Monday, March 7, 2011

A Week of "Why Not"

Why not dye your hair green? Why not bungee jump off of a crane? Why not compete in a kissing race or a mankini competition? Why not start drinking at noon even though you went out the night before and have a full day of classes? These are the questions that students at University of Limerick asked themselves last week during the campus-wide event: Charity Week.

Someone bungee jumping off of a crane outside of the UL gym.


University campuses all over Ireland conducted their own versions of "Rag Week" the same week that UL had their Charity Week. University of Limerick got a little too crazy at last year's Rag Week so they had to rebrand the event and up security this year.  Colleges all over the country use this week to raise money for a charity by holding different events for the students to participate in.  Teachers don't expect students to show up because most are too hungover to come or have already started drinking for the day. Or both.  The University of Galway was the problem school this year and had the Garda out to arrest students who were too rowdy. I'm not going to lie, I was a little reserved this week as I had a paper due on Wednesday and had more fun watching the events take place than actually participating in them. We were lucky to have sunny, almost warm weather for the week!  People were out in shorts and dresses, dancing outside on their balconies, and playing ball games in the courtyard.  It almost felt like a campus-wide spring break!

"Shave or Dye"

Fighting Alanagh while I waited for class to start and she waited for the pub to start serving

Bull Riding Outside of Stables

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