Cue the laugh track, here comes Bob Kennel’s annual communique. __________________________________________________________________ Open Letter to Chancellor James Oblinger 23 March 2006 Subject: NC State’s “Institutional Control†Dear Chancellor Oblinger, NC State is a Great University, and you are doing an excellent job building upon the strengths of previous Chancellors and taking us even further. Sincere thanks […]
Campus News
NC State #2 for “Best Value” in USA
NC State ranks second in the country in The Princeton Review’s annual list of the “Top 10 Best Value Public Colleges” released this week. The lista ccounts for data provided by more than 646 colleges and universities across the country, as well as surveys of students attending them.More than 40 factors are used to rate […]
Pirate Captain Heading into Rough Waters
I haven’t been following the plight of this joker this year, but found this interesting. Can anyone give us an educated view of what is happening on campus and with the Student Government?
04-05: Another Unimpressive Year
Author’s Note: This entry was written around May of 2005 and was never submitted on the site. The entry was unfinished until some quick edits today and has been sitting in my drafts box since mid-2005. Over the next few weeks I plan on highlighting some macro-topics on the site – performance, expectations, rivalries, etc […]
Campout Draws Small Crowd
My, how things have changed. The article linked above and yesterday’s “Shooting Gallery” conversation got me thinking some about the past and the topic of the campout. I was a student at NC State from 1989 through 1993. From a basketball perspective, these certainly were not the “glory years” about which I had increasingly dreamed […]
TBJ Poll: NC State Contributes Most to Economy
Link to article The Triangle Business Journal conducted a non-scientific poll from Dec. 28 through Jan. 3 to help measure the economic impact had on the Triangle by some of our surrounding universities. Readers were asked, “Which Triangle university contributes the most to the Triangle economy?” Out of 545 total responses, 356 or more than […]
NEZ & GW Pictures
An unexpected opportunity to see the GW game got me into Raleigh on Friday afternoon. I stopped by the Murphy Center to see the progress on the NEZ and found that the Field House is gone and all that is left is a hole. Construction projects rarely finish on the original schedule, but I can […]
Valvanos Featured in USA Today
I was traveling this morning and had the occassion to pick up a USA Today. My attention was immediately affixed to a familiar face on the front page. On the inside, the Sports Page featured Valvano’s daughter battling breast cancer. Our thoughts and prayers remain with this special family.
AP Breaking News: Lee Fowler Fires A Coach
Q: What does it take for “Coach” Fowler to fire a coach at NC State? A: Win 1 ACC game in five years, and have the AD’s daughter on the team. Shocking news out of the halls of Case tonight: NC State Director of Athetlics Lee Fowler has announced that head volleyball coach Mary Byrne […]
Do you Bank at Wachovia?
Then the money that you generate for Wachovia may be going to support UNC-CH and The Dean Smith Center. UNC Chapel Hill says Wachovia Corp. is the first company to score a corporate sign deal in the Dean E. Smith Center. The Charlotte-based bank and the state’s flagship university have signed an eight-year, $9.1 million […]
