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IN BRIEF NC State’s fourth annual Dance Marathon will take place this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 a.m. in the Talley Ballroom. Participants in the event will have a non-stop dance party for 16 hours to raise money for the Duke Children’s Hospital. Musical groups from across campus will perform live at the marathon throughout the night for participants. Last year’s event raised $67,001.24 for the charity. Since its inception at NC State in 2013, Dance Marathon has raised more than $168,000 for Duke Children’s hospital.

Registration for the event is still open and costs $10 for students.

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Police charged a Raleigh man with attacking a woman with a machete in an apartment on Boone Trail. Simon Armando Salazar, 36, of 3120 New Bern Avenue is accused of attacking the victim’s face and hands.

The victim’s injuries are not lifethreatening, and she was sent to WakeMed Hospital in Raleigh for treatment. Salazar was charged with assault on a female and assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, and his bail is set at $200,000.

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Raleigh Police Union will not boycott Beyoncé concert

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The Raleigh Police Union unanimously voted not to boycott Beyoncé’s upcoming concert at Carter-Finley Stadium on May 3.

Raleigh Police debated boycotting the concert after viewing her Super Bowl halftime show and newly released “Formation” music video as anti-police, but voted against it. In her halftime show, Beyoncé and her dancers were seen raising their fists in the air, a black-power symbol associated with the Black Panther movement. In addition, her music video displays a wall graffiti that says “stop shooting us,” and at one point Beyoncé lays on top of a police car and sinks into what looks like flood water from Hurricane Katrina. Since the show and the release of the video, officers across the country have expressed concern that her video sends the wrong message and promotes violence toward police officers.

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On March 15, North Carolinians will head to the polls to vote on a referendum to allow the state to sell $2 billion bonds to fund its ConnectNC project, which, if approved by voters, could bring a chunk of the funds back to NC State.

The bond, which was proposed in August by Gov. Pat McCrory, has a hefty sticker price for the state, but, in addition to paying for other projects statewide, would give nearly $1 billion to the UNC higher education system.

The bond has garnered heavy bipartisan support, even from fiscally conservative state Republicans, like the governor and Speaker of the House Tim Moore. Both McCrory and Moore spoke on behalf of the bond at the campaign kickoff event at NC State in January and stressed heavily that there would be no tax increase on North Carolina citizens for the bond.

The legislature has mainly pedaled the bond for its impact on higher education, as it would provide funds to every UNC System school, including building a new North Carolina School of Science and Math satellite location.

NC State will receive a total of $165 million from that 165 funding for a new civil engineering building on the Engineering Oval on Centennial Campus and a new Plant Sciences Initiative. The funding will allow NC State to build a new Plant Sciences Building on Centennial Campus, providing temporary spaces for plant scientists and businesses.

The Engineering Oval Project, which would receive $75

Junior guard Cat Barber drives to the hoop and scores a layup in the first half. Barber finished the first half shooting 7-15 from the field, with 3 rebounds and 1 steal. The NC State Wolfpack trailed UNC 38 to 33 at halftime at PNC Arena Wednesday.

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Report shows rise in crime rates at NC public schools Staff Report

North Carolina public schools saw a rise in crime and dropout rates last year, according to a report released Wednesday by the State Board of Education.

The report stated that the state’s overall crime rate in schools increased 1.5 percent from 2013-14 to 2014-15 and 6.6 percent at the high school level.

The report also stated that the dropout rate increased 4.8 percent from last year at the high school level.

The State Board of Education will discuss the report at its meeting March 3 and release its statements about it after.

Some notable excerpts from the text include: The number of reportable crimes by high school students increased by 372 from 2013-14 to 2014-15, a 6.8 percent increase. The high school reportable crime rate increased 6.6 percent. However, there was a decrease in crimes by students in lower grades, resulting in an overall increase in reportable crimes for all grades of 215 and an overall crime rate increase of 1.5 percent.

Reportable crimes were most frequently committed by students who were ninth graders and male. Among ethnic groups in high school, American Indian students had the highest rate of school crimes, followed by black students.

There were 86,578 grade 9-13 short-term suspensions reported statewide in 2014-15, an increase of 2.7 percent from the 2013-14 total of 84,295.

One of nine North Carolina high school students received at least one out-of-school, short-term suspension in 201415. Many students received only one suspension each year,

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Then-student body presidential candidate Khari Cyrus, currently a senior studying political science, responds to a question during the 2015 study body president and vice president debate Feb. 25, 2015 in Harrelson Hall. The 2016 debate takes place Thursday in the Talley Governance Chambers at 6:30 p.m.

Technician to host SBP and SBVP debate today Staff Report

The Technician will be hosting a debate for the candidates currently running for student body president and vice president tonight at 6:30 p.m. in the Talley Governance Chambers.

The debate, located in room 4140 of Talley Student Union, is being put on by the Technician in partnership with the Afrikan American Student

Advisory Council, WKNC 88.1 FM and NC State Student Government.

The debate is open to the public.

The debate will begin with a serious of questions for the candidates lead by moderators from the Technician and the Afrikan American Student Advisory Council. Following these questions, audience members will

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Construction on Centennial alters bus routes Coleen Kinen-Ferguson Staff Writer

FEATURES Convective Storms Group takes on the southeast’s tornatos See page 5.

The Wolf line will alter some of its routes while part of Main Campus Drive on Centennial Campus is closed to through traffic at the Research Drive intersection for a two-month period of construction.

Route 3 Engineering, Route 10 Centennial, Route 11 Village Link and Centennial Night Service routes will no longer stop on Main

Campus Drive near the Venture buildings during this construction period.

These routes will detour on Capability Drive and Research Drive, before continuing their normal routes on the unaffected portion of Main Campus Drive.

In addition, the Route 8 Southeast Loop will make a detour by turning left from Main Campus Drive to Varsity Drive, where it will serve a Partners Way stop past the Engineering II Building.

Construction began Monday and is scheduled to be completed in mid-April.

“We combined two Partners Way stops into one stop just past the Varsity Drive intersection in hopes of alleviating confusion,” said Kim Paylor, transit manager for NC State. “The Route 8 Southeast Loop detour could only serve the new temporary stop, but the stops are in very close proximity.”

NC State University Transportation is taking additional steps

to alleviate and problems caused by the route alterations.

“Sometimes students just want to get on the first bus that comes by because they’re in a hurry,” Paylor said. “So we added another tripper bus onto the Route 3 service to accommodate potentially heavier loads.”

University Real Estate Operations is closing Main Campus Drive to install steam and chilled

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POLICE BLOTTER February 22 6:07 AM | SUSPICIOUS PERSON Jordan Hall Staff member reported unknown person had entered the building. Officer searched building but did not locate anyone.

Report of possible traffic accident. Officers located owners of the two vehicles and it was determined vehicles were only touching at the bumpers.

No damage.

7:04 AM | TRAFFIC ACCIDENT Lake Wheeler Rd Non-student was involved in traffic accident involving a deer.

7:09 AM | BURGLAR ALARM Park Shops Officer responded to alarm caused by staff member accidentally activating alarm.

4:51 PM | WELFARE CHECK Avent Ferry Road NCSU PD and RPD conducted welfare check on student.

Welfare referral was issued.

10:19 AM | SUSPICIOUS PERSON NCSU Daycare Report of suspicious subject in the area. Officers located nonstudent. Subject was trespassed due to indicators in criminal history.

4:57 PM | DOOR ALARM HELD Arctic Hall Officer responded to door alarm. No one was located and door was secured.

11:20 AM | TRAFFIC ACCIDENT Partners Way Deck Student reported striking parked vehicle while attempting to park.

11:22 AM | SAFETY PROGRAM Talley Student Center Officer conducted program at this location.

12:10 PM | SUSPICIOUS PERSON McKimmon Center Staff member reported suspicious subject. Officers did not locate anyone matching description.

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3:28 PM | WELFARE CHECK Off Campus Officer conducted welfare on student. Student was issued welfare referral.

3:34 PM | DOOR ALARM HELD Gray Hall Officer responded to door alarm. No one was located and door was secured.

10:21 AM | MEDICAL ASSIST University Plaza Units responded to student in need of medical assistance.

Transport refused.

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5:51 PM | SAFETY PROGRAM Talley Student Center Officer conducted safety program.

7:35 PM | DRUG VIOLATION Centennial Park & Ride Students were cited and referred for possession of marijuana and paraphernalia.

9:09 PM | FIRE ALARM Wolf Ridge Apts.

Officer responded to alarm.

Cause unknown.

10:24 PM | DOOR ALARM HELD Arctic Hall Security responded to door alarm and spoke with subject.

Door was secured.

11:33 PM | FIRE ALARM Wolf Ridge Apts.

Officer responded to alarm caused by steam from shower.

2:07 PM | TRAFFIC ACCIDENT CVM Main Building

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but a number of students received multiple short-term suspensions. High school students who received short-term suspensions in 2014-15 averaged 1.83 suspensions each.

Ninth-grade students received the largest number of short-term suspensions. The rate of short-term suspensions for male students was 2.8 times higher than for females.

Black students received the highest rate of

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large group of students sit in Talley Student Union, eat dinner and watch the men’s Wolfpack basketball team take on the Chapel Hill Tar Heels. The game, which was held in PNC Arena Wednesday and had a score of 38-33 with Chapel Hill in the lead at the end of the first half. The game was shown live in several places around Talley, with the large TV located between Jason’s Deli and the Talley Market being the most prevalent viewing location.

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have the opportunity to ask the candidates questions.

The debate will only feature candidates for student body president and vice president. A list of all the candidates running can be found at sg.students.ncsu.edu/ elections/candidate-information.

Polls open Monday at 8 p.m. and close Tuesday at 8 p.m.

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short-term suspensions followed by American Indians. Short-term suspension rates increased in 2014-15 for black, Hispanic, multiracial and white students. Rates decreased for American Indian, Asian and Hawaiian/Pacific Islander students.

The number of long-term suspensions (11 or more days) for all students declined slightly from 1,088 to 1,085. Average school days per suspension increased from 62.6 to 72.4 school days. High school students received 761 long-term suspensions, a 6.6 percent increase from 2013-14.

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water lines as part of phase I of the Center for Technology and Innovation project, an upcoming building development on Centennial Campus.

The Center for Technology and Innovation project is scheduled to be completed in summer 2016. The building will serve as a 104,998 sqaure foot laboratory and office building, and will be the future home of the Nonwovens Institute.

“Hope for excellent weather so this project can move forward quickly,” said Chris-

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tine Klein, public communication specialist for NC State University Transportation.

Phase II will close Research Drive at the Main Campus Drive Intersection.

“This is part of a larger master plan to connect steam and chilled water to the textiles building and the Monteith Research Center,” said Brian Jones, project coordinator for University Real Estate Operations.

As of right now, these facilities are using electricity to heat their water, according to Jones.

“These research buildings are not connected, and they have to make their own chilled water,” Jones said.

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million from the state, includes constructing a building between Engineering Building I and Hunt Library on Centennial Campus with new research and education facilities for the Department of Civil, Construction and Env ironmenta l Engineering and the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering. The building would also include new space for the college’s administrative offices.

This building would essentially complete the move of engineering from Central to Centennial Campus, excluding only the Department of Nuclear Engineering, which will remain in the Burlington Engineering Laboratories.

The Plant Sciences Project is slotted to receive $85 million from the state. It includes building a space primarily for graduate student and faculty research within the College of Agriculture a nd Li fe Sciences. T he space would be interdisciplinary, bringing together scientists from all aspects of plant-based agriculture to research and collaborate with agricultural research companies located in the Triangle.

While the money from the state would officially mean the university could

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begin construction on the new facilities, the referendum is not set to fund these projects in their entirety.

The university has already raised 50 percent of the total funding for the Engineering Oval Project from private-sector donations, as well as 30 percent of the total funding for the Plant Sciences Project.

Tom White, an economic developer for Centennial Campus, said NC State is using this bond to “look at what the market is demanding” and expanding its plant science focus for a growing industry.

When asked how the bond would help Centennial continue to attract private companies to NC State White explained, “If you want to be competitive, you have to be current.”

The bond also allocates money to projects on other UNC System schools, including an expansion to the UNC-Greensboro Nursing Program, construction of a new medical education building at UNC-Chapel Hi l l a nd a new biotech building at East Carolina Universit y. About $ 350 million will go to various community colleges, and the rest of the bond money will go to water and sewer infrastructure, agriculture, National Guard facilities and maintenance of parks and zoos.

It is the first time a bond referendum will be included

on the ballot since the 2000 election, when a $3.1 billion bond was passed by an overwhelming 73 percent of voters. That bond, with a higher sticker price, was also directed mainly toward North Carolina’s higher education institutions, as well as expansive road repair and maintenance.

Supporters of this year’s ConnectNC bond are worried that voters may not be as enthused about the referendum given its lack of funding for roads.

Nevertheless, since the bond’s conception in October by McCrory, it has ga r nered over whel m i ng bipartisan support. Both McCror y a nd At tor ne y General Roy Cooper, who is planning to run against McCrory for governor in November, have expressed support for higher education.

Both parties have stressed the fact that the bond will not increase taxes on North Carolinians and will situate the state’s higher education program for continued growth.

Even though there is currently no organized group opposing the bond, lawmakers and advocates are weary of disappointment.

Accord i ng to t he News & Observer, there is fear among supporters that if f iscally conservative Republicans show up to vote en masse for the presidential primary, they could be

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On March 15, voters will vote on a $2 billion bond proposal from the state.

If approved by voters, $ 1 billion would go towards state higher education.

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scared off by the sticker price of the bond and vote against it.

Jenna Albert, a freshman study ing animal science amd Blair Borsuk, a junior studying agribusiness management, both registered Republicans, said that af-

ter researching the bond they would both vote for it.

Borsuk, an organizer with Turning Point USA, said she liked the bond because it “doesn’t raise taxes, and it is operated on a state-level.”

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Aside from being a fun and harmless tradition, the Daily Tar Hell stuck its tongue out at self-aggrandizement and posturing. It was our student body’s present-day equivalent of mooning Franklin Street.

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was just an hour into tr ying to get a North Carolina voter ID to be able to vote in upcoming elections Logan in Nor t h Graham Carolina.

Correspondent Walking into the nearest DMV, I approached the front desk, pulled out the required forms of identification and hoped that this process wouldn’t be so burdensome after all. Soon though, my hope faded.

“I’m sorr y sir, un less you’re doing official business w ith us, you can’t receive a voter ID here,” a half-asleep DMV worker drawled from behind the front desk. “You have to get your voter ID at the Board of Elections, not here.”

And so I walked away, confused, unsure why the North Carolina’s Board of Elections website had told me I had to get my ID at the DMV, but the DMV had led me right back to the Board of Elections. I got on another bus, headed off to the Board of Elections and realized my journey to get an ID wouldn’t be as simple as I had originally hoped.

In 2013, the North Carolina Leg islature passed House Bill 589, which required all voters in North Carolina to provide a federal or North Carolina issued ID to be able to vote.

This meant that for outof-state students such as myself, a different state’s driver’s license or a college ID, the only two forms of identification I have with me in North Carolina, simply wouldn’t cut it.

However, the bill prov ided an “easy” f i x for those who didn’t have an ID. A free voter ID could be gained from any North C a rol i na DM V si mply by show i ng t wo for ms o f i d e nt i f i c a t i o n a n d one form of residence.

The North Carolina Department of Transportation, which oversees the state’s DMVs, even released a statement saying that getting a voter ID “should be pretty simple.”

So, I set out to see just how simple gaining a voter ID really is.

In order to receive a voter ID in North Carolina, you are required to show two forms of verified ID. There is a long list of acceptable IDs, but, because my passport, social security card and birth certificate were all at my home, in safe keeping, five states away, I was left with only being able to use an out-of-state driver’s license and an off icial college transcript.

The f irst ID resided in my wallet, but the official transcript I had to get from NC State.

So, off I headed to the Department of Registra-

tion and Records and, after a quick five-minute wait, I had an official transcript in hand. Time wise, gaining the second form of ID had been quite easy, but, unfortunately the transcript wasn’t free. It cost me $12 to get the stamped, official transcript the DMV required — suddenly, the free voter ID was no longer free.

Yet, nevertheless, I had my IDs in hand, and I set off to the DMV. For the nex t t hree hours, however, I ended up traversing

“Today, gaining a voter ID card is simply too difficult for outof-state college students.” buses around the city. I was turned down at the DMV and shipped off at the Wake County Board of Elections, but, at the Board of Elections, I was again turned down, told that I was in fact supposed to get my voter ID at the DMV. Armed with pamphlets from the Board of Elections that clearly specified the DMV had to provide me with an ID, I was ready to return to the DMV. Unfortunately, after spending three hours riding buses around Raleigh, the DMV had shut down for the night. So instead I returned back to campus.

In a day where I had spent $12 and three hours trying to track down an ID, I had nothing to show for my work.

The next day I was back at it. In the middle of the day, I had a three-hour break between classes which, I could only assume would give me enough time to gain the ID. When I arrived at the DMV the second time, I was armed with the pamphlets I had been given at the Board of Elections, and was quickly allowed to enter. Yet, moving past the front desk, I was met with a long line. For two hours I waited in the line waiting for my number to be heard, for two hours I listened to the same robotic voice calling out numbers, and for two hours my number was never called. Finally, with my afternoon classes just a half hour away, I had to call it. I left the DMV, boarded another bus back to campus, and still had no more IDs than I had started with two days earlier.

In total, I’ve spent $12 and six hours trying to get an ID. If I include the cost of time wasted set at North Carolina’s minimum wage of $7.25, my attempt to gain

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an ID has cost $55.50 so far.

The stipulation, then, that a voter ID is free and simple to obtain, is completely inaccurate when we put the process into action.

Today, as my quest for a voter ID continues, I’m hesitant to go back and spend another three hours waiting in line, only to be forced to give up and return back to campus for class. All college students are busy, and the out-ofstate students who need another ID to vote simply don’t have enough time to spend waiting in lines at the DMV to get one.

The decision of whether or not to vote can be best summarized as a simple c o s t- b e n e f i t a n a l y s i s , where voters weigh t he cost of voting against the perc eived benef it t he y think their vote will earn.

By forcing out-of-state students to use a North Carolina or federally issued ID, the cost to vote increases dramatically, disincentivizing many students from voting. Alienating an entire population, naturally, can have a huge effect on elections.

In North Carolina today, there are, by my best est i mates, over 20,0 0 0 out-of-state students currently attending college in our state. Those voters are just over 1/3 the amount of votes Sen. Thom Tillis beat former Sen. Kay Hagan in the 2014 North Carolina Senate race. It’s frightening, then, that such a large portion of our electorate may be disenfranchised in a state that sees such close races regularly. With the senate and governor races again expected to be close in November, out-of-state students have t he right to cast a vote in deciding who will represent them.

Yet, with these laws, their right often goes unheard.

Simply allowing out-ofstate students to be able to use another state’s driver’s license or their university IDs would fix this problem.

Doing so would not increase the already mediocre chance of in-person voter fraud occurring, as voters would still be presenting a valid ID, and would award so many more students the ability to vote.

Today, gaining a voter ID card is simply too difficult for out-of-state college students. We out-ofstate students want to be able to vote in the state we now call home, but if our state’s strict voter ID law continues, thousands of students won’t have their voices be heard at a time when every voice is so desperately needed.

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Flashback Feature: an NCSU Libraries’ timeline Sam Roberson Features Editor

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1954: Students read in the newly constructed D.H. Hill Library which consisted of what is now the East Wing.

NCSU Libraries has been selected as a finalist for the 2016 National Medal for Museum and Library Service. The award is considered the nation’s highest honor given to libraries and museums for serving the community. Out of the 15 library finalists selected, NCSU Libraries is one of two universities.

1971: The D.H. Hill bookstacks under construction.

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To learn how the library system got to where it is today, here is a brief history lesson on the libraries at NC State, made possible by their online digital archives.

1889

— A total of $650 is allocated for acquiring a collection of periodicals and books to be placed in Holladay Hall. Daniel Harvey Hill, Jr., NC State’s first English professor and the namesake of D.H. Hill Library, is placed to oversee the collection, mostly focusing on works of literature.

1899

— The Dewey Decimal system is implemented to help organize the small 3,000 book and article collection.

1902

— After the university’s first full time librarian quit following his first year, Caroline Sherman was hired. Sherman was known to fumigate books returned from patrons whom she believed had infectious diseases. The library was moved to Pullen Hall, which was destroyed by an arsonist in 1965.

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Circa 1911: The library section of now-destroyed Pullen Hall. The building served as the campus library from 1903 until D.H. Hill was built in 1925. An arsonist destroyed the building in 1965.

1925

— D. H. Hill Library is constructed, now known as Brooks Hall, after the campus library had been in a dismal state for several years before. One dean recalled the library before D. H. Hill “consisted of a half-dozen, half-filled stacks. Nearly everything was hopelessly out of date.”

1953

— D. H. Hill Library moves to its current location in what is now the east wing of D. H. Hill. The original building was one story.

1967

— A set of journals and bibliographical works are stolen from the library, including rare 18th- and 19th-century botanical journals. In response, a security checkpoint is established at the entrance to the bookstacks.

1971

— The 10-story bookstack North Tower is completed with space for 1,200,000 volumes.

1975 1986

Circa 1970-1979: Students read in the textile library collection of D.H. Hill.

— The

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library begins categorizing materials by computer.

— The library institutes its first online catalog, the Bibliographic Information System (BIS). The BIS was used to provide information on library holdings.

1990

— The

in D. H. Hill.

11-story South Tower bookstacks are completed

1997

— NCSU Libraries becomes a charter member of the JSTOR, an electronic archive of journal articles. The archive continues to be used on campus.

2005

— Library director, Susan Nutter, is named Librarian of the Year by the Library Journal.

2013

— Hunt Library opens on Centennial Campus. The system’s total holdings amount to over 4.6 million volumes. In this year, the libraries saw over 11.4 million uses.

Circa 1980-1989: A reference librarian works on a computer.

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Convective Storms Group takes on the Southeast’s tornadoes Sooyoung Sohn Correspondent

plied to the Southeast tornadoes.”

Parker became said he became interested in storm research after watching a show about tornadoes on TV. “There was a NOVA special on PBS when I was 6 or 7 years old,” Parker said. “It was the first NOVA special about tornadoes. From that age, I just knew I wanted to do this.”

One of the ways tornadoes in the southeastern region differ from the ones in the Great Plains region is meteorologically, according to Parker. Due to the very humid environment in the Southeast, the storms tend to be more vertical than ones being observed in the Great Plain. In addition, the tornadoes in the Southeast mostly occur during the night, while tornadoes occur during the daylight in the Great Plain.

With the worry and uncertainty the tornado warnings brought NC State and the surrounding Triangle community yesterday, many may wonder how and why tornadoes are a threat this season.

Matthew Parker, a professor in the Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and head faculty of the Convective Storms Group, works to learn more about tornadoes in the Southeast — in a similar form known as “storm chasing.”

Overall, the Southeast is more associated with hurrica nes t ha n tornadoes.

However, the Southeast experiences tornadoes in early spring, as the WolfAlerts SOURCE: WIKIMEDIA from yesterday exempliNational Severe Storms Laboratory captures a photo of a tornado circulating around Anadarko, Oklahoma in 1999. The NC State research team, Convective Storms Group headed by Matthew Parker, a professor in the Department of Marine, Earth and fied. Parker said these torAtmospheric Sciences is planning a field observation with the NSSL. nadoes are less studied than ones occurring in the Great Plains region, which surrounds the Midwest states.

A n NC State resea rch tea m, led by Pa rker, is planning a field observa— Matthew Parker, a professor in the Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and head faculty of the tion with National Severe Convective Storms Group Storms Lab to study the nature of tornadoes in the Southeast.

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“It’s tough being that hot, and then they fixed their defense to make me stop shooting,” Barber said. “It’s difficult being the guy that the other team is keying on and trying to stop.”

The first 5:30 of the second half saw the Pack settle down a bit, but it was still outscored 13-10 by the Heels for a 51-43 deficit. The Pack managed to put a little pressure on, as a three by Martin at the 13:41 mark brought the team within four at 52-48.

That was followed by a 9-0 run for Carolina, however, including a pretty passing play that led to a wide-open dunk for junior Isaiah Hicks and a layup by Johnson at the 11:30 mark to push NC State’s deficit to 13 at 61-48. Luck was not on the side of the Pack, as it continued to see several contested shots just roll off the rim.

“We had too many defensive breakdowns ; we didn’t defend the ball-screen action well enough at all,” Gottfried said. “I thought that was our biggest defensive f law. They got inside of us, they got in

the paint, I thought that was probably the difference more than anything.”

Caleb Martin made another three at the 11: 03 mark, this one a nice contested shot that seemed like it might give the Pack life, but UNC continued to push the pace, getting another basket from Hicks at the 7:06 mark to push its lead to 17 at 70-53.

The teams were content to trade scores as the rest of the half wound down, with State not being able to get enough going to get in it. Barber continued to be a bright spot for the Pack, showing off his skills including on a nice cut to the inside and layup to get to 32 points on the night with 2:39 to go.

Both teams seemed fine with playing out the string down the stretch, and the Pack fell 80-68.

The Pack will next hit the road to take on the Syracuse Orange (18-10 8-7 ACC) at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York for one of its final three regular season games.

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there,” Greco said. “When we go on trips, it’s essentially overtime.”

Baseball games are notorious for taking a very long time to finish, especially in a high-scoring affairs like the 13-10 win against Coastal Carolina. Long-lasting games can often leave managers with plenty of time on their hands and looking for something to do.

“Normally I’ll go and buy a burger when I’m waiting in the stands and working the radar gun,” Baker said. “For me, it’s just about talking

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gize, nor will they, for their success on the court, but women’s basketball would be much more compelling if anyone, in their right mind, believed other teams had a legitimate shot of winning the national championship.

UConn has been extremely successful for almost two full decades, but the biggest difference between earlier seasons and now is the presence of a serious threat.

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with the people.”

As for what he does in the bullpen during the game, May tries to make the time go by and work on different pitches in addition to catching balls for the relief pitchers warming up.

“When I’m out there, I just work on my pitches,” May said jokingly.

“Sometimes Bobby will get mad at me for throwing pitches like fastballs and off-speed stuff, and I just tell him ‘Bobby, if they call my number, I’m going in.’”

While they are an integral part of the baseball team, they are also students without the benefit of being on scholarship like some of the

athletes that attend NC State.

“It is very tough; I actually have a paper due tonight,” said Baker, a senior studying communication.

“It does get a bit challenging for us sometimes, but the coaches and staff are very supportive of us.”

The biggest misconception that the managers see from their friends is the stereotype that all that matters is getting the gear from the team, to which the group says there is so much more to it than that.

“I always tell people that it’s not an easy job,” Greco said, “But if you do the job right, it can be a really fun job.”

at the helm, the University of Tennessee provided that threat, resulting in many matchups in the final four between the two teams. During those days, the matchups were compelling because fans knew that either team could win on any given night.

That is what women’s college basketball lacks and desperately needs right now.

One of the reasons we love sports is the fact that we don’t know what is going to happen when two teams meet. We hold on to the belief that any team can win on any given night. The un-

ordinary becomes expected in the basketball world, giving March Madness its charm.

Women’s college basketba ll is lacking that unpredictability that we have fallen in love with because the Huskies stand alone at the top.

Ask yourself this: Are you likely to watch women’s basketball now, as it currently is, or would you be more inclined to watch if you believed more than just one team could win it all?

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Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Men’s tennis vs UNCWilmington 2 p.m.

Women’s tennis at Georgia Tech 3 p.m.

Men’s basketball at Syracuse 2 p.m.

Women’s basketball vs Florida State 7:30 p.m.

Gynmastics vs George Washington University 7 p.m.

Baseball vs Wright State 3 p.m.

Pack falls to rival Tar Heels Andrew Schnittker Staff Writer

1

North Carolina Tar Heels

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Conference

Overall

12-3

23-5

2

Miami Hurricanes Conference

Overall

11-4

22-5

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Louisville Cardinals

4

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22-6

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The NC State men’s basketball team started well for the f irst 10 minutes of Wednesday’s game but faded quickly the rest of the night as it fell 80-68 to the rival UNC-Chapel Hill Tar Heels at PNC Arena.

Junior guard Cat Barber led the Wolfpack (14-14, 4-11 ACC) with 32 points, being joined in double figures by sophomore forward Abdul-Malik Abu, who had 15 points, and sophomore forward Caleb Martin, who had 11. Senior forward Brice Johnson led the Tar Heels (23-5, 12-3 ACC) with 22 points and 11 rebounds, joined by sophomore forward Justin Jackson, who had 17, and senior guard Marcus Paige, who had 10.

“I loved our start,” head c o a c h M a rk G ot t f r ie d said. “We had a great start and didn’t sustain it, but I thought our guys competed really hard. I think at about the 10- or 11-minute mark it was a four-point game. I thought they had a little run that made separation, and that was the difference.”

The Wolfpack got off to a quick start tonight, outscoring the Tar Heels 23-10 over the game’s first eight minutes and change. Barber wasted little time bouncing back from his tough game

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UNC’s Brice Johnson makes a move to get around junior forward BeeJay Anya and goes up for a dunk. While NC State took a 9-point early lead, UNC was ahead at the half 38-33 in PNC Arena Wednesday.

against Clemson, scoring 16 of the Pack’s first 23 points.

He shot a ridiculous 7 of 10 from the field in the early going, hitting a 3-pointer to cap off the run that sent the crowd into pandemonium.

“I was anxious coming out,” Barber said. “Last game I didn’t play well, so

tonight Coach told me to be aggressive, and that’s what I did.”

UNC took over following Baber’s three, outscoring State 28-8 to lead 38-31 with 2:05 to play in the half.

After its hot start, it seemed nothing could go right for the Pack over this stretch,

as the team simply couldn’t get a shot to fall and allowed open shots galore to the Heels. A dunk by Abu at the 9:14 mark of the first was the team’s last field goal of the half, and the team trailed 38-33 at the break.

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Behind the scenes with NC State baseball managers Joseph Ochoa Staff Writer

When you get your first win of the season against a top-25 opponent in an out-of-town tournament, sometimes the only logical thing to do is take a polar plunge.

For the managers Kyle May, Trey Baker, Dalton Greco and Bobby Austin of the NC State baseball team, it’s a moment to unwind following all the hard work they put in before and during the game, and to pay off a Twitter bet.

“Trey was the one who put it out there from our Twitter account that if we got 200 retweets that we’d jump in the ocean,” May said following the team’s win against Coastal Carolina. “But it’s all to make us closer as a team and to have fun.”

Greco added that a social media presence is good for the team in terms of expanding the fan base and getting people more invested.

“We are doing this more so to get more awareness to the Twitter page and to get more people hyped up for the team,” Greco said.

The managers have a long list of jobs that they do with the team. Some of the jobs included are setting up the fences for batting practice, shagging balls in the outfield and

helping set up the infield for home games.

In addition to their main duties, they also have rather unusual jobs, whether it be holding up a whiteboard for the coaches during a team meeting or even shoveling up ice before practice.

“It’s all about what the head coach wants from us at that time,” Baker said.

For the managers, getting a hold of the job was a relatively easy process to go through, especially for Baker and May. “I got an email from my adviser telling me about the job, then I talked to Michael Salamino, director of operations for the team,” Baker said. “He asked me how much I knew about baseball, and then that’s how I got to be one of the managers.”

While Baker talked to Salamino, May talked to the head coach himself.

“For me, I talked to Coach Avent, and he asked me ‘Are you here to play or here for a job?’ and I just told him that my body hurts way too much for me to be playing sports,” said May, a junior studying business administration. “So they set me up to catch balls in the bullpen for our relievers.”

According to the managers, the time commitment is tremendous, especially when they take trips for series away from Doak Field with the team.

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Dalton Greco , a junior studying sports management, Kyle May, a junior studying business administration, and Trey Baker, a senior studying communication, managers for the baseball team , pose for a picture on the baseball field.

“It’s a lot of time,” Baker said. “I go to school, do my school work and then I go to the field and work seven to eight hours a day.

After that, I go home and do homework until it’s time for me to go to bed and do it again the next day.”

Add in the trips that teams go on, and it can be particularly strenuous for the managers.

“We honestly work well-over 40 hours a week, but we don’t get paid hourly to be

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COMMENTARY

Connecticut women’s dominance harmful to the sport W hen you hea r t he word s “women’s college basketball,” the first thing that comes to mind probably isn’t the WNBA, or even the NC State women’s basketball team, in the midst of an entertaining season, fighting to ma ke the NCA A tournament.

No, t he f i rst t hi ng t hat most David Kehrli people think of is Staff Writer the University of Connecticut and its absolute domi-

nation of women’s college basketball over the past few years.

What exactly qualifies as domination? Well, for starters, the Huskies have won three-straight national championships and look to be well on their way to number four. Just as impressive, they have won 64-straight games, dating back to last season.

If that isn’t enough, take a look at the box scores of UConn’s games this season. Up to this point of the season, the Huskies are 27-0 and have scored 80 points or more in 25 of those games. Four of those

games ended with UConn putting at least 100 points on the board (if the timekeeper was still even keeping score).

The vast majority of the team’s games haven’t even been close.

UConn leads the nation in scoring offense with 88.6 points per game, and scoring defense with 48.3 points per game given up — an average margin of victory of 40.3 points. Yes, 40, while the next closest in that category was Baylor with a 25-point average margin of victory. Additionally, its largest margin of victory was 80 points

against Vanguard. The score was 98-18.

What’s the closest game the Huskies have had this year? Well, they had a couple of disappointing performances, relatively speaking, against No. 2 Notre Dame and No. 6 Maryland, managing to only win by lowly 10 points in each game. Even against the top teams in the countr y, UConn makes it look easy, proving just how dominant it is.

W hile I’m sure UConn fans love seeing their team continuously run through every single

opponent, at the end of the day, it hurts women’s college basketball as a whole.

I get it: Many people love a dominant champion. But in a sport that lacks the popularity of the men’s game, even fewer people are likely to watch or care about women’s college basketball when they already know the outcome and who will win it all.

The Huskies and head coach Geno Auriemma shouldn’t apolo-

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