N.C. State is building a new chancellor's residence on the shores of Lake Raleigh, over on Centennial Campus.

(Here's a map, if you can't figure out where it will be...)

And thanks to this website from NCSU's communications office, you can follow its progress.

(Photo: N.C. State Alumni Association)

Original designs called for a massive, 12,000-square-foot home at a price tag of $5 million; but those plans were scaled back considerably before the final project was approved.

The house is slated to be done in the spring.

Investigators are trying to identify a body found in Lake Raleigh on the Centennial Campus at N.C. State.

The body found Wednesday afternoon was so decomposed investigators don't yet know the person's gender or race, police say.

Here's the story.

If you dare to Run 'N Plunge on Saturday, a few more things you should be aware of. One, there will be several local celebrities on hand. Mr. Wuf's people confirm that he will be in attendance. Ditto Swoops and Muddy the Mudcat . And, N.C. State football coach Tom O'Brien will be there to judge costumes, and N.C. State Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Tom Stafford will be on hand to offer moral support.

Perhaps of more greater interest to you plungers in the crowd, Special Olympics of North Carolina, beneficiary from the R'nP, tested the water at Lake Raleigh on Monday.

It's 45 degrees.

Lake Raleigh was perfect for kayaking last Saturday — but swimming?