Chicago Journal
By the numbers
The happiness of Kuviasungnerk
Students who took part in the winter festival’s nude polar
bear run across the quads: about
100
Degrees fahrenheit on January 23, this year’s run date: 23
Wind chill: 17
Students at this year’s sunrise lakefront Salute to the Sun:
about 100
Time the sun rose: 7:11 a.m.
TV cameras there: 1
T-shirts awarded to students attending all five mornings of Kangeiko
exercises (stretching, calisthenics, martial arts): 170
Kangeiko start time: 6 a.m.
Year the festival began: 1983
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