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More than 150 students, staff and alumni have reportedly been diagnosed with cancers and other diseases linked to a university building teeming with toxins. Cases of lymphoma and thyroid and breast cancers have been reported among patients who spent time at Poe Hall, a class building at North Carolina State University in Raleigh. The building closed in November 2023 amid reports of exposure to concerning levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), toxic chemicals linked to cancer. An investigation the month before found that PCB levels in five rooms were more than 38 times the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) building limit. The...

North Carolina State University is walking back its decision to distribute sexually explicit material to new students after numerous parents expressed outrage over their children receiving a paper encouraging them to track how many “orgasms” they experience. Included in the welcome packet were condoms, lubricant, and information discussing various sexual topics, such as group sex and one-night stands, according to local news outlet WRAL. The school ceased distribution of the packets after receiving various parental complaints, including one comment on an NC State Facebook post. The individual wrote, “No advice, a question. A friend was moving in their child this...

While calling the Wolfpack’s 16-12 loss against Maryland in the Mayo Bowl on Friday, Hahn updated listeners about the Sun Bowl, which was also taking place at the time, by saying “down among all the illegal aliens in El Paso it’s UCLA 14 and Pittsburgh 6.”

Under the guise of a funeral home, a North Carolina advertising agency launched an unconventional advertising campaign early this week, with a goal to persuade the vaccine-hesitant to take the coronavirus shot. According to The Washington Post, digital billboards on the sides and back panels of a black truck that looped around Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte during Sunday’s Carolina Panthers game were emblazoned with the words “Don’t get vaccinated.” In white lettering, under the words of warning, were the name and web address of a business appearing to be a funeral home, including a 10-digit phone number, according...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — A string of racist social media posts courtesy of two incoming freshmen was brought to the attention of school officials at N.C. State University. Those two students will not be allowed to attend the university in the fall. Outrage on social media from university alumni and current students alike at the initial reluctance of the university to do anything about it helped bring the since-deleted social media posts to light. Screenshots of the posts were leaked by many on social media which came on the heels of nationwide protests in the wake of George Floyd’s death....

A North Carolina State University professor apologized after handing out a paper that suggested students “block Fox News” from family members. “When they’re not looking, set the parental controls on the TVs of your family members to block Fox News,” the handout said. “Fox News spreads bigotry and hatred.” . . Michaela DeSoucey, a Professor at North Carolina State University handed this paper out to her students, telling them to block Fox News and follow liberal commentators to name a few.

He was why "they won it! ... On the dunk!" Former North Carolina State star Lorenzo Charles was on the receiving end of Dereck Whittenburg's desperation heave at the end of the 1983 national title game. His deft dunk put the Wolfpack over the top of favored Houston, giving Jim Valvano and N.C. State the unexpected national championship. Monday afternoon, Charles, 47, was killed in a bus accident in Raleigh, N.C. Charles was the driver of the bus, according to the Associated Press. There were no other injuries, as it was a one-vehicle accident.

Students have vowed to protest or block North Carolina State University's Free Expression Tunnel until the university's chancellor gives guarantees that no hate speech will be allowed there. About 40 students painted the tunnel black overnight to protest racist and homophobic graffiti involving President Barack Obama painted there Sunday night. Slurs and the name "Obama" were painted over the picture of a black man. "It's not about the N-word. It's not about Obama. It's about racism, period,"

Here is video of a fantastic 75 ft. game-winning shot at the buzzer by Florida's Chandler Parsons to defeat North Carolina State yesterday. The shot gave Florida a 62-61 victory, and left the North Carolina State home crowd stunned. . . . (VIDEO)

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Chandler Parsons' 75-foot 3-pointer at the overtime buzzer lifted Florida past North Carolina State 62-61 on Sunday. Vernon Macklin scored 14 points and Erving Walker added 13 for the Gators (11-3). Florida appeared headed for a loss after Farnold Degand's free throw with 2.6 seconds put N.C. State up 61-59. But Degand missed his second free throw. Parsons grabbed the rebound, took two dribbles and uncorked a shot from roughly three-quarter court that swished through, sending the Gators pouring onto the court to mob him. Watch here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CE6x1GdfLY&feature=related

NCSU Chancellor James L. Oblinger resigned this morning after days of shifting explanations about a deal he cut for former provost Larry Nielsen when Nielsen stepped down last month. Both men are at the heart over a controversy about how former state first lady Mary Easley gained a job at the university in 2005, then an 88-percent pay hike last year to a $170,000 salary. Last month McQueen Campbell, a friend of the Easleys who Gov. Mike Easley had appointed to the NCSU board of trustees, admitted to UNC system President Erskine Bowles that he had told Oblinger that Easley...

North Carolina State's Kay Yow, the Hall of Fame women's basketball coach who won more than 700 games while earning fans with her decades-long fight against breast cancer, died on Saturday. She was 66. Yow, first diagnosed with the disease in 1987, died Saturday morning at WakeMed Cary Hospital after being admitted there last week, university spokeswoman Annabelle Myers said. "I think she understood that keeping going was inspirational to other people who were in the same boat she was in," Dr. Mark Graham, Yow's longtime oncologist, said Saturday.

N.C. State student leaders lobby for hate crime act RALEIGH, N.C. — There was a call for change Wednesday evening night at North Carolina State University. Student leaders came together to talk about passing the "Free Expression Tunnel Hate Crime Act" after classmates admitted to painting racist remarks about President-elect Barack Obama on the night of Nov. 4. Two of the messages in N.C. State's "Free Expression Tunnel" said: "Let's shoot that (N-word) in the head" and "Hang Obama by a noose."

The most telling thing lately is that Bill Cowher is discussing his future publicly. It's time. That's what Chuck Noll told me when I asked why he was retiring as Steelers coach in December 1991. He shrugged his shoulders and said, "It's time." Now it's Bill Cowher's time. I have the same feeling now as I had near the end of the 1991 season when I believed Noll was ready to hang it up. I think Cowher will "retire" soon after this season ends. First, here's some history on Noll's retirement, the only end to a head coach's career with...

Having seen Texas’ Rick Barnes and Memphis’ John Calipari spurn their offers in recent weeks to take over NC State’s basketball team, the school has turned to an unorthodox – but no doubt brilliant – tactic to lure the new face of the program. “We’re willing to pay top dollar for a new coach to replace Herb Sendek,” said NC State athletics director Lee Fowler, “but so far that hasn’t been enough. So now we’re offering season tickets for both Duke and North Carolina basketball. We’re pretty sure that will do the trick.” College basketball analysts say NC State’s decision...

DENVER The victim of a shooting early Saturday morning has been identified as Denver Nugget player Julius Hodge, authorities said. Adams County deputies received a call of a shooting in the area of eastbound I-76 over I-25. Upon arrival, deputies found an unoccupied vehicle that appeared to be involved in the middle of the road. Witnesses informed deputies that a second motorist stopped and Hodge and his passenger got into the second vehicle. The Good Samaritan transported Hodge to the hospital, authorities said. Detectives with the Adams County Sheriff's Office are investigating the incident and are in the process of...

The pornography that once characterized Times Square in Manhattan and 14th Street, NW, in Washington, D. C. has virtually disappeared from those neighborhoods and moved to college campuses, sometimes literally.

NCAA Tournament Games TIME (ET) 12:10 PM ET No. 13 Bradley at No. 5 Pittsburgh 2:15 PM ET No. 9 Bucknell at No. 1 Memphis 2:20 PM ET No. 11 George Mason at No. 3 UNC 2:30 PM ET No. 8 Kentucky at No. 1 Connecticut 2:40 PM ET No. 14 Northwestern St. at No. 6 WV 4:45 PM ET No. 10 N.C. State at No. 2 Texas 4:50 PM ET No. 7 Georgetown at No. 2 Ohio State 5:00 PM ET No. 8 Arizona at No. 1 Villanova

TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Ticker) - North Carolina State football coach Chuck Amato made a sexist remark to a female reporter during a halftime interview Saturday. Amato was leaving the field at Doak Campbell Stadium with his team tied with Florida State, 10-10, when he was stopped by ABC sideline reporter Suzie Shuster, who asked a pair of questions. Shuster's second question was, "What are you seeing in their offense that you can attack?" "You," Amato replied.

Kamau Kambon, an author who taught in NCSU's Africana Studies program as recently as last spring, made the comments Oct. 14 during a conference at Howard University in Washington. The conference was televised nationally by C-SPAN, and bloggers picked up on the comments immediately. But it wasn't until Thursday that his links to NCSU were discussed directly in The Locker Room, a site run by the John Locke Foundation of Raleigh. NCSU Provost Larry Nielsen, who oversees academic programs at the university, said Friday that Kambon taught there occasionally between the spring of 2001 and the spring of 2005. The...