<p>Dougbetsy</p>
<p>I agree, and I will do the same. The VOO was infamous. You could not graduate from UMDCP unless you said you had a pr of VOO shoes.</p>
<p>I did not attend there, went to college in Philly, but I do remember one time when I went to visit Bullet he looked at me and said “you aren’t wearing those shoes”, in my befuddlement I couldn’t understand why, then he told me “because after tonight you will never wear them again, except to go to the VOO!” </p>
<p>I think that is probably the saddest thing about College Park town, the VOO was a rite of passage and now it is gone!</p>
<p>At least Testudo has yet to fly away 
For incoming students you will learn quickly that inside joke.</p>
<p>The other tradition that I think is great at UMD is that kids rub Testudo’s nose for luck, especially during finals…again it makes me laugh because he has yet to fly away! Maintenance is probably the happiest regarding the tradition because they never have to clean it 
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<p>DC UMD is really far out there regarding housing if you are trying to say it is expensive because of DC. Nobody that is raising a family and working in DC would opt for CP. It is expensive because UMD has a housing shortage for their upperclassman and that means the demand is higher than the supply. Crappy houses that would be never looked at in a traditional bedroom community go for top dollar at CP because kids need a roof over their head and UMD can’t supply it.</p>