bradshaw, a postdoctoral research scholar in NoroCORE—the Norovirus Collaborative for Outreach, Research and Education; and Kathryn Boys, an assistant professor of agricultural and resource economics at NC State whose research focuses on food systems and food safety policy.

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Controversial films promote discussion B

ased on the true story of the late United States Navy Seal Chris Kyle, “American Sniper” became the highestgrossing film of 2014 and won the 2 01 5 O s Kevin car for Best Schaefer Achievement Associate in Sound EdFeatures Editor iting, among multiple other nominations. Hailed by some critics as a stirring portrait of an American hero, others condemned it for dehumanizing the Iraqi population.

Earlier this month, students from the University

of Michigan complained the film perpetuated stereotypes about Islamic culture, and the university almost canceled the campus screening.

The next day, backlash from students wanting to see it pushed the university to reverse its decision and proceed with the screening as planned.

Michigan’s decision to nix the film is an example of how political correctness nearly prevented intellectual debate and discussion. Before the university reversed its decision, the children’s movie “Paddington” was set to take its place at the screening.

I am neither agreeing nor disputing the claims that Clint Eastwood’s film is a

misrepresentation of people from the Middle East.

A strong argument can be made for both sides of this argument, which makes it one of many discussions that should take place on college campuses.

Sadly, people today are so easily offended that civil debates on matters such as this rarely happen and are instead reduced to mindless arguments online.

During my three years at NC State, controversial material often has been the catalyst for good discussion.

Just this semester in one of my film classes, my professor screened Spike Lee’s widely debated 2000 film “Bamboozled” and asked us

to write a paper discussing it.

Like “American Sniper,” the film received a mix of both praise and criticism for its satirical look at the cinematic portrayal of African Americans from the perspective of a black television writer.

As students in my class voiced their opinions on “Bamboozled,” they were able to disagree with each other in a healthy, productive manner.

While the film made almost everyone uncomfortable in its use of blackface and its depiction of African-American stereotypes, it enabled us to think about what Lee did with the film and come to our own conclusions.

Sony’s cancelation of “The Interview” as a result of

threats from North Korean hackers was likely nothing more than a publicity stunt and serves as yet another example of the importance of controversial films, be they dramas or satirical raunchfest comedies. Starring Seth Rogen and James Franco, the film is about a pair of journalists hired by the CIA to assassinate North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un.

I’ve spoken with people who feel making a movie about assassinating a living world leader and labeling it a comedy is both tasteless and disrespectful to those who are currently suffering under Jong-un’s tyrannical reign. I’ve also spoken with people who say the way in

which “The Interview” uses satire shows that humor allows us to cope with tragedy.

In each of these cases, we see that controversial films have the power to provoke thought. College students especially should expose themselves to different viewpoints so that they might better understand their own.

In a culture that supposedly promotes tolerance and respect, it is ironic that a group of students would fight to have a film on campus not shown simply because it offends them. If we embrace this mentality, we limit ourselves to discussions and debates with only those who already think just like us.

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y this point in the year, ever y student at NC State is well aware of the persistent and not-soclever ClassEval emails.

Unless you have neglected to check your email for the Annie Grant p a s t w e e k and a ha lf, Staff Columnist the end-ofthe-semester professor and course review system has been inescapable with its constant reminders to fill out the evaluations.

Although the corny subject lines make it difficult to take seriously, it is an important part of the end of the semester.

Hopefully, most students can agree that ClassEval is a valuable tool. Giving honest opinions regarding the experiences a student has had with a professor and specif ic course materia l can be very beneficial for the university as a whole.

Ty pically, students are adamant about filling out their evaluations when they have had a par ticu larly frustrating experience in a course.

Kelly McLendon, a sophomore studying nutrition science shares the feeling and said, “I’ve had professors in the past who have been really unhelpful and have been the cause of a lot

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placed on acknowledging these outstanding professors and affirming them in their work, specifically through ClassEvals.

This is important not only because professors who are doing an incredible job should be aware of what they are doing right, but also because evaluations are used in the consideration of promotions and increases in salary.

Additionally, when professors are being considered for tenure, student evaluations, among other factors, are referred to.

The evaluations aren’t just being filed away without any real purpose—they have the potential to make a difference in a professor’s promotion.

The emails may be ridiculously annoying and the evaluations are one more thing to do during the busiest time of the semester, but they really can make a difference and can serve as a way to give back to professors who are noteworthy.

Make time not only to constructively criticize t ho s e profe s s or s a nd courses that have done little to help in the furthering of your education, but also to praise those who have made a difference in your semester and perhaps even your life.

“Yes, either through a lot of emails and posters or conversations with students and faculty, I have seen that they have this real strong urge to talk about citizenship.

I often hear teachers discussing about this.”

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n the summer of 2009, the Federal Bureau of Invest igat ion (FBI) thwarted a home-grown terror plot. Or so it would seem.

The would-be terrorists, now known as the “Newburgh CR Denning Four,” plotAssistant ted to bomb Opinion Editor t wo s y n agogues and destroy an airplane with a stinger missile. They might have carried out the attack, except the bombs and stinger missile were fake—and sold to them by the FBI. The most disturbing part of the story, however, is that were it not for the goading of an FBI informant, the Newburgh Four would likely never have undertaken such a nefarious plot.

“The Newburgh Sting,” a documentary film about the undercover operation that led to the Four’s arrest, reveals through the FBI’s ow n sur veillance footage that the informant, Shahed Hussain, worked tirelessly to recruit Muslims to join in a terrorist plot. Most of those he talked to viewed him as crazy or dangerous, according to the film, but his apparent wealth

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of unneeded stress throughout a semester from not teaching clearly or not giving useful feedback. When that happens, I absolutely f ill out class evaluations and honestly state the problems I had with them.”

However, students will less f requent ly f i l l out eva lu at ions for professors who have done a great job. After all, it is easier to find faults in professors or courses than to recognize their value. It is more fun to bash than to point out positives.

Despite this, there is undeniable impor ta nce in praising professors who have truly done their job well and have helped students succeed.

Most students have had experience with at least one professor who has stood out as an effective teacher who consistently inf luences students for the better. These professors ma ke a l l t he difference not only for a semester, but for an entire college education.

It is not uncommon for a professor to inspire a student to change majors because of the way a subject is presented. A required course that might not be particularly exciting can be bearable and even enjoyable when a professor’s passion is obvious, and it is clear he or she cares.

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and status attracted smallt i me m a r iju a n a de a ler James Cromitie.

W hen Hu s s a i n c ou ld not get Cromitie to follow through, he offered Cromitie and his compatriots, all of whom lived in relative poverty, $250,000 to take part in the plot.

When the four were convicted in 2011, Manhattan Federal Judge Colleen McMahon, who presided over the case, criticized the government’s handling of the investigation, stating, “The government did not have to infiltrate and foil some nefarious plot—there was no nefarious plot to foil.”

The FBI, through the actions of an undercover informant, convinced four men to carry out a terrorist attack, then arrested the four men and declared the arrest a victory in the war on terror.

There could be no better example of political theater, and understanding the incentives at play, it makes perfect sense. These kinds of arrests make the public feel safer and justif y the FBI’s massive budget, which is almost three times what it was before the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks.

Not only are these types of operations fiscally wasteful, they contribute to unwarranted anti-Muslim sentiment.

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While Hussain did meet Cromitie at a mosque, Cromitie didn’t appear interested in actually committing an attack until Hussain promised him a large sum of cash. And in the surveilla nce footage, Cromit ie stated that the other men involved weren’t doing it for “the cause,” but for the money. They weren’t “Muslim terrorists.” They were, as Judge McMahon put it, “thugs for hire, pure and simple.”

If it weren’t for the defendants opting to ta ke the case to trial, the public would never have seen the FBI’s surveillance footage.

There’d be no option but to take the FBI’s word that Cromitie, et al., were Muslim extremists hell-bent on harming America, and that if not for the Bureau’s gallant efforts, they would have succeeded.

Unjustified police shootings, like those of Walter Scott and Eric Harris, have begun to highlight the need for greater public accountability in policing. But the public should also have the chance to scrutinize the activities of federal law enforcement agencies, which often hide behind a veil of secrecy and classification in the name of “fighting terrorism.”

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Tai chi group embraces spirituality Carolyn Thompson Correspondent

Ta i ch i is l i ke water.

Through gentle, f luid motions, one redirects their opponent ’s at t ack s a nd moves defensively. When striking back, tai chi, like water, can turn from being gentle to being powerful and strong in reaction.

Xiaozhong Tang, an associate professor of English from Nanjing Normal University and member of NC State’s Confucius Institute, has been teaching a tai chi group for eight weeks with a session every Tuesday. He meets with the participants on the grassy f ield near Caldwell Hall and leads the class through the various poses and movements.

Ta ng sta r ted teachi ng tai chi three years ago and teaches twenty-four forms in the Yang style that he believes are the most popular in China. Out of the two forms of tai chi, Yang style is younger than Chen style and is more easily accepted because it is not that fierce, according to Tang.

Tai chi is a martial art first and an exercise second, and mindfulness of one’s breathing is one of the key practices to learn, according to Tang.

“Usually tai chi—when you just obser ve it—it’s not like a martial art, but definitely and generally, it’s a martial art,” he said. “For

the average person, if they don’t have any martial art skills, what they’re going to try to do is learn the basic skills that will be a little bit related to the martial art, such as the breathing.”

Usually stances will have the knees bent so that the individual has more stability and cannot be easily pushed by their opponent, and it is one of the harder things for the participants to do constantly, according to Tang. Because of this, he asks the participants to go back and forth between bent and straight legs.

“The second thing about tai chi is the softness,” Tang said. “The softness is just from trying to be gentle and paying more attention to your breaths.”

As the program continued, more and more staff members became interested in learning and joined, according to Tang.

“The basic thing I want to talk about for martial arts including tai chi - I just want to emphasize the softness and harmoniousness,” he said. “If you punch me or kick me or fight against me, I just want to move back and gently defend it instead of fiercely fighting against you.”

The f luidity of the movements is related to the nature of redirecting the opponent, but tai chi can be used to react and attack as well.

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Xiaozhong Tang, an associate professor of English from Nanjing Normal University visiting through the Confucius Institute, teaches a Tai chi class Tuesday at the Court of North Carolina.

“When I find I cannot go any where, I have to fight against you. I just use a softness to carry off your fierce power and get ready for fighting against you,” Tang said.

The practice of tai chi is also based on a certain state of mind and care for other people and the environmental surroundings.

“Chinese culture really emphasizes kindness, just like the water,” Tang said.

“We’re paying attention to

the water flowing because it simulates gentleness. Also, water can have another side.

If you don’t pay attention to your environment, you’re going to be damaged by the water. That means we have to respect each other, just like tai chi. You push me, and I just avoid, but if you still push me, then I will have to push you in retroverse,” Members of this group said that teachings of tai chi have had effects that extend

beyond physical benefits for participants.

“Going step by step and learning the different reasons for doing dif ferent steps, also practicing the breat he i n, breat he out through each step of that has been very calming for me,” said Kevin Swann, an NC State staff member with the Confucius Institute.

“It’s like a moving meditation. I’m kind of utilizing it for a meditation in motion.”

Tang said that the idea

of kindness and gentleness serves as a basis for tai chi.

“First, kindness is prior to analysis,” he said. “Second, kindness is like the water. A person, their personality and their behavior must be like the water.

Human beings cannot live independently of water, so that means we need water.

We have to be like water, so that means people will need you.”

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M E N ’ S I N D O O R T R AC K & F I E L D The men’s indoor squad under-performed this season, finishing tied for ninth in the ACC and sending just one athlete, junior Jonathan Addison, to the NCAA Championships. At the ACC Championships, Addison was named co-MVP for the men’s field competition. The junior followed up his strong conference performance with a 14th place finish in long jump at nationals. However, other than Addison, the men’s side was not very impressive. In long distance running, a bright spot for the team in 2014, the Pack failed to place a runner higher than eighth at the ACC Championships. Unfortunately, things were no better for the men in any of the other events.

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W O M E N ’ S I N D O O R T R AC K & F I E L D The women’s track and field team performed up to expectations in the indoor portion of the 2015 season, sending six athletes to the NCAA Championships, all of whom earned All-American honors.

Junior weight thrower Nicole Chavis and the distance medley relay team finished sixth in their respective events, while junior Alexis Perry finished 15th in long jump. As a team, the Wolfpack finished 32nd in the nation and sixth in the ACC Championships. In distance running, State landed two in the top four of the 5,000-meter at the conference championships.

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Though the NC State baseball team has lost its fair share of conference matchups, it has become apparent that this season is a rebuilding year for the Wolfpack. Before the 2015 campaign began, head coach Elliott Avent was burdened by a lack of depth in his roster. The team endured its heaviest losses on the mound, but since then, the team has looked to its new rotation to carry the weight. A handful of the Wolfpack freshmen have also stepped up in handling vital roles in the lineup and have been relied on to deliver despite their youth. The team as a whole has held its own this season but is far from playing as a top contender in the ACC. Though the NC State has tallied statement wins over three ranked teams, the Pack can seldom tack on a second win in any given three-game conference series.

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Linton leaves Pack to pursue flight career Sophomore defensive end Ty Linton has decided to leave the NC State football program to study aeronautical science at Middle Tennessee State University. The 25-year-old played minor league baseball for the Arizona Diamondbacks for four seasons before joining the Wolfpack in 2014. He had to sit out last season after suffering an ACL injury in spring practice. Linton plans to be a pilot after he gets his degree, as he has family ties in the flight industry.

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Freshman NC State women’s soccer defender Franziska Jaser signed a professional contract with SC Freiburg for the 2015–16 season. The club is a member of the Women’s Bundesliga, which is widely regarded as one of the top women’s soccer leagues in the world. The league’s teams have won eight UEFA Women’s Champions League titles and secured four runnerup finishes in 13 years. Jaser, a native of Burgau, Germany, was a member of the U-20 World Cup-winning German squad in 2014 and a member of the current German national team.

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ATHLETIC SCHEDULE

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Today WOMEN’S TENNIS VS. WAKE FOREST Cary, N.C., 12 p.m.

Thursday MEN’S TENNIS @ ACC CHAMPIONSHIP Cary, N.C., 9 a.m.

TRACK @ PENN RELAYS Philadelphia, P.A., All Day. SOFTBALL VS. NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL Raleigh, N.C., 6 p.m.

Friday MEN’S TENNIS @ ACC QUARTERFINALS Cary, N.C., 9 a.m.

BASEBALL VS. VIRGINIA Raleigh, N.C., 6:30 p.m.

Saturday MEN’S GOLF @ ACC GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP New London, N.C., All day.

WRESTLING The wrestling team was able to perform up to expectations this season. The team sent f ive wrestlers to the NCA A championships in St. Louis, junior heavyweight won his second championJac k wa s to finish nice na16-6

GYMNASTICS The 2015 NC State g y mnast ics squad turned what initially looked like a lost season into one of the best in program history. After posting its lowest score in six years in the team’s opening meet, the young Wolfpack roster continued to improve, finishing the season with a third-place finish in the EAGL Championships and earning its 13th-consecutive bid to the NCAA Regional Championships. Also, for the first time in program history, the team had two gymnasts, juniors Brittni Watkins and Michaela Woodford, qualify for Nationals in the all-around competition, where Watkins earned All-American honors on the balance beam. Along with senior Lane Jarred, Watkins and Woodford acted as mentors to the team’s young group of talent, which grew more and more competitive after each outing. In the regional event, three freshmen started at two events each for the Pack.

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MEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING

This year, the men’s swimming and diving team lived up to the lofty expectations that came with the squad’s recent success. The team not only finished with an undefeated season, but it also won its first ACC Championship in 23 years. The team built on its historic postseason with an eighthplace finish at the NCAA Championships, which included two second-place relay finishes, top-three individual performances and numerous All-American honors. As the team continued to grow in strength and depth with Braden Holloway as head coach, so did its level of expectation to perform.

This year, the men rose to the occasion.

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RIFLE

Although the NC State rifle team finished the 2014-15 season ranked 16th out of 20 rifle teams from around the country, the Pack was able to finish the season on a high note as it captured its fourth consecutive Southeastern Air Rifle Conference Championship (SEARC). The SEARC is composed of nine collegiate institutions; however, NC State and North Georgia College & State University are the only member schools that compete in the NCAA’s highest division of college rifle competition. Thus, it wasn’t much of a surprise that the Wolfpack was able to capture another conference championship. Consequently the Pack’s solid performances against lower division teams, but less than stellar outings against schools in the highest ranks, hurt the team’s chances at a higher grade.

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The women’s swimming and div ing team h ad a s ol id performance in its 2015 c a mpa ig n. T h i s yea r, t he women ended the season with a fifth-place finish at the ACC Championship. The Wolfpack was expecting a slightly higher finish but still had many outstanding performances during the regular season. The team also had a strong NCAA appearance with its 17th place finish. Many records were broken throughout the year, and one of the team’s greatest accomplishments included a fifth-place finish in the NCAA 400-meter freestyle relay.

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M i s s ou r i a n d Nick Gwiazdowski consecutive national ship. Freshman Kevin also able to come on strong out the season and had a showing in the NCAA tourment. The team finished on the year with big wins over ranked opponents including Virginia, Old Dominion and the Pitt Panthers. The team’s only really disappointing loss came at the hands of Duke, but that wasn’t enough to hurt the team’s impressive season.

The Wolfpack fought through a ton of adversity in its 2015 campaign, beginning with a loss of six seniors from the prior season and ending with just nine active roster players due to injuries after the season.

The Pack responded well, earning big late season victories over Miami and No. 10 Duke and advancing to the third round of the WNIT. However, a f irst round ACC Tournament loss and failure to make the NCAA Tournament carried too much weight to warrant a higher grade. State will only lose two players to graduation while it gains six recruits and four players who ended the season injured/ineligible, so there is a lot of promise for the team going forward.

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Despite low expectations and one of the youngest rosters in the ACC, the Wolfpack came together for a memorable postseason run, pulling off arguably the biggest upset of the 2015 NCAA Tournament against 1-seed Villanova on the way to the team’s second Sweet 16 appearance in four years. The run earned State a spot in USA Today’s final top 25 poll. Led by a stellar backcourt, the Pack earned four wins over ranked teams, including w ins over Duke and UNC-Chapel Hill, holding the Tar Heels to a record-low 46 points in the Dean Dome. The 2015 campaign not only contained multiple big time performances from guards Trevor Lacey and Ralston Turner, it also saw the emergence of a more mat u re A nt hony ‘Cat ’ Ba rber, who will surely be the face of the 2016 team.

The Pack managed to make up for the loss of T.J. Wa rren with solid team play on both sides of the ball — a lesson welllearned for t he young team.