The one thing that I am looking forward to this term is Homecoming! It's so exciting to see all the freshmen get their first taste of Dartmouth traditions. It all begins with the freshman sweep, which involves going around to each freshmen cluster (residential dorms) and picking up the freshman to join the crowd. After all the clusters are visited, the freshman march to the green (huge lawn area, which is the center point of campus) where the bonfire is. As tradition goes, the 20-30 foot bonfire (which the freshman class help build) is lit on fire and the freshmen are supposed to run around it as many times as their class year. For example, my class (2010) had to run around 110 times, the class of 2011 had to run 111 times, the class of 2012 had to run 112 times, and so on. A lot of alumni and community members come out to support the freshmen class in their efforts to complete this task. Not that many people complete the entire journey, including me, but it is definitely a fun experience that cannot be missed.
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