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Professors vs Republicans: Academics voice their concerns about North Carolina's futureTRANSCRIPT
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University professors from across North Carolina met at Duke Uni-versity Thursday to voice their concerns about the Republican-controlled North Carolina govern-ment and the direction “ultra-right” lawmakers are steering the state.
Scholars for a Progress North Carolina organized the event titled “Save Our State,” which attracted a crowd of more than 120 students, scholars and community mem-bers who gathered to hear SPNC representatives make their case against recent legislative activity.
Through a panel discussion, SPNC representatives described much of the recent North Carolina legisla-tions — such as cuts in unemploy-ment benefits, rejections to expand Medicaid, proposed tax cuts for the wealthy, proposed changes in vot-ers laws, a proposed repeal of mo-torcycle helmet laws and proposed cuts in the education — as part of an “ultra-right” agenda to prevent accountability through increased privatization.
“We came together because we saw a disturbing policy agenda emerging in North Carolina that seems to have a goal of hurting democratic communication and
dismantling proven public insti-tutional programs from schools to unemployment insurance,” said Lisa Levenstein, an associate profes-sor of history at UNC-Greensboro and panelist. “The state legislature is now marching through that agenda at a speed that seems deliberately in-tended to prevent North Carolin-ians from weighing in this sweeping redesign of our state.”
Levinstein joined a panel of nine other professors from N.C. State, N.C. Central, UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke to condemn Republican policies. Each member of the panel highlighted a specific legislation or offered a perspective of current
political trends in North Carolina.Among the many concerns panel
members raised, education, from kindergarten to college instruc-tion, remained a topic of particu-lar interest to many students in the crowd. Helen Ladd, a professor of public policy studies and economics at Duke, talked about the privatiza-tion of education — from charter schools to universities. She said the Republican government, which con-trols the North Carolina General Assembly, the Governor’s Office and the higher courts, is depriving the state’s biggest resource, education.
Ladd raised attention about Sen-ate Bill 337 - N.C. Public Charter
Schools Board, a proposal to remove charter schools from the State Board of Education. Ladd said SB 337 cre-ates a dual system for pre-college education: a public route and a private charter system. With SB 337, the private charter system will have access to government funds, but will be overseen by a separate school board. The bill also removes certification and college-education requirements of charter school teaching staff.
Ladd said that this proposal will segregate schools even further and
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PATRICK WHALEY/TECHNICIANWillie Jennings, an associate professor of theology and black church studies at the Duke Divinity School, speaks about the intersection of government and religion at the “Save Our State” forum at Duke University Thursday, March 28.
PHOTO COURTESY OF STEVE EXUMGov. Pat McCrory proposed a budget that may cut state funding for the UNC System by $135 million. The proposal encited disbelief from the UNC System president, Tom Ross, who dealt with a $400 million cut to the system two years ago.
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The Office of Multicultural Stu-dent Affairs will conduct interviews this month to fill vacancies in vari-ous positions within the office, ac-cording to Assistant Vice Provost for Student Diversity Tracey Ray.
The office may fill the assistant di-rector positions for African Amer-ican Student Affairs and Native American Student Affairs by May, but no later than June, Ray said. The department filled hired a new direc-tor 10 months ago.
Assistant directors help build community amongst the various student populations and serve as advisors or mentors to support and coordinate cultural experiences and programs, according to new office Director Rod Bradley.
The openings did not decrease the number of programs offered by of-fice, but the department did have to get “creative,” Ray said. Programs are generally planned a year in ad-vance, according to Bradley.
“We as a team in [Multicultural Student Affairs] are pulling togeth-er to continue to try to serve our student population,” Bradley said. “They’ve stepped up to help support all students.”
Not only is the office pulling to-
gether, the campus community is as well. Rachel Ensing, a student services specialist for the Office of Admissions, helped coordinate this year’s upcoming Native American Powwow, Ray said. N.C. State hosts the largest collegiate Powwow in North Carolina.
“Yes, we’re down some staff, but just like any team you want to look for great team players, great candi-dates to come and join and to con-tribute to moving [Multicultural Student Affairs] forward,” Bradley said. “This is an opportunity for me to help build a team, based on some opportunities through employment vacancies.”
A couple of unfilled positions within a year are not unheard of, because most people change jobs every three to five years, according to Ray. Assistant director positions are considered entry-level positions within higher education adminis-tration and are especially hard to fill.
“Of course you’re wanting to be full staff, but life happens, changes happen,” Bradley said. “We under-stand that, and we are going to do the best we can.”
The vacancies were a result of “professional transitions,” and oc-curred at the same time coinciden-tally, Bradley said. The first assistant
director left in December, and the other left in January.
“It’s a transition of staff … and I’m excited about that,” Bradley said.
The Office for Institutional Equity and Diversity and the campus com-munity supported Bradley during his transition as director, according to Bradley.
“This was just a great opportu-nity for me to get connected with a strong institution that was look-ing, and still looks, to help make the N.C. State community better through cultural understanding and competence,” Bradley said.
Bradley said as director he will make sure students are able to com-pete and participate in a global so-ciety, and said he hopes to achieve this through cultural competence.
“People come with different un-
Multicultural Student Affairs looks to fill open postitions
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Facilities revises plan for future projects Kevin SchaeferStaff Writer
The N.C. State Facilities Divi-sion is currently in the process of updating its Physical Master Plan, which will outline the de-partment’s upcoming projects and dictate its central vision.
The process of updating the master plan is a collaborative effort in which workshops, task forces and outreach presenta-tions work to establish a sense of place at the University by build-ing a common vision of campus neighborhoods and their con-necting paths.
Ultimately, the Physical Master Plan proposal will be examined by the Board of Trustees, which is responsible for the adoption of revisions and updates to the plan.
Kevin MacNaughton, the As-sociate Vice Chancellor of the Facilities Division, issued the following statement in regard to the revision process:
“The N.C. State Master Plan is very much our plan because it is regularly updated with input provided by the entire campus community,” MacNaughton
said. “Everybody is invited to par-ticipate in workshops that lead up to these updates. It was very exciting to see record participation this time from the student body.”
Because this project relies heavily on volunteers, the Facilities Division encourages students and faculty to participate.
The Physical Master Plan Up-date process started with a series of workshops on campus. At these workshops, the division asked for feedback in response to seven dif-ferent topics and used a voting exer-cise to allow participants to let them know which issues need the greatest consideration.
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decrease accountability in an education system that is improving but still strug-gling. North Carolina public spending on K-12 education ranks 46th in the nation and teacher’s salaries rank 48th.
“This private vision repre-sents serious threats to our state’s education system,” Ladd said. “It diverts atten-tion away from the public purposes of education and greatly reduces accountabil-ity of the use of public funds. The role of education as an engine for opportunity for every North Carolina child is sacrificed in favor of greater benefits for those already at an advantage.”
Citing influence from Civil Rights and historic Demo-cratic leaders, such as 65th North Carolina Governor Terry Sanford. SPNC leaders also talked about the orga-nization of the modern pro-gressive movement for which it advocates and how to ap-proach the perceived threat of the “ultra-right.”
Nancy MacLean, a pro-fessor of history and public policy at Duke University, said although her father was a Republican, the party of her father was very different than the “ultra-right” party influ-encing the national and state-level political scene today.
MacLean said the “ultra-right” movement has roots in Barry Goldwater’s 1964 presidential race. As an influ-ential conservative and liber-tarian politician, Goldwater was also known for opposing the Civil Rights Act of 1964,
which outlawed many forms of discrimination.
Although Goldwater did not win the presidency, Ma-cLean said many of his ide-ologies found their way into think tanks such as the Heri-tage Foundation, the Ameri-can Enterprise Institute and the Cato Institute — organi-zations the SPNC sees in op-position to itself.
“Because most people do not want what ultra-conser-vatives want, to enact their agenda they will have to radically change the operat-ing rules of governance and make structural changes to democracy,” Maclean said. “They need to break down ordinary citizen’s ability to come together and persuade the government to act on be-half of the common good.
“That is why the ultra-right in North Carolina and
in Washington is so bent on suppressing voter turnout, on getting anti-union laws into state constitutions and on abating public decision-making and accountability through de-legalization and privatization.”
Maclean compared what she said she sees in the “ul-tra-right” movement to the military strategy of “shock and awe.”
“The purpose is to hit so hard and on so many fronts at once that the adversary be-comes paralyzed and loses the will to fight,” Maclean said. “Will it work here in North Carolina? We are shocked, but we’re also energized. The new assembly has pushed us to speak out and organize against what we know to be wrong and speak for the poli-cies that we know to be right and proven for our state.”
A few N.C. State stu-dents including Bryan Perlmutter, a senior in business administration and member of the North Carolina Student Power Union, came to listen and show solidarity with the SPNC on Thursday.
“I think there’s a neces-sity for both students and faculty associated with the universities to stand up and create action and create change and not al-low this reactionary con-servative agenda to take over North Carolina,” Perlmutter said.
Katherine Mellen Char-ron, an associate professor of history at N.C. State and panelist at Save Our State, agreed and said that to create change, students should voice their con-cerns about the new di-rection of education and increased tuition over the years, and professors need to be more active in listen-ing to students and advo-cating for their concerns.
“I think [the progres-sive movement] needs to move into more pub-lic spaces like churches and libraries,” Charron said. “We need to reach out to as many people as possible and start having conversations so we can all understand how people view the situation. I think the problem is there is no counterweight to what is happening now. There is no balance because one party has control over everything so they don’t have to compromise with anybody.”
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PATRICK WHALEY/TECHNICIANKatherine Mellen Charron, an associate professor of history at N.C. State, listens to another panelist at the “Save Our State” forum at Duke University Thursday evening, March 28.
derstandings of themselves and diversity and we’re go-ing to meet you where you are,” Bradley said. The first element of this is commu-nity (however you identify), followed by multicultural (working with people who have similarities) and then intercultural (working with people who have no similari-ties.)
The office faced other tran-sitions last year, when MSA,
along with the Women’s Cen-ter and GLBT Center, shifted from student affairs to OIED.
“[Multicultural Student Affairs] being a part of OIED keeps us all more informed…so I think the future of MSA is in part the stronger con-nection with other units in our ability to inf luence di-verse and inclusive learning environments that promote success for all students,” Ray said.
The office was started in 2001 with Ray as its first di-rector.
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Ten volunteer task forces, with members from the NCSU and Raleigh commu-nities, are now in the process of proposing updates to the Physical Master Plan, using the feedback generated and prioritized during the work-shops as their charge.
The active role of these participants informs the con-cepts, maps and illustrations in the Physical Master Plan so that they are understood by a variety of audiences.
“N.C. State is unique among major research uni-versities in that our master plan is crafted by our cam-pus community, rather than led by outside consultants,” said Thomas Skolnicki, Uni-versity landscape architect. “The involvement of our students, faculty and staff in the development of our physical master plan results in a vision for campus that is created from the ground up
and gives people on campus a sense of ownership for the Physical Master Plan.”
The fundamentals of this plan are grounded in a se-ries of 12 principles, dictated by the Facilities Division. Among these principles are commitment to the mas-ter planning process, sus-tainability, human-scaled campus neighborhoods and paths, campus safety and uni-versal design.
“The Physical Master Plan, approved by the Board of Trustees, guides all of the development on N.C. State’s campus,” says Skolnicki.
“Updating the plan every five years allows us to exam-ine new practices and trends in learning environments, to incorporate standards based on new knowledge and in-novative technologies, and to reaffirm the validity of our 12 guiding principles.”
To volunteer for any of the workshops mentioned, contact Mr. Skolnicki at [email protected] or (919)-515-8050.
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Professors take a stand, students must tooProfessors from public and private
universities who call themselves the Scholars for a Progressive North Car-
olina came together at Duke University on Thursday to fight conservative legislation be-ing laid down by our state’s Republican su-permajority. They called their public forum “Save the State,” discussing ways North Caro-lina could be safeguarded from the current government’s “extreme right-wing agenda, funded by some of the wealthiest individuals in North Carolina and the nation,” to quote Nancy MacLean, a professor of history and public policy at Duke.
The forum discussed matters including proposals to cut Medicaid, lift environmental regulations, change voter I.D. laws, cut taxes for the wealthy, reduce unemployment bene-fits and -- more importantly to us --education. The scholars spoke out against the privatiza-tion and devastation of education through proposed policies such as eliminating one or two campuses in the UNC System and Gov. Pat McCrory’s proposed $135 million budget cut for the UNC System.
While we at Technician stand with the SPNC in believing our education needs to be stood up for, we look to more than this group to propel change. Rather, we echo N.C. State history professor Katherine Mellen Charron
in saying, it is the students who, more than anyone else, are in a position to defend public education. This is not only because students are most affected, but also because power comes with numbers.
Gov. Pat McCrory’s vision for the state features a strong emphasis on customer ser-vice. He recognizes the importance of the customer, and he’s right — customers, those who choose whether or not some service is to be procured, are powerful. We students are customers when it comes to education, and with that, we inherently have the authority to demand better customer service.
This potential stands in stark contrast to the timidity and apathy with which most students regard educational affairs. Students have historically been predisposed to get an-gry in this country — the image of campus radicalism from the 1960s has not faded from our cultural memory — and still are similarly predisposed in the rest of the world. Just north of the border in Canada last year, students in Quebec went on strike and sparked a move-ment that drew in hundreds of thousands of citizens into the streets because of proposed
legislation to increase fees by 82 percent over seven years — which amounts to more or less the norm here. They triumphed, and in effect, supplanted the existing government as well.
At N.C. State, students (like those belonging to NCSU Student Power Union) are trying to rile up the campus in such a measure. This group is currently organizing a fight-back against the new budget proposed by McCrory, with demonstrations planned for April 15 and May 1. However, this group isn’t drawing in the same numbers as the organizers in Canada did.
South of the border, we remain either igno-rant about struggles such as those in Quebec or cynical that we can do anything to defend our institutions of learning. Ignorance may well be explainable by reasons such as news outlets that don’t highlight such important happenings and by television shows, smart-phones and other weapons of mass distrac-tion. Cynicism in our generation may also stem from a multitude of reasons — hopeless-ness regarding our future, a perception that protest is a hobby only of ruffians, ingrates and extremists, and other factors. However,
both ignorance and cynicism are unwarranted — the former, because you’re reading this editorial, and the latter, because successful student movements have existed and still oc-cur worldwide.
The thing about these movements — be they in Canada or Chile — is they consist of bottom-up action. Students themselves, not organizations of professors or stooge-like Stu-dent Governments, speak out with a dogged, powerful voice to bolster public education. That is why we are writing this editorial to the student body of N.C. State, and not to the newly-elected Student Body President, Mat-thew Williams, though we believe he has the power to rally students. (He even credits his success from starting from the “bottom and building up.”)
While we fully expect Williams to speak on behalf of student interests — and aggressively, if necessary — we believe with the structure of Student Government and the precedent set by it, his position amounts to little more than that of a compliant mascot for the adminis-tration. We believe the real power to defend education lies with the students, and we think we should not hesitate to come together, ex-ercising our might and standing up for our University’s well-being. If we call ourselves the Wolfpack, it’s about time we acted like one.
The case for a carbon taxThis past week, Sen.
Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) introduced
a carbon tax amendment to next year’s budget propos-als in Senate. Onlookers last saw the amendment before it was derailed by a 58 to 41
vote, with all 45 Republi-cans voting
against it. Just after, Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) proposed an amendment that would re-quire a 60-vote threshold for any legislation that involves a tax on carbon (at 51 votes, his proposal was more popular).
Though a carbon tax may be more popular than Dwayne O’Rear on a bal-lot, this partisan split on the carbon tax demands an ex-planation. For one, oil and natural gas companies have established a firm grip on the legislative processes here in the United States. They have accomplished this by out-spending all other energy interest groups in their lob-bying inf luence. Addition-ally, both parties argue that a carbon tax would burden low-income families, with Republicans also fussing about any new taxation. Most of this dissent is not grounded in reality though, as a well-negotiated tax on carbon could appeal to the sentiments of both parties.
The idea of a carbon tax is nothing new. Nearly 20 countries, including China, Australia and Sweden, have either proposed or fully im-plemented some sort of tax on carbon dioxide. Though their political systems vary, they are united in their prag-matism. As it turns out, large
populations of people enjoy existing, and the earth is an excellent platform for this hobby. While economies benefit in the short term from the consumption of cheap energy, there are external costs that may threaten our pastime.
To relate this point further, imagine that you just bought a car. While it manages to get you from point a to b, some-times it suddenly accelerates for no reason. (It’s probably a Toyota.) This is incredibly dangerous, and you get into a wreck. Chances are, the man-ufacturer will compensate all parties affected within this scenario because they are responsible for the damages. While in this case there is a defect, these days a company can be held accountable for virtually any damage caused by a product as long as cau-sality can be demonstrated.
The past 200 years of man-made emissions are changing the planet in fundamental ways, and the science says that carbon dioxide is per-haps the biggest player. We may be setting ourselves up for another kind of crash, but it’s difficult to hold any one party responsible. And assigning a dollar amount to these impacts is even more of a challenge, as we have not even begun to experience the full effects of our chang-ing planet.
As a result, we are left in a position of conf licted reli-ance, where fossil fuels are deeply integrated into our way of life. We know that ev-ery dollar spent on coal, pe-troleum or natural gas is a bet against our future, but at the
moment they are (artifi-cially) cheap. Short of out-lawing fossil fuels, a per-ton tax on carbon could turn the tides. If fossil fuel companies were charged for every ton of carbon re-covered, this could bring the market price closer to the real price. And for the free market purists out there: fossil fuel subsidies outnumber those for re-newable technologies five-to-one. A carbon tax would only level the play-ing field.
Some have proposed that the revenue col-lected through a carbon tax could be used to pay off the deficit. This is a nice idea, but as a Senator Roy Blunt Junior pointed out, low-income families spend the largest portion of their income on goods that would see the largest price spike. If a carbon tax were revenue neutral though, money from the tax would be redistributed equally to taxpayers. This would insulate Americans from any price increases, while allowing sustain-able energy sources to be as competitive as they should be. This would also require no expansion of government.
I call that having your cake and eating it too.
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BY PATRICK WHALEY
How do you feel about Lorenzo Brown declaring to leave for the NBA?
The unsigned editorial is the opinion of the members of Technician’s editorial board, excluding the news department, and is the
responsibility of the editor-in-chief.
You turn on your com-puter, you click on your favorite brows-
er, your fingers immediately start typing in “Gmail” and before you know it, you’re looking at a cluster of mes-
sages t hat have flooded your inbox from profes-sors, poten-tial employ-ers and retail stores that want your money. Af-ter sort ing
through your emails, figuring out which to reply to, delete or simply to ignore, you open up a new tab. It has become almost compulsive — before you know it, your fingers are quickly typing the beginning letters to “Facebook.” After all, how long can you really go without seeing if anyone has posted any photos of this past weekend or sent you a link to a funny video? Then you either close Facebook or you simply open another tab to check your Twitter or your Tumblr or your many other portals of social media. Sim-ply put, you can’t deny it — we are Internet addicted.
We can easily blame our computers for being the cul-prit behind this obsession, but that wouldn’t be fair. After all, the majority of our generation has a smart phone at its disposal in the United States, so whenever we close out of Facebook on our lap-tops, we can quickly open it again on our phones. Despite the undeniable convenience of these devices, I can’t help but wonder if they start to
take away from other aspects of life?
I’m not going to pretend like I’m not someone who consistently has their phone attached to their hip, because I do. I’m the person that you can call, text or email at just about any time of the day and I’ll most likely respond within 30 minutes. Though I’d like to think that these practices are good prepara-tion for the real world, I also think that it leaves little to be desired as far as social improvements go. Haven’t we all been hanging out with friends and you’re trying to tell a story and can’t help but notice that your friend seems to think that someone’s tweets are more important than listening? Or perhaps you are trying to watch a tele-vision show and your friend is too busy browsing Instagram to pay at-tention to what is going on. Then your friend be-gins to ask questions about what is happen-i n g a n d you have to exercise all of your self-control to not go all Naomi Campbell on them.
The fact of the matter is that we all do it — we are all victims of this obsession. We always have to know what is going on with our friends, our enemies and even our favorite celebrities. Technol-ogy allows us to utilize social
media by peering into the life of every person that we know or might have possibly come in contact with.
In fact, I think that people are starting to use technol-ogy as a way to replace hu-man contact. Why speak to someone in person when you can efficiently text them to find out what they are up to? After all, the beauty of tex-ting is that you can do mul-tiple things at once including holding conversations with a myriad of friends while tweeting, doing homework and watching television. Why see them when you can just look at photos of them on Facebook? Our handy dan-dy smart phones have done nothing more than cope to our ever-growing laziness.
But what are we to do? We need the Internet for
school and work. There is really no sane way to completely cut it out of ou r l ive s . Test yourself and see what end of the dependence spectrum you are. En-joy the nice weather and
occasionally leave your smart phone or computer at home. However, if you don’t think that you can do that because you are someone who cannot go more than five minutes without checking your text messages before you get the shakes, you may need to re-evaluate your priorities.
The technology drug
Lauren NoriegaStaff Columnist
“We always have
to know what is
going on with
our friends, our
enemies and
even our favorite
celebrities.”
“It’d be great to have him on the team but I’m excited for him to go to the NBA.”
Sam Turklesophomore, electrical engineering
“I think NC State basketball would be ok without him.”
Stephen Leesophomore, civil engineering
“It’s very sad, he’s a really good player. He’ll be missed.”
Noelle Griffinfreshman, human biology
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“It’s good for him because he seems like a good player and I think he’s mature enough to move to the NBA.”
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PHHI receives USDA grant to combat E. coliHolden BroyhillStaff Writer
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Organic Ag-riculture Research and Ex-tensive Initiative awarded researchers at N.C. State and the University of Tennessee’s Institute of Agriculture a $2 million grant to fund a study to develop new organic com-pounds to treat crops.
The study is titled “Alter-native Post-harvest Washing Solutions to Enhance the Mi-crobial Safety and Quality of Organic Fresh Produce.” The research will be aimed at the particular fruits and veg-etables that have been at the center of the recent frequent E. coli outbreaks.
“The organic food indus-try is increasing in North Carolina and t he Un i t-ed St ate s , awareness and interests a re g row-ing as well,” sa id Steve Lommel, an administra-tor of N.C. State’s Plants f o r H u -man Health Institute. “N.C. State is respond-ing to a market demand so the USDA created a program for help fund the research.”
To apply for the grant, the researchers submitted a pro-
posal to the USDA-OREI. The proposal consisted of an outline of the research to be done and an extensive budget to show that the funds would be used wisely. The grant pro-cess is very competitive as the USDA selected only eight out of 100 grant proposals to re-ceive funding.
The grant will fund an organic project looking for post-harvest applications that meet organic criteria. After harvest crops are treated to ensure that they ship well, look good in the store and also kill any contaminating micro-organisms, such as E. coli. Many fruits and vegeta-bles are treated specifically to kill the E. coli bacteria on the outer surface.
Most non-organic treat-ments included a bleach or
chlorine combina-t ion . T he use of chlo-r i n e f o r post-harvest treatment prevents the product from being labeled as “organic.” The organic food indus-try is looking for a steril-izing agent
that can be applied during the post-harvest treatment.
The USDA designed the grant to fund research that is to take place over the next
four years. The first year and a half will be spent develop-ing formulations for the or-ganic compound as well as designing a system to apply the compound. After the ma-terial has been developed, it will be released for testing for researchers at NCSU.
Researchers aim to develop post-harvest protocols that can be labeled as organic. Various oils and water dis-posable essential oils are being considered to treat the crops. Essential oils are typically derived from other plants and therefore can be labeled as organic. These or-
ganic compounds would still be able to eliminate danger-ous microorganisms from the surface of the crops.
“The University of Ten-nessee will be developing the types of sanitizers that NCSU will be testing,” said Penny Perkins-Veazie, professor and post-harvest physiolo-gist with NCSU’s Plants for Human Health Institute.
Perkins-Veazie helps man-age the NCSU side of the research and is in charge of post-harvest evaluations.
“What researchers at UT are doing is the fundamental work on how you dispense oil
particles in a water system,” Perkins-Veazie said. “NCSU will be developing and run-ning the trails in the field. Researchers aim to study the post-harvest effects of the new sterilizing agent, and compare the shelf lives of the fruits and vegetables to those treated with non-organic compounds.”
The research to be done at the University is designed for what is known as the “back end,” which refers to the stage after the crops have been har-vested and making sure they are, and remain, stabilized, healthy and nutritious in
the time that it takes to be harvested and served on the dinner table.
This grant is not only good for researchers at the Univer-sity, but students as well. The research that is scheduled to take place at NCSU will pro-vide many opportunities for students to be a part of a proj-ect that has the potential to receive national recognition. Some graduate students have already been selected to work on the project and Perkins-Veaszie said that undergradu-ate students will also have an opportunity to get involved.
‘Wolf’ fails to show growth
Grant GoldenStaff Writer
Odd Future burst onto the scene in 2010 with an enigmatic sense of won-der. A gang of hip-hop skate punks that weren’t afraid to peddle in immaturity or blasphemous lyricism, Odd Future quickly became one of the most talked about acts on the blogosphere. A couple of groundbreaking mix tapes l ater a nd Tyler, The Creator, and his crew were win-ning MTV Awards and taking over late-night television.
Now that the group’s prolific wunder-k ind Earl Sweatshirt is back from his highly publicized escape to the Samoas, many felt the group was about to begin its second wind. Sweatshirt released a dark and deeply personal track, “Chum,” toward the end of 2012 and many people speculated this was the beginning of a ma-ture Odd Future. They were wrong.
Wolf is the highly antici-pated sophomore full length from the group’s figurehead, Tyler, The Creator. The al-bum opens with a jazzy title track, which in the first few seconds, sounds like a gor-geous breath of fresh air from this young rapper, reverb washed vocals fade in and the track takes an
elegant build. Then 30 sec-onds in Tyler spouts out the beginning of a long string of senseless curses and homo-phobic slurs that comprises the majority of this album. It feels like a lost opportunity for true artistic growth, while the production has become far crisper and dynamic, one can’t help but feel a bit let down with the lyrical content on Wolf.
While Tyler treads upon hard topics like depression, anxiety and his absent fa-ther in tracks like “Jamba” and “Answer,” the majority of the album is filled with the
same mind-less violence and imma-turity that propelled t he g roup t o f a m e . Tracks, like “Colossus,” feel whiny a n d r u n -down, it’s a modern-day “Stan” that is comprised of
Tyler complaining about all of the “fags” that he’s con-nected with through his mu-sic. We get it, you’re tired of people telling you how much they liked “Yonkers,” and yes some of your fans probably haven’t heard your first mix tape. However, complaining about the die-hard fans that propelled you to fame comes off as nothing more than condescending rather than shocking.
At the core that’s what Tyler seems to be shooting for with this album, shock and awe. He achieves it in droves. “Pigs” is a track that takes a first person per-spective of a school shoot-ing, and while some of the points are astute most of it
feels like a sick fantasy being played out. Really though, that defines most of this al-bum. There are some pow-erful images and lyrics pep-pered throughout the album, but they’re tucked between the dark thoughts of a de-pressed young male trying to cope with all of the fame that has so suddenly been thrust upon him.
Some of it can be truly hea r tbrea k i ng t houg h, “IFHY” begins with a spo-ken-word intro that claims “This isn’t a song, I just hap-pen to rhyme when I get emo and find time to write facts.” These are the moments where you can remember what drew you to this spastic young artist. He proclaims that he’s “bad at keeping [his] emotions bubbled,” and it’s incredibly evident on this album.
When Tyler drops the fa-çade of an emotionless punk who doesn’t care about the outside world, the listener can truly connect with him as an artist. “Answer” touch-es upon how even though Tyler despises his father, he’d love to just be able to hear his voice on the tele-phone. “Rusty” sees Tyler addressing his fan’s dissat-isfaction with both his emo-tional side and his mindless violence, it’s a moment where one can suddenly realize the struggle this artist is going through. When your music contains such a strong juxta-position in themes it’s easy to alienate fans that prefer one style to another. As Tyler raps about releasing recordings of his therapy sessions instead of studio recordings one can finally empathize with this directionless young artist. Al-bum closer “Lone” features a
PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONSN.C. State’s Plants for Human Health Institute, the University’s agricultural extention program, received a $2 million grant from the USDA to research ways to eliminate the presence of E. coli in produce that could end up in homes.
WolfTyler, The CreatorOdd Future Records
WOLF continued page 7
“The organic
food industry
is increasing in
North Carolina
... and interests
are growing
as well.”Steve Lommel, administrator
at Plants for Human Health Institute
“Many people
speculated
this was the
beginning of
a mature Odd
Future. They
were wrong.”
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deadpan account of the death of Tyler’s grandmother. As she lies weak in a hospital bed, Tyler struggles to make eye contact and the world gets a true, unfiltered glimpse into his psyche.
Ultimately Wolf is an al-bum that feels like a natu-
ral progression for Tyler. Nobody’s expectations will be blown out of the water, and while the production has taken a clear step-up, the rest of the music has remained a bit static. How-ever, this doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a bad album. Guest spots from Erykah Badu and Trash Talk make for an excit-ing bit of diversity and show that as his career continues
to f lourish, Tyler will gain more and more fans and de-tractors. Whether Tyler will grow as an artist or not is yet to be seen, however. Maybe he’ll stick to the same two-faced schizophrenic therapy sessions we’ve been given. Or maybe the leader of the Wolf Gang will finally bare his teeth and become the rap-game figurehead everyone at once believed he could be.
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Lebanese Festival celebrates 15 yearsKaitlin MontgomeryStaff Writer
Established by a handful of N.C. State students 25 years ago, the Triangle Lebanese Association is set to host its 15th Annual Lebanese Festi-val. This year, however, comes with a change of scenery.
Traditionally held at the North Carolina State Fair-grounds, the chairs of the Triangle Lebanese Asso-ciation decided to part ways with the Kerr Scott Building. Bearta Al-Chacar Powell, public relations representa-tive of the association, at-tributed the low attendance rates of past festivals to the condition of the Kerr Scott Building.
“It was time to move from the Fairgrounds,” Al-Chacar Powell said. “The building there was drab, it had no windows and was just gross. Honestly, it kept people from coming to the festival.”
The association will make the move this year from the Fairgrounds to City Plaza on Fayetteville Street. The Leba-nese festival will be held there from 11 a.m. until 11 p.m. this Saturday, April 6.
Festivalgoers can expect live music, dance, authentic Lebanese cuisine, culture ex-hibits and even activities for children at the free festivel.
“It’s a celebration of Leba-nese culture and cuisine,” Al-Chacar Powell said. “It’s a way
for people to discover Leba-non in downtown Raleigh.”
According to Al-Chacar Powell, the association prides itself in its mission to pre-serve and promote the Leba-nese culture and heritage. It hopes to provide an exchange of information between Leb-anese, American and other cultures through social and humanitarian endeavors.
“We’re hoping to reach a broader audience this year,” Al-Chacar Powell said. “Our
culture dates back thousands of years. The Lebanese are known for their famously delicious yet healthy cuisine and their love for life.”
The asssociat ion was founded on the principle of community outreach and in-terconnectivity. in addition to the annual festival, the as-sociation has found several ways to impact the Triangle.
“In March of 2012, [the Lebanese] community came together to support the Khay-
rallah program,” Al-Chacar Powell said. “It was estab-lished in 2012 at N.C. State by Dr. Akram Khater, a his-tory professor and director of the Middle East studies program. The program pro-vides research to preserve and publicize the history of the Lebanese-American com-munity.”
According to Al-Chacar Powell, the Khayrallah pro-gram, student involvement and the annual Lebanese
Festival aid the association in its main goal of creating a stronger local presence.
“We hope to open a learn-ing center, have scholarships and support various educa-tional programs,” Al-Chacar Powell said.
A l-Chacar Powel l ex-plained that student involve-ment with the association and the Lebanese Festival extends deep into the N.C. State student population.
“Dabke, a folkloric dance,
is one of the dances that will be featured at the festival,” Al-Chacar Powell said. “The dance has been passed down for many generations, many of our dancers are N.C. State students and even their par-ents, many of which are N.C. State alumni, dance for us.”
Another aspect of Leba-nese culture that often draws crowds is traditional food. Hummus, tabouli, kibbi, baklava, gyros and coffee are just a few of the anticipated festival attractions. Hookah will also be available in cer-tain locations.
According to Al-Chacar Powell, the Triangle’s Leba-nese population is as diverse as the Triangle itself.
“Our community is made of so different kinds of peo-ple,” Al-Chacar Powell said. “We have entrepreneurs, professors, doctors, profes-sionals, students, moms and dads. Each keep our commu-nity alive and vibrant in their own way.”
The festival is set to show-case entertainment such as Dabke, belly dancing and live music. Cultural booths will be set up throughout and will provide information regard-ing history and traditions.
“We enjoy the cultural ex-change,” Al-Chacar Powell said. “We look forward to a great festival year after year and there’s no doubt this one will be anything less.”
PHOTO COURTESY OF TRAINGLE LEBANESE ASSOCIATIONThe Triangle Lebanese Association will hold its 15th Annual Lebanese Festival from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m., Saturday, April 6, at City Plaza in downtown Raleigh.
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the highest for the Wolfpack since the 1978-79 season (11th) and the best among ACC schools competing.
“Words cannot describe how proud we are of these guys,” Holloway said. “The dedication, the vision and the drive to never stop believ-ing in what they could do at the NCAA Championships showed in their efforts. These guys came together and put their goals in front of each other and worked towards them.”
The Wolfpack ended the night with a second place fin-ish in the consolation finals of the 400-meter freestyle re-lay. Bilis, Williams, Thomas and Boffa teamed up to re-cord a time of 2:52.45, earn-ing honorable mention All-America honors. The quartet swam a time of 2:53.20 in the preliminaries to advance to the finals session.
Boffa swam a time of 42.85 in the preliminary rounds of the 100-meter freestyle to finish among the top-16 com-petitors to qualify for the fi-nals. In the finals session, the
junior from Verona, Italy, stopped the clock at 43.00 to record the third-best time in the consolation finals and earn six points towards the team’s score. Boffa also claimed honor-able mention All-America honors with his finish in the finals.
“Congratulations to Boffa on his All-America honor,” said Holloway. “He’s worked so hard to make it to the NCAA Championships this year after a learning experi-ence at the championships last year.”
Freshman Christian McCurdy competed in the 200-meter butterfly, touching the wall with a time of 1:45.50 in the prelims. Junior Ian Bishop took part in the 200-me-ter breaststroke, but was disqualified for an illegal downward kick.
”We couldn’t be more proud of the work that the guys have put in to finish among the top-15 at the NCAA Championships,” Holloway added.
sweep of the top two spots in the women’s 3,000-meter steeplechase where senior Erin Mercer and redshirt ju-nior Samantha Norman left the rest of the field behind, en route to a 1-2 finish. Mercer finished the race in 10:28.42, while Norman was close be-hind at 10:30.70. The next finisher crossed the finish line 11 seconds after Norman.
Redshir t senior Brian Himelright was just as strong in the men’s 3,000-meter steeplechase, blazing his way to a first-place finish with a time of 8:56.25.
Re d s h i r t s ophomore Tremanisha Taylor’s streak of five-straight shot put vic-tories came to an end, but the Henderson, N.C., native was able to grab a second-place finish with a 51’ 0.25” toss.
Junior Kris Kornegay-Gober competed in the men’s high jump for the first time this outdoor season and leaped 7’ 0.50” for a third-place standing.
Several records were broken on the first day, including Ra-
venscroft High School senior Wesley Frazier shattering the women’s 3,200-meter mark with a 9:57.70 time. Frazier crossed the finish line more than 39 seconds faster than the second-place finisher and demolished the track record by an as astounding 24 sec-onds.
The women’s 5,000-meter record was broken by nearly one second, as Zap Fitness’ Sarah Crouch clocked a 15:58.36 time to win the race.
March 30, the second day of the Raleigh Relays, had a record attendance. The Paul H. Derr Track was full of spectators and athletes from 84 NCAA programs from around the country.
“There were some big-time track and field pro-grams here and the stands were completely full,” head coach Rollie Geiger said. “It was an incredible meet. This was – without question – one of the biggest and one of the best events in the country.”
“We’ve never had weather better than this,” Geiger said. “If you’re a middle-distance or distance runner, you’re looking for cooler tempera-tures. It was perfect for that
last night. If you’re in the sprints, throws or jumps, you’re looking for a warmer temperature. It couldn’t have been better across the board for the athletes.”
Ru nni ng u nat tached, junior Kenyetta Iyevbele raced to a third-place finish in the women’s 800-meter dash with a time of 2:06.63, while freshman Alexis Perry finished sixth overall in the women’s 100-meter hurdle finals with a time of 13.85.
One day after taking top honors in the women’s long jump, senior Karimah Shep-herd recorded a fourth-place finish in the women’s triple jump with a 40’ 8.75” leap.
The men’s 4x400-meter re-lay team recorded a season-best time with a 3:12.77, as seniors Daniel Fretz and Aus-tin Jackson ran the first two legs, respectively, followed by sophomore Kevin Permenter and freshman Brian Davis.
Fretz’s first leg of the race put the Wolfpack in good standing, propelling the squad to a second-place fin-ish in its section.
“As a whole, I was happy,” Fretz said. “That was the fast-est relay I’ve been a part of
and it was even more special to do it on our home track and in front of friends and family.
“It’s not too long until the conference [ACC Champion-ships] meet, so we wanted to earn a good seeding time. I thought it was really impor-tant to set us up for the rest of the season.”
On the day, one women’s record fell when Michigan broke a 15-year-old Derr Track record in the women’s 4x800m race with a time of 8:33.54 to win the event, while Tennessee also broke the mark, but finished sec-ond at 8:35.06. The previous record was held by a group representing Reebok Enclave in 1998, which ran an 8:37.41.
“I think N.C. State hosted a great event,” said Geiger. “My compliments go to the university and the athletic department.”
N.C. State will return to competition next Friday and Saturday, April 5-6, when it participates in the Duke In-vitational at Durham, N.C., and the Florida Relays at Gainesville, Fla.
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The No. 22 N.C. State men’s swim-ming and diving sent nine athletes to Indianapolis, Ind. to compete in the 2013 NCAA Championships.
“We’re excited to get the men’s NCAA Championships started,” head coach Braden Holloway said. “We have nine talented student-athletes ready to represent N.C. State well. The goal is to put some points on the board and have a good showing.”
Senior Brandon Kingston; juniors Ian Bishop, Jonathan Boffa, Barrett Miesfeld and Matt Thomas; sopho-mores Michael Camper, Christian McCurdy and David Williams and freshman Simonas Bilis and repre-sented the Wolfpack.
On Thursday March 28, the action began with the Wolfpack finishing in the top-16 of two relays events to earn a pair of honorable mention All-American honors. The Wolf-pack scored a total of 24 points and ended the day ranked No. 12 among participating teams.
“We had a pretty good first day at the NCAA Championships,” Hol-loway said. “The guys swam with a lot of heart and made some ad-justments from this morning’s ses-sions. Congratulations to the new All-Americans and we look forward to adding more as the weekend con-tinues.”
Bilis, Boffa, Thomas and Wil-liams teamed up to record a time of 1:18.05. In the finals, the group posted a time of 1:18.41 to finish 12th and score 10 points for the Wolfpack. The No. 12 finish also
earned honorable mention All-America honors for the members of the relay team.
Bilis and Boffa also competed in the 50-meter freestyle. Bilis turned in a time of 19.88 in the prelims, while Boffa stopped the clock at 19.93.
In the 400-meter medley relay, Camper, Bishop, Barrett and Bof-fa combined to record a time of 3:09.20 in the prelims to qualify for the finals session. The quartet was clocked at 3:08.52, claiming honor-able mention All-America honors.
”The 400 medley relay to end the night was a big stepping stone for the guys for the weekend,” Hollo-way said. “They roared back to take second in that heat and I think that was huge.”
Camper, a sophomore from Fred-ericksburg, Va., broke the school record in the 100 backstroke with his lead-off split time of 47.75. The mark broke Holloway’s previous school record of 47.77, which stood for 13 years.
“We’re real proud of him for breaking the school record and it’s a big accomplishment,” said Hol-loway.
N.C. State retuned to the Natato-rium at Indiana University March 29 for day two of the NCAA Cham-pionships.
N.C. State scored points in the 800 freestyle relay, the last event of the night. Boffa, Bilis, Kingston, and Williams combined to set a new Wolfpack record in 6:22.53 and finish in ninth place.
Junior Barrett Miesfeld claimed first team All-America honors at the 2013 NCAA Championships in the
100 butterfly, headlining NC State’s performance Friday afternoon.
“Congratulations to our team for concluding the second day on a great note in the 800 freestyle relay,” said head coach Braden Holloway. “We just missed the top-eight po-dium, but I’m proud of those guys from coming back and racing hard.”
Miesfeld, the 2013 ACC Champi-on in the 100-meter butterfly, broke his own school record at the NCAA Championships with a time of 46.16 in the preliminaries to advance to the finals. The Tucson, Ariz., na-tive proceeded to break the record once again in the finals session with a 46.14 time, to finish seventh and claim first team All-America hon-ors.
“Unbelievable day for Miesfeld,” said Holloway. “His work ethic and dedication has definitely paid off for him. He’s put so much work into achieving his goal and it’s great to see it come to fruition.”
In the 200-meter medley relay, Camper, Bishop, Miesfeld and Williams teamed up to post a time of 1:26.82 in the prelims, narrowly missing qualifying for the finals. Bishop, the ACC Champion in the 100-meter breaststroke, took part in the event at the championships, stopping the clock at 53.57. Freshman Christian McCurdy competed in the 400-meter in-dividual medley, touching the wall at 3:53.39.
The Wolfpack ended the sec-ond day in 13th with 54 points, the highest point total of partici-pating ACC schools.
On March 30 the Pack con-cluded the 2013 NCAA Cham-pionships with 74 points to fin-ish 15th Saturday night at the IU Natatorium. The finish was
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Following speculation from the N.C. State fanbase and sev-eral media outlets, junior guard Lorenzo Brown decided to put all of the gossip about his pro-fessional basketball ambitions to rest.
Brown, along with head coach Mark Gottfried and his mother Kim Banks, held a press confer-ence Thursday at the Dail Bas-ketball Center to announce he will declare for the National Bas-ketball Association’s 2013 draft.
“I kind of knew it was time,” Brown said. “If I would have stayed I’d have had guys like T.J. [Warren] and Rodney [Purvis] and those guys to help me out, but I figured it was my time to leave and step up to something new.”
Brown helped guide the resu-urect of the Wolfpack program from the bottom of the Atlan-tic Coast Conference and bring it into national relevance. As a highly touted recruit of former head coach Sidney Lowe, Brown had 10 games with five or more assists and averaged 9.3 points per game on a struggling Wolf-pack squad during his freshman year. He said the turning point in his career came with the in-troduction of Gottfried to the program.
“My freshman year was tough for me ... the team struggled, but when coach Gottfried got here he
put the ball in my hands and gave me the opportunity to lead this team,” Brown said.
Banks also spoke highly of Gott-fried’s trust in Brown to become the team’s floor general.
“All of the coaches were good to Lorenzo,” Banks said. “Coach Gott-fried pushed him more to be a point guard because he was the one and the two. That’s what he wanted to do, and he did it.”
In his final two seasons in Raleigh, Brown led the Pack in assists and was named an All-ACC performer. He also led State to two consecu-tive 20-plus win seasons and NCAA tournament appearances.
Gottfried said the success of Brown’s past two seasons at State garnered first-round draft pick pro-jections from NBA scouts.
“I’ve talked to a lot of different guys in the NBA ... most everybody
is pretty confident that he can be a first round draft pick,” Gottfried said. “I think there is a general sense with Lorenzo that he’s going to have a great future.”
Despite the loss of Brown, Gott-fried said he has prepared the pro-gram for its future at the point guard position. Without him, the Wolfpack is left with an inexperi-enced but talented crop of guards. Freshman guard Tyler Lewis started two games for State while Brown was nursing an injury. Following those games, Lewis began to take on a larger role for the Pack off the bench. But, Lewis’ return to the question is still in question by many amid rumors of him transferring due to a lack of playing time early in the season.
Gottfried will also bring in five-star recruit Anthony ‘Cat’ Barber to the program. The No. 11 recruit nationally out of Hampton, Va. has received praise for his athleticism and ball-handling ability in the open floor.
The future is also uncertain for junior forward C.J. Leslie and fresh-man forward T.J. Warren. There is also speculation around their draft status, most recently that of War-ren’s. Brown is projected as a late first-round draft pick and Leslie is slated as a mid second-round selec-tion, according to cbssports.com.
All five starters could potentially make an exit from the program to fulfill professional aspirations, marking the Gottfried era’s next major test to keep the program afloat.
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State takes series against MarylandBaseball won its home series against Maryland, 2-1. The Wolfpack won the first and third games, 3-2 and 9-4 respectively, and dropped the second, 3-2. Sophomore Brett Austin extended his hitting streak to seven games in the series. Sophomore pitcher Carlos Rodon and freshman Brad Stone picked up the wins in the Pack’s victories. Senior pitcher Ethan Ogburn did not receive a decision in the second game of the series.
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Pack gets top-10 finish at BryanJunior Brittany Marchand and sophomore Augusta James both finished in the individual top-15 and led the Wolfpack to a 7th place team finish at the Bryan National Collegiate tournament. The Pack finished with a score of 28-over as a team. Marchand finished the tournament with an even score and James finished four-over par.
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Softball goes 1-2 in AtlantaThe Wolfpack dropped its first two games of its series against Georgia Tech, 7-2 and 7-5 respectively. But, State bounced back to take the final game in the series, 12-4.
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As Brown leaves, Pack preps for void
RYAN PARRY/TECHNICIANJunior guard Lorenzo Brown pumps up the crowd after a foul is called against Miami during the ACC Tournament March 16, 2013. Brown had 6 points and 8 assists in the Wolfpack’s 81-71 loss to the Hurricanes.
JOANNAH IRVIN/TECHNICIANSophomore swimmer, Michael Camper, swims the butterfly stoke during the 400 yard individual medley against UNC-Chapel Hill on Saturday Feb. 2 2013.
Pack gets top-15 finish at NCAAs Pack hosts
Raleigh Relays
Jon J. McNamaraCorrespondent
The N.C. State track and field team represented well in its first-place performances Friday, as the Wolfpack completed the first day of the 2013 Raleigh Relays at the Paul H. Derr Track.
For the second consecutive week, redshirt junior Nathaniel Williams won the men’s discus with a 179’ 6.00” heave, while Jule Rich record-ed a fifth-place finish (170’ 6.00”) and Grant Pearce took seventh place (160’ 5.00”). Williams was victori-ous in the discus at last weekend’s UCF Invitational, where he tied his season best with a 180’ 2.00” throw.
Senior Karimah Shepherd won the women’s long jump with an outdoor personal-best mark of 20’ 7.25”, while freshman Alexis Perry took seventh in the event with a 19’ 0.50” jump.
Junior Elizabeth Shuman took top honors in the women’s high jump, while tying her personal best with a 5’ 10.75” jump in her first outdoor competition of the season.
The Wolfpack recorded a 1-2 fin-ish in section two of the women’s high jump, where senior Danielle Adams claimed the top spot with a 5’ 7.00” jump over the bar and Perry took second with a 5’ 5.00” jump.
N.C. State recorded one more
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