Terrill discusses the informal oral, material, and customary traditions of student life at Brigham Young University. She explains that these traditions act as a release valve - a way for students to escape the pressures of academics. She describes the motives behind these weekly gatherings: to socialize - either to meet members of the opposite sex, or to meet people outside of one's usual social circle, or to bring people with common interests together (for example, in the formation of intellectual communities). Created by Hannah Terrill while she was enrolled in Eric Eliason's English 392 class during fall semester 2005.