Article: Shamrock streakers make their mark at N.C. State

Curtiss P. Martin
University Wire
03-20-2006
(Technician) (U-WIRE) RALEIGH, N.C. -- Four North Carolina State University students added a dash of color to campus by reddening their cheeks on an invigorating run this past St. Patrick's Day. Wearing only thong underwear and a smile, the quad raised the ire and eyebrows of numerous passers-by as they sought to proclaim their school spirit.

"We've been doing this run for two years now," Mark Irwin, a sophomore in material science engineering, said. "A group of us got the idea while living on the second floor of Becton Hall."

The runners certainly appeared confident and experienced, as they vaunted up Hillsborough street from their home base ...

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