Flunk Day

Flunk Day is tomorrow.

Flunk Day is an annual event where, by surprise, all classes are canceled. A day's worth of carnival-like activities are planned.

Flunk Day Activities

Main article: Flunk Day Activities

There are many traditional Flunk Day activities.

The day starts with the entire campus being waken by the Friars, a group of seniors selected to start Flunk Day. In the morning, students enjoy a Mud Pit and Foam Pit to the sounds of a DJ. During the afternoon (usually after a nap) the lawn south of Seymour Hall has inflatable carnival games and karaoke. In past years, some students have also enjoy a bike ride to Lake Storey, though this activity was missing from the Flunk Day 2007 schedule. At night, Union Board holds an outdoor event such as a movie on a projector screen, a live band, or a dance party.

All meals are served outdoors on Flunk Day.

Controversy

Flunk Day is the source of much controversy because many students get very drunk. Every year, somebody (or somebodies) gets hurt and goes to the hospital. Every year, people say that Flunk Day might get canceled. The rumor spreads easily because the injuries and alcohol use are a liability for the college.

However, Knox President Roger Taylor stated in an article in The Knox Student that only about 100 people drink excessively on Flunk Day.

He is almost definitely wrong. Or his understanding of what constitutes 'excessive' drinking goes well beyond even students' standards of inebriation.