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A third party reported the sexual assault at Tucker Hall that occurred Wednesday, according to University Police Chief Jack Moorman. University Police is investigating who the suspect is, while keeping the identity of the victim anonymous. The victim in the situation did not want a Wolf Alert sent out, according to Moorman, but the Clery Act, a federal law, mandates that if there is a continuing threat to the college community, a warning must be sent out. University Police will conduct the majority of its interviews at the police station in order to keep anonymity of the victim and suspect. NICK FAULKNER /TECHNICIAN

The lead guitarist of the band TV on the Radio plays a collection of indie rock on Fayetteville Street in downtown Raleigh. TV on the Radio was one of 140 bands to play downtown as part of Hopscotch, which took place form September 10th to 12th.

Student election candidates fill ballots Brittany Cody Correspondent

Sandhya Kumar Correspondent

Election day is upon us, and this year, 35 first-year students are running for 10 open Senate

Correspondent

OPINION See page 5.

SPORTS Pack crushes Colonels in shutout See page 8.

SPORTS Men’s soccer earns comeback win in ACC opener See page 8.

positions in the First-Year Undergraduate Student race. Three graduate students are running for two open Senate positions in the Graduate Student race. The Student Body Elections Committee has announced that voting will start today at 8 p.m. and end at 8 p.m. Tuesday. Vot-

ing will also take place on in Wolf Plaza on Tuesday from 9 a.m. – 8 p.m. First-year students, including transfer students and freshmen, can vote in the First-Year Undergraduate Election. Only graduate students can vote in the Graduate Student Election. Results will be

revealed at 9 p.m. on Tuesday. Only six students ran in the First-Year Undergraduate Student race in the previous year, compared to the 35 candidates running this fall. This year’s race

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Youth Government Association launches Scott Skinner

First Impressions, Part 6

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UNC Students use umbrellas to charge their phones

Apples says it will add several new emojis to its keyboards later this year. New emojis will include a burrito, a taco, a unicorn head and a detective. Apple said that its update will also include a middlefinger emoji. Apple will release its new mobile operating system, iOS 9.1, on Wednesday. The version with the new emojis will follow later this year. SOURCE: WNCN

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Sexual assault reported in Tucker Hall

HOPSCOTCH MUSIC FESTIVAL COVERAGE ON PAGES 2 & 6

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders spoke to a crowd of more than 9,000 Sunday night in Greensboro, North Carolina. This stop was part of a three-state weekend swing through the South. While the polls show that Sanders is doing well against party nominee frontrunner Hillary Clinton in the earlyprimary states of New Hampshire and Iowa, Sanders faces a challenge to overcome the strong support for Clinton throughout the South. SOURCE: N&O

Apple to add new emojis

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Students at UNC-Chapel Hill are now using umbrellas to charge their phones. Solar energy is harnessed through solar collectors that line the ribs on the tops of the umbrellas. The university’s Renewable Energy Special Products Committee brought 18 of the umbrellas to campus. Each umbrella costs around $1,275. SOURCE: WNCN

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After successfully registering more than 3,300 people to vote last week, the Youth Government Association hosted its kickoff event on Thursday. The recently created organization is designed to involve young people in local government. The majority of the night was spent listening to a series of guest speakers expressing their support for the new organization. The lineup consisted of a cast of people who all care deeply about Raleigh and the success of students. Smedes York, a former mayor of Raleigh and owner of Cameron Village, was the first to speak. With his executive history he gave advice about leadership, saying, “a leader sets the goals.” He advised, “instead of catching people doing something wrong, catch them doing something right.” The second speaker was Zack Medford, a community leader and owner of multiple bars in downtown Raleigh. Medford focused primarily on learning by doing. He spoke about how when he began, he knew very little about how to run a business, much less a bar. “The only way to do something is to jump off that cliff,” Medford said. City council member Bonner Gaylord focused on the impor-

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tance of involvement in local government. “The city council has more impact on your lives than any other governmental body,” Gaylord said. He explained the importance of the city council in determining how Raleigh grows. The tremendous growth of the city at 63 people per day, a figure Gaylord quoted from the Triangle Business Journal, has prompted many new and important decisions to be made regarding infrastructure and quality of life. The main event, however, was when the president of the Youth Government Association spoke. Michael Occhipinti, also known as Michael Valor, the CEO and founder of Average Joe Promo LLC, spoke at length on the importance of working toward your dreams. Occhipinti said that dreams are some of the most important things we have and that because one man had a dream, everything changed. “If we start now, and build on what they created, we can do anything,” Occhipinti said. The Youth Government Association was intended to encourage young people to associate with city council members and business owners and to become leaders and entrepreneurs in a changing, growing world. “YGA is not [here] to change your opinions—it’s to make sure you have them.”

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Wajih Abuzid, a member of the Saudi Student Organization, helping Bobby Willis, a senior studying electrical engineering, try on a shemagh, a tradional headscarf worn by men, at the Cultural Showcase on Thursday in the One Earth Lounge of the Talley Student Union.

Students get a taste of Saudi Arabian culture Rachel Smith Assistant News Editor

Gavin Stone Assistant News Editor

The Saudi Students Organization offered students a taste of Saudi Arabian culture Thursday afternoon in the One Earth Lounge at Talley Student Union. The organization, which is composed of more than 40 NC State students from Saudi Arabia, offered students Arab coffee, snacks and cuisine. Members of the Saudi Students Organization, dressed in traditional garments known as thawbs, also

answered students’ questions about the history, infrastructure and future of the country. “I think it’s time to transfer our knowledge and share our culture, different customs that we have including housing and family relationships,” said Ali Almalki, a graduate student studying civil engineering who coordinated the event. “We want [students] to know that we are sharing good habits with Western people, and we want others to explore our nation and see what we do over there.”

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