Overview
- Hundreds of first-year students gathered at St Salvator’s Quad, culminating in a shaving-foam melee on the Lower College lawn.
- The foaming caps Raisin Weekend, when older student “parents” mentor adopted “children” under a long-running campus tradition.
- Third-year mentors lined the arena, often in matching outfits, cheering their groups and tossing in fresh cans of foam.
- Participants donned playful costumes, and freshers described the chaos as a positive bonding experience, with one calling it “a great bonding experience.”
- PA photographer Jane Barlow documented the spectacle widely, with coverage noting the custom is commonly traced to St Andrews’ 1413 origins.