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FieryCold
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What are some of the coolest traditions of your high school/college/university? Share them here!
My university has this ancient structure called the Arch of the Centuries right in front of the main school gate. Every year, there's this highly symbolic event called the Freshman Walk. Froshies take a long trek around campus and then walk through the arch. They're supposed to enter it from the front--that is, towards the school, not from it. There's a similar event at the end of the year, except this one is for graduates. They do the same campus-wide trek then exit the arch to symbolize their "going out into the real world", so to speak. A lot of tales go around about the arch. They say that if you miss the tradition or go through the arch when you're not supposed to (i.e. not during the freshman walk), you'll fail and won't graduate on time. Even though I was lazy af, I was paranoid enough to participate in the tradition. When I finished university, however, I found solid proof that all those tales were absolute bullshit (two of my friends never attended the freshman walk, and they graduated on time!). I nearly skipped the second one, and honestly, I should have, because it was raining like hell and there was lightning and everything. Funny how the rain stopped when wesprinted walked through the arch. I s'pose the weather decided to be metaphorical that day. XD
My university has this ancient structure called the Arch of the Centuries right in front of the main school gate. Every year, there's this highly symbolic event called the Freshman Walk. Froshies take a long trek around campus and then walk through the arch. They're supposed to enter it from the front--that is, towards the school, not from it. There's a similar event at the end of the year, except this one is for graduates. They do the same campus-wide trek then exit the arch to symbolize their "going out into the real world", so to speak. A lot of tales go around about the arch. They say that if you miss the tradition or go through the arch when you're not supposed to (i.e. not during the freshman walk), you'll fail and won't graduate on time. Even though I was lazy af, I was paranoid enough to participate in the tradition. When I finished university, however, I found solid proof that all those tales were absolute bullshit (two of my friends never attended the freshman walk, and they graduated on time!). I nearly skipped the second one, and honestly, I should have, because it was raining like hell and there was lightning and everything. Funny how the rain stopped when we
