Parade Night at Bryn Mawr

I have only been at Bryn Mawr for a week and a half , but it feels like I have lived here an eternity. The campus is so welcoming to everyone and on top of that I am having a blast.

Here's a shout-out to traditions !!! Parade Night and Taft so far, but apparently they get even more fun :)
Parade Night is when the frosh run through Pem Arch as the Sophmores pelt us with mater balloons, spray us with water guns, and throw buckets of water on us. Although kind of disappointed I did not get super wet, only my feet :( But then we ran past the Juniors, our sister class, who threw candy and roses at us :) But, I'm pretty sure a lot of the candy got squished by everyone's feet :P The Seniors just watched from the seniors steps, many of them were quite wasted by the end of the night, and had bottles of alcohol in their hands as they sang.
We say our class songs, our class song is "You've Got a Friend in Me" from Toy Story. It is really beautiful to be surrounded by women singing songs like "Lean on Me" in the dark with glow sticks and lanterns.
The most beautiful part was the "Good Night" parade. The upperclasswomen with their lanterns in hand and singing "Good Night" make a row, and the frosh walk down it to the words of
"Good night, good night.
Time sends a warning call,
Sweet dreams descend on all,
Time, time sends a warning call."
It is extremely sweet and beautiful as everyone hugs all the upperclassman they know, and even those they do not. This whole night is sort of the welcoming of frosh to Bryn Mawr and Bryn Mawr traditions. 
There is an unofficial tradition that after Parade Night you go skinny-dipping. This year it was at Taft because Thomas Great is closed for reconstruction, therefore so are the Cloisters. Hopefully they will re-open soon, but rumour has it they will still be closed when the next academic school year starts :(

I'm loving Bryn Mawr and cannot imagine going anywhere else. These next four years will be fabulous and I am excited for everyday I wake up on this campus with a fireplace in my dorm and a bell tower outside my window. Dorms like palaces has never been more true :)