By Tommy O\u2019Neill\/\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Many different superstitions have been passed down throughout Hood\u2019s history. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A common superstition that Hood students have is about the Pergola. It\u2019s common to hear people walking through the Pergola say, \u201cHey! Don\u2019t split the poles! Don\u2019t split the poles!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Many people believe that splitting the poles with a friend or significant other will end the relationship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Another superstition is that couples who kiss in the Pergola are destined to be together and must get married in the campus chapel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The superstition extends beyond the Pergola to any poles, pillars and trees. But it\u2019s possible to reverse the curse by saying \u201cbread and butter\u201d out loud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, \u201cbread-and-butter\u201d remedy does not work when splitting the Pergola poles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Junior Dee Richardson believes in a variety of superstitions, including that if she spills salt, she puts it back in her hand and throws it over her left shoulder. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Richardson said she grew up with this superstition, hearing it from her parents and grandparents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know, I just follow the rules,\u201d Richardson said jokingly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
She also believes that when she\u2019s sweeping and the broom touches her foot, she\u2019s supposed to spit on it for good luck<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harrison Rebstock, a junior at Hood, considers himself superstitious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a mix, coming from my family,\u201d Rebstock said. \u201cWe believe in the spiritual side more so. One of my friends puts salt around her door to keep spirits away at night and I never batted an eye, and with my experience, there is absolutely no way I couldn\u2019t believe in the supernatural.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rebstock said he was brought up people believing that Brodbeck Music Hall was haunted. Brodbeck, constructed in 1868, is the oldest building on campus, and a lot of students believe it is haunted because people have reported hearing strange noises coming from the building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rebstock said that his friends who live on campus would purposefully go out of their way to avoid the building at night. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A popular theory or joke among students was that the fire in Brodbeck on Sept. 9 was caused by ghosts living there. However, fire officials later said that the fire was sparked from a lightning strike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rebstock had his own firsthand experience witnessing something supernatural within Brodbeck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAround the time of last year\u2019s Halloween dance, I was walking back to my dorm room late at night. I walked by Brodbeck and glanced into the third-floor window and saw the silhouette of a woman sitting there. I did a double take, and when I looked back, she was gone,\u201d Rebstock said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
When he found out that Brodbeck Music Hall is on the index of most haunted places within Maryland, Rebstock\u2019s eyebrows shot up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cY\u2019know, that makes a whole lot of sense,\u201d he said, laughing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"