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September 2016
SPORTS & FEATURES
The Stentorian I NCSSM
Intramural Sports Program in
Full Swing
By TIFFANY FREDA
Intramural games have
been in full swing this year
at NCSSM, and the soccer
intramurals which started
in the middle of August are
currently wrapping up.
Apart from soccer, NCSSM
also offers frisbee, volleyball,
basketball and dodgeball IMs
throughout the year, all of
them being something exciting
to anticipate.
Each hall takes part in the
games and competes against
other halls for the Chancellor’s
Cup. 4th Bryan has been
the reigning champion of
intramurals amongst the
Biyan, Reynolds, and Royall
halls over the past two years,
and 1st Hunt is said to be the
one to beat this year among the
Hill and Hunt halls.
Brian Gonyeau, a coach and
instructor of physical activity
and wellness, and the head
of IMs, highly recommends
involvement and encourages
every player to go out and have
good time.
He says “intramurals are
to be perceived as fun, stress
relieving times where everyone
can build camaraderie among
peers.”
Many halls have come
together to cheer for each
hallmate and motivate each
other, bringing the halls closer
together.
Sportsmanship among
opposing halls comes naturally
to each game, and positive
motivation is extended
between the competing halls.
Not only are intramurals a
great way to build relationships
among peers, it can also be
beneficial to oneself. Playing
in these games is helpful as
a distraction from stressful
homework or IMs can even be
a chance for someone to try a
sport they have never played
before.
Senior Craig Messina (center) and junior William Elder (left) battle for the ball during an intramural soccer game.
MICHAEL CARTER
Tasneem Essader, a senior,
highlights these aspects
as she says, “1 am not the
most athletic person on the
hall, but intramurals are
definitely a great way to have
friendly competitions. Going
to every single intramural
game, 1 can say, has been
an accomplishment. The
intramural games are a good
way to get some exercise, an
excellent way to show off hall
spirit and the games are just
fun in general.”
Anyone who is not playing
a varsity sport at this time is
encouraged to participate in an
intramural sport. Participation
is a key element that will
increase the chances of
winning the Chancellor’s Cup
by earning a certain amount of
points depending on how many
people show up for each hall.
So far, the participation in
intramurals has been agreeable
throughout the school year,
but it can always stand some
improvement.
After all, students only have
to commit for a short amount
of time, usually 30 minutes per
game, and there are only about
four games eveiy three weeks
for each hall.
Taking part in these
intramurals is a great way to
get involved in something new
or different from your usual
day-to-day life. Not only have
intramurals become popular
among the halls at NCSSM,
but they have become
something that many students
get excited about and are eager
to support.
Gonyeau also states that
“participating in intramurals is
a huge NCSSM tradition.”
JUSTINE TSAO
The Royall intramural soccer team won the 2016 women’s
intramural soccer championship.
Foundation Feature: Nico Olegario
By AVRA JANZ
According to Brock
Winslow, NCSSM’s Vice
Chancellor for Institutional
Advancement, over eight
percent of each student’s
experience at NCSSM is
funded by the NCSSM
Foundation, the non-profit
organization that grants funds
to the school and its programs.
Senior Nico Olegario, a
participant in NCSSM’s 2016
Summer Research Internship
Program (SRIP), is especially
thankful for the Foundation’s
support.
Olegario spent his summer
interning at North Carolina
State University’s Gould
Lab, where he analyzed the
pesticide resistance of tobacco
budworms, insects which
infest crops, mainly tobacco,
in regions of the United
States. Olegario’s research
allowed him to gain a greater
knowledge of entomology, the
study of insects, and to explore
his “growing passion for
genetics,” an interest he notes
was fostered by his experience
taking Molecular Genetics at
NCSSM.
Olegario traveled about fifty
miles by bus each day to and
from the University in order
to conduct his research. About
half of the funds for research
program buses are appropriated
by the NCSSM Foundation,
and over half (53%) of the
Foundation’s expenses go
toward academic programs at
NCSSM - programs such as
Olegario’s genetics course.
Participating in the SRIP,
according to Olegario, has
been “the highlight” of his
DIAN NIU
Nico Olegario participated
in the 2016 Summer Research
Internship Program.
experience at NCSSM, and he
is grateful to the Foundation
for its generosity in supporting
his research. “There’s an
entire network of people that
care enough about me to fund
fifty miles of transportation
a day Just so 1 can pursue my
passions,” says Olegario, and
the SRIP “really isn’t possible
without the Foundation.”
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