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Students take part in an annual cross country team ritual and dash around [[South Lawn]] in the buff. Some runners find themselves on the front page of the [[Columbia Spectator|Spectator]] the next morning.
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The '''Naked Run''' is an annual event in which students take a nude dash down the steps of [[Low Library]], around [[South Lawn]], past [[Butler Library]], and back up [[The Steps]], all while singing the Columbia fight [[song]], "Roar, Lion, Roar". The Naked Run is held every October. The runners are usually surrounded by a slew of onlookers and photographers. The morning after the event, a select few runners have the fortune or misfortune of finding themselves on the front page of the [[Columbia Spectator|Spectator]].
  
While the event has traditionally been advertised and organized by the cross country team, the team's involvement has been downplayed in recent years due to the risks of being considered hazing.
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The event has traditionally been organized by the [[Track Team]] and advertised as its "initiation event". However, the team has downplayed its involvement in recent years due to the risk that the event may be considered [[hazing]].
 
 
==Unanswered questions==
 
* When is the Naked Run???
 
  
 
[[Category:Traditions]]
 
[[Category:Traditions]]

Revision as of 23:27, 22 March 2007

The Naked Run is an annual event in which students take a nude dash down the steps of Low Library, around South Lawn, past Butler Library, and back up The Steps, all while singing the Columbia fight song, "Roar, Lion, Roar". The Naked Run is held every October. The runners are usually surrounded by a slew of onlookers and photographers. The morning after the event, a select few runners have the fortune or misfortune of finding themselves on the front page of the Spectator.

The event has traditionally been organized by the Track Team and advertised as its "initiation event". However, the team has downplayed its involvement in recent years due to the risk that the event may be considered hazing.