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Students celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of color Friday at Harris Field. Students throw colors on one another and danced to traditional Indian music to celebrate the beginning of the spring season.

Students welcome springtime with Hindu festival of colors Susan Johnston Correspondent

Students danced to festive Indian music while throwing brightly-colored powder and water balloons at each other to celebrate Holi, the traditional Hindu festival of colors Friday at Harris field.

MAITRI, the N.C. State graduate student Indian association, EKTAA, the un-

dergraduate student Indian association, Delta Sigma Iota, Kappa Phi Lamda and UAB hosted the event.

About 300 people attended the event, said Dip Patel, a senior in economics and one of the event organizers.

At the event, participants splashed their friends and fellow participants with water balloons before enveloping them in a sea of powdered

color.

Patel said the first 1,000 packets were given to attendees for free, and the event used 1,400 color packets overall.

In India, Holi signifies the transition from the winter season to the spring season.

The people of India use this festival as a way to celebrate hope for the upcoming season.

“This is a festival of colors,” said Anurodh Tripathi, a chemical engineering graduate student who attended the event. “The whole idea is that you color everything around you until you are exhausted.

In India at this time, what happens is the season changes, so this marks the end of another season, so we cel-

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Delegates representing the Association of Student Governments, the representative body of all UNC-system schools, voted to elect Student Body President Alex Parker as President for the 2014-2015 school year.

Parker’s running mate, Leigh Whittaker, who will serve as vice president, currently serves as student body president at UNC-Asheville.

Parker said he will formally take office at the next ASG meeting which will take place from April 4-5 at Western Carolina University.

Parker and Whittaker ran unopposed and were elected by delegates from each constituent member of the UNCSystem.

As ASG president, Parker will be a nonvoting member of the UNC-System Board of Governors.

Along with creating a culture of transparency, Parker said he and his vice-president elect will address the reputation of ASG and promote professionalism and effective advocacy for all 220,000 students in the UNC-System.

“Like many student governments, we [ASG] don’t have inherent power,” Parker said. “Our influence is the only means of power that we have. For the past couple of years, we’ve been shorting ourselves. Our goal is to rebuild that reputation.”

Parker said N.C. State delegates to ASG have been critical of the organization in the past, and its students have played a significant role in terms of reforms.

“We’ve [N.C. State] been a vocal critic, and that’s important because an N.C. State student founded the organization,” Parker said. “For the last few years, we’ve been talking about how it’s ineffective and how we can make changes to it. Last year, Andy Walsh presented some reforms that really would have helped the organization, but he didn’t go to many meetings and so he didn’t really have much credibility.”

Parker said since he was elected student body president at N.C. State, he and members of his administration have been sure to be present at every single ASG

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Protestors march to Governor’s Mansion for driver’s licenses Paula Gordon Bienvenidos Editor

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Morgan Perrish, a junior in architecture, discusses how architecture can affect people, helping them to grow and change.

TEDxNCSU discusses definition of ‘journey’ Jess Thomas Staff Writer

More than 250 students and faculty members attended the fifth-annual TEDxNCSU Saturday to hear nine speakers present their ideas about

the theme of “The Journey.”

Speakers discussed various topics such as gender roles, entrepreneurship and conservation of the environment.

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Protesters shouted “Que queremos? Licenias! Cuando? Ahora,” which translates to “What do we want?

Licenses! When? Now,” as they walked through downtown Raleigh on Saturday in support of driver’s licenses for immigrants of undocumented status.

Advocates organized the march in response to HB786, or RECLAIM N.C. Act, an immigration enforcement policy that will require people who enter the country illegally to register for driving privileges and increase penalties for those who don’t qualify.

Some protesters held red flags to show support from the Farm Labor Organizing Committee, a group that works with Fuerza y Libertad (Strength and Liberty) for immigration reform and support for workers in the agricultural industry.

Sergio Sánchez, one of the organizers of the event, said the purpose of the march was to ask for immigration reform and driver’s licenses

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Men, women and children gather in front of the Governor’s Mansion Saturday to advocate legalizing immigrants and migrant workers’ ability to obtain driver licenses.

for all people who enter the country illegally.

The participants had a police escort as they crossed the downtown area beginning at the Bank of America and making stops at the Wells Fargo building, the Governor’s mansion and the legislative building.

According to Sánchez, the march made stops at the banks to pressure them and show that their customers

who entered the country illegally have an economic presence in the state and are asking for their help to achieve immigration reform.

The Supervising Legislative Committee of Justice and Public Safety of the General Assembly will examine the measure in early April.

To qualify for a permit, one must admit to being in the country without permission, submit fingerprints and pass

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embers of Sube Ritmo, a student Latin dance group, striking a pose in the middle of their routine in Talley ballroom this past Friday. They performed a routine composed of the Merengue, Bachata, and Salsa. All of which took place in front of a large crowd open to students and the public at an event called Somos La Neuva Era, which translates to “We are the new era.” This event highlighted Latin culture and current issues in the Latino community.

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ebrate that by using Holi, like we had a good another good season this year. Let’s celebrate it with color.”

Students who attended the event described Holi as not only a traditional Indian event, but also an event that brings together people of all races and ages to enjoy the diversity of culture on campus.

“We bonded with people we didn’t know,” said Jasmine Davis, a junior in psychology.

“There was a lot of Indian music, which was fun.”

Deepak Kumar, a population Health and pathobiology student, said his family celebrates Holi every year in India.

“It’s like bringing Indian culture to the U.S. and enjoy-

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North Carolina ranks sixth in the nation in the number

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ing it with our friends over here,” Kumar said. “It’s like spreading our culture.”

According to Tripathi, Holi originates from a symbolic Indian Myth.

The myth describes a devilish and powerful king named Hiranyakshyap. The King’s son, Prahlad, chose not to worship him, worshipping Lord Vishnu instead. The king was angry with his son and told his sister, Holika, to take Prahlad into a blazing fire. Prahlad’s devotion to his lord saved him from the fire.

This myth is said to symbolize the benefits of devotion to ELIZABETH DAVIS/TECHNICIAN one’s god.

Puffs of color fill Harris Field Friday with the Holi celebration. The event was held to celebrate The night before Holi, the spring. More than 300 students attended.

Hindu people typically have a bonfire to represent this story, as well as the victory explains why the festival is Radha, Tripathi said. former presidents Bill Clinof good over evil. so colorful. It was said that The Holi festival garnered ton and George W. Bush and A myth of two Hindu di- Krishna found delight in American interest abroad their families participated in eties, Krishna and Radha, applying color to his lover when, while visiting India, the event.

of migrant farmworkers.

Leslie Stevens, who works for the Association for State Workers of North Carolina and is a former highway patrol officer, spoke in support of immigration reform.

He said the law needs to be changed so that people could go to work and provide for their families.

“It would make it a whole lot safer for us, for law en-

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forcement, if you did have a driver’s license because you have to go through the training to have [one],” Stevens said. To get a driver’s license in North Carolina, you have to take a reading test, an eye examination and a driving test, in addition to establishing your legal residence in the U.S.” A recent study by the N.C. Department of Public Safety

suggested that issuing permits to people who immigrated illegally should lead to safer roads for all North Carolinians, though there is no statistical information to support their findings.

Participants who spoke in front of the crowd said that they want to apply for a driver’s license so that they don’t fear being pulled over while taking their children

to school or doctor’s appointments, or while going to work.

“People should wake up,” Sanchéz said. “We need to come together to be stronger.

It’s necessary to keep working so that this work doesn’t die and achieve the objective: driver’s licenses for all.”

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meeting to make sure that they were effective representatives of the school.

Since both elected representatives were student body presidents this year, Parker said he and Whittaker will be prime candidates to help student leaders of all UNC schools with their vision for their schools and give them access to resources and advice.

“Even if you go to the meetings, it’s really hard to understand some things,” Parker said. “For example, tuition and fees are set by the Board of Governors. If you can understand what they’re thinking, you can guide the process with your constituents.”

As ASG president, Parker said he hopes to bring many of the practices at N.C. State to other UNC-System institutions.

“I think the administration here is ahead of a lot of other campuses in the system with regards to efficiency,” Parker said. “So I really hope to bring what we’ve been doing at N.C. State to other campuses. We want to make sure the system is operating

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Activities Board issues and ideas chair, said that all the speakers applied and were selected by a committee to speak at the event.

“The process of organizing the event is very intensive, however, we had really unique speakers who presented and the event was largely a success” Durant said.

The following sections outline their presentations.

Getting Over Getting Started: Marshall Brain, founder of HowStuff Works.com, gave his presentation about the importance of being able to attempt something without the fear of failure.

“We live at the greatest time ever in human history to start a project or business,” Brain said.

Brain outlined, among others, a variety of options available to begin a new project, like starting a website, creating a YouTube channel or writing a Kindle book.

Brain said that, because of the distractions and excuses available to people, very few people take advantage of their opportunities.

Brain said to achieve a goal, people need the courage to “show up” and just try, even if the concept is new to them.

“We also live in the greatest time ever in human history to learn things,” Brain said.

Changing the World by Changing the Words: Lauren Frey, a freshman study ing env ironmenta l science, highlighted gender

stereotypes present within society, mentioning the tendency for people to use male pronouns when referring to an unknown person.

Frey cautioned the audience about using language referring to males and advised them to use gender neutral terms.

“It’s a lot easier to change your language than to change the world,” Frey said.

The Architecture of College: Morgan Parrish, a sophomore in architecture, outlined the importance of architecture across the University campus.

Parrish said architecture on campus plays an important role in the students’ daily lives, affecting social and professional interactions.

According to Parrish, University architecture like the residence halls, dining halls and gyms reflect a sense of community among the students.

The Great Escape : The Importance of Spreading Happiness: Alanna Propst, a junior in political science, emphasized the idea of happiness and how, by spreading happiness, people can change others’ lives.

Propst also said people with the ability to change a person’s life should do their best to spread happiness and become encouraging reinforcements.

The Power of Positivity, and the Necessity of Negativity: Tyler Allen, a senior in biology, centered his presentation about the importance of bad

experiences and how they shape a person.

“Brains have negativity bias in order to protect ourselves,” Allen said.

According to Allen, without pessimism, a person would be unable to find their true calling, and with optimism the person will be able to succeed.

Breaking Barriers: A Journey to Understanding: Nancy Thai, a senior studying biology and nutrition, concentrated on the barriers between different socioeconomic groups.

Thai said people should try and meet with others from a different background, without fear of stereotypes hin-

dering them.

According to Thai, people should break out of their stereotypes and be able to connect with others regardless of their socioeconomic class Marrying Nanotechnology and the Rubber Band to Obtain Synthetic Muscle: Richard Spontak, a professor in chemical engineering, presented his research on a rubber compound that can act as prosthetic for muscles.

Spontak said the compound uses a nonpermanent covalent bond, moldable with the use of heat, which gives the compound its malleability.

In his presentation, Spontak also bought a sample of

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the rubber compound, which he passed around the audience.

Design: The Essential Salt of our Earth: Christopher Lawing, a junior studying industrial design, began his presentation by describing the process of design as a “purposeful experience.”

Lawing also said design is based on a fluid framework, where there can be “happy accidents,” that result in impressive breakthroughs.

In addition, Lawing said design is an intentional process with a designated end product.

“We are all designed” Lawing said.

Plastic Paradise: Where Can We Go From Here: Heather Troutman, a senior in environmental sciences, reprimanded the audience for their addiction to singleuse plastics.

Troutman said single-use plastics are rapidly filling up landfills across the nation, and the revenue spent on plastics is immeasurable.

Troutman asked the audience to reduce the number of plastics they consume and to support establishments that use reuse plastics.

“Do your part, rise above plastics,” Troutman said.

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My problem with Girls

James Knight, freshman in computer science

Learn all you can to protect your personal data “Twitter, mwitter kökünü kazıyacağız,” (We’ll eradicate Twitter) said Recep Tayyip Ergdogan, Prime Minister of Turkey, on Thursday. A few hours later, any user attempting to access t he soc i a l media website, Twitter, from inside Turkey was redirected Naman to another page, which Muley Staff Columnist listed three cour t r u lings as a reason for the shutdown. Within a few hours, without so much as a warning, Turkey’s five million Twitter users lost all web contact with their data.

However, the first bans implemented by the government were weak. Initially only Domain Name System (DNS — the Internet service that converts a name of a website into its numerical Internet address) redirections were deployed. That means, if someone typed “twitter.com” in his or her browser, it would not yield the Twitter website.

Then, as users circumvented this by using public DNS servers (most famously supplied by Google), the government banned Twitter’s Internet Protocol address.

The point is the government will eradicate Twitter if it wants to.

The root question that needs to be answered is this: How will you feel if all your personal information, your pictures, your location information, IP addresses, et cetera, were all in the hands

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of an entity you cannot communicate with? Twitter’s privacy policy gives the user enough privileges to have control over its data. But for that, the user should be able to reach Twitter.

Every time you do a Google search, your search query goes over secured encrypted connections to reach the Google server. Google made this encryption its default choice the moment this technology was standardized. A few days back, Google up-

“The war against surveillance is real, and it has started.” dated its servers residing in its humongous data centers to transfer encrypted data. This means if anyone tries to sniff this data while Google transfers it across continents, it will look like gibberish. This was Google’s way of pulling up its defenses against surveillance.

The war against surveillance is real, and it has started. The more one learns about how to save, back-up, encrypt, decentralize, data the better off one is in the face of surveillance and Internet control.

Every app you install on a smartphone invariably collects some amount of data in order to provide you a better service. That data might be stored locally on your phone or it may be communicated

with an external server. A disclosure of such data collection is a user’s prerogative and an application’s responsibility.

Reading within thin fine prints of the privacy policy has never been more important than it is now. Understanding to what extent your data will be held or sold will help you decide the extent of personal information to share whether to share locations or not.

Facebook uses anonymized data for advertisements.

WhatsApp, on the other hand, had a “no ads” motto.

Telegram, a WhatsApp competitor, which gained five million users during WhatsApp’s downtime, provides a fully encrypted connection to its servers.

Even as Twitter’s IP addresses were blocked, users resorted to Tower Onion Routing. TOR is a network security technology that garbles the IP addresses to mask the original sources and destinations. Access to Twitter via TOR is possible inside Turkey.

This only proves security technologies are a resource.

Understanding and deploying them is a matter of efficient utilization.

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Sunday marked the end of the third season for HBO’s smash success, Girls. Lena Dunham, who also portrays the character Hannah Horvath, created the show. Girls has been touted as the Sex and the City for the 20-someJustine thing crowd.

Schnitzler It details Staff Columnist the lives of four friends living in Brooklyn, all of whom are “Millennials” attempting to make their mark on the world. Girls had a massively successful first season, with praise lauded on creator and actor Lena Dunham’s writing and feminist edge. Still, criticisms were well founded: All four main characters are white, and all actresses who portray them come from well-to-do families (Alison Williams, for example, who portrays Marnie, is the daughter of Brian Williams, NBC Nightly newscaster).

The characters are difficult to like. Being self-centered is the common trait that binds them together as they collectively whine about each other’s actions. Dunham defended her characterizations, stating at the Television Critics Association Conference that she “love[s] them.”

“I love writing them,” Dunham said. “I’m excited by the unique ways they fail and succeed... I think they accurately reflect people I know, people we’ve all been. I think they’re all trying their hardest.”

In many ways, that holds true. We all have selfish outbursts and moments of deep

insecurity, but if Girls is an accurate representation of the majority of people, men included, leaving their teens and becoming 20-somethings—as a nation, we are in a lot of trouble.

At its core, Girls thrives off the idea that all of us as individuals are undeniably special. Everyone is unique, and everyone deserves everything that they set their minds to.

Consider the opener of the first season, episode one: Dunham’s character, Hannah, is cut off financially by her parents, who have been paying more than $1,000 per month for her to be able to live in Brooklyn. She is devastated, arguing that all she needs to compose the new great American novel is $1,100 per month for the next two years.

“Mom,” Hannah says, “I don’t want to alarm you, but I may be the voice of my generation. Or, at least… a voice of a generation.”

That line alone was almost enough to make me give up on Girls for good—but I stuck with the show, and now, at the close of three seasons, I think I’ve seen enough. Hannah has a job and moved in with her boy friend, but is still unsure if she really “feels” 24. Marnie’s college degree is essentially useless at this point in time, as she is now working as a personal assistant in an art gallery to a woman the same age as her. Jessa is a cocaine addict, still in possession of a killer British accent, dating a man twice her age who she met in rehab. Shoshanna is about to graduate from NYU with a degree in mathematics, but will likely be buried in debt.

There are streaks of ac-

curacy, sure—but by and large, Girls is a celebration of wealthy young women who feel they are entitled to much more than they deserve. It’s hard to drum up pity and sympathy for girls who, as Shoshanna so quaintly put it, “have accomplished so little in the four years since college.” Quite frankly, most people will never be put up in Brooklyn, one of the most expensive places to live in the country, by their parents. Even after Hannah is cut off by her parents, if she was really in trouble, she could go stay at her parents’ house to sort it all out. The only character touted as being without parental support and completely independent is Jessa, and she’s living with Shoshanna, buying cocaine, and waking up at noon— hardly a role model.

There is something to be said for being supportive of the successful career of a woman such as Dunham— a self-proclaimed feminist without fear of putting herself out there. Most of Girls, according to Dunham, is based on personal experience. Dunham is indeed a triple threat, as she writes, co-produces and stars in Girls.

It is crucially important that women writers are able to have their voices equally represented in media across the board. That being said, perhaps Girls should be viewed as a cautionary tale.

After finishing an episode with my mother, she turned to me and said, “If you ever end up like the women in this show at 24 years of age, I’ve failed as a parent.”

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Divergent is existential and action packed Divergent

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Factions that categorize you into your best self, pressures to conform and the suppression of free will – these themes smell like teen spirit.

Well, that is Divergent, the latest dystopian sci-fi blockbuster to supposedly brainwash the young people of the world.

Though the film does have its hang-ups, it fortunately paces like a mad race horse, and it definitely has something worthy to say about putting all your eggs in one basket.

However, if you want the back story of Divergent, do not think that missing the first 10 minutes – because of either traffic or you just really needed that extra-large bag of popcorn – is okay, because you will probably be lost for the next two hours.

The reader’s digest version of the exposition? At 16, by testing, you show aptitude for one of five factions: Candor (honesty), Abnegation (selflessness), Dauntless (bravery), Erudite (intelligence) or Amity (peacefulness).

It’s very similar to being placed in one of the four houses at Hogwarts. Like at Hogwarts, where most people didn’t want to be in Sly-

therin, it’s safe to say that no one wants to fall into Erudite in this universe. Just as C. S. Lewis once said, “Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil.”

But there are also those like Beatrice “Tris” Prior, the protagonist, who is a divergent – whose results cannot pin them to just one of the city’s five factions.

The story’s dystopianpersonality split society is what’s fascinating because, of course, humans are not boiled down to just one trait.

Instead we are many, all at the same time.

Tris’ dilemma then becomes allegorical for the real-life decisions and expectations put upon youth: conform, f it in, choose, choose and choose now. Let me choose for you. Or maybe, just do what I say.

This feeling isn’t lost on anyone who knows what it’s like to be 18, confronted with possibly the biggest decisions of their life – which degree, which college, which profession – and just be incredibly confused and conflicted.

The only real difference between this film’s world and our own is that in Divergent – besides being the left-over remnants of a war-torn civilization – once you choose your path, you can’t change your mind and you can’t go back.

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Divergent stars Shailene Woodley as Tris and Theo James as Four.

“It’s very similar to being placed in one of the four houses at Hogwarts.”

Something about how changing your mind, otherwise known as free will, disrupts peace.

Yet not knowing exactly how their world got to be the way it is doesn’t really hinder the audience; it’s more like a prelude to whatever will come in the sequels, and it seethes under the surface with the implied chaos roaming out-

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Not surprisingly, the latest film from the indescribably imaginative Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel, is sure to leave an impression among fans. The film recounts the adventures of two close friends, a Lobby Boy, Zero Moustafa (Tony Revolori), and the hotel’s concierge, Gustave H. (Ralph Fiennes). The film is set in an imagined European nation on the brink of war in the early 1930s.

After the sudden death of one of hotel’s previous guests, Madame D (Tilda Swinton), Gustave inherits a painting, “Boy with Apple,” from her will. After Gustave and Zero take it, her family, particularly her son, Dimitri (Adrien Brody), is outraged, and Dimitri does whatever it takes to reclaim custody of the painting. A slew of ridiculous events ensues, including murder, arrests and unlikely chases.

Although the film is inspired by the writings of Stefan Zweig, the originality, poise and imagination with which Anderson constructs the story of The Grand Budapest Hotel is something to be admired. Everything from the fictitious European country to the birthmark in the shape of Mexico on the cheek of Zero’s love interest, Agatha (Saoirse Ronan), shows the complex attention to detail and the pleasantly

quirky features that make up this film.

Typical for Anderson is his unique imagery, reminiscent of a children’s illustration novel set in motion.

However, his films are riddled with paradoxically adult and sometimes dark themes. In

and sometimes dark humor typical of Wes Anderson’s style. The Grand Budapest Hotel is definitely funny, but not in the same way as most mainstream comedies today.

The humor is slapstick and animated, similar to a refined silent film from the 1920s. It is even comparable to The Three Stooges or Monty Python. However, the humor also takes a dark, sometimes gory turn with the severing of fingers and decapitated heads, reminding the viewers that this film goes beyond comedy. It is a film of action and adventure.

The characteristic suspense and plot twists typical to action films are obvious in The Grand Budapest Hotel. The mixture of events and their sequences border on absurdity. At times, it is difficult to keep up with the pace, which adds to the film’s excitement and even the humor. In fact, the complexity might even provoke several viewings of

“The mixture of events and their sequences border on absurdity.” this way, The Grand Budapest Hotel is no different.

The mixture of cartoonish, awkward behavior from the actors and carefully composed camera angles make for an obviously stylized film. This style adds a quaint and almost nostalgic delight to the story and The Grand Budapest Hotel as much a visual work of art as its featured painting, “Boy with Apple.”

The film takes on the goofy

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Shailene Woodley, who plays Tris, is an actress who seems to need big, emotional moments in order to give a good performance. During the key poignant scenes, she unflaggingly nails the intensity of the moment. I was on the verge of tears myself while watching her despair over the death of someone very close to her.

But it’s the in-between acting scenes that are neither here nor there, just sufficient, or where the delivery and the facial expressions fall flat.

Some might argue that entire scenes in Divergent fall flat, that it’s just another teen movie with no substance, or that it’s another step in the fall of “good” cinema.

Well, for me, I like these kinds of movies. I enjoy them.

I can get behind characters like Tris, who is both a strong female and conflicted about herself but still trying to work out what the right thing is.

And then she fights like hell to do so.

And let’s face it, laser tag meets capture the flag with neuro-stem-whatever darts sounds incredibly fun to watch, doesn’t it?

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Knives are f lung at her.

She’s beaten to a pulp at one point and almost tossed into a deep, dark chasm in another – all while she attempts to fit in within Dauntless.

Amidst the existential questions about free will and finding one’s place, the filmmakers actually use the medium in a very cool way to capture the subjective experiences within the story.

In the main aptitude test and then later on in Dauntless’ menta l endura nce test, both of which produce drug-induced hallucinations, we are transported into the deepest recesses of the mind.

For Tris, the latter test escalates some of her biggest fears: dying in a horrific way, being used for her body, or having to kill someone she loves for the “greater good.”

How those fears unfold is the cinematic equivalent of a revolving door or a shifting magician’s funhouse. Cowering on swampy ground from viciously attacking crows, Tris sees her reflection in a puddle and then, literally, swims into it. When Tris and Four (Theo James), a fellow member of Dauntless, shares his own fears in a real Inception-like moment, an escape from a 100-foot drop leads into a space that tries to close in on itself.

If you haven’t read the book, you can’t predict how these hallucinations will unravel and the resulting feeling is both unnerving and mesmerizing.

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Raleigh tree cover could be ‘leaf’ing Page Harris Correspondent

For about the past 10 years, N.C. State researchers George Hess, Melissa McHale and Kevin Bigsby have been studying the possibility of Raleigh losing its shady, green leaf coverage.

The researchers are trying to find preventive ways to avoid Raleigh becoming more like Baltimore. According to Hess, Baltimore has 24 percent tree coverage and Raleigh is at 55 percent. The coverage on the two cities’ landscapes is similarly spread out. Baltimore has an extremely dense downtown area where there are smaller land parcels for trees to grow.

“That’s what might happen to Raleigh,” Hess said. “If that happens without anything to counteract it, we could wind up looking like [Baltimore].”

However, Hess said that near the outskirts of the cities there is much more room for trees to flourish as a result of less density and the population of buildings and people.

“Notice where the tree cover is,” Hess said. “It’s sort of on the outer edges of the city, which are areas that are less dense and there are probably parks and things like that there.”

The main reason the capital city’s tree coverage may be dwindling is due to urban morphology. According to Hess, some other supporting factors are socioeconomic as well as historical traditions.

In an article by Hess and Bigsby, the researchers stated that: “Urban morphological characteristics were better predictors of tree cover pat-

terns than socioeconomic factors in Raleigh and Baltimore at the parcel and neighborhood scales.”

Hess explained by definition that someone or a corporation owns a parcel of land and it can be changed or developed.

“Our downtown is so much smaller so we have more of this postWorld War II suburban growth, which is larger parcels that still have trees left on them,” Hess said.

“We’re all interested to see what happens to the cities that this can occur to.”

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“The other thing is along the major transport corridors like Highway 70, Highway 40, Capital Boulevard and US 1 you can see those are areas that are more heavily developed and there are fewer trees there. In those areas it’s shopping centers and denser development with smaller or very commercial parcels.”

Raleigh is a metropolitan area that is continuously growing in size. Hess said that due to this dense development of buildings, houses, apartment complexes and condos to compensate for the growing population, the land space on the parcels are becoming smaller, making less room for trees to grow.

The smaller parcel sizes mean that all the developments are being built closer together. The areas where this

is most common are around downtown Raleigh, which is generally the central point of the city.

“Now what is happening is that people are discovering that if we keep building residencies that include bigger lots and are more spread out, then we aren’t going to be able to fit in all the people that are moving here,” Hess said. “Houses are now being built closer together again and at some point you physically will run out of space for trees.”

Around the beltline, however, is where the suburbs are and there is more space for trees to grow.

“Within the beltline you can even see more trees away from downtown because there’s these larger lots, so there is more of this sort of 60s suburban development that occurred there,” Hess said.

Hess hopes that what is happening to Raleigh’s downtown will not start occurring in the suburban outskirts of the city, too. Hess and his team decided to get involved in these studies because personally it is something that interests them, and it is important to see trees and green areas conserved. The ecosystem services also had a motivating impact on why the team of researchers decided to conduct their study.

“We’re all interested to see what happens to the cities that this can occur to,” Hess said.

Hess said that even the obesity epidemic in the United States could be positively affected by finding more space for trees. He hopes to keep Raleigh a clean and green environment, so that when people go outdoors they can enjoy it even more, which could lead to more physical activity outside.

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Raleigh’s tree cover is dwindling and following the path of Baltimore.

Although the current cover is at 55 percent, if efforts aren’t taken then Raleigh will soon be at Baltimore’s 24 percent cover.

“There’s only so much room for trees and the houses are pretty big too,” Hess said. “Hence that needs to be counteracted if we want to maintain our canopy cover by maintaining inbuilt space, which would include parks, avenues and

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the film. Personally, I find films that make me come back for a second interpretation the most compelling.

The film’s acting is spot on, conforming amazingly to Anderson’s style. The cast carries the humor and animated quality of the film with quickly flashing gazes and implausibly sudden movements. Anderson’s ac-

tors never cease to amaze me with their ability to slip into his films with such comfort and ease, despite the filmmaker’s outlandish style.

Though The Grand Budapest Hotel is a visual wonderland and comedic spectacle, it nonetheless sacrifices the humanistic qualities of many of Anderson’s films. Though his movie Moonrise Kingdom (2012) explores the need to escape and the whimsical nature of childhood, The Grand Budapest Hotel seems

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Any exploration of the human condition is merely a side note, such as Zero’s love for Agatha or his friendship with Gustave.

In light of this, The Grand Budapest Hotel is interesting, suspenseful and overall an enjoyable movie to watch.

A film that entices audiences to see it several times, perhaps there is more to this film than revealed by the first viewing.

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nifer Hamson, the 2014 WCC Player of the Year, inflicted massive damage. The 6’7” center ended the game only one blocked shot shy of a triple-double, finishing with 12 points (all in the second half), 19 rebounds and nine blocks. Hamson entered the game second on BYU’s alltime list in blocked shots, trailing only her mother, former All-American Tresa Spaulding.

“Hamson creates some situations maybe you’re not used to seeing,” N.C. State head coach Wes Moore said.

“If you double her, they got a lot of kids around her who can knock down shots, which we found out.”

N.C. State held a one point lead with 3:44 remaining in the first half. The Cougars closed the opening stanza on a 9-1 run to lead, 33-26, heading into intermission.

After the break, the Pack shortened the deficit to five points, 38-33, with 16:41 re-

maining in the game after senior forward Kody Burke connected on a 3-pointer.

The Southern California native struggled mightily in her return home, finishing with six points on two-for-18 shooting and nine rebounds.

Brigham Young responded with a 24-8 run during the next 11:24 to give the Cougars a 21-point advantage with 5:17 left to play.

BYU had four players in double-figures scoring. Sophomore guard Lexi Eaton led the way with 25 points, along with eight rebounds and four assists. Junior forward Morgan Bailey – the niece of N.C. State legend Thurl Bailey – added a double-double of her own with 13 points and 12 rebounds.

“I have to give BYU a lot of credit,” Moore said. “They were well-coached and wellprepared. They shot the ball well and they have a lot of toughness. They did a good job getting to the rim.”

Freshman guard Miah Spencer was the leading scorer for N.C. State, finishing the contest with 16 points.

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Junior guard Len’Nique Brown, the only player for the Pack with prior experience competing against Brigham Young, finished with 10 points, five assists and three rebounds in 37 minutes of court time.

Senior center Markeisha Gatling, one of six seniors for the Wolfpack, had 11 points and eight rebounds in her final college game.

After the game, Gatling was at a loss for words.

“I can’t really describe it,” Gatling said. “It just hurts.”

For Moore, the season’s end came too soon, but the first-year coach said how proud he was with the program’s progress during the campaign.

“It’s going to hurt for a while,” Moore said. “It’s a tough way to end. Maybe in a few weeks we’ll be able to look back at the big picture and remember all the success. This is not the way we wanted to end our season.

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you think there’s anyone still better than you, you’re just holding yourself back,” Gwiazdowski said. “I only plan on getting better in the future.”

With the victory, Gwiazdowski became the sixth

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Wolfpack wrestler to win a national title, the first since Darrion Caldwell (141) in 2009. With his final record of 42-2, Gwiazdowski also set a new N.C. State record for most wins in a single season.

As a team, State finished 19th in the team portion of the Championships, the second-highest score of ACC teams behind conference-

champion Virginia Tech.

Popolizio said the title helped the future of the Pack wrestling program.

“He’s shown that we can win here,” Popolizio said.

“For recruiting, he’s instilled some confidence in our program. Anyone that we bring in, we can say, ‘Hey, you can win at this level and you can beat anyone that you face.’”

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that relay bodes well for next year.”

The 10th place finish, as well as the 400-yard freestyle relay team’s 11th-place result, garnered All-American honorable mentions for the members of the squads.

By the end of the weekend, seven of the eight Wolfpackers had earned either All-American selections or All-American honorable mentions.

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In his first year as a member of the N.C. State wrestling team, redshirt sophomore Nick Gwiazdowski (285) defeated Minnesota’s two-time defending NCAA champion redshirt senior Tony Nelson, 4-2, Saturday to claim the 2014 NCAA Heavyweight Championship.

“At first it was crazy, a whole set of emotions, all positive,” Gwiazdowski said. “I can’t put it into words because it’s so good.”

Gwiazdowski and Nelson are familiar foes: Saturday’s match marked the fourth time the two have faced off in the past year.

Gwiazdowski defeated Nelson twice during the summer at the U.S. World Team Trials, but Nelson got the upper hand in the finals of the annual Southern Scuffle tournament in Chattanooga, Tenn. Nelson earned the only point of the match on an escape en route to a 1-0 victory.

Gwiazdowski said he wasn’t at all surprised when he found himself slated against Nelson in the championship match.

“He won a very good Big Ten tournament, and he’s been wrestling pretty well,” Gwiazdowski said. “We are very familiar with each other, I just had to go out and face him for the National title.”

Both wrestlers entered the championship ready to strike.

However, neither could earn a takedown in the first period, keep-

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Redshirt sophomore Nick Gwiazdowski (285) takes down his opponent from Lindsey-Wilson in wrestling on Nov. 24 at Cardinal Gibbons High School in Raleigh, N.C. NCSU won the match, 34-12, and Gwiazdowski recorded a pin.

ing the match scoreless heading into the second. Nelson, opting to start the second period on top, rode Gwiazdowski for all two minutes of the second period, giving him a distinct advantage heading into the third.

Nelson quickly escaped Gwiazdowski’s hold to start the final period, but Gwiazdowski responded almost instantly with a takedown, bringing the score to 2-1 in Gwiazdowski’s favor.

An injury timeout was then taken

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body was off the mat, Gwiazdowski managed to keep one toe inbounds, allowing him to successfully score the two points.

“That’s huge mat awareness right there,” head coach Pat Popolizio said. “Knowing where you’re at in that position in that kind of atmosphere is unbelievable. That’s the difference sometimes in winning a national title and not.”

With two more years of eligibility, Gwiazdowski said he has his eyes set on two more titles.

“Once you win one, I think if

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With a commanding 5-0 victory on Sunday night, the State softball team defeated Virginia Tech in the weekend series, two games to one.

Junior pitcher Emily Weiman tossed her ninth complete shutout of the season, bringing her record to 17-8 and the team’s record to 19-10.

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even though Nelson still possessed during a minute of riding time, giving him a bonus point.

“I was pretty confident I could take him down after I got that first takedown,” Gwiazdowski said. “He also had a stalling warning, so if I pushed the pace and attacked then I might have gotten a stall point.

There were 45 seconds on the clock, which is a decent amount of time to get a score. I just had to go after him and get it.”

With only 21 seconds left, Gwiazdowski managed to earn the matchsealing takedown in an amazing fashion. Although Nelson’s entire

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This season, N.C. State was no stranger to overcoming deficits on its way to its first NCAA Tournament berth since the 2009-10 campaign. On Saturday, however, the Wolfpack dug itself too large of a hole to overcome the veteran Brigham Young team.

The 12t h-seeded Couga rs cruised past N.C. State 72-57 at

Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles, buoyed by 15 blocked shots, to advance to the second round of the NCAA tournament for a showdown with fourth-seeded Nebraska. The loss ends the Wolfpack’s season at 25-8, the most wins by a State team since 2007.

The Pack instantly had trouble coping with the Cougars interior defense. BYU’s senior center, Jen-

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N.C. State sent eight athletes to the NCAA Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships in Minneapolis on Thursday. The Wolfpack came away from the three-day event with a 16th-place finish, the team’s best showing since 1983.

The State swimming & diving program has been known for its success in relay events, and Nationals were no different. The Pack competed in four different relay events, finishing in the top 20 in each race.

“They executed all of the relays well,” said head coach Braden Holloway. “At the meets, points are hard to come by, especially with all the teams there. Knowing that there’s double points, it’s a big reason why we focus on relays so much. For them to go as fast as they did, it was a great opportunity to get some points. They provided the firepower to get as many points as we did.”

The Pack finished with a score of 48, the second-most of any ACC team behind Virginia’s 123 points.

Georgia dominated the championships, recording the top score with 528 points.

By far, the State team’s greatest accomplishment during the weekend was an eighth-place finish in the 200-yard Medley relay. The time of 1:37.73 was good enough to garner first-team All-American selections for the members of the relay squad: senior Zina Grogg, junior Lauren Poli, sophomore Ashlyn Koletic and sophomore Riki Bonnema.

The Pack had as many women

swimmers earn All-American honors this year as they had in the past 20 seasons.

Grogg was the lone senior who made the trip to Minneapolis for the Pack. The spot on the All-America first team was icing on the cake to an outstanding career at State, as Grogg holds the school record in 100-yard butterfly, as well as being on the relay teams that set the NCSU record in 200-yard medley and 400-yard medley.

“For her, [the All-American selection] puts a stamp on her evolution,” Holloway said. “She’s completely different than when she got here. She has a different mindset.

She’s much stronger. She looked at her journey and wanted to make something with it. It shows how far someone can go when they put their mind to something.”

Two school records were broken during the course of the Championships, as the 200-yard freestyle and 400-yard medley relay teams finished 10th and 19th place, respectively.

The 200-yard freestyle squad, led

by Bonnema, was especially impressive, as the team did not include any seniors. Holloway expressed his optimism for the group next season, as all four girls will be returning.

“For them to go even faster and break the ACC record, we’re excited that we have them coming back and we can continue to work with that relay,” Holloway said. “I also feel like there’s more there. I don’t think we ever hit it perfectly, which leaves the door open to improve even more.

Plus I think they’re all going to be a year stronger. The execution of

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