Undie Run
{{Short description|Charity marathon event}}
File:Cupid's Undie Run Seattle 2012 - 143.jpg, 2012]]
An Undie Run is an event where a large number of people disrobe until they are only wearing underwear, and then run. The site of Undie Runs are typically college campuses, but they may occur on other sites such as streets.{{cite news|url=http://articles.ocregister.com/2011-09-15/news/30166457_1_undie-run-iconic-fountain-rust|title=Fountain removed, but not for Undie Run|last=Shyong|first=Frank|date=September 15, 2011|work=The Orange County Register|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509185018/http://www.ocregister.com/news/fountain-317310-circle-undie.html|archive-date=9 May 2012}} Undie Runs may be purely for entertainment, a form of protest, or as with the ASU Undie Run, fund-raising for charitable purposes.{{cite news|url=http://www.sacbee.com/2011/10/06/3966281/salt-lake-city-underwear-run-sets.html|agency=Associated Press|title=Salt Lake City underwear run sets world record|date=October 6, 2011|work=The Sacramento Bee|access-date=8 October 2011}} It is reported that the Guinness Book of World Records considers the Undie Run that took place on September 24, 2011, in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States to have had a record number of participants. There were 2,270 participants in that Undie Run, which was held to protest Utah's conservative laws.
COED Magazine, a magazine in the United States marketed to college students, has reported that Undie Runs are the "number one university sanctioned event".{{cite news|url=http://coedmagazine.com/2010/09/05/the-top-10-university-sanctioned-events/|title=The Top 10 University Sanctioned Events|date=September 5, 2010 |work=COED Magazine|access-date=8 October 2011}}
History
File:Cupid's Undie Run DC 2017 (32249296394).jpg, 2017]]
One of the earliest known Undie Runs was started by student Eric Whitehead{{cite news|url=http://dailybruin.com/2005/06/12/undie-run-tradition-faces-grow/|title=Undie Run tradition faces growing pains|website=Daily Bruin|first=Xandi|last=Staines|date=12 June 2005}} at UCLA in the fall of 2001.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-jul-31-me-undie-run31-story.html|title=UCSB kicks Undie Run off campus|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|first=Corina|last=Knoll|date=31 July 2009}}
Universities in North America with Undie Run traditions
File:Nearly Naked Mile 2017 (37435269982).jpg, 2017]]
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;Arizona
- Arizona State University (ended 4/28/15){{cite web|url=http://www.statepress.com/article/2015/04/asu-has-image-problems-undie-run-isnt-one-of-them|title=ASU has image problems; Undie Run isn't one of them|website=The State Press|date=27 April 2015}}{{cite news|url=http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/2011/05/arizona_state_universitys_undi.php|title=Arizona State University's 'Undie Run' Trying to Break World Record for Most Drunk and Naked College Students...Or Something Like That|last=Hendly|first=Matthew|date=May 3, 2011|work=Phoenix New Times|access-date=8 October 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110507090216/http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/2011/05/arizona_state_universitys_undi.php|archive-date=7 May 2011}}
- University of Arizona{{cite news|title=Stripping for a cause: my experience at ZonaZoo's Undie Run|url=http://www.wildcat.arizona.edu/article/2012/10/zonazoo-undie-run-university-of-arizona-102612|last=Libman|first=KC|date=October 25, 2012|work=The Daily Wildcat|access-date=23 May 2014}}
;Boston
; British Columbia
; California
- California State University, Chico
- California State University, Fullerton
- University of California, Irvine{{Cite web|url=http://www.ocregister.com/2009/03/13/uci-students-to-hit-the-streets-in-their-underwear/|title=UCI students to hit the streets in their underwear – Orange County Register|date=13 March 2009 |access-date=2017-06-06}}
- California State University, Long Beach
- University of California, Los Angeles{{cite web|url=http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-ends-student-undie-run-due-97231.aspx|title=UCLA ends student Undie Run due to safety concerns|last=Boatright-Simon|first=Elizabeth Kivowitz|date=July 29, 2009|work=UCLA Newsroom|publisher=University of California, Los Angeles|access-date=8 October 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090801101600/http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-ends-student-undie-run-due-97231.aspx|archive-date=1 August 2009}}
- Chapman University, Orange, California
- University of California, San Diego{{cite news|title=Going Au Natural All Over Campus|url=https://ucsdguardian.org/2008/03/30/going-au-natural-all-over-campus/|date=30 March 2008|newspaper=The Guardian|location=University of California, San Diego}}
- San Diego State University{{cite news|url=http://www.surfinglife.com.au/news/asl-news/6433-weekend-wash-up-9|title=Weekly Washup 26 September 2011|last=Radich|first=Sean|work=Australia's Surfing Life|access-date=8 October 2011}}
- University of California, Santa Barbara{{cite news|url=http://thebottomline.as.ucsb.edu/2011/09/stupid-fun-traditions|title=Stupid, Fun, Traditions|last=Bates|first=Michael|date=26 September 2011|work=The Bottom Line|access-date=8 October 2011}}
- University of Southern California
;Colorado
; Florida
- University of Florida{{cite news|url=http://www.alligator.org/news/campus/article_dcf3b7d4-eb20-11e0-98ae-001cc4c03286.html|title=Undie dash moonlights tonight across campus|date=September 30, 2011|work=The Independent Florida Alligator|access-date=8 October 2011}}
;Kansas
;Kentucky
- University of Kentucky{{cite web |url=http://ukundierun.com/ |title=University of Kentucky Undie Run: Spring 2008 |website=UK Undie Run |access-date=9 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130625025214/http://ukundierun.com/ |archive-date=25 June 2013 }}
;Montana
- University of Montana – Missoula{{cite news|url=http://missoulian.com/news/local/article_39753e28-e1ae-11e0-8767-001cc4c002e0.html|title=Conduct code directs how University of Montana deals with streakers, shooters|last=Moy|first=Chelsi|date=September 18, 2011|work=Missoulian|access-date=8 October 2011}}
;Nevada
;New Mexico
;New York
;Oregon
;Texas
;Washington
;Wisconsin
See also
References
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External links
{{commons category-inline|Undie runs}}
- [http://www.utahundierun.com/ utahundierun.com]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20150205232601/http://www.cupidsundierun.com/ cupidsundierun.com (Internet Archive)]
Category:Activities in underwear
Category:Student culture in the United States