2018 Paint the A

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Channel: Arizona State University · 2018 · Education

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Whitewashing the "A," an Arizona State University tradition for 80 years, symbolizes a fresh beginning at the start of the academic year. It's one of the first things incoming freshman to do to feel engrained in the university and into traditions at ASU. 

After the event, the "A" remains white until the night before the first home football game of the season, when Student Alumni Association members trek up the mountain to return it to its familiar ASU gold.

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