Tau Kappa Epsilon members stand on smashed truck. Photo by Kaitlyn Gaub.
Tau Kappa Epsilon — a fraternity at UAA — held a charity truck smash event on Aug. 29 in front of Cuddy Hall.
Charity participants — after signing a waiver and donning safety gear — wielded sledgehammers, crowbars and hammers to destroy the truck. Tau Kappa Epsilon, known as TKE, gathered monetary donations from participants for Saint Jude Children’s Hospital.
The Northern Light spoke with TKE member Charles Ryland who said, “My old roommate had this truck that he hated … I bought it off of him for like, $1 and we were trying to figure out what to do with it.”
“We looked back through old Facebook and Instagram, and we saw the car smash,” said Ryland. “We figured, why not do another one — raise some money and let people have a good send-off to the first week of school.”
On Aug. 23, days before the car smash, TKE members discovered a person broke into the truck and had allegedly been living in it.
Ryland recounted discovering the truck, “I discovered that the truck was unlocked, the driver's seat was missing and there was a bag full of mysterious things in my truck. I called UPD, and they did a search of the vehicle, they found some stuff … empty alcohol containers.”
Despite the surprise, TKE was able to destroy the vehicle by stressed out, UAA approved, tool wielding students.
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