We catch a lot of flak for our criticisms of Lee Fowler and the manner in which he runs the NC State Athletics Department; and much of that criticism comes from people that are too spineless or too stupid to actually publicly stake their own opinions. But, we choose to educate ourselves on issues and […]
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Bobby Purcell Makes 80k More Than Closest ACC Counterpart
1. Bobby Purcell, NC State $344,013 2. Andy Miller, Fla. State $268,752 3. John Montgomery, UNC $245,923 4. Dirk Kastra, UVA $203,750 5. Jack Thompson, GA Tech $159,625 6. Bill D’Andrea, Clemson $153,000 Triangle Business Journal Leaders of college athletics booster clubs are used to watching their sports teams perform under pressure. But now it’s […]
Lennie Barton out as Alumni Relations Executive Director
We heard about this on Friday but wanted to wait until something official came out. Link to Red & White for Life Blog An Announcement from Chancellor Woodward 10.12.2009 | Posted by Chris Richter | Filed under Alumni Association News, Alumni News | Tags: Jim Woodward, Lennie Barton | As some of you have perhaps […]
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 University. […]
Chancellor Woodward Attends Practice
WOW! Can you tell that we love us some Chancellor Woodward? Seriously…can we just keep keep this ‘interim’ guy for a few years? The following video was posted to NC State University’s YouTube Channel yesterday and it shows Chancellor Woodward attending NC State’s first football practice of the year. Additionally, I just noticed where “Yet […]
Questions for Lee Fowler [FINAL Update @ 7:30am]
Ladies & Gentlemen, Lee Fowler is going to be a guest on 850TheBuzz tomorrow (Thursday) morning at 8am. The good men at 850 have suggested that we ask our readers for questions to pose to our fearless ‘leader’ as opposed to only taking calls from the same old group of listeners. With this said, we […]
A View from the Cheap Seats – Scandal spooks State supporters
The N&O touched briefly on a subject I’ve been curious about for a while: How the recent events revolving around State’s leadership have affected its revenue stream from donors. “If NCSU can afford to give Mary Easley an $80,000 salary increase, it no longer needs my support.†Beyond the obvious issues of inadequate accountability and […]
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 […]
Jim Hunt As Chancellor? Not On My Watch!
Today’s Triangle Business Journal features NC State “booster†Steve Stroud doing a little “boosting†for someone else: former four-term governor Jim Hunt. Stroud, it seems, thinks Hunt would be a dandy occupant for the vacant chancellor’s chair at NC State: “Jim Hunt would do a great job bringing the university back together.†In fact, says […]
Technician falls under the evil mind control of SFN, but some still resist!!!
Flashback: March 30th, 2006 from “Kennel Delivers Annual Communique To The Masses”: 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 to you. [snip] Finally, I wish to state my personal support for whatever […]
