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Shaquille O’Neal sworn in as reserve police officer

Former NBA star Shaquille O’Neal has officially been sworn in as a reserve police officer in South Florida. The Doral Police Chief swore O’Neal in during a ceremony on Tuesday afternoon. O’Neal applied for the position in September, and has chosen not receive a salary. He will also cover his own insurance costs.

O’Neal’s plan is to commute to his new position from his homes in Fort Lauderdale and Orlando, and his work will primarily include work within the community, such as serving as a role model for Florida children. O’Neal served as a reserve police officer in both Miami Beach and Golden Beach in Florida as well as in Tempe, Arizona and the Port of Los Angeles.

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specific electives so that students are able to take more classes during their time in college and are able to add a minor if they choose.

Now that the bill has passed, Student Government will lobby the legislation to the administration, the Division of Academic and Stu-

The Talley Governance Chambers was nearly full for the first Student Senate meeting of the semester on Wednesday evening.

New in his role as student senate president, Cody Long said he aims to transform the Student Senate into a body for advocacy, with efforts to do so beginning this semester.

“I want to make sure that each and every student starts feeling something for this university,” said Long, a sophomore studying history.

“Even if it’s something small, we will become something much better.”

The NC State Student Senate swore in Long on Jan. 6 after former Student Senate President Alex Grindstaff was forced to step down due to a university rule that students found responsible for a student conduct violation are not eligible to participate in Student Government.

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Student Senate President Cody Long advises the Student Senate body to “raise [their] hands as high as [they] could.” Subsequently, he requested that they raise their hands even higher. Long used this demonstration to convey his desire for the NC State Student Governement to give 110 percent in their efforts to better the university this year.

Senate votes to offer technical students more free electives Lindsay Smith Staff Writer

After heavy debate, the NC State Student Senate passed the Free Electives Act Wednesday night in the Talley Governance Chamber.

Because of the large amount of re-

strictive college-specific electives for students in the College of Engineering, College of Textiles and College of Sciences, many of the students in those colleges aren’t able to take a significant number, if any, free electives.

The legislation proposed that colleges reduce the amount of major-

Shaw joins NCSU at Volunteer Fair

TEDxNCSU now accepting applications

The Union Activities Board is now accepting applications and nominations for speakers for TEDxNCSU: THINK & DO. This year’s edition of the annual event will emphasize ideas and action. TEDxNCSU will spotlight members of the NC State and Raleigh communities who act as storytellers, innovators, scientists, performers and change agents. Speaker applications and speaker nominations are open until Feb. 20. Information about the application is available on the UAB website. TED is a nonprofit that hosts global conferences dedicated to hosting speakers with “Ideas Worth Spreading.”

TEDx events are smaller events, organized in the spirit of the larger nonprofit, that feature short talks, demonstrations and performance by accomplished members of the local community.

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CBS announces more Grammy performers

CBS announced Wednesday that Sam Smith will perform at the 57th Grammy awards ceremony, making his official Grammy debut. Seven-time winner Pharrell Williams will also return to perform at the ceremony. Miranda Lambert and Usher have also been confirmed to perform. These artists join the previouslyannounced performers Madonna, Ariana Grande, Ed Sheeran, AC/DC and Eric Church who will be performing at the awards on Feb. 8 at 8 p.m.

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Tractor-trailer crash scatters ramen noodles along I-95

A tractor-trailer driver hauling a truckload of ramen noodles crashed on southbound I-95 near Rocky Mount Wednesday morning after falling asleep at the wheel. The driver was not hurt, but packs of noodles were scattered along the highway following the crash. Police said the truck ran off the road, struck the guard rail and hit a bridge stretching over the interstate causing the truck filled with noodles to split in half. A section of the highway was temporarily closed down while workers cleaned the mess. The noodles were taken to a nearby landfill.

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“There is the possibility of moving very far backwards depending on how the Supreme Court rules,” said Darren Lipman, a senior studying mathematics and political science, as well as the president of the GLBT center at NC State.

Some proponents of the appeal, such as Republican Tim Moore, who was nominated as Speaker of the House in North Carolina, have

NC State’s Volunteer Fair sponsored by the Department of Social Work collaborated with Shaw University for the first time Wednesday at the biannual event in the Talley Student Union Ballroom.

This year’s Volunteer Fair was the first time NC State has collaborated with another college for the event, according to Barbara Zelter, a senior lecturer of social work and an organizer of the event. More than 60 students from both NC State and Shaw University visited 32 vendors pitching their volunteer opportunities to attendees.

During the last semester of the social work major, students are required to volunteer four days per week in place of typical classes, Zelter said. This event was a way to help students connect with companies where they can complete these requirements.

“This event is a great way to network and find a position as a volunteer, intern or even more,” said Ashley Shaw, an event organizer as well as a graduate student and teacher’s assistant in the Department of Social Work.

Zelter said the event’s goal was to help students find opportunities to gain real field experience, which is

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Darren Lipman, a senior studying mathematics and political science and the president of the GLBT center at NC State, and his fiancé Harel Dario Deschamps Sacal pose in front of the Bellas Artes Palace in Mexico City, April 2014. “My fiancé is a Mexican citizen so it’s difficult for him to come to the U.S., which is why I’ve flown to him as often as I could,” Lipman said. “We’re in the process of applying for a fiancé visa so he can come to the U.S. permanently and we can get married. This has been possible only since SCOTUS said the federal government must extend federal benefits to married same-sex couples in June 2013.”

LGBT community responds to upcoming Supreme Court case Russ Ash Staff Writer

What once seemed like a settled dispute in North Carolina has resurfaced in the form of an appeal to the Supreme Court.

I n Oc tob er, t he propos e d amendment to the state constitution which included the state’s right to not recognize or perform same-sex marriages known as

Amendment One was declared unconstitutional in federal court, thus legalizing same-sex marriage in North Carolina. Now legislative leaders in the state are trying to undo this decision.

Since the proposed amendment was found unconstitutional, many same-sex couples in North Carolina have been married and could potentially be facing a difficult situation depending on what the

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Should the U.N. Declare a Palestinian State?

Palestinians have asked the U.N. for statehood recognition, but would this really lead to an Israeli-Palestinian peace— or to a viable Palestinian state?

In 1947, the United Nations proposed independent states for Arabs and Jews, but the Arabs rejected this plan.

Since then, Israel has made many offers of land for peace, all of which the Arabs rejected. In 2013, Arab Palestinians again walked out of peace talks and instead recently approached the U.N. to recognize their state.

But can the U.N. dictate an Israeli-Palestinian peace . . . or create a Palestinian state?

What are the facts?

Over the past 66 years, since Israel’s formation, the Palestinians have had numerous opportunities to create a sovereign state. Following Israel’s repulsion of three invading Arab armies in 1967, the Jewish state offered to negotiate peace with the Arabs and to return land captured during that war. The Arabs rejected this overture with their famous Khartoum Resolution: “No peace with Israel, no recognition of Israel and no negotiations with it.”

Decades later, during U.S.sponsored peace negotiations with the Palestinians in 2000, 2001 and 2008, Israel offered the Palestinians most of its ancient Jewish lands, Judea and Samaria (the West Bank), plus Gaza, plus a capital in Jerusalem for their state, but the Palestinians rejected each of these offers.

At the heart of the Palestinians’ refusal to accept a lasting peace is their steadfast rejection of the demand that they accept Israel as the nation state of the Jewish state.

Would it bring peace if the U.N. were to unilaterally recognize a Palestinian state? A peace accord between Israel and the Palestinians must resolve many thorny issues for both sides. What should the borders of a new Palestinian state be, since no borders ever existed?

How should the nations share Jerusalem? How can Israel be assured of security in light of existential threats from the Palestinian terror group, Hamas, which insists that Israel must be destroyed, as well as from terrorists such as the Islamic State and al Qaeda, both based in nearby Syria? If Israel relinquishes the territories it controls, what guarantees does it have that the Palestinians will finally accept its existence— and not continue the six-decade Arab effort to obliterate the Jewish state? Unfortunately, a recent poll shows that a 60% majority of Palestinians still believe their goal should be to conquer all of Israel, from the

Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea. Surely a U.N. resolution recognizing a Palestinian state cannot possibly address, let alone resolve these issues. Rather, Israel and the Palestinians must continue the arduous path to peace—and to a Palestinian state—that can be achieved only through negotiations.

Would U.N. recognition lead to a secure and viable Palestinian state? Palestinian institutions are currently so weak that it’s doubtful their state could currently survive on its own.

Despite tens of billions of dollars donated primarily by the U.S. and European nations to aid the Palestinians, their economy is in shambles, with few viable industries and a crumbling infrastructure.

Indeed, without continued international aid of more than a billion dollars annually, the economy would likely collapse. In addition, the Palestinian political system is dysfunctional, riven by corruption and infighting verging on civil war. Because the Palestinians have held no elections since 2005, President Mahmoud Abbas is now in his tenth year of a four-year term.

According to a 2013 European Union audit, some $2.7 billion in international aid to the Palestinians is unaccounted for, believed to have been siphoned off to corrupt leaders within Abbas’ ruling Fatah party.

Billions more aid dollars have been diverted to help Hamas build rockets and tunnels used to attack Israeli civilians. Finally, continued violent disputes between Fatah in the West Bank and Hamas in Gaza make their “unity government” incapable of governance. In fact, most analysts believe that if Israel were to withdraw its security forces from the West Bank, Hamas would quickly seize control there, too, turning the Palestinian territories into another terrorist state. In short, no decree by the United Nations can give the Palestinians the strength and stability necessary to manage the rigorous, high-stakes demands of statehood.

A majority of Palestinians still believe their goal should be to conquer all of Israel.

A unilateral U.N. declaration of Palestinian statehood cannot resolve the fundamental disagreements between Israel and its Arab neighbors, especially the requirement that the Palestinians accept the Jewish state. In addition, such a U.N. resolution will not address the disarray and instability within Palestinian society that makes statehood functionally unrealistic at this time. Perhaps most importantly, a U.N. declaration would only encourage Palestinians to believe that negotiations with Israel are unnecessary to reach their goals—that they can achieve statehood without resolving the tough issues that have to date made it illusive. Thus the U.S. and other U.N. Security Council members must continue to vote against and, if necessary, veto attempts by the Palestinians to avoid good-faith peace talks with Israel.

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Arthur Freeman, a sophomore studying philosophy, signs an interest sheet for the Alliance of Disability Advocates at the Volunteer Career Fair in Talley Ballroom Wednesday. The Alliance of Disability Advocates is helps people with disabilities to live independently. Since Freeman liked the idea of independence as a concept and wanted to explore how they help people, he was attracted to the venue. “I love the notion that disability as defined from the perspective of the disabled, whether they feel limited in life,” Freeman said.

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the best way to help students obtain jobs.

“While they’re in school this is the best way we can prepare them for the actual jobs they will have in the future,” Zelter said. “Here at NC State, we call it ‘high-impact learning.’”

NC State and Shaw University plan to work with one another to offer volunteer opportunities in the future. Meredith College was invited to also plan the event this year because it also has a prominent social work department, but declined.

Both representatives from Easter Seals United Cerebral Palsy and Capital Area Teen Court said they had a good turnout with multiple students from both NC State and Shaw University showing interest.

Shaw University student Davis Nyaboga, a senior studying social work, said the event was an opportunity for students in the Department of Social Work to see how their lives may look after graduation.

“These are the agencies we will be working with in the future,” Nyaboga said.

Shaw University also hopes to unite the Phi Alpha fraternities of both campuses. Phi Alpha is a co-ed fraternity focused on social work,

according to Bryan Speight, a senior studying social work at Shaw University who helped plan the fair.

“The collaboration of today was a success, and we hope to collaborate more and keep branching out in our Raleigh community,” Speight said.

Cambrea Borders, a senior studying social work at Shaw University who also helped plan the event, said it will “better our community” for the universities to continue to work together.

Speight and Borders are the president and vice president of the Student Social Work Association at Shaw University. When NC State reached out to Shaw University, Speight and Borders said they were happy a chance came along to work more with their community and one of their neighboring universities.

Shaw University’s Student Social Work Association has conducted a number of volunteer projects lately, such as feeding homeless people on Thanksgiving, coordinating food drives for charity and donating career-development clothing.

Crystal Faison, a senior studying social work at NC State, said the organization of the event was better this year due to the location change to the Talley Ballroom. “[The Volunteer Fair] worked better to help set up student networks and get involved in their community,” Faison said.

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argued that those who voted for Amendment One represent the will of the state, according to The News & Observer.

Lipman said he doesn’t think this claim holds up to scrutiny given that the voter turnout for the primary was 35 percent.

“They keep saying that the will of North Carolina was Amendment One, but if you really look at the numbers that’s not the case,” Lipman said. “Public opinion polls show that same-sex marriage is favored by upwards of 60 and 70 percent. That is significantly greater than the 20 percent [of the population in North Carolina] who voted for Amendment One in 2012.”

Renee Wells, the director of the GLBT Center, similarly said the data seem to suggest that opinions about the topic are largely in favor of supporting same-sex marriage.

“When you look at the map and you look at the cultural shift that’s happened in the last year in terms of states that have now gone forward with legalization, it seems very clear that this is something that’s already been decided,” Wells said.

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During a discussion at the meeting, Student Body President Rusty Mau said students should be aware of the fact that UNC System President Tom Ross has been forced to step down from his position by the UNC System Board of Governors, but will serve in the role for one more year.

Mau said Chancellor Randy Woodson and administrators are aware of the situation and they are keeping their eye on the situation, as the change of power could potentially impact the university.

“It’s a very pivotal point for North Carolina and potentially NC State,” Mau said.

Mau also discussed his opposition to the UNC System Board of Governors proposed $30 Campus Safety Fee, which all students would have to pay beginning next year if the fee is approved when the board meets in February.

nationwide, Wells said she doesn’t get the impression that students in the GLBT community at NC State are particularly worried about a reversal.

“I think people’s perception right now is that this is all really just talk and it’s not really going to go anywhere,” Wells said. “We’ve already moved forward as a state and people are getting married. My sense from students is that they’re not afraid that it’s going to be reversed.”

According to Lipma n, however, there is room for legitimate concern.

Lipman said he gets the sense that the current discussion is not necessarily over the constitutionality of same-sex marriage, but whether or not a state has the right to def ine what marriage is.

“It comes down to what the Supreme Court decides,” Lipman said. “It’s now a more state’s rights issue rather than a strictly marriage issue, so it gets into these strange intersections of different parts of the law.”

As a member of LGBT community, Lipman said even if the legalization of same-sex marriage ends up getting repealed in North Carolina, he would still feel comfortable as a resident of North Carolina.

“If I’m comfortable living in North Carolina today and in 2012, I don’t think that

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Morgan Allen, right, celebrates immediately after sealing her wedding vows with her wife Ginger Wells. Allen and Wells, both from Knightdale, North Carolina applied for their marriage license just minutes after a Friday evening ruling from a federal district judge declared illegal North Carolina’s constitutional amendment barring same-sex marriage illegal. The two were married in Nash Square, across the street from the courthouse, at approximately 6:30 p.m. Friday.

would change,” he said. “I would certainly be more motivated to get out there and start lobby ing w ith other people. The interesting thing about the LGBT rights movement is that a lot of it does happen at the policy level, but a lot of it is just mobilizing grassroots efforts and building bridges to those groups who are currently opposed to equal rights and helping them understand why they’re impor-

Out of every student’s fee, $5 would go toward administration costs for the UNC System and $25 will go toward funding campus safety infrastructure at UNC System schools, with no guarantee that all of NC State’s students’ money will come back to the NC State.

“I was the first to respond and said fundamentally I disagree with any mandated fee from the BOG specifically when that money is paid for by an NC State student and doesn’t all come back to our campus,” Mau said Mau said if campus safety infrastructure is a priority for the state and the UNC system, it is something North Carolina should provide or figure out how fund without mandating a fee on the backs of students.

The bill is contentious within the Board of Governors because it would allow funds to be taken from NC State and directed to other smaller universities, according to Mau. “As your student body president I do not agree with your money going to other campus-

tant.”

Wells said she thinks others in the LGBT community in North Carolina would ta ke a similar approach should the Supreme Court decide to reverse the legalization.

“Cer ta i n ly people a re always going to be frustrated whenever they feel that they’re in a place that doesn’t value them, and t here cou ld potent ia l ly be people who wanted to

es,” Mau said.

Long said students shouldn’t be satisfied with how the Student Government has been running so far, but he hopes to see changes in the future.

“NC State is one of the few universities that has such a strong student voice,” Long said.

Long urged students to join and become involved in Student Government.

“I don’t think people really know what the university is until they’re actively engaged, until you’re emotionally invested in the decisions that are being made,” Long said.

Also at the meeting, five students were officially appointed to Student Senate: Evan Sugar, a junior studying zoology, Diya Sashidhar, a senior studying applied mathematics, Maggie Fleishman, a sophomore studying fashion and textile management, Jamie Plummer, a junior studying polymer and chemistry and Emily Jenio, a freshman studying textile technology.

leave,” Wells said. “But I do think that there’s a lot of energy and a lot of people who can and would stay here and make the argument and fight for their rights.”

As someone who has plans to get married in North Carolina, Lipman said the appeal is something he thinks about on a daily basis.

“It is especially in the forefront of what I think about daily because I would like to be able to get married where

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dent Affairs and the vice provosts, according to Student Senate President Cody Long.

While it is ideal for students to have many options for a well-rounded education, some participants made arguments for keeping the electives as they currently stand.

Student Body President Rusty Mau pointed to the fact that for most engineers to become certified to work, they must take the Fundamentals of Engineering exam, which requires knowledge from the advanced coursework that engineers currently take.

Members of the Student Senate discussed that the point of GEP requirements is to allow students a balanced education that still supplies a strict focus in major.

Senators also decided to send the Inclusion Act to Committee, a piece of legislation that members of Student Government have been trying to pass since the beginning of December.

This piece of legislation is intended to promote diversity and equality throughout campus, according to Elder.

The act would work to benefit diversity groups on campus, such as the Afrikan American Student Advisory Council, that do not have proper funds to host events and awareness activities at NC State, Elder said.

Recent events in Ferguson, Missouri, and New York City have brought light to issues of discrimination and racial tensions in the U.S. Along with helping to provide funds, this piece of legislation would be a way for the university to make a statement that

all of my friends and family could easily come and join us,” Lipman said. “I know college students maybe generally aren’t always thinking about marriage immediately, but for those who are it is a very important and very validating thing to know that you can go and legally get married, and have it recognized by the people where you live.”

encourages diversity and promotes equal treatment of peers amidst the current events.

A debate over certain aspects of the legislation halted a proposed fast track of the bill. Some members of Senate felt that there could be more done with the bill to make a “bold statement.” The Inclusion Act was moved to a later date in order to be further discussed by the committee of Government Relations and Oversight.

Student Body President Rusty Mau spoke about the bill at the meeting.

“I don’t think there is a doubt in this room that we want to fight these issues on our campus, across our state, and across the nation,” Mau said. “But we do have a little bit of time to make a bold statement.

I hope everyone will look at this with a hopeful attitude.”

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lassEval, the end-ofsemester survey for students to evaluate the instruction of all university courses, isn’t the only way to share what you think Ian Grice about your Staff Columnist professors.

Online instruction review sites are meeting a growing demand to inform students what instructors already know: what students who have previously taken the course think about it.

Websites such as Rate My Professor give students the information to make educated and informed choices when it comes time to register for classes.

They meet a need that other class evaluations, such as NC State’s ClassEval, don’t. Online review sites allow students to share their concerns and experiences with other potential students and the instructor via a transparent medium.

Some Yale students developed a website that allowed students to enroll in courses and, at the same time, read reviews from students about the various courses and professors they might face. However, the Yale administration shut the site down, controversially labeling the site “malicious,” in Jan. 2014.

But what makes the reviews on non-affiliated sites any different than what people write on ClassEvals? It’s likely people are more honest on sites not associated with the university or that they reply to university-administered evaluations with a bias or fear that anything too “malicious” might get them in trouble.

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do to improve their instruction and for their supervisor to review. Or, as has been the case in my personal experience, tenured faculty members tend to ignore recommendations and criticisms students make and instead continue their unhelpful practices.

That is what I dread. Sometimes you’re unlucky and have only one available class session required for your major. If you’re very unlucky, it’s only a prerequisite. Then you read the bad reviews for the instructor after enrolling.

When you can’t avoid a class with a bad instructor, you have to suck it up.

But just because some people may not be able to avoid taking certain classes doesn’t make posting reviews online unimportant. In fact, it is important that students post reviews to non-university sites, so students can gain a better understanding of other students’ experiences.

Especially now that students complete ClassEvals online, students who take the time to write detailed reviews can copy and paste them to online sites such as Rate My Professor. In fact, this may be the most important part of rating our professors, as the written reviews can prove far more valuable than the numeric ratings.

Some students will dislike something that another student will have enjoyed, so you’ll have to read with your critical thinking hat. You’ll also be able to tell which students probably deserved to fail, and you can take that into account as well.

It’s been my experience that professors rated above three or four are good, but professors rated below three are usually awful.

There is a problem in that NC State students don’t review very many classes, evi-

denced by professors’ urging their students to complete ClassEvals and the low amount of reviews for any given professor on Rate My Professor. A change in this habit would help the peers outside their social group navigate the scheduling to find the right teacher for them.

Now that students can only drop classes until the census date and can only withdraw 16 credit hours during their college career, it is more important than ever that they get a good fit right off the bat.

Fewer students dropping or failing means fewer wasted resources for the university and saved money, trouble and time for the students.

The ClassEval survey has 12 closed-ended questions, three open-ended questions. On top of that, deans, department heads and instructors may add a limited number of their own questions.

Instructors are supposed to use the evaluations to improve instruction while department heads use them in annual reviews.

Sites such as Rate My Professor tell students the helpfulness, clarity and easiness of a class along with whether attendance is mandatory and if the textbooks are really required.

You might want to know if the teacher is a tough grader, gives good feedback, if there is clear grading criteria, how intensive the classwork is and whether the reviewer would take the course again.

By using both ClassEval and sites similar to Rate My Professor, both students and faculty can work toward better semesters.

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serves as yet another barrier to a woman’s right to make informed healthcare decisions.

Our Women’s Health Center offers information on “Crisis Pregnancy Centers” but limited information on abortion and adoption care. These so-called “Crisis Pregnancy Centers”, masquerading as comprehensive health clinics, often manipulate pregnant women by providing biased and medically inaccurate information on abortion and birth control. Our own Women’s Health Center has pamphlets for CPCs in its waiting room but little information on other reproductive health options.

As a student, as a woman and as a human being, I deserve better. I deserve to attend a public university that provides comprehensive and factual healthcare information. I deserve to attend a university that respects my reproductive autonomy and my dignity.

I deserve to live in a state that allows me to make my own healthcare choices, free from coercion and intrusive regulation. I deserve to attend a university in a state that upholds and protects my right to make the safest and most informed decisions about my own body. Forty-two years after Roe legally established this right, the fight for reproductive justice for all women is not over.

This week we recognize the 42nd anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that protects a woman’s right to reproductive choice. Reproductive decisions extend far beyond the doctor’s office. A woman’s right to control her reproductive health is the most basic and critical element of her autonomy.

Without this fundamental human right, women’s voices are silenced, their independence is threatened, and ultimately, political, economic and social gender equality is still just a distant possibility. Forty-two years ago the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legally recognized my right to control my own body.

And while I’m grateful that I have grown up in a post-Roe society, its legal precedent has still yet to be fully transformed into a reality.

Roe’s legal acknowledgement of a woman’s right to choose has not ensured equal access to reproductive healthcare.

Since Roe prevents our General Assembly from entirely outlawing abortion, the legislature has instead passed restrictive legislation. These restrictions include requiring women seeking abortion care to undergo distressing mandatory ultrasounds and medically unnecessary laws like dictating the width of a clinic’s door frames. Even here on NC State’s campus, a lack of equal and accurate medical information

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hat might happen if sororities could host parties the same way that fraternities do? The New York Times published an article, “Sorority anti-rape idea: Drinking on own turf,” which provoked just that idea on Tuesday.

In the Times, the case for the idea that sororities throwing their own parties versus just attending parties fraternities host is that it might Annie Grant lower a sorority member’s Staff Columnist chance of being sexually assaulted, as well as the percentage of those sexually assaulted on college campuses. Those in support of this system change said they believe that if sororities are hosting parties, there is more control placed in the hands of the women in the sorority.

For instance, the article quotes Dania Roach, a senior who participates in sorority life. “I would definitely feel safer at a sorority party,” she said. “It’s the home-court advantage.”

The Times also quoted Amber McLeod, a junior at George Washington University, who said girls who throw parties are more protective than the men at frat parties, which she likened to a hunting ground. “[Girls] just keep an eye on each other,” McLeod said.

They think that this will result in a lowered chance of a fraternity member having the power to take advantage of someone.

Though the article acknowledges that this change would in no way end sexual assault, it makes the case that it might make a difference in numbers by placing control in the hands of sororities rather than fraternities.

Maybe this approach would diminish some sexual assault, maybe it wouldn’t. It really is difficult to tell. But this is not the real issue at hand.

The real problem is in the mindset that the battle has already been lost and all that can be done is try to prevent large numbers of sexual assault.

Unfortunately, this approach is one of

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Instead of creating an atmosphere for fewer sexual assaults to take place, it is time to teach people not to do it altogether. Education on this subject is important in informing people of what sexual assault can entail and how it can be ended.

The Greek system has done a poor job of powering against sexual assault on college campuses and needs to make serious improvements in the way these instances are handled. Too many fraternities never undergo any penalties or consequences when sexual assault takes place in their houses. There have been numerous instances in which fraternities make light of sexual assault, or encourage it on social media sites or in fraternity-wide emails. This shows that there is still ignorance in our country involving sexual assault and that there is a long way to go in showing the severity of it. Until it is taken seriously in the Greek system and on a national scale, no one will take it seriously.

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‘Marvel’s Agent Carter’ explores glass ceiling Holden Broyhill Correspondent

The Mar vel Cinematic Universe has made an impact on the big screen since its inception that is now, with the addition of Agent Carter, now being sharedon the small screen.

Ma r vel ha s c ra f ted a shared universe that contains nine films and now two television series, each working with various characters introduced in the films. “Agent Carter” follows the post WWII exploits of Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell), introduced in “Captain America : The First Avenger,” as she adjusts to life after the allied victory and the loss of Steve Rogers, also known as Captain America.

C a r t e r w a s i nvo l ve d with developing the super soldier program used to transform Rogers into the muscular hero clad in stars and stripes. “Agent Carter” details Carter’s transition from a respected ally in the fight against Hydra to an under-appreciated agent for the SSR. “Agent Carter” also welcomes the return of Howard Stark (Dominic Cooper), another fan favorite from

“Captain America: The First Avenger.” Much like his son in his debut f ilm (“Iron Man”), Stark has a difficult time dealing with the consequences of people stealing his inventions. However, the two Stark men differ in their responses to the situation. While Tony donned a suit of armor, Howard was faced with treason chargers and fled the country to find answers.

Stark pleads with Carter to help prove his innocence and find those responsible before the weapons can be used, and before he gets caught and thrown in jail.

Carter agrees to help Stark after he reminds her of how the men of her office treat her as a secretary instead of an agent. When Carter accepts, Stark introduces her to his butler Edwin Jarvis (James D’Arcy), who agrees to assist Carter in any way possible. Fans of the MCU might recognize Jarvis as the name of Tony Stark’s personal AI system.

One of the most delightful aspects of the show is the interaction between Carter and Jarvis’ mild-mannered persona. Their interaction played out in a world of espionage and excitement makes for comedic and heartfelt

dialogue. Fans will enjoy Jarvis’ subtle references to his wife Anna, who he fears won’t approve of his more adventurous exploits to help Stark.

She is not the cookie-cutter “strong female character” shows often include to try to pass for female empowerment. She is a female character with agency who happens to be strong, bullheaded, overly nosy, and one who has a bit of a hero complex. She’s imperfect, relatable, three-dimensional, and she carries the show.

The show ma nages to avoid the two easiest traps for lead female characters.

First of all, in order to make them “badass” directors often have them completely reject their femininity— they “aren’t like the other girls.” Carter doesn’t do this—she has several close female friends, and those relationships are shown to have substance. Her bathroom is full of perfumes.

She isn’t over her lost love.

If directors don’t do that, they make the character physically strong but overly sexualized to the point of impracticality. Again, Carter escaped this fate. She’s attractive, yes, but that’s not all she is. This is shown well

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in her fighting choreography. Unlike many stylized and feminine fighters that we see in action movies, who do backf lips and spin-kicks all over the screen, Carter’s plan is usually to beat the bad guys using various blunt objects and extreme force.

It’s rather cathartic—it’s almost as if Carter is taking out her frustrations with her workplace discrimination.

Moreover, her struggle with gender expectations is an excellent statement on

our history, and present, of gender inequality. The situations she faces are extreme but relatable. For instance, she is often overlooked. She uses this to her advantage— she is a spy, after all—but the fact of the matter is that many characters underestimate and ignore her because of her sex. Her co-workers focus on her mistakes in order to deny her opportunities, a perfect example of confirmation bias. Carter’s sexuality is policed by her

apartment manager.

Not only is it actionpacked, it’s a period piece that combines the struggle against evil with the struggle of women in post-WWII America (the fifth episode is called “The Iron Ceiling,” after all). “Agent Carter” not only details the life of a secret agent but the difficulties of women in the workforce.

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Mercur y in retrograde: A reason to look up Sarah Keener Staff Writer

Mercury is now in retrograde, an astronomical event occurring three to four times per year that astrologers claim affects technology and the way humans communicate. Astronomers can explain this phenomenon with science that humans did not possess hundreds of years ago.

Whether or not you think astrology is credible, the mercury retrograde is still a great opportunity to learn about astronomy or visit an observatory.

Mercury is closer to the sun than Earth is and can only be seen at twilight—just before dawn or after sundown. Mercury appears to be moving backward across the night sky during these times and will be doing so until Feb. 11. Like Venus, for example, Mercury is an inner planet and can’t be seen during the day. It is closer to the sun than Earth is—just as Jupiter is an outer planet because it is farther from the sun than Earth.

“You can see the retrogrades and the apparent backup motions of the outer planets; you can’t see them

from the inner planets— but you can calculate when they occur. It just became one other thing [humans noticed] that the planets do and astrologers began to put meaning behind it,” said Stephen Reynolds, a physics professor at NC State. “Astrology fails every test of the scientific theory. It has no physical mechanism for operating.”

Hundreds of years ago, astronomers thought Earth was the center of the universe, but after Copernicus introduced the heliocentric system, astronomers were able to better understand and explain the movement of the celestial bodies in the night sky, according to Reynolds.

“It’s just [Earth] goes faster, so as we pass [outer planets] on the inside, they appear to be backing up,” Reynolds said. “You see the same thing when you’re in a car and you go around a turn on the inside lane, passing someone on the outside.

When you watch them, they appear to back up with respect to the buildings behind them. That’s just the property of the relative motions.”

Although an interesting reason to look toward the

sky, not everyone holds stock in the astrological aspects of Mercury retrograde.

“I don’t think that mercury retrograde has anything to do with how we communicate at all. I think, on a fundamental level, we all follow our own course of communication throughout our daily lives,” said Ethan Thompson, a sophomore studying communication. “I don’t think there is any other influencing factor other than ourselves and our environment. I don’t think astrology has any place in that.”

Even though the two sometimes get confused for each other, astronomy and astrology are two very different fields, and many people are skeptical about astrology.

“Though astronomy and astrology have both been around for many years, there is one big difference between them: Astronomy is the only one that is based in scientific fact. Though it has been tested time and time again, astrology has failed almost every scientific test and, at best, is closer to random guessing,” said Elise McDow, a junior studying agricultural and environmental technology. “Although it’s a cool astronomical event, I do

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An analemma of mercury while it is in retrograde. The yellow line indicates which direction Mercury moves from our perspective on Earth while it is orbiting the sun.

not believe it affects us in any shape or form. Fine by me if you believe in astrology, just know that it’s more for fun and less for determining the outcome of your life.”

Whether you hold stock in the astrological side of it or just find the movement of planets fascinating, Mercury retrograde is a good remind-

er for everyone to take time and note the changes happening around us.

“I would just like people to get out there and start looking at the sky,” Reynolds said.

The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences will partner with the Raleigh Astronomy Club on Saturday

and Sunday for Astronomy Days 2015. Attendees have the opportunity to meet NASA astronaut Andrew Feustel and learn about Pluto and the outer planets through different exhibits and activities.

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each of the Pack’s six losses this season, the team has failed to score 70 points or more, and in its 12 wins, the team has only scored under 70 twice.

As expected, sophomore guards Miah Spencer and Dominique Wilson have carried the Pack’s scoring burden this season, with 14.6 and 14.3 points per game, respectively.

The Pack also kept it close in tough losses at No. 4 Louisville and Tulane and at home against the Golden Gophers of Minnesota, so there’s little doubt about the team’s perseverance and never-say-die mentality, but whether that translates to good basketball and statement wins against ranked opponents is still a question mark.

The Tar Heels roll into Thursday’s contest win-

ning seven of their last nine games. With three losses on the season to then-No. 16 Oregon State, then-No. 7 Notre Dame and a drudging at the hands of the Pitt Panthers, the Heels remain a formidable opponent for the Pack.

Sophomore guard Jessica Washington comes into the game after scoring a careerhigh 20 points off the bench for the Heels in their win over Clemson. For ward Stephanie Mavunga and guards Allisha Gray and Jamie Cherry also scored in double figures for Carolina.

Chapel Hill’s stingy defense has held up as the Heels have held their opponent to under 60 points on 10 different occasions this season.

Severa l elements surrounding this game may help sway favor toward the Pack. The Heels aren’t playing their best basketball as of late, splitting their last four games. This may also be a potential trap game for

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the team’s academics. The team has received many academic accolades over the years, including 107 gymnasts being named to the ACC’s academic honor roll and 105 athletes

the Tar Heels, as they have another rivalry game slated for Sunday at home against No. 15 Duke.

I nc lud i ng T hu rs d ay ’s game, of the Heels’ next seven games, four come against ranked opponents, so the mindset of the Tar Heels might be preoccupied to say the least. Another point to note: The Pack’s come-frombehind win on Sunday just might be the adrenaline shot this team needed to come out against UNC-CH with a tenacity State fans have yet to see this season.

After Thursday’s matchup with UNC-CH, the Pack travels to upstate New York to take on the No. 23 Syracuse Orange before embarking on a six-game stretch involving unranked teams.

The brunt of the schedule arrives in State’s last three games this season, as the Pack will take on No. 15 Duke, No. 17 Florida State and No. 6 Notre Dame.

earning spots on the East Atlantic Gymnastics League all-academic team.

Despite the ACC and NCAA rules for grades and athlete eligibility, Stevenson and the team develop their own goals for academics.

“We have stricter rules than everybody else,” Stevenson said. “We put our standards higher. The team does

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Junior guard Krystal Barrett fights her way into the paint during the game against North Carolina in Chapel Hill Jan. 9, 2014. Barrett had eleven points and seven rebounds in the Wolfpack’s 79-70 loss to the Tar Heels.

a lot of it themselves because we have goals. One of our goals is to have a 3.3 GPA as a team. That’s their expectation of themselves.”

Despite his long relationship with NC State gymnastics, Stevenson finds it easy to continue to motivate his gymnasts to perform at their highest level, while creating a fun and hardworking environment.

“I think this job is one of the best jobs in the world because I work with highly motivated and intelligent young women who generally go to class and stay out of trouble,” Stevenson said. “What else can you ask for as a college coach?”

The Wolfpack next travels to Denton, Texas to face the Texas Women’s University Jan. 25.

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is ranked in the “First Four In.” Although a head-to-head win would be key for the Wolfpack in clinching an NCAA Tournament berth, the biggest opportunity will be to prove it can win on the road.

NC State’s victory over Florida State is the Wolfpack’s only road win this season, and the team struggled in defeats against No. 2 Virginia and Purdue away from PNC Arena earlier this season. A tough win at BankUnited Center would do the team’s confidence wonders.

In addition to NC State’s 87-75 upset win over No. 5 Duke, Miami can also claim a convincing win over the Blue Devils in the past week as the Hurricanes cruised to a 90-74 win. The play of the Hurricanes caught the attention of NC State head coach Mark Gottfried who holds his team’s opponent in high regard.

“Miami carved up Duke like a side of fries,” Gottfried said. “We better get ourselves ready.”

Thursday kicks off another tough week for the Wolfpack, who will host No. 8 Notre Dame on Sunday.

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Wolfpack takes aim at ‘Canes Lonnie Poole to host 2018 NCAA Regionals The Lonnie Poole Golf Course was picked Wednesday to host the 2018 NCAA Regionals. This will be the third pick for the course, as it was selected for both 2014 and May 2015. The course, which has been described as a challenge for all, plays at about 7,307 yards with a par of 71. With heavy Scottish design, akin to Bethpage Black and Whistling Straits, the 250acre course has a massive amount of elevation changes.

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Simonin and Donovan drafted by MLS NC State men’s soccer players Conor Donovan and Clement Simonin were both drafted in the 2015 Major League Soccer draft.

Donovan, a freshman, recently signed a Generation Adidas deal, allowing him to leave college early and sign a contract with MLS. The central defender was selected 22nd by expansion side Orlando City SC. Simonin, who recently graduated and is attending graduate school at Mercer University, was selected ninth by Toronto FC. He is the highest picked NC State player ever in an MLS draft.

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Volleyball adds another recruit The NC State women’s volleyball team has added libero Kassie Kasper to the 2015 recruiting class. Kasper, a 5-foot-6 defensive specialist from Algonquin, Illinois, will join Sarah Konchan, a 6-foot outside hitter, and Becky Porter, a 6-foot-1 setter, as reinforcements for the 2015 year.

Kasper collected Harry D. Jacobs High School team MVP honors as a senior and junior. She was also a Daily Herald Fox Valley and Courier News All-Area selection in 2014 and 2013, and garnered a number of awards for performance both on and off the court.

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Although Selection Sunday stands nearly two months away, the two teams meeting at BankUnited Center in Miami Thursday night are squarely on the bubble.

For the NC State men’s basketball team (13-6, 4-2 ACC), this game is a golden opportunity to show the selection committee that it can win on the road. For the Miami Hurricanes (12-5, 2-2 ACC), Thursday is a tough ACC game against a dangerous opponent and a chance to add another quality win to their resume.

The Hurricanes are led by a pair of transfer guards, juniors Sheldon McClellan and Angel Rodriguez.

McClellan transferred to Miami after spending his freshman campaign at Texas and leads the Hurricanes in scoring with 15.4 points per game. Rodriguez spent his first season at Kansas State and has developed into a star in Coral Gables, averaging 14.5 points per game.

While the guards carry the offensive burden, Miami head coach Jim Larranaga also has a strong inside presence in junior center Tonye Jekiri, a 7-footer who averages 10.1 rebounds per game.

The Wolfpack is fresh off the heels of its win over Florida State in Tallahassee, a game in which the Wolfpack raced out to a large lead but had to stave off the Seminoles down the stretch.

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Freshman guard Anthony “Cat” Barber and freshman forward Lennard Freeman play defense during the game against Miami in PNC Arena March 1, 2014. The Wolfpack fell to the Hurricanes, 85-70.

Florida State had every opportunity to win the game and could not capitalize. A team like Miami will if given the chance. NC State will need junior guard Trevor Lacey (17.6 PPG) to have a performance like he had against Florida State, where he dropped 17 points after struggling mightily against No. 15 North Carolina. The matchup of Lacey and sophomore guard Anthony “Cat” Barber against the duo of Rodriguez and McClellan should be tantalizing.

Sophomore forwards Kyle Washington and BeeJay Anya will need to take advantage of a strong but not

great rebounding opponent. The Wolfpack ranks 35th nationally in rebounds and 10th in the nation in blocks per game.

The Hurricanes will be at a severe disadvantage in both of these categories, ranking 160th in rebounds and 170th in blocks. If the Wolfpack guards can limit the scoring ability of the ‘Canes guards, then the Wolfpack should be able to dominate inside, similar to the way it did against No. 5 Duke, where Anya recorded a career-high 14 points.

The two teams split their matchups in the 2013-2014 season, with both

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Stevenson leads Pack in 35th year

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Justine Turley Staff Writer

QUOTE OF THE DAY “I think this job is one of the best jobs in the world.”

Mark Stevenson Head gymnastics coach

ATHLETIC SCHEDULE Tomorrow WOMEN’S BASKETBALL AT NO.12 UNC-CHAPEL HILL Reynolds Coliseum, 7 P.M. MEN’S BASKETBALL V. MIAMI Miami, FL. 8 P.M. Friday TRACK BOB POLLOCK INVITATIONAL Clemson, S.C., All day TRACK HOKIE INVITE Blacksburg, VA.., All day

road teams claiming a victory. Last year, former Wolfpack forward T.J. Warren scored 27 points to lead NC State to a 56-55 win over the Hurricanes.

This will be the only meeting of the season between the Wolfpack and Hurricanes and could decide which team is smiling on Selection Sunday if they find themselves being directly compared.

Both teams are ranked by ESPN bracketologist Joe Lunardi as bubble teams for the 2015 NCAA Tournament. NC State is listed as one of the “First Four Byes,” while Miami

In his 35th season in charge, NC State gymnastics head coach Mark Stevenson has hig h hopes for his young squad, which was ranked first in the East Atlantic Gymnastics League preseason poll.

Despite its preseason praises, the team’s start to the 2015 season has hit a few bumps, with two tough home meets against a pair of nationally ranked opponents: No. 18 Washington and No. 15 Denver.

Although the Wolfpack finished second in both dual meets as a team, Stevenson and the squad gained confidence from a number of strong individual performances, while learning where the group can improve.

“Bot h teams were top-20 teams and that is where we need to get to,” Stevenson said. “We knew it was going to be a little bit of a struggle early on because we’re so young. In the first meet, about 12 of the routines

State seeks redemption against UNC Drew Nantais Staff Writer

program in its infancy, Stevenson has created both long-term and seasonal goals for the gymnastics team.

“Our main goal for this season is to win our conference championship,” Stevenson said.

“Beyond that, we want to move on to the first round of nationals and have a shot at being in the top two at that regional meet.”

Not only does Stevenson promote athletics, but he also emphasizes

After storming back from a 13-point deficit against Wake Forest Sunday, the NC State women’s basketball team hopes to carry that momentum into Thursday’s showdown as the Pack hosts No. 12 UNC-Chapel Hill.

The Wolf pack (12- 6, 3-2 ACC) has struggled in its last six games, playing .500 ball over that period. The Tar Heels (163, 3-2 ACC) last played Sunday as well, easily taking care of the Clemson Tigers 78-56.

Despite the recent struggles and some questionable losses, the Pack looks to regain its winning ways from just a season ago in order to gain momentum down the stretch heading into the ACC Tournament with hopes of earning a bid to the Big Dance.

These two teams met in Chapel Hill earlier this season, with the Tar Heels taking the cake 72-56.

The Pack shot 30 percent from the field (18 percent from beyond the arc) as only one player reached double figures for the Red and White.

Offense is key for the Pack: In

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Gymnastics head coach Mark Stevenson takes charge of the team in his 35th season.

were done by girls who have never competed in college before.”

Both meets were close losses for the Wolfpack.

Denver took home the win with a total score of 194.500, while NC State finished with 192.025.

The Wolf pack t ig htened the score difference against Washington, with the meet scores ending at 195.550 for the Huskies, and 194.15 for the Wolfpack.

“We were so seniorheavy last year, and it’s

been a good transition for the kids, but they had to get the jitters out in that first meet,” Stevenson said. “We improved by two points after the first meet and have another two points we can improve on easily. And we will get those points in a period of time as long as we can stay healthy.”

Stevenson has led NC State to the postseason 26 times; 2015 marks the start of his 35th year at the helm.

Since starting with the