UPDATE MONDAY OCT. 4 As promised, we checked with UCF’s administration just to be 100 percent sure Spirit Splash is still happening, and we have confirmed this morning from UCF Asst. Vice President of News and Information Grant Heston that Spirit Splash is indeed happening as planned.
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About 1,000 people have joined a Facebook group to petition against cancelling UCF’s Spirit Splash Homecoming Event, but the Facebook group for Homecoming says not to worry — Spirit Splash is still a go.
Here’s what the Facebook group claiming Spirit Splash was cancelled said: “This year UCF has decided to cancel the beloved tradition of Spirit Splash due to concerns about health and safety issues, as well as other reasons. This petition was created in hopes of reinstating this activity. If at least 5,000 people like this page, UCF will highly consider bringing it back.”
The Official UCF Homecoming Facebook group posted this message late Saturday: “There have been some discrepancies regarding Spirit Splash 2010 – Would we have made awesome posters, ordered amazing Spirit Splash tshirts and stocked up on the signature rubber duckies if it was canceled? Of course not! We’ll see YOU at the Reflecting Pond on Friday, October 22nd!!”
KnightNews.com has confirmed UCF has had safety concerns about Spirit Splash in the past, so we e-mailed UCF’s News and Information spokespeople just to make sure it’s 100 percent certain Spirit Splash will happen this year and to try and find out what could have caused these “discrepancies,” as the UCF Homecoming Facebook page calls them.
Check back for updates and see our Spirit Splash coverage from last year.
