{"id":83553,"date":"2015-01-26T13:06:52","date_gmt":"2015-01-26T18:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=83553"},"modified":"2019-10-14T10:43:29","modified_gmt":"2019-10-14T14:43:29","slug":"slideshow-2015-puddle-jump-hits-great-heights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2015\/01\/26\/slideshow-2015-puddle-jump-hits-great-heights\/","title":{"rendered":"Slideshow: 2015 Puddle Jump hits great heights"},"content":{"rendered":"

The annual Puddle Jump, held on Jan. 23 as part of Winter Carnival festivities, drew hundreds of students to Lake Andrews for a Bobcat ritual first begun back in 1975.<\/a><\/p>\n

The event begins with the ceremonial arrival of the Winter Carnival torch, born by members of the Bates Outing Club. Apre<\/em>-jump, students adjourn to a bonfire along the shoreline to warm up.<\/p>\n

Photographs by Phyllis Graber Jensen.<\/p>\n

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