Calvin Students Set for Icy Plunge

February 7, 2008 == MEDIA ADVISORY

The 10th annual Cold Knight Club will be inducted at Calvin College on Friday,
February 8, 2008, beginning at 5:30 p.m. The Cold Knight Club is part of a week
of festivities at Calvin for Homecoming 2008. And what exactly is the Cold
Knight Club?

Simply put: a group of students willing to put on a bathing suit in February
and submerge themselves in Calvin's "Sem Pond," a picturesque body of water on
campus that lies between President Gaylen Byker's house and the Calvin
Theological Seminary.

Last year some 200 students took the plunge, and similar numbers are expected
this year. All told almost 700 students have participated in this annual
Homecoming event since it began in 1999, including 15 members of the Gold Cold
Knight Club—those who have jumped four or more years. There are five possible
new inductees into the Gold Cold Knight Club this year.

The Cold Knight Club began in 1999 as a way to get current Calvin students more
involved in Homecoming.

For more, including the pledge recited by all the jumpers and a photo gallery
from 2007, see:
http://www.calvin.edu/homecoming/2008/coldknights.htm

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Received on Thu Feb 7 19:20:00 2008