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After 16 years of anchoring “The Daily Show,” Stewart announced Tuesday he will be leaving the program. Comedy Central did not elaborate the future of the show or Stewart’s next steps. Stewart began hosting the show in 1999 where he transformed it into an influential news and media commentary outlet. During Stewart’s tenure, “The Daily Show” won almost two dozen Emmy Awards. He has also been a producer of “The Colbert Report” and continues to produce “The Nightly Show.” Stewart said he will “remain at the helm of ‘The Daily Show’ until later this year.” SOURCE: The NY Times
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Three shot dead in Chapel Hill
Three people were shot dead in a neighborhood of mostly rental apartments and modest townhouses near the Friday Center/Finley Golf Course Tuesday night. The names of those shot are not being released until the next of kin are notified. Police responded to a gunshot report at 5:15 p.m. and all were pronounced dead at the scene. The Chapel Hill Police Department is questioning a person of interest and has no belief that that there is an ongoing public threat. Late Tuesday police spoke with members of the victim’s family in the neighborhood clubhouse, but declined to comment on the details of the crime. SOURCE: The News & Observer
CDC will host seminar about finding internships, jobs
The Center of Career Development will be holding a Boot Camp seminar about conquering the internship and job search challenge February 15 from 1- 5 p.m. at Talley Student Union in the Piedmont-Mountain Ballroom. All current juniors, seniors and young alumni are invited to attend. Career counselors from the CDC and companies such as SAS, Theorem Clinical Research, Netsertive and Northwest Mutual will be in attendance. Topics of discussion will include: intern and job search strategies, networking, interview techniques and resume construction and critiques. Light refreshments will be served. SOURCE: CDC
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The United States will remain invested in the Middle East for the long haul due to its economic interest and investments in the region, according to Peter Howard, a regional affairs strategic analyst in the Bureau of Near East Affairs and a “diplomat in residence.” Howard gave a lecture on the political situation in the Middle East with a focus on American foreign policy and the ongoing conflict with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) on Tuesday in Park Shops. “ISIL is the most significant issue we’re facing today,” Howard said. ISIL rose from the remnants of Al Qaeda and is flourishing as a result of the political and economic conflict occurring in Iraq and Syria. Howard claimed this happened due to corrupt government institutions and politics in Iraq, as well as the conflict with the Syrian Civil War. “The political dysfunction is so high that it’s hard to create the reforms needed to fix it,” Howard said. “Political reform is dangerous to authoritarian regimes who don’t want to cede their power.” The corruption in Middle Eastern governments caused a lack of private sector jobs in Iraq, leading to an unemployment rate of 25-30 percent in young people, who make up more than 50 percent of the population in the Middle East, according to Howard. The weakness in Middle Eastern government has led to the breakdown in many parts of society,
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The Office of Information Technology is hoping to reach out to students about data privacy month, which takes place from Jan. 28 to Feb. 28. OIT has a series of videos online to help students keep themselves safe in all forms of online activity.
Data privacy month encourages online safety Marcus Blyden Correspondent
The Office of Information and Technology (OIT) is celebrating Data Privacy Month, which lasts until February 28. “We are encouraging people to go out and familiarize themselves with ways that they can help protect their own data, as well as the data they
may come in contact with,” said Stan North Martin, director of OIT Outreach. Data Privacy Month is a way of reminding students to check their privacy settings on social media networks and informing people to be more aware of how they are sharing information they put on the Internet, according to Martin. “Awareness is one of the big-
gest weapons to preventing a breach in security,” said Leo Howell, assistant director for IT Policy & Compliance. Martin discourages students from sharing online information with anybody, even their parents. “There are growing cases of identity theft that are taking place,” Martin said. There have been cases at uni-
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Alumnus preserves and shares film history Alex Goodfred Staff Writer
Sprinting around the classroom in Riddick Engineering Laboratories, Skip Elsheimer is busy trying to set up for a screening of religious films for the Academic Study of Religions Club, lamenting how he failed to remember to bring a stand for his projector. Lining up the projector gives him some trouble, but it is a problem that is resolved with some effort. Elsheimer continues to buzz around, moving his rolling suitcase full of film reels and making sure everything works, all the while expressing his excitement about showing some of his preserved films. For nearly 20 years, Elsheimer has been collecting and showing
preserved films from decades past. Currently he has in his collection about 24,000 films, and the number continues to grow. “What’s happening now is people know what I do, so I get these phone calls- for example, I got this phone call from a national park in Philadelphia, and they said ‘hey, we have these films and we need to get rid of them; I don’t want to throw them out, and I see you collect films. Do you want them?’” Elsheimer said. “So I end up paying for shipping and then I get 20 more films. That happens probably every other month.” Elsheimer said his film collection started on accident. He used to collect surplus materials from the state, such as printing presses, CPR dummies and old video equipment. After he acquired an old film pro-
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Skip Elseihmer is an alumnus who’s been doing film preservation for years. He was recently featured in a N&O article with Dr. Marsha Gordon. He collects vintage films and works with A/V Geeks.
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Carmichael renovations to begin in coming months Ian Grice Staff Writer
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SPORTS Wolfpack looks to play spoiler
Carmichael Gymnasium will undergo a $7.6 million construction project from May until December to renovate locker rooms and expand the fitness center, all funded through student fees. The renovations are the second part of the Recreational Sports Master Plan in an effort to meet the recreation fitness and wellness needs of NC State students. The first part of the plan was the renovation of Carmichael Gym’s main entrance. The renovations will open up the hallways and allow people to walk freely without having to go through the intimidating long corridors, said Eric Hawkes, director of University Recreation. “One of the things that’s driving so much of these renovations is that our facility is not invit-
ing. It’s not very inclusive, and it’s kind of a scary place. We want to really be very purposeful with our design and our plans to really open it up,” Hawkes said. The men’s locker rooms will be reduced by 5,500 square feet in order to make space for a bigger cardio room. During peak times such as 6-9 a.m. and 4-5 p.m., there are not enough cardio machines, according to Hawkes. “If you walk into the facility at those times, you’ll see that you have to wait for equipment,” Hawkes said. After construction, the number of men’s lockers will be reduced from 1,300 to 1,130 lockers and the number of women’s lockers will be reduced from 850 to 620. Lockers will still be available during construction, however. There will be 18 additional cardio pieces coming
in that will join the 39 cardio pieces already in the cardio room. The room will also be rearranged to increase lightning. “Cardio is a huge priority for us moving forwards,” said Hawkes. The new machines will come with personal viewing screens where users can watch TV, go on the Internet and use apps to check Facebook or Twitter, all while working out. This will make working out more enjoyable and cause people to want to work out more often, according to William Craig, director of Strength and Conditioning. “We know our cardio right now is kind of outdated,” Craig said. “Not the machines - but the technology that goes into it.” However, not all machines will have personal viewing screens for those who don’t want the technology, according to Craig.
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