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IN BRIEF Poole rents business attire CMF judging tonight The Campus Movie Fest finale and awards show will take place in the Witherspoon Student Center at 7:30 p.m. The organizers will show the top 16 best films as well as give awards for Best Comedy, Best Drama, Best Actors and Best Picture. The doors will open at 7:00 p.m., and admission is free. The top films have a chance to win prizes, and there will be a raffle for attendees. SOURCE: UAB

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After learning that some students were unable to participate in professional networking and job search opportunities because they didn’t own professional attire, associate dean of Poole College of Manage-

ment Shannon Davis decided there must be something the university could do to help. Davis took her observations to the Poole College of Management’s (PCOM) Career Development Center (CDC), spurring them to create a closet full of professional business attire free for students to borrow to

prevent them from missing out on experience-building opportunities. “At the time, we have faculty members who are retiring and students moving to another stage in their career who were finished with their professional part of their wardrobe and were eager the find a place for their clothes to be reused,”

Davis said. Since the launch of the project three years ago, the collection has grown to two separate storage racks, one for men and another for women, filled with various items of professional attire, such as blazers,

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Transgender Day of Remembrance today The GLBT Center is sponsoring Transgender Day of Remembrance, taking place today in Wolf Plaza and the Talley Student Union. The Transgender Day of Remembrance is a day meant to honor victims of anti-transgender violence. More than 200 transgender individuals have been murdered around the world, with an overwhelming majority being transgender women of color. Attendees have the opportunity to place a paper flower at the foot of the silhouette of Sevda Basar, a transgender woman who was murdered by her boyfriend in February. In addition to the memorial, visitors can sign a pledge card to take a stand against transgender violence. The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. SOURCE: Facebook

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McKimmon Center hosts Agriculture & Biotechnology Summit NC State’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) and the North Carolina Biotechnology Center’s AgBiotech Initiative collaborated Tuesday and Wednesday to put together the North Carolina Agriculture & Biotechnology Summit. The summit explored North Carolina’s growing role in global leadership in agricultural biotechnology. Wednesday’s keynote speakers included MeeCee Baker, president and CEO of Versant Strategies, Joel Bourne, Jr., contributing writer with National Geographic and former North Carolina Governor Jim Hunt. SOURCE: Suzanne Stanard, Media Contact

Young Adult author coming to Quail Ridge Young Adult author Elizabeth Langston will present her two new books Saturday at 2 p.m. at Quail Ridge Books & Music near Whole Foods in Raleigh. Langston concluded her Whisper Falls trilogy with her new book Whispers from the Past. The book combined historical fiction with a contemporary love story, using magical realism and time travel to accomplish the goal. Langston will also debut her series with a book titled I Wish. The event is ages 14 and up. SOURCE: Quail Ridge Books & Music

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The NCSU Libraries’ online collection will now serve host to the archives of the Technician. The Libraries’ collection has compiled 4000 issues of the Technician from its first publication date, Feb. 2, 1920 to 1990. The online archive of the Technician now joins other historical collections NCSU Libraries’ holds including the Historical State, Rare & Digital Collections and a series on Student Leadership.

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New York Times bestselling author Wiley Cash announced the winners of this year’s NC State Short Story Contest Wednesday evening in the Caldwell Lounge. The contest, which first began in 2003, awards winners, finalists and honorable mentions in two categories: the 2014 James Hurst Prize for Fiction and the NCSU Prize for Short Fiction. Additionally, one story was awarded the 2014 NCSU Undergraduate Fiction Prize. Two winners selected for short fiction and the James Hurst Prize for Fiction received a cash prize and copies of Cash’s new novel,

The Dark Road to Mercy. “I told the two guys who won I saw a lot of heart in what they wrote,” Cash said. “In this day and age, there’s a lot of drive to be witty and intellectual, which is great. But if you can do that and also make people feel something, then why not do that?” Wilton Barnhardt, a professor of creative writing, who has been running the contest for the past 10 years, said the contest has recently been expanded to include every college and university in the state, mainly their English departments. Since its inception, the contest has been judged by a professional writer from North Carolina. “We’re dependent a lot on local writers,” Barnhardt said. “We usu-

ally have someone famous, someone nationally known.” Ross Garrison, a first-year MFA student at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, was the winner of the James Hurst prize for fiction for his short story Migration. “If you are trying to become a writer, you spend so much time sending stuff out into the void,” Garrison said. “It’s gratifying to hear something back. It seems like more of a conversation instead of just talking to a wall.” Other first prize winners include Cadwell Turnbull, a graduate student studying creative writing, who won the 2014 NCSU Prize for Short Fiction, and Marcus Blyden, a ju-

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NC State’s chapter of Phi Beta Sigma fraternity has been suspended following an investigation into allegations of hazing, the university’s director of Greek Life Shelly Dobek told WNCN. Dobek said the university ceased recognizing the Xi Zeta chapter of Phi Beta Sigma after the

national fraternity suspended the chapter “for four years after concluding an investigation into allegations of hazing.” A spokesman from NC State told WNCN that Xi Zeta was made up of six members who did not live together in campus-sponsored housing. Phi Beta Sigma national fraternity executive director Daryl Anderson told WNCN by phone

that he was unaware of any investigations or sanctions that would have occurred at NC State, and he would not say whether or not he knew if the chapter was still active. Phi Beta Sigma is a historically African-American fraternity with a national headquarters in Washington, D.C.

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Why Can’t the Palestinians Have a State? After the Arabs lost the West Bank and Gaza to the Jewish state in 1967, they denied Israel’s right to exist— as well as the prospect of a Palestinian state. When Israel defeated five invading Arab armies in 1967, it drove Jordan from eastern Jerusalem and the Jewish homelands of Judea and Samaria (later known as the West Bank) and repulsed Egypt from Gaza. Shortly thereafter, the Arab League issued its famous Khartoum Resolution: “No peace with Israel, no recognition of Israel and no negotiations with it.” Since then, despite numerous Israeli offers of land for a Palestinian state, the Arabs continue to reject peace.

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implacable commitment to the “liberation of Palestine”—meaning all Arab and Israeli Despite having lost wars to Israel in 1947, 1967 and territories—through violence. Even the so-called 1973, all Arab nations—except Egypt in 1979 and moderate Palestinian leadership in the West Bank Jordan in 1994—have steadfastly refused to accept regularly celebrates “martyrs” who murder innocent peace with the Jews, denied the existence of a Jewish Israelis. In 2010 the Palestinian government named a state and rejected all offers of land by Israel for a town square for Dalal Mughrabi, the female jihadi Palestinian state. who in 1978 helped hijack a bus and massacre 38 Indeed, Israel, backed by the U.S., has made several Israeli civilians, including bold, groundbreaking land13 children. Most recently, for-peace offers to the The preponderance of evidence Palestinian leaders praised Palestinians: In 2000 and in 2007 Israel offered about compels one to conclude that the the Arab man who killed a 3-month-old Jewish baby 95% of the land it captured Palestinians don’t want a state. at a train station in in 1967, plus a Palestinian Jerusalem. capital in Jerusalem. In Perhaps the greatest obstacle to a Palestinian state 2005, Israel also unilaterally withdrew from Gaza, is the terror group Hamas. Now part of the ruling leaving it under Palestinian control. Palestinian coalition government, Hamas continues Why then have the Arabs rejected peace with to stand—and act—on its original covenant of 1988 Israel, and why is there still no Palestinian state? In to “obliterate” Israel, “fight Jews and kill them,” and 1964, the Arab League embraced the charter of Yasser “raise the banner of Allah” over every inch of Muslim Arafat’s new Palestine Liberation Organization, lands. Hamas’s charter also specifically rejects “sowhich held that a) Palestinians had rights to the called peaceful solutions.” No wonder Hamas has entire region of Palestine, b) Jews who had arrived in launched more than 15,000 rockets at Israel and Palestine after 1917 were occupying Arab land and c) engaged in outright wars in 2008, 2012 and 2014. “armed struggle is the only way to liberate Palestine.” Though Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas In 1967, following the Arabs’ humiliating defeat by has—at the insistence of American Presidents Israel, the Arab League issued its “Three No’s of George Bush and Barack Obama—participated in Khartoum,” denying Israel’s right to exist and any several rounds of peace talks with Israel, he has been desire for peace. unwilling to relent on deal-breaking demands that This ingrained Arab claim to absolute ownership of would make peace and a Palestinian state possible. all the territory of Palestine—from the Jordan River For example, Abbas has refused to back off the to the Mediterranean Sea—and the absolute rejection Palestinian demand that as many as five million of a Jewish state has persisted since Israel’s war for Arabs—descendants of refugees from Israel’s 1948 independence in 1948. Indeed, when Palestinian war of independence—be allowed to “return” to politicians speak of ending “Israeli occupation,” they Israel, a land most have never seen. Most are referring to Jewish occupation of present-day importantly, Abbas refuses to acknowledge Israel as Israel. the Jewish homeland. Today in Palestinian public schools, students are When we look for an answer as to why the taught that they will return to their “homes” in what Palestinians can’t have a state, the preponderance of is now Israel—even though these children and 95% evidence compels one to conclude that they don’t of their parents have never lived in Israel. Palestinian want a state. Palestinian actions and rhetoric news media and school books only show maps of demonstrate in any case that they are unwilling to “Palestine” encompassing all of Israel. accept a state next to the Jewish nation of Israel. Likewise, Palestinians have maintained an

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nior studying English, who won the 2014 NCSU Undergraduate Fiction Prize. “The hardest part about being published is writing,” said Cash. “I didn’t have time to write a book – but I did. It’s carving out the time and making the time to write.” Cash, a native of Gastonia, North Carolina, read excerpts from his two novels and answered the audience’s questions about writing and publishing. He discussed his inspiration for writing, which largely stemmed from the homesickness he experienced after leaving North Carolina to study at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette where he earned

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Some students were moved by Cash’s reading and were compelled to consider new genres. “His writing is really vivid and engaging,” said Darren Lipman, a senior studying math and political science. “It encouraged me to buy the book. His reading brought the story to life and made me want to read something I wouldn’t normally.” Cash said the direction of his novels are based on people’s choices and actions. “I like stories where men and women make bad decisions because they have to do penance for those decisions, and that affects a lot of different people,” Cash said.

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his PhD. “I wanted to live in a place wholly different from where I had been,” Cash said. “I learned that there is no true American South. I was terribly homesick for North Carolina. I began to think of all the things I had enjoyed passively while I lived there, that I actively remembered in Louisiana. I returned to the things that had meant something to me.” Cash blended his homesickness for North Carolina with the inspiration he had for his stories; both of his novels are set in North Carolina. “I knew I could take that story and put it in North Carolina,” Cash said. “Writing this book was like writing a love letter to a place I had left behind.”

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dresses and ties. “For the first years, it was just various things,” Davis said. “The PCOM Career Development Center shared our project with the faculty and faculty members who then brought in their gently used professional clothing.” When the CDC shared the project, it also invited contributors to write a small note to place it in the pocket of the item of clothing, so the student borrowing it could learn where it came from. “It’s become a support system,” Davis said. Every year, the racks move from their location in 2150 Nelson Hall to the McKimmon Center Career Fair. Volunteers from the PCOM ambassador program and Alpha Kappa Psi man the stand and rent out any articles of clothing a student may need. “It has also become a learning tool in a way,” said PCOM career coach Janet Rakes. “Our volunteers or our staff tell students what is acceptable and unacceptable dress, and then they help them if they need help tying

a tie or finding more professional slacks. We used to have to send students home to change, but now we can lend them clothes on the spot.” In all colleges at NC State, the PCOM especially, professional attire is a must. The college itself hosts its own career development center that is separate from the university’s career center. “During our orientation program and their first-year student experience, we stress the importance of business attire because students will need attire for interview and internships,” Davis said. “To get an internship or get a job, you need to the look the part during the recruitment process, and our students need professional business attire as early as their freshman year. If students are disadvantaged during networking or the early stage of the job search project, they are going to be disadvantaged later. ” Senior studying business administration Brittney Pickler said professional attire is crucial for students in PCOM. “It is very important, especially if it is your first impression on a company,” Pickler said. “You want them to take

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you professionally so you can make a good impact.” A student who wishes to rent out any professional attire can see a career counselor or advisor, leave their student ID with the advisor and sign out the items they want to borrow, along with when they plan to return the item. “Over 50 students used it for the career fair,” Raker said. “And for this year, over 60 items have been borrowed for this semester. All the students were very appreciative of the project.” This project is currently working to ensure it has clothing in all sizes for both men and women. Due to the limited space for clothing storage, excess clothes in popular sizes are given to the University Center Clothing Closet and Goodwill. “The best for me is when a student who borrows this clothing comes back a year or two later and donates to this closet,” Davis said. “To see the cycle go full circle and have a student who benefitted from the process comes back to help, that is how I know this program is great, and that is a sustainable program.”

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lack Friday first got its name sometime during the 1960s in Philadelphia, according to The Huffington Post. Police referred to it as Black Friday because of how chaotic their job was that day with all t he traf f ic and crowds from retailers. It started Jacqueline as a derogaLee tory name, Assistant which still Opinion Editor aligns with its current chaotic nature. I’ve only been Black Friday shopping once, and I won’t be doing it again. Don’t get me wrong—I love to shop. But, I hate to shop with crowds, and that’s all Black Friday is. My first and only experience Black Friday shopping was a trip with my aunt to Toys “R” Us to see what all the commotion was; I didn’t even have a particular reason to shop. I thought it was interesting, and it might be fun. But even when I was a child, what I thought would be enjoyable to watch was actually kind of sad. I remember standing in an aisle when I heard someone yell, “Watch out!” I looked around and saw someone had knocked a crib from way up on the top of an aisle and it came crashing to the ground right next to me. If I hadn’t noticed, it definitely could’ve landed on me. After seeing several other encounters like this and people scrambling, gathering up everything they could to

buy from the deals, we went to check out. It was a mess. There was no clear system with the checkout line, and the arrows they’d put on the ground weren’t helpful at all. A very ugly side of some of the people waiting came out when they got frustrated and impatient with the confusion. That’s why I have zero interest in going Black Friday shopping. If you are interested in getting the latest gadget or the best deal, it makes more sense to stay in and look online curled up by a fire and eating Thanksgiving leftovers or enjoying hot chocolate with your family and friends. If you’re shopping online, US News reports most retailers post their deals on social media pages. If you follow the accounts of stores you like to shop at, it’s a good way to see the online deals they have. Or, wait for Cyber Monday for the deals, which is the Monday after Black Friday. According to Time Magazine, Macy’s announced recently that it will be opening at 6 p.m. on Thanksgiving. Kohl’s and Sears are doing the same thing. “A number of stores, including Kmart, Kohl’s and Toys “R” Us, will also host marathon hours, with Kmart scheduled to stay open for 42 straight hours,” CNBC reported. Think about the poor workers. Many Kmart employees have said they’re not even allowed to request off for Thanksgiving, according to Think Progress. That’s

frankly despicable. Retail workers shouldn’t have to decide between spending a holiday that lasts one day or losing their job. Black Friday retail workers even run the risk of getting hurt while working. The Occupational and Health Administration (OSHA) has to give safety guidelines to retailers to make sure workers aren’t put in harm’s way… from hordes of eager shoppers. One segment of the guidelines states, “Prepare an emergency plan that addresses potential dangers facing workers, including overcrowding, crowd crushing, being struck by the crowd, violent acts and fire.” But this isn’t unwarranted, as people—as you’ve probably heard in years past—have actually died on Black Friday. US News has a list called “10 violent Black Friday shopping injuries, deaths.” One says, “In 2008, a mob of unruly shoppers broke down the doors and trampled a temporary Wal-Mart worker and two shoppers to death on Black Friday in Valley Stream, N.Y.” There are other cases when frustrated Black Friday shoppers have fought over items. In one case, one shopper brought a gun into a store and one frustrated woman even attacked another with pepper spray about who would walk away with a brand new Xbox. Do those Black Friday deals still sound appealing?

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Birthing is not my duty Last Sunday night, while relishing our procrastination, two girlfriends and I reorganized my room, discussing everything from Command Hooks to the purpose of life. In the midst of the conversation and cleaning, we shifted to the topic of babies. Our conversation consisted mostly of questions regarding what kind of parent we would be. Are we going to force our kids to play sports? Will we have strict bed times? How will we deal with sibling rivalries? And then I said it. “Sometimes I think the Estefania desire to have children is Castropretty selfish.” Vasquez Staff Columnist I hadn’t realized how unappealing the idea of not having children is to many people, but I’ve come to think it’s likely, for many couples, having children is more a selfish desire than a noble choice. I realize that it is our instinct as living creatures to reproduce and continue our lineage. I understand that a child is a beautiful thing. I know it is our destiny and God-sent duty to “be fruitful and multiply.” I’m aware that we must reproduce to ensure our species’ survival. These things all sit with me and I acknowledge these as understandable, important and valid. My qualm is that we, as a general population, are not being conscientious enough when we decide to have children. This is a standard I am applying to all people equally, not just those deemed unworthy to reproduce by the elite society. I’m not referring simply to the children born in India, China or Latin America, where one’s mind seems to go when we think of overpopulation as an issue. Or to the parents who many people think are having children only to further clog public government aid. I’m bringing the future soccer moms and dads of the world into the conversation of responsible reproduction. In the United States, our cities and towns are not yet condensed to a point we find unbearably unpleasant, food-scarcity is not as rampant as in other nations, and our population has yet to be deemed a serious problem. We have esteemed higher education institutions, a low rate of infantmortality, nice beaches and mountains. All these wonderful things, however, are not enough to excuse the number of children birthed each year. As a nation that is moving toward more sustainable solutions, we are more willing to buy a Prius, recycle our empty Aquafina bottles and turn the water off than consider having fewer children. Something about that simply feels strange.

Don’t ban Greek life Banning Greek organizations isn’t an effective counter to problems arising from them, according to a Monday column by Sophie Nelson. Her piece comes after the news of a student’s death at a West Virginia University fraternity party Friday, resulting in the indefinite suspension of Greek-life activities at the university. One WVU fraternity had its charter withdrawn a week prior because of an incident CR Denning in which “19 pledges faced Correspondent arrest or citations for alcohol possession.” I agree with Nelson’s assertion that banning Greek organizations won’t end “sexual assault, drinking or partying on campus.” So what can we do? I have one suggestion: lower the drinking age. It might seem counterintuitive, but lowering the drinking age to 18 could stymie some of the problems that come along with campusparty culture. Before we look at why that could be, let’s look at some history. For much of U.S. history, 21 was the age of majority. You had to be 21 to vote, and the Selective Service Act set the draft age at 21. This changed during World War II, when the draft age was lowered to 18. But you still had to be 21 to vote. In 1971, due in part to immense public pressure, the 26th Amendment was ratified, bringing the voting age in line with the draft age. With a lower voting age, many states began lowering the minimum drinking age. In 1984, the National Minimum Legal Drinking Act passed. The federal government wanted a national drinking age of 21, but the 21st Amendment granted power to the states to regulate alcohol sales. The new federal law was a creative side step around this problem; it didn’t force states to change their law, per se, but if states chose not to adopt 21 as the drinking age, they would lose 10 percent of federal highway funding. Unsurprisingly, by 1995 all 50 states, as well as Washington, D.C., complied. To understand how a lower drinking age

could alleviate problems within university social scenes, we need to understand the underlying causes of these problems. What makes frat parties so rowdy that kids end up in handcuffs, the hospital or the morgue? In part, it’s a lack of adult supervision—no older and wiser voices to step in when things get out of hand. And although many colleges have medical amnesty policies, which protect underage drinkers from discipline if they have to call for help, students may still be scared to reach out before it’s too late. A lower drinking age would assuage students’ hesitation. But maybe we should look at a more basic question: why do college kids drink so much in the first place? Proponents of a lower drinking age often cite the “forbidden fruit” argument; for those underage, alcohol gains a mystique from its illegal status, which makes the alcohol seem desirable. A second argument is that young people lack opportunities to learn how to use alcohol responsibly before the age of 21. Both of these factors contribute to the problems resulting from on-campus alcohol consumption. As a 27-year-old, I know firsthand the truth behind these arguments. Being able to drink a beer at a bar lessens the appeal of excessive drinking and partying. I stated above one reason college parties get out of hand is a lack of supervision. But if 18-year-olds could drink legally, they may have an incentive to drink at a bar, where at least there would be someone to say “you’ve had enough” or provide help if needed. Bringing drinking out of the shadows, legally speaking, would give college students an alternative to house parties where there isn’t anyone sober enough to make good decisions when something bad happens. Shutting down fraternities won’t solve the problems stemming from on-campus alcohol consumption, and admittedly, lowering the drinking age won’t completely solve them either. There will still be parties. There will still be excessive drinking. If we can’t stop college kids from drinking, reducing the party culture’s dangers through a lower drinking age is a step in the right direction.

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CONTRIBUTED BY EMILY BAILEY

Fancred is a new social media website which provides a digital output for users to share their sports memories. Nicole Destefano (Right), a junior studying middle grades education with a concentration in mathematics and a user of Fancred, poses with TJ Warren. Destefano says her Fancred profile often consists of photos of her running into famous athletes.

Website brings sports into social media Sara Awad Assistant Features Editor

Sports fans and non-sports fans can rejoice, as designers of a new social media platform are looking to change how we talk about athletics. Fancred is a new site that provides a digital outlet for users to share their sports memories. This means that users

don’t have to sift through personal details about what people had for lunch that day, and the non-sports enthusiasts do not have to deal with game commentary they couldn’t care less about on sites such as Facebook and Twitter. Hossein Kash Razzaghi started the site about two years ago. He said he used sports as a tool to integrate

into American culture after immigrating to the United States, and he would collect memorabilia such as jerseys in a shoebox. “I wanted to take that whole essence of collecting and bring it into the digital world,” Razzaghi said. Fancred gives users the option to sign up with Facebook or email, and from there pick

the teams they want to follow. Fancred suggests a list of other people, teams and agencies a person may want to follow based on his or her interests, according to Razzaghi. “Our goal is to try to connect you with likeminded fanpeople talking about sports and not about their personal lives.” Emily Bailey, a senior study-

ing communication, said she heard about the site after receiving an email inviting her to apply for a position as an NC State community leader for Fancred. Since August she’s worked with the Fancred team trying to create a name for them on NC State’s campus. “We have to do weekly meetings, and we have a bunch of

flyers, stickers and t-shirts that we give out and games and stuff,” Bailey said. “I’ll post on my Twitter or even my Instagram, ‘Here download this app,’ but you know how people are, they won’t really do anything unless you talk to them one-on-one. So then after seeing the stickers and

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November celebrates Native American culture Katherine Waller Staff Writer

Aside from Thanksgiving traditions and preparing for finals, November also harkens Native American Heritage Month for the NC State Community. Ian Stroud, assistant director of the Office of Native American Student Affairs (ONASA), said distinguishing the number of Native American students on campus is a difficult task. Stroud said 129 students at NC State solely identify their ethnicity as Native American, while around 300-400 students consider themselves ‘Native American plus,’ meaning they only identify as part indigenous. Stroud identifies his tribal affiliation as Navaho, Cherokee and Creek. Juan Santiago, a junior studying parks, recreation and tourism management, member of the Native American Student Association and president of the American Indian fraternity Phi Sigma Nu, identifies as a member of the White Mountain Apaches. “A big thing with students who grew up Native American is “culture shock”, going from the community where they grew up where everyone identified as Native American then onto a college campus can be a tough transition,” Santiago said. Stroud explained the ONASA provides and implicates programs that

provide cultural awareness among the NC State community. A first-year initiative symposium encourages students to come to campus early and get a close-up cultural introduction to NC State, according to Stroud. Here, students can participate in academic workshops where they learn about expressing their own cultural identities. North Carolina has the largest population of Native Americans east of the Mississippi, with eight indigenous tribes: Occaneechi, Sappony, Haliwa-Saponi, Meherrin, Coharie, Waccamaw Siouan, Lumbee and Cherokee. Stroud said he works with six Native American student organizations on campus, and NC State boasts four Native American Greek organizations, the most of any university in the state. NC State is also hosting a powwow on March 21, which will commemorate the 25th anniversary of the event. Santiago said an exciting event this year was a Native American student art show, which took place Nov. 13. This show presented Native American art, regalia and native portraits. Santiago said it sought to include not only NC State students, but also the Native community around the state. “Tomahawk”, a Native American food showcase with a spin on

modern pop culture, also contributed to the Native American Heritage Month agenda. Santiago explained that it generated a lot of interest from the Native American community as well as the NC State community in general. “Culture is identity,” Stroud said. Stroud explained how college is a difficult precipice for a lot of students coming from rural areas and how it can be both challenging and exciting. “If students can express their cultural identity freely on campus than this will ease their transition,” Stroud said. Stroud explained the Office of Native American Affairs wants students to be able to say, “I’m a member of the Wolfpack,” and not “I’m just a number.” According to Stroud, there is often only one Native American student in a class because the community is so small in numbers, which makes it easy for them to feel alone. Stroud expressed the importance of making Native American students aware of the indigenous community. “That sense of isolation can be stressful,” Stroud said. “It is imperative that we give them the place and opportunity to express themselves and their cultural identity.” Stroud also said gaining a broader perspective of Native American cul-

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A young girl dances in celebration with others from neighboring tribes in a Pow Wow April 5. This event was the 24th annual Pow Wow hosted by the Native American Student Association on Miller fields.

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Annual crafts fair takes place Staff Report

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Hilary Smith, a sophomore in industrial design, demonstrates wood turning at the Crafts Center’s 29th annual Crafts Fair.

This Saturday, from 10:00 a.m. to 5 p.m., the NC State University Crafts Center will host its 30th annual Crafts Fair on the lower level of Thompson Hall. At the event, the Craft Center’s own artists and craftspeople will feature collections and displays of their own work. Featured work will include pottery, wood, glass,

jewelry, fiber art, handmade books, felted hats, bags & pins, ceramic tile and more. Several of the featured artists are NC State students. These names include: Fahad Al Suwaidi, Alyssa Koehler, Jenna Lagonigro, Anne McLean, Caroline Mueller, Sarah Parks and Wah Tran. Attendees will have the opportunity to meet with crafts-

people and discuss their work with them. In addition, complimentary refreshments will be provided. Admission is $1 per person, $2 per family and free for NC State students with a unity ID. For more information, visit the website at http://www.ncsu.edu/ crafts/2014craftsfair.html.

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passing out koozies, I didn’t even have to ask people to sign up…” Bailey said she thinks Fancred will continue to grow, especially since the ACC just joined Fancred at the end of last September. “Even apps like Pinterest

and Instagram, it took them at least a year to grow, but Fancred is already implemented a little bit in our school, and I feel like at NC State we’re very spirited whether we win or lose,” Bailey said. “They’re very into everything about the game, so I feel like if we move it to just this app, people can post their opinions or experiences, then it will just grow tremendously.”

Features The growth might start with basketball season, because people use social media to talk more about basketball given the absence of tailgating for the sport, Bailey said. “Fancred is about building a platform for fans to capture their sports memories, and we’re hoping they can use it to build a fan profile for themselves because we experience sports all the time together,”

Razzaghi said. Part of that profile involves getting Fancred points for activities such as posting, commenting and attending sporting events in addition to others liking and commenting on the posts. The points fluctuate from a scale of one to 100 based on an algorithm designed to determine what types of fans users are, instead of how great

TECHNICIAN of a fan a user is, according to Razzaghi. “You’re trying to get your ‘fancred’ up, and I don’t know of any other social media site that does that,” Destefano said. During the first week someone logs onto Fancred his or her score tends to stay low, so users try to get people to add them, and they keep posting to get more points, according to Bailey. “It’s fun because it’s kind of like a little game, because you can get your points, so it’s competitive like a sport.” Bailey said. “Me and my roommate, she’ll be like ‘Oh I have 30 points, and you have like 29,’ and we’re always trying to get people to like our stuff; it’s kind of funny.” Posts on Fancred range from GIFs to videos to pictures where users tag their locations, according to Bailey. “I even post things about my day sometimes, like ‘Oh I

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ture is something he feels is important. “Many don’t know about Native American culture; they have misinterpretations and not education about indigenous culture,” Stroud said. The overall goal of the Office of Native American Affairs at NC State is to grow the program and acquire a larger Native American community here on campus, according to Stroud. Misappropriation of Native

have two tests, I wish I was at a football game,’ and people will be like ‘Oh good luck on your test, us too, we wish we were at a game,” Bailey said. “It’s a community within people you follow.” Destefano said she tends to run into famous athletes, so her Fancred profile often consists of photos such as the one she posted of her and TJ Warren. In the future, Razzaghi said he hopes to reward users with a lot of Fancred points with discounts and tickets to athletic events, but that’s still in the works. Other future plans include expanding the application. “I envision a day where it will be a complete app, not just social, but also where you can get high scores and watch games,” Razzagi said. To sign up for Fancred or to learn more, visit, www.fancred.com.

American Culture is prevalent in pop culture—mascot issues, with the recent Washington Redskins controversy for example. Stroud said the Office of Native American Affairs has to choose its battles when it comes to social issues. “Racism is racism,” Stroud said. “We need to address it no matter how large we think the impact is on campus. On a personal level, I don’t see the celebration of Native American culture, I see the profit. We lose a sense of identity because we are often seen as a mockery—a franchise.”

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while sophomores BeeJay Anya and Kyle Washington were sidelined for most of the second half against Hofstra with four fouls each. The Bulls’ big men will take advantage of the Pack’s defensive issues if they continue, as Perry has shot 11for-14 from the free throw line this season. Conversely, as a team, State has been dreadful from the charity stripe, converting on a subpar 65.1 percent of free throws. The Pack will own the advantage in the backcourt, as the three starting guards, redshirt junior Trevor Lacey, sophomore Anthony ‘Cat’ Barber and redshirt senior Ralston Turner, have averaged 54.5 points per game, while shooting an impressive 13-for-27 from downtown. Look for the guards to lead the way for the Pack Sunday night. Even though it is early in the season, these contests are must-wins for the Pack, as every game counts when the NCAA Tournament selection committee is handing out berths in March. Thursday’s game will tip off at 7 p.m., while the Sunday game is slated to start at 4 p.m.

the top 10 in the most recent CSCAA NCAA Division 1 Swimming and Diving Rankings. The women’s squad has also moved up two spots in the rankings, standing at No. 20 with a 2-2 season record and a 2-1 ACC record. In its most recent meet on Nov. 15, NC State traveled to Charlottesville, Virginia, to take on the Cavaliers. The men’s team dominated in all events, including relays. Sophomore Andreas Scheillerup, sophomore Derek Hren, sophomore Soren Dahl and junior Simonas Bilis finished first in the 200 medley with a time of 1:28.26. Bilis, Scheillerup, freshman Ryan Held, and senior David Williams also picked up a win and a team season best time in the 200 freestyle relay. The women’s relays also had a season-best time in the 200 free relay

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rennial powerhouse only suffered two losses last year and finished 11th in the NCAA Championship. The Cornhuskers are currently 1-0 on the season and will look to get another win under their belt when they take on the Pack. The Blue Raiders are currently ranked No. 6 in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) coaches’ poll and are led by

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where senior Lauren Poli, junior Ashlyn Koletic, freshman Krista Duffield and junior Riki Bonnema clocked in with a time of 1:31.11. The men’s team continues to prove its quantity of talent in both sprint and distance events, according to head coach Braden Holloway. “I think for the men, our depth is a lot better,” Holloway said. “Some of our guys have really come into their own and given support to some of our lead guys.” The men’s team has an especially strong freestyle sprinter in Bilis. The Panevezys, Lithuania native continues to dominate the 50, 100 and 200-yard freestyle events for the Wolfpack and has proved vital to the team’s success. Against Virginia, Bilis swam his personal season-best time in the 50-yard free. He finished first with a time of 19.78 and again placed first in his 100 free, clocking in at 43.83. His teammates followed closely behind in the 100 with Dahl, freshman Co-

lin Ellington, and sophomore Scott Johnson taking up the top four spots in the event. On the women’s side, NC State lacks depth in the breaststroke events and has relied on the strong swimming of sophomore Kayla Brumbaum. “We’re a little low in breaststroke,” Holloway said. “We’ve lost a few girls in the breaststroke, and Kayla’s taken the lead on that for us.”

As one of just three dedicated breaststrokers, Brumbaum has carried NC State in competitions so far. In Charlottesville, she finished second in the 100 (1:02.25) and 200 breast (2:16.17), giving her and the Pack another season-best time. This weekend, the Wolfpack will continue to rely on its veteran swimmers in an attempt to claim another first-place finish.

senior Joe Cozart, currently ranked No. 1 in the 157 pound weight division. They are also coming off a year where they signed one of the top recruiting classes in the NAIA division and will look to prove their talent against some top teams at Reynolds Coliseum. The American University Eagles will also come in looking to measure themselves against some tough talent Sunday. The Eagles are currently coming off of a 45-6 win over the Campbell Camels and hope to ride that hot streak into their dual matches on Sunday. The final team that the Pack will

wrestle against on Sunday will be the UNC-Pembroke Braves. The team is currently 1-0 on the season but has been to three individual tournaments already. Their wrestlers should be as ready as any team at the dual tournament due to the amount of matches they already have under their belt, which could pose problems for opponents who haven’t wrestled nearly as much yet this season. NC State comes into this weekend just outside the top 25 in the National Wrestling Coaches Association poll (NWCA), but with a strong showing,

the Pack could move up quite a few spots. If the Pack can get a signature win over a top ranked team like the Cornhuskers and then follow that up with a strong showing at the Wolfpack Duals, the team will be set for a strong season, comfortably placed inside the top 25 in the NWCA poll. After the conclusion of this weekend, the Wolfpack will travel to Albany, New York where it will participate in the Northeast Duals and also have a match against the No. 3 ranked Cornell Big Red Nov. 29.

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Pack looks to continue strong start Byrd Nominated for Orange Bowl-FWAA Courage Award

Zack Tanner Senior Staff Writer

The NC State men’s basketball team has rolled through its opposition this season, claiming both its wins by double-digits. This weekend, the Wolfpack will face two opponents from the Sunshine State: Jacksonville and South Florida. State will face the Dolphins of Jacksonville first, hosting the team at PNC Arena Thursday night. So far this season the ‘Fins have been shaky on the court, dropping two of their first three contests. Strangely enough, Jacksonville’s two losses have come to Jackson State and Hofstra, the two teams the Pack defeated in its first two games. While State took down the Tigers and Pride by 35 and 12 points, respectively, the Dolphins were handed 33- and nine-point losses by the two squads. While the team has not shot with great efficiency so far this season, recording 35.3 percent accuracy from the floor, Jacksonville’s troubles have come from an inability to take care of the basketball. The Dolphins have turned the ball over an astonishing 46 times this season, and the opposing team has gone on to score 54 points with these errors. To put that into perspective, points off turnovers have accounted for nearly one-fourth of Jacksonville’s total points allowed this season. Jacksonville’s fatal flaw of turn-

NC State’s 5-10, 190 lb. safety Jarvis Byrd is the final weekly nominee for the Orange Bowl-FWAA Courage Award. The Courage Award is earned by overcoming physical hardship, preventing a disaster or living through hardship. Byrd will finish his 6th season of eligibility at the end of this season because of a physical injury. He was unable to participate in the 2010 and 2011 seasons due to ACL injuries and missed the last seven games of the 2013 season because of another ACL tear. If he wins, his award will be presented on field during the Orange Bowl halftime. SOURCE: NC STATE ATHLETICS

State signs second defensive line recruit After a few weeks of silence on the recruiting trail, the NC State football team landed a second defensive line recruit in Jabari Zuniga from Sprayberry High School. After signing defensive end Darian Roseboro last month, the Pack has completed its 2015 defensive line recruiting class by landing the high two-star recruit. Standing at 6 foot 3 inches and weighing 265 pounds, Zuniga was highly sought after by Kansas State, Minnesota, Arkansas and Georgia Tech. The young Marietta, Georgia native will prove to be a significant asset on the interior defensive line as a defensive tackle. SOURCE: BACKINGTHEPACK.COM

Pack lands four-star OL recruit One of the top remaining 2015 prospects committed to NC State Wednesday night. Four-star Durham Hillside High offensive tackle Emanuel McGirt officially committed to the Pack after leaning toward the school for quite some time. The 6-foot-6-inch and 265 pound player will become an early asset for the Pack, as the team is losing two offensive tackles to graduation. McGirt is the No. 150 overall prospect, the No. 15 offensive tackle and No. 6 prospect from North Carolina, according to 247Sports.

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Sophomore forward Kyle Washington shoots a field goal against Hofstra Monday. Washington had six rebounds in the Wolfpack’s 76-64 win over the Pride at PNC Arena.

ing over the ball will likely be its downfall Thursday night, as defense has been a priority for the Pack this season. In its first two games, State has forced 25 turnovers, 13 of which came from steals. The Dolphins have found some structure in the play of junior guard Andris Misters. Misters leads the team with 15 points per game, while shooting over 40 percent from beyond the arc. However, like his team as a whole, the junior has had trouble holding onto the ball, as his turnover-to-assist ratio sits at 0.8. Sunday night, the Pack will face off against the South Florida Bulls, a squad that has gone undefeated

through two games this season. The Bulls’ first victory came against D-II Flagler College, while the other was a nine-point win over Jackson State. While the wins have not been extremely impressive, there is still something to say about a team with no marks in the loss column. As evidenced by the team’s 25 percent mark from three-point range this season, South Florida likes to feed the ball into the post. Sophomore forward Chris Perry has made a name for himself early, leading the team with 19.5 points and 8.5 boards per game, all despite not starting in the team’s first game. Paired with the 6-foot-11 presence

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of junior center Jaleel Cousins, the USF frontcourt will be the first real challenge for the young bigs of State. So far this season, post production has been limited for the Pack, on both sides of the court. Offensively, the four forwards in State’s regular rotation have combined to put up just 16 points per game. Sophomore Lennard Freeman, the team’s highest scoring post player, ranks just fifth among State players in points per game. On defense, the group still has issues with foul trouble. Freeman fouled out in the team’s first contest,

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State faces slate of weekend matches Wolfpack dives into Nike Cup

Preston Ellis Staff Writer

Justine Turley The NC State wrestling team will host five opponents this weekend as it looks to topple some tough talent in Reynolds Coliseum. Beginning Saturday, the Wolfpack will take on GardnerWebb and Nebraska before facing Lindsey Wilson, American and UNC Pembroke Sunday at the Wolfpack Duals. NC State is coming off a strong performance at the Wolfpack Open tournament last Sunday, where three Pack wrestlers took first place in their respective weight classes. Additionally, four more Wolfpack wrestlers finished in the top three of their respective weight classes. NC State will take on Gardner-Webb first. The Bulldogs currently have a 2-3 record this season, but their three losses have come against tough competition, including the No. 9 ranked Virginia Cavaliers, the No. 12 ranked Virginia Tech Hokies and the No. 23 ranked North Dakota State Bison. As a result, their record on paper

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from the No. 7 ranked Nebraska Cornhuskers. The midwest pe-

The NC State swimming and diving team will head down Tobacco Road to Chapel Hill to compete in the annual Janis Hape Dowd Nike Cup Invitational which begins Thursday. This year, the Nike Cup is hosted by UNC-Chapel Hill inside the Maurice J. Koury Natatorium, but the meet dates back to 1986 and uses a similar format to the standard ACC and NCAA Championships’ three-day setup. Each day there are preliminaries in the mornings starting at 9:30 a.m., with four finals heats following each night beginning at 5:30 p.m. Last year at Nike Cup, the women’s team placed third overall, trailing UNC and East Carolina. The men’s team finished second to the Tar Heels. This year, eight schools will compete for the Nike Cup title, including: UNC-Chapel Hill, Tennessee, Navy, Air Force, East Carolina, Duke, NC State and Old Dominion. The Wolfpack enters the competition after a strong start to the season, with both the men’s and women’s teams placing first at the All North Carolina Invitational. The men’s team remains undefeated with a perfect 4-0 record and is also ranked in

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Redshirt freshman Beau Donahue flips opponent Matthew Pente (Maryland) during the Wolfpack Open Sunday at Carmichael Gymnasium. Donahue tied for 8th overall with teammate Jake DeAngelo in the 149 pound weight class.

might not quite indicate the experience and talent that this team has. The Pack’s next test will come

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UNC-Chapel Hill at Duke

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Virginia Tech at Wake Forest

Virginia Tech

Boston College at No. 3 Florida State

Florida State

No. 24 Louisville at Notre Dame

Notre Dame

Louisville

Notre Dame

Louisville

Notre Dame

Louisville

Notre Dame

Pittsburgh

Syracuse

Pittsburgh

Miami

Syracuse at Pittsburgh Miami at Virginia

No. 12 Kansas State at West Virginia

Kansas State

West Virginia

Kansas State

West Virginia

Minnesota at No. 23 Nebraska

Nebraska

Minnesota

Nebraska

No. 15 Arizona at No. 17 Utah

Arizona

Utah

Arizona

Utah

Arizona

Utah

UCLA

USC

UCLA

No. 19 Southern California at No. 9 UCLA