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For UCLA students, the quarterly Undie Run wasn't just an opportunity to frolic on campus late at night in their skivvies (and be snapped in pics that quickly made their way to teh internets) but the "unofficial campus tradition" was "a way of relieving stress during finals week," according to the UCLA Newsroom. It's pretty self-explanatory, but for the uninitiated: Students run "through campus, many in their underwear, in the middle of the night at the end of the fall, winter and spring academic quarters."
Well, they used to, that is: "Primarily citing safety concerns, UCLA administrators told student leaders Tuesday that the university will no longer allow the three-times-a-year Undie Run."
The event, which draws 8-10k semi-stripped down students per run, has led to problems with campus police keeping the peace. "The most recent run, in June, was marred by numerous incidents of fighting and vandalism and one robbery, according to campus police, and more than a dozen emergency medical calls were answered by emergency medical services units, most of them alcohol-related." More woes from the rising costs "associated with damage to university property and police and fire department staffing" also influenced the decision to cancel what Associate Vice Chancellor and Dean of Students Robert Naples calls "a free-for-all."
Previous UCLA Undie Run Coverage
The Best of the UCLA Undie Run 2006-2008
Fall 2006, Part 1
Fall 2006, Part 2
Winter 2007, Part 1
Winter 2007, Part 2
Winter 2007, Part 3
Spring 2007
Fall 2007, Part 1
Fall 2007, Part 2
Winter 2008
Biggest Undie Run Yet: Spring 2008
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umm, This ban ban is completely unamerican.
why does ucla hate liberty? ; ]
Nudity, half nudity, or anything of an even slightly sexual nature makes baby Jesus cry. That's why!
but corporate jesus
likey the skimp visuals.
we need separation of church and commerce!
There's more money in spreading guilt and salvation!
HBO might beg to differ.
I am just spitballing here, but why not limit the run from like south campus to north and back. Then there is nothing that campus police cannot handle, and add in a penalty for any aggravated arrest resulting in expulsion from UCLA. Also, i would like chicks with more gap between their legs getting photographed, all these gals with love handles - come on - this is not whitney port from the hills, these are 18-21 year old moisties.
Although this may reduce the scale, somehow college kids (even ones who wear powder blue) will figure out other ways to end up drunk, clad only in underwear.
EPIC FAIL.
But this only means that another Finals tradition will arise...
But on the converse, the end of Undie Run means that I will be able to preserve the fact that I am one of the very few to have participated in 12 Undie Runs, each quarter that I was a student...
Suffice to say, if they hadn't expanded it outside of the original Landfair-Ophir-Glenrock route, it might not have gotten so out of hand... ahh the good old days...
haha wassup andre
who are you mystery bruin???
Why can't they do it anyways? It's not like campus police are going to chase everyone down and ticket them. So there isn't going to be an organized event? It's not like the Bruin brainiacs can't organize it underground.
They will, they'll just take it more "underground" which will cause more mayhem.
Does the university even have the legal authority to ban this?
yeah, it doesn't seem like they do huh?
underwear covers more than most bathing suits - so my guess is they're basing it on b.s. "unlawful assembly" overreach - yet americans are *supposed* to have the right to assemble.
here's to a newformed skivvie litigation collective.
RIP.