<p>DailyProgress.com</a> | Half empty or half full? UVa seeks end to 'fourth-year fifth'</p>
<p>Cavalier302 and I were gonna do third year fifth this past Saturday. But we didn't make it back to UVa for the game. </p>
<p>The key is to space out the shots so you consume them over a long period of time. Long live fourth year fifth!</p>
<p>I think the love of tradition is wonderful at UVa, but at times, I think people want so badly to be part of it that they make up their own practice (sometimes good, sometimes bad).</p>
<p>When people call this a tradition, it reminds me of comments about "traditions" on Grounds from [url=<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_B%C3%A9rub%C3%A9%5DMichael">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_B%C3%A9rub%C3%A9]Michael</a> B</p>
<p>Dean J:</p>
<p>Funny stuff. I never heard of a fourth year fifth when I was there, but it was hardly necessary given the heavy driking that went on year round. The "not gay" issue is just about a bunch of juveniles who probably spent their time sniggering in the back of their high school health classes. I never heard it. How immature.</p>
<p>Easters was a "tradition," and killing that doesn't seem to have harmed anything. Brutal fraternity hazing was a tradition, too.</p>
<p>What are we, a bunch of lizards, slavishly devoted to habit?</p>
<p>Seriously, this whole tradition pride has to stop. People will start making conclusions that saying "not gay" is a tradition at football games.</p>
<p>"Brutal fraternity hazing was a tradition, too."</p>
<p>Was? ...</p>
<p>jags:</p>
<p>Well, I don't know about today, but I'm talking about some pretty awful stuff, much of which would land people in jail these days. I'm sure hazing still exists, but I sincerely hope it has been toned down.</p>
<p>Tarhunt, I know what you mean.</p>
<p>Here's a tradition that really is a tradition that will never die: streaking the lawn at some point during your four years. Some people may opt out, but for the most part, everyone does it, or at least has pondered it.</p>
<p>Traditions will come and go, as the University evolves and grows. Some will stick through because they belong in the roots of UVA. Others, such as Easters, have branched out and changed such drastically that eventually, they had to be cut off. But one person's thought of a tradition may differ from another's due to anything from alumni telling different stories to the person's beliefs in what qualifies as a tradition (if that makes any sense).</p>
<p>It's like that phrase, one person's trash is another's treasure. One person's tradition is another person's stupid belief.</p>