Dragon Day

Dragon Day is the the annual tradition where first-year AAP students disrupt classes, construct a dragon and parade it around campus. It has been the source of infamous pranks, fires and political messaging. Photos contain the Dragon Day parades of 2023, 2024, and 2025

Dragon Streaking on the Arts Quad, Mar 29, 2023. (Ming DeMers/Sun Asst Editor)
Dragon Streaking on the Arts Quad, Mar 29, 2023. (Ming DeMers/Sun Asst Editor)
Dragon streaking in Temple of Zeus, Mar 29, 2023. (Ming DeMers/Sun Asst Editor)
Dragon streaking in Temple of Zeus, Mar 29, 2023. (Ming DeMers/Sun Asst Editor)
Dragon streaking near the Cornell Store, Mar 29, 2023. (Ming DeMers/Sun Asst Editor)
Dragon streaking near the Cornell Store, Mar 29, 2023. (Ming DeMers/Sun Asst Editor)
Dragon Day t-shirts for sale, under Milstein Hall, Mar 29, 2023. (Ming DeMers/Sun Asst Editor)
Dragon Day t-shirts for sale, under Milstein Hall, Mar 29, 2023. (Ming DeMers/Sun Asst Editor)
AAP First-years build the dragon, Mar 30, 2023. (Ming DeMers/ Sun Asst Editor)
AAP First-years build the dragon, Mar 30, 2023. (Ming DeMers/ Sun Asst Editor)
AAP First-years build the dragon, Mar 30, 2023. (Ming DeMers/ Sun Asst Editor)
AAP First-years build the dragon, Mar 30, 2023. (Ming DeMers/ Sun Asst Editor)
The Dragon Day Parade on Feeney Way, Mar 31, 2023. (Ming DeMers/Sun Asst Photo)
The Dragon Day Parade on Feeney Way, Mar 31, 2023. (Ming DeMers/Sun Asst Photo)
President Pollack and VP Lombardi join the Dragon Day Parade, Mar 31, 2023. (Ming DeMers/Sun Asst Photo)
President Pollack and VP Lombardi join the Dragon Day Parade, Mar 31, 2023. (Ming DeMers/Sun Asst Photo)
Onlookers at the Dragon Day Parade, Mar 28, 2025. (Ming DeMers/Sun Senior Photographer)
Onlookers at the Dragon Day Parade, Mar 28, 2025. (Ming DeMers/Sun Senior Photographer)
The Dragon Day Parade, Mar 31, 2023. (Ming DeMers/Sun Asst Photo)
The Dragon Day Parade, Mar 31, 2023. (Ming DeMers/Sun Asst Photo)
The dragon on Dragon Day, Mar 31, 2023. (Ming DeMers/Sun Asst Photo)
The dragon on Dragon Day, Mar 31, 2023. (Ming DeMers/Sun Asst Photo)
The Dragon next to the Clock Tower, Mar 31, 2023. (Ming DeMers/Sun Asst Photo)
The Dragon next to the Clock Tower, Mar 31, 2023. (Ming DeMers/Sun Asst Photo)
The Dragon lords celebrate the destruction on Mar 31, 2023. (Ming DeMers/Sun Asst Photo)
The Dragon lords celebrate the destruction on Mar 31, 2023. (Ming DeMers/Sun Asst Photo)
Students throw colored powder onto the dragon, Dragon Day Parade, Arts Quad, Mar 28, 2025. (Ming DeMers/Sun Senior Photographer)
Students throw colored powder onto the dragon, Dragon Day Parade, Arts Quad, Mar 28, 2025. (Ming DeMers/Sun Senior Photographer)
The first-year AAP students on Dragon day, Mar 31, 2023. (Ming DeMers/Sun Asst Photo)
The first-year AAP students on Dragon day, Mar 31, 2023. (Ming DeMers/Sun Asst Photo)
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