Comments on: Kiss a Tree? Bribe a Statue? College Superstitions Revealed! http://mycollegeguide.org/blog/02/2010/kiss-tree-bribe-statue-college-superstitions-revealed/ The Blog About Preparing For College Thu, 12 Apr 2012 17:02:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: How to Not Look Like a College Freshman or Learn the University of Kansas Fight Song Clap « My College Guide http://mycollegeguide.org/blog/02/2010/kiss-tree-bribe-statue-college-superstitions-revealed/comment-page-1/#comment-16065 How to Not Look Like a College Freshman or Learn the University of Kansas Fight Song Clap « My College Guide Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:57:55 +0000 http://mycollegeguide.org/blog/?p=561#comment-16065 [...] Just when you thought you had it all covered: you memorized the campus map and you know how to get from Point A to Point B to keep from looking like a college Freshman — My College Guide had to throw one more curve ball at you: do you know the campus traditions? [...] [...] Just when you thought you had it all covered: you memorized the campus map and you know how to get from Point A to Point B to keep from looking like a college Freshman — My College Guide had to throw one more curve ball at you: do you know the campus traditions? [...]

]]> By: Antonio http://mycollegeguide.org/blog/02/2010/kiss-tree-bribe-statue-college-superstitions-revealed/comment-page-1/#comment-10883 Antonio Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:35:28 +0000 http://mycollegeguide.org/blog/?p=561#comment-10883 At West Point (The United States Military Academy) one would dress up in full parade uniform (in full dress, under arms) and spin the spurs of the Sedgwick Monument at midnight before the exam. The thing that makes this interesting relative to the other good luck traditions is that if a Cadet is caught doing this, they are forced to march back and forth for hours as punishment. Superstition at the Academy gets you in trouble. At West Point (The United States Military Academy) one would dress up in full parade uniform (in full dress, under arms) and spin the spurs of the Sedgwick Monument at midnight before the exam. The thing that makes this interesting relative to the other good luck traditions is that if a Cadet is caught doing this, they are forced to march back and forth for hours as punishment.

Superstition at the Academy gets you in trouble.

]]> By: College Graduation: Pomp, Circumstance, and Unusual Traditions « My College Guide http://mycollegeguide.org/blog/02/2010/kiss-tree-bribe-statue-college-superstitions-revealed/comment-page-1/#comment-4671 College Graduation: Pomp, Circumstance, and Unusual Traditions « My College Guide Tue, 11 May 2010 12:40:25 +0000 http://mycollegeguide.org/blog/?p=561#comment-4671 [...] College Guide has mentioned unusual college traditions and superstitions before…but with all the exciting talk about college graduations all over the web — we [...] [...] College Guide has mentioned unusual college traditions and superstitions before…but with all the exciting talk about college graduations all over the web — we [...]

]]> By: Roth Pond Regatta: Fun Fit for an Admiral « My College Guide http://mycollegeguide.org/blog/02/2010/kiss-tree-bribe-statue-college-superstitions-revealed/comment-page-1/#comment-3374 Roth Pond Regatta: Fun Fit for an Admiral « My College Guide Tue, 13 Apr 2010 12:31:43 +0000 http://mycollegeguide.org/blog/?p=561#comment-3374 [...] are as many different and unusual college traditions as there are colleges, and the Roth Pond Regatta at SUNY Stony Brook is a prime example!  This [...] [...] are as many different and unusual college traditions as there are colleges, and the Roth Pond Regatta at SUNY Stony Brook is a prime example!  This [...]

]]> By: Purdue University’s Bug Bowl: Creepy, Crawly Fun! « My College Guide http://mycollegeguide.org/blog/02/2010/kiss-tree-bribe-statue-college-superstitions-revealed/comment-page-1/#comment-3138 Purdue University’s Bug Bowl: Creepy, Crawly Fun! « My College Guide Tue, 06 Apr 2010 12:35:25 +0000 http://mycollegeguide.org/blog/?p=561#comment-3138 [...] Colleges and universities usually have their own fun and unique traditions – and we have to say that the Bug Bowl is definitely original to Purdue!  It all started twenty years ago in Dr. Tom Turpin’s Entomology 105 class.  We went straight to the source.  Dr. Turpin shared, “It was supposed to be an opportunity to see how fast cockroaches could run.  A twist of fate intervened.” [...] [...] Colleges and universities usually have their own fun and unique traditions – and we have to say that the Bug Bowl is definitely original to Purdue!  It all started twenty years ago in Dr. Tom Turpin’s Entomology 105 class.  We went straight to the source.  Dr. Turpin shared, “It was supposed to be an opportunity to see how fast cockroaches could run.  A twist of fate intervened.” [...]

]]>