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25 2010
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Ram Roast rallies for Carolina game Students prepare to demonstrate school spirit, defend Free Expression Tunnel
a pep rally instead of having people just standing there,” he said. “The intimidation factor of all the students there should keep the Carolina students away.” Foushee said there would be many Nick Tran activities for students to participate in Deputy News Editor throughout the evening on to the next Monday, students will gather on day, including contests and giveaways. the south end of the Free Expression The money to fund the events and Tunnel for the fifth annual Ram Roast prizes was provided by the Alumni to show their school spirit on the eve Association and donations. The Ram Roast of N.C. State’s begins at 6 p.m. basketball game with free pizza, against its longd r i n k s a nd a time rival, UNC “Beat the Heels” Chapel Hill. Rollabannas The predecesgiveaway. Folsor to the Ram lowing the womRoast event been’s basketball gan years ago as game at 7 p.m., an effort to stop also against CarCarolina students olina, the Ram from painting the Alan Foushee, sophomore in Roast will begin Free Expression communication in full force with Tunnel Carolinathe first shift of blue the night before game-day. The effort evolved into Tunnel guards and the first of a series an annual tradition, and every year of events and contests. Chandler Thompson, a junior in students painted the Tunnel red and stood guard at the entrances overnight applied mathematics and a member of the Traditions Committee of the to ensure it remained that way. Five years ago, the Alumni Associa- Alumni Association Student Ambastion turned it into a full-fledged event sadors Program, said another purpose with entertainment and activities. of the Ram Roast was to draw attenSince then it has been maintained by tion to the women’s basketball game. “We really want to encourage people the Traditions Committee. Alan Foushee, a sophomore in com- to go to the women’s game at 7 p.m.,” munication and a member of the Tra- she said. As for the rest of the Ram Roast, ditions Committee of the Alumni Association Student Ambassadors Thompson said it was to prepare the Program, said the committee wanted campus and students for tomorrow’s to make it more of an event students game. “We want to make sure the Tunnel could enjoy leading up to the game. “It started out as students camp- is red during the day of the game,” she ing out in front of the Tunnel but the said. “We have 35 people set to guard Alumni Association made it more of the tunnel from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in
“The intimidation factor of all the students there should keep the Carolina students away.”
RAM ROAST EVENTS • • • • • •
7 p.m.: Women’s basketball game versus UNC 9 p.m.: “Ram” roast pig pickin’ 9, 10 and 11 p.m.: Wing eating contests 11 p.m.: Four square tournament 1 a.m.: “Amazing Race” N.C. State Basketball contest
15 tickets to the men’s basketball game against Carolina will be awarded to winners of the contests held at the Ram Roast. Source: RAM ROAST FACEBOOK event
shifts. We’ll set up chairs and look out for UNC students, but we want it to be a fun event because if no one’s there it will be easy to paint the Tunnel.” According to the Ram Roast Facebook event page, a number of contests will be held throughout the night: three wing eating contests, a foursquare tournament, an Amazing Race-esque competition and a basketball contest. There will also be karaoke, video games and a pig pickin’. As far as guarding the Tunnel goes, Thomson said shifts of six to eight students will alternate every two hours to heckle potential threats to the Tunnel, equipped with red paint to cover any blue that may appear throughout the night. The first 35 people who signed up to guard the tunnel received tickets to the Carolina game, and 15 more tickets will be awarded to the winners of the contests held during the Ram Roast. Participating students will also receive athletic loyalty points throughout the night.
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Kristina Argiroff and Sara Bernardini, freshmen in First Year College, help each other paint over a picture of Ramsey, UNC’s mascot, as part of the Ram Roast at the Free Expression Tunnel Nov. 20, 2008. The event was planned to last all night as a fun way to guard the tunnel from UNC students and their blue paint. “We just got here,” Argiroff said. “But we’re going to stay for a long time,” Bernardini said.
Wolfpack Speaks challenges communications students Annual public speaking tournament to be held in library
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Digital piracy on the rise Record number of student copyright-infringement violations reported Arth Pandya Staff Writer
A record number of Digital Millennium Copyright Act notifications have been received by the University due to illegal file-sharing activities using the Nomad Wireless network, according to the Office of Information Technology Security and Compliance report from Jan. 13. The DMCA, a digital copyright act enacted in 1998, creates a safe harbor for Internet service providers, including University networks, against copyright liability by its users. In order to qualify for DMCA safe harbor protection, ISP’s and Universities are required to respond to DMCA notifications from the copyright holder. The University receives DMCA notifications every day informing it that a particular file is being shared illegally, along with the IP address, time and name of the infringed copyright work,
John Baines, the assistant director of removed the illegal content. “The first time we get a notificaSecurity Standards and Compliance tion that a student might have vioat OIT, said. “Our response is to try to identify lated copyright laws, we will send the individual and then pass the mat- them a notice via e-mail. If it’s a ter over to Student Conduct for stu- repeated problem, they must meet with us,” he dents and to Emsaid. ployee Relations Students for facult y and who receive staff for followmultiple up,” he said. violations Ac cord i ng to risk losing Paul Cousins, diaccess to rector of the Office the network, of Student Conresulting in duct, students are possible acabeing caught not demic confor downloading Paul Cousins, director of the Office of sequences. content, but upStudent Conduct “If a stuloading the condent doesn’t tent unknowingly. “Students don’t realize that when get the message and act more mayou load up Limewire, it sets up your turely with their account, we’re gomachine as a server. It gives other ing to shut down their account,” people access to your machine when Cousins said. The University, however, does they are looking for copyrighted material,” Cousins said. “People are getting not release the identity of the stucaught for distributing music.” Cousins said the first step in the Piracy continued page 3 process is to verify that the student
“Students don’t realize that when you load up Limewire, it sets up your machine as a server.”
driving and won a $150 scholarship. Students organize a “call-to-action” speech and communications professors choose finalists. From these finalAlanna Howard ists, six will be chosen to move on to Deputy News Editor the last round of judging. According to Oliver, the finalists are The annual finals for the Wolfpack Speaks competition will be held Feb. selected by communications profes4 from 6 to 9 p.m. It is held by the sors according to the students’ knowlDepartment of Communications and edge of the subject matter. “Based on their aptitude and perfororganized by Christina Moss, the dimance in class, rector of the class students will be Communicanarrowed into tions 110. finalists by the Shari Oliver, professors,” she the public relasaid. tions coordinator The finals will for the event, said be held in the Erthe event is open dahl-Cloyd Theto a ll current ater in the West public speaking Wing of D.H. students in the Hill Library. spring semester. Shari Oliver, public relations T h i s y e a r ’s “The departcoordinator competition is ment of coms p on s ore d by munications encourages people who are currently David Young, of Edward Jones. Oliver said last year’s competition enrolled in public speaking to apply,” was a success and the Department of she said. There are monetary advantages to Communications is looking forward participating in the tournament; a to what this year has to offer. “We look forward to a riveting comone time scholarship will be awarded to the top three winners, according petition as the finalists will represent the best of the best,” she said. to Oliver. Oliver said Moss can be contacted “Scholarships and prizes will be awarded to the top three finalists,” for more information at clmoss.ncsu. edu. she said. According to a CHASS news release, last year’s winner, Cameron Hendricks, spoke on not talking while
“We look forward to a riveting competition as the finalist will represent the best of the best.”
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