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Growing Trend at U.Va. Discouraged by Administrators

November 17, 2006 10:57 AM ET | Permanent Link | Print

Some students and administrators are trying to stop a growing tradition called the "fourth-year fifth," which dictates that University of Virginia seniors consume a fifth of alcohol, or about 17 shots, at the last home football game of their fourth year. One tool of opposition: a 5K race, says the Cavalier Daily.

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