Editing North Carolina State University (section)

==Student life==
{| class="wikitable floatright sortable collapsible"; text-align:right; font-size:80%;"
|+ style="font-size:90%" |Student body composition as of May 2, 2022
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! Race and ethnicity<ref>{{cite web|title=College Scorecard: North Carolina State University|url=https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?199193-North-Carolina-State-University-at-Raleigh|publisher=[[United States Department of Education]]|access-date=May 8, 2022|archive-date=June 15, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220615174441/https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?199193-North-Carolina-State-University-at-Raleigh|url-status=live}}</ref>
! colspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Total
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| [[Non-Hispanic whites|White]]
|align=right| {{bartable|68|%|2||background:gray}}
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| [[Asian Americans|Asian]]
|align=right| {{bartable|8|%|2||background:purple}}
|-
| [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]]
|align=right| {{bartable|7|%|2||background:green}}
|-
| Other{{efn|Other consists of [[Multiracial Americans]] & those who prefer to not say.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|7|%|2||background:brown}}
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| [[African Americans|Black]]
|align=right| {{bartable|6|%|2||background:mediumblue}}
|-
| [[Foreign national]]
|align=right| {{bartable|3|%|2||background:orange}}
|-
! colspan="4" data-sort-type=number |[[Economic diversity]]
|-
| [[American lower class|Low-income]]{{efn|The percentage of students who received an income-based federal [[Pell grant]] intended for low-income students.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|18|%|2||background:red}}
|-
| [[Affluence in the United States|Affluent]]{{efn|The percentage of students who are a part of the [[American middle class]] at the bare minimum.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|82|%|2||background:black}}
|}
Many [[residence halls]] host events, though alcohol policies are strictly enforced.<ref>{{cite web |title=Alcohol & Beverage Container Rules |url=http://www.ncsu.edu/housing/standards/alcohol.php |access-date=January 5, 2012 |author=NCSU Housing |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120126152900/http://www.ncsu.edu/housing/standards/alcohol.php |archive-date=January 26, 2012 }}</ref>

Witherspoon Student Center (A.K.A. Student Center Annex) houses an African American Cultural Center which has an art gallery and a library. The cultural center moved to its current location in Witherspoon in 1991, having formerly been in the Print Shop.<ref>{{cite web|title=New African American Cultural Center (1974)|url=http://historicalstate.lib.ncsu.edu/catalog/1974-new-african-american-cultural-center|access-date=January 5, 2012|author=Historical State: History in Red and White|author2=NCSU Libraries Special Collections Research Center|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120908193007/http://historicalstate.lib.ncsu.edu/catalog/1974-new-african-american-cultural-center|archive-date=September 8, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=African-American Cultural Center opens (1991)|url=http://historicalstate.lib.ncsu.edu/catalog/1991-african-american-cultural-center-opens|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709191516/http://historicalstate.lib.ncsu.edu/catalog/1991-african-american-cultural-center-opens|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 9, 2012|access-date=January 5, 2012|author=Historical State: History in Red and White|author2=NCSU Libraries Special Collections Research Center|location=Raleigh, NC}}</ref> Witherspoon also houses Student Media and a multicultural student affairs office.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ncsu.edu/aacc/index.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070208102854/http://www.ncsu.edu/aacc/index.php|archive-date=February 8, 2007 |title=African American Cultural Center at NCSU}}</ref>

Student life at North Carolina State University includes opportunities in a diverse range of activities and organizations. These include multicultural groups, arts groups, political and social action groups, service and professional groups, religious groups, Greek organizations, sports and recreation groups, academic and professional groups, and special interest groups such as the [[Clogging]] Team, the Film Society, the [[Judo]] Club, the [[equestrianism|Equestrian]] Club, and the Black Finesse Modeling Troupe.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://getinvolved.ncsu.edu/Organizations|title=Get Involved at NC State - Organizations|website=getinvolved.ncsu.edu|language=en-US|access-date=February 2, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203162458/https://getinvolved.ncsu.edu/Organizations|archive-date=February 3, 2017}}</ref>

===Residence life===
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Thirty-five percent of full-time undergraduate students live on campus in one of nineteen residence halls.<ref name="Halls">{{cite web|title=Residence Halls|url=http://www.ncsu.edu/housing/halls/index.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030202134211/http://www.ncsu.edu/housing/halls/index.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 2, 2003|access-date=January 5, 2012|author=NCSU Housing}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Fast Facts |url=http://www.ncsu.edu/housing/fastfacts.php# |access-date=January 5, 2012 |author=NCSU Housing |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120126152642/http://www.ncsu.edu/housing/fastfacts.php |archive-date=January 26, 2012 }}</ref> Most residence halls provide events that acclimate incoming students to the college experience. Many residence halls house villages, such as Honors Village in the Quad, Global Village in Alexander Hall, Engineering Village in Sullivan, Impact Leadership Village in Bowen Hall, WISE in Lee Hall, Arts Village in Turlington Hall, First Year Commons in Owen and Tucker Hall, and Black Male Initiative in Avent Ferry. The residence hall or residence hall area has an elected council to provide for local event programming and an outlet for student concerns. Collectively, representatives from each hall make up the Inter-Residence Council which represents the on-campus residence-life community as a whole.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ncsu.edu/irc |title=Inter-Residence Council. |access-date=July 12, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090728153902/http://www.ncsu.edu/irc |archive-date=July 28, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

University housing facilities are divided into four areas: East Campus, Central Campus, West Campus, and University Apartments.<ref name="Halls" />

===Student government===
Founded in 1921, NC State [[Student Government]] is a student-run organization that serves as the official voice of the student body and attempts to better the student experience at the university. Both a governing body and an advocacy group, Student Government is involved in policy-making, adjudication, programming, advocating, community service, and countless other activities. The organization is a clearinghouse for concerns from students and answers from administrators. The organization also is responsible for distributing a portion of the fees it receives to student organizations in a process known as appropriations. Student organizations must be registered through Student Involvement to become eligible for appropriations.<ref>{{Cite web|title=History {{!}} Student Government|url=https://orgs.ncsu.edu/student-govt/history/|access-date=August 2, 2021|website=orgs.ncsu.edu|archive-date=August 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802052526/https://orgs.ncsu.edu/student-govt/history/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Student traditions===
====Service NC State====
Service NC State (SNCS) is sponsored by the Center for Student Leadership, Ethics & Public Service as the definitive service event to welcome new students to NC State's campus, and as a way to impact the community. This event is open to all students, faculty, staff and the Raleigh community. The event role models the university's mission to impact and support its local and global community.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ncsu.edu/csleps/service/servicenc.htm |title=Service NC State- Center for Student Leadership, Ethics, & Public Service |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100701231455/http://www.ncsu.edu/csleps/service/servicenc.htm |archive-date=July 1, 2010 }}</ref>

====Homecoming Week====
Homecoming week, an event run by the AASAP (Alumni Association Student Ambassador Program), is one of the only homecoming weeks entirely run by students. Usually at the end of October, starts with a Kickoff event and ends with the Pack Howl pep rally and concert. Featured performers have included [[Lonestar]], [[Ludacris]], [[Chris Daughtry]], and most recently [[Cartel (band)|Cartel]], [[Guster]] and [[The Avett Brothers]].

During the week, events such as Wear Red-Get Fed, a parade down [[Hillsborough Street]], and a campus-wide Spirit Competition take place. The week also includes a Leader of the Pack competition honoring NC State's brightest and most passionate female and male student leaders.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://media.www.technicianonline.com/media/storage/paper848/news/2007/10/26/News/Homecoming.Events.Finish.In.Full.Swing-3058972.shtml |title=Homecoming events finish in full swing |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080504074606/http://media.www.technicianonline.com/media/storage/paper848/news/2007/10/26/News/Homecoming.Events.Finish.In.Full.Swing-3058972.shtml |archive-date=May 4, 2008 }}</ref>

====Shack-A-Thon====
Shack-A-Thon, a tradition since 1991, is NC State's [[Habitat for Humanity]]'s annual fall fundraiser. Habitat for Humanity at NC State's Campus Chapter partners with many other student organizations to take over the Brickyard by building shacks that the students live, sleep, and study in for an entire week. Each group raises money by collecting from people walking through the brickyard and online donations. This money goes toward funding a house through Habitat for Humanity of Wake County. In 2014 students raised over $46,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ncsu.edu/stud_orgs/habitat/doShack.php |title=Shack-A-Thon at NCSU |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070526091639/http://www.ncsu.edu/stud_orgs/habitat/doShack.php |archive-date=May 26, 2007 }}</ref>

====Krispy Kreme Challenge====
Started by Park Scholars, a more recent tradition of NC State is the [[Krispy Kreme Challenge]]. In this race, students meet at the university's Memorial Bell Tower, then run to a [[Krispy Kreme]] shop {{convert|2.5|mi|km|1|abbr=on}} away (changed from {{convert|2|mi|km|1|abbr=on}} in 2012). Each student must eat twelve glazed [[doughnuts]], then run back to the Bell Tower within one hour. The Challenge was listed as one of the "102 Things You Gotta Do Before You Graduate" by ''Sports Illustrated''.<ref>{{cite news|date=September 27, 2005|title=102 More Things You Gotta Do Before You Graduate (South)|journal=SI on Campus}}</ref> Proceeds from the race go to the [[UNC Health Care|NC Children's Hospital]]. In 2014, 8,000 runners participated and the committee raised $200,000 bringing the cumulative total donated to the NC Children's Hospital to $758,000 since the race's inception.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://krispykremechallenge.com|title=Krispy Kreme Challenge|access-date=May 29, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150523195905/http://www.krispykremechallenge.com/|archive-date=May 23, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> The cumulative total reached $2.1 million in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 1, 2024 |title=Tips to complete NC State's Krispy Kreme Challenge |url=https://www.cbs17.com/news/local-news/tips-to-complete-nc-states-krispy-kreme-challenge-charity-run-to-benefit-unc-childrens-hospital/ |access-date=February 25, 2024 |website=CBS17.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Student media===
[[File:NCSU Technician Newspaper.jpg|thumb|NCSU Technician Newspaper Stand]]
''[[Technician (newspaper)|Technician]]'' has been NC State's student-run newspaper since 1920. It employs students throughout the year and reports on campus news, sports, entertainment, and state and national news. ''Technician'' is published Monday through Friday when school is in session with a circulation of about 20,000. The paper is funded by advertisement and a student media fee; it is distributed for free at numerous locations on campus and at area merchants.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.technicianonline.com/about/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20080201162826/http://www.technicianonline.com/about/|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 1, 2008|title=About Us|work=Technician|access-date=May 25, 2008}}</ref>

The ''Nubian Message'' is NC State's African American student newspaper. The ''Nubian Message'' was first published in 1992 following protests from many African American students denouncing the ''Technician's'' alleged racial bias.<ref>{{cite web|title=Nubian Message begins publication (1992)|url=http://historicalstate.lib.ncsu.edu/catalog/1992-nubian-message-begins-publication|archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20140202222143/http://historicalstate.lib.ncsu.edu/timelines/search?q=1992+nubian+message+begins+publication|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 2, 2014|access-date=December 23, 2011|author=Historical State: History in Red and White}}</ref> The ''Nubian Message'' is published biweekly.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://www.thenubianmessage.com/about/ |access-date=February 25, 2024 |website=Nubian Message |language=en-US}}</ref>

NC State's oldest student publication, the ''Agromeck'' [[yearbook]], celebrated its 100th birthday with the 2002 edition. It acts as a compendium of student life on campus including sporting events, social activities, and day-to-day living. The yearbook serves as a historian of campus. Each year, nearly 1,000 copies are printed and sold.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ncsu.edu/agromeck/history.htm|title=''Agromeck'' Yearbook History|publisher=NC State Student Media|access-date=May 25, 2008 |archive-date=May 9, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509145904/http://www.ncsu.edu/agromeck/history.htm}}</ref>

The university has its own student-run radio station, [[WKNC]]. The radio station broadcasts at 25,000 watts and reaches all corners of "the Triangle" (Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill). In 2010, WKNC was voted "Best College Radio Station of the Triangle" by readers of the ''[[Independent Weekly]]''. The station hosts several formats run by student disc jockeys.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wknc.org/about/history.php|title=The history of WKNC|last=Teel|first=Mark|publisher=WKNC 88.1: The Revolution|access-date=May 25, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080424053325/http://wknc.org/about/history.php |archive-date=April 24, 2008}}</ref> Prior to its designation as WKNC in 1958, the station's call letters were WVWP.<ref>{{cite web|title=WVWP becomes WKNC (1958)|url=http://historicalstate.lib.ncsu.edu/catalog/1958-wvwp-becomes-wknc|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120713114157/http://historicalstate.lib.ncsu.edu/catalog/1958-wvwp-becomes-wknc|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 13, 2012|access-date=December 23, 2011|author=Historical State: History in Red and White}}</ref>

NC State's literary and arts magazine, ''Windhover'', is published once a year in the spring. The publication solicits entries from all university affiliated individuals, including students, staff, alumni, and faculty. The content published includes visual art, writing (prose, poetry, personal narratives, etc.), audio, and video. It was first published in 1964, although the publication was discontinued between the years of 1970 to 1973.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History – Windhover |url=https://orgs.ncsu.edu/windhover/history/ |access-date=February 25, 2024 |language=en-US}}</ref>