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Man dies attempting to complete the Krispy Kreme Challenge A 58-year-old male participant in the Krispy Kreme Challenge who complained of chest pains while in the first mile of the race has passed away, according the Krispy Kreme Challenge Facebook page. He was transported by EMS to Rex Hospital where he was pronounced dead. “We are deeply saddened and wish to convey our heartfelt condolences to his loved ones,” read KKC’s Facebook post.

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VP Joe Biden planning to visit Duke University to discuss cancer research

Vice President Joe Biden, who was recently put in charge of government efforts to find a cure for cancer, will visit the Duke University School of Medicine Wednesday to speak about his plans to improve cancer research.

Biden’s son, Beau, died of brain cancer in May of last year at age 46. Biden’s main effort is to find areas where we can improve our spending for cancer research and prevention. He has teamed up with many federal agencies, such as the Defense Department and the National Institutes of Health.

Biden said he believes his story can bring people together and that he has something to offer when it “comes to being a catalyst and bringing folks together.”

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C-130s will be removed from Fort Bragg

The U.S. Air Force has said that it plans to do away with the C-130 aircraft based in Fort Bragg. The action was to be taken two years ago, but Congress led a fight to stop it because they felt it harmed the readiness of the U.S. military to take action if the need arose. The U.S. senators from North Carolina, Richard Burr and Thom Tillis, said they disagree with the decision.

The move means the Air Force reserves within the unit will now have to relocate to other military installations along with their families.

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Krispy Kreme Challenge, a feat in which challengers run 2.5 miles to consume one dozen glazed doughnuts and try to run back in less than an hour to benefit the UNC Children’s Hospital.

The event raised $195,000 this year through various means, such as fundraising by individuals and groups, merchan-

The World Health Organization declared the Zika virus a global health emergency last Monday.

Zika, which has recently shown a strong presence in South and Central America, is dangerous primarily due to its impact on pregnant women.

“Recently, it’s been linked to birth defects in Brazil,” said Michael Reiskind, assistant professor of entomology. “If it wasn’t for the birth defects, we probably wouldn’t hear that much about Zika.”

Due to the risks of birth defects, officials in some of the affected countries have advised to hold off on pregnancies until the situation is more under control.

The birth defect linked with Zika is microcephaly, meaning “small head.” Microcephaly causes babies to be born with abnormally small heads and often leads to a variety of mental and developmental challenges.

“In Brazil, in 2014, they had something near 150 cases of microcephaly,” Reiskind said. “In 2015, during the same period as the large emergence of the Zika virus … they had about 4,500 cases.”

Raquel Hernandez, a research associate professor of molecular and structural biochemistry, noted that the connection to microcephaly has not exactly been proven. However, due to the strong correlation between the Zika outbreak and the increase in microcephaly, Hernandez said, “the likelihood is very high” that Zika is the cause.

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Chad Johnson, a Raleigh citizen, eats doughnuts using the squish-and-stack method at Krispy Kreme during the 2016 Krispy Kreme Challenge Saturday. This year’s challenge had 7,000 registered runners and raised more than $195,000 for the UNC Children’s Hospital.

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Thousands of participants came out bright and early Saturday morning to tackle the Krispy Kreme Challenge.

Saturday marked the 12th annual

NAMI to hold panel for ‘You Are Not Alone’ week Staff Report

The NC State chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness is holding a panel discussion with members of the NC State community to discuss mental health from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. today in the Mountains-Piedmont Ballroom in Talley Student Union.

T he event, You A re Not Alone, will begin with an address from keynote speaker Barry Bryant, executive director of HopeLine, a Raleigh-based crisis counseling resource, followed by a short video and questions from the audience.

Avi Aggarwal, president of NAMI and a senior studying chemical engineering, said this event is about making mental health an approachable topic.

“Mental health is a very stigmatized issue, and at NC State

we are very privileged to have great resources that students can go to,” Aggar wal said.

“There’s a lot of ways to get help, but it starts with being able to discuss it.”

The speakers for the event represent and interact with a wide range of populations on campus on a daily basis, i nc lud i ng re pre s e nt at ive s from the Counseling Center, Fraternity and Sorority Life, Academic and Student Affairs, faculty and students. Counseling Center representatives will also be available during the event to speak with students.

Aggar wa l said t hey were chosen to make sure the attendees are able to connect with someone who has experience in dealing with mental health issues.

“We’re trying to show student s t hat t he u n iversit y cares,” Aggarwal said.

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Valerie Faulkner, a teaching assistant in the Teacher Education and Learning Sciences Department, gives her presentation, “Think Less and Do Right: The Achievement Gap,” as part of TUFFtalks Saturday in Talley Student Union.

“Whenever we elevate some kids to a higher status, we are cutting other kids,” Faulkner said.

TUFFtalks makes first impression, speakers shine Gavin Stone Assistant News Editor

Alumni and faculty had the opportunity to share their experiences using the mantra “Think and Do” to solve problems in their own lives and those of others Saturday at TUFFtalks in Talley Student Union.

“The speakers did an amazing job, and they’re all fantastic human beings,” said Cassie Brinkman, a senior studying microbiology and chairperson of Issues and Ideas for the Union Activities Board.

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IN BRIEF The North Carolina caucus, which was originally scheduled to take place March 15, may be delayed after the federal court Friday ruled that the district maps set up by the North Carolina government were unconstitutional. The districts in question are 1 and 12, which were gerrymandered based on racial lines. Majority parties in state governments often draw the lines to their parties’ advantages, but basing it off race is illegal.

Common Cause North Carolina said the ruling is another reason why an independent panel should draw voting maps, not state lawmakers.

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The Denver Broncos defeated the Carolina Panthers 24-10, winning Super Bowl 50 Sunday night. The Panthers had their best season to date, posting a record of 15-1 and winning their first two playoff games over the Seattle Seahawks and Arizona Cardinals. The Broncos posted a 12-4 record and defeated the

Pittsburg h Steelers a nd New England Patriots in the playoffs.

Sunday’s win marks the Broncos’ third Super Bowl win in franchise history, their first since Super Bowl XXXIII. Entering Sunday’s game, the Broncos boasted the No. 1 defense in the NFL and the Panthers had the No. 1 scoring offense. Despite having NFL MVP Cam Newton, the Panthers failed to muster any offense against the

mighty Broncos’ defense. Newton completed 18-of-41 passes for 265 yards and one interception. Newton also led the way on the ground for Carolina, rushing for 45 yards on six carries. The Panthers also uncharacteristically lost three fumbles. Broncos linebacker Von Miller was named Super Bowl 50 MVP. Miller recorded six total tackles including eight sacks and two forced fumbles. Quarterback

Peyton Manning had a relatively quiet game, passing for 141 yards on 13-of-23 attempts. This marks Manning’s second Super Bowl win in four attempts as he won Super Bowl XLI with the Indianapolis Colts and lost Super Bowls XLIV and XLVIII with the Colts and Broncos.

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The keynote speaker for the event was Jason Dragos, an NC State alumnus of the class of 1975 and founder and CEO of HealthBeMe, a healthcare platform built to humanize healthcare. Dra-

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gos told the story of starting his company and how, early on, he was basing his thinking on goals and objectives before he found the true purpose behind what he was trying to accomplish with HealthBeMe. When Dragos went to his first meeting with his investors, four men dressed

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tudents watch the coin toss of Super Bowl 50 in Talley Student Union. The Carolina Panthers lost to the Denver Broncos 24-10 in Levi’s Stadium, in Santa Clara, California Sunday. Several Panthers and Broncos fans showed up in their football fan gear to support their teams.

in dark suits based out of a luxury high-rise in London, he was asked a question that he never forgot.

“I gave them my big picture HealthBeMe vision.

I’m telling them about how HealthBeMe is creating a social platform that can empower people and connect people around their health

condition, about how my vision is to humanize and democratize healthcare,” Dragos said. “And he said something to me that I’ll never forget: ‘Enough with a ll t he warm and f uzz y stuff, how are we going to make our money?’”

Dragos said he stared at the man for about 15 seconds before saying, “I will never apologize that my company wants to help people,” and walked out of the off ice. This was the moment Dragos said he found his pur pose and has worked ever y day since to further that purpose.

Dragos urged the audience to stop viewing success in terms of what you get and instead to view success as how much you are able to give.

“I promise you that you will get far more than you ever expected if you do,” Dragos said.

T U F F t a l k s w a s re cently rebranded from TEDxNCSU to give organizers more freedom in the topics that are covered and increase relevancy to NC State students and faculty.

“With our first year, because we didn’t have the brand name, it was a little bit like ‘what is this,’ but as we continue to do this we will definitely build a

name for ourselves and have this be a great recurring program,” Brinkman said.

L au ren Frey, a ju nior studying environmental science and women and gender studies, and Vishwas Rao, a junior study ing chemistry, both found Valerie Faulkner’s presentation to

“Whenever we elevate some kids to a higher status we are cutting other kids...”

— Valerie Faulkner, TUFFtalks speaker

be the most interesting.

Faulkner, a teaching assistant in the teacher education and learning sciences department, gave a presentation titled “Think Less and Do Right: The Achievement Gap.” In the presentation, she discussed the validity of the separations that we place between students early on and how that translates into an “achievement gap,” which she said is more accurately called an “opportunity gap” that structures the society we live in.

“W henever we elevate some kids to a higher status we are cutting other kids, and it’s not even best for those kids who get elevated

because they are told that they are better than others … and they also miss out on the diversity of perspectives that they would get in a larger and more diverse class,” Faulkner said.

Frey said she appreciated the message of Faulkner’s talk and was able to relate it to her experience in high school.

“I’m f rom Enloe High School, which has a huge achievement gap problem, so I was relating it back to when I was in high school more than anything,” Frey said. “I think it’s relevant to NC State because we need to train the next generation of teachers.”

Rao was interested in the idea of the opportunity gap and thought Faulkner addressed the main issue of how we converse with and treat students who are at the bottom of the “opportunity gap” well.

“I think that’s the important thing,” Rao said. “How can we change the way we address students, how can we better cater to students — bec ause I t h i n k t he moment we say ‘you have weaknesses’ and tell others ‘you have strengths,’ that’s already creating a social hierarchy, which translates to a lot of other socioeconomic and cultural inequalities.”

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dise sales and registration fees.

Over the past 12 years, the race has raised over $1 million for the hospital, which goes to purchase toys, interactive devices and to fund programs for kids through the “Promise Grant” program.

In October the Park Scholars Program pledged to raise and donate $1 million to UNC Children’s Hospital over the next five years of the Krispy Kreme Challenge.

The challenge is a deeply rooted tradition at NC State and never fails to bring out a wide variety of people from all across the Triangle, each person having a unique reason for participating.

Many participants run to raise awareness and funds for different organizations and charities.

“My older brother was diagnosed with lymphoma, and I run to spread awareness for the disease,” said Nick Oltman, who finished in first place.

In contrast, other participants run for more trivial reasons.

“Do it for the [Instagram],”

said Leigh Debevec, a sophomore studying fashion and textile management.

Lighthearted explanations for participation like Debevec’s are common and sometimes coordinated with the donning of silly outfits by the runners.

Many participants dressed up for the event in order to keep with the fun spirit of the race while others were competing in the challenge’s costume contest.

Tom Place, a KKC veteran of 11 years, ran with his friend Everett Bradford in a large homemade tandem wolf costume.

Place said the goal was to “look as ridiculous as possible.”

Even though the fun of the race is prevalent, some runners take the event seriously.

Preparation and strategy are important for success.

“Last week I ate six doughnuts and ran to prepare for today,” said Zach Tacy, a sophomore studying mechanical engineering.

Being a good runner alone will not ensure victory in the Krispy Kreme Challenge. Participants must develop effective techniques of eating all 12 doughnuts if they want to

finish on time.

“My strategy is to eat them all one at a time,” said Frankie Guo, a sophomore studying mechanical engineering. “You may as well enjoy it as much as you can.”

While many runners consumed the doughnuts individually, others used more inventive strategies such as stacking the doughnuts or compacting them into balls.

Coordinators of the race faced their own difficulties.

There are many logistica l complications that occur behind the scenes of the Krispy Kreme Challenge.

An estimated 7,000 registered participants consumed approximately 84,000 doughnuts on the day of the event, an amount too large for the K rispy K reme located on North Person Street to produce.

The doughnuts were made at a larger kitchen in Concord, North Carolina, beginning at 2 a.m. Saturday and by 5 a.m., the 7,000 dozen doughnuts are cooled and ready to ship to Raleigh for the race.

“I’ve done it every year, and I won’t stop now,” said Will Sealy, a junior studying aerospace engineering. “Mash and dunk, baby.”

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Scott Schreiner, a 2014 alumnus, takes a bite of his doughnuts skewered on a lightsaber during his sixth year running the Krispy Kreme Challenge. Schreiner dressed as a Jedi.

He and a group of his friends dressed up as “Star Wars” characters because they “knew ‘Star Wars’ was popular and thought it would be a good group costume.” The Krispy Kreme Challenge, held Saturday, had 7,000 people register, raising $195,000 for the UNC Children’s Hospital.

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Several thousand runners wait for the 2016 Krispy Kreme Challenge to start. The event, which had 7,000 registered runners, started at the Belltower and took place Saturday.

Left: Participants pose for a picture at the starting line waiting to begin the Krispy Kreme Challenge.

The challenge had about 7,000 registered runners and raised $195,000 for the UNC Children’s Hospital.

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Brock Johnston, a junior at Leesville Road High School, stuffs multiple doughnuts into his mouth during the 12th annual Krispy Kreme Challenge outside of Krispy Kreme on North Person Street. The race is five miles long, broken up by eating a dozen doughnuts in the middle of the race.

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are harmful,’” she said.

To fight the virus, Hernandez recommends that people in the affected areas try to keep mosquitoes out of their houses and their living area.

Reiskind and Hernandez agree, however, that people in North Carolina do not need to be worried about catching it.

“We might get [Zika], but we’re never going to get as badly as they have it over there,” Hernandez said. “We just don’t have the same social structure, we don’t live very close to each other, there’s a lot of sprawl. The environment is

just too different here. We don’t live with bugs biting us all the time.”

According to Reiskind, people in North Carolina do not need to follow the same precautionary recommendations made in Brazil.

Reiskind said that potential parents should not wait due to concerns of the Zika virus.

“I think it would start to get into the category of ‘I’m not going to go to the store because I could get into a car accident or get struck by lightning,’” Reiskind said.

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Historically, Zika has not been a particularly dangerous virus. Although it has risen before, its effects have never been as impactful as they are today.

“Generally, this virus was very unstudied because it didn’t have a lot of pathogenesis,” Hernandez said.

“People would get a rash, they would get itchy, in 87 percent of cases people wouldn’t even know they were sick because they may not have any symptoms at

doing now, is they’re trying to teach people that they really cannot be uninterested in their environment,” Hernandez said. “They cannot have trash, because these mosquitoes can breed in just the tiniest drop of water. If you have trash, if you have containers, if you have open buckets of water, […] you’re going to breed these mosquitoes.

“And people have been reluctant to believe that these tiny little insects can carry so much disease, but they do. It’s the changing of a mindset from, ‘Oh, these mosquitoes live here with us,’ to ‘These mosquitoes

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all.”

However, the most recent outbreak has included additional symptoms, as well as the link to microcephaly.

“It is a virus that is originally from Africa, and it can be transmitted most commonly by mosquitoes,” Reiskind said.

It could be a long time before the Zika v irus is eliminated, as the difficulties involved in f ighting Zika extend beyond just the scientific ones. It could take as long as 10 to 15 years to develop a safe and effective vaccine, but there are social problems as well.

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Cultural appropriation

Aditi Bahali, senior studying political science

People are calling foul play on Coldplay I

recently discovered that my best friend does not like Coldplay. Excuse me, what?

I know that they are not Iman the most original, but it’s Usmani Coldplay! (This is the exCorrespondent tent of my argument.) I don’t think there is anything that you could specifically dislike. Except, maybe, their new music video, which was released a few weeks ago. People really aren’t digging the blatant cultural appropriation in the music video, especially as it relates to Beyoncé’s look.

The video takes place in India. It highlights the common imagery of India: loads of people, rickshaw rides and Holi festivals. Oh, and insert Coldplay in the middle of said Holi festival. The song, “Hymn for the Weekend,” has virtually nothing to do with India. They just wanted to shoot their video there. That’s fine.

That’s actually great. The director, Ben Mor, did a phenomenal job making the country look like the party scene. Everyone is smiling.

But, I have a question for you, Mor: Why did Beyoncé have to be dressed to the nines in traditional Indian clothing? The band was wearing its typical T-shirts and jeans and stood out just fine. Beyoncé, on the other hand, is wearing a loud sari, heavy jewelry, flowers in her hair and henna on her hands. It is a little much, don’t you think?

People are showing their backlash through a series of tweets, mainly stating the fact that Beyoncé is obviously using aspects of a culture different from her own, which is considered to be cultural appropriation. They are stating that Beyoncé is “getting away” with cultural appropriation because of her status as a celebrity. However, is this situation actually that bad?

I hear you guys on Twitter. It is unfair how celebrities can get away with murder, but Beyoncé was just told to wear an outfit that was appropriate for the setting of the video.

According to Josh Gelernter, a writer for the National Review Online, her culturally appropriated outfit was offensive to the young leftists who believe that “a culture has the exclusive right to its products.” It may be that each culture should be the dominant user of its products; however, it’s illogical to keep people from wearing clothes from other cultures

while also trying to banish boundaries and promote diversity. It’s all very counterintuitive. And where did this hyperawareness of others’ feelings come from?

The answer? Coddling. We currently live in a culture in which “vindictive protectiveness,” according to “The Coddling of the American Mind,” is affecting the current generation of students. Since the beginning, our generation has been “babied” more so than previous generations, causing us to be hypersensitive to words and triggers.

Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt, the writers of “The Coddling of the American Mind,” are not the only two who think our generation is a little too sensitive. According to Caitlin Flanigan’s “That’s Not Funny!” article, Chris Rock, along with a number of other popular comedians, has given up on comedy shows on college campuses because the audience “can’t seem to take a joke.” Oversensitivity is giving us a bad reputation. I don’t know about you, but I really don’t want Rock to think poorly of our generation.

Because of our generation’s immense awareness of microaggressions, we have become more sensitive and overly pessimistic about the littlest things. It is hard to believe that Beyoncé would put on that sari with the intention of undermining Indians.

The bottom line is that Coldplay and Beyoncé, two of the biggest names in music, chose India as their filming location. India is beautiful, but so are places such as Greece, Thailand, Peru and other locations that people seek out for beauty. These two major stars could have filmed anywhere, but they decided to shed a positive light on a country that very few people envision as their first choice destination. That’s a good thing. India is being exposed as a place of color and light instead of being pinpointed for being overcrowded, impoverished and polluted.

Of course, no one, with or without having a powerful status, should “get away” with offending someone. But, in this case, Beyoncé has not committed the crime of the century.

Life will go on. Plus, she helped bring us another little Britpop jingle — Coldplay’s specialty — because there weren’t enough already.

ast week, I wrote about the Open Syllabus Project and the implications of the surprisingly angry responses to “controversial literature.” Aside from the research potential of this project, I think that NC State would benefit from an opensyllabus culture.

One of my qualms about the “new” drop-date policy, implemented in fall 2014, is Katherine one that those close to me Waller know well. It is really difficult Staff Columnist to determine if a class is the right fit for you during the first two weeks. I’ve unfortunately been in that situation in which I arrived on the first day of class and immediately knew I could not handle the amount of work with my schedule that semester. In this situation, I also knew that all the other classes that I could switch into were full at that point.

It is incredibly stressful to have to pick classes blindly and hope you can handle the course loads and make decisions on whether or not to stay in them based on your perceptions of the first few weeks of classes.

We as students should vie for an open-syllabus school for a multitude of reasons. An opensyllabus culture would really benefit NC State students in schedule planning. When considering taking a class, it would be extraordinarily helpful for planning a semester if we could see the frequency of coursework we could expect in order to ensure that we have time for a certain class. Our schedules get busy with other priorities, from part-time jobs and internships to civic engagements. Students want to be involved in many things, as this is important to both our local and academic communities.

It would also be great to know if the content of the course is actually true to its description before we get locked into a class and all of our

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Rory Lazenby sophomore, economics

Question: How should the federal government interact with big business?

Below: “Other than preventing monopolies, the government should not be involved in big businesses.

Bailouts such as those with General Motors have caused lots of controversy because businesses such as these shouldn’t be able to rely on the government for help.”

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other options fill up. We’ve all been in classes that haven’t matched our expectations. Professors take different approaches to the same course, and it would be helpful if we could figure out which section of a class contained the approach that interested us the most.

Additionally, the number of textbooks that we are required to buy for a class is also a big deal for students on a tight budget. Some professors write course packets, whereas others assign $200 textbooks that never leave the plastic packaging. When a student must pay for his or her classes on limited funds — which many do — textbooks can become a huge financial stressor.

With the drop date for classes within the first two weeks, having the syllabuses shared ahead of time would be beneficial for students and would help to counteract the rushed and stressful decisions that we now have to make based on our experiences during the first few classes of the semester.

Grade distributions and professor reviews are helpful, but they only offer the perspectives of former students with different interests and values than we have. The ability to view a syllabus before taking a class would better allow us to determine if a class is right for us.

We need to take a cue from the Open Syllabus Project and open up our own syllabuses, not for metadata research, although this would be really interesting, but for more transparency for students making academic decisions.

Being able to see the syllabuses before students sign up for a class will help reduce academic-related stress. It is just good to know what we are signing up for and what we are paying for. With the drop-date policy as it stands now, having open syllabuses will be invaluable to student success.

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The group that brought hip-hop to NC State Samuel Griffin Correspondent

Fans of hip-hop and rap at NC State need only visit the cypher held every Monday night at the Free Expression Tunnel to celebrate their love of the genre, but it didn’t a lways used to be this easy. In the early 2000s, celebrating hip-hop on campus, and even across Raleigh, was somewhat unheard of. In 2004, however, the hip-hop group Kooley High changed that.

Consisting of five members, Charlie Smarts (Alexander Thompson), Tab-One (Taylor Burgess), Sinopsis (Dennis McCarter), Foolery (Thomas Kevin) and DJ Ill Digitz (James Meyer), Kooley High’s music features references to both Raleigh and NC State, mentioning locations like Hillsborough Street, the Bell Tower and Cup-A-Joe in its song, “Dear Raleigh,” with the city featured in most of its music videos. All of the group’s members are NC State alumni.

“I, like all the other members of Kooley High, showed up to col lege ex pecting there to be a lot of hip-hop events,” said Foolery, one of the group’s music producers. “It became pretty clear to us that nothing was going on, so in 2004, we started forming a network that became the campus organization H2O. The charter was to bring hip-hop events to the student body.”

Fooler y said the group threw concerts and events in Wolf Plaza, the Brickyard and the Bragaw lounge.

Events ranged from freestyle rap battles, to beat battles, to hip-hop concerts. The success of the H2O events and a mixtape project put on through the organization, led to the formation of Kooley High.

Kooley High’s f irst relea se wa s a n EP c a l led “The Summer Sessions” in 2008. Produced by rapper 9th Wonder, another North Carolina-born musician, the EP contained nine songs and featured local rappers Halo, Lazurus and EA Floe. The group has since released two albums: “Eastern Standard Time” and “Kooley High Presents…David Thompson,” named after the basketball star who took NC State to its first NCAA Championship win. Throughout the group’s history, it has never signed with a label.

“We’re not signed to a label; we’re signed to ourselves,” Smarts said. “We don’t even have any cosigns to speak of other than ourselves. We think we sound good, a nd we have t he crowd, our fans both locally and internationally, who mesh with us, our fuel that keep us going.”

Kooley said the group has its biggest following in the Raleigh area and that they want to be true to their fans at home. Smarts said he thinks the Raleigh hip-hop scene is growing, citing the success of artists like 9th Wonder and female rapper Rapsody, a former member of Kooley High. Both artists played at NC State’s Packapalooza in August. 9th Wonder has collaborated with and

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Left to right: Foolery, Tab-One, Sinopsis, Charlie Smarts, DJ ill Digits. Kooley High’s latest nine-track EP, “Heights,” is out now.

The group’s next Raleigh preformance is Feb. 19 at Kings Barcade for a vinyl release party.

produced for artists and groups like Little Brother, Jay-Z and Kendrick Lamar.

Rapsody also collaborated with Kendrick Lamar in his song “Complexion,” found in his Grammy-nominated album, “To Pimp a Butterf ly.”

After the release of “Eastern Standard Time,” several members of the group moved to New York, where they began production on “David Thompson.” While in New York, the group sh a re d a one -b e d ro om railroad apartment, styled similarly to a shotgun house with no hallways to speak of and every room connected.

“The feeling behind ‘David Thompson’ was being away from home and miss-

ing North Carolina and wanting to still represent where we were from and what we loved,” Fooler y said. “It was the idea of really playing at the highest level and doing things that people didn’t think were possible. They called him the Sky walker, a my thic North Carolina figure that we took inspiration from.”

Despite the group being geographically split, Kooley High is still producing new material. The group has just released its new EP, “Heights,” featuring nine songs and collaborations with musicians Add-2 and Sandra Gell.

“There was a big dry spell between ‘David Thompson’ and now, but we’ve been

work ing on music for a number of years, so we have a lot in reserve that we have plans for,” Thompson said.

“We’re going to continue what we do, making music for the sake of making music.”

“Heights” is getting a vinyl release Friday and will be available at retail stores as well as the local record shop, Schoolkids Records.

The EP is also available on the group’s online website, kooleyhigh.com and t hrough iTunes. Severa l members of Kooley High will be meeting with fans and promoting the record at Schoolkids Friday; the full group will be performing in celebration of the vinyl’s release at Kings Barcade in

downtown Raleigh on Feb. 19. Tickets are available on Kings’ website.

Foolery said that, while he and the rest of Kooley High are not currently producing music full time, they would almost certainly quit their day jobs to produce if they could.

“Tr ying to make a living off of music is no small feat,” Foolery said. “I think I can speak for the rest of us when I say we’d love to be spending more time each day in the studio. We’ll see how this album sells.”

Artists unite to raise awareness of endangered frogs Laurie Howard Correspondent

Last Wednesday marked the kickoff for NC State’s Craft Center’s Disappearing Frogs Project, an artist-activist’s approach to a growing problem. The exhibit features a multitude of artists’ frog-themed pieces in an attempt to raise awareness for widespread amphibian decline.

Though officially in its third year, the project finds its start about 10 years ago, when Charlotte-based artist Terry Thirion learned about the shrinking population of frogs.

“I was surprised about that;

I’d never heard of it happening,” Thirion said. “A professor from Berkeley had been doing a study on how certain chemicals effect frogs. Some of them become hermaphrodites, some of them grow five, six legs.”

Chemical exposure is only one of the problems frogs face. Amphibians are experiencing expansive habitat loss and modification, complications from climate change, as well as overharvesting for food or as pets. Due to their semi-permeable skin, they are also sensitive to water quality changes.

“Amphibians are one of the most endangered groups of vertebrates on the planet,” said Bryan Stuart,

herpetologist and curator of reptiles and amphibians at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. “They seem to be declining at extremely rapid rates in terms of populations and species disappearing.”

However, some inf luences are more enigmatic in nature. The vast changes in population are hard to completely account for.

“We’ve lost more than 200 species in the past 30 years that we know of,” said Rachel Hopkins, the North Carolina Youth Conservationist of the Year and speaker at the opening. “[In] farming and agriculture, it’s very important that you have a healthy amphib-

ian population to keep pests under control in a way that’s monetarily lucrative and safe for the environment.”

Generally, frog health is typically a good representation of environmental conditions, acting as a bioindicator. Their respective problems may be a warning of ubiquitous negative changes throughout the earth’s entirety.

“Frogs have sur vived all six major extinctions in the history of our world,” said Joli Stavish, a sophomore studying zoology.

“They’ve survived ice ages, and now, since humans have been here, we’ve changed the world so much that they can’t adjust to it.

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Park Shops This event, which is part of Kappa Omicron’s Pink and Green Week, features an interactive quiz show format that covers the experience of African-Amerians. Faculty will give a short lecture on neo-diversity and how that affects our experience in the United States.

TOURNÉES AT NC STATE FILM FESTIVAL: “GIRLHOOD” Thursday, 6:15 – 8:30 p.m.

Witherspoon Student Cinema Céline Sciamma’s third feature, “Bande de Filles” / “Girlhood,” is set in the impoverished banlieues that surround Paris and are home to many French-Africans. The story focuses on 16-yearold Marieme, who assumes responsibility for her two younger sisters while their mother works the night shift.

The screening is part of the Tournées Film Festival at NC State. All films are free and open to the public.

EXPRESSIONS: BLACK LOVE Thursday, 7 – 9 p.m.

This event aims to provide students and guest performers with the opportunity to conceptualize works of art that focus on “Black Love.” This includes learning self-love and loving others. Light refreshments will be provided.

The project’s goal is to inspire people to take action to protect amphibians and to also provide artists with an opportunity to support amphibian conser vation, education and research.

Profits are made from selling the art pieces, which range in prices as low as $25. Profits are then put into action through the Amphibian Survival Alliance.

“I think it’s important just to get people aware,” Stavish said. “A lot of people don’t know that this is even an issue. We really have to get everyone in on it to make a difference.”

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Krispy Kreme Challenge: a mile-by-mile recount Drew Nantais Sports Editor

The air was frigid on the walk toward the Belltower Saturday morning. The eastern portion of Hillsborough Street was blocked off, with people in costumes you typically only see on Halloween congregating around a makeshift starting line The crowd waited in anticipation, and then it happened. The horn sounded, signaling the start of the 12th annual Krispy Kreme Challenge.

The horde of people moves forward as the crowd slowly thins.

Competitive runners take off at an Olympic-like pace, as they race toward the Krispy Kreme two-anda-half miles away on Peace Street.

I linger toward the middle of the pack listening to the sound of 8,000 pairs of shoes rhythmically hitting the pavement, making their way downtown.

1 Mile: Some individuals begin to slow their paces as they realized a mile is a lot longer than they remembered. Three racers dressed as a mariachi band run by, followed closely by a gladiator playing the theme for “Rocky.” I’m making pretty good time, or at least I think I am. My hands are cold, but that’s nothing I can’t handle for the time being.

2 Miles: We pass a construction crew downtown as they look on in bewilderment. Thousands of people wearing costumes of all sorts and screaming is really a sight to see on a Saturday morning in February. At this point, I’m doing pretty well, my confidence is rising — this is going to be a piece of cake. Keep in mind this is my first time participating in the challenge, so little did I know what was in store for me in less than a mile.

2.5 Miles: We’ve made it onto Peace Street. Krispy Kreme is within sight. Then, someone comes running by, but from the other direction. It’s the lead runner, and he’s already on his way back to the Belltower. He ate those doughnuts in fewer than five minutes. Is that even humanly possible? Now I start to gain confidence thinking I could down the doughnuts in the same amount of time. I was wrong.

I finally arrive at Krispy Kreme and grab my dozen and immediately shove a doughnut into my mouth.

I’ve had hot and fresh doughnuts from Krispy Kreme many times before, but the dozen that was given to me was anything but. These doughnuts were cold and unappealing. I look around and see water cups scattered about at the feet of runners cramming glazed doughnuts

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An empty box of doughnuts lies in the street after participants begin the run back to the Belltower and volunteers for the Krispy Kreme Challenge begin cleaning up on Saturday. The event totaled 7,000 registered participants and raised $195,000 for the UNC Children’s Hospital.

into their mouths at an alarming rate. I grab my next two doughnuts and flatten them together to try and eat them quicker and use the same method for the rest of the dozen.

At six doughnuts, it starts to hit me — that feeling of regret. Why did I do this? Who thought this was a good idea? My hands lay covered in glaze, my mouth profusely chewing as I keep eating. I get up to grab some more water cups, and I dry heave.

No. No way. I’m not going to throw up. I grabbed four water cups and downed another four doughnuts.

Then, a second dry heave occurs, only this one was far more intense than the last. I need to start running to get my mind off of vomit. I ditch the last two doughnuts and head back toward the Belltower.

3 Miles: I’m at a much slower pace now. The doughnuts jostle in my stomach with every step I take. I pass runners in a zombie-like state as they battle the urge to vomit. I look down at my glaze-covered hands, and I realize they’ve gone numb from the cold. My sweat has turned to sugar.

4 Miles: At this point, I’m walking

more often than I’m running. Other racers around me have adopted the same strategy. We alternate running, walking and vomiting while spectators watch from apartment buildings and condominiums sipping on mimosas and relishing in the fact that they were smart enough not to participate in the challenge.

I make the final turn onto Hillsborough, and I muster every ounce of energy left in me to press on to the finish line. I pass a group of spectators with a sign that reads “Free Mimosas,” and I consider it, but only for a second. The Belltower slowly rises over the horizon, and I’m overjoyed at the site of the finish line. I run through some vomit, and I don’t even care. The race clock read 1:11:37 as I cross the finish line. I’ve completed the Krispy Kreme Challenge.

In hindsight, it may have been a stupid decision to run the race. But with that being said, I’ve never had more fun while on the verge of puking in my entire life.

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A magician with a message comes to Talley Carolyn Thompson Staff Writer

On Wednesday, students, faculty and families were invited into the world of the MAZE, a mystery performance piece led by illusionist Jim Munroe. Watching means entering into a world where you can’t quite trust what your senses tell you about the tricks and magic feats.

Christian-based ministries Cru and Chi Alpha sponsored the MAZE, which was held in Talley Student Union’s State Ballroom.

“We first heard about the MAZE around five to six years ago, and Jim actually came to NC State and had a similar event in Stewart Theatre, and it was well-attended,” said Todd Smith, a staff member with Cru. “He has since redesigned his performance and has been scheduling college visits over the past few years. Many of the CRU staff saw him this summer at a conference in Colorado and had talked about booking him this school year at State.”

Outside of NC State, the MAZE partners with Cru and Chi Alpha organizations on a national basis, according to Smith.

“In talking with the Chi Alpha director here at State back in the early fall, we decided we would work together to have him come and scheduled him for this past week,” Smith

said. “[Cru] shared in the publicity and promotion along with getting the facilities set up. Overall, it was very well-attended, and the responses were very positive.”

Munroe began his pursuit in magic after a shoulder injury turned him away from a career in baseball while at the University of Texas.

“I’ve loved magic since I was a kid, so my favorite part of being a magician would be people’s facial expressions, wonder, their minds exploding,” Munroe said.

In a heavily audience-involved performance, Munroe not only presents his artistry but also recounts a significant time in his life that changed his perspective on what goes on behind the scenes in life.

Munroe shared the story of his battle with leukemia during the second portion of the MAZE and how that time in his life changed his religious beliefs to the current Christian faith he now holds.

“He used his own personal experience to show his belief that Jesus was the one who saved the sinners of the world, and I love that he did that in a not-pressuring, non-condemning way — he just shared it,” said Hannah Thompson, a junior studying creative writing.

Munroe said he was told he had only months to live. During MAZE, he displayed pictures and videos of himself

as he received the chemo treatments over time before learning of a possible bone marrow transplant procedure.

Out of the small chances of hearing about a close enough match, one was found: a 19-year-old woman.

Munroe received the transplant on April 23, three days after his birthday, and he recounts the doctors telling him that he was getting a brand new birthday on that day. Munroe connected his personal experiences to symbolism found in the Christian Bible, such as the “perfect blood” that was transplanted to him and the blood of Christ, as well as Munroe’s “rebirth” on the third day after his birthday.

“Today, I’m 100 percent cancerfree as a result of that perfect blood,” Munroe wrote in “Behind the Curtain.” “And when they look at my blood today, they see a 19-year-old female — they see XX chromosome.”

Throughout the M A ZE performance, Munroe reiterated a theme of not ever settling for your five senses. “ T he M A Z E wa s i nc red ible,” Thompson said. “It was cool getting to see the magician pull people from the audience and use them in his tricks — it made you believe that his tricks were real. I also loved that he talked about what he believed in his past and what he believes now.”

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Jim Munroe, the magician performing in the show, MAZE, poses after his act, which was held in the Talley Ballroom. The show drew hundreds of students on Wednesday.

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Wolfpack up 16-12 with Rohskopf on the mats next.

Rohskopf battled No. 8 Austin Wilson in the 165-pound bout. Following a first period in which neither wrestler scored a point, Rohskopf would get a two-point near-fall in the second and followed it up in the third period with an escape and a stall to get the win. Despite a loss by sophomore Nicky Hall following Rohskopf ’s match, Gantt and Rohskopf sealed the Wolfpack victory 19-15 against the Cornhusker.

Up next for the Wolfpack will be the final conference match of the season against the No. 10 Virginia Tech Hokies at the Holhouser Building of the NC State Fairgrounds Friday.

54 lead with 10 minutes to go in the half.

The Wolfpack was able to put together a run of its own to close the gap to four with 7:34 to go. State made it a game late as it traded baskets with Duke during the latter portion of the second half.

“It seemed like every big shot they needed to make, they made it,” Gottfried said. “But, even when they made a big shot, we responded, we came right back and we seemed to answer it.”

Under two minutes to go, Allen drove hard to the basket and collided with Barber, the latter called for a blocking foul. Barber fell awkwardly on his right hand and could be seen grimacing as he held it. When asked about the injury after the game, Gottfried said Barber would get X-rays, and he didn’t know what the prognosis was.

Barber finished with 26 points to go along with six assists. Abu added another double-

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double to his resume after a 16-point, 17-rebound performance. For the Blue Devils, Allen led the way with 28 points followed closely behind by Kennard’s 26.

“Both teams just played their hearts out,” Gottfried said. “We got to get regrouped.

We’re not going to hang our heads. We’re going to find a way to shore up some things, but I’m extremely proud of our competitive spirit today.”

Prior to Saturday’s game, only Barber and junior BeeJay Anya had played a regular season game at Cameron Indoor Stadium.

The Wolfpack returns to action Saturday at PNC Arena as it faces the Wake Forest Demon Deacons. It then hits the road for a matchup with the No. 9 Virginia Cavaliers in Charlottesville, Virginia.

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That helps as well.”

As the regular season draws to a close, the team has its eyes set on preparing for the ACCHL tournament.

“I don’t think anything really changes; we practice and play the same every single game, and it’s worked for us so far. It’s the biggest tournament of the year,” junior Luis Gimenez said. “You lose, you’re out, but that’s not going to change anything. We’re just going to keep playing the same way we’ve been playing all year and take care of business.”

Prior to the ACCHL tournament, the Wolfpack will close out its regular season with an away game against the Wake Forest Demon Deacons Friday.

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The No. 3 NC State wrestling team improved its best season ever, edging the No. 11 Nebraska Cornhuskers Saturday night in Lincoln, Nebra sk a, 19-15 i n t he Wolfpack’s final road match of the season.

The win improved the Wol f pack ’s record to a school-record 21-0 on the season, including an impressive 7-0 against teams ranked in the NWCA top25. The Wolfpack’s record against top-25 teams is a steep improvement from last season, when it went 3-4 against ranked opponents.

The Wolfpack realized it would be a tough battle from the opening match, w ith No. 15 junior Pete Renda taking on No. 9 TJ Dudley in the 184-pound match. After getting up 3-2 after the first round, Dudley would get a four-point near fall and stalls from Renda to get a 9-5 lead going into the third. Renda couldn’t make up the ground and fell to Dudley, 11-6, giving the Cornhuskers an early 3-0 lead after one.

No. 17 sophomore Michael Boykin took on No. 11 Aaron Studebaker next at the 197-pound weight class to attempt to tie the match for the Wolfpack.

After taking a 1-0 lead going into the third period, Studebaker got an escape to

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Sophomore Nicky Hall holds on as his opponent flips over him in the Wolfpack’s meet against No. 17 Virginia. Hall won his bout 17-2 on a technical fall, which helped the Wolfpack to an overall 35-7 win at Dorton Arena Jan. 17.

tie it up. Boykin got a double-leg takedown, but fell to Studebaker on a takedown with one second left, 4-3, giving Nebraska a 6-0 lead with redshirt senior No. 1 Nick Gwiazdowski against No. 22 Collin Jensen on tap.

Gwiz didn’t have to compete long to get the victory for the Wolfpack, as Jensen went down with a knee injury early in the first, surrendering an injury default to Gwiazdowski to tie the match at 6-6.

Redshirt freshman No. 24 Sea n Fausz took on No. 9 Tim Lambert at the 125-pound weight class, securing the upset, 5-4, to put the Wolfpack up 9-6. No. 28 redshirt freshman Jamal Morris fell to No. 11 Eric Montoya in the 133-pound

match, 7-2 to tie things back at 12-12 with No. 3 sophomore Kevin Jack coming up at 141 pounds.

Jack and his opponent, No. 17 A nt h on y A bi din, seemed to be evenly matched in the first, but Jack scored the first points of the match for the Wolfpack on a takedown with five seconds left in the first, giving him a 2-0 after one.

Jack wouldn’t look back from the early lead, scoring f ive more points between the remaining two rounds, earning a 6-1 win to put the Wolfpack up 12-9 with four bouts remaining on the night.

The lead was short-lived for the Wolfpack, as No. 5 Jake Suef lohn took on redshirt sophomore Beau

Donahue in the 149-pound bout. Donahue would fall behind early 2-0 after one and cou ldn’t reta ke t he lead at any point during the match, falling to Suef lohn 7-2, allowing the Cornhuskers to tie it again, 12-12.

With the meet dwindling down, No. 4 redshirt senior Tommy Gantt and No. 7 junior Max Rohskopf stepped up to make sure the Wolfpack would leave Lincoln with a win.

At 155 pounds, Gantt took on No. 15 Tyler Berger and got two quick downs to go up 4-1 after one period and didn’t look back, winning his bout with a major decision, 11-3 to improve 19-0 on the year and put the

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Wolfpack loses close one to Blue Devils at Cameron Drew Nantais Sports Editor

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Cameron Indoor Stadium is known for its electric atmosphere and loyal fans, the “Cameron Crazies.” The NC State men’s basketball team experienced first-hand just how difficult and disruptive of a place it can be, as it fell to the rival Duke Blue Devils 88-80 Saturday in Durham.

Bad luck is the only way to describe State’s first half against the Blue Devils (17-6, 6-4 ACC). The Pack (12-12, 2-9 ACC) played the Blue Devils close throughout the half, as Duke never pulled ahead by more than 10.

Much like the last meeting between these two teams, the Blue Devils ran a full-court press for most of the half to try to slow down junior Anthony “Cat” Barber. It seemed to work, as Barber was surprisingly quiet in the half, scoring only nine points on 3-of-6 shooting. Barber’s first points didn’t come until midway through the first half, when he crossed up Duke freshman Derryck Thornton and nailed a beautiful 3-pointer. “[Cat’s] a good player, and he’s going to find his spots,” head coach Mark Gottfried said.

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Junior guard Anthony “Cat” Barber cuts and drives along the baseline in the Wolfpack’s 80-88 loss to Duke Saturday. Barber racked up 26 points, 6 assists, and grabbed 4 rebounds in the loss at Cameron Indoor Stadium.

“He’s got great spirit, kept playing hard. He was terrific, just absolutely terrific today.”

Duke freshman Luke Kennard has struggled all season and was due for a big game. Kennard was a killer from beyond the arc — he made six of his 11 3-pointers on the day. Several

defensive breakdowns by the Pack gave Kennard open looks all day, and he converted on most of his opportunities.

“The guy who really hurt us was Kennard,” Gottfried said. “Luke’s been struggling, but he went and made some big shots for them.”

Freshman Maverick Rowan was pacing the Wolfpack offense, scoring 12 points on 4-of-7 shooting, including 3 of 6 from 3-point range.

Sophomore Abdul-Malik Abu was all over Duke’s frontcourt in the half, grabbing eight rebounds and scoring eight points.

As for the rest of State’s offense, the shots just weren’t falling. The Pack’s shot selection was great in the half, but it failed to convert on most of its opportunities.

Sophomore stud Grayson Allen led the Blue Devils with a team-high 12 points. Duke shot 53.6 percent from the floor in the half but entered the break only up six on State, 41-35.

The Wolfpack didn’t have a poor shooting half either, as it made 40.6 percent of its shots in the first half.

When the second half started, the Pack came out firing on all cylinders. Barber and sophomore Cody Martin were making plays, Abu was finishing around the basket and the Pack was playing fantastic defense.

However, State suffered through a major shooting slump after taking a 50-49 lead early in the second half. State went 1 for 11 from the field over a seven-minute stretch, and Duke capitalized on the Pack’s shooting woes. The Blue Devils went on an 18-4 run to take a 67-

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Club hockey wins conference title, crushes High Point Garrison Rountree Correspondent

The NC State club hockey team won its final home game of the season, defeating the High Point Panthers 14-1 Friday.

After a successful regular season, that momentum carried over to senior night when the Wolfpack (17-2, 11-0 ACCHL) crushed the Panthers (1-8, 0-6 ACCHL) 14-1 in its last home game of the year, clinching its fourth-consecutive ACCHL regular season title in the process.

The Wolfpack dominated from

the start, as senior Dan Blue netted the opening goal within the first 25 seconds of play. This early advantage was immediately doubled when sophomore Will Biberdorf scored less than two minutes later.

Despite efforts by the Panthers to restrain the Pack, NC State led 7-1 at the end of the first period. This start was a stark contrast from the last time these two teams faced earlier this season at High Point — a game that saw the Pack trail 3-0 early but ultimately prevail 11-3.

In the second period, the storyline remained largely the same. Biberdorf reached a hat trick, adding two

more goals to his individual tally.

By the end of the second period of play, the Pack had garnered five more goals and now led by a margin of 12-1.

The Wolfpack score-fest only began to taper off well into the third period, as the High Point Panthers’ goalie made several saves under relentless Wolfpack pressure.

By the time the game clock ran out, the Wolfpack had a convincing 14-1 victory, only one goal behind matching an all-time team record of most goals scored in a game.

The overall team performance, that saw goals from six out of seven

seniors, illustrates the overall depth of the team.

“We’re just really deep this year, every line has got players that can make plays,” Biberdorf said. “We’ve got great chemistry this year, and everyone is having fun out there.”

However, it’s more than depth that makes the team as successful as it has been. The team completed a rigorous training schedule, so the players were prepared for anything thrown at them.

“We practice on ice Tuesdays and Thursdays and then move to land Wednesday and Sunday,” Biberdorf said. “We practice at the Raleigh

IcePlex, Carmichael Gym, Miller Fields, CrossFit or wherever we can get a workout in.”

The dividends of team depth and hard work are further nourished by the team’s close relationship off the ice.

“We work out off ice and work on legs, power movements and acceleration,” freshman Tyler Alfonzetti said. “It comes with our stamina, strength, speed and agility. But another part is our team chemistry, where we’re all off ice hanging out, getting along and joking around.

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