UCSD’s great pumpkin makes a big impact
'Drop Dead Gorgeous' is about to get shoved off the roof of UCSD's Tioga Hall on Halloween 2011. Photo: Christine E. Clark/UCSD
From amidst the splatter of the-400 pound pumpkin, students go for the candy. Photo: Christine E. Clark/UCSD
The occasion was the 37th annual UCSD Monster Pumpkin Drop.
The pumpkin was filled with individually wrapped candy which students scurreid to claim. The largest spray in the history of the event occurred in 1995, when a 398-pound pumpkin spewed over 100 feet.
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glad to see this tradition lives on! go muirons!
woop! way to go muir res life