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Women’s Center begins campaign to end dating violence
NC State’s Rho Chapter of the Sigma Pi Fraternity received an award recognizing its contribution to suicide awareness and prevention within the community. The fraternity chapter contributed to the Survivors Walk in downtown Raleigh, a walk annually sponsored by Triangle Survivors of Suicide. On Friday, the fraternity chapter will be recognized by the Triangle SOS for their service volunteering at the “I Will Survive” walk. At the presentation, the Triangle SOS will present a monetary award and certificate to Sigma Pi. The fraternity raises money for suicide prevention efforts at the NC State Counseling Center annually. It hosts a Break the Silence 5K on campus in March each year. SOURCE: University Press Release
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Construction that began a year ago this month continues on Tuesday where Sadlack’s Heroes and Schoolkids Records were located on Hillsborough Street by the Bell Tower. The other construction sites on Hillsborough Street include sites near Nara Lounge and University Towers.
Development continues on Hillsborough Street Lindsey Smith Correspondent
Students can expect to continue seeing construction along Hillsborough Street this semester, as several new projects will soon begin development, and many current plans will continue production throughout the semester. Six to ten new development projects are currently in the works on Hillsborough Street, including an Aloft Hotel, student housing and other build-
ings that will hold restaurants and retail, including a CVS Pharmacy, according to Jeff Murison, executive director of LiveItUp! Hillsborough Street. Two of the major changes happening are the new Aloft Hotel, located across the street from the Bell Tower, and The Hillsborough Street Loft, which will be located next to the Alley. Both are set to be completed late summer 2015. These two developments are expected to add an urban flare to the street, while also promis-
ing economic opportunities to the surrounding community, according to Murison. Another addition being made is the renovation of the old Nehi Bottling Company. Originally, the Company’s location on Hillsborough Street was its main headquarters, bottling soda for many years. However, when it later became a warehouse, the building slowly depreciated. The old Nehi Bottling Company structure has been in poor condition for many years. James Goodnight, son of Jim Good-
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Sophomore guard Anthony ‘Cat’ Barber shoots the ball during the basketball game against No. 3 Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Wednesday. The Cavaliers defeated the Wolfpack, 61-51.
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Mercedes-Benz USA announced Tuesday that it will relocate its headquarters from Montvale, New Jersey, to Atlanta. The company snubbed several other potential sites in North Carolina, including the Triangle area, when choosing the site for its new headquarters, according to the Charlotte Observer. About 1,000 Mercedes-Benz employees in New Jersey will be affected by the move.
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Under the presidency of Alex Parker, former student body president of NC State and a senior studying international studies, the Association of Student Government has drafted a five-year strategic plan, something the association has never done before. During this semester, the second semester of the five-year plan, ASG will concentrate on providing more advocacy trips to Washington, D.C., and Raleigh to speak with legislators about state and national priorities. ASG also hopes to receive more funding from both state and national governments so it can increase its efforts to advocate for the NC school system, according to Parker. ASG is the collective student government of all 17 UNC System universities and colleges in North Carolina that deals with issues that pertain to individual campuses, as well as the entire system as a whole. It then takes these issues and addresses them at UNC Board of Governors meetings. “A lot of policies that impact one campus, impact another campus,” Parker said. “We have to collaborate on things in order to become a more effective, unified school system.” The five-year plan will allow the ASG
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NC State Bookstores has begun its 7th annual T-shirt design contest and is currently accepting student submissions. Once all designs are submitted, a panel of judges will pick the top designs which will then get passed on as semifinalists for a round of universitywide voting. The voting will be taken into consideration when the winners are selected. Semifinalists will be selected based on how well the design reflects NC State, how eye-catching, unique and powerful the design is and whether or not the design fits within the university’s code of conduct. The design must also be in compliance with university’s trademark licensing regulations. A full list of guidelines can be found on the Campus Enterprises website. SOURCE: Campus Enterprises
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The NC State Women’s Center will begin its participation in the Red Flag Campaign on Sunday. The university’s campaign is part of a national campaign to end dating violence and to promote the prevention of dating violence on college campuses by using a bystander intervention strategy. This strategy includes encouraging people to speak up when they see warning signs, or red flags, for dating violence in the relationships of close friends. The national Red Flag Campaign began as a project of the Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance. It was created by students and faculty on college campuses alongside community victim advocates. SOURCE: The Red Flag Project
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This is yet another miss for North Carolina economic development recruiters who have expressed a desire to bring a major automaker to the state, the Charlotte Observer reported. Last year, North Carolina was prepared to offer Toyota as much as $107 million as an incentive to bring the automaker’s North American headquarters to Charlotte. Toyota moved to its headquarters from California to Texas instead. The company has had its headquarters in New Jersey since 1972.
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A team of researchers at NC State has developed a new alloy that is lightweight but has strength comparable to steel, making it the strongest known alloy with such a low density. The high strength-to-weight ratio of the alloy could lead to new applications in creating more fuel-efficient transportation. The researchers include Carl Koch, a distinguished professor of materials science and engineering; Douglas Irving, associate professor of materials science and engineering; Khaled Youssef of Qatar University, and Alex Zaddach and Changning Niu, both doctoral students at NC State. They started project about a year ago, working in part with funding from a National Science Foundation research grant given to them for high-entropy alloys. “It is preliminary work, but it is very exciting, and it could be very important,”
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Carl Koch, a distinguished professor of materials science and engineering, helped develop an alloy that could lead to new applications in creating more fuelefficient transportation.
Koch said. The aluminum alloy is a high-entropy alloy, which means it consists of five or more metals in approximately equal amounts. The alloy is a combination of aluminum, lithium, magnesium, titanium and scandium. The combination of these metals created a structure which is very strong, but has low density.
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