Just before 9:30 a.m. Sunday morning, Alex Sheppard, Liam Downey, Tim Berntsen, and Damon Pedersen gathered outside the Student Union Building at the University of Victoria.
The quartet wore matching blue T-shirts commemorating a social event and hard hats as good aspiring engineers would. Only Berntsen broke this team spirit by wearing long pants rather than shorts.
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ESS Bug Push raising funds for United Way Greater Victoria now underway on Ring Road
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A dome of crisp, cold air hung over the campus Sunday morning, and both Sheppard and Downey visibly shivered under the tent the Engineering Students Society (ESS) had set up.
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Their colleague Dalton Braun, meanwhile, put the finishing touches on an iconic fundraising event that returned to UVic after a yearB次元官网网址檚 absence B次元官网网址� the Bug Push for United Way.
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The idea behind sounds as silly as it is simple: groups of four push a hollowed-out 1972 VW Beetle around UVicB次元官网网址檚 2.2-km long Ring Road for half an hour to raise funds for the United Way of Greater Victoria, with the goal of keeping the bug rolling for 12 hours straight.
It did not happen last year, because of insurance issues and concerns from campus security, said Braun. But it returned this year with at least six registered teams, and in years past the event raised close to $2,000.
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Sheppard and Co. certainly displayed that team spirit, and launched into their ride around the ring with hoots and hollers, their hard hats donned with Viking horns and other personal touches. One completed circuit later though, they looked much more focused, if not straining, and likely much warmer.
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