TO THE EDITOR:
It has become a tradition, prior to the UNC game against N.C. State University, for UNC fans to travel to NCSU and paint their “free expression wall” to match the Carolina blue sky. This rivalrous act of free expression is harmless, entertaining and (so far as I know) legal.
But unfortunately, NCSU students do not have a true equivalent. While the Old Well has been the victim of vandalism in the past, this year it is the UNC sign on N.C. Highway 54 that bears the red color of our friends in Raleigh. This willful act of vandalism of University property goes beyond the harmless act perpetrated by our own fans. But are NCSU fans truly to blame? After all — their institution provides us with an outlet for such shenanigans, while our own deprives them of the same.
It is high time for UNC to designate a piece of our campus for free expression. Not only will local artists and students be given a creative outlet, but it will help protect our beautiful campus from further unwarranted attacks.
Scott Neidich
Graduate student
Gillings School of Global Public Health
