IT was a triumphant day for some at Cambridge University as they came to the end of the exam period for another academic year and decided to celebrate the only way they know how; spraying champagne over each other as the “trashing” tradition dictates.

Students risked the eagle eye of the proctors standing watch outside the Guildhall exam venue in the city center of Cambridge, as the professors prepared to slap anybody taking the “trashing” tradition too far with a 175-pound (US$222) fine.

While the splattering of eggs, flour and anything else students could find in their cupboards used to be commonplace, that has since been outlawed due to upset locals and confusions leading to students being hit by the celebrations before having entered their last exams.

It’s a university steeped in tradition, however this seems to be one they would rather forget since banning it from public areas in the historic town and much of their campus in 2012.

Trashing is now only authorized in designated “trashing” areas on the Cambridge campus.

Cambridge is not the only university with the tradition that they’d rather leave behind. Last year Oxford University started an offensive against the practice with its “what a waste” campaign.

The university called the behavior “dangerous” and claimed that “trashing has resulted in students and residents being admitted to the hospital through slipping on trashing materials.”

Oxford University also stated the time-honored tradition costs them 25,000 pounds a year to clean up. (SD-Agencies)