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Students weigh in on Ferguson Racial perceptions of law enforcement differ in latest Pack Poll survey Katherine Kehoe News Editor

A Pack Poll released Wednesday examined the opinions of 1,102 NC State students regarding the unfolding events in Ferguson, Missouri after a Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson shot Michael Brown, an unarmed, young black male, on Aug. 9 and sparked widespread protests and police militarization in the area.

The poll was sent out to 3,500 random undergraduate students as well as to an additional 300 black students who weren’t in that first draw, which is called an oversample, in an effort to provide reliable comparative data based on race.

The majority of NC State students reported that they were following the events at least a little closely, with 44 percent reporting that they were following it at fairly closely or more.

While 91 percent of black students said they thought the police response in Ferguson has been too extreme, only about 60 percent of white students, slightly more than half, reported the police have gone too far.

Michael Cobb, associate professor of political science and the advisor of Pack Poll, said the results were on par with data from national surveys and demonstrated a discrepancy between black and white students’ opinions of the events in Ferguson.

“This mirrors a national racial divide and how people are viewing Ferguson,” Cobb said. “NC State is kind of a microcosm of the larger community.”

Cobb said certain correlating results can be viewed as a distinct racial divide in the way Ferguson is being viewed by some students.

The survey found 77 percent of people who thought protestors in Ferguson are exercising their rights also believe the events in Ferguson are raising important issues about race, while only 35 percent of people who think the protests have gone too far think the events are bringing up important issues about race,

according to Cobb.

“It seems to be that people’s interpretations of what is going on is being viewed through a racial lens,” Cobb said. “I don’t have any measures of prejudice, but it seems to be that if they are rejecting the race issue, they are not liking the protestors that happen to be black.”

The data also found that while 53.4 percent of white students think police are tougher on blacks than on white, 91.1 percent of black people felt the same way.

The poll demonstrated that relatively high numbers of both blacks and whites said they feel police have treated them unfairly in the past, and how a person felt they were treated by police in the past correlates with how they feel about the events in Ferguson.

“It’s kind of interesting,” Cobb said. “Your own interactions are going to shape how you view things that have nothing to do with you that have to deal with law enforcement.”

Nicholas Hatley, a senior in political science and statistics, said Pack Poll receives very high numbers of responses compared to the numbers that large political polling companies such as Pew or Gallup receive.

Of the 3,800 students who received the survey, 29 percent responded. Cobb said a good response rate for a Pew or Gallup poll would be somewhere around nine or 10 percent.

The Pack Poll team chose to address the events in Ferguson because of how much media attention they have received and the level of student interest the team thought the topic would generate, Hatley said.

“Ferguson can be viewed through a number of different prisms, and so many people are coving it, and it’s almost unavoidable if you are paying any attention to anything,” Cobb said.

Cobb said while many current events fail to capture student interest, the variety of ways people are able interpret Ferguson makes

How much are you paying attention to the shooting of Michael Brown and the protests in Ferguson?

Not at all closely

22.9% 5.8% 33.9%

Not too closely

24.6% 34.7%

Fairly closely Very closely

48.7% 8.9% 21.0%

What issue do the events in Ferguson raise?

The issue of race is getting more attention in this case than it deserves

56.6% 11.9%

This case raises important issues about race

43.4% 88.1%

Have Police and Protestors Gone Too Far in Ferguson?

Police response has been about right

40.5% 8.7%

59.5%

Police response has gone too far

91.3% 41.9%

Protesters are exercising their rights Protesters have gone too far

74.0% 58.1% 26.0% Graphic by Matt Kubota

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IFC implements formalized rushing process Colleen Kenan-Ferguson Staff Writer

This year, Interfraternity Council (IFC) is requiring a new formalized rush system for all 24 of its fraternities and the men that wish to rush them.

In past years, the IFC had an open-door policy when it came to fraternity recruiting and rushing new members. Chapters sponsored and coordinated their own recruitment and the rushing system lacked centralization.

Jake LaRoe, president of the Interfraternity Council and senior in political science and textile engineering, said the old system had no coordination from the entire community, which made getting the message out about rush difficult and limited the number of participants.

“Fraternities also felt like they had to violate rules and provide alcohol to freshmen to gain an edge in recruitment,” LaRoe said.

Without coordination from the IFC, fraternities had more opportunities to violate

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recruitment policy. The new formalized rush system guarantees that everyone who signs up for rush will have a chance to meet all of the different fraternities that make up IFC. LaRoe said about 500 men and 500 women sign up for fraternity and sorority rushing each year. Of those 500 women, sororities generally gain around 400 new members while fraternities only gain around 225 to 250 new members total.

Due to the disorganization of the open recruitment system, many of the men who signed up for rush were never even contacted by a member of the IFC, which is one of the problems the formalized rush system seeks to change, according to LaRoe. Students that signed up for rush will be placed into groups of other potential pledges and will be assigned to a mentor within Greek Life to help them during the process of rushing.

David Wyche, vice-president of recruitment for IFC and senior in agricultural business management, said the expected effect of for-

malizing the system will allow the fraternities to have a more successful recruitment.

“We are giving our chapters every tool possible to recruit more members, more interested members, higher academically performing members, etc,” Wyche said. “What our chapters do with the process and in which ways they benefit is a direct function of the amount of effort and dedication they put in.”

Applicants will be able to explore the many different chapters within IFC, enabling them to find their best fit.

Chris Vernick, president of Delta Sigma Phi and a junior in international studies, said he is in favor of the new system and thinks it will be better for men looking to rush a fraternity.

“As a freshman, I had a tough time rushing and putting my name out there,” Vernick said.

“I think the new system will give freshmen a better chance of getting into the fraternities they want.”

Formal recruitment seeks to give students a wider, more centralized view of the fraternities within IFC from their first introduction

to Greek life on campus.

“Leadership positions, social experiences, networking, supportive relationships and friend groups and a large, diverse community,” Wyche said. “We felt like that message was infinitely more appealing than just ‘join a fraternity’.”

The new rushing system is also expected to increase the number of students involved in IFC. “This will not only benefit the men who join but also give fraternities in IFC the ability to have a larger, more positive impact in both the NC State and Raleigh Communities,” said Emerson Moorhead, president of Delta Upsilon .

Greek men only make up about 9 percent of the male population at NC State, which is much lower than other ACC schools with Greek life. By organizing the recruitment process, centralizing it through IFC and appealing to more students, IFC hopes to increase the presence of Greek students on campus.

Rushing kick-off will begin September 3rd.

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 2014 • PAGE 3

Microsoft sponsors coding competition Ian Grice Correspondent

Microsoft sponsored an event on campus, the MSFT3C or Microsoft College Coding Challenge, Tuesday evening in Engineering Building II. One hundred and twenty five students in teams of one to three were involved in coding real-world situations and won prizes such as cash, shirts, tablets and the opportunity to get noticed

by Microsoft.

Microsoft organized the event to engage students with opportunities to code and do puzzles outside the classroom, according to Josephine Mooney, a Microsoft

recruiter.

“This was a fun way to promote pursuing computer science principles and knowledge outside of the classroom and also gives them an opportunity to work side-byside with their friends and interact with our company in a fun way with prizes,” Mooney said.

Microsoft is piloting the coding challenge at NC State in the U.S. and is planning to move to other institutions as well. The program has previously toured in Australia.

Team Velociraptors, Nathan Shirley and Sean Kramer, both juniors in computer science, won first place and walked away w ith $100

AMEX gift cards each. The rest of the participants were raffled shirts and a Dell Venue Pro tablet. After the event, many participants gave their resumes to the recruiters.

“We try to hire as many as possible every year,” Mooney said. Seven students from NC State interned at Microsoft this summer, and Mooney said she intended to bring even more students to the major software company.

Students had nothing but good things to say about the competition.

Jean-Claude Shore, a freshman in engineering, said he learned a lot about coding and that he found it rewarding to try and solve the dif-

ficult problems.

“I had an idea of how I would go about solving them,” Shore said. “I was thinking about how I would organize and go about solving them, but I wasn’t able to do it in the two hour time limit.”

Some of the different problems they worked on included writing a code to designate that the people most genetically susceptible to a mutating virus get vaccinated first or developing a code for an electronic vending machine.

Anand Vijayaraghavan, a graduate student studying computer science, said he attended the Microsoft challenge to see new problems.

“I really enjoy looking at

new problems, keep my mind [active] all the time that’s why I came here,” Vijayaraghavan said. “I didn’t answer a lot of questions, but I think I gained a little knowledge. I did enjoy the overall experience here, meeting people and talking with them. People should organize more events like these more frequently.”

Abidaan Nagawkar, computer science graduate student, said he was happy for the educational experience.

“I felt it was pretty good; there were problems of various difficulty levels, so some things I felt I could do if I worked a little harder, some of the things were a bit difficult for me, but maybe not for

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it relatable to a large number of people.

“For some people it’s the case of a race issue and police

someone who has more experience or skill,” Nagawkar said. “I think it tested a wide variety of skill sets.”

Stephen Worley, a sophomore in computer science, said he attended to see if he could get an internship or co-op at Microsoft and to network.

“I kind of learned that when it comes to computer science and programing it’s a team thing; most of these people were helping each other and working with each other,” Worley said. “It was more of a team setting than an individual thing like I expected.”

treatment; for some people it’s about the militarization of police,” Cobb said. “There’s just a lot of ways to view it, so there is something for everyone.”

To view the full Pack Poll results about Ferguson, visit packpoll.com.

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The American Ebola scare is classist The largest outbreak to date of Ebola hemorrhagic fever has been taking place in West Africa since about March. The virus, which begins with symptoms Ishan Raval such as fever and Staff Columnist a sore throat, developing to cause diarrhea, bleeding and decreased liver and kidney function—among other symptoms—has, according to World Health Organization figures from Aug. 22, resulted in death in 1,427 out of the 2,615 suspected cases during this outbreak. The actual death toll is suspected to be even higher than this reported figure.

Though the disease itself has yet been confined to Guinea, Sierra Leone, Nigeria and Liberia, Ebola spread to the U.S. as well, infecting headlines and generating popular fear during the summer. The fear, fundamentally, is that the disease

would reach the U.S., and since there isn’t a vaccine developed for it, would cause great fatalities here as well. This is a reasonable worry. But I found the degree to which Ebola had taken over news broadcasts and social media discourse bizarre: Yes, the WHO declared it to be a global health emergency; yes, the fatality rate does make it more dangerous than most diseases, but the fear has seemed more of a collective terror or dread rather than a rational worry, and I wondered why.

The first reason is that, for whatever reasons, our fears aren’t always rational: There’s just something about foreign diseases that spooks people, when, say, in the U.S., more than three times the number of people are killed every month in car crashes—people of all demographics—than have been killed

by Ebola so far in this outbreak as a

whole. But no one freaks out about car crashes.

There are other diseases as well that affect people—in the U.S., but mainly abroad—much more so than Ebola, and we don’t live with such a perpetual anxiety about them as has been the case with Ebola. For example, influenza kills 250,000300,000 people in the world every year, even though its fatality rate lies somewhere between 5-10 percent. Diarrhea kills 801,000 children annually. Tuberculosis affects two billion people a year and kills 1.3 million of them.

But when thinking about why people in the U.S. feared Ebola, but none of these other diseases, the unconscious psyche became apparent: Ebola could actually hurt the people who decide what’s news and who appear on my Facebook.

Americans, particularly middle-

class Americans, never really have to be afraid of being killed by diarrheal infections the way people in Africa and South-East Asia do, and 90 percent of tuberculosis deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries.

But with Ebola, since there’s no cure to it yet, if it gets here, we will suffer.

(Though, still not as badly, since we do have better conditions of sanitation and healthcare setups that would offer superior quarantined care to patients.)

What the frenzy regarding Ebola actually reflects isn’t a mere fear of the disease but also the huge inequality in global healthcare, the fact our populace’s unconscious comfort derives from not having to worry much about tuberculosis and the flu and that we really only considerably care about diseases in lowincome countries when our middle class could get them too. In fact, the

same allegation could be raised not just against the public and the media but also against major institutions such as the WHO. That isn’t to say that Ebola isn’t something that should be dealt with or that the people who are sad about the loss of lives in West Africa aren’t genuine in that. But collectively, this awareness and antipathy to the disease would not exist in the U.S. if our simple material conditions didn’t protect us, as compared to West Africa from more quantitatively significant diseases.

There wouldn’t be the anxiety about Ebola that exists if it didn’t put us at the same level as Africans—something the American middle-class isn’t used to dealing with. Our anxiety (not theirs, which is very well-founded), in other words, is but a manifestation of global classconsciousness.

Paying ransoms costs more lives than not The recent execution of James Foley has raised the debate of whether nations should pay the ransom fees to terrorists in exchange for the safety of those held captive. It is known that several European counSophie tries did, in Nelson fact, secure Staff Columnist the safety of their journalists by paying large sums to the Islamic State; however, the U.S. and the U.K. have firmly refused to do so. That is not to say that there were no efforts given to help the hostages: The U.S. government attempted to save Foley with a secret raid in a bid to save the American journalist and others. The raid unfortunately failed due to the fact that the hostages were not at that given location in that moment of time.

Many critics have argued that the United States of America failed Foley and that more could have been done to prevent his death and that this is a natural reaction. However, the decision not to negotiate with terrorists is the right one. Fear is the most powerful weapon that terrorists use to control other nations, and they want to create a scenario in which they

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impose the consequences of the decisions made.

Paying the ransom has far more implications than just settling the freedom of an innocent. Research has indicated that kidnapping increases in response to payments. AlQaida has seized more than 50 foreign citizens in the last five years, and the price for their releases has progressively increased. A decade ago, it was about $200,000 per hostage, and in recent times the highest stated payment is $10 million. In this particular case, ISIS demanded $132 million for Foley’s release.

It is not even about the money. Although $132 million seems a lot, a human life is priceless. Not paying the ransom fees eliminates a crucial motive for kidnapping foreign nationals to begin with and prevents terrorist groups from obtaining huge sums of money.

Furthermore, one is not just encouraging the kidnapping market by negotiating with terrorists, but also financing ISIS’s war and its brutalities against the civilians. ISIS uses ransom money to fund the full range of their activities, such as recruiting and indoctrinating new members, paying salaries, establishing

training camps, acquiring weapons and communications gear and carrying out deadly attacks. Al-Qaida acquired at least $125 million in ransoms within the last five years, with $66 million last year alone. Large sums of money are just the beginning in terms of what these terrorist groups will demand. It has been reported that ISIS have at least another three American hostages that they are threatening to execute as well as a number of Brits.

The New York Times has stated that ISIS has “sent a laundry list of demands for the release of the foreigners, starting with money but also [including] prisoner swaps.”

It is impossible to imagine the horrifying circumstances in which these hostages and their families are put through. Despite this, it is evident that every time a ransom is paid for one reporter, it is regrettable to put a price tag on the next one. There is only one option to eliminate this neverending cycle, and that is to make the kidnapping market worthless. That means refusing to pay.

“That’s a lot of money to spend on one event, for sure.

I hope they got something good out of it.”

“It was a lot and unecessary.”

“Watch” not to love?

Julie Smitka, junior in physics and philosophy

Always wear a watch My watch is duct-taped, rubber-banded and hotglued, but parting with it is not an option.

This summer, I worked on a cornfield. The hours could be long some days, and evStefy Castro- e r y d a y we we re Vasquez guaranStaff Columnist teed to get sweat y a nd g r i my i n unimaginable ways.

After a few days of work, I was christened the “keeper of the time,” meaning that whenever someone needed to know how much longer it would be until our lunch break or the end of the work day, I would be in charge of yelling out the time.

It was a simple task, until the unthinkable happened: My watch battery died. After three years, it had ticked its final tock.

No one else in the field wore a watch, and most people didn’t carry their phones into the field for fear they would not be able to withstand the environment. Without my watch, we would have no idea if lunch was 30 minutes or two hours away.

One could think this is a non-issue, and it truly was just uncomfortable, but that was the moment I realized how important wearing my watch had become.

Since that pivotal moment in my life, I can’t help but to spot situations that

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What do you think about the fact that the Inter Residence Council spent $21,000 for their silent disco event last Friday?

Alex Moreno junior, environmental science

Matt Donohue graduate student, chemistry

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“As long as people had fun, that’s all that matters.”

Mahoganie Solomon freshman, business administration

“That seems a bit ridiculous.

The silent disco sounds fun, but spending $21,000 might be a bit excessive.”

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poor portrait of your manners. There is certain discretion in using a watch that a phone just can’t provide.

Perhaps an obvious point, yet a valid one in reviving the watch-wearing spirit, is that watches are handsfree. When you’re in line at the grocery store struggling to carry your less-than-20items and want to know how much time you have before Game of Thrones starts, you don’t really have the option of rummaging through your purse or back pocket for your phone. If you’re wearing a watch, however, a quick flick of your wrist and you’ll be able to calculate just how much you’ll have to speed to get home in time.

As a final argument: Watches can be stylish in a way a phone cannot. When was the last time you admired the style of someone’s phone?

Seeing as a large number of us have popular and common cellphone designs, I’m going to guess never. Watches can be a simple way to add some personality to your wardrobe without having to wake up 30 minutes earlier to primp.

Watches are not yet a thing of the past, and if they are on the path to becoming obsolete, it is our duty not to let watchwearing become something we remember only as fond memories.

The utility and style of a watch just cannot be matched.

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could have been easily resolved by wearing a watch.

For starters, watches aren’t going to run low on battery every day, as a phone would.

How many times has your phone’s battery drained at the most inopportune moment?

Even when your phone can hold its charge in moments of dire importance, your phone doesn’t understand the importance of seconds.

In those times of panic when you have exactly 28 seconds to get to class, you’re going to want to be able to pace yourself appropriately.

A phone doesn’t usually do that. Your screen could read 11:59 and trick you into believing you have an entire minute to walk down a hall when really you have four seconds to get there.

My roommate told me just the other day that her phone died as she walked to her gym class. She was ultimately late because she didn’t know the time. This all could have been avoided had she been wearing a watch.

Nothing says, “I’ve been socialized to think this isn’t rude,” like checking your phone during work, church, class, fancy dinners or any other event that asks for your full attention. Though you may not be texting or scrolling through your Twitter, pulling out your phone or even having it resting on your lap all the time, checking the time may paint a

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 2014 • PAGE 5

Genocide survivor confronts her youth Sara Awad Assistant Features Editor

Trigger warning: genocide, rape,body horror.

Twenty years ago a massive genocide killed about 1 million people in Rwanda. Miraculously, Yvette Nkunde-Bose, a senior in biochemistry survived.

The genocide began April 6, 1994 after the assassination of Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana, who tried to improve relations between the Hutu and Tutsi tribes, according to Nkunde-Bose.

“The bottom line is when he died everyone got mad, and they started killing each other,” Nkunde-Bose said.

The slaughter, rape and decimation she witnessed during those events still haunt her to this day, Nkunde-Bose said. She suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, which often leave her eyes red and puffy as she cries out for help whilst in the middle of her nightmares, Nkunde-Bose said.

Intensive counseling made her condition worse, since it triggered painful memories instead of helping her face them, according to her.

“I decided to not do counseling and not take medication because it turned me into a different person, and I was not liking that,” NkundeBose said. “I decided to just shut down and didn’t want to talk about it for a while, but I think that deciding not to talk is not necessarily helpful.”

Now 24, Nkunde-Bose said she finally has the courage to tell her story in the hopes that it will help others. She started a blog this summer, which gives a surprisingly detailed account of what she experienced despite being only four years old at the time.

“I’ve gone through a lot of things, and I feel like if I tell my story, some-

one else can learn from it and be a better person or have an awareness that other people are suffering out there,” Nkunde-Bose said.

Traumatic memories In her blog, she also wrote about how she lost her friend.

Both girls snuck out of their homes to see each other, despite their parents’ warnings to stay inside. A group of men saw them and proceeded to rape Nkunde-Bose’s friend in front of her eyes, after which they spread out her legs and sliced her body in two, NkundeBose stated in her blog.

“At that point I wanted to die,” Nkunde-Bose said. “You know after they did all of those things I was ready. I had prayed and given my life to God and I was ready…I had no fear anymore, and I just surrendered.”

But she didn’t die.

Instead, she, along with family and friends, fled to the Democratic Republic of Congo, where locals poisoned the food and water supply in order to kill the Rwandan refugees, Nkunde-Bose said. Luckily, they had no money for food.

She stayed there for three years, surviving on United Nations rations and working as a slave to make money for food, Nkunde-Bose said.

Then, the new Rwandan government pushed the Rwandans into the jungle, where she lived for a month, according to Nkunde-Bose.

“They forced us into a forest that had killer animals, like lions and tigers, and they forced us in there to die,” Nkunde-Bose said.

When they arrived in the jungle, though, the lions disappeared, which Nkunde-Bose said she attributes to the power of God. A lot of people lost their lives in that jungle, including infants, because there was no food or water, according to Nkunde-Bose.

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Yvette Nkunde-Bose, a senior studying Biochemistry, is from Rwanda. She lived in Rwanda during the genocide in 1994, and now has a blog in which she shares her story in hopes of helping others.

to her country for another three years but still found no safety, according to Nkunde-Bose.

She and her sister then walked to Zambia, where a family took them in and sponsored them to go to the United States for a better life and education.

“I started in a children’s home, and I was bullied because I’m a villager, I work in the village, and I didn’t know how to wear heels. I didn’t know fancy food…they would say I was ugly, I’m clueless,” NkundeBose said. “At times I started believing I was ugly. I mean they looked good, and I looked different.”

The inferiority she said she felt, though, drove her to learn as much as she could, according to NkundeBose. She progressed to advanced English proficiency in a few months,

and now speaks fluent Spanish.

Eventually a family in Michigan adopted her, Nkunde-Bose said.

“When I was with them, I never once felt like I was someone else’s child,” Nkunde-Bose said. “These people were loving me unconditionally. At times I felt like they were loving me more than their own kids.

They instilled confidence in me, they told me how beautiful I was, they made me feel special…”

In the future, Nkunde-Bose said she hopes to become a traveling doctor. In addition, she said she wants to teaching others what her experiences have taught her.

“I wanted to let people know that no matter how little you have it here, it is a lot to some people,” Nkunde-Bose said. “You are rich to some people; you are wealth to some

people. There are some people who would wish to be in your shoes, but they are not able to, so love life as it comes, and don’t stress for more, but rather appreciate and enjoy what you have, and know that there are people who have less than you and wish to have what you have.”

To follow Nkunde-Bose’s blog, visit www. strengthenedbytragedies.com

NCSU alumni produce independent film Kevin deMontbrun Staff Writer

NCSU alumni created an independent short film called “Harbinger” that has just been realeased. Andrew Martin is the producer, cowriter and coeditor of the film, and Kieran Moreira is the writer, co-editor and director of the film. The film takes place in the North Carolina suburbs through the imaginative eyes of a young adopted boy named Harold.

While his mother is expecting a baby, Harold prepares for the baby, which he believes will come falling from the stars.

As a whole, through the enticing nature of the film’s cinematography, it contains a relatable overarching message that captures the beauty of childhood and growing up.

“The underlying themes of ‘Harbinger’ are certainly hope and family,” Moreira said.

He continued by explaining how the plot has themes of hope and positivity.

“It’s a story about trying to belong or fit in.

The main two characters are somewhat of outsiders in their own world, and they’re trying to create a family out of that,” Moreira said.

“That’s something a lot of people can identify with. It’s definitely a story that’s trying to show there is hope and positivity even in the midst of conflict and challenges.”

The idea of the film began with the idea of a short scene Moreira had come up with in hopes of creating his own movie script. The idea was called “Cloud Fortress,” and, simply put, was about a boy hoping to climb to the top of the sky.

The simple idea began to take shape as Martin got involved in the writing process, and a collaborative effort took place.

“Kieran came with this great idea and visual concept, but beyond that we weren’t sure who the characters were, what their environments were,” Martin said. “I wanted to ground it in reality, a real North Carolina community within this fantastical storyline.”

From there, a back and forth process between the two co-writers resulted in a solid draft of the film. Along the way, they began to receive support from the community.

“It was enough of a hook to get people to want to dig a little deeper into the story,” Mar-

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NCSU alumni produced an independent short filmed called Harbinger, which was shown in Hunt Library Wednesday night.

tin said. “A lot of people had an immediate emotional interest.”

Moreira commissioned a graduate graphic design student at NC State to create the concept art for the film. It was the concept art that inspired Moreira and made the storyline even more enticing.

“For me, what cemented the idea was the concept art,” Moreira said, “We didn’t know necessarily what it’s going to be, but we knew it would be really cool.”

However, the process of creating the film was not without its challenges. Like most highly ambitious projects, the makers of “Harbinger” reached impasses when it came to time and money.

After an attempt to raise money through an unsuccesful Indiegogo campaign, the filmmakers relied heavily on community sup-

port and volunteerism. This required them to work on weekends and evenings so as not to draw out the process too much. However, Drawbridge, the company producing the film, was able to give just enough money so that production could happen.

Not only was money dwindling at points, but time also became an issue when both Martin and Paul Frateschi, the director of photography, had children during the length of the approximate two year filmmaking process.

The production had beneficial aspects as well. Frateschi said he found the set environment pleasant and though time consuming, the process was rewarding overall for those involved.

Despite their hardships, Martin, Moreira and Frateschi said they found solace and gratification in the completion of the film, finding

pride and happiness in the final product.

“I really enjoyed getting to see the people who worked on the film see it for the first time and realize that what they did really paid off,” said Moreira, “and they’re really proud of what they created.”

Martin, Moreira and Frateschi said they hope to keep making films and are excited to start the next one, but for now, they’re happy riding the wave of “Harbinger” before beginning their next two year endeavor.

“Seeing the response from the audience, those who worked on the film and those who didn’t, was really great to see,” Frateschi said.

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coming Southeastern Conference. After losing to the Pack in Knoxville last season, the Vols will surely be out for revenge when they travel to Raleigh.

Jan. 7 at Duke, Jan. 11 vs UNCChapel Hill, Jan. 14 vs Duke The eight day stretch from Jan. 7 to Jan. 14 may contain the most daunting three-game stretch that any team in the NCAA will face in the upcoming season. All three teams finished the 2014 season ranked in the top 25 by USA Today and have the potential to finish in the top 10 this season.

The Pack held a combined 0-5 record against the Cavaliers, Tar Heels and Blue Devils and was outscored by an average of 17.8 points in these contests. Despite the disheartening numbers from last season, it is a new year, and

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the young players that made up the 2014 roster have another year of experience under their belts.

Feb. 14 at Louisville During the 2014 offseason, the ACC strengthened its presence in nearly every sport by adding Louisville in place of the recently departed Maryland. The Cardinals had success in most sports last season, but the school is most well-known for its men’s basketball team, led by legendary Head Coach Rick Pitino. Fresh off a national championship season in 2013, the Cardinals made a strong run at back-to-back titles in 2014, eventually falling at the hands of their arch-rival Kentucky in the Sweet 16. Louisville will be a powerhouse in the ACC in the upcoming season, and the State players will have their hands full with the unfamiliar foe.

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yards per game -- ranking seventh in the conference in that category.

“Quarterback Ellison, number four, is a really good runner,” Doeren said. “Tough, not a guy who goes down easy.”

Besides Ellison, the Eagles return many members of an offense that averaged more than 33 points per game last year. State will work to slow down Georgia Southern’s ground attack which averaged 360 yards per game last year.

To make the run game even fiercer, the Eagles return five seniors to an already talented offensive line.

The Pack spent a good portion of the offseason preparing for this area.

“The main focus we have this offseason for defense is that we need to create turnovers and pound the run,” senior defensive tackle T.Y.

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McGill said. “That was the main thing: just pounding the run.”

Doeren expressed how the Pack’s newfound depth on the defensive side of the ball will help out this season, and this will be put to the test against a ground and pound team such as the Eagles.

Though the Pack may have its lowest amount of upperclassmen since 1995, standing at only 33 juniors and seniors, McGill seemed to be impressed with the amount of leadership and depth that formed for the Pack through the offseason.

The Eagles defense, however, isn’t exactly on the same level as its offense. Georgia Southern allowed opponents to average 200 yards per game through the air and more than 160 yards per game on the ground.

The Pack will look to exploit this weakness and get its new, highly rated quarterback Brissett involved.

While neither team has played each other since Nov. 30, 2013, Brissett

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“I’m not going to dampen his excitement, and I want him to have fun,” Doeren said. “There’s nothing wrong with butterflies; he’s just got to make sure they go away quick and that he makes the same decisions he’s been coached to make in practice.”

The Pack and the Eagles face off Saturday, as State looks to open the season with a win and show that this is a different team than what fans saw last year.

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Pack to begin season in Boone James shoots well in LPGA NC State women’s golf team senior Augusta James shot a 71 in the second round of the LPGA Qualifying Tournament Stage I Wednesday. After shooting a 74 in the first round on Tuesday, James’ 1-under round put her two shots ahead of the cutoff.

James, a native of Bath, Ontario, is 24th overall in the tournament and on pace to advance to Stage II. The senior plays two more rounds , today and Friday, at Mission Hills Country Club and must finish in the top 60 to continue.

Source: NC State Athletics

Byrd inducted into NCSU Hall of Fame The only NC State defender to have his number retired, legendary defensive tackle Dennis Byrd, has been inducted into the 2014 NC State Athletic Hall of Fame.

Byrd’s induction follows that of former head coach Earle Edwards, who was annointed last season. Byrd led the Pack to three ACC title and league runnerup finishes, as well as a Liberty Bowl victory in his senior year. The cherished Wolfpack great died of a heart attack on July 15, 2010. He is survived by his wife Kim and four children.

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“There’s nothing wrong with butterflies.”

Dave Doeren, head football coach

ATHLETIC SCHEDULE Friday, August 29 WOMEN’S SOCCER V. GEORGETOWN Georgetown, N.C., 7 p.m.

Friday, August 29 CROSS COUNTRY COVERED BRIDGE OPEN Boone, N.C., 5 p.m.

Friday, August 29 VOLLEYBALL V. EASTERN WASHINGTON Wilmington, N.C., 5 p.m.

Friday, August 29 MEN’S SOCCER V. VALPARAISO Raleigh, N.C., 7 p.m.

Saturday, August 30 VOLLEYBALL V. FAIRFIELD Wilmington, N.C., 9:30 a.m.

Saturday, August 30 FOOTBALL V. GEORGIA SOUTHERN Raleigh, N.C., 12:30 p.m.

Michael McLamb Correspondent

The men’s and women’s cross country teams are set to start their seasons this Saturday in Boone at the Covered Bridge Open. The men enter the season ranked 25th in the national rankings and are looking to capture their first ACC title since 2011.

The men will have their work cut out for them in the ACC this season, as they are just one of five teams ranked nationally (Syracuse, Notre Dame, Virginia and North Carolina are the others). The Syracuse Orange will be the team that everyone will be chasing this year.

The Orange enters the 2014 season as the reigning men’s ACC champions and also the preseason favorites.

The Pack will have to dethrone the Orange without three-time AllAmerican Andrew Colley.

Colley, who will go down as one of the great runners in Pack history, ended his illustrious career in 2013 with a dominating victory at the ACC Championship race and a seventh place finish at the NCAA Championships.

Look for the trio of Edward Crawford, Michael Mansy and George Parsons to be out in front for the men this season. Crawford finished ninth in the 2013 ACC Championship race, which earned him AllACC honors.

On the women’s side, 2013 AllAmerican Joanna Thompson is returning for her senior season with the Pack. Thompson will be looking not only for team success but also

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Members of the NC State cross country team race while representing their school. The team’s first meet will take place this Saturday in Boone, North Carolina.

personal honors in this year’s ACC Championship race. She finished seventh in last year’s competition with two of the women that finished before her, including last year’s winner Juliet Bottorff of Duke, being seniors.

Thompson will be joined by Erica Kemp and Megan Moye who were very impressive in their freshman campaigns. The Lady Pack will need Kemp and Moye to build upon their successes last season and for junior runners Samantha George and Kaitlyn Kramer to be forces if they hope to compete in the very strong ACC.

The women of Florida State will likely be Thompson and the Pack’s greatest opponent. FSU has become a cross-country powerhouse in the past decade. The Seminoles have dominated the ACC since 2008 with six straight ACC Championships, not to mention a 2007 Championship that was taken away due to infractions.

Colleen Quigley, the 2013 ACC Performer of the Year, will lead the charge for Florida State. Thompson and Quigley will assuredly run in the leading group throughout the ACC Championship race.

State faces first test of 2014 vs Eagles Preston Ellis & Marissa Counts Correspondents

The NC State football team looks to dodge an opening day upset as it faces the Georgia Southern Eagles in the first game of the 2014 season.

Head Coach Dave Doeren and junior quarterback Jacoby Brissett met with the media Monday at Murphy Towers to discuss the upcoming season and the game against the Eagles.

Georgia Southern is coming off of a seven-win season last year which included a statement win over SEC powerhouse Florida. Georgia Southern replaced most of its coaching staff from a year ago, including former Head Coach Jeff Monken, who

First look at new men’s basketball schedule Zack Tanner Senior Staff Writer

rushing per game last year with a career high against Elon, where he tallied 163 yards on the ground.

Ellison also averaged 149.3 total

On Wednesday, NC State released its complete 2014-15 men’s basketball schedule. While the entire list of 33 games may be a bit overwhelming, the Technician has compiled a list of games to watch during the upcoming season.

Dec. 14 vs. Wofford Though Wofford should not be too much of an issue for the Pack, this game is maybe the most notable of any on this list, as it will be the last men’s basketball game played at Reynolds Coliseum until its renovation is complete in the fall of 2016. The State men’s team played all of its home games in Reynolds until 1999, when the team moved to PNC Arena. However, the Terriers may pose a threat to the Pack, as Detroit came only three points away from upsetting State during the sole game in Reynolds last season.

Dec. 17 vs. Tennessee Of all the Pack’s non-conference contests, the matchup with Tennessee may be the most overlooked

by State fans. Known by most as a football school, namely the alma mater of NFL stars such as Peyton Manning and Jason Witten, the Volunteers are often discarded when it comes to skill on the hardwood. However, Tennessee has continually been one of the premiere teams in the up-and-

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“We are just making sure we show the guys enough things so that they are ready.”

Dave Doeren, head football coach

moved on to coach at West Point.

His replacement, former Sam Houston State coach Willie Fritz, looks to bring a new spread-option attack to the Eagles’ offense.

Wolfpack Head Coach Dave Doeren remained confident his players are well-prepared for any new looks they might see on Saturday.

“You can turn on Georgia Southern’s film and see a lot of their players and what they do even though the scheme is a little different on offense,” Doeren said. “We are just making sure we show the guys enough things so that they are ready.”

Georgia Southern returns many

Unfortunately, Thompson won’t have an opportunity to get a look at Quigley until the championship race itself. Halloween in Earlysville, Virginia will be judgment day for these two ACC foes.

The best opportunity that Wolfpack fans will have to catch the men’s and women’s teams this year will be at the Wolfpack Invitational on September 19 th and the Three Stripe Invite on November 8th. Both meets will be held at the WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary.

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The N.C. State football team rushes out of the locker room tunnel before the start of last year’s opening game against Louisiana Tech.

key players to its new-look team, including sophomore quarterback Kevin Ellison. Ellison, a six-game starter for the Eagles last season, threatens both through the air and on the ground.

He averaged more than 80 yards