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A female student reported to the University Police Department Tuesday that she was sexually assaulted Oct. 22 by a male student she knows in Hudson Hall at Wolf Village. University Police urges students to report suspicious activity or crimes by calling 911 or 919-515-3000.

Survivors of sexual assault can find coping resources at campuspolice. ehps.ncsu.edu/victim-resources.

SOURCE: WolfAlert

FBI to take over investigation of the officer who beat a student

The FBI will take over the investigation of the incident which occurred Monday involving a resource officer at Spring Valley High in South Carolina and a female student. Classmates caught the beating on video which subsequently went viral. Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said the FBI has gotten involved to avoid a “conflict of interest.” The officer, Ben Fields, was acting in response to the student who was refusing to leave the class after creating a disturbance in the class, according to the Lott.

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Students of fraudulent medical school speak out Teachers and students of the North Carolina Medical Institute in Fayetteville are speaking out about their experiences after the school was shut down early in October. The Attorney General said the school charged the students for unlicensed and accredited courses. Michelle Hedrick, a former student, said “you think that this is legit and you put your money into it and you just lost everything, you don’t have an education, you’re out of money.” Jeannetta Zinzow, a teacher at the school, said that the program was giving out certificates to students who were not medical students.

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NCSU offers new cyber solutions SOURCE: WIKIMEDIA

Three weeks after the Tunisian Quartet was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize, Emel Mathlouthi will visit NC State. Her music was used as the Tunisian protest anthem.

Woodsons donate $1.15 million for scholarships Staff Report

Starting in the fall of 2016, the dependents of NC State employees will be eligible to receive an annual scholarship to the university thanks in part to a $1.15 million gift from Chancellor Randy Woodson and his wife Susan Woodson.

The Woodsons’ gift will be combined with other private funds to launch the NC State Employee Dependent’s Tuition Scholarship, according to a university press release.

The scholarships will award at least $2,000 per year for a maximum of four years to dependents of full-time employees, provided they are accept-

ed and meet basic requirements. The award could vary depending on the number of those who qualify and the funds available.

Current dependent will be allowed to claim the scholarship for the remainder of their undergraduate years.

“NC State is experiencing what might be the most successful time in our university’s long, proud history and the credit is due to our tremendous faculty and staff,” Woodson said.

“Susan and I couldn’t be more proud to give back to a Wolfpack community that has been so good to us.”

Woodson cited NC State’s national

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Adam Davis Correspondent

October is Cyber Security Awareness Month, and NC State is fighting to keep its students, faculty and staff secure. “Protect the Pack: Secure State,” the month-long CSAM event, ends this week.

The event has sought to make university members aware of potential security threats, and is co-sponsored by the Office of Information Technology, the Department of Computer Science, the ePartners program and the NC State Engineering Foundation.

The FBI Cybersquad held a presentation in the Talley Student Union Coastal Ballroom Thursday to present its own cyber resources and discuss cyber threats facing students.

At the presentation, students had the opportunity to

win prizes, as well as apply for internships.

Because of the large number of students and the secure information that is stored, NC State is a frequent target of cyber attacks.

“There are probably 30 or 40 [account compromises] that happen a month,” said Marc Hoit, NC State’s chief information officer and vice chancellor for OIT. As a whole, CSAM seeks to ensure that people know how to defend themselves against the most common types of cyber attacks.

“Awareness is really just the most important piece of our cyber security program,” said Leo Howell, the assistant director for information security risk and assurance.

Awareness is key in defending against phishing, which is how most cyber attacks occur

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Lil BUB visits, raises money for cat shelter Montana Gramer Correspondent

She’s an author, musician, ta lk-show host, potato pie lover, genetic oddity… and she only weighs 4 pounds.

Lil BUB, the Internet-famous cat, a nd her ow ner, Mi ke Bridavsky, appeared at Hunt Library Monday night as a part of the library’s Creativity and Technology Symposium.

Lil BUB, short for Lillian Bubble s , wa s adopted by Bridavsky in 2011 in Bloomington, Indiana, after being found in a friend’s backyard.

BUB’s two siblings appeared to be normal, but Bridavsky said he knew BUB was differ-

ent right away.

After falling in love with BUB’s differences and unique personality, Bridavsky decided to share BUB with the world.

“I have a great camera and a great cat; you can’t screw that up,” Bridavsky said.

Bridavsky soon found out that BUB possesses several rare genetic mutations, causing her to have no teeth and stay kitten-sized her whole life. BUB also suffers from osteopetrosis, a disease that causes the bones to grow denser. Because of this, BUB was only expected to live for five to six months.

However, four years later and

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Mike Bridavsky holds Lil BUB up to a camera so the crowd of hundreds can get a better look at her on the screen in Hunt Library’s auditorium Monday. Bridavsky presented their story as part of the Creativity and Technology Symposium.

State Fair to tighten security after breaches Andrew Cochrane Correspondent

Whistleblower on CIA torture to speak at NCSU

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PNC Arena to receive multi-million dollar renovation

PNC Arena may receive a facelift to make cosmetic and functional improvements, according to Centennial Authority Executive Director Jeff Merritt. The arena is owned by Centennial Authority and operated by Gale Force Sports and Entertainment. Monday the arena’s Centennial Authority Board met with architects to discuss plans for the renovation, which include additions to the North and South sides of the 16-year-old building. The East and West sides will undergo mostly cosmetic changes. The Centennial Authority Board has described this as a multi-million dollar project, but there is no official cost estimate at this time. The design team will develop a concrete if this plan is approved.

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More than one million North Carolinians enjoyed this year’s state fair and were able to walk away healthy due to the stress placed on safety at the park. However, within the family atmosphere, the fair’s security force apprehended four registered sex offenders at the fair this year, and two sisters slipped out of their restraints on a ride, suffering only minor injuries.

With nearly 100,000 attendees each day, it takes a large police force to handle any potential threats. Jennifer Kendrick, a public informa-

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tion officer at the N.C. State Fairgrounds, said on a busy day there are about 100 officers on the grounds. This includes police from Raleigh and Wake County police departments as well as a “special police force” which are the full-time security patrol at the fairgrounds.

“Blue uniform” officers are trained to respond to any number of more severe threats, while the special police force focuses mainly on crowd security, dealing with small disturbances such as fights or theft, according to Kendrick.

Sex Offenders Tyrone Szabo, 64, was the first sex offender arrested at this year’s fair. On Oct. 20 he was ar-

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rested for impersonating a ride inspector at the Kiddieland area.

The second was Matthew Kenning, 38, who was arrested Oct. 21 for flying a drone over the State Fair and for possessing drug paraphernalia.

The third and fourth were Charles Robert Stokes, 32, and Bobby Joe Snyder, 37. Stokes was arrested on Oct. 22 after law enforcement said he got too close to restricted areas, according to ABC 11. Snyder was arrested Saturday near an entrance gate where children were present.

Wake County Sheriff Donnie Harrison wants

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Why: To help us reach our goal of packing 75,000 meals for children in need.

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THROUGH SAM’S LENS

October 26 10:09 AM | FIRE ALARM Beaufort Hall FP responded to alarm caused by cooking.

Today CYBERSECURITY AWARENESS MONTH: MOBILE SECURITY FOR IOS DEVICES 119 BTEC, Centennial Campus 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.

9:34 AM | TRAFFIC ACCIDENT Partners Deck Student and non-student were involved in traffic accident.

KATIE KROSS WORKSHOP 1130 Nelson Hall 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.

3 MINUTE THESIS FINALS Talley Ballroom 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

1:39 PM | MEDICAL ASSIST Talley Student Center Units responded and transported student in need of medical assistance.

USING TECHNOLOGY TO MEASURE PAIN IN ANIMALS South Theater (College of VM) 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

4:54 PM | SAFETY PROGRAM Sullivan Hall Officer conducted engraving program.

Thursday CYBERSECURITY AWARENESS MONTH: TOOL TALKS IDENTITY FINDER Avent Ferry Technology Center 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.

5:10 PM | WELFARE CHECK Owen Hall Officers conducted welfare check on student and determined there were no problems.

Baking with bunnies

5:39 PM | TRAFFIC VIOLATION Western Blvd/Avent Ferry Rd Non-student was cited for driving with revoked license.

6:29 PM | SUSPICIOUS PERSON DH Hill Library Report of suspicious subject loitering in the area. Officers located and trespassed nonstudent with extensive criminal history.

6:40 PM | WELFARE CHECK Off Campus NCSU PD requested welfare check from Durham PD regarding student who had made concerning statements.

9:00 PM | TRAFFIC ACCIDENT Cates Avenue Student struck another student’s parked vehicle.

9:34 PM | TRAFFIC VIOLATION Main Campus Dr/Achievement Dr Student was cited for speeding.

10:44 PM | SEXUAL ASSAULT Hudson Hall Student reported being sexually assaulted on 10/22/15.

Investigation ongoing.

Appropriated personnel notified.

11:08 PM | WELFARE CHECK Kamphoefner Hall Officer conducted welfare check on student. Student was located with no issues.

12:55 PM | INFORMATION UNIVERSITY Off Campus Student reported receiving information regarding a Appalachian State University student experiencing emotional distress. Officers provided information to Appalachian State University PD. 6:00 PM | MEDICAL ASSIST Carmichael Gym Units responded to student in need of medical assistance.

Transport refused.

8:18 PM | MEDICAL ASSIST Carmichael Lot Units responded and transported student in need of medical assistance.

EAST AFRICA NETWORKING RECEPTION Global Training Initiative Office 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

MONSTER DASH Centennial Campus 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

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elen Glazunov, a freshman studying food science, tries to hold a bunny named Steve while Yon-Soo Lee, a senior studying civil engineering, looks on at the Brickyard Monday. Students could pet Steve for $1 as part of a fundraiser for Lee’s sorority Alpha Phi Gamma called the Bunny Bakery. Cake pops and brownie sticks were also sold for $1 each. When asked what the inspiration was behind the fundraiser, Lee said, “Our sorority always likes to do unique fundraisers, so we thought the Bunny Bakery would be a cute idea.” This is the first time the Bunny Bakery fundraiser has occurred, and it has proved successful thus far. “Bunnies are amazing,” Glazunov said. Alpha Phi Gamma is a sorority with Asian interests and focuses on Asian culture but is not exclusive to Asians.

Friday COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING ALUMNI BBQ Centennial Campus 2:00 PM - 5:30 PM

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not only is she still walking, running and even climbing stairs, but she’s also winning over the hearts of everyone from her 2 million Facebook-likers to Robert De Niro.

Since BUB’s rise to fame in 2011, she and her owner have used their acclaim for good. Bridavsky used BUB’s rare mutations to raise awareness for homeless and special needs cats throughout the universe.

Because of this, she has raised more than $300,000 for animals in need.

“We definitely encourage people to get special needs pets, but remember that you have to be ready for a special needs pet,” Bridavsky said.

“You have to be ready for heartbreak, for your entire life to change, for your habits to change. It’s a lot like having a baby.”

The event was partnered with SAFE Haven Cat Shelter and Clinic in North Raleigh.

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Lil BUB, one of the world’s most famous cats, walks on stage at Hunt Library’s auditorium Monday. She is known for constantly sticking out her tongue, having extra toes on all of her paws, having no teeth and various other physical handicaps.

“We are a no-kill cat shelter,” said Inez Leyden, who has volunteered with SAFE Haven for 15 years and currently serves on the board of directors.

The group made an ap-

peara nce Monday nig ht to spread awareness about spaying and neutering and the plight of homeless pets.

SAFE Haven was collecting food for its food pantry, which is used to pro-

vide food for cats and dogs within the Triangle area, according to Leyden.

SAFE Haven was one of the first recipients of Lil BUB’s Big Fund for t he ASPCA, a national fund for

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today. Phishing is when someone pretends to be someone else in order to trick a user into giving up secure information, usually a username and password.

“When you read about hacks, everyone assumes it’s a technology problem,” Hoit said. “A majority of the problems that we have now have actually moved into what they call social engineering.”

Often times, attackers will pretend to be authorities or trusted figures such as police officers or tech support.

“The things that people are doing, it’s actually pretty scary,” Hoit said. “They watch the death notices; they pretend to be insurance firms or the mortuary.

They look at ta x notices and pretend to be tax agents. Maybe there’s something medical in a car crash, and they call you call you pretending to be the insurance company.”

special needs cats.

“BUB gives all of us the opportunity to do our best,” Bridavsky said.

This year’s event stresses the importance of activating “2-Step Verification” on university email accounts. The system requires users to enter a special code sent to their cell phones once a month in order to access their emails.

If a user enables this feature, then hackers will not be able to access his or her account, even if they have obtained the username and password.

“Ninety-five percent of breaches will be ineffective if we just have that one thing,” Howell said.

Hoit is also confident in the abilities of the system.

“We have compromised accounts on a regular basis, so that’s just a part of our life,” Hoit said.

“But the two-factor [verification] will reduce that significantly, so we’re hoping to move everybody to that.”

Looking forward, CSAM hopes to prepare students for their own futures. “[Students] are the future folks that are expected to be out there to know this stuff and help others,” Hoit said.

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CATS presenters describe power of Internet Montana Gramer Correspondent

It turns out, every time you watch a new meme of Dra ke’s “Hot line Bling” v ideo, you a re ac tua l ly participating in something much bigger than a trending Internet sensation; you are participating in science.

Tuesday night, a biologist, an artist and a digital librarian sat down together to discuss how the connectivity power of the Internet is changing the way we take part in science as a part of Hunt Library’s Creativity and Technolog y Sy mposium.

Rob Dunn, a professor and writer in the Department of Biological Scienc-

es at NC State, discussed both his research projects and his experience writing about them. Dunn, who has researched everything from mosquitos to the biodiversity of belly buttons, has been able to take his research and turn it into articles and books that are understandable and entertaining to the public, not just scientists.

“The ver y best science writers understand better the field that they’re writing about than the scientists,” Dunn said. “That requires being able to understand the details of each subfield and explain those in simple words, which really means you have to get what’s happening and why it matters.”

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there to be clearer rules in regards to sex offenders at the fair in years to come.

“This is the way it’s going to be — you can’t come,” Harrison said.

“If you do come, you’re going to be charged.”

Registered sex offenders must stay 300 feet away from property with children present.

The security force also made 20 arrests for other crimes.

Ride Safety While security keeps fairgoers safe from each other, the North Carolina Department of Labor keeps them safe on the 103 rides offered at the fair.

“The Elevator and Amusement Device Bureau inspected 6,246 amusement devices in 996 locations last year,” said Dolores Quesenberry, communications director of NCDOL. The inspectors of these rides are very thorough, according to Quesenberry, “Every nut, bolt and panel is examined,” Quesenberry said. “North Carolina will not allow a ride to run if even one part is not functioning properly.”

This is not the case in some other states.

Mark Janas, director of public relations for Powers Great American

Dunn explained that one of his favorite joys of science is allowing communication between different groups of people. Through his writing, he is able to connect both scientists and nonscientists over issues that are a part of each of our daily lives.

Owen Mundy, an assistant professor of art at Florida State University, discussed the impact that his popular website “I Know Where Your Cat Lives” has had on both the Internet and social media users. The website, intended to be a data experiment, takes photos from public image hosting sites, most commonly Instagram, that have been tagged with the word “cat”

Midways, spoke about the “100 percent completion law” in North Carolina, which says that a ride must meet all requirements to be ‘tagged’ or ‘stickered’, which means a ride is certified and rideable.

“A ride is inspected every time it is assembled in North Carolina,” Quesenberry said. If a ride were to travel from the State Fair to another venue, it would have to be examined again.

“North Carolina Statute requires one operational check each day.”

Inspectors are required to spend five years learning about the elevator industry before inspecting rides for the NCDOL, according to Quesenberry.

Unfortunately, these inspections can’t account for all potential accidents as two girls, Gina and Gianna Carucci, slipped out of their safety restraints on the zipper ride on Oct. 20, and were tossed around the cage.

While the two sisters had to spend the night in WakeMed Hospital, they only received minor injuries and were released the next day.

Inspectors of the ride noted that there were no malfunctions that caused this accident. Fair spokesperson Brian Long said, “People do need to keep in mind what rides do.

They’re going to throw you around, you’re going to flip, you’re going to get moved around.”

“A ride is purchased like a car from different dealers and manufacturers, some overseas. If a ride comes in from another country, it must meet the safety requirements

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ranking as one of the best-value universities, successes in promoting economic development and record years for research and fundraising as reasons why he felt it

and displays t hem on a Google Map according to the location embedded in the post. The catch is that anyone has access to this website, meaning anyone can see where someone’s cat lives.

“Most people don’t understand how your data is collected … and so what I’ve done is put a bunch of pictures that people want to look at into a friendly interface in order to make you think about the way the Internet is collecting your data,” Dunn said.

Si nc e D u n n’s proje c t went viral in 2014, almost 600,000 people have gone back and removed the location on their cat photos, meaning they have realized

the impact that their simple post has had. In response to the project, Instagram added a layer of protection so that when people tr y to publish posts, they are asked if they are sure they want to post their current location.

Amanda Brennan, a member of Tumblr’s Content and Community team, talked about her experience with how websites such as Tumblr create a sense of community on the Internet.

“You can find a community for literally anything,” Brennan said before explaining that there were communities based around everything from ball-jointed dolls to fans of the popular Sims games.

Brennan also talked about how Tumblr encourages people to understand science. She displayed a post of a Circus Tree, a tree that had been braided and shaped into an interesting design. This post gained much attention on Tumblr, allowing the “science side” of Tumblr to explain to people that when trees grow, they do not reject tissue from others trees, allowing them to weave within one another.

“I think the positive quality of the Internet, especially students and professors, is the ability to bring people together,” said David Crowell, the event’s moderator.

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A crowd of people surrounded by food and attractions walk through the N.C. State Fairgrounds Friday during the 2015 State Fair. There were numerous rides, attractions and food offered to the fairgoers.

here,” Janas said Operators for these rides undergo a “stringent training process,” according to Janas, which is specific to each different ride.

Powers Great American Midways is the only Midway provider in NC to be honored by the North Carolina Department of Labor. According to Janas, “Safety is our number one priority. Fun is number two.”

Food Safety Another area of focus, in regards

to safety, is the 147 permitted food facilities that were at the grounds this year. Andre Pierce, director of the environmental health and safety division in Wake County, said that in order for concessions stand to be permitted, they must meet all requirements, including an approved source of water for washing hands, dishes and produce.

Permits for these concession stands last 23 days, “A perfect amount of time for the Fair,” Pierce

said. “NC State rules don’t require another inspection during the hours of operation; however, we check each stand at least once during this time.”

It is also worth noting that funnel cakes, candy apples, cotton candy, popcorn and other foods of the sort aren’t examined by the department.

According to Pierce, “These products have a very low water activity so they have a lower potential for carrying food-borne illness.”

necessary to give back to the faculty who make it possible.

“This scholarship program will create new legacies at NC State and benefit our university, our students, and our employees and their families for generations to come,” Woodson said.

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here are two kinds of people in the world: morning people and everyone else. Morning people are generally associated with being go-getters and ambitious, while the rest of the world is referred to as lazy or passive.

Those of us who cringe at the thought of Chauncey setting our alarm clocks at the crack of dawn, Bowden are not alone.

Correspondent Paul Kelley, a sleep expert at Oxford University, conducted a study that shows that forcing staff to work before 10 a.m. is the equivalent of torture. He says that because of sleep deprivation, employees are more likely to become stressed, or even physically ill. Kelley instead suggests that employees begin work at 10 a.m. He argues that our society as a whole is sleep deprived.

According to an article published by the Telegraph, sleep deprivation “leads to exhaustion, anxiety, frustration, anger, impulsive behavior, weight gain, risk-taking, high blood pressure, lower immunity, stress and a raft of mental health conditions.”

Kelley says that there needs to be huge societal changes “to move work and school starting times to fit with the natural body clock of humans.”

This news is wonderful for those of us who have been made to comply with a society that does not favor our “alternative lifestyle.”

In grade school, we were all forced to be in class each and every day at the same exact, harrowing time. Many of us reveled at the prospect of gaining some control of our lives in college and having the freedom to choose when we start and finish our days.

Nonetheless, we have all been forced to enroll in a course that was offered at a less-than-desirable time, pulling ourselves out of bed to traipse around campus, barely able to keep our eyes open. While some temporarily rose to the occasion by bravely taking on the burdensome life of the early riser, others put forth a lackluster performance and did the bare minimum to pass the course.

College as a whole is an institution that thrives on sleep deprivation. I don’t know of any students who get a healthy amount of sleep consistently without it costing them academically or financially. And even though we have a small sliver of control in choosing our classes, in the back of our minds there is always this one lingering thought.

One day we won’t have as much control over when we rise and slumber.

In fact, many of us won’t have any control over the times we choose to wake up. We will be forced to come in at a certain time and generally be forced to leave at a certain time. Our jobs will mandate that we put forth quality work, when they ask for it.

If you’re hoping that one day you’ll miraculously become a morning person, think again. The Telegraph also created a poll asking users to choose the time that they would ideally like to begin work, the time ranged from 6 a.m. to “Can I stay in bed?”

Shockingly, 42 percent of voters said they would like to start work at 10 a.m. Only 12 percent are in favor of the typical 9 to 5.

While an hour may only seem like a small factor, Kelley points out it is clearly significant.

It is hard to understand early morning people — those who happily and eagerly enroll in 8 a.m. courses. It’s one thing to have to go to work at 8 a.m., but to cheerfully enroll in a soulsucking course when you could stay in bed for a few extra hours doesn’t seem like a hard choice.

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A middle-finger to the environment I

magine a river turned black. Its once pristine waters turned into a slowly moving sludge of black Logan muck. Imagine towns Graham forced to shut down Correspondent their water intake, farmers mandated to turn off their irrigation ditches and animals turned away from a river in confusion, wondering why the river they drink from is suddenly no longer filled with recognizable water.

This was the scene along the banks of the Dan River Feb. 2, when a pipe from an unlined storage basing at Duke Energy’s retired Eden coal plant ruptured, spilling a toxic slurry of coal ash into the Dan River.

In total, 27 million gallons of contaminated water spewed forth into the river, making it the third-largest spill of its kind in American history. When an amount of nearly 3 gallons of toxic pollution per North Carolinian is spilled into a single river, the effects are detrimental.

Today, communities and wildlife in the Dan River Basin continue to feel the effects of the spill as they are still being forced to adjust to the changed river. Yet, just 80 miles away at the state capital of Raleigh, our elected officials seem to have forgotten about the disaster that took place in the Dan River.

Friday, Gov. Pat McCrory signed North Carolina House Bill 765 into law, called by many the Polluter Protection Act, which slashes environmental protections in our state. The Polluter Protection Act does

Pay TAs, not WebAssign Today’s college education is lacking something: a handgraded assignment. Our college education is currently being contracted out to companies that, in the end, provide no benefit. Companies like WebAssign, MyMathLab and others are being widely used throughout college campuses.

On top of that, students have to pay for this service. Since when is it OK to charge students to do their homework? I’ll

give the benefit of the doubt, class sizes are increasing and it would be difficult for a physical sciences professor to grade over 100 assignments. But why pay WebAssign? If all the students just paid their $30 or $40 dollar fee to the respective department, they could hire TAs to grade. This would help with the major downside of online work, giving constructive feedback. Missing a question on WebAssign simply gives you a red ‘X’ whereas a person can point out where you went wrong. It would also encourage

exactly what its name implies: eliminate many environmental regulations on energy companies throughout North Carolina — regulations which may be the only way to stop another tragic and toxic spill from occurring.

Three of the law’s policies stand out as the most troubling to our state. Firstly, the bill privatizes wastewater inspection.

In doing so, HB 765 removes important oversight by environmental officials, allowing energy companies to handpick private engineering firms who will inspect their wastewater leniently.

Secondly, the bill requires attorneys representing environmental and community organizations to pay fees if they lose a case against the state. By threatening the risk of steep legal fees, the likelihood that the state will be challenged over environmental concerns decreases and community groups will now struggle to find anyone willing to represent their environmental claims.

Lastly, the bill removes all air quality monitors in North Carolina that aren’t explicitly covered by the EPA, severely decreasing the number and accuracy of these important monitors in our state.

While these three specific changes of the bill are no doubt troubling, the greatest concern the bill creates is the overall message it sends to the state. By heavily favoring energy production over environmental protection, the bill clearly states that North Carolina cares more about making cheap energy than safekeeping

students to work the problem out on paper, which is one thing I rarely ever did with online work. Not to mention this could give strong upper-class students the opportunity to put “TA” on their resume since they could have the opportunity to do so.

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our environment for generations to come.

As a state, North Carolina has one of the most cherished and highly touted environments of any in the United States, yet if we continue to follow down that path that the Pollution Protector Act lays out, we will soon lose an environment so essential to our state’s continued success.

Finding a correct balance between energy and environment is essential to our state’s survival, but the balance struck in HB 765 favors too heavily on the energy side and is simply too severe. While nothing can be done to stop the passage of this law, we, as a state, owe it to the people of the Dan River Basin to not give up the energy versus environment debate and to continue attempting to find a more equal balance, bringing prosperity to both sides.

If nothing else, we owe it to the people in the Dan River Basin to continue this debate in order make sure our environment is safeguarded against another energycreated environmental disaster.

Energy production is, of course, incredibly important to our state’s continued success, but, what supporters of HB 765 failed to realize is that a protected environment is just as important. As it goes into law today, the Polluter Protection Act serves as a slap in the face to anyone who has ever cared about North Carolina’s environment and, to the people living in the Dan River Basin, it ultimately says that we, as a state, have already forgotten, or worse, don’t care, about what has happened to them.

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Voice of the Tunisian Revolution to perform Ravi K. Chittilla Contributor

Three weeks af ter t he Nor wegian Nobel Committee awarded the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet, which comprises four factions of Tunisian civil society, including lawyers, business, labor and human rights, the woman whose music became the anthem and symbol for the struggle

ditional Islamic music with jazz, rock, metal and electronic inf luences.

“Her music speaks to you emotionally,” Moore said.

“It’s very energizing, and it’s great dance music. She just has an energy that you can’t resist. It’s very infectious.”

Za ka r ya Masmoud i, a Tunisian American and a junior studying business administration at NC State, said that Mathlouthi’s mu-

“I don’t know a single Tunisian that isn’t proud of that song [Kelmti Horra] who hears it.”

Zakarya Masmoudi, junior studying business administration

to obtain democracy will perform at NC State.

Emel Mathlouthi, whose song “Kelmti Horra,” which is Arabic for “My word is free,” became the anthem of Tunisian protesters beginning in December 2010, will perform as part of the NC State LIVE performance series Thursday at 8 p.m. in the Stewart Theatre in Talley Student Union.

In late 2010 and early 2011, the protests set off the Arab Spring in the region and the Jasmine Revolution in Tunisia and resulted in the ousting of then president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. However, in 2014 Tunisia held its first free elections and Tunisians elected the country’s first freely elected president.

Mathlouthi, 33, said the progress that the Nobel committee recognized goes beyond the four factions that make up the quartet, and the Nobel Prize recognizes the entirety of the Tunisian people.

“It’s just great that there is something that is symbolic that gives a lot of hope to the whole world that there is a country working with all of its civil societies in trying to work for a brighter future,” Mathlouthi said.

Sharon Moore, the director of NC State LIVE, was part of the team that invited Mathlouthi to perform at the university.

“To be honest with you, I have always been drawn to world music, and what really sold me is her passion and sincerity,” Moore said.

“Her intensity was just electric when I saw her.”

Mathlouthi’s music touches all genres and mixes tra-

sic had an incredible power to bring people together and that her song “Kelmti Horra” in particular spoke volumes about the Tunisian people.

“I don’t know a single Tunisian that isn’t proud of that song who hears it,” Masmoudi said. “It brings this feeling of ‘Wow, we’ve accomplished so much.’”

For the last few decades, Masmoudi’s family has been involved in the struggle to bring democracy to Tunisia.

Masmoudi’s father, Radwa n Ma smoud i, i s t he founder and president of the Center of the Study of Islam and Democracy, a Washington D.C. based nonprofit organization that is dedicated to “promoting freedom, democracy and good governance in the Arab/Muslim world.”

In addition to Masmoudi’s heritage, because of his father’s work, Mathlouthi’s visit to NC State comes at an extremely symbolic moment for him in the history of the Tunisian struggle to build a democracy and bring recognition to the country.

“There’s a certain level of animosity toward Arabs and Muslims, because of everything reported in the media,” Zakarya said. “I want my fellow students to understand and know that there are millions and millions of Arabs and Muslims fighting the good fight. That’s why I am particularly proud of Tunisia. Through so much adversity, and we still have a long way to go, but we’re building a foundation for a successful democracy.”

Mathlouthi said she hopes students and audience mem-

CONTRIBUTED BY EMEL MATHLOUTHI

Emel Mathlouthi, called “the voice of the Tunisian Revolution,” will perform at the Stewart Theatre in Talley Student Union Thursday at 8 p.m. Her song, “Kelmti Horra,” became the anthem of the Tunisian protesters when they began demonstrating in December 2010.

bers take away more than just an appreciation for her music after her performance on Thursday. She hopes that they will also learn a little more about the Tunisian culture and people.

“It ’s a ver y dy na m ic place, so I really hope that we could go for a stronger democracy and completely awake on any kind of extremism because that isn’t Tunisia,” Mathlouthi said.

“That’s not the country that I grew up in, and that my parents grew up in. With the Nobel Prize, that definitely gives us a big, big push. I consider the Nobel Prize as being given to the Tunisian people and many, many people consider this as well. So, it gives us a really big breath to work much more.”

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The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the Tunisian Quartet the Nobel Peace Prize on Oct. 9. The committee recognized the efforts of different factions of the country’s civil society to build a peaceful coalition.

‘Steve Jobs’ surpasses previous biopics by a long shot Steve Jobs

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 Kevin Schaefer Contributor

As the face of the digital revolution, Steve Jobs no doubt warrants a good biopic. Yet after the last film with Ashton Kutcher, which includes a lazily composed script that makes it mediocre at best, and the excess of documentaries on Jobs in recent years, perhaps filmmakers have devoted too much at tent ion to the man who gave us the iPhone. However, leave it to screenwriter Aaron Sorkin to deliver where the last Hollywood attempt failed.

Between Sorkin’s Shakespe a re a n d ia log ue a nd Michael Fassbender’s ki-

netic performance, “Steve Jobs”definitely rises above the multiple other movies made about the late CEO and co-founder of Apple, providing audiences with an in-depth look at the man and the myth, but mostly at the myth.

Split into three parts, the film shows us a behind-thescenes look at the unveiling of three of Jobs’ products.

Playing out in real time and with only a handful of flashbacks, the script is radically different from other biopics, as most provide an overview of their subjects’ lives.

When we first meet Jobs in 1984 at the unveiling of the Macintosh, his demeanor is as cruel and heartless as many of the documentaries about him have suggested. He barks orders at h is ma rket i ng ma nager

Joa n na Hof f ma n (K ate Winslet), tries to ignore his ex-girlfriend Chrisann (Katherine Waterson) while denying that their daughter is his, and despite the pleas of his longtime friend and collaborator Steve Wozniak (Seth Rogen), he refuses to mention his engineering team in his speech.

It’s an electric introduction for an electric f ilm and is made all the better by director Danny Boyle’s equally captivating camerawork, which swoops and swerves along the confined interiors of the auditorium, bringing to mind the seemingly endless tracking shot in last year’s “Birdman.”

As the story shifts to Jobs’ dismissal from Apple at the hands of then CEO John Sculley (Jeff Daniels) and the unveiling of his NeXT Cube in 1988, we see a more

humanized version of him begin to form. With his daughter Lisa (portrayed by three different actresses in the film) being the primary catalyst for his evolution, t wo key scenes bet ween them take place here and at the end as he prepares to launch the iMac. These quiet and intimate moments are the only break we get from the loud and inexplicably rapid pace of the film.

While Sorkin is a master of biopics (“The Social Network”) and hard-edged dramas in both film and television (“A Few Good Men,” “The Newsroom”), Boyle’s body of work is as diverse as one can imagine. From “Trainspotting” to “Slumdog Millionaire” to “28 Days Later,” he is a filmmaker who seems willing to tackle virtually any

story that says something about the human condition.

Though “Steve Jobs” originally had David Fincher set to helm it with Christian Bale in the lead, arguments between Fincher and Sony eventually led to Boyle getting the job. Bale dropped out on his own.

Perhaps Boyle’s most interesting directorial decision, or gimmick depending on how you look at it, is to use different cameras in each act of the film so as to parallel the evolution of Jobs’ technological advancements. He goes from using 16mm film to 35mm to digital, a tactic that critics will either applaud or groan at.

In what is perhaps Fassbender’s best performance yet in his career, he no doubt captures every bit of the mythological com-

ponents of his character.

During an overtly fictionalized and heated dialogue between him and Wozniak, in which his friend questions the authenticity of his intelligence, this scene mirrors a ny number of Sha kespearean tragedies in which the hero loses everything in the pursuit of power. On that note, Fassbender is also starring in an upcoming film adaptation of “Macbeth” which is set to release in December.

“Steve Jobs” will surely be a major Oscar contender on multiple fronts, and rightfully so. With its sophisticated f i lmma k ing and electrifying performances, it captures the life of a man who admits that his inventions were better than him.

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Whistleblower on CIA torture to speak at NCSU Alix Vo Staff Writer

In the eyes of former CIA counterterrorism officer John Kiriakou, there is no grey area when it comes to acts of torture. Kiriakou, an associate fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, revealed in 2007 that the CIA was torturing prisoners under official U.S. government policy, approved by the president.

Kiriakou, who calls himself a whistleblower, is the only CIA official to suffer legal consequences after refusing to participate in acts of torture. He served nearly two years in prison and was released from house arrest in May 2015 as part of a plea bargain.

On Nov. 16, the PEN Center USA will award him with the First Amendment Award, one of the four biggest literary awards in the country.

“This was a real honor for me,” Kiriakou said. “It recognized the writing that I did from prison — about prison reform and prison conditions — and also the fact that I refused to subpoena journalists in order to save myself and my case.”

After he led the capture of Abu Zubaydah, an assumed member of al-Qaeda at the time of his capture, Kiriakou was asked if he wanted to be certified in the use of enhanced interrogation techniques. Before giving an answer, he went to talk to a senior officer he’d known for many years on whether or not he should be informed.

“He told me, ‘First let’s call it what it is: it’s torture. They can call it whatever they want, but it’s still torture,’” Kiriakou said. “He then told me that somebody’s going to go too far sooner or later and that’s

going to involve several investigations, and somebody’s going to go to prison for it.”

But still, even after declining the invitation, Kiriakou knew what the practices inflicted on Abu Zubaydah were: waterboarding, sleep deprivation, isolation, beatings.

“The CIA field teaches you that everything is a shade of grey and I think that some issues are black and white, like torture,” Kiriakou said. “The United States is supposed to be this beacon of human rights and liberty and if we’re torturing people, we can’t be that beacon.”

Kiriakou said that to make sure he was consistent in what he was saying and his beliefs, he had to embrace the decision he made to reveal the CIA’s involvement in torture, even if that meant people were going to walk away from him.

During his time in prison, Kiriakou wrote a book called “Letters from Loretto,” based on a compilation of blogs that he wrote looking at the prison system in the United States. He also wrote “Doing Time Like a Spy: How the CIA taught me to Survive and Thrive in Prison.”

Kiriakou is on tour with North Carolina Stop Torture Now, a grassroots coalition, to speak out about torture and ethics in intelligence operations.

NC Stop Torture Now started in 2005 when the organization learned that the CIA was using North Carolina airport hangers to transport prisoners to places where they could be interrogated. Some of the airports used are in Smithfield, North Carolina, and Kinston, North Carolina. The CIA was using an aviation company called Aero Contractors to transport the prisoners they’d captured to Black

Sites, secret detention centers in other countries such as Thailand, Romania, Lithuania, Poland, Afghanistan and Cuba.

“North Carolina taxpayers, without our knowledge or consent are financing these missions, providing infrastructure to the CIA,” said Christina Cowger, coordinator of NC Stop Torture Now. “The CIA were using our airports as a staging ground for aviation missions that were integral to the secret detention and torture.”

Upon discovering that information, the individuals at NC Stop Torture Now began protesting and meeting with government officials and calling for investigations and a ban on torture-related missions coming out of the airports.

“Our governors and attorney generals have essentially turned a blind eye,” Cowger said. “I think we, as North Carolinians and Americans, should be asking what kind of society we want to live in. Do we want to live in a country where rape and murder and genocide and torture that have always been wrong to be tolerated? Even if people who can ignore and forget the survivors of CIA torture, it’s still a question of what kind of country do we want to live in? What John did, I think we should all be grateful for him to take that stand at quite a bit of personal cost.”

UPCOMING EVENTS Thursday, Oct. 29, 2015

CONTRIBUTED BY JOHN KIRIAKOU

1:10 to 2:10 p.m. : NCSU Peace & Justice Forum, Talley Student Union, Room 3285

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age, but its effect was felt on the recruiting trail. The Tar Heels’ 54th-ranked recruiting haul was their worst in recorded history — their previous low was 15th — and it marked just the second time since 2004 that the school failed to sign a five-star recruit.

The next domino fell in June 2015, when the NCAA notified UNC of five Level I violations— reserved for academic fraud of the highest order—including lack of institutional control, the charge that resulted in a two-year postseason ban, a vacation of wins and a scholarship reduction for the University of Southern California in 2010.

The NCAA will not reach a final ruling on this case until 2016, leaving recruits in the dark as to the impending punishment for the school.

The result is that top recruits,

specifically those who plan to leave for the NBA after one or two seasons, are understandably apprehensive about the idea of playing for a school that might not be allowed to participate on the largest stage — March’s NCAA Tournament — in one or all of their collegiate seasons.

There’s no question that the looming sanctions have played a role in the recruitment of fivestar recruits Bam Adebayo and Rawle Alkins — who the Wolfpack and Tar Heels are actively pursuing.

NC State is the more riskaverse choice and, after a Sweet 16 visit in 2015,is a program on the rise with the ability to catapult young players of this caliber into the national spotlight.

Couple this logic with the duo’s well-documented friendship with current commit Smith Jr., and you can see why the Wolfpack is 247Sports’ experts’ pick to land both. While far from a guarantee, this does provide

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national teams, is expected to make the Hurricanes roster next season after being one of the final players cut this preseason.

The Canes have plenty of other defensemen with potential in the system, including Trevor Carrick, Jaccob Slavin, Brett Pesce and Roland McKeown.

Offensively, forward Brock McGinn is one of the top players to watch. When the Canes called him up earlier this month, he immediately made an impact, scoring a goal on his first shift of his first NHL game.

Forward Sergey Tolchinsky became a viral sensation during preseason play as videos circulated on social media of his several highlight reel goals.

Despite his 5-foot-8, 170-pound size, Tolchinsky has proven to be an electrifying goal scorer in juniors. The Hurricanes hope that his scoring ability transfers to the professional ranks. If so, he can be a contributor within the next couple of years.

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Aho is a capable scorer, as he averaged a point per game in Finnish juniors.

Just as importantly, he is very good defensively, being aware and helping his own defensemen on the backcheck.

Despite the solid group of prospects already in the Hurricanes organization, it is expected to get even better.

The Hurricanes currently hold two first-round picks in the 2016 NHL draft and five total picks in the first three rounds, giving the franchise plenty of opportunities to add quality players.

With goaltender Cam Ward and forward Eric Staal both in the final year of their contracts, the Canes could trade them at the deadline — if they can’t reach a new contract agreement — and receive valuable draft picks and quality players in return.

While things may look grim now, help is on its way to a struggling Hurricanes team. The young talent is there, it’s just a matter of developing it and using it to help the team win games in the years to come.

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Tyler Horner Correspondent

Correspondent The NC State men’s club soccer team recently completed a successful season and will compete in the regional tournament in Jacksonville this weekend with the goal of qualifying for nationals.

The club team finished with an overall record of 5-1-3, its only loss coming against Alabama in late September while competing in a tournament at Clemson.

Two notable results came against UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke, ranked No. 2 and No. 3 at the time respectively, and the team tied both schools 1-1.

The team was ranked ninth heading into the final two games of the season. The team faced ECU and Davidson during the weekend of Oct. 16 and won 1-0 and 3-0. With regionals right around the corner, the team guaranteed its spot by ending the season with an exclamation point.

If the team does well in the regional tournament, it will have a chance to qualify for nationals.

Aside from competition, the team has been looking to grow in other areas to help build an identity. One of these areas is community service, something the team hasn’t focused on for the past few years.

The team receives funding from University Recreation, which covers team gear, lodging and transportation. In order to increase this funding, an effort has to be made by the club to actively participate in assisting the community.

Junior Christian Hall, the team’s goalkeeper, is also the community service chair for the club, a position that has not existed during the past few years. As chair, he is looking to spark change and get the team more involved with service. He has already set up a partnership with Capital Area Soccer League with the overall goal of starting a youth camp.

This is one of the ways the team is looking to create a sense of community, something that has already been established as an important part of playing for the club.

“The experience has been great,” Hall said. “The first few weeks obviously you’re nervous, you’re meeting a bunch of new guys, but everyone was really nice. Everyone treats you like family. I’ve been searching for the right group, and I found it with this team.”

With only the tournament remaining, the club season is about to come to an end. However, the team holds spring tryouts for much longer than the fall.

“We have tryouts both semesters,” Hall said. “If you don’t make it one year, don’t think you’re not good enough. Always come back. There are so many good people that get cut, just because we don’t have enough time to see them in the fall.

In the spring, we have two weeks to look at everyone.”

Behind the efforts of head coach Mark Gottfried and his crew of assistant coaches, the NC State men’s basketball team has already secured a commitment from one of the best high school players in the nation and appears to be in the mix, if not leading, for several others.

Fayetteville’s Dennis Smith Jr. — ranked No. 6 nationally according to the 247Sports composite — committed to the Wolfpack Sept. 10 and is the first five-star recruit to sign with NC State since 2012. In recent years, the basketball program has mainly recruited four-year players with few exceptions, but Smith has immediate NBA potential, as do the school’s other top targets. Why are elite recruits suddenly looking at NC State more seriously? There are several factors to be sure, but one seems to shadow all of the others, and its origin lies a short ride down I-40 West.

Since 2004, UNC-Chapel Hill has signed a total of 15 five-star recruits, Duke has picked up 19, while NC State has nabbed five.

The fact is, even in a talent-rich area like the Triangle, the cream of the crop doesn’t often trickle down past the historical superpowers that are UNC and Duke.

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ter just one college season — put tremendous stock in the amount of exposure, television and otherwise, that a school can offer, and it is no secret that the Wolfpack’s rivals in blue have largely cornered that market historically.

But a shift in circumstances has diminished the advantage for one of these schools.

In early 2014, UNC academic advisor Mar y Willingham alleged that many Tar Heel athletes couldn’t read or write at a college level, and before the ensuing storm settled, Rashad McCants, a former basketball player at the school, claimed to have taken fake classes and had academic papers written for him by tutors during

his time there, including the 2005 NCAA Championship season. To no surprise, the NCAA reopened its just-closed 2010-to-2014 investigation into UNC’s athletic program within weeks.

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Men’s tennis posts strong weekend in Raleigh Nicole Malanaphy Staff Writer

The NC State men’s tennis team hosted the NC State Invitational this weekend, which brought 11 other teams from all over the East Coast to the J.W. Isenhour Tennis Complex.

The tournament consisted of three doubles draws and three singles draws, with NC State having four of its team members participate: junior Ian Dempster, sophomore Shoti Meparidze, freshman Michael Ogden and freshman Chris Mikrovas. Dempster and Ogden made up one doubles team while Mikrovas and Meparidze made up another.

Dempster and Ogden were partnered for the first time of the season playing in the doubles red draw. Although they started shaky, falling to teams from both Radford and Eastern Carolina University, they came back strong the second day, claiming an 8-6 win over sophomore Alec Miller and freshman Tristan Bautil from William and Mary.

“This was the first time I’ve ever played with Ian,” Ogden said. “I’ve never even played with him in practice. But we definitely got better with each match we played, so I feel like if we do end up playing more in the future, we’re going to

keep getting better and play more cohesively.”

Meparidze and Mikrovas, who played in the white doubles draw, won their first match of the tournament 8-7 (2) against Tennessee Tech’s duo of sophomore Jorge Alfonzo and sophomore Carlos Tages, but fell during the second round against freshman Ian Melnik and sophomore Connor Thompson of UNC-Greensboro.

“Our first match we didn’t play as well as we could, but we still won,” Meparidze said. “We played OK the second day of the tournament too, but Chris is a really good partner, and I think we could play really good doubles in the future.”

Meparidze picked up two more wins in the singles draw to add to his record this season, making it nine wins out of the past 12 matches.

“I’ve got a lot of good wins this semester so the season’s going pretty good and these tournaments are showing that our hard work at practice is improving our results,” Meparidze said. “Hopefully we will play and finish better in the tournaments as the semester goes on.”

Mikrovas, who made his collegiate debut at the tournament, picked up two wins to start his record of the fall season. He grabbed a win with straight sets against Radford’s soph-

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Sophomore Ian Dempster returns a serve from his Virginia Tech opponent in doubles with senior Robbie Mudge at J.W. Isenhour Tennis Center March 22. The pair lost the doubles match with a 7-5 tiebreaker.

omore Jose Manzano and was given a walkover win from Chris Hoskins of UNC-G when Hoskins could not play because of an injury.

Players use the fall college season to gain more experience in the world of college tennis that may not be obtained as easily during the spring season. Filled only with tournaments, the fall has provided players like Ogden and Mikrovas the opportunity to see what it’s like to play at the college level and scope out their competition for the spring.

“Tournaments like these give you a sneak peek into the spring and how you can prepare,” Ogden said. “It’s good to see how these guys play, and even if you don’t play them you’re watching them, so if a teammate in the spring plays against someone you watched you can give some type of insight on their opponent.”

The Wolfpack will continue the fall season in Wilmington, taking on the UNC-Wilmington Invitational Oct. 30 to Nov. 1.

COMMENTARY

Hurricanes’ current woes mask bright, young future David Kehrli Staff Writer

The Carolina Hurricanes are a bad hockey team. They’ve been bad for the better portion of the past decade, leaving many fans to wonder when — if ever — things will turn around for the better.

As crazy as it may seem for a team missing the playoffs each of the previous six seasons, the Canes’ future is brighter than ever thanks to a stable of young talent and a stockpile of valuable draft picks.

Just four months ago, following another disappointing season without making the playoffs, the Hurricanes selected an 18-year-old defense-

man, who just completed his freshman year at Boston College, with the fifth overall pick in the 2015 NHL Draft.

Noah Hanifin, who graduated high school a year early to attend college and accelerate his development, made his way to the draft stage as the first defenseman selected and immediately became the cornerstone of the Hurricanes franchise moving forward.

A guy with barely noticeable peach fuzz on his face, who should really have been walking across a graduation stage, signed an entry-level contract and made the team out of training camp.

Hanifin instantly noticed six digits in his bank account while feeling the pressure of being the organization’s star in the making.

This, all at the young age of 18, the age many students at NC State first spend weekends out until the early morning hours, making their parents undeniably proud.

At 18, I didn’t have a clue what I wanted to do with my life nor what career I was remotely interested in. My biggest accomplishments included making ramen noodles in a coffee pot and waking up by 10 a.m. in time for my second class of the day — not being the top defensive prospect in the opinion of almost all NHL scouts.

The fact that an 18-year-old can perform at such a high level against grown men twice his age is simply remarkable.

Everyone in the hockey world knows just how talented Hanifin is, but his maturity and

professional approach add to the belief among management that he will be a Hurricanes star for years to come.

While the Hurricanes’ future starts with Hanifin, there are several other top-notch prospects in the organization currently playing in either the minor leagues or junior hockey that can help propel the team to success in the future.

Carolina currently boasts one of the best and deepest group of defensive prospects among NHL organizations, which includes the 2014 NHL Draft seventh overall pick Haydn Fleury.

Fleury, the second defenseman taken in the 2014 draft, and a member of multiple Canadian

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