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NCSU distances itself from pluralistic ministry

IN BRIEF Obama expands gun sale restrictions

President Barack Obama held an emotional press conference Tuesday about his decision to tighten restrictions on gun sales.

Mentioning the Sandy Hook Elementary shootings and the violence in Chicago, the president vowed to use his executive power to bring in more regulations without the help of Congress.

According to White House officials, the package will include requiring more gun sellers to obtain a license and mandatory background checks on potential buyers.

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flavors.

“It’s the perfect amount of sweet, the perfect amount of sour,” Graham said. “It made the 40-minute wait at the fair worth it.”

Hollifield said NC State’s ability to produce such highly sought-after ice cream and milk products is thanks to its unique vertically integrated dairy processing program that cannot be found at any other university in the United States.

“We grow the crops, feed the cows, bring the raw milk over here and take it out to students as a finished, pasteurized milk product,” Hollifield said. “There are a lot of universities that make milk and ice cream, and there are a lot of universities that have farms. But, we have married the two — that is something that is different from other universities.”

Raw milk is trucked to the processing center in Schaub Hall from NC State’s dairy farm on Lake Wheeler Road. The farm is home to more than 400 cows, and about 175 are in lactation at any given time.

Hollifield said in terms of milk production, the herd’s average is about eight gallons a day per cow.

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NC State is distancing itself from the Chaplains’ Cooperative Ministry, or CCM, the interfaith organization designed to promote religious plurality on campus, effective Jan. 1.

In 1972, CCM and NC State entered into a partnership that began as a way for religious leaders to communicate with each other and find effective ways to help students with their spiritual needs.

As a part of this partnership, the ministry was allowed to operate out of an office in Talley Student Union, a privilege not given to any other religious organizations. The partnership also allowed CCM to receive benefits such as access to NC State buildings and easier access to parking passes.

The university granted CCM these benefits on the condition that the organization live up to its purpose — a condition that, according to the ministry’s leader, even CCM members have felt they had come up short on.

Ann Pearce, the most recent leader of the Chaplains’ Cooperative Ministry until Jan. 1, said she had mixed emotions about the changes coming to the organization. She has held a position with the group since 1992 and will no longer be as involved after the changes go into effect. She said she would be sad to see CCM disbanded but felt that the university’s point was valid.

“Even within the ministry, some groups were no longer as active in the discussion as they had been in the past,” Pearce said. “Most members understood the decision.”

This change does not affect the ability of the group to work with students. However, the university feels that the ministry has not been fulfilling its obligation to represent non-Christian faiths, and as a result, the university is changing the relationship between CCM and NC State.

Mike Giancola, associate vice provost of Student Leadership & Engagement, said the change came as a result of CCM failing to live up to its standards of diversity.

“The university made the decision to change its relationship with the Chaplains’ Cooperative Ministry in large part because the ministry did not represent the diverse traditions of religions

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Food science club member Micaela Hayes , a senior studying food science, scoops ice cream into a bowl in the Howling Cow ice cream shack at the North Carolina State Fair. The fair is one of the club’s largest fundraisers of the year, where it sells on average,1,500 three-gallon tubs of ice cream.

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Howling Cow scoops out a new flavor

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The ground floor of Schaub Hall buzzes and hums with new vigor when students come back from break as thousands of gallons of raw milk are pumped through shiny, steel vats, pasteurized and prepped to be poured in glasses and over cereal, or frozen and served atop a waffle cone.

NC State’s homegrown Dairy Enterprise System, the parental figure behind the Howling Cow ice cream brand, localizes the dairy pasteurization process to campus and stocks dining halls and C-Stores with more than 20 flavors of ice cream and about 10 different liquid-based milk products.

This semester, Howling Cow plans to introduce its newest flavor, lemon wafer, to students.

The cookie-inspired flavor was introduced during October’s North Carolina State Fair, where members of NC State’s Food Science Club sold almost 1,400 three-gallon tubs of Howling Cow ice cream, according to Carl Hollifield, assistant director of the Dairy Enterprise System.

Mary Graham, 20, said she was skeptical about trying the new flavor, but said it is a great addition to Howling Cow’s existing line of ice cream

Prosecutor defends ‘Making a Murderer’ verdict

Ken Kratz, the prosecutor in the case portrayed in the hit Netflix documentary “Making a Murderer,” said the film left out key facts and evidence that led to the murder conviction of Steven Avery in 2007. Kratz said the filmmakers “really present misinformation” to fit their agenda. Since the release of the documentary in mid-December, an online petition has reached more than 275,000 signatures calling for President Barack Obama to pardon Avery.

However, Kratz claims he is certain that “justice was served.”

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NC State engineering alumnus tapped for Apple COO Adam Davis Staff Writer

Thirty-one years ago, he studied mechanical engineering at NC State. Today, he is a leading executive at Apple Inc. Last month, Apple announced Jeff Williams to be the company’s new Chief Operating Officer. “[My reaction] is one of pride,” said Gregory Buckner, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at NC State. “We have

tremendous students here, and we work hard to prepare them for a variety of career paths.”

Williams has worked for Apple since 1998, and has since helped pioneer the iPhone and oversee the company’s supply chain. Now, he is a leader in Apple’s development of the Apple Watch. Formerly, Williams worked for IBM from 1985 to 1998.

Apple CEO Tim Cook in a press release said, “Jeff is hands-down the best operations executive I’ve

ever worked with.”

This past October, the NC State College of Engineering honored Williams as a Distinguished Engineering Alumnus. At the award ceremony, Williams and the other recipients spoke about stories from their time in college, how much NC State means to them.

“I think the thing that struck me the most is as successful as [Williams] has been, he was also very humble,” said Richard Gould, head of the NCSU Department of

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. “He really did appreciate his start here at NC State and has a lot of respect for the university, the college and the department.”

Buckner, reflecting on his interaction with Williams, said, “My impression was he was genuinely interested in technology. I think most COOs, CEOs, people at that level, they spend so much time in meetings and doing e-mail, tele-

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Jeff Williams

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Junius J. Gonzales, senior vice president for academic affairs of the 17-campus University of North Carolina, took office as interim U NC Sy s tem pre sident Monday.

The office of the presidency was vacated when former UNC Board of Governors Chairperson John Fennebresque asked Tom Ross to step down last January.

Ross was a lame duck for all of last year while the board conducted a closed-

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ing and once in the afternoon, each time producing about four gallons,” Hollifield said.

The milk then travels roughly a mile to Main Campus, where it is pumped directly from tanker trucks into a machine that standardizes the fat content.

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here at State,” Giancola said.

All but one of the member groups of CCM is nonChristian, the NCSU Hillel, a Jewish student organization. Giancola said that may have been a factor that made other groups less receptive to attempt to join the ministry.

Giancola said that there may have been several factors at play that kept other religious groups from joining CCM. “Over the years, some of the groups in CCM were receptive to having other members join, but there were barriers that may have prevented them from doing so,” Giancola said.

According to Giancola, another barrier that may have

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thons and things, it surprised me that he had the time and the obvious interest in R&D that he has. You could tell he was an engi-

According to Hollifield, raw milk directly from the cow contains about 4 percent fat.

The excess fat that is removed from whole, low-fat and skim milk is used to produce ice cream.

In addition to providing milk products on campus, NC State also produces milk for North Carolina state agencies, including the Department of Corrections.

“We have had a very large Depart-

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ment of Corrections contract where we produce lots of 1 percent, half-pint cartons,” Hollifield said.

These types of contracts, according to Hollifield, allow for the dairy plant to collect extra fat.

“To make high-quality ice cream, it’s a balancing act within the processing plant,” Hollifield said. “Getting a lot of fluid milk moving through allows us to be able to support a 200-cow dairy and allows us to be able to make really

good, awesome ice cream.”

Hollifield said ice cream production isn’t all that different from producing milk.

“It’s like milk, only we are adding sugar, skim milk powder, extra fat, stabilizer, freeze it in a continuous ice cream freezer, add flavors and inclusions — like cookie dough, chocolate swirls — and finally package it in an ice cream container,” Hollifield said.

In addition to introducing students

to the lemon wafer flavor, NC State’s Dairy Enterprise System plans to open its Dairy Heritage Museum this summer.

“We want to teach children and the general public about where their agriculture products come from, and that milk doesn’t just come from a shelf at the grocery store,” Hollifield said.

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deterred other groups is the membership dues that the ministry required.

Giancola is supportive of the work that the group does on campus, but stands with the university’s decision to no longer provide the same benefits that CCM used to receive. “ T he work t h at t he s e groups do is critically important,” Giancola said. “And this change does not affect the ability of these groups to work with students.”

Pearce said she did not feel this was an attempt on the part of the university to distance itself from religion entirely and said she was grateful for the time she spent with CCM. “I was totally enriched by the experience,” Pearce said.

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aclyn Fotsch, a senior studying fashion and textile management, retakes the stage with the model showing her milk-themed dress for the “audience choice” selection at the Threads Senior Collection Fashion Show. The show took place Dec. 5 at the Atrium in the College of Textiles.

neer at heart.”

Other recipients of the Distinguished Engineering A lumnus award include Neal Hunter and Herbert Fishel.

Hunter was a CEO, preside nt a nd c h a i r m a n of Cree, Inc., one of the largest names in LED lighting.

Fishel is the CEO of the Business of Motorsports.

W hen he was Executive Director of GM Racing, he led the company to win racing’s Triple Crown in the same year.

Williams, as well as Hunter and Fishel, has a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical

Engineering from NC State.

Buckner said, “It’s no surprise to me that Jeff Williams has reached the level that he’s reached because it is the most common undergraduate degree for people in his position. That surprises some, but if you think about what we emphasize in

undergraduate engineering education, it’s innovative problem-solving, […] reliability, safety and these are all characteristics that are well-suited to corporate leadership.”

Gould agreed with Buckner, saying “It’s a great story; it’s not an unusual story.

About a third of all of the CEOs majored in engineering, so it’s really common for engineering majors to be senior level executives in corporate America.”

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We have work to do A

large portion of personal growth comes when we reflect on the past. Having begun my journey as a writer for the Technician last year, I felt that it was fitting to look Chauncey back on some of the Bowden things I’d written.

Correspondent It soon dawned on me that there was a common theme among most of my columns: social issues. 2015 was a year chock full with examples of how far, yet how little, we have evolved in terms of race relations in this country. Yet, still I began to fear that I was beginning to sound like the “angry black woman.” But I am angry. I’m actually very livid, and you should be as well.

Hate crime still exists, and it doesn’t show signs of falling. Ac-

cording to the Southern Poverty Law Center, while the number of active hate groups — organizations whose “beliefs or practices

“100 percent of the people killed by police in Raleigh last year were black.” attack or malign an entire class of people” — has fallen, the number of hate crimes committed in 2012 reached nearly 300,000. In 2009, the FBI reported that 11.4 percent of hate crimes took place at schools or colleges; of these, 12.4 percent of hate crimes at schools or col-

leges were based on racial bias, 12.9 percent were based on religion and 10.1 percent were based on sexualorientation bias.

I am angry that Dylann Roof was taken into police custody, alive, when 12-year-old Tamir Rice was gunned down by police for having a toy gun in an open-carry state. I am angry that the number of people killed by police has increased, while the violent crime rate has not. Why are more minorities being killed when they only make up a quarter of this country’s population? To bring things a little closer to home, according to mappingpoliceviolence. org, 100 percent of the people killed by police in Raleigh last year were black.

As a woman I am angry that 68 percent of sexual assaults go unre-

ported. CNN reported that 23 percent of women “experienced some form of unwanted sexual contact.”

Yet, there are gross amounts of slut shaming and victim blaming flowing through social media each and every day.

The fact that homophobia is still an ever-present force on college campuses nationwide is a reason in itself to be outraged. Here we are, in the year 2016, and people still find it fitting to abuse and mistreat people based on their preferences — preferences, I remind you, that have nothing to do with anyone else but themselves.

Some of these issues may personally affect you, while it could be the case that none of them of do. But we all have a duty to solve them as members of this campus, members

of this country and members of this world. Yes, it will always be easy to avoid these issues because they’re controversial, especially if they don’t directly affect you. But as students, we have the power and influence to change our society for the better.

This semester, keep in mind the opportunity for you to become a part of something that challenges you to make positive changes. Become an LGBTQ advocate. Attend an NAACP meeting. Learn about mental illnesses.

Sure, there’s the risk that I’ll be labeled the “angry black woman,” but that’s OK. Kwame Anthony Appiah once said, “My job as an intellectual is to call it as I see it. I owe my fellow citizens respect, certainly, but not a feigned acquiescence.”

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his is my second response to Daniel Root’s articles. In this response, I’ll be addressing his arguments from November regarding the morality Chase of a welfare state in his McLamb fourth installment of Guest Columnist “Why I am not a libertarian.”

One quotation discussed by Root was from William Graham Sumner, which stated, “A and B put their heads together to decide what C shall be made to do for D. The radical vice of all these schemes … is that C is not allowed a voice in the matter, and his position, character and interests … are entirely overlooked.”

Root then claims that there are two logical fallacies with this statement. First, C can vote in American society, thus he has a say in the actions of A and B. Second, C also would have access to welfare programs should he/she fall on hard times.

First, voting for representatives is not the same as having a direct say in their decisions. If it’s true that electing representatives to office is the same as having a direct say in their decisions as representatives, the American people must be directly responsible for authorizing drone strikes on civilians in Yemen or subsidizing the Brazilian cotton industry. I don’t think normal citizens were given any choice in those decisions, though we certainly were/ are the ones funding them. In doing so, our government charges us for things we might not want or need. Furthermore, there are no laws stating that a politician has to vote in exact accordance with the principles on which they campaigned or keep any of their promises. It’s safe to say that politicians always have and always will take action without the consent of the citizenry, so pretending that everyone has a say in the actions of government is misleading at best.

Second, moral ends do not justify immoral means. Stealing is stealing; it doesn’t matter who is being stolen from, who is doing the stealing or who wants or needs what’s being stolen. If a mugger takes your money, we would call this stealing, but if a group of people gets together and votes

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Christopher Hamby. sophomore studying construction engineering

{ Dear Athletic Director Yow, I know a new contract has recently been agreed to between NC State and Adidas, but based on what I saw at yesterday’s Belk Bowl, apparently the school has given up all approval rights to a German firm who has no knowledge of or appreciation for tradition. Initially I could not even figure out which team I should be yelling for.

Then I realized there were two schools using maroon (or some strange shade of red) for their uniforms.

Doesn’t anyone know that the school colors are RED and WHITE, not black (gag), or red and black (Maryland) or black and white and maroon (yesterday’s uniforms). No

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wonder the ref was thinking North Dakota State.

Listen to the fight song …

“We are the RED and WHITE from State.” Attend any athletic event and listen to the crowd chant “RED!!!” during the national anthem.

Review school sports history, at least back to Everett Case and you will see many changes in uniform style, but the colors are always RED and WHITE. Please use your considerable influence and your bully pulpit to re-establish RED and WHITE for my alma mater’s public colors.

Sincerely, Paul Blount Chemical Engineering, Class of 1963

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to have the mugger take your money, we call this democratic taxation. Root didn’t seem to notice that C was being forced to give labor/resources to someone against his/her will. This is somehow construed as justice because it’s what most people want. And similarly to what was discussed above, if you are the person being robbed, what little say you might have had didn’t do much good for you. Don’t worry; most people thought you deserved it.

Third, stealing from C to provide them with a safety net is preposterous. Stealing their money decreases their savings, so they have less of a cushion should they fall.

Furthermore, ask yourself if you would help someone in need. Most of you would answer, “yes,” I hope. The truth is that most people would help someone in need.

America is the most generous nation in the world according to the 2013 World Giving Index. Helping the poor is important; as a country, we understand this better than any other.

Finally, if helping the poor is important, which it is, why are so many people okay with the government being in charge of doing so? The administrative expense for welfare programs is roughly 70 percent, while the median administrative expense for private charities, according to a report

by Charity Navigator, is only 10.3 percent.

The median indicates that some are better or worse, so typically we’ll see a figure of about 30 percent to represent charity administrative overhead. We can advocate for a welfare state so that 70 percent is paid to bureaucrats, or we can give voluntarily and peacefully so that 70 percent or more can actually be used by the poor. We can choose either coercive, wasteful redistribution of wealth or voluntary charity.

If the government were a charity competing in the marketplace, it would go out of business due to high administrative overhead. It’s really that simple. Government is a terrible charity. If helping the poor is really so important, the government should stop making people poorer by stealing from them and leave charity work to the professionals of the private sector.

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The Jokey Edgars celebrate two successful films Sam Griffin Correspondent

Each fall, NC State students partake in Campus MovieFest, a student film festival that gives its participants only one week to create a five-minute movie. The four teams whose movies score the highest, known as Jury Award Winners, are given the opportunity to screen their movies at the CMF grand finals. In recent years one team has managed to break the top four not once, but two years in a row. With their quick, quirky and odd humor, it’s the Jokey Edgars.

Composed of 13 members, 10 of whom go to NC State, the Jokey Edgars is a student film group whose two comedy videos, “Jokey Edgars” and “Pulling Strings,” won at the 2014 and 2015 NC State Campus MovieFest finals.

The first video, from which the film team gets its name, is about a group of famous Edgars throughout history such as FBI director J. Edgar Hoover and painter Edgar Degas. When one of their group members passes, the Edgars begin interviewing Edgar Allen Poe as a replacement but want to make sure he is jokey enough for the group.

“The f irst year around, we filmed ‘Jokey Edgars’ more for fun than for the competition,” said Patrick Povinelli, a senior at NC State and one of the founding members of Jokey Edgars. “We went to the finale, where Campus MovieFest screens the top 16 films and announces the top four, and expected to maybe get screened, but definitely not to get into the top four.”

Povinelli played Edgar Degas in “Jokey Edgars.” Povinelli said that when the video won, he was speechless on stage. Povinelli said

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From left to right, Carter Hamilton, Christopher Harrison, Patrick Povinelli and Stefan Letica, pose for a shot in costume while filming their first film, ‘Jokey Edgars’. The group qualified for the Campus Moviefest finals in 2014 as well as this past fall in 2015.

“We never have enough time.

Shooting and editing gets extremely intensive.”

– Gus Vieweg, a junior studying electrical and computer engineering

he and the Jokey Edgars’ team captain, Augustus (Gus) Vieweg, a junior studying electrical and computer engineering, first came up with the idea for their first video while attending an improv show.

“The improvisers played this game where they got initials from an audience member and made up a game based on that. The initials were JE, and one of the improvisers conceived the name ‘Jokey Edgars,’ which would be a game about guys named Edgar who told jokes,” Povinelli said.

“It became an inside joke of ours for the months to come, and we

always imagined Jokey Edgars as a sitcom-style TV show. Eventually, Gus found out about Campus MovieFest and knew it was his excuse to make something of the ridiculous idea that was Jokey Edgars.”

In addition to writing the script for “Jokey Edgars” with his brother Max, Augustus Vieweg also composed a sitcom theme song that takes up the first minute of the video.

“Every composition in ‘Jokey Edgars’ was made by me, even the singing in the theme song,” Vieweg said. “Some music in ‘Pulling Strings’ was royalty-free, but

for the most part, I composed.”

Vieweg described Campus MovieFest as an accessible film festival because it lends out equipment for filming as well as computers and editing software. Vieweg also said the week deadline is good at getting him and his team to focus but that it is also quite challenging.

“We never have enough time,” Vieweg said. “Shooting and editing gets extremely intensive with that condition, on top of working a part-time job and being a fulltime engineering student.”

Vieweg said “Jokey Edgars” was rather easy to make, with one long eight-hour shoot, a few random shoots and about eight hours of editing. The team’s second movie “Pulling Strings,” however, was much more challenging.

“Pulling Strings” is a movie about t wo detectives chasing down a master ventriloquist who can make people believe that his puppets are real. The movie paro-

dies the noir style of filmmaking and is filled with the tropes one can find in such movies, including sexism, twists, a detective who dislikes his partner, a narration and some fast-paced editing.

The movie pays homage to the 1940s American film noir, “Murder, My Sweet.” Spivey Bricks, the main character of “Pulling Strings,” played by Povinelli, imitates the main character of the classic film.

“We probably spent about 75 hours in pre-production, 30 hours of shooting and 15 hours of editing for “Pulling Strings,” Vieweg said. “To keep the drive and energy up, as well as maintain a fun and focused atmosphere during that time is also tough, but the cast and crew I had were so dedicated. I could not have asked for anything more from them.”

Campus MovieFest rules allow for pre-production to be done for a movie before the week of the contest but any filming or editing must be done in the week. This gave the Jokey Edgar team time to create puppets, find costumes and locations and decide on a script before the contest started.

“The hardest thing for me was not smiling,” Povinelli said. “It’s very hard to separate yourself from your character, and when a lot of things make you laugh but not your character, you can’t laugh. Filming takes a lot of patience and can be very difficult if you can’t control yourself.”

The Jokey Edgars’ videos can be viewed on the Campus MovieFest’s website. Both Vieweg and Povinelli said they are excited to submit to Campus MovieFest for the third time next fall, and while they don’t have any concrete plans, they want to try and participate in other film festivals outside of NC State.

Tips for a succesful spring semester Maddy Bonnabeaux Correspondent

Final grades were posted, winter break has come and gone and already a new semester is upon us. The spring semester seems to move faster than its counterpart, so it’s important for students to make the most of their time and utilize the resources available. As we enter 2016, check out these tips to help you have a productive and smooth semester.

Organize: Know your schedule and where your classes are located. If you need to use the buses, the Wolf line schedules are available on the Transloc app. Organize your planner at the beginning of the semester. It helps to print out the syllabuses, especially if the professor provided

a semester schedule. Take the time to write in the dates of major assignments, exams, extracurricular activities and other obligations. This alone will help you manage your schedule better and stress less. Accounting for important dates allows time for adequate preparation and eliminates the possibility of an exam or assignment surprising you.

Start early: Procrastination hinders more than helps. Be wary of underestimating the weight of assignments. An assignment may appear to be easy, but if you’re not on top of the material it will take much longer. If you usua lly put of f assignments until the last minute, use the upcoming semester to make a habit of completing your tasks early or promptly. It may help to create daily, todo lists.

Make your health a priority: Take an hour out of each day to relax. Engage in an activity that takes your mind off of everything, whether it’s working out, watching a TV show, reading a book or coloring. Integrating an enjoyable break into your schedule gives you something to look forward to and will help you return to an assignment with a fresh outlook. Similarly, try to get proper rest and be sure to take advantage of NC State’s Student Health Services.

Get involved: Join a new club or activity you wouldn’t have considered before (maybe even Student Media).

NC State offers a variety of organizations, and it’s never too late to get involved.

Use campus resources: Professors have office hours for a reason. Don’t be afraid to go to them. If you need clarification on a topic or have questions, professors are usua l ly more t ha n happy to talk with you. Additionally, the University Tutorial Center is available for several 100- and 200-level courses. If you haven’t already, find a suitable place to study on campus with minimal distractions. It can be helpful to establish a study group. If you’re commuting, try going to the library between classes while you’re already on campus. The Counseling Center offers career counseling and assessment instruments if needed.

Finally, recognize what you need to improve on from the previous semester; learn from your mistakes.

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Alumnus brews mead for the modern age Maddy Bonnabeaux Correspondent

The refreshing drink of the Vikings is creating a buzz, and it’s outside of Renaissance fairs.

Mead, one of the oldest drinks in the world, is making a comeback.

Coined as the “nectar of the gods,” the fermented drink is created by adding water and yeast to honey.

When infused with herbs and fruits, its audience, dating back to the 17th century, used it as a beverage and medicine.

Mead is transitioning into the drink of choice — similar to the resurgence of cider and craft beer.

NC State alumnus James Boicourt recognized this potential while viewing a mead demonstration in Professor John Ambrose’s course ENT 203, “An Intro to the Honey Bee and Beekeeping.”

“By the time I graduated, I had experience with mead-making,” Boicourt said. “At the time, the mead available was typically sweet and potent. Ours tasted more like a wine; we saw room in the market for it.”

Boicourt co-owns Charm City Meadworks in Baltimore with Andrew Geffken. Transpiring from a hobby, the meadery idea initially served as a back-burner project.

“The reality of actually making mead full-time is still a bit alien,” Boicourt said. “The funny thing about college is you never know what’s going to stick with you. I found myself continuing to take entomology courses, including an advanced beekeeping course with Dr. David Tarpy.”

Charm City Meadworks, founded in 2014, has a production facility and taproom, similar to a brewery or winery.

“It’s a honey-wine, but it’s actually brewed more closely to beer than it is to wine. However, mead tastes better with age,” said Tarpy, professor of entomology and extension apiculturist. “It’s in between beer and wine-making.”

Although mead is synonymous with “honey-wine,” Boicourt and Geffken have revitalized the drink with their distinctive product line.

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Charm City Meadworks is brewed and bottled in Baltimore, Maryland. The brewery offers nine varieties of mead ranging in flavors from cinnamon to rosemary and alcohol percentages from 6.9 to 12 percent. The mead is available in bottles, cans and even kegs.

The company offers a variety of meads in bottles, kegs and cans.

Mead can be consumed as-is or provide an unusual twist to cocktails.

“It used to be a seasonal drink,” Boicourt said. “Our incentive is to make mead that is dry and light — the kind people would want to drink every day, like with a meal or after work.”

The selection of infused draft meads is crisp, carbonated and 6.9 percent ABV. The “Retire by the Fire” seasonal draft, one of Boicourt’s favorites, contains vanilla, cocoa nibs and clove. While the beverage is best served fireside, it pairs well with barbecued or smoked meats.

Alternatively, the bottled still selection is 12 percent ABV and fuller bodied, similar to wine. “Original Dry” and “Rosemary” go well with chicken or fish, while the subtle

“Cinnamon” compliments savory dishes. The “Sweet Blossom” features citrus and floral notes.

“Brewing is a lot of work, but it’s so fun,” Boicourt said. “It’s exciting to put something on store shelves and in people’s hands. Especially since it’s new, coming from the recipes in my own kitchen.”

According to Boicourt, most of his weeks average 80 hours. Meadcrafting is meticulous and delicate, especially when experimenting with new formulations and spices.

The honey-based mixture must ferment in tanks for a few months and age in barrels for an additional period.

“Mead is simple in concept, but difficult in process,” Tarpy said.

“There’s a lot of ways where it can go wrong. Anybody can make it, but not everybody can make it well.”

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NC State alumnus, James Boicourt (left), co-owns Charm City Meadworks with Andrew Gaffken. Boicourt was introduced to mead production in an intro to beekeeping class while at NC State.

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downs. This led to a 4-play, 68-yard drive for the Bulldogs, capped off by a 33-yard reverse to Ross to take a 21-0 lead with 12:17 left in the half.

The Wolfpack finally got something going with a pass from Brissett to sophomore tight end Pharoah McKever for the wide open 82-yard catch-and-run touchdown to close the gap 21-7. This was the secondlongest play in Belk Bowl history.

This created a temporary shift

in momentum, as redshirt junior cornerback Niles Clark intercepted Prescott’s pass on the next drive at NC State’s 43-yard line. The Pack then went on a 4-play, 57-yard drive capped off by a 48-yard touchdown rush on a fourth down jet sweep by tight end/fullback Jaylen Samuels to bring the team within one score.

However, the Bulldogs fired back with a 9-play, 74-yard drive, when Prescott fumbled the ball into the end zone but guard Justin Malone recovered it for the touchdown to expand the lead 28-14.

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lead with 14 seconds left in the half.

For the Bulldogs, Wilson and Ross combined for 137 yards and three touchdowns in the first half. For the Pack, Brissett completed only 3-of-9 passes, but ran the ball 12 times for 22 yards.

Both teams sputtered to start the second half. However, the Pack got something going on its second drive, going 65 yards in seven plays with Brissett scoring on a 3-yard rush to cut into the lead, 31-21. The score was set up by a 40-yard pass to junior wide receiver Jumichael Ramos.

MSU responded with 15 plays for

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75 yards that lasted a game-high 5:58, with running back Brandon Holloway catching a 10-yard pass to score the Bulldogs’ first touchdown of the half. However, Graves missed the extra point to keep it a two-score game, 37-21.

Two drives later, Prescott threw a 55-yard catch-and-run touchdown pass to Holloway to give MSU a 4421 lead with 9:41 remaining in the game.

On the Bulldogs’ next drive, running back Aeris Williams scored on a 33-yard run to give them a 51-21 lead, highlighting a 20-0 run.

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The Wolfpack loses some valuable seniors but brings back a lot of talent as it looks to remain competitive in the 2016 season. “[NC State’s football program] is not where I want it to be right now, but there’s a lot of room for improvement,” Samuels said. “We just gotta take it into the offseason and work as hard as we did last season so we can get better.”

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Gantt named ACC Wrestler of the Week

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Wolfpack senior Tommy Gantt earned ACC Wrestler of the Week honors after he won six-straight matches in the 157-pound weight class and became NC State’s first individual champion at the Midlands Championships in Evanston, Illinois. Gantt is now ranked sixth nationally by InterMat. On the season, he holds a 12-0 overall record, including 3-0 against nationally ranked opponents.

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Football changing up coaching staff After a 7-6 season, the NC State football team has relieved offensive coordinator Matt Canada and strength and conditioning coach Jason Veltkamp.

Additionally, offensive line coach Mike Uremovich left the team to become the offensive coordinator at Northern Illinois. All three had been with the team since head coach Dave Doeren’s arrival in 2013. Veltkamp will be replaced by former NC State linebacker Dantonio Burnette, but the team has not yet announced the replacements for Canada and Uremovich.

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Looking for another eight-win season, the NC State football team fell short Dec. 29, losing to the Mississippi State Bulldogs, 51-28 in the Belk Bowl in Charlotte.

MSU (9-4, 4-4 SEC) quarterback Dak Prescott set Belk Bowl records in passing yards (380), total yards (424) and passing touchdowns (four).

As a team, the Bulldogs outgained the Wolfpack (7-6, 3-5 ACC) 569-424 and set a Belk Bowl record in points scored. Additionally, MSU scored 20 unanswered points in the second half to cement the victory.

“He’s a great quarterback, arguably the best player [Mississippi State] has ever had,” head coach Dave Doeren said. “Look at his yardage, the way he handles himself and the way he runs the ball.”

The game started off miserably for the Wolfpack. Redshirt senior quarterback Jacoby Brissett got hit as he threw on the first play from scrimmage, and the pass was intercepted by linebacker Gerri Green. The Bulldogs capitalized on a 14-yard touchdown pass from Prescott to wide receiver Fred Ross to take an early 7-0 lead.

“They gained a possession,” Doeren said. “It

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Sophomore tight end/fullback Jaylen Samuels hurdles a defender on the way to a 48-yard touchdown. Samuels had 53 yards rushing on three carries in the game. The Wolfpack lost to the Mississippi State Bulldogs in the Belk Bowl 51-28 at Bank of America Stadium Dec. 30.

hurts to put our defense in that position that early in the game. That was the opposite of what we were hoping for in the first quarter.”

With 3:49 left in the first quarter, Brissett threw another pick, only his second two-interception game with the Wolfpack and the third of his career. MSU then went 67 yards in just 18 seconds on passes to wide receiver De’Runnya Wilson to take a 14-0 lead.

“We didn’t win the turnover battle,” graduate defensive end Mike Rose said. “You gotta win the turnover battle, especially when it’s raining.

[Prescott] fumbled the ball two or three times, but we couldn’t pick it up.”

NC State marched down the field to the opposing 32-yard line, but turned it over on

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NC State men’s basketball enters conference play As the calendar turns to 2016, so does the NC State men’s basketball team’s schedule, as it has begun ACC pl a y. T h e Wolfpack fell to the Virginia Tech Hokies in its conference opener i n Drew Blacksburg, Nantais Virginia SatSports Editor urday.

The Wolfpack was up by as much as 16 points in the first half but floundered down the stretch as it lost in overtime.

With the struggles this team has faced so far, the Pack has no margin for error as it enters the grunt of conference play.

Thursday’s game against the Louisville Cardinals is a winnable game for the Pack. The Cards sit at 12-2 (1-0 ACC) with a majority of their wins over abysmal non-conference opponents. Until its most recent win over Wake Forest Sunday, Louisville has beaten the likes of Grand Canyon, St. Francis (Brooklyn) and Kennesaw State to name a few.

The jury is still out on just how good this Louisville team is at the moment, so the Wolfpack needs to win Thursday’s game while conference play is in its early stage.

The Wolfpack follows up the Louisville game with a quick trip down the road to Wake Forest, then returns home for a

matchup with the Florida State Seminoles. Then, the gauntlet begins.

The 11-game stretch for the Pack includes seven games involving teams currently ranked in the AP Poll and four games against Duke and UNC-Chapel Hill — not to mention games against well-coached teams Georgia Tech and Florida State.

The Tar Heels sit at No. 6 in the most recent poll and look like legitimate title contenders. The Blue Devils are not the same team as last year as they lack the size and point guard play they had in Jahlil Okafor and Tyus Jones. Both teams are top-10 teams this season and will be tough matchups for the Pack.

The Miami Hurricanes and Pittsburgh Panthers are also quality teams, as both are ranked in the top 25 as well.

The Hurricanes boast a veteran backcourt while the Panthers are well coached by Jamie Dixon. The Wolfpack will have to travel to Pittsburgh and Coral Gables, Florida to play these two teams, and it will not be an easy road trip.

The backend of the schedule favors the back as three of its last five games are at PNC Arena. But with the bulk of the schedule looming, the Wolfpack needs every win it can get.

The Pack should receive some help when Terry Henderson comes back from injury. The West Virginia transfer injured

his ankle in the season opener and is expected to return in late January or early February. His return will bring more depth to the Pack, as it can go eight players deep.

Another promising sign for the Pack has been the play of junior guard Anthony “Cat” Barber. Averaging 22.9 points, 4.9 assists and 5.4 rebounds per game, Barber’s play has kept the Pack in games this season and won several of them. If Barber is able to continue to play at a high level, the Pack will have a chance at winning a handful of difficult ACC games.

Sophomore forward AbdulMalik Abu has also improved his play during the last few weeks. In his last six games,

Abu’s posted a double-double in four of them, bringing his season averages to 10.8 PPG and 8.1 RPG. The Wolfpack needs Abu to play well as the clear weakness for this team lies in its frontcourt. Juniors Lennard Freeman and BeeJay Anya need to follow suit and improve their productivity either in the starting lineup or off the bench.

Currently sitting at a 10-4 (0-1 ACC) record, the Wolfpack has a shot to win 20 games for the fifth-straight season under head coach Mark Gottfried.

But as far as the NCAA Tournament goes, the road to receiving a bid is a long and tumultuous one for the Wolfpack.

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The NC State football team ended its season with a 7-6 record, and despite reaching a bowl game for the second consecutive season, the swelling optimism about the program’s direction has been tempered.

The Wolfpack turned in another 3-5 record in ACC play, sending head coach Dave Doeren’s three-year mark in conference play to 6-18. While the team does reside in the ACC’s tougher Atlantic division, such poor play against conference rivals has understandably become a sticking point for Doeren critics — perhaps more so than the 1-2 record against UNC-Chapel Hill.

In 2015, the Wolfpack played all three ACC teams that finished the season ranked in the media poll’s top 10 (No. 1 Clemson, No. 9 Florida State, No. 10 North Carolina). Its bowl-game opponent, Mississippi State (9-4, 4-4 SEC), didn’t lose a game to an unranked opponent all season and is ranked as the country’s 16th best team

by Football Outsiders’ computer ratings. Obviously, Doeren will have to start engendering wins against teams of this caliber if he’s to remain the coach at NC State in the long-term, but this year’s

team simply didn’t have the firepower.

Through four games, it appeared that a twoheaded monster composed of running backs Matt Dayes and Shadrach Thornton would give ACC defenses fits, but Thornton was removed from the team, and questions rose about whether or not the more slender-framed Dayes could handle the increased workload.

After a 4-0 start, the Wolfpack hosted Louisville in the wake of Thornton’s dismissal and struggled mightily to move the ball on the ground, averaging 1.5 yards on 30 carries on a very sloppy field at Carter-Finley Stadium, where heavy rain fell intermittently throughout the game.

The 20-13 loss exposed a leaky NC State front seven, as the Cardinals ran free for 203 yards.

Virginia Tech stuck to the same strategy the following week, rushing for 200 yards on just 36 attempts en route to a 28-13 home win over the Wolfpack.

Despite losing its identity on both sides of the ball, the Pack had a chance to find themselves and hush the doubters as they hosted No. 3 Clemson.

A win would have catapulted them to a 6-2 record and put the team on the brink of the Top 25 poll.

NC State traded scores back and forth during the

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first half, but a two-play, 73-yard Clemson drive in the waning seconds of the second quarter gave the Tigers the lead and momentum heading into halftime. The Wolfpack was unable to cut the lead closer than six points from then on, and to add injury to insult, the emerging star running back Dayes was lost for the remainder of the season due to a foot injury.

Now 5-3, NC State responded with a passheavy, running-back-by-committee approach moving forward. However, Brissett, now touting a 13-to-1 TD-to-INT ratio, was unable to maintain his efficiency as he carried an increased workload, with just a 7-to-5 ratio over the final five games.

The Wolfpack’s problem continued to be inconsistency on both sides of the ball, as it allowed 27 unanswered points after getting out to a 17-7 lead over Florida State and gave up 35 points to North Carolina in the first quarter of their final regular season game. Its response was too little, too late, as it eventually fell 45-34.

Backing into a bowl game at 7-5, the Wolfpack allowed Mississippi State to get out to a 21-point lead to start the game and was unable to slow down quarterback Dak Prescott, who totaled more than 400 yards of total offense and four

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The final record of 7-6 is disappointing to be sure, but there is reason to be optimistic heading forward. The Wolfpack returns 15 of 22 starters on offense and defense, and although one of the players lost to graduation is Brissett, the team appears confident that redshirt freshman Jalan McClendon, who is currently the frontrunner for the job, will step up next season.

McClendon was a four-star recruit coming out of high school and will start his first game for the Wolfpack under a new offensive coordinator after the recent firing of Matt Canada, who had been with the team since Doeren was hired three years ago. The firing was a bit of a head-scratcher because the team’s improvement since a 3-9 season in 2013 has largely been due to better offense while the defense has remained mediocre, ranking 86th and 78th in the country

by Football Outsiders in the years since.

With the progression of seven freshmen and sophomore starters, however, the Wolfpack defense should be far more formidable next season.

The outcome of the season will largely depend on if McClendon is prepared to lead an offense that has been carried by Brissett over the previous two years.

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