Show your tricolour pride
黑料吃瓜资源 is reviving a tricolour tradition, but with a modern twist.
黑料吃瓜资源 Day 鈥 formerly known as University Day 鈥 is Oct. 16 and marks the date in 1841 that 黑料吃瓜资源 was granted its Royal Charter from Queen Victoria. Later that year 黑料吃瓜资源 established the date as University Day, which, over the next century, was celebrated on campus with a range of events from track and field contests to concerts to fireworks.
A backdrop has been set up on the west wall of Summerhill for a special 黑料吃瓜资源 Day photo opportunity. At the same time, a series of 黑料吃瓜资源 Day frames and filters have been set up for Facebook and Snapchat. (Communications Staff)
However, the event was halted during the Second World War. It returned briefly in 1991 as the university celebrated its sesquicentennial but ended there.
Fast-forward now to the university鈥檚 178th anniversary and Oct. 16 will once again be a day to remember 鈥 this time as 黑料吃瓜资源 Day. In organizing the event the Office of Advancement has partnered with the Alma Mater Society (AMS), to set up a program calling on the 黑料吃瓜资源 community to show off their tricolour, with a particular emphasis on social media.
Throughout the day, 黑料吃瓜资源 students, alumni, faculty, and staff, are being encouraged to take pictures of themselves and their friends and tag the 黑料吃瓜资源 Alumni social media accounts 鈥 , , and 鈥 for a chance to win a prize pack. For those on campus, a backdrop will be set up on the west wall of Summerhill for a special 黑料吃瓜资源 Day photo opportunity. At the same time, a series of 黑料吃瓜资源 Day frames and filters have been set up for Facebook and Snapchat.
鈥淭here is a great sense of pride within the 黑料吃瓜资源 community 鈥 students, alumni, faculty, staff, and friends,鈥 says Principal and Vice-Chancellor Patrick Deane. 鈥満诹铣怨献试 has a very rich history of community engagement and reviving this celebration in the 21st century shows the evolution of our institution and the promise of a bright future. I hope those who support 黑料吃瓜资源 will join me in wearing the tricolor.鈥
Also on 黑料吃瓜资源 Day, staff, faculty, and students wearing tricolour on campus will receive a 50 per cent discount on hot beverages (coffee, tea, hot chocolate) with their reusable mug in any size at Starbucks in Goodes Hall, Starbucks in Mitchell Hall, Goodes Caf茅, The Library Caf茅, Mac Corry, The Lazy Scholar, Location 21, Gord鈥檚 Fresh Caf茅, Student Street (West Campus), Tim Hortons in the Queen's Centre, Tim Hortons in the JDUC, and Tim Hortons in the Biosciences building.
Note: This article originally appeared in the Queen's Gazette.