Eye on the Triangle

This week on EOT:

Phian Tran revives our poetry corner with prison poetry from George T. Wilkerson in Central Prison. She reads two poems that he sent to us: “Birth of a Revolution” and “Senseless.”

An NC State professor is helping lead the maiden voyage of a semester program to the Cackalacky coast. Environmental Sciences professor Dr. Winner will bring a group of students to a semester at C-MAST, the Center for Marine Sciences and Technology, on Bogue Sound in Morehead City. It’s a hands-on program offered to all majors and is now taking applications for next semester. Saba Khan tells us more.

Jake Winters has a review of the film “Turbo-Kid,” a 2015 Canadian-New Zealand post-apocalyptic action horror comedy film.

Nick Weaver reviews the newest album from Caravan Palace.

And as always, Peter Svizeny brings us the Community Calendar and Saif Hassan has the News Beyond the Headlines.

This week on EOT:

Diversity Education Week 2015 kicked off on Sunday, October 11th. We are participating by bringing you programming that promotes awareness about cultural enrichment and fosters intercultural understanding.

Kevin Kronk interviews Dr. Leda Lunardi, a professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering, about her experience coming to the United States from Brazil and teaching in a male-dominated field. He also bring us news from around North Carolina.

Jake Winters has a review of the film “This Is Not a Film,” an Iranian documentary smuggled from Iran to the Cannes film festival in a flash drive hidden inside a birthday cake.

And as always Saif Hassan has the News Beyond the Headlines and Peter Svizeny brings us the Community Calendar.

This week on EOT:

Today is the Raleigh City Council and Mayoral election; I hope you got a chance to vote. This year’s election is being drawn on party lines. Not Democrat or Republican, but continuing the downtown party noise or shutting it down. Mirtha Donastorg brings us the story.

We also have a review by Jake Winters of the film ”Brief Interviews with Hideous Men.” The film was directed by John Krasinski, who played Jim Halpert in “The Office.”

Nick Weaver reviews the new Wavves album “V”.

And as always Saif Hassan has the News Beyond the Headlines and Peter Svizeny brings us the Community Calendar.

This week on EOT:

In anticipation of the City Council elections next week, Tuesday, October 6th, Mirtha Donastorg highlights the voices trying to involve students in politics. New club, Youth Government Association, is a nonpartisan group in Raleigh informing and energizing students. They don’t care what your political opinions are, just that you have them.

We also have a review by Jake Winters of the 1984 movie “Amadeus”, about the life and death of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Nick Weaver reviews the Front Bottoms’ fifth studio album “Back on Top”.

Kevin Kronk will have North Carolina news and as always Saif Hassan has the News Beyond the Headlines and Peter Svizeny brings us the Community Calendar.

This week on EOT:

The Wolfpack lost a member of its family last week. Joseph Alexander Banks fell off the eighth floor of Dabney Hall. People gathered together to mourn and remember Joseph the next evening, Tuesday the 15th. Mirtha Donastorg was at the vigil and tells us how the campus community is handling the loss.

We also have a movie review of “Catch Me Daddy” by Jake Winters and a review of the See Gulls album “You Can’t See Me.”

As always we’ll have the News Beyond the Headlines by Saif Hassan and the community calendar by Peter Svizeny.

Tonight, Jake Winters with our weekly movie review on Roy Anderson’s A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence. The third entry in the absurdist comedy “Living Trilogy.”

Afterwards, we have the “Community Calendar” by Peter Svizeny and well as “News Beyond the Headlines” brought to us by Saif Hassan

This week we have “What are You Listening To?” with Kevin Kronk, as well as the weather with Jasmine Smith.

Later, we will have news updates on “News Beyond the Headlines” by Saif Hassan on clashes between the National Guard and nationals in the Ukraine, as well as the information on political and parliamentary decisions that led up to the riot.

This week we’ve got a report on Glenwood South’s newest saloon, the Raleigh Biergarten.

Afterwards, Kevin Kronk will be speaking with Jason Spivey about the renovations happening at Carmichael Gymnasium.

Still further on, we have an interview Jay Erskine Leutze, author of Stand Up That Mountain, a book about land conservation in the face of environmental devastation.

This week we have Gavin Stone reporting on the trial to determine if North Carolina’s Republican leadership passed a bill with the intent to suppress voter populations.

Later, we’ll get into the 52 million dollar deal that the city of Raleigh made to establish a destination park to improve mental health treatment across the state.

After, Kevin Kronk talks with university recreation officials to find out about the changes coming to Carmichael.

This week we have a story about how Abdul Malik Abu, a starting forward on the NC State Basketball team, continues to play and practice on the court during Ramadan the Muslim fasting holiday by Zack Tanner.

A review of mewithoutyou’s new album pale horse by Nathan Forbes and read by Coleen Kineen-Ferguson.

Gavin Stone has a story for freshmen about deciding which major to pick.

Kevin Kronk talks with DJ’s at WKNC about what they’re currently listening too, and finally I have a story about the archives from the cooperative extension.