Odd Traditional Festivals at Famous U.S. Universities

The top 10 most famous universities in the United States have traditional festivals every year, follow me below.

? No. 10 Clark University: Mardi Gras Day

The Clark University administration picks a day at random to be the school's Mardi Gras Day, when the entire school is closed and all students celebrate on the Green campus. The main feature of the celebration is the band, but there are also decorative features like hot air balloons, flying chairs, and other fun additions.

No. 9 Columbia University: Orgo Night

This biannual event is planned to annoy Organic Chemistry majors. The night before Organic Chemistry finals each semester, a marching band storms the school library and plays at maximum volume, thus disturbing the concentration of the students. While some students get really annoyed, the purpose of this tradition is to relax everyone from the stressful atmosphere of studying and to show them that there is a life outside of their major studies.

? No. 8 Cornell: Dragon Day

Cornell: Dragon Day

Cornell is known for its high-pressure campus atmosphere, so students try to find creative and effective ways to vent. On the last Friday before spring break, students in the College of Architecture, Art and Planning set up a giant model dragon to parade around campus, eventually stopping in the Liberal Arts Quadrangle. Once there, the dragon is set on fire.

?No. 7 Stanford: Kissing Day

On the first full moon of each semester, students celebrate on the field with the world's biggest kissing day. The school's unofficial mascot - the Stanford Tree - always gets the most kisses.

? No. 6 Carleton College: the Primal Scream

To release stress, all Carleton students stick their heads out of the window and scream at exactly 10 p.m. on the last night before finals. After screaming or wailing for a while, students would go back to studying again as if nothing had happened.

? No. 5 UCLA: Underwear Running

UCLA: Underwear Running

During finals, students look for every opportunity to vent. UCLA students strip down to their underwear and gather around campus, running and cheering.

No.4 University of Virginia: Homer Sculpture

University of Virginia: Homer Sculpture

At the University of Virginia, there is a large statue of the poet Homer, which attracts a lot of attention from students every year. Students run down the steps of the rotunda, across the lawn, kiss or slap Homer on the stomach (depending on the height of the student), and then run back to the rotunda.

?No. 3 Tufts University: running naked around the field

Starting in the 1970s, Tufts students would take off their pants and throw them to the wind the night before the start of Winter Reading. Students would strip naked in the middle of the night and run around the quad in a fast, quiet manner. Unfortunately, this tradition of running naked was banned by school officials for safety reasons. As a result, in 2011, students turned to strolling around the field in their overdressed clothes to continue the tradition.

?No. 2 Ohio State: Jumping in Mirror Lake

On the eve of the Ohio State-Michigan football game, thousands of Ohio State students jump into Mirror Lake to show their eagerness for the game. Although Mirror Lake is a great place to swim in the summer, this tradition occurs in the middle of winter when the water temperature is below freezing.

No. 1 Brown University: Running Naked with Donuts

Twice a year, during Reading Week (the week before finals, when students spend most of their time in the library), a dozen or so generous students enter the school's two main libraries and the Computer Science Building naked, handing out donuts to hungry students who are studying hard. students who were hungry and studying hard. No one knew exactly when these students would arrive, which meant that many students were caught completely unawares by the swarm of donuts.