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Old 10-31-2002, 08:39 AM
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Generally the flyers remain taped to the ground and don't cause any problems.
Yeah, but if it rains, the signs get wet, and people step all over them, they tend to clump up into pieces and get dragged around campus. Like phimusugar said, it can contribute to litter and most groups don't go around and collect them after the event.
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Old 10-31-2002, 10:27 AM
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Sidewalk chalking can actually be a great way of getting attention. I remember people signed us just because we had the biggest letters drawn on the sidewalk.

(don't people choose houses for dumb reasons?)

It can look pretty good though. At least one or two places you'll want to have something that looks GOOD. Then seal it with hairspray so it doesn't wash away (which most things inevitably do because it always rains right after we chalk).
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Old 10-31-2002, 11:38 AM
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There is definetly no side walk chalking at UIC. You could puke all over the place and it would take them weeks to clean it up but if you chalked even a little square they would have it clean before you could finish cleaning up your supplies.
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Old 10-31-2002, 06:33 PM
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Yeah, but if it rains, the signs get wet, and people step all over them, they tend to clump up into pieces and get dragged around campus. Like phimusugar said, it can contribute to litter and most groups don't go around and collect them after the event.
Generally the entire flyer is taped, sort of like being laminated. For our campus, this has been the way that works best. I didn't invent it -- it's tradiation.
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Old 10-31-2002, 08:35 PM
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It's done very rarely at UMass- it rains about 130 days out of the year here, so there's a fairly good chance that it'll either get washed away, or that the sidewalk will be too wet.

We've had it banned on buildings- we've had the problem that some of our buildings (especially the Fine Arts Center) are made of materials that take in the chalk, and they have to be sandblasted to remove it.
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Old 10-31-2002, 09:47 PM
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ALL organizations at Florida Tech are big on chalking. However, we (A Phi) seem to be the only GLO that's really big on it. Every year for the night before initiation the new girls go out and chalk. Unfortunately this gets the anti-Greek people to make fun of our new members, but they just sound like bitter old codgers anyway.
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Old 10-31-2002, 09:58 PM
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people chalk UF"s sidewalks like they are going out of style
Yeah! During homecoming all you say everywhere was "ABC loves XYZ"

There was also "Christy...your big sis loves you" before some houses had big sis revelations.

I remember this issue was brought up at UF... b/c people also like to litter campus with flyers for clubs and bars. So they were talking about how flyers have to handed to each person, not left everywhere.... and how chalk isn't allowed.

But who is going to enforce it??
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Old 10-31-2002, 11:14 PM
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I certainly hope this isn't banned at MTSU, as it is a chapter tradition for our us to write Big/Lil notes around campus such as, "Katie is the best Lil Sis!" or "ZTA Luvs Sarah", etc. It really makes a new member feel special to see her name written in public places all over campus & to be recognized as a new Zeta.
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Old 10-31-2002, 11:17 PM
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Oh- let me add also, that many other organizations use sidewalk chalk around campus to advertise various things, HOWEVER, I find it extremely tacky and even degrading when people have written on BUILDINGS with sidewalk chalk. Now THAT is just plain disrespectful to University property (not to mention a total eyesore- if it's on the ground u can just look up & ignore it, but not so if it's on a building). One example of this is where certain student "bands" (Recording Industry is a HUGE major here) advertise mini concerts by writing on buildings w/chalk. Grr.
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Old 11-01-2002, 12:37 AM
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We're allowed to use sidewalk chalk, but only in certain areas. The university restricted its use on buildings, trashcans, etc. for obvious reasons, but about a year or two ago, the restriction went to the pavers as well (the brick-like walkways). The reason being that it is harder to remove the chalk from the pavers than from the concrete walkways.
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Old 11-02-2002, 06:13 PM
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We never wrote on the sidewalk with chalk. I went to school in upstate NY, and it snowed from Halloween until Easter. When it wasn't snowing, it rained. That could be the reason we didn't do it.
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Old 11-02-2002, 07:39 PM
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We're required to chalk only in places where it can rain on the chalk. That means no walls or ground under an overhang. Past that, the university just requires that you follow the same content rules you'd follow if you had made up a flier. I think that it works fairly well.
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Old 11-02-2002, 10:03 PM
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Question Tacky

How is sidewalk chalking tacky? I think it's great -- it shows that your organizations are actually doing something on campus. Always a good sign.
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Old 11-03-2002, 09:55 AM
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Generally the entire flyer is taped, sort of like being laminated. For our campus, this has been the way that works best. I didn't invent it -- it's tradiation.
I know what you're saying, but it doesn't always hold.
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Old 11-03-2002, 09:57 AM
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I know what you're saying, but it doesn't always hold.
I'd think chalk would look better than taped flyers any day.
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