MEDIA ADVISORY

EVENT:
26TH Annual Muir College Pumpkin Drop & Halloween Carnival and Vendor Fair, University of California, San Diego

DATE: 
Wednesday, October 31, 2001

TIME: 
12:30 p.m. pumpkin drop; 11:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. carnival and vendor fair

LOCATION: 
Muir Quad between Tioga Hall and Tenaya Hall at UCSD (see map attached)

REMARKS:  
“Chuck,” the pumpkin, will be dropped by members of the
Muir College Residents Executive Council from the 11th story of Tioga Hall, the tallest building on the Muir College campus.

This 155 pound pumpkin, donated by Becky Bevell of Bodacious Pumpkins of Fallbrook, has been filled with an assortment of smaller pumpkins and candy.

The pumpkin’s “splat” is measured each year. The largest splat in the history of the pumpkin drop occurred in 1995, when a 398-pound pumpkin spewed over 100 feet.

ADDITIONALLY:
The UCSD Bookstore will sponsor a Halloween costume contest for students, faculty and staff from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. in the Price Center Plaza. Prizes will be awarded for the funniest, scariest, most creative and incredibly fantastic costumes.

CONTACT:
Ebonie Rayford, assistant resident dean, 534-4200, or Pat Danylyshyn-Adams, resident dean, 534-4200, Muir College, or Meredyth Potter White, UCSD Bookstore, 534-6444.