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WHAT YOU MISSED:

A quick look at the headlines in and outside of NC State

NC State alumni elected into National Academy of Engineering

Jim Goodnight, Greg Washington and Benny Freeman, all NC State alumni, were elected by their peers to membership in the National Academy of Engineering. Membership in the National Academy of Engineering is an honor; The organization has only 2,420 members in the U.S. They will be inducted into the National Academy of Engineering Oct. 1.

SOURCE: NC STATE NEWS

Two men from Cary, Raleigh charged in Jan. 6 riot involvement

Two men from Cary and Raleigh were charged with crimes connected to the insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021 in the U.S. Capitol. Nearly 1,000 people have been arrested for their involvement, 29 of whom are from North Carolina.

SOURCE: WRAL

17 police and fire personnel charged with the death of Tyre Nichols

More than a dozen Memphis fire and police department employees have been charged in relation with the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols in January. Legal officers said both departments had been administering investigations to determine if employees violated policy. Five officers were previously terminated and charged with second degree murder.

SOURCE: NBC

Firefighters hoist horse out of backyard swimming pool

Firefighters in Britain responded to a home in Knossington, England after a horse had fallen into the owner’s swimming pool and was unable to get out. The horse was found standing in the shallow end of the pool. The firefighters sedated the horse and lifted it out using a harness and a tractor.

SOURCE: UPI

The Radar

Events to keep an eye on for the week of March 9

FUSION DANCE CREW’S ANNUAL SHOWCASE

Sunday, March 19, 3:30-6:30 p.m.

STEWART THEATRE, TALLEY STUDENT UNION

$7 for students, $10 general admission

Celebrate 20 years of NC State’s multicultural dance crew at Fusion Dance Crew’s annual spring showcase. The show will feature student choreography and guest performers.

APISAA HERITAGE MONTH

KICKOFF

Monday, March 20, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

TALLEY STUDENT UNION

Free

Stop by the Talley lobby to kick off Asian Pacific Islander South Asian American Heritage Month with Multicultural Student Affairs and hear about upcoming celebratory events.

GLOBAL FILM SERIES:

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Tuesday, March 21, 6:30-8 p.m. WITHERSPOON STUDENT CENTER Free

Join University Libraries in experiencing the story of the 1960s scientists who journeyed through to the wilderness to become the unsung heroes of modern ecology by discovering the natural laws that govern biological life.

ETHEREAL:

Boundless

BLACK FEMININITY

Tuesday, March 21, 7-8:30 p.m.

AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER GALLERY, WITHERSPOON STUDENT CENTER Free

Join NC State community centers to celebrate the complexity and depth of Black femininity through communitygenerated art.