The Foster’s Run

College/University: Harvey Mudd College
Location: Claremont, California
Day(s)/Week it occurs: Weekend of Daylight’s Saving

Summary of Event:

When the first unicycle was introduced to Havey Mudd’s campus in the 1970s , the unicycling club, Gonzo Unicycle Madness, formed and created an annual 9.6 mile ride called “The Foster’s Run,” to the “Donut Man” donut shop in Glendora. How they came up with the name of the annual event is the donut shop was originally known as “Foster’s Donuts” for strawberry donuts. Through the years unicycles became less popular and now only a few Mudders ride unicycles, but on the weekend of daylight-savings time in April, students and alumni, come to campus from all parts of the country to top their unicycles and pedal eastward from Claremont to Glendora for a delicious (and free) strawberry donut. Before they go into the shop, tradition calls for participants to perform the “Foster’s shakedown,” where the riders dismount their unicycles, form a circle and jump up and down while spinning in place. The owner Jim Nakato then happily greets all riders with his specialty: a large doughnut filled with fresh strawberries.

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Source: http://www.hmc.edu/specialinterestfeatures/ournameismudd/strawberry.html

The Foot of Good Luck

College/University: Yale University
Location: New Haven, Connecticut
Day(s)/Week it occurs: On going tradition

Summary of Event:

Students are told that rubbing the foot on Theodore Dwight Woolsey’s statue is good luck. Therefore, every freshman will be seeing making lines trying to rub the foot for good luck to come on their year. Everyone does it actually, staff, students and professors. This is a very interesting superstition but students at Yale are not ashamed to believe it and follow it.

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Annual Liquid Latex Day

Name of College/University: Brandeis University
Location: Waltham, Massachusetts
Day(s)/Week it Occurs: April 23rd

Summary of Event: This event occurs every year around the weekend of April 23rd. It is called the annual Liquid Latex. At this event, students use their bodies as a canvas, covering them with latex paint. After being covered in paint, students then choregaph dances and perform on stage usually with audiences ranging in the 700’s. This year they estimate over 200 participants and they are adding a fashion catwalk.