Anton Røthe

This week has been filled with exciting event. One among them was Storm the Wall! This is the largest intermural event in North America. It “is a 5-person team relay or individual event. Including a 225 yard swim (9 widths of the UBC Aquatic Centre pool), 450m sprint, 2.8km cycle and 1km run, after which the whole team “storms” the 12’ wall.” (Storm Webpage)

This event has taken place in the midle of campus, so nearly everyone here must have heard of it. It is a great event to get together and do something fun that is also athletic. This is only one of many Rec events, but is definately the biggest one, and is a great source of advertisement. The wall itself is full of sponsor advertsisements aimed at students. Most of all the clubs that participate market themselves. The Fraternities for example are proud of doing well in sports and this year Alpha Delta Phi, won the Triple Crown (a prestigeous prize) and most likely the sports trophy.

This is itself a great advertisement for next year’s recruitment. This can also be said about other clubs, such a s the ski and board club which aspire to be one of the biggest and coolest clubs at UBC.

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