TRITON Magazine Fall 2019 | Page 41

For 40 years , college rivalries foster camaraderie .

Putting the UN in

For 40 years , college rivalries foster camaraderie .

BY JARRETT HALEY AND HANA VAID ’ 21
Since 1979 , the colleges of UC San Diego have come together for an afternoon of sun-drenched silliness and well-rehearsed spectacle . The event may be only a couple of hours long , but students spend weeks plotting and planning and practicing , all in the hopes of being the next keeper of what was once someone ’ s worn-out and ragged old gym shoe .
It may sound strange to some , but if you ’ re a Triton , you know .
This is the UnOlympics .
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