Do Harvard students really pee on the statue?

[Foobar 688]

I've seen multiple claims that Harvard students peeing on the statue of John Harvard is a tradition.

https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2015/08/how-clean-is-john-harvard

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2006/12/18/the-truth-about-john-harvard-p/

But i only have ever seen 1 such picture. As they say, "pics or it didn't happen", so I can't imagine students who do this would go without taking a picture. So, is it really a thing?

[colette888 6,917]

I was told it's true by a person who teaches there...

[ABBYPEEGODDESS 1,515]

I heard that at first started as a prank but then became common practice by a friend who studied their 

[ChrisS 433]

Anybody planning a trip to Cambridge now?

[Mr. Whizz 5,816]

Its not just John Harvard. At UPenn there is an iron bench with a statue of Ben Franklin. My friend and tour guide told us not to sit on it because students there give it a nightly washing to get back at tourists crowding the campus.

[Takashi96 847]

I saw a video on YouTube of 3 girls peeing on the statue. It was in Chinese and didn't have many views. One is pretty explicit with a thick powerful stream. 

[Ms. Tito 2,040]

Do you have to actually be a Harvard student to do this? Asking for a friend, of course. 

Edited August 27, 2023 by Ms. Tito

[Foobar 688]

On 8/27/2023 at 12:59 PM, Ms. Tito said:

Do you have to actually be a Harvard student to do this? Asking for a friend, of course. 

I highly doubt that they require to show your student ID to do it.