The Calendar Committee officially instituted Fall Break in 1990 as a one-day holiday on October 5. The idea for a fall break was raised in the spring of 1988 by Elizabeth McKenzie, then chair of the Undergraduate Academic Council, who noted that a fall break had not been included in the new semester calendar. The Undergraduate Council’s original bill requested a weeklong break and was modified to a two-and-a-half-day break by the Student Senate and Undergraduate Council, meeting in joint session. The graduate council approved a resolution calling for a two-day break in early 1989. Chancellor Quinn increased the break to two days in 1991. The first (one day) Fall Break was marked by an explosion in the base of the Volunteer Statue, which sent the statue crashing to the ground at 8:30 a.m., and damaged the arm holding the torch.