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===Oglethorpe Day=== In early February, the college hosts events to celebrate the anniversary of James Oglethorpe's founding of the colony of Georgia. The annual "Petrels of Fire" race, an homage to [[Trinity College, Cambridge|Trinity College]]'s [[The Great Court Run|Great Court Run]] portrayed in the movie ''[[Chariots of Fire]]'', features students attempting to run the {{convert|270|yd|adj=on}} [[perimeter]] of the Academic [[Quadrangle (architecture)|Quad]] before the Lupton Hall [[belltower]] finishes its noon chimes.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://oglethorpe.edu/oglethorpeday/ | title=A Cherished Tradition | work=Oglethorpe University | access-date=23 October 2016}}</ref>
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