University of Notre Dame Top Questions

Describe your favorite campus traditions.

Notre

If there was one word I could use to describe Notre Dame it would be TRADITION. We have soooo many traditions. Let me name a few: 1) The football players hitting the "Play Like a Champion Today" sign before heading out onto the field. (Students all get a chance to hit the sign before they graduate!) 2) Whoever you kiss under the Lyons arch is the person you will marry 3) Whoever you walk around the lakes with first is who you will marry 4) The ghost of George Gipp (the Gipper), our first All-American, haunts Washington Hall 5) The North Quad vs South Quad midnight snowball fight after the first big snow 6) Don't walk on the grass on God Quad or you will flunk your next test 7) Don't walk up the front steps of the Main Building or you won't graduate on time 8) You have to climb the Stepan Center geodesic dome before you graduate! 9) Rushing the field after big football victories 10) The seniors throw marshmallows during the fourth quarter of their last home football game 11) Midnight Drummers circle the night before home football games and the band/player parade on game day 12) Running through the Stonehenge fountain 13) Frosh.O Weekend serenading and the Domerfest all-night party for the new Freshmen 14) The Zahm Hall Bun Run (look it up) 15) The football team ALWAYS sings the Alma Mater with the student section after the game, win or lose. That is my favorite tradition.

Notre

If there was one word I could use to describe Notre Dame it would be TRADITION. We have soooo many traditions. Let me name a few: 1) The football players hitting the "Play Like a Champion Today" sign before heading out onto the field. (Students all get a chance to hit the sign before they graduate!) 2) Whoever you kiss under the Lyons arch is the person you will marry 3) Whoever you walk around the lakes with first is who you will marry 4) The ghost of George Gipp (the Gipper), our first All-American, haunts Washington Hall 5) The North Quad vs South Quad midnight snowball fight after the first big snow 6) Don't walk on the grass on God Quad or you will flunk your next test 7) Don't walk up the front steps of the Main Building or you won't graduate on time 8) You have to climb the Stepan Center geodesic dome before you graduate! 9) Rushing the field after big football victories 10) The seniors throw marshmallows during the fourth quarter of their last home football game 11) Midnight Drummers circle the night before home football games and the band/player parade on game day 12) Running through the Stonehenge fountain 13) Frosh.O Weekend serenading and the Domerfest all-night party for the new Freshmen 14) The Zahm Hall Bun Run (look it up) 15) The football team ALWAYS sings the Alma Mater with the student section after the game, win or lose. That is my favorite tradition.

Notre

If there was one word I could use to describe Notre Dame it would be TRADITION. We have soooo many traditions. Let me name a few: 1) The football players hitting the "Play Like a Champion Today" sign before heading out onto the field. (Students all get a chance to hit the sign before they graduate!) 2) Whoever you kiss under the Lyons arch is the person you will marry 3) Whoever you walk around the lakes with first is who you will marry 4) The ghost of George Gipp (the Gipper), our first All-American, haunts Washington Hall 5) The North Quad vs South Quad midnight snowball fight after the first big snow 6) Don't walk on the grass on God Quad or you will flunk your next test 7) Don't walk up the front steps of the Main Building or you won't graduate on time 8) You have to climb the Stepan Center geodesic dome before you graduate! 9) Rushing the field after big football victories 10) The seniors throw marshmallows during the fourth quarter of their last home football game 11) Midnight Drummers circle the night before home football games and the band/player parade on game day 12) Running through the Stonehenge fountain 13) Frosh.O Weekend serenading and the Domerfest all-night party for the new Freshmen 14) The Zahm Hall Bun Run (look it up) 15) The football team ALWAYS sings the Alma Mater with the student section after the game, win or lose. That is my favorite tradition.

Rachel

The football. Hands down.

Kelsey

Notre Dame is best known for its high academic standards, and its' athletic reputation, but there is so much more that Notre Dame encompasses in addition to that. Not only are Notre Dame's academics and athletic events unsurpassable, but the community as a whole is what makes it such a unique and incredible school. Notre Dame's community includes all current students, and alumnus, and immediately becomes an ectended family for all. It is the begining of a new liftstyle, and the experiences one has there, whether they are a student, alumni, or visitor, are nothing less than marvelous.

Jane

Football and acadmics.

Adrian

My school is best known for its football team.

Pia

Football, "Rudy"

Alexandra

Football and Academics.

Pablo

The football traditions, and academic excellence

Michael

Notre Dame is best known for its football team and its support. Every home game during the fall, the entire campus is alive with festivities, tailgates, and traditions. Every student goes to the game and stays the entire time. It is an absolutely amazling experience. For away games, there are campus sponsored game watches all over campus.

Kyle

football

Anna

Football, academics, professors who are very high in their field and well known, snow, middle of no-where, friendly, conservative, optimistic, great peace studies school, great business school, great architecture school

Catherine

It's strong academics, Catholic character, sense of community and alumni involvement, prestige and expensiveness, and of course football.

Randy

Notre Dame is best known for its football team. It's nearly as common a religion as Catholocism on campus, and it has its own weekly, if seasonal, rituals.

Nicholas

Football and Catholicism. Football is king here. The games are a great time and the events surrounding the game can give you a whole weekend's worth of fun. The school spirit enhances this feeling. The school is known for being very Catholic. While it is less conservative than one might think, Christian values are at the core of everything the school does.

Erik

Legendary football, tradition, huge alumni network, and excellence in academics.

Henry

Athletics and rigorous academics.

Lindsay

AnTostal is a week during the spring semester in which the Student Union Board (SUB) and various dorms host events.