Several institutions marked April Fool’s Day this year with special releases and stories. Collège d’Alma, MacEwan University, and Royal Roads University each issued prank releases: Alma announced the launch of a new “ATM Program” focused on the art and technology of mascots; MacEwan announced that it had hatched the new “MacEwan Magpies” brand for its athletics team; and Royal Roads warned students about a giant peacock—approximately the height of Royal Roads President Philip Steenkamp—spotted in Langford. The Canadian Mennonite University shared the various pranks that its community has pulled over the years, which ranged from announcing a new cross-campus zip-line that would “reduce all of our actual footprints,” to transforming a building’s hallway into a public park complete with sod, trees, and benches.
