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Professors are not resistant to climate of political indifference Jake Moser News Editor

N.C. State’s campus is a short drive away from the North Carolina General Assembly, where lawmakers create, debate and pass laws affecting the entire state.

The irony is, however, that the University has a long history of political indifference among its students and faculty members.

According to David Zonderman, associate head chair of the History Department and Faculty Senate Chair, professors and students at N.C. State have long had a reputation of being politically inactive.

Zonderman said being in the South, which has been historically more conservative and less active, and the profile of students who previously attended the University, have contributed to a politically idle campus.

“Up until recently, we were a University of predominantly young men studying

engineering and agriculture, and many of them had a more instrumental view of college,” Zonderman said.

“They would say, ‘I’m going to college to get a job and nothing’s going to get in the way. Politics is for somebody else.’”

Zonderman said N.C. State’s status as a historically STEM-based school could be a factor for why other liberalarts schools, namely UNCChapel Hill, are more politically active.

In fact, the North Carolina Historical Review claimed N.C. State was one of the last colleges to get involved with anti-Vietnam War protests.

Zonderman said this climate of political indifference extends to faculty members specifically, and that he hasn’t seen any dramatic increases or decreases in professors’ political activity.

“Overall, faculty on this campus tend to be less political mobilized and engaged,”

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Protestors gathered in front of the capitol building Sunday afternoon, honoring the heroes who died in clashes with government security forces in Kyiv and calling for the United States to protect the territorial integrity of Ukraine and sanctions against the Russian president Vladimir Putin. The Ukrainian Association of North Carolina organized the event.

Ukrainian-Americans protest Russian invasion downtown Ravi Chittilla Assistant News Editor

About 100 people gathered at the N.C. State Capitol building to raise awareness about the ongoing civil unrest in Ukraine and the impending threat of

war with Russia Sunday afternoon.

The Ukrainian Association of North Carolina represents 16,000 UkrainianAmericans residing in North Carolina, 3,000 having immigrated recently. The association gathered to honor and mourn those who died in clashes with

the government security forces in Kiev, the capital city of Ukraine, said Andriy Shymonyak, a senior in history and political science.

In addition, Shymonyak said the group

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Professors disagree with music-STEM connection Estefania Castro-Vazquez Assistant News Editor

N.C. State offers advanced degrees in STEM fields, but according to Jeff Braden, dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, it is the only University in the UNC-System that doesn’t offer a degree in music.

Though some educators argue that music helps students better understand concepts

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seen in the STEM fields, according to Stephen Reynolds, an N.C. State professor of physics and a violinist who has played in several orchestrasm, the benefits of music come in different and broad disciplines, such as learning to recognize patterns, rather than the direct correlations many hope to find.

“There’s a tendency to want to draw parallels, but there’s really not a profound, deep

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in fifth grade, Reynolds said his teacher played a Leonard Bernstein concert, which sparked his interest in music. He said he began listening to music every day for one to two hours until the violin became interesting to play.

By the time he arrived at a university, Reynolds said he had had a lot of contact with music, and it wasn’t until college began that he discovered his interest in physics.

Reynolds said he financed his graduate education partially by playing music.

Reynolds said he didn’t see a deep connection between music and advanced capabilities in the STEM fields.

“You’re not going to turn your kid into a genius by playing Mozart while it’s in the womb,” Reynolds said.

“You’re not going to be better in calculus because you took a music course.”

Reynolds said the University has lost a significant number of physics majors because of N.C. State’s lack of a music degree.

Jeff Braden, the Dean of CHASS, said music is important because it presents a different way of understanding and presenting the world.

“Music is unique because it’s one of the few things than

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connection,” Reynolds said.

“There’s no doubt that people who think quantitatively are drawn to music, but a lot of people bend themselves out of shape trying to find parallels.”

Reynolds, who said he grew up in a household that emphasized music, said he began playing the violin at a young age after scoring well on pitch-determination test in grade school. When he was

Students in the University Honors Program have created a new research journal that will explore the reflective and personal stories behind undergraduate research being conducted at N.C. State.

According to Jamie Yannayon, editor in chief of The Journal of Reflective Inquiry, the journal is chaired by an editorial staff of eight students and will be a periodical publication once in print.

JORI is the brainchild of Aaron Stoller, associate director of UHP, who envisioned a student-run journal that would comment about the research process, Yannayon said.

“JORI is unconventional in the sense that we’re looking more for the research process than publishing research results.” said Kate Mueller, assistant content editor for JORI and a sophomore in civil engineering.

According to Yannayon, JORI is accepting submissions on a rolling basis from now until the end of May, the goal being to publish its

first edition this October.

Yannayon said JORI is an undergraduate research journal run exclusively by undergraduates.

“JORI serves a forum for researchers to publish reflective articles about their research about what it’s like to be a researcher, what it’s like to do research, how they got started doing research,” Yannayon said.

Yannayon said JORI also aims to break barriers between different disciplines and allow researchers of various disciplines to communicate with each other.

JORI’s outreach is meant to provide those interested in research the platform to hear about the research occurring in different fields and allow readers to find their own research opportunities, Yannayon said.

However, the mission behind JORI wasn’t always clear, and the editoria l board is still working to define what JORI will entail, according to Micah Khater, content editor for JORI and a

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Laughing, several children watch their raffle tickets ride down the conveyor belt on Play Well’s bridge at Lego’s Kids Fest. Play Well is a company that had booths set up where kids could build lego cars on a track and crash them into eachother.

Kidsfest draws more than 27,000 at Convention Center Staff Report Families assembled for the LEGO KidsFest at the Raleigh Convention Center Saturday.

KidsFest is a giant Lego playground where LEGO enthusiasts can interact with the toy. The LEGO Fest featured a LEGO Model Museum of fictional characters, held races

between LEGO cars, and contested battles between robotic vehicles. The News and Observer reported that more than 27,000 people were expected to have attended. Two LEGO Master Builders, Steve Gerling and Chris Steininger, attended KidsFest to show fans the tools of the trade acquired through their years

of building with LEGOs. Gerling and Steininger built most of the models displayed in the Model Museum. As visitors exited KidsFest, they had the opportunity to build a section of the map of the United States place it on a 65 feet long by 45 feet wide surface, which visitors could view from a balcony.

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can jump past cultural and intellectual screens,” Braden said. “I can hear music from many cultures, and I can understand it much more than I can understand a different language.”

Braden said that from a psychological standpoint, there is not significant evidence to support the idea that music makes one more apt to understanding math and science concepts.

“I think it has the power to enrich and expand,” Braden said. “It’s a way of experiencing things in a way that is extremely accessible.”

Braden said that foreign languages can be compared to music in the sense that both are used as utilities for instrumental aspects.

“Using music solely to make math more interesting, that to me is unfortunate way to use music,” Braden said.

Braden said he it’s unusual for a university like N.C.

State to not have music and performing arts degrees in a college that awards academic degrees.

According to Braden, N.C. State did not award degrees in English, history and foreign languages until 50 years ago, when legislation was passed that allowed the University to grant these degrees. Because music was not a part of CHASS, it was not able to move with the college and cannot award degrees now.

Braden said a proposal was previously made to add a music degree, but with financial issues in 2008, they were unable to add it to the programs. Even so, he said he recommended the degree be added several times.

Braden said he and Louis Martin-Vega, dean of College of Engineering, definitely believe the University’s lack of formal music, theatre or dance programs is a deterrent for many students who are interested in pursuing engineering, but also show interest in these areas.

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senior in history and French.

“Aaron Stoller made a call for an editorial board, and we had no idea what it was,” Khater said. “Jamie [Yannayon], myself, Courtney Vaughn and Ben [Markoch], the design editor, all embarked on this lovely journey together.”

Khater said in its first year, the staff worked together to

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protested against Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine, which claims it is in violation of international laws and treaties. They aimed to get the attention of U.S. lawmakers, hoping necessary measures would take place to stop Russia’s invasion. Shymonyak said that according to international agreements, the United States would be required to act if such an event came to pass.

President Barack Obama has said Russia should not use

form its vision and define the role of the journal.

Under the guidance of Vaughn, former editor in chief and senior in human biology and sociology, JORI transformed from an idea into a fledgling journal.

According to Yannayon, Vaughn took a class with Stoller on academic publishing, and she now serves as a consultant for the journal to help preserve its original vision.

Ben Markoch, design and

technology editor of the journal and junior in graphic design, said he created JORI’s image, as well as the web site, from the ground up.

Markoch said he was inspired ”to show people that JORI was a journal that was a little bit newer, a little less hard and straight, a little more translucent.”

From this group of four founding members, JORI has expanded and hired three new editors: Mueller, William Crumpler, a junior

in materials science and engineering, and Kristen Bagley, a junior in zoology. Crumpler, managing editor for the journal, said the new editors had to submit a resume, a statement of interest and a writing sample in addition to conducting an interview.

“I like how this project has the potential to be very personal,” Bagley said. “Most of the time with scientific writing, you don’t really get to see the emotional side of the research process.”

any military force to change the fate of Ukraine, The New York Times reported.

“The United States will stand with the international community in affirming that there will be costs for any military intervention in Ukraine,” Obama said in a White House Press Briefing Friday.

Shymonyak said while the Obama’s rhetoric has been decisive, his actions must back his words.

“Overall, amongst those at the protest there was a mix of fear about the potential outbreak of war with Russia, sadness as they see their coun-

try of birth or the country of their parents or grandparents undergoing this difficult situation and hope that the Ukrainian government along with help from the US and others can deter Mr. Putin from starting a war and that the country can finally move forward and develop into a prosperous, democratic state,” Shymonayk said.

Secretary of State John Kerry will visit Kiev on Tuesday to show the United States’ support for Ukraine, The New York Times reported.

Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk has warned that his country is

on the “brink of disaster,” Al Jazeera reported.

“If President [Vladimir] Putin wants to be the president who started a war between two neighboring and friendly countries, between Ukraine and Russia, he has reached his target within a few inches,” Yatenyuk told reporters in English on Sunday, a day after Russia’s parliament approved the use of military force in Ukraine.

The Guardian has reported that over 100 people have been killed since the Euromaidan protests began.

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Lecturer discusses role of art in Congo, conflict regions Sarah Catherine Smith Correspondent

A professor from UNCChapel Hill discussed the role music and artistic image has had on Congolese culture in front of about 50 people in Titmus Theatre on Friday.

Chérie River Ndaliko, a professor of music, spoke at the third installment of N.C. State’s Price Music Lecture Series, which is emphasizing African culture this year.

Ndaliko’s research considers radical arts interventions in conflict regions of Africa, with an emphasis about the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

According to Ndaliko, radical arts interventions can be defined as using music to promote social justice.

“People from all over the world, in all different cultural contexts, in all different situations and circumstances, partake in musical activity,” Ndaliko said. “Music is central to many cultures around the world, but I suggest that the stakes of music making

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Zonderman said. “The majority of faculty don’t seem to be terribly concerned always with how the University is run, where it’s going and what the vision is. A lot of our faculty seem to say, ‘I’m taking this course, I’m in the lab doing work; If the guys upstairs leave me alone, I’ll leave them alone.”

Jim Martin, professor of chemistry and former chair of the Faculty Senate, agreed with Zonderman’s sentiment that faculty members at N.C. State aren’t politically active.

“In my experience, department to department, there isn’t a lot of variation in terms of who is politically active, Martin said. “There are a few that are, but in general most are not.”

According to Dick Reavis, an associate professor of English who participated in the Civil Rights Movement, professors are currently less active compared to the mid 1960’s when activism was “ten times what it is now.”

“My general observation is that professors are far more cowed and apolitical than they were in the 60’s,” Reavis said. “This indifference in politics doesn’t just affect young people.”

Zonderman said faculty in different colleges at N.C. State may have strong political beliefs and may be campaigning for a candidate, for example, but they very rarely mobilize.

In part, this has to do with the profile of N.C. State faculty members.

“Many of them are involved in more technical fields and say they’re not going to get involved in political issues either on or off campus,” Zonderman said.

Martin and Reavis said most faculty members aren’t outspoken about their political beliefs because they are afraid of potentially harmful consequences.

“I think increasingly across the nation, political activity has decreased because more faculty have felt vulnerable to budget cuts, a lack of grants, and more administrative control because there is a fear that engaging in political activity will have repercussions,” Martin said. “When

are particularly high when we are talking about a conflict region.”

Nda li ko ta l ked about the internal conf lict in the Congo, which, based on her research, is the deadliest conflict since World War II. According to Ndaliko, the conflict is characterized by rampant sexual violence, implementation of child soldiers and oppression on a mass scale.

In addition to her teaching and research, Ndaliko also serves as co-director of the Yole!Africa cultural center in the Congo. Yole!Africa promotes a global dialogue and raises awareness about the issues in the Congo through creative expression.

The program provides young-Congolese people the skills necessary to share their stories on a global scale.

“In times of conflict, telling one’s own story is the most powerful action that a person can engage in,” Ndaliko said.

“The story is told inevitability influences how the world views the conflict. Music cre-

ates a platform for people to engage in the world in a way that they could not achieve by any other means.”

Ndaliko discussed the production of Yole!Africa’s current major project, Art on the FrontLines. The music video series expresses the struggles of the Congolese people while providing a political critique about the conflict.

Yole!Africa releases a new video every Thursday on its YouTube channel. Ndaliko emphasized the power of music, especially among their large illiterate population and across cultural boundaries.

The music featured in Art on the FrontLines, has an intentionally recognizable sound. According to Ndaliko, Yole!Africa aims to connect with the world at large and not just with a specific group of Africans.

The music is a traditional hip-hop style that is familiar to most people, Ndaliko said.

The program intentionally involves more global sounds, which allows the issue to be sonically connected with the

that fear is present people tend not to engage.”

“The bottom line is you have freedom of speech until you have to earn a living,” Reavis said. “Then your employer decides how much freedom of speech you have.”

However, Martin said that because we live in a democracy, political engagement is required, even for professors.

“I do not support the nonengagement at all,” Martin said. “I believe very strongly if we are to live in democracy, it requires our engagement.

Zonderman said state laws could also be contributing to politically indifferent faculty members that don’t have a willingness to mobilize.

North Carolina has laws that restrict organized labor, Zonderman said. In some states, faculty can form unions and lobby for higher wages and benefits, but in North Carolina, no public employee can get a legally collectively bargained contract—something the United Nation says is a fundamental human right, according to Zonderman.

“You can form a union, but it will be powerless in terms of contract rights,” Zonderman said. “Only North Carolina and Virginia have that specific law. The UN says that it’s a fundamental human right to form a union and for that union to collectively bargain on their behalf. It would be hard to mobilize our faculty even if we wanted to.”

Reavis said University professors were also more sympathetic to activism during the Civil Rights Movement a nd a nt i-Viet na m Wa r protests. Though they had families and couldn’t afford to move to the South to participate directly, they were mostly supportive. Reavis said he wouldn’t expect the same sympathy today.

“At least some professors encouraged us,” Reavis said.

“I was able to take exams from jail, and I don’t think that would be offered to me today. I don’t know how professors today would handle that, but it’s not really an issue because students today don’t go to jail. I’d say a lot of them were saying ‘you’re doing the right thing, kid.’”

Reavis said he is pessimistic about the future of professor and student-led activism at N.C. State.

“I suppose that when the underemployment of graduates becomes more severe that some sort of political consciousness will begin to occur,” Reavis said. “We’ve seen five years of that, and I’m not seeing much awakening yet. There will come a time when the minimum wage will become an issue for college graduates because half of them will have to work minimum wage jobs and that will filter back onto campus.”

However, Reavis said an active campus community could have the potential to solve certain issues, such as tuition increases.

“They could limit tuition increases, but the general mentality is one of adjustment, not of resistance, and I don’t know what it’s going to take for that to change,” Reavis said. “If the legislature were to pass a tuition increase, 10,000 students being on the capital grounds protesting would certainly have some effect.”

Reavis said the current generation is facing more difficult circumstances than his did, and that the current atmosphere is not conducive to people doing anything about it.

“I’m not very optimistic about the short run, and I’m not going to live to see the long run,” Reavis said.

Zonderman said it takes issues with a lot of intensity to mobilize N.C. State’s campus, such as years of budget cuts.

“They either don’t put all the pieces together and see that budget cuts often lead to increased tuition, or they say they don’t have time, or they don’t care or they don’t think protesting will make a difference,” Zonderman said.

“Even issues that hit students right in their pocket books don’t seem to provoke much mobilization.”

Martin, who serves on the Wake County School Board, said though faculty members may be politically reserved, they need to fulfill their duty as critical thinkers that promote democracy and engagement among the student body.

“Faculty members were hired to be thoughtful people who can give effect critiques in their specialty, but who were also trained to be critical thinkers, and democracy depends on effective criti-

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Chérie Rivers Ndaliko, assistant professor in the Music Department at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, explains what the Congo is actually like. She showed several music videos from the Congo on an album called “Art from the Front Line.”

rest of the world.

“The familiarity of the music further makes the critique that they offer through the lyrics more powerful,” Ndaliko said. “This is about human beings, and not about Africans, and that is the choice made for this music.”

Many of the participants in Yole!Africa go on to work in politics, medicine or business. Ndaliko said the program provides young people with not only creative skills, but also skills for participants to take control of their own lives. Ndaliko said the move-

ment is a growing success.

“The Congolese are working very hard to transform their own reality,” Ndaliko said. “If we do connect, it is possible to see the world through the eyes of another person, or the ears I should say.”

cal thinkers in society and a government to make sure that works,” Martin said. “I strongly encourage them to be engaged in political process.”

Martin also said faculty members should at least get involved in politics to contribute to education policy, which has strong budgetary implications.

“About 60% of the North

Carolina state budget goes to education, and it’s important that people who understand and have experience with education should be engaged in that budget,” Martin said.

However, professors should be wary about which issues they become involved with and know the difference between engaging in politics as a citizen and as a professor.

“One does need to have

limits in terms of political advocacy for your own cause,” Martin said. “It would out of line to go and try to lobby legislature for research funding for myself, but it would be appropriate to work for research support for entire University system as long as you understand the boundaries and limits.”

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The Oscars are out of touch Fruitvale Station opens with shaky cellphone footage of a young man being shoved to the ground of the Fruitvale BART train station platform in Oakland, Calif.

The sound is muffled, and the video quality passable at best. Still, distinctive shouting is audible, and the image is Justine unmistakable: Oscar Schnitzler Staff Columnist Gr a nt , a n unarmed black man, is being held down by two white police officers while those filming and watching within the BART station scream and protest. One officer shouts, “I’m going to taze him, I’m going to taze him. I can’t get his arms. He won’t give me his arms. His hands are going for his waistband.” The other officer urges the first to step back. He complies. He subsequently claimed he thought he was reaching for his Taser, when in reality he reached for his gun, and fired into Grant’s back. The BART train left the station with more than 50 witnesses to the fatal shooting of an innocent man at the hands of law enforcement officials. The video ends there, as the horrified witnesses were pulled away from the

Fruitvale BART station. It is noted that according to eyewitnesses, after being shot, Grant cried out, “You shot me! I got a four-year-old daughter!”

After the available footage runs out, the duration of the movie begins, with an actor assuming the role of Grant as he goes about his daily business on what would ultimately be his last day alive— Dec. 31, 2008. Grant was shot in the early hours of Jan. 1, 2009, while riding the BART train back to his home in Oakland with his girlfriend (and the mother of his fouryear old daughter). While on the train, he became involved in an altercation when a man who recognized him from former shady dealings swung at him and attacked.

Police officers were called to the scene, and his girlfriend pushed him into another train car so to avoid having to deal with enforcement officials. Officers stopped the train completely to investigate the situation, and pulled off all black males, ignoring the white man who had actually started the fight. Justifiably, Grant and his friends were incensed, loudly and audibly complaining about the racial profiling at play.

Repeatedly, Grant asks why he has been pulled from the train while the others

involved have walked free.

The officers are irked. They aren’t gentle or forgiving, and they handle the men on the platform roughly, slamming Grant to the ground when he attempts to stand up. This is when one officer begins to shout he is resisting arrest— for failure to cooperate with police officers. Within a matter of seconds, he is shot while lying face down on the ground of the BART station, with horrified onlookers screaming from within the train cars. While he lies on the ground in agony, another officer handcuffs and searches him, before medical assistance arrives. He dies later that morning, at the Bay area hospital, with his girlfriend, mother and daughter acting as silent, grief-stricken witnesses to his final moments.

Grant was 22 years old.

Fruitvale Station received widespread critical acclaim upon its release last July. The movie is powerful to the core, with standout performances

by Michael B. Jordan as Grant and Academy Award-winner Octavia Spencer as Grant’s mother. It was the darling of the Sundance Film Festival, which is usually a strong indicator of an Academy Awardwinning performance. The message of the film is urgent—and by giving a face to racial profiling and violence

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in this country, it memorialized Grant and reminded the audience that the United States is not post-racism by any stretch of the imagination. Why, then, was it not nominated for any Academy Awards, and why does it matter that it wasn’t?

The Academy Awards are distant from everyday life, it’s true. Hype is built around the outfits of the stars, and over-attention given to the magic of Hollywood. Most Americans have not had the chance or interest to see the films nominated in the most visible of categories—Best Picture—by the time the Awards air. In many ways, the Academy Awards are Hollywood patting themselves on the back. That being said, once winners are announced

and the televised broadcast is complete, interest in winning films spikes considerably. Buzz is generated, and messages are spread. This is why Fruitvale Station garnering no nominations matters.

Out of several films released last year with stories directed by, starred in, and about African-Americans, only 12 Years a Slave took the lead, with 10 nominations. Is 12 Years a Slave a phenomenal film?

Absolutely. But one can’t help but feel that Fruitvale Station was ignored, along with Lee Daniel’s The Butler, because the stories they told were just too close to home in terms of span of time. Grant was the victim of a race crime just a few years ago, in California.

The Academy’s snubbing of Fruitvale Station can be seen

as a demonstration of unwillingness on the part of the Academy to bring the story of Grant, a man profiled and ultimately murdered at the hands of a white police officer, to national, widespread visibility. The Racism Review, a national online publication, put it best: “The real problem for Fruitvale Station is that it’s a film about racism without a happy ending. It’s about a tragedy that cannot be redeemed. Not that it’s even a particularly radical film — it just can’t pretend that time has solved the problems it portrays, as 12 Years a Slave does.” It is important that we see films like 12 Years, but it is crucial we discuss and remember films like Fruitvale Station, in order to change our reality.

Letters to the editor What does it take to piss off the Wolfpack? What does it take to really, truly offend us, to disrespect us to such an extent that we simply cannot contain ourselves any longer? What would that look like? After last week, I’m wondering if I have discovered the answer. After the Technician staff decided not to print an issue of the Daily Tar Hell last Wednesday, all hell seemed to break loose as the Wolfpack student body began screaming at the top of its lungs about the injustice of having our school’s traditions so casually tossed aside. Now, my personal feelings on this matter are entirely inconsequential. I am writing neither in defense of the Technician, nor with the intention of adding to the mountain of criticism their decision has garnered. Instead, I want to take this opportunity to ask why it took so damn long for people to get pissed off about something.

Where was all of this Daily Tar Hell passion and fervor during the sale of Hofmann Forest? Or when the university decided to partner with the NSA? How about when the state legislature decided to curtail our voting rights, and cut university funding… again? Why the hell did abso-

lutely none of this piss us off?

Over the past year, N.C. State students have had to swallow policy after policy that fundamentally disrespected our rights, and we’ve done nothing. Sure there were a few who tried to fight, who tried to foster some spark of resistance among the population, but every time the student body were called upon to act and stand behind these individuals, we chose instead to drown their causes in a sea of indifference. Over the last few years, we’ve managed to establish a campus culture hostile to any attempt to take a stand, and in doing so we’ve shown a disgraceful lack of respect for the history of this institution. N.C. State has a proud and rich legacy of activism, one we seem all too willing to forget. In 2001, for example, N.C. State students answered the threat of budget cuts with a 5000-strong march to the Legislature. In the same year, we were able to save our library hours from being cut through the organization of a D.H. Hill sit-in, and a march to the Chancellor’s mansion. This year, the closest we’ve come to any act of civil disobedience was a short, 30 person brickyard protest against the Hofmann Forest sale. We

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should be lauding those students and faculty members as heroes for speaking out, when instead we have decided to turn a blind eye to everything they’ve fought for.

When did we decide we would allow ourselves to be trampled over by government and administrative interests without putting up so much as a word in protest? What are we doing to ourselves? If all of this had been happening to any other generation of the Wolfpack, there would have been, long ago, such an outcry from students that this university would never have known what had hit it.

It is time for us to start caring about more than just the Daily Tar Hell. We have to stand up and let our voices be heard, or else allow ourselves to be dragged down by the consequences of our apathy.

-William Crumpler, sophomore in material science Good afternoon.

I just found out of Luke Nadkarni, Assistant Sports Editor’s article via Facebook from a Carolina Fan!! (not a Carolina graduate).

Does this kid, Luke Nadkarni, Assistant Sports Editor, still have a job after his last article?!

Sounds like he’d rather be

attending Duke or Carolina that be rooting for the Pack.

Perhaps he didn’t get in...

He doesn’t sound like a fan at all, to be judging other fans. I appreciate his telling students not to do the wrong thing, but his article is embarrassing to the school and now is serving as ammunition on social media for all those Tar-holes that have already been taunting since Wednesday’s game.

I am a graduate of N.C. State. I am a woman and a die-hard fan. We choose to be happy when our teams win, and not shove it in any opponent’s face… AND we remain faithful, supportive fans while losing.

I had the opportunity to attend N.C. State women’s Hoops4Hope game a couple of weeks ago for the Kay Yow cancer research. Reynolds was packed, but we had a lot of Carolina fans sitting near us. The whole time a group of eight or nine kids were yelling “State, you suck” and comments like that. Then I heard another group talking smack and looked up and it was a 50-year-old Carolina fan leading another group of young kids to yell obscenities like that. We had our children with us, and they learned first-hand the toler-

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Please explain.

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-Stephen Gore Jr. Luke and Technician editors, Your narrative that average team shouldn’t care about bad calls during basketball games just because we aren’t that good to begin with is lazy. People aren’t claiming that we are a better team, but how do you rationalize giving stronger teams more advantageous calls during games?

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Mediocrity runs ‘non-stop’ in new Liam Neeson flick Kevin deMontbrun Assistant Features Editor

From Taken to Unknown to The A-Team, Liam Neeson continues to advance his status as one of the biggest action movie stars in Hollywood. This is certainly evident in his latest film, Non-stop. Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, Non-stop is the newest action thriller to hit theaters.

Neeson plays leading man Bill Marks, an air marshal on a transatlantic flight from New York City to London. At the start of the film, Marks meets Jen Summers (Julianne Moore), an unlucky woman who takes the window seat beside him on the flight.

From there, Marks is sent a series of text messages, which threaten to kill a passenger every 20 minutes if he fails to transfer $1.5 million to a designated bank account.

When the threats become more imminent, Marks enlists the help of Summers and a flight attendant named Nancy Hoffman (Michelle Dockery) to track down the source. Eventually, his fellow passengers and even the me-

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 dia become aware of the terrorist operation and suspect him of the crime.

Despite its strong cast and action-packed plot twists, Non-stop succumbs to a sequence of plot events less impressive than the film’s camera angles. Almost everyone in the movie is proposed to be a suspect and, after an average of three seconds, is discounted. Because this back and forth investigation occurs in such a disorganized fashion, the plot becomes almost impossible to follow.

It’s obvious the filmmakers wish for the viewer to feel the same paranoia Marks feels among his fellow passengers, but this antic drones on a bit too long and approaches ridiculousness. It seems Marks’ paranoia is just as much a nuisance to the viewer as it is to the Transportation Security Administration in the movie.

The most disappointing part of the film is its final act.

Throughout the movie, we are sent on a wild goose chase

to answer the same questions as Marks: Who is sending the texts? Who is the terrorist on board? The answer turns out to be an abrupt letdown. A simple backtrack through the never ending suspect list is all it takes to spot the culprits.

However, I must hand it to the writers for attempting to add some purpose and resonance to the film. The final act gives a surprisingly blatant social commentary about national security. To do so, the film uses somewhat clichéd references from political events such as 9/11 and the war on terror.

In addition, a minor annoyance of the film is its use of graphics to display Marks’ text messages to the audience.

When bubbles of text pop up like subtitles in a foreign cartoon film, the ominous and mysterious nature of these messages falls f lat. It only adds to the overall ludicrousness of the movie.

Though the flaws to its plot are noticeable, Neeson lures the viewer into the film. It is even difficult to notice the mistakes in the storyline because the action and suspense of the scenes can be

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preoccupying. The audience honestly feels the paranoia, the frustration and even the sorrow Marks feels throughout the movie, due in part to Neeson’s acting and ColletSerra’s directing.

Collet-Serra is best known for directing thriller and horror films such as Orphan and House of Wax, and his experience shows. If Non-stop does anything right, it knows

its place in the action and suspense genre. Everything from the diverse range of camera positions to the menacing background music gives the film an air of anticipation and excitement.

As a whole, Non-stop is not a work of filmmaking genius.

However, I can honestly say it is Non-stop fun and excitement. If you are a fan of suspense and even some emo-

tionally cogent moments, especially on the big screen, it might be in your best interest to give this flick a chance. If you like a little more depth to the almost two hours you will be lounging in the theater, you may want to sit this one out.

Emotion and intensity survive in new Walking Dead game All That Remains

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The Walking Dead Season Two: All That Remains is the first episode in the season, and a follow up to Telltale Games’ sleeper hit The Walking Dead Season One, which began early 2012. Telltale Games’ series became known for its emotional and deep stories alongside hard and incredibly important choices.

All That Remains starts two years after the events of Season One, and stars one of its supporting characters, Clementine. As Clementine, the player must pick up pieces after the concluding events of the first game and the downloadable expansion 400 Days.

All the player’s choices in Season One and 400 Days can affect different aspects of All That Remains, as well as other areas of Season Two as it progresses. Though choices from the previous games do come into play at certain points, it almost feels as if many of them don’t matter by

 the end of All That Remains.

It seems Telltale may even have wanted to eliminate the choices of all players to start fresh later on.

The series is called an “interactive adventure,” and that continues to help All That Remains feel fun, although the puzzles feel fairly rudimentary and can get a little tedious. Though the player does get to interact with almost everything in the environment, the puzzles can be as simple as bringing a certain item to a particular character or location.

As in interactive adventure, All That Remains doesn’t have a lot of true gameplay. Players shouldn’t expect much gameplay past walking around, examining objects, talking to characters and pressing buttons quickly to complete scenes.

However, what puzzles the player completes and what

choices are made in the story affect how the group views Clementine. Oftentimes, the puzzles do a good job of showing Clementine’s motivations, or allowing the player to pick what should motivate her.

Quick time events require the player to press the correct button rapidly during a scene.

These events continue to work in the series’ favor, and failing to complete a quick time event means death. The immediacy of the button pressing and the situation of the game create a feeling of surprise and importance.

Oftentimes, these sequences are used to fight off zombies or scavenge humans, and they can create frantic battles.

All That Remains begins Season Two with a slightly weak story. The direction of the story remains a mystery, and Clementine’s feelings, as well as the feelings of the characters around her, are not made clear.

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All That Remains continues to create a sense of dread and, at certain moments, even horror. This game is not for those with weak stomachs, as some scenes are gorier than the first season.

Another weak aspect of the story is the suspicion the group has of Clementine.

Because everyone questions her, the player never really

learns what the other characters want. He or she only sees what Clementine wants from the group.

Some of the more interesting characters in the game include Pete, who seems like a father figure, and another young girl that Clementine meets, who seems rather oblivious. Pete’s persona is also reminiscent of a charac-

ter from the first season.

Like its predecessors, All That Remains does an amazing job of creating a feeling of dread and bleakness during the virtual zombie apocalypse. From the start of the game, the player is assaulted with misfortune after misfortune and is shown scenes that question human nature during trying times.

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Hunt Library offers Google Glass to students Kaitlin Montgomery Assistant Features Editor N.C. State’s libraries offer students more than just books. With the ability to check out iPads, laptops, iPods, cameras and even phone chargers, it’s no surprise that students will now have the opportunity to check out Google Glass.

“It is part of our core mission to make available to students and faculty technology that we either know of and faculty really need, or think they’re going to be able to use and loan out,” said David Hiscoe, director of communication strategies at NCSU Libraries.

Google Glass is a wearable computer with an optical head-mounted display.

Priced at $1,500, Glass is only available to consumers who are participating in the Google Glass Explorer Program.

“We know that they’re expensive,” Hiscoe said.

“They’re hard to get. The context for us, for Google Glass, is that it’s potentially something that can change how faculty and students are doing research across the board. We know that people are really interested.”

Adrienne Lai, an emerging technology services librarian, said a colleague from Claremont College asked if NSCU Libraries would be interested in an invitation to acquire Google Glass.

Glass – they only let you buy one.”

With every piece of technology NSCU Libraries purchases, Lai said it must craft a new way to loan out devices.

“We wanted to see and sort of test out with one or two faculty and graduate students who we knew we were interested in and would make good use of it,” Lai said. “We had to get an idea of how you would loan this sort of thing out.”

Lai said with things such as iPads or iPods, NSCU Libraries takes something intended to be a personal device and lends it to thousands of different people.

“We have to ask ourselves, ‘How do we manage lending out that one thing that’s usually tied to one person to the whole N.C. State community?” Lai said.

While developing a web forum for students and faculty members to request to use Glass, NCSU Libraries is currently allowing a few people and groups to test it.

“We’re going to have to prioritize,” Lai said. “We’re expecting there’s going to be more demand than we can meet, so we’re going to be prioritizing folks who can explain a little more about what they’re wanting to do with it.”

Lai said the checkout period for Google Glass will be six days. Groups can check out Glass through Hunt Library’s web forum.

“It’s the exploring part that we really want for someone. We want it to become natural for users.”

Adrienne Lai, emerging technology services librarian

“She knew that NCSU Libraries does interesting things with technology and wanted to know if we were interested,” Lai said. “I told her, ‘Yes! That’s exactly the sort of thing we would be interested in.’ And after following up, we managed to get an invitation to be a part of the Google Glass Explorer Program and acquire one pair of Google

“We’re hoping that the people that we are able to lend it to will be able to do something interesting, or at least have it inform their research area in a new and interesting way,” Lai said. “I think that there will be a wide range of uses and a wide range of disciplines that are taking advantage of this.”

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Ph.D. student Arpan Chakraborty receives Google Glass to try out. NCSU Libraries is slowly allowing more students to check out Google Glass.

tion will be part of the checkout process.

Pairing Glass with their Google account, renters are given what Lai called “the basics of Glass” as well as access to support pages that Google has suggested to users.

“It’s the exploring part that we really want for someone,” Lai said. “We want it to become natural for users. We would recommend though, that anyone that does sign up set a little bit of practice time aside.”

Hiscoe and Lai said they have high hopes for Google Glass here at N.C. State.

“I’m hoping people on campus think of Google Glass in a broader way,” Lai said.

“Maybe someone in veterinary medicine will do some kind of interesting experimental surgery to do on an animal, and they can use it to broadcast it to their class.”

Today, Google Glass will be available from noon - 2 p.m. in the D.H. Hill Library for students to use. On Wednesday, students will have another opportunity to interact w ith Google Glass from 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. in t he technolog y showcase area at Hunt Library.

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Miami storms past Wolfpack with second half run Andrew Schuett Sports Editor

Luke Nadkarni Assistant Sports Editor

N.C. State followed a heartbreaking loss to rival UNCChapel Hill on Wednesday with a tough 85-70 loss to visiting Miami on Saturday.

The Wolfpack (17-12 overall, 7-9 ACC) fought bravely, putting together a run midway through the second half to claim a brief lead over Miami. In the end, the Hurricanes (15-14 overall, 6-10 ACC) proved to be too much, answering with a late run of their own.

Sophomore forward T.J. Warren led the Wolfpack in scoring with 20 points. Freshman forward Kyle Washington added 13 points, while junior guard Desmond Lee chipped in with 10.

However, it wasn’t enough to match a Hurricane attack that featured five players in double figures, led by senior guard Rion Brown’s 20 points on seven-of-13 shooting.

Graduate student guard Garrius Adams, an Apex native, added 16 points, while senior center Tonye Jekiri totaled 14 points, in addition to a gamehigh 13 rebounds.

The Hurricanes, normally a low-scoring team built on defense, overwhelmed the Pack on Saturday. Their 85 points and 58.7 shooting percentage from the field were both season highs.

“Miami played better than we did,” State head coach Mark Gottfried said. “They came in and played terrific basketball. We had a hard time guarding them off the dribble.”

Miami took an early lead, slicing State’s defense and getting to the rim for uncontested layups. The game went back and forth until junior guard Ralston Turner tied the game at 20-apiece with his second 3-pointer of the afternoon. State eventually took the lead at the 5:12 mark in the first half on a floater from Warren. Lee banged in two 3-pointers less than a minute apart to help State

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“As a team, I think we were a little deflated [from Wednesday],” Washington said. “We have to stay together, we have to make sure we go for the same goal, and that’s winning and getting to the NCAA Tournament. We haven’t given up on that.”

Miami briefly re-took the lead, but Washington answered for the Pack, hitting a left-handed hook shot with 18 seconds left, drawing a foul in the process. The Champlin, Minn., native converted the and-one to put State on top, but the ‘Canes hit a 3-pointer to end the first half and take a 37-36 lead into the break.

The Hurricanes carried that momentum into the second half, stretching their lead to as much as eight points over the opening 10 minutes after halftime. The Hurricanes used dribble drives to their advantage, attacking the basket for layups and drawing fouls. Miami shot 26-of-32 from the foul line.

“Basketball is a game of runs,” Lee said. “[Miami] was

making their free throws.”

Halfway through the second half, Warren erupted, converting an and-one after an offensive put-back. The Durham native then grabbed a steal on Miami’s ensuing inbounds play, and he made the fast-break layup to cut Miami’s lead to three. Warren had three more breakaways created by State’s press, the last of which turned into a dunk, giving the Wolfpack a one-point lead.

Just as the Wolfpack seemed to be gaining momentum, Miami quickly silenced N.C. State’s outburst. The ‘Canes reclaimed the lead and went on a 13-0 run, stretching their advantage to 77-65 with 2:15 left and essentially putting the game on ice.

“We climbed a mountain, and they took it back over,” Gottfried said. “It’s difficult to climb a mountain twice.”

The Wolfpack will hit the road to face Pittsburgh on Monday night at 7 p.m. The Panthers defeated State 74-62 on Jan. 4 in Raleigh.

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N.C. State finished eighth in a nineteam field in the Great American Rifle Conference Championships in Oxford, Miss. Top-ranked West Virginia took first place at the three-day event, which concluded on Sunday, with a score of 4700. The Wolfpack (28-9 overall, 0-7 GARC) finished nine points out of seventh place with a score of 4603. Senior Maddy Pike earned a top-10 finish in the individual air rifle competition, shooting for a score of 591 out of a possible 600.

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Track and Field finishes ACC Indoor Championships The State men’s track and field team left the ACC Indoor Championships in Clemson, S.C. on Saturday in 10thplace, while the women’s squad ended the three-day competition with a ninthplace finish. Sophomore Jonathan Addison and redshirt-sophomore Nicole Chavis earned silver medals in men’s long jump and women’s weight throw, respectively. Addison and Chavis, along with three of members of the Pack, earned All-ACC honors.

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Gymnastics earns two conference wins in final quad-meet of ‘14 season In the team’s last quad-meet of the 2014 season, the Pack gymnastics team posted a season-high score of 196.100 and took first place. Sophomore Brittni Watkins and senior Stephanie Ouellette finished first and second in the individual all-around competition, respectively. Check out the full recap online at our website, Technicianonline. com

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Today MEN’S BASKETBALL AT PITTSBURGH Pittsburgh, PA., 9 p.m.

Chris Nobblitt Correspondent

N.C. State wrapped up the Irish Classic with a 16-1 win over Youngstown State on Sunday at Doak Field.

The Wolfpack (9-2 overall) scored five runs in the first inning and led 14-0 at the end of the fifth, giving head coach Elliott Avent an opportunity to sub in his rotation players and rest his regular starters.

Despite the lopsided victory over the Penguins (1-7 overall), Avent said he was not pleased with his team’s performance on Sunday.

“We’re still not playing very well,” Avent said. “We’ve got to swing the bats better. That team just started the game by throwing 11 straight balls and putting us in position to get the lead.”

“A lot of things are missing. We’ve got to get a better mindset, and we’ve got to make better adjustments at the plate offensively… It’s pretty funny [for us] not to play well in a 16-1 baseball game, but we didn’t.”

Sophomore pitcher Brad Stone (2-0 overall, 1.69 ERA) kept the Penguins’ bats at bay, shutting out the opposition and allowing just three hits in his five innings of work.

Youngstown State’s starting pitcher, senior Nic Manuppelli (0-2 overall, 19.29 ERA), had a much more difficult outing on Sunday. Manuppelli walked each of the first four batters he faced, setting the table for the heart of the Pack’s order. Freshman first baseman Kyle Cavanaugh, junior second baseman Logan Ratledge and freshman third baseman Andrew Knizner all registered RBI hits in the first inning, putting the Wolfpack in command with a 5-0 lead.

Knizner had a big day at the plate, going three-for-five and hitting his first home run of the season. The Glen Allen, Va. native finished the day with three RBIs and two runs

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QUOTE OF THE DAY “We climbed a mountain, and they took it back over. It’s difficult to climb a mountain twice.”

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striking out eight batters.

The Bruins (7-4 overall) took advantage of a pair of fielding mistakes by the Pack in the second inning.

UCLA’s sophomore outfielder Ty Moore hit a dribbling ground ball hit to Turner, whose throw to first was too late to catch the sprinting Moore. The Bruins’ next batter hit a seemingly routine grounder back to Rodon, but the junior’s throw to first was off the mark, putting UCLA runners on first and second.

Rodon reacted by drilling sophomore right fielder Christoph Bono on a 0-2 count, loading the bases with no outs. State’s ace was able to strike out the next batter, but then sophomore shortstop Trent Chatterton slapped a single down the right-field line, driving in two runners and giving UCLA the lead for good.

Although State threatened to break through, namely in the third and ninth innings, the Pack’s offense mostly floundered on Saturday night, and the team was shut out for the second time this season.

State kicked off its three-game

weekend with a 3-0 win over Michigan on Friday at Doak Field. Junior pitcher Logan Jernigan was dominant on the mound for the Wolfpack, hurling 7.1 innings of shutout baseball to help propel his team to victory over the Wolverines (2-8-1 overall). Junior catcher Brett Austin said Jernigan was on top of his game Friday afternoon.

“Jernigan was unbelievable,” Austin said, “Probably the best I’ve ever seen him.”

Avent said his team had a decent weekend, but must improve immediately if the Pack is to succeed in ACC play, beginning on Mar. 7 with a three-game home stand against Notre Dame (5-6 overall).

“If you can play Michigan, UCLA and Youngstown State and get two out of three, I don’t think that’s bad,” Avent said. “[But] it’s kind of scary going into conference play, because we’re not playing well enough right now and we’ve got to get better quickly.”

Fighting Irish routs Pack on Senior Day Staff Writer

Friday WOMEN’S BASKETBALL AT ACC TOURNAMENT QUARTERFINALS Greensboro, N.C., 11 a.m.

scored, and said his two-run homer in the eighth inning was the highlight of his afternoon.

“Today in batting practice we were working on staying away and [hitting] to right field,” Knizner said.

“The [pitcher] hung a curveball inside, and I was still thinking ‘stay away,’ but then I just turned on it and hit it to left field.”

Knizner also slotted in at shortstop for the last few innings after a slew of lineup changes by Avent.

The freshman said he’s happy to play wherever Avent puts him in the lineup.

“I played shortstop all through high school, so I feel pretty comfortable there,” Knizner said. “I like the hot corner too, but I’m ready to play wherever Coach Avent puts me.”

State’s rout of Youngstown State came on the back of a 2-0 loss on Saturday to No. 19 UCLA. Junior pitcher Carlos Rodon (1-2 overall, 2.14 ERA) got the starting nod against the Bruins at the USA Baseball Complex in Cary and put in seven solid innings of work, allowing two runs on three hits and

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Thursday WOMEN’S TENNIS V. WINTHROP Raleigh, N.C., 2:30 p.m.

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Sophomore pitcher Brad Stone throws the ball during the 16-1 win over Youngstown State on Sunday at Doak Field. The win improved the Wolfpack’s record to 9-2 overall. The team’s next home appearance will occur on Tuesday against North Carolina A&T at 3 p.m.

Spencer Ellis Two top ACC teams took the court in Reynolds Coliseum on Sunday, as No. 13 N.C. State took on No. 2 Notre Dame. After the dust cleared, Fighting Irish (29-0 overall, 16-0 ACC) finished the day on top, defeating the Wolfpack (24-6 overall, 11-5 ACC) by a score of 84-60.

Sunday was senior day for the Pack, and the women’s basketball team looked to send its seniors off on a good note and improve on its two-game win streak. Defeating Notre Dame, however, would be no small task for State, as the Irish came into the game undefeated and looked to end the regular season without a loss.

“There is really no weakness [to Notre Dame],” State head coach Wes Moore said. “All five of their players are scoring threats.”

Prior to the start of the game, a banner celebrating the program’s 800th win was hung in the rafters at Reynolds Coliseum.

The Pack came out guns blazing, pushing the tempo and playing hounding defense every trip down the court. While the shots were tough at times, the Pack continued to work for high percentage shots, keeping the game close throughout the first half.

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Senior forward Kody Burke stands with her teammates during the playing of the alma mater after the senior day game between No. 13 N.C. State and No. 2 Notre Dame in Reynolds Coliseum Sunday. The Wolfpack fell to the Fighting Irish, 84-60.

“We were executing our plays,” senior center Markeisha Gatling said. “We were working to get great looks.”

The Irish’s continued mix of zone and man defenses challenged State, but the grit and determination of the Pack allowed them to score some unattractive, yet timely baskets to keep them right in the thick of things.

Notre Dame’s shooting woes seemed to be well behind them as the first half neared its end. The Irish were firing on all cylinders and getting easy baskets around the rim. When the two teams entered the locker room at halftime, Notre

Dame was in control, and the score stood at 36-28.

“They were able to find open areas and cut back door and use the lob,” senior forward Kody Burke said. “It worked well for them.”

The second half was started by a 17-0 run by Notre Dame, who came out looking to put the game away early. The Pack franticly moved the ball around looking for open shots, but the Irish’s defense forced N.C. State to throw up prayers late in the shot clock.

“In the second half, I would say our defense wasn’t effective as it was in the first half,” Burke said. “They were a really smart team, and they

really challenged our defense.”

As the second half continued, Notre Dame justified its No. 2 national ranking with substantial play on both ends of the court. The Irish were led by sophomore guard Jewell Loyd, who scored 18 points on seven-for-10 shooting from the floor, and senior forward Natlie Achonwa, who had 19 points on eight-for-nine shooting. The duo propelled the Fighting Irish to an early lead in the second half, and one that the Pack never regained.

“You have to give Notre Dame credit,” Moore said. “They are well coached, play hard and, man, can they shoot the ball.”

Despite State’s second half woes, Gatling proved to be a force for the Pack, tallying a double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds. Burke also came up big for her team, scoring 15 points on six-for-12 shooting. Both said they were proud of the team in their final game at Reynolds and were quick to give them credit for their success on the court.

“This team is my role model,” Burke said. “This is a special team.

A lot of blood, sweat and tears have been put in this gym.”

Notre Dame continued to apply the pressure late in the game, erasing all hopes of a State comeback.

With under a minute left, Burke, Gatling and senior guard Breezy Williams were subbed out to a standing ovation from the crowd at Reynolds.