Boston University students celebrated this day by waking up at 7 am for kegs and eggs, screaming at and cheering on runners of the Boston marathon, and making poor decisions.
Marathon Monday is perhaps the one thing that really unites the school. That fact should probably be reexamined...
But I digress. Patriot's Day is something that upperclassmen talk about all year round. As a result of their exultations, freshmen look forward to experiencing this mythical holiday from the moment that they walk on campus, to the moment dawn breaks on that third Monday in April. But Lord help those silly freshmen who make travel plans when they find out they have a long weekend!
Insane attire is not only common but recommended on this holiday. Group t-shirts are often used so that people can easily identify each other/try to avoid getting lost.
Freshmen can generally be identified on this most sacred of days by their utter astonishment at the shenanigans taking place on Beacon street between the hours of 11 am and 4 pm. In general, they quickly adjust, but a freshman year Marathon Monday is not complete without one of the following: a) the destruction of a phone 2) vomiting in the Warren Towers 4th floor bathroom and/or Beacon street iii) getting in the spirit a little too enthusiastically and passing out by 2 pm IV) losing all of one's friends.
73% of the best memories of Boston University come from a student's Marathon Monday experiences. (Disclaimer: that statistic is highly unscientific.)
A common question after the passing of Marathon Monday is: "Wait...there was a race? There were runners? I thought my life was just in shambles for a day."
Upperclassmen generally have a disregard for all acceptable standards of behavior on Marathon Monday. Walk into a random person's apartment? Awesome! Just making new friends. Get into a brawl in South Campus? No one will remember what it was about when the day is through. Pee behind a dumpster? Just taking care of business. And it's totally cool because what happens on Marathon Monday, stays on Marathon Monday.
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