What are the rules for lighting the bell tower red, i have noticed that not all varsity sports get rewarded with a red tower. Is it just basketball and football?

11/23/2008 12:04:48 PM

i know they do it for WBB and probably baseball too

11/23/2008 12:10:02 PM

i thought it was just football and conference basketball. do they really do it for women's basketball?

11/23/2008 12:18:38 PM

^ I think so. I used to work/perform at Goodnight's on Wednesdays and would always walk back to a red tower. I used to pretend it was because I did a good set, but really it's because WBB won.

11/23/2008 12:24:36 PM

http://news.ncsu.edu/belltower-red/belltower-celebrations-2008-2009.php

Quote :

" The Belltower is lighted for holidays that honor our veterans, such as Memorial Day and Veterans' Day, and to celebrate NC State's proudest occasions and achievements. The tower will also be lighted for events celebrated by the campus community: * Spring and Winter Commencements * Honors Convocation * Founders Day * Induction of a member of the NC State Faculty into the National Academy of Sciences or National Academy of Engineering * The awarding of a Nobel Prize, Pulitzer Prize, National Medal of Science, or National Medal of Technology. * The awarding of a North Carolina Award or Governor’s Award for Excellence. * The awarding of the O. Max Gardner Award. * The awarding of the Board of Governors’ Award for Excellence in Teaching. * The selection for a Fulbright fellowship, or Rhodes, Goldwater, Truman, Madison, Marshall, or Mitchell scholarships. * The inauguration of the President of the University of North Carolina or installation of the Chancellor of NC State. * Football victories at home or away * Men’s Atlantic Coast Conference basketball victories at home or away * Women’s Atlantic Coast Conference basketball victories at home or away * On nights on which an ACC or national championship is won in any team sport. * Other celebrations at the discretion of the Chancellor. "

[Edited on November 23, 2008 at 12:29 PM. Reason : Updated 08-09 link]

11/23/2008 12:27:39 PM

the belltower is lighted or lit

11/23/2008 12:30:29 PM

they should keep it lit red for the rest of the year after we kicked UNC's as by 31 points in their own stadium.

11/23/2008 12:32:00 PM

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"Other celebrations at the discretion of the Chancellor."

I wonder what some of these alternate celebrations have been.

I think it was something like this:

We've got new red filters!
RD was suspended again!
UNC did something abnormally gay!
The Nevada Wolf Pack has won!
Tuition has been raised!

11/23/2008 12:34:03 PM

i wish they would fix the one red gel that is missing so it's all red

11/23/2008 5:32:27 PM

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"they should keep it lit red for the rest of the year after we kicked UNC's as by 31 points in their own stadium."

31 days of red.

11/23/2008 7:29:29 PM

Ha, I support 31 days of red.

I remember driving down Hillsborough Street the night of the Duke game, and it was NOT lit red though.

11/23/2008 10:36:04 PM