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Jul 12, 2011

Sandbagged: The Undoing of a Quarter Century of NC Coastal Conservation

Recent CHASS grad Gary Lazorick (MS, Technical Communication, ’11)has been studying coastal erosion and the shifting sands of policies that have environmentalists and developers at odds. Read his article in Coastal Care. 

Jul 12, 2011

Alum’s Tea Party Research Featured in New York Times

John Coggin (Communication and Interdisciplinary Studies‘09) recently graduated from Harvard University with a Master of Theological Studies in Religion, Ethics, and Politics. While at Harvard, Coggin co-authored a paper that has become the subject of a New York Times piece, The Tea Party vs. The Freeloader. The paper Coggin co-authored, “The Tea Party and the… 

Jul 11, 2011

Alum Touches Base with Saudi Arabian Youngsters

Daniel Caldwell (Sociology ’04) refined swings, taught pitching mechanics and gave coaches instructions for 46 straight days this spring, often working all day in 120-degree heat as he taught baseball skills and coaching techniques in Saudi Arabia. But Caldwell, 30, said he learned more than he taught during the six-week session. His experiences in Saudi… 

Jul 11, 2011

Walt Wolfram Appears on History Channel’s “Mouthing Off” Episode

Tune in to the History Channel at 10:00 pm, Tuesday, July 12, to hear Professor of English Walt Wolfram in the “Mouthing Off” episode of “How the States Got their Shapes.” The episode looks at dialects across the country and answers such questions as why the southern accent didn’t exist until after the Civil War,… 

Jul 8, 2011

Korn Bascombe: Born to Shine

Reprinted from the News and Observer’s North Raleigh News. When it comes to on-camera charisma and TV appeal, 5.9 million votes can’t be wrong. So when N.C. State University student Kornelius Bascombe (Criminology) lost an Oprah-sponsored television host talent search last year but gained 5.9 million votes for his efforts, he decided to keep trying.… 

Jul 8, 2011

Coastal Healing

“The cure for anything is saltwater — sweat, tears, or the sea.”—Isak Dinesen From the moment she boarded the ferry for Bald Head Island, Sgt. Ruby Hendrickson could feel herself begin to relax. “I didn’t feel on guard,” says the reservist, who was recuperating from painful neck and shoulder injuries she suffered on her third… 

Jul 7, 2011

Bigger Than Football: Study Shows Sports Can Help Communities Recover From Disaster

Research from NC State’s Department of Communication shows that organized sports can be a powerful tool for helping to rebuild communities in the wake of disasters. The research focused specifically on the role of professional football in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. “Sports, and by extension sports media, can be a powerful force for good. It… 

Jun 24, 2011

Soldier turns Oxford Scholar

As a kid, Will Badger, MFA ’11, wanted to be a writer so he could explore all the places in his head he was sure he’d never go. Ironically, he’s doing both. By Christa Gala Sometimes you have to make a tough choice. A Fulbright Scholarship or Oxford University in England? It was a good… 

Jun 23, 2011

CHASS graduates join the ranks of Wolfpack alumni

When some 5,000 NC State students turned their tassels on May 14, 986 CHASS students were among them. The News and Observer’s Josh Shaffer reported that the loudest cheers of the RBC graduation ceremony went to CHASS, when Dean Jeff Braden said this: “I present these candidates, who will answer the question, ‘What do you do… 

Jun 23, 2011

The Dean’s Corner: Arab Spring

Arab Spring: What’s CHASS got to do with it? The spring of 2011 will be remembered for protests in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, for the departure of Tunisian President Ben Ali, and for events still in the making as I write this column. As the world watches the protests, civil war, and uprisings, scholars in the…