{"id":91735,"date":"2019-10-16T09:00:43","date_gmt":"2019-10-16T13:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91735///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91735//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91735//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91735//?p=91735"},"modified":"2022-12-09T13:13:33","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T18:13:33","slug":"9-things-know-attending-spirit-splash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91735///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91735//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91735//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91735//9-things-know-attending-spirit-splash/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91735//","title":{"rendered":"9 Things You Should Know Before Attending Spirit Splash"},"content":{"rendered":"
It’s the time of the year Knights have been waiting (and some even training) for /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91735/u2013/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91735/u2013 Spirit Splash. On Friday afternoon thousands will rush into the Reflecting Pond for a chance to snag a rubber duck. Radio-television grad Sonali Prabhu ’19 and senior event management major Ashley Aken, from the Office of Student Involvement, share their insight for a successful run./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91735/n Spirit Splash has been recognized as the best university tradition in the state by the National Association for Campus Activities and was featured in a special segment on ESPN in 2017. It started in 1995 when the SGA president was pushed into the pond by some students at a pep rally at the fountain. The rest of the student body followed and a couple of years later, the tradition earned the name /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91735/u201cSpirit Splash/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91735/u201d and has been going strong ever since./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91735/n Now for the tips:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91735/n1: Wear a bathing suit or other comfortable clothes that you don/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91735/u2019t mind getting wet. As for shoes, stay away from flip flops because they/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91735/u2019ll slow you down or fall off./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/91735/n