EOT103 Nanotechnology Institute 9/25/12

Not everybody might know this, but NC State is currently one of the leading nanotechnology research institutions in the nation. You know, those tiny robots that will one day take over the world… Deondre’ has more.

Shackathon started yesterday, a week-long drive to raise money for Habitat for Humanity. Jake takes a looks back at last year’s Shackathon in this unique N.C. State experience.

Last week there was a rather unusual discussion as to, of all things, what age is a good age to get married? What do you think? Jasmine, Gene, and Amanda went to find out.

http://interviews.wknc.org/eot/EOT103_092512.mp3

EOT69 Shack-a-thon 9/27/11

This week's EOT features news from Shack-a-thon, Over the Edge, Selma's Poetry Corner and more.

http://interviews.wknc.org/eot/EOT69_092711.mp3

EOT68 Pullen Park 9/20/11

Pullen Park- Nick speaks with a Raleigh Parks and Recreation planner to get the specifics on what to expect when the Pullen Park amusement area reopens later this fall.

Fiesta del Pueblo- Mark visits the State Fairgrounds to see what Fiesta del Pueblo, a local hispanic and latino cultural festival, is all about.

Teen Center- Nate takes a look at the Teen Center to see what they do and how local teens benefit from its actions.

News (not)- Guy McGimp, a not-so-knowledgeable news man, gives his versions of world events, whether it's right or not.

Shack-A-Thon- Chris gives us the complete low-down on Shack-A-Thon, an annual campus event on the Brickyard that garners a lot of attention from the student body.

http://interviews.wknc.org/eot/EOT68_092011.mp3

EOT42 Shack-A-Thon 9/21/10

The Eye on the Triangle team went out to cover the annual Shack-A-Thon fundraiser on the NCSU Brickyard.  Also in this episode:  An interview with student body president Kelly Hook, the Gardening Minute, Restaurant Review, and analysis of NCSU's 3-0 start to the football season.

http://interviews.wknc.org/eot/EOT42_092110.mp3

WKNC @ Shack-A-Thon

For those of you unfamiliar with the Habitat for Humanity annual tradition, Shack-a-Thon, it is a week-long fundraising event for Habitat for Humanity of Wake County. Campus organizations build a shack and live in it all week, 24/7, panhandling for donations to Habitat.

WKNC is present this year at Shack-a-Thon, providing publicity, T-shirt making, cornhole, and a concert by Durham local Brett Harris. He will be performing September 23 at 7:30 p.m. in the WKNC Shack/Stage.



Come and check out the awesome shack in The Brickyard near Bostian Hall!

Pictures will be up soon. Stay tuned to hear about all the shenanigans occurring this week. As always, listen to WKNC for updates, live streaming from Shack-a-Thon, and the best in independent music!

The Shack Attack: an overview of Shackathon 2009

With a busy schedule of new concerts this year such as the Hear Here Compilation shows and the new Fridays on the Lawn Series, WKNC was unsure that it's now three year old shack would stand again in the Brickyard for Habitat for Humanity's yearly Shack-a-thon. However, after combating a plethora of disgusting (and probably undiscovered) spiders who had taken up residence in the structure as it sat in DJ Mystery Roach's backyard, WKNC's leading team of engineers (consisting of three humanities majors and two actual engineers) managed to bring the beloved Shack back to N.C. State (in quite a few pieces).

Here are some of the pictures of the building process:







The conception of the shack's design and actual construction came from, NC State graduate student and WKNC engineer, John Jernigan. The shack itself is constructed to look like a giant boom box, complete with it's own retractable cassesst door that opens automatically when you hit a built in eject button. One of the new and most popular features this year for the shack, however, was the addition of a roof. As I had experienced last year, Shack-a-thon always seems to conjure up the monsoon rain storms which can catch a very cold and tired deejay by surprise in the middle of the night. Needless to say, we were glad to have it when flash flood rains hit the Triangle late Tuesday night.

Although the shack building officially started for student organizations on Sunday, overnight participants weren't required to spend the night in the shack until Monday. WKNC, however, was the exception. With a booming new set of trainees eager to jump into the fray, staff members manned the shack on Sunday night and have been alternating two hour shifts all week.

During the day, WKNC deejays asked (and sometimes begged) for donations to support the Habitat for Humanity cause. Donors received various KNC apparel like WKNC koozies, stickers, cds, and WKNC t-shirts. One of the new features this year was wireless live broadcasting from the Brickyard, which aired in the early hours of Wednesday morning.  Eye on the Triangle's own Saja Hindi and myself walked the bricks to speak with the various organizations who were participating this year, including Men Against Rape, Caldwell Fellows, and Inter-residence Council.

Now with only two days left of Shack-a-thon, WKNC looks forward to the Shack-a-thon live music performance by local band, The Pneurotics. Show begins at 7 p.m. and is open to public. The Pneurotics will be performing right next to WKNC shack and will hopefully be giving a live wireless broadcast interview to yours truly, DJ Special K, before the show.

Click here to listen streaming live

Pneurotics to play at Shack-a-Thon this Thursday!

The Shack is back and the first days of Shack-a-Thon have been great so far! WKNC will continue to be out on the brickyard for the rest of the week raising money with other student organizations for Habitat for Humanity. Come out and support a great cause and visit the WKNC shack! There will be corn hole games, merch to buy and prizes to win!

With all this Shack-a-Thon fun, you might ask yourself, "How can this get any better?!"  Well get excited because on Thursday, September 24, the Triangle's own  Pneurotics are coming out to N.C. State's brickyard to play an acoustic set for the volunteers, students, and any one else who wants to come check out this awesome event! The show will be starting at 7 p.m. on Thursday and will be right in front of Harrelson Hall by the WKNC shack.



Come check out the great tunes of The Pneurotics and don't forget to stop by the WKNC shack during the rest of the week to help us raise money for Habitat for Humanity.

The Mars Volta and more ticket giveaways this week (Sept. 21-25)

It’s Shack-a-thon on the NCSU Brickyard, so be sure to stop by and visit WKNC’s radio shack. You’ll also want to keep an ear on 88.1 for these freebies.

Sometimes we get cool giveaways from Live Nation and sometimes we get REALLY cool giveaways. Consider The Mars Volta in the second category. It’s a win-it-before-you-can-buy-it deal to see the experimental/progressive band Oct. 23 at the Disco Rodeo. Tickets go on sale this Friday, Sept. 25 at 10 a.m. exclusively at LiveNation.com if you don’t happen to be one of our lucky winners.

Other cool giveaways on tap this week include:

• Holy Ghost Tent Revival with House of Fools Sept. 23 at The Pour House


• Mae Sept. 24 at Cat’s Cradle

And you don’t need tickets to see The Future Kings of Nowhere this Thursday for WKNC’s Local Beer Local Band night at Tir Na Nog or I Was Totally Destroying It and Luego as we kick off Fridays on the Lawn.

The Shack is back!

WKNC will be participating in and will be broadcasting live during this year's Shack-A-Thon to raise money for Habitat for Humanity.  Shack-A-Thon is an annual event organized by NCSU Habitat for Humanity. The goal of this event is to educate the campus community on the state of poverty housing in this country and abroad. Each year, student organizations build shacks on the brickyard and camp out there for a week, during which they ask students passing by to donate to their shack to raise money for Habitat for Humanity. All funds are then donated to build homes in Wake County and abroad. In previous years, over $25,000 was raised in spare change during Shack-A-Thon.

Here are some pictures from past years of Shack-A-Thon:







WKNC's shack will be located in front of Harrelson Hall. Come out and visit and help us raise money for Habitat for Humanity. There will also be WKNC merch for sale all week long as well as prize giveaways.

To find more information about NC State's Shack-A-Thon click here and to find out how to donate to Habitat for Humanity click here.