11.03.2009 | by Chris Richter | Filed under Sports | Comments: No responses |
I spent some time with C.J. Williams the other week and came away from our chat thinking exactly what Dan Wiederer writes this morning in The Fayetteville Observer: Williams, just a sophomore, could emerge as a team leader this season.
Lowe now wants his sophomore shooting guard to showcase his heightened confidence to not only become a reliable playmaker but an energizing force for the whole team.
“C.J. knows the right things to say and the right things to do, there’s no question about that” Lowe said. “Now will he emerge as a leader? I’m not sure yet. He absolutely knows the right way. But the other part about being a leader is you have to do it the right way every time. As a leader, I can’t tell you not to take that bad shot if I’m taking bad shots. I can’t tell you to stop turning it over if I’m turning it over. If you’re going to talk the talk, you better walk the walk.”
We’ll have an article on Williams in the Winter issue of NC State magazine. h/t to Pack Pride poster rcaseyf.
(Photograph by Molly Renda)
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10.15.2009 | by Chris Richter | Filed under NC State Events, Sports | Comments: No responses |
Reynolds Coliseum during a game in the 1950s. (Photograph courtesy of Special Collections, NCSU Libraries)
Who needs Midnight Madness when you’ve got the Red Rally? Come out to Reynolds Coliseum Friday night to help the Wolfpack men and women kick off the 2009-10 basketball season.
Doors open at 6 p.m. The NC State volleyball team takes on Wake Forest at 7 p.m., and basketball starts at 9 p.m. There will be short scrimmages by both teams, a dunk contest, a 3-point contest that will include a fan, giveaways and more. NC State Athletics also will collect donations to benefit the NTAF South Atlantic Spinal Cord Injury Fund in honor of former men’s basketball player Brian Keeter ’03. NC State Web Communications published a story on Keeter this week on ncsu.edu.
And don’t forget, you MUST wear red to get in. Go Pack!
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10.14.2009 | by Chris Richter | Filed under Community, Sports | Comments: No responses |
From the N&O, a story about Michael Phillips and the Kay Yow corn maze he created at his family’s Cary farm:
There are corn mazes. And then there are corn monuments.
Michael Phillips would like to show you the difference.
In June, he planted some seeds. In August, he began cutting. Last month, he unveiled his memorial: Kay Yow meticulously rendered in a swath of tall stalks and bumpy pathways.
He didn’t know of a better way to honor a legend.
A portion of the $10 admission fee goes to the Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer Fund. WRAL featured the Phillips farm in August and had a quick flyover shot of the field. You can see the video here.
(Photograph courtesy of Michael Phillips)
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09.08.2009 | by Chris Richter | Filed under Alumni News, NC State History, Sports | Comments: No responses |
David Thompson, front center, and his teammates from the 1971 NC State freshman basketball team. (Photograph courtesy of Special Collections, NCSU Libraries)
The induction ceremony for the newest members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame will be Friday in Springfield, Mass. Among this year’s class will be a Tar Heel, Michael Jordan. So why’s this worth a post on an NC State blog? Because Jordan has asked Wolfpack great David Thompson ’75 to present him during the induction ceremony. As Yahoo! Sports reports:
“I got a call from the Hall of Fame and they asked me if I was willing to be a presenter for someone,” Thompson recently told Yahoo! Sports. “I said, ‘Yeah.’ I didn’t know who it was. . . . They said Michael Jordan. I was like, ‘Wow.’ He told them that he was a big fan of mine and I was the one that really inspired him. Being that there was so many North Carolina people he could’ve chose, I was honored.
The N&O’s Caulton Tudor has a nice writeup about it today, with a good dose of ACC history.
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08.18.2009 | by Chris Richter | Filed under NC State History, Photo of the Day, Sports | Comments: No responses |
The NC State Wolfpack during a game in Greece, a country the team toured in the summer of 1984. (Photograph courtesy of Special Collections, NCSU Libraries)
NC State’s Special Collections Research Center has thousands of images in its online database that you can view.
Do you have an NC State photo you think might make a good photo of the day? Send it to us!
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08.10.2009 | by Chris Richter | Filed under NC State History, Photo of the Day, Sports | Comments: No responses |
The first game in Reynolds Coliseum, Dec. 2, 1949. The Wolfpack won 67-47 over Washington and Lee University. (Photograph courtesy of Special Collections, NCSU Libraries)
NC State’s Special Collections Research Center has thousands of images in its online database that you can view.
Do you have an NC State photo you think might make a good photo of the day? Send it to us!
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08.05.2009 | by Chris Richter | Filed under NC State History, Photo of the Day, Sports | Comments: No responses |
Glenn Sudhop '79, left, and Craig Davis '78 during a photo shoot before the 1975-76 basketball season. (Photograph courtesy of Special Collections, NCSU Libraries)
NC State’s Special Collections Research Center has thousands of images in its online database that you can view.
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07.31.2009 | by magintern | Filed under Academics, Campus Resources, College of Engineering, College of Management, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, NCSU Libraries, Sports, Student Life | Comments: 3 responses |
With all sorts of university-related organizations using Twitter, the popular microblogging site is a wealth of NC State news and info. We have our own feed to help keep you up to date on news from the blog and around campus. We’ve also compiled a list of other Twitter feeds from around campus. If we missed any, add them in the comments or e-mail them to alumniblog@gw.ncsu.edu.
News: NC State News Services and Technician.
Academics & Research: Engineering Library; Friends of the Library; MBA Students; Graduate School and the Insect Museum.
Athletics: Pack Athletics; Wolfpack Club; Men’s Soccer; Men’s Basketball; Women’s Basketball; Gymnastics; Football and Volleyball.
Student Affairs, Campus Life and Activities: Division of Student Affairs; Student Affairs Tech Services; Union Activities Board; NCSU Bookstores; Interfraternity Council; NCSU Sororities; NCSU GLBT; Study Abroad; Office of Information Technology; NCSU College Republicans; Graduate Association of Students in Psychology; Photo Club; NCSU Student Chapter of the American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics; WKNC 88.1; Inter-Residence Council; Campus Recreation; Campus Activities and NCSU Surplus.
Alumni: NC State Alumni Association and MBA Alumni
Other groups: NC State PR, Cashier’s Office and Wolfpack Promotions.
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07.20.2009 | by Chris Richter | Filed under NC State History, NCSU Libraries, Sports | Comments: One response |
I was looking for some information on NC State football this afternoon and came across an NCSU Libraries site — NC State Sports, Illustrated — with lots of great images of football and basketball programs from 1931 to 1972. From the looks of it, the site has been around a while, but this is the first time I’ve seen it. Check out a half dozen other covers after the jump. And if you’re wondering why there’s a Martian on the Clemson/State program, the NCSU Libraries site attributes it to “the nation’s fascination with outer space.” (more…)
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07.02.2009 | by magintern | Filed under Alumni News, Campus News, Faculty News, Research News, Sports | Comments: No responses |
News
The National Association of Collegiate Women Athletics Administrators will honor the late Kay Yow with its 2009 NACWAA Award of Distinction. . . The New York Giants sign former NC State running back Andre Brown ’09. . . . Linebacker Nate Irving has successful surgery after suffering broken leg, collapsed lung in car accident. . . . The practice tee at the Lonnie Pool Golf Course opens to the public. . . . Alumnus chosen as president-elect of the N.C. Bar Association. . . . Former Wolfpack baseball player Aaron Bates ’07 making climb to the majors. . . . Biology professor Rob Dunn talks about coextinction of Earth’s small species.
Research
Study shows that moderate-to-low exposure to the commonly used chemical bisphenol-A can affect reproductive health. . . . Researchers discover that binding copper to loose prion proteins might help prevent prion-related diseases like Cruetzfeldt-Jakob or Alzheimers. . . . New computer model can help doctors predict when to put diabetes patients on therapy to prevent heart disease and stroke. . . . Researchers get $1.2 million grant from National Science Foundation to study video games and create one that boosts memory, thinking skills in elderly.
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