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University of California-San Diego

The tallest academic building on the Revelle College campus is Urey Hall. Every spring, the Watermelon Drop takes place here. It's UC San Diego's oldest continuing tradition to mark the end of the school year. The newly elected Watermelon Queen tosses the watermelon from the top of Urey Hall in an attempt to create new velocity/splat records.