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Mystery Man Cracks Whips on UC Davis Campus (VIDEO)
Do you have a problem with this student cracking his whips on campus? If not, where do you draw the line on campus weapons?
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Aggie TV interviewed a “notorious student” who has a hobby of cracking whips in the UC Davis quad.
The whip artist is Matthew Olmsted, and he’s the subject of Aggie TV’s first ever “Obscure Sports Quarterly.” Here’s a bit of what they had to say about Olmsted:
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Many people may associate whip artistry with fictional characters like Zorro and Indiana Jones, but for the UC Davis campus this fictional form of art has become a reality with Matthew Olmsted's frequent showings on the quad and around campus. For AggieTV's first ever Obscure Sports Quarterly, we decided to interview this notorious student and find out what inspires him to partake in this obscure sport.
Watch the video to see Olmsted slice a piece of paper in half while the (crazy!) Aggie TV reporter holds it between her hands.
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A commenter under the YouTube video asked, “Hmmm… I thought whips are considered weapons… yet, they allow them on campus?”
Watch the video to see what the adminstration thinks of his whipping hobby.
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