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INSTITUTE OF EMERGING ISSUES FACES POTENTIAL CUTS TO FUNDING Ian Grice Staff Writer

As part of the recommended $15 million cut to UNC System centers and institutes, the NC General Assembly included in the 2014-2015 state budget, a working group within the UNC Board of Governors has been reviewing nine research cen-

ters and institutes for potential cuts to funding.

NC State’s Institute for Emerging Issues is one of these nine centers, putting it at risk to funding cuts from the state.

The IEI is known around campus partially due to the Emerging Issues Commons, located inside of Hunt Library, and the Emerging Issues

Forum, an annual event that brings people from around North Carolina together to discuss issues affecting the entire state.

Of the 237 centers and institutes within the UNC System, the board chose centers for further review if they met one or more of three criteria: if they have a budget of less than $50,000, have an economic return

NC Legislature returns, stirs controversy at first meeting

State legislators filed 28 bills after returning to the Capital Wednesday after a two-week break. The bills covered a wide range of controversial topics, including same-sex marriage and party influence in judicial elections. The sessions on Wednesday were mostly ceremonial, so most of the proposals won’t be discussed until the next week at the earliest. A bill filed by Senate leader Phil Berger would allow magistrates and register of deeds staffers to rescue themselves from performing gay marriages for religious reasons. These recusals would prevent them from participating in all marriage-related duties, in order to address discrimination concerns.

Democratic legislators and supporters of same-sex marriage quickly condemned Berger’s bill on the grounds that it would legally allow and enable discrimination against gay couples. Berger, who had ample support from Republicans in the NC General Assembly, had 14 co-sponsors sign the bill by the end of the day. The first bills introduced after the break indicated that 2015 will be a year of controversy and debate for state legislators.

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ratio of less than two-to-one or receive more than $100,000 of in-kind support, according to board documents.

Anita Brown-Graham, director of the IEI, said she met with the working group reviewing the centers in December to answer questions about the center, and the working group will release its

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NAACP Protesters return to Raleigh

Protesters from the NAACP demonstrated outside the capital Wednesday in an effort to meet with legislators regarding their concerns, but were stopped by police at the entrance doors into the chambers. Police officers told the demonstrators that they couldn’t enter the building due to new building rules adopted by a legislative committee. The Rev. William Barber, president of the NAACP and leader of the protests, consulted his lawyers during the protest and said NAACP lawyers would be challenging the new rules in court this week. Barber and the NAACP hope to push the state to expand Medicaid, better fund public schools, restore the Racial Justice Act and also reverse the changes made to North Carolina’s districting and shortening the early voting timetable.

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Construction will force the D.H. Hill Library to close its West Wing so crews will be able to upgrade the fire sprinkler system and address other internal problems for the rest of the semester.

During construction, the Silent Reading Room, Technology Sandbox, Terrace, Creamery and Cone Zone on the first floor will be unavailable. In addition, the Mini-Theater and the West Wing Auditorium will not be available for use, while the Faculty Senate will move to the ground floor of the South Tower in the Administrative Conference Room. Students will be able to request current periodicals from the library’s Ask Us Center and find newspapers at the east end of the Ground Floor Reading Room.

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Matthew Bernal, a junior studying business administration, talks to an unknown person on the other side of the curtain at the Colorblind Speed-Friending event at the Talley Ballroom Wednesday night.

Students make friends behind curtain at colorblind UAB event Coleen Kinen-Ferguson Staff Writer

In an effort to help students foster more inclusive relationships with others on campus, NC State’s Union Activ ities Boa rd hosted a colorblind,

speed-friending event in Talley Ballroom Wednesday evening.

About 40 participants were seated next to other participants and asked to have a conversation.

However, the rules required that guests could not see their partners or ask each other’s names.

“The purpose of the event is to make friends based on characteristics and conversation,” said Shelby Anderson, UAB Diversity Activities Board Chair.

UAB advertised the event as an opportunity to “get to know new people based not on ap-

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ASG proposes new structural changes Ian Grice Staff Writer

The Association for Student Governments, which represents all 17 campuses and 220,000 students in the UNC System, proposed a change to disband several of the current issue-based committees in the group in order to create new working groups.

The government relations, university affairs and campus communities committees are set to be replaced by a legislative working group, a media working group and a campus outreach group.

The Government Relations

Committee looks at legislative priorities and advocates for students based on what comes out of the NC General Assembly or local town halls.

The Campus Communities Committee is currently focused on sexual assault prevention.

The legislative strategies and outreach working group will write open letters, go on advocacy trips and maintain a higher presence in the general assembly than the committees they will be replacing, according to Zack King, a senior studying political science and chief of staff of the Association of Student

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Teams from different universities across the country will be showing off their vocal skills and raising money this Saturday at Sangeet Saagar, a South Asian a cappella competition NC State will be hosting for the first time.

The event will go beyond teams singing music, as acts will be fusing musical pieces together with top-40 hits or popular beats. Audiences can expect a variety of musical styles and acts, such as contemporary American, Bollywood and classical music mixes.

NC State’s chapter of the Delta Sigma Iota fraternity Inc. is organizing the event.

“Our competition is huge because it’s the first of its kind on the whole east coast,” said Sidhartha Jandhyala, the president of Delta Sigma Iota Inc. and a senior studying biomedical en-

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full recommendations about cuts to institutes to the full Board of Governors on Feb. 27 at UNC-CH. During a presentation in front of the working group, the IEI tried to clarify its mission as an organization geared toward helping communities in North Carolina improve their economic competitiveness, explaining exactly how the institute conducts its day-to-day operations and how state support is crucial for the institute to also garner private donations, Brown-Graham said.

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gineering. “Having the first ever South Asian a capella contest at NC State, that’s huge for our college.”

This is the first time the entire event is taking place at NC State, but the fraternity hopes to begin holding it annually, according to Akshay Iyer, the event’s lead organizer and a senior studying electrical engineering.

Six teams will be competing, and two acts will perform for an exhibition. These teams will be performing one mashup piece, one ballad and one song of their choice.

“Definitely expect a lot of fusion,” said Charan Mohan, the fraternity’s director of public relations and a senior studying biochemistry.

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out of its total annual budget of $3.6 million from the state funds each year.

The IEI choose not to figure how much in-kind support, or donations of goods and services rather than cash gifts, it receives each year because the number would be too large due to the nature of the work at the center— convening people—which isn’t fair in comparison to other centers and institutes, Brown-Graham said.

“If you tried to value the amount of time that thousands of people spend with IEI each year, we would probably be the best value there is anywhere in the country in terms of centers and institutes,” Brown-Graham said.

The six teams competing are Dhadkan from Ohio State University, Dhamakapella from Case Western Reserve University, Ektaal from the University of Virginia, Fanaa from Pe n n s y lv a n i a St ate University, Ohms from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Raag from Rutgers University.

Other than the six competing teams, there will also be two exhibition acts. One of the Exhibition acts is the NC State male a capella group Grains of Time.

“We are excited to see the caliber of teams coming out,” Mohan said.

Many of the teams competing are seasoned veterans, some of which are on their way to releasing individual albums.

The proceeds for this event are going to two different charities, in-

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Private organizations give the IEI funding to do specific things. Brown-Graham said she would presume that the state is also invested in those things, and it makes it hard for the institute to get other funders when that is not the case.

“The state funding is really essential to our ability to raise this additional private funding,” Brown-Graham said.

During the presentation, members of the working group reviewing the institute spoke about how well-managed the IEI is, the good job they are doing of attracting diverse perspectives in their work and the importance of having an organization that is centered on North Carolina’s

cluding Drive Education, a non-profit that works to help local schools provide better quality education to students and Ekal Vidyalaya, a non-profit working to educate more children in rural India. “[The event] touches on the three pillars of Delta Sigma Iota: service, unity and education,” Iyer said.

Delta Sigma Iota Inc. plans to make this an annual event after it generates credibility from this competition. Iyer said the fraternity hopes for more teams to apply and for it to be known as a prestigious event. This is the first step in reaching that goal.

“It is important to make a good impression,” Iyer said.

Jandhyala said this event can bring a diversifying element to the NC State community, as it allows for people

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long-term economy, BrownGraham said.

“It actually was a really good experience,” BrownGraham said. “It also made me feel good because every single member of the subcommittee who spoke had nothing but positive things to say about the Institute for Emerging Issues.”

The Student Senate passed a bill on Jan. 21 authorizing the Senate to draft an open letter to UNC-System leaders to not cut IEI’s budget. Student Body President Rusty Mau and Student Senate President Cody Long signed the letter.

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System President Tom Ross, members of the UNC Associations of Student Governments and members of the Faculty and Staff Senates at NC State.

Priya Loganarthar, a freshman studying human biology and the senator who introduced the bill, said the Board is reviewing centers that are helpful to students without regard to the needs of the institution.

“They only thought about the money aspect of it, not the actual value of each center,” Loganarthar said. “UNCChapel Hill has nine centers under review, such as the Carolina Women’s Center... they all have been really helpful to students,”

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Loganarthar said the budget cuts to the IEI could potentially be stopped, and it is in the best interest of the students she represents to stop the budget cuts from happening.

“We don’t want any budget cuts for IEI since it’s been really helpful for our students and the entire community for North Carolina,” Loganarthar said.

Brown-Graham said the institute is anticipating the work ing group’s budget cut recommendations next month.

“We’re all waiting to see what happens,” Brown-Graham said.

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UNC a cappella team Samaa performs Nov. 9, 2013. The Delta Sigma Iota fraternity will be hosting the first annual South Asian themed a cappella competition Saturday in Talley Ballroom. Six teams from various unviversities will be traveling to NC State compete.

to learn more about another culture.

“Whenever I go to major meetings, people always say that ‘NC State needs more diver-

sity,’ and ‘NC State is not diverse enough,’” Jandhyala said.

The event has already sold more than 200 tickets, and tickets will also

be available at the door.

Iyer said.

Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the door. Advance tickets are being sold online at

SangeetSaagardsi.com.

Tickets can also be purchased between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. throughout the rest of this week in the Brickyard.

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Professor discusses poltical influence of James Madison Conor Kennedy Correspondent

Nearly 100 people visited SAS Hall Wednesday evening to listen to S. Adam Seagrave, a professor at Northern Illinois University, argue against the idea that the founding fathers intended the constitution to be fully complete by discussing James Madison’s vision for the American Federal Union.

The discussion centered

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pearances but character and personality alone.”

Anderson said the idea for the event stemmed from recent racist events that have spurred media attention, both on campus and throughout the country.

“T he event is a good chance for people to see that character doesn’t have anything to do with the color of someone’s skin – they’re not related,” Anderson said.

“People can make friends without that initial bias based on appearance.”

Upon signing in, participants were assigned a color–either red or blue– and separated based on that color. The room was

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Governments.

The media strategies and outreach working group will create press releases, a multimedia campaign, video creation, social media

on Madison’s role in the formation of the United States, as well Madison’s various speeches and writings.

Madison’s views on slavery eventually brought the discussion to the Thirteenth Amendment, which abolished slavery throughout the country.

Seagrave said, although many people believe the original constitution was fully complete in the eyes of the founding fathers, the

framers always had the intention to abolish slavery.

“The Thirteenth Amendment could be viewed as a completion of the original constitution rather than a deviation,” Seagrave said.

Seagrave said the constitution was further improved with the ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment, as the Fourteenth Amendment aimed to complete Madison’s vision for the Union by addressing citizenship rights

and equal protection under national laws.

Madison believed that federalism was fundamentally about individual liberties, and in the end, Madison sought to achieve a perfect form of federalism through a balance between state and national power, Seagrave said.

Madison is described as a federalist because of his advocacy for stronger national government.

According to Seagrave, Madison had inconsistent methods for advocating his beliefs, which could have been indicative of his personal opinions on how to make the most perfectly balanced federal government.

For example, Madison changed from advocating for a national veto to advocating for a state veto just 10 years later.

Peter Daniel, a sophomore studying agricultural busi-

ness management, said he thought the lecture was interesting because of how Madison’s opinions about federalism influenced the modern government of the U.S., as there is always controversy about what political power should be given to state and national government.

“Even though all of Madison’s views didn’t make it through to print, we still have a great government,” Daniel said.

divided by a black curtain that allowed participants to make conversation with the person on the other side for 90 seconds.

A f ter each 90 -second session ended, a buzzer went off and participants switched partners.

“It was really weird at first but once you start talking to people and making friends it was cool,” said Hannah Carraway, a freshman studying art studies. “I liked the ‘colorblind’ aspect of it because you could talk to someone and really get to know them without the bias or judgment of their appearance.”

Each participant filled out a name card that had his or her assigned color on it, as well as a list of suggested questions to ask during the 90-second intervals.

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e ach ot her a f ter wa rd s , they’ll probably see people they wouldn’t normally be friends with,” Anderson said.

Liz Tarney, a senior studying zoology, said, though she agreed with the premise of the event, focusing solely on race ignored every other aest het ic reason people judge others before meeting them.

“I’m not sure if I would have put such an emphasis on race when there are so many other things we judge people by,” Tarney said. “I see why it is still important, though.”

After the official “speedf r iend i ng” ended, pa rticipants got the chance to interact with each other in an informal setting and see whom they’d been talking to.

Following the conclusion of the activity, UAB hosted a discussion based around the notion of what it means to be “colorblind,” along with

other topics relating to racial prejudice and equality.

Kelsie Wright, freshman in the First Year College said UAB should hold more

speed-friending events in the future.

“It was a great way to meet different people,” Wright said.

presence and newsletters. An example of what the group would produce is the promotional video NC State’s Student Government made for the ‘It’s On Us’ campaign to combat sexual assault.

The campus strategies and outreach working group will visit campuses and conduct surveys, polls and outreach

system-wide, connecting student organizations across campuses, King said.

Alex Parker, a senior studying international studies and president of the ASG, said he, Vice President of ASG Leigh Whittaker and King would be drafting the bill for the reading during the February session.

Whittaker said she enjoyed participating in working groups at a national leadership conference that she attended, which inspired her to bring them back to the UNC System.

“It felt like we were actually doing something for students rather than just writing legislation,” Whit-

taker said. “It just felt more meaningful,” King said this would allow the group to be more taskoriented, with ever yone working on multiple issues where the working groups will be focused on more realworld issues.

Not many students are able to tell their story to

legislators or the Board of Governors, so ASG has a responsibility and a privilege to represent students, Whittaker said.

“Last year [Parker and I] were both student body presidents, and we noticed that ASG wasn’t as effective as it could be,” Whittaker said.

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Gregory Power, a sophomore studying fisheries and wildlife science, waits to meet Robbie Missroon, a sophomore studying mechanical engineering at the Colorblind Speed-Friending event at the Talley Ballroom Wednesday night.

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“Do you feel that males in you classes tend to dominate class discussion”

“Not specifically for my classes. Maybe in an engineering class, but no, not for my classes. Especially because I’m in textiles.”

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Erin Holloway, senior studying anthropology and English

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t can be pretty draining to look at social media these days. Facebook has become a land of irrelevancy. Twitter is a haven for pessimists and the cynical.

Instagram users display only the enjoyable moments of their lives, conf lating 0.1 percent of perfection into a life of paradise.

If you’re li ke me, you Annie Grant probably consider deleting Staff Columnist all forms of social media and never turning back on a regular basis. After all, social media outlets can take quite a discouraging toll on my opinion of humanity, leaving me irritated with all of the world’s phonies à la Holden Caulfield. But don’t lose hope; there are a few social media pages that actually are doing some good and preventing me from giving up on the world altogether.

One of these is called “Humans of New York.” Most people who spend a good amount of time online have heard of it. This popular page can be found on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. HONY is the product of Brandon Stanton, a photographer who takes pictures of people in New York City and interviews them during the process. At almost 12 million Facebook likes, Stanton is obviously doing something right.

On the social media pages, Stanton posts pictures with stories these New Yorkers have shared with him. Some of the stories are funny and offer encouragement. On the other hand, some express heartache and painful memories. All of the stories are real, and in most cases the accompanying images are equally as powerful, funny or encouraging. This style of publication offers a great look at the varying perspectives about the human experience.

It might sound surprising, at first, that what seems like such an odd idea would become so popular. These people are com-

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“No. I feel like in a lot of my classes there are more females in the class anyway, so I think it’s pretty fifty-fifty. I guess it depends on what type of class you’re in.”

Kyle Townsend, freshman, First Year College

Paige Nemec, graduate, comparative biomedical sciences

mon, everyday New York citizens, yet the public is fascinated by the short profiles of their lives. It is equally surprising that what is considered a positive project would receive so much attention by our negativityobsessed society. But people love the page and it continues to grow.

The truth is: We are drawn to these stories because we get them. We can relate to a lot of them, and others we try hard to understand. Hearing stories of ordinary, and sometimes extraordinary, people sends the message that each person’s story matters— a message that we could all benefit from every now and then. Even when the stories are heartbreaking, they can offer encouragement to an individual who realizes they are not alone and can then say, “Me too. I’ve felt that.”

The project has offered a platform to expose the public to pieces of real life experiences and provides the opportunity to practice empathizing with them. This is no small thing. When we see stories of people who maybe are different from us, or who have experienced things that we have not, and we see their pictures right there too, it makes it harder to generalize, dehumanize and not empathize. It doesn’t make it impossible though; unfortunately, there are a lot of disrespectful comments made on the pictures, but the project is a step in the right direction.

Social media has become a place of barriers and negativity. Too often the social media-self is not a real representation of who someone is. There is pressure to display the best you, to argue unkindly and to put people down. But remember that not all social media is this way and it definitely does not have to be this way. Support the pages that are doing things that matter, un-follow the people who spread hate but maybe don’t give up on social media just yet.

“No, I don’t think so. I feel like women also want to project their own opinion, and I feel that there’s not much of a division anymore. Females tell their opinion and guys tell their opinion. It’s just based on their level of confidence.”

“No. In my theory class it’s mostly females that talk. It might be because it’s majority females. There are a couple of males that talk and lots of females that talk.”

Robin Grant, senior, anthropology

Waleed Ahmed, freshman, life sciences

Davis Leonard, senior studying technology, engineering and design education

Re: ‘Trans Exploitation’ To whom it may concern: I am very glad to see you bring this to focus. I, too, was horrified to see the Bruce Jenner image you referred to [in Katherine Waller’s “Transgender exploitation is still an issue” on Tuesday]. However, I think there are some things that you should be aware of that also perpetuate incorrect thinking about transgender people.

The media is constantly making statements that are erroneous and misleading and are often derogatory, all of which brings out a negative ‘image’ of transgender folks.

First, please know I appreciate your support and your intent, but I feel that it is important to bring this up. If even one media source can make these corrections, it can be a domino effect.

This is perhaps one of the most powerful statements you made in your article - “People need to feel

safe enough to be able to live as their authentic selves. The stigmas against transgendered people cause them to be ostracized as they face discrimination from employers, housing agencies, the military and medical providers. Not only that, but they must endure harassment constantly, and, in many cases, violence. Many live in poverty, and the transgender community has an outrageously high suicide rate.”

However, if you look at the second line “The stigmas against TRANSGENDERED people cause them to be ostracized as they face discrimination from employers, housing agencies, the military and medical providers.” The use of the word ‘transgendered’ is incorrect. There was also another use of that word in the paragraph above this quote. You wouldn’t say ‘gayed’ [or]’lesbianed’ so why would you say ‘transgendered’? If you will take some

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time and go to the following website: http://www.glaad.org/reference/ transgender they have outlined some pretty clear reasons for not using certain terms.

Every time I hear one of these terms, it’s like a slap in the face. No matter how minor you or others may think this is, it’s perpetuating the ‘object’ mentality of all transgender men and women.

They are not objects, they are real human beings and using erroneous terms only puts it out there for the world to continue to see them in an undesirable, dehumanized light.

Additionally, you mentioned that some people “choose” this life. Perhaps not your intent, but being transgender is not a choice. As far as it goes, people just are people. We are all different and difference is beautiful.

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A LOOK AT THE UPCOMING MUSICAL ACTS IN THE TRIANGLE

Cat’s Cradle Gentleman Contender, G Yamazawa, Ace Henderson Thurs 1/29 Doors: 8:00 p.m./ Show: 9:00 p.m. $7 Gentleman Contender Bio: The 20-year-old writes and produces his songs using minimal sampling. His music stems from emotion and storytelling. In the upcoming short album Blank Narrative, Gentleman Contender delivers melodic raps and layered harmonies on top of selfdesigned glossy synthesizers.

The Grand Shell Game, The Oblations, Matt Phillips, Rebekah Todd Fri 1/30 Doors: 7:00 p.m. / Show: 8:00 p.m. $5-7 The Grand Shell Game Bio: The sound has been called “progressive Americana”, “folk-core” and sometimes rock and roll. The songs have been described as simple yet contain an elegant complexity. The band is also said to provoke thought, dance moves and sing- alongs.

Who’s Bad: The Ultimate Michael Jackson Tribute Band, Animal Envoys Fri 1/30 Doors: 8:30 p.m./ Show: 9:30 p.m. $15-17 Who’s Bad: The Ultimate Michael Jackson Tribute Band Bio: Who’s Bad is the longest-running Michael Jackson tribute band. They have been touring for 10 years, and are the only band to tour before his passing.

Loose Jets, Demon Eye, Thick Modine Sat 1/31 Doors: 8:00 p.m./ Show: 9:00 p.m. $8 Loose Jets Bio: They are a six-piece band who can be best described as sultry, gritty Los Angelesdrenched rock and roll. They mix gritty rock and R&B. They have a female lead singer who has been compared to Adele and Amy Winehouse.

The Pour House Psylo Joe, Dr. Bacon Thurs. 1/29 Doors: 8:00 p.m./ Show: 9:00 p.m.

$7 at the door / $5 online

They strive to get people moving.

Sat. 1/31

Psylo Joe Bio: They are a five piece jam band from Greenville, NC. They can be described as a psychedelic funk rock band with a saxophone.

They improvise a lot of their shows, but keep within their sound.

Mojo Rising (Tribute to the Doors), The Revolvers (Tribute to The Beatles) Fri. 1/30 Doors: 8:00 p.m./ Show: 9:00 p.m. $10 at the door / $7 online Mojo Rising Bio: They are a The Doors tribute band that strives to play their music as close to the original album versions of each song as possible.

Wave Lynx, Mac & Juice Quartet, Lefty Williams Band Doors: 9:00 p.m. / Show: 10:00 p.m. $7 at the door / $5 online Wave Lynx Bio: They were formed in 2011 in Boone, NC. They are said to focus on a lively and free-spirited live show. They can be described as a mixture of country and funk.

Local 506 Wayne Hancock, John Howie Jr. and the Rosewood Bluff, Steve Howell & Caroline Mamoulides Duo Thurs. 1/29 Doors: 8:00 p.m./ Show 9:00 p.m. $13-15 Wayne Hancock Bio: Their genre is “juke joint swing” and have a fiercely loyal underground following. They embrace their rural roots and culture by performing with some country music twang. They are from Austin, TX.

The Ends, Nuclear Honey, The Dear Old Blighties Fri 1/30 Doors: 8:30 p.m./ Show: 9:30 p.m. $5 The Ends Bio: This band has a wide variety of musical influences, including jazz, punk, country and funk. They are said to stretch tunes by improvising solos and extending jams. They are known for their exciting live performances.

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Former NC State tennis player Joelle Kissell serves the ball (left) and backhands the ball (right) during the double match against Wake Forest on March 28, 2014. The 4-3 loss made the Wolfpack’s record 7-7 overall and 1-6 in the ACC.

Tennis alumna takes a swing at the pros Russell Ash Staff Writer

An alumna of NC State’s women’s tennis team is trying to take her game to the professional level.

Joelle Kissell, who played tennis for the Wolfpack and graduated with a degree in communication, started a GoFundMe campaign in late December after trying to find a way to pay for a chance to play on the pro tour. She is currently working as an intern for Fox Sports Florida in Orlando and says she plans to play in every tournament she can after her internship.

Kissell said she was motivated to make the push for the next level after watching tournaments on television and seeing some familiar faces.

“I had just been watching the US Open and other big tournaments and saw people I had played doing well,” Kissell said. “It was just like,

‘You know what? I have that talent, so I should just give it a go.’”

According to Kissell, tennis has been a part of her life since she was two years old.

“Once I could walk, I had a racket in my hands,” Kissell said. “It was kind of just in my blood from the beginning.”

While growing up in a family of tennis players, she said her mom’s coaching helped her feel the love and fun of the game from the beginning.

According to Kissell, that love has fueled her game ever since.

As a member of the Wolfpack, she got the opportunity to play in the toughest collegiate conference for women’s tennis. The skill level of her opponents in the ACC ranged anywhere from national champions to participants in the US Open, according to Kissell.

In addition to playing some of the best players in the country, Kissell

said the conditioning, coaching and support from her teammates helped her develop into the player she is today.

“I was so fortunate to come to NC State,” Kissell said. “It has elevated my game past what I could have imagined.”

According to Kissell, one of the biggest struggles she has faced while trying to go professional has been balancing practice time with her internship. Finding others to train with has also been a challenge, though she said she has been somewhat fortunate in this regard.

“There’s a girl who used to play for Georgia Tech who’s here [in Orlando] and she played on the pro tour last year, so she’s been a good person to hit with,” Kissell said.

She said she has also been signing up for upper-level tournaments in Florida with the hopes of getting in as an alternate.

“I don’t have a ranking yet, so I can’t really get into those [tournaments],” Kissell said. “But I’ve been going and signing up to be alternates and just haven’t been lucky yet.”

Hans Olsen, the former women’s tennis coach at NC State, is fully confident Kissell will break through to the next level.

“She’s got talent and she’s got an amazing work ethic,” Olsen said.

“There’s no doubt in my mind that she will become one of the elite players in the world.”

Olsen was Kissell’s coach throughout her four-year career at NC State and noticed there was an intense pressure on her to succeed for the team during her freshman year.

“Her whole career, her team was her family,” Olsen said. “If she was in a match, she just wanted to win for her team so badly that it was just too much pressure.”

According to Olsen, that pressure

would become confidence over the course of time.

“Between her second and her third year, that changed,” Olsen said.

“You could see it when she was in the deciding match that her family became the reason why she felt more confident and more motivated.”

Ashley Miller, Olsen’s former doubles partner at NC State who graduated with a degree in program management, said Kissell was the type of player to play her hardest for every point, even if she was on the verge of losing.

“She has the intensity and the will to win,” Miller said. “I’ve never seen anyone play as hard as her.”

If you would like to make a donation, you can visit her GoFundMe page at http://www.gofundme.com/ jojogoespro.

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toro, the former director of recruiting for Wake Forest’s women soccer team, has followed since he first stepped into the head coach position in 2013. At minimum, six recruits will sign, all of whom Santoro hopes will step in and fill roles.

“This class is full of talent.”

Santoro said, “Adding this class to those who are already here will bring depth and balance to our team.”

Despite the tendency to hype up a specific recruiting class, Santoro recognizes that a team is built over time, and it’s the collection of talent established over a few seasons that produces results.

Slowly but surely, the Wolfpack is getting there, as the recruiting classes the past two years brought forth a number of gems and highly-rated players.

One of these was 2013 leading scorer Jackie Stengel, who redshirted this past season due to a knee injury. Stengel will return with three years of eligibility remaining in 2015, an experienced and dangerous offensive weapon.

“With Jackie Stengel coming back off injury, it’ll almost be like having another recruit,” Santoro said.

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11.0 and 18.2 points per game, respectively.

As a team, the Cavs average 69.4 PPG on the offensive side of ball while only allowing an average of 62.2 PPG on defense. The Pack will have its hands full dealing with Virginia’s scoring trio if it wants to keep this game within reach.

The Wolfpack matches up fairly well with the Hoos on both the offensive and defensive sides of the ball. Like Virginia, NC State averages around 69.2 PPG and yields an average of 62 PPG. State also has a threeheaded scoring monster of its own in the form of sophomore guard Miah Spencer, redshirt senior guard Len’Nique BrownHoskin and Wilson, who averages 13.4, 10.4 and 14.2 PPG, respectively.

The Pack is also averaging a respectable 39 percent field-goal percentage, all while shooting 33 percent from three-point range.

This just might be the perfect formula for the Wolfpack to notch a muchneeded ACC win and get the ball rolling again while building momentum for the rest of the season.

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Forward Jackie Stengel, who redshirted the season, chases down a ball Aug. 22 vs. UNC-W.

of the Bayern Munich youth system, a lso joined the team late in the summer of 2014 after competing at the Under-20 World Cup and showed glimpses of quality while also needing time to acclimate to the U.S. collegiate athletics scene.

Now, with her adjustment to Raleigh complete, her talent will better shine through and give the Wolfpack a refined engine in midfield.

Santoro’s recruiting efforts have laid a foundation of players that gained valuable experience in 2014, despite winning only two games on the year. With 2015’s group capable of contributing out of the gate, the Pack gains depth and an extra layer of competitiveness.

That depth will aid a team plagued by injuries in 2014,

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injuries that sidelined aforementioned sophomore striker Stengel for the season while keeping a number of key contributors off the pitch for extended periods.

Despite the positive buzz surrounding the team, the team will lose freshman striker Kayla Saager next season, who transferred to West Virginia.

“It was a mutual parting.”

Santoro said, “Sometimes a change of scenery is best for both player and program, but she will be missed.”

The incoming group will also push established players and challenge for playing time, something that can only help the team return to the lustre of the great Wolfpack teams of the late-80s and early-90s.

“We were down in the

ACC for a while before I got here.” Santoro said, “This is right where we wanted to be three years ago, and now our only problem will be youth.”

Experience is crucial, but every experienced player has to start out at year one, and Santoro hopes the incoming players that will officially announce their commitments Feb. 4 will prove decisive this year and the years to come.

“Women’s soccer is currently beginning its spring training but as far as looking towards next season, next season will be different.”

The Wolfpack will begin a stretch of preseason spring games in the next few months.

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U VA’s recent struggles haven’t just come against ranked teams, but unranked as well, losing to unranked Miami (FL) and Georgia Tech. In the case of common opponents, both the Pack and Cavs have each faced the Davidson Wildcats with two very different outcomes.

The Pack defeated the Cats 82-66 back in late December, whereas the Wahoos lost to the Wildcats Dec. 28 by a score of 67-57. Losing to a 5-15 team at home never looks good, and in the Pack’s case, it just might be the confidence booster head coach Wes Moore needs for his team.

Tonight’s showdown is the only scheduled meeting between the Wolfpack and Cavaliers for the 2014-15 season, barring a possible matchup in the ACC Tournament. With a win, the Pack would finish the month of January with an even .500 record after splitting its last eight games.

After tonight’s contest in Charlottesville, the Pack returns home for a two-game home stand with games coming against the Pittsburgh Panthers and in-state rival Wake Forest.

With only eight games remaining, every game is crucial for the Pack’s chances at earning a bid to the NCAA Tournament.

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Pack gymnasts earn EAGL honors A pair of Wolfpack gymnasts, senior Lane Jarred and junior Brittni Watkins, earned Eastern Atlantic Gymnastics League honors in the third week of competition in the 2015 season, the conference announced Wednesday.

Jarred and Watkins both contributed to the team’s win against Texas Woman’s University Jan. 25. Jarred, a Lawrenceville, New Jersey native earned EAGL Specialist of the Week after tying for first place on beam.

Watkins, a native of Albany, New York, earned Gymnast of the Week honors for her overall score after finishing first on vault, beam, floor and all-around competition. Watkins’ all-around score of 39.525 marked a career high for the All-American and marked the third-highest individual score in program history.

SOURCE: GOPACK.COM

Former PG Brown to sign with T-Wolves Former NC State men’s basketball team player Lorenzo Brown will reportedly sign a 10-day contract with the Minnesota Timberwolves, ESPN’s Marc Stein announced via Twitter. Brown, a 6-foot-5-inch point guard, was drafted 52nd overall by the Timberwolves in 2013, but was waived in the preseason before making his NBA debut with the Philadelphia 76ers. Brown currently plays in the D-League for the Grand Rapids Drive. The Roswell, Georgia native played three seasons at NC State, from 2010-2013, but decided to forego his senior season to enter the NBA draft.

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The NC State football team faces the prospect of taking on the Virginia Tech Hokies on a Friday night during the 2015 football season, according to David Teel of the Daily Press.

According to the report, inside sources have stated the near-finalized version of the ACC’s 2015 schedule features a pair of Friday night games, Boise State at Virginia and NC State at Virginia Tech. While the date is unknown, ESPN’s deal with the ACC calls for several Friday night games over the course of the season.

Traditionally, Friday night games are frowned upon because of their effect on high school football game revenue and attendance.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY “Tonight the lesson we’ve got to learn is you’ve got to fight every night.”

Mark Gottfried Head men’s basketball coach

ATHLETIC SCHEDULE Today WOMEN’S BASKETBALL V. VIRGINIA Charlottesville, VA., 7 p.m.

Friday TRACK AT HILTON GARDEN INVITE Winston-Salem, N.C., All Day MEN’S TENNIS V. JACKSON STATE Murfreesboro, Tenn., 11 a.m.

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Clemson clobbers State in PNC Jake Lange Associate Sports Editor

Zack Tanner Assistant Sports Editor

The NC State men’s basketball team was stunned by Clemson Wednesday night, falling by a score of 68-57. The Wolfpack shot just 28.6 percent from the floor, the team’s worst shooting performance since Jan. 16, 2013 vs. Maryland.

State began the game by pounding the ball down low, combating the Tigers’ excellent threepoint defense, the best in the ACC. As he has done in the past two games, freshman Abdul-Malik Abu started off the scoring for the Pack, tacking on the first four points of the contest.

After trading baskets early in the game, Clemson broke off on a 25-2 run fueled by four State turnovers.

The Pack failed to make a shot from the field for just under 10 minutes, missing 10 straight shots on its way to a 19-point deficit with seven minutes to play in the first.

The Tigers were lights out from downtown in the first, knocking down five of their 10 attempts from beyond the arc. Senior guard Rod Hall was 2-for-2 in the opening period from three-point land and entered the locker room at half with 11 points.

Eventually, the Pack regrouped putting together a nice stretch of defensive stops to hold the Tigers scoreless for 3:30. However, the State offense failed to match the team’s defensive effort, committing two additional turnovers.

The Pack succumbed to another big Clemson run to end the first half and entered the locker room trailing by 20 points, its largest halftime deficit since February 2013.

State finished the first half with just 16 points, shooting 23 percent from the field. While the Clemson defense, one of the best in the conference, was excellent throughout the half, simple turnovers and poor shot selection were the Pack’s downfall in the opening period.

State responded quickly out of the break, jumping out to a 7-0 run in the first two minutes. The Pack played more intelligent defense, forcing the Tigers into tough positions that led to three quick Clemson fouls.

Once again, it was the Pack bigs who provided the bulk of the scoring early in the half. Abu and sophomore Kyle Washington scored six of the team’s first nine points.

Abu had another strong game, finishing with

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Sophomore guard Anthony ‘Cat’ Barber has a layup blocked during the game against Clemson Wednesday. The Wolfpack lost to the Tigers by a score of 68-57 in PNC Arena.

15 points and 12 rebounds. However, at times, the young forward looked like a freshman, turning the ball over three times.

Fouling proved to be an issue for the Tigers in the second. Less than five minutes into the half, the Pack was in the bonus, and with less than 10 minutes gone, State was shooting two on every foul. The Pack shot a total of 14 foul shots in the closing period, sinking 12 of its attempts.

State continued to chip away at the Clemson lead, but the Tigers managed to keep the Pack at bay through the early stages of the second.

As the game progressed, the Pack’s newly estab-

lished full-court press got the best of Clemson, forcing the Tigers into five turnovers in less than two minutes. With just nine minutes left to play, State was in the midst of a 9-0 run and trailed by just three points.

However, Clemson quelled the Pack’s comeback attempt with a 6-0 run of its own, and eventually State’s defensive energy faded. The Tigers cruised through the final minutes of the half, making their final four shots and taking the game by doubledigits.

NC State must regroup quickly, as the team faces Georgia Tech Saturday in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Pack looks to end skid vs. Cavs Women’s soccer to add 2015 recruits

Drew Nantais Staff Writer

In the midst of a two-game skid, the NC State women’s basketball team looks to right the ship on the road in Charlottesville against ACC-rival Virginia.

The Pack last played Sunday on the road at No. 23 Syracuse, falling to the Orange 66-49. Shooting 27 percent from the field and 29 percent from three, NC State had only one player reach double figures: redshirt sophomore guard Dominique Wilson, who scored 12.

With the threat of its twogame losing streak stretching to a season-high three, the Wolfpack (12-8, 3-4 ACC) hopes a matchup with the Cavaliers (13-7, 3-4 ACC) is just what the doctor ordered.

The Wahoos limp into tonight’s contest having lost four of their last five games, most recently in a narrow defeat at the hands of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Sunday.

Guard Faith Randolph tallied 23 points on the night with fellow guard Breyana Mason tacking on 14 of her own. Much of the scoring for the Cavalier offense this season has come in the form of guards Sarah Imovbioh, Mikayla Venson and Randolph, who average 14.0,

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Freshman forward Chelsea Nelson attacks the basket during the Wolfpack’s 76-50 win against the Tigers in Reynolds Coliseum.

Rebuilding a program is difficult enough on its own. Rebuilding a women’s soccer program in the ACC is something else entirely.

It requires patience, a willingness learn from mistakes and year after year of promising recruits to challenge in a conference that produced both the NCAA national champion and runner up in 2014.

Now heading into his third season at the helm, NC State head coach Tim Santoro has suffered through the growing pains and looks to bolster a talented 2014 class with another crop of elite players in 2015.

“I’m excited.” Santoro said, “The average recruiting cycle is 24 months, and this will be the first batch my staff and I have watched for a full cycle.”

National signing day on Feb. 4 will usher in a recruiting class San-

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