The President of the University, and family, is in attendance yearly and personally invites three to four guest to sit with him/her at the head table.
At the end of the feast, two faculty members, nominated by seniors, conduct the annual Yule Log Ceremony, weaving through the hall as students tap their holly branches on the yule log for good luck for the new year.
Valentine, a Rhodes Scholar at Balliol College, Oxford, helped to solidify this tradition at Rochester.
[9] The professor is responsible for the recounting of the tale of the boar, often at the expense of the students enrolled in their classes.
The feast has been held in numerous locations on the River Campus and has settled into the newly refurbished Richard Feldman Ballroom.