{"id":248,"date":"2023-08-24T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testmaster.online\/blog\/?p=248"},"modified":"2023-08-23T23:35:48","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T16:35:48","slug":"college-stories-that-are-out-of-this-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testmaster.online\/blog\/college-stories-that-are-out-of-this-world\/","title":{"rendered":"College stories that are out of this world"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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College is the first step many take into adulthood. But just because they’re growing up doesn’t mean their inner child has faded away. They’re still young and energetic, but they have enough freedom to get into all sorts of escapades. And sometimes, these escapades evolve into strange traditions. Here are four of the weirdest college traditions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. MIT’s milk carton<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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CAMBRIDGE, MA- 10\/21\/2019 Ray Hua Wu (cq), a 2016 MIT graduate, looks at a 25-year-old container of milk that resides in an MIT dormitory. In 1994, an MIT student bought a carton of milk and then forgot about it. More than two decades later, it’s still there and has become something of legend on campus. Erin Clark for the Boston Globe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The year was 1994, and Justin Cave, a resident of MIT’s Random Hall dorm, bought a carton of milk. He then completely forgot about said milk carton after putting it in the fridge, only to re-discover it 10 months later. His floor threw a birthday party for the now-long-expired milk as a joke. But they didn’t get rid of it after that. As Justin himself said, “We can\u2019t throw it out just after we had a birthday party for it. That would just be rude!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So the carton of milk stuck around for another year, and they threw it another birthday party. And the year after that. And the year after that… The paper carton eventually dissolved away, at which point they put it in a plastic jar and sealed it. On the lid of the jar, “Best if used by October 20, 1994” was written. In 2023, this carton of milk will be 29 years old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. The storming of Gravensteen Castle<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Built in 1180, Gravensteen Castle is a beautiful historical landmark for the city of Ghent, Belgium. And this landmark would make history again when, on November 16, 1949, 138 students from the University of Ghent stormed the castle in protest. The police and firemen finally got the students out of the castle, but none were prosecuted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The reason for their protest? A new tax on beer that pushed up the price. And surprisingly, their stunt worked, and the tax was removed. A poem was even written about the event by Eugeen De Ridder, which was later turned into a song by Armand Preud’homme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Housing Day at Harvard<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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At the end of your freshman year at Harvard, you’ll be assigned to live in a house. A house is a dorm complex of about 300 to 500 students. Each house has its own dining hall and library, as well as its own unique quirks and mascots. Each year, freshman students get to find out which house they’ve been assigned to on Housing Day, the last Thursday before spring break.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Upperclassmen get up early in the morning and don their house colors. Some even dress up as their house mascots and paint their faces! They gather in the Yard, holding flags and banners, all yelling their house chants really, really loudly. How loud? Well, a local news station once covered the event, mistaking it for a protest against the war in Iraq. After they’ve been given the letters for the students who have been assigned to their house, they deliver those letters personally. As a group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So if you’re a freshman at Harvard, you can expect a bunch of upperclassmen to come into your room screaming and cheering as they accept you into their house!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Gallaudet University’s annual rat funerals<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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A peculiar tradition started in the 1900s: each year, the freshman class would be given two rats to take care of, one male and one female. At the end of the year, the rats would be euthanized and given a funeral. Though the use of real rats stopped in 1985, the funerals carried on with toy ones. They’d be dressed in formal clothes and placed in tiny coffins. The entire freshman class, dressed formally in black and mourning, would all attend the service, where a “priest” would give the rats a respectful goodbye. Then, they would march across campus to the chosen burial site. This ritual is seen as a rite of passage for the freshman students, who are often seen as weak and mocked, just like the rats. As they marched, upperclassmen teased them, trying to break their fa\u00e7ade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, one by one, solemnly put an item that represented their freshman year into the coffin. Once the coffin is buried, a plague is placed in the memory of the rat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nh\u1eefng c\u00e2u chuy\u1ec7n “\u0111i v\u00e0o l\u00f2ng \u0111\u1ea5t” \u1edf c\u00e1c tr\u01b0\u1eddng \u0111\u1ea1i h\u1ecdc<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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\u0110\u1ea1i h\u1ecdc l\u00e0 b\u01b0\u1edbc \u0111\u1ea7u ti\u00ean v\u1edbi nhi\u1ec1u ng\u01b0\u1eddi khi ti\u1ebfn v\u00e0o \u0111\u1eddi tr\u01b0\u1edfng th\u00e0nh. Nh\u01b0ng ch\u1ec9 v\u00ec h\u1ecd \u0111ang tr\u01b0\u1edfng th\u00e0nh kh\u00f4ng c\u00f3 ngh\u0129a l\u00e0 \u0111\u1ee9a tr\u1ebb b\u00ean trong c\u1ee7a h\u1ecd \u0111\u00e3 phai m\u1edd \u0111i. H\u1ecd v\u1eabn c\u00f2n tr\u1ebb v\u00e0 tr\u00e0n \u0111\u1ea7y n\u0103ng l\u01b0\u1ee3ng, nh\u01b0ng l\u1ea1i c\u00f3 \u0111\u1ee7 s\u1ef1 t\u1ef1 do \u0111\u1ec3 tham gia v\u00e0o nh\u1eefng cu\u1ed9c phi\u00eau l\u01b0u \u0111\u1ee7 lo\u1ea1i. V\u00e0 \u0111\u00f4i khi, nh\u1eefng cu\u1ed9c phi\u00eau l\u01b0u n\u00e0y tr\u1edf th\u00e0nh nh\u1eefng truy\u1ec1n th\u1ed1ng k\u1ef3 l\u1ea1. D\u01b0\u1edbi \u0111\u00e2y l\u00e0 b\u1ed1n trong s\u1ed1 nh\u1eefng truy\u1ec1n th\u1ed1ng k\u1ef3 qu\u1eb7c nh\u1ea5t c\u1ee7a c\u00e1c tr\u01b0\u1eddng \u0111\u1ea1i h\u1ecdc:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Chi\u1ebfc h\u1ed9p s\u1eefa c\u1ee7a MIT<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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CAMBRIDGE, MA- 10\/21\/2019 Ray Hua Wu (cq), a 2016 MIT graduate, looks at a 25-year-old container of milk that resides in an MIT dormitory. In 1994, an MIT student bought a carton of milk and then forgot about it. More than two decades later, it’s still there and has become something of legend on campus. Erin Clark for the Boston Globe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

N\u0103m 1994, Justin Cave, m\u1ed9t sinh vi\u00ean s\u1ed1ng t\u1ea1i k\u00fd t\u00fac x\u00e1 Random Hall c\u1ee7a MIT, \u0111\u00e3 mua m\u1ed9t h\u1ed9p s\u1eefa. Sau \u0111\u00f3, anh ta ho\u00e0n to\u00e0n qu\u00ean \u0111i h\u1ed9p s\u1eefa n\u00e0y sau khi \u0111\u1eb7t n\u00f3 v\u00e0o t\u1ee7 l\u1ea1nh, ch\u1ec9 \u0111\u1ec3 ph\u00e1t hi\u1ec7n l\u1ea1i n\u00f3 sau 10 th\u00e1ng. T\u1ea7ng c\u1ee7a anh \u1ea5y \u0111\u00e3 t\u1ed5 ch\u1ee9c m\u1ed9t bu\u1ed5i ti\u1ec7c sinh nh\u1eadt cho h\u1ed9p s\u1eefa \u0111\u00e3 h\u1ebft h\u1ea1n t\u1eeb l\u00e2u nh\u01b0 m\u1ed9t tr\u00f2 \u0111\u00f9a. Nh\u01b0ng sau \u0111\u00f3, h\u1ecd kh\u00f4ng v\u1ee9t n\u00f3 \u0111i. Nh\u01b0 ch\u00ednh Justin n\u00f3i, “Ch\u00fang t\u00f4i kh\u00f4ng th\u1ec3 v\u1ee9t n\u00f3 \u0111i ngay sau khi \u0111\u00e3 t\u1ed5 ch\u1ee9c sinh nh\u1eadt cho n\u00f3. \u0110i\u1ec1u \u0111\u00f3 r\u1ea5t th\u00f4 l\u1ed7!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

V\u1eady n\u00ean, chi\u1ebfc h\u1ed9p s\u1eefa \u0111\u00e3 t\u1ed3n t\u1ea1i th\u00eam m\u1ed9t n\u0103m n\u1eefa, v\u00e0 h\u1ecd \u0111\u00e3 t\u1ed5 ch\u1ee9c cho n\u00f3 m\u1ed9t bu\u1ed5i ti\u1ec7c sinh nh\u1eadt n\u1eefa. V\u00e0 c\u0169ng nh\u01b0 v\u1eady v\u00e0o n\u0103m sau. V\u00e0 c\u0169ng nh\u01b0 v\u1eady v\u00e0o n\u0103m sau \u0111\u00f3… Khi chi\u1ebfc h\u1ed9p gi\u1ea5y tan ch\u1ea3y \u0111i, l\u00fac \u0111\u00f3 h\u1ecd \u0111\u1eb7t n\u00f3 v\u00e0o m\u1ed9t h\u0169 nh\u1ef1a. Tr\u00ean n\u1eafp c\u1ee7a h\u0169, \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c vi\u1ebft: “N\u00ean s\u1eed d\u1ee5ng t\u1ed1t nh\u1ea5t tr\u01b0\u1edbc ng\u00e0y 20 th\u00e1ng 10 n\u0103m 1994”. V\u00e0o n\u0103m 2023, chi\u1ebfc h\u1ed9p s\u1eefa n\u00e0y s\u1ebd \u0111\u00e3 tr\u00f2n 29 tu\u1ed5i.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Cu\u1ed9c t\u1ea5n c\u00f4ng l\u00e2u \u0111\u00e0i Gravensteen<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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X\u00e2y d\u1ef1ng t\u1eeb n\u0103m 1180, l\u00e2u \u0111\u00e0i Gravensteen l\u00e0 m\u1ed9t di t\u00edch l\u1ecbch s\u1eed cho th\u00e0nh ph\u1ed1 Ghent, B\u1ec9. V\u00e0 di t\u00edch n\u00e0y \u0111\u00e3 ghi d\u1ea5u l\u1ecbch s\u1eed m\u1ed9t l\u1ea7n n\u1eefa khi v\u00e0o ng\u00e0y 16 th\u00e1ng 11 n\u0103m 1949, khi 138 sinh vi\u00ean \u0111\u1ebfn t\u1eeb \u0110\u1ea1i h\u1ecdc Ghent \u0111\u00e3 t\u1ea5n c\u00f4ng l\u00e2u \u0111\u00e0i \u0111\u1ec3 bi\u1ec3u t\u00ecnh. C\u1ea3nh s\u00e1t v\u00e0 l\u00ednh c\u1ee9u h\u1ecfa cu\u1ed1i c\u00f9ng \u0111\u00e3 \u0111u\u1ed5i sinh vi\u00ean ra kh\u1ecfi l\u00e2u \u0111\u00e0i, nh\u01b0ng kh\u00f4ng ai b\u1ecb truy t\u1ed1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

L\u00fd do cho cu\u1ed9c bi\u1ec3u t\u00ecnh c\u1ee7a h\u1ecd l\u00e0 g\u00ec? L\u00e0 v\u00ec thu\u1ebf bia m\u1edbi \u0111\u00e3 l\u00e0m n\u00f3 t\u0103ng gi\u00e1. V\u00e0 kh\u00f4ng ng\u1edd, tr\u00f2 \u0111\u00f9a c\u1ee7a h\u1ecd \u0111\u00e3 th\u00e0nh c\u00f4ng, v\u00e0 thu\u1ebf \u0111\u00e3 \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c lo\u1ea1i b\u1ecf. M\u1ed9t b\u00e0i th\u01a1 \u0111\u00e3 \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c vi\u1ebft v\u1ec1 s\u1ef1 ki\u1ec7n n\u00e0y b\u1edfi Eugeen De Ridder, v\u00e0 sau \u0111\u00f3 \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c Armand Preud’homme ph\u1ed1i nh\u1ea1c  th\u00e0nh m\u1ed9t b\u00e0i h\u00e1t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Housing Day \u1edf Harvard<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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V\u00e0o cu\u1ed1i n\u0103m \u0111\u1ea7u ti\u00ean c\u1ee7a b\u1ea1n t\u1ea1i Harvard, b\u1ea1n s\u1ebd \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c ph\u00e2n v\u00e0o m\u1ed9t nh\u00e0 \u1edf. M\u1ed9t nh\u00e0 \u1edf l\u00e0 m\u1ed9t khu k\u00fd t\u00fac x\u00e1 v\u1edbi kho\u1ea3ng t\u1eeb 300 \u0111\u1ebfn 500 sinh vi\u00ean. M\u1ed7i nh\u00e0 \u1edf c\u00f3 m\u1ed9t nh\u00e0 \u0103n v\u00e0 th\u01b0 vi\u1ec7n ri\u00eang, c\u0169ng nh\u01b0 nh\u1eefng \u0111i\u1ec3m \u0111\u1eb7c bi\u1ec7t v\u00e0 mascot ri\u00eang c\u1ee7a n\u00f3. M\u1ed7i n\u0103m, sinh vi\u00ean n\u0103m nh\u1ea5t \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c bi\u1ebft r\u1eb1ng h\u1ecd \u0111\u00e3 \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c ph\u00e2n v\u00e0o nh\u00e0 \u1edf n\u00e0o v\u00e0o Housing Day, ng\u00e0y th\u1ee9 N\u0103m cu\u1ed1i c\u00f9ng tr\u01b0\u1edbc k\u1ef3 ngh\u1ec9 xu\u00e2n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

C\u00e1c sinh vi\u00ean n\u0103m cao th\u1ee9c d\u1eady s\u1edbm v\u00e0 m\u1eb7c \u00e1o theo m\u00e0u s\u1eafc c\u1ee7a nh\u00e0 h\u1ecd. M\u1ed9t s\u1ed1 ng\u01b0\u1eddi th\u1eadm ch\u00ed c\u00f2n m\u1eb7c trang ph\u1ee5c mascot \u1edf v\u00e0 s\u01a1n m\u1eb7t! H\u1ecd t\u1ee5 h\u1ecdp \u1edf s\u00e2n, c\u1ea7m theo c\u1edd v\u00e0 bi\u1ec3u ng\u1eef, c\u1ea5t ti\u1ebfng h\u00f4 nh\u1eefng kh\u1ea9u hi\u1ec7u c\u1ee7a nh\u00e0 m\u00ecnh r\u1ea5t, r\u1ea5t to. N\u00f3 \u1ed3n \u00e0o \u0111\u1ebfn m\u1ee9c n\u00e0o? N\u00f3 \u1ed3n \u00e0o \u0111\u1ebfn m\u1ee9c m\u1ed9t \u0111\u00e0i truy\u1ec1n h\u00ecnh \u0111\u1ecba ph\u01b0\u01a1ng \u0111\u00e3 t\u1eebng ph\u00e1t s\u00f3ng v\u1ec1 s\u1ef1 ki\u1ec7n n\u00e0y, nh\u1ea7m l\u1eabn r\u1eb1ng \u0111\u00e2y l\u00e0 m\u1ed9t cu\u1ed9c bi\u1ec3u t\u00ecnh ph\u1ea3n \u0111\u1ed1i chi\u1ebfn tranh \u1edf Iraq. Sau khi nh\u1eadn \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c th\u01b0 cho c\u00e1c sinh vi\u00ean \u0111\u00e3 \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c ph\u00e2n v\u00e0o nh\u00e0 \u1edf, h\u1ecd tr\u1ef1c ti\u1ebfp giao nh\u1eefng l\u00e1 th\u01b0 \u0111\u00f3. C\u00f9ng nhau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

V\u00ec v\u1eady, n\u1ebfu b\u1ea1n l\u00e0 sinh vi\u00ean n\u0103m nh\u1ea5t t\u1ea1i Harvard, b\u1ea1n c\u00f3 th\u1ec3 mong \u0111\u1ee3i m\u1ed9t \u0111\u00e1m sinh vi\u00ean n\u0103m cao \u0111\u1ed9t nh\u1eadp v\u00e0o ph\u00f2ng c\u1ee7a b\u1ea1n, la h\u00e9t v\u00e0 c\u1ed5 v\u0169 khi ch\u1ea5p nh\u1eadn b\u1ea1n v\u00e0o nh\u00e0 \u1edf c\u1ee7a h\u1ecd!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. L\u1ec5 tang chu\u1ed9t h\u00e0ng n\u0103m c\u1ee7a \u0110\u1ea1i h\u1ecdc Gallaudet<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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M\u1ed9t truy\u1ec1n th\u1ed1ng \u0111\u1ed9c \u0111\u00e1o b\u1eaft \u0111\u1ea7u t\u1eeb nh\u1eefng n\u0103m 1900: m\u1ed7i n\u0103m, l\u1edbp n\u0103m nh\u1ea5t s\u1ebd \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c cho hai con chu\u1ed9t \u0111\u1ec3 ch\u0103m s\u00f3c, m\u1ed9t con \u0111\u1ef1c v\u00e0 m\u1ed9t con c\u00e1i. V\u00e0o cu\u1ed1i n\u0103m, c\u00e1c con chu\u1ed9t s\u1ebd \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c ti\u00eam ch\u1ebft v\u00e0 c\u00f3 m\u1ed9t l\u1ec5 tang. M\u1eb7c d\u00f9 vi\u1ec7c s\u1eed d\u1ee5ng chu\u1ed9t th\u1eadt \u0111\u00e3 ng\u1eebng v\u00e0o n\u0103m 1985, l\u1ec5 tang v\u1eabn ti\u1ebfp t\u1ee5c v\u1edbi nh\u1eefng con \u0111\u1ed3 ch\u01a1i. Ch\u00fang \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c m\u1eb7c \u0111\u1ed3ng ph\u1ee5c v\u00e0 \u0111\u1eb7t v\u00e0o nh\u1eefng chi\u1ebfc quan t\u00e0i nh\u1ecf. C\u1ea3 l\u1edbp sinh vi\u00ean n\u0103m nh\u1ea5t, m\u1eb7c trang ph\u1ee5c \u0111en trang tr\u1ecdng v\u00e0 \u0111au bu\u1ed3n, s\u1ebd tham d\u1ef1 l\u1ec5 tang, n\u01a1i m\u1ed9t \u00f4ng “cha nh\u00e0 th\u1edd” s\u1ebd n\u00f3i l\u1eddi chia tay v\u1edbi hai con chu\u1ed9t. Sau \u0111\u00f3, h\u1ecd s\u1ebd d\u1ea1o chuy\u1ec3n kh\u1eafp khu\u00f4n vi\u00ean tr\u01b0\u1eddng \u0111\u1ebfn n\u01a1i mai t\u00e1ng. Nghi l\u1ec5 n\u00e0y \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c coi l\u00e0 m\u1ed9t c\u1ed9t m\u00f3c cho sinh vi\u00ean n\u0103m nh\u1ea5t, nh\u1eefng ng\u01b0\u1eddi th\u01b0\u1eddng b\u1ecb coi l\u00e0 y\u1ebfu \u0111u\u1ed1i v\u00e0 b\u1ecb ch\u1ebf gi\u1ec5u, gi\u1ed1ng nh\u01b0 nh\u1eefng con chu\u1ed9t. Khi h\u1ecd d\u1ea1o chuy\u1ec3n \u0111\u1ebfn n\u01a1i ch\u00f4n c\u1ea5t, sinh vi\u00ean n\u0103m cao tr\u00eau ch\u1ecdc h\u1ecd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cu\u1ed1i c\u00f9ng, t\u1eebng ng\u01b0\u1eddi m\u1ed9t \u0111\u1eb7t m\u1ed9t m\u00f3n \u0111\u1ed3 \u0111\u1ea1i di\u1ec7n cho n\u0103m nh\u1ea5t c\u1ee7a h\u1ecd v\u00e0o quan t\u00e0i. Khi quan t\u00e0i \u0111\u00e3 \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c ch\u00f4n c\u1ea5t, m\u1ed9t t\u1ea5m bia \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c \u0111\u1eb7t l\u00ean.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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