The last nights of reading period often trigger a mass movement of students to campus libraries — students lug multiple textbooks to their carrels for all-nighters and early morning cram sessions. But the libraries also draw students for a reason much sweeter than the prospect of upcoming final exams.
Secret until moments before it occurs, the Naked Donut Run has long been a source of excitement, intrigue and mystique for stressed students in libraries across campus. During the run, frequently held the last night of reading period, participants deliver donuts all over campus, from the Rockefeller Library to the Sciences Library to the Center for Information Technology. Once inside the libraries, the runners disrobe and hand out doughnuts in the nude.
Due to the secretive nature of the run and the possibility of legal repercussions or academic or professional consequences, most sources spoke on the condition of anonymity. Pseudonyms are assigned to these sources based on their first initials and marked with an asterisk on first reference. Real names are left unmarked.
‘Secret agents’
Its origins are murky — “a lot of it is pretty muddled,” said Rose* ’13, one of the fall semester’s run coordinators, who requested that her name be withheld to preserve the shroud of uncertainty around the run.
But the run likely began in the late ’80s or early ’90s. Sarah Blair ’86 said the run did not exist during her time at Brown, while a librarian who arrived at the University in 1993 said the run has existed since she has been here.
There are two ways to become involved in the run, Rose said: to know someone already participating or to witness it taking place. Even participants in the run do not find out about the event until less than 30 minutes before it occurs.
Robin ’14, a recent transfer student, ran for the first time last semester. She said she learned she would be running mere minutes before the actual event.
Similarly, Dorothy* ’15 made the decision to participate the same night the run occurred.
“We’ve been accused of being exclusive,” Rose said, referring to the Naked Donut Run’s highly secretive nature.
The mystery surrounding the run makes it more fun for all involved, said Levi* ’13, a participant in the run. The Naked Donut Run is not conducive to a large crowd — even the current number of runners makes it difficult to coordinate, he said.
“We don’t have secret societies on campus, but it’s kind of similar to that,” Levi added. “It is kind of cool to feel like a secret agent.”
“It’s like the Ocean’s Eleven of desserts and nudity,” Dorothy said.
Unsavory reactions
But subtlety is more than just a way to keep the fun alive. When Lillian Ostrach ’07 MS’08 first participated in the run, the students involved were careful to maintain secrecy. But when they arrived at the SciLi mezzanine, the floor was packed with students, leading the runners to believe the time and location had been leaked.
Some people had cameras, Ostrach said. The runners felt intimidated by the crowds and only gave out a small number of doughnuts before leaving the library, she added.
Ostrach, who became a run organizer during her sophomore year, decided with other coordinators to vary when the run would occur. Traditionally, runners would flood the libraries the night before finals began. But the Naked Donut Run is not intended to be a spectator sport, she said — the organizers randomized the time of the run. Very few students were privy to the time and location before the event.
During Ostrach’s time, the doughnuts were initially paid for by coordinators. They were refunded by the runners, who would contribute money after they finished handing out the treats, she said.
Originally, runners handed out pieces of whole doughnuts, Ostrach said. But cutting up doughnuts covered in icing was messy, and the stock of doughnuts by the end of a business day was far more limited than that of doughnut holes, which were added to the stock in Ostrach’s junior year.
Despite a lack of official sanction by the University, Ostrach said she and the runners never felt threatened by security or librarians and desk staff.
“The Brown police loved us. They got a kick out of it,” Ostrach said.
“We respected the fact that technically this is something we could be arrested for,” she added. The runners were never belligerent — Ostrach described the run as more of a “sedate walk.”
But a security officer did prevent the runners from entering the SciLi in 2010, The Herald reported. Participants were required to complete the run clothed under threat of punishment, including legal action, Rose said.
From bridges to bikes and back again
Many neighboring institutions have similar traditions. An event called the “Ledyard Challenge,” an unofficial graduation requirement at Dartmouth College, requires rising juniors in their summer term to swim across the Connecticut River to Vermont and streak back across the bridge to New Hampshire, in full view of passing traffic.
University of Vermont students streak across an approximately half mile loop of central campus the night classes end for the semester. Nearly all students partake in the event, entitled the Naked Bike Ride, though few actually bicycle the route, said Natalie Rowe, a UVM sophomore.
Tufts University also has a naked run down their main quad, Levi said.
Institutionalized streaking even becomes a sort of team sport — The Herald reported on Hamilton College’s varsity streaking team’s tour of the New England Small College Athletic Conference schools in 2004.
‘You're naked, aren't you!’
Students who find their studies interrupted by naked runners are generally very receptive, Rose said. Often, the students laugh, but students who are found in further corners of the library tend to be more surprised.
Ostrach recounted handing a doughnut to an unsuspecting girl deep in concentration in the stacks of the Rock.
“Oh hi! You’re naked, aren’t you!” Ostrach recalled the student saying in her initial response.
Dorothy happened upon students unfamiliar with the Naked Donut Run in the CIT, she said.
“The look on their face really made the experience worth it,” she said.
But some doughnut recipients are all too familiar. The first doughnut Levi gave out as a runner was to a good friend. He said he nearly always runs into people he knows in the libraries, who may later bring up the run in conversation — but Levi always denies his involvement.
The Naked Donut Run is just one more manifestation of the “naked culture” prevalent at Brown, he said.
Robin said she became involved in the run in order to challenge herself and to be part of an experience that might not be possible at any other time in her life.
“I thought it was very liberating,” she said. Prior to the Naked Donut Run, Robin had seen a Nudity in the Upspace performance and attended a naked party, but found the run to have a different dynamic — students from varied social circles all over campus can be found in the libraries, in contrast to the “intimate, safe space” emphasized by Nudity in the Upspace.
Levi said that he thinks nudity should not be stigmatized or judged, and the positive reaction from viewers reflects well on the student body.
裸奔，是美国校园的一道特殊风景线。最著名的，当推布朗大学的“donut run”。
这是发生在前天晚上的 donut run：
这个具有30年传统，备受学生欢迎的年终保留项目，是在数九寒冬来临，期末考试前夕，为了给在各个图书馆里面挑灯夜战的学生们减压，补脑，一群百里挑一的身材魁梧肌肉发达6 pack昭然男性荷尔蒙十足的男学生，全身赤裸地奔跑在各个图书馆之间，给同学们送甜面包圈儿（donut）。后来，狠多亭亭玉立美貌如花的女生，也加入了裸奔的行列。
裸奔送甜面包圈儿时，要做到绝对的一丝不挂。也就是说，不仅要身无寸褛，而且不能有背包，提兜等任何物件儿。更重要的是，还要做到两手空空。
有喜欢思考的吃瓜群众会问：咦？既然如此，那甜面包圈儿，放在哪儿？
关于这个焖蹄，我只能回答一半儿：
裸奔的男生容易做到！看看甜面包圈儿的样子，估计全笑坛的人都会知道答案了。。
至于裸奔的女生，如何携带甜面包圈儿，俺也是百思不得起姐！
据说裸奔的男生跑到图书馆，把甜面包圈儿送给女生吃时，女生是不能把甜面包圈儿摘下来的，要直接凑过去啃着吃。
而裸奔的女生跑到图书馆，把甜面包圈儿送给男生吃时，具体怎麽个吃法，我也不知道，自己想象去吧。。。
借用笑坛newbird老兄的口头禅：现在的孩子们，可真会玩儿！
裸奔，并非布朗大学的专利。美国狠多学校，都有这个保留项目，形成了美国校园文化的一道独特的风景线。参与裸奔的男女学生，并非是裸露瘾患者，狠多就是为了挑战自己。就如同狠多老中把跑半马，跑全马做为挑战自己的方式一样，这些参加裸奔的年轻人，也是为了给自己的大学生涯留下了一段美好的回忆。
喂土狗！！！！（way to go）
这里有一篇若干年以前，布朗校报关于donut run前世今生的详细介绍，有兴趣的吃瓜群众不妨读读看：
By Katherine Cusumano
The last nights of reading period often trigger a mass movement of students to campus libraries — students lug multiple textbooks to their carrels for all-nighters and early morning cram sessions. But the libraries also draw students for a reason much sweeter than the prospect of upcoming final exams.
Secret until moments before it occurs, the Naked Donut Run has long been a source of excitement, intrigue and mystique for stressed students in libraries across campus. During the run, frequently held the last night of reading period, participants deliver donuts all over campus, from the Rockefeller Library to the Sciences Library to the Center for Information Technology. Once inside the libraries, the runners disrobe and hand out doughnuts in the nude.
Due to the secretive nature of the run and the possibility of legal repercussions or academic or professional consequences, most sources spoke on the condition of anonymity. Pseudonyms are assigned to these sources based on their first initials and marked with an asterisk on first reference. Real names are left unmarked.
‘Secret agents’
Its origins are murky — “a lot of it is pretty muddled,” said Rose* ’13, one of the fall semester’s run coordinators, who requested that her name be withheld to preserve the shroud of uncertainty around the run.
But the run likely began in the late ’80s or early ’90s. Sarah Blair ’86 said the run did not exist during her time at Brown, while a librarian who arrived at the University in 1993 said the run has existed since she has been here.
There are two ways to become involved in the run, Rose said: to know someone already participating or to witness it taking place. Even participants in the run do not find out about the event until less than 30 minutes before it occurs.
Robin ’14, a recent transfer student, ran for the first time last semester. She said she learned she would be running mere minutes before the actual event.
Similarly, Dorothy* ’15 made the decision to participate the same night the run occurred.
“We’ve been accused of being exclusive,” Rose said, referring to the Naked Donut Run’s highly secretive nature.
The mystery surrounding the run makes it more fun for all involved, said Levi* ’13, a participant in the run. The Naked Donut Run is not conducive to a large crowd — even the current number of runners makes it difficult to coordinate, he said.
“We don’t have secret societies on campus, but it’s kind of similar to that,” Levi added. “It is kind of cool to feel like a secret agent.”
“It’s like the Ocean’s Eleven of desserts and nudity,” Dorothy said.
Unsavory reactions
But subtlety is more than just a way to keep the fun alive. When Lillian Ostrach ’07 MS’08 first participated in the run, the students involved were careful to maintain secrecy. But when they arrived at the SciLi mezzanine, the floor was packed with students, leading the runners to believe the time and location had been leaked.
Some people had cameras, Ostrach said. The runners felt intimidated by the crowds and only gave out a small number of doughnuts before leaving the library, she added.
Ostrach, who became a run organizer during her sophomore year, decided with other coordinators to vary when the run would occur. Traditionally, runners would flood the libraries the night before finals began. But the Naked Donut Run is not intended to be a spectator sport, she said — the organizers randomized the time of the run. Very few students were privy to the time and location before the event.
During Ostrach’s time, the doughnuts were initially paid for by coordinators. They were refunded by the runners, who would contribute money after they finished handing out the treats, she said.
Originally, runners handed out pieces of whole doughnuts, Ostrach said. But cutting up doughnuts covered in icing was messy, and the stock of doughnuts by the end of a business day was far more limited than that of doughnut holes, which were added to the stock in Ostrach’s junior year.
Despite a lack of official sanction by the University, Ostrach said she and the runners never felt threatened by security or librarians and desk staff.
“The Brown police loved us. They got a kick out of it,” Ostrach said.
“We respected the fact that technically this is something we could be arrested for,” she added. The runners were never belligerent — Ostrach described the run as more of a “sedate walk.”
But a security officer did prevent the runners from entering the SciLi in 2010, The Herald reported. Participants were required to complete the run clothed under threat of punishment, including legal action, Rose said.
From bridges to bikes and back again
Many neighboring institutions have similar traditions. An event called the “Ledyard Challenge,” an unofficial graduation requirement at Dartmouth College, requires rising juniors in their summer term to swim across the Connecticut River to Vermont and streak back across the bridge to New Hampshire, in full view of passing traffic.
University of Vermont students streak across an approximately half mile loop of central campus the night classes end for the semester. Nearly all students partake in the event, entitled the Naked Bike Ride, though few actually bicycle the route, said Natalie Rowe, a UVM sophomore.
Tufts University also has a naked run down their main quad, Levi said.
Institutionalized streaking even becomes a sort of team sport — The Herald reported on Hamilton College’s varsity streaking team’s tour of the New England Small College Athletic Conference schools in 2004.
‘You're naked, aren't you!’
Students who find their studies interrupted by naked runners are generally very receptive, Rose said. Often, the students laugh, but students who are found in further corners of the library tend to be more surprised.
Ostrach recounted handing a doughnut to an unsuspecting girl deep in concentration in the stacks of the Rock.
“Oh hi! You’re naked, aren’t you!” Ostrach recalled the student saying in her initial response.
Dorothy happened upon students unfamiliar with the Naked Donut Run in the CIT, she said.
“The look on their face really made the experience worth it,” she said.
But some doughnut recipients are all too familiar. The first doughnut Levi gave out as a runner was to a good friend. He said he nearly always runs into people he knows in the libraries, who may later bring up the run in conversation — but Levi always denies his involvement.
The Naked Donut Run is just one more manifestation of the “naked culture” prevalent at Brown, he said.
Robin said she became involved in the run in order to challenge herself and to be part of an experience that might not be possible at any other time in her life.
“I thought it was very liberating,” she said. Prior to the Naked Donut Run, Robin had seen a Nudity in the Upspace performance and attended a naked party, but found the run to have a different dynamic — students from varied social circles all over campus can be found in the libraries, in contrast to the “intimate, safe space” emphasized by Nudity in the Upspace.
Levi said that he thinks nudity should not be stigmatized or judged, and the positive reaction from viewers reflects well on the student body.
“It’s not about being sexy,” Ostrach said.
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林子大了，什么鸟都有！
夹在耳朵上，用长头发把donut护住不掉下来
莫非是shi海钩沉
据说校方还会赔偿wawa 店所有经济损失
看来只能下班买ｄｏｎｕｔ， 回家试试了
且大白天，看得清楚
从十天前到今天-又有新情況了-
在昨天康乃爾大學的新聞出來之前-,這裡的大學已經開始不安了-,
昨天有各級政府出來勸導大家-,除了一個省-,阿爾博特省的省長-阿爾博特的省长說不限群聚-因為大家都受不了-天啊-,這會有多少節日染病或入院的-,本來就是計劃趕不上變化-
我嫂子說香港已經有新變種-
台灣那邊剛剛播報也有了-,
這裡政府在安排分發快篩劑-,或是打第三劑的事情-,
大小留學生挺慘-不知道會怎麽樣-,
家裡剛剛取消了一個假日得旅行-,
現在準備兩天后送一個外省的孩子回家-,
-下午和他聯繫-,
山雨欲來了。。。
問个好-,
小心-:))
反正是站着说话不腰疼
这些重病号丝毫不值得同情！因为绝大多数都没打过疫苗！
而且他们的住院费用最后要有新州纳税人承担
模模糊糊的，那些人是不是啥没穿也不能确定。失望呀
