Fountain Run

One activity that makes Purdue unique and gives it character is the fountain run. The fountain run is a Purdue tradition that involves running through fountains located around the Memorial Mall. There are five fountains on campus but a normal fountain run only includes four of them. The four are the engineering fountain in the engineering mall, followed by a quick run over to the lion head fountain outside of the Stanley Coulter building for a drink. After a refreshing drink from the lion head fountain you run over to the memorial fountain that is in the memorial mall near the grave of John Purdue. This fountain is deeper than you would expect at first glance so be careful if you jump in! Lastly you head over to Loeb Fountain near Beering hall and conclude the run with the watery spray of summertime fun. The last fountain on campus is the colorful fountain in Discovery Park. This fountain is often left out of fountain runs because of how far away it is which makes one continuous run through all the fountains rather  difficult. The tradition of the fountain run has been around at Purdue since the building of the engineering fountain in 1989 and ever since Boilermakers have celebrated finals ending, graduation, or even just conquered boredom with a fountain run. Students, staff, alumni, and even locals all enjoy this tradition and trying this before graduation is a must for all Boilermakers.