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2009 NC State Chancellor’s Report

Nice set-up with its own website. Rankings * 3rd in Best Overall Public University Value among public universities (U.S. News & World Report, 2009) * 5th among colleges of veterinary medicine (U.S. News & World Report, 2006) * 6th best value among the nation’s public [...]

Please welcome Chancellor Woodson!

The UNC Board of Governors made it public today that the new Chancellor at NC State will be former Purdue Provost and administrator Dr. William “Randy” Woodson. Please look here for a small statement from Chancellor Woodson from this morning’s BOG meeting. “I think the most important thing going forward is to get to know [...]

It’s (Not) In The Eyes…

NC State recently approved a new logo design by alumnus Jim Cox, a 1966 graduate.  His “Eyes of the Wolf” logo was given its blessing by the university to be sold with its trademarks, even though it will not replace the school’s official mascot, the venerable Tuffy the Wolf.  According to a recent article in [...]

Red Means Go – The Bridge

This link will take you to the background and lay the groundwork for today’s entry. NC State unveiled its new commercial last week.

N.C. State’s Tradition Coordinator – Who knew???

After posting (erroneously – sorry and thanks!) about the Pep Rally that will be held at Harris Field on Wednesday night, I was contacted by the Director of Traditions for the Alumni Association Student Ambassador Program. Call me disconnected if I’m the only one without knowledge of this group, position and/or effort by the [...]

War On Tailgating Not Just At NC State

The traditions of tailgating outside of sports stadiums is increasingly coming under restriction at many venues. A review of guidelines at several stadiums found that other NFL teams are moving their tailgaters farther away from stadiums or instituting stricter rules. In Chicago, the Bears prohibit fans without tickets from being in stadium parking lots during the game. [...]

You can’t make this stuff up

Your daily update from the Triangle Business Journal is here!!! So it turns out that the Wolfpack Club is offering trips to Ireland with the O’Briens and the Fowlers during the week of May 15th through May 22nd, 2010. You get seven (7) days of listening to Lee Fowler wax poetic on all things… well [...]

A chat with Chancellor Woodward

A quick chat with Chancellor Woodward Introduction of new Chancellor James Woodward

The Kind Of Leader NC State Needs

Without any question, the wake of the Easley scandal at NC State has left an impression that the storied university’s former leaders ran the school at the whim of the corrupt state patronage system that makes the government of North Carolina more closely resemble a Banana Dictatorship rather than the values of the vast majority [...]

The Drama Continues: Mary Easley to Stay Put [Updated 6pm]

Last night: Link to Bob Jordan’s appointment Great feature: SFN’s big piece on Oblinger width=330; height=280; wral_insert_video_player_5189242(width,height); The drama certainly continues in West Raleigh as the attorney for the embattled former First Lady says she plans to go nowhere, according to the N&O. “Mary Easley plans to continue making contributions to North Carolina State University and [...]

Maybe the lightning strike can help finish the Belltower?

Lightning struck NC State’s Memorial Belltower this week. (Link) With graduation two days away, N.C. State University is scrambling to fix the crown on a campus jewel. It’s bringing in a platform lift to hoist a 1,500-pound hunk of granite back into place atop the bell tower after a bolt of lightning knocked it loose. The [...]

U2 Playing at Raleigh “Stadium” on Saturday Oct. 3rd (Maybe Not)

This morning U2 released the dates to their 2009 world tour. It looks like U2 will be playing in Raleigh at a “Stadium” on Oct. 3rd. A quick check of the NC State Football Schedule shows that the Wolfpack will playing in Winston Salem. Update from David Menconi from the N&O.

Kay Yow Mural Defaced After UNC Game With Carolina Blue Paint

Raleigh, N.C. — A large portrait of North Carolina State University women’s basketball coach Kay Yow, who died one week ago from breast cancer, was defaced by blue graffiti and profanity Saturday night. N.C. State sophomore Forbes Starling, 19, said he heard from other students that Yow’s mural had been defaced after the N.C. State home [...]

Coach Kay Yow – RIP

Hall of Famer and longtime North Carolina State women's basketball coach Kay Yow has died after a decades-long fight against breast cancer. She was 66. The university announced that Yow died on Saturday morning. She had been in the hospital since last week. Yow was first diagnosed with the disease in 1987.

Carolina Journal defends the Free Expression Tunnel

The Free Expression Tunnel is a unique feature to NC State, but it has come under fire recently. A few jerks wrote some offensive racial comments in the tunnel after election night aimed at Barack Obama, but all the authorities brought in to investigate prevented them from being expelled and brought up on charges [...]

Red Means Go Contest

If you are not familiar with the Red Means Go campaign then you definitely need to read this important entry. We wanted to take this opportunity to draw your attention to the new contest to give away a $1,000 gift card to the NC State Student Store — click here for more

ESPN Road Trip @ NC State

Red Means Go – Somebody Gets It!

If you’re an avid NC State fan you may have missed it. Perhaps you walked away from the television trying to beat your head against the wall after another of Tom O’Brien’s players was injured. Or…maybe you were in the stands during our televised games this season concentrating on a return on investment analysis of your [...]

The Mary Easley Entry

We obviously were busy last week and didn’t have a lot of time to post things on the blog. (Calling all people who have author access out there!?!?!? Anyone home?) But, we wouldn’t really be following NC State appropriately if we didn’t at least provide one entry about this Mary Easley mess going on in [...]

Newsflash – Paying Customers Don’t Like Being Treated Like Naughty 8-Year Olds

We saw this nugget from The Technician a few weeks ago, but didn’t have the time to express our thoughts at the time. In a finding which no doubt caused Bob Kennel to close his eyes and shake his head disapprovingly: The WITH program has not received as much positive feedback as Student Government would [...]