Before the senior class embarks for graduation and life beyond high school, many choose to live out their final taste of childhood in the popular senior tradition known as “Water Wars.”
A final hoorah, so to speak, the event is intended to bring everyone together in order to make people who have been strangers, or just a face in the hallway get to know each other and close the gap between them while covering them in water. Boys versus girls is the ultimate battle dating back to preschool for most, and even though the concept is a game, students take this fun with a good bit of competitiveness.
Senior Alex Rocca speaks from the girls’ perspective.
“The girls may be competitive in a sense, but the boys have a kind of ‘internal instinct’ to be extremely competitive in order to crush the girls,” said Rocca.
Her brother, fellow senior Anthony Rocca has a similar comment when speaking from the guys’ point of view.
“This is probably the most these guys have been involved in regarding school. They now feel like they are a part of something,” said Rocca.
In addition to the competitive fun, water wars can also be very stressful for the people in charge of regulating the game. Senior Vincenzo Cuffaro and operator of the Water Wars Twitter page knows firsthand the struggles of overseeing the game.
“It is hard to combat everybody’s excuses for getting their lives back and having to get people to actually follow the rules. We also have people coming to us with problems all the time that can easily be solved by the person themselves, so it takes away our time and causes stress for us as well,” said Cuffaro.
A word of advice from this season’s seniors to those for next year’s Water Wars is to establish clear rules and guidelines, especially those involving cars due to safety precautions. Students agree that this year’s wars have been the best so far in regards to competitiveness as a result of the increased student involvement.
With a little less than a year until 2016’s graduating class resorts to their nearest supply of water guns, it’s safe to say they have a lot to look forward to and a popular tradition to uphold.
BY: Madison Sieckowski // Staff Writer
