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Are you talking about stepping in the seal and you won’t graduate in 4 years? It’s just a fun tradition. Take it easy. Nobody takes it seriously.

And baptizing yourself in a fountain at the president's house to remove the curse.

Oh, and having your class ring cursed and having to get it baptized in a ceremony at precisely some predesignated minute to remove that curse?

Surely you see how that seems cultish?

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Posted by mckibaj

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Posted on 1/23/24 at 10:35 am to Evolved Simian

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And baptizing yourself in a fountain at the president's house to remove the curse. Oh, and having your class ring cursed and having to get it baptized in a ceremony at precisely some predesignated minute to remove that curse? Surely you see how that seems cultish?

I’ve never heard of those. Maybe the didn’t let me in on the cultish stuff while I was there.

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Posted on 1/23/24 at 12:02 pm to Evolved Simian

The Ring Ceremony, a UA tradition held each spring

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UA students and alumni who order official class rings and choose to participate in the ceremony will first have their rings placed in the 115-foot tall, 92-year-old bell tower for 24 hours.

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According to tradition, the rings become “infused with the UA spirit” during this time. On April 4, the UA ROTC will place a large mahogany box filled with class rings inside Denny Chimes, where the rings will remain, guarded by the UA Police Department, until 6:31 p.m. on Tuesday, April 5. The time is significant because it translates to 18:31 in military time; 1831 is the year of The University’s founding.

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Then, the rings will be retrieved from Denny Chimes and transported to the conference center for the second part of the Ring Ceremony, the presentation of the rings at Bryant Conference Center on April 5.