“It’s a beautiful moment for our school’s culture,” Evan said, “it’s a great time to make some new friends and boost that school spirit.
I have random people coming up to me - there’s a group of people playing volleyball who, walking into this, didn’t know each other previously and there they all are, just playing with each other.” Everyone comes out for Banana Day, everyone is excited and involved. This is the most amount of people I’ve ever seen on the quad, so just the community involvement. Two members of SAC, Andrew and Evan, talked about what this day means to them.Īndrew first stated, “I love the community. This event was planned by the Student Activities Council (SAC), and members of the organization were even dressed up as bananas that everyone took pictures with. Games like banana toss, peel-the-banana-with-chopsticks race, volleyball, banana corn hole and tons of other booths and activities kept students enjoying themselves all day. In the academic quad, competitions went on all day for the chance of winning a limited, special Banana Day t-shirt. With this year being back in person, everyone went bananas. This year, Tellez was able to make it to the event with his kids to show them the impact he has had on this campus, although he said, “I think they might be embarrassed to be with me today.” Nevertheless, it was wonderful seeing the founder of this special day enjoying himself and seeing what Banana Day has turned into.īecause of COVID-19, the event for the past two years has been virtual to keep everyone safe.
Years ago, then-student Rodolfo Tellez handed out over 3,000 bananas to his fellow students as a way to de-stress before finals week.
This tradition started in 1996 and has been a favorite of students for 26 years. On April 20, Banana Day was in full swing all throughout the campus until 3 p.m. This past Wednesday, the return of the best holiday happened at West Chester University.
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