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IN BRIEF Former NC State Professor charged with embezzlement

Charles Scott Whisnant, an NC State professor of animal science, was charged Wednesday with embezzling money from three student groups that he advised.

Whisnant, who was an associate professor in the animal science department, resigned Tuesday, one day before he was charged with taking money from the Animal Science Club, the Alpha Zeta Agriculture Honors Fraternity and the Agri-Life Council. NC State University Police began investigating Whisnant after the Animal Science Club notified the authorities about inconsistencies in the club’s financial statements.

Authorities charged Whisnant with taking about $65,000 of funds from the groups for personal use.

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UNC dental school honors Our Three Winners

Students and faculty at the UNC School of Dentistry honored the loss of their former students on Wednesday afternoon, the one year anniversary of the death of Deah Barakat and Yusor and Razan Abu-Salah. Deah was a student and Yusor had just been accepted to the UNC School of Dentistry when they were killed by their neighbor last February.

More than 200 people joined members of the Barakat and AbuSalah families in the atrium of the UNC School of Dentistry to hear testimonies about their lives and to share memories about their character. Before his death, Deah was planning a trip to Turkey to provide emergency dental care to Syrian refugees.

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Food Network reality show flips Holly Springs restaurant

“Restaurant Impossible: AMBUSH,” a reality show on Food Network, revamped SiP Bistro, a Holly Springs wine bar, coffeehouse and restaurant, Tuesday and Wednesday. The show, which stars Chef Robert Irvine, aims to help struggling restaurants gain sales by reworking the menu, decorations and management strategies. The show’s crew used two days and $10,000 to complete its makeover. The restaurant reopened Wednesday evening at 7 p.m. The Food Network is scheduled to air the episode in April.

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FEATURES Bugs: the roommates you never knew you had See page 6.

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Candles were lit in honor of Deah Barakat, Yusor Abu-Salha and Razan Abu-Salha at the Day of Light memorial in tribute of the one-year anniversary of their passing. The memorial took place outside of Talley Student Union Wednesday.

Day of Light honors Our Three Winners Ravi K. Chittilla Contributor

Reminiscent of the chilling wind and cold of last year’s candlelight vigil for Deah Barakat, his wife Yusor Abu-Salha and her sister Razan Abu-Salha, hundreds of students, faculty members and members of the Triangle Muslim community gathered at Stafford Commons Wednesday evening for the Day of Light memorial to commemorate the one-year anniversary of their deaths.

Dr. Mohammad Abu-Salha, the father of Yusor and Razan, spoke

SPORTS See page 8.

—Farris Barakat

about the importance of civic action and encouraged Americans to make sure that they stand up for justice and liberty.

“Make sure to vote and keep your democracy and keep your liberties,” Abu-Salha said.

Abu-Salha and Farris Barakat, Deah’s older brother who Abu-

Salha called his “new son,” said they were pleased with the support they had received from all Americans, as well as from President Barack Obama. In light of the recent Islamaphobic rhetoric that has emerged from the presidential campaign season, last week Obama visited a U.S. mosque for the first time during his presidency. Dr. Suzanne Barakat, the elder sister of Farris and Deah, was invited to attend the meeting with the president, sitting next to him during a panel discussion.

During that speech, Obama made clear that Muslims play a

vital role in American society, and on Wednesday evening Abu-Salha reiterated those points.

“The U.S. has had an Irish way of life,” Abu-Salha said. “The U.S. has had a Hispanic way of life. The U.S. has a black American way of life.

The U.S. has a Native American way of life, and now the U.S. has an Indian way of life. We Muslims are just another part of this American life.”

Farris said he especially appreciated the president’s effort to dispel any dichotomy between being Mus-

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Students speed date for research opportunities Jonathan Carter Correspondent

The fifth annual NC State Speed Data-ing research fair broug ht hu nd reds of students to Talley Student Union Wednesday. Attendees were interested in speaking with professors and faculty members about pursuing undergraduate research.

The fair, which hosted 55 faculty members and more than 200 students, gave undergraduates the opportunity to talk one-on-one with faculty members about undergraduate research in an informal, conversational setting.

The purpose of the fair was

to get students in contact with faculty members by seating them across from each other and rotating students around the room, much like actual speed-dat i ng. T he facu lt y members had 10 minutes to discuss their areas of research before a timer stops, signaling the students to move on to the next table.

“It’s more comfortable for students to come to this casual event rather than navigating websites and webpages trying to find professors to talk to,” said Catie McVey, a senior studying animal science and statistics.

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DATA continued page 3 Students share a quick chat with professors from different departments as the clock counts down at the fifth annual NC State Speed Data-ing research fair.

French film festival draws crowds to showings Coleen Kinen-Ferguson Correspondent

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“It is time that we can be Muslim in America.”

The 2016 Tournées Film Festival at NC State, which brought hundreds of students and community members to the university, wrapped up Thursday evening after a month of showing critically acclaimed French film screenings in the Witherspoon Student Cinema.

“The event has met all of our expectations,” said Rebecca Cibuls-

kis, a SKEMA programs assistant who helped organize the festival.

“We’ve had over 100 people at each of the films, with more people coming each week.”

Films screened over the last few weeks included “The Connection,” “The King and the Mockingbird,” “Two Days, One Night,” “Diplomacy” and “Timbuktu.”

More than 220 people attended the Feb. 4 screening of “Timbuktu,” according to Cibulskis. The event has been open to the public,

and about a third of all attendees were non-NC State community members.

According to Laura Stott, interim director of Student Involvement, attendance at films ranged from 170 to 215 viewers per event.

“It’s important to see different perspectives and cultures,” Stott said. “And connecting with different entities in the community.

That can be difficult sometimes, especially for students who live on campus.”

In order to host the festival at NC State, the Global Training Initiative applied for a $2,200 grant from the FACE Foundation, a nonprof it that aims to support French-American cultural exchange by partnering with the Cultural Services of the U.S. French Embassy.

“We definitely intend to apply for the grant again next year,” Cibulskis said.

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POLICE BLOTTER February 8 12:05 AM | TRAFFIC VIOLATION Main Campus Dr/CCMS Student was cited for speeding.

1:23 AM | SUSPICIOUS INCIDENT Red Hall Report of someone in the bushes. Officers did not locate anyone.

2:19 AM | CONCERNED BEHAVIOR Caspian Hall Officer responded to student experiencing emotional crisis.

Student spoke with on-call counselor and agreed to voluntary transport. Welfare referral was issued 11:53 AM | MEDICAL ASSIST Student Health Center Units responded and transported student in need of medical assistance.

1:09 PM | FIRE ALARM Lee Hall FP responded to alarm caused by bad sprinkler pump.

2:47 PM | HIT & RUN West Lot Student reported parked vehicle had been struck and damaged.

6:00 PM | MEDICAL ASSIST Carmichael Gym

Units responded to student in need of medical assistance.

Transport refused.

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6:14 PM | ASSIST UNIVERSITY PARTNER Lee Hall NCSU PD responded staff member with University Housing, who requested assistance issuing a Trespass regarding a previously reported assault involving student.

Student was issued a Trespass for Lee Hall only.

6:16 PM | MEDICAL ASSIST Carmichael Gym Units responded and transported juvenile in need of medical assistance.

6:21 PM | SKATEBOARD COMPLAINT Lexis Nexis Deck Report of skateboarders. Officer located two non-students and juvenile. Subjects were advised of policy and allowed to leave the area.

6:44 PM | HIT & RUN Partners Way Deck Student reported parked vehicle had been struck and damaged.

8:54 PM | FIRE ALARM Tower Hall Units responded to alarms in two rooms. Both alarms were caused by cooking.

9:30 PM | TRAFFIC VIOLATION Gorman St/Sullivan Dr Staff member was cited for speeding.

Learning black history through games PHOTO BY PETE HUFFMAN

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n an event hosted by the Multicultural Young Educators Network and the W. E. B. Du Bois Honor Society , participants faced off in a family feud-style game show event. Before the event, students from across the university were sent a survey about black history and asked to fill it out, and the results of the survey were used to create the questions for the event. Teams were then asked these questions with points being awarded based on how many surveyed answered with that answer. The game show portion of the program was led by Shealynn Womble, a senior studying middle grades education. The first team was composed of Chantal Warfield, a freshman studying middle grades education, Makenzie Nesbit, a freshman studying sociology, Andrykah Smith, a freshman studying psychology, and Elaine Moore, a freshman studying elementary education. The second team was composed of Erin Figgins, a junior studying human biology, Danita Gibbs, a junior studying criminology, Bailey Franklin, a junior studying animal science, and Tyra Barnes, a junior studying design studies.

Student Senate considers making ClassEvals public Randy Jaouhari Correspondent

The Student Senate at NC State is exploring the possibility of making class evaluations public to students who are considering what classes they would like to take.

The ClassEval system at NC State exists to give students the opportunit y to evaluate their professors and teacher assistants at the end of the semester and are used by academic departments as a way to review professors for various reasons, including tenure.

Diya Sashidhar, the academics committee chairwoman of Student Senate, wrote in an email

FILMS In the future, Cibulskis hopes that NC State can expand this programming to host an international film festival.

Cibulskis attributed the success of the festival to the partnership fostered between departments on campus. The Global Training Initiative, Cultural Exchange

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McVey came up with the idea of Speed Data-ing her freshman year when she was interested in undergraduate research but didn’t know where to start. She teamed up with the Department of Undergraduate Research, and together they created the annual event.

Students come from all different backgrounds with interests in many different fields of research joined the event. Many already know the kind of research they want to conduct and come prepared to learn how to get involved.

“I’d definitely love to get into undergraduate research,” said Kelly Roche, a freshman studying genetics. “I’m here to find out more about the field genetic research and start learning as much as I can.”

Other students have no idea what kind of research they want to do or if they even want to at all.

“Honestly I probably won’t get involved in undergraduate research,” said Elizabeth Carter,

that the academics committee is hoping to discuss the possibility with the Evaluation of Teaching Committee to make a portion of the Class Evaluation results public to the student body, but it is still only a possibility at this point.

The Student Senate’s reasoning behind this idea comes from the recent change in the university’s official drop-date deadline. In the fall of 2014, the UNC Board of Governors voted to change the previously six-week drop-date policy down to 10 days.

With students having less time to choose whether or not a class is too difficult for them, some members of the Student Senate feel it is

necessary they have enough information beforehand to choose the right classes.

Currently, a student has 10 days into the semester to drop a class without receiving a withdrawal mark, or a “W,” on his or her transcript.

The change also gave students less time to add a course without permission. This semester students only had until Jan. 12 to add a course without permission from the Student Advisory Committee.

In order to get some student feedback about the idea, the Student Senate conducted a survey on the Wolfpack Students Facebook page.

“Four-hundred-ninety-five of 591 students said they are likely or very likely to complete course evaluations knowing students will have access to them,” Sashidhar said in an email.

The idea to make a portion of the Class Evaluation results public to students is still in the planning states. The Student Senate still has to discuss the idea with higherups at the university, and then the bill must go to a vote in the Senate.

Websites such as Rate My Professor and Koofers currently exist to allow students to read student feedback about classes they are planning to take. These websites allow former students to rate pro-

fessors and leave comments.

The Senate is currently discussing whether or not it would be a good idea to share a portion of the ClassEvals on these websites because many students already check them to see how their professors rank among their previous students.

Farrah Hazheer, a sophomore studying human biology said she thinks making the evaluations public would help with participation rates.

“When [students] find out the ClassEvals are going on a website like Rate My Professor or Koofers, they’ll be more likely to fill them out,” Hazheer said.

Network, Union Activities Board Films Committee and NCSU Libraries are presenting the festival.

“There’s been great collaboration of campus partners and community members working together to promote this event,” Stott said. “We’ve had the right people involved.”

Even when one of the f ilms screened on a day with heav y rainstorms, attendance was still strong with more than 180 viewers, Stott said.

“We’ve been really impressed with the community that has come out,” Cibulskis said. “We’ve had a number of meet-up groups here. People who didn’t necessarily know each other would come out and connect over these films.”

The films chosen were intended to show international perspectives within the French community. NC State faculty members provided an introduction to each film to allow viewers can get a sense of what they were about to watch.

“We’ve heard very good feedback from students,” Cibulskis said. “These films have been very eye-opening.”

The festival’s last screening was, “Girlhood.”

“Girlhood” is included on the programming for Black History Month because it deals with issues of race, class and gender within the French community. The film focuses on a group of black teenage girls, an underrepresented group in French films.

L au ren Kaudel k a, a ju n ior studying marketing and minoring in French, said she enjoyed the festival because of how the films dealt with topics relevant to lots of cultures and groups of people.

“I really liked the films because there was a lot of variety,” Kaudelka said. “The films were pretty international and dealt with a lot of different worldly topics. It wasn’t solely French.”

a junior studying microbiology.

Carter said she’s here just to see if something interests her.

Many students and faculty understand that conducting undergraduate research is very helpful for getting into graduate school.

“Undergraduate research opens the doors for many opportunities, especially graduate school,” said Judy Day, the associate director of undergraduate research at NC State.

Many students interested in graduate school or the workforce came to the research fair to learn more about their discipline and gain more experience in the field.

“I want to do undergrad research to help me prepare for graduate school,” said Antonio Gonzalez, a sophomore studying electrical engineering with plans to attend graduate school.

The Speed Data-ing research fair can be helpful for all students despite their majors. Many students who do undergraduate research do so in a disciplines other than their main courses of study.

“Every student attending must sign up for three different disci-

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Allison Schumacher, a sophomore studying zoology, chats with Craig Layman about future opportunities in research at the fifth annual NC State Speed Data-ing research fair Wednesday.

plines of study,” Day said.

Students need to open new doors that aren’t related to their major and Speed Data-ing helps them accomplish that, according to Day.

Most importantly, the coordinators and organizers of the event encouraged students to just come out and explore.

McVey said just participating would open new possibilities

that students haven’t thought of before.

“Don’t be afraid to step out of what you’re studying or what you know,” McVey said.

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2016 • PAGE 3

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Farris Barakat, Deah’s older brother, stands on stage after speaking to those assembled for the memorial. Farris was one of several speakers Wednesday night at the candlelight vigil to talk about the legacy that his younger brother and sisters-in-law have left the NC State community.

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Mohamed AbuTaleb, a worship leader (or “imam”) for the Islamic Association of Raleigh, leads participants in prayer at the Our Three Winners Memorial on Stafford Commons Wednesday.

About 370 were registered to attend, according to the Facebook event for “Our Three Winners Memorial,” though more were expected to be in attendance.

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Dr. Mohammad Abu-Salha talks during the news conference about the need to be more inclusive of Muslims, explaining how Muslims desire peace as much as anyone else in this country. The news conference was held in Talley Student Union early Wednesday evening.

lim and being American.

“It is time that we can be Muslim in America,” Farris said. “You are Muslim, and you are an American, and you don’t have to choose between the two. The one thing that stood out to me is that Obama thanked us. You know, for so long, Muslims have been on the defensive.”

During both the news conference and the vigil service, members of the Barakat and the Abu-Salha families again debunked the notion that the tragedy had anything to do with a parking dispute.

“The idea that Deah, Yusor and Razan’s murders were over a parking dispute is like saying that Rosa Parks getting kicked off the bus was a busing issue,” Farris said.

The vigil began with a traditional Muslim call to prayer before members of the family and representatives of the university spoke to the audience.

Chancellor Randy Woodson and UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Carol Folt spoke about how the tragic event had created bonds that will keep the institutions connected for a long time to come.

Since the tragedy, NC State has created an Our Three Winners scholarship fund that currently provides tuition aid to six students annually.

they start to recognize that.

[That love] didn’t just start in a vacuum. It came from love in their families, and it came from their foundation in their faith.”

Siddiqui blamed the fear of Islam on media portrayal and a lack of exposure of true Islamic culture in many American’s lives.

“The reality is seven out of 10 Americans don’t know a Muslim, and this is how you find out what Muslims are.”

Gavin Stone contributed reporting to this article.

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At UNC-Chapel Hill, the dental school, where Deah was a second-year student has held its own “Deah Day,” when dental students spend the day performing philanthropy and community service work, which he, Yusor and Razan all spent considerable time doing.

However, the influence of their good works reach far beyond the Triangle.

In tandem with the United Muslim Relief Fund, the family has also worked together to create an Our Three Winners endowment which has raised more than $865,000. Dr. Abu-Salha said he hopes that number will be raised to about $5 million during the next three to four years. Abu-Salha said the family will use the proceeds from investing the endowment to continue to support tarnished areas in Muslim communities in the Middle East.

“What this tragedy has taught us is who Muslims are,” said Dr. Nouman Siddiqui, a Raleigh-based ophthalmologist and friend of the Barakat and Abu-Salha families. “In everything they did they were following Muslim ideals, whether it be charity or smiling or caring for others or striving hard at work or school — that’s part of Islam, so that, to me, is what’s so beautiful about their story and their legacy. As people get to know their lives and get to know them more and more,

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Notice of public meetings

NC State Student Media has scheduled interviews with those students who have applied for the top leadership positions at the Technician, the Nubian Message, WKNC 88.1 FM Raleigh, and the Student Business & Marketing Office for 2016-2017.

These interviews are open to the public, and we encourage anyone with an interest in our organizations to attend.

The students will be interviewed by members of Student Media’s Newspaper, Broadcast and Business Office advisory boards, which include students, faculty, staff and industry professionals. There will be time set aside for questions and comments from the public before the advisory board members adjourn to executive session.

The dates and times for the advisory board meetings are as follows: • Newspapers Advisory Board – Monday, Feb. 15, 7:30 p.m., Witherspoon 324 (Student Media Conference Room) – Nubian Message Editor In Chief candidate: Stephanie Tate, sophomore, political science.

• Business Office Advisory Board – Tuesday, Feb. 16, 6 p.m., Witherspoon 324 (Student Media Conference Room) – Student Business Manager candidate: Mary McPhatter, junior, international political science.

• Newspapers Advisory Board – Monday, Feb. 24, 6 p.m., Witherspoon 324 (Student Media Conference Room) – Technician Editor In Chief candidates: Gabe DeCaro, junior, nuclear engineering and international relations; Katherine Kehoe, junior, English; Mary Anna Rice, junior, English; and Rachel Smith, junior, design.

After considering each candidate, the advisory boards will submit their recommendations to the full Student Media Board of Directors, which will make the final decision as to next year’s leaders. That meeting will be held at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 1, in Room 356 of the Witherspoon Student Center. (Room 356 is located in the African-American Cultural Center.)

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For more information, please contact Director of Student Media Advising Patrick Neal at pcneal@ncsu.edu or (919) 515-1515.

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POINT/COUNTERPOINT: THE SUPER BOWL

Defending football F

ar too increasingly, football is portrayed as a head-bashing, fight-tothe-death, pointless sport, and its biggest game, the Super Bowl, uncalled for.

Articles over football’s Logan concussions, CTE brain Graham damage and shattered Correspondent knees argue for the game’s dismissal and spring up seemingly more often than the sport is played. Yet, these articles always miss something more fundamental about the sport, something that only football fans can understand. I’m not saying football doesn’t need to take a long, hard look at its prolific and lifethreatening injuries; it most certainly does. Arguments that cite only these negative aspects of football miss what makes football precious to so many of us: Football brings people together and gives us a much-needed break.

Last weekend’s Super Bowl was watched by 111.9 million viewers. In a time when depressing talk of the Islamic State, a stagnated economy and mass shootings have become our country’s common background noise, the 50th Super Bowl provided millions of American’s a reprieve from the dark news we receive all too often. For four hours, people across the United States and around the world were able to escape their problems into a world filled with spectacular plays, fantastic musical performances and, perhaps best of all, a stampede of ear-flopping, hotdogwearing wiener dogs in a Heinz Ketchup commercial.

That, in and of itself, is an amazing thing. As a society, we go to movies, attend plays and read books to escape into another world and leave our problems far behind. The Super Bowl does that

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better than anything else. Surrounded by food, friends and family, the Super Bowl is a staple of American culture because it gives us a much needed escape.

But, even more important than this escape, football and the Super Bowl connects people. As I walked around campus last Sunday, clad in my hometown team’s orange and blue, I fist-bumped another student wearing a Broncos cap, exchanged jabs with Panther-clad Case Dining Hall employees and reconnected with Broncos fans back home.

Beginning with the first kick, I was again reminded of football’s connecting power as my phone buzzed: “Let’s go!” texted my grandpa in Arizona.

“Putting up points,” my brothe r r e s p o n d e d i n N e w Yo r k .

“YESSSS,” agreed my dad abroad in Cuba.

“Love it,” I chimed in from North Carolina.

As touchdowns and field goals were exchanged, the Super Bowl brought my family together across state and even country lines as it undoubtedly did for so many other families across the country. It’s this power that makes the Super Bowl so special.

While others may sight reckless hits and disgusting plays as reasons to abandon the Super Bowl for good, I am again and again reminded of the great human element this sporting event can bring about.

Four days after the big game, I still find myself calling and texting my grandpa about what we saw last Sunday night. I know that my time with him is limited, so if football gives me another reason to talk to him, then perhaps the Super Bowl shouldn’t be subject to continuous trash talk but instead be cherished by people for generations to come.

n the time of ancient Rome, huge crowds of the uneducated populous would gather to watch the spectacle of watching men battling each other to the death. The elite of the Roman society used these athletic JIm Twiddy events to keep the masses enCorrespondent tertained, to draw their attention away from their miserable conditions and redirect it to entertainment.

Today we live in a somewhat less violent culture, where the killing of humans for entertainment would be considered inhumane and abhorrent. However, our society has a growing wealth inequality that is giving more and more power to the elites of our society.

Meanwhile, conditions for the lowest class of people in the United States get worse. Those who control the wealth in our society have the power, and they have an interest in keeping it that way. Just like the Roman elites, the wealthy in the U.S. need large events to distract the low income populous from their unpleasant circumstances. One example of an event like that would be the Super Bowl that occurred during the weekend.

According to Yahoo TV, the Super Bowl had an average viewership of 111.9 million Sunday.

This is a huge event that drew in enormous amounts of money. This is the biggest issue with the Super Bowl, or professional football in general. It essentially serves the same role in our society that gladiators did in the Roman Empire.

Proponents of the Super Bowl and professional sports in the U.S. will give endless examples of what they assert as benefits of professional sports. Some of these examples may even truly be benefits, but in this case, the ends do not justify the means. Not only is the Super Bowl clearly just entertainment for the masses, but it also has negative effects for both the players and for society.

The NFL players are paid millions of dollars to compete under rigorous conditions and a

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Christopher Hamby, sophomore studying construction engineering and management

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ith Valentine’s Day right around the corner, there is the usual chatter on social media outlets. There seems to be a pattern amongst people in regards to Chauncey their views on the holiday.

Bowden There is the cynic, the hopeStaff Columnist less romantic, the indifferent and the desperate. Depending on where you are in life, you may have been more than one of these people once upon a time.

The cynic argues that Valentine’s Day is nothing more than a scam. You may hear said person describe the day as capitalist ploy to exploit people and trick them into spending their money. Yes, the $200 date debates are ridiculous. But, if your “lover” requires a gift that is beyond your means, why not reevaluate that relationship instead of attacking the holiday as a whole? The cynic may also argue that if your love for someone is so great, why not celebrate that love for them every day? This is probably the laziest argument in existence.

By this logic, why not celebrate any holiday all year round? I love Easter, why do I only celebrate it in the spring?

The hopeless romantic is very into the holiday, perhaps way too into it. This person will more than likely spend Valentine’s Day and

the few days following it bragging about how extravagant the day was and how thoughtful and considerate their significant other is.

Although this person has the potential to err on the annoying side, they are far less obnoxious than the cynic. The hopeless romantic believes in the magic and wonder of Valentine’s Day and has probably been planning gifts for months now.

The indifferent person is pretty self-explanatory. You may or may not see him or her reference the holiday.

The desperate is usually pretty obvious. This person tweets and posts are about how excellent of a person he or she is and the fact that no one seems to notice. This person’s posts are usually full of dark comedy about his or her loneliness that leave you wondering whether you should laugh or hug this person. As of late, I have enjoyed being a member of said group.

No matter what your plans for the weekend may be or what group you subscribe to, remember to enjoy yourself. We’re already under enough pressure as college students — Valentine’s Day shouldn’t add to the stress.

Whether your day looks like a candle-lit dinner or margaritas with your best friend, make the most of it.

I am writing to voice my disappointment regarding the amount of litter on NC State’s campus. I never noticed the amount of litter around campus until one day I saw a squirrel chewing on an empty potato chip bag, and since then I have noticed litter everywhere.

NC State has done a fine job at spreading trash cans throughout campus so that a trash can is never too far away; but it does not matter how many trash cans NC State provides, if the students do not care about littering and its effects on the environment than it will not make a difference.

Although NC State has a considerable number of trash cans on campus and a litter pick-up organization, those are clearly not enough.

NC State should post signs around campus making it

lot of pressure. In many cases careers of NFL players are ended because of a physical injury they endure during their experiences playing for the NFL. I’m sure that most of the players probably consider their jobs to be very good, and they probably love to play football, but the reality is that those players who are not well established are in a very risky situation under a lot of pressure.

Professional sports are one of the biggest obsessions of the people in the U.S. Huge amounts of money are exchanged in support of professional football in the U.S., and many people watch a sporting event at least once a week or more. While there are some redeeming qualities represented by professional sports, there are also many negative things promoted by the NFL. For instance, professional sports like football support gender norms about masculinity teaching young boys that they need to be tough and violent with other males and that young females need to wear sexual outfits and cheer from the sidelines. Football does not offer any intellectual lessons and is all about physical dominance. Advocates of the NFL will say that it teaches kids about teamwork and working hard. The truth is that these life lessons can be learned (and probably are much better learned) by kids playing the sports themselves. Professional sports are not adding these “life lessons,” they are corrupting those lessons and forcing them into a system that uses them for profit.

The NFL exploits athletes’ talents to profit from the entertaining of Americans. I’m not trying to argue that if you enjoy the NFL you are unintelligent or morally wrong; my point is that the NFL takes the very real benefits of sports and athleticism and capitalizes upon them in order to make a profit.

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well known to its students and faculty, that there is a significant fine for littering on or off campus, because if there’s one thing college students do not have, its money. The students and faculty that are littering need to be warned about how their littering is affecting the campus, their environment and them individually.

In a “New Raleigh” article on NC State’s campus, students ranked NC State’s campus No. 10 in the category of “Least Beautiful Campus.”

Speaking as an NC State student, I believe I live on a beautiful campus with creatively designed brick pathways, abundance of trees and the stunning open grass area known as the Court of North Carolina. As member of the Wolfpack family, we should all be working towards bettering our campus. One small step we can all take to keep our campus beautiful is to do a

better job of disposing our trash properly.

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WKNC 88.1 FM’s 13th Double Barrel Benefit will take place Feb. 13 at Kings Barcade in Raleigh and Feb. 20 at Cat’s Cradle in Carrboro. Started in 2004, the annual two-night concert has raised more than $55,000 for station operations. Advance tickets are on sale now at wknc.org/dbb13 and tickets will also be available at the door both nights. The WKNC staff has prepared these artist bios to get supporters of the station and North Carolina music excited about the shows.

Night One - Saturday, Feb. 13 at Kings Barcade Des Ark, a staple of the Triangle music scene for over a decade, will be headlining Night One of Double Barrel Benefit 13. With the ability to captivate an audience with just an acoustic guitar, Aimeé Argote brings a high level of sincerity and intensity to every performance. Even with the immense power behind her full band sets, it’s not hard to identify and connect with her emotive lyrics.

To the delight of fans, Des Ark released their LP “Everything Dies” this fall on Graveface Records, reminding us all why we love this band. The record seems to find the perfect blend between delicate and striking, with a beautiful mastering Argote’s folk melodies. Double Barrel 13 Night One marks Des Ark’s homecoming after a month-long, nationwide tour.

Des Ark takes the stage Saturday, Feb.13, headlining Kings Barcade in Raleigh. -- Yvonne Chazal, WKNC Program Director Long-time local favorites Schooner first formed in the early 2000s from Reid Johnson’s four-track recordings. In 2004 they played the first ever Double Barrel Benefit. Since then they’ve released several records and gained quite a following throughout the Triangle.

Self described as disheveled-pop-indie-psych-soul, Schooner’s music has the ability to transport you to another place. The live energy when Schooner performs is amazing and it’s easy to see why they have been such a big part of the Triangle music scene for so long.

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Originating at the beloved house show venue Mattress Fort and boasting a minimal two-piece sound, Naked Naps have exemplified the DIY rock scene in the Triangle for years, and are coming into Double Barrel hot off of their second full-length record. The duo have a unique talent at creating songs that feel sincerely emotional while simultaneously detached and cynical. Their music is bursting with energy but is also subtle and understated. The strong following their fantastic debut album generated is only getting bigger after their latest record and their split EP with fellow DBB artist Museum Mouth.

With their new material ready to hit the stage for the first time, Naked Naps is the perfect band to kick things of at this year’s Double Barrel Benefit. -- Alex Johnson, WKNC Local Music Director

Night Two - Saturday, Feb. 20 at Cat’s Cradle Born and raised in Charlotte, Deniro Farrar has become a major hip-hop heavy hitter within the past few years. With the success of Fayetteville’s J. Cole and Raleigh’s own King Mez getting a feature on Dr. Dre’s “Compton” album, North Carolina is, undeniably, rapidly gaining momentum in the music scene. Blogs like Pitchfork and Vice are claiming that Charlotte is the next city to watch specifically for artists within the rap genre.

Deniro is debatably the posterboy for Charlotte’s developing rap scene and proclaimed the “Leader of Cult Rap,” derived from the way people religiously follow the music of the underground scene to keep up, as it is not mass-produced and regularly broadcasted.

Deniro doesn’t fail to deliver relatable down to earth lyrics accompanied by (you guessed it) a sick beat. Working with Ryan Hemsworth, Flosstradamus, skywlkr, Lunice and Black Sky Black Death to name a few, Deniro has crafted a unique sound all while gaining traction as an artist and putting North Carolina on the map. -- Emma Badorrek, WKNC Assistant Promotions Director ​​Growing up in low-income housing Baltimore, Maryland and a transplant to the Triangle area, Professor Toon has become a staple in the Durham music scene. Sharing the stage with De La Soul during the fifth annual Hopscotch Festival among other hip-hop heavy hitters such as Juicy J, Meek Mill, Project Pat and Run the Jewels. Toon uses his life experiences such as his abusive childhood and his relationships to fuel his lyrics and live performances. Being the “professor of things,” Professor Toon has worked relentlessly to make an impact on his fans in dirty DURM and beyond. Catch him at Double Barrel 13 on Feb. 20 performing songs off of his new album, “Take Notes.” -- Emma Badorrek, WKNC Assistant Promotions Director

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This year marks Schooner’s third Double Barrel Benefit performance. The band played the first Double Barrel in 2004 and again at Double Barrel Benefit 6 on Feb. 6, 2009 at The Pour House Music Hall in Raleigh.

Museum Mouth is no stranger to WKNC. With their heartfelt lyrics and indie punk feels, these Double Barrel veterans have garnered a supportive and loyal following here in the Triangle.

Coming out of N.C. coastal town Southport, Museum Mouth formed in 2009. They released their first EP “I Am the Idiot Of The Jungle” by 2010, followed quickly by full-length “Tears in my Beer.” This album, along with their later releases “Sexy But Not Happy” and “Alex I Am Nothing,” received four-star reviews on PunkNews.org. The group gained their first big recognition winning mtvU’s Freshmen in 2012, getting the title track of SBNH aired on the channel. Since their start, Museum Mouth has only continued to grow and cultivate their sound. -- Phian Tran, WKNC Local Band Local Beer Coordinato

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Museum Mouth performs at WKNC’s Double Barrel Benefit 12 on Feb. 14, 2015 at Cat’s Cradle.

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SkyBlew, performing Sept. 11, 2015 at Lincoln Theatre for the Hopscotch Music Festival.

Mario Farrow, aka SkyBlew, is one of the Triangle’s brightest rising hip-hop stars with a style all his own. The Chapel Hill rhyme spitter’s story started in Alabama where he grew up bouncing from foster home to foster home and surrounded by inner city violence.

He used this strife to create a space for himself via rap lyricism that would help him rise above the turbulence mentally and physically. Drawing inspiration from cartoons like “Rocco’s Modern Life” and “Dragon Ball Z,” his music is inspirationally positive, and never glorifies the horrors of street violence.

To classify SkyBlew as “nerd-core” is the kind of box he doesn’t want people to put him in. His rhymes aren’t all nerd all the time, there’s more depth, more soul. Recently he started playing live with a jazz accompaniment that brings his whole brand together, so to watch him perform is almost like a mix of The Roots and De La Soul.

Featured by notable media outlets like MTV, HYPERFRESH, DJ Booth Magazine, 2DOPEBOYZ, and Afropunk, Skyblew is on his way up and ready to stake his claim in a hip-hop environment that’s beginning to turn its head toward North Carolina. Recently he did a regional tour of the Southeast with video game rapper Mega Ran, and released an exceptional EP with Scottie Royal entitled The Royal Blew Reverie that is sure to keep the heads ringing well into 2016. --​Charles Morse, WKNC Underground Music Director The Triangle may be known for its indie scene, but it’s home to an inventive electronic community as well. Part of this community is the DJ-duo Earthly, hailing from the Durham area. Earthly’s unique sample-based DJing makes their sound hard to classify; their newest release “Days” ranges from fun and exciting vibes on the track “Ice Cream” to more calm, consistent beats on “Daemon.” Their interesting mix of serene and playful sounds will either have you dancing or feeling like you’re playing a video game on a cloud.

With the increasing recognition of the Triangle electronic scene, Earthly is bound to have a popular year in 2016. The duo is only destined for greatness; even Reggie Watts knows who they are. Bring your friends, wear a cool outfit, and come have fun with Earthly on night two of Double Barrel Benefit 13. -- Emily Ehling, WKNC Assistant Promotions Director

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Bugs: the roommates you never knew you had Maddy Bonnabeaux Correspondent

Dogs and cats are not the only creatures living in our homes. Although humans have always coexisted with arthropods, there’s more than meets the eye. If you’ve been looking for hundreds of new roommates, search no more. But don’t fear — these creatures won’t bug you.

In the recent study published on Jan. 19, researchers sampled 50 freestanding homes in and around Raleigh for arthropods. The team surveyed room by room, gathering every specimen it could find into vials, dead or alive.

More than 10,000 specimens were found, and about 579 morphospecies were identified. The study, published in the journal PeerJ, is unparalleled, as prior indoor studies have focused on individual species.

“To some degree, houses are like new and relatively unexplored ecosystems,” said Michelle Trautwein, co-author and entomologist at the California Academy of Sciences. “Humans have only been building houses for 20,000 years, so when we hear arthropod diversity, we generally think of it being on the outside and not on the inside. This was the first study of its kind.”

Researchers at NC State, the California Academy of Sciences and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences completed the study.

“We’d set up a central station in people’s home with vials of alcohol,” said Matthew Bertone, coauthor and entomologist with the NC State Plant Disease and Insect Clinic. “Using labels and special pens, we’d write down the room’s characteristics and collect them in the vials, which preserved the insects and arthropods.”

Other tools included headlamps, f lashlights and aspirators, which are vacuum-like devices. Nets were used to capture airborne ar-

thropods. Additionally, kneepads proved to be crucial for arthropod hunting.

“We were crawling around a lot in homes and learned quickly that we needed kneepads,” Bertone said.

A f ter wa rd, t he a r t h ropod s were brought to the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences downtown for sorting and identification. According to Bertone, there was a healthy population of arthropods that adopt our homes as their own. Nevertheless, Bertone said many that had innocently wandered indoors didn’t survive.

“Houses, to some degree, are these incredible bug magnets,” Trautwein said. “They attract a lot of different creatures from outside. A lot of them come in, don’t have a food source and die on your windowsill. The core group of arthropods that are living and thriving inside houses is much smaller.”

The study found that the majority of the arthropods were under a centimeter long. Among the largest were house centipedes, smoky brown cockroaches and camel crickets.

“These creatures are small and tend to hide,” Bertone said. “The fact that people were surprised by how much we collected goes to show that people don’t interact with these arthropods that much.”

The most common species was the cobweb spider, which was found in every home and in 65 percent of rooms, according to Bertone. Carpet beetles came in a close second. Other popular insects included booklice, which are attracted to humid areas and food products, and dark-winged fungus gnats, which breed in plant pots.

“Although we got a lot of specimens, there wasn’t a lot of biomass,” Bertone said. “We’re talking about half a shot glass full of arthropods in your entire home.”

Ironically, one of the most sur-

CONTRIBUTED BY MATT BERTONE

A recent study found that ground beetles are one of the many creatures hiding within your home. More than 10,000 specimens were found, and about 579 morphospecies were identified in the study conducted by NC State, the California Academy of Sciences and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences.

prising aspects of the study was the infrequency of pests.

“So much of urban entomology is focused on pest species; I think we assumed that we’d find more,” Trautwein said.

The majority of pests found were food product pests, such as Indian mealmoths, carpet beetles and booklice. Although bedbugs are common to the area, none were found.

“But, that’s considering the fact the homes were volunteered,” Bertone said. “If we had sampled apartments, we might have found more. Apparently, we’re one of the top areas in the U.S. for bedbugs.”

According to Trautwein, rare arthropods were found in homes that are normally difficult to encounter, even when searching out in nature.

“One of my favorites was the spitting spiders we found in five of the homes,” Bertone said.

When on the prowl, these spiders spit venomous silk to debilitate their victims.

“We have some native ones in the U.S., but the type we found in the homes are actually from Europe,” Bertone said. “They’ve traveled with humans around the globe.”

Bertone said the spitting spiders fascinated him so much that he ended up keeping a few.

“I kept an adult one that ended up having eggs and even a baby one,” Ber tone sa id. “I t hi n k they’re interesting, so it was nice to keep them to just observe.”

Other nomadic creatures originated from areas such as South America and the Mediterranean.

However, many were from North America; most of the arthropods that had perished indoors were local.

“The amount of specimens we collected was a bit surprising,” Bertone said. “I didn’t think we’d find over 10,000. We sampled 554 rooms, and in only five of those rooms we couldn’t find a single specimen.”

In future studies with the data

set, correlations will be explored next, according to Bertone.

“We’d like to know more about them [anthropods], and how they evolved to live with us and whether they have any good or bad microbes on them or in them specific to these types,” Bertone said. “As far as we know, most of them are fairly neutral to the home. They’re not well noticed by people and aren’t bothering them.”

Trautwein said she hopes to inspire people to think of their homes in a different way.

“People freak out hearing that there are so many arthropods in their houses,” Trautwein said.

“There’s this rich species diversity all around us that you don’t have to go to the vast wilderness to be surrounded by. There’s an incredible diversity living in your own backyard and inside your own house.”

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Muggles take on the magical sport of Quidditch Anna Bringle Correspondent

Cates Avenue: one of the many bustling hubs of NC State, where one might see a crowd of people headed for Talley Student Union, a game of beach volleyball or … college students on broomsticks?

This is exactly the sight Hannah Johnson, a freshman studying engineering, came across during her tour of the university.

“As my mom and I were driving by campus, we saw bunch of grown men tackling each other and throwing a ball around three hoops,” Johnson said.

This phenomenon Johnson witnessed was actually a practice held on Harris Field by the NC State Quidditch team.

Quidditch is the preferred sport of wizards from the “Harry Potter” series by J.K. Rowling. In the series, players fly on brooms while trying to throw balls called Quaff les through three hoops to score points. Meanwhile, they dodge hard balls called Bludgers meant to knock players off of their brooms.

There is also a golden snitch, a tiny yellow ball that f lies on its own.

Whichever team’s seeker catches the snitch wins the game.

Founded in 2009, NC State’s Quidditch team started out small with a f luctuating number of members and has grown to almost 20 members this year.

“It’s been sort of a roller coaster throughout the years,” said Michael Brown, a junior and Quidditch team captain.

Johnson, secretary and recruitment officer for the team, played a large role in getting more people

CONTRIBUTED BY HANNAH JOHNSON

NC State’s Quidditch team was founded in 2009, and started out small with a fluctuating number of members. The team has now grown to almost 20 members this year, according to Michael Brown, Quidditch team captain. The team will compete against UNC-Charlotte in a few weeks.

to join. She said recruiting members was a main focus of the team’s at the beginning of the year. The group advertised around campus with signs, chalking the sidewalks and Facebook.

“I just try to be a really friendly person, and I get the word out there,” Johnson said. “Most people try it one time, and they’re addicted because it’s so easy and so fun.”

According to Brown, the team is more cohesive now. It participates not only in casual matches on campus, but also in tournaments around the state. The group is scheduled to play UNC-Charlotte in a few weeks.

Some wonder how Quidditch

works outside of the wizarding world without the f lying brooms and magical landscape of Hogwarts in the background. The team uses slightly def lated volleyballs and dodge balls in place of Quaff les and Bludgers. Getting hit with one of these balls forces a player to stop what he or she is doing and run back to the hoops on their side of the field.

The positions from “Harry Potter’s” Quidditch, including Chasers, Keepers, Beaters and Seekers, are also part of the “Muggle,” or non-wizard version. Chasers try to shoot the Quaff les in the hoops, Keepers are like the goalies, Beaters represent the defense,

protecting players from Bludgers and Seekers attempt to catch the snitch.

However, since there are no magica l golden ba lls that f ly around the field in the non-wizard version, the Snitch’s role is played by a teammate. The player dresses in yellow and has a “Snitch” hanging from his or her pants, which other players try to grab to win the game.

Of course, players are required to “ride” on broomsticks, which consists of players holding a lightweight broom straddled between their thighs as they run around the field. However, Brown predicts this may not be the case in

the future.

“The sport will probably move away from brooms,” Brown said.

“I think it’s going to be a step in the right direction, but I’m not sure how they’re going to implement it well because there’s no alternative yet.”

Even with tweaked rules and regulations, some may not realize that Quidditch can entail the same intensity as other sports.

“It is probably the most contact you’ll see in a collegiate sport outside of football or rugby,” Brown said. “The Quidditch community as a whole tends to be really athletic people or people looking for a new athletic challenge — and you’re huge Harry Potter nerds.

It usually mixes a lot better than you would think.”

Despite the physical demand of the game, Johnson said the team welcomes all kinds of players.

“You would think it’s just a bunch of nerds getting together,” Johnson said. “We have people who don’t even know what Harry Potter is. If you’re a nerd or not, if you’re athletic or not, it doesn’t matter.”

Johnson said she has been a “Harry Potter” fan, fantasizing about Hogwarts and magic for as long as she can remember. She decided she wanted to play collegiate Quidditch during her junior year of high school, and she continues to pursue this goal at NC State.

“I actually tweeted the day that I joined,” Johnson said. “I had a picture of my broom in the hoops, and I said, ‘dreams do come true.’”

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The Hokies have been on a tear since they lost to the No. 18 Iowa State Cyclones. Since the loss, the Hokies have won six-straight matches, the last four of which the Hokies failed to let their opponents score in double figures.

Much like the Wolfpack, the Tigers have been dominant against top-25 teams. The Tigers are currently 6-1 against ranked opponents, with the lone loss coming against Oklahoma State.

While the obvious choice for the wrestler to watch for the Wolfpack would be Gwiazdowski or redshirt senior Tommy Gantt, the wrestler to pay attention to this weekend will be junior Max Rohskopf.

The Killbuck, Ohio native

has been flying under the radar to opponents focusing on stopping Gantt and Gwiazdowski.

Along with the two redshirt seniors, Rohskopf has posted an undefeated record in his main weight class of 165 pounds and an 11-1 record overall, with the only loss coming at 174 pounds against No. 4 Kyle Crutchmer of the Cowboys.

The match against the Hokies will also sport great matchups between No. 3 sophomore Kevin Jack and Solomon Chishko at 141 pounds and Gwiazdowski against Ty Walz at the heavyweight matchup.

Jack currently holds a record of 18-3 at the 141-pound weight class, with a 4-0 record in the ACC, while Chishko is currently 23-2 and 3-0 in the ACC. A s for t he heav y weig ht matchup, both Gwiazdowski and Walz are both undefeated

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in their weight classes with a combined 44-0 record on the season between the two.

Against the Tigers, the wrestler to watch between the two schools will be Tigers’ Lavion Mayes at 149 pounds. Mayes is currently undefeated with a 22-0 record overall and a 13-0 record in duals, which will be sure to give probable starter sophomore Beau Donahue a tough challenge.

The match between the two schools this weekend will be tough matchups for the Wolfpack, despite being on the North Carolina State Fairgrounds. The Hokies and Tigers are a combined 11-1 away from their respective homes.

The top-10 matchups will get started this Friday at 7 p.m. in the Holshouser Building of the fairgrounds.

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The injury to junior guard Terry Henderson has given Cody the opportunity to share some of the ball-handling responsibilities with junior guard Cat Barber.

When Barber has to go to the bench for any amount of time, which has not been often, Cody becomes the primary ball handler. This is an ability that few fans knew he possessed, and he is currently second on the team in assists per game with 2.3.

Cody has added a floater to his repertoire. At times he’ll take the ball into the paint and, with T.J. Warren-like confidence, float the ball up high and watch it fall through the net. Also, Cody has developed a solid pump fake which has allowed him to freeze up his defenders and get to the rim. In all fairness, defenders may fall for his fake because they mistake him for his sharp-shooting brother Caleb, but nevertheless, it has been working for him.

Offensive rebounds have been a big

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Cody’s improvements are one of the few bright spots of the 2015-2016 season.

Head coach Mark Gottfried has noticed these improvements, which is why Martin has been in the starting lineup for the last seven games. If the Pack is able to turn this season around, Martin will be a big reason why.

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The NC State men’s basketball team is in the midst of a 2-9 start to ACC play. Hovering around .500, the Pack desperately needs a win as in-state rival Wake Forest pays a visit to PNC Arena Saturday.

The Wolfpack (12-12, 2-9 ACC) had a promising showing in its last game against the Duke Blue Devils but ultimately fell short, losing 88-80 at Cameron Indoor Stadium.

The Demon Deacons (10-13, 1-10 ACC) have struggled mightily this season, with their only win coming against State Jan. 10.

The tale of the Pack all season has been its two star players, junior Cat Barber and sophomore Abdul-Malik Abu. Barber’s been on a tear as of late, leading the ACC in scoring at 23.5 points per game.

Barber also leads the ACC in minutes per game, as the Hampton, Virginia native’s averaging just under 39 minutes per game. Abu’s posted nine double-doubles this season, T-22nd in the country and fourth best in the ACC. Sophomore Caleb Martin’s cooled down since his hot start to the season. But his cooldown led to the emergence of his brother, sophomore Cody Martin, who’s played extremely well over conference play.

Head coach Danny Manning and the Deacons haven’t had much to celebrate this season. With one win in ACC

play and a sub-.500 record, Wake Forest is already looking forward to next season.

Senior Devin Thomas is the leading scorer for the Demon Deacons, averaging 16.0 points per game on the season.

Thomas along with freshman Bryant Crawford and sophomore Konstantinos Mitoglou, who average 13.5 and 10.3 points per game respectively, give the Deacs three players who average double figures. Senior Codi MillerMcIntyre also poses a huge scoring threat, posting several big games last season.

Wake Forest hasn’t been abysmal like Boston College, as it’s been competitive in several games this season. The Deacs looked embarrassing in blowout losses to Duke, UNCChapel Hill and Notre Dame, but looked very impressive in narrow losses to Virginia, Louisville and Virginia Tech.

Still, Wake Forest doesn’t seem to be going anywhere in the midst of this lost season.

State faces a similar predicament, having just one more conference win than Wake.

If the Pack made a couple of plays in some key games this season, it may be looking at a decent conference record rather than an ugly one. Unless the Pack were to win out and make a deep run in the ACC Tournament or win it, an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament seems more like a fairytale than a reality at this point.

And with the recent news

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Sophomore forward Abdul-Malik Abu follows through after a dunk in the Wolfpack’s 88-80 loss to Duke Saturday . Abu posted 16 points, grabbed 17 rebounds and dished out three assists in the loss at Cameron Indoor Stadium.

that Louisville won’t participate in the ACC Tournament due to a self-imposed postseason ban, the field of opponents in the conference’s tournament just got that much more favorable for the Pack. And considering what happened to the 1983 NC State team, nothing’s impossible in this

day and age.

Regardless, it all starts with Saturday’s game against the Demon Deacons. If the Pack can come out victorious in a must-win game, there still may be hope for some 1983-esque magic for the Wolfpack come March.

State faces biggest challenge yet against Tigers, Hokies Joseph Ochoa Staff Writer

The No. 3 NC State wrestling team will take on the No. 8 Virginia Tech Hokies Friday night and the No. 5 University of Missouri Tigers on Sunday with the chance to cap an undefeated season.

The Hokies and Tigers are ranked eighth and fifth, respectively, and each has recent success against the Wolfpack.

The Hokies took on the Wolfpack last season in Blacksburg, Virginia.

While redshirt senior Nick Gwiazdowski and sophomore Nicky Hall both registered wins in the match, the Wolfpack was blown out and

fell to the Hokies 29-9.

The match looked very similar to the match against the Tigers just a few weeks earlier that year in Columbia, Missouri. The Tigers got off to a fast 13-0 start after a forfeit and three straight losses by the Pack, a deficit that NC State couldn’t recover from as it fell 2910 to the Tigers.

The Wolfpack is a much different team than the team that took on the Tigers and Hokies last year. The 2015-16 Wolfpack has been dominating top competition, a stark contrast from last season.

During the 2014-15 campaign, the Wolfpack only won three of its seven matches against opponents

ranked in the NWCA top-25. This season has been a much different story; the Wolfpack has yet to lose to a single opponent, including an impressive 7-0 record against ranked opponents. The Wolfpack has also outscored opponents 18669 in its matches against ranked opponents.

The Wolfpack also has consistency in their wins this year. In the Wolfpack’s 21 wins this year, only three of the wins have been by single digits, with two coming over top-15 teams in the Oklahoma State Cowboys (fourth) and the Nebraska Cornhuskers (11th).

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Redshirt freshman Jamal Morris lunges for his opponent’s legs in the Wolfpack’s meet against No. 17 Virginia Jan. 17. While Morris lost his bout, the Wolfpack was able to rout Virginia 35-7 at Dorton Arena.

Cody Martin’s versatility, tenacity spark Wolfpack Mitchell Davis Correspondent

Cody Martin, the older brother to twin Caleb Martin — by one minute — has shown great improvement in his sophomore year at NC State.

Last season, the Wolfpack acquired twins Cody and Caleb Martin from Oak Hill Academy. The brothers both showed promise in their first season with the Pack as they helped to fuel the team to a Sweet 16 appearance.

The Martins are identical twins, so, naturally, it was difficult to tell the two apart at first. Caleb wears number 14, and Cody wears number 15 — as they wore four and five in high school.

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Sophomore guard/forward Cody Martin readies himself for when a Duke player makes a move in the Wolfpack’s 88-80 loss to Duke Saturday. Martin shot 5 for 11 from the field and made 3 of 4 free throws for a total of 13 points in the loss at Cameron Indoor Stadium.

After a full season of watching the two perform, a consensus formed that Caleb was a shooter. Caleb shot 30.5 percent from 3-point range and averaged 4.8 points per game while playing in every game. Cody only played in 19 of the 36 total games, averaging 3.4 points per game and missing all seven of his 3-point attempts on the season, proving he isn’t a threat from deep.

Through their second season, the brothers have shown improvement, as both have seen an increase in minutes per game. Cody averaged 11.4 minutes per game last season compared to Caleb’s 16.6. So far this season Cody has averaged 24.8 MPG, and Caleb has averaged 31. With Cody’s minutes more

than doubling, he’s been able to show Wolfpack fans more of his repertoire, abilities and style of play.

When it comes to scoring, Cody is fairly versatile. He doesn’t shoot the three like his brother, scoring just 2 of 4 from deep this season, but he can make shots from anywhere inside the arc. He is also very efficient with his shot selection making him one of three players on the team shooting at or above 50 percent. He has shown the ability to dribble past his man and get to the rim for layups as well as the ability to break through the middle of zone defenses and score.

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