The United States Constitution is 223 years old.

Constitution Day is celebrated on Sept. 17, because it is the anniversary of the day the framers signed the Constitution.

According to Martha Collins, advisor for the N.C. State chapter of the Society of Collegiate Journalists, the group is sharing the importance of the Constitution.

“We’re promoting the Constitution and the 1st Amendment,” Collins said.

SCJ has handed out candy with Constitution facts taped to them in the Brickyard all week.

May Chung, president of SCJ and a junior in English, said the group is raising awareness.

“The Society for Collegiate Journalists is celebrating Constitution Day this week by raising awareness on campus about the national freedoms granted by the signing of that fateful document,” Chung said.

According to Chung, the group painted the Free Expression Tunnel.

“To get students involved, we are painting the Freedom Expression Tunnel and WKNC is playing Constitution Day public service announcements on our behalf,” Chung said.

Chung said the Constitution is important because it gives us our basic freedoms.

“Without the Constitution, we would not have our basic rights, including free speech, which is the more prevalent to our organization, as we are comprised of various members of Student Media,” Chung said.