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Meredith College concludes 125th anniversary celebration

At the Oscars: Joe Biden promotes ‘It’s On Us’

Last night at the 2016 Oscar’s, Vice President Joe Biden spoke to raise awareness for the “It’s On Us” campaign, a movement dedicated to ending sexual assault. Biden said, “Despite significant progress over the last few years, too many women and men on and off college campuses are still victims of sexual abuse.” The vice president asked the audience to take the pledge, which says, “I will intervene in situations in which consent has not or cannot be given.” Biden continued, “Let’s change the culture.”

Leonardo DeCaprio finally wins Oscar

Last night, after receiving his seventh Academy Award nomination for Best Actor-Motion Picture Drama, Leonardo DiCaprio won an Oscar for his role of the Hugh Glass in “The Revenant.” In his acceptance speech, following his congratulations to the other actors for their performances, DiCaprio stressed the importance of addressing the existence and the dangers of climate change.

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mate Hayes Griggs; Cody Long and running mate Mitchell Moravec; Paul Nolan and running mate Brayndon Stafford; Rye Robinson and running mate Jotionette “JJ” Jones; and Harrison Preddy and running mate Caroline Moody.

Candidates discussed their platforms and overall plans in their opening statements before answering questions regarding their priorities, inclusion and diversity, the It’s On Us campaign and how to promote mental health at the university.

Current Student Body Vice President Bridgers, a junior studying finance, and

Last night, 33 students came out to a town hall debate hosted by the Quad Area Council. Candidates for Student Body President, Student Body Vice President, InterResidence Council President and University Activities Board President showed up at The Salon at Berry Hall to field questions from members of the Honors Village.

Meredith Biechele, a sophomore studying mechanical engineering and the vice president of programming for the Quad Area Council, organized the event.

Because Biechele is working on the campaign for Paul Nolan and Brayndon Stafford, Alex Chen, a sophomore studying aerospace engineering and vice president of operations for the Quad Area Council, moderated the discussion to avoid a conf lict of interest.

According to Biechele, the town hall is meant to give all the candidates “a few minutes to give their platform and take questions from the audience.” She said this format differs from the Technician debate by providing a platform for the community to interact with the candidates in an informal setting.

“I’m expecting invested and engaged members of the Honors Village to come out and get to learn about the potential candidates,” Biechele said. When asked why students should care about the elections, she said, “$14.50 of your student fees go directly into Student Government. That is your money being allocated by people you elect. If you care about where your $14.50 go, you absolutely should at least be engaged in part of this conversation.”

Biechele put the magnitude of the student fee in context by comparing it to the price of two Chipotle bur-

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The candidates running for Student Body President and Student Body Vice President take questions from the staff of Student Media and a member of the Afrikan American Student Advisory Council on Thursday in the Talley Governance Chambers.

Candidates discuss racial climate, mental health Lindsay Smith Staff Writer

Five student body president candidates and their running mates gathered at the debate hosted by the Technician Thursday in the overcrowded Talley Governance Chambers to discuss their views on racial climate, sexual assault, political correctness and mental health.

Mediators at the event included representatives from the Technician, the Afrikan American Student Advisory Council and WKNC 88.1 FM. Five students are running for the student body president and vice president positions: Nate Bridgers and running

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IN BRIEF Last Friday, Meredith College concluded the celebration of its 125th anniversary. The college was chartered in 1891. According to Thomas Meredith, who came up with the idea for the college, Meredith was made to create “a first-rate course of female education.” Today, there are 42 women’s colleges in the United States, and Meredith is one of the largest. Meredith College has been celebrating the occasion for the past year, and accompanied it with a large-scale fundraiser. On Friday, the college announced a $75 million fundraising campaign.

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In an effort to combat misunderstandings of religious faiths, members of the NC State community and Raleigh-area religious leaders came together Sunday afternoon to facilitate a broader discussion of how communities of different origins and backgrounds can achieve social progress and harmony.

More than 40 people attended the event, titled “Interfaith: Dismantling Stereotypes,” which was held in the Mountains Ballroom of the Talley Student Union.

The moderator of the event, WNCN news anchor Sean Maroney, said the discussions of the afternoon would be meaningless if they ended at the event and that

participants must use the seeds of the discussion to germinate real change among their own friends and communities.

The panel comprised the Rev. Nancy Petty of Pullen Memorial Baptist Church, Imam Mohamed AbuTaleb of the Islamic Association of Raleigh and Rabbi Lucy Dinner of the Temple Beth Or, a Jewish Reform Congregation in Raleigh. Attendees also participated in activities where they sought to confront many uncomfortable sentiments dealing with their own faiths and identities.

In this activity, Maroney asked participants to move to one of two squares depending whether or not they agreed with a statement or sentiment.

Among those sentiments, par-

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Miriam Zouhri, a junior studying at Meredith College, shares her perspective with the group during an activity where participants would stand in separate areas of the room indicating whether they agree, disagree or are in between when presented with statements on Sunday.

The activity was a part of the Interfaith: Dismantling Stereotypes event held in Talley Student Union. Zouhri said she was happy to see that the event stressed taking action after interfaith events such as this. “Everybody here is already OK with talking about their faith, but what’s important is taking what we learned here and implementing it in our lives,” Zouhri said.

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NC State held its fourth annual dance marathon in the Talley State Ballroom.

The event started at 10 a.m. Saturday and ended at 2 a.m. Sunday.

Participants followed along with the dancers on stage as they danced to songs throughout the day. The event raised over $80,000 by the end of the night — $13,000 more than the year before.

At first glance, a room filled with hundreds of students dancing to the latest hits in Talley Ballroom may seem trivial. That is, until you understand the cause — it’s “For the Kids,” or FTK. This year, Dance Marathon at NC State raised a total of $80,312.23 for Duke Children’s Hospital, the local Children’s Miracle Network Hospital.

During the event, students remained standing for 16 hours and participated in a variety of activities.

“The whole point of 16 hours with no sitting is we are supposed to experience how the kids feel not getting a break from being sick,” said Maddie Afshar, a ju-

nior studying psychology and the director of Greek Relations for Dance Marathon.

During the event, Mike Holdner, the father of “Miracle Kid” Josh Holdner, shared a part of his son’s battle with Tyrosinemia Type I, a condition that prohibits the body from breaking down Tyrosine.

“It’s an amino acid that his body can’t process,” Mike Holdner said. “Since his body can’t get rid of it, toxins form. Over time, those toxins can become cancerous.”

Doctors told the Holdners that most children with Josh’s condition didn’t live past the age of 10, and the family only person-

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POLICE BLOTTER

Yarborough Steam Plant FP responded to non-student in need of medical assistance.

Transport refused.

February 25 7:24 AM | DAMAGE TO PROPERTY Yarborough Steam Plant Staff member reported tree had fallen and damaged fence and parking sign.

9:03 AM | ANIMAL COMPLAINT Miller Field Officer responded to report of chicken on the field. Officer caught chicken and turned it over to Vet School.

2:27 PM | SAFETY PROGRAM Broughton Hall Officer conducted active shooter program.

3:53 PM | TRAFFIC ACCIDENT Dan Allen Deck Student reported parked vehicle had been struck and damaged.

5:47 PM | SPECIAL EVENT Off Campus Officers provided law enforcement support for women’s basketball game.

10:10 AM | INFORMATION UNIVERSITY Off Campus Non-student reported receiving phone calls from someone representing themselves as representative of the university soliciting political views.

Non-student was unable to determine if calls were legitimate.

5:55 PM | SAFETY PROGRAM Carmichael Gym Officer provided Personal Defense class.

11:57 AM | SAFETY PROGRAM College of Textiles Officer conducted active shooter training.

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running mate Griggs, a junior studying political science, discussed the cost of college as a major part of their platform.

“The cost of higher education has gotten out of control,” Bridgers said. “I want NC State to continue to be a f lagship university that anyone, no matter what their socioeconomic background is, can attend.”

Bridgers and Griggs also said they would improve sustainability, inclusivity and student life on campus.

Griggs said that in addition to teaching women that it’s OK for them to come for ward regarding cases of sexual assault, it is also necessary to teach men to not commit acts of sexual assault.

Bridgers said he has a proven record that demon-

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Rye Robinson, a junior studying business administration and one of the five SBP candidates, spoke in his opening statement

THROUGH SAM’S LENS

1:08 PM | FIRE ALARM Tucker Hall FP responded to alarm caused by flat iron.

9:48 AM | DAMAGE TO PROPERTY Schaub Hall Staff member reported tree had fallen and damaged university owned van.

10:19 AM | ASSIST OTHER AGENCY Off Campus NCSU PD assisted with traffic accident until RPD arrived on scene.

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6:41 PM | WELFARE CHECK Stanhope Apts Officers conducted welfare check on student. Welfare referral was issued.

6:50 PM | MEDICAL ASSIST Grove Hall Units responded and transported student in need of medical assistance. Student was issued welfare referral and concerned behavior report was initiated.

7:09 PM | DRUG VIOLATION Wood Hall Officer responded to possible drug violation but did not locate odor.

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yan Cornett, a senior studying landscape architecture, pulls a piece of ornamental grass up from the ground in the garden between Owen and Turlington halls Friday. Cornett is the teaching assistant for the design-and-build capstone course offered to seniors and graduate students studying horticulture and landscape architecture. Cornett was working with a group of his students dividing grass to efficiently plant more grasses and save money in the process.

The place where the class was working, The Artists’ Backyard, recently lost two 150-year-old oak trees, and the class is working to replant and replace the trees. According to Cornett, the class will work on this endeavor throughout the semester and plans to be done in late April. Tereza Faltysova, a fifth-year student studying architecture, described her experience with the class so far as “simply priceless” and a “unique opportunity to design and build real sites with your own hands.”

strates his qualifications for the position of student body president. Griggs added that Bridgers has already established connections within the administration that will allow him to be a successful student body president.

Current Student Senate President Long, a senior studying political science, a nd Moravec , a sen ior studying psychology, said they’d like to focus on integrity, inclusion and innovation.

“What drove us in this campaign is there’s a lot of issues on campus, and there’s a lot of talk about those issues,” Long said.

“Mitchell and I are about doing things: We’re about coming into an administration and actually impacting real change and empowering students to do the same.”

Long identified himself as a feminist and said he recognizes his priv i lege

as a white male. He and Moravec also stressed the i mpor t a nc e of s t udent involvement, advocating that students should have a greater role in how Talley Student Union operates and in the tuition and fees committee. Long said that more so than his experience, it’s his passion that will drive him to make a difference at NC State.

Nolan, a senior studying materials science and engineering, and Stafford, a junior studying environmental science, said they wanted to better NC State by i ncreasi ng d iversit y, cultural competency and st udent represent at ion.

Nolan describes campus as “the holding doors open culture,” in that students at NC State both literally and figuratively hold doors open for one another.

In regards to politica l correct ness, Nola n sa id face-to-face discussions

are important in changing the minds of students. In discussing mental health on campus, Nolan said it is necessary to recognize that mental health is multifaceted and can be fostered with many resources in addition to the Counseling Center.

Robinson, current member of the Student Government executive board and a junior studying business administration, and vice president candidate Jones, a junior studying political science, want to focus on transparency within Student Government, using the slogan “For Every Student.”

Robinson and Jones called for the renovation of Student Government’s website to make it more accessible to students, and they want Student Government to become more involved with the student body.

Jones said diversity means everyone has “a place at the table,” but inclusion is es-

sential to making people feel welcome at that table.

Robinson admitted he is not an expert in diversity and that he is always learning. He said that as a transfer student, he brings a different perspective P reddy, a s ophomore studying political science, and Moody, a freshman studying engineering, are the youngest candidates.

They were the last to give their platforms and addressed some criticism they have received as underclassmen and as Preddy has no af f iliation w it h Student Government.

“I wou ld n’t r u n i f I thought that the people around here could do it,” Preddy said. “It’s time for a fresh perspective. It’s time for a new phase, new ideas and better engagement of the student body.”

The Preddy/Moody platform prioritizes lowering student fees, club autonomy

and transparency.

In regards to political correctness, Preddy said while he is a strong advocate for free speech, hate speech is not acceptable. Moody said diversity of perspectives, inclusion and the mixing of ideas are important to their platform. Preddy recounted his success in working for grassroots campaigns in Granville County, North Carolina, as proof of his accountability and experience.

Other positions up for election include student senate president and student body treasurer. A full list of candidates can be found at https://sg.students.ncsu. edu/elections/candidateinformation/. Polls open Monday at 8 p.m. and close Tuesday at 8 p.m.

about his idea for a Student Government Yik Yak where students would be able to suggest their ideas for what Student Government should bring up or improve.

In response to this idea, audience member Dav id Ovies, a junior studying aero s pac e eng i ne er i ng ,

said after the debate, “[It] sounds like a trainwreck waiting to happen, to be plagued by witty comments and memes. Let’s stick to Wolfpack Students.”

Students asked about a variety of topics, namely their personal challenges, combating transphobic faculty and staff members, and transportation.

Audience member Chatham Ellwanger, a sophomore studying mechanical and electrica l engineering, asked Nate Bridgers, a candidate for student body president and junior studying business administration, about inf luencing the people in charge with the price of tuition when they are already aware that students want tuition as low as possible.

Responding to Bridgers’ a nswer, El lwa nger sa id, “He explained that creative measures must be taken to reduce cost, but didn’t mention himself coming up with any of these creative measures.”

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the debate then moved to the two UAB candidates: Amanda Cannon and Kamrie Risku. Risku said that she would advocate for what students want to happen on campus and talked about the diversity of students she has interacted with. Cannon painted herself as the most experienced candidate and expressed her wishes to collaborate with student organizations.

Risku stressed the importance of reaching out to find out what hall councils are doing each month and establishing relationships bet ween UA B a nd ha l l councils.

Cannon talked about publicizing Welcome Week activities to connect incoming students. Doing so would ensure that hall councils know about the first week of events so that they can market them to residents, keeping t hem informed about what’s going on.

Cameron Bright, the only candidate for IRC president, saw QAC as a model of success for other hall coun-

cils to emulate. According to Bright, the main issues faced by IRC are resident apat hy a nd i r re g u l a rly functioning hall councils.

As IRC president, Bright said he would try to retain and engage ha ll council members, give residents a direct link to Housing perhaps through a focus group and create a sustainable structure for IRC and hall councils.

Regarding the bureaucracy in Housing, Bright, sophomore studying chemical engineering, said, “I have tried to work with the people who want to do actual good to achieve what the residents want.”

Overall, audience members seemed rather critical of the candidates following the debate.

Alyanna Ridmann, firstyear studying international studies, said, “There were too many buzzwords that didn’t have any significant meaning for them. They seemed to create glittering generalities rather than explicit plans of action.”

Corey White, first-year st udy i ng elec t r ic a l a nd computer engineering, said, “I am voting for [student body vice president candidate Mitchell] Moravec because I am impressed with his work with the Women’s Center. I feel like he’s the only candidate that might actually get stuff done for members of minority communities because he actually cares and not just because if he says the right things he’ll get their votes.”

The candidates said they liked the intimacy that the setting of the town hall debate created and agreed that in future elections, more town hall debates in different locations across campus would be good.

Cody Long, a candidate for student body president and junior studying political science, said the town hall “allowed us to connect with students individually more so than [in the Technician debate].”

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End It Movement raises awareness of 27 million enslaved Kat Kirby Staff Writer

The International Justice Mission par t nered w it h Hope Community Church to bring awareness to modern-day slavery. Students f rom t he I nter nat iona l Justice Mission canvassed the Brickyard Thursday to educate and shed light on the ongoing human rights injustices.

“Jesus set me free, and I want people to experience spiritual freedom and physical freedom on earth,” said Jacob Smith, a junior studying business administration and the president of International Justice Mis-

sion. “I’m also motivated by love. All people are worthy of love and not being abused or trafficked.”

Approximately 27 million people are trapped in slavery across the world, which is reportedly more than any other time in history.

According to the End It Movement website, there are many forms and names of slavery, including forced marriage, sex-trafficking, bonded labor, child labor, forced labor and domestic servitude.

Domestic servitude includes employees working in private homes that are forced or coerced into serving or fraudulently con-

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ticipants were asked to share about whether a dichotomy between being a Muslim and being an American exists. While many of the attendees felt that they certainly identified as both, they were less confident in their answers of whether most Americans felt that Islamic values and American values could be held in harmony.

Earlier this month, President Barack Obama visited an American mosque for the first time during his presidency where he called for an end to such a dichotomy.

“If you’re ever wondering whether you fit in here, let me say it as clearly as I can, as president of the United States: You fit in here — right here. You’re right where you belong. You’re part of America, too. You’re

vinced that they have no option to leave.

Those who fa ll v ictim to bonded labor, the most common form of modernday enslavement, are often compelled to work in order to repay a debt and are then unable to leave until the debt is repaid.

“A lot of people aren’t aware that slavery is still a huge issue,” said Kelsey Whetzel, a Hope Community Church employee.

The End It Movement is a coalition of the world’s leading organizations that are in the f ight for freedom, including the Salvation Army, World Justice Mission and International

not Muslim or American. You’re Muslim and American,” Obama said on Feb 3.

One statement that did generate unanimity among participants was whether Muslims are an integral part of the American story.

At the conclusion of the event, AbuTaleb said that the false notion that Islam and Muslims are new and foreign undermine the role they have played in American society.

“A large fraction of slaves that came from Africa were Muslim, and many of them were highly educated or princes or had distinguished positions in society before they came here,” AbuTaleb said. “That’s part of the unhealthy narrative that Islam is new and Islam is foreign and doesn’t have a place in America. It’s historically correct.”

During the panel discussion on Sunday, AbuTaleb reiterated many of the same sen-

Justice Mission, an organization in which many NC State students are involved.

“Students are a huge part of our culture and society as a whole, and we’re going to be the future leaders,” Smith said. “So if we’re not getting passionate about justice now, it’s never going to happen. We’re going to grow up and live the nice ‘American Dream’ and forget about the people in slavery.”

According to Wes Jones, a pastor at Hope Community Church, a modern-day slave costs about $90 compared to a slave held during the Civil War, who could cost a slave owner $45,000 after

adjusted for inf lation.

“Every human life matters,” Jones said. “There are 27 million people across the world that can’t stand up for themselves, so it’s our job to help raise awareness and help bring them freedom.”

Students were encouraged to learn more about the End It Movement by attending an event at Hope Community Church Thursday night.

Attendees heard from two people affected by trafficking — one was a sur v ivor, and the other was the mother of a survivor. Representatives from different awareness organizations in North Carolina, including

timents as the president, and argued that fear of Islam as perpetuated by Donald Trump and other candidates seeking the Republican nomination for president of the United States only strengthens terror groups such as the Islamic State group.

“Islamophobia is a manufactured phenomenon, and it peaks during election years,” AbuTaleb said. “In many ways it has become the acceptable racism of our time and racism against any minority, any gender or any faith group makes us all collectively worse and makes us collectively less safe.”

Miriam Zouhri, a junior studying at Meredith College, said she was happy to see that all the attendees were open about sharing their faith and appreciated the willingness everyone showed to learn about others’ backgrounds and identities.

“What’s important is taking what we

the Sa lvation Army and North Carolina Council for Women, spoke about what they do to combat trafficking on a local level.

Kiricka Smith from the North Carolina Council for Women advocates for antitrafficking laws, as well as connecting victims to safe homes for those who are being trafficked in North Carolina. Many representatives at the event have operated safe homes to care for victims after they were trafficked.

learned here and implementing it in our lives,” Zouhri said.

The event, hosted by The Light House Project, was organized by Farris Barakat, who in the aftermath of the killings of his brother and sisters-in-law, has used their memory as a continued inspiration for community development and service.

One year ago, Deah Barakat, his wife Yusor Abu-Salha and her sister Razan AbuSalha were killed in their Chapel Hill apartment by a neighbor. The killings of three young Muslim Americans brought international attention to the racism and hatred Muslims and Arabs endure in the U.S. The event was the culmination of the #ForwardwithFaith month which included a month of activities dedicated to continuing the legacies of Deah, Yusor and Razan.

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NC State held it’s fouth annual Dance Marathon in the State Ballroom in Talley Student Center from 10 a.m. Saturday until 2 a.m. Sunday. Participants raised $80,312.23 for the Duke Children’s Hospital.

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ally knew two other kids older than Josh with his condition. However, Mike Holdner said his family has found hope found at Duke Children’s Hospita l and through Dance Marathon.

Today, Josh is 17 years old. “[Da nce Marat hon] has given us a voice to be heard, to tell our story,” Mike Holdner said. “... If this tells us anything about what the future holds, there is a beacon of hope; it looks bright.”

In addition to dancing, attendees were encouraged to participate in last-minute fundraising efforts through activities such as “power hours.”

During one power hour, Bryan Holder, Dance Marathon regional manager, challenged dancers to raise $63, which represents the 63 beds at Duke Children’s Hospital.

In the same power hour,

Holder a sked aud ienc e members to take out their phones and hold them in the palm of their hands.

“T h is is t he si ze a nd weight of babies that are born prematurely in the neonata l i ntensive c a re unit,” Holder said. “The size of your fingernail is the size of a premature baby’s heart.

Imagine being a doctor and trying to work on something that tiny. The funds that you all are raising helps to pay for equipment for babies in the neonatal intensive care unit.”

Pi Beta Phi sorority was the highest donating Greek team with $6,433, surpassing its initial goal of $1,000.

“It’s been rea lly exciting the amount of support we’ve gotten from our chapter, said Grace Pittman, a junior studying communication and Pi Beta Phi’s vice president of philanthropy.

“It feels really awesome to be here and to give to such a worthy cause.”

Other Fraternity and Sorority Life organizations

participated as well, including the second-place Greek team Kappa Alpha Theta sorority, who raised $4,245.

“Just knowing that as a Greek community everyone can come together and put their differences aside for a meaningful cause like this,” Afshar said. “It just shows how much Greek Life can do at NC State.”

Keri Christianson, assistant director of Special Programs at Duke Children’s Hospital, said the money raised helps pay for the “warm and fuzzy touches” that make a hospital a children’s hospital.

“These are things insurance doesn’t cover,” Christianson said.

These programs include t he “Ch i ld Life Tea m,” which received funding for a pill-swallowing program.

“A lot of times when our kids are taking oral medication, they may be scared to swallow their pill, or the pill may be really large and it’s really hard to swallow,” Christianson said. “Our

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Morale members hype the crowd up after performing the hourly “Morale Song” — a compilation of various sound bites and songs.

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Dancers doning glow sticks and other neon clothing and acccessories participate in the “Morale Song” during Rave Hour at 9 p.m on Saturday night in the State Ballroom. This hour was made open to the public for a $10 donation.

Child Life Team, thanks to the money that you guys raised, they have programs in place where the kids can start with a little tiny placebo pill and work all the way up to this big giant pill that they need to take.”

Another use of funds is to pay for about 100 kids to go to Camp Kaleidoscope.

The camp gives sick chil-

dren who might not otherwise have the chance the opportunity to experience summer camp, as it is fully staffed with doctors and nurses, as well as counselors who are trained medical professionals.

The gratitude of the “Miracle Kids” and parents in the room was evident.

“I really can’t thank you

enough for the ef forts,” Mike Holdner said to the participants. “You guys are doing amazing things.”

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Technician endorses Long-Moravec S

tudent Government election polls open today at 8 p.m., so it’s time for the Technician to release its endorsements. With five pairs of candidates running for the student body president and student body vice president positions, the editorial board had a lot to consider before deciding who we wanted to endorse, if anyone.

Bearing in mind the current racial climate on campus, paired with the increased need for mental health facilities and sexual assault awareness, the Technician endorses Cody Long and Mitchell Moravec for student body president and student body vice president.

This is not to say we do so without a bit of hesitation — we can see how Long’s somewhat unconventional style may cause students and colleagues to dismiss his platform. However, we feel that his delivery is a manifestation of his sincerity — he truly cares about representing the student body and making a difference. We believe

The unsigned editorial is the opinion of the members of Technician’s editorial board, excluding the news department, and is the responsibility of the editor-in-chief. that Long, more than anyone else, will directly stand up to the administration to make student voices heard. Long also has the experience to prove his dedication, having served as Student Senate president for this past year. He has been involved with Student Government since his freshman year, when he was a first-year senator.

We also feel Moravec’s calm demeanor could make him the perfect partner for Long in helping to ground the campaign. He’s currently a College of Engineering senator, a mental health ambassador and a cohort member at the Women’s Center, providing him knowledge on how to best represent the diverse student population at NC State.

Long was the only candidate to identify himself as a feminist at the Thursday night debate. The Long-Moravec team does not shy

away from addressing the social issues we continue to face on campus, outlining four actionable items in their platform to create a more inclusive environment.

They also advocate for more collaboration between students and the universit y administration to make for a more transparent relationship. They recognize the problems within Student Government itself and aim to lessen the distance between themselves and the student body.

What elevates the Long-Moravec platform is its attainability. The goals the pair has set for their term are accessible, practical and demonstrative of their familiarity with the most pressing issues at NC State.

We trust that Long and Moravec, as student body president and student body vice president, will work diligently to achieve their

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Kelley Wheeler, junior studying art studies

promise of “Integrity, Inclusion and Innovation.”

Information about all candidates can be found at https ://

sg.students.ncsu.edu/elections/ candidate-information /. Polls close at 8 p.m. Tuesday night. Be sure to cast your vote.

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“Leadership, responsibility and good community skills.”

Lauren Hesseltine junior, biochemistry

“Somebody that’s actually going to lead us. Somebody that isn’t afraid to take risks to improve our campus.”

Bailee Compton junior, marketing and business

“I guess it would be somebody with a vision of where they want to see the school when their time is up as Student Body President.

They have to be honest and charismatic.”

Shane Laws junior, business administration

“Honesty is the most important thing in a Student Body President because honesty leads to trust, and if you can’t trust the Student Body President, then who can you trust, because the Student Body President makes decisions for you.”

“I want a president who will get all the relevant information about what’s going on campus to the students.”

Ian Cox freshman, exploratory studies

t’s Election Day for Student Government, and each ticket has given us another list of 50 things that will never happen, the vast majority of which are meaningless, ill-planned or most likely both. From self-aggrandizing claims of “experience,” “vision” and Chris Becker “passion” to juvenile assertions Guest Columnist that this will be the year that we’ll bend the administration to our wills, the candidates bring nothing new to the table. But who can blame them? I think we can and should.

Some background: In the circle of overly involved students, the common qualms are the student body’s apathy — “why doesn’t anyone care about us and all the great things we do for them?” — and the closely associated feeling of “oppression” from above — “why can’t I just do what I want?” By design, these qualms become exacerbated due to the assimilative and shortsighted character of the circle until the pervading sense of elitism becomes overwhelming. This occurs year in and year out while nothing of substance is accomplished, and the people in the circle are left scratching their heads with the same questions. Meanwhile, the life of every other normal student moves on, and the institutional memory resets every three to four years.

All of that is well and good, but occasionally something of substance does arise and the student body searches for their voice. This is historically where the student body president steps in to claim the day, add a bullet on their resume and take their spot as one of the leaders who actually did something. But with the rise of Yik Yak and other outlets, the student body has rightfully found alternative mediums to express themselves. The result has been a naïve scramble by those in the circle to harness and/or outright suppress these outlets within their worthless hierarchy in a move of self-preservation.

The point: The student body no longer requires a bureaucratic circle to siphon and distil

their voice (if it ever did). The sooner those in the circle realize this, the better. No one wants more programs or one-time “traditions”; no one wants a single student’s “advocacy”; and no one, quite frankly, wants more meaningless spending on branded T-shirts, thousand-dollar award ceremonies and whatever other narcissistic trivialities the circle pursues.

What’s needed is a prioritized emphasis on the digitization of the student voice so that it may be truly democratized and thereby made legitimately efficacious. Whether it pertains to tuition, curriculum or racial climate, no initiative of substance will make an inch of headway within the administration until data can be aggregated and business cases formulated. Until then, it’s “advocacy” as usual, and we’ll keep “building on the work of our predecessors” aimlessly.

Moreover, if there is a role for those in the circle, it’s to facilitate strategic dialogue and action on items relevant to the student body. Stop asking (or worse, pretending to know) what we want and tell us what’s going on so that we can tell you what we need.

Some fodder: Why isn’t the $1,000,000+ that’s split between every student organization’s budget publicly audited, easily accessible and regularly updated? What are the biggest areas of concern for the Faculty Senate this year? What are the administration’s strategic initiatives? How can we, as students, establish a voting presence on the Board of Governors?

Where to start: Stop with all the internal meetings and actually sit down with those in the administration who have responsibility for the items the student body cares about, figure out why the system is set up the way it is, explain that to the student body through their outlets, not yours, get qualitative and quantitative feedback and repeat. No money required, just some intelligence.

“Transparency and accountability.”

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Forming an organization for Filipino Americans Anna Bringle Correspondent

After finding there was no active group for Filipino students, four students have taken the responsibility of starting Philippine Americans Creating Kapamilya, or PACK. T he la st orga n i z at ion at NC State for Filipino students was a club called Barkada, meaning “group of friends.” It was not an official organization, and eventually fizzled it out.

This semester, Tim Villar, a sophomore studying sustainable materials and technology, and three other Filipino students decided to try to resurrect the organization but then chose to create a new organization entirely with a fresh identity, a sense of structure and most

importantly, the goal of Kapamilya.

Kapamilya is a Filipino term for “family.” In Filipino culture, family is a priority and extends further than just blood relatives.

For instance, friends of the family are often referred to as “tito” and “tita,” which roughly translates to “uncle” and “aunt” in English.

This is one of the ways to show love and respect for friends and elders as well as build a network of familial ties.

The strong emphasis on family and cultural pride among the Filipino community is what PACK is striving for with its members in the near future.

“There’s no place for Filipinos to congregate and call a place home, so I’m hoping that’s what PACK can serve as,” said Villar, president of

“The Philippines is basically a footnote in American history textbooks” -Tim Villar, president of PACK

PACK. It has been a slow start for PACK, but they are getting support from other Asian-based organizations on campus like the Asian Student Association and Pi Alpha Phi, NC State’s fraternity for Asian-American men.

“We want to promote the continuous Asian-American communit y on NC State’s campus,” Villar said.

“We want to keep good ties with the other organizations and not act as a competitor but as a peer.”

One of the main focuses of the organization is to em-

brace the Filipino-American identity, which fuses the two worlds together to create a subtle yet significant cultural phenomenon.

“It’s really cool that as Filipino-Americans we have such a distinct culture,” Villar said. “We all grew up watching ‘SpongeBob’ and ‘Kim Possible,’ but we also grew up eating spam and eggs and hotdogs for breakfast with rice.”

Villar emphasizes that food is another important aspect of Filipino culture.

“If I ever had friends come to my house and they didn’t eat what my mom served,

my mom would never like them,” said Chelsea Abad, a freshman studying electrical engineering.

The executive board of PACK intends to incorporate Filipino cuisine into their general body meetings. They w i l l a lso be teaching Filipino history, a topic that Villar believes is crucial to having a Filipino background.

“The Philippines is basically a footnote in American history textbooks,” Villar said. “People don’t know the struggle that Filipinos went through to gain independence from Spain and A merica. It’s a n untold story.”

In addition to histor y, PACK wants to teach its members the basics of the Filipino language Tagalog.

“Language is so infused w ith the culture,” Abad

said. “I wish I knew how to speak Tagalog. It makes me sad to think that if I have a kid later on, I can’t even teach them that language.”

By le a r n i ng c om mon phrases like greetings and ever yday voc abu la r y at each meeting, they hope to strengthen their community.

PAC K h a s pl a n s f or events, f undra isers a nd regular meetings, but for now, it uses a Facebook page to connect. Members and anyone interested in Filipino culture can post and become a part of Kapamilya.

“The great thing about a university is that you can sha re your k nowledge,” Villar said. “I have so much pride in being Filipino, and I want other Filipinos to know why they should be proud too.”

‘Fuller House’: When ‘90s nostalgia goes too far Kevin Schaefer Contributor

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 In an age where Hollywood’s obsession with reviving old properties has now filtered into television, it’s no surprise that Netf lix, which is known for its multitude of original series, would eventually fall into this trap. Following in the footsteps of Disney Channel’s “Girl Meets World,” Netflix’s “Fuller House” is another attempt to reboot a classic ‘90s sitcom, albeit one that misses its mark.

The central problem with “Fuller” is that it’s a full 13-episode season which relies entirely on nostalgia. Had this been done as a one-off “Full House” reunion special, it would have been a great way to tie in the loose ends of the original series while providing all the characters and catchphrases that fans know and love. Unfortunately, the series format they went with proves unnecessary.

Let’s look at the pilot, which is as far as this reviewer made it. The intro plays out like the promotional sketches the cast has done on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.” Danny (Bob Saget), Jesse (John Stamos), Joey (Dave Coulier) and all the other original cast members (except Michelle, as the Olsen twins declined to return) enter to a roar of audience applause, saying little more than their catchphrases and a few lines of forced exposition.

We learn that the aforementioned

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characters all got jobs in Los Angeles, whi le Stephanie (Jodie Sweetin) is a London DJ (going by the title “DJ Tanner”). Meanwhile, DJ (Candace Cameron Bure) is a widow with three boys, thus filling Danny’s role from the original.

From there, we’re forced to endure a Disney Channel-esque updated version of the original theme sung by Carly Rae Jepsen, before moving into a going away party for Danny and company.

Overwhelmed with her role as a single mom with three kids, the

pilot ends with Stephanie and the lovably annoying neighbor Kimmy Gibbler (Andrea Barber) agreeing to move in and help her out. We also get a cameo from DJ’s high school sweetheart Steve (Scott Weinger), who’s now divorced but still stops by the Tanner household and scours their refrigerator.

As someone who grew up a fan of the original series, I appreciated all the nostalgia and sentimentality embedded into the pilot. From the fourth-wall jokes in the intro to Jesse singing the Beach Boys’

“Forever” to Becky (Lori Loughlin) in front of everyone, it felt like the perfect reunion. Yet given that the story is a beat by beat rehash of the original, expanding this reunion into an entire series is an utterly pointless endeavor.

The thing that ma kes “Full House” special is that it’s a quintessentially ‘90s show. Thus, the only audience “Fuller” has the potential to reach is diehard fans of the original. That said, creator Jeff Franklin and the other writers could have given us something different that maintains the same

spirit, but instead opted for an overtly nostalgic reboot, which despite taking place 29 years later, appears to keep its characters confined to the ‘90s.

Like Stamos, the characters and story within “Fuller” simply haven’t aged. While I would have loved if the pilot were a standalone reunion special, all I kept thinking when looking at this as a series was “Cut … it … out.”

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An Amazon Gladiator Frog photographed in the Cocobolo Nature Reserve of Panama.

Photographing frogs before they disappear Laurie Howard Correspondent

As an extension of the Craft Center’s Disappearing Frog Project exhibit, award-winning National Geographic photographer Robin Moore spoke Thursday about his book, “In Search of Lost Frogs,” and his experiences with amphibians and amphibian decline.

A mphibia ns have survived the last four great extinctions, with the most recent occurring 65 million years ago. If a species could handle major environmental f luctuations, from ice ages to meteor collisions, what changes are so radical that amphibians are disappearing at such alarming rates?

Scientists speculate the environment is currently experiencing a sixth mass extinction largely caused by human activity. At present, the most concerning effects are found in amphibians, with more than half of all species believed to be at risk of extinction. While humans can account for much of the inf lux of new problems, such as habitat loss and pollution, more enigmatic factors seem to be at play. Frogs are disappearing from even the most protected, untouched environments. A hidden threat is wiping out entire colonies throughout the tropics with unprecedented speed.

The Search for Lost Frogs was in response to t his global problem. Launched in August 2010, the search was unprecedented in both scope and magnitude. The campaign hoped to f ind amphibians that had been “lost,” those that had been missing for 10 years or more.

“Through my work, I was traveling to these amazing places, and I always loved photography,” Moore said.

“I realized that through photog raphy, you come back from a place, and you can share it with people ; you can share what’s happening on the ground.”

The main suspect is a fungal disease found on infected frogs’ skin. Chytridiomycosis, an infection of debated origin, blocks the skin’s semi-permeable pores a nd eventua l ly leads to

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Robin Moore speaks about his project titled “Disappearing Frogs” Thursday in the Crafts Center located in Thompson Hall. His project features photos of endangered species of frogs from Central America and all over the world that he and his colleagues are working to conserve. Moore’s work has appeared in various National Geographic publications.

cardiac arrest. The disease both spreads and eradicates rapidly, possessing the ability to drive mass amounts of frogs to extinction. With this extinction comes myriad environmental effects.

“When you remove them from the environment, the environment suffers, we suffer,” Moore said. “They are a very important link in the food chain, as predators and prey. It’s so often that we don’t know until an animal is gone what value it has to us.”

Along with documentation from press, the search published blog articles from the field, acting as an open invite for people to join the journey. It was not only a way to record re-emerging and newly discovered amphibians but why it was happening — and in turn, gave amphibian decline a tangible identity. Moore’s photos and his journey, as documented in “In Search of Lost Frogs,” acts as a bridge between art and science, with a goal to culture an appreciation and mindfulness for one of Earth’s most diverse populations.

“Images of endangered

species ca n bring t hese animals to life for people,” said Don Church, executive director of the Amphibian Survival Alliance. “If they [people] don’t see them, if they don’t begin to have some level of at least empathy for them, no one’s going to do anything about trying to save them.”

Awareness of this problem is imperative for amphibian survival. The reemergence of some amphibians doesn’t mean the problem isn’t still growing, but it does signal new hope in understanding the problem more comprehensively. “…We need to see that conservation and human well-being — quality of life — are closely tied,” Moore said. “Documenting success stories, stories of people who are effectively doing conservation is as important, possibly more important, than communicating what we’re losing. We ought to know what we’re working toward.”

The Disappearing Frogs Project is on display in the Crafts Center through Thursday.

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with a time of 4:03.19, and Simon placed seventh in the 3,000-meter run with a personal record of 8:08.94. Junior Will Krehnbrink earned eighth in the men’s quarter mile with a time of 48.81 to round out the bunch.

The Wolfpack was most heavily represented in the 60-meter dash final in a race where three of the top-eight competitors featured were Wolfpack runners. In this event, sophomore Quashawn Cunningham finished third with a time of 6.76 seconds, freshman Nyheim Hines placed sixth with 6.79 seconds and Addison rounded out scoring in the event with a seventh-place finish and a time of 6.83 seconds.

In the 200-meter event, Wolfpack depth in the sprints was further on display as Cunningham placed second with 21.26 seconds, and sophomore Shannon Patterson placed fifth with 21.52 seconds.

The 4x400-meter relay team

concluded the men’s ACC meet scoring. The relay team of senior Brian Davis, Patterson, Cunningham and Krehnbrink completed the race in 3:15.03. Their efforts were good enough to earn a sixthplace standing in the event.

The team’s effort was enough to compile a total of 62 points. This total was good for fourth in the ACC conference meet.

On the women’s side, the team’s seventh place result was a slight drop from last year’s sixth-place performance.

On the f irst day of competition, points were earned in the weight throw. Redshirt senior Nicole Chavis finished fourth in the event. Chavis’ throw of 68-6 was enough to garner an early five points.

On Friday, the Pack achieved further success in the long jump and 5,000-meter event. Senior A lexis Perr y f inished f if th in the long jump with a distance of 19-6, while redshirt sophomore Erika Kemp placed third in the 5,000-meter event with a time of 15:55.03.

On the final day of competition,

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the women’s team scored the majority of its points. Redshirt junior Megan Moye finished second in the women’s mile with a time of 4:37.44.

Perry was able to continue this positive trend in the 60-meter hurdles. Perry brought home third with a personal record time of 8.21 seconds. The mark also moves Perry up to No. 17 nationally in the event.

In the field events, sophomore Javonne Antoine placed fourth in the triple jump, leaping a distance of 40-11 3/4.

The Wolf pack ’s f inal points of the competition came in the 3,000-meter run. Moye’s personalrecord performance of 9:22.80 was good for fourth place.

By t he end of competition, the Pack gathered 42 points and earned a seventh-place finish in the ACC Championship meet.

Up next, the Wolfpack will send a few individuals to the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships in Birmingham, Alabama, March 11.

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and ensure the Wolfpack escaped the inning unscathed.

The Wolfpack broke the game wide open in the bottom of the frame, as sophomores Evan Mendoza and Brock Deatherage each drove in runs before Josh McLain ripped a two-run double down the left field line to give the Pack a 6-1 lead.

“You come back in the bottom of the inning, and that’s where we got the runs,” Avent said on Saturday night. “That’s where we won.”

Beckman would finish with 3 1/3 innings, not allowing a hit or run to the Raiders batters.

Sunday brought a rubber match between the two teams, with the Wolfpack turning to sophomore Joe O’Donnell to try and win the series.

The Raiders placed runners in scoring position in each of the first three innings, including a

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bases-loaded, no-out threat in the first inning. O’Donnell would bend but not break, allowing just one run in the top of the first and giving the Wolfpack bats time to work.

After tying the game in the bottom of the first, senior designated hitter Chance Shepard broke the game open in the third with a three-run home run to left field to put the Pack up 5-1. The Pack never looked back, continuing to tack on runs for an 8-4 win in the finale.

“Sunday is a crucial day and overall a great team win,” junior catcher Andrew Knizner said.

“They are a very good ball club.

Very solid team.”

The Wolfpack earned two wins against a tough opponent this weekend and looked like a top10 team as the pitching and hitting posted good performances together for the first time this season. The Wolfpack will take on UNC-Greensboro and UNCWilmington in games this week.

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Men’s basketball vs Boston college 9 p.m.

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Baseball vs UNCW 3 p.m.

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State rallies to beat Clemson Daniel Lacy Sports Editor

In the regular season finale, the NC State women’s basketball team scored 26 points in the fourth quarter to top the Clemson Tigers on the road, 71-57.

T he Wol f pack (19-10, 10-6 ACC) shot 7 of 10 from the field and hit 11-of-13 free throws in the fourth quarter and limited Clemson (4-25, 0-16 ACC) just 11 points in the final quarter.

NC State strugg led to start the game, as Clemson went on a pair of 6-0 runs to take a 12-4 lead with 4:39 remaining in the first quarter. The Pack shot just 2 of 8 from the field in that span. However, it finally got something going as junior guard Ashley Williams made a 3-pointer to spark a 7-0 run that cut the Tigers’ lead to one at the end of the first quarter.

The Wolf pack took its first lead of the game with 7:37 left in the half off another deep ball from Williams. The teams battled back and forth for the rest of the half, with the Pack taking its largest lead of the game at 23-19 with 3:48 left in the half. Clemson finished on an 8-5 run to tie the game at 28 heading into the intermission.

At the half, senior center Carlee Schuhmacher led the team with 10 points on 3 of 4 from the field and 4 of 5 from the free-throw line.

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Sophomore forward Chelsea Nelson stretches for a rebound while boxing out Florida State’s defense. Nelson had 10 points and a team-high eight rebounds during her 28 minutes of play.

The Pack suffered a late-game loss to No. 12 Florida State 56-52 in Holliday Gymnasium at Broughton High School Thursday.

For Clemson, f reshma n guard Aliyah Collier led all scorers with 13 points on 5-of-7 shooting. Both teams struggled from distance, as the Pack shot 18.2 percent and Clemson shot 16.7 percent.

Clemson came out f iring to start the second half, going on a 6-2 run in 3:22.

However, the teams once again locked in a stalemate, as the Tigers led 46-45 going into the final quarter.

The fourth quarter was a completely different story.

Spencer hit both free throws to give the Pack its first lead

of the half 10 seconds into the fourth quarter. Clemson shortly regained the lead, but NC State countered with a 12-2 run to take a 59-50 lead with 3:23 left in the game.

The teams went back and forth until the Tigers were forced to start foul with 41 seconds left, allowing the Wolfpack to close out the game on a 6-0 run.

For the Pack, junior guard Miah Spencer led the team with 20 points and four assists and was joined in double figures by redshirt junior guard Dominique

Wilson with 14 points, as well as Schuhmacher and sophomore forward Chelsea Nelson, who had 10 apiece.

Clemson’s Col lier a nd sophomore guard Nelly Perry combined for 41 points on 14-of-33 shooting, while the rest of the team combined for just 16 points on 6 of 22 from the field.

T he Wol f pack ea r ned the No. 6 seed in the ACC Tournament along with a first-round bye. The Pack will resume play Thursday in Greensboro against the winner of the Boston College-Virginia Tech game.

Wolfpack shines at ACC Championships in Boston Garrison Rountree Correspondent

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Alexis Perry hurdles during the 60-meter event of the same name. Perry brought home third with a personal record time of 8.21 seconds. The mark aslo moved Perry up to No. 17 nationally in the event.

Over the weekend, the NC State men’s and women’s track and f ield teams ventured to Boston, Massachusetts, where they competed in the ACC Indoor Track and Field Championships. The men brought home fourth while the women’s team finished seventh.

The men’s fourth-place finish was its highest ACC Conference placing in five years. It was also a drastic improvement from last season’s ninth-place finish at this meet.

Early points were gathered on the first day of competition.

This was largely due to success in the heptathlon and weight

throw. In these contests, redshirt sophomore Grant Rivers and redshirt sophomore Joshua Davis earned eighth and third place, respectively. Rivers set a personal record of 5,039 points in the heptathlon, while Davis heaved the 35-pound weight to a school record distance of 69-11.

The men’s distance medley relay composed of redshirt sophomore Sebastian Hanson, senior Brian Davis, freshman Philip Hall and redshirt senior Meron Simon. They took home seventh-place honors with a team time of 9:49.05.

On Friday, senior Jonathan Addison cashed in 10 more points for the Wolfpack, taking home gold in long jump with a

leap of 26 1/4. Freshman Christopher Garrick added on to the Wolf pack total. In his ACC Championship debut, Garrick finished fifth in high jump and achieved a mark of 6-11 3/4.

Redshirt senior Luis Vargas concluded the Wolfpack’s scoring on Friday. Vargas placed fourth in a highly contested 5,000-meter run that saw the top-four runners separated by fewer than two seconds. Vargas’ final time was a swift 14:03.37.

On the last day of competition, the Pack completed the bulk of its scoring. In the early afternoon competition, redshirt senior Graham Crawford placed fourth in the men’s mile

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Pack baseball takes two of three from Wright State Christian Candeloro Staff Writer

Garrison Rountree Correspondent

After losing the first game of a tight series and playing an underrated opponent, the NC State baseball team rallied to win the final two games of its series against Wright State. Good outings from starting pitching and continued offensive success allowed the Pack to turn the tide in the series.

The weekend started badly for the Wolfpack (5-2) as the Raiders (5-2) used their talented roster to propel themselves to a 10-8 win Friday. Save for a four-run second inning, senior right-hander Jesse Scholtens shut down the Wolf-

pack hitters for most of the night, and junior Wolfpack starter Ryan Williamson could not match him, posting a poor outing (four innings, six hits, four runs).

“Wright State was probably a scheduling mistake on my part,” head coach Elliott Avent said. “I believe in a tough schedule. If you can survive it, then it makes you better in the end. Surviving it is going to be the key now.”

Five games into the season, the Wolfpack was desperate for a strong performance on the mound after receiving only one outing that lasted past the fifth inning. The Pack gave the ball to ace sophomore Brian Brown on Saturday and got exactly what it needed from the lefty.

While Brown pitched only five

innings, he allowed only three hits and one unearned run en route to his first win of the season.

The deciding inning in the second game of the series was the sixth, where a huge relief performance by sophomore lefty Cody Beckman saved the Pack and allowed the bats to create separation from the Raiders.

After a walk and two errors by Brown, Beckman was called in to a base-loaded, no-out jam with the Pack leading 2-1 in the sixth inning. Unfazed, Beckman struck out sophomore first baseman Gabe Snyder for the first out of the inning. The very next batter, Beckman induced an inning-ending double play to avoid disaster

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Sophomore center fielder Josh McLain crushes a pitch from a Wright State pitcher during the Wolfpack’s 8-10 loss Friday. McLain recorded one run, one hit, including a double, and one RBI in the loss at Doak Field.