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Upset with sunglasses companies, students start own business Correspondent

When two Raleigh-area students had problems buying sunglasses, they didn’t settle for less. Instead, they started their own company, which will launch its first line of products this summer Chase Denison, a senior at Apex High School and Kyle May, a sophomore in business administration at N.C. State, have been creating a product that they feel will fill a current niche in the market.

The two friends, who met eight years ago playing baseball, started Vybe Sunglasses, a business that will produce customizable sunglasses, in the spring of 2012. Pre-orders will be accepted March 15.

“We’re going to launch [pre-orders] on Indiegogo, a website for small businesses similar to Kickstarter, [March 15],” Dension said.

“We’re going to try and crowd fund

and see what happens.”

Denison and May said they were inspired to create Vybe because they are tired of spending money for expensive name brand sunglasses that were not exactly what they want.

“Instead of having to buy your Oakley’s or Ray-Ban’s for hundreds of dollars, you can just get a customizable pair,” May said. “This is addressing a definite problem in our generation.”

Denison, the Founder of Vybe Sunglasses, said he came up with the idea the day before his brother’s graduation, when he went into the Oakley store to buy a new pair of sunglasses.

“I was looking for a pair of completely matte black pair with matte black polarized lenses that didn’t have Oakley’s name written on the side in white letters,” Denison said. “I received a pair that was

Staff Writer

Students and faculty members gathered in the Ricks Hall Annex to celebrate the official launch of a research space designed to bring digital media, engineering and humanities together for research projects.

Students and faculty members alike attended the official grand opening event for the Circuit Research Studio on Tuesday evening.

Unlike traditional humanities projects, projects at CRS combine technology, elements of engineering, communications and even video games with social sciences and humanities. One such project looked into the community of the popular computer game, League of Legends.

Nick Taylor, assistant professor in communication and one of the three co-directors at the event discussed a

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few of the present and future goals of the Circuit Research Studio.

“As a qualitative social scientist, the work that I have done here has been mostly around communication, identity and the social relations that are created around and supported by video games,” Taylor said.

According to Taylor, CRS is funded by the College of Humanities and Social Sciences and is designed as a space for CHASS faculty and students to pursue projects in the digital humanities, mobile media and gaming from start to finish.

Taylor also discussed his experience working with the League of Legends community, which has even been acknowledged by the federal government.

“League of Legends is one of the most popular videos games right now,” Taylor said. “The American

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The UNC System Board of Governors decided not to increase tuition for in-state students in 2014-2015.

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The N.C General Assembly has imposed tuition increases affecting out-of-state undergraduate students for most schools in the UNC System for the 2014-2015 academic year. N.C. State, however, isn’t one of those schools, but university officials are still seeking an increase.

The General Assembly is requiring a tuition increase of 6 percent to 12.3 percent for out-of-state students, but the Board of Governors for the UNC System voted late least month to ask the legislature to repeal the mandated increase and instead set fixed rates recommended by each campus.

However, fear not, in-state students. The Board of Governors decided not to increase tuition for in-state students in 2014-2015.

N.C. State was not required by the General Assembly to increase tuition rates, but administrative officials have recommended an 8.7 percent increase in the tuition fees for undergraduate non-resident-students, increasing the fees by $1,878.

Duane Larick, senior vice provost for academic strategy and resource management, said the proposed tuition-rate increase was required in order to maintain

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There is a 12 percent proposed tuition increase for outof-state students at: – UNC-Chapel Hill –UNC Greensboro –UNC Wilmington –UNC School of the Arts –Winston-Salem State University.

A 6 percent increase at all other UNC System schools.

No required increase for N.C. State or the University of North Carolina at Charlotte by the UNC System Board of Governors.

N.C. State is asking for an 8.7 percent tuition hike for out-of-state students.

a balance between economic value and quality.

“Because of the cut to state appropriations that we’ve seen over the last few years, $20 billion last year and additional cuts this year, it was recommended that we require an $1,800 increase,” Larick said.

Larick said the UNC System developed a plan stating that each campus should set a goal of charging tuition and fees at or above the third quartile for their peers.

“N.C. State and Winston-Salem State are the only two universities in the UNC System that is not at the third quartile, and even this increase of $1,800 does not put

Two people honored at Watauga Medal ceremony Susan Johnston Correspondent

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Former Chancellor Joab Tomas presents a tribute to W.O. Moss Thomas, 81, passed away Monday.

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The Watauga Medal Award Ceremony and the annual Founders Day Dinner took place on Tuesday Night in the newly opened Talley Ballroom.

The Founders Day Dinner allows N.C. State alumni and supporters to come together for a dinner to honor the legacy of N.C. States’ founders, and to witness the presentation of the Watauga Medal Award.

The award, established in 1975, is an award given to honor people who make great contributions to N.C. State, according to the University’s webpage.

Ben Jenkins, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, as well as Chancellor Randy Woodson

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“Anybody who is anybody would love to receive this award.”

Susan Nutter, vice provost and director of NCSU Libraries

presented the medal to two people.

The first award was presented to Peaches G. Blank, who Woodson referred to as a “trailblazer.”

Among Blank’s many contributions to the university are her 10 years as a member on the Board of Trustees, where she was the first woman chairman, her eight years on the Wolf Pack Club Board of

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March 4 2:50 A.M. | ASSIST OTHER AGENCY Off Campus NCSU PD assisted RPD with loud noise complaint. Three students were referred for possession of marijuana and paraphernalia.

In the article titled “NCSU Ph.D. dropout rate above national average” published Tuesday, the Technician said the completion rate for Ph.D. students at N.C. State is below the national average of 50 percent and the drop-out rate exceeded the national average. The completion rate at N.C. State is actually 63 percent, and the dropout rate is well below the national average.

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government has just started issuing visas to foreign LoL players. Like professional athletes, they will let in LoL players to play for us.”

One of the main goals of the “Learning to LoL” research project was to analyze player interaction and communication.

“This is a harsh and exclusive community, but what we have learned from it is that it is a community that really values informal means of educating other players, teaching other players and mentoring other players,” Taylor said.

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essie Fears, a graduate with a Master of Science in biological and agricultural engineering reaches for a sample of Yates Mill Bakery’s granola in Talley Friday. Yates is located in the C-Store in Talley and makes its granola fresh along with other goods. University Dining set up tables at different locations around Campus Monday through Friday with various wholesome and made in-house foods. The samples were from the different resturants as part of their “Taste the Difference” program.

Other professors at CRS also participated in research that combined technology with humanities. According to Taylor, David Reader, a professor in English, is working on a project that takes interface devices, such as Microsoft’s Kinect, and explores possible non-gaming functions. For example, they can be used as a digital learning tool.

Jameson Hogan, a Ph.D. student in communication, was one of the event attendees who also participated in some of the previous research projects at CRM. “I was the co-investigator in the LoL study,” Hogan said. “I worked with Dr. Taylor to schedule and recruit participants, set up and get

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Nick Taylor, associate professor of communication, speaks at the grand opening of the Circuit Research Studio.

them playing in the game, help address technology issues, record matches, take notes on the matches and later code the video that we took.”

“At least 30 or 40 people showed up, which is sort of what we hoped for,” Hogan

said. “It was successful. We had a lot of people come in, get involved with CRS, talk about it and get a sense of what it’s here for.”

According to Taylor, he and the others have been working in the studio prior to the grand opening, but Tuesday

night’s event was designed to formally gather everyone involved in the studio.

“We’ve been working in the studio on these projects for the past year but this was the formal, official opening of the studio,” Taylor said. “We had all the people that supported us in making the studio possible come today. We had Dean Braden and a lot of our colleagues from NCSU Libraries here. It was just a way to thank everyone for having interest in the studio and for helping us launch it.”

Other projects at the Circuit Research Studio studied the reasoning behind choices people made when gaming.

One such project by Taylor had people play the first two chapters of the Walking Dead

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game and then explain their thinking and feeling behind certain decisions they made inside the game.

Another project at CRS involved taking a mechanical typewriter and having it write in colors with the help of a computer. Designed by Hogan, the typewriter had discrete circuits designed for each letter key that told a small computer-board how to respond.

“This kind of research is so exciting because it merges disciplines,” Taylor said. “We have humanities faculty and students building things to explore new capacities of media technology. They are not just reading about it, but making stuff with it.”

Former Chancellor remembered for leadership, founding CVM Staff Report

Joab Langston Thomas, N.C. State’s ninth chancellor who was responsible for establishing the School of Veterinary Medicine, died Monday at the age of 81 of natural causes, according to the NCSU Bulletin.

Thomas, who was born in Holt, Ala., served as chancellor at N.C. State from 1975 to 1981. During his time at the University, he led a student population which surpassed 20,000 students for the first time, according to the NCSU Libraries special collections webpage.

Chancellor Randy Woodson praised Thomas for his leadership.

“As Chancellor at N.C. State, Joab Thomas left an

indelible mark on the University,” Woodson said in a statement. “His steady leadership, for example, led to the creation of N.C. State’s College of Veterinary Medicine, which has grown into one of the top such schools in the nation.”

Thomas also led other top public research universities during his career.

He served as the president of the University of Alabama from 1981 until 1988, and later at Pennsylvania State University from 1990 to 1995, according to the Bulletin.

According to PSU President Rodney Erickson, Thomas was a major factor in improving the university’s educational initiatives.

“During Joab’s tenure as president of Penn State, he

led the effort to strengthen undergraduate education,” Erickson said in a statement. “He initiated the largest building program in the University’s history; and his focus on fiscal responsibility resulted in more efficient resource allocation, as well as enhanced philanthropy and corporate partnerships.”

A memorial service is scheduled for 10 a.m. Thursday at Christ Episcopal Church in Tuscaloosa, Ala. according to The News & Observer. Memorial gifts may be sent to the North Carolina State University Foundation, the Joab Thomas Scholarship at The University of Alabama or the Joab and Marly Thomas Graduate Fellowship at The Pennsylvania State University.

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us at the third quartile, that tuition increase would have needed to be $4,000,” Larick said.

Larick said he doesn’t expect a serious decline in the number of out-of-state students because N.C. State will still maintain an affordable tuition rate compared with other universities in the state.

Joni Worthington, the vice

According to the Bulletin, Thomas turned down football scholarships from schools in the Southeastern Conference to attend Harvard, where he earned his bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees in biology.

Thomas was an assistant professor of Biology, assistant dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, dean of student development and vice president for student affairs while at Alabama, The N&O reported.

“Your leadership has enriched this University and the entire state,” said former Gov. Jim Hunt in 1981. “The dream of the founders would never have come true so fast had you and Marly [Thomas’ wife] not come here and led us these years.”

president of communications for the UNC System, said most of the campuses in the system recommended an increase in tuition for out-ofstate students.

“Most of the campuses would have recommended a non-resident undergraduate increase, just in most instances not as high as the legislature would have recommended,” Worthington said.

Worthington said the main reason for the increases in The Technician staff is always looking for new members to write, design or take photos. Visit www. ncsu.edu/sma for more information.

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Former Chancellor Thomas led three major research universities, including Pennsylvania State University and the University of Alabama.

the tuition mandated by the General Assembly is to lower the amount of appropriated funding for the campuses.

“This is essentially a way for them to reduce appropriated funding to the campuses,” Worthington said. “The revenue that would come from the mandated increases would not go to the campuses and would go into the general fund.

“It would essentially be an offset to appropriations to the university, and it’s a way to

generate revenue that would lower the amount that the state would provide to the campuses.”

Worthington also said any increases proposed by the University would go to the campus affairs and toward benefitting students.

According to Worthington, the Board of Governors has the authority to set the rate of tuition and fees for the campuses in a manner that meets campus needs.

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Directors and a chair of the Endowment Board.

“This is not a good university, Chancellor,” Blank said.

“It is a great university, and as we work together we can continue her greatness.”

Chief Justice Burley B. Mitchell Jr. received the second award.

Mitchell also had many contributions to N.C. State.

For example, he was a former president of the Alumni Association Board and a founding member of the State club.

“This university made me who I am today,” Mitchell said.

The dinner featured parts of the performance “Chicago,” a piece about the roaring 20’s, by the University’s Theatre program.

Alyssa Padmos, a freshman in animal science, said performing in events like this

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misprinted, but all black. At Oakley, nothing interchanges, and the most you can do is customize the colors when you buy online.”

Denison said he wanted to be able to buy a pair of glasses that were completely customizable.

After contacting Oakley about his idea to have a pair of sunglasses that was completely one color, Denison was told that the company doesn’t take “random requests.”

However, Denison said he just couldn’t get the idea out of his head.

“I had just spent 200 bucks on a pair of sunglasses,” Denison said. “Then it hit me. This could actually be a good idea”.

That same evening, Denison and May stayed up until midnight, sketching pictures of joints and lenses.

“Even though we didn’t have any engineering experience, we still wanted to try and see how it might work,” Denison said.

With the help of a simple Google search, Denison and May decided to actually develop the product.

“Right when I came up with the idea, I looked up ‘product development Raleigh’, and got connected with Swedish designer Fredrik Perman, the creator of The Product Farm,” Denison said.

Denison said Perman has mentored him throughout the entire process, and he

one is a great way to bring students from all different majors together to enjoy their love for performing.

“It’s good to have a creative outlet,” Padmos said.

Jenkins gave a speech praising the performers on their hard work as well as explaining the importance of the Watauga Medal Award at N.C. State.

“This is one of the most special nights of the year for N.C. State,” Jenkins said.

Carlo Laurore, a guest of the event, also shared his excitement for being able to witness the presentation of the award.

“It is a great event to celebrate the most faithful alumni of the university,” Laurore said.

Among the many guests of the event were Susan Nutter, vice chancellor and director of NCSU Libraries and a member of the Friends of Library Board, and Charlotte Martin, the wife of an N.C.

State faculty member, who have both been attending this event for many years.

“Anybody who is anybody would love to receive this award,” Nutter said. “The receivers are distinguished in the eyes of the university.”

Nutter and Martin said how the event is always fun to attend and see who receives the award.

“This evening is no exception,” Martin said.

Woodson ended the event with allowing all of the previous winners of the Watauga Medal who were present stand in front and be recognized.

His concluding words explained the importance of NC state supporters and their contributions to the University. He also recognized the continuation of the hard work done at N.C. State.

“At N.C. State, we don’t just think,” Woodson said. “We do.”

even recommended them to websites to help them develop a prototype for their product.

“He has been here since day one,” Denison said.

“He’s been a huge help to everything we’ve done, and he’s never charged us a cent for anything”.

Per Perman’s recommendation, Denison and May used Shapeways, a website that specializes in 3-D printing and prototype design to begin designing their initial prototypes.

“We went on oDesk, which is sort of like a Craigslist for freelancing services, and posted a blurb on there,” Denison said.

Within about a week, Denison and May decided on a freelance engineer from Canada, who would help them with their first prototype.

“We would send him dimensions, and once he edited those, we would order prototypes with those dimensions using Shapeways,” Denison said. “We ended up going back and forth a few times, and did six different edits before we got to the final prototype.”

“That was one of the better days of probably my life,” May said. “Since we found out that they actually worked.”

Denison said they had been shown Perman their original drawings, and continued to meet with him as they came up with the prototypes.

“Most people have an idea but don’t really get there, and you guys did,” Perman said, according to Denison.

Denison and May, who did most of their research in Hunt library, said they are

past the most difficult part of this process, and that they are currently expanding and building up their name.

“The biggest challenge was getting the glasses to be the way we wanted,” Denison said. “We ended up fusing three different styles”.

Even though Vybe Sunglasses is new, Denison and May said they already have ideas for the future.

“We were thinking of getting people to spread awareness about Vybe on different campuses, which could be commission based,” May said.

Denison, who will be starting his first year at New York University’s Stern School of Business in the fall, said he doesn’t think the distance will be a problem for Vybe.

“Now that hardest work is done, it’s actually a good thing that I’ll be far away because now we’ll have three locations that we can try to expand,” said Denison referring to his brother, Chris, who is the group’s chief financial officer. Chris Denison is a sophomore at Appalachian State University.

“It’s going to be tougher but we’ll still allot time each day to work on things,” May said.

Denison encourages anyone interested in Vybe Sunglasses to look it up and plan to pre-order a pair in the upcoming month.

“For Indiegogo, pre-orders will be $29, including the polarized lenses,” Denison said. “You can also continue to get updates through our website”.

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March 20-21, 2014 The 3rd annual conference examining human rights through the perspective of the humanities.

Keynote Address: “The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined” Steven Pinker, Harvard University K. Anthony Appiah, Princeton University Didier Fassin, Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, NJ) Lynn Festa, Rutgers University Saidiya Hartman, Columbia University Stephen Hopgood, University of London Walter Johnson, Harvard University Robert Pippin, University of Chicago Gregory Radick, University of Leeds

For further details or to register for the conference, visit nationalhumanitiescenter.org Human Rights and the Humanities is made possible by the support of Research Triangle Foundation of North Carolina, Duke University, North Carolina State University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

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Chancellor Randy Woodson along with Ben Jenkins, chairman of the Board of Trustees, presented the Watauga Medal to two recipients for their contributions to the University.

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Chase Denison, a senior at Apex High School (left), and Kyle May (right), a sophomore in business administration, prepare for the pre-sale of their Vybe sunglasses this month.

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Letters to the editor

You are not alone I enjoyed your editorial this morning and want you to know you’re not the only one who thinks the DTH hung around longer than it should have.

Bravo.

-Ryan Houser

Letter from the editor Dear Mr. DeGraveThank you for your letter in today’s Technician. I agree that you’ve got nothing for which to apologize.

You’ve done a service to future editors and staff of the Technician by reaffirming the worthy purpose of a college newspaper.

While I do think that your sentiments would have been more effectively expressed at an earlier date so that those who misunderstand the proper role of the college newspaper would have less time to bloviate, I am glad that you did express them.

I agree that you don’t truly owe those people an explanation, but good public relations practices dictate that you appease people, even if needlessly, from time to time.

One of the many things that make N.C. State great is that there are ample resources and opportunities for those whose obsession with that other school up the road is greater than their interest in what is happening at their own school to create their own outlet for that obsession. Perhaps an enterprising bunch of them will do so.

-Jonas Feit

In response to “NCSU Ph.D. dropout rate above national average” We write to clarify the findings of the recently published article, “NCSU Ph.D. dropout rate above national average,” in which there were numerous inconsistencies. In the very first sentence, CastroVazquez suggests that “only about one-third” of those enrolled in Ph.D. programs at our university will obtain a degree. This is immediately contradicted in the following sentence, which cites the average completion rate across six years to be 63 percent. The latter sentence thus suggests that about onethird will not complete their degree.

After introducing the statistic that 63 percent will complete their graduate degree at N.C. State (hence our university’s Ph.D. completion rate), it is then compared to the national Ph.D. dropout rate and is said to be “almost 15 percent higher.” This leaves the reader still unsure of what to conclude – are our graduate students performing better, or worse, than the national average? The title clearly suggests that they are doing worse, though the article’s accompanying graphic indicates otherwise.

Based on the data given,

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our average drop-out rate is 37 percent across all graduate programs. Notably, some programs, such as Plant Biology and Design exhibit even lower drop-out rates of roughly 20 percent. This demonstrates that N.C. State graduate programs have a drop-out rate that is considerably lower than the national average - a finding that should be lauded, as well as presented with clarity.

We believe that the inadequate statistical interpretation and misleading conclusions presented in this article detract from the success of Ph.D. programs at N.C. State.

-Brant Johnson, Ph.D. student in microbilogy and Kiersten Johnson, Ph.D. student in psychology

Transfer to UNC I’ll even help you with the application fee.

-Jason Royko

Sam DeGrave is the epitome of self-righteous a--hole The Technician is the worst abomination of a newspaper I’ve ever had the misfortune of being even slightly associated with. The one redeeming thing the paper has ever done in its existence was create the “Daily Tar Hell” to poke fun at our rivals down the street. That Sam DeGrave would unilaterally make the decision to end an entertaining tradition at NCSU is appalling. That he would be such a self-righteous a--hole about it is infuriating.

Sam, you could have leveraged any number of legitimate sources of mockery against UNC that don’t include racism, sexism, or homophobia. You could have harped on fake classes, illiterate students, nefariously obtained championships, a class of fan that refuses to see the truth, any number of outbursts from Roy Williams, or even hilariously low football outcomes despite the cheating effort. Instead of using your brain, applying some critical thought, and creating a product that your consumers would actually enjoy you decided to hide behind your high horse and claim that the idea of the Daily Tar Hell itself was the evil, and not simply the editing choices of the editors who came before you. You let everyone down and you should feel bad for that, not smug.

As far as your precious time and the amount of effort it takes you make your horrible newspaper: it continues to be riddled with terrible writing and even worse journalism. If the monstrous effort you claim to put into this paper can produce a product no better than the current Technician, I recommend you find a different hobby. You’re not a very good editor, perhaps you would do better joining the throng of screaming a-

Friendly Feedback Dear Mr. Editor, Your decision not to publish the Daily Tar Hell was yours to make and anyone can respect that. I’m sure you’ve received quite a bit of feedback since you’ve changed something dear to a long line of NCSU alumni.

This email probably doesn’t cover anything new for you, but I do want to voice a difference of opinion with you and raise some issues for you to consider.

A couple things stick out to me (and to quite a few others) in your published response: (1) “that’s not my job” and (2) the real reason you do what you do. As for (1), I would offer the friendly advice to never, ever, use this phrase again - particularly as you make the next step in your professional career and beyond. As for (2), I have a question: Do you make the Technician every day (the regular every-day publication and DTH alike) for your own sake or for the readers’ enjoyment? If the Technician is a publication for the sole purpose of journalistic education for the writers, your decision is completely harmless. But, if it’s for the readers, your decision is a bit more complicated.

For some reason outside what you claim to be the gravamen of your response, you try to convince us in essence “past Daily Tar Hells contained offensive jokes and hateful humor, so the current Daily Tar Hell must be an offensive and hateful pursuit, which should be discontinued.” I assume since you must be a fairly intelligent young man, you can see for yourself how this doesn’t make sense. Watch an old Disney movie ... their humor and storytelling have evolved over time to be both funny and appropriate for their time period. So the DTH can be.

You may have moved on to bigger and better things by the time the next one rolls around, but I hope to see the Daily Tar Hell in the future. Thanks for taking the time to read this- best of luck to you.

-Mark Hinson

To the Editor: That was one of the poorest excuses I have ever heard. According to you, the humor of the Daily Tar Hell was “sexist, racist, and most commonly homophobic.” Personally, I disagree with that statement, but if you thought there was a problem then you as editor would have been able to fix it.

An editor sets the tone for a

paper and its traditions, and you would have been able to do that this year. But instead, you chose not to do a Daily Tar Hell at all, which tells me that you lack the ambition to even try to make a change where you see fit.

Overall, I’m more upset with the fact that it took you this long to give us a reason as to why you didn’t publish a Daily Tar Hell. I read the Technician daily, and on the day of the Carolina game I combed over the pages looking for some sort of answer as to why there was no spoof edition. Six days later, I finally got an answer, and boy is it a ridiculous one. You have ruined one of the best parts of the Technician, and I know I’m not the only one that thinks so. Honestly, I’m amazed you can even make a deadline, because that pisspoor excuse you just gave us was way past due.

-Madison Bridges, freshman in industry

Wow. You really are one smug son of a b----. Instead of blasting your critics who have every right to call you out for lazily avoiding this year’s rendition of the Daily Tar Hell as being supporters of racism, sexism and homophobia, why don’t you write a version that doesn’t trumpet these ideals? I know that it might require some actual wit and intellect, but if there was ever a year that a Daily Tar Hell was able to write itself, it was this year. Your defense is weak and shallow and while I do applaud you for taking the “moral high ground,” your effort is lacking and there really is no excuse for missing out on a golden opportunity to turn the screws on the baby blues. Shame.

-Matt O’Neal, N.C. State class of 2000

One Week in Daily Tar Hell

Sam & Staff, If you haven’t immediately sent this email to the trash, please read on. I’ve typed this email absent snark, venom, or negativity in favor of an honest opinion which I hope you’ll take into consideration.

I respect that you’ve stood by your decision to not print a DTH and have taken up for your staff in the process.

Having shared a dorm room with a former Technician writer (and a close friend), I’m well-aware of the strain the paper’s demand puts on both the mind and body. I literally watched my friend’s health deteriorate, along with his grades. I will never dispute the argument that the staff at the Technician isn’t busy, so I will leave “Too Busy” out.

However, I am frustrated with your condescending tone throughout the article. Unfortunately, you’ve just published a piece that highlights your negativity and inability to take the high-road,

something which I’m sure future employers are capable of searching. It’s honestly a natural reaction when groups of people are verbally attacking you or something you take pride in, but using a public medium to respond in that way is short-sided and regrettable. Secondly, and more damning, is the “not my job” line. I want to give you the benefit of the doubt but I’m not sure if you realize just how much of a red flag that is to future employers, especially when you’re just starting out. Limiting your scope in that sense sends a message that you’re unwilling to bend, give extra effort, and help out for the betterment of the team. If you are going to limit yourself by the few words written on a job description, then you will only ever be fit for that job, and not something above it.

If you’ve made it this far down the page to review my last point, then thank you. I am a life-long fan with very real and underwhelming expectations. Although I am not qualified to speak to “glory days” (hell, my glory days are Russell Wilson and a 9-4 record,) but one of my biggest gripes is that we, as a university, have done a poor job of extending our traditions, or lack thereof. Traditions remind us of who we are and where we came from, and to not honor tradition is to fail all future, current, and past students. The DTH lives among those few traditions, and I have to respectfully disagree with your unilateral decision to discontinue its issuance. I could not have agreed with you more when you chastised the paper for being sexist, racist, and/or homophobic. I hate that there are members of our fan base that use examples of those categories to degrade UNC (and I DESPISE Carolina). But this was your opportunity! Your opportunity to set in motion a DTH of a higher standard.

One that excluded all of those things, thus making it better than its predecessors. It saddens me that instead of using your creative control to spin the edition, you simply gave up on tradition.

I hope you’ve taken my words into consideration and have let them settle in your mind. I want N.C. State to produce the best talent within their respective fields and will always help those who seek it. I’ve been working in sports marketing for three years and can tell you one thing about the sports industry as a whole—everybody knows everybody, no one is unreachable. Prime example, former Associate AD at State and legacy, Dick Christy, is best friends with what was my VP. Guess who was notified and asked for an opinion prior to my first in-person interview?

It all comes back.

Good luck and Go Pack.

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Some advice for a friend When you get older in life, you start to realize that dropping your guard and deflating your own ego will ultimately be positive. Every experience and moment can be something to learn from, and build on.

More specifically, if you had just admitted that you f----up, and promised to do better in the future, you could have saved yourself a lot of grief.

I know that you don’t think you f----- up. You believe quite the opposite.

I would invite you to look at Jim Boeheim, the biggest ego in college basketball, who after a few days thought about and admitted he went too far.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with making a mistake. Not learning from that mistake, though, can come back to haunt you. Being vulnerable will endear you to the crowd. Sometimes that may mean admitting mistakes which, at the time, you did not believe were mistakes.

Your mistake was not running a DAILY TAR HELL. Your “f----up” was your response. If your ego is so huge that you can’t say “I was wrong, and I promise to do better in the future,” you’re going to have a tough road ahead, my friend.

All the best, -Tor Ramsey, director of Running with the Pack and writer of How to Talk to A Carolina Fan

Daily Tar Hell Publication Decision Sam, Sorry to trouble you - I’ll stay brief. I read your letter from the editor. In my opinion, should’ve slept on that one before publishing.

If experience has taught me one thing, it’s that it is easy to demur or point out the problems but true value lies in individuals who propose the better solution.

Hence, I think the question for you that everyone feels but doesn’t verbalize is: The question shouldn’t be “Why did we kill The Daily Tar Hell?” it should be “Why didn’t we try to fix what was wrong with the Daily Tar Hell?”

Because it’s not your job? You’re right, it’s closer to the Features Editors job.

And there, it seems, you go again. Demurring instead of accepting responsibility.

Progress is continuous innovation and improvement.

You may see it as an improvement not to publish a Daily Tar Hell, but without innovation, it’s also not progress.

And progress, my bedeviled friend, is your job as a leader. Thanks, sorry to trouble you, -James Pearson, ‘03, ‘05, ‘09

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Conferencia trae orgullo a nuestro sector Natalie Bohorquez

introducción de como bailar bachata, merengue y salsa a todos los visitantes de las otras universidades.

El sábado culminó con una junta regional y mas talleres presentados por NextGen Interactions, America’s Navy y P&G. Al final del día se presentaron premios y reconocimientos a otros sectores de SHPE, entre ellos Georgia Institute of Technology, Embry Riddel Aeronautical University y Florida Atlantic University. La CEO de SHPE, Pilar Montoya dió el discurso de iniciación en el cual felicitó a todos los líderes de los distintos sectores estudiantiles y profesionales y a todos los voluntarios instrumentales a que se realizara la conferencia. Jay Flores, el vicepresidente de la región siete, y representantes Oscar Peña y Clemente Quiñones también estuvieron en asistencia y ayudaron a distribuir los premios.

“En los cinco años que he sido parte de SHPE, el sentimiento más increíble que he tenido en todo este tiempo ocurrió durante RLDC este fin de semana,” dijo Quiñones.

“Todo el increíble éxito que hemos tenido este año ha sido una gran reflexión de las vidas que hemos impactado y cambiado y como verdaderamente hemos levantado a medida que ascendemos. Estoy verdaderamente honorado y bendecido de ser parte de esta asombrosa organización y más importante, de esta maravillosa familia.”

El banquete resultó ser una congregación tan emocional como profesional. Presidenta del sector de N.C. State, Ercilia Hernandez, agradeció a la directora del Programa de Ingeniería para Minorías, Angelitha Daniels, por su apoyo durante toda la conferencia.

Entre lágrimas, Hernandez expresó su gratitud hacia Daniels, referida como “Miss Angie” por su trabajo y sacrificio para el beneficio de los estudiantes hispanos. Todos

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Profesionales de la Región Siete se congregaron para una conferencia exitosa aquí en N.C. State el fin de semana pasado.

El jueves 27 de febrero, aproximadamente 170 estudiantes y profesionales se registraron en el Double Tree Hotel localizado en Hillsborough St. Estudiantes viajaron desde el sur de Florida, Georgia y Carolina del Sur para asistir a la conferencia regional de Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) por primera vez organizada por el sector estudiantil de N.C. State.

Joel Perez, un estudiante en su último año de Southern Polytechnic State University, dijo que este tipo de evento le ayudó a darse cuenta de que su trabajo no se termina cuando se gradúe. “Es mucho lo que hay que hacer para allanar el camino para que esas futuras generaciones latinas tengan éxito,” dijo Perez.

El Decano del Colegio de Ingeniería, Louis A. Martin-Vega, dirigió la Ceremonia de Bienvenida al grupo de estudiantes y profesionales.

La primera noche de la conferencia se inició con presentaciones de estudios de caso. El viernes se tomaron a cabo giras de compañías, entre ellas Caterpillar, General Electric y EMC. Despúes de las giras, prosiguieron talleres dirigidos por General Electric, Merck, Rockwell Automation y Exeqpath que continuaron hasta la tarde. Los talleres cubrieron toda clase de temas, desde “Navegando Relaciones Profesionales” a “Cómo Conseguir tu Práctica o Carrera de Ensueño.”

Eventos sociales se congregaron en el primer piso de Withers para finalizar el día. Organizaciones hispanas como Sube Ritmo ayudaron a hacer este evento posible, ya que ofrecieron su ayuda y tiempo para dar una pequeña

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aquellos presentes sintieron una oleada de inspiración y nostalgia con los discursos presentados.

Después de meses de preparación de parte de dedicados

estudiantes, entre ellos presidenta de comité Yaseline Muñoz, presidenta de SHPE NCSU Ercilia Hernandez, y el consejo de RLDC comprendido por Josue Alcaraz, Roman

Ruiz-Esparza, Jose Molina, Rafael Sutil, y Joan Sebastian, los participantes salieron felices y con nuevos propósitos para sus propios sectores de SHPE. La conferencia llegó a

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Community unites students beyond culture gaps Sammi Fernandes Correspondent

Welcome to the Global Village, where a resident might greet her roommate in German, go rock climbing in Carmichael with Australians or attend a Cups of Culture event in Alexander basement.

N.C. State has many living and learning communities but arguably, none are as fascinating as the Global Village.

Located in two different residence halls on campus, Alexander and Carroll, the Global Village is a community that gives students the opportunity to live with students from all over the world and attend engaging events and trips.

The Global Village helps prepare residents to be global citizens through programs that expose them to learn more about themselves and more about views from other cultures.

“The Global Village is a partnership with University Housing, CHASS, Office of International Services, and the Study Abroad Office,” Christina Ujj, the community director of Alexander and Turlington Halls, said.

While the Alexander Global Village joined the other Living and Learning Village communities in 2005, Alexander Hall has been housing international students since 1975. Due to large interest, the program soon incorporated Carroll Hall to make room for all interested students, who applied to the village through MyPack.

As members of the Global Village, students are given opportunities to learn about different cultures in a firsthand way through living with international students, attending at least five hall events, and participating in trips and excursions both inside and outside of North Carolina.

Jeremy Brooks, a senior in computer and electrical engineering, is a longtime

resident of the Global Village. He found out about the community from an older brother and decided to live in Alexander his freshman year because of his background in international residence and travel. He continued living in the Global Village because he felt deeply influenced by the community that the Global Village creates.

“Residents are generally really friendly and are always open to meet new people,” Brooks said. “If you spend the time to get to know people, you will have a great time living there.”

Brooks said that he met most of his close friends in Alexander, and he credits the activities and intercultural interaction facilitated

by Global Village with opening his eyes to new ideas and outlooks on life.

Residents and staff are very active in planning events and often seek to increase awareness about other cultures and global issues.

Joel Voss, an interdisciplinary studies teaching scholar and the current faculty in residence, has started a documentary series to show films to students with a focus on human rights. Discussions like these allow students to engage in a dialogue with

professors within their area of specialization.

Other popular programs include trips to major U.S. cities over school breaks and monthly events like Cups of Culture, which describe the culture, languages, and regions from a country, and Carroll Coffee House nights.

While these programs are quite popular, Brooks says that his some of his best memories occurred during trips and playing pick-up soccer.

“As globalization continues and the world becomes more interconnected, having the chance to interact regularly with people who vary in culture, religion, and ethnicity is very important,” Brooks said.

The community aims to acclimate international students to U.S. culture, expose U.S. students to other cultures and to help the entire community understand and be aware of global issues, according to Ujj. “There are programs available for them to learn more about themselves and more about the views from other cultures,” Ujj said. “They not only learn the uniqueness of each culture and individual, but they also learn how we are the same.”

Features

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Raleigh artists showcase creativity at CAM Megan Stitt Staff Writer

Recipients of the North Carolina Arts Council’s Fellowship award for 2013 are being featured at the Contemporary Art Museum Raleigh through April 27. These 15 artists received money to create new works to be displayed in the museum’s exhibit.

Amanda Small, an artist featured at CAM, said the exhibit benefits the visitor in several ways.

“I think the beauty and integrity of the space at CAM and the quality and variety of the work exhibited by the NCAC Fellowship artists is really something special and worthwhile,” Small said.

“In this exhibition, there is something for everyone, and I think people’s imaginations and curiosity will be piqued exploring the various works.

It really is a dynamic and thoughtful representation of so many different ways of working materials and concepts.”

Small’s piece is the first exhibit visitors see at the mu-

seum.

Leigh Suggs, another artist featured in the exhibit, has several pieces displayed, all involving one thing: dots.

These tiny paper dots are all arranged in different ways and according to Suggs, she was inspired by the visions children see when they close their eyes, and specifically from her own childhood, blue moving dots.

Scott Hazard’s pieces appear in wooden boxes, landscapes of paper with text on them. The text is the title of the piece repeated. According to Hazard, the “layers of paper allow the viewers’ eyes to track into the space.”

According to Hazard, he has two pieces that he was particularly excited about, “Rise” and “Read This Line.”

The first piece because it is bigger than the rest of his pieces – he usually creates smaller ones. “Read This line” looks different from the rest of his work, not rising like a landscape but instead funneling towards the wall.

Hazard said he was excited about this departure from his usual landscapes.

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The Contemporary Art Museum, located at 409 W Martin St., is currently hosting works of art by winners of the N.C. Arts Council Artist Fellowship award. “Dragging” by Tracy Spencer-Stonestreet is an example of the wide range of mediums represented by the 15 artists showcased in the exhibit.

Three sets of wings that look both delicate and robotic, porcelain vases with intricate designs of lines and leaves, paintings of many colors and jewelry made out of vinyl are all among the mediums that are displayed in the museum. One piece includes a table, chair and various dining wear all attached with

string to a harness, pulled along the street as the artist walked.

There are rooms for single exhibits on the bottom floor, videos in two rooms and the third dedicated to a piece by Travis Donovan. The room is dark, which made the whole thing seem mystical. Three columns of monofilament

hang from the ceiling, taking their turns twisting and turning in the darkness, illuminated only by a pale light that shines down on them.

The exhibit is free to N.C. State students and $5 for the general public.

15 Raleigh-area artists were granted $10,000 in support of creative development and

the creation of new work. for the general public. CAM also has a section for people to create their own art, currently encouraging people to be inspired by the porcelain vases and create work on scratchboard.

Professor studies portrayal of cancer in the media Kaitlin Montgomery Assistant Features Editor

Cancer—stories and information about this disease can be found on the Internet, the radio, on television and in newspapers. The links, stories and photographs are endless.

For Ryan Hurley, assistant professor of communication, it’s not so much the volume of information that peaks his interest, but how we digest it.

A health communication researcher and contributor for two recent papers related to news media, cancer and public perception, Hurley said that when people search for information they head to the news. However, problems arise when the information that people are receiving

doesn’t reflect the real world.

“The issue here that we’re seeing across cancer news in general—online, newspaper, television, radio—specific cancers get way more coverage than others,” Hurley said.

Hurley said he stressed how much people pay attention to each of the different types of cancer within the online news environment.

“There’s this thing called the cancer continuum,” Hurley said. “It’s basically the progression of cancer in a person…prevention, detection, treatment and then there’re two outcomes: you survive or there’s the end of life. So, there are five stages of the cancer continuum. We’re tracking attention to those stages as well.”

According to Hurley, findings are also showing that across news, regardless of the medium, that the treatment of cancer gets the most coverage.

“There are reasons that the coverage of breast cancer is huge,” Hurley said. “What we’re seeing here…we know that the presentations are messed up. We’re showing breast cancer to be the most common and it isn’t.”

When he asked people to rank the order of cancers from their most frequent in the population to the least, Hurley said the ratings match those of the media much better than the incident ratings.

“What do people think are the actual cancer incidents rates in the U.S.?” Hurley

said. “Well, you can guess pretty quickly that it matches the media frequencies much better than the real world incidents rates.”

According to Hurley the point of his studies was to show the media and its coverage.

“When it doesn’t match or meet with reality very well we start to get people believing that media reality is the accurate reality,” Hurley said. “It becomes particularly problematic when outlets like the news, which are supposed to reflect the reality as closely as possible, are deviating from reality in some way. Now, we have people thinking that this is a mirror of what’s happening in reality and they’re taking that image to be a mirror

of reality — that’s simply wrong.”

Hurley said that the translation of his study, in terms of voting and funding, is still being worked on.

“We’re actually doing studies to see if the way things, like lung cancer, are covered impact people’s likelihood to support research in that area,” Hurley said. “We’re trying to look at how the discrepant coverage of breast cancer makes people likely to fund that cancer over other cancers. We don’t have data on that yet but we think we’re going to see something.”

However, Hurley said that the concept of a person’s beliefs matching the media’s depictions is clear.

“When the media depic-

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Ryan Hurley, assistant professor of communication, studies cancer in the media.

tions are matching people’s beliefs about the real world better than the real world statistics we find that to be a problem,” Hurley said. “What specific impact that has, we’re still working on figuring out.”

COMMENTARY

Spring break is a time for couch parties and waching Netflix Chelsey Winstead Correspondent

My dearest pack of wolves, spring break is slowly springing upon us. After spinning and sliding through the eternal winter brought down from a Disney ice queen, you now have the chance to

escape to a sunny southern shore with not a snowman in sight. You are one of the lucky ones if you are able to embody the drunken frivolities of sunbed-tanned bodies and concerts featured on MTV when it still showed music.

But if you do not have access to a private jet to whisk you away from the freezing

rain and snow to Atlantis, or if you do not have the guts to rob a local restaurant in a desperate attempt for cash, you may be finding yourself stuck at home or in Raleigh for what is supposed to be the best week of each college year.

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can get drunk elsewhere. I am here to give you the Proverbs of having a great spring break without springing to break away.

Fear not the endless hours of mindless boredom. Netflix has added the fifth season of Breaking Bad and the second season of House of Cards. This is your time to understand the appeal of a chemistry teacher turned meth maker and how Kevin Spacey traded in his lust of an American Beauty for power. Binging on Netflix is a perfect way to spend Spring Break, but be warned of the “Random Picks” and endless C-grade sequels of childhood favorites doomed to immediate DVD release.

With the absence of 8 a.m. classes and single-spaced papers, you have the abundant time needed to watch the entire series of Scrubs or find the classics your parents talk about. Plus, you can watch Christian Bale play the villain before he was the Masked Crusader or finally understand the appeal of Marilyn Monroe as an actress with her entire catalogue at your fingertips. And be relieved of your stress if you do not have a Netflix account, precious latecomer. Sign up for the

free month trial and cancel it before you are charged the $7.99. Here is your warning of addiction that comes with an account to endless searching and zero decisions.

If you do not know which Harry Potter character you are, what city you should actually live in, what food you are most like, or who your fashion icon is, your new job for spring break is to catch up on BuzzFeed and Zimbio quizzes. No classwork is important enough for you not to know which Disney sidekick would be your best friend.

Those all-nighters have unpacked their dark luggage under your eyes. Here is your prime opportunity to catch up on your forgone REM cycles. Sleeping past noon is fully acceptable, if not expected, on your lazy week.

For the ice cream fanatics, the amazing super-sweet heroes Benjamin and Jerrald herald in new flavors. If fudge or caramel cores do not entice your curiosity and excitement, I am not sure what will.

Do not walk to that Harris Teeter, run to it.

Raleigh is a hip hopping spot in the daytime, and while many collegiates frequent the haunts of Fayetteville and Wilmington Street

after hours, these streets have much to offer during daylight. Try completing the Downtown Raleigh Bucket List over break. Be sure to stop by Deco to feel some Wolfpack and Oak City pride and make your professors proud by visiting the museums that are within the college budget of free.

Being that we are now becoming the Beer Capital of North Carolina, test your buds with various porters and ales at the local microbreweries.

After all the fantastic activity ideas listed above, your spring break in a non-exotic location should be fulfilling and relaxing. Yet if you are still wishing for the warmth of sun and tropical paradise, take a personal heater to the nearest park with a sandbox and anchor down your tailgating chair. Armed with a pack of Bud Light Lime or virgin margaritas and a trashy magazine, you can imagine your toes are in the water as you listen to the Zac Brown Band croon a song sympathetic to your current state of mind. Classes will resume in a week, and there is always St. Patty’s Day fun.

Sports

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Men’s lacrosse club hungry for success in spring season Grant Rankin Correspondent

Despite numerous practice cancellations due to recent inclement weather in Raleigh, N.C. State’s men’s club lacrosse team has begun the spring season with a 2-2 record. The Wolfpack started the season by splitting two games in an event hosted by Georgia Tech. State defeated Alabama, 8-7 on Feb. 8, but fell to the host Yellow Jackets 10-5 the next day.

The Wolfpack bounced back on Saturday by defeating in-state foe Wake Forest 9-3, but fell to Elon on its home turf on Sunday.

After the graduation of senior goalkeeper Ray Distefano, the team is depending on its two young goalkeepers to step up in a major way. It is the team’s hope that the experience of its defense will take pressure off the new goalkeepers.

Fortunately for the Wolfpack, the team believes defense is its strength this season.

“At this point in the season I would say our strength is in our defense,” junior midfielder Devin Peters said. “We have an experienced starting long pole [defense] line and two freshman goalkeepers

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Senior defenseman Josh Blackley carries the ball during N.C. State’s game against Alabama on Feb. 8 in Atlanta, Ga. The Wolfpack defeated the Crimson Tide, 8-7.

that have been an excellent addition to the team, especially after graduating Ray Distefano.”

The team’s year is divided into two seasons: fall and spring. The fall season featured blowout wins over Tobacco Road rivals Duke and UNC-Chapel Hill by a combined score of 26-8.

This spring, State will face schools such as South Caro-

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lina, UNC-Charlotte, Liberty, Auburn, Clemson and Appalachian State.

The Wolfpack enjoys the presence of a two seniors that simply know how to score. Senior attackman Bill Nifong and senior midfielder Nathan Poulos led the offensive attack for the Wolfpack, leading the younger team to victories over Wake Forest and Alabama during the fall

season. In the Wake game, Nifong had four goals and three assists while Polous chipped in with two goals.

Peters said he hopes this year’s team can come together quickly, as practice time has been limited due to the weather.

“We’re hopeful to create a little more cohesion on offense in the coming weeks in order to take our team play

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The Wolfpack has set the bar high this season, as it hopes to win the Northeast Division of the South Eastern Lacrosse Conference and make it to the Men’s Collegiate Lacrosse Association

National Tournament, a feat the team has been unable to achieve the past two years.

But this season, team members feel confident in their ability to reach these lofty goals.

“After 3 losses last season by a total of 4 goals, we’re eager for another chance and are very confident in our ability to make it happen,” Peters said.

Senior defenseman Kevin Dunaway, the team’s captain, said he shares Peter’s beliefs and optimism. He said the Wolfpack will continue to get better despite its recent losses.

“We’re not where we’d like to be yet,” Dunaway said.

We haven’t been playing our best lacrosse yet, but we have a lot of talent and potential.

We have a goal of making the playoffs and that goal is still well within sight. We’re on track to meet these goals.

Our record doesn’t reflect our talent level. We know we are better than a 2-2 team right now.”

The Wolfpack’s next game will be under the lights on Thursday night at Method Road Field as State hosts SELC foe East Carolina.

Face-off is set for 7 p.m.

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Wolfpack women prove doubters wrong ESPNW names Moore ACC Coach of the Year After leading the No. 14 N.C. State women’s basketball team (24-6) to an incredible regular season during his first year at the helm of the program, Wes Moore was named ESPNW’s Atlantic Coast Conference Coach of the Year on Tuesday afternoon. N.C. State has earned a double bye at the 2014 ACC Tournament and will open play in the quarterfinal round at 11 a.m. March 7.

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College Sports Madness names Weiman Player of the Week Junior pitcher Emily Weiman from the N.C. State softball team has been named the College Sports Madness ACC Player of the Week, announced by the website on Tuesday.

The Wolfpack pitcher helped lead the squad to a 4-0 record last week, earning the win in the circle in all four contests.

On Tuesday against St. Bonaventure, the native of Pasadena, Md. threw her second career no-hitter by blanking the Bonnies in a complete game shutout.

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The N.C. State women’s basketball team ended its regular season on Sunday with a 24-point loss at home to No. 2 Notre Dame on Senior Day. The Irish put on a clinic in disposing of the Wolfpack during a 17-0 second half run that eliminated most of the doubt. There is a place State would like its program to get to, and Notre Dame showed the Pack what it looked like in the regular season finale.

None of this implies State does or should feel disheartened about the growth that occurred during the 2013-14 campaign. The Pack entered the season picked to finish 10th in the conference in the new and bloated ACC and would be forced to open conference tournament play on Wednesday. The Pack defied expectations and earned the coveted double-bye with its 11-5 conference record and fourth place finish. State will watch for two days to determine which one of three schools it will face in its ACC Tournament opener in Greensboro.

Head coach Wes Moore earned ESPN’s ACC Coach of the Year award on Tuesday in what is certain to be the first of a pleasant trophy haul for the veteran coach in his first year in Raleigh. Senior center Markeisha Gatling earned first-team All-ACC and senior forward Kody Burke earned second team honors.

The Wolfpack finished 24-6 overall, and there is a palpable sense of excitement about Wolfpack women’s basketball, buoyed by Moore’s coaching abilities and the accruement that seems certain to occur after the renovation of Reynolds Coliseum.

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Junior guard Krystal Barrett chases a loose ball during the game against Virginia in Reynolds Coliseum Feb. 23.

Barrett had seven points, three assists and four rebounds in the Wolfpack’s 68-66 victory over the Cavaliers.

Moore almost certainly has a long-term vision for N.C. State, but the success that the Wolfpack has achieved this season is also directly related to his ability to limit his squad’s concentration on the immediate task. As his program gained momentum and exposure over the past few months, the former assistant coach under Wolfpack legend Kay Yow refused to let State become satisfied with its gains.

N.C. State faces postseason play shorthanded without seniors Myisha Goodwin-Coleman and Lakeesa Daniel after the duo suffered ACL injuries on consecutive days.

Freshman guard Miah Spencer slid into the starting role, with senior guard Nashika “Breezy” Williams receiving added minutes. Freshman

forward Jennifer Mathurin is being asked to pick up the slack for Daniel and the Canadian responded last week at Pittsburgh with her first career double-double. The contributions of Spencer and Mathurin are another source of hope for a better future for the Pack, who appear certain to earn its second NCAA berth in the past eight seasons after the ACC Tournament.

Should the higher seeds win in Greensboro, the Pack will play Syracuse in its first game. If State wins, it would face Notre Dame again. There would be a synergy to those two potential matchups, as they bookended the regular season. The win over the Orange in the ACC opener showed N.C. State it is able to be a top-tier team in the ACC. The loss to Notre

Dame showed the Wolfpack what championship basketball looked like in earnest.

N.C. State will need Moore and his veteran experience as it embarks on the postseason journey. There is the potential for an overly feel-good ambiance around the team regardless of what happens. Though the staff, players and fans are right to be proud of this year’s team even if it should drop its next two games, the new frontiers the Wolfpack has reached this season are not a birthright. The maximum effort that saw State overcome a deficit of at least nine points in five league games this season will be called on in postseason play, and of all the lessons Moore’s bunch has learned, that is the best of all.

MEN’S SOCCER Today BASEBALL V. NORTH CAROLINA A&T Raleigh, N.C., 3 p.m.

SOFTBALL V. USC UPSTATE Raleigh, N.C., 4 p.m.

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Looking to build on the N.C. State’s ninth-place ACC finish in 2013, head men’s soccer coach Kelly Findley brought in the No. 3 recruiting class in the nation, according to topdrawersoccer.com.

Four of these players, freshman midfielders Nick Retzlaff and Zach Knudson, freshman forward Ade Taiwo and sophomore defender Reed Norton, have already joined the Wolfpack for preseason training, which started in early January.

By joining the team early, Taiwo, Retzlaff, Knudson and Norton have a head start, both in learning Findley’s system and adapting to the athletic demands of Division I soccer.

“Tactically, we’re always just trying to build on what our team concepts are and how we’re trying to play as a team,” Findley said. “It’s great to have the young guys in because now they play more like sophomores, instead of freshman.

They understand what we’re trying to do tactically, they’re adjusted to the rigors of being a student-athlete, and they can integrate into our team chemistry and culture much better.”

MEN’S TENNIS V. APPALACHIAN STATE Raleigh, N.C., noon BASEBALL V. NOTRE DAME Raleigh, N.C., 3 p.m.

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GYMNASTICS AT LSU Baton Rouge, LA., 8 p.m.

Saturday WRESTLING AT ACC CHAMPIONSHIPS Blacksburg, VA., all day RIFLE AT SEARC CHAMPIONSHIPS Charleston, S.C., all day WOMEN’S BASKETBALL AT ACC TOURNAMENT SEMIFINALS Greensboro, N.C., 5 p.m.

Sunday WOMEN’S TENNIS V. NO. 9 MIAMI Raleigh, N.C., 11 a.m.

MEN’S BASKETBALL V. BOSTON COLLEGE Raleigh, N.C., 6 p.m.

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Retzlaff, a Raleigh native and former CASL Railhawks Academy player, said the differences between high school and collegiate soccer are noticeable.

“The biggest difference is definitely the physicality and speed of play,” Retzlaff said. “The competitive nature of everybody [is different] too, not just wanting to win the game, but every 50/50 ball and every header. That competitive nature is just amplified tenfold.”

Findley said that bringing three freshmen in a full semester ahead of schedule will give them time to acclimate to Division I soccer.

“The leap from playing with boys to playing with men is a big one,” Findley said. “That’s probably the biggest advantage of bringing these guys in early. They’re already making that transition so they will be ready in the fall.”

For Norton, a former midfielder at Georgia Southern University, the transition has been much easier.

A native of Augusta, Ga., Norton played at the club level with current Wolfpack sophomore midfielder Holden Fender and sophomore goalkeeper Alex McCauley. Now playing at left back, Norton said he feels comfortable, but there’s a difference in the competition level between the Southern Conference

and the ACC. “The level of intensity is a little bit better here at State and the commitment level is very high,” Norton said. “The team is really gelling right now, which is good.”

Each player brings a unique skill set to the existing team that fits Findley’s plans. Knudson, an attacking midfielder from New Jersey’s Players Development Academy, said he likes to use his vision and willingness to attack defenders on the dribble.

Findley said he likes Knudson’s approach to the game, specifically his “bite and edge,” which he termed a “Jersey attitude.” Knudson also brings exposure to other soccer cultures, as his prior training included stints in Spain with Rayo Vallecano in Madrid.

Taiwo, the 2012 Gatorade Player of the Year and a four-star recruit out of Raleigh’s Cardinal Gibbons High School, will add depth and goals to an already experienced frontline.

Findley said that he and Retzlaff will also help State in a different category.

“Both Ade and Retzlaff’s parents are alums,” Findley said. “One of my goals recruiting-wise is to get players who want to make N.C. State great, players who are Wolfpack fans and ‘bleed the red’ so to speak.”

Norton adds two-way play at outside back, and Findley said Norton’s understanding of Division One soccer will be a massive boost to a potentially young defensive unit.

“Reed gives us good experience,” Findley said. “We’re going to have a fairly young back four, and we’re young in goal, so bringing in a guy that has experience and also already knows a couple of players on our team and can integrate into our culture was an easy decision.”

Despite the rigors of college athletics, the new Wolfpackers said they are just like normal college students in their down time. This includes trips to State’s most popular fastfood establishment.

“I’m pretty sure everyone likes this one, but I like Cook-out,” Retzlaff said. “I always get a burger tray and an Oreo milkshake.”

With six preseason games starting at the end of March, Findley said he is upbeat regarding the team’s chances this season.

“The thing that’s impressed me the most has been our guys’ desire to reach our goals,” Findley said. “I think it’s different. I think before guys were just playing, getting better and working hard, but I do think that now the guys have grasped their own potential. They’ve decided they want to be excellent.”