As a young adult, the Halloween traditions of childhood can feel like distant memories. It’s true you won’t find any ghosts or candy baskets on campus, but college life can have plenty of its own tricks and treats.

As the time grows closer to kickoff, and you are still deep in the crowd of your third Homecoming party of the day, you wonder: should I even bother going to the actual game? You have rallied at an ungodly hour—earlier than you’ve ever woken up to do real work—and have been socializing the entire morning, using all of your social battery before it’s even 1 p.m. Columbia students across generations have grappled with this question: Is it worth going all the way to West 218th Street to watch the Homecoming game? This is the true Columbia tradition, and you may need to weigh the pros and cons on whether you will make an appearance at this year’s Homecoming game.