Editing Purdue University (section)

===Activities and events===
[[File:President Ronald Reagan During a Trip to West Lafayette Indiana and Purdue University and Looking at a Robot.jpg|thumb|right|[[President of the United States|President]] [[Ronald Reagan]] visiting Purdue in 1987]]
Students at Purdue participate in more than 1000 student organizations that cover a variety of interests.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.purdue.edu/datadigest/instruction/pg32.html |title=Student Activities and Organizations |work=Data Digest 2012–13 |publisher=Purdue University |access-date=January 20, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130201104721/http://www.purdue.edu/datadigest/instruction/pg32.html |archive-date=February 1, 2013 }}</ref> Some of the notable clubs founded by Purdue students include the [[Purdue Reamer Club]] (a school spirit organization that cares for the [[Boilermaker Special]] mascot and raises funds for scholarships) and two clubs that eventually became nationwide organizations: the [[National Society of Black Engineers]] and the [[Rube Goldberg Machine Contest]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2022}}

Several campus-wide programs are planned by the Purdue Alumni Student Experience (part of the Alumni Association), [[Purdue Memorial Union|Purdue Student Union Board]], Purdue Student Government (PSG), or the Purdue Graduate Student Government (PGSG). PSG and PGSG are made up of representatives from each of the university's academic colleges and give recommendations to the faculty, administration, and sometimes to the state legislature.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=WBAA |date=May 4, 2012 |title=Indiana Lifeline measure becomes law |url=http://wbaa.org/post/indiana-lifeline-measure-becomes-law |last=Smith |first=Brandon |access-date=January 20, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140218222509/http://wbaa.org/post/indiana-lifeline-measure-becomes-law |archive-date=February 18, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Annual campus events include Boiler Gold Rush, Purdue University Dance Marathon, Spring Fest, and Grand Prix. Boiler Gold Rush (BGR) is Purdue's a student orientation program and a sports pep rally. Purdue University Dance Marathon (PUDM) is an 18-hour no-sitting, no-sleeping, dance marathon; over 2,000 students participate and the event raises over $1 million annually for [[Riley Hospital for Children]] in Indianapolis. Spring Fest is an annual carnival with entertaining exhibits from many academic departments. A highlight of the weekend is the Entomology Department's Bug Bowl, where the sport of [[cricket spitting]] was invented in 1997.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=Science Daily |title=Purdue Bug Bowl Bigger, Buggier And Better |date=April 6, 1999 |url=https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1999/04/990406042743.htm |access-date=January 20, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203221540/http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1999/04/990406042743.htm |archive-date=February 3, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Lovitt |first=Rob |newspaper=NBC News |title=Travel's silly season: rat racing, cricket spitting and mullet tossing, oh my |date=April 12, 2012 |url=http://www.nbcnews.com/travel/travels-silly-season-rat-racing-cricket-spitting-mullet-tossing-oh-712573?franchiseSlug=todaytravelmain |access-date=January 20, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140204022107/http://www.nbcnews.com/travel/travels-silly-season-rat-racing-cricket-spitting-mullet-tossing-oh-712573?franchiseSlug=todaytravelmain |archive-date=February 4, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Purdue Grand Prix]], a 50-mile, 160-lap go-kart race ends Gala Week each year. All 33 participating karts are made from scratch by student teams. The event has been raising money for student scholarships since it began in 1958.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.purduegrandprix.org/?page=history |title=Purdue Grand Prix |publisher=Purdue Grand Prix |access-date=January 22, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070123003903/http://www.purduegrandprix.org/?page=history |archive-date=January 23, 2007 |url-status=live}}</ref>