Free Expression Tunnel

[2] For the Spring 2005-2006 semester, the Free Expression Tunnel was closed for repairs and the installation of handicap ramps.

[3] On November 5, 2008, racist, threatening graffiti directed at (then) President-elect Barack Obama was found in the tunnel.

The four students responsible were identified, and admitted to the act, stating that it was protected by their First Amendment right to free speech; however the North Carolina chapter of the NAACP has called for their expulsion.

Since February 2010, there has been an ongoing tradition of a weekly freestyle cipher, every Monday night at 10 pm.

Local artists and students alike gather at the tunnel to freestyle, beatbox, sing, play instruments, recite poetry, and network.