Exams have barely begun
UNC streakers get Internet exposure
Published: Tue, Dec. 12, 2006 12:30AM
Modified Tue, Dec. 12, 2006 02:51AM
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closeCHAPEL HILL -- OK, college students like to streak.
But streakers might want to take note of Homer Simpson's declaration that the Internet is on computers now.
That's what some streakers at UNC-Chapel Hill found out this weekend.
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About midnight Thursday, a handful of students disrobed for the annual first-day-of-exams streak through House Undergraduate Library.
Within minutes, two videos of the event popped up on Youtube.com.
Now, Mom, Dad and Grandma can see their precious baby in all his glory.
(Look on the bright side, parents. At least your kid was in the library.)
On the videos, you can see the streakers running past cheering students lined up like they're at a parade.
By 7 p.m. Monday, the video "UL Streakers" had been viewed 17,611 times.
The second video, "UNC Undergraduate Library Streakers," had been viewed 3,929 times.
Both had received a 2 1/2 star rating out of 5. But hey, it was dark.
One of the videos shows a poor skinny fella running into a security guard, who wrestles him to the ground while the rest make it through.
That presumably would be Jan Koelb, 23, the only person arrested. The 135-pound, 5-foot-10-inch senior was charged with indecent exposure for "running through the facility unclothed, exposing his genitals to the public," according to a police report.
Hmm. How to explain this one to Mom and Dad.
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