oh dear god the screaming...

[seXieleXie]

Second Rate University is an old school, and as such it has a lot of traditions. most are silly but fairly benign, but one in particular really bothers me:

the primal scream


every semester there is a 3-day study period between the end of classes and the beginning of exams. at 12:01 am on the first day of exams, everyone is supposed to go outside of their dorms and scream at the top of their lungs. even though it wakes people who actually have exams at say 9 am that very morning, and distracts those of us who are trying to cram. also, it's like -10 degrees outside.

anyway, all of this is to say one simple thing: people are idiots.

 

[MischievousSprite]

Holiday 's

 

[x-mas angel]

I Primal Lexie

 

[Never]

First Rate University is an old school, and as such it has a lot of traditions. most are silly but fairly benign, but one I particular like:

24-hour quiet time

Every semester, starting the week of finals, students are not allowed to make loud or disruptive noises in the dorm.

 

[lavender]

I'm glad you like your school, Never.

It's a great place.

 

[seXieleXie]

Originally posted by Never First Rate University is an old school, and as such it has a lot of traditions. most are silly but fairly benign, but one I particular like:

24-hour quiet time

Every semester, starting the week of finals, students are not allowed to make loud or disruptive noises in the dorm.

i don't live in the dorms any more, just near enough to hear the screams, but we had 22 hour quiet time during study period and exams. you could only be loud between the hours of 1pm and 3pm.

that would have been nice if it were enforced.

 

[Never]

Indeed it is...
The only thing better would be a nice, warm bag of fluff. Sweet, sweet fluff.

 

[superlittlegirl]

Hey Never.

I've got some fluff for ya.

Indeed it is...
The only thing better would be a nice, warm bag of fluff. Sweet, sweet fluff.

 

[Killswitch]

Ooops My Bad.....I thought Super Girls Pidgeons were having sex again.........~wanders out of the thread~

 

[Never]

Hey Never.

I've got some fluff for ya.

Cool beans.

 

[teddybear4play]

First Rate University is an old school, and as such it has a lot of traditions. most are silly but fairly benign, but one I particular like:

24-hour quiet time

Every semester, starting the week of finals, students are not allowed to make loud or disruptive noises in the dorm.

Which is why all the students at SRU go outside to do their Primal Screaming.

You could go to Michigan and do the Bun Run, though, if they still do it.

TB4p

 

[sheath]

In high school, I was on the academic team. (Yep, nerd here.)

Before every meet, when it was very quiet, we would all get into a circle and do the "barbaric yawp". (If you don't know what that is, read Whitman.) We would take a deep breath, dig down deep, and let out the most resounding "YAWP" you could imagine. The other team would always freeze and look at us like, "What the hell?"

It was a HUGE mindfuck. We won so many meets just because of that awful "yawp" making the other team nervous as hell.

Silly ritual, but it bonded us. It still makes me smile.

S.

 

[teddybear4play]

In high school, I was on the academic team. (Yep, nerd here.)

Before every meet, when it was very quiet, we would all get into a circle and do the "barbaric yawp". (If you don't know what that is, read Whitman.) We would take a deep breath, dig down deep, and let out the most resounding "YAWP" you could imagine. The other team would always freeze and look at us like, "What the hell?"

It was a HUGE mindfuck. We won so many meets just because of that awful "yawp" making the other team nervous as hell.

Silly ritual, but it bonded us. It still makes me smile.

S.

Damn, that is cool! I wish the dork squad I was in in high school would have thought of something like that! We made it to the city quarterfinals my freshman year, but lost there in a game carried by local television.

If we had done that on camera, there would have been no stopping us.

Also watch Dead Poets' Society for more on the YAWP.

TB4p