Raleigh Rocks Green — Technician 3/19/18

TECHNICIAN M ON DAY M A RC H 19, 2018 VOL . 98 | NO. 58

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IN BRIEF:

POLICE BLOTTER

A quick look at the headlines outside of NC State

3/15/18

Winter weather not done in the Triangle

NEWS

Even with Tuesday marking the first day of spring, weather in the Raleigh area is expecting rain, thunderstorms, hail, sleet and even light snow for the week. With a low pressure system moving into the area early in the week, the National Weather Service in Raleigh predicts rain to transition to snow Wednesday morning, but it is too soon to tell how much.

Prospective students in protests not to be punished by NC State Admissions, pg. 3

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Study finds 43 percent of North Carolinians are not natives of NC

OPINION

According to data from the UNC Carolina Population Center, over 40 percent of those living in the state are not originally born in North Carolina. This percentage marks a rise in non-native North Carolinians and is up one percent from the past five-year findings.

Over 18 counties in the state also boast over half of their population was born outside of North Carolina.

Political polarization and the case of gun control, pg. 5

Man arrested in apartment shooting in Garner A shooting at a Garner apartment complex on Tuesday saw one person die of a gunshot wound and a second person injured. Witnesses say they heard about 10 gunshots that followed a parking dispute. On Friday, Lamar Andrew-Rudol Reynolds was charged with murder and possession of a firearm by a felon.

Highlights from Raleigh’s 36th annual St. Patrick’s Day parade, pg. 8

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Florida House passes bill which allows teachers to carry guns in schools SPORTS NC State downs Maryland, adcances to Sweet 16, pg. 11

The Florida House passed a bill addressing firearm sales restrictions and allowing some school staff and teachers to carry arms in school on to Gov. Rick Scott. In response to the Parkland, Florida, high school shooting, the bill also included the measures of raising the age to purchase a gun to 21, giving officials more authority to seize weapons and increasing firearm training hours from 132 to 144.

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10:56 A.M. | SUSPICIOUS INCIDENT Dan Allen Deck Student reported locksmith solicitation left on vehicle and finding the vehicle unlocked on this date.

10:59 A.M. | ASSIST OTHER AGENCY Off Campus NC State University Police Department K9 assisted Harnett County Sheriff’s Office with an incident off campus.

12:09 A.M. | SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE Bureau of Mines Officers responded to report of a suspicious package. Package located and determined to be an advertisement.

12:28 A.M. | SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE Park Shops Officers responded to report of a suspicious package. Package located and determined to be an advertisement.

6:16 A.M. | SUSPICIOUS PERSON Owen Hall Officers responded to report of suspicious person.

Contact made with nonstudent visiting friends in the building who was released to their care.

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1:37 A.M. | TRAFFIC VIOLATION Dan Allen Drive/Sullivan Drive Nonstudent was cited for stop sign and insurance violations.

Business Manager Deja Richards

10:25 P.M. | FIREWORKS Carroll Hall Officers responded to report of fireworks being set off. Area checked. Unable to locate.

11:09 P.M. | LARCENY D.H. Hill Library Student reported unattended wallet was stolen.

Student later called back and reported the wallet had been located in lost and found.

12:26 P.M. | DOOR ALARM - FORCED Hudson Hall Security responded to door alarm and secured door.

3:09 P.M. | FOLLOW UP Off Campus NC State University Police Department trespassed person in reference to CFS #14064.

COVER PHOTO BY EMMA DIMIG After the Raleigh St. Patrick’s Day Parade, the NC State Pipes and Drums band plays music during the Wearin’ ‘O the Green Festival on Saturday. The parade and festival took place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Fayetteville Street in downtown Raleigh.

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Prospective students in protests not to be punished by NC State Admissions Mary Dare Martin News Editor

In the wake of national school protests over gun violence, the NC State Office of UndergraduateAdmissions announced in a statement on Feb. 26 that any punishments a high school student may receive for peacefully protesting will not impact their admission decision.

On Feb. 14, a student opened fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, killing 17 people, which included 14 students and three staff members. One month after the shooting, high schools across the United States took part in a national movement to protest gun violence and remember those lost in the shooting by peacefully walking out of their classrooms for 17 minutes at 10 a.m.

Thomas Griffin, associate vice provost and director of undergraduate admissions, said they released a statement to provide answers for those questioning the position of the Office of Undergraduate Admissions.

“We were getting a number of questions,” Griffin said. “It was good to go ahead and just put a statement out so that students wouldn’t have to worry or search or feel like there was something hanging over their head when we were just going to look at it in the context of the rest of their record anyway.”

NC State has also received several applications from students currently attending Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

“We were concerned about the whole situation because we have several applicants from [Marjory] Stoneman Douglas High School this year,” Griffin said. “We wanted to be as supportive of those applicants as we can.”

According to Griffin, the biggest disciplinary concerns that the Office of Undergraduate Admissions has when looking at student applications are academic integrity and campus safety.

“It isn’t a school safety issue if somebody is protesting against school violence in a peaceful way, that’s not something where we arise to concern,” Griffin said. “We just wanted to be clear about that. It seems like the students being active and having a voice and advocating for a cause, those are things that our

Two friends, Kate Butler and Marissa Roberts, participate in the Student March on the Capitol on Feb. 20.

students do all the time and as a university, we’re trying to not only think about problems but also do something about them. It falls in with our ‘think and do’ mentality.”

Thousands of students in the Triangle area participated in the walkout last Wednesday, including Elizabeth Hons, a senior at Rolesville High School.

“It was really cool mostly because the school really supported us with doing this and they helped organize us,” Hons said. “They also handed out ribbons and stuff like that. It was just really amazing because about half the school came out and everybody was silent, and we just did a couple of laps around the school for that 17 minutes and it was absolutely amazing.”

According to Hons, she believes it is the responsibility of the students to advocate for change because they are the population that is directly impacted.

“Any time politicians have tried to make change, it hasn’t happened,” Hons said. “I think that it’s up to us, the high schoolers now, to make change because we are the people who are being affected by this. I think it’s really important for teenagers to be up on issues like this so

that way we can change the world.”

Hons said that universities supporting high school students is an important aspect of students being able to speak up for what they believe in.

“It shows the university’s solidarity with the students,” Hons said. “I think it’s really important because then it makes sure that every student knows they have a voice and they won’t be punished for it.”

Students at another high school in the Triangle area, Needham B. Broughton High School, had planned to participate in the nation-wide protest, but their walkout was postponed due to a rumored threat made against it on social media.

Darcy McMillan, a senior from Needham B. Broughton High School, said the protest was supported by teachers, but mostly put together by students and they plan to reschedule the walkout soon.

“It was organized mainly by students,” McMillan said. “But the principal came out and said that she would allow us to go out and we would not be punished, but if we left campus that’s when the punishments would happen. So she was working with us most of the time, but it was mostly students.”

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Although she appreciates the support from universities, McMillan said she would have participated in the walkout regardless.

“I think it’s absolutely amazing that colleges are coming out and saying that ‘hey we commend you for what you’re doing, we support you,’” McMillan said.

“But to some extent we’re all pretty okay with any of the consequences to come from us speaking out about this and fighting it.”

McMillan said that supporting the victims and students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School is important for joining together as high schoolers.

“It’s the fear that it could happen to us,” McMillan said. “It’s not fair to let them be alone in the fight because we’re all in the same scenario and could be put in the situation at any moment. It’s kind of a support system, we’re trying to speak for some of them who can’t anymore, fight for what has been taken from them.”

The March for Our Lives Raleigh will be taking place on Saturday in downtown Raleigh to protest gun violence and support those who have been affected by it.

More information can be found on the event’s Facebook page.

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Engineering education study aims to reduce perceived bias in graduate programs Katy Chappell Correspondent

NC State researchers have teamed up to understand the impact of psychological barriers for engineering graduate students. The goal of the three-year project is to reduce biased experiences in programs to increase persistence in engineering.

Matthew Bahnson, a first-year graduate student studying social and community psychology, is working alongside Cheryl Cass and Mary Wyer. Cass is the director of the materials science and engineering department, and Wyer is an associate professor of psychology. The team received a grant for the project through the National Science Foundation.

Bahnson credits fewer people starting and finishing STEM degrees as a motivation for the study, as well as the environment of campuses.

“I think a lot of people think the university environment is so welcoming and everybody’s fine and there’s no discrimination here,” Bahnson said. “Even at NC State, I’ve spoken to professors in engineering that are like, ‘Oh, that doesn’t happen here,’ and I’m like, well I think your students probably have a different experience.”

David Parish, assistant dean of engineering at NC State, hypothesizes that the sheer

disparity in diverse populations contributes to students’ perceptions of bias.

“I would guess that if you were from the minority side of things in that classroom, you would maybe feel ostracized, but I don’t know, and I’m speaking from outside the student population, that the students themselves are ostracizing others,” Parish said.

Bahnson supposes that people don’t understand the impact of students’ experiences both inside and outside the classroom on their process of going through the program.

“What’s important is understanding that students’ perceptions are their reality,” Bahnson said. “When they perceive something as being biased, that’s how they feel about it.

What we need to do as institutions is make sure that we have institutional accountability for reducing those experiences so that people aren’t leaving because of that.”

Claire Stewart, a first-year studying computer science, experiences the feeling of being a female in a male-concentrated atmosphere.

“I’m proud that I’m one of the few females that are actually in computer science,” Stewart said. “Sometimes computer science gets really hard, but I’ve just got to know to keep at it because I need to represent the women.”

The project is set to begin in July and consist of three different phases.

“The first phase will be about a year and

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Members of the Women In Science and Engineering Village learn about living sustainably from Meghan Teten, EcoVillage director, in Lee Hall on Tuesday. Everyone who attended the event ate pizza on reusable plates.

be qualitative interviews with graduate engineering students who have multiple minority identities, so we can look at the intersections of those identities,” Bahnson said.

The second phase will be based on a survey created from the first phase.

“We hope to have about 3,000 responses nationally of graduate engineering students just responding about experiences they have and how often they experience different types of bias within their program,” Bahnson said.

The last phase plans to follow up with those that participated in the interview from the beginning phase. To diversify the field of engineering, the project is focusing solely on

graduate students.

“We’re talking about the next generation of faculty,” Bahnson said. “If we can help them persist to their degrees, then we can help with the diversification of engineering as a field which continues to be a problem.”

Parish provides perspective on the changes in engineering demographics since he studied in college.

“Years ago, it was all men,” Parish said.

“That’s just what it was. Today, thank goodness, it’s more diverse, and we have better engineers because of that. It’s just a slow process and maybe because of that people are feeling that change.”

ASG works to serve students across the UNC-System Kelly Granger Correspondent

The Association of Student Governments (ASG) provides a platform for representatives from the 17 UNC-System schools to voice concerns and ideas on behalf of their respective institutions. Additionally, the ASG president, who is elected by the ASG General Assembly, serves as an ex officio member of the UNC Board of Governors.

Campuses have delegates who serve as liaisons between their student bodies and ASG. Emma Carter, a second-year studying criminology and international studies, currently serves as the ASG delegate for NC State. NC State’s delegate is appointed by the student body president and requires a majority confirmation by the Student Senate.

“My biggest task as [a delegate] would be hosting an event on campus that deals

with whatever the topic is for that year, so for this year it is sexual assault awareness,” Carter said. “We are working toward the first week of April to host a couple of events that we want to and are hoping to do.”

The delegates serve in committees including Campus Outreach, Governmental Outreach, Media Outreach, Budget and Finance and Internal Affairs. These committees discuss the issues that are facing each UNC-System campus.

ASG is funded by student fees. That money is used to fund the salary of the adviser, to finance monthly meeting expenses such as travel and food and to fund grants that institutions can apply for.

The Budget and Finance Committee provides funds for registered campus organizations. These funds, limited to $3,000 per request, may be used for “innovative programs, projects and events,” according to the ASG website.

“People will send in a grant application

and one of ours was from our Traditions Department here and they wanted to host an event on campus and they just needed funds for T-shirts, different items to hand out, things like that.” Carter said.

Student Body President Jackie Gonzalez, a fourth-year studying political science, is a member of the NC State delegation and serves on the Council of Student Body Presidents.

“What Emma has been trying to do is to encourage organizations to go get some of this money because we have this funding option that they pay into as well,” Gonzalez said. “It is only fair for them to know about that and not just Student Government.”

ASG does not directly affect what students can and cannot do on campus; however, it does impact student resources both on NC State’s campus and on other UNC System campuses.

“What we do here can affect ASG,” Carter said. “For instance, some schools don’t

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Major Ian Kendrick of the NC State University Police Department speaks during the NC State Student Senate meeting on Mar. 14 in Talley Student Union. Kendrick spoke to the Senate about student safety on campus and answered senators’ questions regarding services that campus police provides.

have an LGBT center, but we do. That is something that we advocate for, and so having that experience can give that to other schools on the ASG level. We can kind of help where other schools are lacking and they can help where we are lacking.”

Opinion Political polarization and the case of gun control

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It is no secret that we live in a politically polarized time in the United States. While this approach is both exciting to be a part of and very effective at generating Connor votes, it is not so good at Fraley getting things done.

Correspondent St udent s ac ros s t he country walked out of their classrooms last week to demonstrate their opposition to the lack of action that their respective governments have taken on helping ensure school safety. Everyone wants school safety. Yet, when negotiations and ideas hit the table about how to make this happen, we end up with toxic arguments, name-calling and rights groups like the National Rifle Association being thrown under the bus.

“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” The Second Amendment is exactly the reason why we cannot enact sweeping policies as other countries have. Most gun control advocates fail to provide support against the fact that the right to bear arms is written into the supreme law of the land. They turn to name-calling, labeling a rights group like the NRA from anything between an insensitive group of gun-toting Americans who care noth-

ing about school shooting to a pseudowhite supremacy group. The right wants schools to be safe too.

It is no better on the other side. Part of the main pushback that Second Amendment supporters give to the notion of gun control is concern about a tyrannical government. The basis of the Second Amendment was from the oppression that Britain exacted on the colonies by restricting weaponry and posting soldiers in the streets. People on the right today fear that if our government were ever to go that far, the first thing they would do is take away the weapons from the people. So they turn to name-calling, labeling gun control advocates as tyrannical Marxists who want to turn America into a socialist wasteland. The left wants schools to be safe too.

The issue of gun control is not an easy one. Although there are some weapons that civilians have no business needing or wanting, like M60s, RPGs and grenade launchers, the constitution is sacred, and the Second Amendment is broad. The problem also is not going away quietly.

The people of this country are keeping it front and center, even though it has been a month since the shooting in Florida.

In a step in the right direction, President Trump has taken action on certain weapon modifications like bump stocks, announcing, “I signed a memo directing the attorney general to propose regula-

tions that ban all devices that turn legal weapons into machine guns,” while also pushing for better responsiveness from law enforcement agencies and more thorough background checks. While his propositions face some opposition, it seems that Trump is taking as neutral ground as possible in order to make positive change happen in the short term.

In Florida, a bill was passed to raise the minimum age for buying a weapon to 21, among other limitations. The NRA filed a lawsuit hours later to block the measure, one that will likely succeed. The right to bear arms can be restricted for minors in the same way as they are restricted from voting, but citizens between the ages of 18 and 21 are not minors. Even if that part of the measure fails, it still contributes to the conversation on how we can increase school safety without infringing on the rights of the people.

The discussion has already led stores like Walmart choosing to not sell guns to people under 21, a decision that any business has the right to make. This is an important piece to note because progress does not have to be imposed from the national government. Businesses can make changes too, and so can school districts and the states. It may be that the solution to this problem can be found by trying every option and seeing which works best.

But the bottom line is this: something

must be done. When attempts to move forward are blocked and bombarded with insults, shutting down dialogue, the result is inaction. Whatever pleasure people get from taking part in a negatively charged and heavily polarized political system is not worth the sludge that our legislatures and executives have to dredge through to make progress on an issue that literally everyone agrees on.

It’s infuriating.

In Federalist Paper No. 1, Alexander Hamilton calls upon the citizens of the country to not demonize their political opposition. He denounces “that intolerant spirit which has, at all times characterized political parties” and calls for moderation in political discourse. Like school safety, Hamilton is someone everyone can agree with. His claims were foundational to how he wanted his readers to change their approach to the incredibly divisive political discourse that deciding upon a new constitution represented in that time.

I encourage you to embrace his message, and do your part in making the political process a more respectable and productive one by informing yourself about the issues instead of ignoring them, by treating your opposition as other human beings instead of heartless monsters and by taking part in the timeless American tradition of arguing — not against your opponents, but against their ideas.

For a prospective employer, you are a piece of paper: your resume It is the job hunting time of the year, whether for full-time or part-time positions. I have full faith in the education that our university imparts and the skill set of the WolfParitosh pack, but there is a great Gaiwak deal of competition in Staff Columnist industry. You are often only judged at first glance by the qual-

ity of your resume, whether you apply online or you attend a career fair. While you may get a chance to interact with the recruiters from a company in the fair, do not assume that interaction to be an interview itself.

Your resume, dazzling as it may be, is just one in a pile of resumes. This implies that out of the huge number of job applicants, a very small percentage ever get interview calls based on this interaction.

This is primarily because a lot of students are applying for jobs, which makes it difficult for an individual to remember names and profiles.

I had the opportunity to have dinner with a family as a part of a cross-cultural interaction program. The person whose house I was invited to was a part of the recruiting committee of Lenovo. He told me that a recruiter does not read a resume for more than 10 seconds, owing to the

huge number of applications.

This means that if you wish to apply for a job, you must highlight your skills properly, or else the recruiters will lose interest in you immediately. The resume should be a clear and concise document of your skills and projects in which you used those skills.

A good approach to build a resume is

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We can do better than GroupMe OTHER SERVICES OFFER IMPROVEMENTS ON USER EXPERIENCE Sometime during the first semester of my first year in college, many of my classes were starting to assign group assignments. We all, as college students, are well aware Shivani of the fact that group asShirolkar signments and projects Staff Columnist can get a little exasperating, since looking for a time period where around four to five individuals are available all at once is a tough job.

Of course, to keep in touch with one another, a group chat is a necessity.

As I was getting started with the first team project of the semester, I was required to install GroupMe, to surrender to the majority of all of my group members who were using it. Sure, I could have used text messaging on my own device to GroupMe-chat with my teammates, but it is definitely easier when everyone is on the same platform.

I was surprised that most people I have met in the U.S. preferred GroupMe to so many other solid apps that exist in the store, and that offer both private and group messaging. GroupMe is a messaging app that mainly focuses on the group messaging aspect of texting. Since texting plans are often relatively cheap and unlimited, the user audience in the U.S. isn’t quite as driven by high pricing,

compared to international markets where plans are expensive.

This diminishes the motivation to use any other private messaging apps that may provide cost-reducing benef its, since GroupMe provides easy group messaging. However, there are certain features that GroupMe doesn’t support that makes it incompetent in comparison to its competition.

There is no way of accessing the phone number of a group member in case you need to skip the messaging and give them a call in case of an emergency, like a fast-approaching deadline. Though it is an attempt to preserve the privacy of the individual, one can always choose to block a n u nwa nted person who has their contact informat ion t h roug h t hei r ser v ice provider.

Personally, I have been using WhatsApp, owned by Facebook, for the past four years, and so tend to prefer this app the most. It allows you to view the phone numbers of your contacts and vice versa. Luckily, I haven’t encountered any breaches in privacy because of this;

in fact, it has only been more convenient.

Speaking of privacy, GroupMe doesn’t provide end-to-end encryption, which is a technique that uses cryptographic keys to protect content from unauthorized eyes. This ensures that nobody except for the sender and the recipient can view or mess with the content — not the internet service provider nor the application service provider.

As someone who highly values privacy and security, GroupMe would not be the path I’d pick, if it weren’t for the majority of my classmates, with whom I was and will be working. WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal are excellent alternatives that prov ide endto-end content encryption.

Another t hing about GroupMe that seems tedious is t hat you don’t have the option of searching for speci f ic keywords to look for a particular message in the event that you need to look something up. You are not even able to save or bookmark a text to view later.

A few weeks ago, I had to scroll back through two months to look for a mes-

“However, there are certain features that GroupMe doesn’t support that makes it incompetent in comparison to its competition.”

sage in a group chat in which a member had posted her new phone number. Since I needed to call her immediately and could not wait for a text conversation, I needed her phone number — of course, this could have been entirely avoided had GroupMe just allowed me to view her new number through the app.

My scrolling would have been reduced only if enough members had “liked” that particular message in order for it to be classified as “popular,” or most liked.

WhatsApp and Telegram are apps that let you avoid this problem by providing a search bar.

It’s true that GroupMe doesn’t require users to log in through a SIM card, unlike WhatsApp and Telegram. However, Facebook Messenger operates in the same way, while offering a better user experience.

WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger support more languages than GroupMe does, which is important on a college campus, where diversity is at its peak; NC State has students from all over the world. Most students in college are bound to have a Facebook account anyway, so using Facebook Messenger doesn’t take much of an effort. Collectively switching to a single alternative that’s far better than GroupMe would prove to be useful for all college students still struggling with group assignments.

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to mention your skills immediately after your name and contact details, rather than later on in the document. This ensures that anyone who reads the document gets an idea of your skill set immediately and may proceed if your skills match their requirements. Analysis of the skill set of an applicant is the primary filter applied by recruiters. If your skill set matches their requirements, you will easily cross the first screening of the resumes, and will probably land an interview.

The second main section in a typical resume contains the projects. Proper description of projects, including the specific skills and tools used and your contribution, is essential to make your candidacy stronger and appea ling to the recruiters.

A resume should also be job specific.

You cannot apply to a data scientist’s job on the profile of a communication engineer. Students especially need to keep this in mind. We often think that highlighting all our skills and projects is a good approach to designing a resume.

Tempting as it may be, this approach has multiple disadvantages. It shows a lack of focus on the part of an individual and a student may end up skipping relevant projects in a bid to include major projects from different streams.

I had the opportunity to discuss my resume with some industry professionals. The information I got is quite useful for all students, who may not know it owing to a lack of experience. Most companies use the Application Tracking System to keep track of the applications they received. The latest strides in artificial intelligence and natural language

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processing have been used innovatively by industries in their screening process.

If a resume does not contain some of the keywords (generally given in their job description), the candidate is automatically rejected.

The only way for students to get past this form of screening is to read the job description of the major companies and customize their resume accordingly. I can say from my experience that this approach is successful much of the time, and many of my friends who customized their resume in this fashion ended up landing an interview.

What kind of job you are applying for is another thing to keep in mind when tailoring your resume. If an undergrad student in our university wishes to apply to a research posit ion, for inst a nce, t he best approach would be to highlight their research projects and publications in their resume. If on the other hand they wish to apply to a more industryoriented job, they shou ld high light their industrial internships.

The resources offered by the university should be utilized properly. The Career Development Center is always ready to help job applicants to improve their resume. Its team is experienced and can work along with students to polish their resume and make it ready for the industry. These resources can be put to great use by the students.

Remember that the world is not as supportive as the Wolfpack, and competition is inevitable. You need to put your best foot forward, and if your resume is lacking in the crucial aspects mentioned above, your chances are diminished from the outset. Make your resume as striking as possible and enjoy the fruits of your hard work.

“We often think that highlighting all our skills and projects is a good approach to designing a resume. Tempting as it may be, this approach has multiple disadvantages.”

B-Sian, Paranoia

Sindy Huang, third-year studying biological engineering

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Highlights from Raleigh’s 36th annual St. Patrick’s Day parade

Sarah Gallo Assistant Arts & Entertainment Editor

Boasting everything from street-style tacos and handmade Celtic jewelry to a sighting of Mayor Nancy McFarlane, Raleigh’s 36th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade and Festival showcased the uplifting sense of community that exists right here in the City of Oaks.

The parade, which started at 10 a.m. Saturday on Fayetteville Street, was followed by the much-loved Wearin’ ‘O The Green festival in City Plaza. The event attracted festivalgoers of all ages and backgrounds in celebration of all that is Irish culture.

Dianne Enright, the Raleigh St. Patrick’s Day Parade committee director, was one of many who helped to make this year’s parade a success. Enright came into her po-

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A parade participant hands out green bead necklaces to the crowd at the St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Saturday in downtown Raleigh. This parade looks to celebrate Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland on his feast day, March 17.

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Inside the mental health recovery process Sarah Gallo

Assistant Arts & Entertainment Editor

Marked by trials and triumphs, and the utmost dedication to nurturing one’s mental state, the road to recovery is not evenly paved — and it is definitely not done in a single step. For those diagnosed with a mental illness, or for those who want to support someone who is, learning about recovery and long-term coping skills is critical in ensuring a healthy, happy Wolfpack.

Monica Z. Osburn, the director of NC State’s Counseling Center, credits any sort of noticeable change as a possible warning sign of a mental illness. By recognizing an inward or outward change in oneself, or someone else, one can move forward in finding out if there’s a larger issue at hand and, if this proves true, coming up with a proper treatment plan.

“If you’re noticing in one of your friends a significant change in how they’re showing up [that can be a warning sign to look for],” Osburn said. “That could be a phys-

ical change. Maybe they’re not dressing like themselves or looking tired, or just [acting] withdrawn. It can be an emotional change, where maybe they’re extra irritable or grumpy, but when you start to see those changes that’s probably the biggest indicator [of a mental illness].”

The period of time following a mental illness diagnosis is crucial in terms of understanding symptoms and seeking treatment. For some, this may mean seeking individual counseling. However, Osburn said that mental illness looks different for all who are affected and, therefore, treatment plans and recovery tactics don’t come in a one-size-fits-all package.

“Counseling can be very helpful, but maybe you can find support in your peer group just to work through a tough situation, or your church — wherever you find that support and connection,” Osburn said.

Andrea Chase, the president of Wake County’s National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) chapter, is another key

figure in Raleigh’s mental health community. Through support groups, educational efforts and advocacy, NAMI Wake County is working to ensure students and community members have the resources and support they need in order to effectively manage a mental illness.

Andrea Chase first got involved with NAMI after her husband was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 2011, in order to receive understanding and become further educated on mental health issues.

This proved difficult as she watched her husband of 25 years, Jonathan Chase, spiral into abnormal behaviors like staying awake for days at a time.

Another change she noticed within her husband was his inability to hold a job after his father’s death — which Chase suggested was the initial trigger of his battle with bipolar disorder.

“We’ve been living together for a long time, and I kind of felt like something’s not right,” Chase said. “There was always a struggle for us […] getting this diagnosis was kind of a relief, because things

started to make sense for the first time in a long time — but I didn’t know anything about bipolar disorder.”

Learning how to support someone with a mental illness is an important next step of the recovery process, as education can further help the diagnosed person feel supported, advocated for and empowered to seek help. However, this help can be met with resistance. Therefore, it is important to remain patient and understanding.

“The whole time I was trying to figure out, ‘what do I do?’” Chase said. “‘How do I support him?’ ‘How do we help each other?’”

The cycle of ups and downs, of relapse and hope, is typical of the recovery process. In order to efficiently navigate the rocky waters of recovery as a full-time college student, the Counseling Center is fully equipped with drop-in groups, group counseling and individual counseling sessions — all of which are free

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sition after being involved with Raleigh’s Friends of Ireland organization since 2001, and has been working to spread awareness and celebration of Irish culture ever since.

“I am of Irish descent — not only Irish, some other things like most people [who come of different backgrounds] — but the vast majority [of my background] is Irish heritage,” Enright said. “I enjoy the traditional music and dance. I really identify with that.”

Igniting Fayetteville Street with palpable energy and passion were the various music groups that took the stage throughout the community event. From a high-energy performance by the U.S. Fleet Forces Band in the late afternoon, a “special guest” Enright was proud to have come out, to an impressive set by NC State’s very own Pipes and Drums, music was a pivotal part of the festival’s dedication to celebrating Irishness.

“For our entertainment, we try to stick to Celtic or traditional Irish music, or Irishinfluenced music,” Enright said. “So that’s

how we choose our bands.”

Appropriately complementing the rich sounds of Irish history were traditional Irish dance performances. Numerous local Irish dance schools and academies were present at the festival, including Inis Cairde School of Irish Dance and the Rince Go Halainn Irish Dance Academy.

Clad in colorful attire and sporting broad smiles, the dancers remained a popular attraction throughout the day’s festivities.

Perhaps just as popular as the festival’s entertainment lineup was the food. Satisfying a wide array of cravings, food trucks and stands lined the street with aromas that were sweet, savory and everything in between. Attendees could also grab a cold beer from one of the beer trucks, which were home to multiple beers on tap.

Many food vendors at the parade also regularly make an appearance at the NC State Fair, deeming both events local favorites. One vendor, Carolina Kettle Corn, served up freshly popped kettle corn that smelled — almost — as sweet as it tasted. Carolina Kettle Corn’s owners, Jess and Patrick Dougherty, recently bought the business after their neighbors — who founded the company 25 years ago — decided to sell. For the Raleigh-based

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married couple, it marked the perfect opportunity to begin a family adventure into running a business centered around one particularly tasty product. Patrick Dougherty reflected on how he and his wife first got started with the parade.

“Our children used to dance in the parade, and actually last year was the first year we did this event,” Dougherty said.

“The kids were dancing in it so we decided we’d come and sell some kettle corn because we had the business at that point.”

This year proved successful for the Dougherty’s, as Patrick Dougherty said business was thriving even more than at last year’s parade. At heart, the Dougherty’s are a prime example of all the festival resembles: community.

“Getting to do it with our kids and our family — that’s my favorite part [about running the business],” Jess Dougherty said.

Additional popular grub included deep fried cheese curds, a typical carnival-style pick that proved well worth the calories.

While customers could choose from a wide range of flavors, the jalapeno and traditional white cheddar cheese curds were crowd favorites, according to one of the food truck’s volunteers, Keelea Krear.

Krear, a second-year studying fashion and textiles at NC State, reflected on her involvement with the parade.

“I really love working for the Cheese Curd Shack,” Krear said. “It’s a great group of people to work with, and it’s a great environment down here, too.”

Furthering the parade’s reputation as a community-centered event was its showcase of local Irish-inspired arts and crafts.

Everything from intricate Irish-inspired jewelry, which featured colorful stones and gems, to brightly patterned clothing was present at the parade, drawing in appreciators of all kinds.

As a whole, this year’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade truly resembled the multifaceted nature of Irish culture. Through dance, music, art and food, the city of Raleigh was given more than just the chance to have a fun way to celebrate this year’s St. Paddy’s Day — it was a learning opportunity.

“It [the parade] gives people an exposure to different things,” Enright said.

“You might be from somewhere else, and have different backgrounds growing up that you’re exposed to, and it’s great that you can learn about different things and different diversities of cultures from all over the world.”

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for NC State students. Osburn said dropin groups are becoming more and more popular, especially the “Free Expression Sessions,” which focus on art as a therapy tool.

Between appointments, there are plenty of coping mechanisms one can do in order to keep symptoms from getting out of hand. Osburn suggested taking deep breaths, which can ease anxiety and stress. Chase noted regular exercise and eating healthy as additional ways to help alleviate symptoms. All of these recovery-centric options, from medication to counseling to coping mechanisms, help one effectively manage a mental illness in their daily life.

After becoming educated on mental health issues and seeking help — whether it be professional or nonprofessional — one can begin setting up a plan for treatment. This is best done by a trained psychiatrist or counselor. By making a counseling or psychiatry appointment, and continuing to make appointments if needed, those affected by mental illness can fully start on the path toward healing.

“What you’re experiencing is most likely temporary, even if it doesn’t feel like it — and it is possible to recover from [mental health] illnesses just like any other illnesses,” Chase said.

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The Counseling Center has seen a 36 percent rise in appointments since last year at this time. Wait times are occurring for some students, but an emergency walk-in option will continue to be available.

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NC State downs Maryland, advances to Sweet 16 Jake Caccavaro Staff Writer

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Kailee Jurnak Correspondent

The NC State women’s basketball team defeated former ACC rival Maryland 7460 on Sunday at Reynolds Coliseum in the second round of the NCAA Tournament to secure the Pack’s first Sweet 16 appearance since 2007.

NC State (26-8, 11-5 ACC) held the Terrapins (26-8, 12-4 Big Ten), who entered the game averaging 80 points per game and ranking 10th in the nation in 3-point shooting, to 20 points below their season average and zero made 3-pointers.

“All year long, this group has just battled,” head coach Wes Moore said. “Really proud of them.”

NC State started hot during the first quarter, with a 3-pointer from redshirt junior guard Kiara Leslie, playing against her former team, putting the Pack up 12-4 early in the first. After the Wolfpack stretched its lead to 18-9, two free throws at the end of the quarter from Maryland guard Ieshia Small put the score at 18-11 to end the quarter.

With the score at 20-13 in favor of the Wolfpack a minute into the second quarter, Leslie stole the ball and drove coastto-coast for a layup then did the exact same thing, snagging a steal on defense and euro-stepping around the Maryland defender for the layup to push the Wolfpack lead to 24-13.

The Terrapins responded with an 8-0 run to narrow the score to 24-21. The teams would then trade buckets for the rest of the quarter, with the Wolfpack leading 32-26 at the end of the half.

With the Wolfpack’s lead evaporating early in the third quarter, senior forward Chelsea Nelson drove to the lane for a layup that kickstarted a 19-4 NC State run

and essentially put the game away.

The Wolfpack closed out the third quarter with three 3-pointers in a row, one from sophomore guard Aislinn “Ace” Konig and two from freshman guard Kai Crutchfield, to put the Pack up 56-40 at the end of the quarter.

With the Wolfpack up 56-42 and Maryland fighting to get back into the game, Konig drilled a 3-pointer and the Wolfpack forced a turnover on the defensive end leading to a Nelson layup that gave the Wolfpack its largest lead of the game, 61-42.

Maryland scratched and clawed its way to get back into the game, cutting the lead down to as few as 11 points, but two quick buckets from senior center Akela Maize and redshirt sophomore guard Kaila Ealey put the Wolfpack up an insurmountable 15 points with 3.5 minutes to play.

Leslie was excellent on the defensive end, holding Maryland’s leading scorer, guard Kaila Charles who averages 18 points per game, to just four points on 2-of-8 shooting and forcing her to foul out late in the fourth quarter. Leslie attributed her defensive performance on Charles to her knowledge of Charles’s tendencies.

“I knew she likes to drive right,” Leslie said. “So I tried to sit on her right hand and give her a little bit of space.”

In an all-around superb defensive performance, Konig completely shut down Maryland ’s leading 3-point shooter, Kristen Confroy, holding her scoreless.

Confroy hit 76 3-pointers on the season and Konig harassed her the entire game, consistently chasing her off the 3-point line and limiting Confroy to zero 3-point shot attempts.

NC State head coach Wes Moore was effusive in his praise of Konig’s and Leslie’s defense.

“Ace likes challenges like that,” Moore said. “Great job defensively by those two.”

Leslie scored 21 points on 7-for-14 shooting and grabbed 11 rebounds, lead-

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Redshirt junior guard and former Maryland player Kiara Leslie shoots free throws on the technical foul committed by Maryland’s Brianna Fraser. Leslie had a career day with a double-double, leading all players in both points and assists with 21 and 11 respectively.

The Wolfpack won 74-60 in Reynolds Coliseum on Sunday and will advance to the Sweet 16.

ing both teams in both categories.

Konig and Ealey rounded out the double-digit scorers, with 12 points apiece.

NC State’s two seniors, Nelson and Maize, were obvious with their excitement about advancing to the Sweet 16. “[Advancing to the Sweet 16] means a great deal to us,” Maize said.

The Wolfpack will be playing in its first Sweet 16 game since Kay Yow was the coach of the team. Moore recognized that Yow would appreciate this iteration of the Wolfpack’s run.

“I think she’d be proud of this team,” Moore said.

Knowing the Wolfpack will likely take on last year’s national championship runner-up Mississippi State, Maize was adamant that the Wolfpack won’t back down.

“Whether we’re the underdog or we’re on the top, it is the same fight.” Maize said.

NC State will take on Mississippi State or Oklahoma State in the Sweet 16 on Thursday or Friday.

Baseball team proves it is for real

Ethan Barry Staff Writer

The NC State baseball team completed a three-game sweep over the Clemson Tigers this weekend in perhaps the Pack’s most impressive weekend of baseball since qualifying for the College World Series in 2013. Let’s take a look at what it means moving forward.

Better than good

The Wolfpack was 11-2 heading into conference play, which is very good, but the competition wasn’t very strong. NC State took two out of three from Boston College last weekend, which is what good teams are supposed to do, but it’s not a spectacular performance. Heading into Clemson, we knew the Pack was good, and definitely an

NCAA tournament team, but how good?

Top 25? Top 10? The Wolfpack dominated the consensus top-10 Tigers throughout the weekend, to prove the team deserves top-10 consideration. Sweeping any ACC series is a difficult task, let alone on the road. Against a top-10 team on the road?

Head coach Elliott Avent can’t ask for anything more from his team.

Versatility and depth on offense

The Wolfpack wasn’t going to score nine runs per game in the ACC like it did in nonconference play. It’s been evident this team can hit for power, but sometimes it won’t be able to wait around for the threerun homer, and have to play small ball. NC

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NC State softball falls in rubber match against Georgia Tech Camden Speight Correspondent

NC State softball (15-11, 3-5 ACC) went 1-2 in its weekend series against Georgia Tech (16-9, 5-1 ACC) at Shirley Clements Mewborn Field in Atlanta, Georgia.

The Pack was outscored 10-4 in three games, including getting shut out on Friday and Sunday due to excellent pitching from Georgia Tech.

On Friday, sophomore pitcher Devin Wallace pitched well, but the Wolfpack was unable to get the bats going, losing a low scoring game 3-0. NC State had only four hits including two by freshman second baseman Chandler Gardner.

NC State’s bright spot was a 4-2 win on Saturday behind a complete game from Wallace. Also in that game, Garner hit a sixth inning three-run home run to take the lead and ultimately give NC State the come-frombehind win.

Sunday’s rubber match, however, was similar to Friday. NC State had only four

hits again. Freshman starting pitcher Kama Woodall gave up five runs on eight hits over 5.1 innings that led to a 5-0 loss.

Sunday is only the third time that NC State has been shutout this season, showing how dominant the pitching was for Georgia Tech.

The Yellow Jackets’ main pitcher, Emily Anderson, pitched 16 innings giving up only 10 hits and one run against the Pack.

The pitching was also good for the Pack in all three games, especially with Wallace on the mound who has pitched 99 innings already this season while giving up only 34 earned runs. Wallace has shown why she’s the number one pitcher on the roster and the Pack will need her continued success going deeper into ACC play.

On the offensive side, NC State struggled mightily against the Yellow Jackets’ pitching.

Garner was the only spark at the plate, going 5 for 9 with three huge RBIs in the second game to pull out NC State’s only victory. She has the Pack’s highest batting average on the season at 0.317 including five home runs on the year.

The Pack will look to right the ship in its upcoming games. The team is 3-6 in its last nine games and is being out-scored 29-48 during that period.

NC State softball will be back in action on Wednesday at Dail Softball Stadium, where the Pack is 9-6 on the season. The team will face off against UNC-Charlotte at 5 p.m.

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Freshman infielder Chandley Garner gauges an East Carolina University pitch during game one of the doubleheader in Dail Softball Stadium. The Wolfpack would win the game 8-1 before tying the second 3-3 on Oct. 6.

Future bright for Keatts, NC State after promising first season Nick Sinopoli

Assistant Sports Editor

The Wolfpack (21-12, 11-7 ACC) fell to No. 8-seed Seton Hall, 94-83, in the round of 64 in the NCAA Tournament. The Pack allowed the Pirates (22-12, 10-8 Big East) to shoot 61.3 percent from the floor in the first half for a 51-41 lead at halftime.

However, NC State would not go down quietly.

Graduate guard Allerik Freeman was masterful in his final collegiate game. The Charlotte native scored 22 points on 7-of-12 shooting in the second half on his way to a career-high 36 points. As the game neared its end and the Pack’s loss was inevitable, Freeman was visibly emotional as the enormity of the moment hit him.

While the loss was difficult to swallow for Freeman and the Wolfpack, the transfer from Baylor left NC State in good hands as the 2017-18 season concludes.

In his up-and-down final year of eligibility, Freeman emerged as the Pack’s leader on the

court, leading the team in scoring — and in marquee games.

Freeman stepped up against No. 2 Arizona, No. 10 UNC-Chapel Hill, No. 25 Florida State, Louisville and the rematch against the No. 21 Tar Heels, most notably with a 29-point outing in Chapel Hill on 7-for-7 shooting from the 3-point line.

In a season where the rebuilding Pack was picked to be a bottom feeder of the ACC, Freeman lifted NC State to a year full of pleasant surprises and plenty of upsets.

Thanks to the veterans’ scoring (16.1 points per game) and ability to take over in games, the Pack’s bridge to the future is easier.

While senior forwards Lennard Freeman and Abdul-Malik Abu and graduate guards Sam Hunt and Al Freeman depart the team, head coach Kevin Keatts’ blueprint for NC State will become clearer next year.

Keatts will implement his patented fourguard scheme more often next year thanks to incoming recruits and transfers.

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Graduate guard Allerik Freeman leans back to make the pass to senior forward AbdulMalik Abu. The Pack was unable to pull off the comeback after the lackadaisical first half to fall 91-87 to Boston College on March 7 in Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

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Pack sweeps Clemson, sits atop ACC Alec Sawyer

Assistant Sports Editor

Sophomore shortstop Will Wilson homered twice as the No. 24 NC State baseball team wrapped up an impressive sweep of No. 10 Clemson with a 5-4 win Sunday at Doug Kingsmore Stadium in South Carolina.

Wilson started the scoring off for the Pack (18-3, 5-1 ACC) with a first-inning blast, and added his second homer of the game, and sixth of the year, in the eighth inning to push the Pack ahead 5-4 for the win.

Clemson (16-4, 3-3 ACC) was able to tally just five runs in the three-game series, as the Wolfpack pitching staff shined throughout the weekend. The one negative for the Pack on the mound was the absence of graduate righty Johnny Piedmonte (2-0, 4.58 ERA), who didn’t start after exiting his game last week after 1.2 innings.

On Sunday, freshman lefty Nick Swiney (2-0, 2.45 ERA) started for the Pack in Piedmonte’s place, allowing three earned runs on three hits and two walks in his one-plus inning of work. After Swiney, the Wolfpack used four more pitchers to get through the game, highlighted by redshirt senior Joe O’Donnell (1-1, 1.12 ERA) who picked up the win with three scoreless innings.

For the Tigers, lefty Jake Higginbotham started, giving up four runs and two hits over five innings. Righty Ryan Miller was the losing pitcher, allowing the home run to Wilson in the eighth inning.

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The Pack replaces Al Freeman with redshirt sophomore guard Devon Daniels, a former freshman standout from Utah who shot 57.1 percent from the floor and nearly averaged 10 points per game. Redshirt junior guard C.J. Bryce will also join after sitting out a year due to NCAA transfer regulations after leaving UNC-Wilmington to follow Keatts. Don’t forget freshman guard Blake Harris, who transferred from Missouri midseason.

Daniels and Bryce should make immediate impacts and flourish in Keatts’ system.

The 6-foot-5 guards along with redshirt junior Torin Dorn and sophomore Markell Johnson round out the crowded yet talented backcourt.

However, replacing Abu, Lennard Free-

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Sophomore infielder Will Wilson prepares to bat during the game against UNC-Asheville on Wednesday in Doak Field at Dail Park. The Wolfpack beat the Bulldogs 6-2 for its 15th win this season.

The Pack and the Tigers exchanged home runs in the first inning, as Wilson launched an 0-1 pitch over the fence in the NC State half of the frame and Clemson’s Logan Davidson answered with a homer of his own.

The Tigers jumped ahead to a 3-1 lead in the second inning, taking advantage of a leadoff walk followed by a double to chase Swiney from the game.

NC State answered in the third inning, tying the game at 3-3 with a two-run blast off the bat of senior outfielder Josh McLain, his second of the year.

Tigers catcher Kyle Wilkie doubled in a run to grab a 4-3 lead for Clemson in the fourth inning, his second RBI of the game. The Tigers took advantage of an NC State error that extended the inning, and Wilkie delivered.

An RBI groundout off the bat of sophomore catcher Brad Debo tied the game at 4-4 in the sixth, and then Wilson delivered the game winner in the eighth with one out.

With the sweep, NC State sits alone atop the ACC as the only team with a 5-1 record through six games. The Pack now gets a full week off, returning to Doak Field next week for a series against Georgia Tech.

man and possibly sophomore center Omer Yurtseven could be challenging.

Derek Funderburk, a former 4-star prospect, freshman from Ohio State and Hargrave Military Academy product, is the most promising big, but recruits like Ian Steere and Immanuel Bates should see time in the paint. Uncertainty in the frontcourt will rise if Yurtseven chooses to declare for the NBA Draft after his considerable development in his second year at NC State.

Though dreaming about what’s in store in the years to come is rousing, this year Keatts and his staff got the most of out a team inherited from former head coach Mark Gottfried just one season prior, especially sophomores Johnson and Yurtseven Johnson surfaced as the No. 1 facilitator of the Wolfpack’s offense after serving behind Dennis Smith Jr. in his freshman year, and missing seven games due to facing a felonious assault charge this season. The Cleveland, Ohio, native posted five straight games

of recording 10-or-more assists, breaking Chris Corchiani’s program record. He also often rose to the occasion against tough opponents, scoring 20 points and dishing 11 assists in an upset of the Heels in Chapel Hill.

Keatts transformed former 5-star recruit and struggling freshman big Yurtseven into a matchup nightmare in conference play.

The Turkish center’s well-rounded offensive game has moved him into professional conversations. Yurtseven looked bewildered and confused on the hardwood in his freshman campaign, and that nervous energy changed into confidence in his sophomore year.

The 7-footer drilled shots from beyond the arc and in the midrange, and held his own in the paint with obviously improved post maneuvers and hook shots on his way to six 20-point outings.

The substantial development of Johnson, Yurtseven and the rest of the Pack yields encouraging signs to what is in store for a

team filled with Keatts’ preferable talent, especially considering the milestones he garnered in his first year at the wheel: -Five top-25 wins -Made the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2015 -Finished 4-1 on Tobacco Road. Keatts became the first coach since Tal Stafford in the 1918-19 season to defeat Duke, UNC and Wake Forest in his first attempt -Won 11 ACC games. Tied for the most regular season conference wins in a coach’s first year since Everrett Case won 11 in the 1946-47 season -Tied for third in conference standings, the best mark for the Pack since the 200304 season Building on these achievements puts the Wolfpack in good standing as it transitions into a new era. With three transfers, five recruits and counting entering the fold in Keatts’ second season, the future is bright in Raleigh.

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State hit five home runs this weekend, but those only accounted for six runs. The Pack manufactured the rest of them. Wolfpack hitters had seven sacrifice plays to either move runners up or bring them in, and six of those resulted in a run being scored.

That’s a good sign for when the Pack offense hits a slump, which it inevitably will.

The other good sign is that of the Wolfpack regulars, senior outfielder Brock Deatherage has the lowest batting average at .295.

That’s ridiculous. Not many teams have that kind of depth one through nine in the batting order, and that’s without the leadoff hitter from the last two years.

Pitching answers the bell We knew the Pack could hit, but how would the pitching handle ACC offenses?

Based on this weekend, quite well. Clemson scored five runs in three games after scoring 117 runs in 17 games, or 6.9 per game. The Tigers had three extra base hits this weekend, all on Sunday, after averaging almost three per game to start the year. That’s answering the bell. NC State still needs to find a Sunday starter so it doesn’t have to take away pitchers from the fantastic bullpen, but the bullpen is good enough to win a game per weekend for the Pack. If Avent can get quality starts on Friday and Saturday from sophomore Michael Bienlien and senior Brian Brown, NC State will win many ACC series.

Help still on the way If you needed any more good news, the Pack has reliable veterans on their way back from injury. Graduate pitcher Johnny Piedmonte didn’t pitch this weekend after struggling the last two weekends, but this was likely related to his back issues and not his performance. The Pack needs him to be healthy in May and June, but you never know when his back may flare up, as it did this weekend. If he gets healthy and stays healthy, he will start on Sundays and Avent will have his weekend rotation.

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Junior outfielder Brett Kinneman runs to first base during the game in Doak Field at Dail Park on March 2. The Wolfpack beat the Bowling Green Falcons, 11-1, for its ninth win this season.

Redshirt junior Austin Staley has yet to pitch this year due to injury, but assuming he comes back at some point, which we have no reason to believe he won’t, he will add another experienced and trusted arm to an already stout bullpen.

Senior second baseman Stephen Pitarra hasn’t played since opening weekend due to a hamstring injury which required surgery.

He was given a four-to-six week timetable at the time, and this weekend marked the four week mark since his surgery. If he hasn’t had any setbacks, he should be back

either this coming weekend or the next.

Three weeks away is a trip to Louisville and Avent will want to get him some at bats before that showdown. Adding him back to the mix, likely as the leadoff hitter, adds another guy who is an on-base machine to a team that already has a .425 OBP. Moving forward and handling success The Pack has had a dream start to this season, at 18-3 and 5-1 in the ACC. It’ll appear in the top 15 of most polls which

come out on Monday. However, if the Pack doesn’t beat teams it is supposed to beat, it’s going to be a frustrating season. NC State should win every remaining series at home, starting next weekend against Georgia Tech. To do that, this team has to keep its head down and keep working hard.

It’s played with a chip on its shoulder, and it needs to continue to do that, no matter what the polls say. If NC State does that, it’s well on its way to having the best season since 2013, when the Pack advanced to the College World Series.

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DOWN 1 Yearbook section 2 Grammy winner Bonnie 3 “It’s __”: “No problem” 4 Counter-wiping aid 5 Procrastinator 6 Pre-college, briefly 7 Cow’s hurdle, in rhyme 8 Mystical gathering 9 Severe, as criticism 10 “__ & the Women”: 2000 Gere film 11 *Downpour 12 “Garfield” dog 13 Future stallion 21 Slowpoke in a shell 22 Body parts that may be pierced 26 List of charges 28 Big name in ISPs 29 Chaotic mess 31 “Butt out,” for short 32 Dog in old whodunits 33 “C’mon, be __!”: “Little help, please!”

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34 Woody’s son 35 *Steaming morning mugful 38 Looked closely 40 “To __ it may concern” 42 Yak it up 45 2012 Affleck thriller 47 Seized the opportunity 51 Favorite hangouts 52 Prepared (oneself), as for a jolt

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54 Does film splicing, say 56 Lombardy’s land 57 Vice __ 58 German steel town 59 Rescue squad VIPs 60 Light, to a moth 62 Match in a ring 63 Singer Del Rey 65 Bojangles’ dance genre

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