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IN BRIEF Sister of Our Three Winners victim challenges Trump to meeting

Suzanne Barakat, sister of Deah Barakat, one of the three Muslim students who was killed in Chapel Hill last February, challenged Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump to a face-toface meeting with her after his speech in which he approved of killing Islamic terrorists with bullets dipped in pigs’ blood. Her invitation was via Twitter and stated, “@realDonaldTrump Meet me in person and tell me my brother, Yusor & Razan were deserving of the bullets.” Trump has not yet responded to Suzanne’s invitation, which she sent on Saturday.

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Charlotte approves legal protections for LGBT residents

The Charlotte City Council approved new legal protections for gay, lesbian and transgender residents on Monday with a 7-4 vote. This decision will expand Charlotte’s existing nondiscrimination ordinance and will potentially instigate conflict with the General Assembly. The new legal protections include businesses, by not permitting discrimination against LGBT individuals, and places of accommodations including bars, restaurants, stores and taxis.

The most controversial aspect of the ordinance would permit transgender residents the choice to use the gendered bathroom in which they identify.

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Ex-professor wired $50k to former student Inez Nicholson News Editor

NC State associate professor Scot t W h isna nt of t he C ol lege of Agricu lture and Life Sciences was charged Feb. 11 with embezzling more than $70,000 f rom the A n i ma l S c ienc e Club, Alpha Zeta and Agri-Life Council. Whisnant wired $50,354.69 of that to one of his former Ph.D. students to help her buy a Prius and pay for medical expenses and a trailer, according to a search warrant.

Whisnant resigned a day before he turned himself i n to aut hor it ies. T he treasurer for the Animal Science Club noticed that Whisnant had withdrawn $54,255 from the club’s account. Only Whisnant and the treasurer had access to the accounts, and none of the advisers or animal science executive board members authorized the withdrawals.

Whisnant told the treasurer that she shouldn’t worry because he needed to take the cash in order to avoid the IRS audit, ac-

cording to the search warrant.

The treasurer later told Whisnant that the club was running out of funds before the North Carolina State Fair, and he asked her how much they needed. He told her he would deposit the money needed into the account.

Whisnant said he took the money out to help his former Ph.D. student Lisa Mcphatter. He said he felt sorry for her because of her medical issues and her broken down car that could not be fixed.

In an interview with Detective Jeffery R. Morales, an officer from University Police, he said the Animal Science Club treasurer told him, “she heard that [Whisnant] had a situation dealing with a Ph.D. student and thought he was paying for a love child but was not sure,” according to the search warrant.

Mcphatter said Whisnant had sent her money through a bridge loan for her, but the Animal Science Business Office said that no such loan exists.

Todd See, the head of an-

Scott Whisnant imal science department, stopped by W hisnant’s off ice after his resignation and discovered mul-

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UDAC to advise chancellor on cultural competence

UNC receives eight proposals for outsourcing of bookstore

In UNC-Chapel Hill’s consideration to outsource its universityowned student bookstore, it has already received eight proposals, including a bid from the store’s current employees. UNC-CH has hired Campus Bookstore Consulting Corporation, a national consulting firm, to assist with the proposal process. Students, faculty and staff have begun to protest the outsourcing of UNC Student Stores, as it generated $400,000 in revenue for scholarships last year.

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The University Diversity Advisory Committee met at its weekly meeting Monday afternoon to discuss improving cultural competence, launching a bias incident response team, as well as other agenda items.

In an effort to work toward improving cultural competency and racial climate on campus, Mike Mullen, vice chancellor and dean for Academic and Student Affairs, talked about narrowing the class options available for the GEP co-requisite diversity course.

“I wonder sometimes if the right path isn’t to constrict the classes to a narrower subsection of courses that really hone in … as opposed to having 80 classes that meet the diversity requirement,” Mullen said.

The committee was charged by Chancellor Randy Woodson and Provost Warwick Arden.

“The University Diversity Advisory Committee is charged with advising the chancellor and the provost with diversity-related relevant issues

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Students discuss native, black social issues Randy Jaouhari Correspondent

T he Nat i ve A me r ican Student Association hosted nearly 50 students in Witherspoon Student Center Monday night for the event, “We Gon’ Be Alright,” to discuss the issues that African-Americans and Native Americans face daily. Kyle T. Mays, a historian who studied at the University of Illinois, who also has a Ph.D. and a Native and African-American background, led the discussion.

Seeking to further educate students, Mays presented current diversity issues.

He allowed students to sit in groups and speak to each other to discuss certain topics and provide answers to certain questions that Mays asked.

Mays also enlightened students with songs that represent cu lture a nd movements going on today. Some songs, such as

Beyonce’s “Formation,” represented issues that our country faces today. Others played on how we don’t seem to realize racism when we see or hear it — for example, “What Makes the Red Man Red,” from the movie “Peter Pan.” Speaking on the Black Lives Matter and Native Lives Matter movements, Mays discussed the issue with the media’s underrepresentation and misconception about the movements.

Mays asked, “What does Black Lives Matter mean to you?” followed with, “What does Native Lives Matter mean to you?” Students seemed to understand the Black Lives Matter movement well, while most didn’t realize there was a Native Lives Matter movement as well.

Jonah Lane, a freshman studying business, attended the event.

“Black Lives Matter is a big issue here,” Lane said, “but the Native Lives thing

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Kyle Mays, a history postdoctoral fellow at UNC-Chapel Hill , speaks during “We Gon’ Be Alright” in Witherspoon Student Center Room 126, Monday . NC State’s Society of Afrikan American Culture invited Mays to speak. An integral point of Mays’ beliefs focus on utilizing education to instate social transformation. Mays has received numerous awards during his time as a graduate student and is also a founding editorial manager for the “Native American and Indigenous Studies Journal.”

is new to me; it’s something that I plan to look into more.”

Mays spoke about how Native American people are misrepresented within the country today.

“Native people still exist and dispossession is a thing that continues,” Mays said.

Mays was intent on showing the students how little they hear about Native people who still live in the

United States, and the many who even live in North Carolina. He gave some disparaging facts about the misrepresentation on the

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POLICE BLOTTER February 21 1:21 AM | WELFARE CHECK Watauga Hall Officer conducted welfare check on student. No problems were found.

5:24 AM | DOOR ALARM HELD Hudson Hall Officer responded to door alarm. No one was located.

5:42 AM | FIRE ALARM Carmichael Gym Units responded to alarm. Cause unknown.

6:23 AM | SPECIAL EVENT Off Campus NCSU PD participated in active shooter training exercise with RPD, RFD, and Wake EMS. 7:53 AM | SPECIAL EVENT Centennial Campus Officer provided law enforcement services for Cycling Criterium.

11:24 AM | FIRE ALARM Red Hall Officer responded to alarm caused by cooking.

1:06 PM | POLICY VIOLATION Centennial Campus Staff member reported

subjects training dogs without permission on university property at Dorothea Dix Campus. Officers made contact with subjects and advised of university policy. They complied to leave the area.

1:54 PM | FIRE ALARM Kappa Delta Units responded to alarm caused by cooking.

2:33 PM | TRAFFIC VIOLATION Varsity Dr/Sullivan Dr Student was cited for stop sign and expired registration violations.

8:21 PM | TRAFFIC VIOLATION Main Campus Dr/CCMS Staff member was cited for speeding.

8:28 PM | TRAFFIC VIOLATION Sullivan Dr/Varsity Dr Non-student was cited for stop sign violation.

8:56 PM | TRAFFIC VIOLATION Dan Allen Dr/Sullivan Dr Non-student as cited for improper lane change, stop sign violation, failing to stop for blue lights & Sirens.

11:23 PM | FIELD INTERVIEW Lake Raleigh Officer encountered student sitting on pier. Student was advised of hours of operation and complied to leave the area.

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$72,021.56 in total $18,616.56 ALPHA ZETA

$54,255 ANIMAL SCIENCE CLUB

From May 4, 2015 to Oct. 6, 2015: $10,954.69 wired to Lisa Mcphatter and $7,661.87 in cash withdrawls

From May 4, 2015 to Oct. 6, 2015: $39,400 wired to Lisa A. Mcphatter

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tiple bank statements that showed thousands of dollars worth of withdrawals from accounts dating back to 2013.

Some of the statements appeared to be from Whisnant’s retirement account.

See said it seemed li ke Whisnant tried to reimburse the club accounts with money from his retirement account, according to the search warrant.

See also found records of correspondence between Whisnant and Mcphatter talking about coordinating how to cover up their story to university officials

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Dr. Kyle T. Mays, a history postdoctoral fellow at UNC Chapel Hill, speaks during “We Gon Be Alright” in the Washington Sankofa room in Witherspoon Student Center on Monday, February 22, 2016. Dr. Mays was invited to speak by NCSU’s Society of Afrikan American Culture. An integral point of Dr. Mays’ beliefs focus on utilizing education to instate social transformation.

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Native people. Some include the fact that Native Americans experience the highest rate of police brutality and murder in the U.S. Mays also said Native American women are much more likely to experience violence and/or rape. A major fact Mays pushed is that 80 percent of Native Americans live in urban areas, not on reservations like many believe.

AGRI LIFE From Aug. 25, 2015 to Sept. 4, 2015: $750 cash withdrawls

From Dec. 26, 2014 to Jan. 7, 2016: $13,255 in cash withdrawls

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Mays also discussed some personal experience with racial issues.

“I will say this — I feel like black Americans racialize me as black, and Native people racialize me as not being Indian enough, and I think that’s a problem that needs to be explored much more sophisticatedly,” Mays said.

The students who attended sat at round tables where they discussed with other students when prompted to do so. Thoughts that were shared were recorded and one person from each group would then say what that group discussed

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Karli Moore, a senior studying chemistry at NC State, has a Native background and attended the event.

“I appreciated hearing about all the complex issues,” Moore said. “I know about a lot of them, being Native American.”

Brittany Hunt, a Native American from the Lumbee Tribe, is the assistant director of the association.

She and Marcus Zeigler, the president of the Society of Afrikan American Culture, partnered to plan the event.

on our campus community,” said Amy Circosta, the interim vice provost for the Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity and chair of UDAC. Woodson issued a letter titled “Strengthening Campus Unity,” in which he called for UDAC “to engage the campus community and make recommendations about improving cultural competence and the racial climate at NC State.”

Woodson also went on to write that “a bias incident response team” will be launched in order “to coordinate appropriate responses to any incidents of bias and ensure support for affected populations.”

The committee suggested that the response team respond to things such as culturally inappropriate comments or photographs posted on social media, specifically from NC State students and staff.

“We need to encourage free dialogue but at the same time how to manage that in a respectful way,” Circosta said.

“I think that is a goal of this group, but also what we’re trying to encourage in our colleagues and departments.”

A large portion of the meeting was spent on presentations

and purchasing computers with the embezzled money.

Whisnant embezzled a total of $72,021.56 from the three student organizations. He embezzled $ 52 , 655 f rom A n i m a l Science Club and wired $39,400 of that money to Mcphatter. He withdrew $13,255 as cash. The $1,600 discrepanc y bet ween

from two OIED University Diversity Mini-Grant recipients.

Due to a focus on improving cultural competence and the racial climate on campus, the committee discussed the new common reading book, “Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption” by Bryan Stevenson. Committee members were encouraged to read and be prepared to engage in dialogue with faculty, staff and students.

Cameron Denson, the principal investigator of “eMentorship: Virtual Mentorship Program for Underserved Students in Rural Areas,” shared how his mentorship program impacted the lives of students in Bertie and Warren counties.

Ericka N.J. Ford, the principal investigator of “Raleigh Research Partnerships for Diversity and Inclusion in Textile Engineering, Chemistry and Science,” told the committee about her partnership with chemistry students at Shaw University in teaching them the multifaceted aspects of textile engineering, chemistry and science.

The attendees at the UDAC meeting included committee members Deb Luckadoo, the director of staff diversity for OIED, Kelly Sexton, director of the Office of Technology Transfer, Renee Wells, director of the GLBT Center, Justine Hollingshead, chief of staff for

$54,255 and $52,655 is not accounted for in the search warrant.

He embezzled $18,616.56 from Alpha Zeta, and wired $10,954.69 of it to Mcphatter. He withdrew $7,661.87 as cash. He withdrew $750 in cash from Agri-Life.

the Division of Academic and Student Affairs, and many other influential staff and leaders in the NC State community.

“The membership is based on college and division and other facets of the university like faculty, staff senate, student senate and staff at large,” Hollingshead said. “It’s not every unit that has representation.

For example, Fraternity and Sorority Life is a part of [the Department of Academic and Student Affairs] and DASA has four representatives in addition to Dr. Mullen.”

Of the three student committee members, two were in attendance: Karli Moore, a senior studying chemistry and treasurer of Student Government, and John Taylor Willis, a freshman studying business management and a first-year senate member.

“There’s three students that are appointed by Khari Cyrus, the student body president,” Hollingshead said.

Student involvement in the council is not a priority because the committee is already so large, according to Wells.

“There are a lot of avenues [for student involvement in the diversity conversation] in existence. The average student just might not know about it,” Wells said.

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Meet the 2016 SBP, SBVP candidates PHOTOS BY MOLLY DONOVAN

There are five student body presidential and vice presidential campaign tickets for the 2016-2017 school year. Here are their platforms and what they hope to accomplish.

Editor’s note: Some of the answers have been edited for length and clarity.

NATE BRIDGERS & HAYES GRIGG Affordability “Textbook prices have become far too unaffordable.

A recent U.S. public interest group study stated that college students spend around $1,200 a year on textbooks, which is absolutely outrageous. With

everything we already have to pay for in tuition, and fees and food — we want to work with the bookstore to alleviate some of those prices and bring them down.”

Sustainability “Our initiative begins with

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Integrity, Innovation & Inclusion “We think a lot of the problems have been brought out, we know that there have been problems with minorities here with the CMT v. BET party, with the pledge book that was discovered last year. These problems have been brought up, and the university says, we’re trying to fix this — they bring in a company to investigate, they conduct

a survey and they say it’s a three-year process. We don’t want a three-year process; we actually want to do things right now. We were joking at one point about our slogan being “NC State says think and do, we say think and actually do.” It seems at times that things don’t get done. There’s a lot of talk about it, and a lot of thinking but no doing.”

HARRISON PREDDY & CAROLINE MOODY “We are really running a platform on greater diversity in student representation.

We really want to focus on bringing out representation in other parts of the school

and making sure everyone has a voice. We also want to open up club autonomy; we want clubs to have more say in how they operate. We want public spaces to be

PAUL NOLAN & BRAYNDON STAFFORD Academics “We want to focus on increasing faculty engagement on campus. We have a 16 :1 student to faculty ratio, so at a public institution you can feel like the professors aren’t engaged so we need to find student professor parallels.”

Diversit y & Cu ltu ra l Competence “We want to initiate reporting a bias incident.

Currently OIED offers a similar system, but it’s only for student to faculty or faculty to faculty, but this

would make it more peerto-peer reporting. We also want to make sure that all four action items from the racial climate town hall are addressed next year. We also want to install diversity training with all Student Government officers and peers are in a position can inf luence other peers.

We think by educating student leaders, we can spread it throughout.”

Student Experience “We want to create a sublet for student housing. We see a lot of bizarre

RYE ROBINSON & JOTIONETTE JONES “Our campaign model is for every student. Our thought process is we want to make sure we can represent as many students as possible. When I speak to people about Student Government and ask them, ‘what has Student Government

public, and we want to get rid of some of the red tape for permits and liberating the process a bit.”

“We also want to lower student fees. We want students to have more transparency with Student Government. I’ve been talking with a lot of people who don’t rea l ly understa nd how big Student Government is and how big of a role it has in their everyday lives. We really want to raise awareness in what Student Government is doing. We want to publicize the voting records of student senators and publish a monthly newsletter on policies that have been changed.”

Facebook pages for students who study abroad or have a co-op, but we want to create a streamlined process through Student Government.”

Student Governance “We’re starting a WTF campaign — which stands for “what to f i x? ” This would be something that would become a hashtag for social media. Students think that submitting complaints has to be a formal process, but this is our way of making it more accessible.”

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done for you? The answer I get a lot is ‘I don’t know’ or ‘they don’t do anything for me,’ and as a member of Student Government, that frustrates me.

Students pay fees that I feel like they should be seeing the results of those fees. We try to

potentially adding a solar tree to Main Campus. We also want to look to continue look at solar panels and other forms of sustainable energy to produce excess amounts of energy to sell back to energy companies, which in turn makes us more sustainable financially, so tuition and fees can go down.

That may not be something we can accomplish in one year, but it’s something we want to start working toward so that we’re living in a healthier environment where we can breathe, relax and lead.”

“We also talked about creating a new tradition, which is a campus blackout. Essentially what would happen is for 30 minutes on a Saturday morning; we would have all of the main power in the main build-

ings shut off. Another university does this, and they say they save a ton of money, even in those thirty minutes.”

Inclusivity “Our team aims to include the most inclusive environment as possible. Hayes and I with Respect the Pack and Diversity Education Week, we want to continue to make those big. We want to continue to have our diversity outreach department collaborate with UAB, BSB and different minority organizations.”

“They also want to get an oncampus voting location back to Talley Student Union, have a stronger presence on Centennial Campus and start a Safe Ride Program for students on weekends.”

create a platform that changes the lives of students.”

“We want to create midterm course evaluations. The way they are run at the end of the course is no good to students.

Maybe it’s good to your professor, but it’s no use to students. If we could work towards working on a mid-course evaluation, it could also help students get the helped that they needed.”

“Not every student has the same experience at NC State, and not every group feels welcomed, so we created the initiative ‘Beyond the Wolf’ where we look at the differences of each group or look at the attributes they bring to the community.”

“Another initiative we want to start is students meet their

teachers through cups of coffee.

You would go through the Student Government website and pull up a pre-formatted email that you could send to any professor and gather a group of three to seven students and ask that professor to go to coffee with you. It opens the space for a student to speak with their professor and Student Government would reimburse the students for coffee.”

“We also want to improve the howl by adding a two to three minute video of highlighting different groups on campus and use the howl to let students know more quickly if they don’t have time to read the howl, they can instead watch the video.”

NC STATE STUDENT MEDIA

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 – Wednesday, 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.

• Broadcast Advisory Board – Monday, Feb. 29, 7:30 p.m., Witherspoon 324 (Student Media Conference Room) – WKNC General Manager candidate: Emily Ehling, sophomore, women’s and gender studies.

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.)

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

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The unpleasant justices T

hree professions that I think change the world more often than others are engineering, politics and law. Engineering produces technological breakthroughs that fundamentally change the way we live, boosting productivity and making life more fun and convenient.

Political thoughts and their practices advance societal f ra mework a nd Ziyi Mai institutions where Staff Columnist men and women are motivated to pursue their dreams. Law, and rule of law, passively but successfully prevents society from going to chaos, maintains justice and protects individual rights and private properties.

In common law systems where precedents are followed and respected, landmark decisions made by judges and justices have usually become remarkable history that inf luences several generations.

Brown v. Board of Education declared the end of the segregation era nationwide. Roe v. Wade legalized abortion, but has not stopped debates between the “pro-life” and “pro-choice” and resistance from states that have nullified the court’s ruling.

Antonin Scalia, one of the greatest justices of the Supreme Court of the United States and legal scholar, passed away due to natural causes in Texas a couple weeks ago. More than 30 years serving in the bench, he left a noticeable legacy as “constitutional originalism” where he thought that the Constitution of the United States should be interpreted in a way that the founders intended. Because of his legacy, the media depicted him as a conservative justice, suggesting that most of his decisions sided with conservatism.

Justice Scalia’s passing has become a news headline in all major media outlets. But hundreds of articles concerning Scalia’s death are rarely reminiscent of his influence and hardly take the tone of mourning. Instead, pundits and commentators have been actively debating what kind of changes the timing of his death will bring to America’s political landscape. They also discuss whether President Barack Obama will immediately appoint a liberal judge to replace the vacant seat and how Republicans might block his nomination.

It might be easier for the public

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n college campuses across the United States, we have seen protests of all sorts from students who want to f ight against Chase hate speech and McLamb Guest Columnist remove c er t a i n opi nions f rom campus. The creation of safe spaces and other opinion filters have become so rampant that President Barack Obama stated in a speech, “I don’t agree that you, when you become students at colleges, have to be coddled and protected from different points of view.”

Some college students and faculty have gone beyond speaking out against hate speech and have taken disciplinary action against people who cause offense. The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education has documented many occurrences of these incidents.

Unfortunately, it has gotten to the point where certain opinions have been painted as racist or sexist, when in fact they are valid arguments that should be refuted or proven accordingly. The end result is that some conversations cannot take place on some college campuses because one side is scared to speak up under threat of suspension or other punishments.

For this reason, informed people who have developed arguments against some mainstream ideas on college campuses have been silenced or turned away because their ideas are “dangerous.”

From dis-invitation campaigns to yelling down speakers, the ability to allow individuals to judge the opinions of others for themselves in a calm and civilized fashion is under attack.

For example, Ray Kelly was set to give a lecture on “Proactive Policing in America’s Biggest City” at Brown University in 2013. Protesters interrupted the lecture and would not yield the f loor until it was canceled. As a

result, members of the audience were stripped of the opportunity to evaluate Kelly’s arguments for themselves.

Si m i la rly, when Ch r i st i na Sommers spoke at Georgetown University on the disconnect between equality and feminism, she was accused of hate speech and of being a rape apologist. After watching her lecture, I can say confidently that I think these accusations are extraordinarily false.

“Every interaction is now a power struggle between two groups of people.”

This college culture of intolerance toward diverse opinions stems from political correctness.

I’m not talking about just being nice to people; political correctness, as defined by the Oxford English Dictionary, is “the avoidance, often considered as taken to extremes, of forms of expression or action that are perceived to exclude, marginalize or insult groups of people who are socially disadvantaged or discriminated against.” In this way, political correctness is a social mechanism by which people are compelled to self-censor in order to avoid offending the socially disadvantaged. Being socially disadvantaged is distinctly different from being legally or politically disadvantaged, which are conditions imposed on people by unequal government. Free speech is a guarantee that politicized expression cannot be legally restricted, and in normal societies, the only entity really capable of retaliating against politicized speech is government by way of coercion.

Because social issues are usually

considered to be non-political, interpersonal interactions, the politically correct culture has been able to socially compel institutionalized censorship of various forms of expression.

The slogan, “the personal is political,” sums it up. Certain groups have somehow collectivized interpersonal interactions between individuals, thus imposing power struggles on even the most mundane actions, often between people who differ by some physical trait. Every interaction is now a power struggle between two groups of people. For example, a study from Northeastern University-Boston, “Smiles, word choice show what type of sexism men display,” determined that even a smile can be considered sexist.

This collectivist culture of selfcensorship relies heavily on the individual’s choice to suppress his or her own arguments by reacting to accusations of abuse with shame and acceptance. Relying on people to self-censor is ineffective, which is why so many political correctness advocacy groups have been pulling in college administrations to help police against upsetting speech. As previously mentioned, counterarguments, like those offered

by Sommers, to the positions of these groups have been labeled as hateful in an attempt to shut down conversations and avoid debates. This is a serious threat to free speech on college campuses.

Hate speech is unwanted and should be socially denounced, but we must also protect the free speech of everyone, not just those people with whom we agree. Protesting for a cause is both effective and empowering, but shutting down conversations and silencing opposition is counterproductive.

Removing opinions from campus doesn’t help progress; it only creates an echo chamber.

to understand the affairs of the Supreme Court if the media used the terms conservative or liberal to label justices simply by identifying the president who appointed them.

If that president happened to be a Democrat, the judges he appointed to the Supreme Court must be liberals. The same happens to the Republicans. But this highly politicalized method oversimplifies the way the Supreme Court works as an institution for guarding the fundamental law of the land. And it pays no respect to law professions.

Most justices began their career as lawyers, clerks, prosecutors, etc.

Law schools don’t teach them to interpret the laws employing their ideology, but rather by using logical thinking, following the wisdom of precedents. Justices and judges don’t, and should not, enforce their personal views when making decisions. If they want to advance their personal ideology, it is better for them to run elected offices, not the professional, unelected, judiciary positions. When Justice Scalia and Justice Stephen Breyer were asked if they had made decisions that strongly contradicted their personal views in a discussion organized in 2011, both justices nevertheless admitted that they had. Justice Scalia pointed out that he had made many decisions that he personally disliked, but that’s what qualifies a judge. Justice Breyer stated that every time a decision is made, there are losers and winners. Winners usually praise the lawyer, while losers usually blame the judge.

Ironically, regardless of how the public and media outlets describe justices and fantasize about the way they make decisions, justices still keep a fair distance from public opinion and continue to work on cases with professionalism.

No matter how much some dislike Justice Scalia personally and disagree with his decisions, they should still pay respect to a public servant that had served this nation for 30 years and contributed tremendous thoughts to the legal study. As Christopher Hitchens once wrote: “One test of un homme sérieux is that it is possible to learn from him even when one radically disagree with him.” Those with whom we disagree will often have things to teach us. Let us learn from Justice Scalia’s witty writing, sarcasm and wisdom in his dissents.

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icture this: You are baking cookies with your sister and her boyfriend. That’s innocent enough. You think that you are c le a r f rom a ny Iman f u n ny bu s i n e s s Usmani and are just baking Correspondent cook ies. Wrong.

Your sister and her boyfriend proceed to have a cookie dough fight, slapping chunks of perfectly good dough on each other’s faces. What do you do? You can’t join in because that’s just weird. You can’t leave because you would be leaving cookie-less, which would be bogus. All you can do is sit and watch.

Welcome to the life of a third wheel.

I get it. It’s hard when two of your friends decide to make things

tricky and start to get involved.

Where does that leave you? You just lost two of the (maybe) four people that you actually like to spend time with. But I am here to tell you that even through the changes in the group dynamic, you don’t have to give your friends up. Work through the awkwardness and fill the role that desperately needs to be filled. Be that third wheel.

I’m not sure why people avoid being it at all costs. “Three’s a crowd,” or whatever. Wrong.

Three is a hoot. Three is a party.

Being a third wheel means that you get two for the price of one.

If you only hung out with couples, you would consistently be doubling your number of friends. Sure you’re single, but at least you’re

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popular. That’s worth something.

Along with the heaping of fun the relationship is bringing you, they will also buy you food. Being the personal third wheel to a couple means that you’re always around, right? That means that you are around even when they are going out to eat. And, being the polite couple that they are, your friends will pity you too much to let you pay for your own meal. I can personally vouch for the fact that I have been bought pizza, tacos and Cook-Out on many occasions because I am such a skilled third-wheeler.

Even though all that food is gold to a college student, I am not nearly the most tactical third-wheeler.

Some wizard-like third wheels have used their powers to actually

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gain quite a following on social media. Trip Od of “imnotathirdwheel” on Instagram has perfectly documented his pivotal role in his brother’s relationship. Like most third wheels, Trip is never far behind the couple, even when the couple is on romantic dates or, I don’t know, getting married. Trip is really an inspiration to all of us novice third-wheelers.

I realize that hanging around a couple all the time can sometimes feel like you are outstaying your welcome. That is an understandable worry. Your friends are dating each other for a reason. I hate to break it to you, but they like each other better than you.

So, learn the cues of when it is time for you to leave, and take it to heart.

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But let’s be honest, the couple really needs you. W ho would Monica and Chandler be without their Joey? Third wheels really do their couples a favor.

In the end, a tiny amount of PDA won’t kill the third wheel.

Sure, I’ll make gag noises, but that should be expected. Just remember: They buy you food, and you put up with their gushiness. It’s a win for both parties.

Shout out to my designated bestfriend-couple for including me on their Eno trips and dinner dates.

I’ve really been mooching off of you for months now.

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Dating: It’s not your grandparents’ game anymore Taylor Ledbetter Correspondent

A room of diverse stud e nt s s at i n C a ld we l l Lounge, completely fixated on every word coming out of his mouth. Ears open to receive the answers they all wanted to hear about the most elusive topic to college students today: dating.

Who was the man with all of these answers? Dr. Phil?

No, it was NC State alumni distinguished undergraduate professor of psychology, Rupert Nacoste.

Nacoste spoke at the Interbelief Initiative event, “Dating, Culture and Religion,” on Feb. 18 to discuss his take on today’s dating scene.

“Dating motivations are all over the place nowadays … and I’ ll tell you this folks, dating just ain’t what it used to be,” Nacoste said as he began the event.

Nacoste s a id he f i rst became interested in the changes of the dating scene after reading, “Why There are No Good Men Left,” by Barbara Dafoe Whitehead.

Her book argues that the dating system has shifted from a “marriage dating system” to a “relationship dating system.”

Expanding on this theory, Nacoste pointed out that the marriage system was created to prepare couples for life-long relationships by having everything linked together.

“If you were having sex you were married. If you were a parent, you were married. Commitment was hard-core, legally and religiously,” Nacoste said.

Now, dating has shifted to the relationship system, where none of the aforement ioned component s

are linked, according to Nacoste. He explained to listeners that just because two people have sex doesn’t mean they are married, and just because two people are in a committed relationship doesn’t mean they plan on getting married. Nacoste said that millennials are one of the first generations to grow up in a societ y where this system has surrounded us our entire lives.

Nacoste asked the audience if their parents and g ra ndpa rents were ever conf used about how we date nowadays. The audience laughed and nodded in agreement.

“So you’ve been out two or three times now, that means you’re a couple right?

No? Then what the hell are y’all doing?” said Nacoste, acting out parents who are confused by the current dating system.

In this new relationship system, breakups are expected, and few people have marriage in mind when going on dates, according to Nacoste.

Since 2003 when Nacoste f i r s t re ad W h itehe ad ’s book, he has been asking his Introduction to Social Psychology class one simple question: “Why do people date these days?”

Nacoste said the answers he receive range anywhere from sex, free dinner and Instagram likes to escaping loneliness, temporary happiness and status symbol.

“Does any of that sound like marriage goals? No,” Nacoste said. “And that’s what I get every semester.

Every now and then, toward the end of that list, somebody will say, ‘Oh wait, what about love?’ And I’m like, ‘Well, that took long enough.’”

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“Dating motivations are all over the place nowadays … and I’ll tell you this folks, dating just ain’t what it used to be,” — Rupert Nacoste, NC State distinguished professor of psychology.

Marriage just isn’t what is on the minds of students right now. It isn’t necessarily the college-age generation’s fault, it is just what they have grown up on and are accustomed to, Nacoste explained.

In an age where the world is wide open for everyone, with all of the opportunities everyone has, settling down is the last thing anyone wants to think about.

Nacoste said he sees how

this is affecting students in the long run, as many young adults are seemingly incapable of holding long-term relationships.

Throwing religion and moral standards into the mix of the dating world, which is what this event discussion focused on, makes the process even more confounding. But sticking to your guns is the best route, according to Nacoste.

“People won’t cha nge

their moral standards in the moment, if they do, they are lying through their teeth,” Nacoste said.

According to Nacoste, you need to know exactly how your faith is going to impact your life. If it’s a big part of your life, and you want to connect with someone that either agrees with those standards or at least accepts them, you have to know that before setting foot in a relationship.

When asked what his best advice for college students in their dating lives would be, Nacoste said, “Know yourself. Know your goals.”

Past students of Nacoste, members of the Interbelief Initiative and others who were interested to hear answers about the dating scene attended the event. One of

the students in attendance was Eleanor Frederick, a junior studying food science, who said she was impressed with Nacoste and his views of dating.

“He was ver y real and honest,” Frederick said. “I found it very interesting how strong his opinion was that the relationship system may be detrimental to longterm relationships.”

According to Nacoste, many of his students contact him regularly for advice on relationships, both romantic and platonic. As Nacoste said he has observed, dating is complicated with the new rules, or lack of, in millennial dating, especially when bridging beliefs.

Quad Bikes offers bike share program to resident halls Camille Bernon Correspondent

In 2012, Brian Iezzi, a senior studying textile engineering, discovered his bike stolen just a day after he moved in his freshman year. Instead of buying another bike, he decided to go to Wolf Wheels, a program through University Recreation that rents bikes for a day, a month or even a semester.

However, according to Iezzi, it was not convenient to go to Carmichael, where the Wolf Wheels bikes are stocked, to rent a bike on a daily basis. Therefore, along with his friend Carlos Vega, a senior studying civil engineering, and in association with Wolf Wheels, he cofounded Quad Bikes.

This bike-share program, launched in 2013, aims to bring bikes to residence halls so that they are more accessible to students. To join the program, you have to attend a workshop that ensures you will act safely on the road. The renting is free of charge.

“It is a community thing; there are not many bikes,” Iezzi said. “It is only 50 or 60 members or so, and they all kind of share the bikes in small groups.”

Iezzi explained that the bike-share program faced some problems la st semester, with a change in leadership and Iezzi and

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Brian Iezzi, a senior studying textile engineering, stands with a bike that can be checked out through the Quad Bikes bike share program. Iezzi is the co-founder of the Quad Bikes bike share program as well as the co-founder of Platinix, a startup that provides a replacement for platinum in the synthesis of hydrogen gas.

Carlos wanting to focus on their studies. However, the program will be up and running again in about a month.

“There were bikes and all these resources available, and we weren’t able to use them,” said Alex Chen, a sophomore studying aerospace engineering and in charge of the new checkout sof tware of Quad Bikes.

“We wanted this program to start up again so students at residence halls can enjoy

the resources that we have.”

Chen, a long w ith four other students, returned to the project thanks to funding from the Sustainability Initiative. The principle of the program w ill essentially remain the same, but Chen said they hope to make some improvements to Quad Bikes.

According to Chen, the program was able to get new bikes and the team is looking into BitLocks, which would make it easier

for users to unlock a bike.

Chen said he hopes to extend the program, with the help from partners, to other residence halls as they grow the project.

For both Chen and Iezzi, the challenge from the start of Quad Bikes has been to make biking easier for students, but also to promote a sustainable mode of transportation.

“With biking, you combine all the things into one,” said Iezzi. “You can save gas

and money, but you can also protect the environment.

On top of that, people like being in shape.”

Evan Brigham, president of Oaks and Spokes, a nonprof it organization that promotes biking in Raleigh, said that it is a great time for NC State students and people living in Raleigh to become bicyclists.

“There are two sides of convincing people to ride a bike,” Brigham said. “First, infrastructures. You should

have the right types of roads to make people feel safe.

Then, there is the culture side. People must feel that they are welcomed on the road.”

However, the biking commu nit y c a n not develop without taking into account car drivers. To raise awareness among drivers, Iezzi explained that his conversations about biking have evolved t hroug hout t he years.

“You cannot guilt someone into doing something,” Iezzi said. “I have started to try figure out better ways to say it; provide more and more information, more and more knowledge. I am also trying to be passionate and show excitement because whenever you will show that you are excited about something, you will become interest ing a nd people will be curious about it.”

A goal of Quad Bikes, and other biking initiatives, is to teach how to share the road so that everyone can join the biking community and enjoy riding a bike in a safer way.

“When you are on a bike, you are on something impor tant,” Brigham said.

“You are part of people who care. It should be cool to ride a bike.”

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NC State alumna walks in NY Fashion Week Maddy Bonnabeaux Correspondent

New York Fashion Week may only last seven days, but the preparation takes months.

While some fresh faces made their debuts, 2014 NC State alumna Arielle Chambers participated in her 12th season, with modeling practically becoming second nature to her.

“I’m passionate about [fashion] — it’s definitely in me,” Chambers said. “But I never thought I’d end up in fashion; I actually wanted to study law.”

During the holidays, Chambers posted on Facebook in search of a photographer for her mom’s Christmas present.

Once her friend recommended a booker, she got in touch with an agency in Charlotte and was sent to New York City, where she was signed at the age of 18 to a professional modeling agency.

The Raleigh native, however, was no stranger to modeling.

As a child, she starred in local commercials and started walking the runway when she was 12.

“I love everything about it,” Chambers said. “I love how fashion constantly changes, and it never gives you room to be dormant or stagnant; it’s always flowing and evolving. Every trend comes back around — it’s nostalgic.”

Chambers, similar to fashion, rarely pauses. Different campaigns are shot in various locations, so although she lives in Manhattan, her career takes her around the world. This upcoming summer, Chambers plans to go to shoots in London, England, and Cape Town, South Africa.

“I come down to North Carolina maybe four times a year, but it’s hard because I cheer for the New York Knicks,” Chambers said. “During NBA season, we have at least three games a week. It’s difficult.”

A lifelong performer, Chambers dreamt of cheering at NC State. Originally attending UNC-Charlotte, she transferred to study communication media.

“State had a great cheer program,” Chambers said. “My dad went to Duke, and I’ve always been naturally rebellious.

NC State seemed like a good fit; it’s back home, and home is where the heart is.”

Chambers has cheered for 21 years, and she has also already made a dent in the dancing sphere. Chambers said that if she’s not at practice, she’s taking dancing classes. A modern dancer, Chambers kicks off her morning with ballet, takes hiphop mid-day and winds down with funk.

“My appreciation for dance came in college, so I’m trying to learn the techniques to

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dance as opposed to cheerleading,” Chambers said. “Dancing is more expressive in the way that it lets your body tell a story.”

Fashion, similar to dance, is interpretive. Whether it’s a staple piece or a twist on a classic, the designers’ personal representations keep styles fresh and influential. Renowned for its repetition, fashion comes full circle. Chambers, with an infectious laugh, warns that bellbottoms are making their way back to closets.

“Almost every show had some type of bell-bottom; there were even f lares on sleeves, so be prepared for it,” Chambers said. “I just can’t do the flares.”

Other emerging trends include jewel tones, velour, kitten heels and flight jackets.

“I don’t know if you’ve seen people wear them, but everyone in NYC rocks bomber jackets again,” Chambers said.

“I wore those when I was in, what, seventh grade? Everything is recycled.”

For New York Fashion Week, which lasted Feb. 11 – 18, fall and winter styles are presented, while spring and summer styles are presented in September. Casting began mid-January, so Chambers had to alter her diet and pause her workout routine. Modeling is based on one’s body, so as long as the models match the samplesize, the designers don’t have any reason to complain.

“All the girls come to the agency, and we walk for our bookers and they alter our

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Arielle Chambers, 2014 NC State alumna, walks down the runway of her 12th New York Fasion Week season. At the age of 18, Chambers said she was signed to a professional modeling agency in New York City. Since then, she has continued to model and travel around the world for shoots.

walks accordingly,” Chambers said. “It’s a lot of work. I walked five shows, and it was exhausting.”

Emma Badorrek, a junior studying fashion and textile management, interned for designers during Fashion Week.

“The level of passion these people had to get their collections out was incredible,” Badorrek said. “The designers put so much faith into the

casting company. The runway shows were like presentations or exhibits.”

Badorrek assisted designers and stylists with other interns, preparing looks and spending time in the studio.

“They were laid back,” Badorrek said. “It was cool seeing the process from start to finish. It was a pretty great experience.”

New York City is a mecca

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Chambers, who modeled during New York Fasion Week, is also a cheerleader for the New York Knicks. Chambers has cheered for 21 years. During the NBA season, Chambers said the Knicks have at least three games a week.

for fashion with opportunities one cannot get anywhere else.

However, there are other places that are overlooked, such as Chicago or Miami. According to Chambers, it’s becoming a bit oversaturated.

“A lot of my shorter friends get discouraged because they think they can’t model, but there’s ‘fit modeling’ where clothes are fit perfectly to you,” Chambers said. “Don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t do

it; just know what market is for you.”

Moreover, Chambers advised to be self-aware and wary of industry professionals across the board.

“There are so many different aspects in fashion, and you don’t want to be uninformed before you jump into it,” Chambers said. “Do your research about the industry you want to enter, whether that be modeling or anything else.”

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Models for Venezuelan fashion designer Ángel Sánchez line up to walk at his showroom during New York Fashion Week 2016.

Beyond her modeling and cheering spheres, Chambers is also a dancer. Chambers said that whenever she is not cheering or modeling, she is taking dance classes. The courses in which she currently takes are ballet, hip-hop and funk.

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ning 6-3 to give NC State its first lead of the night at 12-11 with four matches to go.

Sophomore Nicky Hall attempted to preserve the lead for the Wolfpack against No. 10 Alex Meyer at 174 pounds but could not hold on to his early 2-1 lead in the first, as he fell 4-2. Despite the loss, the decision only put the Wolfpack behind Iowa 14-12 with No. 17 Pete Renda coming up at 184 pounds.

Renda battled against No. 9 Sammy Brooks, his secondstraight top-11 opponent. Renda came out swinging against Brooks and registered two takedowns to get a 4-1 lead going into the second.

Renda held on during the second and the third period to get the 7-3 decision to put the Wolfpack back on top, 15-14, with two bouts left.

At 197 pounds, sophomore No. 16 Michael Boykin had a tough

matchup against No. 4 Nathan Burak, who only had one loss coming into the dual. Although Burak came out victorious, he was only able to achieve a decision, putting the Wolfpack behind 17-15 with redshirt senior No. 1 Nick Gwiazdowski on the mat in a winnertake-all match.

Gwiazdowski challenged No. 6 Sam Stoll in the heavyweight bout, got two takedowns in the first period and injured Stoll on the second takedown. Stoll tried to continue on through the fight, but had to forfeit the match due to injury, sealing the 21-17 victory and an individual record of 55-0 in dual meets for Gwiazdowski.

Following the final dual meet of the season, the Wolfpack will be preparing for the ACC Championships in Charlottesville, Virginia and then the NCAA Championships at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

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scribes this trip as being a great time spent with the team in Louisiana.

After finishing fourth in the onemeter competition at the USA Diving Winter National Championships, Mumma earned a spot on the USA Diving National Team for the 2015 University World Games held in South Korea. She not only got to represent NC State but also the USA. “You have an immediate family joining the team,” Mumma ex-

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been well documented, Kerby Rychel, a young power-forward with the Columbus Blue Jackets who also reportedly requested a trade, or young center Alex Galchenyuk, who the Montreal

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plained. “Being able to meet different people all across the country and staying good friends with them is pretty neat. I’ve had friends that I was in club with, and we have stayed pretty good friends with, and they are now all across the country.”

According to Mumma the hard work starts every day with a practice at 6 a.m. and then afternoon practices that Mumma and the divers take on as well. Divers, like Mumma, participate in the one-meter, threemeter and platform dives.

The team competes two to three times a month during the regular season and will participate in two

invitationals throughout the season.

The NCAA tournament takes place in March.

During her 2015 season as a diver, Mumma earned multiple ACC Female Diver of the Week awards.

After traveling to Greensboro last week for the ACC Swimming and Diving Championship, Mumma added more successes to her resume.

She won the gold medal for the onemeter dive the first day. This proved to be the first title of her career, and it is only fitting being that it is her last ACC Championship. This is the first for the Wolfpack’s diving program since 2010.

Canadiens would reportedly consider moving, would all be good options.

Making one or multiple of these moves would not only add a young scorer for this year’s playoff push but improve the Canes’ young core for years to come.

Questions abound for the Carolina Hurricanes as the NHL’s trade deadline approaches. Does the team sell off

its free agents and continue to improve for the future? Does it hold on to them for a playoff push? Or, does it go with a third option, improving for both now and the future by trading one or two of its plethora of young defensemen for young forwards? The answer is unclear, and the only certainty is that we will have our answer within the next week.

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Wolfpack baseball preps for Morehead State, St. John’s Christian Candeloro Staff Writer

After a successful 2-1 trip to Myrtle Beach for the “Baseball at the Beach” Tournament, the NC State Wolfpack baseball team returns to Raleigh for two mid-week games against Morehead State and St. John’s to open its home slate.

The Wolfpack started slowly over the weekend, losing its opening game 5-0 to the Old Dominion Monarchs as the bats went cold, and the pitching staff struggled to get on track in the cold weather.

The team turned it around quickly by defeating No. 24 Coastal Carolina and Kent State to earn a winning record for the weekend.

The bats awakened, scoring 20 runs over the final two games.

The starting pitchers also struggled, as redshirt junior Johnny Piedmonte and sophomore Brian Brown both failed to reach three innings. Sophomore right-hander Joe O’Donnell rescued the team on Sunday by going into the sixth inning before being pulled. He earned a no-decision for the outing.

The Wolfpack welcomes Morehead State (3-0) on Tuesday, a team that earned a clean three-game sweep of North Carolina Central in Durham this past weekend. Morehead State controlled the series from the beginning, earning a 4-1 win on Friday and bludgeoning North Carolina Central 24-4 on Saturday.

The Eagles were led by freshman catcher Hunter Fain and redshirt junior infielder Alex Stephens who combined for 11 hits and six RBIs. In total the Eagles tallied 44 hits on the weekend and the Wolfpack pitching staff will be pressed to try and keep the Eagles off the board after a rough weekend in Myrtle Beach.

Following its matchup with the Eagles, the Wolfpack faces the St. John’s Red Storm at Doak Field. St. John’s finished the series 1-2, losing two games in which it gave up 14 and 16 runs. It rebounded Sunday to defeat Western Carolina 14-3 to salvage the weekend.

It will be interesting to see who gets the nod on the mound for the Wolfpack this week, after Piedmonte, Brown and O’Donnell started games this weekend and appear to be locked into the weekend rotation.

Candidates to start include junior right-hander Cory Wilder, who started 14 games for the Wolfpack last season, notching a 2-5 record with a 3.50 ERA. His pitching embodied his name — wild.

Wilder allowed 59 walks in 64.1 innings last season, and that may have been the reason he was excluded from the weekend rotation.

Another candidate for the rotation is junior left-hander Ryan Williamson, who started seven games last season and finished with a 4-4 record and a 5.17 ERA on the season.

The Wolfpack bats will have to be working again this week to keep up the winning streak for the Wolfpack as head coach Elliott Avent puts his pitching staff together.

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Junior 184-pounder Pete Renda finishes a double leg against his Virginia Tech opponent. Renda went on to lose the match by a score of 9-5, and the Hokies would win the dual meet by a score of 19-14 in the Holshouser Building Friday, Feb 12.

Pack triumphs over No. 2 Iowa Joseph Ochoa Staff Writer

Just four years ago, the No. 4 NC State Wolfpack wrestling team finished 63rd in the country and brought in head coach Pat Popolizio to get the Wolfpack in a position to win against the country’s top programs. On Monday, the four years of hard work paid off.

The Wolfpack (23-1) went to Iowa City and defeated the historically great No. 2 Iowa Hawkeyes (16-1), the team’s ninth win over a team ranked in the National Wrestling Coaches Association top 25.

The win is the most significant in both team and ACC history. In addition to another NCWA top-25 win, NC State becomes the first school in conference history to defeat the Hawkeyes in wrestling and to do so in Iowa.

The match got started with redshirt freshmen Sean Fausz and Jamal Morris, who got things started at 125-pound

and 133-pound weight classes, respectively. Both were taken out relatively easy by the Hawkeyes wrestlers, as they registered a major decision on Fausz, 13-5, and a decision on Morris to go up 7-0 with sophomore No. 3 Kevin Jack coming up at 141 pounds.

Jack took on Brody Grothus and proved to be too much for the Hawkeye.

Jack jumped to an early 6-1 lead after one period and didn’t look back, registering a tech-fall win over Grothus 18-3 to get the Wolfpack five team points from the match. Sophomore Beau Donahue followed up with a loss against undefeated No. 2 Brandon Sorenson by a major decision to keep the Wolfpack trailing 11-5.

It was up to redshirt senior No. 2 Tommy Gantt to get the Wolfpack back into the match against No. 17 Edwin Cooper Jr. at 157 pounds, one of four rematches of the Midland Championships earlier this year.

Things got chippy between both

teams during the second period as Gantt surrendered a penalty point after apparently throwing a punch. Gantt managed to keep his composure and come through to get a 13-5 major decision to put the Wolfpack behind 11-9 going into intermission.

Things got heated between the head coaches for both programs during the first half of the match, with both sides getting a bench warning in addition to several shouting matches between Popolizio and Iowa head coach Tom Brands during multiple bouts. Both coaches managed to settle some following the intermission.

Junior No. 6 Max Rohskopf came out following the intermission against Patrick Rhodes and got to work in the second period. Rohskopf got a takedown after defending a shot from Rhodes and didn’t give up the lead, eventually win-

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Mumma leaves her mark on NC State diving team Kyler Proffitt Correspondent

Rachel Mumma of the NC State swimming and diving team is taking on her final season with the Wolfpack and plans to continue the same success she’s had the past three years.

She has already seen great triumph as the year is heading toward a close.

Not enough can be said about Mumma and the long hours she has put in and the heights to which she has gone to help put herself among the top.

The Harrisburg, Pennsylvania native started out swimming at the age of eight and continued through her middle school and high school years.

She also played field hockey in addition to diving through her high school

years. As a high school senior, Mumma won the state diving championship. Mumma joined the Wolfpack for the 2011-2012 season.

“I actually fell in love with the campus, and I felt right at home with the team on my recruiting trip,” Mumma said. “It just felt like a really good fit.”

In Mumma’s freshman year, she qualified for the NCAA Zone B Diving Championships on the one-meter and three-meter diving boards. She also recorded 11 top-five finishes. In her sophomore year, she led the team with a one-meter dive total of 319.85 from 11 dives. She posted a score of 311.90 in the three-meter, good for second on the team.

After sitting out her junior year due to redshirting, Mumma came back better than ever. She posted a

score 318.45 on the one-meter dive to earn honorable mention All-America honors at the NCAA Championships.

She broke the one-meter dive schoolrecord in November at the Nike Cup. She broke it again in a dual-meet versus UNC-Chapel Hill in which she recorded a score of 332.32. For the NCAA Tournament that year, she qualified for the one and three meter dives. At the ACC Championship, she finished fourth in the one-meter and sixth on platform.

In one of Mumma’s favorite memories as a diver here at NC State, the women’s team took a trip to LSU when she was a sophomore. It was a chance for the team to train elsewhere and compete against LSU. Mumma de-

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Redshirt junior Rachel Mumma dives during the meet against UNC Jan. 31. Mumma placed first in women’s one-meter diving with a time of 332.32. Overall, the women lost to No. 5 UNC 146.5-134.5

Hurricanes weigh options heading into trade deadline Andrew Schnittker Staff Writer

As the Carolina Hurricanes started the 2015-2016 season off slowly, they were expected to go through another rebuilding year, grab another topfive draft pick, and hold a fire sale at the Feb. 29 deadline to continue to build for the future. That included trading longtime cornerstones, forward and team captain Eric Staal and goalie Cam Ward, along with other free agents to be forward Kris Versteeg and defenseman John-Michael Liles.

Even as far back as mid-December, when the team was just starting to rebound from its tough start, all talk seemed to be on the trade deadline.

But, for the past few months, something unexpected has happened.

Since the start of December, the team

has been unbelievably hot, fighting its way right into the playoff race. Going into Monday’s games, the team sits four points out of the final Eastern Conference wild card spot.

This complicated things for the Canes’ trade deadline plans. When he first took over, general manager Ron Francis said he was committed to a long-term plan and building for the future. However, many have suggested he could decide to hold on to his free agents for a playoff push, continuing to rebuild the fan base’s interest in the team following a sixyear playoff drought.

This is a very divisive question among Canes fans. Should the team seek to continue its rebuild by trading away the free agents, or hold on to them to try and end its lengthy playoff drought? That is not a question easily answered, and which direction the team plans to go in is certainly

unclear.

The team could continue its rebuild and sell everything not tied down at the deadline. While this would likely make continuing a playoff push very difficult, it would set the Hurricanes up very nicely for the future. The team could probably get a first or second round draft pick and a prospect for Staal, a second or third for Ward, a second for Versteeg and a second for Liles. Adding more picks and prospects to the ones Francis has already stockpiled could set the team up nicely for years to come.

Of course, since the team has multiple picks in the first three rounds of the upcoming draft, it could elect to hold onto its key players. Ward has played extremely well for the past few months, as he has not been in net for a regulation loss since December.

Versteeg provides the team with veteran leadership, having won two

Stanley cups with the Chicago Blackhawks, and fills the role of playmaking wing that has long been absent for this team. Liles has given the team steady play in the top four on defense and been a good mentor to the Canes’ young defensemen.

And who can forget Staal? While the Hurricanes’ captain has not been up to his usual standards in terms of scoring this year and last, he still provides leadership. On a Canes team that thrives on puck possession, Staal has some of the best advanced possession stats in the league. While his scoring could probably be replaced, trading away its captain could certainly have a negative impact on the team’s morale for any potential playoff push.

Now, holding on to his free agents does not mean Francis cannot still try to improve his team for the future. In fact, a third option, and one

I would favor, is one that could help the team both now and in the future.

Over Francis’ tenure, the team has stockpiled several good young defensemen.

Helping the team now are rookies Noah Hanifin, Brett Pesce and Jaccob Slavin, along with youngster Justin Faulk, the team’s leader on the blueline. In the pipeline, the Canes also have Ryan Murphy and Trevor Carrick with the Charlotte Checkers, and Haydn Fleury and Roland McKeown in juniors in terms of promising young defensemen.

Francis could look to trade a couple of his surplus of defensive prospects for young forwards to improve his team in that regard. Talented young forward Jonathan Drouin of the Lightning, whose trade request has

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