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IN BRIEF:

POLICE BLOTTER 2/19/2019

A quick look at the headlines outside of NC State NEWS Education advocates set ambitious goal for North Carolina, pg. 3

20-story high-rise coming to Hillsborough Street In 2018, real estate firm The Fallon Co. bought a nearly two-acre block on Hillsborough Street for $17 million. The company has recently proposed its first phase of planning, which includes a 20-story tower with over 300,000 square feet of office space. Additionally, the firm would build apartments and a hotel in later phases. Currently, no tenants have signed to use the office property, and the company is waiting for a tenant to sign before construction begins. Michael J. Fallon, the firm’s chief investment officer, described the design of the building as “progressive.” According to The News & Observer, while the project currently fits under the city’s zoning of the property, the city council will entertain several rezoning requests asking for greater height in the next few months.

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Raleigh needs to pass regulations on Airbnb, pg. 6

North Carolina District 9 election fraud hearings continue into Thursday The State Board of Elections is currently holding hearings throughout the week that could resolve the highly publicized and controversial race in North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District. The allegation is that McCrae Dowless, a Republican consultant in Bladen County, paid workers to collect absentee ballots and falsify witness certifications for those ballots. The hearings were anticipated to be only Monday and Tuesday, but now they will likely continue on Thursday. After hearings are complete, the board will vote to certify the November 2018 results or hold a new election. Republican Candidate Mark Harris will be the next witness called in the hearings process.

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT The Biology of Love and Sex: A course the piques curiosity, pg. 10

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Transgender woman denied transfer to a women’s prison by North Carolina Kanautica Zayre-Brown, a transgender woman, was convicted of insurance fraud and obtaining property by false pretenses in 2017, the same year she underwent her final surgery to become a woman. Currently, she is sentenced for up to nine years and 11 months in prison.

However, she is an inmate at Harnett Correctional, a men’s prison in Lillington, N.C., staying in a dorm for 38 men. Zayre-Brown has been denied multiple times for housing at a women’s prison, because the state still recognizes her by her birth name, which she legally changed. According to an interview with The News & Observer, Zayre-Brown said she only received hormones after months of delay and is harassed by other inmates on a daily basis.

SPORTS Wolfpack looks for momentum swing against Wake Forest, pg. 11

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1:00 PM | HIT & RUN Nelson Hall Staff member reported parked vehicle was struck and damaged.

11:33 PM | DOOR ALARM - FORCED Red Hall Security responded to door alarm and determined the door was secure.

11:35 PM | LARCENY Sullivan Hall Student reported personal property was stolen from laundry room.

2:30 PM | CONCERNED BEHAVIOR Admin Services I Officers responded to report of known nonstudent possibly filming and photographing in the area. Report filed. Pertinent university partners notified.

2:34 PM | WARRANT SERVICE Public Safety Center Non-student arrived at the noted location to speak to someone about the trespass warning they received the previous night. While speaking to non-student about the trespass warning, it was determined that they had an active warrant for his arrest for failing to appear in court from a previous Second Degree Trespassing charge. Non-student was arrested.

3:05 PM | MEDICAL ASSIST Engineering Bldg I Units responded to staff member possibly in need of medical assistance.

5:47 PM | SAFETY PROGRAM Winston Hall Officers conducted a safety program.

6:41 PM | SUSPICIOUS PERSON Scott Hall Staff member reported a suspicious person in the building earlier in the day. Area checked. Unable to locate.

7:36 PM | FIRE ALARM Bragaw Hall Units responded to alarm caused by cooking.

COVER PHOTO BY NICK FAULKNER AND DAVID TRACEY Redshirt sophomore and No. 4 in the 157-pound weight class, Hayden Hidlay, avoids the takedown by No. 5 Tyler Berger. Hidlay lost the bout 5-2. The No. 7 Wolfpack were able to defeat No. 11 Nebraska 18-17 by tying and eventually winning the last bout on Sunday, Dec. 16, 2018 in Reynolds Coliseum.

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Education advocates set ambitious goal for North Carolina

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My Future NC held an announcement in Talley Student Union on Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019. My Future NC is a commission that works throughout the state to advance educational quality and opportunities for students of all ages.

Alicia Thomas News Editor

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Boz Kaloyanov Assistant News Editor

On Wednesday, Feb. 20, the My Future NC education commission announced a bold goal to dramatically increase the number of adults in the state with postsecondary credentials by 2030.

Specifically, My Future NC aims to have 2 million 25-44-year-olds in North Carolina with postsecondary degrees or certificates by 2030. The commission is comprised of leaders from a variety of backgrounds, who work toward this goal via education policy reform.

Chancellor Randy Woodson opened the announcement event, hosted in Talley Student Union, by stating that setting a goal is a great motivator for progress.

“Today, we’re here to mark the start of a comprehensive education strategy for North Carolina,” Woodson said. “The My Future NC commission was created a year ago to

convene North Carolina’s leaders in education, business and beyond, from every corner of our great state, to set an attainment goal for all North Carolinians.”

Dale Jenkins, co-chair of the commission and CEO of Medical Mutual Holdings, said My Future NC was created because of changes within the job market.

“Today, fewer than half of North Carolinians between the ages of 25 and 44 hold a high-quality postsecondary degree or credential, but the vast majority of newly created jobs require an education beyond a high school diploma,” Jenkins said. “In fact, a recent national survey indicated that over 99 percent of jobs created since the 2009 recession required a postsecondary credential or certificate.”

Jenkins stated that the commission’s goals does not lie exclusively with four-year degrees, but other options, such as an associate degree, are vital for the state’s success.

“We’re not just talking about increasing the production of four-year degrees,” Jenkins said. “That’s important for sure, but there are many excellent jobs available in our state that require associate degrees or

a high-quality certificate. The key is simply not stopping your education once you graduate from high school.”

Gov. Roy Cooper was also in attendance and spoke about his goals regarding the future of higher education in the state, how they related to the commission’s and his ideas of implementing policies to make the goal a reality.

“I want a North Carolina where people are better educated, where they’re healthier, where they have more money in their pockets, where they have opportunities to live more abundant and purposeful lives,” Cooper said. “I think this goal helps us to achieve that goal.”

Communicating these efforts is a critical part of this plan, Jenkins said after the event.

“We’ve hired a public relations firm to help us with this, and they’re here today to help us kick off the event,” Jenkins said.

“So, we know that there is work to be done.

We’ve got a big communication effort on the way, we’ve got to educate people on the goal; what that means, how they can help and why that will help.”

Peter Hans, another co-chair of the My Future NC commission, and Jenkins both said that this will be something the entire state and its representatives rally around. In terms of finding funds to make the goal a reality, there will be ongoing conversations between the education sector, businesses and the government to obtain or allocate already existing funds.

“It will require investment throughout education continually, but I think you’ve seen here today bipartisan commitment to both meeting the goal and forming the strategies that allow us to achieve it,” Hans said.

Hans further elaborated the importance of this approach not only on a statewide level, but on a local and regional level, as well.

“One of the key components here is to engage communities and regions across the state, so that we’ve got statewide goals, but we’ve got county-by-county and regional goals, as well, so that they’re empowered to make decisions in those areas,” Hans said.

Hans and Jenkins said that specific details of the plan and its implementation are still being worked out. Further information can be found on the My Future NC website.

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Agroecology: Putting produce on your plate Rachael Davis

Assistant News Editor

Starting as a place for agricultural students to get a hands-on education in 2005, NC State’s Agroecology Education Farm has since expanded to developing its own major and selling produce in a local grocery store.

In 2013, the partnership between the Agroecology Education Farm and NC State Dining began, helping place fresh and local produce in dining halls and extending the education of agriculture to many more students on campus.

Michelle Schroeder-Moreno, director of the Agroecology Education Farm, said that NC State has about 34,000 students, and dining halls produce around 52,000 meals a day. The maximum yield the farm has produced is about 10,000 pounds, which is less than the amount of food the dining halls use per growing season.

According to Alison Reeves, the Agroecology Education Farm manager, the farm typically refrains from producing food that will go to waste. This is achieved through a working relationship between Reeves and the university chefs.

“The chefs in dining are really great in

using what we bring them,” Reeves said.

“They have really highlighted the use of the ‘ugly vegetables,’ the produce that doesn’t look so great but is still very tasty.”

Schroeder-Moreno said that since the produce in American grocery stores must meet a certain size and or width, many of these “ugly vegetables” do not make it to the shelves for consumer purchase.

The unconventional vegetables are typically thrown away, contributing to the 40 percent of food that is wasted in the U.S. To avoid wasting any produce from the farm, Reeves and the university chefs have in-depth discussions, analyzing what produce is useful for them and what’s popular in the dining halls.

“Usually around this time over the winter, I am planning out for the year and ordering seeds,” Reeves said. “After, I will email the university chefs with all the produce I have and when I could possibly bring it into dining. The chefs have the ability to pick and choose from the ordering form, and it usually is all gone by the end.”

Besides NC State dining halls, the Agroecology Education Farm also partners with the NC State Alumni Club, the golf course and The Oval on Centennial Cam-

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A soil sciences student weeds his section of garden at the Agroecology Education Farm.

pus, according to Reeves. However, since Fountain Dining Hall has a high volume of consumers, Fountain uses most of the farm’s produce.

According to Schroeder-Moreno, the farm’s relationship with NC State Dining is very productive and offers support for

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Professor Michelle Schroeder-Moreno and her agriculture class work at the Agroecology Education Farm off Lake Wheeler Road.

many projects and technological needs, like the hoop house, which helps the farm produce earlier and later in the semester. The resource is vital, controlling the height of production over the summer when many students are not on campus to consume the produce.

In addition, two summers ago, NC State Dining sponsored the development of a post-harvest teaching pavilion where produce is washed and refrigerated before it goes to the dining halls. Schroeder-Moreno said the pavilion is very special to the farm, because it was designed and built by architecture students in the summer Design + Build Studio.

According to Reeves, the Agroecology Education Farm also produces food for big dining events on campus, like All Carolinas and Farm Feast, which stress the consumption of local food. Over 3,000 students attend these events each year.

Schroeder-Moreno expressed how valuable and important it is that NC State Dining works with and buys from local North Carolina farms.

“Not a lot of other land-grant universities are doing something like this, and it makes the most sense,” SchroederMoreno said. “We are a great university.

Our mission is to educate, discover and support our community, so supporting our farming community is a win-win.”

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Official list of Student Government candidates revealed Staff Report

An official list of the students eligible to be candidates in the Spring General Election was released on the Student Government website, prior to the beginning of campaigning on Friday.

There are four individuals running on two joint tickets for the positions of student body president and student body vice president.

Alex Obiol, a fourth-year studying textile engineering, is currently the director of University Affairs for the executive branch of Student Government and is a candidate for student body president. Obiol’s running mate is Lexie Malico, a third-year Ph.D. student in chemistry, who is currently a senator for Graduate and Lifelong Education.

Emma Carter, a third-year majoring in criminology and international studies, is also running for student body president with her running mate Nicole Teague, a third-year studying business administration. Both Carter and Teague currently serve in the

Senate. Previously, Carter was the delegate for the UNC System’s Association of Student Governments.

Two student body officer positions are uncontested races. Mitchell Moravec, a first-year graduate student in public administration, is running for student senate president, and Kiera Jonson, a fourth-year studying microbiology, is running for student body chief justice.

Moravec is currently the director of Student Wellness for Student Government and additionally served as student senate president during the 2017-2018 academic year.

Jonson is currently a member of the student conduct board.

Two people are candidates for student body treasurer: Ryan Dunn, a third-year studying political science, and Garrison Seitz, a secondyear studying engineering. Dunn is currently chief of staff for the executive branch.

The College of Humanities and Social Sciences is the only college with more people running for Senate positions than there are

seats available.

The number of eligible students that have filed for candidacy in their colleges are: • College of Agriculture and Life Sciences: six students running for six available seats • College of Sciences: three students running for five available seats • College of Design: zero candidates filed for three available seats • College of Education: zero candidates filed for three available seats • College of Engineering: eight students running for nine available seats • College of Natural Resources: three students running for four available seats • College of Humanities and Social Sciences: 11 students running for seven available seats • Poole College of Management: two candidates running for five available seats

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Wilson College of Textiles: three candidates running for three available seats • Graduate and Lifelong Education: eight candidates running for 13 available seats At this point, no additional candidate will be added to the race, unless candidates that were deemed ineligible to run appeal the process.

A list of each individual running for Student Government, as well as the spring election timeline, can be found on the Student Government website.

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The impact of social media on climate change Austin Dunlow Correspondent

In an era increasingly reliant on social media and increasingly more concerned with the effects of climate change, NC State Assistant Professor Bill Rand set out to see if there is a connection between extreme weather events and how they are discussed on social media.

Rand, an assistant professor of marketing in the Poole College of Management, published a paper discussing how extreme weather events affect the discussion of climate change on social media.

Along with an international team of collaborators, Rand assessed Twitter data about three recent extreme weather events: Hurricane Irene (2011), Hurricane Sandy (2012) and Winter Storm Jonas (2016).

Rand began collecting data for the project in 2011 during Hurricane Irene. Rand said he was approached by Nicholas Roxburgh, who at the time was a student at the Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy, and was asked to join the project for his expertise in social media conversations. He worked providing data for both Hurricane Irene and Winter Storm Jonas. Roxburgh received a grant to purchase the data for Hurricane Sandy.

“I’ve been studying social media conversations for 10 years and pretty much since the advent of Twitter,” Rand said. “Because of this, I worked with [Roxburgh] through the perspective of tracing how climate change conversations happen on social media.”

Rand’s findings showed that discussions of climate change on Twitter depended on two

major aspects, the first being the timing of the event. He found that social and political occurrences at the time of the weather event influenced the surrounding conversations.

“Hurricane Sandy, for instance, happened right during the 2012 presidential elections,” Rand said. “This meant that a lot of the climate change discussion on Twitter had a political twinge to it.”

Rand found that the type of weather event occurring was also influential in the discussion of climate change.

“When Snowstorm Jonas happened, a lot of people didn’t think of it as something that was related to climate change,” Rand said. “For some reason, people don’t think of snow as being related to climate change and are more likely to acknowledge hurricanes as a product of climate change, rather than a severe snowstorm.”

Rand said that his aim is to give scientists more insight into strategies of circulating scientific research to the public. From this research, he hopes that scientists learn that they must alter how they discuss climate change depending on weather events in order for the public to listen.

“I’m hoping that people will understand from looking at this paper that because of the different descriptions we have over time, you can’t really use the exact same framing of a conversation to disseminate knowledge every time,” Rand said. “If a climate change scientist is interested in getting their knowledge out on social media, they need to adapt to the way conversations about climate change are happening at that time.”

Jean Goodwin, a professor of communication in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, agreed that social media has become a large platform for the circulation of scientific knowledge to the public. She discussed her belief that tailoring a message to the framework of the time is the most effective way of expanding a message.

“There’s a lot of evidence that social media is the way that people are getting information of all kinds, not just science information,” Goodwin said. “That’s probably going to expand. I think it’s worthwhile to remember that we are

better able to promote progress if we understand that everybody looks at the issue from their own personal framework.”

Rand is hopeful for the future of social media and its ability to act as an area for the distribution of knowledge. He hopes that future research in this area will lead to more effective conversations about a diversity of topics.

“I really am a firm believer that we’re in kind of a first stage of understanding social media conversations,” Rand said. “We need to understand how people are having those conversations.”

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Raleigh needs to pass regulations on Airbnb For many, the so-called “sharing economy” represents a type of innovation that acts as a shining example of the free market in action: it lowers the price of goods, increases competition and enriches the creators of these Kevin innovations. At face value, Moye Staff Columnist this is exactly what the popular housing rental company Airbnb accomplishes.

Upon digging a little deeper, one will find out that this term is actually a profound misnomer. The “sharing economy” is simply a tech-savvy way to extend income inequality by helping out those who are already affluent while sharing the economic burden of this new technology among the people mostly left out by its advantages.

A recent cost-benefit analysis by the Economic Policy Institute has highlighted just how harmful Airbnb can be to local economies.

Economists determined that the economic

costs from Airbnb are enough to mandate regulations on the company.

Airbnb renters are able to circumvent the costs normally associated with hotel lodging because of how these housing units are being taxed. In a city like Raleigh where tourism is popular, Airbnb rentals are in direct competition with hotels. These hotels often cannot compete with the low prices of Airbnb rentals; thus, the amount of overall tax revenue is diminished as hotels are forced into paying less and Airbnb circumvents zoning laws.

Airbnb affects the supply of the housing market by converting what would have been longterm rental properties into short-term Airbnb units. A 2016 investigation on the presence of Airbnb in Boston found that for every 12 Airbnb listings per census tract, there was an increase in rent prices by about 0.4 percent. The report concluded that if Airbnb continued to grow at the 2016 rate of 24 percent for another 3 years, asking rates for rent in that city would increase by about $178 per month.

The effects of Airbnb are only worsened

when compounded with the already problematic affordable housing crisis Raleigh is currently facing. The use of Airbnb in the city only works to exacerbate this crisis. In the face of price change, the demand for housing will remain the same, because people continue to seek housing in economically prosperous areas.

As a result of this inelasticity in the housing market, small decreases in housing supply can significantly raise the price of housing.

The company continues to extend inequality because of how effects associated with Airbnb are distributed. The people who benefit from Airbnb are often already wealthy: property owners at the top 20 percent of the economic ladder who rent out their properties or travelers who use mostly inessential funds to pay for Airbnbs. Renters are universally impacted in areas with significant numbers of Airbnb units as the price of housing rises.

Raleigh has proposed legislation to regulate Airbnb, but debate on the issue has come to a stall. Currently, it is technically illegal to host one’s home as a short-term rental unit; however,

the Raleigh legislature has decided to not enforce this policy yet as they hammer out more of the details for regulation. The proposed legislation is a step in the right direction, as it would make it mandatory for people who rent out their homes to pay a $208 fee to make up for lost tax revenue.

The new legislation also requires there to be a resident living in the unit while it is being rented out to avoid wasting potential long-term renting space. While it is controversial, the legislation would also ban the use of whole house and/or apartment rentals in order to prevent these spaces from driving up the price of housing for Raleigh natives.

Raleigh must impose these laws onto the lucrative short-term rental business if the city wishes to shield residents from the economic costs caused by it. It is certainly indisputable that short-term rentals can have positive impacts on travelers and households seeking extra income, but the considerable economic drawbacks brought by them should be enough to move the city towards regulating the industry.

One of my favorite things to do after a long day is unwind with a group fitness class. Recently, I logged on to sign up for my favorite cycling class, but I noticed that the usual time slot was Skye no longer there. Instead, the Sarac slot was replaced with an F45 Correspondent class.

Curious because I had never heard of F45, I did some research and found that it is a highfunctioning training class which focuses on functional training and incorporates different exercises, including cardio and strengthtraining. There were several videos on the site, many of which featured loud, upbeat music blasting in the background, with images of people lifting kettlebells and pushing chairs

across a gym floor.

The F45 class looked like a lot of fun, but I soon realized that to sign up, I would have to purchase a subscription plan. The class is currently offered at a rate of $50 per month or $99 per semester to NC State students, which is significantly cheaper than the regular rate.

However, this is still a lot for most students to afford, myself included.

While there is nothing wrong with offering a class that requires a paid subscription, the structure of this class as a regularly scheduled group fitness class is problematic. Currently, F45 is offered six times a day Monday through Friday, as well as three times throughout the weekend. Also, F45 takes place in Studio A in Carmichael Recreation Center, which was previously used for group fitness classes and now used solely for the purpose of F45.

Instead of offering F45 along with the regularly-occurring group fitness classes, F45 should be offered separately. This could make it easier for students who have purchased a subscription to find and sign up for the class, and it would leave the regular time slots for students who are interested in the free group fitness classes.

F45 certainly sounds like a great addition to the many offerings at the recreation center, and I would love to try it someday. However, moving F45 to a separate location and time could make room for other fun, exciting classes that don’t require payment or a monthly commitment.

Also, removing F45 from the regular schedule could allow more room for other classes to add to the variety of group fitness classes.

Classes such as Yoga Sculpt, Power Yoga, Cycle

and Circuits, and PackStrong added variety and fun to the group fitness schedule, but are no longer or rarely offered. If F45 were held at a different time slot, there would be more time available for a greater variety of classes to match different interests and skill levels.

According to NC State Wellness and Recreation, the purpose of group fitness classes is to “provide something for every body [sic].”

This message of inclusivity is important, as taking part in some form of physical activity is integral to health and well-being, and offering free group classes opens the door for more students to participate in classes and acquire the benefits of physical activity. However, when students are forced to choose between paying for an F45 class or settling for limited options with the free classes, this message of inclusivity is diminished.

F45 classes should be offered separately

Poorly structured class time harms students’ learning Colin McKnight Staff Columnist

I’ve sat through about 30 different courses in my time here at NC State so far. I’ve sat through amazing courses with great instructors who changed the way I learned and looked at various subject matters. I’ve also sat through courses

that, for some reason or another, made me want to pack up my stuff and leave halfway through every class without fail.

I’ve still got a few more courses left to take before I graduate, but I’d wager that with all the classes and instructors I’ve sat through, I can differentiate between good and bad classes, and structure is a key element of class experience.

One of the most important aspects of good structure is balance. I’m confident most of us have had classes on both extreme ends of the spectrum: dry, lecture-only courses that feel like marathons to get through, and structureless, free-form classes where the plans for that day’s class are almost never met.

I get that there are some exceptions –

for example, 500-student classrooms may need to lean more heavily on the lecture side to maintain order. Those lecture-heavy courses, though, can be detrimental to the learning experience. One analysis of studies found that, on average, traditional lecturestyle classes fail students 55 percent more

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Letter to the Editor: TEDx 2.0

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am writing to you regarding Staff Columnist Paritosh Gaiwak’s article “TEDx 2.0 to launch in fall 2019.” My thoughts today pertain to the attempt to bring TEDx Talks at NC State (formerly TEDxNCSU) back to our campus through the efforts of the two first-years and growing planning team. In theory, this is a fantastic effort for a student-led initiative. The two first-years referenced are members of the Park Scholarships Class of 2022, a program arguably known for producing high quality student leaders on our campus and initiating and propagating many successful annual events we see each year.

My concern comes in the execution and some prospective issues this event might stress on the culture of campus programming. Prior to 2015, TEDxNCSU was formally organized through the Issues & Ideas (now Speakers & Professional Development) Committee of the Union (now

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often than those with active learning environments. While this may be unavoidable for a lot of STEM students, those teachers given the luxury of teaching a smaller classroom shouldn’t treat it like a lecture hall.

Another important aspect of a well-structured course is planning. I can’t recall how many times in high school and college I’ve heard, “Well, we’re running a bit behind.” I fully understand that it happens to even the best of teachers occasionally, but there are times when an instructor just never catches up and the last few weeks are a mess. Teachers shouldn’t be afraid to cut conversations short and get through material, because it will just hurt everyone in the end otherwise.

Some may think structure doesn’t matter because you’re going to learn what you need to learn by the end of a class anyway, but that’s not realistic. A poorly-structured class affects how people learn. Bad structure impacts a lot of educational factors: how

University) Activities Board. UAB moved away from the TEDxNCSU model in favor of TUFF Talks, now in its fourth year. I’m not saying that TUFF Talks and TEDx Talks cannot co-exist – we should bring many more speakers to campus! – but I am dismayed to see that UAB was not informed or contacted about this initiative before takeoff. The UAB fee per full-time student per year is $19.63. Aspiring student leaders and event programmers should absolutely utilize UAB as a hub for marketing and event planning if they want to maintain sustainable events and find a place (again) for phenomena like TEDx.

Thoughts from our readers: A selection of comments sent to us from readers in short form over the past week, with their sources listed below.

In Response to: Socialism is not a bad word

“‘Instead of getting hung up on the negative aspects associated with socialism’ Reminds of AOC. Socialism sounds like a great idea on the surface, but I still haven’t seen it work anywhere and nobody has been able to answer the how do we pay for it question.”

-Krista Wooten, via Facebook In Response to: Normalizing pronouns: putting the onus on us

Sincerely, Mitchell Moravec Mitchell Moravec is a first-year graduate student pursuing Public Administration

seriously a class is taken, how easily the information given can be processed, how students decide what is and isn’t important to remember and so on.

Ben Johnson, director of Treeside Charter School, emphasized planning for students’ interests and behaviors and allotting an appropriate amount of time to discussions and other distractions. And this goes both ways: while classes lacking framework need to sufficiently prepare in order to ensure that all the important lessons in the actual lecture are taught, lecture-heavy courses also need to take this advice and slow down their pace so that students get to weigh in and actually feel like a part of the class.

To summarize, yes, the structure of a class session is important in education. It’s safe to say that when you are paying thousands in tuition, you’re paying for more than just what you’re going to learn; you’re expecting, at least subconsciously, that the “how” of your college education will be quality, too.

You should expect, and demand, that your professors really can lecture and know how to lead a classroom.

“Obviously, my core beliefs and yours are different.

Neither will change. You believe you’re right (and by the way, you are if this is part of your core beliefs). I am right as well. If you look closely, the ‘insults’ were not instigated by me.”

-Jim Craig, via Facebook In Response to: Jim Craig’s comment

“It’s the right, courteous thing to do. If your beliefs are different then here’s an example for you that is a less important than this issue.

Example: My father is named Marvin Grady S., but he HATES the name Marvin and asks that people call him Grady... so they do. They could call him Marvin and argue that it is his birth name, but they DON’T. Why? Because it matters to him and changes nothing for them. It’s the kind thing to do.”

-Deanna Alfaro, via Facebook

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Riley Stephenson, a second-year studying chemistry with a minor in vocal performance, performs as Cliff Bradshaw alongside David Schnatter, a second-year studying biological sciences, performing as Herr Schultz in Cabaret in Stewart Theatre on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019. Cabaret will be showing in Stewart Theatre from Feb. 20-23 at 7:30 p.m. and Feb. 24 at 2:00 p.m.

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Cast members of Cabaret perform a musical number in Stewart Theatre on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019. Cabaret will be showing in Stewart Theatre from Feb. 20-23 at 7:30 p.m. and Feb. 24 at 2:00 p.m.

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The Kit Kat Klub’s emcee introduces the audience to the cast of the Cabaret during a musical number. The preview show for Cabaret took place on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019 in Stewart Theatre in Talley Student Union.

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Ryan Vasconcellos plays the role of Emcee in the musical Cabaret on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019 in Stewart Theater. Vasconcellos is a fourth-year majoring in communication and minoring in theatre.

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Ryan Vasconcellos, a fourth-year studying communication media, performs as Emcee in Cabaret in Stewart Theatre on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019. Cabaret will be showing in Stewart Theatre from Feb. 20-23 at 7:30 p.m. and Feb. 24 at 2:00 p.m.

MacKenzie Scheid, a fourth-year studying communication media with a minor in theater, performs as Sally Bowles in Cabaret in Stewart Theatre on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019. Cabaret will be showing in Stewart Theatre from Feb. 20-23 at 7:30 p.m. and Feb. 24 at 2:00 p.m.

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The Biology of Love and Sex: A course that piques curiosity Antonio Dinkens Correspondent

At NC State, there are a number of unique classes that a student can take throughout their years of enrollment at state. One of these classes that stands out from the standard GEP requirements is The Biology of Love and Sex. Lisa McGraw, an assistant professor of biological studies, has taught this course since 2012. McGraw understands the curiosity that the name of the course instills in students and uses the name to bring them in to teach them more.

“The title of the class is love and sex, but it really [makes] you have to learn science,” McGraw said. “How to read scientific articles, how to interpret experiments and critique experiments.”

This class has a unique structure in which the students themselves choose the materials that are discussed in the class, giving it a unique style of discussion. McGraw said that due to this discussion style, the class’s syllabus is rarely the same from semester to semester.

“I kind of start out the first couple weeks lecturing, giving them ideas of what the class is

about, and then they really get to go with it, and they get to pick the topics that they’re interested in that fall under some kind of umbrella of [the] biology of love and sex,” McGraw said. “Some people study, they look at papers on birds and nesting behavior, and then some people look at really detailed human medical behaviors and psychology papers. It depends on the students, how the class goes every semester. It’s always changing.”

Amber Johnson, a fourth-year studying biological sciences, has taken this course in a previous semester. She remembers the class as an excellent way of understanding different mating behaviors and the psychological effects that sex and love have on humans and different animals.

“Obviously, it was The Biology of Love and Sex, so it was on love and sex,” Johnson said.

“Kind of taking a more biological perspective, maybe more of a neuroscience and endocrinology kind of perspective. So, looking at how neurotransmitters, how hormones, how the concentration of what hormone it is, how it affects sexual behavior, because sex is a behavior.

We looked at it in humans, animals and just

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talked about it many different ways.”

The class tends to be smaller in size, and with the class being discussion-based, it leads to the students and the teacher getting to know each other quite well.

Johnson said that The Biology of Love and Sex was a class that helped give her a bigger idea of what her future could hold with a career in biology and thought that it could help anyone

in the field of biology understand their future as well.

“It is an awesome class,” Johnson said. “It is a lot of fun. It gives you a bigger idea, if you’re probably going to go to further schooling, what you’re going to be doing with your research. Dr. McGraw is really great, and I feel like she would be a great reference for anyone who spends time to get to know her.”

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Wolfpack looks for momentum swing against Wake Forest Ryan Henkel Correspondent

The NC State women’s basketball team (22-3, 9-3 ACC) looks to spring back from a 23-point loss to Notre Dame as they play host to Wake Forest Thursday night.

The Wolfpack has struggled as of late despite an amazing early run. After starting the season 21-0, the Pack has only won one of its last four games. NC State looked to have turned its luck around, ending its short two-game slide with a win over No. 16 Syracuse, but the Pack couldn’t keep up the pace against an outstanding Notre Dame team.

The Wolfpack managed to keep the score close and tied it at one point in the third quarter, but a 12-0 run response

by Notre Dame signaled the end for the Pack as the Fighting Irish’s offense pulled away.

One of the biggest problems for the Wolfpack has been the absence of four of its key players. Junior forward Erika Cassell, redshirt junior guard Grace Hunter,

redshirt senior guard Armani Hawkins and graduate guard Kaila Ealey have all been sidelined with knee injuries, and the burden has fallen onto the remaining players to bear, leaving a shortened bench.

Despite the absences, the Wolfpack has remained high in the rankings, a testament to the players and head coach Wes Moore’s determination and perseverance.

Freshman center Elissa Cunane has shone coming in after the injur y to Cassell. She is currently averaging 13.2 points a game on 21.7 average minutes of playing time and shooting at nearly 60 percent.

Wake Forest (10-15, 1-11 ACC) has lost five straight games and currently sits 14th in the ACC standings. This game should be an easy win for an NC State team looking to correct its trajectory after a few bumps in the road, but as every Wolfpack fan knows, Wake Forest isn’t a team you can count out.

The game will tip off at 7 p.m. on Thursday in Reynolds Coliseum.

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Freshman center Elissa Cunane takes an inside shot against Notre Dame on Monday, Feb. 18, 2019 at Reynolds Coliseum. Cunane scored a game-high 28 points, going 7 of 7 from the free throw line in addition to grabbing six rebounds. The Wolfpack lost to the Fighting Irish 95-72.

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Junior guard Aislinn Konig communicates to her teammates against Notre Dame on Monday, Feb. 18, 2019 at Reynolds Coliseum. Konig totaled nine points, six assists and six turnovers in the Wolfpack’s 95-72 loss.

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Top track and field performers set for ACC Championship Leigha Bruce Staff Writer

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Sophomore Cravont Charleston competes in the Raleigh Relays on Saturday, March 31, 2018 at the Paul Derr Track. NC State placed sixth in the men’s 4x400m with a 3:16.47.

The NC State track and field teams will travel to Blacksburg, Virginia to compete in the 2019 ACC Indoor Championships Feb. 21-23 inside Rector Field House this weekend. With many successful runners and field competitors representing the Wolfpack, NC State has a good chance of finishing with multiple podium wins.

The event will kick off Thursday morning, when NC State competes in the heptathlon and pentathlon, and later that evening in the women’s DMR and men’s DMR. Currently, NC State claims 13 spots in the top five marks within the ACC, including competitors junior Cravont Charleston, sophomore Von Douglas, redshirt senior Lauren Evans and junior Elly Henes.

As for nationwide rankings, the Wolfpack sits in the top 15 in qualifying marks for five events. Obtaining the No. 2 spot is Charleston, who ran a 6.54 in the 60-meter run, and not too far behind him is senior Gabriele Cunningham, also running the 60-meter in 7.25.

The Wolfpack earned seven ACC Performer of the Week honors during its 2019 indoor track and field season, with Evans and Charleston

leading the awards.

As the most recent ACC Women’s Field Performer of the Week, Evans has officially secured three ACC honors this season, placing in 15 podium finishes out of 16. The senior earned gold at the Virginia Tech Challenge when she threw a shot put of 66’7” last weekend. This was the fourth-best performance in program history at NC State.

Charleston followed closely behind Evans, earning two ACC honors this season, with his most recent as ACC Performer of the Week, after breaking his own record at the Clemson Tiger Paw Invitational. Running a 6.54, the junior holds the third-fastest time in the nation recorded this season.

Last season, NC State had two individual conference titles at the ACC Championships when Joshua Davis took home a title in the men’s weight throw and Elly Henes secured the gold in the women’s 3,000-meter. As a team, the men placed fifth place and the women placed eighth.

The winners of this year’s events will be determined by the order of finish. The medalists in each individual event will earn first-team All-ACC honors, along with the four members of the first-place team in each relay.

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Baseball heads to South Carolina for tough weekend slate Alec Sawyer

Assistant Sports Editor

After an efficient opening-series sweep over Bucknell and a shutout midweek win at Elon, the NC State baseball team will travel to South Carolina this weekend for three games.

The Wolfpack (4-0) will play Kent State Friday at TicketReturn.com Field, home to the minor-league Myrtle Beach Pelicans, before taking on Michigan State Saturday and Coastal Carolina Sunday, with both of those games coming at Coastal’s Springs Brooks Stadium in Conway.

The Pack’s offense has been red-hot to start the season, with NC State scoring nearly 10 runs per game through four contests. Senior first baseman Evan Edwards has led the charge, as he has clubbed two home runs and eight RBIs already this year. Edwards’ early season on-base plus slugging percentage is a very stellar 1.365.

Junior shortstop Will Wilson also has two homers so far. Another early standout for NC State has been freshman infielder Vojtech Mensik, who has started two games and is hitting 5 for 11. Three of those five hits for the product of the Czech Republic have gone for extra bases, as Mensik has two doubles and one triple.

On the mound, the Wolfpack started junior Jason Parker, sophomore Canaan Silver and sophomore Nick Swiney for the opening series, with Parker having the strongest outing. Parker allowed just one run over five innings.

The starting rotation this weekend could be very different for NC State this weekend, as the Wolfpack has a lot of talent on the mound, and head coach Elliott Avent will likely use the first months of the season to try and find the right group of starters.

One relief pitcher that stood out for the Pack in its opening week was redshirt sophomore Dalton Feeney, who missed all of last season with an elbow injury. Feeney has made two appearances so far this year, and has yet to allow a hit over 2.1 innings of work.

It will be a unique weekend for the Wolfpack, facing three different opponents rather than just one. Here’s what to expect from each of the three teams: Kent State The Golden Flashes (0-3) had a very strong 2018 campaign, finishing 40-18 with a MAC title. Kent State went to the Lubbock, Texas regional of the NCAA Tournament as a three seed, going 1-2 with both losses coming to Louisville.

In their opening weekend of this season, the Golden Flashes were swept on the road by a perennially good Dallas Baptist team.

Lefty Connor Wollersheim pitched the Friday game for Kent State last weekend and had a decent outing. Despite walking four, Wollersheim allowed no earned runs over five innings to go along with six punchouts.

If Wollersheim gets the ball again on Friday, he’ll be a tough draw for the Pack.

At the plate, Collin Mathews and Michael Turner led the way. Mathews went 2 for 5 with the team’s only home run, while Turner finished the weekend 3 for 8 with three runs scored.

Kent State struggled to produce offensively all weekend against Dallas Baptist, and it won’t get easier against a good NC State SARAH COCHRAN/TECHNICIAN pitching staff.

Junior infielder Will Wilson hits a home run against the Bucknell Bison on Saturday, Feb. 16, Michigan State 2019 at Doak Field. Wilson went 2-3 with one home run, three runs batted in and two runs The worst of the three teams NC State will scored in the Wolfpack’s 14-2 win. face this weekend, the Spartans (1-2) started their season off with a series loss on the road against New Orleans. Last season, Michigan State went just 20-32 and failed to make the NCAA Tournament.

Righty Mike Mokma got the Saturday start and the loss against New Orleans, tossing five innings while allowing three runs. As a staff, Michigan State posted an ugly 5.04 ERA in its opening weekend of play.

At the plate, Royce Ando stood out for the Spartans in week one. He went 5 for 11, posted an OPS of 1.500 and hit one of three Michigan State home runs. The Spartans offense started the series in New Orleans with an eight-run outburst, but plated just one and four runs in the next two games, respectively.

Coastal Carolina The Chanticleers have turned themselves into a baseball powerhouse over the past few years and are off to a 4-0 start in 2019.

Coastal didn’t play a traditional series to start the season, but has already beaten a couple good teams. The Chanticleers have wins over VCU, Maryland, Campbell and UNCWilmington to kick off the season.

DAVID TRACEY/TECHNICIAN Coastal, which hosted an NCAA regional Redshirt sophomore pitcher Dalton Feeney warms up between innings against Bucknell last season, brings an incredibly potent of- on Friday, Feb. 15, 2019 at Doak Field. Feeney pitched two innings, giving up zero hits and fensive attack to the field. The Chanticleers striking out four. The Wolfpack won 8-2. are putting 9.5 runs per game so far this year, didn’t allow a run over four innings of work. the two schools met, when Coastal scored and are allowing under five per game.

Coastal has hit four home runs in as many As a staff, the Chanticleers have a 3.75 ERA four runs in the ninth inning of the final game of the 2016 Raleigh regional en route games this season, and has an outstanding and are allowing opponents to hit .256.

NC State will have a tough time slowing to a national championship. team OPS of .967. First baseman Zach BierFriday’s game against Kent State will start mann has a team-leading seven hits and six Coastal’s offense, but has the opportunity for a very strong out-of-conference resume at 2 p.m., Saturday’s game against Michigan RBIs, and has one home run.

On the mound, lefty freshman Garrett builder early in the season. The Wolfpack State will be at 11 a.m. and Sunday’s finale McDaniels started on Sunday last week and faithful will want to forget about the last time against Coastal will begin at 3 p.m.

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Pack wrestling looks to finish out strong

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Daniel Bullard, a redshirt sophomore in the 174-pound weight class, wrestles UNC-Chapel Hill redshirt sophomore Devin Kane on Friday, Feb. 15, 2019 in Carmichael Arena. The Wolfpack beat the Tar Heels 20-14.

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The NC State wrestling team will travel to Blacksburg, Virginia this weekend to square off against the Virginia Tech Hokies in their final meet of the regular season. The No. 10 Pack (15-3, 3-1 ACC) is coming off a big rivalry victory over the UNC-Chapel Hill Tar Heels this past Friday with a score of 20-14.

The Hokies (9-4, 3-1 ACC) come into the match ranked No. 14 in the country, coming off a dominating 30-6 win over their rival Virginia.

Here are some of the potential big matchups we could see in the meet:

HAYDEN HIDLAY

Redshirt sophomore Hayden Hidlay comes into the match ranked No. 4 in the 157-pound weight class with a 17-2 record.

In his last match, he picked up an 18-6 decision and earned a bonus point for the Pack.

He will potentially match up against B.C. LaPrade, who is 14-7 on the year with three major decisions.

NICK REENAN

Redshirt sophomore Nick Reenan enters Friday as the third-ranked wrestler in the 184-pound weight class. Reenan boasts a 12-2 record on the season overall and is 2-1 in ACC competition. He’ll have a very difficult match this weekend against the fifth-ranked Zack Zavatsky. Both wrestlers are coming off wins this past weekend. Zavatsky comes in with a 21-3 record and six major decisions.

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Nick Reenan, a redshirt sophomore in the 184-pound weight class, wrestles UNC-Chapel Hill redshirt senior Chip Ness on Friday, Feb. 15, 2019 in Carmichael Arena. The Wolfpack beat the Tar Heels 20-14.

DANIEL JUSTIN OLIVER BULLARD

Graduate Justin Oliver has been a stellar performer in the 149-pound weight class over the years as a three-time NCAA Qualifier. The Central Michigan transfer enters the match against Virginia Tech with a 14-4 record this season and four major decisions.

He will be looking to rebound this weekend after a tough loss last week at Chapel Hill.

Oliver will be matching up against the Hokies’ Ryan Blees, who has had a more difficult senior season compared to his past two, where he qualified for the NCAA tournament twice. However, he is coming off a win this past weekend.

In the 174-pound weight class, redshirt sophomore Daniel Bullard ranks No. 23 in the country going into the final match of the regular season. Bullard was an NCAA qualifier in 2018 and has a 17-7 record on

the season, going 2-2 in ACC matches thus far. He looks to match up against No. 7 David McFadden, who’s posted an impressive 15-2 record on the season and is 4-0 in conference. McFadden has been a top-three wrestler for the Hokies throughout the year.

The match is set to begin at 7:00 p.m. this Friday at Virginia Tech and can be seen live on ACC Network Extra.

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