Some of our newer colleagues may not know what to expect. Here’s a reminder from last year:

And pay close attention to the reports of closings and delays. Last year, some enterprising pranksters at NC State pulled several fast ones on TimeWarner Cable’s News 14 Carolina, and preserved them for antiquity. To understand some of the jokes, however, you must be familiar with the Internet slang known as 733t (e.g., “pwnt” means “owned,” in this sense “embarrassed”) ? and most of the jokes are the sort of vulgar fare one would expect from collegiate pranksters. Here’s a subtle one that requires knowing the lyrics to Tommy Tutone’s “Jenny”: