Volkswagen Beetle placed atop UBC clock tower by engineering students
UBC’s engineering students are ending their engineering week festivities by topping it off at the campus clock tower, literally.
The students have brought back a long-running, annual engineering prank of placing awkward objects at the most unlikely locations. Photos by campus newspaper The Ubyssey show that a Vollkswagen Beetle was lifted overnight to the top of the clock tower next to Koerner Plaza, and the clock itself has been covered by a ‘E’ that marks the engineering faculty identity.
The engineers’ prank in the sunrise #UBC pic.twitter.com/XfesOUatO1
— Will McDonald (@w_d_mcdonald) February 7, 2014
The prank by engineering students is an attempt to highlight their skills in a very public way while also celebrating highly engineered structures. In 2008, they dangled a Beetle below the Lions Gate Bridge bridge deck and attempted to repeat the stunt in 2010 off the Iron Workers Memorial Bridge.
However, that stunt on the Second Narrows crossing failed when the cables snapped, causing the car to drop into the water. Students responsible for that stunt were caught in the act and fined.
No word yet on what UBC officials think of the latest stunt, and who will be responsible for taking the car off the 140-foot tall clock tower. This morning, engineering students also renovated their Dean’s office into a small janitor’s closet.
Another photo of the engineers’ shenanigans #UBC pic.twitter.com/8bl4S0npQJ — The Ubyssey (@Ubyssey) February 7, 2014
The engineers put a car on top of the clock tower and replaced one of the clock faces for E-week. #UBC pic.twitter.com/fIVhwk8RgO
— The Ubyssey (@Ubyssey) February 7, 2014
Featured Image: Will McDonald via Twitter
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