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NC State alumna Christina Hammock Koch talks about making her dream of becoming an astronaut come true in Stewart Theatre on Monday. Koch said that her extracurricular activities of sailing and rock climbing were just as important as being an electrical engineer to be chosen as a NASA astronaut.

Alumna astronaut’s story motivates students to reach for the stars

Sam Messick, Staff Writer
October 31, 2017
The setting sun illuminates Lee Residence Hall on Tuesday. University Housing was not prepared this August as they welcomed back an estimated 300 applicants above their original housing allotment.

First-year live-on requirement, a decade in the making

Sam Messick, Staff Writer
October 23, 2017
Randy Bazhaw, a third-year studying civil engineering, talks about his tribe, the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, during Indigenous Peoples' Day in Talley Student Union on Monday. Dr. Frank Cooper, a Lumbee Tribal Council representative for Hoke County, Dr. Gabrielle Vail and Dr. Del Valle Escalante, the Associate Professor of Spanish at UNC Chapel Hill were panelists to answer questions related to Native American culture and history. Indigenous Peoples' Day was sponsored by Native American Student Affairs.

University celebrates Indigenous Peoples’ Day

Sam Messick, Staff Writer
October 9, 2017
Kerri Fowler, assistant director of Parents and Families Services, and Valerie Oti, program assistant of Parents and Families Services, stand in front of Joyner Visitor Center welcoming people to Parents and Families Weekend on Friday. Parents and Families Weekend took place Friday through Sunday and included events such as a kickoff party, the chocolate festival and Belltower tours. 

Parents and Families Services discuss Parents & Families Weekend

Sam Messick, Staff Writer
September 18, 2017
Beginning with the fall semester, all first-year students are required to live in on-campus accommodations.

Housing forced to lease off-campus rooms

Sam Messick, Staff Writer
September 14, 2017
Outside the Capital Building in Downtown Raleigh, a statue of Henry Lawson Wyatt stands at arms as tribute to the first Confederate casualty of the Civil War. 

NC State History professor: many Confederate monuments were built to “reassert white supremacy”

Sam Messick, Staff Writer
August 28, 2017
Vendors along Hillsborough St. put out merchandise, such as NC State shirts, at Packapalooza on Aug. 20.

Packapalooza set to conclude Wolfpack Welcome Week

Sam Messick, Staff Writer
August 18, 2017
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper speaks at the 2017 North Carolina Democratic Party Unity Dinner on July 15 in Talley Student Union. Cooper thanked all of North Carolina's Democratic office holders for their service. He also urge the importance of eliminating gerrymandered districts in the state.

NC Democratic Party holds unity dinner in Talley

Sam Messick, Staff Writer
July 17, 2017
The University Housing office's front door at Pullen Hall, behind which decisions of where students are made on Monday, July 10. Housing has become a hot topic of discussion with a new rule requiring all incoming freshmen to live on campus. Complaints have come from all sides, from local freshmen wishing to live off campus and returning students concerned about a lack of available housing on campus with the increased demand.

State law denies trans students inclusive housing

Sam Messick, Staff Writer
July 13, 2017
Diamantina Argueta, 49, prepares ingredients in the morning for the upcoming dinner service as part of the morning kitchen staff.

How Dining nourishes a fully boarded campus

Sam Messick, Staff Writer
July 5, 2017
Graduate research assistant Yihuan Dong goes through the coding process and explains how to create a body template during the engineering summer day camp. The camp was held in Engineering Building II on Centennial Campus and went from June 26-30.

Camp teaches coding to at-risk boys

Sam Messick, Staff Writer
June 28, 2017
Andy DeRoin, program coordinator of the GLBT Center is conducting research on transgender and gender non-conforming students in University Housing. DeRoin said, “This study is two-fold: to gain a benchmark understanding the gender inclusive housing practices (or lack thereof) of other institutions and to gain deeper awareness of the ways in which transgender students are impacted by the current gendered housing policies here at NC State.”

Gender-Inclusive Housing Study

Sam Messick, Staff Writer
June 21, 2017
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African American Cultural Center welcomes new director

Sam Messick, Staff Writer
June 15, 2017
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NCSU Libraries director retires after 30 years

Sam Messick, Staff Writer
June 15, 2017
Paul Cousins, director of the Department of Student and Community Standards in the Office of Student Conduct, is retiring after 27 years with the University. In his time as director, Cousins has sought to bolster student success and welfare.

Paul Cousins retires from Student Conduct

Sam Messick, Staff Writer
June 1, 2017
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Volunteers renovate educational compost lab

Sam Messick, Staff Writer
April 27, 2017
Bowling balls sit in racks along the back wall of The Alley on Oct. 22. The Alley is a local bowling alley on Hillsborough Street across from D.H. Hill Library, but will close for good on Nov. 26.

Bowling classes remain hopeful after Alley closing

Sam Messick, Staff Writer
November 14, 2016

Checking out D.H. Hill’s lost books

Sam Messick, Staff Writer
November 2, 2016

Former DNC chair visits NC State

Sam Messick, Staff Writer
October 27, 2016
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