Standing at the edge, Mady Trummer looked out at the swarm of Ohio State students before peering down at the shoes duct taped to her feet. As the cold November air caused her to shiver she looked up to see that it had finally begun to snow. However, this only strengthened her resolve and with a final breath she closed her eyes and leaped into the frigid cold water to join her peers.
Like thousands of other students, Mady Trummer had been jumping into Mirror Lake as part of a yearly tradition for Ohio State Students during the week leading up to the football game against Michigan. But for the first time since 1990, this annual tradition of jumping into Mirror Lake will not transpire.
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University leadership strongly agrees that we will work with our campus community to end this annual event.”
Singletary was a 22 year old junior from Dayton. He was pulled from the lake during last year’s jump after having suffered cardiac arrest. Paramedics treated him immediately on the scene, but he died later in the morning at Ohio State’s Wexner Medical Center.
“It sucks.” Recently graduated student Ryan Leynaud weighs in, “Jumping in Mirror Lake was one of my favorite traditions during my time at OSU. I get why they decided to cancel the event, but it still sucks.”
Other students have had similar sentiments, but most agree that it is time that the time honored tradition should be let go. In recent years the event has brought nearly 15,000 people to jump in the lake, most in an inebriated state. Some students hope for a return of the jump once construction ends. But some students have a different
Like thousands of other students, Mady Trummer had been jumping into Mirror Lake as part of a yearly tradition for Ohio State Students during the week leading up to the football game against Michigan. But for the first time since 1990, this annual tradition of jumping into Mirror Lake will not transpire.
Construction on the lake is the main culprit, making it impossible …show more content…
University leadership strongly agrees that we will work with our campus community to end this annual event.”
Singletary was a 22 year old junior from Dayton. He was pulled from the lake during last year’s jump after having suffered cardiac arrest. Paramedics treated him immediately on the scene, but he died later in the morning at Ohio State’s Wexner Medical Center.
“It sucks.” Recently graduated student Ryan Leynaud weighs in, “Jumping in Mirror Lake was one of my favorite traditions during my time at OSU. I get why they decided to cancel the event, but it still sucks.”
Other students have had similar sentiments, but most agree that it is time that the time honored tradition should be let go. In recent years the event has brought nearly 15,000 people to jump in the lake, most in an inebriated state. Some students hope for a return of the jump once construction ends. But some students have a different