Anyone heard anything about this? A friend just told me there's supposed to be a protest of some sort on Tuesday.

Any additional info would be appreciated if anybody has it. 

9/29/2006 2:56:19 PM

god damn hippies.

9/29/2006 2:57:09 PM

9/29/2006 2:57:38 PM

i'll fucking be there


give me a time and place

9/29/2006 3:00:22 PM

eh, it sounds like good thought... but if the the "big-wig" WPC donors can't get the tailgating hours restriction pushed back, I'd be highly surprised if a student protest is going to get the administration's attention.

students boycotting the games might get someone's attention, but that would never happen...

9/29/2006 3:02:13 PM

thats nice at all, but it wont even matter

9/29/2006 3:03:05 PM

what if I strap bombs to my waist and wear a towel around my head while protesting the ticket bullshit?

that will get some attention

9/29/2006 3:04:42 PM

^^^
I know I'm going to regret not knowing this, but... "WPC"?  

9/29/2006 3:05:54 PM

wolfpack club, fuck even I knew that

9/29/2006 3:06:40 PM

this university as far as student relations go has got to be one of the worst in the country

such a shame, we have such an excellent reputatio for research


its like the abusive father in the seemingly perfect family down the road

9/29/2006 3:06:50 PM

^^
haha that's why I admitted up front "I know I'm going to regret this" I'm new to the wide world of Wolfpack sports acronyms (hell it's the first year I've actually been able to go to a game instead of working) -- cut me some slack plz  

9/29/2006 3:10:11 PM

i'de be ok with the new ticket policy if the extended tailgating a few hours

9/29/2006 3:21:23 PM

^ that could make 99% of the people happy who don't like the current ticketing idea, but the administration is too good to do that.

9/29/2006 3:23:28 PM

A protest on Tuesday?

I'm so there I'll post about it.

9/29/2006 3:27:51 PM

ok, here's the official story from random101:

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"random101: The protest is Tuesday, October 3, at 4:00pm. We're going to rally at the Belltower to demand extended tailgating hours. There will be a petition on-hand for people to sign. Once we've assembled to the Belltower, we'll be marching in to Holladay Hall. Check out this Facebook event group for more info: http://ncst.facebook.com/event.php?eid=2211548990 Let me know if you have any questions."

9/29/2006 3:38:36 PM

i'm just pissed that it's almost a guaranteed fact that sections 14 and 15 will be completely empty when the fsu game kicks off

that will be pathetic

9/29/2006 3:45:57 PM

^ yeah, i would wait until after the FSU when everything is going to be all fucked up. I would think a protest about a sensible and working ticket policy would be more effective, although I think a protest for tailgating is in order is well.

Either way, submit a story. http://thewolfweb.com/story_submit.aspx

9/29/2006 4:39:50 PM

^
done. thx for the suggestion

9/29/2006 4:53:59 PM

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"what if I strap bombs to my waist and wear a towel around my head while protesting the ticket bullshit? that will get some attention "

See: Kent State

9/29/2006 5:08:14 PM

http://tinyurl.com/qo2de

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"Rally for the right to party Students team up to tackle tailgating concerns Laura White Issue date: 10/2/06 Section: News There is one word that ignites a fire in the hearts of students and administration alike, causing controversy and conflict. Tailgating. People have talked and thought, argued and debated, and now, they're doing something about it. According to Adam Compton, Student Government treasurer and a junior in construction engineering and management, Student Government decided Friday to hold a rally Tuesday afternoon. The rally, beginning at 4 p.m., will address students' tailgating concerns. The group will meet at the Bell Tower, then make its way toward Holladay Hall. "Something needs to be done to get longer tailgating hours," Compton said. "Hopefully we can get a whole lot of students out there." Zach Adams, Student Senate president and senior in industrial engineering, said Student Government was doing everything it could to get the word out. "We're speaking to dozens of Greek organizations tonight at their chapter meetings -- tonight and tomorrow," he said. "We've started an event on Facebook with over 200 confirmed guests, we'll be putting up sandwich boards, handing out hand bills and starting a petition." He said Student Government confirmed the petition Sunday. However, according to Adams, the Chancellor won't be in his office Tuesday. "We cannot rally when it's convenient for administration. We must act now," Adams said. "With associate vice chancellors, vice chancellor, Chancellor Oblinger's staff ... Chancellor Oblinger will hear the student voice if we yell loud enough, no matter where he is." Devin O'Rourke, a sophomore in political science, said he thinks the rally is a good start, but more needs to be done, and not necessarily by Student Government. He said he feels like Student Government has let students down enough. "The entire student body should be angry about what's happening," he said. "This is tailgating. This is our tradition. This is where we have our fun and now they're trying to restrict that." He said he believes tailgating is a good issue to rally around because it "hits [students] where it hurts." However, he said he thinks there are many other issues to deal with in addition to tailgating, such as ticketing, the lack of seating increases during the past 10 years and the design school bash. He said he proposes a different form of protest. O'Rourke started a Facebook group called "The Pac Protest 2006," advocating the boycott of the first quarter of the Florida State football game Thursday night. He said having an empty student section for the entire first quarter of the nationally televised game would say something to administrators that a protest could not. "Administrators seem to think that we are going to lie down and take whatever they throw at us," he said. "General admission is pretty archaic. People have died over general seating at events." Jeff Rice, a junior in statistics and political science, said he is a member of O'Rourke's Facebook group, and he is "all for" protesting adminstration. However, he said he thinks boycotting the entire first quarter of the game is taking it too far. "There are already people taking knocks at it," he said. "I don't think it's the right way of going about it." He said he thinks ticketing should be the first problem dealt with, and that other issues, such as tailgating, would work themselves out in the aftermath. "Ticketing first and foremost needs to be addressed," he said. " That affects all students and not just the ones that are tailgating." According to Adams, the student voice will be key in provoking a change from administration. He said the student body has more impact than anything a student leader could say. "[Student Government] can always tell the Chancellor how students feel," he said. "But it makes a world of difference for students to take the time out of their busy schedule to stand up for what they want from administration.""

 

10/2/2006 11:26:27 AM

The chancellor is actually out of town, and wasn't scheduled to be back until Thursday...but last I heard he's flying back early to talk to students and campus safety about the possibility of extending tailgate hours by 1 or 2 hours

10/2/2006 11:38:50 AM

they should just extend that shit 2 hours.. then we stfu and they still pwn us

10/2/2006 12:29:34 PM

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"this university as far as student relations go has got to be one of the worst in the country"

10/2/2006 12:36:55 PM

if those pricks boycott the 1st QTR i hope they do not get in the gate at all

10/2/2006 12:53:10 PM

i need a ticket to the FSU game
that's two games in a row i'm been screwed over by the system

10/2/2006 3:18:18 PM

well, if they do boycott, i may have a shot for getting a decent seat by arriving at like 7

10/2/2006 3:25:18 PM

if they did boycott it would really make a point though

10/2/2006 3:47:02 PM

^what point is that? That students are too drunk and unorganized to walk into the stadium on time? Because that is what america will think...there's no one to defend you from ESPN

no offense to anyone, but boycotting the game will only ruin your chances of ever getting more student tickets or ever being heard...and don't be surprised when we close the student gates right before the 2nd quarter because they see students just standing there outside the stadium

[Edited on October 2, 2006 at 4:08 PM. Reason : .]

10/2/2006 4:07:35 PM

^^
a boycott would never work though -- the more people that do it, the greater the incentive for other people *not* to do it since they'd have a better chance at getting decent seats. it'd be easier to orchestrate everyone in student seating turning their backs to the field at some predetermined point in the game.

the downside is that it could be taken as an attack on the football team, and they haven't done anything wrong. 

10/2/2006 4:08:32 PM

that would be a pretty dickish thing to do, they would need a shit ton of cops if they did that

but not going to the 1st qtr is stupid, its not the teams fault the administration sucks

10/2/2006 4:09:33 PM

exactly don't penalize the team, who devote countless hours to practicing and representing this school. start a chant or something, or do like the others are doing and protest in front of the Chancellor's Office. but if you do want to protest by not going to the first quarter and it in turn gives me better seats go right ahead, especially since i have a lab that goes from 4:10-6:55 (hopefully it gets out early).

10/2/2006 4:15:44 PM

yeah and the new policy makes boycotting the 1st qtr extra stupid, because the empty seats would be the crappy seats that arent on tv anyways

[Edited on October 2, 2006 at 4:18 PM. Reason : extra]

10/2/2006 4:18:06 PM

just do a sign protest, get everyone to cheer and shit but make signs that protest our administration for the cameras.

10/2/2006 4:25:19 PM

boycotting the first quarter just tells people you care more about tailgating than the game itself

if that's the case, shut the fuck up and stop calling yourself a state fan.

nothing wrong with protest, in fact i'm all for it. just don't boycot games.

10/2/2006 4:27:46 PM

so, the football ticket system and tailgating still sucks in raleigh...hasn't changed since i graduated in 03 and 04. only alums matter, everyone must understand this--

ya'll should have seen the year that everyone lined up and 200 yard dashed to the ticket window...i think someone got trampled in the process

10/2/2006 4:29:01 PM