Jumpin' Joe
03-12-2009, 01:16 AM
Vancouver, B.C. – Pranks are a common practice among college students…but engineering students at the University of British Columbia (UBC) seem to take it to the next level. The appearance of the Volkswagen shell in some unheard-of places has become the annual kick-off to Engineering Week at UBC, but the latest prank led to the arrest of five engineering students after trying to lower a Volkswagen Beetle off the bridge that spans Vancouver’s Burrard Inlet. Previously the Beetles have been placed on the top of tall buildings and suspended from bridges, but the engineer’s most notorious feat came when students hung a bug off San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge, generating international media attention. However, if this latest stunt was a class project…they would’ve received a failing grade as Vancouver police caught the group “red-handed” on the Iron Workers Memorial Bridge. Apparently, they ran into a bit of a snag and the equipment the students had been using either wasn’t strong enough or they had trouble with the cables or ropes they were using…resulting in the vehicle plunging into the inlet. The arrests mark the first time anyone has been caught in connection with the prank. The five students may face discipline from the university, but police are recommending charges of mischief over $5,000. :faint2: :tape: