The Long Walk is probably the most romantic legend we have on campus. The story goes that when Commencement was still held on the Oval, then-current president William Oxley Thompson, who was also an ordained minister, told the graduating seniors that if they wanted to tie the knot, he would marry them in front of the library after graduation. Makes sense right? Why not get married with all of your friends and family already in attendance?
Today, the Long Walk has evolved into one long, complicated, and seemingly impossible task. It is said that if you can walk from the seal at the east end of the brick path to the statue of Thompson while holding hands with your beloved, while the bells of Orton Hall toll and no one crosses your path, you two will be together forever.
As a hopeless romantic, I thought I would share this with you.
Alyssa
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