The Rites of Spring
Brendan Haley, '01
Issue date: 5/3/00 Section: Features
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Just sitting and wondering when the OPS department is going to offer the elective "Ark-Building and Bottlenecks: survival keys to spring-time in Ithaca." 1st semester: quizzes, stress, face-time on the Street, and cheese buffets at Sage. 2nd semester: Palms, poker, Tuesday night blotto, and Immersions. Speaking of which, am I the only one who still isn't sure what "Practicum" means? One might guess that the worst $165 I spent this year was for 3 rounds of Irish Car Bombs at Los Palmos. Wrong. It was the student membership at RTJ this spring. Can someone please explain "American Psycho" to me? I read the book AND saw the movie, and I'm 0 for 2 on understanding either. Can't tell you how happy I was that I bid 125 points to get into finance classes that cleared at 1 point. Good thinking there, bzod.
Does anyone have any more funny "banana time" stories? 2 undergrads in Sage: UG#1: "I've got to take my drug test next week, so I'm laying low until then..." UG#2: "Why? Mushrooms don't count." CNY veterans have told me of a fun game to play during your next drive on Route 79. The object of the game, appropriately titled CNY, is to spot as many Ford Escorts, satellite dishes, piles of scrap metal, and "unplayable" basketball hoops as possible. 1 point is awarded for each. Is "play more golf" an acceptable Drive for Five goal? How about "drink more beer?"
A word of warning to those who decide to do some "spring cleaning" in their apartments; don't. Before a recent visit from my fiancée, I decided to put mop to floor for the first time this year. Unfortunately, I disrupted the fragile insect ecosystem in my apartment, and was immediately under siege by an army of ants. Next year, no cleaning, EVER. Do you think students at Anderson are complaining about too much sun?
Does anyone have any more funny "banana time" stories? 2 undergrads in Sage: UG#1: "I've got to take my drug test next week, so I'm laying low until then..." UG#2: "Why? Mushrooms don't count." CNY veterans have told me of a fun game to play during your next drive on Route 79. The object of the game, appropriately titled CNY, is to spot as many Ford Escorts, satellite dishes, piles of scrap metal, and "unplayable" basketball hoops as possible. 1 point is awarded for each. Is "play more golf" an acceptable Drive for Five goal? How about "drink more beer?"
A word of warning to those who decide to do some "spring cleaning" in their apartments; don't. Before a recent visit from my fiancée, I decided to put mop to floor for the first time this year. Unfortunately, I disrupted the fragile insect ecosystem in my apartment, and was immediately under siege by an army of ants. Next year, no cleaning, EVER. Do you think students at Anderson are complaining about too much sun?