What on earth is matriculation?

Everyone in college gets naked and has a mass orgy.

It seems like some ancient initiation ritual.

Our college had two early morning fire alarms to get us up in time. One of which was apparently real, caused by someone putting a prothstetic arm (?) into a microwave

If you go to a gown-wearing college, matriculation is worth it just because gowns + Durham cathedral = feeling like you're in Harry Potter

Alternatively, you could go because: gowns + Durham Cathedral = actually becoming a part of Durham University.

If you are at a college that doesn't do gowns for formals then no one goes to matriculation in a gown, well thats the case with Collingwood.
And yeah they should make it more interesting, at least get the students involved a bit more, spose getting everyone to sign some registration book might prolong it too far.

Our college had two early morning fire alarms to get us up in time. One of which was apparently real, caused by someone putting a prothstetic arm (?) into a microwave. Thats usually cos eveyones out the night before. One of my friends nearly threw up inside the cathedral as he was so on the edge, all the way through matriculation.