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It\u2019s been 50 years since a group of students rolled a giant ball around the Clark University campus green. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019ll call it the Great Clark Ball Roll, because that seems fitting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The thing is \u2014 we don\u2019t actually know what\u2019s happening here. Do you? If you have an inkling, feel free to share it with us<\/a>. We\u2019re seriously curious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photo from the 1975 Clark University Pasticcio<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Does anyone know what\u2019s happening here?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":24928,"template":"","meta":{"story_color":"var(--clarku-color-dark-orange)","story_headerImg":24928,"section_label":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[223],"displayed_author":[],"featured":[],"topic":[234],"class_list":["post-24927","story","type-story","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-clark-community","topic-clarkives"],"yoast_head":"\nClarkives: Clarkies roll a giant ball, or something | ClarkU News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/2025\/08\/28\/clarkives-clarkies-roll-a-giant-ball-or-something\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Clarkives: Clarkies roll a giant ball, or 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