This week’s Eye on the Triangle goes in depth with the issues that have surrounded the student newspaper, Technician, over the past couple of months.
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News and features on a variety of topics
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EOT29 Art Museum 4/26/10
This week we preview Technician’s latest issues, Shakori Hills, We Cycle, and the reopening of the North Carolina Museum of the Arts.
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EOT28 Roundtable 4/19/10
This week we look at the prospects of the upcoming football season, the editorial looks at Earth Day, we do a roundtable discussion over a wide assortment of local topics. In community canvas we look at on campus community gardens.
WKNC had the privilege of providing music for the Taste of NC State event which took place on campus this past Friday. The event was planned as an opportunity for student organizations from across campus to celebrate diversity through food, promotional activities, and shared entertainment in the form of performances by Acapology, Fusion, as well as a hula-hoop contest. Mother Nature brought some breezes but cooperated overall.
The music played by WKNC at the event was a selection of tunes compiled by some of the station’s DJs and kept the atmosphere fun with dancy beats and sunshiney sounds. Along with music, the WKNC cornhole boards were also out. Students stopping by could win tickets or the local music compilation Hear Here if they were brave enough to take on one of our DJs, and all stoppers-by had a chance to hear about their campus’ student-run radio station.
Visitors and volunteers alike seemed to have a great time at the event, and WKNC looks forward to many more great events like the Taste of NC State!
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EOT preview: 4/19
Make sure to catch this week’s episode of Eye on the Triangle, the only place you’ll get a recap of the week’s most important headlines you missed while you were busy wishing you were at Coachella. You’ll also want to call in during the inevitably vexed editorial (the number’s 860-0881 or 515-2400) as well as hear a first-hand recount of the police seizure of James Madison University’s riot photos.
On a lighter note, two local jewelry makers dish about their jobs, products and life in Raleigh, and in Hear This, EOT team members explore the third annual Record Store Day through the lens of one of the coolest independent record stores anywhere, Raleigh’s own Schoolkids Records. They talked to an employee and loyal music lovers to find out what all the fuss was about.
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EOT27 Food Stamps 4/12/10
In this week’s EOT Mike covers Art to Wear, Hear This gives a preview of some of the latest releases, and in VIP Chris and Alyssa look at food stamps.
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EOT 4/11: preview
Tune in to Eye on the Triangle today a 7 p.m. for your weekly news and sports roundup, inevitably controversial editorial topic, an in-depth segment on food stamps and a, off-the-runway discussion of Wednesday’s Art to Wear event with two designers.
You might now have heard of the Food and Nutrition Service, but you probably recognize the concept behind food stamps. Dating back to 1939, FNS has helped low- or no-income citizens obtain nutritious foods. This federal agency has the largest budget – and fewest staff members – within the Department of Agriculture. But who is actually eligible for food stamps? How are they appropriated, and what can you buy with them? This week’s VIP delves into the idea behind and use of food stamps. We talk to people close to the issue, including an NCSU graduate who survives on food stamps.
Art to Wear, a collaborative event started in 2002 by the colleges of Textiles and Design, grew too big for its student-made britches last April, when it moved from the Court of Carolinas to Reynolds Coliseum, which seats more than 1,000 people. We’ll get the inside scoop from two designers whose work will be featured on the runway Wednesday night. The show starts at 7:30 p.m.
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EOT26 Shoes to Fill 4/5/10
This week we interview the Chancellor Woodson on his first day on the job in EOT, Hear This covers Fridays on the Lawn and DTH Diversions showcase, and Community Canvas cover the Full Frame Film Festival.
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WKNC welcomes new general manager
The North Carolina State University Student Media Board of Directors has selected Tommy Anderson, a junior in political science from Concord, as the new general manager of WKNC 88.1 FM. Since joining the staff in fall 2008, Anderson has held numerous positions at the station, including board operator, daytime music assistant and personnel director. He most recently served as the station’s program director. Anderson begins his one year term Thursday, April 1. Anderson replaces Rocky Mount senior Mike Alston, who will graduate in May with a degree in civil engineering. Kieran Moreira, WKNC’s promotions director since Jan. 2009, will take over as program director.
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EOT25 SBP Debate 3/29/10
When EOT aired March 29, the past 24 hours had brought destruction to North Carolina and casualties in Moscow. Newscaster Evan Garris broke down those stories and more in News. Sports takes a look at the Wolfpack’s performance on the diamond, the editorial gave a look inside the Eye of the… storm . Student Media hosted a debate between top-tier Student Government candidates, Correspondent Jacob Downey talked to the co-president of N.C. Skate and Chris Cioffi got the story behind that infamous silver key.
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News correspondent Evan Garris gave the details of this week’s top local, national and international headlines.
EF-1 tornado touches down in Person County
Two students in flood-induced accident
Homes throughout N.C., Va. damaged in storm
Moscow suidice bombings leave 38 dead, 60 wounded
Obama, in Afghanistan, congratulates Karzai on anti-Taliban campaign
Raleigh-Cary area ranks 49th, population-wise, in U.S. Census
SPORTS
Tyler Everett capped up this week in Wolfpack sports.
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- Storm alerts interrupted programming, including the Duke game against Baylor. Twitter and local blogs erupted with complaints. The alerts did, indeed, alert, but left fans and evening television watchers agitated.
- The FCC requires TV stations to relay weather warnings via the Emergency Alert system their broadcasting license.
- Despite the unplanned interruption and programming rollback, the alerts are essential and can – and did – help save lives.
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VIP
In lieu of Student Body Elections, which are causing, if not a stir, then a paper and sandwich board trail around campus. Student Media invited top-tier Student Government candidates—Student Body Treasurer, Student Senate President and Student Body President—to contribute their platforms and ideas on questions that moderators Mike Alston and Saja Hindi asked.
COMMUNITY CANVAS
Correspondent Chris Cioffi caught up with Lillian Jones to discuss how she develops ideas for the Raleigh Treasure Hunt in which she invited all of Raleigh to follow clues that lead to a silver key. Whoever found it won a prize from her jewelry store. Cioffi talked to Jones about the event and about her ideas for future hunts. He also spoke to her about the recent publicity the hunt has been receiving, like this story in the News and Observer.
Later, he sat down in the studio with this year’s winner, Team Clueless. Solving the puzzle in one day, Team Clueless quickly snagged the newest pendant. Their quick solving methods shattered the reigning champ’s time, almost three months. He spoke to them about their previous treasure hunt experiences, as well as their experience with The Raleigh Treasure Hunt. They spoke about channeling Ms. Jones’s thinking process to get an edge on solving the clues, as well as how their individual talents came together to make the perfect solving force.
WOLFPACKER OF THE WEEK
Eye on the Triangle’s Wolfpacker of the Week is a sophomore working on a degree in construction engineering and management and is also the co-president of the Skateboarding Club. Correspondent Jacob Downey spoke to the Matt Brokaw, co-president of N.C. Skate, the University’s skating club. As one of the club’s founders, Brokaw has worked to help transition the club from a collective of enthusiasts and hobbyists into a competitive body able to represent the University at intercollegiate meets. An avid skater since getting his first board at 11 years old, Brokaw said he enjoys promoting skating through service projects like N.C. State’s Habitat for Humanity Fundraiser, Shack-A-Thon, and hosting fundraisers for Grind for Life. One of the things he enjoys about his involvement with the NCSU Club Sport is the mentor relationship between experienced skaters and beginners. For more information on the NCSU skateboarding club visit http://www.skatewall.com/ncstate/about.html or pop in at one of their biweekly meetings in Riddick Hall Room 339 at 8 p.m. The next one is April 7. You can also hang out with the skaters behind the Free Expression Tunnel as the group hosts the “H.O.R.S.E.” inspired game of “ S.T.A.T.E.” on Saturday afternoon, April 10.