UBC Reports | Vol. 49 | No. 9 | Sep.
4, 2003
In the early 1970s, UBC students had a bizarre outlet to
express their frustrations. A wave of streakers swept over
the campus in the early part of the decade but the movement
really came to a climax in 1974 when about 150 men, mostly
engineering students, ran through and around the Student Union
Building wearing nothing more than ski masks. Not amused,
the Ubyssey editorialized: “Streaking just plays right
into the purposes of those wanting students to forget the
real issues.”
