page_title: Zahm Hall
section_title: Traditions
hierarchical_section_title: Zahm Hall / Traditions
caption_attribution_description: English: Zahm Hall's gameday sign "HERE COME THE IRISH"
context_page_description: Zahm Hall is one of the 31 Residence Halls on the campus of the University of Notre Dame and one of 16 male dorms. Zahm Hall was built in 1937 and is located directly east of St. Edward's Hall and is directly west of North Quad. Zahm Hall has 202 undergraduate students, its mascot is Ignats the moose, and its residents are called Zahmbies. The coat of arms is black and red, the colors of Zahm, and the interlaced pattern represents both the Z and the X, symbols of the hall, and the antlers of the moose, the mascot of the hall. The residents of Zahm refer to it as Zahm House.
context_section_description: Zahm Hall is best known for its practice of streaking during the Bun Run. The Zahm residents run naked across various campus locations, usually the weekend before final exams.
  This practice has led to controversy and debate.
  Zahm also hosts their formal dance, known as "Zormal" in the Fall Semester and their SYR(Screw Your Roommate) dance, Decade Dance, in the Spring Semester.
  Zahm's traditions run even deeper than surface-level ones, like the 'Here Come the Irish' banner. 
  Zahm is known for its raucous reputation on campus. This no-good stereotype comes from the early days of the university, when Zahm Hall had the least desirable reputation and was always picked last by students. Since picks were in order by GPA, Zahm often hosted the least accomplished students. In the 1960s, the University dropped academic requirements for first housing picks, and students were henceforth assigned randomly to residence halls before they arrived on campus their freshman year.
  Zahm Hall exhibits a large "Here Come The Irish" sign on the side of the building facing the North Quad during home football games. 
  The mascot of the hall is Ignats, a stuffed moose's head acquired in 1979.
  There are also numerous secret rituals such as 145, 113, Torquemada, the Shake, and many others.
caption: The "Here Come The Irish" gameday sign
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