The 17th Annual Pumpkin Drop 2004

This photo and caption were run in our local paper, The Enterprise Record.


Ancient laws of gravity at work

Students from Chico State University's Physics Department dressed as ancient Greek scientists Aristotle and Socrates (standing alone near the center of the photo) host the 17th annual pumpkin drop at Butte Hall Friday. The event demonstrates to school-age children how gravity works as pumpkins plunge from the building's fourth floor, getting blown to smithereens as they hit the ground. "Igor" prepares to drop another pumpkin as this photo was shot. (Bill Husa/Enterprise-Record)

Socrates???