Complete with crown and trident, Vice Chancellor of Student
Affairs Penny Rue led her office to a first-place victory in UCSD’s inaugural
Spirit Week office-decorating contest, embodying a week of blue-and-gold spirit
that seemed to permeate the entire campus.
Upon entering Rue’s office, judges crossed a barrier of
butcher paper that proclaimed, “We’ve got spirit, yes, we do, if you’ve got
spirit, run on through.” The UCSD fight song prefaced the recitation of a poem
about Triton spirit that Rue authored. Everyone in the office was garbed with
matching crowns and handmade tridents, and balloons and streamers completed
what would prove to be an award-winning display.
Thirty departments across campus participated in the
contest, and after last week’s overwhelming success, Assistant Vice Chancellor
of Student Life Gary Ratcliff said that he is already planning for next year.
