The moment all seniors have been waiting for — or dreading — is finally here: graduation. But before leaving Syracuse University’s campus for good and stepping into the real world, there are a handful of iconic campus traditions to check off of our SU Senior Bucket List.

Take a picture with Otto

No other campus has an orange for a mascot, so live it up. All pictures with Otto are frame-worthy. Take it with family or friends, but let’s face it, your friends feel just as much — if not more — like your family now, too.

Write your name in Chuck’s Cafe

Now is the time. Follow your fellow alumni and write your name somewhere on the walls of Chuck’s Cafe, a bar you’re probably going to miss frequenting during the wee hours of the morning. Use paint, permanent markers or crayons to write your name on the wall, table or even an empty pitcher of beer. It’s all been done before. Leave your mark and leave a little piece of yourself in SU history.

Do the Dome stomp

Chances are, your freshman-year resident adviser brought your floor on a field trip to do the Dome stomp — and you haven’t been back since. Relive those glory days of hearing your stomp reverberate up the cement walls just one last time, but this time, in your cap and gown after commencement.

Throw a Frisbee on the Quad

College campuses and Frisbees go together like peanut butter and jelly. It’s an iconic college game. And on a sunny day, the Quad is filled with students throwing around the disc. Take advantage of it, and blame it on the wind if the Frisbee doesn’t go exactly where you intended.

Kiss on the Kissing Bench

One of SU’s oldest traditions is filled with love: Kiss your loved one on the bench on the west lawn of the Hall of Languages and you’re destined to be together for the rest of your lives. Graduation weekend might be your last chance for this opportunity, so don’t miss it. It could change your future.

Published on May 9, 2013 at 10:41 am

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