Same Old Shit
http://www.news-record.com/content/2010/10/18/article/chapel_hill_to_restrict_size_of_halloween_celebration

[Edited on October 18, 2010 at 11:34 PM. Reason : ..]

10/18/2010 11:34:40 PM

Between the university & the town they throw a couple hundred thousand every year at shutting down the street, facilitating the event, providing safety, and cleaning up afterward. It's no surprise that they want to cut costs especially when they've had 80,000+ people turn out to the event before (keep in mind Chapel Hill only has a population of 55 k, not all of whom participate).

Its still easy enough to bus in around 6 before they shut things down, or park somewhere like the mall & take a taxi (& then bus out, they usually do buses out if you don't want to take a taxi again), or just park at a nearby apartment complex that isn't too far from downtown.

All that said, the simple solution is just go to Hboro st instead on whatever night the haunted halloween on hillsborough ends up happening.

10/18/2010 11:48:09 PM

I plan to support Hboro instead this year.

...I guess I'll go on Friday AND Sunday. Not really sure what the consensus is on that.

10/19/2010 12:18:19 AM

What is up with all of this confusion about when the Haunted Hike is? It has always been on Halloween and will be again. All of the other universities have their Halloween parties on Halloween too. It's college, not grade school. There is no bed time curfew Sunday through Thursday.

[Edited on October 19, 2010 at 1:11 AM. Reason : .]

10/19/2010 1:11:16 AM

^The confusion seems to be because some people are pushing Friday, some people are pushing Halloween (Sunday):

wdprice3:

Quote :

"IT IS ON FRIDAY, LIKE EVERY DAMN HIKE (OCT. 29TH)."

Biofreak70:

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"yeah, some people say it is on halloween, and others say it is friday if you want bar specials and the larger crowd, go on Friday... if you want to be a "non-comformist" and go on actual halloween, go on Sunday the first haunted hike I went on was actually during the week... all the rest have been on the weekend"

bmscully:

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"I've heard it's Fri, Sat, and Sun and can't find anything on facebook---just trying to clarify which day it is on."

LRlilDaddy:

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"so, it is on Friday? I plan on sitting somewhere and watching people in costume. Preferably hot girls in skimpy shit which always happens. Go ahead and bitch at me for not dressing up but I will get what I want out of it so whatever."

cowmoo32:

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"Does anyone know if the hike will actually be on Halloween, or if it will be saturday night instead?"

merbig:

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"Why not make this easy? Celebrate on Friday and Saturday, and if you're felling extra festive, celebrate on Sunday. I don't understand why you guys are complicating this. It's not like we're bound by some imaginary rule that says we can't get drunk and dress and act stupid only once a year. ----- Anyone have any connections with the Technician? Maybe they can do a real public service for once."

^On that note, while the school news paper might not be stepping up, tdub does have a front page for user submitted stories, if anyone wants to do a write up & submit it. That is the one area where I like that Chapel Hill says this is the day we are shutting down the street (on Halloween) which goes out across all the local media sources so that there is no ambiguity. But no reason we can't use Tdub's front page to fulfill that same role if someone w/ experience w/ this event cares to write up a story.

10/19/2010 1:37:06 AM

Can't they just turn this into a Halloween party on Halloween? Last year Halloween was on Saturday, so that is why it was then. The facebook page says Saturday though. The hike is different. The tradition is the last Friday (?) before exams. That date all depends on when they start exams. On the other hand, Halloween is always October 31st.

10/19/2010 2:08:09 AM

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"Its still easy enough to bus in around 6 before they shut things down, or park somewhere like the mall & take a taxi (& then bus out, they usually do buses out if you don't want to take a taxi again), or just park at a nearby apartment complex that isn't too far from downtown."

I have never had any luck getting a taxi on a major holiday such as this. Not saying my experience is definitive, but I have had to talk strangers into driving me places at 3:00 a.m. on more than one occasion. I remember one Halloween in particular when I sat in front of Jackpot for over an hour calling ever taxi company in town and none of them would even pick up the phone.

[Edited on October 19, 2010 at 9:46 AM. Reason : s]

10/19/2010 9:45:10 AM

Quote :

" HILLSBOROUGH HIKE WEEK "

on the discovery channel

[Edited on October 19, 2010 at 10:58 AM. Reason : .]

10/19/2010 10:37:06 AM

Well I was wrong about hike night. Whatever idiot made the facebook group said saturday night. since when do we have hikes on saturday?

10/19/2010 10:53:08 AM

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"I have never had any luck getting a taxi on a major holiday such as this."

Last time I tried the mall thing there were several cabs there, going back and forth. You didn't have to call one, you just walked to one. Its a little different than trying to catch a cab on major holidays Thanksgiving or Christmas.

Although its been a few years so I don't know for sure that it still holds true, to be safe more recently I've just done the park in nearby apartment complexes, or bus in before 6pm thing.

bmscully:

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"Shakedown Street has posted a facebook event, but it looks like they're trying to self-promote the bar, and it might not be the true Halloween Hike."

^As bmscully pointed out, that facebook group is self-promoting a bar, and not necessarily official. Although if it gets switched to a day other than Halloween, we wont have to be in competition with UNC or ECU for attendees since people could conceivably do Hboro on Fri or Sat, & Franklin on Sun.

10/19/2010 3:18:08 PM

lol at Supplanter's post with all the different people saying its on different days

that was hilarious

10/19/2010 3:50:59 PM

Haunted Hike is Saturday night the 30th.

10/19/2010 10:49:47 PM

which sucks, cause that is when all the halloween parties are that I know of... oh well...

10/19/2010 10:51:47 PM

Wait, now people say it's Saturday?

UGH.

Honestly don't know who to believe.

10/19/2010 11:43:55 PM

Michael is right it's a made up hike used to trick students.

10/19/2010 11:47:10 PM

^^Yeah I saw a fb group that says it is Saturday. If they want to make this a real tradition then it should be held on Halloween no matter what night that is. I guess Sate students have to be in bed by 8:00 pm on Sunday since they have school in the morning. If mommy and daddy catch them out after 8:00 pm then they might take their allowance away from them.

10/19/2010 11:56:19 PM

Quote :

"HILLSBOROUGH HIKE WEEK "

Quote :

"on the discovery channel"

hahahaha


Seriously though, having it on any night other than Halloween night is lame. What is this, North Carolina State Kindergarten?

[Edited on October 20, 2010 at 10:03 AM. Reason : a]

10/20/2010 10:02:49 AM

Cool your jets, everyone.

Let's not forget what Halloween on Hillsborough should be about:

- Large masses of drunk students on Hboro street
- Tons of awesome/slutty/clever costumes to see
Bonus:
- Help bring more life/business to Hboro street

It's not about celebrating a holiday on the exact date.
It's about getting the most people out to the street on the same night for maximum fun, and I think an organized Facebook event for Saturday night will bring more students out than assuming everyone will be up for it on Sunday night.

Sure, you can call out all the squares that would skip Sunday night because of class/work on Monday, or you can just drop it and agree to a night that works for more people. And then party both nights.

Regardless, fuck Franklin Street, fuck Chapel Hill, and FUCK UNC.

10/20/2010 10:29:54 AM

sucks I will miss it for the first time because they are doing it on saturday instead of friday

10/20/2010 10:31:33 AM

Yeah, Friday night probably would have worked as well as Saturday. I guess Saturday is closer to the actual holiday. People can still have parties Friday night or Saturday evening, or if they're behind use Saturday to figure out a costume.

I'll probably be on Hboro in costume both nights anyways, any house party I go to will be just a block away.

10/20/2010 10:44:08 AM

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"I think an organized Facebook event for Saturday night will bring more students out than assuming everyone will be up for it on Sunday night."

Considering tens of thousands of people show up on Franklin Street regardless of what day of the week it is, I really don't think it would be a big deal to have it Sunday night

10/20/2010 10:47:35 AM

Here is a link to the facebook event:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/event.php?eid=103036469763899

I strongly encourage anyone who has been to a Haunted Hillsborough Hike before, or who plans to go this year, should write up a story and submit it here:
http://www.thewolfweb.com/story_submit.aspx

It'd be a shame for a tradition that TWW has had a hand in to not make it to the front page. A short sentence or two on the who, what, when, where, and how would be great.

10/23/2010 6:54:13 PM

Chapel Hill Halloween is ending at 11:30pm.
http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/8541858/

10/31/2010 6:14:53 PM

Sorry, but the hike was a bit to crowded last night. I'm not trying to stand in a line of 50 waiting to get into Waba or the bowling alley.

Also, why dont they just close down hillsborough? The sidewalks were completely packed and the cops weren't letting anyone walk in the street.

10/31/2010 6:31:45 PM

^I'm guessing noone was organized enough to apply for the permits? Maybe a student government project for next year? The city doesn't usually spontaneously close streets.

I'm guessing the logical organizations didn't want to do another event after the Hillsborough St. festival in September.

10/31/2010 7:18:01 PM

So who has pictures of our Hike? I was at ECU and it was a little ghetto...but the girls there are F I N E.

11/1/2010 10:23:34 PM

^4

11:30 was when it is being reported to have closed. I looked at my watch specifically when it happened (& by watch I mean cell phone) so that I could complain about the closing it early. It was 11:41 when I had to get off the street.

The website & official press releases all said the street would reopen to traffic at midnight. And they had to seen some cleaning crews & some big truck, maybe some kind of street sweeper, through too, first to have it re-opened by midnight to traffic. But things continued, in a diminished capacity, on the sidewalks which were still very much open on both sides of the street, just not in the middle of the street.

I didn't bus out of downtown until 1:05am (a stop by time out before going, although the last buses didn't leave downtown until after 2 am), and still saw some costumes around the whole time on the sidewalks & coming out of the bars. Still a sucky move though. At least they didn't gas us like Wilmington

[Edited on November 1, 2010 at 10:35 PM. Reason : .]

11/1/2010 10:34:28 PM