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Ever since the first graduating class (‘68), the senior class at Whateley has traditionally created a “legacy.” As time has passed, this has come to mean “some really cool, permanent thingy that will make future generations look back and say ‘Whoa, the class of XX was so much more awesome than we could ever hope to be'.” The original idea was to demonstrate what a team of 100 super-powered mutants could accomplish with a month of working together. The fact that this inspires high school seniors to create absurd, incongruous, impractical junk that would immediately give away the secret of Whateley led to a “review and oversight committee” in ‘82. Nowadays, additions to the college are (mostly) in-style with the architecture, not too over the top for a normal private school of non-mutants an

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  • Ever since the first graduating class (‘68), the senior class at Whateley has traditionally created a “legacy.” As time has passed, this has come to mean “some really cool, permanent thingy that will make future generations look back and say ‘Whoa, the class of XX was so much more awesome than we could ever hope to be'.” The original idea was to demonstrate what a team of 100 super-powered mutants could accomplish with a month of working together. The fact that this inspires high school seniors to create absurd, incongruous, impractical junk that would immediately give away the secret of Whateley led to a “review and oversight committee” in ‘82. Nowadays, additions to the college are (mostly) in-style with the architecture, not too over the top for a normal private school of non-mutants an
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  • Ever since the first graduating class (‘68), the senior class at Whateley has traditionally created a “legacy.” As time has passed, this has come to mean “some really cool, permanent thingy that will make future generations look back and say ‘Whoa, the class of XX was so much more awesome than we could ever hope to be'.” The original idea was to demonstrate what a team of 100 super-powered mutants could accomplish with a month of working together. The fact that this inspires high school seniors to create absurd, incongruous, impractical junk that would immediately give away the secret of Whateley led to a “review and oversight committee” in ‘82. Nowadays, additions to the college are (mostly) in-style with the architecture, not too over the top for a normal private school of non-mutants and have some practical utility. It must be remembered that while Whateley fosters a sense of nobility and civic-mindedness in some students, other students seem to take rather the opposite course. This has (as of 1973) resulted in a legacy backlash, known alternately as the “anti-legacy", the “senior scam", the “dark legacy” and “your last chance to wise up before you pin on the ‘sucker’ badge". As tradition has solidified regarding the legacies, they operate as follows: Seniors (class president, etc.) circulate ideas throughout the fall. Plans are reviewed, modified, and approved by the oversight committee in December. From February 15 to March 21, seniors have only spotty attendance in class, devoting time to both the legacy and the anti-legacy. Future heroes and villains cooperate to help each other and get their last glimpse of how the other side lives. March 21 (or 20th), exactly at the vernal equinox, the new legacy is unveiled. Seniors get a two day vacation then return to classes until spring break. Note - this doesn't seem to be the current schedule. Currently, the Senior Legacy is built during Winter Term and presumably unveiled right after students return from Spring Break.
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