A week-long event in Springfield College that differs for student and faculty; for faculty, it is a week-long ongoing 'carnival', with many activities; for students, it is a week-long drinking experience, in which it is tradition to become as fucked up as possible.

The safeguarding of Earth and other worlds from biological cross-contamination (i.e. billionaires with too much time on their hands).

Also known as “planetary protection.” Planetary protection / quarantine “reflects both the unknown nature of the space environment and the desire of the scientific community to preserve the pristine nature of celestial bodies until they can be studied in detail.”

There are two types of interplanetary contamination. Forward contamination is the transfer of viable organisms from Earth to another celestial body. Back contamination is the transfer of extraterrestrial organisms, if such exist, back to the Earth's biosphere.

(1) One week in late April on the Springfield College campus when students combine efforts toward total self-destruction.
(2) The single reason that aforementioned "students" attend Springfield College in the first place.