Students from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) take a break from the books on June 5 with the 44th annual Watermelon Drop on campus. UCSD student Jennifer Uren cut free watermelon slices for students after the annual splatfest. The watermelon served, of course, was not from one dropped from a tall building. UCSD students and “Watermelon Queens” Karen Reis and Janessa Werhane tossed a watermelon off the seventh story of UCSD’s Urey Hall, with the longest impact piece reaching 60 feet away — far from the annual Watermelon Drop event record. The Watermelon Drop originated with UCSD’s first undergraduate class in 1965.
