Student Experience

Photos: Oxford Olympics

August 31, 2016

Oxford students compete on giant tricycles
Oxford students play tug-o-war.
Five Oxford students strain hard in a bout of tug-o-war.
Dad with child on the handlebars of a bicycle.
Oxford students all in blue t-shirts with faces painted show support for their team.
Oxford students cheer for their team.
Students compete in a ring with giant padded dumb-bells.
Students take swings at each other with padded dumb-bells.
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The Oxford Olympics, a favorite Orientation tradition on the Oxford College campus, lets incoming first-year students make new friends while battling in good-natured, often goofy competitions. Teams faced off in tug-of-war, tricycle races, (well-padded) jousting, and more.

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