Category: Out and About

  • 8 Fall Movie Recommendations that Aren’t Hocus Pocus

    By Layney Keesee With September comes the promise of crisp air, falling leaves and pumpkin spice lattes. Twilight fans everywhere curl up in their living rooms for their yearly re-watch, and Scream and Halloween fans can’t wait to dust off their scary costumes in anticipation of their favorite holiday. And let’s not ignore the dozens…

  • The Veto Rally for Health Care Freedom: a Reminder that We Can Take Action

    By Audrey Javan Our university is lucky to sit in North Carolina’s capital, just under 10 minutes away from the General Assembly building. Of course, I hadn’t been in Raleigh on the morning of the Veto Rally for Health Care Freedom, so the drive was closer to 40 minutes, but the point still stands. Students…

  • The Wonders of Wolfspeed: President Biden Lauds Semiconductor Company Founded by NC State Alumni

    By Katherine Wan On Tuesday, March 28, 2023, President Joe Biden visited Wolfspeed in Durham, North Carolina as the first stop on his “Investing in America” tour. According to a statement from the White House, his tour is aimed at promoting his administration’s economic plans and legislation that he has signed into law, including the…

  • Challenging the Deep Exhibit Preview

    Photos by Max Nicely and Bran Poster Some snapshots of the NC Museum of History Challenging the Deep exhibit preview on October 13th!

  • Old Soil, New Sprigs: The NC State Phytotron

    Written by Max Nicely, Bran Poster, and Nada Elraddaf Gardner Hall (Yes, it’s Gardner, not Gardener) is one of the buildings that hosts NC State’s department of Plant and Microbial Biology. Visitors to Gardner will see the usual campus accouterments, with a biological twist: infographics about invasive insects, cozy classrooms, and the occasional faculty office.…