Has anyone noticed the amount of traditions Christopher Newport University has? How many of us everyday do some sort of ritual or tradition and not really pay any attention to what we are doing. There is the circle made of bricks on the ground near the Commons, and it is said that if you step in the middle you will not graduate in four years. For all those CNU students just watch people, they will walk around or step over the circle to avoid it. The circle holds us back for walking on it as though fear drives us away. Not only do we have rituals CNU annually celebrates many traditions. There have been annual scholarship receptions that are slowly turning into traditions. Recently, freshmen have been invited to President’s house for desserts. This will probably turn into a tradition. These events will one day turn into traditions, but we have events that are traditions. Traditionally, the CNU theater program puts on a major play in the fall semester and a musical in the spring. In addition to academic programs, Christopher Newport celebrates the holidays. The dining halls also decorate for each holiday, which has become a tradition. There is always a themed dinner in the dinning halls for each holiday from Halloween to Christmas. At CNU we also have a tree lighting ceremony every winter, to celebrate the holidays that are soon to come. These few events just barely skim the surface of all the traditions that happen at Christopher Newport University. For the CNU students reading this, look around you and see how traditions you can find.
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