In order to appease the "river gods," the women in the blocking group of Mary Ellen Hammond '03 worked out a ceremony.
"We're going to go by the River and throw someone in or a shirt with the House we want and all of our names," she said.
A male resident of Wigglesworth Hall had also planned an elaborate ritual. Sophomores who survived the housing ordeal last year passed down their secret to the seven men in his group.
"It involves voodoo dolls and Jack Daniels," he said.
Other first-years had considerably tamer plans.
On his way to a gathering with blockmates in Grays Hall, Michael D. Park '03 said he was planning on having a good time but was not going to stay up to wait for the ominous envelope.
"They say they're going to stay up all night, but everybody's just going to go to sleep," he said.
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