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Report finds North Carolina suicides have doubled since 2010
In an annual review of child deaths in the state of North Carolina, a child safety panel found that the number of youth suicides have increased by more than one third between 2013 and 2014 and has doubled since the start of the decade. In 2014, 46 children died by suicide, compared to the 23 that died by suicide in 2010. A new task force committee will be created in light of the findings and will begin meeting in February. NC Child, a lobbying group for children’s issues, accredits the increase in suicides to high anxiety, mental illness, bullying and negative family situations. SOURCE: WRAL
In an interview with ESPN, Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski announced he will step down as USA’s national coach after the next Olympics. However, he said he still wants to be involved with the team in a non-coaching way. He has served as the head coach for 10 years and has led the team to winning gold in both the 2008 and 2012 Olympics. He said he plans to announce his successor before the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games next summer. SOURCE: News & Observer
Freeze warning comes sooner this year
The record-freezing temperatures are causing farmers’ crops to be vulnerable against frigid conditions. The National Weather Service has issued a frost advisory for most parts of North Carolina until 9 a.m. today. A record low was taken at RDU Monday just before 7 a.m. SOURCE: ABC 11
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Duke basketball coach to step down as national coach after 2016 Olympics
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Adam Riess, a Nobel Prize winning physicist, delivers his L.H. Thomas Lecture on “Supernovae and the Discovery of the Accelerating Universe” in Riddick Hall Monday.
Mystery of dark energy eludes scientists, Nobel Laureate says Ravi K. Chittilla Contributor
Astrophysicist and Nobel Laureate Adam Riess says the universe is a lot like a loaf of raisin bread baking in the oven. “The galaxies are kind of like the raisins, and as the loaf rises, the raisins, which are far apart to begin with, rush apart even faster,” Reiss told a group of more than 100 people including physics students, faculty members and distinguished guests at
the 2015 L.H. Thomas Lecture in Riddick Hall Monday afternoon. “It doesn’t matter where you are in this loaf; everything looks like it’s moving away from everything else.” Riess, who is a researcher at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland, and a professor at Johns Hopkins University was one of the recipients of the 2011 Nobel Prize in physics for the discovery that the universe is expanding at an accelerating rate. Before his and his colleagues’ dis-
covery, many scientists had posited the rate at which the universe was expanding was decreasing. Scientists have now established that the universe is expanding at a rate 20 percent faster than it was 5 billion years ago, Reiss said. Edwin Hubble first demonstrated that the universe was expanding in 1929 by showing that galaxies outside the Milky Way, in which earth’s solar system resides, were moving away
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Nine student finalists will compete at Campout Friday at 9 p.m. for the chance to open for Tori Kelly at the Homecoming Concert. The winner will be decided by a panel of judges as well as audience votes. The finalists who will be performing are Yelynn Ho, Jordan Williams, Kerry Long, Aaron Alejandro, Acappology, Ronin Riz, Oren Baily, Taylor Quinn and Ladies in Red. “This competition will be big, I can promise you that,” said Jeremy Mason, leisure and recreation chair for the Union Activities Board. “It’s going to be run very much like ‘America’s Got Talent.’ They are really some of the most talented students here at NC State.” The competition is part of Campout, an annual event hosted by Student Government, Union Activities Board, Inter-Residence Council, University Recreation, University Athletics and Campus Enterprises. Students who participate in Campout will spend the night at Miller Fields and receive six loyalty points for basketball games. This year, more than 1,500 people are expected to participate. Participants are encouraged to arrive early for a free T-shirt and meet members of the men’s and women’s basketball teams, according to Sabrina Baker, a sophomore studying fashion textile management and a member of Student Government Traditions. Baker also said there will be more activities, events and programming than previous years. There will be a dunk tank, black light golf, a scavenger hunt and more. Deadline to register for Campout is Wednesday.
Plan offers residents platform for feedback Staff Report
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On Oct. 14, a protest was held in front of the Governor’s Mansion. Students, workers and community members came out to voice their opinions of House Bill 318.
HB 318: McCrory has 10 days Caroline Lafave Correspondent
On Sept. 29, House Bill 318, also known as the ‘Protect North Carolina Workers Act,’ was ratified. On the 30th, it was presented to Gov. Pat McCrory and left to his discretion for 30 days. McCrory’s deadline is drawing near. He has until Oct. 30 to make a decision. It needs to be either signed into law or vetoed and sent back to the
House of Representatives. What exactly is the bill? Looking at the skeleton of HB 318, it focuses on how an individual can be legally employed in North Carolina. It also increases the number of employees required to use E-Verify for work authorization. According to the NC Department of Labor, E-Verify is an online system that allows employees to electronically verify the employment of newly hired employees. The system is jointly
operated by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Social Security Administration. The bill establishes seven legal forms of official identification: • A pay stub with the payee’s address • A utility bill showing the address of the applicant-payor • A contract for an apartment, house, modular unit or man-
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Raleigh residents can voice opinions about the future of Hillsborough Street and Cameron Village by contributing to the development of a small area plan. The next wave of development for Hillsborough Street and Cameron Village is underway, and NC State students and Raleigh residents can view a small area plan of the project and offer feedback at the public meetings held Wed. Oct. 28 and Thurs. Oct. 29. The meeting Wednesday will be held in Talley Student Union in the Mountains Ba llroom from 7 to 9 p.m. The Thursday meeting will be held at Pullen Arts Center from 7:30 to 9 p.m. The Cit y of Ra leigh hired three consulting companies to guide the planning process : Stantec specializes in the transportation aspect of the plan; Lord Aeck Sargent specializes in general planning; and Noell Consulting Group focuses on market analysis. Collectively, the city of Ra-
leigh paid the consulting groups $310,000 for work on the project. The city has been planning the development since last year. Raleigh planner Bynum Walter said the groups’ combined expertise will help address how and where Hillsborough Street and Cameron Village connect. The plan also includes the addressing of street connections, encouraging development, recommendations for zoning and also improvements for pedestrian and land use. Hillsborough Street is already seeing new additions. Stanhope Apartments opened this August and the Aloft Raleigh hotel and restaurant opened earlier this month. Ra leig h Cit y Cou nci l ma n Russ Stephenson said the small area plan will establish realistic expectations for the area’s growth, which will help developers and local residents avoid future conf licts.
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