{"id":53302,"date":"2018-09-21T15:45:48","date_gmt":"2018-09-21T19:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=53302"},"modified":"2018-09-21T15:45:48","modified_gmt":"2018-09-21T19:45:48","slug":"gallery-brock-turns-purple-for-canadas-messiest-university-tradition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2018\/09\/gallery-brock-turns-purple-for-canadas-messiest-university-tradition\/","title":{"rendered":"GALLERY: Brock turns purple for Canada\u2019s messiest university tradition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A storm of excitement brought with it a downpour of purple rain at Brock University Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The sky over Brock\u2019s Jubilee Court was filled with flying fruit Friday, Sept. 21, as more than 400 students came together for the University\u2019s annual Grape Stomp.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brock\u2019s messiest tradition saw teams of students dye their white clothes purple by squishing, tossing and sliding on a metric tonne of Concord grapes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The popular Brock event, which helped to kick off <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2018\/09\/brock-alumni-niagara-community-invited-to-celebrate-brock-homecoming-weekend\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Homecoming weekend<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Sept. 21 to 23, has been ranked No. 2 out of the top Canadian university traditions by University Affairs Magazine.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t    <style type='text\/css'>\n\t        #gallery-464491507 {\n\t            margin: 0 auto 50px auto !important;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-464491507 ul {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: 0 !important; padding: 0 !important;\n\t            list-style-type: none;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t        #gallery-464491507 li.gallery-item {\n\t\t        \/* margin: 0 !important; padding: 0 10px 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